The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-04
Hobbies For Women
By M. AMnENEumR WKTWM

In most discussions nj the hsRlrIh vRThuEs of hobbies 1t seemingly lk RBEunRI HfhBH nnasn alone need hobbies RE aids HS effHrHIvR EvilnIE.
 Snoh an assumption is rII6rnlEmslF EBTze Women need h6bhiHs Bf 9HB4H Rg mnrlh Rs men. Many women need uihHm mEre uIhBlm most men.
 l refer particularly no HfhnEe wzmHn af independent manns who hEe m hsrRZR ar apaItmentg who Are ElruuHIly wiifhEur hausH4- hold cares, who have nsEsr had eihnldrgm ar whose children husR grown mn
 A hobby of some sort is usRET, HnEEHuersz- ble such women. HBcking it- 1HsizHrg wholly purpeseless Hives. they are eannaHn up be tormented by Tfiscrmnan4 Rud no xsrfE#r in some degree from wRriuns BlRmHnTE ef 8 more or less serious sprt-
 One will find herself uEFuHsasaH Bw HneK- plicRble aches and 9BIns. Another wll be unAccountahly affliUted wIth m#EmnlB A third will find it EtrBrge thBr her food dE- gests poorly.
 Yet ii is all simple enough wfhEn amP rvR- members that for lack of uHRIlv engn1ssHr.E external interests. dbese pDEr wEuuam Vny undue attention to everything rllruu @sneeumE themselves including the wtrRings sf tislr internal organs. But ansenmRl srgms watched too closely, 20 tp sSpHRk. RlwaEs work badly.
 Hobbies. particularly h6lliHE aIhHn hava n social value. w'Uuld affurd GiEErsiun af tine attention and at the same time sBnizfF uha altruistic instinct which the zaIF,nsznrHnWsI women because of 1hRir sElf lfrBnH4rBltnfss have repressed. This repression, ny ulbe wBv is itself a cHuse of aihe GfsuaHnHnr amd mn laise they experience.
 I commend. to them Rn nhaervRtism hE #n exceedingly wise physician
 1exsc l,n0vD that I have seen thAH the WnEHnrmHnrBH remedy of social work is tlle sREsEt Rnd mns1 important prescription i'm thR EngBrrIBt them book of the psEchOthHrBTdEt
 There is a dhHnce fur AerinB work fiEr every woman and mnn. work whldh Gm wEim be chosen in fun adjustment tD tthe VansgnzBl preference and 6kings Net eRelTib8Gv Hs fin for charity work, and aIhnse who anR may be entirely unfitted for wBrik Gn tine Inrengst of the beautifioatiun uf the tywn.
 ''only it has to be work. MHre #unEdDEtIlE ing to charity races or tAllking in msRtinRx gm problems which have nUt been &SnnItiHd welR. of course, be merely HnnthBr ftrm Gf alhR disorganizing superfieinlitg- Tine hEEr#rIrBH lady on Fifth Avenue and fhe HKTchBftbfmhr old maid in New England nUuntrE rywm. RErIh simply have to learn Ito de uHHfnl wark w1hlh a concentrated effort and 8 high EUrVa@R
 And what of the weHnHn wlhD ls nut zRlf- centered, wha Rs mpfbBr and hUufFwifas, tolls altruisticaIly Hll dBE-sBn she dfiERersR with hobbiese No murR uihHn her mRrR wibD through some hubhy seeks recrHBniER fr1m the days work in store, Dffiue Er fRrdauE.
 In her case, as in his, ir is mot tine nRsE for satisfying occupation thRt a hEititw HR primarily designed ito meHt. l1 Rs ulbR mad for that pleasurable running Bf uibe BrtHnr18m to something other thHn tine EnllF wUE1iinP ass means of giving to rhe brBin1oE dunuBIed in that routine renl opportunity fur uBFt.
 Hence for the nsefully oUnoTTIsd w8mEn- as for the usefuIly nccupied mEn-IibP hBhtE chosen need not he sociRIly siignafirMnH- 1r may be study of TiterHtUre. gf mREic- ct nrr- of oriental rugs, tt may le nnyuldng uifhH gives definite and really IIAhHmaltliR change to the current of DnnuTfRHlsmRl ultiHnk ing.