Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-28

sions in favor of Lulu Hurst, butrexs
pressions opposing her. II was, IN
fact, her belief that Miss Hurst was
proceeding by trickery, and her indlg-
nation at what she thought was decepe
ton, that aroused her al u~ncontrola-
bic extent. Mr.. Graves's coolness In
reassuring the audience, and In showing
that his sister had simply lost control
of her nerves, commanded universe!
sympathy and respect, and averted
what might have been Q serious
trouble.
Editors Constitution: In justice tot
the parties interested. will You allow
me space in. your columns to correct
some unintentionxls errors In your rset
port of the scepe at DeGi.e,s opera
house list Monday eyesdn8 daring Miss
Lula Hurstys exhibition, in which Miss
ZellaGraves is represented "a N insane
lady, in the audience, made to figure
as IA lunatic at lalge5" In the scene
of excitement l was called t. her side,
and your reporter makes it appear that
| she was Quoted by the hypodermic uhe
| of morphille and the administration OF
stimulaiIts.lN Please allow me to state
| that Miss Graves was not insane, and
| that there was no morphine used IN any
way 10 quiet her. She Is naturally OF.
a very nervous temperament, as any
| one could see or can see at a glance-is
Ia lady of culture and refinement with
quite a taste for music and art. During
the exhibition her naturally excitable,
nervous tension became 81 Intensified
that she lost control over herself N
gate way to her feelings. 1t was just
1T ----- ,es~ no hno hAon s0nf
to exhibit itself sporadicaliy or epidem-
ical y in all ages Of the world, and no
sex nor age, moi sect nor country Is ex-
empt from it. Neither heather, Mo.
halamedan nor Christian religious
Enthusiasm, intense emotion, fnordi-
nate mental acti.'n or undue nervous
excitemen. Of any kind lead to the pro.
duction of the paroxysnfs. One of the
leading symptoms in such cases is to
chant the chorus and step to the music,
'sthe song and the dance Of the taran.
tati." Another equally prominent
symptom is an uncomfortable Opposi-
ton to being controlled by brute iorce,
the force of the secouristsE or the MAIL
ner of the paviours. These prominent
symptoms were clearly evidenced in
the midst of the audience. 1t is a con-
dition of the brain and nerve system
the very opposite of insanity, of mad.
ness, OF hydrophobia-a condition in
which intellectual action is vfyified and
nervous and muscular action Intensified
until the over. action produces exhaus.
tion-a condition in which the emo
lions, affections and sympathies have
+ full sway. In 9 words emotional and
intellectual action o~yerr0tning aud coz
!. TT. ling the system An 81 these synp.
, toms we're plainly and unmistakably
evidenced before the audience in every
action, and brought out In bold relic.
> side by side with her emotional action,
!, her affectionxte and sympathetic ma
|, ture. Aside from these conditions,
attended with excessive but weakened
. cardiac action, there was nothing wrong
), with her mentally. She was perfectly
;, rational. When spoken to kindly che
responded, readily and nationally, act
: Ing intel iGenily and becumingly. She
resisted with feeliiigs of indixnatioi
tine idea and the efforts to control hei
: by force. There was more insanity II
q such an idea than there was In the lady
herself. When she was Informed tina
it would be best for her, in her nervous
SOibitaoh3 ~ way Zig SIChO Va CASltC
nent and get into the open air, she ex
pressed herself as quite willing to d.
a so, but opposed anything like coer.ivs
= action, asking that they DO not pp'
q their hands on her. She was perfect,
= rational and perfectly right. She WA
not quieted with morphine, but b,
=, kindness and her own Intellectual &C
ton. She was no nor insane thai
!, have been thou,ands OF others in thi
and other countries who have reached
a similar condition Of nervous tension
from religious, emotional or symparhet
Il ic excitement, and who have not beef
and are not now subjected to tn
charge of insanity. She was given stim
ulants to prevent the exhaustion Yhicl
usually follows spch paroxysms. Sh
:. recovered completely CHI reaching tn
open air, aud has felt no symptoms ALI
evinced no signs Ut q returnin,
h paroxysm-pos-ible never may again
In simple justice to the young lady
who gas to me All entire stranger unit
The moineut | was called to her side i
II the scene above alluded to, l AJAX
place for this communication, thai IN
o erroneous impressions may be correct
ed and no injustice nor damage don
70 any. Very respectfully,
# WV. ADRIAN LOVE, NJ. D.