The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-30

same work Using all the strength
you have. you can't begin to get nor
NAL results. and the strain on will ana
nervous energy is terrific. Carrying @
thing through on nerve" IS the cost
Hest business a man can indulge IN.
Some people, especially those of
nervous makeup, And 1T hard to tell
when the stopping point has been
reached-that is, just where the divic-
ing line comes between energy FUNDS
available for investment ana capital
which cannot legitimately be tamper-
ed with If they get interested III
their work they lose sight of every
thing else and are going on sheer
nerve before they realize it.
Though fatigue symptoms vary
greatly in different people, it may be
worth while to mention few of them
here. Sometimes there is a flushing
at the temples. That is the case with
myself when have been reading hard
for two or three hours, and then ]
know that / ought to call halt.
could keep on reading with undimin
Ehed interest FOR a good deal longer.
but 1t would be at the price of sleep
less night.
With some people sure sign is the
increased circulation of blood In the
ears or cheeks. Some people have
queer feelings in the pit of the stom-
ach-not nausea, but something suS-
gestive of it.
One Of the most reliable tests is the
control test, holding the arms out hori-
zontally at the sides and noticing
whether or not the fingers tremDle
The fatigue condition raises the nerve
pressure gate and allows fowovers
from one nerve into another. Normal
" a nervous impulse goes along It's
nerve directly to the point OF strain,
but when you are fatigued the stimu-
lus spreads into other nerves as well
and is not distinctly transmitted
Sir Francis Cation, the great statis-
tician. says that the best test he knows
IS that of restlessness, shown in mus
cular movements. Many times, he
saws, he has sat in a position where
he could watch an audience as 1T lis
tened to some long scientific memoir
He took notes of how people acted
under the strain Of protracted atten-
tion-how often they moved. At the
beginning of the hour they would sit
quietly; then they would begin to
move on the average of once every
| four seconds, then every three seconds,
| and he says that it is possible to trace
right through any audience every de-
gree Of fatigue by the number Of mus
| cular movements made.
He has simply put together mathe-
| matically some data that are familiar
- n oil
alas. been a part of-an audience that
was trying to endure the last half
hour Of an uncomfortable speech. Ev-
| erybody was shifting his position
| crossing one leg over the other or back
| again, moving the fingers, playing with
/ watch charm or chain, yawning
twitching, folding programme. wipin2
eyeglasses, adjusting back hair, twist
| ing mustache. Those were all fatigue
signs.
A loss Of self control ia small things
that's the symptom in different terms
and another name for it is irrita bility
At first 1t seems strange that this
undue sensitiveness to slight stimuli
should be so sure, an effect of fatigue
I but 1t means that the resistance gates
are down and we become aware OF
sensations pouring in from all sides
slight sensations that ordinarily We
take no notice Of because-by the Law:
of attention-they are quietly shut OF
from our consciousness. But when on
attention Is tired-no longer focused
but scatterins-all these slight nerve
| pricks attack US insistently and W.
cannot neglect them
A noise that you will not hear whel
you are rested will be perfectly dis
tracing when you are tired. You vii
go over and shut window; you vii
walk around aimlessly; you will swea
at the faint crackle OF distant graphic
phone II there is a light above yo'
at an evening lecture it will hurt you
eyes almost beyond endurance. In
stead OF making the nervous system
less responsive instrument. fatigu
makes 1t more responsiye-more re
sponsive. but less servicea BILE
Every man who is anxious to hit hi
job between the eyes should make
study of his own fatigue curve. an
!. he should put the moral Of it to hear
To know when it's time TO Quit-an
to quit when it's time-is one Of tn
: first lessons In the primer OF effcier
cy.-Dr. Luther II. Quick in World