To the Ealitor of the ""NonmicCuixa Dany News"
Sit think it is generally con ceded that "the members. of the foreign community, particularly the British, are' considering prevalent conditions in Shanghai, working under a terrify strain, I refer, of Teourse, to those who have "the interests of their arms at heart, and fare loyally "giving of their best"
Willingly and cheerfully, extra hours are spent in the office with no thought of gain or reward, and if it [is remotely hinted (inthe home-circle) that a holiday is advisable, the reply almost invariably is: cannot be spared—there is nobody to {take my place." And the employers, unconsciously, perhaps engender this attitude by not Incisting that a holiday be taken, in order that the demands upon physical and mental, health be met and successfully surmounted, The old adage "All work and no play. makes Jack a dull boy" has especial significance in a place" lke-Shanghai where the climate in itself {g sufficient justification for an annual holiday.
"At Home, it is an almost unheard of thing for a man to work through the entire year without relaxation, from duty anda breathing spell in ure alr and among new surround-Ings, although he has endless facilities for" week-end excursions in the country and by the sea—opportunities, which, alas, no longer exist in Shanghai, The invariable question of the doctor when a man's health suffers temporary impairment is "When did you last take a holiday?"
'And. in. too many' instances the medical attendant learns that his patient has not left the restricted confines of Shanghai for two or three years, or even longer periods.
Renewed physical and mental health, greater powers of concentration and prompt decisions are the direct results of the annual holiday, fas also is Immunity from medical attendance and consequent fees, Without fear of. contradiction, affirm that the breadwinner should bbe accorded a well-earned rest, no matter how short its duration, Lis Shanghai, July 10.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.