Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-28
RECREATION.
THE MOST SENSIBLE METHOD OF
RE-cREATING OURSELVES.
ON to \ kust.c Rome-ReIaxation Is Not
sniheient-feariy spurts of Recu-
peration-Tho Poorer Classes
Tees and f1owerA
Isl. Louis Globe-Democra,.l


Pronounce It according 20 It's derivation,
recreation This is really what We aim to
accomplish. Business wears US out, and
once year, If possible we rush of to create
ourselves over again The highest problem
| beft 70 Us Is now to do this creative work
most thoroughly and availabiy. As mat
/ ters are, one-half of the people rush home
again. after tine heated term, more than
ever faxed AMI devi:alizsd DOUBTLESS
when cleap fares are more general, aud
more god sense is shown in bu ,iuess meth
DDS ami home affairs, a good half Of our rec
reatins will go On in winter. The south is
opening to toe north so many escapes from
the sharp handling Of winter that all classes
VIII soon avail themselves Of it
Undoubtedly the most sensible method Of
recreatins Is t. own n rustic homa not too
far from business, to which We can retreat
Ois OF our famous actors has small hut,
snug and tight in hi yard, separate from
his Eouss. Here hs shuts hisn~elf up good
deal Of tae time, not for work but to get
out Of human contact "Mi,anthropicF
Not bit of it. He is full OF humor, and
geniality when with Others; but he gets
worn out, used up, and then hides
Relaxation and recreation ara two very
different thing. Many people supposs be-
cause they relax once in tweuty-four hours
they are doing all nature requires Of them
ihey say they can leave business at the
store. ie', and then enter into vacuty, q
stat. OF nonenity for the rest Of the day
Sach men grow. pinchei, and pinch Others;
they have ring to them that is like an emp
ty barrel: T., ~ look around with sort Of
Interrogation thsy have not life enough to
utter; but if it did get expires ion would be:
Nv hat is life bu: businessi Recreation
must coIjoin with relaxation Such men il
they lo-e their property commit suicide, or
have softeEing OF the brain. Wife and chill
dren AMI the round world full of sun and
trees cunts for nothing with them They
are lonely with nsture. The trees have no
personality for them, AMI there is no COM
partnership but In piles OF cotton goods. I
bales OF coats and pantaloons, or paints and |
varnishes. DID you ever study the run Of
bu mess men in and out of their stores. In /
side they tit To their work; the moment they 4
step Outside they-eem As out Of place as a 4
painted cavalier that should step out of his !
panel
We may be sure Of this however. that 4
the resent drift of American life to yearly
spurt' OF recuperation is all wrong. and
mu be given up for a more sensible plan 4
" here the drain AMI exhaustion is daily the
balance mu { be daily secured. Not one out
OF ten of our public mel or business men
hut makes 4 daily draft on his strength n
little beyond MS physical inc me. This DO
compen- ates with stimulant, or end ures the
tax until the ANIMAL vacation once more
enables him 20 repacs in part what he has
emos zzlel from las constitution and moral
enerEy. But this IS dishone.t make,hift.
and we are sure to degenerate under its
influence.
Contact with nature III tine fullest sens, of
the word ha' power in it that is subtle.
probable to- subtle for superficial people to
understand OH DIR. john on drslikei trees.
and liked letter to roll ~ AMI down Cheap
side in the crowd. This is obviou, with
other persons OF the SANE sort; cannibali,tic
creatures they are alb orbing devUuriny
other people Doctors forbid Us TO allow
children or nervous people TO sleep with
oder or mora rugged lie pie. 1t destroys
them. The same influence in less degree
goes on IN the dayti under les close con-
tact \ few gross ones grow stout on the
re,t Constant human intercourse is
very destructive 20 most The re-
Operative forces are in nature.
with trees is always invig-
Grating and vitalizing The value of flow
ers in ;he window of poor mans home i,
medicinal and ply icaL IL is not merely
mental pleasure that the paiing woman
gathers from the rosebu,h. but medicament
The same is true of flowers di tributei in
hospitals. High life can only be lived when
the whole being is sternly protected against
corrosive influences Moral life is not sor,s-
thing separate from the rest of our life, but
a part of the physical
The happiest feature of the recreative
len iency is that it has taken hold OF the
poorer classes. There il no poverty left in
the civilized world as bad as tina. OF the
middle ages. The railroad will not allow it.
famiDeS can not get such gripon any Soc
tion of ths worii. We can get away from
,holeras and pc tiiences. Hi,tory will
never again show such records of wholesale
ieathS as the black scourye brought on Eu-
ope. This is not only owing to sanitation
md more knowledge; it is owing to speedy
tran it
Workmen in reality ruIsticate NOWADAYS
more tina the capitalist They eat more.
Eat better food, better cooked sleep more,
and wear out more slowly Be-iieS, they
get good deal more out of a weeks lay-off
The rich man is never able to get free from
he responsibility of Appearances