Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-08

full disease, but as she looked out at
the sun just sinking behind the
peaks, she said:
Il suppose my life would seem
like bad dream to most people,
but I've always had music; and just
one sunset like that makes it all
! seem worth while"
When woman in the mass reso-
lutely and with firm purpose puts
all self-pity behind her, her express
sion will at once begin to improve.
But there is another cause, and a
more potent one. The majority OF
women try to live too many ditfer-
ent kind of lives at the same time.
The cat is reputed to have nine
lives, but it uses only one at a time
holding the others in reserve to fall
back on in case the one is threat
ened.
But the average woman in or
dinarily comfortable circumstances,
lacks the cats repose and philo-
sophical outlook, not to speak Of
its powers of relaxation. She uses
up all her energies at once.
The last thing that woman, even
when she is" engaged in business or
one of the professions, will learn is,
This one thing L do" Instead, she
is continually repeating, S"Ihese
twenty different things 1 do, and all
in Cne short day"
We hear very frequently of peo-
pie breaking down from overwork,
really q rare thing for any. one 10
break down from overwork. They
break down from the grinding mon
otony of the task - 1T isn't the
uniting that 'urts the 'orse, its the
| 'ammer, 'ammer or the ard Ugh
road or they break down from
continual worry, or because they are
mis-cast. Their work does not suit
them, and they are neither happy
nor interested in it.
They also break down because
they do not understand the laws of
equilibrium. They know how to
work and to worry, but they do not
know how to play and relax
Life to many women is a very
complex, hap hazard, higgledy-pig-
gledly affair, full of innumeraDle re-
sponsibilities and pretty duties. They
were to work and to fight. BY work
he provided food, shelrer, cIothlnS
all of the necessities and ultimately
the luXuries for himself and his
family. BY fighting he kept at bay
the enemy which threatened.
These duties; being clearly defined
ne llllllSGlL W lutIli III CFGlS
way. His clothes are adapted TO
the part he plays in the world.
They are certainly not beautiful,
but they are adequate, suitable for
any occupation, and do not Impede
or hamper his movements in any
way, which is more than can be
said for woman's wear.
The fact that he has wife and
children to support, a business to
keep going, no matter what the
conditions, governing 1t may be,
does not prevent the normal, every
day man from eating three meals a
day, sleeping soundly at night and
taking a wholesome and genuine in
terest in sports, politics or whatever
his hobby may be.
But there are many women who,
whether they are working for their
living or spending their income are
in a perfectly tense state from the
morning until night. They don't
know the meaning of the word re-
lax. Even when they amuse them-
selves, it is in a high-keyed, excited
sort of a way.
The other evening / was talking
to a man who was watching his wife
with worried eyes.
shes riding for an awful fall
he said gloomily. "Shes on about
dozen different committees, and
she seems to be doing all the work
there is done on all of them. She's
working herself to bone, and she