The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-03
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Town people are now eating their heart out
for some wa, Goo spend 10 season in the country.
Tho need ls for q period of country life rather
ihtp for any particular section Of he country.
The resorts Of mountain and sanshote mako
un appeal that con Doc answered only boy q COM
pauuvcB few. Vet every city dwelor should
g'' into rh' country for % roa.onablr lcugth ot
time.
LNtvitc. thr longing ot The country man and
woman Is for season in town. They urc 5s
stale ON country llfo ne the town man aud
woman be- stale on cty Hfc. Yet In the vast
number Of cases 1t is an ambition that cannot
hr realized. For reasons other than those uf
financial nature. There are the chickens hogs.
COWS and horses to look after. They mua be
fed. wstercd and attended to- Then. too, tho
garden must bc attended.
Now In this situation there IL the seed OF a
great idea. tremendous number ~ our town
people originated In tho country. They like to
think Of the days back Oh the farm when thero
were chores 10 he done and In most cases scat
tered somewhere through llfe's ambition. there
is purpose 20 eventually own farm 80 that
an annual return TO the scene Of childhood's
days can he made.
why shouldn't The town man exchange with
the country man for a vacation period? Just
"a single exchange OF places No packing to bo
done that IL. mono OF consequence. The town
man having discovered country man OF re-
spoctabl,y and having proven himself OF like
metal simply moves into the farm home and
turns his city home over TO the farmer and his
family.
Tho town man agrees to take care OF every
thing precisely az It should be taken care OF.
uses the farm the basls OF his vacation and
In the slight labor required robuds himself In
a fortnight while the country folks have no
expense In town other than to purchase their
food, pay tho light bills and play the picture
shows. parks and other attractions OF the city
off The boards.
There would result not only an enduring
bond OF friendship between town and country
but inevitably both classes would be immensely
benefited In every way common UNDER
standing would result between two classes that
are IA lot farther apart today than they ought
to he or than Is good for the nation And there
Is the soundost possible economy in the possi-
bnties OF the scheme,
Probably u fortnight would be sufficient to
feed both up the life the other leads Yet
we have doubt the pleasures OF the expert
ence would linger, and the next vacation season
would find both strong for the exchange again
providing each had been strictly honorable
towards the other on the previous occasion.
Town people whirl by the farms of the coun-
try with envy In their hearts Yet rarely do
they have relations enabling them To stop in
for a visit with the farmers But suppose ono
drove Into the country and had ncighborly re-
Iatlons with most OF the fsrmers--so much 80
that they wero welcome to call; suppose 1t was
possible to say that is my summer farm" or,
Meet my vacation partner Wouldn't 1t he "a
grand and glorious feeling %
can't be done All that Is required Is COM
mon sense and decent regard for other people,