Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-11

Taxing . Naca1tons
This il the vacation season when the
grind OF yearly toll Is broken Tor . cou-
Die OF weeks at least, and every one who
ean seeks a rest and change. The vaca-
zion idea has been steadily growing for .
long time. though not so long but that .
grest many far from aged people will tell
Won thew have never found IL necessary to
take 4 vacation in their lives and their
tone will intimate a sceptical state oil
mind as to any ones really suffering for q
hiatus in the dull round OF care.
These opponents Of ceaseless industry
can usually be found II hours q day ana
occasionally more, around the post once
corner. strongly braeed against the brick
block or. il not there, they are hanging
over anew posthole some one else IS Dig
eing. With ~uniagging zeal they give pro-
found consideration to matters political,
ecclesiastical. agricultural and educa-
tionaI. international and local, n settle
of-handed anything from a family quar-
rel to European ENHANCEMENT. Ihey are
heavily burdened With q sense OF respon-
sibility regarding the posthole or any
form Of exertion on the part OF others ana
lavish gratuitous advice upon the digger
until he sincerely wishes that, for the
good Of the government and himself, they
co,td ~ t-ransported to Central America
IA oversee operations at the Panama canal.
when one realizes what hard and untiring
workers they are it seems incredible mat
thew can exist without a vocational break
in such strenuosity n that they 90 NOT
for a briet interval seek rest and recrea'
lion in handling the shovel themselves,
while the other fellow straightens his
back and experiences the severe mental
strain Of proffering unsolicited advice.
The first requisite of q vacation Is TO go
somew here in order to insure a cnanRe'
One might as well keep right on Work
inc as to stay at home and loaf around IN
old clothes that make up in comfort what
they lack in smartness; TO have breakfast
q movable feast and moved as far towards
noon as it suits the pleasure q the sloth-
ful idler; to have the privilege, IN stlnins
weather, of loliing about IN the coolest
room O. the house, and to know the
blessed relief of laying aside laundry ana
social starch completely.
OF course the vacationist u going some
where and decides ordinarily on 2 more
or less extended trip, according 10 the
amount OF time and at MS or hef
dismissal. In order to stretch the latter
over the proposed tour, Il is well TO piah
generously on visits and rejoice the heart
~ Ali those who ever careiessly let fall the
words 1Do come TO see US sometime
That matter settled, the person needing
rest and change, il OF the feminine per-
suasion next casts a despairing glance al
her wardrobe and plunges into a feverlsh
season OF shopping, ripping, turnlngi
messing; OF making frantic appeals 10
husy and obdurate ~dressmakers; sending
rush orders to all the emporiums OF tash-
ion in the country, which, after an inter-
minable delay, finally forward an impos-
sible suit at an impossible price, either
one enough to throw a body into hystsf-
les.
However, by toll and persistence that
would be killing If applied to the "daiy
grind. . she is able to survey with satis-
faction a collection of sleeves, model lslO,
and to feel a return OF moral courage,
which good clothes give to woman, as
she reflects that the rest Of the outfit does
not too apparently antedate those hgures.
Then the trunk is packed and by amt ot
the heaviest members Of the family stand
ing on the cover, it is locked ana starteu
J on the journey.
, Numerous pleasure-seekers, looking as
/, nanny as a man with the toothaehe'
crowd the train, and glance up win q
scowl OF welcome at the new INTRUDER.
3 The passenger coach, upholstered IN req
J nlush. filed with car smoke and the nau-
J seating odor Of oranges, offers . lar SUP
! stitute for Dante's Inferno, and the traV-
elers. for the most part, wear the express
sion OF lost souls. Everyone who had the
. luck to find an entirely vacant seat when
he entered the car is spread all over II ano
the grace with which he gathers himself
together and yields four inches OF space
: in response to a timid request, would o
more becoming in an animal wearing Wis
ible bristles. With eyes smarting IRON
einders that swiftly change her complex
ion to that OF q burnt cork minstrel; GOV
, cred with dirt and SCOT, perspirinR al
! every pore and gasping for air, the vaca'
. ZIONIST enjoys a change from the comfort
! able rocking chair on the vine-shadeo
. norch AT home where a soft breeze blows
around the corner.
Nearing her destination, she rises e
shake OF q cloud OF dust and sets her lei
low sufferers to sneezing and coughlhg
mons her countensnee with q hRndker
: chief that looks after the process q
though IL had been used to clean asstove
and Is hardly in the aisle before her ann
able seat-mate has slammed a coat int
the place she occupied and lain dow
|, with a grunt of relief at her departure
She il met at the station by g host, whl
carefully adjusts a smile to his features 3
he advances TO greet her, and tries to con
ceal his dismay at the sight OF The trunk
The hospitable grimace almost slips o.
as he hastens after a truckman, wnos
services he had not expected to need i
Z -. -. n which was the ex