. Outing. l amountof space which they occupy enablesthem to be placed out of sight; underthese conditions, even the most con-servative cannot complain of the inva-sion of the realms of sailing by thegasoline motor. It is probable that the owner of eventhe most expensive racer or cruiser willneed a small knockabout for shorttrips in pleasant weather, and the inex-perienced motor-boat enthusiast cannotdo better than to start his training withone of these inexpensive craft—for itwill always be useful to him. Fromthis he can graduate to a better andmore commodious type of boat, if he de-sires, and
. Outing. l amountof space which they occupy enablesthem to be placed out of sight; underthese conditions, even the most con-servative cannot complain of the inva-sion of the realms of sailing by thegasoline motor. It is probable that the owner of eventhe most expensive racer or cruiser willneed a small knockabout for shorttrips in pleasant weather, and the inex-perienced motor-boat enthusiast cannotdo better than to start his training withone of these inexpensive craft—for itwill always be useful to him. Fromthis he can graduate to a better andmore commodious type of boat, if he de-sires, and at the encj of a season or soof running his first purchase he willhe in a position to know just exactlywhat he wants for its successor. Butwhatever size or class of boat he buyssubsequently, it is almost certain thathe will never find more solid enjoy-ment and unadulterated fun than he hadthe first season or two in his hundred-dollar knockabout. FINDING THE COUNTRY HOME WHiH^ At/ £_/? aw/ iiiiiiiiiiiiB. Illustrated with Photographs PROPOSE a series of articles thatshall be helpful to those who desireto create country homes. I shalllet the mansions well enough alone,for I have no interest in seeingcostly residences on our hillsidesthat few can afford to occupy and thatno one can make pay. These are ex-travagances that are apt to display onlythe wealth of their owners. Theycreate tenantry and retinues of servantsinstead of freeholders and free are not a growth of the land,coming up out of the needs of the peo-ple, but they are a transplantation ofthe city into the country; and whereverthey are, the simplicity of Nature iscompelled to give way to the artificial-ity of display. The violet goes, and thelotus pond comes in; and there is no-where a smell of the wild mint I shall hold myself to strictly is helping the men of moderate means,who intend to live wider and warmerand think nobler and develop both foodand character by intimacy with have a warm
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