Evening journal., 1913-03-04
PLEASURE IN FRUITS
Too Many People Are HuddIed
Together In Big Cities.
II One Would Interest Himself In
orchardIna He Would Find All Ma
ture Soon Assuming New
Frlendlnoss for Him.
az R. 5. BucKIIAMl


What the great majority Of people,
young and old. Of today need more
than anything else is to be taught
how to enjoy the pleasures and ad-
vantages Of life in the country. When
one stops to think OF IL, what shame
It is that so many should be huddled
together and cooped up In the great
cities, all the year round. when they
ought to be out In the open!
Recommend to a friend to try the
country. and you will doubtless find
him ready enough to make the at.
tempt, but IN week or so you will
quite likely see him coming back
again, bag and baggage. He did not
find it to his liking, and gave it up.
And it is only natural that he should;
a result 10 be expected; for he was
simply out OF his accustomedt environ
ment, and IN at ease. He did not
know how to accustom himself to his
new surroundings, and so aid not ind
them satisfactory.
It is the outcome OF the same prin-
ciple which will be seen at work in
many other fields Of experience. II Is
said that when d person beholGs the
sea for the first time. it rarely, II ever,
makes an impression upon him. IL Is
TO him a wide exp~nse Of water, and
that is all But as one comes to know
it better, its many moods and ever
changing aspects, It becomes at length
grand. impressive. awe-inspiring. and
an endless source Of fascination.
It is so. too, with the works OF the
great masters of the past. He who
looks upon even their greatest master
pieces for the first time usually Won
ders, If at all, that they should appeal
to others as they do. But as he
comes to be able to understand and
appreciate them. he too, feels their
all absorbing charm and noble inspira-
1 tion.
One must know how to appreciate
the country. in order to enjoy It. Con.
firmed city dwellers are accustomed
to being amused all the time. Every
one of their waking hours must be
frittered away with foibles OF one kind
or another. or they are miserable
They will sit for hours and watch 8
u iuggler perform his tricks, though
they know them to be but a deception
I all the time, and yet the great pro
cesses of nature may go on before
them without arousing their interest
in the least But II they only knew
how to find entertainment in the
changing seasons, the great dramas OF
seedtime and harvest. the story would
be a vastly different one It is said
that the Danish, wholly an agricul
tural people, are the happiest in the
world
None need ever lack occupation and
entertainment for all of his time, when
once he has made friends with ma
ture. Take for example fruit grow
ing. If one would but interest him
self in this one branch of agriculture
he would find all nature assuming q
new friendliness for him. There is a
companionship to be gotten out of the
care and observation of trees. very
real and satisfying Says Thoreau
the seer of Walden Pond. Sympathy
with the futtering alder and poplar
leaves almost takes away my breath
Since the dawn Of creation the trees
have housed and fed the race, and
yet some in these latter days have SC
drifted away from this old-time part
nership Of interests as TO become al
most complete strangers to their old
time benefactors. Surely, this SHOULD
not be- Il is unnatural and unwhole
some. Do not fail to renew the ole
alliance with the trees. It will brin:
you new hold upon life, and hell
; to heal the longtime breach between
you and mother earth.