President hearn: The address of the President will be postponed until the last thing. I have the pleasure of introducing to you a gentleman who is well known to all of you, and who puts into everything he attempts a great deal of earnestness and energy. I have engaged him to present to you several matters which will develop during the course of his discus sion. I have the pleasure of introducing to you Mr. Thomas Harrison Cummings, of Boston. Mr. President, Members of the Photographers' Association of America, Ladies and Gentlemen: Being invited twice in succession to address this body of distinguished men and women photographers of America is indeed an honor which I deeply appreciate; to be invited to address you upon so congenial a theme as Professional Portraiture in the United States, as I am announced to do in your program, is doubly agreeable, because in my capacity as editor of a photographic magazine I am permitted once more to look into your faces and to voice for you, so far as in me lies, the hopes and aspirations of your profession.