-PUBLISHER’S NOTES. 
BEST VALUE FOR LEAST MONEY. 
A question which every household con- 
siders at some time or other is how to get 
the best piano possible at the lowest pos- 
sible price.. It is well known that the prof- 
its on pianos sold in retail stores or by pi- 
ano dealers are very large, usually not less 
than $75 or $100, and often as much as 
$250. 
To enable buyers to save this amount, 
Wing & Son, a firm of piano manufactur- 
ers in New York, make a specialty of sell- 
ing their pianos direct from their factory 
at wholesale price. They do not supply 
their pianos to dealers or retail stores, and 
do not employ salesmen or agents. Their 
factory and offices are at 9th Ave., corner 
of 13th St., New York City, and are among 
the oldest in the United States, having been 
established over 36 years ago. In that time 
Messis. Wing & Son have manufactured 
and sold over 38,000 pianos. Their cata- 
logue contains thousands of testimonials. 
They also publish a Book of Information 
About Pianos, which they state contains as 
much information as is possessed by the 
most experienced piano expert, and which 
is therefore of. great value to any one wish- 
ing to buy a piano. They send it free to 
any one who will write them and mention 
RECREATION. 
Address, Wing & Son, Wing Building, 
oth Ave., corner 13th St., New York City. 

These are the days when sportsmen’s 
wants are supplied before they really exist. 
For years there have been tin tackle boxes 
on the market that seemed to answer every 
purpose, but now the Merriam Mfg. Co., 
of Durham, Conn., has put ont a new one 
that makes the old ones look like 2 bits and 
a nickel. This new box has the call on the 
others for the reason that there are no trays 
in it to be lifted out and in and packed 
from time to time. All the interior space 
of the box can be utilized for tackle of 
various kinds, and when through assorting 
and placing the goods you simply shut 
down a trap door, close the lid of the box, 
Jock it and there you are. Everything is 
securely held in place and when wanted 
any article in the box can be reached in 
an instant, 
This new contrivance is fully described 
and illustrated in a circular issued by the 
Merriam Mfg. Co., and every angler in the 
land should have a copy of it. In writing 
for it please mention RECREATION. 

Bird, Jones & Kenyon have devised and 
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are making a hunting coat that is a de- 
cided improvement on anything of the kind 
I have ever seen. It is made of brown 
duck canvas, of various shades, which is 
treated by a chemical process that ren- 
ders it entirely waterproof and that at 
the same time leaves the cloth soft and 
pliable. The trouble with such goods here- 
tofore has been that the waterproofing 
process has made them stiff and noisy 
when worn in the woods. This new pro- 
cess duck is almost as flexible and pleasant 
to the touch as buckskin, yet is absolutely 
waterproof. 
The coat is known as the Duxbak, be- 
cause it sheds water like that well known 
watershed. 
Write for a circular and a sample of the 
‘cloth, and be sure to mention RECREATION. 

The Blair Camera Co. has issued a 
beautiful little book describing and illus- 
trating certain new features in cameras, 
shutters, etc., which this house is put- 
ting out. The book is full of valuable in- 
formation and the cuts are of so high an 
order that they show you exactly what 
each camera is. Full details are given as 
to prices of all cameras and the various 
other goods which the Hawk-Eye people 
supply. Write for a copy ot the book 
and please mention RECREATION. 

The Ithaca Gun Co., which has been 
conducted as a copartnership for the 
past 22 years, has recently incorporated 
under the laws of the State of New York. 
The officers are Geo. Livermore, Pres.; 
-L. P. Smith, Vice-Pres.; C. H. Smith, 
Sec.; Paul Smith Livermore, Treas. The 
management remains unchanged and the 
incorporation is the result of an increase 
in business from year to year until the 
Ithaca Gun Co. became too large to be 
run under a copartnership. 

Readers of RECREATION are cautioned 
against doing business with Henry Flohr, 
who claims to be a representative of Rec- 
REATION. He is a swindler and should be 
arrested and locked up wherever found. 
He has taken a number of subscriptions to 
RECREATION, and has failed to send in any 
of the money collected for them. 

The Sunny South Handicap Amateur 
Average was won by M. E. Atchison with 
his Parker gun. 
