The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-07-30

IIICVJ1fTTNI|I desire for the open rOau II Is olu
VNNlllIUVU Mother Nature herself calling, and
II WN|lV II she says:
II SSJ "Play time, everybody! All work
and no play is folly; you know the
penaty I exact. Life in these modern times 10
too strenuous. Stop, get your BREATH relax resi-
Come and play awhie!
We Americans are the busiest people unoer
the SUM- There was a time when we played haro-
ly at ALL Now we have finally learned the ne
cessty of relaxation and recreation. The trouble
is that we have learned to play not wisely OUT
too we'll Our avocations. especially in the
large cities are as strenuous as our vocatlons-
sometimes even more strenuous.
There should be nothing SO much mans
business as his amusements" wrote Stevenson,
and he wrote q great truth, which has not yet
come home to us. So 1t Is that we Americans,
many Of us, coming to have double need OF
a summer vacation-tO rest up from both our
work and our pleasures.
The Call Of the Wild means, in a sense, pretty
much the same thing to all of But neces-
sarily interpret it only according to our
knowledge and experience. Fortunate indeed are
they to whom the call means but one thing
whether gypsying by automobile, or the flying
spray of the salt sea, the rushing stream whose
deep dark pools hide the great trouts, the tent
and campfire beside the placid lake. or the
mountain trail to the peaks where lies the ever
tasting snow These fortunate, hear, understand
and obey.
Those Of who are less fortunate also hear
and rejoice. But the call has clear message
We do not know what to do with our play time
We do not know where at what to play and
the interesting spectacle Of q great people at
play is saddened by the sight Of thousands of
unfortunates wasting their precious vacation days
getting little enjoyment and less rest.
Come, let US plan vacation days
While yet the seasons new!
The secret of the trip that pays
Is knowing what to do.
That's the motto of the wise. They not among
these unfortunates. They have planned their
cation carefully and put common sense into their
plans. They have taken stock of their physical
and mental needs They have prcfted by the ex
perience Of past vacations and their successes
and failures. They understand that vacation
Tor pleasure and a vacation for recuperation are
not necessarily the same thing but they will try
to combine pleasure and recuperation.
Change is a great factor in both pleasure and
rest. When play time comes around most of us
fnstinctivey long for something that our daily
life does not offer. Often this longing Is a safe
guide, provided common sense is used. Obviously
camping trip In the wilds is not suited to those
who must have soft beds, delicate viands and
deft service-even II they lovers of nature
longing for novel experience. 1t is equally OBJ
vious that these nature lovers would be ont Of
place In a fashionable summer resort where peo-
pie congregate to see and be SEEN The COM
mon sense Of 1t Is that they should 20 where
scenic beauty be enjoyed and the conyen-
tional comforts Of life not lacking
When vacation time means to the weary work.
err an opportunity to recuperate from toll rest
Is what he needs. The best rest is absolute In
action. Il loafe and invite my SOUL" wrote Walt
Whitman But loafng is fine art most Of no
are too used to be up and doing to enjoy sitting
and twiddling thumbs. change OF scane
ana occupation, with the blessed consciousness
that we do not have to do anything. is the hest
rest. The hodcarrier who came into money had
the psychology Of it down fine when he set his
alarm clock as usual threw his shoe at II whom
1t went off and turned over for nan.
The wise man will take his vacation temperate.
~ TO return to rest up from his play-that Il
poor proposition. To come back to WORK with
renewed strength and energy-that's the tbina
The wrong kind of vacation may be worse than
none. The right kind of vacation may be ) var.
liable godsend. The wise man will SO order ~.
play as to come back refreshed and restored ond
Eager for new worlds to conquer
ana wherever the Call of the Wild takas 80