The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-28
eY ISAAC L. TOTEM.


mond! Nature is calling you out to
the woods and fields to behold her
rare splendor before the frost king
comes. This is one of the most beau
tiful seasons of the year. and where
else under the eversearching circle
of the sun can more beautiful scenes
be found than right here in our rural
districts? The summers various
shades of green are turning to aut-
umn's many browns and gold; the
air is ladened with the perfumes of
ripened fruit. Throw away your pill
boxes and come out into the ozone
ladened atmosphere and glorious sun.
shine to be made young and strong
again.
Why sit around home all day Sun
day inoculating your brain with
thoughts of impending crises that new.
er come. Get out into the country for
the day where you can find rest and
recreation; where your thoughts will
be of the hopeful and cheering kind
and where you will feel like praising
God for the things that are yours to
behold and admire. Look where you
wish, compare it with what you may,
you will find as much, if not more
beauty in a sunrise and sunset in
the rural districts around Richmond,
more peace and enjoyment in the long
bright hours of the day out in our
woods and fields, and more exhilara-
ton in our salubrious air than in any
other place the deep blue dome of the
sky,
suggestion to you, Mr.. Officeman,
and to you too, Mr.. Shopman: plan
little excursion out into the country
next Sunday for the family if the
day be fair. No matter where you
go, or which way you gO-north, east,
south or west-you will find enjoy
ment and beauty a plenty. If you go
east or west of the city, you have the
interurbans at your command; they
will drop you off most any place you
your hearts content. If you go north
or south you must have your own con-
veyance or walk, and if you want to
get the most benefit from the outing,
walk. Walking is the most condu-
Give to health of the many exercises,
and it is more economical than dop-
ing. 1t tires you to walk, you say?
Diluted that far? If nature had in
tended for you to sit around all the
time it would have made different ar
rangements in your anatomy.
Have your wife prepare lunch, put
it in basket, then swing the basket
on your arm and say: Come on
wiley, come on kiddies, we're off for
a good time Get some of the neigh
bors to go along too, if you wish-the
more the merrier. 1t doesn't make
any difference whether you know Of
a good place to go or whether you
don't just start out, the places are all
good.
You will, no doubt, see signs that
read: mo Trespassing.' But these
are not for you who come to see and
admire, they are for the other fell
low that comes out with reckless
abandon to pilfer and destroy in wan
ton disregard of the land owners
rights.
AS you walk along with the good
wife by your side, watching the kid
dies chasing hitler and yon, hearing
their happy shouting and laughter,
breathing deep breaths of the health
giving, breeze kissed air and listen
ing to the songs of the birds you feel
music enter your heart and you find
yourself singing:
Il love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills,
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above
There is no restraint here; you are
not bound down by formal rules Of
costom; you may whistle and sing
to your own satisfaction without be-
ing considered a subject for a lunacy
commission. Throw off those serious
thoughts of life, relax completely.
When noontime comes you will sit
down beneath the spreading canopy