Ways of Committing Suicide
Ways of Committing Suicide.—Wearing thin shoes on damp nights in rainy weather. Building on the "air-tight" principle. Leading a life of enfeebling stupid laziness, and keeping the mind in a round of unnatural excitement by reading trashy novels. Sleeping on feather beds in seven by nine bedrooms. Surfeiting on hot and very highly stimulating dinners. Beginning in childhood on tea, and going on from one step to another, through coffee, chewing tobacco, smoking and drinking. Marrying in haste, getting an uncongenial companion, and living the rest of life in mental dissatisfaction. Keeping children quiet by teaching them to suck candy. Eating without time to masticate the food. Allowing love of gain to so absorb our minds, as to leave no time to attend to our health. Following an unhealthy occupation because money can be made by it. Tempting the appetite with niceties when the stomach says no. Contriving to keep in a continual worry about something or nothing. Retiring at midnight and rising at noon. Gormandizing between meals. Giving way to fits of anger. Neglecting to take proper care of ourselves when a simple disease first appears.