Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
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 nature7 Well. what about
II? For twelve hours out of the TWEEN
ty-four | am now inundated In a forest
near vashon Heights. bordering the
cIammy 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 I am dashing across
twelve miles of water In a saucy craft
getting to work, working. and dashins
back again at eventide to prepare the
hrewood for the evening repast. We
would get along fine In this world were
II not for the fact that We are obliged
to eat
Ny poets have lately referred much
to natures wondrous beauty that we
of the city lose. and I am now engaged
In investigating the matter. but find
the little intimate matters connected
with living close to nature take so
much Of ones time that one has Few
moments for nature, except, perhaps,
II one be profane. to swear at the en-
tnnglIng brush, the beach barnacles.
and the thickness Of the log one Is
trying to saw through.
Some day when / get, perhaps, two
days frewood ahead, and the pancake
-four. butter and bacon. crackers, tea.
coffee. bread. etc, all In, II the boat
is not whistllng for the dock, intend
to lift my weary head from my sodden
task, brush the Precipitation from my
eyes. and absorb some of this beauty
of nature that / hear 81 much about.
Last night I tore away a few mo-
ments from wood saving to get into
the waters Of the Sound. 1t was ap-
parent at once that the Sound wnter
Is experiencing a very late spring, and
that its winter freshness a not yet
worn of. However. after n Is In
after the first shock-one gets recon-
ciled to the change. and the tonic eff
feet is highly exhllarating. After the
dip I sat on the veranda Of my shack
and felt so well that I saw my way
clear to buy my winters coal and pay
the last half of my axes. Ny good
ness, It would be worth while for ev-
eryone to take to beach bathing II only
for the optimism II inducesi / al
even stand 1t to have Willie sit around
and tell me how to do things. Willie
is only fifteen but he has an
knowledge on every subject. He is
here In the wilderness for the first time
In his life. yet he instructs me how to
saw a log and prepare the firewood and
on other ~seasonable topics, and tho
only way l can get eve with him Is
to send him two miles after milk,
thereby giving him opportunity to get
still closer &c nature.
One would greatly enjoy commun-
ing with nature, no doubt. II n had
time TO In this busy, stress
full business life. And there are hints
Of 1t. Yesterday the sun came up On
q world as fresh and bright as though
1t had beer made overnight; the soft
sea breeze came In through the win
dow. a strange forest bird chlrruped
outside: the tapping OF the water on
the beach wooed to further slumber.
and l was about to take another eyeful
and another earful when the camp cook
howled hoarsely for fuel. summoning
me hastily back to this material world.
II / can arrange to get along without
eating, l think l am going to like this
back-to-nature life Of the camp.-Se.
attic Post Intelligencer.