Take It Easy

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Illustrations by Rama Braggiotti for "Take It Easy: How to Avoid Everyday Tensions" by Ellis Gladwin, a 1957 booklet for policy owners of The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company


I found this recently while cleaning out a filing cabinet. (Apparently I stopped filing around the time I started blogging.) I have no memory of how it came into my possession, but I can imagine a couple friends handing it to me with sincere concern.


The introduction is by the Vice President and Medical Director: Henry Rollins.


Also see Alter-Gilbert's epic Variorum of Classic Tracts and Pamphlets.














































This friendly insurance company also touts its previous pamphlets. I'm not going to seek them out but rather sit back and wait for the universe to deliver them to their rightful owner: