The dark-room, to the amateur, is frequently a difficult matter to secure, if the appointments are to be handy of access and use. If a bathroom is available, a little work and a small expenditure for materials will enable one to have a room which will allow day or night work to be readily done without inconvenience to the rest of the household, or "slopping around," which would make it objectionable. The great advantage in using a bathroom is that water, the prime necessity of photographic work, is already at hand, and a little rubber tubing or piping is all that is necessary to make it available. The arrangement here described is adapted from a similar one, designed to be quickly put in place and removed. In the bathroom where it is used the seat and bowl are adjacent, so the sink, A, is mounted on short legs which rest upon the woodwork of the seat, as shown in the illustration. If the plumbing is other through the lower, pulling the cords through until the stave is firm against the knot. Give the cords a half-twiet and then pass them through the hole of the second stave; the rope which passed downward through the first stave now passes up through the hole in the second stave, and the other rope reversing to correspond. Continue lacing each successive stave in the same manner, with the half-twist between each, and tying a firm knot outside the last stave.

Lace the staves on the other side in the same way.

The loose ends of the ropes are then spliced to a strong iron ring, although knots may be tied if the maker does not care to take the time for splicing.

A coat of enamel paint will add much to the attractive appearance, and will enable it the better to withstand exposure. A piece of an old comforter covered with pretty cretonne or denim, with flounces to hang over the sides, and a pillow to match, makes a comfortable and pretty addition.

open, the framework should have legs reaching to the floor. The sink is porcelain lined, 24" long, 18" wide and 6" deep, but other sizes may be used. A short length of lead pipe, D, allows it to drain into the bowl underneath.

The framework, E, was made from the pine boards of a packing case, the top, T, being made as level and smooth as possible. It measures 36" long and 24" wide. At the back an upright board, B, 10" wide, is well fastened by two cleats, F, 3" wide and 15" long. Square pieces of board, C, at each end of the back board support a shelf, S, 10" wide, upon which the cupboard is placed when in use. Only general dimensions are here given, as the arrangements of bathrooms vary, so that anyone desiring to make a similar equipment will of necessity be obliged to make it in accordance with the room to be used. The flanges of the sink rest in a hole of suitable size cut in the top, T, of the frame. The running water is conducted by a short length of rubber tube, R, of a diameter which allows it to be easily slipped over the end of the faucet. In winter another piece of tubing allows warm water to be used for heating solutions, etc.

The cupboard is 3' long, 2' high and 10" deep, and was made from two shoe packing-cases, with the exception of the panels of the doors, which are of thin board, just fitting the grooving in the boards used for the door frames. Doors made in this way have a very neat appearance and are easily made. On the left side of the cupboard are three shelves for trays and a larger place for the wash-box. On the right side one shelf in the upper part gives a place for small bottles and chemicals, and below is room for two large bottles for distilled water. One of these bottles is fitted with a syphon, which is easily made as follows : A heavy glass tube with two bends at the top is put through a rubber stopper, the latter having a second hole in it, fitted with a short length of glass tube to admit air when drawing the water-This is closed with a plug when not in use. The inner end of the syphon tube reaches nearly to the bottom of the bottle, the outer end having a rubber tube attached which is long enough to reach the sink when the bottle is placed on top of the cupboard. The lower end of the rubber tube is also fitted with a short length of glass tubing, and also near the end with a pinch cock for controlling the flow of water. The syphon is easily changed from one bottle to the other by removing the stopper. The glass and rubber tubing can usually be purchased of a druggist. The wash-box when in use is placed in the sink or on the right side of the top of table, connected with the rubber tube from the faucet and the water allowed to run as long as • desired. The framework was painted first with white lead paint and then with white enamel paint, which allows all chemicals to be quickly wiped up, and also makes the various articles in use more conspicuous in the dim light of the room.