Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-05-17
SLEEPING oUT OF DOORS
IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER

| correspondent OF the sacramento
Bee.)
We were trout fishing some years
ago near the head of the Yuba river.
We had just finished making our
bed of tamaraok boughs, when one
of the party. who was unpacking the
provisions, sat down on n noSr by
log, and commenced reading from a
piece Of magazine rolled around a
tomato can, remarking as he rea s,
What do you think of thisg A win.
dowless house-and in the midst Of
heavy German winter-the snow
flakes drifting in at the window
openings; the temperature around
zero: the tenants OF the house con-
sumptives, and being cured OF their
disease by this very fresh air treat
ment."
BY the camflre that night we dis
cussed out-of-door sleeping in its diff
ferent phases-and one member OF
the party resolved that, II consuml-
tiyes could so live in the depths OF
a Thurgian winter. healthy people
could sleep out OF doors in a Sacra.
mento December
This was the genisis of what final
ly evolved into our present out-of'
door bedroom: something am eager
TO tell about, for feel that the good
that has come from ours, and thos,
patterned after Il. TO one, two, ten
twenty people-can and ought TO bo
enjoyed by hundreds--and thou
sands.
We have slept In ours every night
in the year-summer-win winter-north
|winds-ralny weather-fogs that
would make the bedding quite wet
even In the cold weather OF last win
ter, when we had the trace OF snow
The essentials are:
First-Walls and roof OF screen
ing; galvanized In the most economi.
cal
Second-Roller curtains OF canvas,
These can be made by some tent and
awning maker They can be low
cred to shut out rain or wind from
one side.
Third-In winter:
(a) A Removable ralnproof roof
OF the material that is used in maxi
ing buggy tops.
(b) Paper blankets (cost 25
cents each In dozen lots. plus
freight. They arc placed between
the folds oi wooden blankets. They
give warmth without unnecessary
weight. The advantages are:
Complete rest. There is rest
that comes to the out-of-door sleeper
that the indoor slumberer does not
know. I will give only two illustra-
tions. one woman said. after the
first week out-of-doors:
81 have had in the last week
seven nights OF sleep in which ! did
not awaken once. Before this. ]
did not know complete nights
rest for several years.
Another said; Formerly II took
me several hours to fall asleep. Now
am iost In deepest siumber In Ave
minutes"
Second-The fact IN that all night
long only the purest and freshest air
is being breathed, Even those who
sleep with open windows will be sur.
prlsed to find the difference outdoor
sleeping makes. II increases ones
capacity for work-for the Joy OF liy'
ing. One ONCE man Of my aequain-
tance who had been on the point OF
nervous breakdown. and fnding that
the San Francisco disaster had
brought him additional work and
burdens. ss an emergency matter
tried the out-of-door bedroom, and
20 this he attributes the fact that
in spite OF increased work-he has
recovered and feels today physically
perfect.
This article Is written as dis
charge Of a ciyio duty--with the hope
that many may be induced 10 enjoy
the benefits OF out-door-sleeping. In
Sacramento IL Is a possibility $50
days In the year. Anyone who has
tried the experiment will never sleep
indoors again--in the summer
months al least,
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