Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-02-01
FOLLOWING FANCY.
How tho Up-to-Date People Find Pleas
ure In Winter.

ure In Winter.
People are fanciful and II is Fancy,
after all, that is happiness. and the mo-
tive which dictates to the world. Some
one fancies that the cozy fire at home
and the environment Of favorite books
is enough to make life worth living dur
ing the winter months. That will do
for the way worn, weary, easily salts
fed, old fashioned man and woman, but
the up to date cavalier and the new
woman require change-many
changes in fact. and they seek In the
dull winter days to find the climate they
wearied OF In spring and wished would
pass away in summer. Sitting behind
frosted window panes and gazing on
the glistening snow crystals they sigh
for the warmth and brightness they
love better now than few short
months ago and, In no other country
may these whims, these fancies be SO
easily gratified as in America. Abso-
lutte comfort in these days, and in speed
and safety, too, instead Of the wasted
time and discomforts of the not distant
past. Ponce de Leon who sought the
fountain of Eternal Youth on the shores
Of Florida consumed many OF the pre-
cious days of later life. and died before
attaining the great prize. De Soto was
lured in the same direction and found
at Hot Springs, by the aid Of Ulelah,
the dusky Indian maiden, the wonderful
product of the Breath of the Great
!. Spirit" but before he could return home
and apprise his friends of the great dis
covery and enjoy the certainty Of gold
and youth, which he believed he had in
his grasp he fell victim to the miasmi
Of the Great River and found a grave in
its muddy depths. To-day the seeker
after health simply boards one Of the
cific System. and after something to
eat and nap, wakes up to find himself
in this delightful winter Resort. ready
TO embrace health which seems to be
invariably renewed by the magic of the
air and water. In De Soto's time the
secret of the Fountain OF Life was sedu-
lousy guarded by the savages, but now
hospitable people opens its arms to
receive the tourist whether his quest be
for health or amusement. Fancy some
times tires Of Hot Springs. strange as
ii may seem, but Fancy says ''the fields
beyond are greener" and the climate
Of San Antonio is more desirable and
thus another ride in another palace, and
new scenes and new faces please the eye
and satisfy the restless cravings Of thi'
master Of man. Thus from the Father
OF Waters to the waves which wash thu
western shore of this great country th'
tourist is led by within, but most de
lightedly captive. Mexico has beer
described as the Egypt Of the new
world, and the comparison is fitting
and he who dare not face the danger
of the deep, and prefers to retain hi
meals as well as his life, should MAKE
the journey to the land of the Monte
xumas, and there learn the story of tn,
ages within the faces Of a people which
change less In the passing years thar
any other on the Western Continent
This is the land of Sunshine and Color
Of history and romance; and as brigh
eyes will smile at you from under be
witching head gear rs may be found ii
CASTLE OF Arragon.
Fancy carries one to California o
course, and this journey, as it once wa
termed, is now SO easily performed a
to have lost all of its terrors and lief
| only a most emphatically delightful
trip to be the subject Of many futur
conversations. The land of fruits an
flowers and fair women; Fancy can as
no more after this tour unless it ha
been satisfied for once: and still 1t
| Fancy which takes the wearied travele
| back to the home and the familiar sur
/ roundings and the friends and loves o
home. There he may contemplate ne'
Journeys and new advertisements, bu
there fingers in his memory pleasur
he would not part with, and he hope
soon to again enjoy the comforts al
forded by this Great System Of Railwa
which has taken him safely out an
brought him safely home and has nc
robbed him of the joys which Fame
brings. T. p. BAKER.
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