XXX11 



RECREATION. 



HISTORY AS SHE IS WROTE. 



Here are some curious historical facts 

 and startling results selected from British 

 schoolboys' examination papers : 



Of whom was it said "He never smiled 

 again?'' William Rufus did this after he 

 was shot by the arrow. 



My favorite character in English history 

 is Henry VIII., because he had eight wives 

 and killed them all. 



Edward III. would have been king of 

 France if his mother had been a man. 



Alexander the Great was born in absence 

 of his parents. 



What followed the murder of Beckett? 

 Henry II. received whacks with a birch. 



The principal products of Kent are Arch- 

 bishops of Canterbury. 



The chief clause in Magna Charta was 

 that no free man should be put to death or 

 imprisoned without his own consent. 



Where were the kings of England 

 crowned? On their heads. 



What were the three most important Feu- 

 dal dues? Friendship, courtship, marriage. 



What do you know of Dryden and Buck- 

 ingham? Dryden and Buckingham were 

 at first friends, but soon became contem- 

 poraries. 



What is Milton's chief work? Milton 

 wrote a sensible poem called the "Canter- 

 bury Tails." 



Give the names of five Shakespearean 

 plays? Macbeth, Mikado, Quo Vadis, San 

 Toy, Sign of the Cross. 



An optimist is a man who looks after 

 your eyes, and a pessimist is a man who 

 looks after your feet. 



A man who looks on the bright side of 

 things is called an optionist, and the one 

 who looks on the dull side is called a 

 pianist. — St. James Gazette. 



Have used a Parker hammerless, 

 $50 list, 3 years. After shooting it 

 at least 1,000 times in the field and at the 

 traps, it is to-day as tight and works as well 

 as when the first shot was fired. Have used 

 Greener, Riley, Winchester and Remington, 

 but can do better with my Parker. My 

 gun's weight is 7-10; gauge, 12; length of 

 barrel, 28 inches ; length of shell, 2% inches. 

 With 40 grains DuPont smokeless, i x /% 

 ounce No. 7 chilled shot, I can place with 

 the right hand barrel 62 per cent, and 

 with the left hand barrel J2> per cent, in a 

 30 inch circle at 40 yards. For a cheap all 

 around gun I think the Parker can not 



R. M. VanWyck, Fishkill Plains, N. Y. 



EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF HAIR STOPPED. 



Removed instantaneously by new, safe remedy. Guar- 

 anteed not to injure the skin. Sent on receipt of $1.00. 



MRS. G. J. WILSON, P. 0. BOX 444, W. Y. 



Mention Recreation. 



Most of the men who read Recreation 

 read every word of the advertisements 

 that appeal to their interests or hobby. I 

 have come to the conclusion that I shall 

 buy my sporting goods of firms that give 

 your magazine their support. It is strange 

 to me that such firms as Colt and Parker 

 do not advertise in Recreation. 



S. L. Warner, Lanesville, Conn. 



Recreation certainly fills the bill in 

 every respect. I am no active sportsman 

 and would rather go hunting with a camera 

 than with a gun, but I am decidedly in 

 favor of this League of American Sports- 

 men Burness Moyer, Hartford, Conn. 



Enclosed is $1 in renewal of my sub- 

 scription to Recreation, which I consider 

 the only bona fide sportsmen's magazine 

 published, and which I should consider it 

 a hardship to do without. 



F. G. Dodd, Zanesville, O. 



I have read a good many sportsmen's 

 journals, but Recreation is the best of 

 all. Any sportsman without Recrea- 

 tion is 25 years behind the times. 



Geo. W. W. Rohletter, Columbus, O. 



Recreation is the best magazine of its 

 kind published. It is the only ideal 

 sportsmen's best friend, and is a sure cure 

 for the blues. 



Sandy Griffith, Colona, 111. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's and 

 all around magazine published in the 

 United States. 



C. B. Wagner, Gates, N. Y. 



I join your army of readers in saying 

 Recreation is the best magazine of its 

 kind ever published. Thos. Slotten, Wah- 

 peton, N. Dak. 



I must reach the sportsmen, and your 

 magazine is the only one that will pay 

 the advertiser 100 cents on the dollar. 

 A. H. Crandall, Chicago, 111. 



Your magazine surpasses anything I 

 ever saw yet for its information to sports- 

 men. Jesse Mason, Paola, Kans. 



Recreation is the greatest sportsmen V 

 magazine existing. 



W. G. Williams, Plainfield, N. J. 



Recreation is the best and most valu- 

 able piece of literature I ever saw. 



R. H. Brown, Freemont, O. 



I would not be without Recreation for 

 twice the price. 



John Sullivan, Sanitaria Springs, N. Y. 



No sportsman can do without Rec- 

 reation. G. B. Pettingill, Newbury- 

 J port, Mass. 



