240 ANCIENT SUSSEX GAME OF STOOLBALL 



desirous of seeing in them that easy submission to 

 discipline which men have attained because they 

 have behind them generations of transmitted 

 tradition concerning work. 



There is no doubt that stoolball and other games 

 help towards this perfecting of work-power, and 

 so what seems but idle playtime on this summer 

 afternoon is in reality an important part of women- 

 gardeners' training. 



