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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
111'] vacation season is
pi in full swing again
IjjJj and several million
II American motor gyp
/l Ewl-im sies are chug-cliugging
into every nook and
cranny where a flivver
t will go. Incidentally
they are camping by
tiie way and Industrl
t ously spoiling the wild
. - places. They are hack
ing down trees, polluting waters, lit
tering campsites with bottles, cans,
boxes and newspapers and otherwise
defacing the fair face of Nature.
One cannot, of course, indict a whole
people. And it is not true of all these
millions. Hut it is true —and true to
the exit nt that it is a national dis
grace—that our outing manners are
shockingly—unbelievably—bad. If only
the rifl'-ruff went gypsying on wheels,
there might be some accounting for
it. Apparently some of the riff-raff
tloes go. Hut so do people of means,
education and position. And their
•outing manners are seemingly no bet
ter. America's the land of the free.
We are the people. Hooray! Let’s go!
It has got to he so
had that something
lias got to he done
nhout It. The Ameri
can people have gone
motor mud In the lust
five years. The motor
gypsy is no longer a
local hut a national
problem. The Ameri
can Automobile asso
ciation has appealed
to tie* motorists them
selves. States are
passing laws to pre
vent the extinction of
wildtlowers. State
highway hoards and
hoards of health are
making stringent road
nnd camp regulations.
Forest rangers In the
national forests are
short and sharp with
people who litter up
their camps and are
careless with tire.
l‘ark rangers in the
national parks eject
people who do not
obey the park regula
tions. In another year
or two, if our outing
ninntiers do net radi
cally improve, the mo
tor gypsy will get the
cold shoulder every
where except In mu
nicipal auto camps—
where the police will
Ueey him in order.
There are already 15,000,000 motor
vehicles in the United States. Ap
parently every man who has a car has
an ambition, when summer comes
around, to load It up with passengers
and camping outfit and start off to go
as far as he can. That’s why a large
proportion of the motor gypsies head
for the Scenic West —the national
parks and the national forests. That’s
why the Scenic West right-now is alive
with motorists —tourists, drifters, peo
ple in search of new locations and new
jobs. Some have lots of money; some
only a little; some none at all. But
one can’t tell by their clothes or their
cars who’s who and which is which.
The well-to-do are Just as apt to be
camping out as the others.
But apparently they are all pretty
much alike when it comes to mussing
up the scenery. Of course not all of
them do It wiyitonly. Some of them
are too Ignorant of outdoor life to
take care of themselves or their cars
or their baggage—to say nothing of
pitching a camp right or keeping It in
order or cleaning up afterward. For
instance, what can reasonably be ex
pected of a middle-nged womnn who
wears boudoir cap, sweater, khaki
trousers, silk stockings and ldgh-heeled
OUTING PLATFORM FOR SPORTSMEN
By John Dickinson Sherman
We will “go light." We will take what we need rather than
what we may use. We will use our brains. We will stand on our
own feet. We will study Nature. We will achieve something.
We will not shirk. We will not sulk. We will do our share
of the work cheerfully. We will meet the challenge of the wilder
ness like sportsmen—the gentlemen of out-of-doors.
We will drive carefully and at reasonable speed. We will
obey all local traffic rules. We will observe an etiquette of the
road based on the Golden Rule.
We will keep the camp clean. We will burn or bury our gar
bage. We will not pollute sparkling lake and running stream.
We will have pure drinking water and well-cooked food.
We will remember that our big game, game birds and fishes,
our forests, wild flowers and wild places are going fast; that pos
terity has its lights and sportsmanship its responsibilities.
We will treat the n arket-hunter and game-hog as they de
serve; they are a stench in the nostrils of the sportsman. We
ourselves will take only what we need from forest and stream.
We will give all game a fair chance. W r e will not chase down
game by motor vehicle or shoot birds except when they are on the
wing. We will obey all game laws, national and state.
"The catching of fish is not all of fishing." We will avoid
heavy tackle and gang-hooks. We will give preference to the fly
with trout and handle those under size with a wet hand.
We will take from the forest to pitch camp, to make the
cooking-tire hot and the camp-fire bright and warm. But we will
not needlessly or wantonly mar the fair face of Nature.
\V* will set no forest fires. Every fire kindled will be watched
while burning and be put out before tt is left. Matches and
tobacco will be handled by us with scrupulous care.
We will relax and be our natural selves and rest, remember
ing that Nature has many a lesson of honesty, of simplicity and
of contentment. So shall we return better men.
We will repay the hospitality of the wild places by promoting
the preservation of the forests and of wild life and the creation
of additional game preserves and national parks.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
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slippers —and undertakes to climb a
14,000-foot mountain in that rig?
In the meantime the people who live
along the highways of the Scenic West
have been forced to protect themselves.
A flivver tourist would soon he rich
if he got a dollar every time he saw
a “Keep Out" sign. And these signs
begin “Out Where the West Begins’’—
Where there’s more of singing’ and less
of sighing.
Where there’s more of giving and less
of buying,
And a man makes friends without half
trying.
At first the man along the road wel
comed the camper and even took a
hand in pitching his camp. Now the
same man is apt to warn off campers
—with a gun, if necessary. Camp de
bris, polluted waters, mutilated trees
and incipient forest fires have got on
this man’s nerves.
And our bad outing manners are
worse than this. In many parts of the
West it is almost impossible to cash
a perfectly good check —experience
has taught these people to trust no
body. Places where lodging and
food used to be had free for the asking
are now inhospitable —too much table
ware and bedding has been stolen.
