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me to-morrow for keeping' you awake. 

 Now jump up and lets go to the camp 

 surgeon and get that prescription filled. 

 (Mr. Racer groans and gets out of bed, 

 takes the prescription out of his pocket and 

 they both read together) : 



I£. Two clay pipes. 



S. To be taken to the tent of the 2 

 Doctors in place of those you sat on to- 

 night. 



Mr. Strongest-man. — By Jove, that's 

 good! Come to my tent, I owe you a 

 drink. (Exit both.) 



NOTES. 



The Lakanoo Boat Club was organized 

 here recently, and bids fair to become an 

 active club. 



The Delaware is one of the finest rivers 

 in the East for boating and canoeing, and 

 we are going to make good use of it. 



The object of the club is to create an in- 

 terest in all aquatic sports. 



The following officers were elected: 



H. D. Hewett, Commodore; J. H. Lukens, 

 Vice-Commodore; C. E. Allinson, Purser; 

 H. B. Fort, Correspondent; W. S. Hewett, 

 Quartermaster; F. H. Lippincott, J. H. 

 Miller, T. R. Davis, Trustees. 



We hope to increase our membership, 

 also the circulation of Recreation and to 

 add some new names to the A. C. A. roll. 

 J. D. C, Burlington, N. J. 



The Atlantic Yacht Club gave an invita- 

 tion canoe race, June 18th, in which 

 7 entered and finished as follows: F. C. 

 Moore, N. Y. C. C, Pioneer, 1st; H. L. 

 Quick, Yonkers C. C, Foggy Dew, 2d; 

 Louis May, N. Y. C. C, Az Iz, 3d; F. L. 

 Dunnell, Brooklyn C. C, Eclipse, did not 

 finish; C. V. Schuyler, Brooklyn C. C, 

 Nipsic, did not finish; J. C. Mowbray, N. 

 Y. C. C, Torment, did not finish; H. H. 

 Smythe, N. Y. C. C, Wise Hen, did not 

 finish. A heavy wind from the Southeast 

 made hard sailing and a big sea was run- 

 ning. Other races will be held later in 

 the season. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



A PEOPLE'S POPULAR PLAYGROUND. 



Now is the time tourists and sports- 

 men are looking about them for some 

 new field to visit. The unsettled state 

 brought about by the war will probably be 

 the means of inducing many of those who 

 each year spend the summer months on the 

 sea coast to digress from the usual ways of 

 the past and to find some attractive and 

 healthy inland resort where the heated 

 months of summer can be pleasantly passed. 



So richly endowed with both grand and 

 beautiful scenery is Canada that the travel^ 

 er is apt to turn in her direction this sea- 

 son. There is no finer scenery to be found 

 in America than in that vast territory lying 

 in the Northern part of Ontario, within easy 

 access by rail, and known as the " High- 

 lands of Ontario." It is also styled " The 

 Switzerland of America." In it lie em- 

 bedded some eight hundred odd stretches 

 of water, including three principal ones 

 known as the " Muskoka lakes " which 

 'have, in the last few years, become the sum- 

 mer home of thousands of Canadians as 

 well as of a large number of residents from 

 the greater cities in the Northern States. 

 This incomparable range of waters studded 

 over a vast area, like crystalline gems set 

 with emeralds in one of those gorgeous 

 pictures of Nature which defy the power of 

 creative genius to depict, and baffle the skill 

 of the brightest imitation, is, without doubt, 

 the tourists' Mecca, par excellence. 



The region is replete with historical in- 

 terest as being the home of the ill-fated 

 Hurons. Now all is forgotten, the scene is 

 changed, and it is only occasionally, in a 

 reflective mind, the name of a village 

 or lake will awaken the memory of some 

 Indian legend " dark with phantoms and 

 shapes of wild enormity." As mentioned 

 before, the^ waters of this region which 

 stand out in more prominence than the 

 others are the Muskoka lakes, composed of 

 3 bodies of beautiful translucent water, their 

 names being " Lake Muskoka," " Lake 

 Rosseau," and " Lake Joseph," all 3 being 

 connected and giving a continuous steam- 

 boat route of more than 50 miles. The 

 bosoms of these sylvan gems are covered 

 with innumerable islands, on which have 

 been built cosey and comfortable cottages, 

 and on the larger islands may be seen hand- 

 some and costly residences, the homes of 

 the wealthy. For those in search of purely 

 scenic beauty there is no other spot in the 

 universe to rival it, while those in search of 

 health will find the purity of air and the 

 general surroundings most beneficial. Be- 

 ing at an altitude of 1,000 feet above the 

 sea level and 500 feet above the city of 

 Toronto, which is not more than 100 miles 

 distant, it is the very spot to invigorate ex- 

 hausted physical nature. 



For the sportsman as well as the Nimrod 

 •this 'magnificent district holds forth un- 

 limited charms. During their respective 



