SLEEP OR BUST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 143, 18 June 1936, Page 10

SLEEP OR BUST

Effects of the Depression

Ihe next time von see a busine’3man sleeping in (linreli or drowsing over bis paper at a club leave bun at peace sajs Wallace Meyer m •‘Review ol Reviews’ He is probably one oi Hie many men who bus bad to do double duty since business became tough and staffs small, and may be heading tor a breakdown unless be catches up on hi.s lost rest. Some of these men weie ordered last summer to take three weeks complete rest and they have not found time jet. The next order may be to lay off lor three months- 01 more. Doctors are reporting that middle-aged men who should be neaung the highest point of efficiency are already burned out. Overwork and depression-worry are

leading to premature old age and se®» ions trouble. Fathers who used to go skating witfc their sons and enjoyed Chasing a pack a tew years ago are no longer lull of their pioper pep It is more than sixyears' age. It is the result of a bad combination ol longer hours, more work, more worry and less leisure. At certain times men have to work harder than at others to keep their business going During the depression the extra work is heavy. But in some lines ol business stalls are being increased again and the amount ot work executives have to do is being cut down. Ihe wise thing to do is to shorten your working day before your working day shortens you.