The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31
CRUISING IN A LAND YACHT
TWO TEARS SPENT IN a WAGON mr.
MR.. BREUER AND mrs WIN.

hNn IN Fenrch OF HtentNu hhu AheN hhN
Found It-Pieasures or Life in n waEot
Uncomfortable Now In n House,
SAN Francisco. May GA woman who hal
lived two years In a land yacht should not lack
uncommon experiences. Mrs. n. l.. BreueI
calls her abiding place q land yacht because in
II she has skinned all over California, and
from her narrow door she has seen the beauties
Of the land. She knows tho life Of n land.
yachtswoman. and she says that II is good. The
yacht Is the neatest and most complete house
on wheels that has ever journeyed an American
rond. Lately II has been over In Moraga Val.
ley, in Contra Costa county. Cal, lying at
anchor in tho shade OF tho live oaks. Mrs.
Breuor would nave liked to stay there for a long
time, but her husband wanted to move on. lie
Is an artist, and moving on Is n way artists have.
NJ Breuer designed this house wagon" said
Mrs. Breuer to hor lnquisitive visitor, land
helped to put II together. IL cost $500. We
put about everything we had into the enter
prise. 1t has been n most excellent Investment.
Sickness drove us away from tho city out into
the pure air OF inland California. and We did not
know any better way Of keeping up n steady
system Of oxygenating the blood and reraining
health than to get into q land yacht and sail all
over. We have not done as much sailing as we
intended at tho first, but what we have done
has driven away all disease. wo are both as
healthy and strong az athletes. and we never
dream Of such a thing as taking cold"
The land yacht Is about fve feet wide by eight
in length. and in 1t are chairs, a stove. n bed
that you can let down from the side OF the wall.
q hundred little convenient cubbyholes, and
shelves that will hold all manner OF things need
| full to keep house on wheels. The stove Is big
enough to bake bread In, and q set OF aluminium
pots and pans goes with II for utility and light
ness. There is a carpet on the floor. a few water
colors on the walls. among them a stohl horse
picture, and, yes-a library. 1t was a marvel of
cleanliness and order. this house wagon, when
1t was seen by the visitor, and there was not
from attic to wheels II cobweb or q speck Of dirt,
And you have lived In this wagon for two
whole years ?" was asked.
Yves. two whole years. OF course we have
gone visiting on OCCASION. and once or twice we
have slept in the houses OF friends. Now, we were
well entertained. and we would not like to have
them to know IL, but we were really uncomfort-
able in the bedrooms Of our friends. We missed
the free flow OF air that we always have about
our heads In the wagon. A house OF the regular
sort seems insufrerably stuffy to you after YOU
have lived twenty.four months in a wagon"
That's true" backed mp the husband. az
wouldn't give two cents for the best kind of
"Yon see. II doesn't take but a few minutes
each day TO do the ordinary Homework, SO We
smiling. her pretty face, slightly Drowned by
the sun during her long lana cruise. softening
WIN j onbhuSlbsm M MIG LAlktu.
I'VE. live very well for nomads. and | am sure
nobody on the whole coast leads = freer life
but he is devoted to his art and would not be
IDLE for ANYTHING. Let me show yoq some, of
A number Of excellent pen-and-ink and pencil
and water-colors sketches AS well as o few finished
snd hsid u Ms psou whisf Sy the S1 mo OF a 81 s!s sh] eG %ssan'
The exterior fittings and general utility were
show WI. to o, tine yisit OF t ana M Mr.: Bre sn5 e 81 JPStir.ed
axle. and showed the cellar where food was
kept and the stow hole for the tools and bed
ding. What lent picturesqueness to the outfit
vas the broad canopy that was spread over the
Wagon to keep of the rain and tho hot sun.
The fact that 1t was never too warm for comfort
inside OF nights and that the rain was more en-
joya6ie than otherwise was dwelt upon,
rain beat upon the canvas and hear the wind
sweep by through, the trees said Mr.. Breuer.
larly in city houses. miss some fine eIperiences.'
There were and a swing hung I'M
WAGON dweiiers and the swing was for their
Sniiai chi,G visitors abo,, The he. wagon people liked to
1--WE have great rDSu fun nH out ninnat h" eeo Sn sns,, said said
the lady OF the wagon. I".What people say
q; sbs out us Ms smu e us = vastly; They arf pa!tisnlas
think II quite natural that we should be eter-
n.lly %foragina for our food. Tho chicken roost
joke is n common one with us. Ii has afforded
US no end of amusement II ever / am cooking
fowl in my oven and a countryman gets sight
shows his suspicious nature with respect TO
travellers by wagon.
hNopio ~ Nciy MINI W us. vi . II WOu1tU
hang about and seem to be quite proud to do us
little favors. They can't get over the idea that
we camped awhile used to come down TO the
wagon and insist on carrying water for us. He
was SO big that he could hardly get through the
door, but he was SO anxious to be of service that
we couldn't object % his intrusion.
Mr.. Breueri is out .ketchinS. The 10Th other %e DAY w a bic
negro very black and very numbering. came up
the sp iifs so oat OF Of ' me. wagon ife m nnn balearl !o fa,sstIsned
did not understand and began to think OF the
Gun hanging on the wall there, when he raised
lie was very much disappointed when I told
him an Id ala not tell fortunes He insisted upon II
dlscriminnte against him. His money WAS as
When we came to this place and stretched
with the guy lines pulled out and tied to the
there, stuck his head over tho fence and ask cd:
'Mhe do 20 show have begin =
~ buy two ticket for re circus II you have 70
pretty Circassian girl, he insisted.
We have no circus | said.
He was slow to accept the reply.
1t no is circus2 Zen you have re puppet.
Nc: y 81 SHRs 81 s sRs R tH@y r I r be SsG.'nued'
ara zen ! Wish ySu good morning: I zink you
: His sr chiak lssa hcu nsa is sw jast te ov vent The r,,cs
there, as you see. A few minutes afterwari he
was out there With hammer and nails, boarding
Twice With profound disgust written on his face.
Tie Is about the funniest specimen OF the lot, but
Yes. we have a great many visitors. They
ASK us thousands OF questions. Mr.. Breuer
wants 10 have some cards printed with a list of
answers 10 the comm0ncst queries. These cards
ne wants TO bass out TO people who come around
with their lnterrogntions, but | won't let him do
OF the sort. ! think the people have a
right to be curious, and | don't mind their
queries when they are sarcastic. Ii Is only
natural that people should want To know how
live in a wagon. Most OF them think the
idea q very good one. at least they say so. We
have had a good many offers for the outfit from
people VINO were enchanted by this mode of
build such wagons II they could got tho pattern.
and what Is more, il they had the leisure TO 90
trayelltns, AS for me, | am perfectly satisfied
SiIn the NE, IL has saved US a good many
The visitor was invited to stay to dinner. It
was surprising how quickly that meal was got
together. Tho hardness of everything made
tho task a very light one. IL was not twenty
minutes after the smoke began 10 pour through
the little joint OF pipe that stuck out OF tho
wagon cover, and Mr.. Breuer had not got half
way through his story OF the hunter and the
that fairly covered the ground, when
Inner was announced.
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