The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-13

One a our Kastesn exchanges tells of
tvo shop girls who. on the hssls Of thsir
discharge. resolved that life VS. not worth
iiv,ng and agreed to drink . bottle of
isudanum together and climb the golden
stairs hand In hand. They had hitherto
bssn merry, devii-may-cars creatures, Who
heartily enjoyed life. Each hsd .'iellou"
With whom they we're accustomed 70 70
out driving. and 70 whom they com
municated their suicidal intentions. The
boys were sturdy. sensible fellows aud
treated the proposition with contempt q
only the silly chat Of sentimental girisL
Nevertheless these girls undertook 20
carry out their threat: they sough.
pleasant woodland mock in the outskirts
Of the village. One Of them. true 10 her
promise, drank half OF the Iaudanum.
vhereupon the other instantly weak
ensd. 7" ran TO town for help. and found the
poisoned girls fellow who quickly
drove 20 the scene With doctor and .
stomach pump and rescued the girl from
death. Both are now a. well @ ever, and
are very glad that they did not suicide.
similar cases are 1bund In the record Of
svsrp section Of the country, and not sell
dorm the would-be suicide 10 successful in
or her purposs. either because he 10
moro determined or because help arrives
too late.
sad suicide took place in this city
during the past week. executed BY young
woman who had become hypochondrisc
through jealousy. What shall be said of
these persons Of either sex who. the
moment they are face 70 face With real or
fancied disappointment In love or luck,
refuse to bear longer the pangs of desplsed
love or the siings and arrows OF out
raeeous fortune. 1t 10 safe 20 say of them
that they are the victims of false and
miserable early education or they are
radically deficient in moral sense.
Doubtless false early education which
makes love and sentiment rather than
duty. the stern voice Of God, the beacon
light OF life. 10 responsible for the foolish
fate Of these uniortunates. The reading
Of tavdry. cheap. sentimental fiction. Of
light and trivial poetry. has much to do
with the emAscuiation of these creature,
Of both sexes who. the moment calamity.
disappointment and trouble comes, de-
cline to bitterly "hite the bullet" and
die sword in hand. fighting to the last. As
noble natures always do. and weakly
hang on, the white flag OF surrender in
shape Of physical or moral suicide.
The trouble with these people is that
they have no sincere self-respecs or noble
pride OF existence. They have been taught
or have taught themselves 10 believe tina,
iove - all o: life. while love Is not oil of
life; daiy is all Of life and even love must
he snsorainats 10 duty. Suppose a man
loses ali his property a. time OF life when
there Is small prospect of his rega;nins his
lost wealth. and in his despair he shoot,
himself, thus making the irnoble confess
sion that life si:hoas wealth has no charms
for him. We eonid fairly saw of him tina,
be VAS victim Of a false theory of If.
when he admitted that A. child of God
ne had 80 lived tia. lie WAS no. worth
living when his riches lad taken 90 f,,sh,
And yet The man who takes hls life hr.
cause he has lost his money il no, more
t*-S~ ~ ~ses ~ - NAts0 OF stosf tAAn 4
he had taken his life because he had loved
in vain or loved and lost.
We are not placed in this world to he
mere money makers. meaning By that 70
make wealth the be all and end all of III.
Instead at the means TO bette. ends:
neither are vs placed here merely to max.
love. 10 love and TO be loved: We are 10:
placed here to seek our selfish pleasure.
whether Ne find IL in sers or rzesey, aud
failing TO find il to weakly Jump into the
food. throw our hands ahevr oz- heads
and sink TO death with shrsek Of despair.
We are placed here 10 do our da,y
wherever vs md IL 10 do, whether re are