Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-14
COUNTRY LIFE
Rv Il. Addington Bruce


| A BOUT this time of year many workers,
/ ~ having arranged for a longer vacation
than usual because of unusual need for
restoring depleted stock of nervous energy.
experience change of heart with regard to
| the vacation plans they have made.
| Their doctor has advised them that the
thing they most need is a simple, restful life
in the country. Their anxiety about them
selves has led them to promise him they Will
act on his advice. But now, with vacation
time drawing near, they are filled with re-
grets and misgivings.
1t has been their custom to spend vacations
at lively resorts, where there was something
doing all day and late into the night. They
think of the fun" this was to them. They
lament the threatened deprivation of the
various amusements into which they have
entered with such zest
81 guess, after all, I'll go back to Keepitup
house this SUMNER" they finally tell them
selves. 81 can lead a simple enough life
there And it would bore me to death to
vegetate on fa- N or at little country inn.
Which certainly would do me more harm
than good"
AS it certainly would. Only
1t is one of the most difficult things in the
world to lead simple life at crowded, gay
resort. And nobody need be "bored to death"
in the country. 1t is merely a matter Of adj
justing ones self to enjoy the pleasures coun-
try life abundantly provides - pleasures,
moreover, that reinvigorate, not weaken
Once, when | was spending a summer at
small New England inn, recent arrival ques-
toned me as to what did to amuse myself.
I explained that l was not at the inn TO
amuse myself but to do some literary work.
you're lucky yotr have work to do" was
his explosive comment. "Ive been here two
days, and have walked to the village twice.
Where else is there for me to walk? What
else is there for me to do but walk?
There's no dancing, there's no bridge
there's nothing except golf, and don't play
golf I'lP perish if / stay around here any
longer"
His face was as pallid face as ever [ had
SEEM He held himself with a morbid tense
ness My suspicion that medical man had
sent him to the inn to avert nervous break
down was confirmed by his answers TO re"
questions I put to him.
"Don't quit quite so soon," suggested.
"Cruise around a bit among the farmers
You'll find they can tell you and show you
deal that is interesting. Ramble in the woods
Climb the hills. Get acquainted Win
Nature"
He shook his head obviously. But,
He fo1nd that country life hal charms he
nad ! ct before SUSIE. ted. He found thaE IL
amazingly helped him back to health ana
hardness He remained at the mn SIX weeks:
and he departed with reluctance.
Adjusting himself to country life require
ments country life poss1bllltles' ne nao ICY ap
od a rich reward. Such adjustment Is pos
sib1e to anybody of normal intellig nee
And to refuse to attempt to make 1t wn zen
+be state of ones health requires that the
attempt be made-to insist on going PACK 10
Keenitup House and striving to rebuild one :
sirens 9Th on the dancing floor ana at Tue
bridge tablets willfully and most toollshly
to court disaster. ....os >5a.,s.
| copyright, 1921, by The AssoclaVeo 1N0""-
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