The Dominion FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928. HOLIDAY TIME

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 75, 21 December 1928, Page 6

The Dominion FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928. HOLIDAY TIME

With the advent of holiday-time that a break suggest themselves. The theory of the holiday is that abr . from the routine of life with, if possible, a change of air and scene affords a health-giving relaxation for the human syste - M d . opinion is agreed that, from this point of view, the manner the holiday fs to be spent is an important question for" thell v>d. Many people do themselves serious harm by takin & the kind of holiday. Such is the diversity of human temperam and physique that it is impossible to lay down fixed- rules. n matters of diet, what is one man’s food may, be anot poison. The same applies to holidays. As a 5 . ? n S rathe r principle, the individual should follow personal inchnation lather fen Jhe advice of his friends. A certain individual may look forward to his holiday as an opportunity for laying down 1 or in other ways improving his property. If he-is heait and in love with the idea, then, in his particular case, the change of work may prove to be the best possible kind of holiday for him. Another may feel attracted by the idea of basking in the sun on a favoured beach as a soothing balm for the irritations and strain of work-a-day routine. A third wouM prefer to climb rnountoms a fourth to go fishing, and so on. The point about ones choice in the matter is that it should be something that one would like to dO , ra , hw Xente S the in the other a — ry promise likely to result in discord between m.nd and body, of dissatisfaction at thwarted desire. While bachelor and spinster - holiday-makers may to a_ lai g extent please themselves in this matter, married people occasional y may find it diMt to adjust their ideas on a basis of compromt from which each will benefit. The wife, no less than the husband, entitled to a change from the everyday ton'me of Me but £c C Sd“Xcon”den Ch wife, a seaside cottage and a general relaxing from, fc stnet routuwof S h r tad 10 WOrk tard “ during a so-called seaside holiday than at home. -Change,- observed . oaeS a” d“.ue's' Sy'tromo” p“e to another.. Far too many people court delightful thing, and for th at g rea t ®° n • to break it up occasionally.

It is not always possible, however, to follow this a dmiraLle advice There is the financial aspect for one thing and domest c considerations for other things. Even the transportation of one. homeland much of the domestic routine from ! he to the seaside provides that fundamental requisite of the successful holiday change, which is at least something to the credit of the aCCO The busman who spent his holiday riding about in the bus he usually drove knew something of the psychology of the s bje .. So did the Irishman who instructed the hotel clerk to call h m at 6 am in order that he might indulge in the luxury of refusin to get up’ There is not only the relief from the routine and monotony of life, but also the temporary escape from its discipline. And these enjoyments are all the sweeter, if they have been well earned.