Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

~ time "S SsaSisR and there %s' was no serious as mis- is
-IP haps or great discomfort Yet L
felt when I came back that hadn't received the
benefit from my outing that should have received.
'"Ihis summer / went to the same place again
and though the weather was very unfavOIable, and
there unusual number OF mishaps, yet en-
ioyed every minute OF my vacation. have come
back rested and refreshed, and feel as if had ac
cumuated enough surplus vitality to run until next
vacation time.
''Since came back 1 have been thinking about
the two trips and wondering what made the differ
ence. Last summer there wero three of us. One
girl, like myself was naturally Of u g0Od-natured
disposition and inclined to make the best of every
thing good or bad. But the other girl found fault
continually. She complained about the heat of the
train; if the window down she wanted it up, if
it was up sue wauted it down; she grumbed about
the CiRGers and the dust.
''When we reached the lake nothing suited her
there. Our room, she declared, wretched, the
board was horrible. She wished the wind wouldn't
blow; It rumpled her hair She didn't like to 60 in
bathing because the sun tanned her. Every sug
gestion we made she vetoed. She said favored
the other girl and paid no attention to her wishes
She said the other girl preferred me and misreated
her. We deferred to her wishes in every way pos
sble and yet she wasn't pleased. If either of us
fOrmad a new acquaintance she could always find
some flaw in them, they were not the kind Of peO.
pie she wanted to associate with. And so she kept
= 1t up during the whole trip.
'FThis simmer Just the two of us went. It was
hot and dusty on the train and the cinders few as
thick as usual But enjoyed the passing land
scape, the green grass, the cattle grazing on the
hilltOps We arrived late at night, went TO hotel
and the next morning was charged an eXhorbitant
price for our room. At least exhOrbitant price
for our vacation allowance SmOthering our sur
prise we paid the bill gracefully, but outside
we looked at each other in blank amazement, then
burst into hearty laugh, and began telling each
other what beautiful room it was how large and
airy elegantly furnished two great windows facing
the lake, and such a comfortable bed. We good
humOFedly dilated upon this until one OF as sug-
gested that we hadn't paid enough for it. And we
actually almost made ourselves believe it.
ttORr next room was not so elegant. It not
as large as we wanted H. but it was the best
we could do at that point the lake. It was small
that we hardly knew what TO do with ourselves end
our belongings But we forgot the size OF the room
by talking about how cl it was, what snowy
white bed, what delightfully."- cool breeze com
ing through the window, and thenit was only cost
ing us One-third as much aR our room the night
before and it wBs every bit as comfortable, If not
quite so elegantly
ssIf We had admitted the truth te ourselves the
supper was simplyawfu; but the coffee was good
the best we had ever tasted anywhere, aud we had
rather have good coffee than ANYTHING else, so we
praised the coffee and ignored tn rest.
"And thus we did all through the trip. We
simply refused to let a few little ann0yances spoil
our pleasure, And they we're little things after ALL
but what mountains they might have been had We
fretted and worried and complained about them.
We had delightful time, and as we we're nearing
home we looked back over it and could fnd no blur
upon it all. Some Of the heartiest laughs we had
we're about little mishaps ana Inconvenience thai
will always come up on vacation trip.
uAnd as I think over the two vacations really
believe it was the iretiu complaining, iaultfnding
spirit of the one girl that cast the shadow upon my
last summers vacation, and that it was the sensi
ble cheerful, goOd-natured determination to see
only the bright side of everything that made my
vacation this summer such delightful one"
We think the girl was right in her conclusions
One person with peevish, selfish, discOntented
spirit is enough to tinge the atmosphere all about
him with murky hue, making himself and every.
body in bis presence uncomfortable. But it is ial
worse for himself than anybody else because the dis
content and selfsbness that ne is sending out viii
and it's way back to him and settle upon him like
miasmic poison saturating his system, cloggink ths
circulation, ahd deranging every bodily function.
No wonder this girl received no good from hel
vacation To 90 for holiday with 3 fretlul, com
plaining companion is like taking some contagious
disease with you for company. II y0u do not really
catch the disease, il will at least use up all your
vitality to ward If on The mental disease Of dis
content, selfshness and Ow-mindedness tha
Affects some people is enough to counterbal
ance ell the wholesome benefits OF the sunshine an6
fresh cir OF q summers vacation.
II yon want TO get the good Of your summer vaCa