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rr Our j ';.„ , ..SlI *|L?*P^J|MP\ '■ 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. frlf* Ail Un*K rww 4 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. Moorish Design Furnishes u, - 1 btu-Rr\ El sli?-Ra\ pjj Dlt7-Ra 1 i3-<? v ip 1 -?" I j li-vi w'-r i2 : ixio-r I ” PxJRCrt r / /MAVL / c°"| |\ o Ilfßp'tKt 1 , i; Fining -Rn - I Living !; cgj T£RRACE | R>oor\ t ' - U=) 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 stamp for reply. 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-