POINTS FOR PLEASURESEEKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 6 (Supplement)

POINTS FOR PLEASURESEEKERS.

THE CHOICE OF A HOLIDAY. Before deciding on your " happy huntingground," weigh thoroughly the attractions the proposed district has to offer. 3e sure to ascertain whether the climate is bracing or enervating. This is most important, for if you happen to choose a climate that does not suit you nothing will make you enjoy the holiday. If you are not really ft good walker, or your heart is not strong, do not go to a hilly district, however beautiful it may be. If any particular sport adds to your enjoyment, ascertain whether this can easily be indulged in. The borough councils of most districts and towns forward post free to inquirers an illustrated book describing the localityover which they preside. Send a postcard for one of these to the secretary of the borough council at any selected place. If you don't want to get a guidebook and are not acquainted with the chief attractions of your chosen holiday resort, go soon after you arrive to the nearest stationer's, and view the picture postcards of the district Note what has been considered worthy of pictorial record, write down the names of the places of interest. Ate., and then you can easily ask how to reach them. This plan is an extremely good oncquite as good as a guide-book, although, of course, the latter is useful if one wants to find out interesting details of places visited. Allotting the Time. Do not plan your holiday on absolutely rigid lines. Do not, for instance, feel bound to see so much, or to do such and such a thing by a certain date. The chief charm of a holiday is the feeling that now, if ever, your time is really your own. It is a joy "not to have to look at one's watch except towards meal hours. At the same time, it is as well to roughly map out the arrangements, subject always to your " feeling like it" when the day comes. Places are only open on special days, so that you should arrange to visit those when opportunity offers, and to have "lazy days" in between. Also try to arrange to Bee all you wish to when you are iu one certain district, or you may find out afterwards that you have missed something that you specially wished to see, and which was "just round the corner," if you had only known it. Hover Mind the "Subs." When you start off on a journey make up your mind '.hat there will be certain little annoyances which will spoil your pleasure unless you are prepared to endure them cheerfully. Someone will be sure to take the very seal you wanted, another will insist on all" windows being closed when you are pining for some fresh air. a third will place a heavy bag on your best hatbox, and there will be sundry other little "rubs." Ignore them all! Gaily allow both your mental and your physical toes to b3 trodden upon! What does it matter when you are "on pleasure bent"? That is the real holiday spirit.

See the Views on the Way. When travelling in a country where the ecenery is said to be beautiful, ascertain from a friendly-guard on which side of the train are the "views." On some journeys the train runs for miles by the sea, or passes the shores of fiome wonderful lake. Nothing is more annoying—when you have had a choice of seats— to hear exclamations of admiration and delight from the occupants of the otlie: side of the carriage, and to find only dull railway banks on your side! If, however, the scenery is unimportant, or is well known to you, choose the corridor side of the carriage, as in a long journey you may like to walk a little in the corridor, and you can do so without having to disturb your fellow-passengers. Be Comfortable and Keep Clean. Always dress comfortably on a journey especially if it be a long one. A little square cushion is a great comfort. Sew a loop of tape with a safety-pin through it to a corner of the cushion, and then you can fasten it to the back of the eeat at the required height, so that it will not slip every time you move your head. Once installed in the carriage, take <JfF your hat and put on a motor veil or scarf. Rehearse the effect of this in front of your own looking-glass before starting. A motor-veil put on badly can be appallingly unbecoming, whilst it is quite the reverse when well arranged to suit the face and hair. If tho weather is hot and you wish your blouse to be in a proeentablo condition upon arrival, take off the coat of your travelling costume and put on a long, loose dustcoat. This will be cool and keep your skirt and blouse quite fresh. If the weather is cool you will, of course, wear your costume coat, but, anyway, wear a long loose coat over it.