The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18
Vacation Essentials.
Melvil Dewey in the New York
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Most people who resolve to take a rest,
perhaps at large sacrifice, come home feel
ing that what they did ought to have been
something different. Perhaps a list Of
"Donts will most compactly give the
warnings against mistakes on which ex-
perts largely agree.
DOM accept vastly inferior advantages
simply to save a few hours ride: but even
worse, don't waste strength and thus neu-
trallze part of the bene1t by travelling
thousands of miles to find what perhaps
can be had better In one-tenth OF the
distance.
II you live inland, go to either coast or
mountains. II you live In the mountains
don't go to other mountains but to the
sea, II Its damp salt air agrees with you:
II not, go to the plains and escape tho
humidity so trying to many when physi-
ually below par. II you live within 200
miles of the sea, go straight to the in
land mountains. The commonest mistake
is to go from a seaboard city to a resort
also near the coast sumply because It Is
quicker. Air Is vastly more important
than food and water, for we eat only
three times a day, but fill our lungs Is
to 30 times a minute. So a complete
change OF air Is the first essential for q
wise vacation.
Don't choose the wrong altitude. Elk
perts here and in Europe, after long tudy,
agree h a for the average man the most
perfect elevation Is about 1900 feet: lower
han that one loses the wonderful tonic
effect and higher many hearts are over
strained. Now mi then one (perhaps one
to 1,000), finds even 1900 feet too high. II
after a week there Is any discomfort he
might better sacrifice other advantages
and drop to q lower level.
Don't go to an enervating climate. Nine
tenths of those who seek the tropics would
gain twice as muc by getting into the
dry cold OF the north. It Is the difference
between hot and cold baths. Heat feels
much better to the invalid, but all the
while the hot bath weakens.
Don't fear cold where the air Is dry
and home comforts are available. Hun
dreds each year who have thought the
Adirondack forests n kind of Greenland
that only Arctic explorers should visit in
winter are ~astonished to find that they
are much more comfortable than in sea-
board cities where the thermometer runs
20 to 40 degrees higher. They are learn
Ing that dry cold does not bite.
Don't buy costly furs and elaborate
equipment. II you choose the right cli-
mate, the dry cold often demands no
thicker clothes. II you are outdoors with
out exercising much o can buy or rent
the cheap but comfortable local furs; a
tdO lODB coat Is rs warm as rare skins
that cost $500 or more. An all-wool 3-in-1
cap, at trifing cost. protects ears, neck
and face. one or all as wished.
Don't risk comfort and health and per-
haps life in the cold north winter by liy-
Ing in houses equipped for midsummer
only. Convinced Of the s~uperlative value
of cold and winter sports, one unwisely
ventures to use the Usual makeahift
house and tries by extra clothing and hot
a-Aa IN nak khnaENHh nn~nA1-r ~ A..
q grave danger. Sometimes 1t will be 80
degrees or more near register or stove n
less than 30 degrees nearer doors and
windows. After exercising till tired. It Is
a serious risk to sit In a house full Of
drafts hat wander about in search OF
a victim.
Don't go where snow and Ice come and
go. but where they stay put. Shun hat
bane OF a winter outing, humidity Of
melting snow. It Is as bad for health as
for temper. Dry air and dry snow are
essential to best results.