NAGGING WOMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18774, 30 July 1924, Page 14

NAGGING WOMEN.

/it Those -who hare -with theu|i nerves, .sjaod;'i&ose hfae i}& of with those "who "bawf trouble! Wist'their nerves, should read '^Mending ■ylhe. {pam-. :he^v!»ofc.nuffljti^-nß^ : :a^ : as aifrestoratjiv© ton|i} to' are ohiyllust toJgmming of those :=3Wbo ifiave almost given;-^T^ : on their case and He' imbued'with inew hope c£ aeeovery. ,Great stress is ! laid ou the fact that nervous ailments are physical aihaents ■ wiuct can be made to respond to.propertreatment, and do not belong to "some mysterious and inaccessible region verging on .insanity.'' : 7 ;Here. are. jus£.,;a:.iew Sc£~ the comforting things in tbje book;— : "Jmst here ';J, want to'leave a thijnght ■with thosi who jsaffer the peculiar -apprehensions jand- forebodings that 'ri«irves' inrrariabl-f bring_ ict their train. Seiiießaber that I )the ;larger proportion of Imisfortones we anticipate—-nearly all of them, ia fact— come to. pass. Oar- experience is> often like theJman who said on his deauhbed;: ,'*My life-has bbeu full of troiahles' that never happened!'!! : I? "There are three ver%: important facibrs that will,do more than anything else to help, you to get >.■: rid,! of, your tronble j. there aire * Good i'ood,? Sl«|ep and : 3?resh Air.". ' ' ' •'- _ ,-- "When yoti have apprehensions—-you •■ sure really over-tirod;- : :' ~"'' F -- ;i'"What iis badlyineeded iaj-a trade unjoh that would coinpeP mothers ],• and' houssr wives to 'down tools' at the stroke of the clock, and take a reasonable amount of time off,.work. :'..-.,.. "If you' feel ;,ac nrgeht' desire to do Bomethmg, or have something, or go: somewhere—-indulge yourself occasionally, providedj of coursaj, that your desire is of a harmless order."4 -' -~,";/ Much: of the nagging in -which some women are prone to inojolge when anything displeases them iii directly traceable to the presence of i irritated nerves and a 'low condition of i health. Once gsfc these people started on .a subject j 'which tlwjy think demands a reprimand ' and the|v; seem unable to refrain from j an endless repetition, extremely exhaust- j ing to themselves aiid tedious and boring to thr nafoitunate listener,, who is generally inferior in their irower and unablis to leave, the wordy vicinity. ■ Could tlie nagging ones be freed from this habit, the result-of their ill-con-ditioned nerves which they have ceased to control), ; they would be much, happier as well as the people with, whom they come in contact.'-.;'- .■■?,-...-■...'■.■: ...',.'..,- .■ ■ ><,'«•„ The burgesses of London in the six-' teenth and knew bow to deal with such/' women when they deemed that by their endless fretful tongue wagging -'they Were ■ interfering with the orderly living within tbe.jnrisdiction of functioh'of their Court to secure. Some of us who''.■•have su^ered' iii the matter, will hot be sorry to read that scolds were' bridled with an iron muzzle over V the ■' facewhichnhad a>'projeetion that entered the mbuth and kept the tongue- -from . iking. ',' '.'< >-•* -< ■ .And in the reign of James I. effective ;, Maudlin Tichon-<.-yrbb,. v haying "misbehaved ; her,self in scbulding aha '.;■; abusing : - 'of her neighWlirs- withr vmflst reproachful! speeches,'': it was "ordered by the Court '..-■'that according to thexaatvmt:customs of ■ ■ •••■ the; citty she; should jbe fastenedto'; a '■'. boats tayle '.and k&o /';• be; drawno ■/thr^gh the'water, to ■'ithe ollher side-' of ''the ■.'..'Thamesl";. , ,f : " ' '-»— .'": V;' ; ;. .