Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-19

u.ov direct it toward the young
who never knows what it is to
tomboy-to break away from the
ID environments of an embroidery
10 and a curling iron, and to re-
IN Jolly good fellowship with
,ma Nature in her great out-of-
playground.
: often wonder why it is that
5ren never tire of romping and
ing They go all all through the
dav on a dead gallop, never rest
,over stopping, always Dusy'
meal time comes they are
nrompt and ready, all primed to
;, half a dozen slices OF bread
hutter. At night, though they
|, ooainst going to bed. when they
once asleep it is for ten CT twelve
&c of restful, refreshing slumber.
~ little faces are fuddy. their
= ctrong their hearts free. They
living a natural existence-not an
fcial one.
+ on,d grown folk enjoy just little
,.:a froodom there would not only
n ,ose sickness, but one would see
or wrinkles and not quite so many
M IS all tucked up and shirred to-
v her with worry lines and anxiety
Y halls The athletic exercises in
y ich young women now indulge
I, ehall. tennis, field hockey, golf,
NJ hing and swimmins-give to them
r. same results that rompinS and
h wing bring to children.
Mrs. Nature made a great big play
1S Sund. spread over with the tender
Ne tent which we call the sky, trim.
Md gayly with beautiful flowers, and
n aded with foliage and trees. But
,fkthis playground most of us know
f1Ele or nothing. We are so everlast-
nkly busy, Shaving. working, toiling
,rs loafing that we seldom stop to
hlnk of the wonderful apparatus that
'lIns the universe. Neither do we
AXE the time to admire this wonder
.ul playground which holds so much
,appiness for those who seek it.
City girls are poor. ignorant things.
3ome of them can't tell oats from
Rheat or a bluejay from blackbird.
Chey know what the fall styles in
Ihirtwaists will be. but potato plants
md corn look alike to them.
WI admire the girl who loves best Of
nything to discard the pretty frip2er-
Us of her kind, and to get into an old
hort skirt, a veteran shirt waist and
shabby shoes and hike away to a first
ate fishing lake, where she immedi-
stely produces tremendous "busy-
1ess" with rcd and reel.
Il Fishing is great sport. there's no
loubt of it. 1t is the sort Of sport
hat gives you stupendous craving
or porterhouse steak, with German
.ried potatoes on the side. 1t pro-
iuces a delicious WEAKNESS that
makes you eligible for an appointment
Is a lady Rip Van Wrinkle, and the
sleep of the just is no more beautiful
oc perfect than the sleep of the fisher
girl who has been after pike and pick
erelTard got them!
I The trouble with the amateur fisher
girl is that she selects almost any lit
lie pool for fishing, no matter whether
It contains any of the sparkling, scaly
beauties or not. Then she goes after
them with almost any kind of an out
fit, from stick and a bent pin to a
shotgun.
That isn't the way. First find your
fish. Then have the right things for
getting him-the proper bait, a good,
firm rod, plenty Of hooks and a net
with which to bring him into the boat
These things do not cost much, and
last all through a lifetime.
Those women who have never gone
fishing in the early days aren't on
speaking terms with genuinely charm.
ing experiences.
aOldstSleepy Girl thinks she wouldn' i
care to get up early in the morning
but Old Miss S. G. doesn't deserve to
enjoy life so very much. Plenty of
very pleasant things are denied the
lazy ones of the earth.
There is no pleasanter time of the
day than that mysteriously beautiful
hour when the sun brings his train OF
bright rays into his station in the