Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-19
THE ..DoN'r WORRY CLUB CURE.

THE sDoN'T WORRY CLUB, CURE.
How 1t Saved Mr.. Robbins a Lot of
Trouble.
George AIDE in the Chicage Record.
Mr.. Robbins thought 1t over and decided
to join the Don't Worry Club.
1t isn't labor or responsibility that ruins
the temper, wears cut the nervous system,
sours the disposition and puts crowfeet over
che eyes. 1t is worry, and the worry over
things which are inevitable according to
the great plan and which cannot be helped.
A great many people realize this. but they
cannot bring themselves to put the philos-
ophy into practice. They continue to wor-
ry and worry. Knowing very well that 1t
Is of no use to cry over spilled milk they
&C ntinue to cry over the milk that is spilled
and the. other milk that is about to be
SPILLED.
1T will be all the same a hundred years
from now You have heard people make
that cheering observation. Such people are
qualified TO belong to the Don't Worry
Club. They can sit among the breaking
crockery and smile at the expostulating
creditors snap their fingers at fate and
say: What's the use Of worrying about
these details? VIII that help matters? Be-
sides. it will be all the same hundred
years from now
1t is beautiful philosophy. and the more
Mr.. Robbins studied it the better he liked it.
Don't worry. If you have a note coming
cue, don't worry about it. Let the, other
fellow walk the floor. If business is bad
and collections slow, don't worry. If you
are going into bankruptcy you will go
whether you worry or not. What If you
should fail? One mans failure is such a
ST all item in the great mass Of events. No
matter what happens, you can always go
and board with your relatives.
Don't worry. If you can refrain from
worrying. some one else will have to do
the worrying for you. You will continue
to be placid and enjoy good health, and
your associates will ruin their tempers and
get wrinkles around the eyes. But that
needn't worry you. Look at the noble
spe cimens of manhood who have permitted
their wives to worry themselves into mid
dle-age graves. Did these men ever russ
and fret? Certainly not. That's why they're
alive and happy today. So don't worry. II
you have any worry, shift 1t to your wife
or your business partner. That Is what Mr..
Robbins did.
He had read about the Don't Worry
philosophy, and on the very day he adopted
it a concern that owed his firm large sum
of money failed dismally. The partner came
in with the news, and the cold perspiration
was beaded on his forehead.
This is horrible. Jim," he said. What
are We going to do. when all those drafts
come in next month";?
peaceful SMILE but don't worry"
Great Scott! Are you an idiot? Some
body has to worry. What are We going to
DEP --.-'
Next month, if we have collected enough
mopey, we will pay the drafts. If not. We
will not pay the drafts. The situation Is
charmingly simple = nothing complicated
about it at all At any rate, we cannot help
matters by worrying"
"Oh, you talk like an old womant snap
ped the partner, VINO damned his hat down
over his ears and rushed out to try and
Mr NM
feet up on the desk, drew pictures on
scratch pad and wnistled BLUE Danube"
waltz. A $1O-a-week clerk could not have
shown a more magnificent indifference TO
the cares of management.
He was put to a second test that same
day. When he arrived at home Mrs. Rob-
bins was in condition bordering on hys-
terra. The cook had resigned in anger and
gene away.
What are we going to do?" demanded
Mrs. Robbins. I'VE are to have the Smiths
here for dinner tomorrow. We must have
a cook. Everything in the kitchen is up
side down.
my dear, we will do the best We can"
replied Mr.. Robbins. with provoking cool
ness. in the meantime let us not worry
and he sat down and opened the evening
newspaper.
But, James, you don't appreciate how
serious this is. We are helpless unless"
My dear. can We help matters any by
worrying?
She burst into tears and left the room.
Mr.. Robbins felt few pangs of con-
science until he remembered that 1t would
not help matters any for him to worry
over the troubles of some one else. He felt
sorry for his wife. but what good would
it do for him to worry?
The system was success. He was calm
and happy under very trying circumstances.
He said to himself: IF cyclone should
Come along at this moment and take the
roof OF the house wouldn't worry. Even
If it should lift me and carry me through
the air l wouldn't worry. Why should 1?
1t wouldn't help me to find soft spot on
which to land. 1t couldn't possibly affect
the general result"
While Mr.. Robbins philosophical thus his
wife was in her room worrying. She wor-
ried herself into a state of desperation and
finally went out and telephoned want
adj and called UP two intelligence offices.
Then she returned home. but she still
worried for fear the new cook could not
be engaged In time for the Smith dinner.
SO che went over to see Mrs. Glenn and
borrowed her cook for the next day. AS a
consequence q beautiful dinner was in
readiness when the Smiths arrived. and
Mr.. Robbins felt that he had been vindi-
Gated.
Everything has turned out all right"
he said Would it have turned out any
better If had worried? Not at all. What
Is the use of enduring these mental tor
ments? 1 have been mistaken all my
life. l have been a fool. have worried
too much"
he was Iurtner convinced along THIS same
lire by what happened at the Office
The partner came in a day or two later
with dark rings around his eyes and a
nervous twitching of the Mouth. He was
smoking black cigar. -
We'll, Robbins. I've got the money to
meet those drafts" he said.
Il knew 1T would be all right" said Rob-
bins. That's why 1 didn't worry. Do you
know that's a great system? Don't worry,
my boy. Take everything calmly
Il don't see it, said the partner, chew
ing his cigar savagely and tearing open let
ter after letter on his desk. Where would
we be II hadn't worried over those drafts
until went out and simply held up people
to get money? That's a very lovely rule of
conduct for q woman who has nothing to
do except pour tea every afternoon, or for
some man who spends the money left to
him by his father and writes books on phi
losophy. I'll admit that's it's better. not to
worry II you can get along without it.
wish 1 didn't worry. but II stopped wor-
rying I'd be in the poorhouse in six
months Once knew q man who never
worried. That was out In the country
where I used to live. He fished all day.
His wife took in washing and finally killed
herself from overwork. but 1t didn't worry
him. He went to live with his brother and