The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-25
D0BLEY'S KILLING PACE.
REvEiLED WHEN MS WIFE USED
COOKBOOK PRES GRIP TIONS.
lie Thought Himself III aud blamed
the Nervous strain of city Business
Life Discovered That u Quiet Life at
Home Intensified His IIiness-The Cure.

feel a presentiment thatI am going 10 be ILL.,"
You never looked better In your life" said
Mrs Dobley Don't give In to any such idea
It's simply NERVOUSNESS"
That's IT," said Doblcy. Ny nerves are run
ming away with me. They are at n tension which
threatens a sudden collapse | stnrt at the least
sound | wake with bells ringing in my ears
and feel as though a wise were gripping my head
IT'S been that way now Tor three days"
TVS those late suppers Of yours" said Mrs
Dobley You would require the digestion Of an
ostrich to consume such combinations as you have
been addicted to Of late"
"Nonscnsc, Mrs Doblcy: my symptoms have
nothing about them which indicates that the
trouble Is a simple one, which might be removed
by bicarbonate Of soda and settler It's located
here, Mrs Dobley." Doblcy tapped his brow
mystcriously
Perhaps a headache" suggested Mrs, Dobley.
Nc, It's the rush Of modern life" said Doblcy.
It's the pace at which people mus, live nowadays.
Were all in a race trying 10 see which Of us can
push on fastest 10 the grave
Dear me" said Mrs Dobley. Il felt sure that
the fricaS,cd crab meat in a chatting dish and the
Welsh rabbit you had last nigh, would affect
your liver, and now I'm sure Of it, Either one
alone is bad enough, but when you combine tho
tvo-it is simply dreadful"
II is not the liver, Mrs Dobley, it is the brain.
] have n confused sensation as though tho optic
nerve had gotten tangled with the spinal cord.
Then there is a singing in tho ears with n tingling
feeling in the temples, and shooting pains in the
back Of the neck.
Mrs Doblcy looked anAiously at her husband,
and took down a cookbook from the pantry shelf
They have an excellent Household Medical
Guide In the back Of This, she said, as she skinned
over the leaves.
Have you had dizzy spells and Authorizations,
with loss Of appetite and a distas,e for exertion?"
she asked, reading from one Of the pages
Exactly" said Dobley. Il feel as though my
head weighed a ton, and when | attempt to walk
the effort Of placing one foot before the other
seems to completely exhaust my vitality. The
very thought Of taking another step is weakening
How about chllls with sudden flushcS Of heat,
sallow complexion and a yellovish tinge to the
whites Of the eyes" said Mrs Dobley anxiously.
All Of those" said Dobley Il tell you, Mrs
Dobley, ] am threatened with a serious collapse.
have been working too hard.
You have the grip" said Mrs. Dobley firmly.
closing the book, and you must not think Of going
downtown today Simply telephone TO the Of.
fcc that you are i'll, take a day Of quir, rest at
home will fix up some remedies tina, will break
up your cold for really grip is only an exaggerated
cold. And the rest will do you good"
Il haven't taken a days holiday in years"
said Dobey. Il don't think il would agree with
me 10 stay home, I'd fancy | heard the ticker
calling me or imagine the Office was on fire, or
something
That's Just the trouble with all business men
In this country" said Mrs. Dobley. They allow
il TO become a tyrant that holds them in constant
fear. You take a Frenchman or n German or
any other nationality, for that mater, and he ia kes
business more moderately, lives longer and never
contracts nerves"
Il suppose you are right" said Mr. Dobley. IL
is the pace that kills"
Now. YOU go upstairs and get into a smoking |
jacket and slippers, and, first Of all, I will fix I'D
something that you eau eat. | will prepare i
myself" said Mrs. Dobley, who had little or no
opportunity TO put her nursing abilities in evil
deace owing 10 her husbands continual good
health, She acted as though II were going L. be
a genuine pleasure to have an invalid on her hands
for a day.
An hour later Dobley was wrapped in an elder
down guilt, with a fla xseed p~oultice on his chest
and a wet towel bound about his head. Mrs.
D,obley said she had taken his temperature and
declared that II was more than a hundred so She
decided that II was better for the invalid not 10
eat any thing.
Soa very tempting brOllei chicken with curranl
Jelly, buttered toast and tea ives taken down,
stairs before Dobley' reyes, although he explained
that he had had the first symptoms II real aple.
We mat he had eI perlenCed for three days, Then
agreeable mixture and put a piece II ice on his
head. Dobley had Just become eagerly Interested
in a new novel when she took i, away and said
that II would only upset his nerves to read II,
and She even removed the newspap ers and read
him one Of Mrs. Hemans poems.
i am bound thst you will have one day Of
ppTfpSt rest .1phn " che said AVON k.., -.
lively alarmed me as to the condition Of your
health"
Already | feel much better" said Dobley. Il
suppose my state OF ner vuusness made me eAagger.
ate the symptoms. Do you know, my dear,
think should enjoy some toast and tea and
chicken And perhaps a small piece Of steak,
OF the ice On my head, bu, my appetite has re
turned"
patient to eat solid food while the fever RACES.
! might fetch you some milk and lime water, il
you mink you could stand it,"
i have no yearnine, for il" said Dobley, and
my fever has subsidized. have an idea that
shall bring al my strength Of " ~ to my aid and
60 down 10 the office after all, 1t makes me feel
foolish 10 sit here done up in this way"
But your nerves have quieted dow o. don't
you see what o different person you are to the
Mr.. Dohley who complained at the breakfast
tablc. this morning How is the singing in your
Never a song" said Dobley. Nothing dis
turbs the quiet but the dull drip of the Ice upon
my COllhT, lioW long 10 nave To balance this
berg on my head BY the way, Mrs. Doblev.
] feel sufficiently Trapped now, for my own part.
But ! don't want to interfere with ihe original
recipe. You are sur" you have not gotten me mixed
up with a dessert"
The ice must be renewed at frequent intervals"
said Mrs Dobley, It's the greatest thing in
the world for the nerves ! have sent out to get
an extra supply
And the embalming process that is a, present
going on over my wishbone9' asked Doblay
rs there any special time at which IL NAV be
removed, or is II one Of those perpetual bloom,
that become part Of ones very existence The
freeing u the head and the boiling Of The chest
simultaneously is a great idea for taking the
mind oil business troubles. Il is impossible tor
one to worry about the price Of gas stock with
these two T'Sturatives in operation"
That's it, said Mrs. Doblcy. It's the counter.
irritant that cures. III venture TO say that Won
have no symptom of tired feeling a, present, you
said this morning that YOU couldn't put one loot
before the other
Il feet now, ' snid Doblcy, Tint II | could shed
these various glaciers and volcanoes that Won
have surrounded me- with could sprint around
a cintcr path in time to music. About this time.
a. n rule, ! am going out To luncheon when I am
dow ntown. What a terrible thing II would
be 10 b. condemned 10 stay home doing nothing
every day 1t would drive me crazy in about
forty eight hours"
"buLlike oil New Workers, you are fond Of TALK v
about the nervous strain caused by the rush we
in, the noise, the elevated cars and ali that
when, in reality, you couldn't live in any other
atmosphere or environment"
"ThpNr en- " Enli lIllaN EhtIty- ~. =.