The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11

' of 1t that one is very much inclined to
 keep tab on that particular part of ones anatomy. Before 1t was gener- l ally known that man had a yermiform appendix concealed about his person, cases of appendicitis were very rare; iably found to be due to the presence
 of some foreign matter. generally a
 seed of some fruit the patient had eat en- But since it has been discovered 1 that the appendix can be removed with out killing the patient. and that it gives to many an exalting distinction | to have been operated upon for ap-
 pendicitis, the suggestion has been
 broadcast and operations have multi l piled. But there is not always found the seed now. but oftener the report i is, the appendix was badly inflamed.
 Now what caused that inflammation?
 l think we can securely say. suggest
 ion. That powerful force sent the blood of the body there in such auan-
 titles that congestion. then intiamma- ton occurred. Have you noticed that this is a disease for the we'll to do. Those who have time to think. to sug- I gest read of the ease of highly !. nervous man, which aptlly illustrated l this power. He had become imbued with the Idea of appendicitis and asked a friend where the appendix was lo- cated. The friend, knowing his exclt- able nature, told him 1t was located on | the left side of the lower abdomen. As usual, he began to watch for symp- toms. and they soon arrived and became l so pronounced that physician had to | be called in, who speedily told him that he had the wrong locality for a good case of appendicitis. This did not pre- vent Its being necessary to apply hot 1 lamentations to reduce the infiamma- | ton caused by suggestion. These cases could be multiplied ad libitum.
 You have all heard of tha case of the man who was told he was 10 be bled to I death. After being blindfolded his arm
 was ceremoniously lanced by a pin | prick, the operator all the time giving a suggestion of death, audfbly, and wa
 ter was allowed to drip drop by drop
 into the vessel and the patient was told 1t was his life blood and that he was growing weaker and weaker, till
 he died--suggestfon. So, briefly, think healthful thoughts only, if you would be healthy
 Let us look for those of morality or 1 character. This too, opens up to us a large field, and possibly many 1 changes for us. We must always rel member that the thought is first in im- portance. We must first suggest right to ourselves. then we cannot do else to others, How many of us can recall incidents in our childhood days when we were told in words one thing, but by the thought back of it in the mind of the teller. we knew that was not true. We knew, we did not know how, we knew-suggestion. How much have our little ones read in the sug- gestive pause the lifted eyebrow, and those suggestions are so powerful. They are seized upon by the subconscious mind and we cannot realize the mis- chief done possibly.
 And then we must know that the newspapers are a most prolific and dan- gerous source of suggestion was shocked to hear a young child say during the excitement of this recent mob, what would you do if so and so should occur? But on second thought, l do not think 1t wise to tell you what he said he would do. But started my thoughts to- ward the idea, that we are fostering this idea of race animosity, too much
 possibly, in our home life Let us each LOOK Into the matter, and see what we
 can honestly and thoughtfuliy do on this question. The newspapers, in giv-
 ing the horrible details of theae crimes and their swift punishments, are sow | ing most powerful suggestions for
 similar occurrences when opportunity
 presents itself. A child came home from school shortly after the San Fran
 cisco disaster and said: ''The boys were asked to stand today who would
 bring 10 cents for the children of San l Francisco. D. did not rise.s I am sur
 prised at D.; I did not think he was 1 that stingy.". The mother, who hap | pened to know that D's mother was a
 widow and poor, told her boy that she l thought D very brave to do as he had
 done, for 1t was, no doubt, a great | trial to him not to stand. but he knew his mother had to work hard for her money. The child was silent for a
 short time, and then said: T didn't
 know that I am glad he didn't stand. 1 shall see that the rest of the boys l know about it." Three good sugges- Etions; an admiration for the moral cour-
 age of D; desire that Justice should be done him, and the suggestion not to
 be nasty in judging.
 Nor need 1t be thought that only the child needs to be suggested to. Men
 and women are only boys and girls
 grown tall, and a great many of. us need all the helpful suggestions; so,
 when you can tactfully do so, give the right thought for assistance, and real
 ize that you have helped yourself more
 than you could others by &ning so, for
 suggestion has a dual work. it builds
 for you when you are trying sto help
 others.
 And now for joy and happiness: Ella Wheeler Wilcox said, You would not
 let your dearest friend give you slow
 poison, but the slow poison of destruc- tive suggestion Is the most deadly in
 its insiduousness." A man, during
 period of ill-healh was possessed of
 the suggestion of poverty; he radiated
 the thought by thought and word so
 much that his wife-who had always
 been the very embodiment of opulence l-began to feel the effects of the slow
 poison. She had made every effort to
 dispel the illusion from her husbands
 mind, in vain, and when she realized
 that she was being given slow poison,
 without its helping her husband, shs
 put forth a resolute protest. and began
 spending money 1oyously-a counter suggestion.
 But surely the way is now plainly
 marked towards the goal we would
 reach. Let us look always for the
 beautiful, the good, the true, the hon.
 est, the high-minded, the spiritual, the intelligent and as we value our growth towards these desirable qualities we must remember to absolutely vanish , their opposites from our minds. Ut- , terly refuse, to recognize everything
 we do not want in our homes, our lives, , or the lives of our loved ones, and we
 will grow hourly, in the possession of } all we sincerely desire and suggest to ourselves we wish to be.