HAVE A HOBBY.

Shannon News, 10 December 1929, Page 4

HAVE A HOBBY.

:'•••• ~ fUfr'iftwaa -i n—ifi.; Why do doctors so oft engiv e the man with an absorbing hobby an approving pat on the tack ? They realise that work on a wellloved hobby brings into operation a different set of nerves from those which are used in the routine processes of a day-to-day occupation. ■ Some even suggest thitt the man who can lose himself in Lis hobby has at hand a relaxation which is, in essential equal to a change of scene. The conventional holiday of the conventional man by no means supplies him with a rea! rest. But the deep interest he take's in all that he is doing then, in the different scenery and the unfamiliar people, has great recuperative value.

In the same wav, 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, their, every-day.life. The. stockbroker likes to swing a club in his free hours; .the countryman, working.in open windy spaces, likes to bo really snug in the bar of the village inn,when he knocks off work. The hard-headed man of business likes to look over his prints, china, of old silver when Lis • office is closed. The woman M.P. likes to. eook her little meats in her little flat between bouts of oratory. These people are wise. They are offering strained- nerves a rest and giving a healthy work to other nerves that are the better for it.