Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-03
Uselessness
of Worrying
Rv LILLIAN BELL.

tinual worry will drive one rather
close to home when the only reason
her friends can give for the recent
suicide of a wcll-known actress IS
that she worried herself INTO a tit
of temporary insanity.
What kind of worry? you ask.
! Vaguely come the answers. Possible
| failure of a starring tour. Worry
over money matters. Worry over
this and that. Yet, if you say, Had
any one of these disasters actually oc-
curred?" you hear the hesitating
mo, but then she was so nervous
and she worried so"
A man who was dying left this
message for his family:
my sons, have spent much OF
my life worrying over troubles which
never happenedp
| have often wondered if these sons
were clever enough to understand
what a marvelously comprehensive
legacy and life policy were contained
in that one sentence.
Even a fool can often give good
advice, but only wise man is ever
guided by it,
Distinguished foreigners often make
observations in regard to our national
characteristics, which are so painfully
true that we resent them. One re-
Gently said that as nation we all
look worried
Well, we do. The first lines to
come to a woman's face are not the
dreaded crows feet. They are lines
of worry in the forehead, OF course,
at first, these smooth out when she
smiles. But soon they become fur
rows.
If you don't believe this, put the
light as high as you can and sit I'M
der it. A ceiling light throws all the
lines in the human face into promi-
nence. IN. B.-Beauties please take
notice. Avoid sitting beneath light
if you care to retain the look of
YOUTH
The deepest lines thus brought out
will be in the forehead. Next comes
one from the nose to the lip.
Now most lines come either from
i'll health or discomfort. Foreigners
delight in saying that we are a race
of dyspeptics. From that it is all
easy jump to land on our poor cooks.
But don't admit this. We may
have poor cooks. In fact, I have
eaten lot of their stuff. We also
admit dyspepsia as our national all
ment, along with the eagle as our
national emblem, the Stars and Stripes
as our flag, and Uncle Sam as our
coat-of-arms-the Yankee rampant.
Then, along with this, we say that
we worry because we have dyspepsia.
| don't believe it. We have dyspepsia
because we worry.
Who could digest even Melons
food tablet with the ordinary CONVEX
sation we get at the table7 People
will relate the horrors of railway
accident with the soup; those of an
automobile disaster with the fish;
work up to the servant question with
the roast, and discuss the presidents
message with the dessert-all topics
calculated to upset your digestion and
bring scowl to your brow.
Then, along comes a would-be re-
former, who suggests a remedy by
saying, Lets organize q Don't
Worry club" 3".
Fiddle-de-deel What woman ever
stopped worrying because her hus-
band said: Don't worry, dear" The
negative note never rouses. Discon-
tent needs something positive.
For example, to start your mind in
new groove, would suggest the
formation of a club to promote the
saying of diverting things. A club
to dispense laughter. An hour set
apart wherein everything said must
needs be your best attempt at being
funny. Of course, in some people
this would drive you to tears. But
there are others who know how to
make people laugh. And, oh, the
bliss of meeting them now and then
along life's way!
If you once make up your mind
that worry not only destroys your
health but robs you of your good
looks, and if you determine to say at
least one thing to make each person
YOU meet laugh you will have solved
not only the problem OF your nervous
and dyspeptic ailments, but you will
have started to stem the tide of opin
ion that Americans are a race who
love to worry.