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Show . - "! M SUICIDAL I ' INSANITY I ir(tttttirMttitrCift1ttttrCiti1rtctrCitr&li H "What Is the causo of the terrible in- H crease In tho crop of suicides''" wan . H the psychological problem propounded H by ono of Plttszurg's notable scleiilltia ssH men In the presenro ol a reimrter for" H tho Pittsburg Dlupntch "I do not re- H fer especially to Pittsburg." he con. H tinned, "for this species of Insanity H seems to bu general lu America, noil H In all other countries. Il is u easily S H record, tills self-destruction by bullet, H by deadly drugs, by the knife, tho M i ope, by gas. by drowning, by almost H every means conceivable, nnd wit no --lBsfl nearly Inconceivable" H "Many of the suicides are trarckhlo H to causes that uro really trivial but H Ihoso are mostly confined to women H and for tho most part, 1 think the re H ords will show, to young women of tho M shallower sort, who havo been illK.ip. M pointed In what they Imagine ioe sH Sometimes It Is domestic dillleiilty, M and I dare say that nine-tenths of tho M cases of (his sort are really due to H tho Impossibility or the family lo M mnko the social show they ileslio. B This affects tho wife and mother M poignantly, probably because ol tho M presence or daughters who wish to M dress more showily than the puirc or M tho rather will permit The Intlmr H also Is fond or tils children nud In at- H tempting to give them all that his H purse wilt allow he otten gives more, M getn deeper nud deeper Into pecuniary H diniculty, nnd concludes that the nasi- M est way out is the way that will end M all for him, not stopping to consider H that tho senslhlo way would bu to llvo M woll within his means no matler what tho demands on his Income M "Nearly nlwnys this Is the result of H wishing to llvn like other people llvo H whose Incomes are larger it iH n M wrong, silly view or lire, nnd to somo .H extent it Is peculiarly nn American M view, Tho show that moro money will M give Induces n fort or cni70,to mako M tho samo sort or show Hint somebody 'H elso's money gives, nnd whcro thero Is much moro tiiuney. I havo hero n. M clipping of un Interview with Frederic H Harrison of world-wide reputation as H n publicist, and It Ih so much to tho H point that t hope It can bu mprodiueil M In tho Dispatch. The comment of H Mr. Hnrrlson wns enlled out by tho H suicide of a young slockbrokor, Mr. H Coleman, whoso Income was about H $.'!.O00, hut who lived to thu limit of H about $0,000. lie became Involved lu H debt nnd paid Ills debts by putting n, H htiljct lu his brn'n. Hero Is the com H "However terrlblo tho cost, people H muBt bo lu tho swim. Kach man to- H day lu Knglnnd eoplsn (ho semielMii '-"jsfl cxtraviigsuco of his rlehor neighbor. .-- "VJH They follow like sheep ono after tl H other, and no one has the courage of ' H tils convictions. H "The enso of Mr. Colemnn Is a Qa- H ger post on the loud atonic which w H nro traveling 'today H "Tho tnsto for luxury Iim incrttfiwd' H beyoml nil bounds, spreading from Uih H upper classes, who started It, to Urn H middle classes, who were free fttito.lt ' H 20 years ngo. H "People cannot keep qult cow. H They can's he alone, they oon't ,rnal, H they can't nti'.y at home. KoriMtiy H people went to tho thuulor to enjoy H tho piny. Now, tho play li net euauiih. H They must have supper at an expeii H slve restunrant after tha thaatur. ' H "And It la not bucauso tlmy roaMy H ileilre those luxuries that (hoy Indulge H lu them. It Is something oven more H poisonous to public life than moro lillo H extrnvnguiico. H "It Is a want or mental balance Thu H mlddlo-elass family has lost thu power H of est I mat I nt? things on their own liter- H Its. They do thins how bucnuso they H fear lo be 'out of It.' It In Mf!l,!l.,nf BH fur a limn or woman to co their neigh- H bora In enjoyment of some luxury In H want It themselves. It la a luuaoy of H Imitation. H "In Germany people go to thu then- H ter simply di eased, becnuso they lovo B the theater. And If a man goes In tho HJ stalls It Is hccuiin he llnds thorn inoie HJ couirortaliln than the pit-not becauno HJ ho Is ashamed to be seen In a cheaper HJ part of, thi Iioiiko than his uclghhcub. IJ "Hut we uiu losing our seusii or pro- flj portion nnd our equanimity. And' Bl when thi'so are gone thero will be no HJ delight loft In life -flj "There nro many causes I would nn HJ sign for this. Thu young people havo H too much to suy. Thoy havo nut nil M ncletit mental balance to bo u tuuiirt H llllllieiico. though the euthliHltiSil) 111 a J iB bo theirs. Hut enthusiasm must t Ifl pruned, or It will run wild. H "Tho prudent and steady people H havo been pushed Into tho background and they are beginning to think it flM must be their prtipci placo We Wttnr lfl them back npaln in tho nu K "Then, iifcllh enclrty. which HO HP years ngo wua Impervious to foieign Hjj Influent 'a. Ins lei the lestless Aid'!- HJ lan qdrlt porvit-Lo It ' Intu. M"nuj HJ imibt be upon:. A"it l':e irHiru )ou cue- B spend the nobler , tic "e:k you wilt H have done for buht HJ "This miMt to fo.M. Wo must HJ make Kuglaml really that tl. Mropln HJ life contains all thi elements of hop- HJ piness. It Is not for others to ordulu HJ our lire, nor to bet n Iuo on the HJ things that mnko It worth living j HJ "W'u must cultivate n crop of .oucd HJ Judgment. Tha ground has Uln fulloir HJ loo long, nnd weeds huv upr.'ni ut on HJ all HJ |