The Afro-American., 1896-06-13
VACATION.

The closing of the school year is a
time looked forward to with pleasure
by many.
The question is being asked on every
hand, where do you expect to spend
yonr vacation ?"
There are hundreds of places of rest
and recreation where one can spend a
pleasant time. | would not recon-
mend the seashOre for a place of quiet
rest and enjoyment. In the first place
there is the board. Seven to ten dol
lars per week is entirely too much to
pay, unless one is to have the
| best the market affords. | would
rather take my books and papers
plenty of them-summer dresses, a
| few shirt waists and couple of thick,
comfortable skirts, and spend my va
cation in the country, with board
| (plenty of fresh milk, vegetables and
home cured meats) at So week, than
visit all the watering places in the
country.
In the first place, visit to the sea-
shore generally includes a good time,
and when it is time to go back to the
city one is just as much in need Of
rest as they were when they left
home.
Some may wish to spend the sum-
mer vacation in improving the mind,
by close application to study. There
are plenty of schools in the North and
East where one can study with pleas
ure any line they wish to pursue. No
distinction is made on the account of
color. BE your color blue, black,
white, yellow or green, the accOmmO-
datiOns areWithin reach of all. Terms
mOderate; so if any one Of our young
girls or women wish to avail them
selves of the opportunity offered, let
them write to the dA 'ent summer
schools in Connecticut, hr. 7e Island,
Massachusetts and Rev V for q
catalogue and select what school they
think most suitable.
Some of our girls will remain in the
city, and the great question with
tbem is how to keep cool. if they viii
put away all bric-a, brac that IS used
| TO ornament the different rooms, have
stained floors, with a small mating
rug on each, all lace, chenille and Gre
! tonne curtains put away, and every
| unnecessary picture out OF the way,
| then see that the house is thrown open
early every morning for about one
hour, from 7 to o'clock; mop each
| floor in cold water and shut the house
up until late in the evening, and then
| open all the windows, they will find
they can keep cool quite easily. OF
| course, the girl who remains at home
can have a ''gOOd time" Why not !
! Young men there are innumerable
who are comp pasied, with the exception
of few days vacation, to remain in
the city all the summer. The girl at
home has the pleasure of entertaining
| the most of these young men. In
most cases they find her company so
unassumIng ana entertaining 'tf1at
they make it rule to see that she en-
! joys the best the city can afford. The
trolley rides, the tennis golf and GRO
quette clubs in the afternoons at the
park, the visit to the ice cream saloon
or soda water fountain, the occasional
trip to some watering place for the
day, and, above all, the pleasant COM
pany she is in constantly, and the
great amount of attention paid her,
fully repays her for all she has lost (if
she has lost anYthing) by remaining in
the city during the summer vacation.
She need not be idle or give herself en-
tirely up to pleasure. Her mornings
can be divided up nicely: An hour for
attending to her correspondence, one
hour for reading, one for music, and
one for fancy work, and it is time for
lunch. Unless otherwise engaged, her
afternoons can be given to pleasure of
whatever kind may suit her fancy.
When the girl who had spent her
vacation at some watering place or in
some quiet country village returns
home and listens to the talk about the
pleasant time the city girl has had, |
she is inclined to wish she had spent |
her summer at home also.
One can live royalty for two months
at home on what it takes to board one |
at the seashore or at some mountain |
resort.
So, girls, if you are compelled to re
main in the city this summer, do not |
be discouraged; keep cool, be pleas
ant, unassuming, and you'll find that
vacation has passed, and it is time to
enter upon the duties of school life
again before you are aware of it.