Article May 4, 1957 Issue

PROCURING A SUMMER RESIDENCE WITH EASE

KATHARINE A. FORREST

Almost everyone, either as an individual or as a member of a family group, gives some thought during each year to vacation or recreation plans. With some, these plans are undertaken with confidence and carried through with success. With others, however, uncertainty about conditions at one's place of business, about the weather, about the availability of necessary money, about the health of those involved, as well as the unforeseen events which often occur, make the vacation project a time of anxiety and exhaustion. The prevalence of this state of affairs has led to the many jokes about going back to work and routine in order to get a rest!

On page 220 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy uses a forceful and refreshing phrase that should help to alleviate the burdens of the would-be vacationer. It occurs in the middle of a paragraph in which she has given several illustrations to show that it is natural to enjoy the various phenomena of nature rather than to be harmed by them. She states, "The snowbird sings and soars amid the blasts; he has no catarrh from wet feet, and procures a summer residence with more ease than a nabob."

A nabob or Mogul governor doubtless would not only have all the money necessary to secure the most suitable type of vacation spot, but also a retinue of servants to take care of all the detail and drudgery involved. What an ideal picture to the tired mother or overworked breadwinner! Yet abundant care is available to all, since God does not withhold from His beloved son what He bestows on the fowls of the air, and Mrs. Eddy points out that the snowbird lives with even greater ease than the Oriental ruler.

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