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AQUARIUM 



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THE AQUARIUM 



Issued In the Interests of the Study, 

 Care and Breeding of Aquatic Life 



Published monthly except July and August 

 at Chicago, Illinois, by the Aquarium Societies 

 of Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, Phila- 

 delphia, Boston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis. 



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Vol. II December, 1913 



No, 7 



Labor Without Reward 



There has been more or less criticism 

 regarding the magazine which would not 

 be so prevalent if subscribers and ad- 

 vertisers took into consideration the 

 fact that the entire labor of getting out 

 the magazine is purely a labor of love. 

 No one connected with the publication 

 is paid a penny, — yet the work involved 

 in getting suitable articles, editing them, 

 soliciting advertisements and keeping 

 the accounts is no small task. It means 

 work and time, both of which are cheer- 

 fully given by those in charge — still 

 most of us feel a certain pride and sat- 

 isfaction for honors bestowed upon us, 

 even though the honors are mere titles 

 of office. 



There is one person, however, who has 

 done much to bring the little magazine 

 up to its present standard, who hasn't 

 even the satisfaction of having a title 

 bestowed upon him^who has never re- 



ceived the smallest credit for the won- 

 derful work he has done — whose work, I 

 dare say, is not appreciated by those 

 who have noticed it. I refer to Mr. E. S. 

 Young, the artist who has made the 

 beautiful, life-like, true to nature, 

 drawings of fish, which have from time 

 to time appeared in this publication-- 

 who also worked for months during his 

 leisure time to make the new cover de- 

 sign. 



I have had the pleasure of meeting 

 this kindly gentleman on several oc- 

 casions. He is as modest regarding his 

 wonderful work as he is lovable in char- 

 acter. Let us hope he will continue to 

 lend us his ability in the matter of 

 his drawings, for it would be hard to 

 find any one capable of picturing 

 the characteristics of the fishes in a 

 manner as true to nature as Mr, Young 

 has done. I have seen, only recently, a 

 set of lantern slides of fish, which were 

 made by an artist of considerable repu- 

 tation, but the slides were poor in com- 

 parison with those cuts we have seen 

 from time to time in the magazine. 



Let us rise to a vote of thanks to Mr. 

 K. S. Young. 



Duty well done is noble; if properly 

 advertised, it's fame. 



The First Exhibition of the Mil- 

 waukee Aquarium Society 



{Co)ift>iued frotn Paoc 6q) 

 according to the sections described. 

 Graceful palms and ferns were grouped 

 to good effect, an aerating system was 

 installed, with feed pipes to each tank, 

 and an abundance of electric light was 

 shed over all. Members of the society 

 explained the various sections to crowds 

 of visitors. The exhibition opened Dec. 

 4th, and closed on evening of the 10th. 



