Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29
Outdoor Life on a Small Outlay.

! One of the most sensible of modern
| fads is what flippant talkcr called in
my hearing just now ''the fresh air
craze.
| | say fad" with deliberate intention.
| The King of LeXicOns gives as one def
milton of the Fashionable monosyllahle.
An important matter impcrfectly under
! stood. taken up and urged with NOR,
zeal than ScnSe'-an Interpretation that
covers my subject to a nicely
! People who will tell you compacently
/ that they are fresh air ticnds" mean
| ing that they take fifty deep hrrathS
daily and an air bath every morning.
! standing in the middle of eam-hpated
! bathroom with one window opcn-sit
! habitually in hot rooms, stuffy with stale
air and French perfumes: receive
friends. in broad daylight, in the scented
! @loomS of drawing rooms heated by shad-
| ed lamps and, when one window is let
! down an inch from the top i'm their bed
| rooms ut night draw Il screen between it
and their beds lest they should feel the
! draught.
Right comprehension of the important
| matter before us implies yearly hun
dreds and thousands of family men TO
| buy or tent summer homes. handsome or
! humble as their means warrant. i'm loca-
/ tons remote from popular carayansarieS
ard rural "neighborhcods'
! Every season. 700. more people take
real outdoor life for two months-somp
until frost daSheS the forest with vivid
color and criSps livid grasses upon the
! hillsideS. Some are camps in name alone
and in rustic architecture more eXpen-
siye than loWland brick and carved
wood. Others, and each year in larger
numbers. make a feast of booths" Of
the hottest months. dwelling in hutS and
tents If there be invaldS or growing
/ g. Il IN & am e
crate means, he cannot do a wiser thing
than to transfer such of his household
goods as are represented by plenty OF
summer reading. Il Scanty outfit of fur
niture and plain wardrobcS To a family
camp.
For less than 500 one may purchase
all that is needed for the nj frescO set
Element
\ large family tent 16x2O feet in the
clear. with It fly attachment for kitchen
and dining ROOM varies in price accord
| ing TO the elegance Of finish (and the
reputation of Makers from $34 TO $50
4 substantial affair. waterproof and 10
feet high ut the peak. may he bought for
from $40 to 800. a board floor, raised
few inches from the ground, may be laid
at a tritiug expense and assures dry
ness. & coal oil stove for cooking with
Il few utensils viii he from 81 to So
more.
/ y
feet square and : feet high. costs
from SIS 20 81. Should the mother
prefer separate tent for cooking 81 far
removed from the sleeping quarters that
flies ami udorS viii not trouble the i'll
mates of the latter. the extension Of the
laIye tent may lac left ont Of calcium
ton. and t.p 81 saved thereby GO To-
ward the purchase of 81 40 tent open in
front when desired. Price. from $40 10
/ So Upon line days the cook stove may
he taken outside. or cooking may be done
after ttc more primitive style Of eur-
yayor~ aud Adirondack guides. over "a
ire of bark and dry sticks. This tent.
when opened in front i the general
lUuncin. place of the family. Al the
back aud along one side are piled hem
lrck cedar, pine or halsam twlgS packed
regularly and firmly into the form of ~
Iivau broad and low. and covered W.
sea rugs Here may he had SieSTaS.
sound and delicious. with the tonic Smell
If reSinou~ boughS; here one may iie.
dropped by pillows filled with bal>am
needles aud read hy the hour, con
science luiled 10 rest by the kn"wlet!@a
mat ore j. fulfilling that for whicG ne
came :uto the wiiderue>S-liviug In the
caeu air. resting upon the very hea~t IF
.le nature Who i 10 give back ID Eer
s...ilt!r.u growth. strength AMI the pure
<r-t Of living.
Here mothers aud daughters may have
their camp chairs and the rockers with