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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1904)
JJL. XI ii;".t,.;i,.3p y 1 ! X exercise ib steady kz nerves Scleimtlnstt Says Love Is N this day of enlightenment the old fashioned phrase, " love kick," has come to stand for an actual aliment. According to Dr. Maurice da Fleury, a French student of manias, '.ove, or as he Is pleased to term it, " love infatua tion," is in reality a malady. He furtner as serts that it Is a malaxly with well defined symptoms, and that It is susceptible to treat ment much as any other Illness with which the medical pro fession has been acquainted for a long time. In the feice of this the person of Immature years who has been thwarted In love affairs through parental objection and who languishes and pines fer the beloved can no longer be carelessly termed "love sick" and be left to care! for themselves with no further thought. T.e men or women who. as victims of unrequited or unacknowledged love, grow thin, pale, and worried and neglect their duties may no longe-r go along without the Interference or care of friends. Where once It wa entirely right and rroper to call the so afflicted " love elck " and leave them to themselves, now the discovery of M. Fleury makes It imperutive that the unfortunate ones be taken care of and placed under the treatment of an ex perienced practitioner, Just as If thi malady they suffer with was any one of the hundreds that people are familiar with. There are two kinds of love, according to Dr. I'leury. There la the " healthv love." which hrlchtens life like the aim breaking through the dreary clouds of November and makes the life of the fortunate possessor one unending song of hap piness and Joy at being alive. This love Is as beneficial to the mm Epidemic o! Marriage Robs HE school teachers sly in their love affairs? - yA I They are, according to a record that has JLa I been made In the town schools of Ulchlgan ft I City. Ind. Today Cupid Is in the midst pf the greatest siege that he has ever laid against a com munity. There are sixty teachers In the schools of the city. Within the last few weeks twelve of them have married. The majority of them were surprise weddings That la what authority in social matters of the town says. Today the board of education hasn't the least Idea how many other surprises of the same kind are in more for it. A pair of them may bob up tomorrow. More next week. The whole staff is liable to And mates before Christmas. The superintendent, Louis W. Keeler, Inaugurated the marrying era. He did so by taking to wife one of his pretty grade teachers. Here Is how the list of victims of the little god has been built up within few short weeks: Ix)uls W. Keeler. Miss Margaretto Iloothroyd. Miss Lora Hamrlclc Misa Bessie Carr. Miss Mary Southgate. Miss Daisy Drown. Mivs Anna Beyea. Miss Arietta Lamberson. Miss Jessie Campbell. Miss Essie Gerraid. Miss Martha Derrick. Miss Anna Williams. Hundreds of the best posted people in Michigan City did teaetanan I VI vour rausrks Strona tfllS VaV OS one whom it eivcrtakvs as the other love, " love infatuation," is harmful. The former Is the love whereof the gods know, the sublime passion which Illuminates the commonplaceness eif life; the iitlo- is Its exact antithesis. " Healthful love " Is the expression of all that Is good and beautiful In man or woman; " love Infatuation" Is a morbid sort of intoxication of the better senses, a mania to be listed in the sanio category with that produced by alcohol, mor phia, or other agents inimical to the best In nature. In short Dr. Fleury ranks this passion as a strong Intox icant and one that Is to be handled witii Just us much care ami just as Judiciously as alcohol. The phrases "drunk with love" or "Intoxicated with the feeling that floweM over him" have be-en for many decades utnemg the tools of the hysterical novelist, but science so far has taken no notice of this condition. Hut the doe tor who has recently made his problngs Into the realm of the tender passion public asserts that In his investigations of peoplo suffering from the love malady he has found well ekfini'd cvlelences of physical depression and ele langement of the nervous syste'in similar to the conditions found in the patient suffering from alcohol or drugs. Fur ther, his researche-s have made evident that In each case whi're the patient was In the advanced stages of the " malady " ttwre was a previous failing of the bodily bealth nnd spirits nnd that love Infatuation finds the majority of its lctlms among those who are not gifted with great powers of resistance. " The strong are the ones In whom the healthy love oc not know that the d-ar sweet girls were even in love until they heard that they were married. One teacher left her school in Friday evening, heart whole and fancy free, as everybody from the president of the board down to the Jani tor lielievi d. She went down to Laporte on Saturday morn ing At that time she did not know that she would come, la k a wife. nut she did. She had kept the matter to her fcolf. She hadn't