Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1911 — Nervousness—A Lack of Control [ARTICLE]

Nervousness—A Lack of Control

How often we meet women who complain of being nervous. What they really mean is that they have not control of their nerves, but let them run away. A woman may be of a nervous temperament and yet have such good control of her nerves that she never complains of being nervous.' This lack of nerve control manifests itself iu various ways. Sometimes It is only a tendency to cry at trivial things or an inclination to deapondeney —to have “the blues," or to. worry ever real or fancied slights. Many women waste so much time thinking <r?er things that are past and gone. . A visit with a friend loses its Joy iu the afterthought, for this victim of the nerves lives over again every moment •of the visit She recalls everything that has been said and wonders if a different meaning was meant Things that were said as a Joke ants originally taken that way are now brought up for criticism and pondered over until the woman convinces herself of the presence of a hidden meaning. She Is mot satisfied util she has bant and

shaped the original thoughtless sentence into an ugly sting. These nervous women are the ones who are continually tormented with the demon of Jealousy. If one of them should suddenly meet her husband on the street walking with another woman, what a curtain lecture he receives that evening; or if not that, he finds his wife wearing the air of one who considers herself much abused. The real facts of the case may be that her husband met the other woman quite accidently and, as they were going in the same direction, he could not avoid walking with her without being positively rude. In this age men must of necessity have business transactions with women. It is a common occurrence for two men to lunch together In order to have a chance to talk over some important business matter without fear of interruption. There is no reason why s man and woman might not do the same, and yst how impossible It would be to convince the Jealous woman that this was the cast. To be Jealous Is

to acknowledge the superior charms of the other woman. “If I cannot hold you against all women, then I do not want you," la the right thought. If you think some other woman Is attracting your husband, wake up and t)gat her at her own game. Do not sit idly In the corner and complain. A woman who Is nervous does not usually realise what is the cause of her condition. When excitable and irritable and suffering from a nervous headache, she takes various remedies to deaden the symptoms Instead of looking the matter squarely in the face and going after the cause. Many women need a hobby to taka up their spare time. If their minds were occupied and their bodies kept In a good condition by proper cars, they would soon gain control of their nerves. (Copyright. IMO. by WJi O. Chapman.)