The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-31

the game ell his ife for the most essential
part OIL relaxation is often obtained not from
.ne play itself. but from the mental diversion
h hnd interest in It, and at times quite as much
oeneht may be obtained from active interest
IN any sport as from active participation.
Third requirement for ideal play for any
person Is that 1t should give pleasure Without
this important attribute the full measure of
oeneht cannot be derived from any form of
Ieia2ation. The simple and solitary exercises
IN gymnasium in way approach in benefit
tnose derived from games or competitions into
winch the spirit OF pleasure and keen interest
enter very largely. question very much, for
example, the utility of horseback riding for
those to whom 1t is no Joy. but torture and
agony.
sent greatest benefit to the individual are such
as combine with pleasure the greatest possible
chanse OF action and thought from those ave-
nueS most accustomed In the work-a-day life
1t may therefore, be observed that usually
those forms OF play are personally best which
are most pleasant to the individual, unless his
appetite In these directions has been abnormal.
~ cultivated or perverted The natural instinct
OF orain-worker is toward those forms of
pleasure or relaxation which involve physical
exercise The professor loves his walks, his
fishing trips or his hunting excursions On tho
other hand. those who earn their daily bread
and VINO carry on the ordinary functions OF
their life chiefly in a physical way should
seek their relaxation more in mental directions
The physical worker, for example, commonly
receives MS greatest satisfaction and benefit
as to play and relaxation In reading or in soma
other mental avocation. 1t is indeed true that
Tue pest OF play is oftentimes but a variety OF
WORK or study. a change rather than rest
The benefits of play and relaxation are NOT
expressed only in mental terms 1t is by no
means only to make us happy that we need
play and relaxation. 1t is quite as much neces.
sary 10 make and keep us physically we'll Di.
Vertlng pleasure rests and relieves the tired
and overworked mind does Sleep It IA
nearly as essential and quite as direct In its
erect on the physical conditions of the body
relaxation and play even affect the most
elemental OF the body functions A high blood
nrnC at 4iy,,n. ~
the peaceful strains of agreeable music and
the tagging and tired heart or muscles arc
stimulated by the martial strains OF tho mill
tary band. The thrill of the fife and the roll
OF the drum quicken the pulse and send I'M
blood pressure more certainly and moro nromnt
" than do strychnine or digitais. All Of us
recognize the delightful effects OF music nron
erly designed to induce Sleep
The purr of the cat and night notes ot tbe
thrush are but natures lullabies. How fire..
quently it is that few pages OF an intcrostino
or amusing book will quiet the tired faded or
depressed mind and induce good nature or
sleep much more satisfactorily than any of tha
drugs winch your doctor has in his saddle-ba,a
relaxation and diverting pleasure are better
aus 10 aigestion than the most potent ferments
ON the Pharmacists shelves There is no ,nora
powerful stimulant to the appetite than con.
genial friends and agreeabl conyersotion
These are indeed the best ana safest of COCK.
tails. - ~eA
1t is, therefore, we'll worth the time ~ orr
person, who is either busy or who expects en- m
be, 10 seriously study and consider thio in,nor
tant problem OF play, that its more satisfnntp
results may assist him throughout life ubJnb
Will at the same time become therebv ,nora
happy. perhaps longer and doubtless mora ,sa
full. oio use