Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-26
rAKIyG SIMPLE LIFE.


About year ago the Journal car
rod the story Of Joseph Knowles. al
ARTIST. student and alleged philoso
pher. who went into the Maine wood
for two months where he claimed ~
lived the simple life Of the antedilu
Wan He left his clothes on the eds
OF the wilderness and clothed him
self In the skins OF Wild beasts. killes
lby his bow and spear. His food wal
what he could get for himself b.
means OF the most primitive nipple
mcnts ana weapons.
| Now he IL telling the public through
books and copyrighted articles how
beneficial and wonderful such life Is
But there h grave doubt cast upoi
the veracity Of Mr. Knowles. II Il
now being said that he Ia a small ed,
ton OF Dr. Cook. Last summer, he
went into The California woods. and
his guide has just published nm ar
tcle In which he declares Knowles
fixed the whole Of his primitive OK.
pcrlcnces in the Maine woods.
The guide throws a new light OF
Mr. Knowles and we understand
the Apostle Of simple life better wher
We read In one Of his copyrighted
articles the following;
"in conclusion let me appeal Il
"a oh - iltl 4
advantage OF the wonderful bounty
that nature offers Let them study the
greatest textbooks OF nll---the oper
! book of nature. Let them find health
and character and happiness amonl
the trees Of the forest and In the
great outdoors Let them understand
the Wild creatures who have theii
souls like themselves, Let them aban.
dan all things artificial and reall,
live. Let them nnswer the call OF The
natural mother--she has blessings
untold to- bestow In word let hu.
mauIty he born again
The quotation shows that The vefi.
est nonsense can be made poetIca
and alluring when one has the gal
land the talent 10 do H. Hut II IL more
likely that Mr. Knowles expects PEG.
Pile 10 so into the wilderness and
fake the primitive life. as he faxed Il
Horace said Il was not permitted
TO every one to 90 into corinth. In
like manner II Is not permitted all
of us to go in either the Maine or the
california woods and play at the
primitive life. However those who
would like to try such experiments
can md opportunity at home. Here
In New Mexico. we have the noun
tains. the forests, the streams-wld
scenery to suit the widest taste.
The man who would like to try the
Knowles experiment can HE himself
10 the mountains about Taos. There
his how and fllnt-pointed arrow
can try itself in the Oregon gflz-
xly, the Cinnamon and the Silver TIP.
Also he may bring down Il deer now
and then. IN the streams he can catch
trout. and the woods yield the usual
supply Of vegetables found In the for
csta o The temperate zone.
~ course, TO aaad the simple life
properly, he must eMchcw all OF the
'npedmenia OF elvlIiMatlon. The
toothbrush must be left at hume and
the homemade cloth. He can steal
a sheep, take It's skin and make for
himself part Of suit of clothes, He
must not use matches. Fire can be-
had from the flint or the friction Of
Dry wood
lie must sleep on the ground with
no protection from mosquitoes. wood
Iicks. snakes, tarrantuIas and cent?
,edes. The rains must fall upon him
kept for the shelter he can find mi
/ cave or under friendly tree. The
storms must blow over him andI
nows cover him. He must be content
With hay fever, bad colds. rheuma-
ism.
Nothing SO enraged Sir Richard
burton as 60 have some one quote in
rs presence God made the country |
'ftht tif wy anu lttH lffuhfbt III +
gush of the superiority
{ nature over art He had been
through the forests OF Asia. North |
nd South America. and was the first
ihite man 10 look upon the waters
[ Lake Nyanzn IN Darkest Africa
te knew what It was to live next 20
he heart of Mother Nature" and /
My his thirst for knowledge OF I'M
nown lands caused him to endure
heir hardshlns and terrors.
Don't trust these nature lovers and
allure worshippers too much. They
rite pretty things; but the life they
retend to live would be repudiatcd
3 them II they had 10 live It as they
retend. Nature is all right, but the
verage sensible man gets all he
ants Of II in one open-air picnic.
I'D sou over notice that there are
lore than one thousand ways Of sit
ms on the grass. not one Of them
ali comfortable
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Uncle Joes nomination shows that /
man is no older than his kick. Il