PROBLEM OF COMMUNAL DEPENDENTS 



recreations of any sort. Work ! work ! ceaseless work on 

 their endless round of duty is their lot, varied only 

 by scant periods for eating, for sleep, for personal cleans- 

 ing, and occasional mutual ''shampooing." The amuse- 

 ments of ant communities, such as they are, are limited 

 to the dependent leisure classes. However, it must be 

 remembered that all of the routine labor is not of the 

 exacting sort, like mining and nursing. Moreover, as 

 we have seen, the liberty to " knock off work" at will is 



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one of the inalienable privileges of the workers one that 

 is freely used, but apparently never abused. No doubt, 

 under such a rule, they get more satisfaction one might 

 even say more enjoyment out of life than winged idlers 

 whose career is shut in and restricted at so many points 

 that they seem to be little more than privileged prisoners 

 of state. 



