CHAPTER III 

 LIVING OUTDOORS 



How each one of us can get more "fun" out of life and better health 

 without loss of efficiency or waiting for an increased income 



THE English people are said to have the reddest cheeks 

 and best complexions in the world. Their blooming 

 health and obvious enjoyment in being alive are largely 

 due to their living out of doors more than we do and perhaps more 

 than we ever can. For England is so far north that she has 

 about two hours more daylight in which to disport herself. The 

 twilight is so long that one may eat a ponderous British dinner, 

 rest, and still have an hour for golf, tennis, cricket, bowls, or even 

 photography, for in midsummer it is light enough to play tennis 

 until nine or garden until ten. In consequence, every one seems 

 to have some outdoor hobby, and even those who work indoors all 

 day have about twice as much time for outdoor life as we. For 

 two thousand years that long, precious twilight has been pro- 

 moting public health and building British character. 



Another natural advantage England has over America is that 

 she has practically no mosquitoes, whereas it may cost us more 

 than the Panama Canal to stamp out the kinds that carry yellow 

 fever and malaria, as well as the kinds that are merely 

 disagreeable. 



But in spite of these climatic handicaps we are entitled to 

 take a hopeful view of our situation. For, in the first place, any 

 one can usually control mosquitoes in his own locality, by 



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