The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-27
VACATION PLEASURES.
Change of Air, Rest and
Recreation Essential to
a Successful Outing.
LEAVE YOUR CARES BEHIND YOU.
And Breathe in All the Happiness
and Sunshine Possible
Practical Hints.

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it for a long time, perhaps, this vaca-
ton outing. You have probably, if
you are q woman, toiled up to the last
minute on your wardrobe. and you
are tired out, but ready at last and
eager to get away. Why are you GO
ing? For change, rest and recreation,
every one does, you answer.
Now, l wonder. of the thousands
who go away, how many accomplish
their object. Last fall a young clerk
told me that he had spent ten days at
a seaside resort and had literally to
flee away to save his health. 1t was
as hard as q week of winter balls and
parties in New York. Up late and
early, on the go all day and nervous
prostration glaring in the face, as
a reward. This may be obtaining
change and recreation, but the mind
and body demand rest as the most
essential change.
The first three or four days o are
away, you will feel very drowsy. Your
hand will stife many a yawn, and
you will probably be provoked at
yourself for feeling SO stupid. The
only way to get over the drowsiness
is to sleep it off. You have probably
been living on nervous force, and not
bodily strength, and now that the
mind and body are at leisure, they
both claim the rest they require. I
have often heard it remarked by per-
sons who work all week that on Sun
day mornings they feel all done up,
they must have rest. This feeling
may be partly due, in some cases, to a
Discrimination to sit through a long
sermon, but in most cases it is because
the mind is relaxed, the will force no
longer demands that one must be up
and doing, and one realizes how tired
the mind and body are. This is clear
ly shown in cases of nursing, when
the nurse will sit through days and
nights with comparatively no rest,
doing it bravely by will force. and not
failing until all need for him is gone,
and then, perhaps, sinking, exhaust
ed. Will force is a great thing; it will
fight a weak body through many
hard battles, but the body is like
every other machine, it needs lubri-
eating. sssl
CHANGE AND RECREATION.
Now as to where to go. Change is
an essential. Therefore, it is always
advised that those who have been
breathing sea air should HE them
selves away to the mountains. and
vice versa. The place itself is not
vital, as long as it is healthy. Now
as to recreation. Some persons can
find all they want in the people they
meet. A young girl was recon thy veto
ing a plan to go to a summer resort,
which was a Jersey City colony.
But, why" she was asked. Just
because it is full of people 1 know"
she made answer. 81 want to study
new faces; that is half of the pleasure
of going away" This may sound a
tri1e disloyal to her fellow citizens,
but l think this young lady was right.
One gets new ideas in dress, in man
ners; many a dainty new dish is the
result of the after dinner talk on the
piazza over the crochetting. A grad
uate of Harvard Annex was recently
discussing the finishing education of
two sisters. She urged them to take
up different subjects. II their talents
SO inclined, let n take up music
the other painting; n study Ger
man, the other French: one astron-
omy, the other botany, anything.
But" she urged, do not study 50
that each knows just what the other
does. Let there be as much variety
in your education as in your dress.
Each will then be interesting in her
w way, and you will not fear when
you make a remark that your nearer
will say: so your sister remarked or
SO your sister thinks as though
every thought, every act. were half
hers and half yours. Thus each will
help the other and both will learn a
greater variety of subjects
Recreation means so much and vet
so little. What would be pleasure to
one would be labor to another. Last
summer l noticed that the chief recre-
alton of a very clever old gentleman
at the seashore seemed to be making
and flying kites for the children. An
other will devote all his leisure to fish
ing; the person who has been doing
rushing, active work will find recrea-
ton in reading. The student will
walk and never want to see a book
again. l should advise girls to row,
especially those who have been con-
fined indoors, and need outdoor exer-
else. Walking, too, is excellent. Do
not be too afraid of your complexion.
Ii old Sol does burn you a little, do !
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