The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
By Mme.LINA CAVALIER

- many women write me In the
same terrified way about their
nerves that children talk about
ghosts and "the bad man" that l have
become convinced that they look
upon their nerves as foes and bogies'
The nervous system seems to them
a great, upexplored land like tnas
the maps In Columbus's days show
us Have you seen maps with the
unknown regions Of Northern Eu-
rope, of Southern Africa and the
Western seas marked by huge Wild
beasts, or half-human monsters
threatening invaders with upllfted
swords? Yet Columbus resolutely
set sail for the unknown land OF the
West, discovered 1t, gave you the
chance to inhabit it, and, ridding
the world OF its fear, banished the
grotesque figures from the maps OK
the earth. Follow me and l VIII,
Columbus-like. lead you from the
land of Ali Fear to the Land Of Lit
tie, or Of No Fear. Grasp this fact
and make it part of your sum OF
knowledge.
Nine-tenths OF all nervous disor-
ders spring from some other cause
than the nerves themselves Doctors
would put 1t in this way: Ninety
per cent. of all nervous troubles are
is, some faculty Of the body has been
impaired and nervousness is one OF
the resulting symptoms. Generally
the cause is a slight one, easily re-
moved. For instance, eye-strain
causes much disturbance of the nerv-
Gus system An incalculable number
of cases of nervous irrltabillty could
be cured by visit to an oculist. and
another to an opticIan. Have your
eyes examined, and II reliable
oculist orders glasses buy them and
wear them. Those well-f1tted glasses
will spare you the dls6guring net
work Of wrinkles about the eyes that
eye-strain causes. 1t will spare you
the deep lines carved in the face by
nervous headaches If you live in a
city you may be reasonably sure that
YOUR nervousness is caused by eye
strain, for every city dweller suffers
from 1t. If we live on the plains our
eyes are accustomed to looking long
distances. If we sail the seas they
are used to the sense of vastness that
vision gives them. Few sailors have
ever suffered from eye-strain. Cit
life cuts of our view OF distant OBJ
tects, and, since the sight is confined
to nearby objects, change is grad
ually brought about In the structure
of the eye. This change must be
provided against by securing the
right sort Of glasses. Unless this be
done the nerves will surely be af-
fected.
Many cases OF nervousness are
caused by the unsuspected begin
nings of spinal curvature Unless
the spine Is held naturally erect
there will be an undue pressure on
the blood vessels and consequent
drain OF the nervous force
insufficient fresh air causes acne
mia, lack Of red corpuscles In the
blood, and aenemia reacts on ths
nervous system. Few persons breathe
rightly. especially those who are
housed In the Offices studios and
schools in great city. The breath
ing Is not only not deep enough. but
1t is too slow When the breath Is
slow and shallow the body has not
q supply Of oxygen. Nervous irrIta-
bility is often caused by too high Il
blood pressure, over-stlmulating the
brain and nerves. Many physicians
have advised that after a person Is
forty the blood pressure should be
tested. In this way can be learned
his OF her tendency to any disease,
and the knowledge will, In most
cases, enable the person to avert the
disease
Nervous disturbance, unless
checked, Is liable to pass into the
stage OF nervous prostration, which
means the collapse Of the nervous
system. Between twenty and fifty,
when the battle for business and so
ciaI success Is the iercest, ls the
time when this regretable state &C.
ours Danger signals Of this condi.
Hon are peevish. fault-fnding spirit
and extreme irritability. The power
Of Setting the mind" upon any one
InlnG leSSeuS. mere are lTtQueuC
headaches. The person becomes
hard to get along with There are
far more cases Of nervous prostra-
tion in the United States than in any
other country. The conditions OF
your life there cause 1t You are
high-power engines, driving at full
speed. What wonder that human en-
gines. driven at such tremendous
speed. sometimes run of the track
and into asylums for the insanei
Overwork was once considered q
virtue. Now the wise folk Of earth
are seeing 1t as 1t is-a selfish vice
It enslaves the worker and makes OF
him a narrow-minded egotIst. II you
will work less in America you viii
do better work. Overwork causes
nervousness, and the nervous person.
being Unbalanced, does inferior work
Don't let the high cost of living
and the wish to keep social pacs