The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
NOT ROUND OF JOY
Some Few Drawbacks Connect
ed With Simple Life.
Man Who Goes Back to Nature Finds
That He Has in No Way Escaped
the Curse of Adam, Laid
on Us All.

Back to nature? Well, what about
it? For twelve hours cut of the TWEEN
ty-four | am now inundated In a forest
near Vashon Heights, bordering the
clammy beach, trying to feed the hun
cry nav of the camp stove, the while
hopping my streaming brow and get
ting back my wind. The other twelve
hours of the day l am dashing across
twelve miles of water in saucy craft.
getting to work, working, and dashine
back again at eventide to prepare the
firewood for the evening repast. We
would get along fine in this world were
1t not for the fact that we are obliged
to eat.
My poets have lately referred much
to natures wondrous beauty that we
of the city lose, and am now engaged
in investigating the matter, but l find
the little intimate matters connected
with living close to nature take SC
much of ones time that one has few
moments for nature, except, perhaps.
if one be profane, to swear at the en-
tangling brush, the beach barnacles.
and the thickness of the log one is
trying to saw through.
Some day when | get, perhaps, two
days firewood ahead, and the pancake
flour, butter and bacon, crackers. tea
coffee bread, etc., all in, If the boat
is not whistling for the dock, Intend
to lift my weary head from my sodden
task, brush the perspiration from m!
eyes, and absorb some of this beauty
of nature that hear so much about.
Last night tore away few mo
ments from wood saving to get into
the waters of the Sound. 1t was ap
( parent at once that the Sound waite:
is experiencing very late spring, anc
that it's winter freshness has not YET
worn off. However, after one Is In
1 after the first shock-one gets recon
ciled to the change, and the tonic eff
feet is highly exhilarating. After tht
dip l sat ON the veranda of my shacl
and felt so well that I saw my way
clear to buy my winters coal and pay
the last half of my taxes. Ny good
ness, 1t would be worth while for ev
eryone to take to beach bathing If onl.
! for the optimism it inducesl l car
even stand it to have Willie sit arount
and tell me how to do things Willie
is only fifteen but he has an enormous
knowledge on every subject. He i
here in the wilderness for the first tim,
in his life. yet he instructs me how t
saw log and prepare the firewood ant
on other seasonable topics, and tn
only way I can get even with him /
to send him two miles after milk
thereby giving him opportunity to ge
still closer to nature.
One would greatly enjoy commun
ing with nature, no doubt. If one hal
time to commune in this busy, stress
full business life. And there are hint
of 1t. Yesterday the sun came up o.
q world as fresh and bright as thoug
1t had been made overnight; the sof
sea breeze came in through the win
dow, a strange forest bird chirrupet
outside; the tapping of the water Of
the beach wooed to further slumbel
and / was about to take another eyefu
and another searful when the camp COO
howIed hoarsely for fuel, summonin
me hastily back to this material world
If 1 can arrange to get along withou
eating, / think l am going to like thi
back-t0-nHrurV- tafe-eR- camp.-Se
attic Post Intelligencer.