Leaving there he took the next step by 

 entering a photo-engraving establishment; 

 where he worked until he could photograph 

 and make line and half tone engravings. Af- 

 ter this he traveled for a sportsman's supply 

 house, thereby obtaining a complete knowl- 

 edge of the business and its economic condi- 

 tions, a practical knowledge of which is essen- 

 tial to the proper conduct of the affairs of a 

 sportsman's magazine. 



After he had gained this experience, he be- 

 came editor and business manager of a popu- 

 lar illustrated magazine and here he worked 

 until he had acquired a thorough knowledge of 

 the details necessary to the running of a pub- 

 lishing business. But this was only a step in 

 the regular order of his schooling, for he had 

 a fixed object in view and went about its at- 

 tainment with systematic method. 



His Magazine Experience 



One of the most important branches in the 

 publishing business is the advertising depart- 

 ment and, to become thoroughly acquainted 

 with that part of the work, Mr. Annis became 

 advertising man for Outing, then for Collier's 

 and then for Success. In this manner he 

 thoroughly familiarized himself with all the 

 details of metropolitan magazine work. Not 

 content with the writing, publishing and 

 make-up of a magazine, Mr. Annis took the 

 time to visit the paper mills and there studied 

 the manufacture of raw paper. 



Having graduated from this college, the 

 courses of which were made up of actual ex- 

 perience, Mr. Annis takes charge of Recre- 

 ation not only fitted for the production of a 

 magazine, but possessing an ability to deter- 

 mine in this management what is best and 

 what is desired by the sportsmen of the coun- 

 try. 



His practical magazine experience has not 

 prevented him from taking part in the out- 

 door life, and he is known as an expert in 

 many branches of athletics. 



The Departments 



The heads of all the departments of the 

 magazine have been selected with exceeding 

 care. Each man is an authority within him- 

 self and he knows his subject so thoroughly 

 that few questions put to him remain un- 

 answered. These men are at the service of 

 Recreation readers and, as the magazine 

 grows, more men will be added, so that our 

 patrons may look to our pages for informa- 

 tion on every subject dear to the sportsman's 

 heart. 



The Reader's Responsibility 



In thus placing at the head of each depart- 

 ment a man thoroughly competent for the 

 work, the management of the magazine has 

 exercised all discretion. To a certain ex- 

 tent, after these selections are made, the 

 readers of the magazine are responsible for 



the continued interest of the departmental 

 features. In fact, the readers are responsible 

 for the interest throughout the publication. 

 In every issue we try to reach, please and in- 

 terest every reader. The feature that attracts 

 you may be the leading story or it may be 

 an extract from one of the letters from our 

 readers. No matter what it is, it is our one 

 desire to print something every month that 

 will stir and keep alive the interest of every 

 reader in the open-air life. 



Expansion 



We will expand month by month, taking in 

 new features, new departments and new fields 

 Recreation has just been made the official 

 publication of the National Lawn Tennis As- 

 sociation, the membership rolls of which con- 

 tain 90,000 names, so that the next depart- 

 ment to be added will be devoted to this sport. 

 These departments, when they are added, will 

 merely be additions to the magazine, the 

 management having decided to keep sacred 

 the space now being devoted to the interest 

 and entertainment of the hunter and fisher- 

 man. 



The Calamity Department 



If we are not paying enough attention to 

 the subject nearest your heart, write us. In 

 addition to our corps of writers, artists and 

 editors, we have a "calamity" department. 

 This department is in charge of a man thor- 

 oughly grounded in the subject of "kicks." 

 He attends to everything from a transgres- 

 sion of the game laws to the non-receipt of 

 your magazine, so if you have any complaint 

 to make or criticism to offer do not keep it 

 within the family circle but send it to us. It 

 will reach the proper department in due 

 course of time and the trouble, if there be 

 any, will be adjusted immediately. We do 

 not believe, however, that this department 

 will be overtaxed in its work. Quite to the 

 contrary, we believe that it will be necessary 

 to inaugurate a bureau to reply to the many 

 flattering letters we are receiving by each 

 mail. 



Turn over the page and read some of the 

 letters that reached our office on March 13th, 

 just a few days after the March issue was 

 distributed. 



What One Day's Mail Contained 



Hundreds of letters have been pouring into 

 the Recreation office since the March num- 

 ber was published, many of them from life- 

 long readers of the magazine, others from 

 those who, through the generous distribution 

 of this issue, had been attracted sufficiently 

 to purchase a copy. No especial care was 

 used in selecting the letters and they are 

 printed simply to give some indication of 

 what our readers thought of this number, 

 which was prepared and sent to press in less 

 than one week's time. 



