Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-14

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4 4upon the state, burden to the tax.
payer, an angel of destruction in the
family. drunkenness costs the peo-
| pie vast sums Of money. II by lcsisla-
/ tive action remedy can be applied
| that will cure aud prevent the spread
of the evil. it would cost less to
provide for that remedy than 1t does
\ to treat drunkards and drunkenness as
criminals only.
The Rev. Samuel McCotnb who is ass
snciated with DR.. Worcesterin the En-
manuel church, Boston, healing move
lamcnt has a contribution TO the Every
| Eody's Magazine on the method used
church. The writer says that the pa
tieht is admitted for treatment after y
rigid medical examination. He is then
either slightly hypnotized or put into
very calm. passive. relaxed condition..
In this state / suggest to him." the
winter says, that he can abstain. If
lie VIII: that henceforth drink VIII
cease to be " tenlptation. or taat,
should temptation arise, It viii be slight
and his will power will be greater than
it, / tell him that his reason and con-
science condemn his habit and that,
therefore. his viii must rouse itself in
order to .c;,rl.y out the commands OF his
higher nature.
II the patient Is ant to be subjected
to unusual temptation the suggestion is
give. him that the very thought of al
coho will produce nausea. If he is in-a
'clined to feel peculiar depression in
the morning, the suggestion is given
him that he Will not have n desire to
drink in the morning because he will
then feel strong and not depressed. Tile
patient is encouraged to turn these
suggestions into a,lto-suggestions and
TO say to himself, Il will drink no more
alcohol"
1T IL by this means, continues Or,
McComb. Tint the Initiative OF the III
dlyidual is secured and his will power
developed. In other words, it IS not /
vino impose the inhibition against the
alcohol; ii Is he himself who does It."
Regarding the philosophical this sort
of cure, the author frankly admits that
he does not know how 1t comes about
in some way not yet explained by
science, these suggestions are accepted
by the subconscious element III tho mind
and lead to cores onding mental and
physiological reactions,
1T is claimed that many cures have
been effected In this way. Men who
were confirmed drunkartls for years are
said to have become sober and indus
trious, The conclusion is that by a.
combination of medical, hygienic, psy-
Geological, social, moral and religious
forces the great majority of cases, the
sufferer from alcoholism can be bene-
ticially effected
It is good luck not to have had luck
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4 girl of beauty is joy rider for
ever.
Even in financial matters artists are
not artless.
The strikers in France seem to have
struck out.
Electric light without wires. Thun-
der and lightning. 4
A man cannot serve two masters
but a walter can
4 {.
The alleged Board Of Education scan
dal seems to be relative.
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The key to financial success is the
combination to TIL. safe.
In Africa taxidermists are in great
er demand than taxicabs.
A good deal of light is being thrown
on the window-glass schedule.
In a street car 1T sometimes pays to
stand when you don't pay to stand.
That a touch Of htirnor should be in
troduced into the Senate debate on the
tariff is funny.
TO be n good listener is the best
way to gain reputation as a good
conversationaEst.
Oklahoma is constitutionaliy "drs'
but good many oklahomans are con
stitutionally" thirsty.
The new sultan of Turkey, Mehem-
med v, is red headed. The old |
Sultan, Abdul Hamid. is red eyed.
The last straw that broke the cam
els back must have been like one of
the latest spring hats for women.
The discussion of the window glass
industry shows that some of the Sel,a-
tors view the question as through a