The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26

gust as wen of without a vacation.
ln the good old days. say they, the
DAYS when the sky was blue and the
grass greener than now, workers,
young and old, stuck TO their tasks day
in and day out. the year round. without
ever dreaming of packing a trunk,
turning their backs on home and MAX
ing bee line for parts unknodn. To
take a long vacation meant that one
was too ill 10 work.
And wage-earners then. these critics
point out were as happy and healthy
as Wags-earners are now, They worked,
too. as a rule, more hours a day than
the present labor schedule calls for.
That may all be. IT does not alter
the fact, though, that nowadays the 50
a week cash girl or office boy, just as
much as the president OF the United
States, expects and usually gets a SUM
mer vacation, and that employers willy
nilly, VIII grant anywhere from a
weeks TO "a months leave of absence
60 their employees.
Were I 10 refuse a vacation to any
Of my employees" said the head of
big department store, II would be
called a brute; and probably before
long ] should be waited upon by sew
eral women delegates from philanthrop-
Sc societies and asked to mend my
ways or suffer the penalty OF being put
on the black list
1.-THE only persons in this place, who.
80 far as I know. do not turn their
backs completely ON business for a Ger
tain time, every summer are myself.
my partner and the head superintend-
ent. We slack up a little in summer.
80 is true, but seldom leave the city
Tor longer than over sunday unless TO
60 on a business trip.
TT is not for me. TO say how much
good vacation does my employees.
] DO know, however, that many Of the
young women and young men come
back looking thinner and more tired
than when they left"
by most people a summer vacation
IS supposed 20 be an iufallible bracer.
g. generator Of health, strength and
nerve force, and even physicians who
know lot about the public health ad-
mt thaJ II counts, or ought to count,
Tor all that and that when it falls short
ST giving just those results the fault
ought not TO be charged up to the va
cation, but TO the ways of spending it,
Ihese physicians, by the way. take
4i1 STOCK IN the assertions of the folks
VINO believe that Eage-earners on the
" mole are better on without vacations.
Better 40 vacations at an than the
sort some people take admitted one.
qua ne, too, came out strongly in favor
or q proper vacation for every man.
woman and child In the community
VINO works systematically at anything
with brain or hands day after day.
month after month, most Of the year.
brain workers, such as writer's and
educators, need a longer vacation, ac-
cordlng 10 the doctors, than most other
people, and it was interesting TO lind
that five physicians out of six, i'm giv-
ihg a definition of a proper vacation.
1aJ nsalns and early going 10 bed first
in the list of what TO do.
Fishing" one of them explained.
Wnen his attention was called to this.
IS the best pasume 7 know OF for
Keeping man OF woman out of doors
ana Tor giving a little exercise TO the
BODY ana at the same time divertine
the mind"
AS many ana as long vacations as
possible say J. replied DR.. Frederick
peterson, alleulst and neutroIogist.
When When the question was put to him.
NeW Workers who work WORK hard
They need Ia Vacations at least once a
Near.
The best way TO spend two or
lhree weeks vacaJion2 Live in
tent and 90 fishing
Suppose one doesn't care to FISH.
Wen, substitute some other gentle
exercise III the open air. Walking. for
Instance, is me remedial exercise
AIKEN III moderation, there is nothing
better,
Like everything else, though. II
must not be OVerdone. Let a person
or sedentary habits. for instance. be
satisfied la the beginning with a coupIa
on miles a day, increasing the distance
gradually"
How about just sitting ont of doors
or lying In a hammock. esDecfaIIv AZ
one is anxious 10 take on a few extrs.
ounces Of fiesh2' the doctor was asked
no. Every one is the better for
some exercise he returned with en-
) Vhasis.
DIT Biggss whose enthusiasm ON the
SUBJECT OF open air cures is we'll know.
6iid VINO mas had much TO do vith the
experiments in behalf of tubercuIar-
lalenls now being carried on over on
Nolln Brother island, stopped fusf
t9ts enough as he was leaving his
mousse Tor the health department. to
of course every one needs vaca-
t-oh-Jnat is, all the hard working peo-
Ele OF TINS city need one.
III don't believe that any man or vyo-
man can do as good work year after
ear ana Keep in as good health win
our q vacation as with one. Andrew
olaEA once salds u can DO one years
Work IA eleven months. but i cannot do
D. I'M twelve months I agree with
him" -~i-
once a year at least" said DIR
charles Sanders. every New Yorker
e1Eat 90 have a chance 10 relax. 81
oR can stand being tuned I'M In COM
ceA pitch all the time.
Moreover, ] think d vacation "a da
LAdch good ought TO be spent away
1t'm home. This idea that persons who
work hard most OF the year can resi-
ana relax just as Wen at home as tne7-
San by leaving IL and getting out OF the
city is an wrong
lnange of air, Of scene. of food of
-Aolsht are some of the things tbar
make vacation worth while. and tbav
can be had at home. Few persons
can shake on the everyday cares ana
eiiNleties while az home.
some people can't do il. or won't do
a. even when they break away for a
zee tioi. they carry their cares and
Writes along with them.
ana let me say this The man or
woman VINO goes away on a vacation
70 worry would much better STAY an
nome Leave your cares behind YOU.
loi seI tneu. is the nrsr and most i'm
l.9itanJ recipe for beneficial vaca-
t'-ll, ana the next u.s. take things easv-
Ohe reason. i think. why So many
people ger apparently little good from
q i'i tAi8n- 5 vacation IS that they work
- LaI4 trying 20 have a good time
4 Vis-llai tnolce, however. must OF me-
7ai.s cll-t INTO every persons Yaca-
tion plans even III his choice is noon
or the rest RiIl be no rest al An
r OF instance. the rest cure which {
D Is 30.