The Coolidge examiner., 1935-02-08

And do you think" said the
woman. that I'll put my finger on
that bell with all the germs there
are on it7 Everybody pushes that
button"
The guard shook his head
Lady" he said. you'll have a
gosh-awiul time going through life
II you worry abou; the germs on
bells and door-knobs. How do you
think you can escape them"
Every one. particularly the physi.
clan. has met these worrying types
Of individuals And the trouble Is.
that they give not only themselves.
but every one connected with them
q gosh-awful time. You can have
no rest when you are with them.
They make life miserable worrying
about germs. they crane their
necks hunting for drafts. 50 that
some one has to jump up constantly
opening and shutting doors and
windows and they're always won
derlng about their digestions You
can't mention a food In their pres
ence without getting n long harangue
about whether II is good or not
good FOR them.
Health officials sometimes think
that the indigestion worriers are In.
creaSiug out of proportion TO the In.
crease in the population. Certainly
the advertisements In the newspa
pcrs and magazines and on sign
boards throughout the country that
advocate cures for indigestion. sour
stomach and dyspepsia. seem 10 be
growing In number. and n these
patent medicines did not have buy
ers. the advertising about them
could not he so extensive. Indeed.
one might divide the adult popula-
tlou into two groups: those that
suffer from indigestion and those
that DO not
AANNA " AftF AA AAsH@AANA WNfttfEN ANF
underweighf. they have dried.
lcathery skins puckered and wrin-
Killed. foreheads and a bored and
self sacrificing expression about the
eyes: usually they are past the age
~ thirty i've. In every case they
have too much time to think about
themselves
our bodies are always with rs
In the absence OF other mental 90.
cupaiions, the worrler makes his
body an all-lmportant and ever en-
crossing subject Of thought lie
creates an artificial llftle world
around himself wherein he lives ex-
cluslveiy. He Is out of tune with
bis environment lie doesn't react
as other people do 10 things that
happen His FIRST impulse Is 20 con
slider the possible ~ effect these
happenings might have on him. The
woman who did not want 90 push
the elevator bell because many 9th
er hands had pushed II. thought
only Of herself She would be high
ly offended n n person coming aft
er her did not want 10 touch a door
knob that she had touched. She
would always be holy In her own
opinion. and no one else could ever
be.
The indigestion worriers become
food faddists They cannot eat any
thing that is fried; they think a
combination OF milk and fish Is
poison. They cannot eat starches
and meats at the same meal They
believe one thing this month and
another thing next month. The er-
rors In diet made by worriers are
enough To put them ultimately un-
der a physicians care. Constantly
wondering II their food will agree
with them is not a healthful pas.
time. AS time goes on. the worrier
ayOlds more and more foods. with
the result that his diet becomes more
and more unbalanced. and the con-
sequence is that he worries still
more.
To the physician the worrier is al
ways a health hazard. When his
physical resistance is worn down, as
1t will be. he becomes good soil for
bacteria.
And then he not only is apt to
get u disease himself, but he Is also
apt 10 transmit IL To others. Because
the worrier. thinking only OF him
self, Is not usually concerned about
protecting other people from his
disease germs.
II you have a worrier I'm your
family. you are not likely to make
him see the unwisdom of his ways
by lecturing him. You had best
bend your energies I'm getting him
Interested I'm hobby-something
that will make him cognlzant that
there is world outside himself
And If he Is the food wOrrier
type, then don't play up to his