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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1905)
TP1? 1690 SS9 IfOO fpO tfOZ '. ;- :" " v ,iv .v,-.iJ4 a k st segasrjri YH.i ft' vvkV rtnn n pi r1 W IS Wv( IBs r i , fvi'w t : w . ; " 0OQ0 .J$" yCCY $wr ; Jcyy J- Kty JL TCrt . I ' I OHOMNG ENORMOUS INCREASE OF SUICIDES IN UNITED STATES MEntCANS nrc worrying thrm.clv s in donth. MK I The pace ttit kills; the brutal, flirce, rrlnd-mJa- I tn rompptltlon, the llfftit for wealth, la drlv JL XL I 'M thntiitundii to death and to thu maillimi.', humlrcda to vulclde. Itectt RtatlNtk'ti, rotnpllrd ly the govern-, mt'tit, nhdW mich an enormous ImTvaw In the 'j numher fif ulcldi'S and (n Xhf number of omkos of Hiidden death from hert and brain disease that phyh-lana and sot-loloKlsts even have arisen In surprise at the totals. The huge Increase of mental JTlHorders, especially In the great cities, tha ennrmoua number of suicides ammig the wealthier claHHes, reveal the fact that the desperate battle for wealth Is underml'ilng the health, moral, mental, and phyKlcal, of the contestants. , The pace Is too hot. It ha become the pace that kills In truth. The statistics reveal the atartllnK fact that the .United States promises within a few years to lead the world In tho raitio of suicides to the total population; and that already sui cide has become a ureater evil than homicide, that, even In this nation renowned for kil 11 n n of men, more kill themselves each year than are slain by others. Worry Claims Host of Victims. In the I'nlted States at large, and In the great cities of the country especially, the pace that really l killing Is Hummed up In the one word; worry. Where hard work kills one mun, worry slays a dozen; und where one man Is killed by worry, a hundred nrq crippled by It handicapped In ac compllsiimentB, soured in dispositions, aped before their time, and In a hundred ways unfitted to mix with their felluwmen In sane relationships, socially or commercially. Worry of that old type having Its foundation In a fancied condition thnt never comes about Is one of the most potent factors In the ever growing suicide lists of this country. It was In recognition of this fact that one of the , richest men of the country has framed for his mantel the printed obser vation: I HAVK HAD MANY TROl'HLK9 MOST OF WHICH HAVE NEVER HAPPEN KD. This Is a philosophy which, If accepted to the full nf Its purpose by every person in the world, would mean the elim ination of suicide, which, according tu the present tendencies of civilisation, is an Increasing evil which promts o call for remedy in the near future. Suicide Rate Increase Appalling. filicide, the commonest of all results of unnecessary worry, Is no longer second In Importance to homlcldo In the I'nlted States. Recently It has taken the lead of this former great national evil and Is growing upon Its figures every year. Or dinarily these figures are hardly regarded as comparable In vital statistics. ' Yet when the homicides and the suicides of the country are compared with reference to the human material that is de- CSSSSSSSSSS9SS9S99SSS9S9 nefis prestige ears seldom. V 1 u v, stroyed. It will be recog nized that the suicide list Is the more Importnnt of the two. The person who is killed as the result of , some Irritation between himself and another may be of less worth to society than is the person dead of his own false fears of the future. Where foolish worry kills a man he Is more to be pitied and valued. In the main, than Is the man whom a fellownian has killed for cause. Startling Statistics of Self-Murder. But that this suicide rate Is Increasing tremendously among Americans may be shown In the briefest grouping of fiKiires. That It Is increasing abnormally In the great cities becomes apparent at a glance. (Joing no urther back than lHlH), the national census In phoning n marked Increase In suicides over the preceding decade prepared for a still more shocking exhibit In the census year 1!M. And slnre HsVl the Increase throughout the I'nlted States Is marked enough to show the mitloiiivl significance of our commercial evil, worry. Number of sulrliVn. INIH) 2.WT iwxi fi:un Iiukc a 7r..l lfni , 12V, 10" 2 s Sllf iniia .' m rnT i'.kh s.inu City Life Kills Its Thousands. These are figures for the tuition. For some of the great cities In the derade ending with limo the flfsuresi on suicides since that census year show an Increase that Is appalling. For instance In the ton years considered the KUlcides for seven important cities are shown as follows: t ' Promt sver- SK" inrlicst e'l from For M, yearn Annual flKure ' rnillnw I'.aKI avvnmc lM New York II.MW :iliil AIM) t'lilrasn 11.1:13 ;n:s 4Mt Hrookim 1.4r.i ' nr. stii m. I.nui l k:i 12 Liifi I'hllailelphla I.rj laa iW t Il.i.ion 7.'