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AMSr School Atiftetic League
A New Organisation Which Bay Become National in the
Scope of Bs Mission.
President Roosevelt is the devout
apostle of sport and the hearty friend
•f every boy, and girl for that nutter,
of the land, and when it comes to the
encouragement of their proper'physi
cal exercise and the development of
stronger muscles and steadier ne~ves
he la "Johnny on the Spot" He who
ha* declared so positively in favor of a
"square deal for every man," believes
also that the American youth is en
titled to such a deal as will give him a
better body to meet the world and fight
life's battles. This was tiever more
strikingly illustrated than when ha
willingly accepted the honorary vice
presidency of the Public School Ath
letic league of New York city, as or
ganization which has for its object the
encouragement of athletic sports
among the school children of that
city.
The league was organized nearly two
years ago, but until the interest and
sympathy of the president was enlist
ed by the organizer and president, Gen.
George W. Wingate, little was known
THE BUTTON OP THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETIC LEAGUE
of the movement But the cordial in
dorsement which the president extend
ed to the league some few weeks ago
has resulted in giving it widespread
publicity, and inquiries are coming in
from all over the country concerning
the league and its work. In his letter
to Gen. "Wingate, the president said:
"It will give me the greatest pleas
ure to accept the office of honorary
vice president of the Public Schools
Athletic league, of which you are pres
ident I most heartily believe in your
league, and I feel that in promoting
athletics among the school children of
New York city along the sane and
healthy lines it has followed it is per
forming a service which is of the ut
most importance, not merely from the
standpoint of the physical but also
from the 'standpoint of the ethical
needs of these school children."
And now people outside of New
York are asking what is the Public
School Athletic league? What is the
need of such an association? What
are its aims, and how can similar
leagues be formed?
On November 27, 1903, as a result of
the efforts of Gen. George W. Wia-
GEN. GEORGE W. WINGATE.
gate, who. had interested a large nnm
ber of the leading men of New York
city in the movement, the league was
organized. At that time the purpose
of the league was to encourage the
physical development of the boys of
the high school of the city only, but
the work has been gradually broad
ened until it includes all schoollioys
Gen. Wingate had long recognized the
Pressing need for improving the physi
cal development of the children in the
schools of the city, and especially those
whrse homes were in the tenement
house districts, an* he began the for
mation of an association of the leading
men of the city who had been Drought
to fet'as he did and to sympathize
with the plans which lie had in mind,
and their numbers have continued to
grow until now the membership is
more than 600 and includes many -vho
are conspicuous in educational matters
*^r4*S', ditions among the poor.
::ȣK As a stimulus to physical exercise
'sf^raad development, the league gives an
?nually to each boy who can attain
certain standard in running a *hort
distance, "chinning" on a bar and
Jumping, a silver button for high school
C4%af», a bronze aa* ailver toe fcr ele-
mentary seniors and a bronze one for
elementary juniors. Gen. Wingate re
ports that a large number of coys won
the button during the contests last
year, and more would have done so if,
as the general says,, "the league in fix
ing its standard had not overestimated
the strength and activity of our school
boys"
The spring meeting of last year was
attended by 803 competitors, and over
10,000 boys competed for places and
this year It is expected that there will
be three times that number.
"The league," says Gen. Wingate.
"seeks constantly to impress upon the
boys that to win this button, to be
prominent in the'games or to became
strong and healthy they must acquire
good personal habits, avoid the bands
and temptations of the streets, go to
bed early, keep their skin clean and.
above all, abstain from cigarettes. It
believes that it has done more toward
putting an end to this last pernicious
habit than anything which has here'to
I fore been instituted among our school
children. It allows no boy to compete
unless his principal certifies that he is
up to the standard in his conduct and
studies."
As a result of this influence it is said
that the discipline of the schools and
the personal habits of the boys have
been greatly improved. The number
of little toughs, the terror of their
principals, who have become saints.,
not because they wanted to be saints
but because they desire to compete ii
the league games or to win a button, i
astonishing.
