A STRENUOUS HOLIDAY 



he has had the same end in view. Nor does he 

 forget the housewife. He has plans afoot for bring- 

 ing power into every household that will greatly 

 lighten the burden of the women-folk. 



Partly owing to his more advanced age, but 

 mainly, no doubt, to his meditative and introspec- 

 tive cast of mind, Mr. Edison is far less active than 

 is Mr. Ford. When we would pause for the mid- 

 day lunch, or to make camp at the end of the day, 

 Mr. Edison would sit in his car and read, or curl 

 up, boy fashion, under a tree and take a nap, while 

 Mr. Ford would inspect the stream or busy him- 

 self in getting wood for the fire. Mr. Ford is a run^ 

 ner and a high kicker, and frequently challenged 

 some of the party to race with him. He is also a per- 

 sistent walker, and from every camp, both morning 

 and evening, he sallied forth for a brisk half -hour 

 walk. His cheerfulness and adaptability on all 

 occasions, and his optimism in regard to all the 

 great questions, are remarkable. His good-will and 

 tolerance are boundless. Notwithstanding his 

 practical turn of mind, and his mastery of the 

 mechanical arts and of business methods, he is 

 through and through an idealist. As tender as a 

 woman, he is much more tolerant. He looks like 

 a poet, and conducts his life like a philosopher. No 

 poet ever expressed himself through his work more 

 completely than Mr. Ford has expressed himself 

 through his car and his tractor engine. They typify 



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