The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-09
END OF THE VACATION.

The past week marked the close of the
vacation season all over the land, and the
return of men and women to the seri-
Gus duties Of social and business life
Prolonged periods of vacation on the
part Of the industrial masses may be
regarded as peculiar to the United
States. Those in professional and pub
lie life in other countries are able to
indulge themselves in periods of sum
mer vacation; but for the working
mass of the workers of the world this
is the only country which offers by
usage a period of rest and recreation
each succeeding year.
1t is a sound economy of vital forces
which is enforced through the holiday
usage. Busy men are often unwilling
to indulge themselves or those under
them in the luxury Of a period of leis-
ure. Yet there is hardly a fact better
established than that the returns in in
creased capacity and Willingness for
work justify fourfold the practice so
prevalent all over the country.
There is notion prevalent among
most persons who enter on a vacation
that it is necessary to get as far away
from home as possible. There could
be no more unfounded idea. 1t is the
cessation from the cares and anxieties
and strain of daily toll which operates
with most benefit. Continued access
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nature. the sense of leisure. the bracing
atmosphere of mountain, stream and
lake-these all go to make up the sum
Of the happiness which is to be found
during the vacation period by those
who know how to seek that happiness
intelligently. And all of these things
are as available to the man who stays
at or near home as they are to him who
thinks that distance will lend enchant-
ment to his holiday season.
The past summer was not the ideal
one for the holiday seeker. Even in
such an atmosphere as our own, where
the open air offers unvarying delight.
ut-door life failed to present the same
charms or opportunities for enjoyment
this year. Observation-Disclosures and I'M
certainty distinguished the summer
season; and more delightful days for
outdoor recreation and sport were to
be found continuously during part Of
the month of April than during either
July or August. He whose life has
been spent mostly within home, office
or workshop, and whose life generally
has not Injured him to the discomforts
of attending unfavorable weather had,
indeed, ample reason for dissatisfaction
at the conditions which prevailed gen.
orally throughout the past summer.
The possibilities of summer enjoy
ment which are at the disposal of all
who live their lives in such city as
st. Paul were made more than ever ap-
parent this year. The dangers to health
which lie in unsanitary surroundings
in country districts and which Turk in
exposure during inclement weather are
all absent for the man who is not will
ing to give UP wholly the comforts
which are common to his daily life.
Within a radius of ten miles from this
city, for instance, there have been and
are every day available all the enjoy
ments which men travel hundreds Of
miles away from home to secure. The
increased number of the people of our
own city who this year acted on this
understanding of the uses and abuses
of holiday-seeking shows how general
is the understanding of the true es-
sentials to a happy and healthy vaca-
ton.