Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-30

New York Tribune.
Fortunately, the athletic woman. well
developed physically and mentally, is
now an established type, but there are
still many women Of disordered nerves
! and weak physique, and these may find
something Of interest in recent talk
to nervous women by DR.. John x. NH
chell, in Harper's Bazaar.
! To suffer and be strong, alone, he
: says, lis hard saying indeed, coun-
SCI of perfection, and not to be ex-
pected OF poor human nature, but 1t is
better to aim at that mark than to sit
+ effortless and whining. content to be
disconnected. with no desire much
/ higher than to astonish with new
! symptoms spectators whose admiration
is subsidized beforehand by affection.
Perhaps philosopher might tell us
| that in this enterprise, as in the larger
aspects of life, there can be no such
thing as success, and that only self
deception will be satisfied; but at least
2 one can try. and trying will maintain
ones self-respect. whatever else is .ost.
If no better reason can be found,
decent consideration for the comfort OF
ailments. Besides being bad manners,
the subject Is wholly without interest
for any but the speaker; the hearer
only listens more or less perfunctorily
in hoDes presently to seize the chance
of telling her own melancholy condi-
ton. Besides. to talk of Ills, mental
or bodily, helps to fix them in the
mind. to intensity them-and is all too
apt to suggest the exaggeration of them
in order to make a good round tale.
Moreover, If you talk about them too
much or too often even the long suf-
fering physician may grow tired OF
+ being battered with symptoms whose
catalogue he has heard reclted hun
bred times over. and thus the very
means taken to impress them viii bring
about its own defeat.
Still more determined if you are
nervous yourself should be your stand
against letting others talk of their ills
to you Even the healthy cannot stand
the continual presentation of disease to
them without liability to imaginary in
fecton therefrom. A professor in
medical school can Always tell what
stage of study the undergraduates have
reached by the stories of the lads who
come TO consult him. quite convinced
that they have heart disease, appendi-
citis, or consumption. the malady de-
pending upon the subjects OF the most
reeent lectures.
The same effect is constantly seen
where the common meeting rooms of
a hospital or sanatorium give opportun
ity for this interchange; no rules or
regulations will stop it. because rules
vii. not lessen the amount of human
mater in man. or in woman either.
The Inevitable result is that one pre-
.sently finds symptoms have been quito
successfully snapped. the most nervous
and apprehensive patients securing the
largest share, but each acquiring a few
from the other invalids according to
the individual capacity for the Absorb
ton and reproduction Of the disorders
described.
1T does not follow from all this that
you should never speak to any one OF
| your ai.ments-only that you should
select the person and the time. Il is
certainly true that to tell ones trou2'ts
is often a help and a relief but tell
! them once, not repeatedly whether to
/ friend OF physician, secure lHe duNlce
you need, take it if you are able to take
advice which few are strong enough for,
and then hold your tongue.
Let the children make calendars for
! the coming year" says the Mothers
Journal 1T Will keep them happy,
train their artistic sense and lead them
to be observant. Let each months cal
endar be suggestive of the season.
In the first place. get supply of
, gray or dark green mating paper, such
as is used for picture mats. Cut it into
twelve uniform shapes-say IS by Il in
ches; this may be too large, but it must
match something on this order one even
| ing recently at the Cycle company's gal-
lery when three young ladies shot off u
| contest at a bell target for who paid for
the suppers afterward 1t was very in
teresting-to the partcipants-as only
| one of the fair shooters managed to ring
the bell once out of twelve shots. The
other two paid for the suppers.-Parkers-
! burg State Journal.