Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02
SUMNER OUTINGS.
How to Get the Most Pleasure ont Of
Them for the Least Money.

I notice IN some OF my papers that
the wife Of Banker Percent, the daugh-
tcrs u Lawyer Legal and the son OF
Merchant Trade have all gone to Mac
kinac or some other summer resort.
presumably In search u health or pleas
urc. They ala look rather pale and
somewhat tagged the last time I saw
them. and fresh air and sunshine VIII
DO them good. There was a time when
1 thought that people who could 20
"Hummcring' wors the most favored Of
nll humanity ana got more than fair
share of the good things OF life. But
the opportunity came for me TO 20 10
some % these places and sec them In
their glory. chasing after health and
pleasure nt ~ 60 50 chase. ana ] very
soon decided that while the chasing was
good and abundant, the catching was
not "ln g." aH the thoughtlcsa say.
AZ the most noted resorts AN was
noise and din aud rush and roar. Hack
men. huckatcra. fakirs aud show people
were bawllng and calling ON every
hand while the hotel-runncr and the
clearinghouse solicitor were very
much iu evidence. ! failed utterly to
sec where or how anybody was getting
much pleasure or health out of all that
rush and fuss, or out vi the ppmp,
parade. glitter and frippcry at the high
NINNf7fA NNhNlHs W NlNN . NNNANNN AlAN NlNAA'Ar
er places u less note I found people
suffering with cnuui and wishing they
had gone somewhere else, and getting
about as much rest and pleasure as an
active boy would shut up in an empty
eight by ten room. The only people
who were actually having good time
were the parties u ten to twenty.
fyc. relatives and friends. coming from
one town or nclEhb0thb0d. They
came Tor pleasure and Co see the sights
ana 10 many being together they were
practically Independent uf ull outsiders
FOR rulllchng fun, while they got re-
duccd rates on everythinE. when one
" these parties came down on one Of
the qulot resorts Ia the back diatricta
they were greeted with nA much delight
by host ana guests as "a circus Il greet
ed by the children VI a small village.
My observations az both the popular
and quictcr summer resorts ~ the
North fully satisfied me that the only
way 90 have "a good time az any N
them o. 20 Eo In "a party ~ not less
than fifteen noighbors and friends. each
determined 90 sink personalities and
have real Jolly god timr. Such pur-
Ties can yet reduced rates from rail-
roads. hotels and everything else. and
their outing will be- something 60 be rv-
momhcrcd with pleasure while they
live. They should elect committee u
three directors before they start. and
this committee should secure rates, pay
all bills and decide all questions. The
most successful parties ! over met were
thus managed. aud they invariably got
fun value Tor every dollar they spent.
But 90 come back home. many OF
me- are In debt, or our crops were too
short last year to enable az TO take
much % an outing, go We must make
the best 81 our surroundings. The ilfe
Of q farmer Is not like that - q mor-
chant, banker or lawyer. lie ls In the
fresh air all the time while h. can,
~ all that grove IN hln latitude ON his
table az all times. And II he does not
oyUrwork or expose himself too much
he may be aa healthy aa any man liv-
INK. SIN he needs an outing. "A change
Of associations and surroundings. Tor
uhort time. They serve to brush the
cObwcba on HE brain and broaden his
views ~ llfc. make him moe liberal
In his ideas and give him something
new to think about.-a change that ~
refreshing and invlE0rntinE. l think
II mnkca Of him a better farmer, and
inclincs him to improve and bcautify
his home and farm more than he other
wise would,
Farmer Institutes and agricultural
fairs are an right Ia their way. and all
farmers who dcslrc TO keep IN the front
ranks viii attend aa many o. thom ~
he can; but, as n friend 81 mine said.
"it'a tho same old thing. They wear a
fellow out" They are simply schoola
OF instruction. and attending school IL
not having an outing. To have an en-
joyable outing. a hruiu-reHter, one must
lie must act out 20 be- a boy again, ana
get an the pleasure he can out NJ Every
thing that comes along. He must drop
shop forget the soil, kick up HE heels
and YEN A short railroad trip to a
river or lake and a few days camping
with Il few uclghborv costa hut little,
yet u gives ono O chance Co expand his
fare laugh and yell aH loud aa he can,
sins old ballads and nght mosquitoes
and upset hornets ueats.
The wife OF n farmer needs an out
ing moro than he does. ana II would
surprise her 10 have him counting her
and gmillng and smirklnE me- he did
when he wore uncomfortable clothes
and came every Sunday night to SEQ
her. She would enjoy a short OutlnR
away from the chickens. churn and
broom ns much ~ he ana II would give
her now lifc. new energy and mako her
feel that che IL not q slave 10 the ever
lasting grind NJ farmhouse work ~
said. such an outing would cost but
little while lts benefits would be In
calculablo. II IL hardly worth while
tu wait until We can aftord 10 have a
good big outing away on In come other
state. That time may never come.
think Il would be- better to have several
little inexpensive picnicH NJ We 80 along
We win enjoy Thorn more. ana they Will
do No more good. We shall come home
feeling more like We We're working 20
live than living TO work Almost any
farmer can spare fow days this
month for an outing; got together and
take H. You win enjoy II more than
tho Fourth OF July or Christmas-more
than twin calves or nineteen cents
dozen for cgge.-Frod Grundy In Farm