'TWIXT YOU AND ME 



r T length the ideal of the sports- 

 man may be realized — warm 

 food without fire, and a steam- 

 ing plate of soup or an appe- 

 tizing stew without the neces- 

 sity of working with damp 

 matches and water-soaked 

 wood. This happy state of 

 affairs is owing to a clever in- 

 vention controlled by the .^Etna Self-heating 

 Food Company, of 74 Broadway, New York 

 City. They are now putting up all kinds of 

 delicacies in canned form, the tins being double 

 and containing a substance between the outer 

 and inner can that merely requires the addi- 

 tion of a little cold water to produce a heat of 250 

 degrees Fahrenheit. In six minutes whatever 

 is contained in the inner can can be brought al- 

 most to the boiling point, when the lid is removed, 

 the food taken out, and the inner can may then 

 then be filled with cold water, which' will be hot 

 enough for dishwashing by the time the meat is 

 finished. We understand the factory's products 

 are sold out for three months ahead. 



^Abercrombie & Fitch have removed from 314 

 Broadway to 57 Reade Street, New York. This 

 is but one block from City Hall, and handy to 

 "L" roads, surface cars, and the Subway. Messrs. 

 Abercrombie & Fitch have secured the entire 

 building, with its seven large floors, so that visitors 

 may inspect tents, cooking outfits, fishing tackle, 

 guns, ammunition, clothing — in fact, everything 

 that the hunter, prospector, or fisherman is likely 

 to need. "All under one roof" is the new firm 

 motto. 



JMiller Bros., of 10 1 Ranch, Bliss, Oklahoma, 

 advertise elsewhere in this issue the advantages of 

 six weeks on a ranch. Six weeks on a ranch is 

 better than many bottles of tonic, but it is not so 

 good as six months on a ranch. We predict that 

 those who visit our friends, the Miller Brothers, 

 will in many cases resist being removed at the 

 end of six weeks, and it will take a span of the 

 Miller buffalo and a rope tackle to get them away. 

 The Miller ranch house contains porcelain bath- 

 tubs, electric lights and several other features that 

 add much to the pleasures of ranch life, but they 

 have made arrangements so that, if you wish, you 

 may rough it to your heart's content. 



The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation, of Middle- 

 field, Conn., will send their latest catalogue to any 

 reader of Recreation who will apply for it. The 

 Lyman gun sights are now known in every house- 

 hold in the land. Some member of each family 

 is sure to be found using one. These sights are 

 made upon true optical principles, the main one 

 being that the human eye is capable of instantly 

 determining the centre of a small circle with 

 mathematical accuracy. Practically, in aiming 



with the Lyman sight, the shooter has nothing to 

 consider but the muzzle of his rifle and the game 

 he is shooting at — the rear sight will take care of 

 itself. We recommend riflemen to secure the 

 latest catalog wherein they will find set forth much 

 that will interest them. 



The No. 4 Folding Hawkeye is a wonderfully 

 compact and perfect instrument and one designed 

 for a wide range of work, yet simple withal. The 

 lenses are the symmetrical Bausch & Lomb' 

 working at f. 6; the bellows expand 13! inches, 

 thus permitting the use of the back combination 

 of the lens, and giving a picture twice the size of 

 the doublet. It is possible to fit rapid anastigmat 

 lenses to most of these cameras. 



The new Mullins catalogue, issued by the 

 W. H. Mullins Company, of Salem, O., is a thing 

 of beauty, and full of interest to the man who is 

 fond of the water. The Mullins factory has been 

 steadily forging to the front, until now it is one of 

 the largest in the world. Their launches range 

 from 16 to 22 feet in length, and vary in power 

 from 3 h. p. to 10 h. p. It will pay any man who 

 is interested in power launches and boats that will 

 not leak or check to write to the Mullins Company 

 for their new catalogue 



The name of vom Hofe is one to conjure wdth 

 among fishermen. It has been standard for almost 

 a century, and vom Hofe reels are to be found 

 wherever men who appreciate fine tackle; con- 

 gregate and, let every angler understand, there is 

 just as much difference in the finish and durability 

 of fine reels and rods as there is in fine watches. 

 The cheap reel may go to pieces the first time it is 

 tested, while the good one will become a family 

 heirloom, to be handed down from father to son. 



Edw. vom Hofe's headquarters are at 55-57 

 Fulton Street, New York, and he will be pleased 

 to send his latest catalogue to any reader of 

 Recreation who may apply for it. 



The new Ideal mid-range bullet, No. 308,284, 

 has achieved an enviable reputation for accuracy, 

 shot out of a Krag rifle, and having a metal gas 

 check cup on the base. When propelled by a 

 charge of 23 grains of Laflin & Rand lightning 

 powder, it has a mean velocity of 1,675 feet sec, 

 with a mean variation of 7.7. At 300 yards 12 

 consecutive bull's-eyes were made, and at 600 

 yards 49 out of a possible 50. Full information as 

 to this bullet will be furnished by the Ideal Manu- 

 facturing Company, New Haven, Conn., if 

 written to. 



We are in receipt of the 1906 catalogue of the 

 Hawkeye cameras, made by the Blair Camera 

 Company, of Rochester, N. Y. These cameras are 

 so well known that it seems almost superfluous 

 to say they are now perfect for the work for which 



