The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-08
If You Are a Clerk
nv ~. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle ~ Person
atty" "PsyChology and
Parenthood.f eto.
As has repeatedly been urged dur

As has repeatedly been urged dur
1g me past two months. every body
Tho can ought 70 do some farming
or gardening this summer The
more who engage IN farming the
greater the likelihood OF our solving
satisfactorily the tremendously i'm
portant problem Of providing an ade-
luste food supply for ourselves and
our allies.
Those who farm and garden will
thus be doing truly patriotic work.
IN addition they will derive personal
benefits. including Improvement in
health For this reason certain ele-
ments in our population ought par.
ticularly 70 go in for farming or gar
dening
Notably Is this true OF all persons
whose regular means OF livelihood Is
occupation as bookkeepers. once as.
sistAnts, or clerks in Offices or
stores.
To such persons commend for
thoughtful consideration a ropor, re.
Gently issued by the United States
Bureau OF vital Statistics The re
port IS based on an analysis OF
deaths recorded BY life insurance
company between 1911 and 1913.
According 10 the figures available
from tho company's records farmers
nave the longest expectation Of life,
bookkeepers and clerks the shortest
The average age az death among
farmers was IS years Among book.
keepers and clerks Il was SO years
Significant too. is the fact. reveal
ed by these figures. that the disease
most frequently responsible for the
death OF oookkeepers and clerks is
tuberculosis II accounted for no
less than % per cent Of all deaths in
the group studied.
Now. the great foe Of tuberculosis
is life In the open air II clerks are
more liable 10 an early death than
other people. and II tuberculosis
most commonly mensces them, this
means that the average clerk ia IN
commonly negligent in point OF OBJ
tanning enough fresh air
Observation confirms this state
ment Many clerks get outdoors
scarcely AZ all. They ride 20 and
from their work. they spend their
leisure hours amusing themselves in
doors. often in crowded. badly ven
tilated places OF entertainment
n you are a clerk. be warned by
the report just cited.
You may. OF course, be young
enough and vigorous enough 20 have
a place in the rangs Of the lghtlng
men In that event, your duty IL
/. plainly Indicated for you
Otherwise, benefit your country
and Yourself by working In a garden
! during your daytime leisure
/ n you have not planted a garden
~ your own. persuade friend to
let you help him with his or join
in the work OF community gardening
hnding time daily TO WELD hoe, 20
weed by hand. and 70 aid IN fighting
foOd-destroying Insects.
Even a single hour thus spent
daily. in The early morning or in the
late afternoon, viii bring appreciable
results.
Think of the farmer and OF his
long expectation Of life Turn farmer
Yourself II you deem ~ desirable
end possible Quit the city and
make your home in the country.
II you cannot do that compare
lively few clerks feel that they can
at least contrtve 70 keep outdoors
as much az possible getting your
recreation outdoors and doing out
door work for the country that
needs all the help you can give.