The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-02-14
HURRY AND WORRY
THE TWO CHIEF CAUSES OF NER.
voUs EXHAUSTION.
Avoid These, Says a Leading Physi-
clan, and You May Live Out Your
Allotted Days and Do Your
Lies Work Well.

DIR. Thomas G. Ely, of Philadelphia,
In an article on neurasthenia in the
journal of the nerican Medical asso
ciatlon, lays mucn stress on hurry and
worry as leading causes of nervous ex-
haustion. He has this to say:
Learn to hurry little and worry net
at all. An Illustration consists in the
fatigue in the hurry to catch a train,
which is ont of all proportion to the
physical effort expended. individuals
are too much Ike the modern tele-
phone sign, always on duty For
nurried and worried business or hul
ried and worried pleasure, hurry alone
Jr worry alone are poisonous to the
normal functions Of the nerve system.
jut The American combination of wor-
lied hurry is deadi.'. Zach brings into
Iction the worst features of the other
OF course every one who stops to
hink will agree with the author, but
I1w few are able to follow his gooa
.dvice? Worry is only the extra work
ne increased wear and tear for which
We are never paid. 1t always hinders
,ut never wins. Ii means incapGciJy
ior Anticipated efforts. and yet we con.
uantly blame circumstances rather
Ian our individual selves, The mal
80 is alwa"s ready and takes time
be su. Z GCiCre he starts never neeI
lurry or worry. low few can do this
Gnsistently. Then comes the break.
down which is so often charged to
mere overwork In 80 cases in hun
ired it is the worry, always useless.
aat eventually weakens and kills.
The gloomy foreboding not only saps
he energy oi all valiant endeavor to
conquer difficulties. bur cheats us in
the end by proving the old adage, thai
the expected never happens" If W.
compare notes We can easily prove tic
comforting truth of the saying. II
he disconsolate man who for year.
feared the death of his invalid wiiC
ould have known she would survive
him for more than a quarter of cen.
ury how much unnecessary menta!
uffering would have been spared him,
The absolute utility of worry is the
esson of IL all. The future, as a rule.
$ more often surprise and deligh;
han disappointment and discipline.
grieve when we look ahead an
mile when we look back But with
aost people experience counts for
Iothing when new obstacles appear
{ is the old story that the last diff.
ilty will be insurmountable. But eac!
n his turn soon learns that he cannC'
ontrol events. disturb the relations oi
ause and effect or alter :he immutG
lie laws of destiny, no matter how
trongly he may yearn TO do So The
sly reasonable way 10 adjust matters
$ to wait until the time comes for the
olution of the dreaded problem.
Mostly. also, we lack the courage.
patience, good judgment and prepared.
less to meet the issues as they arise.
We waste thought, strain nerve and
Ianish sleep in anticipation of thar
ybich never transpires. Don't shoot
.ntil they come out" combines lots OF
,ound wisdom with no end of good
philosophy. We not only worry in ad-
rance of the thing, but after II Is done.
II we calmly planned our escape and
tli'u oul bCSt iioiC tpuih nave
Geen done?
A main difficulty is in striving to do
zoo much and in overtaxing our capaci-
ties. The strong, steady, self-reliant
man has no misgivings, but the weak
one mistrusts every thing, himself in.
luded. He contrives against odds and
Worries and hurries while others eat,
ileep and are merry.
But this is going to be the way with
the average nervous American. 1t was
he. in fact, who invented neurasthena.
rhe disease has become a habit with
him, and worry, hurry, restlessness
and irritability are It's leading features
TIe takes his business home with him,
ats with It, sleeps with 1t, dreams
With 1t. II is his shadow at the fire
side and table; II blurs all his pleas
lres, stands between him and his fam
ly, all because he must borrow trouble
and mortgage happiness, health and
life In the balance.