The Washington herald., 1908-07-26

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90 There's 40 arguing with man VINO
has no taste.
Speaking Of new houses reminds me ot
one not far from Washington II was
built by a wealthy man as a wedding
present for his son. and the son was al
lowed 20 select the plans, the father con
-autiug himself with the more accus-
toned task Of signing checks. The father.
you must know. IS an arGeut prohibition
lst and wouldn't have signed a single
check Z he'd seen anything going into
the house that looked Ike a coy retreat
for the Demon Rum Now II you 50
into the library Of that house and unlock
a book case that IS kept locked because
It's contents are valuable and Of the kind
nobody ever reads. anyway. and put
YOUR finger on the right volume o. set
of German scientific works dealing with
all the phases Of Zwangsvorstellunger1-
The board 20 which the backs 0f those
entertaining books are glued viii fail for
ward and form a shelf. and where the
contents of the books ought 20 be you
viii find certain bottles filed with things
that couldn't possibly middle you worse
than the remarks Of the German scien-
lists Father doesn't dream of the con
ceaIed cabinet. and Il lie should once
+ happen TO discover tt-wsl all you'd have
/ 20 do would be 10 show that he'd tried 10
read q book about Zw2ngsvorstellungen
and everybody would understand at once
that he was naturally unbalanced and
the victim Of Authorizations
Talking about scientific names FOR
f thing-and ZwangsvorsteIlungen really
4 doesn't mean anything worse than fixed
/ ideas or obsessions-a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ ed mother explained something TO me
/ the other day that would have made life
I q deal easier for lots OF US II or mothers
! had known about IL When I was at hei
house on the day OF which speak, she
/ asked her small daughter TO take a let
ter from the table and carry It out q
] the post box The child merely sat where
she was. smiled. and shook her head.
tactfuny picked up magazine 20 read
for IN my day symptoms such as tha
child showed clearly Indicated" the Wig
orous and repeated application Of tn
back Of a hair brush. and I wanted 4
pre-end I didn't notice. The mother Re
peated her request and this time tn
child frowned and kicked the leg Of III
chair she sat IN Presently. humming
tune. she marched out OF the room. leav
Ing the letter where Il wes. The mothe
sighed.
I really don't know what 10 do abou
Adele" she said.
7 have known spanking 10 help.
said appearing 20 search my memory.
. The mother looked at me TIL per
eelved how little I knew about child oul
: ture OF anything else except sonethin
, trivial, Ike how 70 swallow.
Never" she said. "Of course, 20
2 don't understand. Perhaps It looks I
{ you Ike stubbOrnnsss-"
- Il had seemed q little that way, and
remarked that such had been the tnprsG
o sion conveyed to my limited and VI
! trained intelligence.
1t isn't ths mother explained "Adel
really wanted 10 leave her chair and tax
81 that letter She always wants TO ODE
> me, but she can't She is attacked {
times BY an inhibition Of will. by whiC
she is unable TO do what she actual
wishes 70 do Sometimes for days ST
r doesn't show q trace of it, and then, SUI
: denly, she Is quite unable 10 do as 81
' wishes. Suggestion might help her, ar
q I'm thinking Of consulting some PHI
9 siciaa who goes into the psychologist
d side OF things. Aboalia Is what she na
: It looks Ike disabsdience, but when OF
b understands such things, one sees qut
g clearly that It Is ebsuiia-H
;, OF COURSE, that may be how it Is.
s don't say It isn't, but when had about
= az ASeis's age, tbs only psyehO-theTaps
u To tFsstmsRt thsF gave ms vss-weil,
), Easn's st AT encouraging to a TeouFFen
U 9f tbs attask-