The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-03
RECREATION A DUTY.
Theory that Every Man Should Take
Time for Rest.

Time for Rest.
F. Hopkinson Smith. in New York INDIE
pendent.
I was reading, the other day, that some
one had interviewed a number of rich men
as to how they had obtained their fortunes.
L think Mr.. Carnegie said, Save one-fifth
OF all you make every year. Another
wealthy man considered that the secret of
his success was that he had patronized
hrst-class savings bank from the time he
had earned his first dollar.
Now, in regard to the subject of recrea-
ton my theory is that if a man would
adopt something like the same rule in plan
ming for his leisure he would, so far as
health and happiness were concerned, come
out much better in the end. If you put away
one-tfth of all you earn you are certainly
entitled to one-seventh of your time for
rest and recreation. According to the pre-
cepts OF the Christian religion we are en-
titled to one days rest in seven. But such
ftsespltes are not sufficiently continuous;
Iney are only temporary in character.
Every man certainly ought to take one
n nMe1nrn our o. each year for the
erv human being IN ana 4his recreation rte Ely,
nave thirty days uninterrupted leisure dur
ing each three hundred and sixty-five DAYS
a ne IVes; ana he simply robs himself if he
does not take it. If he could manage to
take two months instead of one he would,
upon arriving at the age of sixty be a
Effeat oeal better, stronger and happier man.
II ne dld nothing else but break down in
hlHiselI Ihat growing spirit of thinking of
nothing but getting rich and sacrificing ev-
cry Ieehng to the effort to hoard up coin
IN tin box, it would do good, for the DAYS
Wnen a man is idle nobody can take from
MN. Inc days that he is working are so
lulI or suffering, pain and anxiety that he
never cares TO remember them. What poor
INHERITANCE 1t is when a man gets RI ha
ola ana can look back upon no idle DAYS.
no tline when he rambled along the hroo,
no tlme when he went fishing when he
n IJbaieu uioeT the trees, or enjoyed any other
phase or out-of-door recreation to make life
worth living; all of which things nine men
Out or ten say they intend TO do some tive
To-Day is the day to do such things. not the
udy AFTER Tomorrow ~
There is no people in the uvorld NH -
Preclate the present time so much as we 10
ana aI no people in the world ought to tsiSee
tnelr leisure so readily N0
III regard TO the vacations Of artiets -
may be said that they are a hardwnrISSi,tne
ciass OF men. Some people have an ide55
tnat a painter does nothing but idle. ~, az
ront d ig painter is usually one of the
i,i LIZ INDUSTRIOUS men in the world, because
ne WORKS all winter in his studio and All
u nIGjuS4 the summer out-of-doors. He ONLY
Ei "a. the scene of his labors Artists en-
Joy put very little leisure, because thev arc
making their studies during the si1nn1ar
season. "1 IA Tic winter
Inc only art school that / believe in is ~ -,
one Where nature is the one instructed anS
man tne one pupil. That art student will he
t INC successful who sets out by himself to
the kind of instruction which will ,,,aII LIZ -
orlglnal painter, one who will cow nnhod,,
sisG met methods On the other hand, if an
artlst goes out in a summer school. al a par,,
early stage in his career and absorhhs Ne eLy
tecnnlc or his teacher it will take bj,o
years TO get away from it. He cannot ,oaIln
f fbe iiaplq progress alone as he would with
tne al9 OF a school, but at the end of ten
years ms progress would be seen to he Tnora
RAPID because, otherwise he would hova 20
uiiieaFh many Things that he had learned.