Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-02-22

the women are preparing the dinner
we stroll through the pines and
manzanitas The latter is bush
which spreads and kinks about so
much that it is hard to find a piece
one foot long that is straight. 1T is
a beautiful bush with a smooth and
glossy brown bark. The bushes are
in full bloom and the droning of the
honey bees mingled with the sound
Of the breezes in the pines overhead
made delightful music. Many of
the women on these trips go clad in
knickerbockers, which facilitates
climbing about the rocks and get
ting through the bushes. / saw one
II years old wearing an entire
knickerbocke suit, including cap of
green corduroy. She slipped through
the bushes like a green lizard.
After dinner we loaded up our
kitchen and started for home. We
bid goodbye to the happy crowd.
1t contained no aristocrats-many
democrats and few plutocrats, but
here all are on dead level-all
democrats. 1t is amusing to watch
the leveling process. Some silky
danes are found in the throng and
when they go to eat from the big
green table cloth (grass) they look
like witches drinking vinegar. Still
/ have never seen a lot of campers
SO content They believe in baked
beans and bliss, and the dignificd
dame soon becomes the lively girl
again and plays her part as well.
We drove back home across the
mountains by the most wonderful
ways. The roads are tribute to
engineering skill. They wind
through the deep canyons, cling
along fearful crags, from which they
have been blasted out, curve and
bend back on themselves, going to-
ward all points of the compass with
in a mile. 1T is necessary to keep
the siren singing a good deal of the
time to warn approaching cars, for,
often the road is not visible four
rods ahead. One is constantly won
dering how these roads were ever Sc
cured. The rocky walls often rise
so straight and high that the sky
is not visible from the car. Along
these beetling cliffs we spin in and
out. up and down, on and on, while
a dashing stream at the bottom of
| the great canyon sends up wild
melody as it dashes itself into spray
and foam and rushes on as if chal-
lenging us for race.
For miles anc miles we maintain
ed this grand and giddy whirl, al
ways above the foaming stream. 1t
| is nearing sunset and the last beams
are dotting the peaks in purpling
splendor. Gradually these fade
away and the twilight settles on the
scene. The sentry stars steal out
and soon the vast vault is robed in
starry splendor. The little stream
| is still singing below us as we near
| the base of the mountain. We part
with it's babble as we turn to the
| city and it to the sea. There is a
| strange fascination in the mountain
scenery which I can not describe. 1t
must be felt. / think its influence
| as an educational factor is vastly un-
derated I wish every American boy
and girl could get this lesson. The
| splendors of palaces and the gran
| deur of architecture are not in the
same class.
We reached home in time to go
| to the forum which l will describe
! briefly Distinguished lecturers are
secured from all parts of the world
An hour is given to the lecture.
Then for half an hour anyone may
/ quiz him. This brings out many
view points and is very interesting.
/ sometimes mix. These are free
lectures and free intellectual fights
and are so eagerly attended that
hundreds always fail to get in We
had Raymond Robbins on "Outlaw-