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Show f Save for Vacation SOMETHING ALL GIRLS SHOULD DO. A Rest, Says Eleanor Gilbert, Is an Essential for Even Woman in Business By Eleanor Gilbert. NOW is the time when the Tlrod Business Woman wakes up and wishes she had laid Rslde some small sum each week since, Christmas time for the expenses ex-penses of the Summer vacation. There Is an organization for the purpose of encouraging girls to sac for vacations, and every woman who works ought to be a member of It. For It Is so hard for the young business woman to save, as a rule. She, feels she needs so many things, and if the thought of saving money ever pops Into her head at all, It Is deferred until "next week." when, of course, it will be easier: Liberty Bonds have done more than any other one thing to make women save. But care of her physical welfare should be quite as important an Item with the business busi-ness woman, and the annual vacation vaca-tion is one of the absolute essentials essen-tials for physical well-being. It isn t too late even now to make some rigid sacrifices In sev- rml places. If you haven't already sot aside enough money for a reasonable rea-sonable vacation. But if you can't possibly save enough money to take the so-called "rest," then look about and make some plan for a change for at least two weeks dur- I Ing the Summer Tou must have some change once a year to keep you fit and alert. Working week In. week out on the same Job without rest or hope of any restful change get3 you Into a rut that is harmful to your mind and body, and docsn t make yon a better worker. Therefore, get some change, even if It isn't all rest. Lying In a hammock ham-mock with a novel to read and nothing noth-ing else to do Isn't the most beneficial bene-ficial kind of a vacation, even though some business women feel that It Is the only way in which they can gain complete relaxation after the strain of the year's work. Sometimes a change of work will give you a species of relaxation There are some office women who find that manual work outdoors Is a positive relaxation after sitting at j a desk for twelve months They fake jobs as waitresses in the Summer Sum-mer hotels, and thus manage to get out of the city, without having tho expense of a vacation. The work takes only part of the day. and although they suo kept fairly busy, nevertheless they hase plenty of time for lolling about and enjoying the outdoors . Farm woi k Is another species of manual labor that positively brines I better color and more vitality to the office woman than a hammock vacation va-cation Of course, two weeks of j thie isn't enough a whole Summer of farm work would absolutely change the average anaemic office worker into a sturdier and rosier Individual. ! Save up somehow fur S vacation j If vou can. but If yotl can't, then try-to try-to find some country job that will j at least take you away from accus- , t..med scenes, and by giving you a j change in work make you more j alert when you come back to your regular Job. ' Eut by all means provide for some LCai ion or tan -v- " grant a week or two to employes j Who have been with them for half a I y.-a, or mor. But e en If J our employer em-ployer flbesTn't pay Tor your vacation, vaca-tion, anangc to lake ono yourself. j It s ,m absolute essential for every one w ho works! |