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RECREA TION. 



Occupy them in some way — cooking, eat- 

 ing, cleaning game, making the fire, carry- 

 ing wood, -washing dishes — any old thing, 

 so they are busy. Show action. Don't let 

 them pose. — Editor. 



SHE WANTS TO GET EVEN WITH HIM. 



Dear Mr. Editor: What would you 

 charge to orint a picture of me, in your 

 nice little book? I hope you will excuse 

 my askin' this favor when you learn the 

 reasqn. 



I've ben married a long time, an' for sev- 

 eral years my husban' an' I travelled along 

 in perfek harmony, an' " honors were easy " 

 so to speak. Then all to oncet Danl (that's 

 him) got the fotegraf fever and got it bad 

 too; an' ever since, there has been a "rift 

 within the lute " as we read of in books. 

 Danl steadily went ahead of me, an' put on 

 airs over me, an' seemin'ly pitid me, be- 

 cause I couldn't appreciate the picters he 

 made, enuf to admire them. But let me tell 

 you; in all them picters, the glory was 

 his'n — the awful muss mine. I tremble for 

 them kodak «men when I think what they 11 

 have to answer for. 



Then came the chance of his life — like- 

 wise for many othrs — to unload some of the 

 best of their fotegrafs on a man what pub- 

 lishes the nicest sportin' magazine in the 

 country. I didn't quite understand about 

 it; but think 'twas run somethin' like the 

 old-fashioned spellin' bee — the best to be 

 first. 



Now Danl is a great man to take holt of 

 every opportunity what presents itself (if 

 I do say it, who shouldn't). So he coaxed 

 a friend an' the rest of the dogs out into 

 the woods, one day; an' when they got 

 home they were loaded — with negatives. 

 Two of 'em he sent to that sportin' book 

 man, who must have been awful short of 

 pictures, for he kep' 'em both, an' if you'll 

 believe it he printed 'em in his little book.* 



Well, Dan'l was that set up, at seein' his 

 own picturs in a book, that a body couldn't 

 touch him with a 40 foot pole; an' his arro- 

 gance made it hard livin' with him; but I 

 hoped that as " time heals all wounds," it 

 might also bridsre over the " proudest mo- 

 ments of his life " and restore him to me in 

 his former meekness an' humility. An' I 

 believe it would have, only a fresh impetus 

 — I think you call it — or is it a relapse — was 

 give him, by findin' them self same picturs 

 of his'n, his friend an' the dogs printed in 

 another kind of a book entirely,! an' copy- 

 righted by some Turk of a man, who I 

 reckon knows a good thing when he sees 

 it. This is the last straw; fur if Dan'l was 

 airy before, he's a whole cyclone now; an' 

 in self defence I've got to do somethin' to 



* See Rfcre^tion for December, 1896, p. 303 ; Febru- 

 ary, 1897, p. 68. 



T See Shooting and Fishing in the South, Comps. South- 

 ern Ry. Co., pp. 7, 15. 



even up with him; for it won't do to get 

 left too far behind in this world of tribula- 

 tion. 



So Mr. Editor, if you'll print my pictur 

 please let me know (I don't care about the 

 cost). Also tell me how much a hundred 

 you'd ask for the copies. I guess I'll be " as 

 many " as Danl by the time I get through. 



I used to be counted middlin' good look- 

 in', an' I hain't no better now. 

 Yours to command, 



Phoebe Phippens. 



Send on your " fotegraf," Phcebe, and it 

 will be printed. And where you'll get the 

 best of Dan'l is in the fact that about 3 times 

 as many people will see your picture as saw 

 those of Dan'l and his friend and the other 

 dogs and I'll send you 200 copies of the 

 " sportin' magazine " and they won't cost 

 you a cent. — Editor. 



NOTES. 



Mr. S. G. B. Gourlay, a Brooklyn ama- 

 teur, had his hand torn off while exhibiting, 

 to his family and a party of friends, a flash- 

 light process. 



All those who watched him were severely 

 injured. The furniture in the room, as well 

 as the camera and the flashlight outfit, were 

 wrecked, and a young girl was saved by her 

 corset from what probably would have been 

 a mortal wound. 



Flash powder is a dangerous substance 

 and great care should always be exercised 

 in handling it. 



I am glad to see the " ad " of the Gund- 

 lach Optical Co. reappear in Recreation. 

 They make first class cameras. I have had 

 3 of them and they never fail to give satis- 

 faction. 



A. R. Randies, Seattle, Wash. 



I would be pleased to exchange unmount- 

 ed photographs of live game with some of 

 your readers, and will guarantee to show 

 them more game, in numbers, than they 

 send me. S. N. Leek, Jackson, Wyo. 



I would like to exchange prints, arrow 

 heads, Indian curios, minerals, nursery 

 stock, etc., for Indian curios, fine minerals, 

 photos, etc. Would like to correspond 

 with those having any of above. 



G. E. Wells, Manhattan, Kan. 



I have a good collection of 4 by 5s that 

 I should like to send to some one, in ex- 

 change. 



George B. Dicks, 84 Jefferson Street, 

 Hartford, Ct. 



Only one month more until Recrea- 

 tion's photo competition closes. Send in 

 your best work at once. 



