The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14

AIuI lillttlsf1 >,llStiso y go : y III ~ uA
Broodings and THAT Way
Madness Lies First Remedial
Step lis to Look After the
Physical Help from Philoso-
ply Regular Study, Method:
ical Work Art, Religion, Etc.
BY Calvin Dill Wilson. D. D.
ItAuthor OF THE Hero Of the Yalu, THE
s.. story OF the Cid, IA etc y Aszl q
4 Copyright, 1904 by Joseph 81 sowles.l
Il zones happiness depends upon the
character! Of HIS tnotH hts said Marcus
Aurellus; n1orbidity. II, some degree.
turks In all I, and a chief source Of utl q
happiness to both men and wof1nen4is
often lack of con troll OF unpleasant or
saddening thoughts. But a large number
a men are able. because Of enforced ac-BB
tivitytand variety in their ives. to throw
OF disagreed BILE Impressions and to- nll
the mind With cnlivening plans. Women
ARE generally more sensitive and are.
more thrown In on themselves. and per-
4 haps have less yiGor Of mind by which
to%alter the trend Of ideas s They are
apt to look on many matters out OF just.
proportion. to exaggerate tribes Or to
meet with less cOmba tiyeness really hard
things while with men the spirit n OF
fight Is a help: the students Of these
matters tell us that as soon as on 9 tai es
Y the lighting attitude Of mind things begin
TO Look better. Multitudes@ Of n men,
I Of all ages and all classes have their
/ lives darkencd temporarily or permanent
-. 4. AL ttNNttr yt q
from varied causes, ranging from the
trining and fanciful to the tragic these
may be OF the nature 81 social lights
S,psthrough affairs Of the heart to be-
isreatements or ira gedies. Nfany<of these;
thoughts are allowed to take entire pos
session. to become broodlng horrors, U n
5tilsthe brain Is channeed by fixed 3ha bits
sof thinking and recovery is difficult. II Is
worth while for m y who va ueS the happt.
ness and that Of those around them to
gpause and consid err Be fore permit ing any
/ ,,npleasan 1T thought to obtain permanent
Judgment. for ixed - IDEAS are a step to-
ward ;nnsoundnesssof mind, which Is Saxon!
y for insanity. T Ilat wa ~ mad ness lies.
along the path off, liablt,ial & oodings.5
i whether as, In the case OF Ophelia from
u dIsappointed love or that Of Clymnestra
from desire for revenge. : 81 e Is II
7 for the woman wfl1 finds pa infnl thoughts
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES st. brea king into the
affairs OF the day. presenting tn emselyes
lin the wakefnlt night, hanging Ike d q
cloud over the SOU. Is u o9 look a tier he
! physical. "a physician ma be- needed
In any case acrutinize the habit here
may be gindigest ion. ngl parent of dark 8
with the organs of2snntriti ton: here may
I he wrong diet. and change In kind nd
degree is a needed: there ma " be lnckl
Of healthful exercise In the open air.;
Find out first OF all II the laws OF life,
6 are being observed. and letediet, bath h
& exercise. everything tina belongs TO
3 putting and Keeping the machinery In or q
der. be looked after with all 4 ca rel I
may be that most Of the dark thoughts.
\ will be scattered upon the yiewlessl
winds that the brain and nerves simply
need toning. II the origin be physical
5 then keep up the better habits " hen.
adopted Il and the train OF thought will
n change WITT, the newF condi y ors.
But all troublous i hon ghts are. fortu-
81 nate ~ not mere chime ras::5I the mental
and spiritual constitution are facts, Fwhat -
& ever your ideas Of their origin, cause
tand effect work al real y q IN Il the unseen
nature: lin the infinite spirit is room
for the pang OF an infinjte5p pain ~ and We
cannot change ttese things by con tenn;
plating the animals. as VI Walt u Whitman
3 adyises.gs who do not ! e q va Ike over their
sins; NE have to- treat onrseI Ives not
as animals. hut 4 as conn pounds d spirit
and dust. The cure for mind Y troubles
4 must be REASONABLE undeubtedIy{sa
rational help a Is II hat w ic h We are used
TO call philosophical: phil osophy con-
soles a man in all his trials. by thls@is
y meant reasoning about things one ma y,
4 be helped by reasoning on the y KIN own ".
facts N other per ple's trials their uni
their proportion: the less may
y be seen in Its true lights when YOU con y.
h template a greater evil, Sl We ard Of
al woman deprived Of one Of herssenses,
& Who In a y financial complication with
relatives. took ma tiers so much to heart
that she spent her time raring to all
listeners against the villainies Of her
family, until she became pra fti cally in
s.sane But one may find help In dwelling
upon the commences Of similar or greater
, wrongs than her own one may think
Y up and down the s. street and REGAL that
all.ter neighbors have been maligned, hurt.
slandered. and so on; one may recall.
58i the trouble have such a source. that
words do not kill. that falsehoods are
seldom tn ken with tire gserl business, that
they are forgot hat the mind Of q
community. a fter Its insanl ties of gossip.
usually readjusts itself and saner views
e may. u in \ straits ! OF this kind t"'size-nR"'
Sthe$woman who has hurt her; her pre-
ten tlonssm may dwindle; It may be found
s that her grandfather. was tramp, q or
something else equally desirable and
thus sghstma Az turn to laughter and one
s may wonder why he was so silly MS to
3 give a. second thought to one unwarthy
.8of at. ssg e
IN fairs OF the l,ea ri. Is one ma son
about the tendency Of such matters to
go wrong. that frictions and misunder-
standings belong tosou ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
y able ma lures, and remember that such,
& ard all other matters, often take turn
\ for the better. In real tragedies, 4 We
must assure ourselves that among several
4 Waysyto treat them. most Of these should
n be q for us Impossible, since they are
; wrong and 38 breed more and more evil.
sThe terrible has happened / that which
Ii feared has come upon me" what can
he done There is deathss one way, the
worst, the most cowardly. which should
mo be thought OF except to make Vol,
q shrink hack and by contrast see other
z ways In a better light; having contem-