Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
MIND AND BODY FATIGUE.

A perSOn unaCcOStoIncul 10 IlSh civ
shovel work will find it fatigulng to tha
point OF exhaustion and distress. AS
the muscles become Injured to this torQl
of labor, however. the feeling OF dis
trcss vanishcs, and while the long days
toll leaves him fatigued, tho tired feei-
ing is of tho healthy kind that usually
induces sound sleep and pleasant rest
This Is the experience of many otr-
r,.s Who nave given up so-calied brain
,vnrk aud become farm laborers, even
in a country like Canada, where INC
shu,tncss Eiotathp agricultural season
ih nuni XIX tie fest exceptionally severe on
u f"greenhorn.
On the other hand the numerous cases
Of breakdown among writer's, doctors.
and other professional men Supply
many pathetic histories of those WI"
constantly and knowingly live and WORK
at such high pressure that breakdoW"
is almost inevitable. Some of them arr
sacrificing themselves to supply the ex-
ceptionally grave needs OF those they
love More, however, are tue victims
OF want" rather than Of needs; OF
their own craving for fame, or Mt any
rate for great success: or their families
craving for a style OF living possible
only through an extiaVesant cxpendt-,
turs OF the Drcad-w!nner's broin.
Nevertheless when we make all al
lowance for occasional or periodical
oyerwork-nnd every occupation has Its
.t,rawbac ks-we find the professional Or
business men in possession Of con-
siderable amount of daily leisure which
he is not TOO fatigued TO enjoy, with L.
summer holiday OF two, three or four
weeks or even longer, and salary
which will buy q degree OF comfort
quite out Of the manual laborer's reach,
we have no doubt that the life of the
dav laborer and wage Garner is the
harder one and that 1t requires the
an,el!nrating care of both government
ana society. 5,f I'D
certain amount Of light Is thrown
on the subject by the registrar sener-
airs statistics Of death rates. DIR. j. G.
Dunlop of Edinburgh in paper based
on these statistics. shows that. while
n clergyman at the age of twenty-five
3cnn expcct to 1.-Two AIS years more. q
general laborcr Gun only expect to
live q, The same table shows
that engine. drivers and farm laborc's
hay. IL slightly longer expectation OF
life than teachers. brickmakers than
civil servants, and navvies .han bar
ristars; Willie even coal miners and
bricSlayers can look forward to few
months more than are promised to in
surance clerks. Still the insurance
clerks expectation is 49, years. and
that * nearly ten years more than the
| costermongcr's. This table shows that
| in snany occupations great physical toll
and even serious risk of accident. dc
| not, ON the average, involve a serious
shortening OF life, and that their draw
| bncks are countcrbalanced, so fur rs
their effects on longevity Is concerned
by certain advantages. of which fres!!
air is probably the greatest.
But as a writer In the London Times
remarks, length of days Is not the
| only thing to be desired in life. ut Is
small comfort for n young artisan to
know that lie will probably keep out
Of the grave till sixty-three, II in the
intervening years he has to live In
cramped quarters in n mean street
| taking in dodgers If he rents a whole
house; II his wife has to do all the
houscworls and sewing. II his children
have to be exposed to all the street in.
nucnces OF poor neighborhood and &C
to work themselves at fourteen: II he
has to lose his pay every time he takes
holiday; II, In short, he has to dc
without hundred comforts and prlvi.
leges that VIC enjoy, to live In sur
roundinss which we should think In.
tolerable and, as II financial inferior.
ity were not enough.to feel that he Is
regarded as belonging to socially
inferior class"
1t Is idle to attempt to quiet the I'M
rest OF the working classes OF today by
showing them that they are better of
| than they formerly were. .3,
With tie steady rise OF cdncntie,