THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



to Omaha from all the principal cities and 

 towns in the United States beyond the 

 the Western Passenger Association terri- 

 tory will be So per cent of double the first 

 class fare. Tickets good to return until 

 November 15. I am, however, expecting 

 (?) lower rates, for Bro. Whitcomb told 

 the convention at Buffalo last summer 

 that if the Union would hold its next 

 convention at Omaha during the time of 

 the holding of the Trans-Mississippi Ex- 

 position we should have "as low rates as 

 any place on earth. " 



We know that Bro. Whitcomb will do 

 his level best for those who attend the 

 convention, and show us "the sights" on 

 the Exposition grounds. 



Further notice of rates, time of meeting, 

 etc., will be given when known. 



A. B. Mason, Sec'y. 



Sta. B., Toledo, O., June 30, 1898. 



It is not likely that we will receive 

 quite so low rates to Omaha as we would 

 have received to Cincinnati, but there is 

 the added attraction of the big Exposition 

 that will probably stand next to the 

 World's Fair in grandure. The apiarian 

 exhibit will probably be ahead of any- 

 thing the world has yet seen in that line. 

 Then there will be a meeting of the pure 

 food congress at which it is very desirable 

 that our delegates and other bee-keepers 

 be present. It is likely that the dates 

 can be so arranged that we will meet at 

 nearly the same time as the pure food 

 congress, and thus be able to attend its 

 sessions. And last, but by no means to 

 be overlooked, is the fact that those 

 western people will take care of us in 

 "great shape." 



ABBREVIATING THE NAMES OF JOURNAI,S. 



In a recent issue of his journal, editor 

 York objects to the use of A. B. J. as an 

 abbreviation for American Bee Journal. 

 I believe he has before now made the 

 same objection. Out of deference to his 

 feelings I always write it American Bee 

 Journal in my editorials, but I always do 

 it with a feeling that I wish that he 

 didn't feel that way about it. He says 

 that he is the highest authority as to 

 what his journal shall be called; and I 



suppose that is true, but the next thing 

 IS to get people to call it by its whole 

 name. I might request all my friends to 

 call me William Zenas Hutchinson, but I 

 doubt if they would do it. I am almost 

 universally called "W. Z."; not only by 

 my bee-keeping friends, but by my 

 neighbors, and all those with whom I 

 come in contact in a social way. And, 

 say, "Geo.," I don't feel bad about it. I 

 look upon it as a mark of goodfellowship, 

 or comradeship, or friend.ship. It's only 

 to the fellow to whom you feel "chummy" 

 that you ever give a nickname, or cut his 

 name down to an abbreviation. Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is a long name, Its al- 

 most as bad as William Zenas Hutchin- 

 son. Its editor may request us to spell 

 it all out every time we write it, and we 

 may do it because we like him and wish 

 to please him, but when we get to talk- 

 ing one with another, it will slip out "A. 

 B. J." in spite of all we can do. Wher- 

 ever I go I always hear it referred to as 

 ■'A. B. J." All orders and correspond- 

 ence that come to me in reference to the 

 American Bee Journal, call it the "A. B. 

 J." Bro. York, himself, in his letters to 

 me, always uses this abbrebviation. If we 

 could simply contract it to the one word 

 "Journal," as we can "Bee-Keepers' 

 Review" to simply "Review," or "Glean- 

 ings in Bee Culture," to "Gleanings," it 

 wouldn't be so bad; but to have to write it 

 all out each time — well it shows that we 

 have some regard for the feelings of its 

 editor, and that is all it does show — in 

 the Review. Of course, if I were writ- 

 ing an article for some paper outside of 

 our special class organs, I should most 

 assuredly refer to it as the American Bee 

 Journal, and do it vdth pride, too, but 

 right in our own family, where every one 

 will know exactly which journal is meant, 

 it seems as though we might be indulged 

 that much. Bro. York, won't you recon- 

 sider, and allow us, right here at home, 

 when there isn't company, to use that 

 short, chummy abbreviation that has 

 slipped off our tongues and the points of 

 our pens so many times — A. B. J. ? 



