Evening star., 1928-06-21
Getting the Most From a Vacation
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

be sure, few of us think of this side
when we are planning to get away from
.he routine, but the very fact that 1t
looks so deadly to us is a sure sign that
We need to.
The choice of place for the vacation
is influenced by number of things, In
which expense is large consideration
with many people. One must enter
upon this pleasant task of discovery
with the conviction that somewhere is
the right place for the sum to be
afforded.
Matters will arrange themselves
amazingly II little patience and cour-
age are exercised, for 1t has been proven
that people can find places to stay at
almost any price they fix, To be sure,
something must be sacrificed In ac-
feasibility or smartnesS. as a rule, and
1t is necessary to maintain the right
attitude OF receptivity when the right
concession Is made in the right place.
1t may be that 1t is an added pleasure
beyond all expectations to discover the
place that circumstances have forced us
to seek. and at the end of the stay one
may say to oneself. why, I'd never
have thought of coming to this wonder
full place, If hadn't had to-
The congenial circumstance is what
one seeks vacationing, whatever the
money spent. This Is entirely apart
from monetary considerations. If one
would get the full value out of vacation
ing. one should do everything possible
to promote the congenial circumstance.
For instance, If the time is short, do
not wait until the very last day to try
to further acquaintance with the peo-
pie who have seemed to be among the
Ncf Nall Of
Should the weather fail to measure
up to ones hopes of it. 1t will do MOTH
ing to promote the congenial circum-
stance 10 grumble about it to other
people. Get your full due of pleasure
from. whatever sort of weather does
turn up.
Many people are inclined to ruin
their own chances for pleasure by hav-
ing a preconceived idea of exactly how
everything is going to -transpire. In
vacationing it is much wiser to 60 from
day to day on the joys that arise. Those
who have a gift for having good times
ares apt to give others something of
their fun and are thus constantly add
ing TO their own popularity.
In considering people who are on an
extravagant vacation and those who are
on simple one, one is reminded of the
way children behave with toys. 1t is
not. as rule, the most elaborate toy
that gives a child the most pleasure.
but the one in which he has exercised
certain amount of invention himself
Ready-made fun is no fun at all. 1t is
merely activity. The real vacationist
knows how to make fun out of his va
cation circumstances whatever they
may be. Where heart and purse are
both light, fun Is frequently at hand.
For the girl or woman planning her
vacation wardrobe, it is necessary to
know of what general sort it is to be-
whether camping, visiting or In noun
tain or shore surroundings. know of
one young girl who went camping In
the Adirondacks without the least no.
ton of what a camping outfit should be,
and supplied herself lavishly with or
CANDIES and dinner gowns. 1t would
almost have been better had she planned
her vacation to suit her wardrobe. A
wise adjustment in this is to be sought.
tCopyright. 1927