| Show an adirondack winter for oon god sump tivo invalids A variety of 0 ways ot of spending ending up the tha w winter inter in tho ilia adirondacks is ili opened to the health backer seeker the greater number ot of those who have thus thag tar far tried tho the experiment have taken up their abode in burance luke lake this is a midge ol of a town lying on tho the saranac haranac river thirteen miles from paul Smi smitha thO and six BIX from bloomingdale it was liera here that lr alie pioneer of tho the little colony of ht HI itagia health hunters liun torB spent his first winter in in tho the woods and to that fuel fact rather thin to t 0 any special ad posse a so by tile the place is duo ilia following of other oilier experimenters to lo those who largely it upon society lor for I 1 saranac Siira nuo apon is a to ti bo a recommended us tho ilia moo most t desirable point such faint glim of social guj oliea us as are aia to be found anywhere in tho ilia backwoods shino in saranac Bar anac there is one moderately eritt cly largo boarding bouga houga unit and u number of smaller ones designed especially tor for tho ilia accommodation of winter guests there is it a poston loo which gets a daily mull and thoro there tiro are a belches it school honshu lion nua villi igo store W with fill its customary multifarious treasures ures and telegraphic communication with tho ilia outside v orld those addan tago era are liko likewise ige amed by bloomingdale which would alfrord ull ord all equally desirable demra blo homo home to the ilia winter sojourner now still and then a guest hus has remained throughout tho ilia winter ut at I 1 halll but us a rule role the house houa is is closed ut at that boubon the reporter 0 ened ted to mitko make ilia his winter home to in it o JIB a midway between bloomingdale still 11 paul smitha so tar far its as climatic benefits wo uro oon concerned corned it is a matter of little consequence where the patient remains so BO long as ho he keeps within the boundaries of the st ahti regis region ilia reporter is forced to admit that in his hill own caso the adirondack winter failed miserably to sustain its leputa tion of this however must bo be attributed to the character of the season of iya 80 As a rule the winter months b hora ore will bo be found fouad dry colt cold and al almost meet entirely free from thaws as arule a rule all also too tile tho snowfall Is abundant all and a throe three or four faur months of contin continuous bous aleigh sleighing ing may be ba counted collated upon with certainty in winter as aa in summer the tha brat duty of the ilia patient should be t to live out of doors ra much of thol timo go as a ia practicable if not strong enough to hunt mud winter hunting is is rare good sport hero or to tramp over the snow covered roads then than he may resort to riding and thus thua secure the benefits benell ts of the bracing air air with a reasonable amount ol of care there is no danger of taking cold nor need the health hunter bo a frightened out oat of his daily drive by storm or wind or in wrapped in a buffalo skin skia coat which by the W way eaid id to but bo recommended as the tha garment of till all others for riding the tha reporter found himself comfortable with wit h the thormo that M awe motor to r marking forty fortl degroes bolow below zero it is ig simply amazing how much cold even a bica man can endure hero here and with less discomfort than would bo 0 exion per encee in on an average winter in now york city wherever the winter sojourner may take taka up his bis quarters tors whether at sara nae cao Blooming dolo 11 pool it smiths or in a farmhouses farmhouse he ha will need to look to the outside world for foi one important item of food viz viz beef adirondack boel beef is tougher than anything in this w world orld with which it has been the lot of the reporter to gra grapple ale an assertion not t looking lacking in solemnity solemnity when it is remembered that reportorial experience familiarizes a 3 follow fellow with criminals politicians and tho the orthography of tho the man who writes gratuitous communion dionis on both sides of the theet to the daily press burring barring the tha beef a wholesome nutritious diet may bo be counted a upon I 1 a in the winter boardinghouses boarding houses pl with v alth pleasant indoor in door surroundings a g good 01 d table a daily doivo of two or three hours an occasional jaunt on loot foot plenty of books and newspapers you will get your mail every day us in summer gammer and above all the cheering consciousness conscious neBS of steady progress toward recovery th this is winter r exile in the wilderness Is in by no means so go terrible a thing as one might at first suppose perhaps there will bo be somo some return of the bad symptoms upon removing from the camp to house quarters that need cause no alarm after sleeping 1 throe or four months la in a tent any room I 1 however well ventilated will at llast soon seem close and otilli tig The lungs havo have grown acutely sensitive Bensi tivo to vitiated air still the atmosphere in it wilder doss home is in incomparably computably purer thou than that the patient would breathe in his city home while therefore the change from tent to bedroom may here be accompanied with some same unpleasant effects it is apparent that such ch clianna 90 is far less productive of evil than would be the transition tion from the woods to the city house I 1 it t is a good thing tore to remember that u i dethor indoors or oat we breathe tin tho air that sarron aur rounda lidis us if that air air is pure pura outside out Bida it will be proportionately pure within and with no noxious odors no defect defective ivo drains or gas pipes no wretched furnaces or heaters bet tors no double windows to shut out the oxygen with none of these abominations butin ballot place thereof cheery wood ures fires open chimney places and a surrounding atmosphere of absolute purity it must mait be admitted that indoor durity life I 1 to in tho the gives tile the I 1 lungs bugs something something ething very diffor different ont from the air lom of df the average townhouse town home to all who m may y bo be induced to try the wilder wilderness experiment the reporter reiterates ill tha 0 advice stay me winter anter even if the camping season fall fail to accomplish any perceptible good lot let the patient hold fast to his faith ia la the cold weather theory afaro Maro cook in harpers magazine |
