us in international difficulties should be con- we can do to protect a real American sorely 



demned by all patriotic Americans, and the needing our aid. 



trespassers looked upon as a set of lawless ^ Treat in Store 



pirates and filibusters. Many o£ our friends accep ted the invita- 



November Camp Fire tion f contained in ™ r October issue and have 



sent in some capital stories. We have kept 

 the pick of them and the 



Already the voice of 

 the South is heard call- 

 ing. That big ^ull we 

 killed upon the Mira- 

 michi last month is to 

 be supplemented by a 

 tarpon or two this win- 

 ter. More and more are 

 we coming to see the 

 wisdom of the annual 

 migration habit. When 

 little feathered creatures 

 are willing to cover six- 

 teen or twenty thousand 

 miles every year, it is, 

 after all, a very small 

 thing for a six-footer to 

 journey a couple of thou- 

 sand in a comfortable 

 Pullman. 



For the next four 

 months the ring of the 



THE MYSTIC FIRE. 



readers of Recreation 

 have a rare treat in 

 store. Have you ever re- 

 marked, by the bye, what 

 an extraordinarily high- 

 grade of poetry we are 

 publishing? Now, there 

 is a great difference in 

 poetry. Mere rhvme 

 should not be so called. 

 You must have the 

 poetic fire before you can 

 write poetry, and, per- 

 haps, you must have just 

 a little spark or two from 

 the same blaze ere you 

 can enjoy it properlv. 

 There are two things 

 that we certainly con- 

 gratulate ourselves upon : 

 one is the unusual ex- 



breech-loader will be heard throughout the cellence of the verses we are publishing, 

 South, and the bonnie little bob white, the and the other is the wonderful success of 

 "partridge" of our southern sportsmen, will 



be the object of pursuit from one end to 

 the other of Dixie's broad fields. Yet, the 

 winter of our discontent — (what a fib!) — is 



hardly yet upon us. In 



many of the northern tier 

 of states and in parts of 

 the Dominion of Canada, 

 the best game hunting of 

 the year is to be had in 

 the month of November 

 — only you have got to 

 be sound of wind and 

 limb for the northwest 

 breeze cuts like a razor 

 oftentimes these Novem- 

 ber days. 



TIECHEATION'S 

 PLATFORM 



An uncompromising fight for 

 the protection, preservation and 

 propagation of all game; placing 

 a sane limit on the bag that can 

 he taken in a day or season; the 

 prevention of the shipment or 

 transportation of game, except 

 in limited quantities, and then 

 only when accompanied by the 

 party who killed it; the prohi- 

 bition of the sale of game. These 

 are Recreation's" slogans now 

 and forever. 



About those Buffalo 



We have all met the 

 man who knew it all the 

 time. Mr. I-Told-You- 

 So is a gentleman of 

 wide acquaintance. He 

 has different aliases and 

 pseudonyms. The latest 

 we have heard of is "Pawnee Bill," he of sible medium for the sale of guns, rifles, 



Frank Ford's Deparment 



Recently it has appeared as though he would 

 turn the office of Recreation, into a men- 

 agerie. At all hours of 

 the day and night gen- 

 tlemen with dogs to sell, 

 and gentlemen looking 

 for dogs of more or less 

 high degree, have in- 

 vaded the editorial sanc- 

 tum in the most ruth- 

 less manner. We are 

 fond of dogs and appre- 

 ciate Frank Ford's work, 

 but sometimes, when a 

 noble collie will persist 

 in getting on our desk, 

 a Boston terrier takes 

 possession of our best 

 chair, and a tremendous- 

 ly underhung bulldog 

 sniffs suspiciously at our 

 heels, we would that it 

 were otherwise. Joking 

 apart. Recreation will 

 be found the best pos- 



ranch 101. We read with intense interest his 



article in the October Cosmopolitan. In it 



he advocates government protection for our 



vanishing bison. Bully for you, old man ! 



That is our idea exactly. Just what we have 



been fighting for. Now, then, you other R oy Martell Mason, who" painted the" cover 



fellows, get into line and let us see what for October. Truly, a talented family! 



pistols, dogs and sporting implements gen- 

 erally. 



Our Cover 



Our cover this month is by a sister of Mr. 