decided when ?he left her boys and girls on Friday evening. On Monday morning there was a new face back of the teacher's de sk. The cniKln n all filed in slowly. Their eyes we re the size of sauci rs. They were fairly consumed with surprise and curiosity mixid In equal portions. " Hi you our teacher?" a bright little thing ventured. " Yes, my girl." " Where's other teacher?" " Married." " Marrie d!" The word came from forty little throats in chorus. The )oung woman hadn't e ven resigned. When she married, she married out of her position. The boar heard of the marriage eaturday'and fl led her place by Monday. The Indiana law prohibits the hiring of married woman teachers. When I'i'.if. K.iIit was asked about the fact that one fifth of his entire force had married hi a twinkling, us it wej-e. he said it w,is an unusual state of affalrj. Such a thing EOETARIAN txerciae has been Introduced to the I.oiulin Socltty of ntarians. orgnnlzod by the countrss of Essox for the benrflt of the first noclety women of England whose nerves had become Jaded with the arduous duties of the Condon season. Prompted by the return of her former loveliness consequent on the adoption of a vegetarian diet, It is little won der that her lovely ladyship. Adele Grant, countess of Es sex, famed as a London beauty, but for years a delicate wom an because of nerves shattered by society's demands. Is an enthusiast In all that pertains to vegetarianism. The vegetarians of whom Lady Essex Is a member have for their aim the curing of nervous disuses, and some of London's most prominent society women have been admitted to the ranks of the food cure. The queen herself Is dabbling In It. trying It for a few days at a time. The duchess of Fife, daughter of King Edward, belongs to this set, and. with her two little daughters, may be seen daily In the little City park, taking her constitutional, walking briskly after the fashion of English women who are out for exercise In the open air. Many persons suppose that vegetarianism means the eat ing of vegetables and nothing else. T.ut the true vegetarian not only eats vegetable food, but. hi addition to this, he or she takes up what may be called a vegetarian form of ex ercise. J Pumpkins for Vegetarian Exercise. One branch of this society, the set living In Carlton House terrace and In the fashionable streets near by. are taking a great deal of gymnasium work. The other day whin tha class met the gymnasium was shockingly cold. The air whistled through It and the members were chilled to the bone. Hut the leader, an Engllah woman who was used to fresh air. set them at work. "I am going to give you a new set of exercises today, the pumpkin exercises." said she. And then she, who by the way Is an American woman and a New Englander, tossed a pumpkin of medium size to each woman, and In a few minutes the class was busily engaged in dulng the pumpkin exercises. "A pumpkin," said the teacher, laughing at the strange gymnastic Implement, "being large and round and unwieldy, Is the lust possible thing for these reasons: " It takes two hands to hold It and so It exercises the wrists. " It Is heavy and so It brings the muscles Into play. " It Is hard to manage It without dropping It, and so the brain must do a little work. Dexterity Required Enlivens Work. "And being Just the weight of an ordinary pair of dumb bells It takes their place and Is better for the reason that It requires more dexterity. " A woman when exercising should have a problem to solve. She must punch the bag, or wield the swords, or use the gloves, or In some way exercise her brain. Otherwise her txerclse Is tedious enough. " Now, attention," said she to her club. And for half an hour, until all were laughing and panting, they tossed the pumpkins back and forth and did gymnastic exercises with them until they were all In a glow. " Now run," commanded the Instructress. And off they all started on a Jog trot, running steadily, for the rest of the hour. While this Is one side of the vegetarian society It Is by no means at all both sides. A.id many wou.d say that It Is not the most Important side. Dieting Is the principal thing and the vegetarian must learn to eat this food, and to go without that food, and to select the right articles to drink Society Divided in Two Classes. In this vegetarian society, which Is doing so much for the beauties of London, there are two distinct classes or divisions. The first division Is the lax one. The members eat fish and oysters of all kinds and this opens up a fine course of food supply. They have shell fish and baked flsh, and boiled fish and every kind of sea food that tempts the appe tite. With this they have their fruits, their nuts, and their vegetables and grains. stricter. They eat nothing at all In the way of animal life. And, In place of meat, they eat a cake which is composed of chopped nuts, ground wheat, and the best of fruit, all mixed together and baked until brown. It Is served with a tomato sauce and Is really palatable. In an Institution In London where the tired beauty can gro, they make It a point to