96 Aquatic Lite 
Aquatic Life 
An international monthly magazine devoted 
to the study, care and breeding of native, 
exotic, gold and domesticated fishes, other 
animals and plants in the home aquarium 
and terrarium. 
WG AW IPODS IB IR Goomos omen BNR ah Editor 
JOSE RH Wes BAU SM AN. 25) Publisher 
542 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia. 
Entered as second-class matter, September 
2, 1915, at the Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa., 
under Act of March 3, 1879. 
Practical articles and notes on topics per- 
taining to the aquarium and terrarium are 
always wanted for Aguatic Lire. Readers 
of the magazine are invited to join in mak- 
ing it a medium of mutual help, and to 
contribute to it any ideas that may occur to 
them. The pages are always open for any- 
one who has anything helpful and practical 
to say. Manuscripts, books for review and 
general correspondence should be addressed 
to the editor. 
Aguatic Lire has the largest circulation of 
any magazine in the world devoted to this 
branch of nature-study. It presents to ad- 
vertisers a market that can be reached 
through no other medium. Rates made 
known on application. 
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Copyright 1918 by Joseph E. Bausman 
Vol. IIT MarchiLolse OlnnnNow7 
merschlag; Vice-president, Rev. B. J. 
Coltantis Siecnerany,) (Ee ly lartshornt: 
Treasurer, Dr. William Bachman— 
CuHarLes M. BrepeEr, JR. 
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Japs, Japs, and still more Japs, scaled 
and scaleless, held forth their beauties at 
the February meeting of the West Phila- 
delphia Goldfish Association. Harry P. 
Peters and George E,. Wilt, judges, made 
awards as follows: 
Novice Cyiass: Blue ribbon to a scale- 
less blue calico, entered by Dr. Thomas 
W. Clarke. 
PROFESSIONAL CLASS (scaleless fish) : 
Blue and red ribbons, Charles Hinkel; 
yellow, Gus Armbruster. 
PROFESSIONAL Crass (scaled fish) : 
Blue ribbon, M. Moylan; red, Gus Arm- 
bruster ; yellow, Robert Corriston.—C. C. 
VOWINKEL, Secretary. 
ee 
At the January meeting of The Ken- 
sington Goldfish Society cut-out or rib- 
bon-tail goldfish were shown in competi- 
tion, awards being made as follows: 
SCALED Japs: Blue ribbon, A. Miller; 
red, Joseph Tyler; white, J. M. Wacker. 
SCALELESS JAPS: Blue ribbon, LL. W. 
Rehbein; red, Joseph Tyler ; white, L. W. 
Rehbein. 
ScaLED TELEscopEs: Blue ribbon, H. 
Somerset ; red, Gus. Armbruster; white, 
Gus. Armbruster. 
SCALELESS TELEScopES: Blue ribbon, 
L. W. Rehbein; red, H. Somerset; white, 
William Berry. 
The Society meets on the fourth Wed- 
nesday of each month in Tyler’s Hall, 
2824 Kensington avenue. Everybody 
welcome.—CHartes Harris, Secretary. 
—— 
Tappan has another fine litter of collie 
puppies. Later they will cost more, so 
Males, 
why not write about them now? 
S1c; females, $5. 
es 
Mother—* Johnny, you said you'd beer 
to Sunday school. Now I want to know 
how it happens that your hands smell of 
fish ?” 
Johnny—*T carried home the Sunday 
school paper, an’ the outside page is all 
about Jonah and the whale.” 
——— 
Having produced a shallow brain, Na- 
ture usually tries to even things up by 
supplementing it with a fluent tongue. 
