Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-11-30
INDUCED EMOTIONS.
Frequently They Lay the Foundations for
Neryous Diseases,

Frequently IheN Lay the rohhuhtiohs ioI
Nervous Diseases.
1t was in the rcading-room of a large
hotel where a notice on the door in.
formed each one before entering that
silence was to be maintained within its
borders. Three or four people sat readins
in this room when the door was opened
and closed violently by a woman ~atleast
fifty years old. She walked to a rocker
near one of the windows and sat down.
A book that she put in her lap while ad.
iuSting her glasses Slipped, but was
caught before it struck the floor. Dur
ing this moment she dropped her hand
kerchief, which she grabbed with a pet
ulant movement that threw off her
glasses. In readiuSting those the book
slipped and fell with a loud noise. 1t
would have been comical if it had not
been pitiful to see the petulancy and
irritation the woman now displayed.
She twitched her chair, exclaimed "Oh,
dear" grabbed and dragged another
chair forward, and finally, after ten
minutes of fussing, subsidized for abont
| the same length of time, when she left
the room with as much noise as she had
entered it.
There was a lesson for every younger
woman in the incident. The woman
was by nature impulsive, and no doubt
there are people who would have seer
in the incident only the evidence OF.
nervousness. No question could be
raised as to the nervousness of the WON.
an, but it was a nervousness that was
due far more to lack of sel~f-control than
to disease. 1t was the result of indulg-
ing every passing mood, whether of
pleasure or annoyance, till it had be-
come impossible for her to control the
expression of her feelings.
Early training has a tremendous In
fluence in the manners as well as morals
of the adult, but later practicing has an
equally great influence, No woman can
afford to go off guard in watching her
daily life. Voice, gesture, speech, are
gaining or losing in finish and force
every day. The petulancy of the home
circle escapes in the social circle: and,
guard as W. may, We will reveal Our
true selves in the emergency or the un-
guarded moment. 1t was almost ire.
siStible to watch this same woman going
through the parlor that evening with
social light. She was large and impress
i've, and, on the whole, dignified in APP,
pearance. Her voice and gestures
were such as become a woman so built
and attired, but the memory of the pet.
ulant display over trifles tempered ad.
miration of the evening excellence. II
is not wise to keep two sets of manner
in use; one set in hourly use gives moro
promise of perfection. 1t is not self
consciousness to study to overcome bad
tendency in manners, especially when
manners bear so close a resemblance to
morals. The woman who guards her
voice, her gestures, is able to control
her temper, and is thoroughly armed
against displaying it. So long as a
woman remembers to be polite, she is
mistress Of herself; and if she can con.
troll her thoughts and her action,
whether with animate or inanimate
things, she is mistress of herself, and
very often her own best physician. In.
dulgcd emotions frequently lay the
foundations for nervous diseases that
s~elf-control would have prevented
Christian Union.