An empty mind, like an empty larder, may be a serious matter or not--all will depend on the available resources. If there is no food in the cupboard the housewife does not nervously rattle the empty dishes; she telephones the grocer. If you have no ideas, do not rattle your empty_ers_ and _ahs_, but _get_ some ideas, and don't speak until you do get them.
This, however, is not being what the old New England housekeeper used to call "forehanded." The real solution of the problem of what to do with an empty head is never to let it become empty. In the artesian wells of Dakota the water rushes to the surface and leaps feet above the ground. The secret of this exuberant flow is of course the great supply below, crowding to get out.
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