The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-08
SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN.
Too Much Worry Makes Them Think
Life Not Worth Lying.

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Life Not Worth Living.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, June my readers
will understand my reason for quoting so
often from private letters. Such CORE
spondence touches the keynote Of q vast
number of experiences, and the woman who
reads that another woman Is passing
through the same perplexities and trials
that make her life, if not uncomfortable, at
least very hard. finds comfort in spite of
herself. This satisfaction is not necessarily
the outgrowth of selfishness. We are
all apt to feel that our cross is heavier, and
made from different design to our neigh
bors, and when we discover that the evil
which we have been deploring, the sin
which we are all the time repenting Of but
is ever present with us, is influencing
another life, we are little comforted. AS
look over the pages which have made my
heart ache, in the endeavor TO select the
paragraphs which will be most useful, / find
myself wondering how many of my friends
will recognize their own experiences.
II am very unhappy" says my corre-
spondent, because | have at last reached
the conclusion that / do not love my chill
dren. / have six-five boys and one girl
the Oldest IA, the youngest Is months. My
husband is merchant whose rule of life 1t
is to save one-third of his profits every
year. Besides this he carries a large
amount of insurance, SO that In case of his
death his family will be we'll provided for.
i have one servant and large house to
take care OF. Igive you this circumstantial
account in order that you may fully under
stand the situation. My husband is kind
man, as well as a prudent one. When l
married at eighteen. there was not a
healthier nor happier girl to be found in
South Carolina. l had never been Ill
single day. / was O true lover of
children, and babies / adored. After the
birth of my fourth child, found that this
love had diminished. My happiest moments
were when the children were out of my
sight. The baby came to be simply an
other care. I have fought against this with
all the force and courage that could sum-
mon to my aid, but have grown worse
instead of better, and the natural duties
which were once so delightful
are now not only wearisome
but obnoxious. Do not infer that
am cross, cruel or neglectful; force my
self to all my responsibilities, but go to
them without heart and with only one wish,
that 1t might be the last time. This confess
sion have never made before, and now,
that it is written, feel as should think
murderer might who had come to his senses
after the awful deed had been perpetrated.
But what can DOR
The writer evidently supposes that she is
bho ouiy AhOthci III buc WOTlu WHO Was over
wicked enough TO feel in this way, but she
Is very much mistaken, and hope she will
be able to draw some consolation from this
fact. Some Of the loveliest wives and
mothers of my acquaintance have suffered
in the same way. The very first thing to
do in case of this kind is to stop
striving. In this instance the con-
science does not need stimulating
1t is morbidly sensitive already. The
cause is physical, and does not proceed
from vicious mental twist for which the
poor woman Is herself responsible. Six
children in fourteen years tells its own
story, to begin with. Ny friend is worn
out and her nervous system shattered, IL
not beyond help, at least very seriously.
She is simply i'll, and needs rest and careful
treatment. Her husband should send her
away to some good sanitarium, or insist
upon visit abroad. What she needs is to
get at once out Of the domestic rut.
She should leave her children at home under
good care and remain away until she has
recovered. have seen this experiment
tried with the greatest success scores Of
times. Unpleasant to-think that my cox~