.:i 7A PIT Ban Kranclseo. . . '. Tell 7" Kill The striking figure In these statistics Is the age at which the tcreat majority of these suicides end their lives. Four fifths of these self-murders are accomplished between the ages of 2Ti and .'0 years, showing that the suicidal Impulse Is most to be expected in those years when the most Is to be expected of a man. It Is the nite jrcrlnd when his responsibil ities are most likely to weigh upon him. He will he called upon for the expenditure of the maximum of his efforts In these years, Hetween his accomplishments and the things he hoped to accomplish lies the possibilities of worry, and In himself. Is sentenced to state's prison, but goes to Jail Instead, still flRlitlng that form of Imprisonment which would rob him of his civil rlKhts: yet when lie has spent two or three years flghtlni? till state's punls'iment, he goes to prison stripes and prison fare, content to en lure It nil for the promise of freedom at the end of the term. Bankers Lead the Suicides. Twelvo men In every hunilvicl In the I'liited States who commit suicide arc bankers. If the loss of all honor and busl- totietlier with the Inlllctlon of Imprisonment o' If ever, hum ,i banker to kill himelf. what ui the subtle Influences that Induce this km at proportion i f bankers to commit si If-desirm t ion ? What. If not liall'icina lions nnd morbid fears of soiuethln, of sei'tning mole sigitPi canee thin all the interests of mere business'.' IVriaiiih on'-, domestic troubles l'iie.illy miKht so ovelWeiKh business at fairs in reality as in tend to suicide and this would nof oc count for the ImnkiiV preponderant disposition to si If mur der. There are more rich linn In riiiiimi irl.il life by far and who would be Just us subject In propoi Hon lo domestic in felicity. The Inference seems to be (hat the strain niton the banker In those days of low Interest rates and competition for llifc loan business of the country Is greater than In any one eom- lnerci.il laislness. From this Increasing strain upon the banker, w liom tlie uncertainties of stamped on the pan of .h-posit or' never leaves nulte sure of himself, nervousness develops. Indi-.. gcstlon becomes an nilmeut common to the class, and from this condition to that of abnormal fears and doubts und hal lucinations Is easy. .1 Stomach Chief Cause of Destruction. The part which the stomach plays with the normal man who has a good dlKesflo i indicates what the stomach may do with the man who has cli.onlc dyspepsia. For the stomach In good working order, mealtime beei tnes at once the rallying point for physical and mental forces in the man. In the fol lowing tabulation. In which the man who worries Is made the subject of the diagram, the circular liKures below the darkest line of equanimity represent meals, each reacting to lift the spirits of the Individual. Tills man of the banker type arises at '1 o'clock at the line of minor Irritation. At breakfast, half an hour later, he Is at the Acutely Irritated stage, but under the luilueuee of the meal recovers to a condition a little better than that at rising, and preserving It till noon. At 1 o'clock be is at the line of de pression, but is lifted by the meal abov e the line of oiiua nlnilty, holding It for two hours. At 4 o'clock be Is acutely ir ritated, but a luncheon may lift bun to equanimity again be fore dropping blm to Hi - dipths of gloon at c, :i i l.v k Impressed still at dinner, that meal, If It be satisfactory In every respect, is the stimulating meal of the whole day. loav big him at bedtime above the line of an inute satisfaction v. I'll himself and with the world. Two Great Suicide Panaceas. Two great panaceas for the growing list of suicides have been suggested. One of tliem, if It must be. is the a. e.qit ance of the; doctrine of the fatalist. The other und sanely practical one is concentration of thought and effort. No, to have time nnd thought for Insupcrnolo obstacles Is to rub the coroner of the grewsome task of viewing the corpse. Not to cross a bridge, or even to prepare for M, until it Is known t lie bridge Is there. Is llie substance of the philosophy. The nursing of morbid fears Is no part of u legitimate business. The wise man w ho dlscon is the disposition In himself will do well to consult a specialist. P30 10 MOON PJ WORRIED MAK'S DAY I .Sit Z -Z30 3 ft r 430 7 this greatest productive period tn the business man's life he is likely to experience the greatest temptation to worry. . Abnormal Fears Cause Insanity. Worry in Its last analysis' is a subtle something thiit docs not lend Itself to philosophy. Perhaps when psychology and neurology finally are agreed upon the condition, the chronic worrier will be regarded as suffering from an Insidious dis ease. Looking upon the lists of sucldcs bused upon abnor mal fears for the future. It most frequently Is found flint the person commits self-murder oit of his fear nf something that ' if realized, even, Is not nearly so formidable In fact us have been many things' thu t lie has gone through without a sug gestion of the white feather. It Is strikingly in evidence that the fewest possible of the criminal types of men in any walk of life commit suicide (n order to nvold the pen.iltli s of. their crimes. The crooked banker who may have occupied social heights In Ills home city is discovered In his crocikedncss. He makes a fight to clear i-f-i r-t i ai r-n I I I I I I I ll I ll I I ll I WMm Acure SATISFACTION LINE OF EQUANIMITY Afiwe IKRfTATlOH ACUTE IXKITfrrON GLOOW ow to Rest Your Nerves When They Are, Tired." METHODS BY WHICH SOCIETY WOMEN FIND RELIEF AND RELAXATION. Bigg 3 i Lit if tit j- r. itrmu 5 7i - 7 7 X ? ft tt 1 1 miii i iiii 1 1 1 C 5 f L Si m-.