Show B LAZINESS LEADS TO LVjACY i Laziness Is a great contributory Ilk Jse of lunacy says a British spec lib I st in mental diseases The only ur t to Is to itle preserve a healthy mind md Id a busy life But modern condl md hs tho compulsory retirement from fissional occupations of men who w Jo reached the age of say 55 con 1 nn them to spend tho rest of their zh stence In idleness They become chat ospectlvo and brood They feel at mselves sidetracked1 from the mt Jin Hue of life and almost uncon re ously a state of rebellion Is set up U bm lack of mental exertion the at pin loses the nutrition it has been nd piEtomed to over a long period of ars Other conditions are set up Ijlch cumulate In mental degenera in Young men who Inherit fortunes and devote their time to spending them fall ready victims to this undermining under-mining of the brain Tragedies of the kind me constantly occurring Many women and girls who belong to tho leisured class are saved from a like fate by their devotion to dress and bridge The zealous pursuit of those pastimes requires at least Fame measure meas-ure of mental exercise Perhaps that Is the best that can lib said of them It Is dangerous for a man who has led a busy life to abandon brain ex ortlon Met leal science has prolonged prolong-ed the span of human existence and yet retirement is now forced upon men at a much earlier age than hlth erto The only hope for these men Is to cultivate some engrossing hobby |