CHEAP VACATIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6

CHEAP VACATIONS.

(I'.v Wall Mason). | . 1 have it picture of the ~a , it's m :l ,ii-lic frame: and it's ;• great rebel lome when I am tired and lame. 1 often siffor hours and gaze upon thai daub ol mine. and I am where Ihc billow play- and I can ja-ie Die brine. I hear the cheertul mermaids chaul the lalesl ragtime song, and see old Neptune galavaul the ocean dcptli ulitwg. J rise Tofreshed when I viewed that , Inomo for a time, and take m.\ axe and ivhack up wood with indti.-'ry I have a picture of tin- woods, the lore , robin-chored; thai painting surob '- t' l " goods when I am Fainl and tired. I con template it by the hour anil k\ive. the elan:.' mg niarl ; i think I'm in a. woodland bower, close to Dame Nature's h«-air, I hear lie sighing' of the pine, the rii-llingof the bin Ii; <Jh, never may thai daub of mine b ■ taken from it- 'perch I A spiendid pictun of an Alp confronts my glowing eyes; that mnuiiUun rears il- : snn\v\ _ eajp clear ii)i against the skies! And so with pictures and with boo!.-. 1 junket 'round the sphere, and visit interesting nook-. ,ce wonders far and near. 1 see the work, of ancient Greeks. and tread tho'streets of Rome. ~nd climb the Farthest mountain peak-, and still remain at home.