The sun., 1904-06-12

bic say L. replied DR.. Frederick Peterson,
alienist and neurologist, when the question
was put to him. New Workers who work,
work hard. They need a vacation at least
sThe best way to spend two or three
weeks yaoations Live in tent and go
ssuppose one doesn't care to fish, doctorl"
g suestitute ,Sa some sx %a,ios Sths5 gentle
instance, is q fine remedial exercise. Taken
Like everything else, though. It must
not be overdone. Lot person Of sedentary
habits, for instance, be satisfied in the be-
creasing the distance gradually
How about just sitting out OF doors, or
lying in q hammock, especially II one is
anxious to take on a few extra ounces OF
flesh?' the doctor was asked.
mo. Every one Is the better for some
exercise, he returned with emphasis.
DR.. Biggs, whose enthusiasm on the sub
ject Of open air cures Is well known and who
has had much to do with the experiments
In behalf OF tubercular patients now being
stopped just long enough as he was leaving
his house for the Health Department head
quarters to say:
sOf course, every one needs a vacation
that b, all the hard working people Of this
city need one.
Il don't believe that any man or woman
can do as good work year after year and
keep in as good health without q vacation
as with one. Andrew Clark once said:
I can do one years work in eleven mont hs,
but cannot do 1t In twelve mouths And
I agree with him."
sOnoe year at least said DR.. Charles
Sanders, -every New Yorker ought to
have a chance to relax. No one can stand
being tuned up to concert pitch all the time
Moreover. think vacation. to do much
good, ought to be spent away from home
This idea that persons who work hard most
Of the year can rest and relax inst as well
at home as they can by leaving 1t and get
ting out Of the city is all wrong.
Change Of air, OF scene. Of food, ofthought
are some Of the things that make vacation
worth while; and they can't be had at home
cares and anxieties while at home.
.Some people can't do it, or won't do 1t
even when they break away for a vacation
They carry their cares and worries along
with them.
aAnd let me say this: The man or woman
who goes away on a vacation to worry
would much better stay at home. Leave
your cares behind you. forget them, is the
FIRST and most important recipe for q bene'
ficial vacation; and the next 10. take
things easy.
get apparently little good from q fort;
night 3 vacation Is that they. work too hard
trying to have a good time. Personal
choice, however, must OF necessity entel
into every person's vacation plans, ever
II his choice is poor. or the rest will be nc
rest ct all.
sFor instance, the rest cure which is
much advocated In these days by some
spsoialists, and means absolute bodily resi-
for a week or q month as the case may ke
would almost XIII some people in mods, ,hts
health II they were obliged to practice It
/ And yet these verv people may confess
when they start on. I am all tired out.
am going away for a rest What is res
| to one person may not be rest to another
There are many men Of NAVY minds.
sBetter no vacation at all than to spenC
II as some people do. LounRipg all day
long on piazza, eating heartily Of unac
| customed food three times a da y and, o
| sweets and dainties in between. and sitting
| In q, hot ballroom or oar1room night aftel
night dressed up In uncomfortable clothes
y pretty sure 70 bring On. a'vio1ent bilioui
| attack and upset the whole system.
sYoung people 20 to the seashore to spent
! q vacation, plunge into the water two o.
three timeS I day, instead Of once, stay II
| too long at q time and then come hom'
| with their skin all broken out and IN sen