. The Catskill Mountains . strangely, softly tangled tones. Or maybe a cricket or the songs of birds in the hedges just some such sweet sounds as fill a tired heart with ease. Sometimes it seems to me I must Just quit the citys din and dust A nd get out where the sky is blue. And say, now, how does it seem to you? SUMMERREST. . There is a science of summer rest, and the soon-er this fact is reahzed and reckoned with thebetter it will be for all those who live in thetemperate zones. In the United States the vacation habit hasnow grown chronic and confirmed among all c
. The Catskill Mountains . strangely, softly tangled tones. Or maybe a cricket or the songs of birds in the hedges just some such sweet sounds as fill a tired heart with ease. Sometimes it seems to me I must Just quit the citys din and dust A nd get out where the sky is blue. And say, now, how does it seem to you? SUMMERREST. . There is a science of summer rest, and the soon-er this fact is reahzed and reckoned with thebetter it will be for all those who live in thetemperate zones. In the United States the vacation habit hasnow grown chronic and confirmed among all classes. Andyet it is surprising that so few of these intelligent Americanmillions fully comprehend the real lesson of the doctrine ofrest. Men and women in every walk of life, rich and pooralike, hustle along day after day through the busy months ofeach year between store or office and the home or club, inquest of the elusive dollar and the happiness and pleasure itmay bring. Few ever stop to estimate the pace or measure. A DRIVEWAY IN TWILIGHT PARK THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 9 the Speed of their activities. It is a restless energy that per-vades this land of ours and we rarely spare the time to lookinto the faces of our neighbors at home or abroad, or studytheir methods of life. The frail arteries of our existence arecontinually distended by the pressure of individual efforttoward the supremacy and conquest over jostling rivals onevery side. It is an ambitious age in which we live. Butrather than seek to abate the noble energies and activitiesthat so proudly characterize this epoch, shall we not learn toglean the fuel with which to feed the consuming fires of thisglorious ambition, from the ample storehouses of nature in thewisest way? The careful conservation of vital force is theimperative lesson of the hour. Greater economy in the useand control of our bodies and brains is strictly houses of clay were not made to run at high pressureall the time. Nor will an amp
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