Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1917 — Knew Value of Relaxation. [ARTICLE]

Knew Value of Relaxation.

“How is it that you are able to' do so much more than other people?" asked a tired, nervous woman who stopped Mrs. Palmer for a word at the close of one of her lectures. “Because,” she answered, with the sudden gleam of a smile. “I haven’t any nerves nor conscience, and my husband says I haven’t any backbone.” It was ,true that she never worried. She had early learned to live one day at a time, without “looking before and after.” And no one knew better than Alice Freeman Palmer the renewing power of Joy. She could romp wtth some of her very small friends In the half hour before an Important meeting; go for a walk or ride along country lanes when a vexing problem confronted her; or spend a quiet evening by the fire reading aloud from one of her favorite poets at the end of a busy day.—Mary R. Perkman, In St. Nicholas.