mineral water, sugar refiners,
and the like--in the course of their business all pay special rates,
which seem very large indeed when we read the sums in print.

[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB]

This department is conducted in the interest of Amateur
Photographers, and the editor will be pleased to answer any
question on the subject so far as possible. Correspondents should
address Editor Camera Club Department.

MEMORY ALBUMS

What a wonderful thing the memory is! Grandmamma, who counts, perhaps,
her threescore years and ten, sees a piece of faded calico, and her mind
goes back to the time when, a little girl of eight, she was dressed in a
new gown, of which this faded scrap is a remnant, and taken to town for
"general training." She sees again the soldiers and the officers in
their uniforms, she almost smells the cards of gingerbread, and hears
the bustle and stir in the streets. She may not have thought of this
special day for long, long years, but this bit of calico has brought it
all back to her memory.

Since the advent of cameras into nearly every family one has the
opportunity of making actual pictures of festal occasions which occur,
such as the birthday parties, the family picnics, John's new bicycle and
his first unsuccessful attempt to ride it, the Hallowe'en frolic, the
Christmas tree--any special day or event can be preserved in gelatine,
and in a few years these pictures will have for one more interest and
value than many made from much finer negatives. Now we want to suggest
to our young amateurs that they start memory albums at once.

Begin the album by looking over your collection of plates, and select
such as 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 "memory picture" because it is not as clear a plate or the
grouping as artistic as one could desire. For the album itself, buy the
album leaves which are almost as cheap as card mounts, and they can be
added to from time to time as one makes new pictures. Arrange your
pictures in chronological order--that is, the earliest date first, 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