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VOL XXII NO 43
VIENNA. GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 0 1004
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
CAMPING OUT
Letter No. 16 of a sevieB of 20.
Copyrighted 1904 by Christine Herrlok.
The fresh air fashion has ceased
to be a lad. Every where people are
learning the value of a life in the
open air and are ptoving for them
selves what even a few weeks of
roughing out of doors will do. The
complete onango of habit aids the
fresh air to get in its good work and
it is not necessary for tbe tired
toiler to take a long and costly trip
in order to make a total variety in
the habits of daily life, Farmers'
wives have found out that there is
i benefit to be derived from leaving
home fpr a few days and oampmg
down at some place a few miles
from the farm. Busy city workers
who cannot afford to take thomselves
and their families to distant rural
spots have discovered that a tent or
a cabin within a short ride of town,
near enough for the business men to
go back and forth to work on their
wbcels, is not to be despised as a
means of getting the ohange that
every one should have in the course
of the year.
Perhaps men have more of the
native wood dweller in their com
position than women, but they
never Beem to have muoh difficulty
in adapting themselves to the lack
of home conveniences and comfort
daring a camping out period.
Possibly "this to'because they have
less ot the work of the purveying
to do. Children, too, enjoy this
sort of life and are never happier
than when enduring some small
privation that makes them feel that
thoy are leading a truly wild ex
istence.
The average womah does not take
quito so kindly to the unconventional
camp life*—for obvious reasons.
She is usuallv more a creature of
habits than the man and she takes
her pleasures in an orthodox fashion.
Yet it is a good thing for her to be
shaken out of her accustomed round
once in a while and even if si e' does
not become so enthusiastic over j
camping out as do her childrtu and ;
husband she can hardly fa.l to get;
real benefit from it.
There are many ways m which |
the camp may be made comfortable I
for the seekers for health and ohange
who cannot indnlge themselves in
the luxuries of those Adiiondack
campers who supply their rustic
dwellings with brass beds and
porcelain tubs. That sort of thing
is not camping at all, in the real
sense of^the word, muoh as it may
appeal to the lovers of tbe flesh
pots. The day has gone by when
a camp must of necessity be a tent.
A tent has its advantages but it also
possesses drawbacks* In hot
weather it is very hot, even although
it cools quickly at night. In wet
weather it is not always water proof,
and is chilly. .Men and boys are
usually satisfied with it, hut a wo
man owns to a preference -for some
kind of a shanty of shackjjwhen she
goes oampmg. W hether it be under
canvas or beneath a more substantial
roof, the main thing to make sure
of in planning for a camp is that
the’beds shall be-.comfortable. IK*:
Happily a fair bed is easily
achieved. A camp cot’—two
lengths of wood with a breadth of
canvas between and folding legs
beneath,—makes a bed not to be
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C. C. COTTS
THE LAND MAN
CORDELE, GEORGIA
de.-iJiscd, especially’ when a rug or
qu'.lt or comfort is laid Upon' il.
Suchabod as tl is can be sbiLoJ
from |iiaee to place, but the same
re.-uli in iy bo achieved with less
bother or transportation by driving
into the prouud four posts, corres
ponding with the four corners of
the bed. fastening strips from one
of these to the other so as to form a
hollow square aud to these strips
securing stout canvas. If one ;s
within reach of evergreens in abun
dance, cross strips of wood may be
fastened to the lengthwise strips of
tbe bed frame and boughs of sprung
or balsam or hemlock arranged on
thee for a mattress. The old style
of making a bed of boughs on the
ground left mnch to be desired. In
wet weather, even with a ditch cut
around tbe tent, some dampness was
sure to make itself felt. Likewise
crawling things found it very easy
t o get into the green mattress, 'i he
coverings for such a bed -should - be
dark blankets,—blankets are warmer
and lighter than comforts,-.-and
there should be enough of them.
Cold nights are ndt unknown even
iu Sunn; er and if one lies awake
and shivers during the dark hours
there is not much good won from
the camping out experiment. Let
no woman be deluded inio believing
she can be really comfortable sleep
ing on a rubber pillow. This may
do lor a foundation, but for genuine
comfort she will need a pillow of
feathers or down.
When a man camper wishes to
wash he takes a plunge in the nearest
body of water. A woman must
plead for a wash basin. If she can
afford herself the luxury of a rubber'
tub she is in great luck. Some sort
of a rudo wash stand can readily be
contrived for her iu tlie corner of
her tent or of her cabin and there
may be a rope ; put up or pegs Don
wnich she can hang the few olothes
she takes with her in camping, ja t
l_:ln the ^regular hunting camps
where’Thcre are guides, tfiese take
oharge of "the cooking, iand the
women ot the party^do not have to
trtuble themselves with anything in
the way ot kitchen work. But
there are many camps whei^i the
women do tbe Housework and there
must be provision made for the
cooking and eating. The best camp
outfit, bothffor tbe stove and the
table! Is of theblue and whito
enamefnon ware, wiudtis light and
durable and not unpleasing to look
at. Stone china is ugly as well as
heavy and anything finer or more
fragile is out of the question.
Table linen, too, is better dis
pensed with as far as possible. If
one cannot be happy without a
tablecloth it is well to take a colored
one, but a white oilcloth comes in
well as a substitute. Japanese paper
napkins are better than damask.
Washing and ironing should be
spared the campers as much aa
possible.
The wcmen who enjoy outdoor
sports are Very fortunate when they
go cofnping. I do not refer only to
the lucky women who love to fish
and row, or Who can handle a gun.
Tney may be considered supremely
'blest. But the advantages of an
outdoor fad, already dwelt upon in
these columns, are felt especially by
the woman who camps out.
Therefore, unless the woman who
goes oampiner has the love of Nature
very strongly developed, or is deeply
interested in some outdoor fad, she
will do well to take with her some
means of amusing herself. Let it
be her fancy work, pr her basket
making or her pet game. There
should always bo books and reading
along and with these and the needed
work of the camp the days should
not drag.
j^FLOYD JOHNSON DEAD
r Floyd Johnson has passed away
and his familiar face is seen no
more on our streets. He died Mon-
day night after an illness of only
three days. □ He has been in bad
health” during' the last few years
whiohmight have urged along the
shuffling off of the mortal frame,
He has been a respected and
trusty negro around town tor about
NEGRO MUST HANG
The case of Elton Gray before
the supreme court for a new trial
has been passed, the higher court
confirming the judgement of tho
lower court.
Gray was convicted at last term
of court for the murder »f his wife
in Cordclo last winter, anil sentenced
to hang. His attorney, W. H.
Dorris, earned the case up, as all
murder cases now-a-days arc, fora
new teial.
It will now be necessary for Judge
Littlejohn to come to Vienna and
sentence Gray again, giving a data
on which he will hang.
Following is tbe ruliag of the
supreme court.
Candler, J.—Tbe motion for a
new trial, tbe overruling of whioh
is the only ground of oomplaint in
tbe bill of exceptions, does not
attack any ruling of the trial judge
as being erroneous in law, but cam*
plains merely that the verdiot was
contrary to law and the evidenoa.
The evidence for tbe state made out
ajclear case of murder.’ This was
met only by the statement of the
aoeused. The verdiotj finding the
accused guilty as^charged was fully
warranted; aud the judgement
overruling the motion for fa new
trial is affirmed.
20 years, tbe most of the, time he
was handy man for Mr.'D ifLeonard.
There is some complaint of lioa
on cotton, but the recent rains seecg
to be against them.
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