Show 1 Ua Daily l Health H alth St Service ce Hobbies Pia Play Important Part i By Ily DK PR M MORRIS FISHBEIN E Editor Journal of ot the American I Medical Med Mcd- d- d ical Association and of Hygeia the JI Health alth Magazine It is a common remark that old people are arc difficult habits have hare become fixed their tissues have begun to break down and they may constitute a considerable problem at th their ir home On the other band hand man many old people people peo peo- plc adapt themselves so beautifully to 10 their surroundings and constitute such an Important feature of famIly family fam lam ily Uy life me that thaL the thought never arises In the minds of anyone that thc they are in any sense of the word a n problem lem leni In a recent consideration oll of the j mental health of the aged Dr H H. Douglas Singer points out that there are re tome some people who do not even seem to realize that thc they t arc I old but occasionally they ma may beast of their age These There arc are the people who are arc undergoing normal old II age I IOn On the other hand those who are discontented d. d paralyzed helpless or on rl I unhappy are not normal Their con I i represents not the effects of age but lt usually of damage to the I I body that has occurred at some previous pre pre- I vans Ious time tune A disease that has hM crip- crip oled pled th In- In joints weakened the bear henr Interfered with the function function of th the kidneys or paralyzed the mus means more later latr life Ufe than It does docs at the moment Jn in when hen nei It first occurs nOn HOBBY IS IMPORTANT Of particular ar importance 15 1 the c de v of some Interest in form of occupation or hobby that a will maintain in the Ule aged the tile d clesie to live Golf Gol co constitutes Constitutes' for old people the maximum of enjoy many ment merit They should however thuit lt their golf to toO courses cour that are arc flat and not be too a rca rea anxious to lo play pIny ia holes or even cven 13 18 18 Then nine represents the limit UmIt of or th physical capability Indeed ar after 90 90 one retired philanthropist has found that seven holes represent hk n Interest for Cor the day Happiness in old age de decent largely on adaptability to on sn and the maintenance maintenance- interest in some ome mental ci 0 or physical of ot activity Old a age c Is 15 a n time Ume to tog be enjoyed particularly when there is not the fear of economic distress |