Evening star., 1925-02-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

I Permit me to say right here that
Mrs. Hopkins 10 one OF those social
workers who combine common sense
with uplift When she comes ont
of a dirty alley and tells the Coz +
| missioners that the situation ought
| to be changed, they know she knows
what she 10 talking about.
1t was at that private meeting
that NJ. coue made what seemed at
the time genuine cure of case
| of stammering. The case was that
of a beautiful child Of about IA years
of age. who broke down and cried
, with Joy when she found she could
speak without stapmering.
have learned from an apparently
authentic source since thu the "cure"
was more. apparent than real. the
girl being but little much better
now than before N. Coue implanted
In her. for brief time. the conf
dent optimism that she was "EsttinS
better"
This however. was to be expected.
for Coue was no miracle man." He
did, though, bring to Us 4 necessary
message. and one which fingers still
for those OF US who believe In It,
! He taught optimism. I feet. better
than any OF the professional optinists
| of America, and he did 1t because
he had a practical method which
every man and woman could use. 1t
does little good to tell q timid man
| that he ought to be courageous"
or pessimistic one that he should
be filled with optimism.
| They know II! Where the profes-
sional bringers of good cheer fail
down is that their message" usually
consists OF preachments without
means OF practical application.
| Now this WAS just where Coue
| shone. Looked at from q distance OF
| ed with the distractions of Senate
| Investigations. national election,
! bobbed hair and crossword puzzles
| 1t Is possible to see clearly the prac-
| tical good OF Coueism.
You will find 1t all explained In
| the first and best Of the Coue books
THE Practice Of AutosugGestion," by
| c. Harry Brooks, published by Dodd,
Mead & Co, in May. 1922.
Mr.. Brooks explains Coueism better
| than NJ Coue did himself. because he
| was able TO look at 1t from q dis.
tance. and hitch 1t UP with the world
wide movement for moro practical
| optimism In every day 1ife
As this author brings out. NJ. coue
| has three real messages for man
| kind. summed up in his formulae, "a
| follows:
Day by day. in every way. I'm
| getting better and better"
1T 10 easy, and I can"
ITS going. going. going. going,
| gone"
The FIRST Is undoubtedly the most
| important. To those who are able to
repeat II without particular effort
| and without Joking At themselves. IL
Is an undoubted help toward that
healthy optimism which the truly
healthy Save as a birthriRht
II one wakes in the middle of the
night and some sorrowful thought In
trudeS, the slow, even repetition OF
this sentence brings much relief. It
| Is no trick at aii-it works because
| the mind cannot think two things at
once Every time you revert to the
| unpleasant thought, repeat again the
old Coue message.
The other two sentences never got
| the publicity OF the main formula.
but they are good. nevertheless.
| When ono 10 faced with some diff
cult task. something from which he
shrinks. II Is genuinely helpful to
say. 1T Is easy. and can"
To attempt to subdue pain with the
formula. 1T Ia going, going, going"
ETC.. IL simply common sense. It has
| been practiced by mothers for cen-
| turtles, when they kiss away the hurts
| OF their little ones.
Coueism is only common sense-for
those who need II. II you do not
n ICED such help, why OF course. DO
not bother about II.