- k . : "H :lr" -: s i,Mtiiliiiittir . .lit W. vi'iTVTiiii ? '?'r'3's j'ji'jij nrir li44itM. -s V 4 4-4 5 1 a t 4 'VI 'TX--. s r . ' t TTTITaiITlat7J3LEIXEEU i l; U v ,.. , Wis r-r. Ob-. a V 3 a 7 Ui I III I f fiSJ)rMincr a deep drJ?Jf oaood t&j) TJie flwJish woman quiets Her (( jrj cooJ water wh 'make 'youfceUike wen f)ff) eves wMacupoffea WJ TJie Russian j?jves Iters elf hJ Best your reives JtiArealiing a snow plunge. 3) fresh pure air for a moment. s HE Orand Pucbess Anastasla gave out at f W I the wedding of the crown prince of Germany to 8 I her daughter Ceclle. In the midst of the ccre X I moiiy. right at mld-'ny. when the celebration was at its height, she became faint and witn drew. In a few minutes she reappeared, smil ing and collected. 8 ie had taken the Russian nerve cure. The cure which the Rusxlan woman takes when her nerves are on edge Is the cold water cure. Bhe goes Into a cool apart ment and dashes' cold water lnt her face. If possible she takes lee and binds it on her brow. In the winter she hvds lur head and faces the driving snow for a minute. , - Rest Nerves bv Using Flowers. The, Russian nerve cure Is useful for more things than s' tired nerves. Tired muscles, tired sinews, worn out bones, and a weary bead are all treated to a dash of cold water. If the feet ache they are dipped in loe water. The Japanese have a much prettier way of curing their tired nerves, though not so speedy. It Is the blossom cure. It was no less a personage than the cousin of Admiral Togo who, after the great sea victory, Uk b,er woman relatives and repaired to the quince blossom grove, there to take a quince blossom bath. In Japan, when you furnish your bouse, you send for the flower jnan. who comes and decorates your home with plants. This is always done as a matter of hearth. The flowes man brings his palms, his quince trees, Ida flowering shrulM. an t his oriental flowers and bestows them about the house If any one la ill he selects the flowers, carefully faking cure to get u certain kind M scent, for there are people to whom scents act as a quieter. The Japanese warrior will take a pint of fresh milk and heat It scalding hot. Then he will slowly cool It until it Is pleasant to the taste. i ,1 English Take Tea. The englishwoman finds a quieter in a cup of leu. Taking a teaspoon of tea, she puis it liuo a cup. Then !c ilirs Half a cup of hot water upon it aod Immediately pours it off. The first tea water Is too strong and loo Utter to be tasted. Hhe now takes Mnothi-r i up of pure tuitllng water and pour il upon the tea, leaves. She covers them closely and lets theni stand for leu whole minutes, kei ping the cup hot ff.eunwt.ile Thc-i she uiurs off the tea und drinks It. SI.e takes nothing at all In It. This Is the English nerve quieter. When worn out, so tiled that he can hardly stand, the Hindoo will ding himself to the window and rest upon his feet. He w ill open his arms wide and la eat he de ply. This is ills way of resting his lungs i.nd his stomach. He will stand by tile window, taking In deep breaths of pure air; meanwhile be will say his prayers. The two toget lie--I he deep breathing and the prayers-restore blm. He turns from the window rested in mind and body. His nervi s are light and free again. Americans Find Cure in Sleep. The pet nerve cure of the American woman is a nap. Her forty winks lestore not only l er body but her mind To se ure her foity winks she Leeds only a darkened room and a pillow, lth the privilege of . siseiiin lo r neck, and I It. and shoes. The '"hinese also Ixlieve in the foty nods of rst, and are able to go on with their work for an indefinite, time, stop ping every Utile while for their forty winks The Chinese can work weeks without going lo bed If allowed to drop off when the nerves begin to give (ait. As a nerve cure the Krench sit with their bare feet burled In fur rugs for two hours every day. Thus their feet breathe and rest. Btop fussing. This Is Lillian Hnsscll's motto. I'on't worry. Worry wears you out quickly. him t tldg' t. fine hour of fidgety movements will et your nerves flying. lion't borrow trouble. Keep as tranquil us you can. Try the nerve cures. One of them Is sun ly adapted to jour case. Try each one until you come to tlie. one that Is meant for you. Ixin l give wav lo your nerves. Keep on treating them. Vou will surely discover something that Is quieting, something that In Intel, di d for your case.