The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-23

shows. experimenting with new
dance steps, catching up on my
shopping and being as warm as the
fuel rationing board will permit.
After all. the real point of va
get that change which we have all
been brought up to believe was
quite as good as a rest II undoubt-
edly is. because how many really
rest on a vacation? It Is. as rule,
a period of great activity. from
which one energies tired in wino
and limb. but mentally refreshed
Brains need rest, possibly more
than bodies do, and vacation that
eases the pressure on ones brain,
or what passes for it. is the best
vacation of all.
Escape from Worries
A vacation from cares and from
worries, vacation fr m t h
driven feeling, may be enjoyed even
at home. 1t is not matter Of where
one goes or how. Detachment from
reality is hard to get; it could best
be experienced on ship once the
gangplank is up and one is adrift
between two worlds and out of
reach Of either. That's why physi-
clans used to prescribe an ocean
voyage; that's why we hope they
may again have reason to believe
we will find peace at sea. And
speaking of physicians, this seems
a good time to suggest that whether
you've had a vacation or whether
you have one coming, or are not
having any, it's more important
than ever that you ease up on the
strain where and when you can.
Soon doctors will not be had for the
asking. Some communities are run
ming low on doctors, and nurses.
too, so guard your health and keep
those children fit. No war effort is
more important.
Principles of simple hygiene and
first aid must be put into practice
to help curtail serious ills; other
Use with a shortage of doctors.
nurses and hospital accommoda-
tons, we may be in for some very
bad times. The doctors who are re-
naming on the home front have
much to do and will do all they hu-
manly can. We can all help by
keeping ourselves At and by doing
what they tell us if and when we
have to call upon them.
How to Keep Warm
II one dresses warmly there is no
occasion to be panicky over the
heating problem. Foreigners are
forever making conversation about
the superheated American homes.
They make all manner Of fun Of
our central heating systems. Those
of us who have experienced the in
adequately heated English or Con-
tinental homes marvel that people
can live in them in anything re-
sembling comfort.
So here's hoping chat our fuel
rationing will be blessing in dis
guise and that as cold air comes in
the doors. colds will fly out the
windows.
Don't get any silly notions about
It not being fashionable to wear
wool or woolies this winter; 1t def
initely is smart in every sense OF
the word. And to get back to the
vacation theme. how about playing
you're in Atlantic City or some
such resort where all winter long
people wrap themselves in steamer
rugs, sit out and bask in the winter
sun? They pay good money for the
privilege, too. so how about using
your porch. your roof or your back
yard for this purpose come winter?
How about getting all the
warmth and benefit from the sun.
and such exercises as are appropri-
ate to your age, condition and
preference?
When you walk, forget that you
are walking because you must
pretend you're walking for the fun
of 1t, and pretty soon you will be.
Don't you agree that the oncom-
Ing winter has great possibilities
for developing unsupported talents,
amusements and practices? Some
of the service men you may be
dancing with may not measure up
as ideal dancing partners. but you
are getting exercise. none being any
better than dancing.
Get what benefit and fun you
can in your leisure hours--a tab
loid vacation is better than none
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