Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-10-28 | Page 5 | What is the Use of Hurry?

WHAT IS THE USE OF HURRY7 Once more scientists are dragging "AmerleanltlB" Into view. (Neuras thenta and other nervous disorders have become so prevalent in America of late years that those aliments have come to be known by the general name of "Amerlcanltis ") Ask the average doctor why this Is so and you will he told that it is because be-cause Americans are the hardest workers In the world; that In the pursuit pur-suit of the almighty dollar they travel at a pace which lneltably wears their nerves to a frazzle, and that their nervousness 1b due to their enormous Industry. "In a way." says one phslcal culture cul-ture export, "thiB Is true American business men have followed the example ex-ample of the old steamboat captain on the Mississippi, who, In their haste to get from where they were to where they weren't, and to get there first used to 'tie a nigger on the safety valve' and 'get there or bust ' Very often they Tjusted.' And the same Is true of the Americans of todav. who In their eagerness to outstrip business busi-ness or professional rhals make ph steal wrecks of themselves. Naturally, Nat-urally, the most delicate machinery gives way before the strain, and so the nerves sound the first warnings of the coming crash "But for all their rushing and bustle bus-tle and hurry, Americans don't really accomplish much more than their rivals ri-vals in the commercial flold Germans. Ger-mans. Englishmen and Frenchman, for example. Outside of their business and professional Interests or other activities ac-tivities by which they can gain money or glory, Americans are. as a typo, incllnod to be lazy and physlcnlly Indolent In-dolent It Is not only lack of time which leads the average American to neglect exercise and other health essentials, es-sentials, but lack of Inclination. There are hundreds of thousands of exceptions excep-tions to this rule, of course, but they are exceptions 'Exercise, sunshine and fresh air are the sovereign remedies for tho 'nerves' which afflict Americana. There Is nothing moro certain than that American business and professional profes-sional men aud women could accomplish accom-plish more and enjoy life more and live longer if they would devote a portion of their precious time to outdoor out-door exercise, gymnarlum work, sports ana pastimes" New York World.