An ointment for itching bites and sunburn Rules for
Vacationists Remember that your vacation is not for the purpose of
overexertion, for Relaxation filling lip for year-round sedentary living, for
acquiring a copper skin. Recreation for change of scene and change of pace that
can trip wiping away ennui and mental fatigue. It is to restore your zest.
And one
should return from it with zest restored instead of with vacation I V, illness
and even vacation illness. Don’t plunge immediately into a heavy program of
physical activity. You can virtually count on immediate collapse, if you go
from a sea-level or high altitude; promptly indulge in a few highballs and a
set of tennis. You are likely to have trouble, in fact, at any altitude if you
overdo.
Take it easy for the first day or two. Play ball or swim for
daily 10 hour or so; work up to increased activity gradually. In this way, you
can avoid exhaustion and muscular cramps. Don't overeat. Chances are you will
be tempted to do so when you II down to a hotel or restaurant dining table
lavishly laden with food.
Certainly you are paying for it and you may be even
more hungry than usual because of all the activity. But you are likely to pay
in other ways or overeating. The extra food may put more strain on your heart,
which will be pumping fairly hard as you dash around the tennis court later.
Never stuff yourself to the point where your stomach feels distended.
Avoid, during vacations, those rich foods that give you
indigestion at home. If you are plagued by the unpleasant problem of
diarrhea-which may develop because of an overly rich diet, eating strange
foods, or drinking contaminated water-change to the softest, blandest foods
possible: boiled or poached eggs, custard, rice with milk and sugar. After each
movement, drink something hot-soup, tea or milk-to compensate for fluid loss.
Sunburn An attractive skin tan is not anything that can be acquired in a day or
two.
If you try to tan quickly, you are likely to get a burn that
reddens and blisters your skin and may even put you in a hospital. You can
prevent painful and ugly sunburn if you are careful about just a few things:
Watch out for the noonday sun. When the sun is high overhead, its rays are
short, direct, more burning.
Late afternoon is the safer time to start your
sunbathing. Remember that when the sky is overcast, the sun can still burn
cruelly, so be careful on hazy as well as bright days. Know your own type of
skin and how it burns. Skins differ. A child's burns more quickly than an
adult's. Among adults, people with fair skins are quicker to burn than
brunettes.
