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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 1921 
FOREST^STREAM 
FORTY-NINTH YEAR 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 
ADVISORY BOARD 
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, NEW YORK, N. Y. 
CARL E. AKELEY, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
EDMUND HELLER, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D, C. 
WILFRED H. OSGOOD, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 111. 
JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHARLES SHELDON, Washington, D. C. 
GEORGE SHIRAS, 3d, Washington, D. C. 
JOHN T. NICHOLS, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
WILLIAM BRUETTE, Editor 
JOHN P. HOLMAN, Managing Editor 
TOM WOOD, Business Manager 
Nine East Fortieth Street, New York City 
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL WILL BE TO 
studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor rec- 
reation, and a refined taste for natural objects. 
August 14, 1873. 
WHAT ARE THE SHOOTING PROSPECTS? 
A S the summer advances and the nights grow 
longer, thoughts of the coming shooting sea- 
son stir the heart of the sportsman. He cherishes 
the glorious memories of a past full of happy and 
exciting days, and looks forward to other days 
which shall yield him like pleasures. Now he must 
think of preparing for new days afield. The gun 
must be carefully looked over to see that no speck 
of rust mars its fair surface, within or without. 
The dog must be prepared for his work, and mas- 
ter and dog alike should get into proper training 
for the long tramps that are to be made this fall, 
if shooting is to be had. 
The question as to what we shall find when we 
get into the field interests every man who hopes 
to have a few days’ shooting this autumn, even 
though these days may be very few. In like man- 
ner it interests many who do not themselves ex- 
pect to have a single day’s shooting, but who realize 
the keen delight taken in his outing by some one 
who is dear to them. 
What, then, are the prospects for the autumn’s 
shooting? What have we seen, those of us who 
have been so fortunate as to be out in the fields 
and woods, along the hedge rows, in the stubbles 
and by the brooks? What of the partridges, the 
quail, and the prairie chickens? Were they fortu- 
nate in their nesting? Did they hatch out good 
broods, and has the weather been such that those 
broods have grown and attained a certain measure 
of hardiness before the local storms of late July 
and early August came upon them? 
Since the subject is one that interests all readers 
of Forest and Stream, whose favorite weapon is 
the gun, we ask each reader who has had an oppor- 
tunity to make any observation on the shooting 
prospects to report the results of these operations 
to us without delay. We have received a number 
of letters on this subject, and shall hope for more. 
THE VALUE OF QUIET 
r T'HERE are regiments of exhausted' men and 
1 women marching up and down our streets 
daily. The sense of burden and strain has taken 
hold of their spirits. They have grown weary of a 
world in which are born betrayals and bitterness. 
Wherever we look, we cannot but catch glimpses of 
the wear and weariness of this strenuous life. Civ- 
ilization has intensified competition and man must 
struggle feverishly for his very existence. He must 
wage warfare against forces that would cause his 
overthrow. In the industrial kingdom, men cannot 
expect to win crowns until they have conquered 
the adversities of trade and commerce. The man 
of business today is compelled to wear the scars of 
battle which the keen blade of competition has 
afflicted upon him. Too often is he full of restless- 
ness and discontent; eager to escape his circum- 
stances. 
One of the greatest political economists has 
these pertinent lines: “It is not good for man to 
be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his 
species. A world from which solitude is extirpated 
is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of be- 
ing alone is essential to any depth of meditation and 
character.” It is absolutely necessary that mind 
and heart give themselves over to delightsome vag- 
abondage. Man cannot maintain a high level of 
excellence without frequent renewals ; he must seek 
solitude and calm. He cannot force the game of 
life; precipitancy brings defeat. 
Nature cautions us in no uncertain terms. . . . 
“Don’t Press !” There is something fiendish in this 
scramble and bustle of our modern civilization. 
Nothing lasting, nothing serious can be done by 
men who are always out of breath. Nature, inex- 
pressible in her patience, rebukes us again and 
again. Such perfection of beauty she so generously 
reveals is the work of ages. Nature bides her time. 
We crowd our days so full of labor that life is 
robbed of much of its beauty and quiet. People 
are being constantly overdriven. The marked fea- 
ture of our modern life is fatigue. Night cometh 
and finds us weary in spirit, mind and body. Ex- 
perts in cutlery assure us that the razor must be 
rested else it looses its fine cutting edge. Life, no 
less 1 than instruments of steel, becomes fatigued; it 
demands quiet and contemplation. It is only as we 
muse that the fires burn; in hours of quiet are 
born ideals which remake a world and minister to 
the highest and best in humanity. 
DIVERSIONS FOR THE TRAVELING MAN 
■"THE hardest man on earth to have a sane pro- 
A gram of daily and healthy diversion is the 
traveling salesman. He is constantly away from 
his own home and the usual and profitable diver- 
sions of yard, garden or orchard. His reading 
room and easy chair are missing. His favorite 
paper is not always obtainable. The average daily 
opportunity for a traveling man’s diversion is an 
oil cloth top table and a bunch of dominoes. 
Different men have different tastes and one di- 
version will not fit two men every time, but for 
every man there should be a clean diversion which 
would relieve his mind and body of the tedium of 
hard work and sometimes poor sleep and poorer 
food. A mistake in diversion leaves one with re- 
morse and weakens rather than strengthens. 
The salesman with a car can be the most inde- 
pendent man on earth if he will just break away 
