The Washington times., 1927-09-03
Don't Waste Time
In Regrets Over
Vacation Romance
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage
HERE we are home again, the
IL summer holidays a thing of
the past!
For two weeks. or two months,
as the case may be, we have
been breathing deep of the life.
giving breath of old ocean, en-
ioying the gaiety Of beach life
with its swimming, sailing and
motor boating. Or possibly the
mountains have been our vaca-
ton with their bracing air and
deep woods. Whether you have
sojourned on lake shore, farm
or rivers brim, at the seaside Jr
mountains, / trust your vacation
has brought you home brimful Of
fresh, rested energy and with de-
lightful romantic memories.
Judging by past experience, let
tiers will begin to pour in soon,
telling me of vacation romances
and the problems they represent.
There may be accounts of flirta-
tions that ended by being taken
very. seriously by one or both
parties. There will be new en-.
gagements announced and old en-
gagements broken as the result OF
those idle days and moonlit eve
nings.
There will be promises to cor
respond. There viii be meetings
in the midst of strenuous city
) life, leading to disillusionment.
Jack, who seemed so fascinat.
ing, heroic and romantic, when
he acted as cowboy guide to the
party at the Dude Ranch, may
prove strangely ungainly in city
clothes.
Mays vacation diary contained
the following items among others:
Tuesday: The last five days
of my vacation and I've just
found romance. For a dollar
apiece for an afternoon, the hand
soonest sea captain I ever saw
will take us out from the hotel
to see different interesting places
along the coast. shall always
sit next to him.
Wednesday: He saved the
lives of three men in q launch
today when their shaft propeller
or something broke. My hero!
Thursday: He got something
in his eye during our sail today
and I fished it out. How 70.
mantle it would be to live in
cottage by the sea, and be a cap
tain's wife. He's handsomer than
ever!
Friday: He introduced me TO.
day to his fat wife and three fat
children. My heart is broken!"
But after all, should vacation
romance last?
What is vacation for, anyway?
A wholesome. good time, of
course. And that is what a vaca-
ton friendship is for, also. So
why waste time in regrets, even
though you never hear Of Tom
or Dick or Charlie again?
What does it matter. even
though Frank, when he looks
you UP in the city, seems bit
cheap and shallow and is OBJ.
Viously disappointed in you as a
winter girl since he does not call
again? BY force of contrast you
viii give more appreciative value
to that quiet friendship with Hal.
Even though Hal is not especial
ly thrilling, he is such "cofy,
dependable friend that you decide
to answer Yves" when he pro.
poses again!
81 never saw such blond hair!'
That was Betty's first impression
OF Tom, whom she met on a va.
cation visit to the seaside.
Whatever Toms impressions
NAV have been, they led to two
questions on Betty's departure:
MAY / writer"
"WilI you answer my letters,
please?"
Tom found occasion for a sur.
prising number of business trips
the following year to the city
where Betty lived. and when he
learned last summer that she and
her father and mother would
spend their vacation taking q
motor and camping trip through
a certain national park noted for
gorgeous scenery Tom was In.
spired to do likewise, sharing
his flivver with a buddy.
The two parties travelled close
together, seeing America" the
best way, remaining in the heart
of its grandeur and beauty,
breathing the breath Of its pines
and mountains, letting the lowell
ness Of it sink into their souls.
Betty and Tom now plan to
spend a third vacation together.
this time on their. honeymoon.
The influence Of vacation ro-
nance and vacation memories
may color all your later life, in.
spring it to a higher level of
achievement and joys. provided
you choose place with fine
mental and spiritual atmosphere,
as well as pleasant, wholesome
physical surroundin and
brought with you all your adapta.
bility. good humor. a high valua-
ton of yourself and consideration
of others.
Regardless of whether 1t brings
one word of love.making, a real
vacation Is the essence of ro-
nance, for it brings joy, adven.
ture, beauty. fun and the re.
generation born of Mother Ma
lures welcome home to her
wandering children.
May your vacation memories
inspire you to a healthier hap.
pier. more successful year Of
work and play and SO lead to
lasting romance through mar
riage to The Man.
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