The great obstacle of the league har
been the inability to procure grounds
for. the use of thousands of boys who
are eager to avail themselves of an op
portunity to develop themselves phy»
sically. It has secured several private
fields, the use of some of which has
been donated, others of which have
been hired. The colonels of the na
tional guard regiments have been gen
erous in allowing the use of then
armories. The league has also utilized
some of the play grounds of the schools
after school hours.
The first of the athletic fields donat
ed by the school board and controlled
by the league, and which has beer, spe
cially equipped for the work of the
league,, has just been opened up, and
is located in New Brighton, S:n£en
Island. Others will be located in other
sections of the city as rapidly as pos
sible. At first it was intended to con
fine the use of the athletic fields to the
members of the high schools, but this
has been changed so as to include all
of the school children of all the schools
of the city, taking in the parochial and
other schools' which are outside the
public school system.
A part of the work of the league is
the teaching of the boys of the high
schools how to shoot and Krag guns
have fe*m installed in four of the
high schools. Mr. S. R. Guggennezmer
has given $1,000 towards this feature
of the work. A bronze bas reiief
plaque, representing the battle of Lex
ington, costing |500, a gift of Mr.
Harry Payne Whitney, is the trophy
for which the high school teams com
pete. A medal representing'the «an
tral figure of the plaque is given to
each boy on the victorious team, which
is his to keep. This feature of the
league's work wins the special com
mendation of the president.
To show the splendid success of this
branch of the work we have but to cite
the record of the DeWitt Clinton high
school boys, whose shooting score is
the highest ever made at Creedmote or
Fort Riley, one boy holding the record
of 49 bull's eyes out of 50 shots.
This target practice is most popular
among the high school boys, amnv of
them going without their lunch in or
der that they may devote the time to
shooting at the mark.
Up to the present time no provision
has been made for the girls, but the
league has just completed arrange
ments for the formation of a woman's
auxiliary branch, which is to •ake
charge of the physical training of the
schoolgirls. The membership of this
auxiliary league will be made up of the
prominent women of the city, a num
ber of ladies of high standing having
already expressed themselves as will*
ing to become patronesses.
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Fashions for Young and Old
At one of the openings last week we
vers pleased-to note provision, after
many years of neglect, had been made
tor the elderly woman, the woman that
unshamedly acknowledges she is no
longer young. We lays grown weary
of seeing the grandmothers and great
grandmothers costumed like girls of 16
it is refreshing to find they are offered
this season beautiful bonnets and lovely
old-lady gowns of times past.
Of course, we do not mean we want
to see every woman put on black as soon
as she has reached that uncertain terri
tory called a certain age* but we very
much want to get away from the genera
tions-too-youthful garb.
The other day we saw a white-haired
'woman downtown whom we had before
often noticed because of her unusual
height and robust appearance. She evi
dently takes the greatest pleasure la
life by no means would think of being
put on the shelf and as a rule we have
gazed at her admiringly. Often the
white-haired dame is well dressed, In
well-made tailor gown, sightly and un
hampering but the day we speak of,
what do you think she had on? A
white costume, the waist on the lingerie
order, the waist buttoned down the back,
the linen skirt jaunty and short! It
was anything but appropriate, the style
of dress—the white was all right
white, according to our opinion, appro
priate for women of all ages the button
ed down the back was the utterly impos
sible, and in this case very unbecoming,
the dame somewhat round-shouldered.
About the same time we were called on
to criticise this costume, we were moved
to admiration of another one worn by
another white-haired lady, but this lady
not nearly so old as the other. She was
a very good-looking woman, her hair
beautiful, her face fresh colored and
smooth. Her dress, too, was. all white,
and the waist a thin one, but there was
no attempt at the girlishness of a row
of buttons down the back. To be sure,
an under slip of pink was worn under
the waist, but the soft glow it gave was
most becoming to her fresh color and
lovely hair didn't seem too youthful.
Her hat was of all black black lace.
Which reminds us, we better begin on
the subject hinted at in our introductory
paragraph, the really elderly gowns and
bonnets seen at the openings. A few
years ago, and you might walk aisle
after aisle of millinery show cases and
find nothing you would consider suitable
for your mother to wear. Well, last
weelc-I-came upon a whole case full of
black bonnets, the good, orthodox sort
with strings. Most of them were of
lace frilled on with medium amount of
fulness* and trimmed very simply with
a bit of slender feathery white, a very
delicate aigret. A few were all black,
with agleam of good jet. One exquisite
model had a little real lace for the white
touch, and a couple of soft gray silk
flowers.
