lviil RECREATION. 
Marble’s 
* Ideal Hunting Knives 
ee ad 
— 
Are hand - made 
SW throughout by ex- 
© SG) perienced workmen 
skilled in the art of 
knife making. They 
are forged irom the 
best razor steel, are 
hand tested, and fully guaranteed. Each blade is tempered with the single idea of securing 
an edge that will hold its keenness and which will not nick or turn when subjected to 
hard usage. Back of point is brought to an edge for chopping bone. The knife slides into 
its sheath so far that it cannot fall out. 
Blades, 4% to8 inches. Prices, $2.25 to $3.50. For sale by dealers everywhere, or 

direct, prepaid. Send for new 32-page catalogue, showing 18 new special- 
ties, and mention Recreation. 
Marble Safety Axe Company 
Burnt Work — Something Great. To 
persons sending new subscriptions to ReEc- 
REATION through me, or sending them direct 
to the office to my credit, I will send the 
following prizes: 
For 1 new yearly subscription to RECREA- 
TION I will give a neat barrel match safe 
mounted on an oval back, both burned 
and decorated, equal in value to 75 cents. 
For 2 new yearly subscriptions to REc- 
REATION I will give a 6-inch round picture 
frame burned and decorated with beauti- 
ful old fashioned poppies tinted with 
water colors. This would cost you $1.25 
at the least. 
For 5 new yearly subscriptions to REc- 
REATJON I will give either a round stool 14 
inches high with round upholstered top 
or a square stool same height with square 
upholstered top. These would probably 
cost you $7 or $8 finished as I finish them 
with designs burned in the wood and 
leather. 
E. A. King, Pleasant Prairie, Wis. 

Free: For 1 year’s subscription of ReEc- 
REATION, through me, will give 1 Bromide 
enlargement, any size up to II x 14 inches, 
inclusive, from any negative not larger than 
4x5; or from photographs. Negatives and 
Photos are to be returned to the owner. 
Here is a rare chance to get a large Photo 
from your pet Negative, also RECREATION 
for $1. A. F. Evarts, Meriden, Conn. 
Dept. A. 

LOVE A LA MODE. 
Reject me not, maid saccharine, 
Nor fear, my darling prized, 
In allopathic glen, unseen, 
Your sweet Pasteurized head to lean 
On waistcoat sterilized; 
Come, talk of antitoxin love 
"Neath Board of Health—y trees, 
While cooes the duly licensed dove 
And softly sighs, our heads above, 
The disinfected breeze. 
Why greet, with exclamations gruff, 
My soul’s despairing’ call ? 
Why gaze, in antiseptic huff, 
At little specks upon my cuff, 
Which were not germs at all? 
Why let me not my thoughts express, 
My adoration speak, 
My everlasting love confess, 
Whilst medicated lips I press 
To fumigated cheek? 
What faithless hearts have maidens fair! 
’Tis of my foe you think; 
You know him not! Beware, beware ! 
Gems lurk behind his noble air 
And microbes in his wink! 
Farewell, existence, worthless toy! 
Farewell! at life I mock, 
The wild bacilli shall destroy 
My aching heart, bereft of joy, 
Far, far, from Dr. Koch! 
T. Ybarra in Life. 
GLADSTONE, MICH. 
