The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-03


 force itself into the mind of nearly e> cry man and woman. Some of those who have this question propounded by tteir inner selves will unhesitatlngiy answer that 1t is most certainly not worth living. Some men and some women will answer thus. and. if they do they have a real or fancied cause for deciding that from their own ex- perience the game is not worth the candle"
 Rut the majority of men and the majority of women will either answer the question promptly In the af'rma- tive. 1t is worth living. or they will think the matter over and after due q, nsideration decide that they would rather be alive than dead.
 A general axiom which is world wide and maybe as obi as the world md that is the variety Is the spice Of life"
 If this Is 50 and if life is worth iiv- ing at all. which it Is. then 1t is worth filling with spice.
 Those who we will find answering the question "is life worth livins?" In the negative are those whose life has no variety. no spice.
 Ieople who get out into the world ond DO things. accomplish thinga make something "go' are never found complaining that life has no variety. They find plenty of variety and plenty of spice In attending to their own af- fairs, and sometimes in attending to the affairs of others. This latter habit may not be so inspiring to the "others' but it certainly lends spice to the lives O. those who do the attending" and they are therefore happy because they are out of rut.
 The reciusc is never happy. The stay at homo Is never happy. The m,santhropc and the chronic kicker are never happy.
 The happy people. rich or poor. are those who are out In the midst ot things that are going on. They do not stick so close to their business or their home that they loose touch with all of tho life and movement going on about them. They mix" They % to things md when they get ther" they do not sit down and twiri their thumbs and wish that they were homo They do what the rest of the live ones do and they do 1t with Q heart filled with tho joy of tho doing. With Il mind at peace with tho world and with a determination to get the best out of Q life that is very much worth the living.
 Che of the worst things in the world for man or woman Is idieness. Men require occupation of body and or mind and more and more women are be ginning to require the same thing. This is supplied to somc extent for the man by thc exactions of his business or profession and for tho woman by the duties of tho homo. Dut there Is not enough of change or of relaxation in this md both man and woman must seek the variety that lends the spice. That is one reason why clubs and fraternal orders where men gather to discuss subjects other than mat ters of business are such excellent things. It as a reason why tho wo- mems clubs are of so much bonefit to tho members. Both take the mind from the sordid things of the daily routine and add the spice"
 But just home and club or just office and club are not enough. The variety Is not really variety if confined to but one or two. or even few things. fn u place where the variety Ia as limited as it is in Nome 1t should in clude everything. Ball games. for in- stance. and dances and everything else that is going on.
 Perhaps 1t is bore to got ready and gc. If 1t is. look out. You arc setting to the stage where life is go- ing to become not worth living" Per