Life — August 5, 1909 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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IS IT ALWAYS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? Summer Resort Suggestions HESE few suggestions are in- tended for those whose famil iarity with summer resorts is lim- ited: Exercise —Great care should be by elderly people. Young folks have little difficulty in this regard, but elderly people, if inclined to embonpoint, are apt to overdo. One pleasant form of exercise is playing bridge This rounds out the arms and hardens the muscles of the face. An occasional walk about the veranda will de- velop the pedal extremities. Or, if a more violent form of exercise is desired, one may rise 10 one’s feet each evening when the orchestra plays the “Star Spangled Banner."” When sitting, one should rock gen- tly, as this develops the stomach and back Use-the scales at least once a day to develop the powers of conversation. Feeding.—One cannot he too careful as to one’s diet. Many people who are unaccustomed to summer resorts are inclined to eat too fast and too little. With practice, however. one can soon learn to spend almost the entire time in the dining should be noted that all meals are divided into This is provided principally for the purpose of giv room. It courses. ing exercise to the college student waiters who have be n down from: a winter's hard studying Reading.—Many inexperienced people are inclined to with- draw themselves from the throng and read. Th all It is only necessary to walk about with a Look in Use bookmarks In this wa necessary one’s ha freely, changing their position from day to day one can get the reputation of being cultured without reading a line Bathing.—The first inland all their lives up much valuable a great mistake the exercise of the proper will power, one will be surprised at the small ai Indeed veteran summer resorters have been known to go an entire the bathing suit id (if possible, get a best seller) impulse of many people who have lived to make a dash for the water and use time and swimming This is Such an impulse should be curbed and, with energy in ount of water one can get along with. summer without once wettin Sleeping. —No greater n trying to sleep at a summer resort know full well that the average summer hotel is arranged only rooms so-called, are intended stake can possibly be made than People with experience for waking hours. The sleeping only for storing trunks, family disagree Don’t sleep. Wait until you get home nts and punishing the children will be disappointing to the mosquitoes, but, however Dressing.—All dressing should be done on a schedule person with executive ability can arrange so that the dressin me will exactly fill the time between meals, but this requires training, as the time between meals is short at best and dresses are becoming more and more complicated. If one or the other function is curtailed, however, let it be the eating, as he who does not dress at a summer resort is lost Ellis O. Jones. comicbooks.com