The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

serious HlU4QeT WHO live
in either all the year round without
changing air or scene The phil
anthropist who pronounced the man
who works seven days in the week
a fool, because a sinner against his
health and reason. was wise In his
generation.
As grave q charge may be brought
against those who, finding no other
place as comfortable as home, settle
down upon the lay lees Of present
content and, as the old people used
TO put it, "Iever get out of the
smoke of their own chimneys" from
one years end to another.
They are right IN one respect.
Our sensible householders may as
well make up their minds first as
last TO the truth that "there's TO
place like home" Change Of air
and scene are sanitary and remedial
measures, and often heroic. To
make the change as tolerable as
possible requires the exercise and
the practice of much philosophical
resignation.
The millionaire needs neither
when he shifts his establishment"
from town TO country house. Peo-
pie of moderate means and ambi-
tions 10 match shut UP the three
story dwelling II a cross-street, and
transfer children and maids 20
frame cottage back in the hills, yet
near enough 10 town TO enable Patcr
Familias 10 "run" IN and out six
days In the week.
Even frame cottages with a gar
den and stable attachment and
modern Improvements" inside. cost
too much TO be INDUCED in by
young couples with growing families
and with their fortunes yet to
make.
AN IMPORTANT POINT
The most sensible thing for such
people to do, as the sultry early
heats bring sickening rremonitions
of trying days and weeks in store,
Is to look up a country boarding
place that is not as yet "a resort"
Such are to be found even in the
neighborhood Of great citics-ncigh-
borhood counting by hours, not
miles. Farmsteads there are which
are comparatively free from the
tyranny of fashion, where grown
uppers" play croquet with their
children upon the lawn, and the
golfer intrudeth not; where the milk
is not watered, where eggs are fresh
and plentiful, and the bell of the
bakers cart is never heard. Old
orchards deep In lush grasses are
there, and groves of virgin oak and
hickory. Within doors cleanliness
and thrift are continual guests, and
prices are within the reach of board
ers who do not expect city living in
country places.
That last clause Is the pivot upon
which turn comfort and mutual
satisfaction, or discomfort on the
part of all concerned.
If you are common-sensible and
know something Of this world in
which we live, you viii adjust ideas
and expectations to the environment
which is to be yours for month
maybe three months-to come.
Your rooms viii be plainly and
neagrely furnished; the sheets will
be cotton and coarse, your beds non
elastic, the table service viii be
homely, and napery, including tow
els, insufficient in quantity and in
ferior in quality to the damask and
huckaback you recollect with long
ings you viii not voice If you are
prudent in speech and kindly Of
spirit If the house be clean, the
fare wholesome and abundant, the
surroundings healthful and pleas
ant, engage your rooms and set your
wits to work to mitigate absolute
discomfort and create something
like the home atmosphere
THINGS TO PROVIDE
Provide at least a couple of ham
nocks in which, when they are
swung under the trees, you may for
get in the day siesta the deficiencies
of the nightly resting place. What
ever coaxes you into sending many,
many hours a day in the open air
is a benefaction. The hammock is
a willy seducer in this direction.
Get a good stout article that has
character and consistency and does
not shut like a steel trap the in
slant one gets out of It See to it,
moreover, that the ropes attaching
it to the supporting posts or trees
are of real hemp and very strong.
Take no risks In this respect Many
an incurable spinal affection has had
Its origin In the sudden rupture of
hammock cords.
Include among what are aids and
comforts, rather than impedimenta,
two or more folding chairs. You
are not likely to find even a toll
erably easy rocker, much less a