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RECREATION. 



The Graphol Chemical Company, of 90 

 William street, New York city, have lately 

 brought into the market preparations of 

 surprising simplicity for sensitizing various 

 materials. Their Graphol blue produces 

 beautiful pictures on stationery, envelopes, 

 linen, silk, white canvas, glass transparen- 

 cies, etc. Their Graphol brown can be ap- 

 plied to the same materials, also to wood, 

 making pictures on wood similar to burnt- 

 wood effects. The method of printing is so 

 simple that every amateur will wish to have 

 these preparations in his outfit. 



The Graphol blue, as well as the Graphol 

 brown, comes in powder form, and any part 

 of these powders, when diluted in water, 

 in proportions stated in the directions, can 

 be used. These powders, if protected from 

 light, keep their photographic qualities, and 

 there is no waste connected with them. 

 Read the ad of these goods in this issue, 

 and write the manufacturers for further in- 

 formation. Please do not fail to mention 

 Recreation. 



In writing for the book please mention 

 Recreation. 



"The Complete Campers' Manual" is 

 more fascinating than a novel, and as full 

 of information as a dictionary. The man- 

 ual is written and published by Buzzacott, 

 the famous authority on everything per- 

 taining to camp life. In it he tells how 

 to outfit for every possible emergency of 

 camp life, and how to improvize conve- 

 niences and comforts from materials at 

 hand, if lacking a regular equipment. He 

 also tells what not to do, which is often 

 most important. The marvelously ingeni- 

 ous devices he describes are illustrated, 

 and the book is a lure to win the most in- 

 different to have a try at camp life, while 

 the experienced camper can find new ideas 

 in the Manual that will be worth many 

 dollars to him. A copy of this invaluable 

 book will be sent free to each reader of 

 Recreation who will write Buzzacott, Ra- 

 cine, Wis., and mention Recreation. 



-Yawman & Erbe, Rochester, N. Y., have 

 issued a new catalogue of their fishing 

 reels which contains a lot of excellent illus- 

 trations of the automatic reel and oi the 

 methods of using it. By examining this 

 pamphlet you will .learn exactly how it is 

 that the little finger does it, leaving your 

 left hand free for hanging on trees, the 

 bank, or for handling your pipe or what- 

 ever else you may have use for it to do. 

 The book is as full of information as a 

 hickory nut is of meat, and every angler 

 should have a copy. 



Yawman & Erbe are in the field again 

 with an offer of 5 cash prizes for the largest 

 fishes taken with their reels during the 

 present season. Two of these prizes, $15 

 each, are offered to boys and girls under 

 16 years of age. 



"Hints to Tourists" is the name of a 

 new and most attractive booklet issued by 

 the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com- 

 pany, to answer the vacation questions, 

 Where Shall I Go? How Get There.' 1 

 What Will It Cost? The booklet gives in- 

 formation in regard to shooting, fishing 

 and camping resorts in the beautiful lake 

 and forest regions of Minnesota, Wiscon- 

 sin, Michigan, Montana, Illinois, Iowa and 

 the Dakotas. This information includes a 

 map of the C. & N. W. Ry., rates of trans- 

 portation, connections, lists of hotels and 

 boarding houses, kinds of game and fish to 

 be found at each resort, and practically all 

 the data a tourist can need to aid him in 

 planning his vacation. Besides, it is beau- 

 tifully illustrated. 



Write for a copy of "Hints to Tourists," 

 and please say you saw it mentioned in 

 Recreation. 



The Old Hickory Chair Co., of Martins- 

 ville, Ind., is making a sectional metal boat 

 that bids fair to become popular among 

 sportsmen as soon as a few of the boats are 

 distributed. This company has established 

 an enviable reputation for good work 

 through the medium of the old hickory fur- 

 niture of which they have sold great quan- 

 tities during the past few years. W T e are 

 using a lot of their rocking chairs, dining 

 chairs, etc., at the Mashipacong Club, and 

 I have never seen better work or better ma- 

 terial employed in any such work than in 

 this furniture. It is fair to assume that the 

 boats will be made with the same care and 

 in the same thorough manner as the furni- 

 ture, and sportsmen may therefore feel per- 

 fectly safe in ordering these sectional boats. 

 Write for descriptive circular and mention 

 Recreation. 



To keep 7 playhouses open all summer, 

 and all under one management, is a task 

 few theatrical impresarios attempt in these 

 days. F. F. Proctor is a notable exam- 

 ple of the type of manager who bei:eves in 

 doing things that the majority of his con- 

 freres fight shy of. Mr. Proctor, announ- 

 ces, for instance, that not one of his 7 play- 

 houses will close its doors this summer, 

 and his staff are already hard at work 

 making the necessary preparations for a 

 hot weather campaign. These preparations 

 include laying in a stock of 20,000 big palm 

 leaf fans ; covering the plush chairs with 

 cool, smooth linen covers ; overhauling the 

 ventilating system of each house; replacing 

 the winter draperies with light and airy 

 stuffs, and a score of other details like 

 these. 



