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RECREATION. 



pass by the long-drawn-out cognomens of 

 the more ambitious Thomas Livingston 

 McSvvott, Nathaniel Hawthorne Lang- 

 worthey or Washington Hannibal Timber- 

 lake. Even where such names are put 

 down by the reporter, the editor frequently 

 blue pencils them for want of space. 



If you want your name carved on the 

 tower of fame, if you want it to go thun- 

 dering down the ages, boil it down so 

 busy people can remember it. Abbreviate 

 it so they can speak it glibly. 



With this issue Recreation installs a 

 new department, devoted to forestry. It 

 is under the editorial supervision of Dr. 

 B. E. Fernow, Director of the New York 

 State College of Forestry, in Cornell Uni- 

 versity, assisted by Dr. John Gifford, of 

 the same institution, and nothing further 

 need be said as to the high character and 

 great value of the material which will ap- 

 pear in these pages from month to month. 

 Dr. Fernow has devoted the best years of 

 his life to the study of forestry, and no one 

 in this country occupies a higher position 

 in that science than he. Readers of Rec- 

 reation are invited to contribute to this 

 new department any information they may 

 have that could add to its interest and 

 value. Short notes and items are pre- 

 ferred, but longer articles may be used 

 from time to time. Let us make this one 

 of the most interesting and important fea- 

 tures of Recreation. 



The disgraceful and uncivilized method 

 of deer hunting which is practiced on 

 Long Island during 4 days in Novem- 

 ber of each year has resulted in another 

 death. On November 3d William Ru- 

 dolph fired a charge of buckshot into the 

 head of his brother-in-law, Peter De Graff, 

 and killed him almost instantly. 



It has long been understood that any 

 man who takes a position on one of the 

 firing lines which are formed during these 

 open days on Long Island carries his life 

 in his hand, and only the more reckless 

 and thoughtless hunters ever engage in 

 this so-called sport. 



I trust the New York legislature will 

 soon pass a law providing for severe pun- 

 ishment of any man who "accidentally" 

 kills or wounds a human being while hunt- 

 ing. 



In the death of Mr. Robert C. Alex- 

 ander, editor of the Mail and Express, the 

 cause of game protection loses one of its 

 best friends and most earnest workers. He 

 has for years been prominent in various 

 movements intended for the promotion of 

 clean sport. He was at one time president 

 of the Adirondack League Club, in which 



he did a great deal of valuable work. He 

 was a member of the L. A. S., in which he 

 was also an earnest worker, and was a 

 member of the committee on legislation. 



He wrote and printed, in the Mail and 

 Express, a number of strong articles in the 

 interest of the League and of game legis- 

 lation at Albany. He was always ready to 

 do anything he was asked to do, and his 

 death is a severe loss to the League. He 

 leaves hosts of friends to mourn his early 

 departure. 



The Recreation' group of birds, mam- 

 mals and reptiles in the New York Zoo 

 Park now numbers 52 specimens. Let us 

 swell the list as fast as possible. Who will 

 be the next to furnish a specimen, or a 

 number of them? Please communicate 

 with this office on this subject. It is to 

 the interest of every friend of Recreation 

 and to every friend of nature that the col- 

 lection should grow as fast as possible, and 

 especially that the Recreation group 

 should be a great feature of it. 



' • Much that is intended as good effort in 

 heaping disgrace on the game hog is ill advised 

 and worse considered.** 



So says the editor of the A. D. G. H. 

 He don't like to have his pets abused. 



A Munson Typewriter, listed at $100, for 

 75 yearly subscriptions to Recreation. 

 This is one of the high grade standard 

 machines, and does just as good work as 

 the Remington or the Smith Premier. A 

 rare opportunity. Don't miss it. 



Recreation is now comfortably housed 

 in its new quarters, 23 West Twenty-fourth 

 street, and all its friends are cordially in- 

 A'ited to call and inspect the new home. 

 The latch string is always out. 



Bilkins — What's the matter with that 

 dog of yours? He looks poor. 



Gilkins — Indigestion. I call him Dewey 

 and the neighbors have been overfeeding 

 him. — Ohio State Journal. 



"Mr. Foddcringham talks about his new 

 autocart all through each meal," remarked 

 Miss Bellingham. 



''Yes; he's a regular autocart of the 

 breakfast table," commented Miss Golds- 

 borough. — Judge. 



"Now. William, if a bicycle makes three 

 revolutions a second, how many will it 

 make an hour?" 



"Say! I ain't no bicyclopedia." 