A gown of gray crepe de chine, salt
able for an elderly woman, was made
with front and sleeves of white silk mus
lin, the only trimming on the muslin
the neatest of tucks. And it may be well
to mention here that deep frills of fine
sheer goods very neatly tucked has tak
en the place of the ruffles of lace that
had become so painfully common. We
examined this very morning a white
gown meant for evening wear, and ob-
One goes to the milliners' openings,
and comes away wondering why mem
bers of this calling make most of their
hats so ugly and impossible. When
new gowns are on display one can al
ways find a number of very beautiful
ones but hats often seem utterly im
possible, the whole assortment an as
sortment of, monstrosities. This year,
as we wandered wearily about, it ap
peared to us things were worse than usu
al, that the headgear was only made to
show how much stuff could be pat on a
single frame, never in the world intend-,
ed to wear. There were tip-tilted chim
ney pots with cabbage roses on the back
by the dozen heavy fur chapeaus that
looked like bears' heads there were
all sorts of eccentric shapes in the
"ready-to-wears." But, thank fortune,
we finally came upon some that really
could be worn and not calljlown general
notice on the wearer.
The one here illustrated is a model
that, it seems to us, could not well be
AN AMAZON HAT.
bettered for general use. It is the new
Amazon shape, and trimmed simply and
gracefully with a velvet band, a buckle,
and one drooping plume. This style
does not need', as do so many of the ultra
hats, a special coiffure, looks well with
either high or low dressing of the hair.
Small hats, in spite of much talk to
the contrary, continue in the favor
shown them this summer. Also we have
the more picturesque quite large chap
eau the Sir Joseph and Gainsborough
for what woman is there that doesn't
like to be. told she looks like a picture,
and must she not win the compliment by
possession of a picture hat? The all
black hat vies with the all white, both
returning after a considerable absence.
A little gilt is added to the white hat,
the black may be unrelieved. Not alone
in gowns are we to see the lavish use of
lace, but also in hats. And surely the
lace hat is very pretty.
Brown, which was threatened with re
tirement, is still in good style. A red
plume is a great favorite, green fr S*ked,
an electric blue is coming forward.
Three-piece suits are the best style the
white blouse, to be worn all winter, will
be varied by the waist of color match
ing the suit For the three-piece suit
nothing is so fashionable as chiffon, and
ehiffon in the colors ofthe day is really
very beautiful.
served the short sleeveswereedged will
frills having three rows of fine tucks
near the hem. It was real lace, made up
over white satin, and the contrast with
the plain material wag very good.
Evening wraps this year, as a rule,
are voluminous, do not fit the figure,
closely. There are modified dolmans,
there are big circular affairs, and of
course the empire. Light colored ones
are favored, cream and blue well to the
fore. There are so many lovely lighter
blues nowadays, very attractive gray
tones. The white gown just described
was trimmed with narrow bands of flow
ered ribbon, the background of which
was a soft gray-blue. There are gray-
jk LATE WRAP.
bine tailor-made cloth salts, and some
afternooncostumes of thinner material.
It is a shade that is very becoming when
becoming at all.
The neckwear for mornings is either
the tailored stock like the waist or a
black tailored stock with snowy turn
over collar and cuffs. Turned down
white collars, both plain and embroid
ered, will be in good style, and very
pretty fancy ribbons are offered to wear
with these, either as four-in-hands or
string ties. We trust the neat way of
dressing the neck with washable collars
will long continue. For dressy wear we
shall have quite a lot of white fluffiness
about the throat theold-fashioned jabot
again in favor.
Millinery and Other Matters
One of the new shirt waists, a very
smart one, indeed, is a green silk with
a glimpse of gray plaid peepingfrom un
der front straps and with the narrow
est of plaid pipings further trims the
front The stock matches the waist,
green trimmed, with just a touch of
plaid. It is especially attractive in these
mid-autumn days.
much the same as last year. Fur hats
are not to be recommended, though
numbers of them are on display they
are muchtooheatingfor comfort and for
the good of one's tresses.k Coats of chin
chilla are very fashionable one may say
only short models appearing this year
furs are so expensive garments have to
be curtailed.
