WORK CEASES TO BE DRUDGERY WHEN CONSCIOUSLY DIRECTED BY 



AN ACTIVE BRAIN. 



No more profitable subject can engage the attention of the members of women's 

 institutes, congresses, or clubs than the more intelligent utilization of activity and 

 appliances in daily domestic routine. Call in the aid of men, for they have long 

 grasped the value of right posture, appropriate tools, and well-considered surround- 

 ings as aids to effective, economical work. Impress upon young people that 



POWER TO DO GOOD WORK IS A PRIVILEGE. 



The utilization of the labour-saving devices described in Bulletin 41, and their 

 supplement by others as they are introduced, will so lighten the call upon strength 

 that energy will remain for other forms of exercise, of importance to mental as well 

 as physical well-being. Have you ever noticed the change in your feelings of anxiety, 

 fret, or irritation before and after a short, brisk walk with a pleasant object or in 

 the company of an agreeable friend V 



The blood has circulated more rapidly and promoted more effective nutrition ; 

 the brain is also stimulated by a purer blood-supply, so that life has assumed a 

 much brighter aspect. Quickened respiration has increased vitality and given a fillip 

 to the body's furnace, so that waste matters are more completely destroyed and 

 nutrition is more perfect. Muscles unexercised by domestic duties are brought into 

 play, while those wearied with work are given a respite from activity. A short, 

 sharp walk should constitute a daily tonic. It is cheap, beneficial, and exhilarating. 



BY YOUR OWN WELL-BEING ENTHUSE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE JOY 



OF WORK AND SERVICE. 



May not some of the prevalent distaste for family service be due to its associa- 

 tion with an overwrought, preoccupied woman, always tired, sometimes indifferent 

 to her appearance or figure? Instil from early days respect for the body, the dignity 

 of ministering to its needs, the skill involved in the right care of human life, the 

 joy in lightening the burdens of others, the privilege of utilizing ability to do anything 

 just as well as it can be done, i.e., the exercise of mind and body in well-doing. 



THE PLACE OF RECREATION 



in busy lives must not be overlooked in any code of health rules. Have you ever 

 observed the economy associated with the possession of two instead of one pair of 

 boots or shoes, so that each pair is worn alternate days instead of continuously? 

 They much outlast the lives of two pairs worn in succession, while the feet they 

 clothe are less wearied. 



This is but another illustration of Nature's law of rhythm, about which I have 

 already written. Rest appears beneficial even to inanimate objects, such as boots 

 and shoes; much more is this the case with human beings. Now, though the old idea 

 that change of occupation is rest can no longer be supported, nevertheless change of 

 occupation in many cases means recreation. 



RECREATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTENED RESPONSIBILITY, 



which is one reason why it is so hard for a house-mother to find a place for it in her 

 busy and responsible life. A man comes in with his day's work done, sits down in 

 a comfortable chair to read the paper, or goes out to meet his cronies and smoke 

 a friendly pipe. But his wife has the supper to cook, or the children to bathe and 

 put to bed, or the week's mending to do, or some clothes to make, or the ironing to 

 finish. When is her recreation-time to be found? The appearance of thousands of 

 women give the answer. They never find time to recreate their minds and bodies, 

 so they lose touch with much that fills life with interest and pleasure and age 

 prematurely. 



Others there are, found more often among the younger generation, who will not 

 forego the excitements and variety which entered largely into their lives before 



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