Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-09-27
REGAINS HEALTH BY
VACATION ON WAGON

With summer right here the vaca-
ZION problem no longer seems vague
and distant, out becomes very near and
imminent.
You need a change from household
cares or business worries as the case
may be. Going without any vacation.
means doing without half your store
of vitality and physical strength for
the coming ear, for the annual sum-
mer outing usually serves to rebuild
your forces and replenish your supply
of strength.
Make up your mind to spend at least
Two weeks away from home and just
the mere resolution will help you. Per-
aaps telling the story of how one
Woinan's will found a way for a vaca-
ton may suggest a possibility to you.
This woman's husband had been ill.
knd the funds usually reserved for the
innual summer outing had fallen very
ow. There We're two little boys. one
IL, the other 8. Let us hear her story
n her own words:
II had just about given up all hope
Vt Il vacation. 1 had only a little money
eft, not Il tenth what we usually spent
'or our annual holidays. My husband
Mas weak and Worn out after a long
iiege of malarial fever, and my two
sons We're fretful and longing for the
country. The city was hot, and l my
,elf felt almost at the end of my en-
lurance.
"One day we were talking about an
acquaintance who had had Il special
,ody built on her automobile with u
perth for sleeping and a folding table
or lunches. Suddenly an idea struck
ne like a flash and l proceeded to car
y 1t out. We had an acquaintance
%hO had a farm about 20 miles out of
the city. i wrote asking him if he had
a flat farm wagon and any kind of u
gentle old nag he could rent us for
about IS a week. and told him what L
wanted of them.
We took the train to the farm,
bringing Gully a few of the oldest
clothes, our toilet necessities. a strip
Of canvas and one of tar paper. When
we reached the farm my husband con-
structed, with the aid of the farmer, q
frame top for the farm wagon over
which we could lay the canvas and tar
paper if it rained. We fastened the
strips at one end of the frame and ar
ranged fasteners at the other end so
we could pull our top up at a moments
notice.
81 don't know when we have enjoyed
a summer more. We had "a regular
gypsy vacation. Our wagon was filled
with straw and cushions. At night we
pulled up u rainproof top and slept
like youngsters under our blankets on
the straw. For food we depended on
the farmers principally, stocking up
our wagon whenever we came to one
who would sell his food cheap enough
for US. Sometimes we bought in the
village through which we passed.
I'VE were never arrested for speed
ing certainly, for our nag ambled on
at a snails pace. Nor did we try to
go too fast each day. but We're content
with living in The open air, having
enough to eat and drink and welcom-
ing back health and strength.
When 1T was meal time we de-
scended from our travelling home and
let our steed Craze in the grass while
we built a fire in the woods, by some
stream usually. and ate and drank our
fill. And how we did eat! We kept
40 regular hours by clock time. We
just ate when we felt like it. slept
when it was dark and arose when it
was light.
My husband looked like a different
man after a week of this life. My boys
were simply wild with delight e our
nomad life and grew strong n be-
came as brown as berries. / felt ali
glowing with health and vigor. And
our little money was quite enough to
pay the railroad fares, the weekly
rental of horse and wagon and oul
food for the trip"