Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

Ties which compel labor, there can be n
doubt that ''all work and no play make
." Jack dull boy" As the tired body mu,
have rest and sleep to restore its capacitie
i. for labor, so the tired mind must have rex
reation to restore its capacities for labor
When we are fatigued We enjoy nothin;
ia. but rest. and it is indispensable to our high
r. est success in any department that we b
~ capable of enjoying the work that ensure
a. the success. 10 enjoy this work Their
@ must be mixed in with the work abundan
he rest. abundant recreation. A great many
ut patient. harlworking mothers of families
r. are fully persuaded that they have no time
&c for play; they have hardly time to sleep
~ and to take precious moments that should
VI lie given to darning stockings, to wiping
. windOw-glasses and devote them to string
= ing rhymes together, to making fancy
a wall pockets, to embrOidering tides and
i ottomans. to reading the last magazine.
; the last newspaper, or the last fresh novel
!, this would be an inexcusable folly and
= waste of time. Not bit of it. Doubtless
:. one great reason why SO many cigars are
smoked ard SO much bad tobacco used is
that the fragrant (0 clouds and the mar
cOtic spell throw the victim into dreamy,
restful condition. and afford 1. temporary
relief from the present stress of labor. He
is willing for this to shorten his life. to
wear ont his nerves. or at any rate to take
the risk OF doing so. rather than fOregO
the pleasure of indulgence in the tobacco
habit. Women have not the taste or the |
inclination for this species OF recreation, |
and no one thinks it would be becoming to
| them. Fancy work rather attracts them,
and of fancy woik there are innuncrable
varieties. If Il woman finds relief in writ
ing for the papers, why should she not
write? If painting on china affords her
the needed delight. why should she not
paint on china? 1t music rests her soul
and soothes her worn nerves. why should ,
she not have music? If her hungry intel
reason why this cry should be needed. i
Men do not count as wasted the time ,
spent in smoking their cigars and pipes
while they sit with feet high in the air, and !
discuss the last move in politics, or the !
price OF crops. or the next presidential +
candi late. 1t is not wasted. There are
few human beings. and we meet them oc- y
casionally, who seem made to work con- =
tinually; to have in themselves the sol,- =
tion Of the problem OF perpetual motion. :.
but the majority are not so. Most of lis
must do what is in the nature of play a =
part Of the time, and provision should be
made for this necessity just as supplies are
stored in the lartler. and blankets are put
away for use when the frosts come.
Some of our foremost di,ines are taking 81
the lead in this matter and seeing to it that m
the members of their flocks, sheep no less II
than lambs, have suitable recreations pro-
vded for them, the object being to keep all IL
the functions of the intellectual and spirit Ok
nal nature in lively, healthful and normal e'
activity and development. There are other h
ways of preaching the Gospel than this. "
'ut is there any better way of supplement- ar
ng Sabbath ministrations than this? Such in
5 the pressure of the times and such the dc
iemand for more money in almost every ed
household, that among the first thoughts ''s
woman has with reference to whatever ad
accomplishment she may possess is what co
he can make out of it in a pecuniary way. w
low as TO this, few plain words may not so
e out Of place. The number of women co
hat can write and write well on house. CHI
old topics is very large and is constantly pa
lcreasing. A procession of them. so to pc
peak, press in at the door OF every news
aper Office of the land. Those in the ins
ont of the procession are most likely to ell
e first and best paid; those in the rear are orr
ute likely, when their time comes and to
acancies occur in front of them, to be moi
aid also: and at all times those who do mu
Re best work stand the best chance OF re- the
employment. The same is is
lie of other branches Of industry into SIN
hich women are crowding. ME
There are multitudes OF women who I'M pre-
,rstand music, embroidery, the modern SO
nguages, drawing and painting, and wo
ndred accomplishments, who can find a n
} market for their work. But meantime tina
ey can go on improving and waiting and Il
king cor fort in their skill until an open ma
'or leads to work that pays. But this is in .
depression. The point intended TO he hot
atle in this brief essay is this-that work sm'
2 women Of whatever grade and occupa- tie
IN will find it an ineXpressible relief to III
we some amusement, some recreation, ,.,;t
me diversion that shall for the time lead
EN- out Of and away from the dreary
utine Of everyday toll, and that provis-
a for this is just as essential to the A
iolesomeness of life as provision for la
ep and food and clothing. by