The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-30
Hal Boyle
Says

NEW YORK R-"Strive 10 leaf
4 yea would succeed IN iklaa
longer"
nat could vel BE- every man's
motto IN these tense tines Fm h
! "a nov an accepted medical faea
that too much hard work and sxse.
else may kil yea OF drive yoa
crazy.
one doctor. remarkinG On sAs
need q Americans % take Il easier
30 improve their health. said 60
) Gently.
Why. Just plain. oldfasAiOnsa
loating has become . lest art
Well. eoys. lets drop everything
and Join IN the search. Finders,
keepers!
Since health has eeea hailed 20
the nations first line II defense
and loailng helps Keep yoa healthy
the problem before Us al 10:
How can I become . successful
loaferF"
! The answer depends on how
healthy you really want 70 set
How much time and lack oi effort
are yOu wiling 10 Pot into leaf.
ing'
Half . loaf IL perhaps better
than none. bot only for people Who
believe IN halfway measures.
Plain. oidiashioned. "a karat
loafing IL q genuine art. And like
} any other art Il requires trained
; skill. kn0w.how. aad selfless dedi.
cation.
The born ioafer IL 81 rare a
the born Rembrandt. To acquire
the srt Of loafing and set its most
healthful benefits, you have 10 give
Il the old college try. You have
10 start young and keep eveFlast.
ingly IL Il. Steady does n.
suppose you wanted 10 become
the healthiest. longest lived loaf.
er In the annals Of this revlvinR
art How could you best work 10.
ward eFa that 10, aehleve this
goal' Wen, here are some tested
principles:
/ To begin with. you must erase
from your mind all other cares
or worries. ell dreams and de-
sires. ell feelings Of personal guilt.
You'll feel healshier a. once.
Next. quit your Job. Notice how
soon that tired businessman feel.
ing goes away
\ Then you marry . fine. strap.
ping, wholesome woman able and
willing 10 take In washing. This
will relieve YOU Of financial wor.
ries. and II you need q clean shirt
you can steal II from the laundry
Of ore of your wife's clients.
Nov. where 10 loaff The best
place on sunny days IL q park
bench. Here, 80 u you sat on q
platform above the earth yea can
watch and criticize the rushing
folly round you-a pleasant sight
10 the loafer.
Loaiers share Q philosophical
dlsappr0yal Of ell other people.
For example. suppose q PARA EN-.
ploye h moving the grass. You
nod 81 . patch Of dandelions and
tell the losfer sitting neat 10 yoa:
Bet he misses EN-"
Sure enough, the mower chugn
BY without clipping The dandelions.
"whatd ! tell you1" you say
disgustedly. And the other l0afer
says. shaking bis head. Yep. he
skipped 'em. The worlds getting
shoddier every day"
But you cant brood about n.
Brooding IL different from loafing.
It's work. To keep from br0oding
when you're lOafihg By yourself.
the best thing IL whiting. Thatn
keep your mind empty and your
hands occupied. But you cant whit
tle out o ship OF . walking suck.
II has 20 be aimless whiting. or
you are cheating 90 your loafina.
I On rainy days the best place "a
loaf Is In Q courthouse. Nothing
else makes . loafer feel more su-
perior than sitting In Q courtroom
listening 70 ell the trials. tribula.
tons and lawsuits wWklna people
set themselves into.
Hunger Ia the only thing that
ever interrupts q real loafsr. busy
al his art. Bot . wise ons never
oversats. tie knsws he sant loaf
vel II he's tiek.
The most peril0us pitfali for loaf.
srs-outaide of JOB 0ffers-la q
pool hall. Stay ont u them. A pool
room l0afer IL one who 10 risking
bis entire profeasional career.
! Pool halls have wrecked NOE
good Ioaiers than honest too. The
danger 10 loaiing around pool halls
IL that you viii set interested In
the game. start playing 4 your
sef for money. and thus set your.
self involved in the cares and af.
fairs n mmnhfwA