PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



PROCTOR'S THEATRES. 



When Proctor's Theatre, Newark, was 

 dedicated, January 6, the seventh theatre 

 was added to the Proctor Circuit. 



There is excellent quality, as well -as 

 abundant quantity in the Proctor entertain- 

 ments, and they are offered at such popula: 

 prices — 15, 25 and 50 cents — that the public 

 has taken a strong liking to the new plan 

 of vaudeville and the drama combined, and 

 the theatres on the Proctor Circuit are 

 crowded to their full capacity at all times. 

 Refinement and superior excellence are the 

 key note of the Proctor scheme, and patron- 

 age of ladies and children is especially 

 solicited and fostered. Nothing which 

 could in the least offend the most fastidi- 

 ous is ever permitted on any Proctor 

 stage, and the personal conduct of every- 

 body in the Proctor audiences must like- 

 wise be above reproach, or speedy eject- 

 ment and a permanent ban to admission are 

 the consequence. 



The F. F. Proctor Stock Co. will soon 

 take permanent possession of Proctor's 

 Montreal Theatre, present the best com- 

 edies, with high class vaudeville numbers 

 interlarded between acts. A like policy pre- 

 vails at Proctor's Albany Theatre, and the 

 Stock Co. will be the chief factors in the 

 amusement at Proctor's Fifth Avenue, 

 Fifty-Eighth Street, and One Hundred and 

 Twenty-fifth Street Theatres, in New 

 York. The Twenty-third Street Theatre 

 will continue to be devoted exclusively to 

 presentation of continuous performances 

 of the best vaudeville. 



NEW HIGH GRADE SYRACUSE. 



The Syracuse Arms Company, of Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y., 'manufacturers of the Syra- 

 cuse hammerless gun, will, this ye-ar, mar- 

 ket their product differently from the man- 

 ner in which they have been handling it 

 the past few years. Formerly their entire 

 production was handled by one large job- 

 bing house. This year they will quote 

 direct to the dealers and large jobbers 

 throughout the country. They have also 

 decided, and are now ready, to place on the 

 market 4 styles of high grade guns in ad- 

 dition to the line they have heretofore 

 manufactured. The new guns which they 

 are making will be distinct as A, B, C, 

 and D, prices ranging from $75 to $300 

 each. These guns will be made with the 

 finest Damascus and Whitworth fluid 

 pressed steel barrels. All the guns will be 

 handsomely engraved and checkered ac- 

 cording to price. It is the intention of the 

 management to make the Syracuse high 

 grade guns as popular as their cheaper 

 grades. 



The company has recently issued a cir- 

 cular showing nearly all the grades manu- 

 factured by them, and is now at work on a 



I catalogue, which, when completed, will 

 show their entire line, taking in all the 

 new high grade guns they are putting on 

 the market this year. The company will 

 cheerfully furnish information or designs 

 of their new guns and will also quote di- 

 rect. In writing them please mention 

 Recreation. 



THE SPORTSMEN'S SHOW. 



This popular event is now but a few 

 days away, and Manager Dressel and his 

 assistants are working overtime to have 

 everything in readiness for the opening 

 date, Wednesday, March 5. 



The show of 1902 will be on lines 

 radically different from those of last year. 

 Instead of a small lake at the eastern 

 end of the Garden, one great wooded 

 island will rise from the center of the 

 amphitheatre, with a mimic trout brook 

 winding its way around the island. 



On the island, will be the big game 

 enclosures. Along shore will be located 

 the camps and cabins of Maine, Adi- 

 rondack and Canadian guides. Other 

 features of the show will be live game 

 birds and animals, live fishes of many 

 kinds, exhibits of guns, ammunition, 

 fishing tackle, canoes, launches, sports- 

 men's clothing, mounted game ani- 

 mals and birds, etc. Don't fail to see the 

 show this year. It will be the best of all. 



25-CALIBER BULLETS. 



The Ideal Manufacturing Co., New 

 Haven, Ct., announces a new series of 25 

 caliber bullets and that moulds for same 

 can now be supplied. These bullets will be 

 designated in their next catalogue as No. 

 257,231. 



The shape of the point of the bullet is 

 such as will permit of its being seated in the 

 shells, with the regular tools, for the 25-20 

 single shot and repeating rifles ; also for 

 the 25-21 and 25-25 Stevens. The bul- 

 let of 66 grains will be found a good 

 one for short range, and the 88 grains 

 will be correct for full charge, for the 

 above mentioned rifles. 



For the 25-35 and 25-36 high pressure 

 quick twist rifles the 3 different weights 

 will be found satisfactory; the in grains 

 for 200 yards, the 88 grains for 150 yards, 

 and the 66 grains for 100 yards or less. If 

 you wish further particulars please write 

 for them and mention Recreation. 



A MODERN MAGAZINE. 

 The first number of Geo. H. Daniels's 

 new magazine, entitled "The Four Track 

 News," made its appearance early in Janu- 

 ary. This time it is a real magazine, sure 

 enough. Mr. Daniels has been issuing, for 

 a year past, a folder under the same name ; 

 but the new book is the real thing. It has 



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