AN FASVY WAY TO GET A GRAMOPHONE. 
present of an $18 machine, Not being able 
to do this, I have done the next best thing, as 
follows : 
Believing that you have only to hear the 
' gramophone yourself to think as much of it 
as I do, I have made a special arrangement 
with the National Gram-o-phone Corporation 
whereby, on receipt from you of only $2.50, 
simply as a guarantee of good faith, they will 
ship to you an $18 machine and 6 carefully 
selected 50-cent records (representing in all 
$21). After 24 hours’ trial, if you do not care 
to keep the same, reship to the National 
Gram-o-phone Corporation, 874 Broadway, 
New York, and if returned in good order 
your money will be returned to you. 
If, on the other hand, you desire to keep it 
as Iam sure you will, you can repay the re- 
mainder, $18.50, to your local express agent, 
through whom it is received, or by paying 
one dollar extra, pay for it in instalments of 
$2 a month. e 
In such respect do I hold my subscribers (to 
whom this offer is strictly limited) that I 
have become personally responsible for any 
balances left unpaid under this arrangement. 
I have for some time past been negotiating 
with the National Gram-o-phone Corporation, 
874 Broadway, New York City, to the end that 
my readers, all of them, might have the op- 
portunity to listen to the gramophone, and 
have finally succeeded in making an arrange- 
Last week a famous sportsman went 
to the shore to shoot geese, and was suc- 
cessful in bringing down 6 geese and 3 
ducks. When he landed he met his com- 
rades a few yards from the boat and was 
trying to get off one of his jokes, telling 
them he did not get any birds, and ex- 
plaining how it was almost impossible to 
get in range of them. Suddenly there was 
a rustling i. the air and a goose perched 
on the side of the boat. Before the gen- 
tleman could get his gun the bird made 
off. This goose had apparently been dead 
half an hour. The sportsman did not wait 
to finish his joke, but hurried to the boat 
to make sure of the rest of his birds: He 
is now ready to believe almost any hunt- 
ing story. 
Ernest G. Mackay, New Glasgow, N. S. 
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ment whereby this end is attained. I have 
been anxious to do this for my subscribers for 
the reason that many of them would not other- 
wise know what a source of real pleasure and 
entertainment this wonderful instrument is— 
how much of truly enjoyable diversion it 
brings into the home circle. By this arrange- 
ment, on the payment of $2.50, merely asa 
guarantee of good faith, a subscriber to RECc- 
REATION may have shipped to his address a 
gramophone and 6 records (his own selec- 
tion), and may retain the machine for trial 24 
hours. If, after giving it this trial, he is not 
satisfied with the instrument he may, by re- 
turning it to the National Gramophone Cor- 
poration at the address given above, have the 
$2.50 returned, and will have incurred no 
liability in the premises— provided the ma- 
chine be returned in good order—nor any 
obligation to purchase. 
To sum up, the National Gram-o-phone 
Corporation will send one of their $18 instru- 
ments, and 6 flat, signed, indestructible rec- 
ords, representing in all $21, and allow you 
to retain it 24 hours. At the end of that time 
if you want to purchase it the $2.50 you have 
paid as a guarantee of good faith will apply 
on the purchase price, and the remainder may 
be paid in instalments of $2 a month; this 
would make it easy for many to whom the 
payment of the whole sum at once might not 
be entirely convenient. 
Your March number has an article 
signed “Pigigi,” in which the writer tries 
to make to make people believe he is a 
true sportsman. 
He says he and his party killed 14 deer 
in 4 days. I wish to compare him with 
what we call the “Winchester” party, of 
New Haven, Ct., consisting of president 
and secretary of W. A. C. O. and others. 
They, with 7 guides, 13 in all, killed 
only 13 deer in as many days—all bucks. 
If all our parties were like the Winchester 
party we could be sure of plenty of deer 
and use dogs, too; but we do not believe 
in dogging and have not used them in 2 
years. The result is lots of deer. Our 
Brown’s Tract Guide Ass’n is doing 
its part toward seeing the game law en- 
forced. 
A. R., Fulton Chain, Me. 
