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Show Intellectual Oames The death of a Minneapolis merchant from npoplex) caused by n bout at chess calls attention anew to the danger dan-ger of gamcH which demund loo close mental effort A very large number of tho masters of chess In particular have died Insane and the stress which mcnaecH the nervous with derangement must In full bodied amateurs past mld-elle mld-elle age aggrcvalc un apoplectic ten-elenc) ten-elenc) The advantage of games Involving ex. ertlse Is shown In contrast b billiards In spite nf tin bid air In which the gime Is usuilly phi)ed, It Is beneficial rattier than otherwise though Inferior to golf which with Its oeii-alr condl-tlnns condl-tlnns Is well adapted to the needs of men of sedentarj lnblt, If not overdone us ton often It Is Expert phi)ers of chess and other gimts of concentration, like whist pride themselves uimn the Intellec lual ' character of Ihelr diversions Hut for men engaged In absorbing dally pursuits It Is not deslral le lo prolong the strain Into the night b) a battle of keen wits over ic gemo Imard Perhaps ln his fondness for the theater even for foolish farces and music hall drivel the New ork business man obeys a health) Impulse It Is well not to work ton hard at ones ill) New Yolk W orld |