Show frk K MK KM everybody enjoys the picnic by M K THOMSON ph D Is fast becoming a national pastime the automobile la aiding the movement materially on sundays and national holidays picnic grounds are at a great premium it Is one of the chief delights of many families to discover new and more secluded places that are suitable for a picnic obviously picnicking Is attractive primarily because it brings us out of doors in modern sedentary life which coops a man in a shop or or factory or classroom the picnic Is a godsend it challenges the primitive in us and we welcome with open arms the opportunity of getting back to nature of course if wo had to go back to nature in the same literal sense as did our great ancestors we would not like it so well we are too sophisticated for that the picnic Is ideal in that it affords relaxation without taxing our unaided resources if we had to depend upon what food we could gather with our bare hands from an unfriendly environment it would cease to be a pastime picnicking appeals to us because it Is a pleasant illusion it ches us the feeling of living a primitive life with none of the awful phases of such a 1 life it Is a happy combination of the primitive and the modern after a nice long drive in the country among the very elements of earth and sly and air from which wo derive our nourishment it Is only logical that we should enjoy a good meal so wo talce our well stocked baclet of sandwiches and tried chicken and potato salad or we broil steak under some friendly shade along a with limpid waters and what an appetite A picnic lunch has its attractions for the housewife in dish washing for one heavy local at any rate then there are free and friendly associations every one Is in a happy frame of mind no pessimist ever went on a picnic or remained at one for long all in all the picnic Is a wholesome pastime and well deserves its crowing popularity 0 by mcclur syndicate |