CHAPTER VI
ENTERTAINMENTS
Our slide down the Knoll proved very popular, and, with occasional
repairs, lasted all winter, making a welcome addition to our outdoor
diversions during the season when these were necessarily limited. Living
in the open was one of the salutary customs of the community, a custom
faithfully followed even in comparatively bad weather. Rain or shine,
snow or blow, save only in real storms, every one spent a good many of
the twenty-four hours under the broad skies. There was always some work
to be done, cutting wood, digging peat--the main reliance for
fuel--mending stone walls, and attending to the tree-nurseries. Then for
fun, there was coasting, skating, sleigh-riding and taking long tramps
over the place or to some distant point of interest. Exposure to the
elements seemed to harm no one, and coughs, influenzas and rheumatics
were unknown.
Withal, however, indoor pleasures took the most prominent place, during
the winter months. After the reorganization of the Association as a
Phalanx, Mr.
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