Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-13
HEALTH THROUGH OPTIMISM
BY Frederic J. Haskin

I why do you not walk2 I arm cor
tain, absolutely certain. that you can
walk Try &C. Madam, and SEQ ~ arm
not right"
Tho woman was lowered gently 20
the floor. she made a tremendous e.
fort. oxertinR all her viii power, and,
while the onlOokers held their breath,
she walked. After taking n few steps.
she sat down. then rose and walked
again. Gracious" she exclaimed.
this man IN a God"
| But Professor Coue Inodestly denies
the allegation. lie declares that no Is
merely a professor Of optimisrn and
that the patients themselves are their
own miracle workers.
The explanation is very simple" no
lsays. There are two beings in us.
the conscious being who IS the master
lot our viii and the unconscious ono
who rules our ifnaglna ton. Wei
there Is an antaeonisn between these
two forces. and IL is always lfnagina-
ltion which prevnils
III You place a plank 10 yards long
land inches wide on the floor you
will easily walk along g. Imagine
that this plank DO placed above an
Inbyss and you would nnd = lrnpos-
siblo 20 walk on this bridge. becatis9
/ your Imagination would oppose Itself
10 your will. You would wish 20, but
, you would not he able 20. one always
speaks Of educating tho will. but IL
seems moro important ~ mo 20 kno~w
; how 10 guide our Imagination"
TO tho patients who come 70 HE
i~fl rf Mt .
Europe. tho professor gives tho FOL
I lowing advice.
p DO not shy that you are suffering
. II is not true. You imagine thst you
are suffering. But In reality. you ara
= not suffering. u IS your irnaeirnficr
, alone thst suffors C'ioFe tho nycs nrf
repeat with me, with OF tbe strength
!, lof tho will. J am bctter--r m ho'
teri am better. And presently yo-i
Ia will SEQ that you are really foeii, 2
= batter. Believe in your health. and
You will be half cured"
- While Professor Couo's curos have
attracted the most attention teca-isa
Il their spectacular nature. no is by
no means tho only prominent cham
pion Of auto-sugeRstion Graduailv
!" the entire medical profession, seerns cd
be espousing tho idea IN o0o form ~
another. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tell us. fo,
!, instance. that defective eyeslght Fl.
= caused by defective imagination. IN.
new school of personal hvgienist- 10
~ clare that pessirnisnn ~ the s.reater
~ enemy 10 health. whHe .hA Fre1idia M
. trace All our modern cp-npIexes - de
m orders n tho juver ile imagination
ar Al advocate auto-fmggegtion a. .
10 cure.
alf Worry. which Is n form ~ negativ
r. aut"-sugestio can - cured only b.
III positive suggestion. they say. Morris
-. fears and doubts about common hap
sf penings grow immensely by a. PROOFS
~ Of suggestion and auto suggestion
he decl 90 one medical authority, ~'unr
nj. they lend 20 obsess tbs whole par
Sonality. For worry IT this Eind-notb
@ ing less than a systematIo corrss n
oe mental training Of some kind aided :,
self-sUggestiOn. win effect n radios
IA cure. OF course. when .persones salini
~ cd by the worry habit get run dow1
20 they get all the more involved IN N
'o7 tangle Of their doubting thoughts"
Thus, Pollyanna has received the W
=, qualified endorsement of science. A
&C the keep smiling propaganda yvhic
80 has ragged furiously throughout y
- land in recent years has had a patht
os- logical significance. All the popular ii
ar mand for gilded romance and g.s
= books as opposed 70 bitter reals
of must have been based upon the pul
the les unconscious desire 20 keep
he Imagination cheerful and free FRO
contamination.