HOW TO GET THERE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 4, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 31.

HOW TO GET THERE.

“TAKE a car.”

No, don’t; rather consider a moment how much we abuse our privilege of car-riding.

Many a time a brisk walk, to accomplish an errand or to reach a friend’s house, would do us good. The fresh air, the wholesome exertion of walking, the chance of meeting a friend on the way, the things we observe as we walk, are all in favor of walking, provided one is in

good physical condition and the weather “fair to middling.”

Observe the woman who habitually uses the “cable.” She hails it to tide her over a few blocks, even though she waits for it on a windy corner and stands while she rides, crowded among other women hanging upon straps. The jarring while standing is much worse than the fatigue of walking even for delicate women. Besides, very many who ride find that the nickels ooze out of the purse incalculably fast, and think with regret of trifles they go without which they might possess if they had the courage or energy to walk more.

So, my dear school-girls, wives, and mothers, if you want to reach grandmotherhood and a better bank account, and be, as Dr. Holmes said, only “seventy years young,” with firm step and the bloom of youth which no cosmetic can counterfeit, don’t so often “take a car.”—Christian Work.