The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-06

Iotal ....,.......,... 4,5oi 5000
According to a table formed by Fal-
ret OF the suicides which took place be-
tween 1894 and 1928 the following results
appear, OF 6,7S2 cases 254 were from
disappointed love, and Of this number
157 were women; 92 were from Jealousy;
1875 from being illuminated; AZ from
desire, without the means, OF V1ndicat-
ing their characters; 122 from disap-
pointed ambition; S22 from reverse of
fortune, 16 from wounded vanity, lb5
from gambling, 2SS from crime and re-
morse, 1923 from domestic distress, 800
from poverty, 16 from fanaticism,"
"In considering the influence of men
tai causes, We shall, in the first in
stance, point the effects of certain pas
sions and dispositions Of the individual
on the body; then investigate the opera
| ton of education, irreliglon and certain
| unhealthy conditions of the mind which
predispose the individual to derange-
ment and suicide.
"There is no passion of the mind
which so readily drives person to SUI
icide as remorse. In these eases, there
| is generally a. shipwreck of all hope.
To live is horror; the Infatuated sufferer
feels himself an outeast from God and
man; and though his judgment may
still be correct upon other subjects, it
is completely overpowered upon that
of his actual distress, and all he thinks
of and aims at is to withdraw as much
as possible from the present state of
torture. totally regardless of the future:
would not If i could be blest;
want no other paradise but rest.
I'm England the great majority of the
cases of insanity among women, in
| our establishments devoted to the re-
ception of the insane, can clearly be
traced to unrequited and disappointed
affection. This is not to be wondered
at If we consider the present artificial
state of society. We make 'merchan-
disc of love- both men and women are
estimated, not by their mental endow-
ments not by their moral worth, not by
their capacity of making the domestic
fireside happy, but by the length Of
i their respective purses. Instead Of
seeking for a. heart we look for a dow
ry, Money is preferred to intellect,pure
and unadulterated affection dwindles
into nothingness when placed in the
same scale with titles and worldly
| honors.
Few passions tend more to distract
and unsettle the mind than that Of
jealousy. Insanity and suicide often
owe their origin to this feeling. One Of
the most terrible pictures of the dire
effects of this green-eyed monster ON
the mind Is deltneated in the character
/ Of Othello. In the Moor of Venice we
witness a fearful struggle between fond
and passionate love and this corroding
i mental emotion. Worked upon by the
villainous articles of Iago, Othello is
led to doubt the constancy of Desda-
mona's affection. The very doubt urges
him almost to the brink Of madness;
but when he feels assured of her guilt,
and sees the gulf into which he has
been hurled, and the utter hopelessness
of his condition, he abandons himself to
despair"
/ A paper by Gustav Boehm of New
York entitled Suicide Legislation and
the Insanity Plea" was read. In the
course of the papersthe writer said.
"A person who has the conviction that
life has nothing to offer, and methods
cally arranges his affairs to avoid any
misunderstanding after death, ben cool
ly sums up by cutting his throM, ought
not to be declared fool 1t Is rather
an act Of philosophic quality, the result
of deep thinking and ripe Judgment,
than the doings Of an imbecile."