The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-02-08

iau mast sise me soue ihigg 10 bell
me, doctor. ,on really mu,t, ssid ID
~om'n patient Why, I'm total vtseI
| cant siI s,ill . mpneaL i'm on III
verge oi pros rs,iou,
She sssyed lisilessiy bach snd forth IL
q leather ehsir % she spoke sna looked
At the doctor belpICssly, lie noddet
srsvely
Yes, see be said, Your nerves ate IA
. terrible condition and 20 misiske
soader be added sittr moments 2,
4 cion, ~hst portion Of tbs asv you
speed 10 swsyins backward aud forward
as you sre doing nowH
The rbytamicsl mo ion Of the womsa's
body creased, and sbe stared at him 10
snrprise
Why, my lsnoi she tjiculsied, What
question: dom do this any OF the
time It bcme dob't have 10. We
bs,e toekitg chairs there. The latter
stat mebt was made somewhst spitefnlly
bu, 1t did not iet2i the doctor
30 Isupposed. be said coolly, aud I've
DO dot bt that you have often felt like de
nour cipe doctors soundly Ter not hasibe
eoodly supply oi them 10 their eilices
Tor the accommodation OF neivons patients,
Tue woman stsrted up the pendulum
like motion sg.iu. Well, she returned.
mus, say IT wculd be good deal more
comfortable than having TO Ell 10 one Of
these straight. uucom Portable tbln.s 8.
Whether the doctor took oilense At ber
uncomp pimentsry reference to his office
chsi's or ahttber be had been wbettinp
himself up TO the point. where be could
give her sharp, professional talk il
woull be impossible 10 tell, but certain il
la bis ! ctnre broke loose then With We
b. mence.
Now, see here, be said / ave scores
OF women pstiehs Jus, like you. They
come 10 here end tell me oil about bow
their rtryes are irlzzled into striogs. and
they can't sii dowu, aud they can't etsnd
up, and they can't walk or eat or sleep, or
do thu, that or the other thing. Oh,
they're in a terrible condition. Nell.
that's right. They are 10 bad fiI And
so yon want me to cure louf Well. I'm
willing. but you've got 10 do your part
Yon caL't very well rem owe these deplors
BILE defects wiihon, roofing ont the cause,
and you can't dig out the cause wIthou'
throwing swsy rocking cbsire. Oh yes, |
mean it-throw away the rocking chairs.
They send more women TO the grave and |
The insane asylum each yesr than ell The
sewing machines 10 the United States.
They ore ut the bottom Of more than hall
this nervous trouble you women sre al
ways mplsining about. and II had my
wsy fully two thirds Of the rockers thai
nov clutter up our honses would be split
toto kindling wood, and three fourths OF
the factories that are now turning them
out would be shut down. People who
have never given the matter q thought
have no idea how much energy is wasted
u keeping rocking cbsir on the go
The pretty graceful things move very
,ssily, admit. being the best subslit 4tes
'or perpetual motion yet invented, bot
or oil that they eat up vast amount Of
strength in the course OF day that might
o put to more useful and less harmful
purposes. Why, l pity the person who
uilers from the rocking chair drunk ss
o uch ss / do the topper who burns bis
,ullt Out
The sufferer from nervous prostrstioD
uddenly found her voice st this point
Oh, doctor. she p p-otested, don't put II
hat way, Don't say We get get drunk
/ sounds disgrsceiull
Does iti said the doctor calmly, Well,
/ always did believe 10 call
ng things by their right pRmes, aud that's
that II ell amouuts to. ! can tell people
tho are addicted 10 the rocking chsit
abit the minute clap eyes upon them, 4
nd honestly think they ere the moot
is!sble objects find 10 days journey. I
They are ever restless snd fideeiy and
Il at ease, aud when deprived Of The
hair thtr distress Ia manifest They
imply don't know what to do with them s
elves. Tske you yourself, now Tor 10 :
lance: You can't cit their for five .
,inntes without getting up the rocking
hair motion. Now. | sm in earnest 4
boat this. II you want TO get we'll, you {
iust give up your rocking chair. iast as . c
runksrd gives mp whisky. II yon do
lst, you'll come out all right. A rock =
ia chsir msy be res'fu to q certain e1
BOT, bnt II taken to excess II is bound to b
'sy tobs With the nerves sooner OF later, b
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