The evening times., 1898-06-04
623 18th St n. W.
NERVES OF
FAIR WOMEN
The Gentle Sex Slaves to an
Unnecessary Tyranny.
Many Too Prone to Encourage scn-
saticns That Only Result in Mem
tai and Physical Tortures.

I am something Of crank on nerves.
1 am "agin" them. Let ,that be under
stood at the start. If more women were
with me we should cease after time
to be the victims of such uncanny tor
mentors. =. h-!
Women cater TO Eeach other in this
matter of nerves. FTwolthirds of them
dote on nerves. the other third. thank
God. is free from an ensIavement tina,
turns the world upside down most OF
the time.
l know of nothing that can convert
an otherwise peaceful home INTO such
a purgatory as d case of nerves -
And when I think Of the immense
amount of selfishness that is going on
among people claim to be afflicted with
this disease 1 feel like giving them all
a good trouncing, as l would a lot of
naughty children, says Dorothy Mad
dox.
At the start their. nerves were In
first class shape. Why, in the interest
Of poor humanity, are they not still in
decent condition? Because, as l have
said. sensible, level-headed souls are in
the clique to SOW misery broadcast.
Here. for instance, is a writer, who
deliberately says, There is a serious
danger to nervous women in this war
excitement" Promptly as if to a call
to duty women reading this article will
see to 1t that the writer is not disap-
pointed. and it will not be the women
either who have given up their dearest
ones to their country, but a foolish
set of beings who take solid comfort in
being considered poor, nervous Great
ures, broken down. you know. Of mind
anxieties or overwork,~ more likely be-
cause they want to be downright devil
ish.
What excuse could many of us trump
up for our mind antics If it were not
for these convenient nerves? Children
of the family talk in awe-struck tones
of mamma's nervous days..
Some poor man, moving heaven and
earth to make two short ends meet
financially, is looked to to cosset his
wife's nerves. if he doesn't he is a
brute.
A nervous woman cuddles her feel
ings. She expects everybody about her
TO go into the cuddling business She
never loses an opportunity to wheedle
sympathy from any quarter. When she
.
ding about like scared rabbits she is
content that she is getting some of the
consideration she Is entitled to. The
Iong-suffering husband. who creeps
like a culprit into her gioom-shrouded
chamber to offer his scrap Of condol-
ence, is regarded an important link in
the sympathetic chain.
"Unstrung" is great word with US.
Gone all to pieces" is another express
sion, and We hang on the two as If
they were words Of wisdom. Life Is los
ing its SAVIOR because Of feminine
nerves. Feminine nerves are the result
of senseless management Of our AFFAIRS.
We are aping people We should never
dream of emulating. We ape them in
their dress, in their household furnish
ings. in their mode Of living. Every wo-
man of US should determine to get the
most happiness possible from our own
environments.
We should live to get into Gods
blessed sunshine. We are busy at our
machines when WEI should be breath
ing heavens free bfessing-good, pure
air. We stay by our sewing machines
because we are frill-mad. rufiile-crazy.
We live In whilr Of dust. We have
secured the town for, dust-collecting
bric-a-brac, and We must pay the PEN
atty. We cannot get away from social
duties, for We area hankering to be
fashionable danes instead Of plain, ev-
eryday people who laugh the hours
away, because we1are not tagged to
death. ~
We seam our forsheads with lines:
we get so tired we .can hardly drag
one foot before tbe other; we finally
succumb to "nervess.i We have hold
Of the wrong end ok4fG
We are fools, cfidited nth being
sound-minded. 1 boldly n1(S1 fkaf no