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RECREATION. 



in an off-hand, nateral tone, 'Pretty sloppy 

 day, ain't it?' 



"The Gineral was settin' down with his 

 back toward me when I made the precedin' 

 remarks. He edeed round in the water and 

 ses he, solemn and mournful like, ' 'Tis 

 sorter wet, Unc' John.' 



"I set down sudden like as a faint feelin' 

 came over me with palpitatin' emotions in 

 the regions of the stumik. I heard the 

 Gineral behind me splashin' round as he 

 pulled his boat up to the dock. He was 

 talkin' low like to himself, an' his remarks 



was earnest but contaminatin. Then, as if 

 he had rid himself of an unpleasant duty, 

 he riz up spry and chipper like. 



" 'John,' ses he, in a voice entirely out of 

 keepin' with his forlorn, drippin' appear- 

 ance, 'don't tell the boys about this — er — it 

 would only worry them. Doc would pre- 

 scribe for rheumatiz and pack me off home, 

 an' I might jest as well fee you as him.' 



"He spoke most beseechin', with an al- 

 lurin twinkle in his peepers hard to resist. 

 The Gineral's a foxy bird, thet's what 

 he is!" 



WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE PUP ? 



I enclose you herewith a proof, not only 

 of a negative, but of the truth of the old 

 adage that nature looks out for its own. 



When, about a week ago, I saw the pup 

 he had short legs. Since then a blizzard 

 has brought us 2 feet of snow, and now see 

 the pup equipped with legs that would en- 

 able him to wade snow 

 banks or play he was 

 a stork. 



Of course, the cam- 

 era didn't do it, for it 

 is credited with being 

 a good one, and I take 

 it that a camera is like 

 a man and could never 

 maintain a good repu- 

 tation when given to 

 exaggeration. Hence 

 it must be a proof of the truth of the old 

 adage and that some of the other animals 

 beside man are "fearfully and wonderfully 

 made." 



But, seriously, can you advise me as to 

 what happened to the camera, or to the sub- 

 ject at the instant of exposure? 



C. L. Bailey, Mancelona, Mich. 



Your lens has simply distorted the im- 

 age. It is difficult to say why, but probably 

 because the lens was made for landscape 

 work and not for making portraits of pup- 

 pies or of people. As to why the lens 

 should have lengthened the dog up and 

 down, instead of sidewise, I am unable to 

 say, but no doubt it was built that way. — 

 Editor. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY I. S TROSTLER. 



NEST OF GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



Highly Commended in Recreation's 4th Annual Photo 



Competition. 



