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Show p i Rest and the Rnht I ; Time to Take It i I1 !Thls Is the time of year when every on. who can possibly do so should lake a liille re?t," insisted a woman who haa the knack of planning out her life most j cnslbly. No further argument is needed I for thla than the craving wo all of us feel ! for a "let-up from our usual routine I duties Physically and mentally we need j the fillip of a respite. It Is a busy sea-j sea-j son, especially for women with homca. this period before packing up for the I country TVhy go through all the work the period demands of us with nerves on edge from overstrain when a little de-: de-: llherately taken rest will put us 'Into condition' con-dition' to accomplish the work with light I spirit' I . a The Intermediate Vacation. .: .. "I am going to be away from home a whole week visiting a friend who has a pretty home in the country whose latch-strlng latch-strlng Is always down for me. Mv friend-one friend-one of the kind who understands says that I may get up as late us I feel like In the morning and go to bed aa early as I want to at night. How Is that for a lazy I life for a busy wife and mother? I am going to read as much as I please, go out for long walks, take drives, rid my mind , of worry In fact. I am Just going to loaf.' My family Is going to co-operate with me In trying, each one of them, to make the home run smoothly while I am away. "Careful planning is the secret of bringing bring-ing about most results. And how It pays'. I come home refreshed In body and spirit. My mind Is clear because It has had such a good rest. I ao not treat my poor family to 'nerves' because they all have flown from me. I feel zest for the work to be dono before house closing. I have a deeper patience with people who are tired and fussy, because they need Just such a rest as I have had. Because of the children my husband land I do not feel that we can be away; from home at the same time, for he would take his Intermediate season holiday that Is what wc call It with me. Yes; he Is as keen over ihe idea as I am, and often com- i pllments me upon having had the Initiative to Institute it as a custom In our home i Devoted to fishing, he makes his little out- I Ing a fishing trip, and his enthusiasm hash Induced several of his cronlo friends to, follow his example of deserting the desk I for a few days with the rod. 1 "They are all very hard working men. i but they see that a lift of the nose from I the grindstone means banishment of that I tired feeling' that takes possession of us 1 after the long winter strain, and that this means a better capacity for work a better bet-ter prln upon situations, a refreshed power for dealing with people. ' My husband and I have frankly admitted ad-mitted to earh other that perhaps after all It Is as well that wo cannot take our llttla holiday together, for Just at this what we call 'nervy' time of -.ear It is a coo. thine to -et aWay from people we see constantly -ev ,n from those most dear to us Nothing like a little absence to make the heart grow fonder and kinder "A? ihe children are In school they can-not can-not have a holiday of any special length, but there are the weekends, and how carefully care-fully we plan that as many of thes aa possible yhall be for our kiddies a health-giving health-giving countrj outing We Itemlzo It under necessities-' Sometime the children go to Klslt Sometimes they go to bed in n dear old farm house, the home of an old a family servant-a woman of that diminish- 1 Ing Class of ervnr.t with whom one knovc that one's children receive as perfect ear as any fond parent would wish them to have The house Is spotless and comfortable. com-fortable. The farm la Just the kind that appeali to children. They are out In It all day How radiant they look when they come home to ua and how ready they are for the school week lying before them. Studying ia not hard for them, as it Is for most children In school now simply because nervous systems are below par I'vcry week we plan an afternoon off all to-ether down by the sea that lies so comparatively near us, though the hih city houses would have us believe that It is not near at all The children play In the sand, run races over It, come hom with cheeks glowing. This afternoon off down In that splendid air sets me up wonderfully. won-derfully. We Americans have not yet learned the art of taking little outings The Old World loves them To English people it is second nature to pack a 'tea 1 basket and get out of town for a fe hours." ' M A Novel Scheme. I 1 A business woman who positively cannot get away from town for a rest at this season, but who is nevertheless bound to have a rest, has hit upon, this little scheme. She leaves her home for a weed's stay at a hotel. Tes. the hotel Is right In 1 her own city, but the different life the freedom from home "cares, the being by 1 herself Is a wonderful change from her usual life nnd gives her just the nerve ' J rest that she needs. I If one is bent upon getting smoothed ut and rested and uses one's Ingenuity :here are all acrta of different ways of ( -ringing about the result even when con- ' iltions are most frownlngly against It V Have you ever made a visit in your own ' lome, for instance0 Move to th guest i oom. I-et the rest of tho family run the ' louse. Lie down when you please, go out j vhea you please do as you please I Try I t a week and fco what it will do for you. |
