The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12

CLASSES who can live as they LIKE
mean those rich enough to be able to
keep themselves in good physical con-
ldition. The women, particularly, are
getting to be fine specimens OF the hu-
man animal.
st am now speaking of native Ameri-
cans. More than half the patients IN
this hospital are either of foreign birth
or recent foreign origin. The native
born citizens of New York and Brook
lyn do not produce enough insane pa
tents to fill this hospital. The Ameri-
can standard of mental vitality is as
high as the American standard OF ner-
vous vitality.
Nervousness, however, in the ordin-
AIRY acceptance of the words meaning,
does not often lead to insanity. The
cause back of the greatest number OF
insane cases is neurotic faint, or heredi-
ty."
DRINK AND INSANITY.
Here 1 called DR.. Lines attention to
the statements made by Drs. Forbes
Winslow and Younger, of London. They
agreed that in England by far the larg-
er part of insane cases are the direct
result of drink
THAT statement cannot truthfully
be made of America he said. Il can
readily believe, however, that it is true
of England. In England, and in fact in
Iall European countries, the custom of
hard drinking is much more prevalent
than it is in America. Next to heredi-
Itary causes here comes those which lead
to pareSis. There is a general misun-
Outstanding of this affection. More
than half the cases of paresis are of
vicious origin. There always exists a
possibility that a paretic has been
brought to his pitiable condition b.,
low orb icfo I-a h11+
lis small possibility"
What course other than vice might
lead a man into paresis?" I asked
"a man who allowed his business to
worry him, or who eXerted himself so
violently that for a long period the
rest of the night did not balance the ex-
element of the day might get his brain
into such condition that paresis would
result" he answered. But 1 repeat
that such cases are rare"
''Do you think that the apparent in
crease of paretic cases means that we
are growing worse morally?"
Il believe that the increase is smaller
than is generally believed. The public
has heard more of late than it used to
about paresis as classified form of in
sanity, but that does not mean that
there is more paresis. My impression
is that we are not worse morally"
THE MATTER OF WILL POWER.
your question is an indefinite one
DR.. Lines said in reply to a query as
to the Importance and culture of will
power. I'm one sense of the term will
power is obstinacy, and the person who
is thus strong willed will be one-sided
land narrow. Aboriginal races have al
ways been strong in that kind of will
power. The highest development brings
will, intelligence, emotion and all the
faculties of mind into a just balance.
If by will power you mean ability to
resist temptation to do wrong and to
lpresS on in determination to do right
and to accomplish great things, despite
obstacles, then that kind of will power
is the foundation of character. Such
will power results in the combination of
radicalism and conservatism that is
characteristic of the American people
In the late strike this trait put down
riots that in almost any European ma
ton would have resulted in a revolu-
ton. But they are almost forgotten
here now. OF course there will always
be light-headed peoole, but the number
of well-balanced folk who will act as
offsets to them is, l think, constantly
increasing.
THE cultivation of this higher will
power in their children is one of the
highest duties devolvfng upon parents
Such will power can and should be en-
couraged to develop. Children should
they should always be told the reason
that they are right. The logic of il
should always be explained, and a
child should never be thought too young
to be shown this consideration.
BETTER BROUGHT UP CHILDREN
There has been q vast improvement
in the methods of bringing up children
during the last decade the doctor went
on. 1.-THE rational has been given much
greater prominence than it used to have
Children are not now brought up on
such strict religious lines as they ofce
were, and that does not mean that they
will make worse men and women The
/ religious training was overdone While
many men have pursued moral lives as
the direct result of the old style rigidity
in religious discipline for children,
many have also been forced by it into
a dislike for religious forms and OBJ
iservances.
1.-THE culture of nerve force is not less
important in the rearing of children. A
highly strung child should be brought
up in fairly quiet way. He should
not be overstimulated either with food
or study. The body in such cases ought
to be cultivated if need be at the ex-
pense of the mind through the early
years or life. A young person showing
a tendency toward epilepsy, insanity
ETC., should have both body and mind
cultivated with the utmost care, so that
he may be as evenly balanced as pos
sible. Strong tendencies, good as wei
as bad, should be discouraged, as they
will be likely to develop into excuses
| if allowed to run their courses. AND
things which are in moderation admir-.
able may be extremely unfortunate il
they are carried to extremes. 1t is bet
ter for such persons to engage in occu-
pations rather monotonous and simple
in their nature. If these rules are car.
ried out many people who are now
turning defective children loose on the
world would be giving to it instead
healthy boys and girls, who would grow
up into men and women mentally an6
physically strong
But this matter of the encourage
ment and cultivation of will and nerve
power is so complex, and is subject tc
SO many individual variations that any.
thing that could be said off-hand ir
this way would be sure to lack import
ance."
EDWARD MARSHALL.