Evening star., 1950-05-29
June Reoding
for
Summer.
By Betty Miles

Living provides a vacation fostel
that includes the hows chow II
get there), the why's (what th'
respective spots have to offer), tn,
weather. what to see and where t.
stay as related to the Severa
places suggested.
A yacht can be yours, James r
Bright declares in the same maga'
zine, if you're willing to settle fol
a "foldboat." A slim, racy craft
something like an Eskimo's kayak
the foldboat can carry two and al
equipment with ease. Mr.. Brigh
discusses how to travel in a fold.
boat, and where to go as well.
The May 18th issue of Vegu,
takes the reader to Venice, with
Henry Green and Cartoonis'
Steinberg as guides. Dali offer.
a verbal as well as. of course, {
pictorial. tour of Spain. There il
Canadian handbook, Dior de-
signs a French motor trip, ane
Marghanita Laski tells Of London
My Village" Articles on Chile
Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aire.
are included, too.
Notes on high spots en- rout&
from New York to California art
offered by Eloise Spaeth whc
Travelled with her husband in theil
land yacht. dubbed by thei,
friends the 'Spaethship."
If it's Summer: European Plan
for you, House and Gardens arti.
Gle by that name should prove in.
teresting. Janetta Whitridge de-
scribes dramatic and exhilarat-
ing" Greece. Another segment Is
devoted to tidy and serene" Den
mark.
Vacations always spelled head
he to Jane McDill Anderson
and her husband, the former re-
ports in Woman's Day, until they
found their "open-air hotel as
guests of the Long Island State
Park Commissioner. Their two
week camping trip to the sea-
shore cost them, when the total
cost of 5000 was broken down,
$2.36 each per day for themselves
and their four children.
The author found the atmos-
phere in the camp one of cour-
tesy. friendliness and respect for
others privacy, she reports. A
"long, magnificent beach," pa
trolled by three lifeguards, picnic
ground with tables and stone fire.
places, a. playground complete
with baseball and hockey court,
fresh-water faucets. shower rooms
and comfort stations. a general
store and public telephones were
provided. Nearby were facilities
for horseback riding. golf and
tennis.
LAS family campers, the au-
thor declares, we can now take
our choice of the State parks all
along the Eastern seaboard.
Through the camping grapevine,
we have heard of beautiful sites
in the mountains and deep woods,
of small islands for rent in Sc
cluded, fresh-water lakes. We
might even find ourselves
camping beneath sequoia, on the
edge of a painted canyon or on a
white, sandy beach of the Pacific. u
You can't keep a burglar out OF
your home, retired burglar of &c
years experience tells John Bart
low Martin in McCall's, but you
can take precautions to keep him
from wanting to come in.
'Noise is one of the best pro-
tections against burglars that
there is" he declares. You take
a dog. even if it's only a little dog,
he can make enough racket to at
tract the attention of neighbors.
Leave all the lights on when
you go out. Lights, a telephone,
noise and ordinary precautions
like not shooting your mouth off
to delivery boys-those are your
best projections. Nine times out OF
ten they're enough"
"It Is almost a social law that
we are only as old as society says
we are" George Lawton declares
in "What to You Mean Old?" in
The American Home. Inside, q
woman may feel little different at
65 than she did at 40, but people
treat her as if she is different. It
is at unexpected and separate mo-
ments that she discovers-and
admits-that changes have oc-
Cured"
"The world does not belong to
the old or to the young" the auth
or of aging Successfully" points
out. Democracy. he adds, is q
sharing by every one of the op-
portunities for the pursuit of hap
pinesS. Young and old can and
must learn to work together har-
moniously.
The answer to successful aging
is in dealing constructively witt
the limitations of reality, DIR
Lawton believes. and the achieve
ment of a ''loveliness" in life
which is the product of an inne
vitality, mental and emotiona
security. In his interesting ar
ticle he makes the point that
a woman can grow, the problem
of personal adjustments and O
relationships with others can b
solved with ease. Friends an,
loved ones. a truly satisfying art O
craft, and community participa
ton all contribute to the wealth
of a woman's later years.
Have you considered what 70,
will be at SO, 60. 70?" the author
asks. do you welcome thes,
years because you know now wha
you want to do with them, or dt
you fear them?"
Age. he would have us remem
| ber, Is not a calamity "Tt's or