PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



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ticularly welcome as theatrical managers 

 on the other side of the border line. 

 Mr. Proctor's energetic and progressive 

 method of advertising, his liberality in put- 

 ting forward good shows at low prices, and 

 his well known ability to do business along 

 sound commercial lines, all combined first 

 to surprise, then delight the Canadian 

 public. As a result, his theatre in Montreal, 

 the handsomest and largest, in the Domin- 

 ion, by the way, has now firmly established 

 itself in the favor of the Canadian public. 

 In fact, Proctor's is as much a household 

 word across the line as it is in these parts. 



be glad of the chance to get so fine a book 

 as this by merely paying postage on it. 



One characteristic of the Korona cameras 

 which the manufacturers have kept per- 

 sistently before the public is that expressed 

 in the well known saying, "It's all in the 

 lens." Moreover, the standard of the opti- 

 cal equipment of Korona cameras has been 

 maintained on a sufficiently high plane to 

 justify the emphasis which the Gundlach- 

 Manhattan Optical Company places on this 

 feature. It is an old saying that imitation 

 is the sincerest flattery, and it is therefore 

 an amusing tribute to the publicity which 

 the Korona has gained, to find "It's all in 

 the lens" variously twisted into : "It's 98 

 per cent in the lens," "It's not all in the 

 lens," etc. The original phrase is so good 

 that other advertisers do not seem able to 

 keep their hands off. 



The Baker Gun and Forging Company, of 

 Batavia, N. Y., makers of the celebrated 

 Baker Gun, published in the August num- 

 ber of their Quarterly a great deal of ma- 

 terial of special interest to sportsmen. In 

 addition to full descriptions of their various 

 patterns of guns, several pages are de- 

 voted to a review of the principal shooting 

 events of the first half of this year, 

 articles on duck shooting and an interesting 

 article on the subject of shot, illustrated 

 with diagrams and original matter on this 

 subject not heretofore printed by any simi- 

 lar publication. The Quarterly is sent free 

 to any address on receipt of postal card. 



The DuPont Powder Co., of Wilmington, 

 Del., write me that they have had a great 

 many inquiries for their book, "Brush, Stub- 

 ble and Marsh," of which I printed a notice 

 in Recreation some months ago, and they 

 request me to say that they have adopted a 

 rule under which they can send this book 

 only to persons who enclose 6 cents in 

 stamps to pay postage. The book is a rare 

 work of art, and many of the pictures re- 

 produced in it are worth cutting out and 

 framing. Any lover of outdoor sport should 



"The Korona and the Film Pack" is the 

 title of an artistic folder issued by the 

 Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., which an- 

 nounces that the well known Film Pack 

 can now be used with Korona cameras. By 

 means of this device, the field of usefulness 

 of the Korona is greatly enlarged, and it is 

 thereby converted into a focusing film cam- 

 era. We advise those who own Koronas, 

 and those who contemplate the purchase of 

 a new camera, to send to the Gundlach- 

 Manhattan Co. for the new folder. 



F. W. Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., 

 make a roofing paper that should be known 

 to every person who intends to build a 

 house, or a barn, or a boat house, or a 

 camp in the country. I have used some of 

 this paper on the buildings of the Mashipa- 

 cong Club, in Sussex county, N. J., and 

 have found it admirably adapted to such 

 purposes as I have mentioned. 



By writing to the company as above and 

 mentioning this notice you can get sam- 

 ples of the paper and full information as to 

 the prices, manner of putting on, etc. 



I am informed by several people who 

 have sent money to the Hub Poultry and 

 SuppU Company, of Boston, Mass., that 

 these people are frauds, and it appears 

 that they have discontinued business. Let- 

 ters that have recently been sent to the ad- 

 dress they gave have been returned not de- 

 livered. 



Hemm & Woodward, Sidney, Ohio, have 

 reduced their price on wick plugs. See 

 their new ad in this issue of Recreation. 



These wick plugs are the greatest things 

 ever invented for keeping a gun clean 

 inside, and every shooter should have a 

 supply. 



Readers of Recreation who buy at the 

 news stands, and who may at any time 

 find circulars or other printed matter in- 

 serted between the leaves by news dealers, 

 are requested to take out and send to .me 

 all such inserts. 



The Irishman was wrestling with a 

 mathematical problem too great for his 

 mental faculties. "The 2 Grogans was wan, 

 Pat Flynn was 2, meself was 3. Bedad, I 

 thought there was 4 of us. Pat Flynn was 

 wan, meself was 2, and 2 Grogans was 3 — 

 meself was wan, the 2 Grogans was 2, Pat 

 Flynn was 3 — there was but 3 of us after 

 all."— Judge. 



