Aug. 8, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



505 



so sweet and delicious that they nearly melt in the mouth ; 

 and, as I usually say, best of all, a grand, true, splendid citi- 

 zenship. Doubtless God miaht have made a better people 

 than sojourns in our beloved sunkissed California, but doubt- 

 less God never did. 



This usually completes iny summary, but I desire to add 

 another. Almost all our Southern California homes are so 

 close by sea and mountain that either are within a day's 

 journey by horse, or a few hours by cars. Thus if heat does 

 >'ome, we can flee its presence, and bathe in the clear, pure 

 delightful mountain air, or the warm, refreshing water of the 

 ever restless Pacific. This is no mean advantage. How 

 many hundreds of homes and hearts have been recently sad- 

 dened in the East, as drouth. hurried on by the crushing heat, 

 has snatched the loved ones, forever away. Here such crises 

 never come to menace, for at the seashore, or in the moun- 

 tains, we are safe — always safe — from their evil work. I 

 hardly know which I enjoy most, the wondrous air of the 

 mountains, or the luring breeze and bracing waters of the 

 ocean. When here, I think the mountains hold forth superior 

 charm ; when there, the sea seems to ofifer most that enamors, 

 and invigorates. Either is delightsome, and we rejoice with 

 fervent thanksgiving that we can taste so easily and often of 

 both. 



Do we in all our home circles think enough of recreation ? 

 We are a very earnest people. So intense are we in our busi- 

 ness that I fear we often lose sight of the good that may come 

 from the picnic, the camping out, the mountain sojourn, or 

 the weeks by the seashore. We are so fashioned, that the 

 wheels of our human machinery run more smoothly, and will 

 of a surety run longer, if we trend them ever and anon in 

 different grooves. .lust as the stomach wakes to greater 

 strength and added energy when given a variety to work 

 upon, so the whole body craves new scenery, new activities, 

 a halt in the everyday round : and a push into work or play 

 that recreates, because new and fresh. 



Let us all, in every home circle, plan as best we may to 

 find time to break from the usual routine of work and duty, 

 and in some forest, or by some lakeside, alone, or better, with 

 other families, seek out a different life, and thus make the 

 young younger, and carry youth into old age. And more than 

 this, we will find that we will come back to the usual duties 

 with so much of added strength and vigor that oftentimes we 

 shall soon more than make up for the days of absence, as we 

 will easily do more and better work. 



In planning our outing, let us not only arrange for pleas- 

 ant friends, and wholesome fellowship, but plan for games, 

 music, and reading. Last night we met with many other 

 campers, and had a splendid concert. A piano had in some 

 way reached this retreat, and we did sing with genuine spirit. 



I heard more than one say as we said our adieus, " It has been 

 the pleasantest time since we came." For the children. Cap- 

 tain January, Dear Daughter Dorothy, and .lohn Halifax Gen- 

 tleman, will be a valuable part of the company. Fishlines, 

 croquet balls, and hammocks galore, should not be forgotten. 

 Let us all remember about .Tack and the all work and no play, 

 and endeavor to make the too just criticism of our English 

 friends — that we think too little of rest, recreation and a good 

 time — less true. 



THOUQHTFULNESS. 

 There are few things that will reveal character like a few 

 weeks' camping. We soon find that some of our party are so 

 thoughtful, so helpful, that we could not have spared them. 

 They are always just where needed ; they are ever planning, 

 and successfully, to make all more happy. They are so handy 

 in fashioning the conveniences about the camp, so fertile in 

 preparing meals, so handy in keeping all neat and tidy, that 

 they really are like "a thing of beauty." Were I a young 

 man or woman, and in pursuit of information regarding the 

 character and temperament of some special person of the 

 opposite sex, I should arrange to be for a month in a camping 

 party with them. 



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