OCR Text |
Show Mounting Fhotoffraphs. The eatisfactory mounting of photo graphs is a troublesome operation, and the following suggestion from a contributor con-tributor to The Outlook may be of assistance assist-ance to amateurs: "I have found a method by which a photograph or engraving en-graving can be mounted on the thinnest paper without curling or wrinkling. H the picture is a photograph, it 6hould be ironed out smooth with a hot iron and then trimmed. Mix a little gum arabio in hot water so as to make a rather thick mucilage. Place the pic-;ure pic-;ure on the page in position and mark just inside the corners. Remove the picture and take 60dk s the nrncilsga on a ruling pen and draw a heavy line of mucilage from one point to another, 60 as to make a line of mucilage all around thp place where the picture ia to be. As soon as the mucilage is sticky put the picture in place and a book over tt to keep it flat When dry, you will have a smooth mount that will net rarL" ' |