I. 



RECREATION. 



FoIdiDg Canvas Boats 



were not satisfactory until the 



11 -foot Special 



was produced. It's a revelation 

 in boat construction, nothing 

 like it ever made. Nonsinkable 

 Cant tip over. Puncture Prooj ' 

 wear longer than a wooden boat. 

 No repairs. No cost for storage, 

 always ready, folds into a small 

 neat package, carry by hand? 

 used by the U. S. Navy. They are simple, wonderful. A thoroughly 

 patented article. Beware of imitations. Made only by ourselves. A cat- 

 alog of 1 00 engravings and 400 testimonials sent on receipt of 6 cents. 



Bottom Boards rest on the frame, not on the canvas, ribbed longitu- 

 dinally and diagonally. They are stiffer and safer than a Wooden Boat 

 because the lines are fuller, and are much easier to row or paddle. 



KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CO 



Mention Recreation. KALAMAZOO, MICH., U. S. A 



Interested Father : Did you tell her how 

 sorry you were to leave her? 



Son: No, but I brought considerable 

 pressure to bear on the subject — I think 

 she understood. — Detroit Free Press. 



"Hope ye've got some variety about yer 

 "He is considered a clever financier, is 



he not?" 



"Where did you get that idea?. He never 



beat anybody out of anything in his life !" 



"Miss Passay hasn't any beau, has she ?" 

 "No, her past discourages suitors." 

 "Why, there's nothing the matter with 



her past, is there?" 



"Nothing, except that it's . too long." — 



Philadelphia Ledger. 



"Your trouble, madam," said the physi- 

 cian, "seems to be due to an excess of adi- 

 pose tissue." 



"My goodness!" exclaimed Mrs. Plump- 

 ton, "I wonder if that isn't what makes' me 

 so awfully fat ?" — Chicago News. 



"How's yer husband the day," asked 

 Mrs. Rafferty of Mrs. Muldoon. 



"Sure, an' he's no better," replied Mrs. 

 Muldoon. "The doctor's afraid morality 

 will set in." — Detroit Free Press. 



"How many bottles o' this will I have to 

 take?" asked Farmer Corntossel. 



"Before you're cured?" said the medicine 

 man. 



"No. Before I get my picture in the pa- 

 per." — Washington Star. 



"Why," asked the fat policeman, "do you 

 say the prisoner is a married man ?" 



"Because," replied the great detective, "he 

 is wearing safety pins instead of suspender 

 buttons." — Chicago News. 



"The Neuriches entertain a lot, don't 

 they?" 



"Indeed they do. I was at their last do- 

 ings, and the people I saw there were a 

 job lot." — Cleveland Leader. 



Wo „ T d h eV'Auto-IVIarine Motor" $ 37.50 E gg e 



Weight 37 1-2 lbs. Height 11 1-4 in. 

 CONVERT TOUR ROW BOAT INTO A LAUNCH 



Rated at I h.p. Has shown nearly 2 h.p. No valves, gears, 

 springs or cams. Jump spark. Reversible. Speed control. Only 

 three moving parts. Could not be made better if it cost live times 

 as much. Order HOW — they are selling so fast you may be dis- 

 appointed in the spring. Auto-Marine Motors from 1 to 20 h. p. 



Detroit Auto-Marine Co., 77 E. Congress St., Detroit, Mich 



Formerly Detroit Lackawana Co. 



