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AUTO-

SUGGESTION

WHAT IT IS AND HOW

TO USE IT FOR HEALTH

HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS

BY

HERBERT A. PARKYN. M.D . C.M.l!clltor o f" SUGGESTION," a Magazine of the NewPoyebolom Meclical Superintendent of the ebl . . . .Scbool of PoycboJop, Author of a Mall eoune In

"S"natlve TherapeutlCl," Etc.

SIXTH EDITION

[COMPLETING THE 35th THOUSAND]

1906SUGGESTION PUBLISHING CO.

4020 Drexel Blvd.. Chicago

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enced them :in their friendsbips and mar-

riages, and her bugaboo stories aboutgoblina and dragons :in the dark have

made them timid after nightfall.

IKPORTANOID OF·QHILD TRAINING

As a role, parents pay little attention

to the n1ll'Bee they employ to look aftertheir children. They employ Mary or

Jane because she seems kind-hearted and

can be hired cheap because ignorant

too ignorant, as a" role, to 1lll positions

:in which more money can be eamed.

Kindness is not all that is required tomake a good nurse for a child; and i fparents could fully realize a nurse's in

fluence on their children they would em-ploy only a speaker of good English, a

woman with charming manners and

good principles-a woman, :in fact, whoPOBBeBses the qualities they would like

to see developed :in their children. A

nurse of this kind is cheap at any price.

I venture to say the time is not far dis

tant when there will be regular tram

ing schools established for nurses forchildren, and that these nurses when

properly qualUled will draw larger sal

ariee than the trained nurses from 0111'

hospitals. When this time comes the151

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training of the children who are to be

candidates, subsequently, for the presidency of the Republic, will Dot be left

. to ignorant Mary or Jane. If a BQl '88

is to be employed at all, it will be a

nurse who will give the child the best

influences during the time he is receiv

ing hia first suggestioD&-the most impressionable time of a man's whole life.

Not long ago I was riding in the same

railway coach with a mother and har lit

tle girl. The child was sitting i l l the

seat opposite to her mother, riding with

her back toward the engine. Suddenlythe mother said to her:

"Charlotte, come here and sit beside

me. I t will make you sick i f you ride

backward."

A suggestion like this placed m. the

mind of a child is sufficient to influenceher the rest of her life while riding in

any class of vehicle. I t will do a ,.,-eat

deal to spoil her enjoyment of traTel

ing, because she will fuss over securing

a seat facing the direction in whicIA she

is traveling, and i f she be forced throughcircumstances to ride backward, the

auto-suggestion arising from the old sug

gestion given by the mother will be suf-52

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llciat to make her miserable i f not ac

tually sick.There is no reason on earth why a

persoll. should not ride backward al' com-

fortably as any other way. Still I have

seen women standing in a street car re

fuse to accept a seat offered to them,

the excuse being:"Thank you I I prefer to stu.d. It

makes me sick to ride backward."Poor things, they are made miserable

by a common superstition or a suggestion given to them in childhood I

I have selected this illustration because the superstition or belief is a very

common one, but there are thousands

of similar absurdities prevalent among

the masses to make life fussy and un

happy.

Let

us arise, then, and see what wecan do by new auto-suggestions to stamp

out these old absurd notions, first in

ourselves, and then, by precept and prac

tice endeavor to assist our fellow men to

free themselves from their self-imposed

burdens.Let us examine ourselves to discover

the part played by superstitions, ab'Jurd

childish impressions, and habits formed

in childhood, in making us miserable or

unhealthy or in retarding our progt'8SsCi8

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in this world. Then let us make our

selves over again by constantly repeatedauto-euggestions in the form of a.ftlrma-

tions that we are masters of our own

destiny, that right thinking and rightliving bring health, that we are brave,strong and fearless, that good luck,

which is another name for succeaa, isthe result of perseverance backed up by

optimistic thinking; for as -we think, so

shall we become, and I predict that we

shall be- repaid a thousandfold by thestrengthening of the mind and body

that will follow and the increased pleasure we shall have in living.

And the children-teach them theimportance of partaking of the life

essentials and place such suggestions in

their minds that they will grow up

strong, fearless, noble and courageous.Study carefully the environment from

which they receive their first and consequently their most powerful and lasting

impressions. Let the next generation

of men be so freed from the petty pastthat

their faces will not blanchat

thehowl of a dog outside the door, and that

,they may, if they wish, be married orstart on a journey all unterri1ied on Fri-

day, or on the thirteenth day of themonth.

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