CORNELL 



IReabinQs^Course for jfarmers' Mives 



Published by the New York State College of Agriculture, at 

 Cornell University, from November to March and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter under Act of Congress of July 

 i6, 1894. 



L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



NEW SERIES I. 

 SANITATION 



ITHACA. N. Y., 

 NOVEMBER, 1908 



No. I. 

 SAVING STRENGTH. 



SAVING STRENGTH. 



Emily M. Bishop and Martha Van Rensselaer. 



A woman once said, "I have so much to do I don't know what to 

 do first SO I think I will take my nap and get that much ofiE my mind." 

 She was a good philosopher, for the nap enabled her to get through 



Fig. I. A place to rest in warm weather. This is a modern porch buili on an old house, 



her duties without worry and fatigue which are really more tiring than 

 the work itself. 



My observation of most woman is that they do not want less to do 

 but health and strength to accomplish more. The average woman 



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