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Show T the MMatunre , By E. M. H. NOT. however, is the exquisite old ivory miniature being revived, for there are few now-adays now-adays perfecting tliemselves in this art, and even thoupli artists Mere j)eutiful the priees me Jprohiliitive to the majority, but the neeiirate art of photography, ' '' 1'S)1p"'"1l1!'(! ij, ""p or 111's. lias developed a way of tiiiikinp: miniatures dainty, eharm-j eharm-j n tr ami new. The photographing of the sub-j sub-j "i t and the frame all on one aid gives an unusual effeet and is most adaptable to framing. As a gift for someone who thinks enough of one to carry a likeness about with them, this : style of photography is excellent, 1 and in a moroeeo frame becomes an artistic triumph. A few real old ivory miniatures minia-tures ure to he found among the valuable treasures in some households house-holds along with the silhouette belonging to the early eighteenth century. The silhouettes were ol'ttimes done in porcelain, and vases and even coffee and tea pots were at that time tleeorated in this manner. Happily it j usually Wok a great celebrity to elicit this unusual decoration, and not many of our ancestors, even very far removed, have their faces decorating the teapots on the shelves of an old curiosity shop. ! Framing if iiliotorapb' is almost an t-ssontial for their itf scrvation, ami when one obtains ob-tains an fsppc-ially churminy likeness of a friend, a loved one nr even oneself, an appropriate . frame is worth while. Jn one's lioutloir a group of friendly fares 'peering at one in musing mien rives an atmosphere of harmony iliongh one's mirror bit in a ritieal mood. ... |