RECREATION. 



XXVll 



PRIZES FOR GOOD DRAWINGS. 



With a view to stimulating among 

 boys and girls the study of wild 

 animals and birds and the develop- 

 ment of artistic taste, Recreation now 

 offers a scries of prizes as follows : 



For the best sketch of a live wild 

 animal in action, $10. 



For the best sketch of a live wild 

 bird in flight or other action, $8. 



For the best sketch of a live domes- 

 tic animal in action, $6. 



For the best sketch of a live domes- 

 tic fowl in flight, or other action, $5. 



Studies may be made in black and 

 white wash, pen and ink, or pencil, 

 my preference being in the order stat- 

 ed. They must be from life and not 

 from other pictures. 



The sketches may be made on any 

 kind of paper or drawing board and 

 of any size desired, though I prefer 

 to have them on paper at least twice 

 as large as a Recreation page. 



All sketches which may be pub- 

 lished, and for which prizes may not 

 have been awarded, will be paid for 

 at the rate of $1 each. 



Contestants must write on back of 

 picture full name, address, and age. 



This competition is limited to per- 

 sons under 20 years of age, and a let- 

 ter from one of the parents or from 

 the legal guardian of each contestant 

 must accompany each drawing, certi- 

 fying that the age of the contestant is 

 as stated thereon. 



Drawings should be packed flat and 

 with a sufficient quantity of straw 

 board to keep them from being dam- 

 aged in the mails ; and on account of 

 the required writing on the backs of 

 the drawings it will be necessary to 

 prepay them at letter postage rates. 



Competition will close February 28, 

 1905. 



Address drawings and correspond- 

 ence relating thereto, Art Editor, 

 Recreation, 23 West 24th Street, 

 New York City. 



DUG UP. 



''Remember, always," exhorted the 

 preacher , "that whatever you sow, that 

 also you shall reap." 



"Not always," replied Subbnbs ; "not if 

 your neighbor keeps chickens." — Philadel- 

 phia Ledger. 



YOU DON! NEED A GUN 

 FYOU KNOW 





If you would know how 

 to defend yourself, unarm- 

 ed, against every form of 

 vicious attack and render 

 helpless your assailant with 

 an ease and rapidity which 

 is astonishing — if you 

 would possess that physi- 

 cal strength and power of 

 endurance which character- 

 izes the Japanese soldier — - 

 you must learn Jiu-jitsu. 



Jiu-jitsu is the most wonderful system of physi- 

 cal training and self-defense the world has ever 

 known. Its practice develops every muscle, every 

 tissue and strengthens every organ of the human 

 body. It makes men "strong as steel," and" 

 women the physical equal of men of their own age 

 and weight. As a means of self-defense, it is as 

 potent at short range as the most deadly weapon. 

 The Science of Jiu-jitsu includes a thorough 

 knowledge of anatomy, and teaches how to pro- 

 duce temporary paralysis bv a slight pressure ex- 

 erted at one of the many vulnerable points. When 

 once a person skilled in the art effects one of the 

 Jiu-jitsu "holds," it is utterly useless for an oppo- 

 nent -to offer resistance. It makes no difference 

 how unequally matched in point of size or strength 

 the contestants may be, a knowledge of Jiu-jitsu 

 will enable a woman to overcome and render power- 

 less the strongest man. 



JIU = JITSU SUCCESSFULLY TAUGHT 

 BY MAIL 



For over 2,000 years the principles of Jiu-jitsu 

 have been religiously guarded. By an Imperial 

 edict the teaching of the system was forbidden 

 outside of Japan. The friendly feeling, however, 

 existing between Japan and the United States has 

 been instrumental in releasing Jiu-jitsu from its 

 oath-bound secrecy, and all the secrets of the Jap- 

 anese National System of Physical Training and 

 Self-Defense are now being revealed to the Amer- 

 ican people for the first time by the YABE 

 SCHOOL OF JIU-JITSU, at Rochester, N. Y. 

 Mr. Y. K. Yabe, formerly of the Ten-Shin Ryu 

 School of Japan v has formulated a correspondence 

 course, which contains full instructions in Jiu- 

 jitsu. It is identical with the course taught in 

 the leading school of Japan. 



FIRST LESSON SENT FREE 



An intensely interesting book which explains the 

 , principles of Jiu-jitsu has just been written by Mr 

 Yabe. As long as the edition lasts, this book, to- 

 gether with the first lesson in the art, will be sent 

 free to interested persons. The lesson is fully illtis- 

 trated with full-page half-tone engravings, and 

 1 shows one of the most effective methods known 

 to Jiu-jitsu for disposing of a dangerous antagon- 

 ist. If you desire to know more about the closely 

 guarded secrets of this marvelous science, you 

 should write to-day for this free book and speci- 

 men lesson. They will be sent you by return mail, 

 postpaid. Address, 



THE YABE SCHOOL OF JIU-JITSU 



i] 104 R, Realty Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



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