Judge — July 25, 1925 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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the Redeemer to grant his wish and save the heroine’s life, the heroine is busy getting down on hers and pray- ing to the Redeemer to save her baby’s life. .Mix up these prayers with a scene in which some one is choked, a scene in which some one js struck across the cheek with the blade of a stiletto and a scene in which the villagers rush in and find the innocent hero bending suspi- ciously over the corpse, and you have the kind of show that the Italian yokel regards as the berries. The average Italian melodrama seldom fails to disclose three rubber- stamp lines. No. 1 is “You must trust in God, for He alone knows all our sorrows.” No. 2 is “Mary— she was a mother! So perhaps she can understand another mother’s woes!” And No. 8 is “My child— he moves: he speaks; he lives! The Lord be praised!” The Chinese theater where the Chinese drama was on view next claimed my attention. The only thing about the drama that I could understand was the pretty Chinese girl who played what I guess was the réle of the heroine. I commend her to the notice of Professor Zieg- feld. After a couple of hours of glorifying she should prove a valu- able addition to his flock. When I came out of the theater, I asked the manager, who was stand- ing in the lobby, what the play was about. “How the hell should I know?” was his reply. Like Bringing Beer to a Brewerv “Pa, what does ‘Carrying coals to Newcastle’ mean?” “Well, for example, when a single man tells a married man his troubles, my boy.” —Boston Evening Transcript Rad “Twasn’t stummick trouble wot killed ’Enry. ’E died of a broken eart.” “How’s that?” “°F got so bad ’e couldn’t drink is beer.” —The Bulletin (Sydney) Exemplary Service Phoner—Hello, Central! I want Blank 5497—and say, get it quick, like they do in the movies. —Boston Evening Transcript Rated Visitor—I suppose they ask a lot for the rent of this studio, old man? Artist—Yes, they asked me seven -times last week! —Pearson’s Weekly (Ss ee eeneerren:, Seen s NERVE EXHAUSTION How Nerve Abuse Wrecks Health by PAUL von BOECKMANN Lecturer and Author of numerous books and treatises on Mental and Physical Energy, Respiration, Psychology and Nerve Culture HERE is but one malady more ter- rible than Nerve Exhaustion, and that is its kin, Insanity. Only those who have passed through a siege of Nerve Exhaustion can understand the true meaning of this statement. It is HELL; no other word can express it. At first, the vic- tim is afraid he will die, and as it grips him deeper, he is afraid he will not die; so great is his mental torture. He becomes panic- stricken and irresolute. A sickening sensa- tion of weakness and helplessness overcomes him, He becomes obsessed with the thought of self-destruction. Nerve Exhaustion is due to nerve strain. There is no other cause for it. In men, nerve exhaustion can generally be traced to excesses and vices, although the strain of intense concentration and the worries of business life are often the chief factors. In women, Nerve Exhaustion is due mainly to over active emotions. Especially in their marital, domestic and kindred relations do women subject their emotions to constant upheavals. Indeed, we are all under severe nerve strain because of the mile-a-minute: life we are leading. Andno man or woman is so strong as to be immune to this strain. Nerve Exhaustion is not a malady that comes suddenly, yet its symptoms are un- mistakable. It does not manifest itself, as many think, in twitching muscles and trembling hands. The majority of sufferers from nerves seem strong and healthy, and may have not a tremor in their body, yet inwardly their nerves are in a turmoil and are undermining the entire bodily organism. The symptoms of Nerve Exhaustion vary according to individual characteristics, but the development is usually as follows: First Stage: lack of energy and endurance; that “tired fecling.”” Second Stage: Nervousness; restlessness; sleeplessness, irritability; de- cline in sex force; loss of hair, nervous in- digestion; sour stomach: gas in bowels; con- stipation; irregular heart; poor memory; lack of mental endurance; dizziness; headache; backache; neuritis, rheumatism, and other pains. Third Stage: Serious mental dis- turbances; fear, undue worry; melancholia; dangerous organic disturbances; suicidal tendencies; and in extreme cases, insanity. If only a few of the symptoms mentioned apply to you, especially those indicating men- tal turmoil, you may be sure that your nerves are at fault—that you have exhausted your Nerve Force. Perhaps you have chased from doctor to doctor seeking relief for a mysterious ‘some- thing the matter with you." Each doctor tells you that there is nothing the matter with you; that every organ is perfect. But you know there is something the matter. You feel it, and you act it. You are tired, dizzy, cannot sleep, cannot digest your food, and you have pains here and there. You are told you are “run down,” and needa rest. Your doctor may pre- scribe a drug—a nerve stimulant or sedative. Leave nerve tonics alone. It is like making a tired horse run by towing him behind an automobile. And don't be deceived into believing that some magic system of physical exercise can restore the nerves. It may develop your muscle but it does so at the expense of the nerves, as thousands of athletes have learned through bitter experience. 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