EDITOR'S CORNER. 



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when used in orchestra work. The Wing 

 piano has all the essentials that constitute 

 a perfect instrument. 



Yours respectfully, 



H. G. Corwin, 

 Leader Orchestra Hotel Navarre. 



Schoverling, Daly & Gales have recently 

 issued one of the most artistic catalogues 

 of guns, shooting and fishing accessories, 

 ever published,. They would like to send 

 this catalogue to every man who loves a 

 fine gun, dog or fishing rod. It describes 

 Daly guns at prices varying from $80 to 

 $500, fine tackle and high grade rifles, pis- 

 tols, etc. Write for the catalogue and 

 please say you saw it mentioned in Recre- 

 ation. 



The Burlington Basket Company will ex- 

 hibit the Hawkeye Refrigerator Basket in 

 spaces 46 and 51 at the Automobile Show in 

 Madison Square Garden : .n January. Every 

 camper and picnicker who visits the Auto- 

 mobile Show should examine this basket. It 

 is one of the most useful and practical de- 

 vices of this kind that has ever been offered 

 to the public. If you see one, you will cer- 

 tainly want it. 



Our sales of Century cameras have far 

 exceeded our expectations, and never in 

 our experience have we had so few com- 

 plaints of any make of cameras as of the 

 Century. There is an increasing demand 

 for high grade cameras of the best work- 

 manship, and the Century stands in the 

 lead. 



Yours truly, 

 Fowler & Slater, Cleveland, O.. 



Omer, Michigan. 

 West End Furniture Co., 



Dear Sirs : — Received the gun cabinet to- 

 day. Please accept my appreciation of 

 same. My husband is highly delighted and 

 says I could have got him nothing else he 

 would have liked so well. 



Yours truly, 

 Mrs. D, H. McDonnell. 



Dresden, Ohio. 

 Drs. Phillips & Wrean, 



Perm Yan, N. Y. 

 I received the hares all right and they 

 are the finest I ever saw. Thank you for 

 your honesty in sending me a fine trio. 



W,. J. Barron. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



WRITE HIM YOUR OPINION. 



I am reliably informed that the "Rever- 

 end" Ransome Williams, of Greenville, S. 

 C. hunts quails more than he does sinners. 

 It is said he shoots nearly every day during 

 the entire open season, with the possible 

 exception of Sundays. He has 2 good dogs 

 and when he finds a covey of quails, he 

 follows them as long as he can find one 

 of them and if any of them get away, he 

 grieves over it. 



This Reverend bristleback does not con- 

 fine his shooting to the open season. I am 

 told that in May last, when preparing for 

 a trip to the mountains a few miles North 

 of Greenville, he told a friend of his that 

 he knew where there were plenty of trout 

 and grouse. This friend is a sportsman 

 and asked the dominie if he would shoot 

 grouse in the spring. The preacher said 

 he would and that he hoped to kill some 

 on that trip. The sportsman asked him 

 if he would shoot quails at that season. 



"Yes," said the old poacher, "I see no 

 reason why I should not shoot the male 

 birds." 



His friend asked him if he did not know 

 that the males assisted the females in in- 

 cubating the eggs and caring for the chicks ; 

 that in case the cock were killed, the whole 

 brood would probably be lost. 



"Yes," said the sky pilot, "I have heard 

 such stories, but I do not believe them." 



He took his gun with him into the coun- 

 try. He has no church in Greenville, but 

 officiates at several churches in the sur- 

 rounding country. He always takes his 

 gun and dog along when he goes on his 

 circuit to preach. He stays every night 

 with some good brother, shoots until he is 

 tired, and manages to fetch up at the home 

 of some one of his church members at 

 meal times. 



I wrote the Reverend Williams and asked 

 him if the report quoted above were cor- 

 rect. He did not reply to my letter and 

 after a reasonable lapse of time, I wrote 

 him again, urging him to deny or confirm 

 this report. Still no response. His silence 

 is therefore equivalent to a confession, and 

 every good sportsman who is also a good 

 church member, will blush for his religion 