serve stewed fruit with each meal, and good fruit It Is. Breakfast begins wltn a compote of stewed peaches served on oatmeal. Then come coffee, the Dest of eggs, and plenty of toast and marmalade. The dinner contains many a dish of stewed fruit, which Is mixed up with rice, with other fruit, and served in soups and In sauces. It Is astonishing to note what one can do with vegetables and fruits. And for supper there is another Eet of dishes. " You can do more with vegetables than you can with meat," said the steward of one of the vegetarian retreats, a Mseaise aod T.eHs Ho.w Ho Cere It curs; the weak Buffer from the malady." This Is the conclu sion that Dr. Fleury arrives at as to the susceptibility of dif ferent kinds of people to the disease. Thus, the easy victim to influenza, or any kind of severe cold, of Insomnia or the person whose health and spirits suffer with weather deprcs B'ons becomes a ready victim to love Infatuation. The man or woman whose health Is always In goed condition and whose vitality is maintained at a high point has little to fear from It. This bringing of the holy passion down to a cold physical basis will possibly be resented by the Innumerable votaries of Cupid and others who Insist that love Is not of the things of this earth. Truly; it plays havoc with certain widely and fondly entertained notiems of soul affinities, etc., but Dr. Fleury insists that his discoveries In the matter are all of scientific Importance and all based upon actual facts. To substantiate this he announces that the malady Is amenable to treatment like any other human ailment. Further, he declares that he has discovered the remedy. He reports: "The victim of love malady should be treated In the same way as one would treat a dipsomaniac or morphomanlac. The poison ' should be gradually sup pressed and the bodily energy built up until the patient has regained the accustomed vigor. With the patient In a per fectly healthful condition there is absolute assurance of a cure and little likelihood of a recurrence of the disease." The " love malady," " love infatuation," or whatever name the medical profession may see fit to give the newly exploited disease will thus be seen to be caused, principally, Schools of Their Teachers. hadn't happened in forty years. He believed it would not take place again in a period as long. He laid It all to an abnormal condition. " What is that condition?" " Well, you see, this is leap year and then the young educator stopped short. " Do you mean to say that the teachers did the propos ing?" " I wouldn't undertake to answer that, sir." It was gathered from the superintendent that the marry ing sentiment prevails. It pervades comnAinltles. It Is in the air, never so well developed. Many young men .i''e well fixed financially for taking on additlonul cares, and tiny a:e doing so, a the county records show. Educational people in other sections say that a large num ber of teachers are marrying and that this is the reason that teachers are scarce. A large number of young merchants and professional men marry thls class of workers. Many of the men who have been In business in Michigan City for years back begun married life with a teacher for a bride. A largo number of the teachers come from the Interior towns or from the farms of Indiana. They are all trained house keepers and know as much about taking care of a home as they do about training youngsters to shoot Ideas. An Indiana school ma'am must lie capable to get t tic best pay. The rate (s based entirely on her merit. The examiner convert to ) , A w,Vjr (iSj- . - I VXTlheVenetariaa class cbes tKw sgsj' I very for fiflem irunutea , etise d tW ' . . ' " where Immense prices are charged fashionable patients for teaching them to do without meat. "And the patients say that they never fared better. " We have certain rules fur certain cases. "Those with poor complexions are put upon fruits, stewed always, and on vege tables prepared without a cream sauce. We give them no milk or cream. Nervous Eat Five Meals Daily. "Those who are olllieted witii nerves are given green vegetables, ripe fresh fruits, uncooked, and all their meals are eaten In the open air. We give them hot cooked breads and plenty of things to nourish and feed the nerves. We see that they do not go hungry nnd we fed them five times a day. " Nervous patients are given a great deal of fluid. They usually are people who drink little and we give them plenty of fruit drinks, one of the best being hot apple tea. To make apple tea you cut up apples and cover them with hot water. When they have steeped you pour off the Juice and serve It hot with sugar and cream. A better apple tea is made by serving apple Juice with sugar and lemon. " Nervous patients lire given water that Is not too hot, they are given sweet light wines, einfermented grape Juice. by low spirits or low physical condition. Reasoning along this line, If a man meet a maiden to whom he Is naturally attracted and it is a rar, depressing day, if he is in poor health and spirits he is in great danger of becoming infatu ated to the