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 Lavinia in his camera, the long delay in setting up the instrument wearied the child, and stiffened her muscles. At the critical moment she clutched the tray bravely but awkwardly, and did not lift it high enough to produce the right effect. So our best picture of this little school Lavinia is only a memory.

The story of the Fruit Venders appealed mightily to a class of children who themselves earn money by selling fruit, candy, and papers. As the photograph was pinned up, it brought forth a murmur of approval: the subject was within the experience of the audience. The girl of the picture has sold out her stock and is counting over her earnings, while the boy, who is but just setting forth, looks on with generous pleasure in her success. It is a charming tale of cheerful industry and good fellowship. We chose a boy and girl of the same relative ages, who were much in earnest to do their parts well. An empty wastebasket was rather an inadequate representation of the young merchant’s large stock of Andalusian grapes, but it was of the proper size and shape for the pose, and happily the children’s imagination was equal to the supply of this trifling deficiency.

Madame Le Brun and her Daughter requires no accessories, and of course we did not disrobe our model like the lady of the picture. The photograph brought forth the story of another idolized artist’s daughter, the painter this time being a charming Frenchwoman. A picture or a story illustrating family love is always welcomed by the teacher as an opportunity to impress an obvious lesson. For this