HOLIDAYS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 219, 23 December 1909, Page 5

HOLIDAYS.

1 Holiday resort*, holiday clothe*, holiday companion?, and all attendant pleasures and difficulties, are the general themes of conversation just now. So much worry and labour seems to be attsched to Ihc business of preparation and departure, that one sometimes wonders afterwards whether it would | have been more restful to stay at home, or whether it would n"t have been more beneficial to spend the money on occasional outings spread over a longer period. No doubt this plan would be better for some, bat the majority of people require a thor ugh change once a year, and should make a strong effort to get a holiday, if only for a week, of the right sort. So many people fail to enjoy their holidays became when arranging them they do net consider their mental and phyiscal requirements in the choice of locality, and method of spending their time. The tired require rest, -and the young active change, the delicate comfort and good living, the healthy adventure and new experience, even at the expense of deprivation and discomfort. When all of ibe?e types arc to be found i | in or.c family, ar.d who have been accustomed to spending their holidays together,difiiculties arise. Unless there are particular reasons why they should ' all go together,and seme sort of agreeable compromise could be arranged in the choice of a resort, this rule should be broken for the benefit of all. Tis but another of the old domestic customs that are dying, and will soon cessre to be mourned when people realise how much additional pleasure and entertainment is to be gleaned from varied holidays and how much easier it will lie f for member* of a household to nppreci- ! tea each other's different interest'? and ' capacities, after even a short separa- i tion. and the growth of knowledge i which even a few weeks devotion of i time to rongenial study and travel ran ' add to what has already been gleaned from books, or rare intervals ef lei.*- ; ure. How much easier it will be to fill the monotonous gaps in the table conversation when the holidays arc over, and the more monotonous duties of daily life have to be taken up again, for those whose hearth or ties, such as the case of growing children or invalids, prevent them from partaking of pleasures that entail great effort will be pleased to listen to the recital of thorn. For purposes of economy several families could combine and divide members for different places—the mothers and chilrdcn taking a house in the country or by the sea, and the father.? and adult members arranging according to taste.