Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-11-10

these journals is the almost total alb
sence Of gloom and melanchOlia. and
we have it on the word OF the doctor
OF one Of the leading asylums that this
IS not owing to such contributions be-
ing tabOOed. But now and again one
comes on poem or tale drcnched with
melancholia and morbid insanity. In
one OF these journals appeared a story
written in the first person about hero
undoubtedly the writer-who had his
head twisted round the wrong way.
The consequence was he invariably
had to walk In the opposite direction
to which he wanted to walk. This ter
rible fate haunts him right through the
story, causing him to lose friends,
money and everything else which man
holds dear and ends up by his, in his
own mind, numbering the girl who was
10 save him from himself
According to the story, the heroine
was standing on the edge OF great
precipice. The hero is standing near.
Suddenly the heroine becomes giddy
and totters on the brink. The hero
tries to dash forward and save her,
but Of course runs the other way. Here
comes a break In the narrative, which
is finished by the following sentence:
"And the gates Of an asylum for those
mentally deranged shut the writer OF
from his friends in the outer world"
Apart from such tragedies as the
above, the whole Of these journals are
saturated with humor In one we find
the following among Questions We
Want Answered."
"When does the queen Of Sheba IN
tend to recognize the royal rank Of the
Prince OF WalesT Did Marie COrellr
really tweak the Doctors nOsel Why
did 'Ranjp throw the ball at w. G.'s'
head during practice at the nets| Per-
haps 1t should be explained thar the
celebrities referred to above are not
those known to the public, but other
persons who claim their personalities
and are detained in the asylums for
that very reason.
writer In The Fort England Mirror
gives the following reason for his de-
tentlon: Il met 4 young widow with a
grown stepdaughter. and the widow
married me- Then my father. who was
widower, met my stepdaughter and
married her. That made my wife the
mother-in-law of her father-in-law and
made my stepdaughter my mother and
my father my stepson. Then my step
mother, the stepdaughter Of my wife,
had a son. That boy was. Of course.
my brother because he was my IA
Tiers son. lie was also the son Of my
wife's stepdaughter and therefore her
grandson. That made me grandfather
to my stepbrother. Then my wife had
a son. My mother-in-law, the step
sister Of my son, Is also his grandmoth-
er, because he is her stepson's child.
My father is the Drother-n-law Of my
child, because his stepsister is his wife.
am the brother Of my own son. who
Is also the child of my step-grandmOth-
err | am my mothers brother-in-laW.
my wife IS her own child's aunt my
son Is my fathers nephew. and I'm
my own grandfather. And after try
ing to explain the relationship in our
family some seven times a day 70 our
calling friends for fortnight. | was
brought here-no, came Of my own
will"
Another declares that he never found
rest from his mother-in-law before, and
he intends to hoodwink the doctors as
long as possible And yet another
points out that it has always been the
fate of really great men TO be Ignored
or I'll treated by their contemporaries,
and that is why he is now detained.
"For the thick skulls and those Of lit
tie sense are jealous OF my being the
first to discover that we could all live
forever If we would only walk on our
heads instead of our feet" - London
Mail.