Chinchilla is the favorite for. All*motto that.should enter into religion
muffs arelarge andllat, neckpieces rerxUnd should he, closely followed."
Cloth for afternoon wear as well as
morning duty is preferred to other ma
terials for evening satin perhaps is
in the lead, although crepe de chine is al
ways in good style, and light cashemeres
are well liked. It is the fancy to unite
thin stuffs and heavy, but one cannot
say how long it will last Long wraps
and short are equally good, butthe long,
tight-fitting coat is a little old. Princess
gowns are very much the thing, if pos
sibly my lady should have one or two in
her wardrobe but if her figure is not
well proportioned she must take great
care that trimmings are disposed to
conceal defects she may be too long
waisted and slender.vthen let her have
a bolero to shorten the waist and give
curve where the line is desired. Short
waisted effects will be popular, gen
erally not alone in house gowns, but in
wraps and dresses for variaus occasions.
Wide belts are employed to give the
Empire short waist, and some of the
girdles have little sash ends and bows
at top tofurther the effect. Many waists
are made with girdle attached, and sep
arate ones worn should match the
gown.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
No Self-Made Ken.
The era of the "self-made" man is on
the wane. Efficiency can no longer be
manufactured or hone-made. Compe
tition of the present day is too much
for the self-made man. Po holds Prof,
Nathaniel Butler, principal of the
school education department of the
University of Chicago, who is named
as one of the best authorities of the
country on pedagogy. His views on
the "self-made" man were lately ex
pressed in the closing session of the
twentieth annual convention of the
Brotherhood of St Andrew in Kandel
hall at the University of Chicago. The
subject of his address was "Education
as a Factor of Efficient Manhood."
Prof. Butler spoke in the place of Pres
ident William R. Harper, who was too
ill to attend the session. "The term
'self-made man' is a mere fallacy,"
Prof. Butler declared. "The^self-ma«*V
man's success is due only to unusual
ability. Efficient manhood—the man
hood that ought to be offered to the
world—no longer can be home-made.
In this time of competition the world
is willing to pay the highest price for
the efficient man just aB for articles of
commercial use. Education should
mean compstent training for social effi
ciency. It requires time. The value
of education is along four lines, as foL
ws: Physical, social, Intellectual ana
spiritual. Team work, so familiar in
football play and of such importance
in the game, should be kept and made
a common phrase in religion. It is
TYPHOID FEVER.
I recently had a letter from a relative
in a city in Indian territory, telling of
recovery from typhoid fever, stating at
the same time that, while the total popu
lation of the city was less than 8,000,
there were over 160 cases of typhoid at
that date and the number of deaths
were appalling.
In the case of herself and husband
the Home Health club methods of treat
ment were carefully followed, and they
both made complete recovery in a short
time, but they at once moved to a town
where there was pure water and good
sewerage. -The sickness had cost them
$300 in money besides the loss of valua
ble time.
In view of the fact that this is the
season of the year when the disease is
most prevalent, I think a few remarks
on the financial side of the question by
Dr. Victor Vaughan, of the University of
Michigan, as given in the New York In
dependent, are pertinent.
"We have 50,000 deaths annually from
typhoid fever, and we know how to pre
vent these deaths. Why do we not do
it? It is estimated that the life of the
average adult is wprth to the state
$1,000. If a young man of from 20 to 25
years of age loses his life, it will cost
$1,000 to raise another up to the same
age and I am sure that any father who
is engaged in the pleasurable occupation
ef raising a family of boys will deny
that, it can be done so cheaply. But on
this estimate, this government is losing
50,000 times $1,000, or $50,000,000 annu
ally in deaths from typhoid fever. This
is not all typhoid fever is costing us. For
every death from this disease, at least
ten other people are sick with it Five
hundred thousand people who do not die
are sick each year with typhoid fever.
