Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-31
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Some one has figured out that we'll
built locomotive engine has a life. .
running life 80 to speak, of so many
thousand miles. In this calculation
exceptions must be made for accidents.
for abuse. and weak parts not known
OF by the manufacturers. Such an av-
| erage life FOR this engine also includes
rest, stoppage at certain regular and
stated periods. The best mechanical
engineers now claim that to get the
greatest possible work out Of any piece
| OF machinery, rest 10 fully as necessary
as repairs. In fact, nature repairs by
rest The BARRIERS razor unquestion-
ably needs rest and it Is not an
imaginary theory but solid fact that
! razors do better work after rest.
Them too, in figuring out the life OF
| an engine, 1t Is implied that when not
| at work suitable place must be given
1t to rest In, one that shelters it from
| heat and cold. With these arrange
| ments and the program carried out as
nearly as possible the life Of a loco
motive engine averages the running
| miles the manufacturers expect and
claim for 1t. It Is almost unnecessary
to add non -observance OF such a pro-
gram sends its to the scrap pile much
sooner.
And man Is nothing but q LOGON olive
engine. Given healthy body, avoid
| ing abuse, barring accidents and the
life Of a man averages as the insur-
ance experts figure out AS much but
no more does man need rest at regular
periods. The Jewish sabbath and the
! heather Sunday. while each had DIFF
ferent aim and object result In the
same thing. There Is no question but
what the hardest task masters ever
knew have obtained the largest
amount Of work from their employees
In the period Of year by observing
and giving such rest one day IN
! seven. AS holy day or holiday even
when slavery existed. human chattels
yielded the greatest result In enforced
tasks, and slave owners realized Il.
The modern employer OF labor today
recognizes this theory Of rest and acts
| upon it. not from love Of humanity. hut
self interest. So that the half holiday
on Saturday and the whole Of Sunday
has more to 1t than a legal enactment.
1t pays all employers to give all en-
ployes rest days, holy days or holidays.
Still another view can be taken of
| this rest matter. still using the loco
motive engines as a comparison. As
Stunning that man at 81 has so many
units Of work in him, life can be
heightened un9ue.tionahly by spread
ing out these units. Probably not a
business man that reads this Will ad-
NIT that long vacation OF a year is
a rest OF year. will enable him to
live one year longer. Before denying
this such business men need to be told
that a years rest does not mean In
action. does not even imply, cessation
from hard work, but It does mean
change OF work The preacher and
the farmer could change work for a
year to mutual advantage. It is not
the pounds one lifts that kills. It 10
"the demuition grind" Place two pin
cushions 100 feet apart Start at in
the morning carrying one pin from ono
cushion to the other. Keep 1t up until
noon. Take an hour for dinner. Go at
1t at o'clock again. and carry pins
until p. m. You will sleep that night.
Keep it up for a week and you viii
not know the meaning Of the word
insomania. Keep it up for a year and
a two weeks vacation will be appre-
ciated Keep it up for ten years and
Your relatives can collect your life
| insurance What every man needs IL
change Statistics show many far
mer's wives in insane asylums. A gen.
eral inference IL that It is overworls.
Not 80. It Is the continuous per-
formance the same kind Of work day
after day. year after year. 1t Is get
ting three meals day for 36S days In
a year and $3.50 meals in ten years.
Golf playing is life lensthener: so
IL running an automobile. The man
that goes fishing or hunting. that
! makes a garden or rides on the cars,
or witnesses a ball game. or stays at
home and sits on the front porch, each
such things 1t is the opposite Of their
regular work. The fisherman or hun
| ter the gardener. the travelling man,
| the professional ball player. the loafer
| on the porch none Of these men get
any recreation out Of these things II
| they regularly do these things as an
occupation and al wage earners. Sena-
| tor Hale made regular practice OF
reading detective stories. He was rest
| ing, recreating. frightening out his
| life. Gladstone cut down trees Roose-
welt hunts in Africa. Morgan buys
pictures Vanderbilt rims coach line
in England. Taft is a baseball Fan"
| One mans food Is another mans
poison, is exactly true OF mental food.
| The gambler makes work OF card
playing. The honest Dutchman recre-
ates when he plays pinochle. Now II
all this means anything, IT. means for
the reader to do something you are
not obliged to do. Pick out your
amusement fad and indulge in it, You
may not enjoy catching bullheads.
Some Of US do. may not care to rush
over the country in an automobile, but
If you do. by all means get an auto If
you can afford it. Get out OF your
business rut once . week ANY, Go
to church as a change II for no other
and better motive. Do som ething diff
ferent at least one day In the week.
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