The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-10
VACATION
A PROBLEM OR PLEASURE

AT various times | nave set forth
in these columns the great import
ance of getting all that you can out
of vacation, especially the worker
who has but a few days to get the
recreation that he has counted on the
whole year, and now more forcibly
comes to mind the Importance of il
all in the tale told me by a friend
who had just returned.
Never again. she walled. 1T
took me weeks to get the children
ready for months vacation which
my husband and had planned to en-
joy together.
eve found place that was adver-
tised as attractive for children We
thought that the children could romp
and play at will everywhere and that
we could get something out of it.
swell, we were mistaken. 1t was
just dress all the time. It was GER
tainly no place for people of moder-
ate emans. Nurses and maids look
ing after the other children all the
time and we had to act in that capac-
ity, as we had none with us.
eve were constantly afraid that
they would get drowned or get run
over or that some other catastrophe
would happen, to say nothing of keep
ing them clean and to conform with
what the other children were doing.
eve spent a lot of money and en-
ergy, hoping to get recreation, and l
am glad to get home. 1t will take
some time to get over it."
Can't you see the picture of this
family planning on this vacation for
months? This mother sewing and
shaving in preparation of the adven-
ture and all her anticipations of the
pleasant time ahead to find it all
problem instead.
| konw another family who have
just the opposite kind of trip.
They take their children where
there are simple country sports, in
a nice old farmhouse where there is
plenty of fresh air and sunshine and |
good things to eat.
The father and mother are both
in offices, while grandmother
keeps house, as they are anxious to
have a home nest for their dear ones
but they have learned to get the most
out of their vacation.
The simplest kind of clothes are
taken, in fact, clothes that they don't
care anything about. |
The children have ample opportu-
1ity to play without being brought
n ever so often to be dressed up"
There is very little chance for dan
ger and the father and mother be-
tides getting the rest can take little
aunts here and there for amusement,
ceiling secure in the safety of the
title ones. They return home feeling
efreshed and happy. They have not
pent fevered hours over clothes and
he worry of meeting people and liv-
ng up to them. They have made the
most of it and are building strong ac-
ordingly.
How many people there are Wig
Ion't know how to get a vacation?
they take so much trouble and get
Iothing for their pains.
Then there are those who go to
'laces where they must meet stran-
.ers. They proceed to mind other
'eople's business except their own
o get quarrelsome, and then their
acation is spoiled.
How many heartaches and miser- {
es many vacationist brings home
annot be estimated. The "porch {
which is ever present, also
auses trouble by ungracious ton !
ues.
To su nit all up, the wise one will {
o arrange his sojourn as to give him
he least trouble and assure him the !
olace and pleasure that he seeks. {
The big thing is to mind ones own
usiness, to listen only to pleasant
Kings, to be agreeable and to do
My the things that one really wants
! do and not fnlln1u the dictatns Of | .