The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-04-18
N01kouND Of JOY
Some Few Drawbacks Connect.
ed with Simple Life.
Man Who Gees Back to Mature Ftndo
That Ne Has In No Way Escaped
the Curse Of Adam, Laid
On Uo All.

Back to nature3 Well, what about
It? For twelve hours out of the twen-
ty-four l am now inundated in a forest
neal vashon Heights, bordering the
clammy beach, trying to feed the hum
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 q saucy craft,
getting to work. working, and daehing
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 | 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-
tangling brush, the beach barnacles,
and the thickness Of the log one ID
trying to saw through.
Some day when / get. perhaps, two
days frewood ahead, and the pancake
1our. butter and bacon, crackers, tea.
coffee, bread. ETC.. all In, II the boat
Is not whistling for the dock, l 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 I hear 80 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 water
Is experiencing q very late spring. and
that Its winter freshness has not yet
worn on. However, after one IL In
after the first shock-one gets recon-
ciled to the change. and the tonic ef-
feet Is highly celebrating. After the
dip I sat on the veranda of my shack
and felt SO we'll that I saw my way
clear to buy my winters coal and pay
the last half Of my taxes. My good
ness, 1t would be worth while for ev-
eryone to take to beach bathing II only
for the optimism 1t induces! l can
even stand 1t to have Willie sit around
and tell me how to do things. Willie
Is only fifteen but he has an enormous
knowledge on every subject. He is
here in the wilderness for the first time
in his life, yet he ~instructs me how to
| saw q log and prepare the frewood and
on other seasonable topics. and the
only way I can get even withs him Is
to send him two miles after milk,
thereby giving him opportunity to get
| still closer to nature.
One would greatly enjoy cOmmun-
ing with nature. no doubt, II n had
time to m 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 been made overnight the soft
sea breeze came in through the win
dow, a strange forest bird chirruped
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 I can arrange to get along without
eating, l think I am going to like this
back-to-nature life Of the camp.-Se-
attic Post Intelligencer.