RECREATION. 



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BAUSCH 6. LOMB 



Plasiigmat f-6.8 



The Perfect Photo Lens, the latest lens invention, the most per- 

 fectly adapted to all modern requirements, composed of 8 lenses giving 

 perfect optical correction, great speed and superior pictorial results. 

 Either system can be used separately for long distance or portrait work. 

 It is small, compact and will take any shutter, fit any camera. It is 

 perfectly under control giving anything from the sharpest definition to 

 the broadest effect. Reproduction of 5 difficult pictures free. 



Bausch &, Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



NEW YORK. 



CHICAGO. 



Eunice had been doing some figuring on 

 her slate. 



"Papa," she said, "do you know this 

 country eats about 2,600,000 tons of sugar 

 every year?" 



"No, I don't know it," replied papa, 

 taught by past experience to be cautious. 



"Well, it's so. I saw it in a paper." 



"Yes? What of it, dear?" 



"Nothing, only I've been finding out how 

 much every man, woman and child in the 

 United States eats on an average." 



"Well, how much is it?" 



"It's about 66 pounds a year. I don't 

 believe I eat half of that, and yet you make 

 a fuss every time I want " 



"That'll do, child. Here's a quarter. Go 

 and get your box of candy." — Chicago 

 Tribune. 



Hunters and Travelers Should Use 



BUENA D.ffiing PLATINUM PAPER 



No chemicals. No trouble. Nothing but witer needed to oMain 

 good pictures. Our " PVRO " Gelatin paper (insoluble) is uniform, 

 reliable and easy to manipulate. Will tone well in any good gold 



bath. 



Perfect Results with both these Papers Guaranteed. 



Cam-nlA flHwc ( Ruena Self-Developing Paper, 1 doz. 4x5, 45c 



sample uraers j Puro P I)aper) 2 dozen 4x5, 



25c 

 30c 



filled as follOWS: ( *< « " « 2 " Cabinets, 



M. H. Eubn Co., 12 Commercial St., Rochester, N.Y. 

 SIX 5 x 7 PHOTOS FREE OF CHARGE. 



George E. Moulthrope, Photographer, Bristol, Conn., 

 will send every person remitting him $1 00 by P. O. order 

 for a year's subscription to Recreation, and 10c. for 

 postage, 6 Elegant 6x7 Photos on 8x10 Mounts. 

 The photos are from the choicest of several hundred neg- 

 tives : "Strings of Game Hanging," three of each kind ; 

 'In the Field Series," from life; "Mounted Specimens," 

 artistically posed true to life. Reference as to quality 

 of photos, Mr. G. 0. Shields, 



^/l jNetv Lens 



Many Photographic Objectives are offered under the guise of Anastigmats, yet 



only a very few are actually equal to their maker's claims. The name Anastigmat 

 is a nisnomer as applied to any but a perfect lens. Anastigmatic has only one 

 meaning, — "free from astigmatic aberration." A lens of this ideal type is our 



VERASTIGMAT 



The Speed (actual, — not nominal) is, F-6.8. 



The Construction embodies the practical execution by methods of the utmost scien- 

 tific precision, of the conditions prescribed by the most rigid requirements of 

 the theories of advanced optics. 



The results, — well, we prefer to have you judge for yourself, — for after all it s results 

 which chiefly interest you. Make a comparative test, — we'll supply a Verastigmat 

 for the purpose. 



MANHATTAN OPTICAL CO. of N. Y. 



= CFLESSKILL, N. J. . 



