Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-04-04 | Page 27 | Secrets of Health and Happiness

I Secrets of Health and Happiness I Short Work Hours Best Both for You and end Business By DR LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG HIRSHBERG HIRSHBERG HIRSH- HIRSH BERG A. A B B M. M A A. A M M. M D Johno Johns Hopkins All play and no work makes Jack al almost almost almost al- al most is as dull a ho bo boy as no pi play ty and all allwork work orl It U Is trul truly flabbergasting to an experimental psychologist psychologist 18 as well as IlS a 0 practical phy phy- Biologist to note 1 J lh the tho descent of oC man manGo Go to tho the Indian schools and colleges colI colleges col col- A I leges Observe theS' theS tho the thoI 1 I S' S dapper effete well dressed Iress d. d effeminate looking Mohican or Sioux There ho sits as foppish as M Louis XIV XI or Charles 1 1 f 9 I Conjure up be beside he- he side him In your our minds mind's eye the vl vigorous vig orous manly agile Oil ItI strong man In war paint feathers athers and little else lse There he sits astride his bareback mount They The leap across chasms and lash dash about tho the plains You'll never look upon his like again He Ho was a man Civilized man rides In m comfort anI and I luxury In elevators subways surface cars automobiles motor boats Loat cycles He lie sits In upholstered chairs when ho lio cats eats shops and works Even tho the farmer farm farm- er reads the tho latest experimental station station station sta sta- tion deport while astride o of his plow plo or reaper Monotony Monotony Civilizations Civilization's Crime Nay Xav even hunting fishing farming arming and boating are lackadaisical Indolent pleasures safeguarded from almost all l danger or exertion Indoor life lIe enervates enervates enervates ener ener- vates even the agriculturist and the tho hunter Should you vou ask me mo what Is the tho greatest greatest greatest great great- est cion felony to bo be b laid at tho the door of oC civilization I should answer without hesitation hesItation hes hes- tho the humdrum monotony of ot tho days das work Should you vou ask also what is the greatest weakness In the tho ra rational rational rational ra- ra animal man I should say 1 his I tendency tendency- to acquiesce In monotony That Is to sa say baj tho the case with which I Industrial workers no less leas than merchant merchant merchant mer mer- I I chant princes succumb to habit routine routine routine rou rou- tine and monotony Is a n poisoned dart in the balance of oC health physical health and Intellectual Varlet Variety Is more than thin a dash of ot red pepper to vitality vitality- 1 tall t Efficiency live earning timing power creative Ingenuity and the capacity to resist accidents and disease depend upon It Tho The slow steady grind should never ne be maintained for or more than a 0 few hours Physical equilibrium is 18 a great great- greater er argument against excessive o hours of ot work wort than Is trades unionism The Tho tissue waste and muscular debris which collect from rom many labor hours invite disaster Tie maladies misnamed rheumatism Indigestion nervousness ner ner nervousness and liver er trouble aro are tho the smallest prices price years yeans of oC Invalidism In bed bcd among the greatest prices to be bo paid for Cor steady stead machine like routine I Child Labor W Wasteful Visit tho the wards of oC any hospital and you u will almost unconsciously point out those most Injured b by the tho Illnesses of Ion long hours The pinched and haggard faces of oC the seamstress tho the housemaid tho the cook the Jo Jog trotting piece maker of or tho the factory which docs does not provide relaxation novelty no and light will make you ou more happily situated feel cel the tho qualms of or conscience The reason some factory workers succeed succeed succeed suc suc- and some manufacturers manufacturer rule their fields Ields o of endeavor or Is to be bo found In ht Inthe the tho amount of oC sunlight fresh air san san- sanitary sanitary arrangements arrangement surrounding g shrubbery shrubbery shrubbery shrub shrub- bery and hygienic plumbing obtained b by the thc one and amI supplied b by the tho other Men Ien who must work under artificial light lIht poor daylight do or with gas gna illumination illumination nation will earn less and spend much on doctors and drugs The owner of ot such a factory Is as unwise as ho he who compels a race horse to carry carn overweight overweight overweight over over- weight Ho lie obtains In labor less than ho he pays for tor and II Is destined to receive ultimately less and less leis If IC this much may be said of oC full ull blown workers what must b be told lold of oC children chil- chil dren their undeveloped textures their putty pull like Ilk bones their uncovered nerves and barely Larl born reason renson Any manufacturer who suffers little children to como come to work worl for or him In deluded as to tho the cheapness of chill child labor It Is H costly in health and strength I Ito to them It Is much more costly In I Income dollars cents cants and efficiency to him Mill cities where children are j I lesser output and und I Imort employed have a n a amore more mort defective product than oth other r I II I places s under equal conditions where I laws forbid child labor I