We will suppose that the average dura
tion of the sickness is 28 days, and all
physicians will agree that this estimate
is too low. The person who has typhoid
fever is often unable to resume his vo
cation within a shorter time thim
three months. However, we will make
our estimate on the supposition that
the average time lost from work by a
man sick with this disease amounts to
50d 000 times 28 days, or'-14#80 000
days, which is equivalent to more
thaii 38,356 years. Supposing that the
time oi the individual is worth 50 cents
per day when he is well this repre
sents an actual loss of $7,000,000 annu
ally, and this should be doubled, be
cause for every person sick the time
of another person who acts as nurse is
demanded. The $14,000,000 added to
the ?50,000,000 which are lost by death
makes a total sum of $64,000,000, or
about one dollar for every inhabitant,
the annual tribute levied upon this na
tion by the one disease, typhoid fever.
This represents approximately the
simount which we pay every year for
the ignorance and carelessness which
we exercise in allowing this preventa
ble disease to prevail among us.
ii'l have said that typhoid fever is a
preventable disease, and that the large
uuiiibei of deaths from this disease io
unnecessary. This is true, not only
fctieoreiically, but practical demonstra
tions are not wanting. Prior to 1859,
the city of Munich, in Bavaria, was a
veritable hotbed of typhoid fever.
There were no sewers and no public
water supply. Most of the houses were
furctebed with large brick or wooden
flues, which were built from the cellar
up through the different floors. Into
these the excretions from the body
were dropped and accumulated in the
cellars! Other waste material was de
posited in cesspools and garbage was
thrown into back yards. The air in
the houses was foul and offensive to
the sense of smell. The drinking wa
ter was taken from shallow wells in
the jards, and these often received the
ooze from the cesspools and vaults. In
185P the citizens were compelled to
seal tightly the bottoms and sides of
these receptacles of filth, and, later,
a system of sewerage was introduced,
and later still a supply of wholesome
drinking' water was obtained. Not
withstanding the fact that portions of
tlie city still remained unsewered at
the time of the last report, the results
have been most gratifying. From 1852
to 1859, the typhoid deaths per 1,000
in Munich averaged 24.2. This has
been gradually decreased until, in 1884
it was 1.4 per 1,000.
"This shows what has been done in
an old and crowded city, and Vienna
has practically repeated the demon
strations made by Munich. The ma
jority of cases of typhoid fever arises
from a contaminated water. That a
drinking water infected with the dis
charges of a person sick with typhoid
fever may cause an epidemic of the
disease there can no longer be any
doubt. The records of sanitary sci
ence abound in histories of such cases.
Every physician of large experience
with this disease can detail one or
more instances in which the disease
has been clearly traced to infected wa
ter, and I will consider that this meth
od of the dissemination of the disease
is recognized by all. It probably is a
safe estimate to say that bad drinking
water causes not less than 40,000
deaths each year in this country."
CLUB NOTES.
Allerton.—Dr. David H. Reeder. La
porte, Ind.—Dear Doctor: I have a
grow tli in my neck, just to the left of
the larynx. When I first discovered it,
over three years ago, it was about the
size cr a dime, now it is nearly as
large around as a dollar. During ths
last year it has grown quite fast. It is
round in shape. It does not hurt me.
but hen I wear a tight collar it gives
me a choking sensation. Do you think
it can be a goiter, and what treatment
would you suggest? Thairfcjng you in
advance for any advice you may give,
I am, respectfully. Mrs. R. W.
It would not be wise for me te ven
ture an opinion that the growth which
you nave described is a goiter, from
what details you have told me. There
fore, as I would not want to advise
home treatment without definitely
knowing what it is, I think you would
better go to the best local physician
you have and get his diagnosis of it,
and you xan then advise me AS to nis
opinion.
Lacon.—David H. Reeder, Laporte,
Ind.-Dear Sir: I enclose Parke, Davis
& Co.'s answer to my inquiry as to
name, etc.. «j£ a weed, sample of which
I send you and which I call dysentery
weed. My record is 3,022, which I
have held for years as member of the
Home Health Club. Thanking you for
your interest, I am, respectfully, Mrs.
