The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-02-22

A1 WALK upon the city street.
N For so hath fate 1t vrit;
~ Thoughts far array and bitter-swest
IN Beguile NTH cheat my .cilling feet.
~ J THIS. this the trail / hit:
The Fern Lake Trail. where virgin snow
Lies soft and deep the pines below.
Away from road and far from rail-
SnOwshoe and ski to break the trail
lToboggans creak the squeak Of thong.
a girls bright sash. snatch Of song.
A frost.nipped eur and quick snow rub.
The rest at noon for bite O. Erub).
That winds and twists its way to make
From valley UP to mountain lake,
With cabin on itx frozen edge
And skirun down it's steep.hung ledge
And campfire throwing yellow light
That turns to gold world Of white
playground decked In brave array
"Ho no. Jack Frost We've come to play!"
Sport In the snow-it's been the proper caper all
winter and the American people are still at It all
through the North-from New England to Rocky
Mountain and from Yosemite to Mount Rainier
Students Of the times commenting on II az a
new phase In the evolution Of the nation. These
winter sports have been growing In popular favor
Tor several years. This winter. however, their
vogue 10 such a. TO make socioogists sit up and
take notice.
Now there are winter sports and winter sports
For example, on January Sunday 5000 spec,a.
tors gathered at the Garfield park lagoon 70 nee .
thousand or more Chicago boys and girls compete
IN sere" Of skating races. On the same Sunday
10000 spectators attended an internat,onn, sk,
tournament at Cary on ChicaEos outskirts.
That Ia not what mean by winter sports VIVA,
] mean by winter sports by sport In the snow. n
the people turning out to do the playing themselves
not to watch somebody else do the playing And
the people are doing II this year.
generation or M ago the students Of American
lie were complaining that the American people did
not know how to play. took no vacations and All
that sort OF thing Then the people did ,enrn 10
play and did take vacations-in the summer. The
next change was that Il class Of vacntionIsta wns
evolved who took vacations Nil tho year round
They played In the North In the summer md fol.
lowed the warm weather South to Florida in the
winter or West to California. or abrond Now the
society visitors TO the South have been jolne., nv
the Tin Can Tourists" who travel In Niyvers-
more than 5000 held the fourth annual convention
OF the Tin Can Tourists OF the World In Do Soto
park Tampa. cnrly In January OF this yenr
the latest development Of this recently ncouircd
appetite for summer and winter play on the pnr,
Of the people IL sport In the snow II has hecn
evolved since the war. Perhaps tho rctibioodcd
young fellows who came back from "Oyer There"
In such fine physical condition TINT they must Ia,
OF steam through renl exercise have been In part
responsible. Anyway. the Idea Inns become wide
spread TINT constinH. toboggnning skiing. snow
shoeing skiJoring. hiking md NIL the other wiptc,
sports ensly within the reach OF the average Amer
lean In the North are hrst.cnss fun. The connie
menfRry Idea Ia that a real tussc with Jnck F'ros,
IN MS native wilds In more conducive TO red blood
ana rosy cheeks and n good appetite thnn Less siren
uous exercise under warmer skies at home or
ABROAD. An enthusiast might put Il like this: