The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
The Habit of Nerves

! The modern woman would 'oc truly
healthy specimen of wonanhood if sho
mad not acquired the habit OF nerves.
| II is difficult 20 define this vague term
put thot 1T is full of acute SUFFERING.
Tor the majority Of women there Is no
! denying.
me lives of hundreds or women arc
| made destitute of joy because of ner-
rous ailments, and thousands Of dol
IFS arc constantly dispensed III order
that these nerve wrecked women NAV
gain relief And in the trail Of
nerves there has followed a host Of
quacks growing rich upon their uuack . Z
cry. - IS
1t would be well for women to stop
ana think before plunEing into every
| to realize that there Is absolutely no
| royal road to this supreme end, ana
that the return to nervous vfEorr is
mainly matter of the grace OF God
! and intelligcnuy directed endeavor, and
| mar psScho- Therapeutics and auto-sus-
Sest1on reduced TO common UNDER
| standing mean sclf-discpiine.
IheE have nothing to do with some
| vague curative force which can be
Injected into their subconscious, mind
either by themselves or some divlneiy
| favored individuals
| n fact that every nervous woman
should realize is that mind is not the
absolute master OF the body, but both
are alike implicated in tho disorder
| dIlt DEMAND the San attention.
| To escape the torment of nerves" is
| mainly n matter of self-help. and no
| woman need waste large expenditures
Of money in pursuing fashionable
treatments if she will use common
sense and determination N deaiinss
| with her condition.
| II is admitted by physicians that the
most important factor in the dlrect
| causation Of nervous exhaustion is the
| emotional life Of tho Individual Worry
- the most persistent and nasglng of
! all emotions. and where It is allowed
| to become the dominant note Il break
| down is inevitabla.
The worry evil IS the worst the mod
| ern woman has 10 contend with It
| DOGS her footsteps Ike hungry wolf:
| 1t preys upon her even in her pleas
urss; 1t haunts her in her dreams.
She worries over her house. her SER
| wants her children. She is anxious and
] harassed about her clothes: she is de-,
| pressed by her social obligations. ShG
| seems unable to throw aside even in
| ent note, and as consequences she
often becomes Il nervous wreck.
view OF life? What do the theo petty de
| tails of domestic routine amount to
In comparison with o strong vitality.
and the joy-eiving principle? And
it when one is nervously eXs;a.,sted?
Every woman who has driven her..
worry. The rest cure OF her own each
daS-an hour OF solitude ana fresh
| air. il she prefers to lie down during,
that hour She should fling her win
dows wide open and clear her mind OF,
worry, then. truly rest. IF her tcmpera-
ment Is such that She cannot lie down
| during the day-for there are women
so nervously keyed that to lie down
| for an hour is torture-thcn let her.
shut herself in with a good book and
plenty of fresh air. with her door,
closed against the inccssant demands
of her household. and she will fSd that
I, Iy h..,. Vt. .,.NIv
has changed, and her nerves arc eased.+
But If her nerves have made her
| restless. then let her take her quiet
hour out of doors. She should so OH
n long walk but go alone. Out in
he open The taut nerves will relax
the exhausted mind become refreshed.
| The woman who reserves to herself
each day the privilege Of II quiet hour
VIII rarely have to resort 10 expensive
| treatments that nccesstate n large
bank account and weeks or months
away from her family. The "quier
hour" is the truest economy tho mod
| ern woman can practice.