PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



A LADY'S VERDICT. 



She whose guardian angel guides her 

 wandering feet to the Rock Island Railway 

 may well bless that celestial caretaker that 

 he has so wisely chosen. The exigencies of 

 climate in Washington, D. C, that city of 

 frequent weather changes, put it into the 

 wise head of my physician, some months 

 ago, to order me to fly to the mountains of 

 Colorado for the sunshine and healing de- 

 nied by the Capital City. A kind and 

 thoughtful friend, who had taken an 

 interest in my welfare, procured my 

 ticket via the Rock Island route 

 from Chicago to Denver. I was for- 

 tunate in having the gentlemanly 

 assistance of a friend from Cincin- 

 nati to Chicago, and was placed by him in 

 the Rock Island depot, whence a train, due 

 to start at 10 p. m., was to transfer me and 

 all my worldly wealth — the latter packed in 

 a trunk — to the Queen City of the Plains. 

 My experience with the road began with 

 the agent in the depot at Chicago. The 

 little details concerning transportation, 

 which are so puzzling to inexperienced lady 

 travelers, he attended to for me with an air 

 of being favored rather than of conferring 

 a benefit. When the train was announced 

 for departure I was assisted to my place 

 and made as comfortable as if I had been 

 the officer's sister. Let it be his guerdon that 

 a lonely girl, a stranger in that great city, 

 is deeply sensible of his gentle goodness, 

 and profoundly grateful for it. The cars 

 are marvels of splendor and miracles of , 

 comfort. What a wonder the American 

 railroader is, as a purveyor of luxuries ! 

 As much at ease as if at home I made the 

 long journey from Chicago to Denver. The 

 trainmen were considerate and watchful, 

 the conductor a prince and the porter a 

 guardian. 



The management has provided a road- 

 bed over which their trains roll without 

 jar. One glides, instead of jerking and 

 jolting. Talking is not an effort and doz- 

 ing is natural. But the dining car ! What 

 can I say that will give the prospective 

 tourist an idea of the delights which wait 

 on appetite there? Not only is the menu 

 extensive and elaborate, but the cooking 

 is perfect. Everything that comes before 

 the traveler is prepared with the highest art, 

 and it is placed on the table in the most al- 

 luring fashion. There, if nowhere else, the 

 invalid can eat. It looks good ; it smells 

 good ; it tastes good. There you call for 

 what you want, and pay for what you get. 

 It is dinner a la carte, served piping hot, 

 tempting and satisfying. All you have to 



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do is to eat. The cook and the waiters 

 have done the rest. 



Dear girl in the sizzling, drizzling, freez- 

 ing East, do you contemplate a visit to 

 the mountains, with their sunshine and 

 their balm? Come to Colorado, over the 

 Rock Island road. Come to Boulder and 

 learn what it can be to live where Nature — 

 not the politicians — furnishes the wind. 

 Edna C. Nelson, 



Boulder, Colo. 



QUAIL SHOOTING IN NORTH CAROLINA 



An experienced sportsman and regular 

 visitor to the North Carolina shooting 

 grounds has the following to say of the 

 quail prospects this season : 



Reports from the different sections of 

 North Carolina credit quails as being more 

 plentiful this winter than they were last. 

 A reasonably diligent hunter with fairly 

 good dogs can easily find one to 2 dozen 

 bevies a day. Topographically there are 2 

 hunting sections in the State, the Piedmont 

 or that part of it comprised in the foot hills 

 and rolling lands, and that East of it, 

 which is leveller to the coast. As far as 

 birds go, there is little choice. In the foot 

 hills there are fewer briars and sand burrs, 

 rather more open cover shooting, and more 

 exercise. The level section is easier to get 

 over, and so location is a matter of choice. 

 In the river sections of the Piedmont, the 

 better hunting will be off the river bottoms, 

 owing to the numerous and high freshets 

 last summer, which washed the bottoms 

 out, destroyed the corn and wheat and 

 drove the birds back ; but as these bottom 

 lands are narrow, it will make no material 

 difference to the sportsmen in regard to 

 their location. The open season of North 

 Carolina begins November 1. Many sports- 

 men prefer December for their annual quail 

 shooting because then the climate is more 

 bracing for field work. 



The Southern Railway has issued its 

 "Hunting and Fishing" for 1901-1902, 

 which gives localities and stopping places, 

 and it would be well for sportsmen not in- 

 formed to open correspondence with some 

 of the persons named. The book is with- 

 out bias, and aims but to help the hunting 

 fraternity. 



The Polk Miller Drug Co., of Richmond, 

 Va., is using Recreation to call attention 

 to the merits of "Sergeant's Dog Reme- 

 dies," a line of preparations Mr. Miller has 

 sold with signal success for the past 15 

 years. Possibly more dogs have been cured 

 by the timely use of these well-known 



