New Ulm review., 1922-07-19

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the great expert. Mother very happy,
fiuttering about to get cup Of coffee
for Doc,
He would drive away, ,'e wing behind
q sick man who believed that he was
going to get well very soon. The mem-
Ibers OF the family no longer pale
faced and frightened. and discussing
symptoms with the patient, had been
organized to surround the sick man
with an atmosphere Of buoyant op-
.timism. incidentally, the patient had
been put on medicines and diet, both
of which he may have needed, even if
the doctor wouldn't admit It.
But the greatness and helpfulness
of Doc Whipley in that fever and
sague region over which he ruled, were
that he fought eneryating ailments
by setting against them the hopeful
beliefs Of his patients. He made his
patients strong to resist the standard
complaints, by taking away from them
the fears and worries and apprehen-
sions which are the most tormenting
incidentals to any kind Of illness. He
played on the mind.
Probably if any one had intimated
to old doc" Whipley that he was a
mental healer, he would have cursed
him pink. Possibly he never com
pretended the superb inspiration which
controlled his methods. He was toe
all fired busy. to bother with psyche
analysis. Besides, he hadn't heard o1
it.
The handspring Of the new teach
ing is not mere demonstra that alb
normal emotions are. destructive oi
bodily health and intellectual efficiency
The big point is that these abnor1na
emotions are unnecessary and may be
banished at will. This is hard les.
son for the average mortal to learn.
If he has an important law sui
pending, he likes to claim the privi
lege Of worrying.
If the stock market is setting a.
gainst him he expects to lose sleep anc
be haunted by fears and apprehen.
sions. :,
"If the usual routine Of his daily
work is disturbed, he feels justified ir
giving way to violent exhibitions o1
anger.
He claims the American privilege
Of wishing that he had as much money
as Rockefeller, and kicking because il
never was delivered to. him in a truck
'sH a dear friend or a close relative
dies, he seems to feel that the decen.
cies of the situation require him tc
weep and wall during the funeral ser.
vices and then put on black clothes
and hide himself away from diver.
sions. .fs
.'He permits himself to fume and
scold because certain people in his
set wear the wrongs kind Of clothes
or play bridge badly, eor give stupid
parties, or send theirr, chickens over tc
play in his garden
I'VE have huinored our evil passions
and made pets Of them. When we are
asked to throw them into the alley,
we survey, almost with sympathy, the
collection and say: why, we can't
keep house without them
Not even after we, have learned that
they are putting poison into odr food,
and taking oxygen out Of our air,
and tapping on the head board at
night to keep JUS awake.
The new teaching does not imply
that we shall stop striving and fight
ing, and that we are expected to sit
around all day, grinning like Cheshire
cats: We are simply expected to handle
the facts, Of our existence, instead of
letting them handle us.
u We are not going to become emo
tionless, but we are going to lock up
our emotions, when they become un-
ruly and threaten to tear us to pieces.
These resolutions are being framed
by myriadsTof men and women who
have not joined the research clubs or
lined up with any important society.
They are ready to experiment with any
panacea which promises so much. And
the whole movement in which they
are engaged, although it cannot be
measured by a yardstick or set down