San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-31
LEARNING TO REST

heCent medical Investigations nave dis
closed that one Of the most frequent
causes OF illness is not infection primar-
lily, but physical and mental fatigue.
People who are worn out to use d
common expression are readily injected
by germs of disease and their bodily
strength being at low ebb. they can not
combat such infections successfully.
1t is probably no exaggeration to say
that nine out OF ten people do not know
how to rest. Some people never enjoy
complete relaxation during their waking
hours, hurrying heller SHELTER from one
task to another, from one meal to the
next meal. from one pleasure to the next
pleasure without ever stopping to real
ize the seriousness of such habit
1t is possible to rest often during the
day but few people know it and still
fewer take the trouble 10 practice it.
One OF the country's ablest financiers
some years ago, was accustomed at
regular intervals to take 10-mnute
periods of complete rest. He locked his
Office door for ten minutes. would not
answer a telephone call. Seated in his
office chair he closed his eyes, relaxed
his body and allowed his mind to wander
at will anywhere but towards the tasks
III hand. Sometimes he fell asleep but
usually awakened with a start at the crd
OF the te:l-minute period much refreshed.
The pace at which city jewellers york
IS killing pace. no matter how slowly
Z they may go about it. Any business
worthy Of the name is somewhat oil i
4 treodmiil and no matter how interested
man or woman may become in their
4 daily task. it is d steady drain on nerves
4 and strength. The more intensely they
Il concentrate. the more wear and tear
q there is on body and brain.
q Fatigue, by lowering the general Vi
8 tally, allows noNious poisons generated
IN the body. to increase. The greater
4 the fatigue, the more poisons there arc
3 The longer the fatigue continues, the
. greater will be the damage done from
& the generation OF these poisons. Hence
4 It is apparent that rest is an essential
3 to health and unless it is enjoyed il
s. larger measures than in most cases
Il sickness eventually is the result.
One OF the greatest foes to the poison.
s OF fatigue is fresh air. This means NOR,
than ol.en windows in Offices and dwell
a ings. 1t means frequent excursions ava,
i from the haunts OF man where Their
really is pure ozone uncontaminated b,
city or town life. This has becom
amazingly easy in these days OF motto
cars and one OF the greatest boons tia
the motor car has conferred is the abil
ity of the city dweller to escape at r2gu
lar intervals from the impure air an
congested surroundings in which he mus
work
Most people believe that they rccciy
enough rest il they secure eight hour
sleep. But for vast majority OF pee
pie this is insufficient rest. 1t is stuff
Gent sleep but sleep and rest are b
no means the same. To really rest
tired brain and body, frequent change
are necessary both in the tasks pc
formed and in the mental outlook. Re
can not be complete with trouble
mind nor is repose of mind possible wit
an ailing body.
The best rest in the world is follow
ing a hobby, sometimes entirely diffe
ent from the daily labor, something us
fful or something silly, it matters not S
that it brings about complete chang