V. E.
''Dear Madam: We beg to acknow
ledge receipt of your favor of the 28th
ult, and to inform you that the sample
enclosed therein for identification is
known botanically as Euphorbia macu
lala, Lin., and commonly as spotted
spurge or spotted purslane. It is com
mon throughout the country in sandy
localities, such as sides of roadd,
ditches, etc., There is no demand for
a medical preparation of this plant by
the medical profession of this country,
and, so far as we are aware, it has no
commercial value. It has been used
in domestic practice as an astringent
and tonic, and therefore would be use
ful in summer complaints in children,
as mentioned in your communication.
In overdoses It is narcotic, in common
with all other species of Euphorbia
with a milky juice. Trusting that our
remarks may prove of interest to you.
we beg to remain, very truly yours,
Parke, Davis & Co."
The majority of the Home Health
Club readers will at once recognize the
common spotted spurge or purslane as
a very good and economical remedy
for summer complaint.
Madison.—Dr. David H. Reeder, La
porte, Ind.—Dear Sir: I told you I
could not become an active member
of the Home Health Club at my ago
and under present conditions. But-I
hare purchased the books and am do
ing what I can—interested our young
neighbor in the catarrh cure. She is a
school teacher and was taking hay
fever just at the wrong time. She sent
for pamphlet and is successfully using
the instructions, reporting daily. My
son, as soon as he returned* from his
vacation, tried it for his head. The
grippe several years ago left it in a sa
verely congested condition, and he felt
relief at once. He is greatly interest
ed in your wbrk, and thinks without
doubt he will visit you some time in
the future, most surely if he feels the
need of help. He has been doing much
for himself through the exercises and
deep breathing. I have also sent some
circulars to a friend in Los Angeles,
CaL, as she is interested In sincere ie
fromatory work, and I think will be
useful if she has the strength. I am
afraid you will be frightened at this
long letter, but couldn't help it. as I
feel as if you are a f»iend in the true
sense. My son and I like your face,
honest sincerity meets us through its
kind! expression. I would like to teil
you how I feel in, regard to a long, use
ful and true life, religiously as well as
physically, but must not intrude upon
your precious time any longer, but I
am tired of every-day talk of old age
and death. Respectfully, Rec. No.
10,688.
I thank you for your kind expres
sions in regard to the Home Health
Club work. It would do you a great
deal of good to see the many thousands
of letters which are received constant
ly from all over the world, telling of
the benefits received. I am very glad
indeed to know that you have been
benefited, and that your stomach is
now in better condition than for years.
I think that if you continue the use of
the methods which I suggested in my
first letter to you, and take good care
of yourself according to the Home
Health Club methods, you will soon be
in much better condition. I am also
very glad to know that your, son is in
terested in the club work, and has been
benefited, and that he as well as others
to whom you have recommended the
club., have been helped, especially by
the lecture on catarrh.
If J. N., of Lincoln, Neb., will write
again, giving full name and address, I
will be glad to answer the letter.
All readers of this publication are at
liberty to inquire for any information
pertaining to the subject of health, at
any time. Address all communication?
to the Home Health Club, or Drr David
H. Reeder, Laporte, Ind., with name
and address in full, and at least four
cents in postage.
Great Kaffir Dance.
When the British Association for the
Advancement of Science was holding its
annual meeting \in South Africa the
members witnessed a Kaffir dance per
formed by 1,000 natives. This was fol
lowed the marriage of the heredi
tary chief, Mhlola. The bride was to be
chief among his numerous wives. One
Of the scientists, a linguist of interna
tional fame, asked the,dusky maid in
her own language if she' loved herb us
band. "Yes, I love him," was the reply
"ten head of cattle have been given me."
The Foxy Japs.
During their war with -Russia the
Japanese took pictures of the Russian
prisoners and their surroundings in
Japan and with the aid of kites scat
tered them among the Russian sol
diers in camp, in order to show the
contrast between their hardships and
the comforts enjoyed by the prisoners.
Consolation for Old Xaids.
An old maid never loses interest in
the man she might have married. If
he succeeds she prides herself on the
fact that she could have, had him. If
he fails she is equally proud of the fact
that she had foresight enough to turn
him down.—Detroit Free Pfsss.
Fact About Insects.
Music-making insects are all males.
