Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
When the NeurOses Bloom

ant residing near v. Home primi-
tive but comfortable. Environment
wholesome. Family history shows no
hereditary faint, although one brother
Is said to have played saxophone.
H. had the usual childhood diseases,
such as mumps, measles and whooping
cough. but with no Sequelae She be-
gan TO suffer from decisions early in
life. At the age of she confessed to q
belief in fairies. Upon cross-examina-
ton, however, she admitted that she
had never seen one. She also spoke
frequently and somewhat incoherently
of an old man who drove team of REIN
deer and who would, she said, climb
down the chimney on Christmas Eve
and fill her stocking with toys. The
fact that there were no toys in her
stocking on Christmas morning failed
to shake her belief in this imaginary
person. She wept Historically, but in
sisted that he would have left her some
toys If she had been a better girl. She
even asserted that she had heard the
reindeer scampering across the roof at
night"
Auditory Authorizations" remarked
Chester knowingly.
THE neurosis from which H. suffered
reached its crux one Sunday afternoon, -
MFR. Gallup continued, when she was
ordered to take basket of fruit to her
grandmother who was i'll. In order to
reach her grandmother's cottage it was
necessary for her to walk through a
dense forest.
"THIS H. did. but with great reluc-
lance, for she imagined that
there were wild animals In this forest
waiting to devouf her. The persecutory
idea was so strong that by the time she
arrived at her grandmother's cottage
she had a definite paranoid psyehosis
which caused her to identify her grand
mother with large, ferocious wolf. She
even commented upon the length and
sharpness of her grandmother's teeth
although the old lady had no teeth
whatever
These hallucinatory phenomena per-
sisted until H. fed from the cottage In
terror. Accosting a wood-cutter, whom
We shall call X, she impiored him to
return to her grsndmother's cottage and
slay the wolf"
Mr.. Gallup paused for q moment to
heighten the suspense Of his story. But
the dramatic effect was lost on little
Chester; he was fldgeting in his chair
and gazing out Of the window.
"Er-shall I 60 on?" asked Mr.. Cal
lup. ,
"Oh, yes. by all means" said little
Chester. ITS very interesting case.
But his voice lacked enthusiasm and his
manner was inattentive. A warm breeze
swung the curtains apart: wedge OF
sunshine pushed across the room. There
was q shrill whistle outside the window
| and the leathery PUNK of a base ball
landing in mitt.
What was that?" asked Mr.. Gallup
Another auditory hallucination?"
NO" replied his nephew. wistfully
that's Tubby Mifiiin and Red Hershey
and Snooty Wells. They're playing one
Oh cat"
1T see" said Mr.. Gallup.
Their I. @. is pretty low" continued
Chester, land the psychologists say ]
shouldn't associate with them. Red Is
only o high-grade moron, but he has E
peach of q round-house curve, and
Eneoty can field like old Iris Speaker
himself; he just picks 'em right out OF
the air."
Mr.. Gallup nodded. Perhaps you'd
like to go out and study their refiexes,
he suggested.
May II" cried Chester. jumping from
his chair. "You won't tell on me?"
mo, indeed" said Mr.. Gallup. After
all, If you intend to be psycnlatfis'
you must study all types OF intelligence
The moron the merrier."
ATTY oil pepper!" shouted Chester, as
he dashed out of the house with q
whoop of Joy. Batter up! Let's gol"
Mr.. Gallup smiled fondly and shook
| his head. Despite the best efforts Of
| the psychologist" he unused, boys vii
! be boys-and not guinea pig"