The Forrest City times., 1911-08-04

What blessing it would be to womankind if more husbands and brothers, being sportsmen themselves, would say oftener: Come, go with me into the woodlands cool retreat to the clear lake where turk the willy bass and the air Is filled with the fragrance of growing things" or perhaps, Come where Bob White is hiding in the lonely willow swale"
 AS rule, man is has been a selfish crea- ture where sport is concerned, and until recent years has considered his work we'll done when after a fortunate day of sport he came home glowing with exercise and vigor bringing the fish game for the meek and humble" wife to pre- pare. But mankind also is beginning to see the error of his ways" and each there are more and more recruits 10 the army of happy men who have fitted their wives out with all necessary equipment for the life outdoors. whether to meet the requirements of the gentle art of angling or the more exerting though not less congenial recreation with the gun.
 In the United States. those women who have asserted themselves, either for their inherent love for nature. the acquired attachment that in. variably springs up-the result of close munion with nature-have proven the equal. and not infrequently the superior of man contestants. in games that try the utmost skill and endur- ance in his or her special sport. To the who has. she will probably express 1t, lost her health" and whose strength and courage with which to combat everyday tribulations is fast deserting her. the physician who can answer every time positive to permanent cure Is old Doctor Outdoors and his prescriptions are many and varied. This physician will never advise timid nervous to go for the first time. armed with shotgun. nor would he tell a woman who never had held before formidable weapon than straight flush" to start out after big game without preliminary instructions in this line. The first advice would be: Learn to love the outer world cultivate a taste for natural beauty. learn to look, learn to listen. learn to walk correctly. to tread the woodland paths lightly, and learn to breathe fully and freely expanding. exhailng, till the blood cours- ing merrily through every vein brings a warm glow to cheeks that have long been pinched and faded
 In using the terms looking and listening refer to the cultivation of the senses without which life in the open air loses much of its en- chantment Cultivate the sense of hearing when out alone in the woods. pause occasionally and note how many different sounds you can hear distinctly and remember. Perhaps it is the music of a stream as 1t ripples softly over bed of gravel; maybe it Is the voice of the waterfall as it tumbles great powders or through a mar row gorge, and simultaneously you may hear the twitter of feathered songsters in the neigh boring trees and the cry of some great bird of prey on its pilgrimage through the air while away of in the opposite direction comes the faint tinkle of cowbell While grapsing these separ- ate. distinct sounds and storing them in your mind your eyes have kept busy Perhaps you may notice bent or broken twig or & bush near by. so your eye inyountariy follows the course of the path and seeks the next shrub to find more bent in the sams manner. Your conclusions