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Show WHAT BORES YOU? Year, from now, when younj; men ot today will be white-haired and hob blinK about on canes, their piping voices will Interrupt the conversation in the airplane with this "I mind the lime just like it was yesterday, back there in 1922 when Bell, the inventor of the telephone died Strangest part of It all was that in his lasi vears he didn't have any phone In his own house Said It was a nuisance That will interest people of the future fu-ture more than any other fact about the great Inventor, Just as It has re icently been causing the most talk. I And yel It Is a very simple piece of psychology A clerk in a candy store soon gets I "sick of the sight ol iL" The housewife, though she loves the furnishings ol her home, often be-; comes bored almost beyond endurance by the sight of the ever-present broom i and dish pan Small wonder, thai Bell became bored and annoyed bj the ieephone alter devoiins; most of his long life to it. It corresponds to sou, starting ju5l-lantly ju5l-lantly on a task, but coming down the home stretch with: if 1 ever finish fin-ish this up. I'll never tackle another one." A kitten never tires of playing with; a ball of yarn A squirrel w ould be j content to run forever in its revolv- ing cage. A toad never wearies of j music. All animal life is more or less con tented with routine existence. The difference between ii and man Is that man alone has the nervous temp- ra-ment, ra-ment, forever seeking a change, tiring of the old, laboring for the thrill of the new. This nervousness is what has made man develop into civilization while animal life has plodded along raechan- j Lcally, without material improvement or progress. i In each of us there is a mysterious ! something that demands contrast in ! life, to keep us normal and progressing. progress-ing. Physically, emotionally and mental ; ly we react from lhe thrills ot" Intense activity to a languid torpor. It is a natural law and no life can j .be happy without recognizing and I conforming to it Very few men can j avoid going to seed without having s hobbj . Often a trlfevifl blamed for being )r j ritable anu grumbling when all that's wrong Is lhat she is deprived of con I trast by being cooped up without prop er diversion. Work like a beaver, when you're working When you quit work, forge' it if you can. Concentration is a fine asset, but only in its place if life j bores, you, it is your own fault. The j remedy Is simple cast about for di-versions di-versions that will give you contrast I And be thankful for sorrows and set ! backs Without them for contrast, all pleasures and successes would become boresomSi 00 |