The females are silent, using neither
their wings nor their body scales or
plates to produce musical sounds
REAL THING.
Bings—She gets after him nearly
every day with that poker, doesn't
she?
Bangs—Yes. She rules witli a rod of
Iron.—Chicago Daily News*
"Has your dinner lost Its saver.
Bas your greeting lost its cheer?
Is your daily stunt a burden?"
That is the state yon have come to:
the time is reached, if you would find
zest in work, any real good In life, to
cut it all. Fortunately you know where
"There's a medicine to cure you.
There's a way to lift your load,"
and make forthwith to a "land that's
free and large."
The medicine is to do as yon please
and live out of doors sleep as long at
you want to, eat when yon like, sit on
a log in the bright autumn sun doing
nothing, thinking nothing, just b?ing,
happily being or tramp miles and
miles and miles, get going so hard it is
easier to move than to stop.
All's well with the world, whether
you're in action or inaction. Th*s is
good enough for yon—the north woods
in autumn pine trees of graeuest
green, scrub-oaks ruby red, birches
yellow as sunlight, leaves deep on the
ground and fine to kick as your feet
sink into their crispness, a small of
pleasant burning from an isolated field
over there, brightest of skies above.
There's food and plenty in the woods,
in the cabin salt and cook stove and,
luckily for a man of lazy moods, the
last time Big Oswald was up he icft a
goodly pile of wood against the cabin
wall.
You go to bed and in the night in
the darkness the cold creeps up and
freezes the water in the pail, overs
the ground with chilly white, it re
quires some Spartan remnant in your
make-up to throw off the clothes and
Sometimes you sleep till ten o'clock
»ne time yon rose up at four to go
hunting. The morning yon made the
latter record, the night before you
went to bed at half-past seven, whilst
yet the birds were calling late ones
borne. You got in some heavy sleep,
you awoke at the untimely hour pay
ind refreshed. Armed with rifle and
gun you set forth, no longer men of
tiresome, tiring city routine, but men
of wood and trail. You swing along
In the wet woods, lords of creation,
and take no care that dank bushes
brush you yon are thigh-high in sog
gy grass., Your tramp is to be a long
one, but there 1s so much of interest
from the very start you loiter by the
way. Just two miles from the cabin
and there are fresh wolf tracks, a mile
more and oh, what lack! Sure as you
are alive, the great paw that made
that mark belongs to nothing but a
hear. Hurrah! Just 12 hours' ride by
train and ten miles' drive has brought
you to this "land that is free and
large." Yesterday, in the heathenish
civilization of Chicago to-day, in the
paradisaical wilds.
But you meet no bear, see no wolf
and what is more, the one creature
your gun brings down you take f^r a
duck, and it turns out a mud-hen! And
such a fine shot too, as was wasted.
How can you with any triumphing tell
that you made a wonderful shot of
over a third of a mile—using your rifle
to scare the birds from the water—
when the story is but to chronicle the
fall of a miserable mud-hen? Of ail
the rich might-have-beens!
And of course you never would re
late to jeering friends your wild re
joicing *7hen you found a bird nad
oeen hit, tell how you threw off your
clothes and jumped into the water
after it, expecting the water to be
scarcely to your knees and it really
came up to your arm-pita, And then,
when the quarry was reached, it
aroved a mud-hen!
Daily Stunt a Burden00—Run Away to Wisconsin Pineries
—A Hunter's Luck—Venison Knee Pie.
Tt mar be, and It may not, that ye*
will relate the Sunday dinner yor took
with some young women in a neigh
boring cabin. In all probability vo»
will not speak of the venison mines*
pie the gracious cook gave yon, for
venison was contraband at this time,
and of coarse you would not set tho
game warden after your hostess. Bat
you may innocently expatiate on the
merits of venison mince pie, JesTisst
your friends to infer yon once feasted
on it in lawful deer season.
What a wonderful country this is!
The bright warm noons make un for
the ice water wash of the. morning.
