The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-17

railways wonder who does the cooking
 and the dish washing at these mex. pensive camps you hear of. where 6 luxurious retinue is not included"
 Why, everybody just takes turns. said the Beautiful Juno, vaguely Don't listen to her" Anne apologized l She doesn't know. I do. 1 went on one
 only one! The very first evening found
 myself cooking supper. Oh! yes it makes
 wonderful photographs but from q
 strictly economic point of view, give me
 a vacation without house work. I wan
 to leave that at home with all the other
 brands and varieties of industry" l Peggy waved a paper in the air, like 6
 Fourth of July orator, and said trium-
 phantly:
 Here's the very thing. This paper ] tells you everything to do when you go tC
 camp inexpensiv ely" and she read aloud
 '''The equipment is of the simplest--a
 light tent, folding poles, alcohol stove
 rifles, whistles, compass, boats, paddles
 and-''
 Stop, for mercy's sake stop" begged 1 Who wants to carry a regular caravan
 along? NoSsuch simple CD equipment for
 me if you please. You are welcome to il
 for your share"
 'The simple life is a complicated thing anyway said Peggy seriously. Tt makes excellent newspaper reading. In fact, when the city begins to warm uI
 toward the nineties, always turn paper to Country Board. It sounds like Eden Listen to this"
 She folded the paper neatly at the right
 place and began:
 {" Boating, bathing, fishing, shade. fresh vegetables and fruit
 "The name is Sweetfern Landing. That t's it." she continued Now wouldn't that
 draw you out of the sun? can just see if oewy and ferny and shady and watery and quietl'
 A wistful sigh arose from the entire group and then gentle little voice said meekly:
 "Sweetfern Landing? Why, I was there last summer"
 Well" the group exclaimed in unison. 'I'm sure the poor thing did the best l she could" said the gentle little voice. '.,rhe house was so small and" "Go on," we begged some of us might be induced to go there this summer" 'Oh, don't" pleaded the gentle voice. '"rhe bathing was in the muddiest sort of a river, and the boating-well, 1t was there too, and the mosquitoes and the l flies and"
 '"rhe Sweetfern?" asked Peggy. ''The lady who saw it said it sounded pretty in the advertisement" the gentle 1 voice told us. "She said her husband had
 wanted her to call it 'Hayricks,' after a
 farm they tried to buy and couldn't, but she said as there was no hay, she couldn't {
 see the wisdom in the name" Were there any ferns?" asked Anne. "I didn't see any" was the answer. That's too bad" said Peggy. There ought to be just loads of country places l which would answer to all those things 1 advertised by 'Sweetfern Landing. Still | you never know. l tried one last sum-
 her My cousin Gwen and myself went | to brand new place. We spent one out | Ice ch l ing our boarding place. Finally we found
 ourselves wedged in between babies with | the whooping cough and babies whose
 mothers switched them all day because l they cried and wouldn't let the mothers sleep in the afternoons. I shall never | go there again"
 q think I'll go to the place my family l selected years ago when 1 was a tiny bit
 of a baby said Peggy serenely. We l know what not to expect there. You get 1 good air comfortable beds, wholesome l food and lots Of babies and nurses and
 mothers and fathers who go down for 1 the weekend, and"
 Tt sounds really very interesting" exclaimed
 1 Its typical to say the least of It. Typ | ioal of the average cheap summer resort 1 Besides, after all a vacation is very much what you make it. It is not so much | a matter of location and comfort. It is
 more a matter of the merry heart you l take with you," declared Peggy. That 1 goes all the way, while sad one tires al a 'Mile-O'l'