The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15
THE MIGHT MAGNIFIES.
Something worth knowing for Those VINE
lie Awake and Worry.

"YOu nave lain awake at night said a
physician. and heard a NOUS gnawing
at the woodwork somewhere dow In n
kitchen Cupboard"
His listener nodded.
How loud did il sound TO you "a loud
a. a burglar splinterihg the door jambS
with u jimmy"
Another nod.
"You have been awakened at 80 4. NJ.
by the crying o! Il teething infant next door?
A shuddeT.
And il sounded like the hOATse murmurs
and mingled mutations Of q frenzied mob
assembled outside to demand somebody :
bloOd?"
Partial collapse.
Along towarl morning you have listened
to the thin, small voice II u mosquito circu-
lating above your head"
IN involuntary sla!'
Did it sound like the screech OF a planning
mill turning out clap boards for a iarn'"
Two nOds
Would you rave minded any Of those
sounds in the daytiIne?"
A shake Of the head.
Now. have no doubt you think that
the seeming loudness Of these sounds was
NAAt " NV wa a fNA' W. ANC iAtHN
But take another test You have been IN
love-
Cm-um (withOui U~tteIancel.
And do yon remember how much softer
and warmer and more thrilling war the
touch Of your best girls hand as you strolled
with her ON the way home from singing
school at the witching hour Of half past Y
y. NJ. than IL was when o called IN the fore
noon to AJAX il you might escort Her TO the
! nEaraaafH vocal aynFriaRaS"
An unspoken yum yum
Was il the nights silence then that added
| the finishing touch"
at was not the physician replied to
Of uncertainty. Take another instance;
You think you know o to write "a little"
A smile Of qualification.
We'll, YOU find yourself awake nc night
and thinking. a gem Of ar idea suddenly
sDarkles in the darkness. You surround L
with epigrams and while celebrating the
setting you fall asleep. b dOesthis jewe
amount to in the morning.
A sigh.
some of the epigrams and a little Of the
setting, and all Of IL ia so commonplace tina
YOU wouldn't think Of trying TO make any
thing prssentable out of il.
The fact il" the physician went on. "th,
night magnifies. At night our pleasure
are more keen, our pains more distressing
our small Successes are triumphs, our httl
failures are disasters, our family cherisheC
hopes appear before us IA things realized
our small worries a. overwhelming ca
lamities.
you find yourself awake in the nigh
and your thoughts wander back to SOM
time in your youth when In the presence o
those older and wiser yOu az o now se
it-were guilty of ON slight breach II
department or Of some little offence 4
good taste in speech, and you dwell uDOl
the condemnation hat must have falleI
upon you. In the morning II what yo'
were dwelling upon so seriously occurs q
your mind at all you smile and say to your
self that II your fault was noticed by any
body at the time II was too trivial for an,
one but you to remember.
-The night magnihes." the physician
repeated. "Such things as l a v men
toned prove IL. II is partly due TO tn
silence, but more to ourselves. To accoun
for the latter wOs4d keep me talking.
But take IL for granted that whateve
your cause for worry at night Il will loo
smaller by daylight, and refuse to dive
on il. II your authorizations are pleasant
nurse them and you will fall asleep. In In
morning you will not be downcast beoaus
your magnified hopes OF the night seer
unlikely 10 be- realized"