The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-05
THE HOi SEIiOLD.
4 Real Vacation,

House cleaning is over, the schools
are closing and the mind naturally turns
toward vacation and how and where to
spend 1t. Il vacation ought to be, in all
that pertains thereto-a rest. 1t should
not be a season of relief from one set of
cares merely to afford opportunity to
shoulder others. 1t should be a change
and rest complete. In all orderly
households the carpet cleaning and
pane -scrubblng are done and over with;
the winter woolens are stored and pro-
tecteh against the ravages of moth and
dust: the spring sewing was finish ed
weeks ago and the summer outfits have
been purchased. Now, before the adj
vent of the canning and picking and
preserving season, there should be both
physical and spiritual refresh IN emit
courses of study. Browning classes,
scientific lectures and the club work
which has become part OF every wo-
mans life, should he laid aside and for
gotten. Only such literature should be
sought that Will add solace to Il ham
mock, and luxury to a shady porch and
an arm chair
American women do not spend half
the time ont OF doors that they should.
In this, their rosy, healthy English Sis
tiers set them a wholesome example.
L
day to a tramp, long or short, IN the
woods and field, where they arc acces-
sible. in the streets if they are not. Ii
the children are an excuse for remain
: ing at home, they should be taken
! along rather than that the mother stay
! indoors all day. \ pleasant day for "A
walk is suggested, but it should not be
! limited TO fair weather. The benefits
| of fresh air and exercise once realized,
! the pleasures ola tramp in bad weather,
] nttingly array ed tor it, will CON e like
, Il revelation.
! \ walk in Il driving rain under proper
| conditions has an exhilaration that a
| stroll in the sunshine can never i'm
| part. AS so to the tired people, the va
cation should be as unlike the ordinary
+, daily routine as possible. This holds
! good especially in the case of teachers,
| There should be an act of Legislature
| prohibiting teachers meetings and in
| stitutes and conventions III the summer.
! They should have three months Ill
! which to absolutely forget the shape OF
| the earth, and the multiplication table
| Teachers are accused of being
| one idead. How can they be anything
| else. when not even III their vacation
can they get out of the school-room at
mosphere? The needs of the teacher
| suggest the neeuS OF the buillS. mere
| is pernicious habit. which inConsld-
! crate parents encourage, known as
making up" grades or studies. The
/ child who has been i'll the classroom
nine months in the year should have alb
solute freedom from books when school
| is out. 70 set them at work bring n 9
! up deficient per cents Is cruelty, and Is
| worse than useless. We are beginning
| to learn that all minds are not alike;
! that some assimilate more rapidly than
| others; that some asSlmllatc more
| quickly than others. 1t is foolish and
! dangerous to force the slow mind. II
| the task assigned it can not be mastered
in one year, give 1t two. All teachers
| know how necessary this is, and all
have seen the hopeless dullard of the
| first year. absolute master of the situa
ton, the second, and furthermore, what
he finally acquires, in his own way and
/ time, he retains.
The rest is needed for the slow, and
| it is just as necessary that the quick
brilliant child should be held
! back. If the books laid aside next week
are not opened until next September
both mind and body vii! gain by the
relief from study.-Mdry II. hroUt. II
| Chicago Inter ocean.