EDITOR'S CORNER. 



The American News Company's or- 

 der for September Recreation was 

 3,200 copies, for October 6,000, and for 

 November 6,300, an increase of 1,300 in 

 60 days. The company buys 800 to 

 1,000 a month on siipplementary orders, 

 in addition to those taken on standing 

 order. Ask them wliether this is so. 



New subscriptions are coining at the 

 rate of 300 to 800 a month. 



The editioji for September was 12,000 

 copies; for October, 14,000, and for this 

 mimber it is 13,000. 



My subscription books are open to ex- 

 amination at all times. If any adver- 

 tiser will select 100 names from the 

 books, at random, and write the men, 

 asking them whether they are subscribers 

 to Recreation, / will pay for stenog- 

 raphers services a?id postage , both ways. 

 If he will select the na?nes of 10 men 

 and telegraph them, I will pay telegraph 

 tolls, both ways. Is not this fair? 



December Recreation wil contain a 

 decided novelty in the way of a hunting 

 story. It details" the fortunes and misfortunes 

 of a party of women, who went shooting, in 

 Florida. The author, Julia C.Welles, clothes 

 her narrative in keen satire, rich humor and 

 ready wit. 



Other leading features of the December 

 number are, " A Youthful Guide and a Prize 

 Big Horn," by Hon. N. I. Hibbs; r< Socialism 

 among Bees," Dr. Jas. Weir, Jr.; " A Tem- 

 oestuous Cruise," Commodore Chas. Pryer, 

 of the Corinthian Yacht Club; "A Wild 

 Goose Chase," E. A. McKenzie ; " A Cali- 

 fornia Bass," C. F. Holder ; the continua- 

 tion of " Guatemotzin," etc. 



Seven of these stories will be handsomely 

 illustrated. Mr. S. N. McAdoo's poem 

 " Hans, the Wolf Hunter," was unavoid- 

 ably held over from the November number, 

 and will be printed in December with a 

 series of spirited drawings by A. S. Knapp. 

 All the departments will be fully up to the 

 standard. , 



Haverhill, Mass., is one of the many towns 

 in which Recreation has large subscrip- 

 tion lists. Mr. John H. Steele, of that place, 

 sent me in a club of 10 subscribers in June 

 last. A few days later Mr. S. H. Steele sent 

 one of 35. This was followed, in less than 

 two weeks, by a club of 10, sent by Mr. Frank 

 L. Higgins, and on the following day I re- 

 ceived another club of 18, through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. C. B. Wright. Many other towns, 

 n© larger, have dene equally well. 



Margaret Gray Brooks, one of Rec- 

 reation's brightest and most valued con- 

 tributors, has in the October number of 

 Household News, a deeply interesting article 

 on " How Uncle Sam's Regulars Live." 

 The story takes the form of a letter written 

 by a young girl who is visiting at a Western 

 army post, to a friend in the East. I have 

 many dear friends in the army, have spent 

 many happy days at various posts, and this 

 chatty letter revives delightful memories of 

 them all. 



Mrs. Brooks is the wife of Lieut. E. C. 

 Brooks, who is now on detail as military in- 

 structor of Girard College, Philadelphia. 



All good-hearted, generous people are 

 now - considering the important question, 

 " What shall I give my friends for Christ- 

 mas presents ?" If you have any friends 

 who love the rifle, the gun, the rod, the 

 wheel, the woods, the mountains, the waters, 

 the prairies,thebirds,the flowers — or anything 

 else that grows out of doors — send each of 

 them Recreation for a year. There is ab- 

 solutely nothing that can give such a man, 

 such a woman, such a boy or such a girl so 

 much pleasure as this would. Make a 

 memo, of it. 



A Chicago paper says that the Krag-Jor- 

 g^nsen rifle, which cost the War Department 

 over $300,000 for its adoption, is daily prov- 

 ing itself a failure, and the chances for its 

 condemnation are steadily on the increase 

 as its qualities are called into ordinary mili- 

 tary use. This charge reflects seriously on 

 the judgment of the ordnance board that 

 tested the rifle, at great expense, and recom- 

 mended its adoption. 



The suggestion made in October Recre- 

 ation, that a great sportsmen's association 

 should be organized, and a club house pro- 

 vided for sportsmen, has awakened a great 

 deal of interest and has brought out numer- 

 ous suggestions. Will not the management 

 of the Sportsmen's Exposition call a general 

 meeting of all interested, at once, for the 

 purpose of formulating plans for such a 

 work ? 



Mr. O. D. Wheeler, of the Northern Pa- 

 cific railway, writes from Missoula, Mont., 

 that he has just made a delightful two weeks' 

 trip through the Yellowstone Park on horse- 

 back. He is now off for another two 

 weeks in the Bitter Root range. 



You are cordially invited to call on Re- 

 creation at its new offices, 19 West 24th 

 street, where you will be warmly welcomed 

 and where y©u will find an ideal hunter's den 



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