A CHRISTMAS DAY TIP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 82, Issue 305, 24 December 1938, Page 24 (Supplement)

A CHRISTMAS DAY TIP

FOR THE “HEAD” OF THE HOUSE. A day in the year when the wife ’ and housekeeper may claim legiti- • mately to be “The Head of the 1 House” is certainly Christmas Day. j Food—Christmas presents—guests—- ! perhaps for luncheon, almost certainly I lor dinner—very likely at the sun- | downer hour and possibly in the mor.iI ing. Tea time—somebody “just for a I minute,” which will mean longer, “to I wish you the best.” Servants possibly j also with that Christmas mood, which 1 means, anyhow for the housekeeper, I one eye on the kitchen, however large i and. efficient a staff may be for the I other days of the year. | There is the children’s Christmas to think of, too. That means early morning waking, for they will expect that' Santa Claus must have filled the stockings soon after daylight, anyway, however busy he has been. A long day, Christmas Day, for “the | head of the house,” even if she is that l in fact only for this busy time. So it ‘ is a wonderful plan, visitors or no visitors, to make sure of just an hour —even half an hour if more cannot be managed—in which to relax completely, when luncheon is over. Be thorough about I'. Just a chair and a few minutes is not enough. A quiet, darkened room, your bed and—if more can’t be managed—even ten minutes’ complete rest is better than nothing. Take your mind right away from the next thing and try this plan. Lie flat on your back, arms at your sid.es, feet stretched out together, and toes pointing away from you. Now stretch, stretch, stretch your arms and legs to their utmost length till you feel as if the sinews were cracking. Then suddenly let go, collapse limp as a rag doll give yourself up to the feeling of sinking right through the floor. Stay so a few minutes; then, very gradually, collect yourself limb by limb again. This utter relaxation leaves you marvellously refreshed, clear-headed and “unfussed.” You’re able to cope with things and people ten times more easily. You will feel really “rested,” and the next job will be got through easily.