The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-29

what blessing 1t would be to womankind IL
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 or has been, q selfish crea-
ture where sport is concerned, and until recent
years has considered his work we'll done when
after fortunate day of sport he came home,
glowing with exercise and vigor bringing the fish
or 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 to 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 the more exerting though not
less congenial recreation with the gun.
In the United States those who have
asserted themselves either for their inherent love
for nature, or the acquired attachment that in
variably springs up--the result of close com.
munion with nature-have proven the equal and
not infrequently the superior of man contestants,
I'm games that try the utmost skill and endur-
ance In his or her special sport. To the woman
who has. as she will probably express it, "1ost
her health" and whose strength and courage with
which to combat everyday tribuations Is fast
deserving her. the one physician who answer
every time as positive to permanent cure is old
Doctor Outdoors. and his prescriptions many
timid. nervous woman to go for the first time.
armed with shotgun. would he tell a woman
who never had held before a formidable
weapon than straight flush" to start out after
big game without some 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 I
refer to the cultivation of the senses, without
winch lie 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
or stream as It ripples softly over a bed OF
gravel; maybe 1t is the voice of the waterfall as
II tumbles over 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 off In the opposite direction comes the faint
tinkle Of cowbell While grapsing these sonar.
ate, distinct sounds and storing them I'm your
mind your eyes have kept busy Perhaps Won
may notice bent or broken twig or a bush near
By, your eye Involuntary follows the course
OF the path and seeks the next shrub 10 find
more bent in the Same manner. Your conclusions