ut--even though they know that by doing
so they will not only be better themselves, but will do their work
better.

Now really the action of the brain which is needed to help one to work
restfully is quite distinct from the action which does the work, and a
little effort of the brain in a new direction rests and refreshes the
part of the brain which is drudging along day after day, and not only
that, but when one has gained the habit of working more easily life is
happier and more worth while. If once we could become convinced of that
fact it would be a simple matter for the head to learn to save the
heels and for the whole body to be more vigorous in consequence.

Take sewing, for instance: If a woman must sew all day long without
cessation and she can appreciate that ten or fifteen minutes taken out
of the day once in the morning and once in the afternoon is going to
save fatigue and help her to do her sewing better, doesn't it seem
simply a lack of common sense if she is not willing to take that half
hour and use it for its right purpose? Or, if she is employed with
others, is it not a lack of common sense combined with cruelty in her
employer if he will not permit the use of fifteen minutes twice a day
to help his employees to do their work better and to keep more healthy
in the process of working?

It seems to me that all most of us need is to have our attention drawn
to the facts in such cases as this and then we shall be willing and
anxious to correct the mistakes.

First, we do not know, and, secondly, we do not think, intelligently.
It is within our reach to do both.

Let me put the facts about healthy sewing in numerical order:--

First--A woman should never sew nor be allowed to sew in bad air. The
more or less cramped attitude of the chest in sewing makes it
especially necessary that the lungs should be well supplied with
oxygen, else the blood will lose vitality, the appetite will go and the
nerves will be straining to bring the muscles up to work which they
could do quite easily if they were receiving the right amount of
nourishment from air and food.

Second--When our work gives our muscles a tendency steadily in one
direction we must aim to counteract that tendency by using exercises
with a will to pull them in the opposite way.

If a man writes constantly, to stop writing half a dozen times a day
and stretch the fingers of his hand wide apart and let them relax back
slowly will help him so tha