El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

~ RIGHT eyed, pink checked and
u with one of those '.alls well with
I'D the world" smiles that are as well
come as sunrise after a long, black
winternight, a girl chartered to me
about her vacation. At least 1t would
be taken for granted that she chat
tered, for we associate light talk with
gay, young voices and bright eyes and
pink cheeks.
She said:
Yes. indeed. I have come back re,
freshed. have had two weeks. I
spent them at a farmhouse in the foot
hills OF the Catskills- / didn't do
thing, just didn't do anything, all day.
I didn't even read. I turned myself as
nearly as l could into a vegetable. 1
slept from sunset till sunrise aD-
sorbed air and sunshine. / came back
to town saturated with them. 1t was
my rest vacation
Your rest vacation?"
Eyes, 1 take a rest vacation one year
and a travel vacation the next. Last
year l took steamer to Portland,
trolley. 1t was such fun. We covered
the distance between Portland and Bos-
ton in one day. stopping at beach on
the way for a shore dinner. We made
and there stopped at the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which
was as comfy as q good hotel We rode
on to New Haven and stopped and Wis
through Bridgeport and Stamford and
Norfolk, Conn. The open cars whisked
US through the woods and through the
main streets Of quaint villages and un-
der the very noses OF astonished COWS.
1t was glorious, but no more so than
the rest had this year. You see last
year I needed travel and this year I
needed rest By next year shall want
travel again. mad the year after rest"
Young But Wise.
THE wisdom of 80 In q head Of 1S!"
"Of 20l'' she corrected proudly. "At
any rate 1t is what ! need and what
pleases me. Besides. It eoualizes the
expense of vacations For my rest va
cations I choose a place in the coun-
try that is near New York so that the
railroad fare will be cheap. And 1 rest
better at a farmhouse than / would at
hotel. besides its being cheaper"
How good a plan worked out by a
young girl on the mere threshold of a
business career. How much those twice
and thrice her age can learn from her
example.
How many persons reviewing their
that the vacations have been well spent?
There is. for instance. the vacation
spent in Europe There is no expert
ence quite comparable to the fresh de-
light of the first transatlantic jour
ney. Visualizing and realizing those
scenes which were merely names. but
names with the halo of romance about
them. is a monumental delight. But
unless new scenes are sought each
year, the delight of trip to Europe
Is a dubious one Even London and
Paris may become oft told tales. That
vacation which Is a renewal of acquain-
lance with the payements of those cit
les is waste of time and money and
that which is more precious than eth
er. vital force. Sightseeing is one OF
the most tiresome of pursuits and
most persons come back from Europe
more tired than they started. Their
bank account and the reserve fund OF
their strength have been equally de-
pleted-
Nature As Doctor.
The tired vacationer would far better
draw deep drafts OF healing from Ma
ture. A rest time in the silence Of the
woods, or midst the music of the sea,
or on the side of lone mountain, or
enveloped in the peace of a remote
farm are better than Journeys from
the din and multitude of one city to
another.
A business man. coming back wan