The National tribune., 1891-10-29
WEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.
BY FELIX L. OSWALD. ". D.
CXXL
SUMNER CAMPS.


from their national preiudices by convincing
them that valOr, Chivary, art and science could
be found in the strOnghOlds Of Islam, as well as
N France aud Spain.
summer excursions, undertaken for mere
purposes Of pastIInc, often prove a similar bless
ing by convincing town bred tourists that
health can be found at a considerable distance
from drug,tOres and air tight bedrooms
A few weeks ago / found party of pleasure
seekers enCaupcd in the mountains Of northern
Georgia. They had brought large tent along
but during spell Of rainy weather tho " Pro-
fessor," Is my guide called the father Of three
barefoot youngsters, had transferred his head
quarters % q dilapidated old country house with
an autiquated shingle roof aud four or II ge rat
haunted but decidedly airy rooms. Their trav-
cling companion, Capt. $, stuck to his tent at
night, hut passed most of his siesta hours in the
old frame house.
They advertise apartments with or with
ont power tmeanIug water-pOwer) in the New
York papers," said Prof X. "Our rooms i'm
this old r0OkcTy are mostly Of the former vari-
ETY.; water power coming through the roof in
perfect cascades every now and then. The
place has been tcuantles5 for years, and the
floor is almost rotted away, but there are dry
corners here and there, and that's where we
sleep. And such sleep. It's fainting more than
resting. what you get for the price Of a nights
lodging in a stuiiy hOtcl.'
" Didn't you end yOar wall.tent airy enough,
tOO?" inquired.
Eyes, but was afraid Of getting blown away
in these stormy nights" said Mrs. X, "and
this building is just dry enough TO spread few
pallets in the inside corners. The windows,
you see, are all gone, but the porch is 10 feet
wide, aud we have completely got rid Of the
idea that there il any harm in dampness and
draft. Ny youngest boy had a chronic catarrh
all last Spring, but he stopped coughing
"a har
ulously we'll ever since. His two brothers
never looked 80 we'll before, and will lay in a
store Of health 70 last them all year, IL they DO
not run about in their bare feet too much"
mo danger about that" laughed the Pro-
fessOr; they cannot pass for young Indians IL
We 90 West next year, ill they learn 10 get
along without shoes. / do not believe in their
wearing two pair of boys shoes in this country;
and shoe-Ieather is really more Of an encum-
brance than q help in open woods like these.
In wet weather boots are uncomfortable and
shoes worse than useless. No, Lee them have
their own way about that they are happy and
healthy, and what nose can you want. It's
just like your uueasiness about bathing"
:" He permits the boys to stay two and three
hours in the creek" explained Mrs. K, and /
cannot get myself to believe it's right"
"Yes, it is" insisted the Professor. 1.-THE
South Sea Islanders swim about like offers all
afternoon, and their Summers are not as warm
as ours. We had 81 IN the shade yesterday after
noon, and am sure our three boys in the water
were the happiest inhabitants Of this State Just
then. saw them splashing about and hunting
crawfsh in a shady pool, and l felt ashamed OF
my own want OF pluck for not Joining them"
You cant persuade my husband that there
can be any danger IN water" laughed Mrs. K,
till some Of Us should happen TO get drowned.
He actually enjoys night fOgs drifting in
through these broken windows, and he has
revoked the edict against cold drinks in warm
weather. The day before yesterday We came
back from fshing-trip in the valley Just be-
fore noon, when the sun felt as hot as an oven,
and the moment we reached this yard he made
for the spring, aud | thought no would never
stop drinking"
d" You would want me 10 wait till the weather
gets cooler would your" said the Professor
Don't you agree that food is heaIthiest when
you are hungry2 Well, / claim the same for
water when am thirsty. And, besides, didn't
you risk 10 yourself with ice water at the II Ugh.
land Hotel last week. and DO you suppose that
spring water is dangerous Just because it is
brewed by nature IN the wilderness2 Bnt the
fact is we have all stuck 10 that old superstition
Tor years, and women never like TO admit the
possibility of their having been mistaken"
Pm an exception, then" said Mrs K, ct
do own up 10 having been under complete
delusion aboat night air and drafts, and
about one other thing. Ninety.nine out Of a
hundred people believe il necessary 10 begin
days work with eating and / have never felt
so we'll in my life as | do since we have tried
the plan of taking long excursions before break
fast. We went 20 u huckleberry patch, three
miles from here, this morning, and picked
gallon pail before we stopped, and do believe
l could have kept climbing and picking till
noon without 'fainting with hunger as q
boarding-hOuse guest Of my acquaintance used
to say % breakfast was half an hour late. The
fact H. that felt lighter and less latigued than
few days ago when we were delayed by a rain
aud did not start till after breakfast. OF course,
you could never persuade our city friends 20
try that plan under any circumstances, but
what q blessing il would be for busy people and
for hOusekeepers You could finish the greater
part OF day 5 work with clear brain and an I'M
burdened stomach; and a cook could devote all
her energies 10 the elaboration of a good dinner
and keep her kitchen tidy without getting up
an hour before daybreak. An author who
would benefit his fellow men at the risk Of mis-
construction and abuse, should write a work on
Two meals a day." and persuade sensible
people not to take his word for il, but TO DO as
much "a decide the question for themselves by
practical experiment"
"Yes, but they would ascFibe your enthu-
siasm to the m0ney-saving scheme of some
Yankee boarding house keeper" laughed the
Professor; and. besides, 10 IS just possible that
for the Grst week or so the force of habit would
actually make them miss their WOnted early
breakfast. unless some pleasant pastme should
help TO divert their souls from the thought Of
coffee and rolls. What puzzles me infinitely
more is the Obstinacy Of the closed bedroom
superstition. 10 is wholly impossible that any
human being gifted with ordinary faculties Of
observation should fail to notice the advantage
Of sleeping in cool, pure air. 1t makes you
rest better digest better, and frees your lungs
of Catarrh germs and 10 seems Just as strange
that they should stick to their prejudice as if
they were 20 prefer foul and warm sewer water
to cool, pure spring water"
'They are logic proof, and experience is the
only cure for their iufatuatiOn," said Capt s.,
who had seen four years service on the Indian
frontier " If you ask a city dude how no
caught cold, his answer is very apt TO BIO some
remark about an open window he forgot to
close few nights ago; but few old soldiers
would make a mistake of that sort. / have
seen bivouaes where blankets aud OVercoats
were literally stiff with frost in the morning,
and MEMBERSHIPS with the four winds of
heaven whsking through from end to end,
and where nevertheless catarrhs were never
complained Of the tenth part as much as in
stutIy, Overheated barracks. The same with
horses that weather the storms of Nebraska
Winter and rot away with epizootics in the
close stuffy stables of New Orleans street.
car company At first an experience of that
sort may DO ascribed TO queer accident but
i'm the course of time even uneducated OBJ
servers cannot help drawing the right con-
clusion, and a confirmed impression of that
kind ia worth a dozen hearsay theories Make