Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-22

Cr1S1S, instead OF possessing the man.
hood to admit the truth and release
the woman, they turn towards and
carry their secret to the grave.
Cause Of Women's Suicides.
ION the part of women, I think sui
eide is generally due to an exaggera-
ted emotionalism, often the result of
trying material preparations for the
wedding ceremony. l recall the case
of a school teacher who wanted to
have snowy trousseau. She secured
night work, and did tutoring for
months before her marriage, then
broke down nervously. She tried to
throw herself out of the window a few
nights before the ceremony, and we
had to place her under the influence
of sedatives to save her life for the
man she sincerely loved Left with
out care and attention she would un-
doubtedly have added her suicide to
the list of wedding eve tragedies, for
no reason except a nervous break
down
This is why many physicians insist
that daughters Of their wealthy pa
tients take the rest cure just before
marriage. Something must be done to
balance the nervous strain of prepare
tion ..,s.. b. - =.
"One of my patients, a successful
business man, told me that he nearly
broke his engagement on his wedding
eve. though he is the happiest Of hus-
bands today. His f1ancee was worn to
nervous exhaustion by foolishly elab-
crate preparation for the great day.
While they were going for their H.
cense she developed tendency to
quarrel and nag, which struck terror
to the mans heart. Was his married
life to be one long wrangle? Better
broken engagement or suicide.
Fortunately he had the will power
to face the situation calmly, but direct
ly after their marriage he brought his
wife to me for treatment. Her nerves
were in shocking condition. l pre-
scribed absolute rest and quiet, and
she has developed a charming wife.
Now, let such a condition stand be-
tween couple who do not understand
their OWL enotiona1ism Or the physical
strain which causes the nervous con-
dftious, and you get-suicide, simply
through fear of unhappiness, which Is
vaguely indefinab1e, but hideous. com
bined with touch of physical revuI-
sion which generally precedes the
wedding day
Coroner's Opinions.
Coroner James e. Winterbottom of
New York says: Il should say that
III health lies behind the case Of the
average male suicide. With women 1t
may be an exaggerated emotionalism.
A man falls in love. The wedding day
incurable disease, tuberculosis or
something of that sort. He realizes
that it would be wrong to impart the
faint to the woman he loves, the chill
dren she hopes to bear. Or perhaps
he realizes that his i'll health will pre-
vent his supporting family. Until
the last moment he hopes against
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the thought of telling her. He Is torn
by his desire to marry the woman he
loves and his fear of making her un-
happy. Death offers to his mind the
one avenue of escape.
Highly strung women, especially il
about to marry intensely material
men, are apt to yield to neurotic
thoughts. They picture themselves as
unequal to the burdens of wifehood
and motherhood. They see themselves
In sort of bondage which Is I'm
aginitive, not real. They imagine they
are not loved in return. The nervous
intensity grows until it becomes a
mania and suicide follows. That tyne
of woman would commit suicide when
forced to face any crisis"