Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-10
WHAT ABOUT A VACATION?

Are YOU planning what you will do
to relax your forces for q season? The
bow which is always strung loses It's
elasticity. You cannot maintain pep
and top-notch efficiency without an
occasional let-up.
Webster says vacation is free
dom from duty or service; leisure 1t
implied That YOU are q worker, and
that you mus release yourself from
the strain for a time. The only thor
ough way TO accomplish this is 70 go
clear away from The sight OF your
work. II rests YOU TO have a change
of scene. 20 do the exact opposite Of
your REGULAR employment. TO use q d!t--
forent set Of muscles, and TO round
out vour program OF life.
This means that the clty-dweller
should take 10 the woods. and Mrs.
Farmer should loiter along the ooUle-
ward with nothing to do but gaze into
shop windows, visit the movies, or
watch the Corners and goerS in the ho-
tel lobby.
If the ruraliSt makes hay while the
sun shines or his wife sticks by the
berries, the cherries, and the peaches
in season, he and she should promise
themselves a rich two weeks OF city
advantages "when the froS, is on the
punkir end the folders in the shock.
These are the months for town
workers 20 take their vacation. BuSl-
ness Is most lax and the call of the
wild most alluring. Hot. Stutfy in
doors becomes unbcarable and the
urge to he in the open IS irresistible.
Time to 20 hiking in heavy shoes
and sport clothes. following some trail
to its mysterious end. Time 20 go
fishing. 20 swimming, go boating, 90
autoing. 90 anywhere. Pal it with
your pal.
Listen to the birds, INC tinkle of
cow-bells. or the croak of the frogs;
smell the roses and the earth; gaze at
the sparkle of waves or the moonlight
on Ouict waters. Fee the cool winds
and breathe deep the filing and firing
oxypcu. Drink in beauty with eyes,
and soul.
A vacation makes YOU bigger. and
tottar end more enthusiastic. Il is
not merely IL luxury. but duty YOU
owe Yourself md those who must as
sociatc with you.
But the housewife? How is she to
manage il? Hunger comes 20 her
r~m'lv with three times-a-day regular
i;v. and stalks them wherever they
NV h;dc themselves. As the DISPENSER
of daily bread. she has a steady Job.
Gut unless she is To become q mud
hen she, too. must have time off
With . little reS0urccful thought
"ed WILLINGNESS 0u the part Of all
- ado~t 'homselves. e can he ~
ranged. If she cannot encomHaSS a
regular vacation with one Grand fling.
ohc ear. NJ least. approach vacation
benefits for q lono-drawn-out period.
until she has had a rest. Perhaps
she will Ave TO take it like Tho clock
between heats. II is her right a01
hounder duty. however. to see that
she does get reql "froodom from dutv
and service leisure" at times when it
is needed
Here are methods for the near-va-
cation: Sir'plifv the mcwr in hot
weather. ct is a good-hoalth stunt,
rs we'll rs a labor saver). Clear the
house OF faucineSS; put away hric-a-
hraoa Sidetrack or POSTPONE all duties
and RESPONSIBILITIES evcert those which
absolutely must be attended TO- Live
outdoors "Ejtch" sew. sleep. play,
and cat i'm the omen as much rs pos
s'hlo. Use oil cloth for the table. and
paper NJ >'cS at times. Send the wash
inc and tho ironing In tho laundry for
oubilo FmDInv pvtro lohor in tho
home when needed Take at n board
ing house or restaurant -ome meals to
save labor at home. Use more pre-
pared foods Patrouize rho bakery
and cooked food shop. Enlist more
help from tho family Determine 90
run away and swim. romn, ard forget
care whenever opportunity offers.