detriment of his spiritual and physical condition. Hut if the day be bright, if his physical condition is ail that may be asked for the attraction that the maiden may have for him will lie of the kind that generates the healthy love that results In romances of the " lived happy ever after wards " variety. If a man or a woman be smitten with the former un profitable kind of passion it behooves them to take prompt measures toward remedying the same. As is the cas- with other ailments, the longer it Is allowed to run the more vio lent the form it assumes und the more difficult the- cure'. The first aim should be to cure any bodily ailments that one may huve been suffering from previous to the attack of Infatua tion. If it is cold In the head, cure it first. If the liver, stomach, or other organs are out of order hasten to take such treatment as will bring them around Into good condition. If it is only a plain ease of physical disinclination, of bodily lassitude and general weakness, "then away with the victim to the physclal culturlst, the open air and plain food and the other agents that make for health and strength. Once the desired condition of bodily perfection Is attained the trou Llesome Infatuation is guaianteed to quickly disappear. So far Dr. Fleury has not discovered the medicinal com pounds that may be taken In a spoon for the new malady. But with the rosy glow of health all morbid passion will die SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS visits a scheiol and givers a teacher a rating for "scholarship and success." The average may be 100 or It may be less. If It is loo that figure is multiplied by 2Vj, and that means that she will get If 2.50 a day. She will get less if her gen eral average is under loo. Most of the Indiana teachers make eiuugli to dress well und to lay up a little for a rainy day. If they may board at home. Nature has given a large num ber of them pretty faces and good health. They have all the qualifications to make good wives and the young men have not bee n slow to find It out. There is anothe r class of school people who furnish town no re h ints and professional men with good wives. They are tiie girls who go to boarding schools ar. colleges. They mar ry the men they meet In the town In which the school Is lo-cate-d. it Is ascertained that one of the older colleges in Kockfnrd. 111., has not turned out a single class since early in the Tsis of which some of the girls have not become the w ive s of Hoe kford men. The first class c insisted of only seven girls, but two of therni inarrle-d Itockford boys. They graduated In IVA, and not long since the whole class, all of whom married happily, met In Iteickford and held the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation. For fifty years the business and professional men of the town have' been following the tame custom, und In some of the most prominent homes are the wives who went to Itockford as college girls. and all kinds of things that are healthful and satisfying. . The trouble Is that the woman with too many nerves In variably does not supply the system with a sufficient amount of fluid and that Is why she Is so nervous. She should drink pure fresh water as often as she can do so. Milk Diet Builds Up Nerves. "The milk diet Is also one of the vegetarian's strong holds. If the woman who is uillng and nervous will take the milk diet she will get well. "Let her procure four quarts of good fresh pure milk. Let her begin in the morning and take a glass of milk every half hour all day. This will cleanse her system and purify It, carrying oft all the Im purities of the stomnch and blood. " The milk diet can be taken In a different way. The patient can drink her cup of coffee In the morning and take her chop. I!ut after this one meal she must not take another meal until the next morning. Instead of this she drinks a glass of milk every hour. 'This Is not strictly vegetarian, nut It borders upon It and Is on Improvement upon the meat eat ing three times a day. "The nervous woman requires fluid, and until she learns to take a great deal of it Into her stomach Bhe will never be well." a natural death. The assistance of the mind In controlling the body is also part of the treatment!. Cheerfulness, in terest In the world at large, and other things that may help the afflicted one forget the source of trouble are all beneficial, as they relieve the melancholia of the patient. How far and how serious the illness will grow In a person Dr. Fleury does not say. if It Is to be classed with the mania accompanying other forms of li toxicants the effects of a se vere ease of Infatuation upon the system may have effects that an- far reaching and highly injurious. The victim of morphomanla ben-ome-s in a short time a wreck, bodily, men tally, and spiritually. The Bufferer from melancholia, while seldom suffering to the extent of the drug victim, frequently becomes a prey to the affliction to the extent that the body and mind are wrecked beyond all hope of an active and useful life. 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