RECREATION, 



XXIX 



ACME HYGIENIC COUCHES. 



DURABLE-COMFORTABLE. 



Patented, 



No. 5334, 25 In. wide, 6 ft. long, full spring 



edge, seat and head. 36 springs in plain 



view from bottom. Price in ^-^ -^ ^^ ^^ 



best Corduroy or Acme Ye- Q%>C fill 



lours, any color, freight paid ^SU %3 ■ \J \J 



Identify Acme Couches by our printed 



\ Guarantee Card, patented construction (as 



I 6nown), great durability, comfort and clean* 



liness in use, finished alike on both sides. 



Spring section composed of oil tempered 



steel springs.intercoiled into steel woven wire 



fabrics, steel wire holding steel springs in 



place; no twine or webbing to wear out or 



break down. If dealer cannot show you an 



"ACME" Hygienic Coueh we will ship 



direct on receipt of price. <& 



No. 164, 27 In. wide, 6 ft. 8 In. long, 



full spring edge, seat and head, 38 springs, 



can be counted from the bottom, edges 



trimmed with polished moulding, the 



latest thing. Price in Corduroy or 



»m view of Aome Couch— Velours, any color, freight tfj i I f\f\ 



• spring in sight. prepaid ^1 1 ■ W 



REE— Sample of covers and illustrated catalogues showing 

 Acme Couches, Acme Sewing Machines, l>esks. 

 Acme Brass Trimmed Metal 

 Beds, Cameras, etc. 



164 



MESPRINC BED CO. , 429 W. 43d St.. 



In November Recreation I find an ar- 

 ticle by A. S. Doane, Coinjock, N. C, which 

 many true sportsmen will read with disgust. 

 That this man should write of his unsports- 

 manlike way of shooting is amazing. He 

 says, " We do not kill these birds for mar- 

 ket " (meaning shore birds, plover, curlew 

 and yellowlegs), "but one or 2 gunners 

 will kill enough to distribute throughout the 

 neighborhood." 



As a sportsman never kills more game 

 than can be used on his own table, this man 

 is unquestionably a game hog. 



George Ulrich, Milwaukee, Wis. 



A 2 pound can of Laflin & Rand's cele- 

 brated smokeless powder, listed at $2, for 4 

 subscriptions to Recreation. You can 

 get these 4 subscriptions in half an hour 

 without interfering with your regular busi- 

 ness. 



THE BEST SPORT TO BE 

 FOUND IN FLORIDA 



Through Navigable Creeks 



From the Lake Region to the Everglades 



Board, Team, and Boats. 

 Write and come to 



Reasonable Prices 



CARSON BROS., P. 0. Lakemont, Fla. 



The Merit 



of absolute PURITY, 

 fine BOUQUET and 

 moderate PRICE has ■ 

 brought 



Great 

 Western 



to thefirst place in Amer- 

 ican Champagnes, and 

 enabled it to displace the 

 high-priced foreign wines 

 in many homes, clubs and 

 cafes. 



The vintage offered this 

 season is especially dry 

 and pleasing. 



Pleasant Valley Wine Co., 



SOLE MAKERS, 



Rhcims, - N Y. 



Sold by Wine Dealers 

 Everywhere. 



+<^0'<jp<£'<^<3<«*^<£^fr<£ ( «££^ &&*£&*$£ $ 



Before this issue of the G. M. W. reaches 

 the hands of our numerous readers, hun- 

 dreds of prairie chickens will have been shot. 

 We hope the gunners will be sportsmen and 

 not " game-hogs." A case of the pot-hun- 

 ter, or " market sportsman," is reported 

 from Reaburn and St. Laurent, Manitoba. 

 One day previous to the opening of the duck 

 season there, some men shot over 400 ducks 

 and sent them to Winnipeg, so as to have 

 them on the market the first day of the open 

 season. Fortunately the police and game 

 wardens got on to the " game." They fined 

 the guilty parties a nominal fee, confiscated 

 the ducks, and donated them to the hospitals 

 and other public institutions. This was far 

 too easy for the law-breakers; they should 

 have been sentenced to prison for at least 10 

 years with hard labor. Game laws are not 

 made to prohibit the killing of game alto- 

 gether, but simply to protect game until 

 such time as the young are ripe, and to 

 preserve the game from total destruction. 



It is not long since a Manitoba sportsman 

 (?) who could bag 100 to 200 ducks or 

 chickens in a day, was considered worthy 

 of the Victoria Cross; but like the buffalo, 

 that time has gone. Game is not so plenti- 

 ful that a man may blow about the big bag 

 he happens to secure. We are pleased to see 

 the Winnipeg papers are alive to the situa- 

 tion, and have taken up the cudgel for the 

 wild game against the game-hogs and pot- 

 hunters. Innisfail, N. W. T., Free Lance. 



