RECREA TION, 



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AND CAMP 



OUTFITS 



We manufacture the largest and most 

 complete line of tents in the country, 

 and our goods are celebrated for their 

 wearing and waterproof qualities* 



Send 4 cents in stamps for our new 

 40-page illustrated catalogue showing 

 all styles of Tents and Camp furniture. 



GEO. B. CARPENTER & CO. 



202 to 2J0 S. water Street, CHICAGO 



Established 1840. 



A few months ago I received by mail a 

 copy of Recreation for which accept my 

 heartiest thanks. I also wish to thank the 

 person who gave you my address, for I ex- 

 perience the greatest satisfaction and pleas- 

 ure in reading the magazine. I look for- 

 ward with eagerness to each number, and 

 would be delighted if you could issue it 

 52 times instead of 12 times a year. Your 

 L. A. S. platform suits me to a nicety, and 

 I am glad you are the man you are. This 

 sounds Irish, but you know what it means. 

 J. A. V., Toronto, Ont. 



Dr. Ashley A. Webber, with a revolver, 

 which he picked up in a pawn-shop, recent- 

 ly did some excellent shooting, at 10 yards, 

 at the Brooklyn Revolver Club. He used 

 full charge ammunition, of The Union Me- 

 tallic Cartridge Co.'s make, and on several 

 of his targets, which were shot under club 

 rules, put all of his shots in the 4 or 5 circle. 



I saw a man the other day who could 

 knock a penny from between a person's 

 fingers, and he used a Marlin 32, W. C. F. 

 J. V. Gaul, Darby, Pa. 



I shoot a 38-55-255 Winchester, and find 

 it effective and accurate. 



R. C. Gibson, Lewiston, Idaho. 



If you would live next to nature, read 

 Recreation. 



GOLF SUITS or SWELL 

 CLOTHES 



May be worn at pleasure by the Four Hun- 

 dred or the Four Thousand, at any one of the 

 nine hundred and ninety-nine delightful 

 summer resorts along the lines of the Chi- 

 cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the 

 cool regions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa 

 and Michigan, not omitting the famous Ex- 

 celsior Springs of Missouri. 



Within three hours' ride of Chicago are 

 some of the most beautiful lake and country 

 resorts in Wisconsin. Oconomowoc, Wau- 

 kesha and Delavan are among the list. A 

 little farther away are Elkhart Lake and the 

 Dells of the Wisconsin River, and beyond are 

 Marquette — with its magnificent Hotel Su- 

 perior — Minocqua, Star Lake, Lake Minne- 

 tonka, Lakes Okoboji, Spirit Lake and 

 hundreds of other deliciously inviting and 

 invigorating spots where energy will be re- 

 vived and life prolonged by a visit of a few 

 days or a sojourn of a few weeks. 



The season opens early in June and lasts 

 until late in September. 



Excursion tickets are sold every day during 

 the summer months. Our summer guide- 

 book with list of hotels and boarding-houses 

 will be sent free upon application to Geo. H. 

 Heafford, General Passenger Agent Old 

 Colony Building, Chicago, 111. 



The Summer Resorts of New England 



ARE REACHED QUICKLY AND 



COMFORTABLY VIA THE 



Norwich Line^Connections 



Steamers " City of Lowell " and " City of 

 Worcester" leave New York, Pier 40, North 

 River, 6.00 p.m. week-days, connecting at 

 New London with trains of the New England 

 and Central Vermont Railroads for the North 

 and East, and with steamers for Block Island, 

 Watch Hill and the Shore Resorts of Long 

 Island Sound. 



Tickets and Staterooms at Pier 40, North 

 River, New York. 



A young man addicted to freight 

 His Juliet's front garden geight 



With his slender physique 



Got caught at the frique 

 By the yeomen who bossed the esteight. 

 And when he forthwith bade adieu 

 To the same, he so speedfully flieu, 



There was hardly a doubt 



But he'd been fired oubt 

 On the prow of a double soled shieu. 



— Boston Courier. 



A turkey's age can be told by the teeth, 

 Though we broil it or bake it or stew it; 



Not the teeth of the bird — no, that is ab- 

 surd! — 

 But the teeth of the people who chew it. 



