Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-12
A GLAD DAY CLUB,

Day CluD. The object OF the cluD was
| just what the name implied. Started
in with one sole member ana now
nearly every girl | know mas become
an enthusiastic member.
when | first started in business /
used to spend every Sunday doing odd
| jobs getting my clothes in readiness
for the demands of the following week.
My friends used to call me odd job
Helen. When they wanted me to join
them in an outing, a concert or a din
ner l bad TO decline because of the
| odd Jobs that always confronted me.
1T Was not until my nerves began
to get jumpy and l began to realize
that / looked years older than | really
was that the full force of my penny
wise and pound foolish methods were
borne in upon me. The money saved
on my laundry and mending bills us
uallv wet into some extravagant little
nechwear that l find now l get along
without just as well.
Invitations to join in Sunday frol
les stopped coming my way. And
Sunday night invariably found me so
tired out that l was only fit To roll in
to bed Then a feeling of isolation
came over me and that was what
really brought me to my senses.
gradually began to see that l was
not taking the right course to get
happiness out of life. Then and there
| resolved that the odd jobs that
could not be done in one night a week
would simply let go. ! find they are
done somehow and 1 have been trans
formed from dull and tired worker
into happy. healthy ene'
If every one of us could adopt this
girls philosophy and Join the Sunday
Glad Day club Monday morning
would find us filled with the joy of the
athlete stripped for the race insteae of
exhausted bodies and nerves with the
universal cry of I'm so tired
Make your Sunday then day of
rest and gladness. That is exactly
what the day was instituted for. Make
it the fresh beginning of this week in
tead of the tagged out end of last
week.
Rest does not necessarily mean lying
in bed all day. The real Sunday rest
comes with complete change of pro-
gram from that of the other days of
the week In the various ways one
may spend a Sunday every inclination
anC condition may be suited. We all
take our pleasures in different way.
Therefore it rests with the individual
to do the thing that gives tie most
pleasure and at the same time the
rest.
First think when you get up sun
day morning say to yourself, This is
Sunday and | am going to make it as
sunny a day tor myself and others as
can"
If your daily duties demand early
rising rest on Sunday an hour or two
later in the morning just to distin-
guish it from business day. Allow
yourself luxurious ease in bathing and
primping and if you are to attend ser
vice choose your most becoming frock.
Give yourself plenty of time to walk
To church.
To be successful factor in the bust
ness world you must be a true Woman.
And to attain the highest development
you should cultivate the religious ele-
ment 1t is the divine balancing .pow-
er. Howeves, it is not necessary TO de-
vote all your Sunday to your church
any more than it is obligatory TO de-
vote all your salary to the missiona-
ries. But there is a comfort and sol
ace for your daily ills to be found In
helpful sermon and uplifting music.
Then, spend every minute you can
out OF doors.
For you VINO have to pass the larger
part of your time sitting or standing
about indoors spend large part or
your day in such exercise as boating,
tennis, golf or walking. Walking is the
best and simplest exercise And a
business girl should walk just as re-
lgiously as she washes her face and
combs her hair. 1t is almost as essen
tial to her appearance. The girl who
can walk ten or twelve miles on sun
day aud who never allows a day to go
by without walk of mile or two is
rarely ever troubled with nerves. She
sleeps and eats and greets her Mon
day morning duties With smile.
Have you ever tried going to bed
early Saturday night and getting up
at sunrise Sunday morning? You will
find hundreds of enthusiasts out seek
ing recreation at that hour of the
morning. To see the sun rise over
the meadow and to hear the birds IN
chorus will fill you with JOY and any
little worry you may have carried from
office Or shop will be frightened away.
A walking club is great fun when
composed of half a dozen or so con-
genial persons who love to walk, rain
or shine. Start out dressed comfort
ahly-easy shoes and no tight clothes.
There is health and happiness in the
mere act of getting away from the
| conventional mode of dress and con-
duct.
Have your clothes so comfy that
you can romp and run or sit and lie at
| fun length without fear of ofrense To
Mother Grundy. There is sense OF
| joy in the relaxation that comes from
| forsaking the madding throng where
the perpetual appearance must DC
| kept up.
| Learn to throw out your chest and
! drink in deep breaths of pure, fresh
air. 1t is not enough to walk along
| and look at the green hills and blue
skies. But as you walk fill your lungs
with oxygen.
| If YOU do not feel equal to ten OF
| twelve mile tramp take a suburban
] caE and get off at it's terminus Al
most any car line will take you to a
beautiful sunny spot. Walk couple
| of miles into the woods and you VIII