The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-25
BUSINESS OF LIVING
BY MRS. EVA Lee NARD

l. BY MRS. EVA Lee NARD
A Pampercd Daughter of Ease Re-
vcals the Dreadful Discomforts of
Mountain Climbing.
Tell us about your experience this
summer" The ladies. of the neigh
borhood Red Cross KNITTING club
were in session in Eleanor's living
room. Mrs. Fillmore says you had
quite an exciting time while you were
away"
Mrs. Weeks looked reproachfully
at Eleanor Exciting, 1 think she
must refer to some one else or she
is indulging in sarcasm"
We'll, 1 call sliding down a noun
tain exciting" laughed Eleanor.
DO tell us about it, chorused the
ladies'
In the first place it was not a
mountain, only big hill; do not eX-
aggerate. My sister-in-law is very
fond of nature began Mrs. Weeks
demurely, and to get a view she
would scale a ladder to the moon if
that were possible. She is great on
the COLLEEN rule, so If she enjoys any
thing she forthwith pokes it down the
Threats of everybody in her world"
L have noticed that the golden rule
Portable" Mrs. Carr spoke with con-
Tiction.
Like everything else that l know
about it takes ina gination to use the
golden rule" put in Eleanor
Imagination! What do you mean
asked Mrs. Black aggressively as she
worked to pick up dropped stitch
in her knitting.
If you cannot put yourself in your
neighbours shoes you cannot tell
where they pinch" Mrs Sperry's
face wore such a mirth- provoking ex-
preston that the laughter was conta-
gIous.
We'll, I'd like to hear about the
mountain climbing" said Mrs. Black.
Her knitting was going all right and
she settled herself to listen.
There isn't very mucn to TELL"
began Mrs. Weeks. Carolyn, as
said, was fond OF views, and so she
proposed that we climb the high hill
behind the shack to see the sunset.
Now l do not object to views; indeed
L like to look at good sunset when
L can be comfortable, but if l am all
scratched up with briers and half of
my hair has been clawed out by dead
branches that have caught it while
L have been climb bling like a cat on a
cushion, literally by my claws, way
The gesture expressed her in
abillty to appreciate anything beau
tiful under such circumstances
If your sister-in-law had been up
the mountain before, L should think
she would have known it was too diff
ficult for you" The speaker was a
little doll of a woman whose appear
ance was the most important thing
that ever occupied her attention.
oh, it was nothing to her. She
has climbed so much that she knows
how; besides that is the sort of thing
he ilxne- M
Didn't she get her hair pulled and
tangled % asked the doll.
'Oh, yes, that is all in the game and
is part of the>fun." The note of scorn
in the little lady's tone told of heart
burnings on the subject.
Wasn't the view fine after YOU got
there" asked Eleanor.
"Oh, the view was all right, but
live on such an animal plane that
cannot rise above scraped shinS and
scratched arms enough to enjoy a view
when. l am nursing those injured
accompanied the words.
Wasn't coming down easier p"
| asked Mrs. Carr.
1T was swifter. BY the time Car
/ olyn had soaked up all the sunset she
wanted 1t was nearly dark We must
see the trail she announced, coming
to with a start. Sit right down and
slide And we slid. all right"
go on begged Eleanor, for she
had stopped.
| when we got down 70 the trail it
was so dark that even Carolyn could
not keep on it, and we wandered about
| in the dense woods, falling over rocks
and plunging into ravines till I was
! frantic with fright and called out
of course she was a rod ahead of me
| I am going to stay here till Ralph
| comes after me. I cannot go farther
/ That frightened her and she came
/ back and reasoned with me- Find
! ing that that did no good she told me
| to stay there till she took a look
| around The moon had come up and
| finding an open space she got her
| bearings and soon found the trail.
| got home more dead than alive"
(To be continued-)