Homely occupations make good subjects for figure studies. Grandmother darning stockings, Katherine trimming a hat, Ellen mixing bread or baking pies, George chopping or sawing wood, Benny building a bonfire, and like subjects, which will suggest themselves, are easy to make, and are always attractive pictures. In making figure studies where the objects have to be arranged do not crowd too many into the picture. Try for the best, and do not send anything to the contest of which you can say, "This would have been better if I had--" Make it the very best of its kind. SIR KNIGHT W. H. TOBEY wishes to know when the results of the competition will be published. The successful contestants will be announced in the January number of the ROUND TABLE. SIR KNIGHT AUSTIN O. OLMSTEAD, of Wisconsin, wishes to know how to make enlargements on bromide paper, or, if the directions have been published, to know in what number to find it. Sir Austin will find directions in No. 801, March 5th, 1895. SIR KNIGHT RALPH E. COTTER asks how to take pictures of sunsets, and also if the negative does not affect the tone of the picture, for, he says, some negatives he can tone a good color and others he cannot. To take pictures of sunsets use a slow non-halation plate, a very small diaphragm, and an instantaneous exposure. Make the exposure when the sun is hidden behind a cloud, but shows light through the breaks in them. There is nothing much prettier in the way of out-door photographs than sunset views. Pictures made from different negatives take different tones, according to the density of the negative. A thin plate will take a tone a sort of slaty gray, while with a good negative showing sharp contrasts almost any color or tone wished may be obtained. SIR KNIGHT EMILE LOW sends blue prints of two pictures showing a dark circle in the centre, and asks what is the trouble with his camera. It evidently leaks light, and to find out if such is the case a plate should be put in the holder, the slide drawn, and with the shutter closed expose the camera to strong sunlight. Develop the plate, and if it is fogged examine the bellows for a pin-hole, and look to see if the lens board fits tightly. FEED THEM PROPERLY and carefully; reduce the painfully large percentage of infant mortality. Take no chances and make no experiments in this very important matter. The Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk has saved thousands of little lives.--[_Adv._] ADVERTISEMENTS. Girls, Have you been reading about the "Elfin" Watches made purposely for you? If you have seen the "Elfin" Catalogue, then send for the Ladies' Catalogue, which is larger, and has a great many sizes and designs that your mothers would like to look at. We have all kinds and sizes of watches. The Waterbury Watch Co., Waterbury, Conn. [Illustration] Arnold