RECREATION. 



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Editor Recreation: 



Four months ago we 

 ordered two copies of 

 Recreation, as a sam- 

 ple. The next month 

 we ordered five copies, 

 and the next month ten. 

 This month we ordered 

 twenty copies and since 

 they came have sent for 

 five more. It has had 

 the largest run of any 

 periodical we ever had 

 on our counter. 



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A BEVERAGE FOR WHEELMEN. 



Next to being lost at sea there is nothing that 

 brings on the pangs of thirst quicker than bicycle 

 riding. The hot sun and the constant inhalation 

 of dust quickly parches the throat and makes the 

 biker long for the next stop for refreshments. 

 The wise rider avoids ice water, well knowing its 

 danger. Alcoholic beverages are likewise 

 tabooed because of their heating propensities, 

 and there is little satisfaction in wishy-washy 

 stuff sold under the broad classification of " soft 

 drinks." A well known wheelman in speaking 

 of this, said : 



" What to drink is no easy problem to a man 

 on a long, hot run. The only drink I know 

 really fit for a bicyle rider is Hires' Rootbeer, 

 carbonated. There are but few places now at 

 which it cannot be had, and I tell you it braces 

 one right up, seems to go right down to the bot- 

 tom of your pedal workers. It is cooling and re- 

 freshing, quickly lowering your temperature and 

 fully satisfying your thirst. I tell you there's 

 nothing like it, and I've sworn off all other drinks 

 when on the road." Hires' Rootbeer, carbonate'!, 

 is made from the famous Hires' Rootbeer extract 

 by the same formula, without adulteration of any 

 kind. Besides being delicious, it possesses many 

 medicinal qualities, making it as popular with 

 wheelmen and pedestrians as the good home- 

 made Hires' Rootbeer is with the folks at home. 



I have just finished reading the last number of 

 Recreation and am delighted with it. It<. 

 excellent reading matterand beautiful illustrations 

 commend it to all sportsmen. 



Edward P. Kremer, D. D. S. 



