Show HEALTH COLUMN by the COUNTY NURSE laughter there has been a radical change in one of our best known proverbs proverb 1 since slim elfin figures became the mode blaugh laugh and grow fat has haa been out now we revise it to laugh nud grow healthy the reasons why people enjoy laughter and why it does them so much good are re well understood it causes the use of certain muscles with aa an extra intake of air into the lungs stimulates the circulation and quickening action of the nerves laughter Is therefore an excellent physical exer exercise else laughter Is important to mental health it has been sald said that laughter is one of the three great gifts which enable us to counter to unter the miseries of existence forgetfulness Forgetful nesa la is our protection against the haunting stings of the past hope enables us to face the future and laughter gets us ua through evils which always seem to be the worst A merry heart goes a long way cheerfulness as well as gloom Is catching the happy soul in the house Is therefore a reservoir of a tonic that cannot be equalled equal led by those that come out of a bottle LAUGH AND KEMP KEEP I f |