Tales of trouble fall on deaf ears —
too many sobbing women with babies
have been along the road. If a man
on foot asks for a lift, the local driver
does not stop—he’s picked up one
too many strangers. And he’s apt to
step on the gas if a woman halls.
Why, it’s got so that nothing along
the roadside is safe, if it can be car
ried off. A disabled car left over
night is stripped bare. Even the steel
boxes of the forest rangers are broken
open and the fire-fighting tools taken.
All this is too bad, for in many re
spects this motor gypsying of the
American people is a splendid thing
for the country they traverse. On
the average each car carries four peo
ple and even the most economical out
fit spends considerable money along
the way. It means so much financially
that every self-respecting community
in the Scenic West has an auto camp;
it cannot afford to let the motorists
go through without stopping. States
like Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Colorado and California take
in many millions of dollars every sum
mer. And everywhere better roads.
better accommoda
tions am! more effi
cient information bu
reaus.
And of course it is
a splendid thing in
general for the peo
ple. In theory—and
doubtless largely in
fact —it improves their
knowledge of their
country and their fel
low-citizens, broadens
their outlook on life,
decreases sec tio na 1
feeling and promotes
democracy and patri
otism.
So keen an observer
of the times as Presi
dent CoolUlge recog
nizes the fact that
this motor gypsying
of the American peo
ple has grown to pro
portions that make it
of national impor
tance. That is doubt
less one of the rea
sons which led him to
call the recent recrea
tional conference in
Washington to which
a hundred or more im
portant organizations
interested in the out
of-doors sent dele-,
gates. Its fcnera!
purpose was to bring
about a
national policy.
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and Rive advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue.
Chicago. 111., and only inclose two-cent
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It would bc*hard to imagine a more
Interesting and attractive home for
the family of moderate means than
the one illustrated here, which takes
its inspiration from the Moorish de
sign as brought to America by the
early Spanish settlers on the western
coast of the New World. The plain
stucco surfaces, so effectively pierced
with the high, arched windows, the at
tractive columns of the porch and
many of the other unusual features
combine to make the bouse a picture
which cannot fail to be attractive.
The corner entrance makes the
house suitable for a corner lot and the
dimensions, 51 feet by 35 feet, also are
suitable for such a site.
Attractive as is tlie exterior of this
home, it is in tiie interior that its real
charm will he found. The hall, own
ing from the porch, or covered portion
of the terrace, "gives access to the liv
ing room, which Is of the high or vault
ed ceiling type which is so much ad
mired nt tiie present time. This room,
vitli its height and light and ventila
tion on three sides, should always be
cheery, airy and cool in the summer
months. Directly behind this room is
the dining room, which opens by means
of French doors to tiie court, covered
with an awning to make an ideal place
for out-of-door meals. Tiie kitchen is
served by its own entry.
The bedrooms are well arranged, two
entered through the small hall off the
dining room and the front one from
' the entrance ball. Each has a conven-
I ient closet.
The stucco of which this home is
built may lie applied over hollow tile,
I concrete tile or metal lath on a frame
construction.
Home Interior Paint
Problem Is Important
The living room should suggest com
fort and hominess; it is the gather
ing place of the family. In this- room
we entertain friends and spend more
( ,f our waking hours than in any other
art of tiie house. A fireplace is usual
-1 '>j- the pivotal point in the decoration
Floor Plan.
of this room. The dining room re
quires dignified, yet cheerful, decora
tions. The sleeping chamber should
suggest repose; a feeling of restfulness
is tiie end to be sought in bedroom
decoration.
Location of the room comes nest
The room of northern exposure "'iiic
receives no sunlight must have walls
and decorations of a warm tone, whim
tiie room of southern aspect should
done in cooler colors. Kooms that
toward tiie east or west need a m ■
way treatment. It is almost impo=s‘
.hie to correctly visualize the e ee
a certain treatment until the "” r '
done; and once done we cannot a nd
It. Some fundamentals are so ••
that we are apt to Ignore them com
pletely, and suffer regrets in cons
To£ emphasis In interiors should
follow, in a general way. at lea t,
ture’s plan. In nature we find tne
darker color near the g™ impn3i .
the eye travels upward, c are
ties decrease, buildings an
usually lighter than the
darker than the sky. furnishing*
floor darkest, walls am ligbt er
lighter, upper walls and cei -
There are two other impo-tant
da mentals to be held in cei ijngs
first is that floors, | a
should be backgrounds forfurm
-that is, they should no dominate^
room. Large, coarse flg r ••; {0 b e
pronounced pattern on wal s of
avoided, as are ceilings of
strong color. . floors, wall*
The second point is. t . rotaC tiott
and- ceilings should 1 j sub .
from wind and storm, s; 11 h n ot
stantial. inclosed feeling. ■■ c( ‘ flnesS
a feeling of repression or - >
which is apt to be the ca- coUiplicated
oration Is too ornate "- .j t |, e
Do not over-decorate, especially
room is small. , br iiilaut
Pronounced patterns It j s usual
colorings become tires ' ' . gS n ,ther
ly better to use tints an- - • a co ior.
than the pure, full stren-' bri ght
Every room needs a • e , nto the
color which may he • acre* -
decorative plan by me- 1 - ' a blue
, sories — a red scrap • - * f rt ,,-er3.
cushion, a brilliant houqi
a yellow lamp shade.
Relic of Past iX vs a ,.-r.
The phonograph furr. j; \ V hy.
old-fashioned entertai- ' ; .rd
I you can actually hear
distinctly.—Duluth Hera. J-