Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1918 — Work and Play. [ARTICLE]

Work and Play.

Variation of types of work properly adjusted will oiten substitute for what Is generally known as play, says the New York Times. For instance, one’s brain center may become weary at a monotonous occupation, and a decided change of occupation, notwithstanding It be what we usually call work, will permit the first brain center Involved to rest while another works. But we come back to the fact that what most people regard as play is an occupation that they are not required to perform, and, it would seem from a psychological standpoint to give greater rest if It be an occupation that Is particularly useless from the standpoint of producing economic results. Therefore there should be time set aside in the work of the day, no matter whether it be varied or not, when the environment may be changed and play should be taken up.