RECORD OF HAPPY DAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 5

RECORD OF HAPPY DAYS.

I was; showh a book of holiday snapshots which set me wondaring why people do not take a little mon; trouble in mounting their pictorial souvenirs, says a writer in an exchange. The holiday, as described to me, wais particularly attractive; but the pictures were so badly arranged in an album specially bought for the occasion that they made a most disappointing record. A little later I saw another holiday album which must te a constant joy to its owner. The bock itself was unpretentious with a plain cover simply but proudly adorned witia a steamship company's label, indicating that the journey was made by sea. The first picture insiide the "cover was of a native child in the country visited. Tho idea throughout the book, which must have taken many hours to prepare, was to help other people who had not the opportunity of spending so delightful a holiday, to visualise tho country and its peoplo, and to sense its atmosphere. Under each carefully arranged snapshot was a descriptive note written in white ink, which showed clearly against the dark brown surface of the paper on which it was mounted. Tho white ink. by the way, i;i now obtainafcle*in small bottles. The mounting used was double-sided adhesive tape, which is far better —and incidentally less harmful to the photograph—than igum used all over the back of the picture; also, it is an easy matter to remove any one picture at any time,.