Every day you take your midday seal
out of doors, and find it pleasant lazy
work to build a little gypsy fire and
boil the kettle over It Then the Mead
hours of the afternoon" yon lie uader
a bunch of Ndrways on the now
miraculously dry, warm ground, bask
in real summer heat Mayhap yonder
haze is Indian summer atmosphere,
mayhap a forest fire. You are too lazy,
too content to push the subject just lie
still and revel in woods-smell, woods
beauty autumn warmth. The cold is
forgotten, to-night is a long way off.
WHERE WE SHOT THE MUD-HEN.
face the cold, but at last you take the
leap, jump from the snug blankets.
Fine morning if it is cold. Coated,
hatted, you step outside and drink in
the fineness over the lake just beow
the cabin lies the white chill, but the
pink on the water is warming it up a
bit, and the sun looks as though, after
a while, he might be able to tnaw
things generally. You build the fire,
you douse the icy water on your face,
you get ready a. wonderful breakfast
apples red as the scrub-oaks, oatmeal,
great bowls of it—and plenty good
enough without cream—fried squirrel
and hot biscuits. How good the coffee,
how good everything. Heigho! up here
in the woods your dinner has found its
savor.
What a friendly thing a stove in a
cabin in the woods. It may have been
bought of the second-hand man for
$3.28 it may be minus a leg, the dam
per may be missing, and you have to
rig up one of a length of tin and oit of
wire but it's a stove, it has a ne&rth
and an oven, and a top for frying-pan
and coffee-pot. Ruddy gleams, of cheer
and comfort come through its cracks
you can elevate your feet on its hearth
in the long evening hours the long
evening hours when you talk with
Four comrade of that mysterious crea
ture, woman, of one girl in partiiu'ar.
All hail to the cabin stove, the center
•f culinary and contemplative life.
Another day you have better luck
hunting and proudly present a brace of
partridge to the young woman that
knows how to make venison mine? pie.
You get real duck another tisssv and
the young women give yon choke
cherry jelly to eat with it, which jelly
yon vote fine just the right relish for
the game. The young women give yon
home-made bread, also, and yon voto
that the best thing you have had in
the way of food sinee the Northwest
ern train deposited yon at the little
Lumber Jack station and went on up
to Superior. One of the young women
is a good shot, and she and yon—your
comrade stays behind—go skirting the
edge of Black Fox lake in pursuit of—
something. She is as good a tiamper
as you and, if the truth be told, a heap
better shot But alas, no more femi
nine companionship, no more sporting
with Diana some friends are to have
her cabin for the deer season, she
must return to town. Good-by, I/iaaa.
thank you for many things never
shall be forgotten the venison pie.
You don't read at alL Why should
you? Even on the rainy dajs„ few
and far between, you find ample occu
pation in sleeping till mid-forenoon,
taking a combination breakfast and
dinner, then going out for a tramp and
getting rained on. A tramp in the
rain is all right yon like it partly be
cause you so much liked that sort of
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thing when yon were a boy. On cloudy
days you fish, to change the bill of fare
and the bill of entertainment but you
are not a particularly enthusiastic ang
ler. On fine Hays you start off with the
gun and rifle and hunting bag maybe
on the return there will be nothing in
the bag save half a dozen squirrel but
you will have been soaked in sunshine
as well as, in the cvly morning,
soaked in dew. You cowe constantly
upon little lakes at Sand ?ake, where
there's a fine beach and bottom, you
have a bath the water's cold, but the
sun's hot and drying. You are made
strong, vigorous, happy by joyous sun
of the.north, the pure north air.
You get used to the cold nights,, yon
count them no ill at all: and the
mornings right hunting sort the snap
giving zest to the sport so keen, so
clear, so autumnal. You now take the
cold douse out-of-doors, cat your
breakfast oat on the porch- Already
you are getting toughened, away with
town coddling and babying away with
dullness and apathy. You remember
the promise Bliss Carman mods when
he gave the medicine to cure you for
the evil time the daily stunt was be
come a burden, and yon swear the
poet is best physician of them all—you
have found yourself again. You ate a
man of muscle and brawn, as well as ^JM
brain cells and nerve liber you, ioo.fjS*3*'^
have the seeing eye and hearing ear ?S|f fgpy
for God's generous gifts-of wildwoodS
and wildwood creatuss. Woodman,
spare thine ax long may the fores*
stand!
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