Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-13
AIR, FRESH AIR AND
YET MORE FRESH AIR
Enos Mills Says Life Of Country De-
ponds on Its Citizens Getting
Plenty of Outdoor Life.
HEALrH ONLY IN THE OPEN

Fresh air. More fresh air And still
more fresh air.
This Is the message which comes 20
Omaha with Amos r. Mills, high priest
81 oxygen, devotee OF ozone and Illus
erious potentate OF the Abiders out OF
Doors
Mr. Mills is like a breath Of fresh air
himself. Not that he's fresh" Far
from IT, quiet. unassuming man with
a head like Bryan as regards the un-
adorned top and the curly locks behind.
lfIis eyes arc clear. So is his complexion
And--Iadies--he uses neither unguents.
powders nor artificial colors. What.
them Only fresh air. the ne plus ultra.
1.-THE zine qua non OF health and happi-
meas.
Mr. Mills Is returning from Washing
ton, where nc has been in the interests
of his bill 70 make a national park Of
ssb acres OF government land in the Rocky
mountains Of Colorado. The senate has
now passed the bill and 1t has the ap-
proval Of the secretaries Of the interior
and Of agriculture.
Lives Ont Of Doors.
Mr.. Mills knows. indeed. whereof he
speaks. for he has lived in the fresh air
out Of doors for more than thirty years
And he believes a city or country to be
great in proportion as II possesses fresh
air and the facilities for getting that
fresh air into the lungs OF its citizens
People aren't going to stand on street
CORNERS just 10 breathe fresh air You
must make It attractive. Hence, parks
Omaha has right at It's very doors.
tract which II should take and improve
without any delay" said Mr.. Mills. Il
tnean the Fontenelie tract Between
Bellevue and omRha.) II possesses specl-
mems of every tree In this state. a beau
tiful variety OF bird life and magnificent
.yiews and vistas.
Nebraska, as a whole. IL not usually
considered a state Of scenery. But out
N the sand hill region there are some
very picturesque parts which should be
turned into state parks. have t:av-
yeled over some tracts which, with their
little lakes and their great variety of
trees plant and bird life. are extremely
beautiful.
'The city owes It TO its own future
prosperity and 70 the health OF it's rising
generations to have more public parks
and Fairgrounds.
Freah Air Greatest Helm.
why, the child that gets plenty OF
fresh air learns TO think, while the
child that merely sits all day In stuffy
school room merely learns to memorize.
Hhe children OF today could we'll get
along with a much shorter school year
~ they had moro time In the out OF doors
Look at Abraham Lincoln. His mother
couldn't give him school education. gut
no had tho birds and the flowera and
the trees and the air. lie learned TO
think and no gained health.
Yes. people 60 10 the dogs from an in
door life. Give them life out OF doors and
they need neither sermons nor prisons"
Mr.. Mills has Travelled many thousands
of miles OF the wllds OF this country and
Canada. lie travels on his two good feet
and no carries his needfuls with him.
In the summer" he said. Il live
largely on berries. fruits and other Wild
things that find. In tho winter time l
carry with me raisins on which l sub
sist almost entirely. They are very nu-
dritious, wholesome and can be carried
an small space"
I gueBs you can shoot a good deal 81
wild game. too. vcntured the inter
Viewer The question didn't make a hit
Does Not KIN Fellow Creatures.
No. no." said Mr.. Mills, gently but
firmiy, II do not kill my fellow creatures
Of the forest
But suppose your fellow creatures try
81 kin yon?'
They never do The Wild beasts tend
Go their own business. There isn't q
single spot In this country where II Is not
safe to so about unarmed The animals
never attack unless they are first at
facked by man.
Mr.. Mills carries no tent. lie has a
heavy canvas coat which protects him
from the rain. Nor does he carry bed.
A. eventlde he wraps his coat about him.
lies down upon the bosom OF Mother
Earth and sleeps soundly. Catch cold9 lie
boesn't know what cold Is In the wilds
When como TO the city catch about
everything there is. but lose them, right
after I set back to the air and the trees
and the birds." he said.
Honestly. now, though, isn't Il enough
90 make fellow want TO quit his Job
and 80 right out and do iikewiseg But
there are difficulties. wife, for in
etance. That difficulty must be solved at
pnce. A delicate question did a.
"Ara you-eh-married. Mr.. Mills?"
No. and sorry for It." said the natur-
Hiiat. soberly aud in a monotone that
seemed possibly 10 hide a romance. Per
haps there is one thing that ranks even
higher than fresh ARA wife