Hobbies and Health.
People . suirering from nervous trophies or depressed by! somo real or ■imaginary sorrow should try to got interest in uonio hobby which will cuP'oss tliem and, for a- timo at least, relievo taeir mind from the worry that is afflicting t.hein, writes a specialist. Gardening is one of those most desirable to be sought. l'Yr one reason, it involves a certain amount of exerciso in tho opon air; also, it is one that eau be indulged more or lees according to tlie space, means, and time at disposal, and is one which, onco undertaken. will be found full of interest and change. Unfortunately somo people have no garde)/, nor oven u Htle open space; but oven these need rot be debarred from ougaginjj in the pursuit of cultivating some small plants or seeds. A window-box can be made to afford all - the interest that a small piece of ground is capable of, and many a patient confined to onci room W5 found endless interest and gratification iu tho cultivation and study of a window garden. Other hobbies, bucli asdrawing, carpentry, etc., demand soiiie littlo technical skill or strength. Tho window garden can he maintained according to tbe owner's capacity and talent, and can bo humble and unassuming or ambitious and decorative, as his fancy and ability dictate. But in cultivating either a window-box or ft bit. of land, somo idea should be formed before starting of what it is intended to produce. In that way tho attention and interest will lie lold, whereas, if tho work is quite desultory and careless, the hobby does ;mt quite provide the distraction that was intended.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 16, 14 October 1918, Page 2
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275Hobbies and Health. Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 16, 14 October 1918, Page 2
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