Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

at the expense of the married man with
n houseful of babies and mother-in-
law and his CONSEQUENT disposition TO I
become insane. that matrimuny hnf
come to be looked upon as anythns 7
but desirable among many classes 90 T
society. But DR.. Toote comes forward
in the face of this belief ana announces
that figures, complied with great care |
show that the single man has six times |
as much prospect of becoming Insane |
as the mairies man when the natural |
condition of both are alike.
Those are the figures for America.
The facts as noted In other countries
bear cut the theory.
Speaking OF his Views on the desira
bihty OF every young uop being COM
PEELED to marry, DR. FoOte said to a
Sunday World reporter:
1--WE have no means Of getting at
he exact figures ON iuHlIit. IN the
United States at the present time, hut
we have n good criterion IN the ilgurCs
complied on the same subject in Great
Britain. Tho commissioners on lun-
acy which were appointed some time
ago by parliament have Just made their
report, and a study OF the report is
the strongest possible argument in fa-
yor of marriage, and early marriage at
that
This report shows that at every
age from nineteen up 10 siNty-hNc, and
IreVen upward. the chances " Il single
man becoming insane are six times
and more greater than the chances
of married man going mad. Between
the ages OF twenty and twenty four
the odds" against the single man are
something like a to TO- although they
become slightly smaller as the age in
| creascs
"As far as women are concerned. the
married women has marked suneflor-
ity over unmarried women. according
hi ~. tFfnpVlnrllN
far from being so great rs that of
! married man over "A single man
~ had charge Of an insane asylum
| in this state for a number of years.
and my experience leads me 10 believe
| that the conditions prevailing in Great
| Britain prevail TO the same extent right
| here in America.
Marriage is here as everywhere
natures way, and the only safe way
| to live.
"a young man without the restraint
| of marriage develops a general irrlto-
| tation or restlessness. He begins to
| drink or what is worse, begins 10
smoke cigarettes. to keep late hours
AN this causes excessive irritation
of the nervous system, which uses up
the elasticity of the nerves ana dItes
IN the Juicy walls in tho cells of the
brain which determines u mans bal
ance of mind. The moment the cells
| become dried up then the mind snaps
and the person is maniac
another great factor In irritating
the nervous organism between the ages
of nineteen and twenty-five Is the iact
| that at this age q young man is look
ing about to determine into what pro-
fession or line OF business he must en-
bark for his lifetime.
This danger is greater when man
has not the steadying Influences Of a
family.
"The fact that single women do not
grow insane in the same proportion as
| single mon Is explained in the fact that
| woman Is not allowed by conventional
ity to smoke and keep such late hours.
IF the new women become at an
common, the sex may lose even this
advantage
another thing to be remembered is
that WORRY is one of the greatest causes
of insanity. Worrying over anything
irritates unnaturally the nervous sys-
tenn, and the abuse of the nervous sys-
TEN is the essential Of insanity a
single man will worry over his financial
difficulties. over the loss of his rela-
tives or of dear friends, and 1t tells
alarmingly on his nervous system, but
the married man c6nlides In his wife
and the evil effect Of his worry is dis
sipated more - less. and the following
consolation prevents the worry from
affecting the mind.
Marriage has been said by some
cynic to be the doubling of ones duties
and the halving of his rights. 1t GER
tainly doubles his safeguards and d.
vides his dangers. 1t gives n man the
most precious privilege of companion
ship and confidence.
NO one can long be happy or well
without someone In whom to confde-
''As Bacon truly said: The greatest
thing in all the world is that friend
into whose ears you can pour all your
troubles. New York World.