The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-11

WORLD.

a.. u.bo does not suffer occasionally
~, that "Ioathed melancholy called
.,bs blues?" If such a person exists
is as rare as the great aux and he
ever never, eats late suppers or looks
thought too often on the cup that
cheers"
rom whatever cause the blue dew
.- take possession of US, says the New
YORK Herald, whether from derange-
,,,ents of the liver or nervous system,
~ from simple ennui, the cure for
,bem is the same, unless, indeed, they
arc bred by organic disease which has
lion vital hold of the system.
And this cure-an absorbing interest
or occupation. People who ride their
hobbies in season and out of season
very rarely have the blues Enthus-
iasttc collectors are also apt to be ag-
gressively cheerful. If you suffer
rom depression of spirits, then, take
+b4 advice of authorities on the sub
iect and look about for an interest In
life.
hooks handles the blue devils without
gloves. She frankly informs the VIC
inns that what is the matter with them
IS not that they are ito fine for earth IS
,oarser uses" and that their delicate
natures suffer from contact with the
rude boisterous world, but that they
are abnormally selfish, too absorbed in
their own sensations to heed the fact
that they are enveloping themselves in
an atmosphere of gloom which must
necessarily depress all about them.
Her prescription is to smile, smile;
smile in season and out of season;
smile whether you feel like it or not,
and gradually the mental state will
adapt itself to the bodily expression.
A charming young woman was heard
10 say the other day, Il am too much
in love ever to have the blues" Too
much in love?" echoed her astonished
auditors, surprised at this frank reve-
lation. Yes" she. replied provokingly,
too much in love with myself. l re-
gard myself as a mirror, don't you see,
nut on earth to reflect all the joy and
cladness of the universe; and so l can
not think of letting myself become OBJ
scured and dimmed by such ugly
clouds as the blues. All, never! l am
too vain"
Charles Newcomb. that coiner of cp-
igrams, says: There is no stimulant
that is more speedy and thorough in
its action than the thrill of joy and
gladness. 1t is a natural tonic, and
the entire system responds to its eX-
hilaratng vibrations. Anything that
arouses confidence in life, with a larg-
er sense of it's use and beauty, in
creases human energy and prepares
the best conditions of success in all
undertakings. We are never left in
life with an entirely empty cupboard.
There is always some little portion of
fat to eat and sweet to drink if we
will only go our way and look about
us and not allow the leanness of our
grief to absorb our thoughts or tears
with bitterness"
There is a very old story about the
famous clown, Grimaldi, who once call
ed in a physician to see If he could
offer any alienation for the depression
from which he suffered. GO and see
Grimaldi." advised the PHYSICIAN. Il
am Grimaldi," replied the melancholy
Jacques" in the TESTERS garb.
Poor clown! He was suffering from
the reaction occasioned by the con-
slant effort to be funny. He needed
change of thought, interest and occu-
patton. 1T isn't the uniting as 'urts
the 'orses, it's the ammer, 'ammer,
'ammer on the ard Ugh road
There is an exceedingly bitter tonic
that all of us must gulp down sooner
or later, and that is that no one cares
straw about our woes. The man
who laughs is the man who has
friends by the score, whose society is
come; but the woman who weeps very
soon learns that she must weep alone.
This sad old earth has need of our
mirth"
young mother, well-to-do but not
rich, as we understand that word here,
has just had no end of trouble in secur-
ing satisfactory nurse girl. Her ex-
perience was anything but unusual, 1
guess. 1t did seem to her that the
duties were so light and to such great
degree pleasant that there should be no
difficulty in finding a girl who would be
glad to make good wages by simply
attending to the baby. Each girl she
tried proved to be impossible for some
specific act of negligence which the
mother happened to discover, and every
time she shuddered, wondering how
many such acts had passed without
discovery. Once it was the conven-
uonal leaving the baby to fret in the
direct rays of the sun while the girl
gossiped with park policeman. Again
II was that the girls attention was dis
Uacted by fighting boys as she was
crossing an avenue, with the result that
mere was collision with an auto that
might have killed the infant, but as a
matter of fact didn't even scare him.
And so it went.
One day, says Clara Belle in her New
YORK letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
1t occurred to the mother that high
wages ought to prove a temptation to
some girl from the poor quarters, and
cue theorlZed to her own satisfaction
mat such girl would appreciate her
auNdntages and the money so highly
CAat she would be very sure not to be
suity OF neglect By this time she had
Narned of the rates that well-recom-
nIeHued nurse girls expect, for the en-
ppeoyinent agencies had been visited.
VI course, you can get a girl for this
MoIk Tor next to nothing, but those
slal the agent recommends will cost
80 90 d month and board, often higher.
ms woman decided to meet the sit
eauon by offering high wages, and she
HAed upon IS a week and board as the
IsAt Inquire. So she set about testing
hei theory.
one went to one of the most densely
populated tenement districts on a tour
VI discovery. Naturally much she saw
vas repelling. Most of the women
tolNS We're frowsy or unclean, or both,
~ - lhere were types here and there
t tlI@l suggested the presence of poor
OIN IN The neighborhood who had good
"1o.ls and who needed only good
Zines and attention to make them
,heSehtable. Finally, after a tour
Tough the noisy streets. she saw a
ing glrl standing in a doorway who |
'!Iently had nothing to do. 1t was
Vs.. me noon hour and she was clearly |
or oppressed with the responsibility |
;n+ou,n.-oJuS ehold errand. Her face was
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