The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-01
Prescribing
Remedy for"
Bad Temper
BY MARTHA LEE

My readers have responded well to
the enigma of Wondering Sue. If
you remember, she is the young
woman who has a husband with one
of those frightful temperS that stops
at nothing once he is crossed. He
is perfectly capable of bouncing @
cast iron stove off the head of the
nearest "hooman," not excepting his
own wife or his own boss.
Poor Wondering Sue is just about
done up after five years of lodging,
first incidents that might lead to
temper and later flock Of tea cups,
chair legs and baseball bats. She
is in a miserable state of health
from it all and doesn't know which
way to turn.
My readers have heard her cry
for help through reading the column
and have sent messages of con-
dolence, but mostly some good sound
advice for Sue to try out. Strangely
enough, most of the readers have
come to the same conclusion. That
it is not, nor has it been, Sue who
needed a doctor, but her husband.
He needs a little mental adjustment.
q few treatments for a case of bad
nerves and not only his disposition
but his health will improve, and
after all, the one is so interdepend-
ent upon the other that they might
even be called synonymous.
One reader writes:
Dear Miss Lee: For the woman whose
husband suffers from a violent case OF
temper, or vice versa. have this to offer.
Every time a person INDUCES in this evil.
he is simply filling himself with a nice
little dose Of poison and the effects viii
show up sooner or later. Noted physicians
declare that anger will arrest digestion,
cause cerebral congestion. disturb the kid
neys and the heart. THE emotions OF
rage and hate take a definite toll of years
from the life Of man and produce actual
acid conditions in the body" I read this
in the Sept. % edition Of The indianapolis
Times and 1t was written by DR.. Roemer,
waukegsn. Ill. This suggestion to the
victim OF spells OF temper at the proper
time might. through selfish interest in
himself. make some difference.
Another reader writes:
Dear Miss Lee: In regards to the prob
lem Of Wondering Sue. Her husband is a
sick man and is badly in need OF q thor
ough physical going-over and a good
nerve tonic. A temper like that IS an
illness. not a natural condition at all
Wondering Sues health has been affected
by the carelessness OF her husband IN
caring for his own. J should advise her
TO get him to see a doctor.
A woman who reads the column
occasionally and happened upon
this article says:
Dear Miss Lee: am an occasional
reader Of your column. The letter from
Wondering Sue drew my interest. Partially
quoting from your response "a perfectly
sensible and normal person can restrain
fits Of temper" Perhaps it has not &C.
CURED to this wife that her husband is
not normal in his outbursts OF temper.
1t is evident there is something wrong
in his actions. She desires. and rightly.
to search for the trouble. Most people
are aware OF the fact that a baby is rea-
sonably happy and contented II he feels
well. on the other hand. II he is ply
sically distressed. he cries. Why then
would It not be reasonable to presume that
outbursts on the part Of Wondering Sues
husband are not the result Of III health.
II the wife knows he is nervous. which
is far worse than being sick in bed. It
is her duty to make him see a doctor.
II he does not. and HIS case grows worse.
as she says it has. he may soon be a
case for mental observation.
If he will not see a doctor himself.
Wondering Sue should consult some one
I q
gestions offered.
OCCASIONAL READER.