160 Farmer and his Wife as Leaders of the Young 



spiration as to tone up their lives noticeably for every 

 hour of the long days of toil. 



MANY OVER-WORK THEIR CHILDREN 



In connection with your efforts in behalf of the 

 holiday or weekly picnic, take up carefully the matter 

 of the proper amount of work for the farm boys and 

 girls of any given age. You will find such willing- 

 ness on the part of parents to do the right thing 

 by their children and a proportionate amount of 

 ignorance as to what ought to be done. Therefore, 

 you may be able to carry on most profitably to all a 

 campaign of instruction in regard to such thing. You 

 will, of course, first make out as best you can with the 

 aid of all available literature, an ideal schedule of 

 hours of work and play and recreation suitable for 

 the boys and girls of the different ages. 



At the holiday picnic it may be found advisable 

 to organize the boys into a club of their own and the 

 girls, likewise, for the promotion of theii several 

 and mutual interests. Inspire all with your earnest- 

 ness and enthusiasm and lead them to consider the 

 latent possibilities of the neighborhood, of how it 

 might be transformed into a place of great worth and 

 attractiveness. At the same country picnic, look 

 to the practicability of organizing into a club the 

 tired mothers of the district. They are many. You 

 will know them by their careworn looks. Create a 

 sentiment in behalf of more frequent outings and 



