Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-18
MISETT PLEASURES.

With the vacation season again in
full swing we are reminded that so
many people plan their recreation
with very poor judgment, not but
what there are thousands ways to
break into the monotony Of ordinary
life and give both mind and body a
needed rest. but too many fail to
choose wisely the right sort Of vaca-
ton 70 fill their needs--in other
words they are vacation misfits The
same kind Of recreation, no more than
the same kind Of medicine. cannot be
expected to work well with people
OF differing tastes and inclinations
And more than all. the needs of all
are not alike The man of sedentary
employment wants vacation Of ac-
tivty and one as far removed as pos
sihle from the necessity Of any mental
effort He wants 4 chance for the
animal man TO spread himself and let
the intellectual take a rest On the
other hand, the man whose regular
existence calls upon him for severe
and sustained physical effort wants to
get quiet time surrounded with in
telloctual amusement and no com
pulsion for the use of his muscles
Rest means not inactivity but a
change from ordinary conditions and
circumstances.
But. while change is greatly to lie
desired. violent change is not bcne-
fetal. The man who is ccustomed
to noise and rush Graves, naturally
enough. a season OF quiet. But too
much quiet will bore him and too
much rest. doctors tell us, coming
suddenly to the man or the woman
who IS not broken in health, is little
better than no rest at all. on the
other hand, the man or woman OF
sedentary habits who undertake the
strenuous life for fortnight is very
likely 10 he worse or at the end Of the
vacation than at the beginning Many
n vacationist. because he throws him
self too rashly into exercise too great
ly different from his ordinary life, re
turns from his "rest" to experience a
month OF illness and laying up for
repairs
"Novelty and strange courses" says
the Boston Transcript. "should be re-
garded with suspicion. Avoid toe
much work or not enough OF It. Don't
go too far nor stay too near. Cut out
society but not all OF II; solitude is
too often curse. and particularly tC
those who like II best" 1t is not he
cause your vacation trip necessarily
takes you to a place which is better
more comfortable or more healthfu
than your own house and yard, but il
is because the change Of scene gives
rest TO the mind and you have a con
sciousness that you have left all tn,
worries Of everyday life behind ant
locked them up in your home. 1t /:
better after all to adjust the vacation
to the individual. Too much is los
and wasted by trying to adjust the
individual 20 the vacation. with the
result usual ythat the individual is
worse off in pocketbook. in health
and in temper. Have n care for habits
and customs long established. and dc
not imagine that freedom from these
habits for a season "A violent
vrenching loose from everything that
seems Ike routine-will produce the
rest and recreation that should be the
end and aim of the vacation. Regu-
larity Of life is the healthiest rule
after all. and that vacation Is not go
ing To be a benefit thai breaks up all
the system OF your daily existence.
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