The Washington times., 1904-07-24
Musical Curists Claim That Music Makes
The Hair Grow and That 1t Will Heal
All Ills, Even Those Most
Deeply Seated.

the feelings of the people by music.
They have converted whole audiences by
the sweet strains Of the hymns and
sacred songs.
In the prisons the power Of music is
recognized and those who are sullen and
stubborn, and who have lost all
thoughts Of a decent life. are brought
back 10 their senses by hearing sweet
music.
THE effect Of music upon the sick
must be very great. I have never ex-
perimented more than to cure nervous
ness, headaches, and what is called the
blues But the results have been sur
prislngIy good. No nervous woman is
proof against the soothing effects OF
music
And why should not this be so?
Nervousness is, as its name implies, an
affection Of the nerves. And music acts
directly upon the nerves OF sound If
upon 10 other nerves. Soon the body
responds 10 the succession Of sweet
| sounds and the nervous patient becomes
quiet
Il am going abroad. and while I am
there 1 shall experiment with music.
am going to try it upon my sick friends.
They claim a great deal for It, and
there is one sanitarium in Munich where
there is no other treatment given than
the music cure"
N-,sic a Cure-All.
When eminent authorities declare that
music will cure bodily Ills, and when
there are sanitariums and retreats that
are built specially for the treatment Of
| nervous invalids through the nerves II
| sound. Is it any wonder that the woman
! who is nervous begins 70 inquire into
the musical treatment and how il
works?
Here are the things that are claimed
by those who believe in the music cures
and who are working them:
They claim. first, that this may seem
/ extravagant, that the abundant hair Of
musicians is caused by the musical
sounds which they continually hear
/ They claim that people who live in mu-
| steal countries have thicker hair than
/ those who live in countries where must
/ clans are scarce.
/ They claim that musicians are always
good natured and that IL is the direct re-
! lation Of cause and effect. The music
I cure works constantly upon their minds
and makes them good tempered. Such a
/ freak as q crOss-graincd musician was
] never known.
The musical curists believe that music
/ improves the health. Musicians and their
families are usually very strong and
firm. both in health and spirits. II is
not 70 a musicians family that one goes
for illness. All are well. The health of
the musical Germans is attributed large
ly 10 this.
Again. they claim that musicians are
usually cheerful. And that the families
Of musicians are usually very free from
the blues. They are light-hearted and
there is that peculiar buoyancy which
makes geniuses. They assert that II
you want your children 20 be brilliant
you should keep them IN a musical at
mosphere.
But the musical curists claim much
more than this. They claim that rheu-
matism, sciatica, headaches, and neu-
ralgia Of all kinds can be cured by
musical sounds. The kind Of music that
is good for one person is not necessarily
good for another. Music is Ike any
other kind OF medicine.
Where one has an ache and IS tori
with various Ills the music should b
soft and sweet-of the soothing kind