HOMES NEAR TO NATURE 



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and let the huge boulder fall as do the 

 well-known stone traps." 



At no other home near to nature that 

 I have visited, is there a better exam- 

 ple than at this, of the meeting - of the 

 extremes of civilization, which here 

 seem to come together and form a 

 circle. Here is the wildest of primitive 

 regions, but short daily visits to it 

 would not be possible without the aid 

 of that most modern of man's inven- 

 tions — the automobile. The automo- 

 bile has been working wonders and is 

 still working" wonders in thus making 

 it possible to have frequent communion 

 with nature. Not many years ago a 

 nearness to nature was possible to the 

 business man for only a short time dur- 

 ing his short vacation, or perhaps a 

 hunting trip in midwinter, or a mid- 

 summer fishing excursion to some re- 

 mote part of Maine. But the automo- 

 bile annihilated the distance between 

 the busy centers of trade and the 

 tangled thickets. Can one imagine a 

 more perfect form of recreation or 

 more literally a place in which to re- 

 create, or a more successful antidote 



UNDER SOME CONDITIONS A MAX MAY TAKE 



HIS BUSINESS WITH HIM AND YET 



HAVE A VACATION! 



"AS IF I MIGHT PULL IT OUT BY THIS HOE." 

 But he couldn't nor could the combined strength of several 



men. 



