The sun., 1904-06-12

orally debilitated condition. These are
only samples of some. OF the imprudent
acts yacatioDers are guilty, Of
"Others are the perpetually-on-the-go
craze and the going-to-bed- after midnight
habit. The going -to-bed- with -the-chickens
style Of vacation is almost out Of date
more's the pity.
@Oh, yes, can give my idea Of really
restfui, healthiul Vacation in few words:
To get beyond the reach of kilograms, and
to place where a dress suit Is practically
unknown; to live out Of doors most Of tie
day, get in a boat and fish for hours at a
stretch. and to take a nap when please.
Il would just as soon go to jail as to be
obliged to spend my time at crowded
resort where 1t Is dress parade all day long
and conventional entertainments every
night Plenty OF sleep is what the wage
earners OF this city ought. to look out for
when they 60 OF on q vacation II they
would come home benefited. But few OF
them. am afraid, do look out for it.
DR.. Darlington, head OF the Health Dc.
partment. had this to say on the subject OF
vacations:
1T may be true that in the old days vaca-
tions Were less common than they are now,
but what then? Life is very different now.
1T is a great struggle these days for
most people to keep abreas. of their work;
workers in the various vocations are living
all the time up to their income OF strength
and endurance We must relax once in a
while or get In arrears.
-The death rate Of New York is lower
about undoubtedly by better plumbing e,
better food. more attention to sanitary
and hygienic conditions and also, / think,
because hours Of labor are shorter and
most people get at least short vacation
| once q year.
If a vacation means time spent in ex-
cesses, then undoubtedly 1t is OF no value.
For people who are housed most Of the year
to go of and spend hours every day rowing
or exercising In the hot sun, then drink
| of poorly cooked and often unwholesome
food, dance all evening and then try to
snatch few hours sleep on lumpy, corn
| husk bed may not do them any particular
good. It may even dc, them harm.
AT the same time almost any sort Of
vacation is worth while. provided 1t means
p'ssWsshh what t. New % York's tired wage earners
need II to get away from the soil OF the
town. Its microbes and BACTERIA. into good,
necessary for persons with weak throats
| or a tendency to pulmonary troubles.
f; As q preventive Of nervous troubles
there Is nothing equal to q vacation. In
thing as nervous prostrhion. II its victims
had taken long, vacations before instead Of
after tho trouble developed.
when the skin Of the hand is cut it heals
in few days. when bone Is broken it will
knit again In from four to six weeks But
when nerve Ii cut 1t takes at least eight
months to heal. That illustrates how i'm
portant 1t is TO look after the nerves.
@The length Of a vacation? Oh. there
Is no rule that can be laid down about that.
A two weeks respite from work does
wonders sometimes.
Brain workers, writer's and educators
need, think, longer vacations than some
others. For instance, IN their case they
would just begin to learn how to rest in
two weeks. A month at the least tllcy ought
to take--two months would be better
'In the great universities. both in this
country and abroad. 1t is getting to he the
custom 70 give the leadisg mcmbers OF the
faculty ono whole years vacation out OF
every seven. which IL. copying. you see,
the old rabbintcal law n Is a benefit to
the universities to do this. .. =,
! men filing such important posts can
not 60 on indefinitely giving Of their best.
They must have time to rec,Iperate, to take
in before they can give out agaia.. -
AT any rate, the day has gone by when
New Workers can get on without vaca-
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