Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-31
The Worrying Woman.

Worry has never been known to bene-
ut anyone, on the contrary it always in
Jures by sapping the nervous energy and
robbing the body of the strength so
necessary to any degree of happiness IN
life.
1t is wholly bad, for it never counter
acts with the slightest good any of the
evil it produces
An insidious enemy is worry. which
works even while you sleep, twisting
and distorting pleasing dreams into
horrible nightmares, the memory of
which continues to haunt you in your
waking hours.
Worry is bad for "A man, uniting him
for the practical relations of life, but
woman with her finer strung, more deli
cate organism is peculiarly susceptible
to its attacks, which often result in
nervous breakdown and premature old
age.
If a woman allows worry to take
hold OF her she finds it extremely diff
cult to overcome the habit. 1t so presses
down upon her life that usefulness
vanishes and she becomes morbid,
ultra-sensitive creature, of little use
either to herself or others.
Worry, brings in its train the tagged
brain, the wrinkled brow, and the dull
eye, sense of lassitude aud a prema-
ture loss of youthfulness.
Whenever it is present all realization
wings and scars away and the bright
est prospects of existence sink down
into the dust of despair, never to be
resurrected again.
\ CHEEKY nature is as necessary to a
woman for success and usefulness as are
air and water We look for cheer and
brightness as part of woman's being, and
she who is without these attributes
seems to be an anomaly in nature.
The woman who worries is never self
conferred, never balanced, never can re
lat her best, for mental anxiety eXhausts
her vitality and deprives her of the
strength necessary to fulfill her place as
wife and mother and discharge the du-
ties of her station in life.
How different it is with the self-p0ised,
Well-balanced woman, who has conf
dcnce in herself to dare and do: who
never vacillates with her self-made mis-
cry, but maintains a straight course, lit
with the star of hope.
The woman who believes in herself.
who is conscious Of her own force of
character and Of her strength of brain
and body, can accomplish what would be
impossible to the w0rrier.
Enough vital energy is wasted in this
useless. harmful, fatal worry to run all
the affairs Of the world If exerted in the
rl2ht direction.
Woman's success or failure. happ-
ness or misery. depend almost entirely
upon herself; luck enters into the mat
ter little or not a. all.
OF course. small clouds may appear
now and then on the horizon of life to
obscure its beauty, but these can be east
ly dispelled by a sunniDess of temper and
the smiles which indicate contentment of
heart.
Take things as they come. realizing
that God doeth all things well; that
whatever is. is best.
If crosses come now and then well
come them. and by the alchemy of a
cheerful, loving nature convert them into
crowns.
Take the world as you find it and yon
will find it is not such a bad place after
all. There is more JOY than sorrow in
it. so try your best to increase the for
mer and diminish The latter.
Some people would make the earth
valley of tears in which to wade to I'M
timely graves Be not one of these.
You can do your part to make the
world brighter and better. Look aloft,
not down. Be bright, not gloomy. Be
Joyous. not sad Not content with being
happy yourself. do your best to make
others happy.-By Madison c. Peters. in