The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-18

tsp'l y nave had It a thousand times
~ least computation. Very probaoiy
" 4, three times a week, and call
les - ~ gnvertebrate idiot on each &C
Iasfse. pr. the next time Mrs Jones,
49,. -on admire, greets you more colby
rsaaI-doesn't seem as glad as she
- n ne to meet lady OF your gifts
- ~races-something happens 10 your
..,tr uaexus chats the hotanical name
u ssose duivery nerves az the pit OF your
$3.50 -, and your cheeks get little
ren nsS and you notice that Mrs. Jones
asoe wsll dressed as usual and that
M'-trki44 around the corners OF her
~ ssov badly. And you are glad OF H.
- -, aon,t try to find out whether
~ ,srss has a sick headache, or run
- daughter, or has lost her COOK
ss' uever give her the benefit of the
"a though In your secret soul you
- All the time that II IS highly I'M
1910 that her frigid atmosphere
r.sns anything personal 10 you.
q, uerhaps you are taking 10 woman
"a All OF a sudden see her eNchahse a
=. smile with another woman across
naos .,sr,, (which you think a very III
". ,b,ne for her to do). Quick as a
80 ,be hot blood flies 70 your eyelids
~ ~ vcn fed that the tip OF your nose Is
~ red You put UP your hand to see
= ,c,,r hat "a straight and X your neck
- where Il ought 70 be. Then you
glance at yourself In the nearest
49, and wonder II you were saying
la.,s,nr ridiculous and didn't know 1t.
~, draw yourself up haughtily ana wish
~, YOU had a backbone as long as
.ass,v, mole and twice as stiff, and say TO
.nTyaeif that II viii be some time before
~ eondescend again to talk to that
~ And Nil the
.sne YOU are perfectly aware that her
..rsug smile probably refers to some
III. toks with which you have no pos
80. connection Only you happen 10 be
!. ,,,,le hhie. or a little out-of-sorts, or on
=. min, of catching cold. and SO the
'ss.,b h .ofY your nerves, and you are as
s.s,v protected against this careless
s,,,s a. a shell-less snail, and so you In
s.,ye IA All sorts OF unpleasant feelings
rhsrh have no groundwork In fact.
" perhaps you are worse case even
han this Maybe you are one OF the
,h,oniealiy sensitive people who expect
~ rest 81 the world TO 20 about ms Il
.sv,ns excuse me for living" Maybe
81, make n profession OF getting your
settings hurt, and keep your friends in
~ water half the time. wondering what
,hsx can have done 20 offend TINT Mary
pnhlnson now Look at your palm, by
~ way. and see II you have what they
ali "a double heart line" II you have.
you may safely wager any amount you
me that whether you have found 1t out
n not, you frequently make nuisance
Il yourself with your extremely delicate
senshlfties'
perhaps YOU think It doesn't make any
srerence whether you indulge your SEN
.,t,yenesa or not: but such Is not the
eslnion OF a learned gentleman. one Or.
VI r Becker who has been writing
sAsut the subject in the Popular Science
Monthly He SAYS that hurt feeling OF
yoursis a morbid mental manifestation"
New, how do you feelf
II h really appalling when You come 20
srd out that your silly sensations over
Mrs Jones frigidity can be Identified sci
.ouaealiy with the delusion of persecu-
,,on 40 common among the insane.
Il seems that "a sense OF Injury" In a
sane person IL quite as common as the
ssh,so, Of persecution In one insane; and
that the former sometimes grows into the
latter IN badly.baianced natures, BY tile
assnse OF injury DR. Becker explains
,hat he means ''that vague sense which
a1licts many OF ua at times OF being the
oAlett OF hostile feelings on the part OF
e,hsrY" and he ndds that no doubt we
ofttn are tho object OF such feelings IN
The stress Of necessary rivalry and con-
sict upon which progress depends" CFhis
ssght 10 make you stop and think That
a. tetween you and Mrs Jones' rivalry is
nai necessity 20 the progress Of society,"
nst there remains large excess OF this
lntasy feeling witch cannot he accounted
M hy the facts II IL either dlsrropor-
taaate 20 the real injury or else IS en-
tiniy gfaiuitous. and n h just THIS un-
jasiinei remainder that iH morbid and
harmful. ana allies you with those who
have lost their healthy mental poise.
O. - Z.
Another point worth noticing about al
psing oncs self 20 entertain feelings Of
aisfy Is that those who invite ri-wili by
suggesting It's existence. often seem 20
Ess Il II yea cultivate state OF mind
" which other peoples actions become
~ object % your resentment. u wouldn't
V human nature n they didn't give you
ssmsthing 20 resent ~ you $50 about
With a chip on your shoulder. n e highly
Nniahie that somebody viii knock 10 N
y xkch you confront a situation which
AHlis of TWO constructions you inFhfi-
Any give n tho more offensive ~ won't
y long before sou really have SOME iuE
y b offended about n Mrs. Jones.
sfarrei IN melancholy because her cook
~ lef ans her Invitations ARE ont for
~ little dinners next week. looks up
49, sees you walking away from her side
ire reom. clothed On the mantle of
eFta3ei maiestv she no doubt thinks YOU
~ very eSFatlc little woman. and pres-
fai'y 81 intimates to Mrs Brown that
- would rather play with somebody
Nhste moods nnt tcnses she can rely
Sps What Is the usc asks Mira Jones.
Wien thfre are plenty or nier friendly.
ahsasglcieua women ~ society. OF pat