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Show CHEER UP! AVOID . .DEPRESSION k , ' PEERgfS OMEN who are given to raiftcfl blues" or depressing moods Hfl !LgIl do not &3 a- rule, have any ?9r?iR2?Sl rca &r'cvances, yet most tSMfiflffl f U3 now antl then lose !H2' interest in ourselves and tho world around us, and as a result things seem all awry. However, excellent authority assures us that self -pity Is really a sort of disease and makes Inroads upon tho strongqst constitutions. So let tho woman who wastc3 good "tlmo in elaborating upon her woes (If she is at all alive to her best Interests), try to master those foolish Ideas, For if she is an active, healthy person she la not by any means an object of sympathy or pity, and should expect neither. ; . 1 Efficacious Elixirs. j While we all admit that housework with Its ceaseless round of dutlca is more or less humdrum, even that occupation may be toned down and made congenial if the woman In each particular case so wills It. - What the mother who keeps no maid needs moro than anything else is an occasional brief rest Irom her tnsks, and If she ik wise she" will take It, at no matter mat-ter what Inconvenience. Every busy mother ought to subscribe to a good household magazine. Such publications pub-lications not only' offcr many pointers on cooking and homo management, but as a rule contain splendid fiction departments, and the woman who has ycry little lime to herself, to whom tho movies or the theatre aro real "treats," may in the company com-pany of such a magazine spend many pleasant as woll aa profitable "snatches" from her work. . . . .- " k , . Any one who declares that sho hasn't any tlmo for reading should certainly make time. A humorous story will, unless un-less one is a dycd-ln-thc-wool pessimist, not only comple.'cly drive awav all "blues'' but prove an elixir of the first order. If the average busy matron would devote a few minutes daily to such reading matter stic would find that her interrupted duties could bo resumed in an entirely different frame of mind. Furthermore, humorous reading serves another and very fine purpose. It makes us lose all track of ourselves, and self-effacement, self-effacement, we are told, 13 the first and biggest milestone on the road to havphicss. That mother who is really practical will not confine her reading to light matter but, on the other hand, will keep In touch with tho day's worthwhile events. To have an Intelligent understanding of what Is transpiring in tho great world around her and to be able to offer an opinion If it Is solicited stamps ono a3 a person who has not gone to seed. Women who "read up" on matters and things and who keep their minds freshened fresh-ened and alert (oven though in many cases they arc getting along In years) find life far more satisfying than their friends or neighbors who declare that they have neither tho tlmo nor Inclination for literature litera-ture of any kind. Many and pressing as her duties may be, the wife or mother who would play the role or a real companion com-panion to her family must keep in touch with the work of tho world. Attention to duty Is Indeed fine and commendable, but duty. Hko many other matters, could and should' bo sidetracked occasionally. Otherwise, tho misguided woman In the case may, when It Is too late, bo forced to call a halt. I J In Touch with Times. f Any woman who works on ceaselessly, who Is given to worrisome or depressed moods, or who otherwise foolishly permits per-mits herself to get Into a rut, will, unlcsr she uses all her Ingenuity, find it a difficult dif-ficult matter to extrlcnto herself from that unpleasant state, and it is ridiculous to conclude that such women can bo clthei happy or contented Just so long as they persist In thus stagnating. Few of us arc In a position to travel extensively or to enjoy ourselves upon an elaborate scale, but evory ono of us can and should now and thon take a brief rest from our duties. If wo do not, but foolishly plod on minus any- bit of variety In our schemo of living, it is against all reasoning to conclude that wc can keep fit either mentally or physically. |
