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The Rev. S.M. Crothers. D.D., A.M., spoke last night before the Ethical Society on "The Ethics of Work and Recreation."
As a relief from the imperative "ought," said Mr. Crothers, comes recreation as a rest from excess of responsibility. Without play we should seen reach the limit of elasticity the power of healthful reaction after work which makes work possible. The touchstone for recreation is the word "wholesome." So long as recreation restores our bodily power and our capacity for seeing things in proportion, we need not inquire as to its ethics. Any recreation which is really restful can do no harm. The trouble today, the speaker said, is that play is made, not a rest from work, but an added burden to life. The hours given to recreation are the lightest, but not the least important ones in life.
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