Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-26

at the lakeside or in the fat green country
restful to tired eyes. They can go into
the house the LIST OF May-full two months
before camping is possble-and remain un-
til October is crimson on the hills.
With dog for comfort and protection,
fowls for profit and diversion, housekeep-
ing that is but play, they may know a
summer of content Or, rather, whole
half year of it-and end by knowing that
the main original investment, the house,
remains to them and is good for twenty
further summers. 1t can be stored near
where ii has stood, and next season trans
rorted at small cost to region entirely
new. Say the first summer at the water
side, the next might be among the hills, the
third in deep woodland, the fourth in some
place where the fat earth laughed into harv-
est. With wicker couches, cotton hangings,
few rugs, folding chairs, bamboo table
or two, one might achieve charming interiors
at the least possible cost-for the simple
ferns, flowers, vines, leaves and moses,
set about in rustic holders, or in stone
pitchers and earthen Jars.
RARE OPPORTUNITIES.
Nowadays, when there are so many other
things than houses portable, a very little
foresighted knowledge would enable them
TO avoid the worries CT housekeeping while
tasting all its sweets. In competent hands
an oil stove for cooking is both cleanly and
economical. The warmth OF II along with
the open fire would be mighty comforting
upon chilly days end OF cool nights and
mornings In very hot weather ii could
be moved outside Or II the indwellers had
| the fad of scientific cooking. they might
put their trust and their eatables in an At
| kinson cooker, heat from which would never
| be oppressive.
II such elaborateness is tempting II is
also beyond reach of many a mother who
| yet longs 10 give her flock the enlargement
OF green fields Let her buy cheaper
house, one say coming al $50, set ii up upon
strip of beach, bit of abandoned farm
| land, or even the vacant lots that yawn
beyond city gates in wait for the wary su-
! burbanite. Rent of such sites will be
almost nothing, and further, they may
often be obtained so close to the home as
to make furnishings and supplies the sim
| plest sort OF matter. But here, away from
the city's bustling roar, the villages dead
stagnation what ease and peace for the
tired mother; what Joy, what lusty health
| for her young barbarian brood! Here, too
| the head OF the house may come to catch
| breath and gather strength afresh from even
| so slight contact with the primal mother
| earth
There is and has been much talk OF house
boat delights. The plan Of having house Rno
| boat separate offers hundred advantages
over the houseboat proper. For while the
| houseboat is costly luxury, possible only
al an expense too great for the mass OF us, q
| tight barge can be hired by the month al
a very low rate. Duly fitted with house il
can be towed 10 its anchorage in the lake ol
| at the riverside at an almost nominal cost
| Then, when fishing pals and rowing grows
! burden, when the younglings grow toe
venturesomely aquatic or sigh for fresh fields
/ over which TO chase butterflies, why, VI
| and away to the woods, the fields, with NJ
| barge rent running on, TO trouble your peace
| OF mind Later, II by chance you live in
| region OF canals II may be worth your while
tn hire another barge, put your house aboarC
| of il and take tow along the waterway e
| some point handy for the next years outing
! There the house can be stored, along with
such furnishings will not go handily II
trunks Thus you shall become as fore
thoughted as the snail-which carries hii
! house about with him wherever he goes.