St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-29

| ter OF the GOSpal and the prosperous
merchant are tormented alike with
visions of dancing waves, green trees
and days of unceasing rest. Of course,
those parasites, the farmer and hotel
keeper prepare to reap golden harvest
by taking advantage of this instinct of
the human animal which urges him to
take a summer vacation. 1t doesn't
make any difference whether he can
afford it or not. That vacation is a
necessity which knows no law of
evasion or denial.
Among the feminine portion of
humanity the desire is greater to absent
from dusty streets and seek the repose
afforded by crowded summer resort.
From the petted society belle down to
| the humblest worker each will tell you
| that she needs rest Orrecreation, and she
| intends to have it. A party OF men Will
occasionally 90 to some unknown corner
| of the country to catch fish and enjoy
| other rural sports. The social pro
pensity of woman forbids that she find
| solace in that sort of place. A crowded
| pleasure resort Is the only fit place in
| which to spend her vacation. 1T the
| seaside be impossible, then perforce the
| lake is perfectly charming. There will
| be plenty OF opportunity to flirt, gossip,
display dainty apparel, in fact, to in
| dulge in all those harmless foibleS so
dear to womankind. Mrs. Grundy, too,
| must take vacation in summer, for she
| is ever present to raise her voice in yir
| tuous protest against that contempt for
| conventiOnalitieS, which is one of the
| charms of q summers outing.
The question of ways and means is an
| important factor to those whose finances
are limited. One must dress well. no
matter what other comforts are cur
| tailed. There were three girls of us
| pining to go out to the lake for week,
| and after thorough review of the situ
| alton we conclude that camping out is
| the cheapest and
| MOST PICTURESQUE METHOD
of accomplishing the desired result.
| We have never tried it before and don't
| know what is needed for a camping out
! fit. Belle, the eldest and most practi-
| cal of the three, has found an article
| just to the point in family magazine.
1t is an account OF how a party made
| their own tent and hammock, did their
own cooking and lived sumptuously on
| canned fruit, crackers and fried fish.
| The aforesaid article dilates SO much on
| the bliss of that mode Of living that we
| are infected with its enthusiasm and
fall to work earnestly. Following di-
| rections, we buy unlimited yards of
| common sheeting and sew it together
| for tent, then soak it in preparation
warranted to make it waterproof. We
| have faith in the treatment and are not
| dismayed to find that our tent, when
| dry, smells as muSty as specimen of
antique tapestry. Mary knots a ham,
mock and in SO doing wears all the skin
off her fingers. l do all the errands and
grumble at every suggestions. in order
to have the pleasure of saying,
81 TOLD YOU SO,"
| if anything should happen to mar our
| pleasure afterwards. Finally we select
| our camping place, at the foot of hill
| and not far from the lakes edge. Its
! close proximity to the hotel will, we
| think, give us a chance to display our
| new dresses on all public occasions.
We got an ancient spinster to chaperone
us. l knew that she would only be
nuisance the moment l saw her, and
suggested to the girls that we procure
| some one who could cook and do the
work while we amused ourselves. My
| suggestion was promptly vetoed.
Such fun we had packing our be-
longings and getting ready. Belle took
| her easel, Mary the fishing poles and |
several novels. Those things were of
much more Importance to me than
| household utensils. We feared wisdom
by experience.
An eXpresSman conveyed our outfit
| from the depot to the camping ground.
| We asked him to raise our tent. He
| did, at the same time smiling at our
structure in the superior way which
men always regard a product of
| woman's ingenuity.
The first day we were so busy that
| there wasn't any time to rest or admire
| the beauties of nature. We made our
couches on the dewy grass and got up
next morning with an attack of cub
| rheumatism. 1t is strange how reluct-
ant fire is to burn in the open air.
Ours sputtered a while, then went
out. We concluded that cold water
tasted better than coffee and let the fire
go for that time. Our homemade ham
mock was
NOT A BLOOMING SUCCESS.
1t let Mary sit on the ground with
more force than elegance. ''Why didn't
| buy real hammock for S1.25 instead
| of paying rs cents for twine and put
ting weeks work on that thing?" she
exclaimed. She remained in huff all
day about that, but it was forgotten
| amid other eXcitementS. We went fish
ing. 1t was a new experience to me,
and as | hadn't my novel along l failed
to appreciate the joy of holding long
pole until my arm ached. The girls
wouldn't let me talk, either. They SAID
| scared the fish away. It's my private
| opinion that there weren't any fish
there. We spent the whole forenoon
and caught two sunfish. Some
days better luck attended our efforts
and we landed enough for meal. The
fish didn't have the delicious flavor
| when cooked that we expected. Per-
haps we didn't know how to manage
them. They would persist in tasting
| smoky or ScOrched. We hunted up
forked stick on which to hang our coffee
! pot over the fire. One day, when the
| cook wasn't looking, the stick burned
away and the coffee-pot melted. So we
ate sardines, canned fruit and crackers
for few days. 1t was rather monot-
Onous diet. We spread our table cloth
on the ground, and forthwith every bug
tor a mile around crawled over our
lunch, and made themselves so familiar
that we were in nervous tremor all the
time. When we came home our ap-
| petiteS were so large as to excite wonder
among our friends. We solemnly as
sured them tlut it was the result of the
| bracing air and outdoor exercise while
at the lake. We confidentiaily admitted
to each other that it was such relief to
| get back to eat at civilized table after
nearly, starving for a week in sylvan
solitude.
If it were not for mosquitoes, DAYS at
the lake might be pleasant. But it was
such a strain upon the nerves to keep
fighting the countless myriads Of little
| pests. Then warm weather never
makes mosquito languid. In fact, his
animation and industry seem to increase
in direct ratio to the heat Then heca
| get around so lively and is so numerous
that it's a hopeless task trying to evade
| him. We forgot to bring any netting
and wasted so much muscle in trying to
get the best of the mosquitoes that we
| soon