The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-07-30
The record Of morgue and coroner's

The record of morgue and coroners
office tell tragedy after tragedy OF TINS
sort but convincing explanations are
not forthcoming. Here is how we'll
known physician tries to explain tho
mental condition which leads TO the
mad step into eternity:
"If ever a man or woman takes ac-
count of stock. physical, mental ana
spiritual, II is Just before marriage.
am not speaking now OF midnight mar
riages following suppers and motor
trips, but Just the plain garden variety
of marriage, which is still for better
or worse while both still live.
However lightly marriage is treat
ed today, however safe cynical peopie
may feel with divorce as an ameliora'
tive agency, there must come an hour
when. man or woman, the individual
checks up accounts with self an1
Maker.
In that hour each must realize that
in the marriage relation practically
nothing can be hidden. The past,
whatever 1t has been, will surely
stand. forth revealed. Clothing, medl'
cal attention, will power, all these may
have helped to hide traces of disease
lurking In the system. disease inherit.
ed or acquired. But the cloak will fal'
after marriage and the truth is known.
This discovery may represent merely
establishment for the other party or
1t may mean actual injustice or IN
Jury. And with that awful realization
comes the sudden thought that there
is just one way out-death!
Retaliation that they have only
the dregs of a misspent life to offer
the woman who stands for belated,
but real, fine love, is maddening to
men who have squandered their man.
hood and dissipated their energies.
And instead of rising to meet the
crisis, 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, / think sui
eide Is generally due to an exaggera-
ted emotionalism, often the result Of
trying material preparations for the
wedding ceremony. recall the case
of q school teacher who wanted to
have a 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 few
nights before the ceremony, and we
had to place her under the influence
of sedatives to save her life fer the
man she sincerely loved. Left with
out care and attention she would UNI
doubtedly have added her suicide to
the list of wedding eve tragedies. for
no reason except 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.
ton.
"One of my patients, successful
business man. told me that he nearly
broke his engagement on his wedding
eve. though he Us the happiest of hus.
bands today. His fiancee 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. pre-
scribed absolute rest and quiet, and
she has developed a charming wife.
Now, let such condition stand be
| tween couple who do not understand
their own emotionalism or the physica
strain which causes the nervous con
| ditions, and you get-suicide, simpl,
through fear of unhappiness, which I.
vaguely indeflnable, but hideous. com
bined with touch of physical revul
sion which generally precedes tn,
wedding day!'
coroner's Opinions.
Coroner James E. Winterbottom o
| New York says: 81 should say tina
! Ill health lies behind the case of tn,
average male suicide. With women 1
may be an exaggerated emotionalism
A man falls in love. The wedding da,
is set. He discovers that he has al
incurable disease, tuberculosis o.
something of that sort. He realizes
that 1t would be wrong to impart tn,
faint to the woman he loves, the chill
dren she hopes to bear. Or perhap,
he realizes that his Ill health will pre-
vent his supporting family. Unit
the last moment he hopes agains
hope. He is plunged into despair a
the thought of telling her. He is tori
by his desire to marry the woman h,
loves and his fear of making her un
|