PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



HOW IS YOUR CAMP OUTFIT? 



Now that the long evenings have come, 

 people like to sit down and read. Sports- 

 men are naturally looking for stories of the 

 fields, the mountains, the lakes, the river 

 or the brooks. It is therefore easy to get 

 subscriptions to Recreation at this time 

 of year. You can get 25 or 50 in a day. 

 Thus you can replenish your camp outfit 

 or your photographic outfit for next sea- 

 son. Do you not need something in this 

 line? 



Here are some articles which would no 

 doubt come handy to you next summer or 

 fall. Why not stock up now, while you 

 can do it easily and cheaply? Do you not 

 need 



A few cans of Laflin & Rand's smokeless 

 powder, 



A Davenport rifle, 



A Davenport single barrel shot gun, 



A Bristol steel fishing rod, 



A Shakespeare reel, 



A Syracuse gun, 



A Forehand revolver, 



A tent, 



A pneumatic mattress, 



A Primus camp stove, 



A folding canvas boat, 



A camera, 



Or some photographic supplies of some 

 kind? 



If so, your friends will furnish the money 

 and you can furnish them a year's supply 

 of delightful reading matter. 



Sample copies of Recreation, for use 

 in soliciting, furnished on application. 



WHERE? 



A reply to an inquiry, in verse, by Mr. 

 William J. Lampton, in the New York 

 Sun, entititled: "Where Runs the New 

 York Central?" 

 Where the sleepers sleep in sleepers 



Slipping o'er the sleepers (ties) ; 

 Where steel ribbons, smooth as velvet, 



Scarcely kiss the wheel that flies. 



Where the smokeless, dustless, noiseless, 



Jarless joys of life abound; 

 Where rare, costly, cushioned comforts 



All day passengers surround; 



Where ability, civility, 



Intelligence and worth 

 Provide nomadic pilgrims with 



The grandest trains on earth; 



Where every hour of every day 



Of every week, month, year, 

 The millions travel tranquilly, 



Securely, without fear; 



Where river, woodland, mountain, lake, 



Are kodaked on the mind; 

 Where "all the comforts of the home" 



Are found — correct, refined. 



There you'll find the New York Central — 

 The Colossus — King of Roads — 



Knitting, welding men together, 

 Their affairs, hearts, modes, abodes. 



— Joe Kerr. 



GET YOUR SALARY RAISED. 



If your employer should say to you, 

 "John* here is a little book. If you mas- 

 ter its contents I will raise your salary $2 

 a week"; you would find time to do it, 

 wouldn't you? 



This pertinent question is asked by a 

 writer in the official paper of the Inter- 

 national Correspondence School, of Scran- 

 ton, Pa. It explains the purpose for which 

 these schools were founded. Any man 

 can have his salary raised by becoming 

 more valuable to his employer. This he 

 can accomplish by taking a course of study 

 by mail, when otherwise he might not 

 have a chance to get the necessary instruc- 

 tion. Thousands of men are availing them- 

 selves of the opportunities offered by the 

 Correspondence Schools to learn new 

 trades and professions. Such men are ris- 

 ing in the world. Why not be one of 

 them? 



Write for a circular to The International 

 Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa., 

 and say you saw their ad. in Recreation. 



A BOOK FOR CAMPERS. 



Borden's Condensed Milk Co., 71 Hud- 

 son street, New York, has issued a little 

 book entitled "Useful Information," which 

 is well named. It contains several pages 

 of practical points on camping, camp out- 

 fits, camp cooking, home cooking, reme- 

 dies for the more common ailments, how 

 to care for clothing, how to clean carpet?, 

 tables of weights and measures, and a few 

 of the cardinal points of business law. 



In the back of the book is a calendar for 

 1901, which is timely and handy. 



Incidentally the book tells something of 

 the merits of the famous Borden's con- 

 densed milk and cream, and several of the 

 cooking recipes give valuable hints as to 

 how to use these products in cooking, 

 either at home or in the woods. 



This is a mighty useful book, and every 

 camper and every housekeeper in the 

 United States and Canada? should have a 

 copy of it. It will be sent free to anyone 

 asking for it and mentioning Recreation. 



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