El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-02
Nasging Is a Disease
II Is a Brain Disease and Not the
Result Of Pure and UnadUI-
terHted CussedEess.
-Dv DorothE Din -

"H he why of the nagger has Just
been scientifically ascertained-
Most of US who suffer from this
affIiction have been of the opinion that
it is Just pure and Unadulterated Gus
sedness that makes a nagger nag A
learned psychologist says that this is
a mistake. and that nagging is brain
itch. and that a person suffering from
this complaint tries to relieve it by
scratching with the tongue and, as it is
impossible to scratch the brain itself.
he or she tries to allay the irritation
by scratching the nearest individual
The BRAIN" says this scientist 'cau
be irritated Just the same as the skin
by body poisons due TO fatigue, worry
and illness. Nagging is the effort TO
relieve the subconscious itching of
brain nerves and cells
This scientific theory of naggllg
each Of US can confirm from our own
experience. Probably there is no one
who does not know what it is TO have
flashed out, in some moment of
physical exhaustion. a bitter speech that
he or she would have given worlds
to have recalled the next instant, or
who does not experience the tempta-
ton it is to harp on old grievances
when one is half sick and nervous, and
unstrung.
Nagging is at the bottom of al
most all domestic misery 1t breaks
up far more homes than drink or in
fidelity A man viii put up with a
deal of bad housekeeping and pay
eNtrava CANT bills without a murmur
so long as his wife is amiable, and
good humored, and doesn't try TO hem
peck him.
The woman who comes to hate her
husband is she who is married to the
man who is chief knOcker i'm the ANAL
Eamated Hammer WielderS union, and
who finds fault with everything she
does. or doesn't do The woman who
kills her husbands love, and brings
him to the place where he feels that
he IS entering q prison when he puts
his key in his own front door, is the
perpetual crouch. who frets and Whines
and complains because she can't have
this. and she can't do that. and her
husband does DO this, and he doesn't
do that Love VIII stand everything
but nagging. When it encounters that
il Just turns up its toes and dies
Just reflect that he or she is suffer
ing from brain itch. and that the best
remedy for that is fresh air and eNer-
else and amusement Don't try to keep
them at home. If II is the husband
urge him to so out to the baseball
game of an afternoon, to play golf or
to % to the club as soon as dinner is
In that way his brain cells wiz get
the stimulation they need. ana he viii
take out in yelling bitter advise TO the
umpire, or swCtunS a ball or fighting
with a fellow club member ever the
tariff. the irritation ilat he would
have vented upon YOU.
And. sir. If YOU are one of the un-
lucky ones who drew a naggilg wife
in the marriage lottery, try making her
over
When your Maria starts in C.. re mind
YOU for the biliOnth time Of all your
faults, don't go out alone and slam -he
door behind you Take her along with
you.
Consider that her poor brair- IS itch
ing until it is half mad with the mo-
nOtOny of the treadmIl Of hJuseWorll,
where she has gone she same deadlt
round of cooking and Sow
Ing. and mending. and baby tendinE.
until she is so bored that she is ready
to fight just TO get little ginger tr-
Perfected into life
In a word scratch the nagEer's hre-n
cells with something pleasant 20 -hll *
bout if YOU want to ESCAPE being
,lawed yourself The suggestion is
worth trying.