Memory Albums

Begin the album by looking over your collection of plates, and select such af have been made on special occasions. From these make prints, and be sure and look up the exact date on which the picture was taken. Do not reject a "memor.y picture," because it is not as clear a píate or the grouping as artistic as one could desire. For the album itself, buy the album leaves, which are almost as cheap as eard mounts, and they can be added to from time to time as one makes new pictures. Arrange your pictures in chronologia! order- that is, the earüest date flrst, etc, marking under each picture its proper date. A person who has used a camera for two or three years will find he has quite a number of "memory pictures," and one who starts a memory album should make it a rule to add the pictures to his collection as soon as they are made. One can use blue prints for such albums, for a good blue print seldom fades or discolors, while aristo or albumen prints, unless' very carefully finished, are apt to grow yellow or discolor. In after years our memory albums will be considered of as much value as any of our possessions.