1904 
125 
A Bit About Recreation. 
No two of us are alike, and in recrea¬ 
tion, as in other things, what is one 
man’s meat is another man’s poison. 
The woman who likes to make fancy 
work is inclined to think the woman 
who likes to read is putting on airs, 
while the woman who writes essays for 
the woman’s club may look with con¬ 
tempt upon the one who likes to dance. 
We all want to have others like the 
things that we do, and it is very natural 
to try to make converts of our friends 
and acquaintances. But is a thankless 
task, and after we learn a wiser charity 
we see the folly of trying to change peo¬ 
ple’s tastes. It seems to me that no 
matter what the recreation is—provided 
it is not wrong or harmful—it is useful 
and necessary if it is really a recreation, 
and is not made to take too prominent 
a place in one’s life. The danger is that 
one will get to have the feeling that the 
good times are the important part of 
living—that one must do one’s work 
merely in order to have the fun. The 
result of this frame of mind is that one’s 
work is drudgery, and is done as slight¬ 
ingly as possible and without interest 
and enthusiasm, and one is tired and 
fagged each morning instead of being 
refreshed and invigorated. The true 
use of recreation is to re-create one for 
his or her real work in the world—to 
rest one, get the mind out of its regular 
train of thought and stimulate it to re¬ 
newed activity and interest in its daily 
work. 
The happiest thing in the world is to 
have some useful, interesting work to 
do, and the health and strength to do it 
with enthusiasm. Recreation is an im¬ 
portant means to this end, so what does 
it matter what the recreation is so long 
as it keeps its proper place? I knew a 
woman once who had eight young chil¬ 
dren. She lived on a farm, and there 
were hired men to cook for. With all 
her work and care she found time to 
make beautiful knit lace. It was recrea¬ 
tion for her, because she loved to do it. 
Another woman liked to dance. Instead 
of tiring her and making her unhappy 
and discontented the next day it seem¬ 
ed to have the opposite effect and to be 
just the change and stimulus she need¬ 
ed. For a great many people reading is 
the best recreation. Those who have to 
be very actively engaged can find rest 
and relaxation for the body, while at 
the same time the mind is diverted and 
refreshed. For my own part I do not 
care for a daily paper, but I am perfect¬ 
ly willing for those who like it to enjoy 
it. I prefer a good short story, or novel, 
or nature article, but there are those 
who do not care for light reading and 
prefer the classics. It is a matter of 
taste and there are all varieties to choose 
from. One should not condemn light 
reading, because, if it is read as a recrea¬ 
tion only and is not trashy, it serves a 
useful purpose. Heavy reading would 
be work instead of rest. And besides 
this, short stories, such as are found in 
the good magazines, and many novels, 
which are true to life and of a whole¬ 
some nature, are really a stimulus to 
high thinking and true living. Even 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mrs.Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
While teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
some of the books that are branded as 
immoral have really a good influence if 
read understandingly. I know of a case 
w r here a girl read a book which was 
widely condemned, and removed from 
public libraries, because it was consid¬ 
ered immoral. She, and many others, 
saw nothing immoral in it, and later on, 
in one of life’s crises, it proved to be a 
great help to her and a strong safeguard. 
Even the cheap novels, if they hold any 
right, moral sentiment, may be of use 
in spite of their faults, for the truths 
are presented in a pleasing form and ap¬ 
peal to a class that the higher grades of 
literature do not reach. So let us try to 
have charity for other people’s fads and 
recreations, hoping only that those 
recreations may be harmless and serve 
their proper use. 
SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The tucked blouse shown is of pink 
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lacfi, but is suited to all the cotton and 
linen waistings as well as to silk and 
wool. The arrangement of the tucks at 
the back gives graceful tapering lines to 
the figure, while those in fronts and 
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the stitchings. When preferred the lin¬ 
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smooth, but the fronts are full and 
blouse over the belt. The sleeves fit the 
upper arms snugly and form puffs below 
the elbows. At the neck is the usual 
stock. The quantity of material requir¬ 
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inches wide, 3% yards 27 inches wide or 
214 yards 44 inches wide, with 214 yards 
of insertion 2V 2 inches wide to trim as 
illustrated. The pattern No. 4617 is cut 
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The shirred kimono offers a pretty 
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shirred and arranged over a foundation 
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Small., Medium, Large. 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
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