Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-27
SUGGESTIONS FOR
YOUR VACATION
Copyright, 1929

Now is the time when most Of us
are looking forward to the vacation
days. It may be only days-six OF
them to many of us--so We must get
the very best out of them. Vacation
means a rest to most Of us and that
does not necessarily imply inactivity
The finest rest a person can get is a
change Of occupation. The dead
tired" housewife who has been on
her feet for hours will get well rest
ed by sewing for an hour or two,
and the harassed business man who
is fatigued from continuous applica'
ton to computation or other mental
labor will find resful relaxation in
STRENGTHENING out pile Of accumu.
lated circulars or documents. It is
all work, but it is something different
and that is the secret Of the most
beneficial vacation.
Your vocation should decide your
vacation. If you spend your work
ings hours at Office work or tn
/ typewriter your vacation should be
spent in the great outdoors. A
camping trip would be just the
thing for you. The next best would
be some mountain resort. You need
ccngenial people around you to talk
to so you do not have to kill time
by reading. Play tennis or golf and
take walks. climb mountains, go
boating, do everything to keep your
mind and body active with the i'm
mediate surroundings.
Travelling Good
If teaching is your employment
you require variety in environment
to restore your exhausted mental
faculties. Travelling will give you the
most restful vacaticn-ever' chang
ing mental impressions are just the
thing to relieve the brain fatigue.
A saleSWoman requires both
mental and physical rest. The end
of each days labor leaves her bod
lily fatigued and her nerves have
been on tension so much that she
is mentally exhausted. For her the
country boarding house is ideal. The
rural scenes and leisure life are the
direct opposite to what she has left
behind and will be decidedly restfu!
to her weary mind and the quiet
walks through the cool woods or up
the mountains will give physical ex-
hilaration. The average farmhouse
has a tennis court or a croQuet
ground; boating and bathing are in
ducements many of these offer; most
of them have piano or photograph,
SO the tired but fun-loving sales
woman will find ample amusement
while storing UP energy.
The girl who works at machine
all Gay-in fact any woman who is
employed in a factory among con
stantly whirring machines, will gain
the most good from a vacation in the
country. She needs quiet surround
ings, so a hammock or easy chair
under a shady tree, some fancy work
and good books will satisfy her re-
quirements. She can also share her
good times in letters to the home
FOLKS.
When the city housewife, who is
Just tagged out goes on vacation
she should go into the country and
the one who lives in a small town
will get most beneficial results out OF
the seashore vacation. What they
both absolutely require is a release
from all responsibility-this, in it,
self, is vacation to the house
keeper.
Do Opposite
So, if you want the very best OBJ
tainable results from your vacation,
do just the opposite from what you
have been doing all year. The solici'
tor who climbs stairs fifty weeks
year makes a great mistake by
climbing mountains during his vaca-
ton, and the man or woman who
SITS at a desk six days a week can
find nothing better than mountain
climbing during the vacation. If Jour
daily duties are carried on in noisy
place select quiet surroundings for
the vacation; if the daily routine is
monotonous and quiet your vacation
should be spent where there is some
excitement.
But no matter what your work S
leave that behind you when you
leave home. The teacher must not
devote the vacation to reading or
making school schedules and looking
over new textbooks. The stenog-
rapher must not consider the Va>a-
ton a good opportunity to "catch
up on her correspondence. The Of
flee girl should not spend her hours
in embroidering those articles she
is so anxious to put into the hope
chest.
The shorter the vacation the more
necessary it is to plan it wisely and
six days of such a vacation will send
you back with more real energy than
a months vacation spent in follow
ing desire rather than requirement.