The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
NERVOUS PERSONS.
The Necessity of Controlling Al. forhS "'
 Variability and Hysteria'


 The Necessity of Controlling All FOrlhS oh
 Variability and Hysteria'
 Tho little thread like cords or nerves that are spread through our bodies and like the veins of leaves, branch out from one central column-the ..backbone'' not half understood nor treated half well enough by the busy people of the world.
 They are the telegraph wires that click out our most exquisite joy and our most excruciating pains. By the development or non-development ot their powers we have the artist or the boor; the greater their acuteness ana the finer their texture the more likely are they are to become ''unstrung or weakened, and that common ill, s'nervous prostration, to ensuei or, worse yet, insanity.
 These maladies are more likely to occur among highly-sensitive (nerve- dcveloped) people than among those of less delicate perceptions, because nervous people. feeling within them selves the desire to accomplish greater things. to get nearer 10 thelr high ideals, work steadily on. over taxing these slender little wires, till suddenly they loosen and cause nerv- ous debility, or else snap and consign their "operator" to the mad house. How careful, then, should one be to keep these wonderful nerves in the best possible condition. and 10 heed the first symptoms of over-pressuro or abuse!
 First, one must learl to master them. An officer of one of OUT largest asylums for the insane makes a statement like this: ''Two-thirds oi our inmates have come here through giving way to their feelings" :"
 Control irritability and hysteria. They are warnings that the nerves are being taxed beyond their strength. Go out in the open air as often as possi- ble. Live plainly and temperately' and dress sensibly. with due regard to the changes of this queer climate of ours. Cultivate the acquaintance of jolly people," and ''cut'' those ''par- ticular friends" (we all have them) who have the faculty of making yor feel, after you have been an hour il their company. as though grittine vour teeth, smashing a few panes O glas<. knocking down the first persol who comes near you, and similar feats would give you an immense amount O satisfaction. Get nine hours of sleel if you can, even though you are tol' that it is enough for a fool Give away a quarter now anC then. Avoid joining any compan, of musical people banded together 10 organized social edification. Don fry 10 write poetry unless the thin; .'comes natural" If, after all. yo1 are troubled with nervousness. your is an incurable case; but, take ou word for it. you won't be.
 A word about nervous children Never sc i'd them nor ''make fun" ( them. They suffer enough withor your threats or sarcasm. Pretend nc 10 see their awkwardness when company nor their grimm aces whe a'one. A case was reported the othe day of boy of ten years who, o beinr veXed, and often without an apparent provocation, will clinch h hands and make the most frightfl contortions of the muscles of his fac and head till his poor mOthC fears lie is idiotic. By no means He is the brightest boy his class at school, fond of read ing and of natural history, but he is ( a highly nervous temperament. an has not been taught 10 control the Ii tie wires, so to speak, on which he strung. This is no single case Ther are :hssousanAs--0f children who giv way 10 their nerves in similar fashior Talk to them about these curious littl fellows that should be their servant not their masters. Never whip then The man or woman who whips nerJ ous child is on a level with brut, that have no reason. Encourage then Help them. Bs patient with then They are the making of our future su cessful men and women. for they W work hard at whatever they unde take. Brace up your own nerves frs and then be indulgent towards Il capers of your Over-nervouS childre Boston Globe.