Show IN LOV LOVE WITH NATURE h I 1 ca c t ouirl girl artist whose delight Is in Sch solitude tude 1 I wanted to bo be alone with nature miles miss jeannette jennins the chi cago girl artist who has just returned from a three months period of solitary tramping and tenting in tho the kock mountains when questioned as to the motives back of her unusual ex cx pei lence 1 I loc loio human beings rz but I 1 think I 1 love solitude better at 1 all events I 1 was tired nervous nerous and out of spirits when I 1 wont away annay last midsummer I 1 am quite a new creature now 1 I went to colorado springs first but the thron thronging irig people tired me I 1 longed more echan than ever to be alone with nature so one afternoon I 1 started off and climbed up the mountain alone 1 I found a secluded nook and there I 1 slept on the bare rocks all night the experience was wonderful I 1 shall never forget my impressions the sunset the moonrise the terrible storm that followed fol loved it was all glorious that night in the open and by myself decide me the next day I 1 started off oft for green mountain had a tent carried to the far end of a long lonely canon settled myself down there and made I 1 it my headquarters all summer for nearly three months I 1 lived by myself up there on the quiet mountain watching the stars the sky the flowers the birds the wild animals f 46 miss jeannette jenkins I 1 made long and frequent excursions into the mountain wilds around me sometimes riding a burro more often walking do I 1 go armed never why should I 1 I 1 never kept much money about me I 1 want to be both ered by the responsibility of dollars I 1 was afraid of nothing meant no harm to anything in existence why should anything or anybody apan harm to me next spring I 1 shall start early and I 1 think I 1 shall tay all along in the mountains even later than 17 dil ai 1 this year i nerves restlessness worry low spirits simply could not exist there and UK tho solitude was halt half of bf the glory yes I 1 should certainly advise any nervous person who can conquer the fear or dread of solitude to follow ray my example and tramp and tent through the rocky mountains alone alone chicago tribune |