Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-05
THE VALUE OF LEISURE TIME

Well" snapped his wife, John 1 Reynolds wife drives herself to death for her family. and pinches every pen
 ny to increase their savings. But, 1 then. she is stronger than 1 am. am so worn out with my cares at home, | and my social demands, think we had 1 better send the children out to Grand
 mas for the vacation, and leave me l free to go to some pleasant place for change You could get your meals at a restaurant while was gone. You ] say you shall not take any vacation" 1 A look of disappointment shaded MT. ] Gaynor's face for moment, but he ! patiently agreed to the plan as pro- | posed.
 l Autumn found them returned to ] their fiat, the children well and happy. l the mother claiming to have enjoyed 1 her change of scene, and the over i worked father showing plainly the ef- 1 fects of his lack of rest.
 ! Whats the matter with Papa :" l commented the children one day. He ! does not act as he used to do. He ] lies on the couch all the time of an 1 evening now"
 "Oh, that's nothing" said their
 mother. Hell feel better when the i weather is cooler"
 {. But she seemed in no way to feel i herself responsible for the condition of 1 things What wonder that the chil- ! dren grew up selfish and indifferent, i expecting everything to be done for j them and making no returns.
 ' All of which reminds me of the req ! son given by the farmer for the high i cost Of living. Now, I am not a farm l CT, but I read every week the Farm ] CTS Talk to Farmers" What I don't | know about farming would make a i book, and all I do know on that sub- 1 ject is very truly secondhand proper l ty, but 1 enjoy reading those talks in The Bulletin, and find them profitable ! ac hV i writer in question for the increased i cost of living is that we pay other peo- i pie for doing work which we could and 1 should do for ourselves. We pay, like ! the Gaynors other people to make ] our clothes instead of making them ] ourselves. We ride when walking is much better for our health. We smoke | and munch confectionery when we ] know We are better off without it. We l give cur afternoons and evenings to 1 cards and the theatre, and wonder
 where the money has all gone when 1 we find ourselves in need. Any at i tempt at economy or thrift beyond our l own practice is called stinginess or ] lack of progress. Small wonder that ! the majority of US find it difficult to ! live within our means.
 To return to the Reynolds family. 1 A few years suff1ced to establish them 1 in their own home, enjoying many a 7 comfort not to be found in the city. ! The children were trained to haD1tS or l industry and thrift, the health of all was more firmly established by regu- lar exercise in walking to and from business and school. and the pleasures of life much increased by the feeling
 of independence gained in their own home Certainly for them economy led to health and comfort, if not to wealth and showed one way of reducing the
 high cost of living.
 ! Several of their friends followed their example, and Mills place became
 cluster of happy homes and cengenial neighbOrs.
 Which is to be commended and imi- tated, the Reynolds method or the Gaynor way?
 AN IDLER.