Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-09-10
Vacation.

long breath which is almost a sigh as
she contemplates the impossibiiity of
her having vacation. There are lives
into which vacations don't seem to come
until sickness or in6rmity takes awav
tue power alike of doing and ENJOYING.
There are men ard women who work
seven days every week and twelve
months every year for years together.
and who cannot break away from the
harness that holds them to the tasks
imposed on them. What can such a
one do? He, she, must "siug amid
the chains rejoice in the labor, reioic
I'D the WEAKNESS, and patiently bide
the time of release, for it will come
some day. And meantime all the frag.
ments Of vacations that can be seized
upon must be diligently enjoyed, Just
as when broken of our rest by sickness
in the family we catch little "cat Maps"
or when forbidden to enjoy our stated
three meals day, we sustain ourselves
as we'll as we can with lunches. A
large part of the work doue by the bus
lest people Is routine work and this
should be made as mechanical ~ pos
slble while the free spirit rests and lives
in its own creations and localities.
There are great many hardwork-
ing folks that might take a vacation if
they only thought so. If they should
die the crops would still grow and be
harvested, commerce and manufactures
would continue to flourish, the worlds
work would go on just the same, and
why not If they should surcease their
tolls Tor day Or Week or u fortnight
They would be infinitely the gamers;
they would come back to the furrow
with renewed vigor aad elasticity and
hope. The CALLED places where the
harness has hurt 80 would be less ten
der, the pillow wouldn't seem so
heavy, the ruts not so deep. Then it
is good thing to get far enough away
from the usually daily routine to sec it
in perspective and III its relations to
other daily routines. We find that our
neighbors have burdens to bear, have
gals to endure, have disappointments
and sorrows, in fact that we all have a
common lot. We zee, too, the bright
points in our lives, the blessings be-
slowed on us. the absence of trials
from which we are happily free, and
80 gain courage to bear cheerfully such
as are imposed.
Some people who can take vacation
spoil II and rob themselves of all its
benefits Ivy worrying over the work
they have left behind, or the work that
awaits them when they get back, or pos
sible accidents that may happen while
they are gone. This is Us unwise as 1t
is unnecessary. How foolish that horse
would be who is let into fresh clover to
lament over the dry fodder he has been
fed previously or that he expects to
live on when his brief holiday is over.
A horse with 'horse sense" enjoys the
clover and eats his fill and makes the
most of his treat. There is many a
lesson OF contentment, ofjoy in the pres
ent, of trust III the future, to be learned
of the dumb animals we call brutes.
A vacation that brings little or no
change is of very little good. Dwellers
inland should ii possible go to the sea-
shore; those at the seashore go inland
to the mountains. City folks fad rest
in the country, country folks find vari-
ETY. in the city, those who are pigeon
holed III brown stone city houses lux
uriantly furnished need to spread art
ON ground floors, climb stairs no more,
forget that there are such things az
brick walls and paved streets and iron
bound wheels rafting over granite
blocks twenty hours out of twenty Tour.
and ceaseless crowds surging up and
down hot pavements. They need to
forget fashion and excitement, and lux
ury, to come Into close contact and
sympathy with Nature, with normal,
anvitiatsd, simple country life. 1t does
them good ~ rough IL" 20 get out
from under the dollhouse roof that
covers them in the city and take their
chances under the open sky. Those
who rush from the excitment and fash
ion OF the city to the excitement and
fashion Of gay and crowded watering
places can expect to reap little benefit
from the change.
In week or two thousands OF stu
dents will enter on vacation. How they
need itl-svme of them. Those who
have been diligent and faithful in their
devotion to study and books need nov
to let study and books alone while they
vegetate aud occupy themselves with
manual labor, light reading and utter
idleness. Girls who come home from
school, where they have had no house
work to do, can take turn in the kitch-
en- and let their mothers rest. Boys
whose muscles have grown weak over
books may strengthen them by vigor-
Gus use of farming implements while
their fathers rest in the shade. Such
boys aud girls will return with fresh
zest to school in the fall II their vacation
is thus speut.-N. Y. Tribune.
TESTING WITH DEATH.-John Bach
man, youth, aged fourteen years, was
playing with q young companion,
named John Hansen, on the roof of a
five-story tenement house at No. 1874
East s econd street. While the boys were
romping around in a merry manner,
Bachman suddenly stopped and seized
his friend arm. Let US shorten life, .
he said, in o voice that made Hansen
SILVER; "I'll show you how, and you
can follow me-" Saying this the boy
grasped the edge OF the roof and, swing
ing himself down, hung suspended
above the street below. He suddenly
tried to recover his place on the root,
but his eyes almost started out of their
sockets and his features became pallid
as he found himself helpless. In des-