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RECREATION. 



Latest patent and Im- 

 proved Canvas Fold- 

 ing Boat on the 

 Market. 



Puncture proof. 

 Tempered steel 

 fra.me, No bolts to 

 remove. Folds most 

 compact of any boat 

 made. 



THE 



Latest, Safest 



AND 



Best Canvas Boat 



Is what we offer you. A Boat 

 built on modern lines that will 

 prove a pleasure to own and use. 

 Selected materials used through- 

 out, and it comes to you guar- 

 anteed the best. A handy and 

 safe boat for fishing and shoot- 

 ing. Write for descriptive circu- 

 lar and catalogue. Enclose 4c. 

 for postage. Mention Recreation. 



LIFE SAVING FOLDING 



CANVAS BOAT COMPANY 



757 Portage St. 



Kalamazoo, Michigan 



A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE 

 WORLD'S FAIR. „ 



The Prudential Insurance Company of 

 America has on view in the Palace of Edu- 

 cation at the World's Fair, St. Louis, a 

 remarkable exhibit of life insurance meth- 

 ods and results. The exhibit includes a 

 large and beautiful model of the Prudential 

 Home Office buildings, at Newark, N. J. ; 

 a handsome stained glass reproduction of 

 the rock of Gibraltar, illuminated by elec- 

 tricity; and 178 charts, diagrams, photo- 

 graphs, etc.; which explain on a large scale 

 the inner workings of the life insurance 

 business. 



The exhibit brings out the fact that at 

 the beginning of 1903 there were over 

 17,000,000 life insurance policies in force, 

 as compared with 7,000,000 homes owned 

 in the United States, 6,000,000 savings bank 

 depositors, 4,000,000 fraternal order certifi- 

 cates, and 1,500,000 building and loan cer- 

 tificates. ^ 



The charts illustrating the medical ex- 

 perience of the company are of unusual in- 

 terest to physicians, public health officials, 

 etc., as well as to the general public. 



The social economist and the expert in 

 public and private charity administration 

 will be interested in charts descriptive of 

 the reduction in the pauper burial rate in 

 American cities since the introduction of 

 industrial insurance ; the enormous extent 

 to which industrial insurance has become 

 an element of household economics ; the 



relative expenditures for life insurance 

 among men in different occupations and 

 with different incomes ; and the relation of 

 expenditures for life insurance to other 

 items of the family budget. A number of 

 photographs show the homes of industrial 

 policy holders. 



During the early days of the Manhattan 

 Elevated Railroad, in New York, the trains 

 did not run on Sundays. One Sunday 

 morning, ignorant of this fact, a traveler 

 rushed up to the stairway, only to find the 

 gates closed. Noticing the letters, "M. E. 

 R. R." over the entrance, he said in dis- 

 gusted tones : 



"I might know a Methodist Episcopal 

 Railroad wouldn't run on Sundays." — Ex- 

 change. 



Recreation is the best periodical of its 

 nature I have ever read. Being a great 

 lover of all kinds of innocent sport, I am 

 glad to know a man who is not afraid to 

 score the game and fish hogs who do not 

 know when they have enough. 



Robt. Hill, Dewey, Ariz. 



"What do you tink of dis millionaire 

 dat says nobody ought to take a vacation?" 

 asked Plodding Pete. 



"He's right," answered Meandering Mike. 

 "Nobody ought to do enough work to need 

 any vacation." — Washington Star. 



EASIER TO ROW 



ABSOLU a TELY SAFE 



"Write today 

 for free catalogue. 

 15 foot C9Q 



boat, crated ^£>J 



Especially valuable at summer 

 resorts, for family boating. 



Mullins Galvanized 

 Steel Pleasure Boats 



Made of steel. Practical indestructible. Air 

 chamber each end. Cannot leak. Require no 

 caulking. Ideal boat for family use, summer 

 resorts, parks. Guaranteed. Will seat five persons in com- 

 fort. The modern row boat for pleasure, safety and durability. 



W. H. MULLINS. 228 Depot Street, Salem, Ohio 



THE BALL-BEARING OARLOCKS 



A device that does for the rowboat what the ball-bearing did for the 

 bicycle. Every ounce of energy applied to the handle is transmitted 

 to the blade without loss. No clanking or squeaking — does twice 

 the work with one-half the effort. Absolutely noiseless 

 and Irictionless. The ideal locks for pleasure rowing, hunt- 

 ing and fishing. For either tight or loose oars as desired. If not 

 handled by your dealer, write for descriptive circular and prices. 



T. H. GARRETT, Jr.% J52£» AUBURN. N. Y. 



