HAVE A HOBBY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 December 1929, Page 8

HAVE A HOBBY.

Wty do doctors so often give the man with an absorbing hobby an approving pat*on the back? They realise that work on a welltoyed hobby brings into operation a different' set of nerves from those which ore used in the routine processes of a" day-to-day occupation. Some even suggest that the man who can lose himself in his hobby has at hand a relaxation which is, in essential equal to a change of scene. The conventional holiday of the conventional man by nb moans supplies him with a real rest. But the deep interest he takes in all that ho is doing then, in the different scenery and the unfamiliar people, has great recuperative value.

In the same way, an enthralling hobby, which can hold the mind of the person concerned, means thte switching over of the outlook and the emotions from one point to another. This is why men and women choose hobbies which provide the greatest contrast to thedr every-day life. The stockbroker likes to swing a club in his free hours; the countryman, working in open windy spaces, likes to be really snug in tho bar of the village inn, when he knocks off work. The hard-headed man of business likes to loqk ovor his. prints, china, or old silver when his office is closed. The woman M.P. likes to cook her little meals in her little flat between bouts of oratory.

These people ore wise. They are offering, strained nerves a rest and giving a healthy work to other nerves that are the better for it.