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Show I BILLIARDS, THEY BAY. Physicians Sorry That the Game It Declining In Favor In France Somebody baa discovered that people peo-ple In France are not playing billiards so much as they did formerly. Over thla announcement boa arisen lamentation. Physicians have joined In It as well as lay admirers of the game. They declare that Its dlrapiiaurance would be a misfortune from a sanitary point of view. The game, they say. gives Just the exercise they need In a great number of people who without It would take no exorcise at all. While involving ao severe physical exertion, it keeps the musclos lu shape, stimulates the circulation, helps the digestion and requires Just enough montal effort to give the nervous system a rest from the ordinary worries of lite. In proof of all of which they cite the good aplrtts usually exhibited about billiard bil-liard table. For elderly people, for the stout who cannot take much exercise, billiards bil-liards Is pronounced an excellent tonic Bo the friends of the game are preaching a revival of Its popularity. |