The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-20
PLEASURE IN WOODS
Woman Accompanies Husband in
North Woods.
Interesting Account Of Winters Spent
In Adirondacks In Search of Health
Passes Hours with Woodsmen
In Conversation.

Boston.-''For four winters my hus-
band and l have been spending two
weeks in the Adirondacks," a young
woman told the reporter. "Oh, yes, 1t
Is vastly different from going there
in the summer. but we both very much
prefer it.
Our first trip was for my husbands
health, but now we 60 for the fun of
1t. We take a guide, of course, just
such a one rs you get in the summer,
only you have to pay him half a dollar
more a day. This extra expense is of
set by the price Of supplies. Every
thing eatable is cheaper and much cas-
Ter to get than In the summer.
I'VE go for the sake of snowshoeing,
and my husband does a little still hunt
ing. Often we simply follow the game
to watch 1t and never try to kill.
Those are the days l have my way.
Other days my husband has his way.
and we both have our way eating.
"On my feet l wear three pairs of
Atwood stockings and over them a
pair of rubber arctics. My costume
consists of a pair of flannel knicker-
bockers, not too full, a short wooden
shirt reaching only to the tops Of my
shoes, a wooden skirt and a knee.
length coat topped by a soft felt hat.
a size smaller than that worn by my
husband. My pack basket contains
a duplicate Of every article l wear,
with the exception of my hat, shoes,
skirt and coat.
My husbands outfit besides the
clothes he wears consists of three
pairs Of wooden socks, n suit Of
wooden underwear and a heavy sweat
er. We have each two pairs of double
blankets sewed up at the sides to
make a sleeping bag.
around the campfires at night we
often hear the woodsmen discuss many
things with our guide. One of their
,favorite topics is the best kind of
isnowshoe. According to our guide. no
snowshoe is worth putting on your
feet unless the strings are Of caribou
hide, while the woodsmen almost in.
'evitably take the position that raw
hide makes a much more durable web
bling. My own snowshoes are of carl.
bou and my husbands are Of rawhide,
AS both have lasted WELL, l can recon-
mend either or both. The rawhide has
lone advantage, it is much easier to
get and cheaper than the caribou.
Instead of a coat my husband now
wears a closely woven wooden shirt
over his clothes. He borrowed the idea
from an old woodsman, who explained
that when tramping through the woods
during or after a snowstorm the fall
ing snow, If the shirt is tucked in. will
settle about the waist, melt and satu
rate the shirt. Leaving the shirt hang
ing loose, after the manner of a China
man, 1t sheds snow like a ducks bacl
sheds water.
This same woodsman convinced III
that sweaters were not good things tt
wear on a woods trail. The loosel!
woven wool holds the snow that fall
or it, the snow melts and quickl!
freezes. making it both uncomfort
able and unhealthful.
"The best camps for winter ar,
) those built by woodsmen for their owl
use. Now that we make q trip eacl
winter, we have made a business t.
hunt out these camps and visit SOM
Iof them every trip. Most Of them ar
, made Of logs. have low roofs and tin.
windows. In the summer they lool
: cold and damp, but in the winter
after a long days tramp, they are tn
: pictures Of CHEEKY comfort once tn
fire is going in the little sheet irol
!: stove"