New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-01
NERVOUSNESS SILLY.
Uorse7f'TOld Hoe to Drill NerUeS
Into Health.

Nerves ana nervousness furnished the text for
Mrs Vance Cheney's talk al the Tuesday Morn
ing Czu-e-le yesterday Al the Hotel Astor, and
gave her scope Tor the exploitation Of her favorite
--e--v That disease and cure alike proceed from
The mind. As nerves are said be the great
modern disease, and nearly every woman present
owned I'D to a more or less intimate acquaintance
with them Mrs Cheney's words fell on fertile SOIL
III we would only devote the same amount OF
tine % II that We give to acquiring a new Ian
z-zs= OF mastering ne y instrument she told her
.ol.rvyerz we could dgIll our nerves into health
j. Is simply a. question Of drF9ping our selhshness
There is no excuse for AtGlt with cor1pIete
mental EQUIPMENT being nervous; the prevention
and ----- NJ nervousness lie entirely In our own
hands, The prevention and cure Of nervousness
and RE only one-is self-revelatlon -, - =,
As ne HaLgA tets - '5l+er5o-sted pervouslv.
Following the pnysIolog lcaI law that IS [ace o.
animals or men develops ana pI3SgS 80 CoIT,I
70 tske on disorders OF a more TeIu1eo ana Co-HL-
.75sy among our highest classes nervous de-
-s1Fe-1e1ts are common They Lead 10 MANIFEST ,
ions v1iel rave been treated as diseases IA Lhet!-
zslves glJnough IN reality they are but the reflex
action q the nerves - -. -.-
..Ilteilgent physicians 10 LONGER attempt TO cure
--er1 bV means OF drugs They have recourse 70
change o. climate. oslf f l5.' ' '7
There IS 10 permanent cure for me neryously
6eranged except III . new azltlude TOWARD me
The QuaAers sad BIS E -S' ~ 80 a.
7uis Living II the same climate ana -noeI NC
nervous Of people because they nave mastered the
7 nave seen PEOPLE she continued. whose
nerves were on edge and whose brain cells ap-
ET515g5r b. thirty minutes Of rela1a5ion ana con
CsntraroL 70 q state Or pols= "f-cl "tS never
strerward impaired This Is not Al uncommon ex-
perience.
-eEs We are dealing Win secondary co2dltloas
Man IS q psychg-p nysical 7elns- But while every
BIDS walk. weep because i BIDS Us weep, smile
when il tells US 70 smile. few realize that the
Cr1n-are quite as much Que 70 the bidding Of the
mid as walking. weeping. smiling There is no
r used perssJently and iEtellgently, cannot cure
Nervousness and se.nsaness are practically
srLC1om01s il Mrs. Chereys mind. II selhshness
z5us1ezs when not due 10 hered-ty, is largely the
@, innocent little sayings thar q practlsed would
make nervousness Impossible she went on
fgr leuE ugly. but not an old woman, for she had
had time enough 10 make herself beautiful Mrs
Man las considered his nerves In The light Of
-5s- e.e- rfr7e a. Gl1etg his nerves with o7iates
f o,,5s-e ~ 5fvrz- within him Nerves are our
teen become our masters. IF the nerves become
de-a-ged i is because Of the quality Of the mes
from tie central Office cur brain Al disease has
When Hrs Cheney was done . woman arose with
-i55V. IS The mind responsible for the state OF
nerves which follows the drinking Of cup Of
I SHOULD think that question was answered by
te state u mind which preceded The drinking Of the
of bondage 10 coffee when you can't drink ii with
~A2d row another" said the woman. who had
~ sat down Fl the laughter that accompanied Mrs
How is the re~vousness Of Z loving mother with
81 or eight children due 10 selhshness2 II she
--o-g1t more Of herself she would be stronger
The mother who knows viii become 50 aware Of
her own power that she VIII throw around her chill
creI IN atmosphere that viii make them easy 70
'4ecL was ~ substance Mrs Cheney answer
MS Hl- y Hardin sang several times. with Miss
'-2--- ~ --e piano