New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-25

Nowadays everybody takes an annuai BREATH
-. .rau perbaus we all work harder than
a,', fathers worked. but certainly we do not
,,n,l, a. much ~ they did. The annual sum-
mon outing. the saturday half holiday, the
Eight Hour law are concessions " 'ho NC
mand for recreation which belong on the GAIA
looue Of comparatively modern devices. OK
,,o,,, ,vort from Monday morning unal sat
nrday night, legal holidays excepted was uhe
r,,Ia !, the last generation. The new order OF
,hipcs does not imply that the race has grown
etfoninate Rather 1t atteSts that i'll this re-
oord az in many others, the children are wiser
than their sires-better understand 'he ART Vi
living Labor is worship" says the ven
Arable saw. But play, in its way, we OF the
niueteentb century hold, IS just as worthy oil
ouIoov "Useless each without the other"
But it is we'll to inquire, Does lecupera''on
recunerate? Does the vacation season aceo"-
plish what it is supposed to accomplish are
we better fitted for work when 1t Is over tnah
when Il begins? In the familiar story the
vonno fellow groans, " 1t generally takes me
month 70 get over fortnights vacation ana
the vogue of the excaim shows that 1t mas an
acbo in the hearts OF a good many OF the poor
sufrerer,s fellow-citizens. These persons, alter
beipo away from their homes and their busl-
ness ;nterests for several weeks, return more
tired than when they set out Why? Be-
cause the sense which they bring TO bear upon
their work they neglect to bring to bear upon
their recreation. They either attempt too mncn
during their vacation, or they devote IL |"
dissipation or spend it at places which they 40
not enjoy. John Doe, Of the metropolis nav
ing two weeks in which to be idle, resolves 10
90 a far west as Omaha and as Tar east as
Boston. and to tany at most OF the clues tha'
lie between lie need not wonder IL IL taxes
him long month to revive from his vacation
Richard Roe. of the same address, with the
same furlough goes no further than Saratoga
or Long Branch. but he rises up early for a
cocktail and sits up late at draw-poker' at
tending the races in the interim. zoe like
his brother Doe, returns to town 1eeilng "h'''
he would call rocky" Mr.. Roe-DOe AVOIDS
the mistake of both. lie does not aim TO cover
the continent in his two weeks, neither does
he abuse it with too many consecutive hisD
links. But he is beguiled into accepting an
invitation to join party, and so spendS nus
vacation among scenes which bore HIM nigh
unto death. On getting back to town ne ~
ready 10 join Doe and Roe in singing the an
them, "Life would be quite toerable were u
not for its pleasures"
Hence we are brought face to face with 4
popular want. 1t is customary for merchants
who have risen to prominence in their calling
to write or lecture upon "The Secret OF BuSi-
ness Success Mr.. Barnum, if we mistake
not. has written book explaining the art OF
making money. What is needed IL that those
who understand the secret Of idling success
fully, who are up in the art Of spending money
so as to turn it into JOY should come to the
relief of their fellows who now make hotch
of their vacation. Or the colleges might estao-
hsh chairs from which the knowledge in ques-
ton should be taught-professoishipS OF APP
pGed ldleness. Unless something Of the sort
| is done the vacation habit may become grave
mi Sfotlne