The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
WOMEN'S WAYS Of RESTING.
An Old Lady Speaks Up for Style
Peculiar to Men.

The discussion started at the close OF
wOman's club meeting. Why the women
who stopped TO talk with one another In
the ante-room SHOULD have plunged.
unanimously into conversation about
fatigue and methods of resting. only one
who had heard the papers Of the after
noon would thoroughly understnd. The
first proposition was that the women OF
to-day get more tired than their grand
mothers did Ono old lady filed a de-
murrer I'm favor Of the pioneer woman,
but a slim young woman with French
gown ana "A lOrgnon smiled In superior
way.
An. they did manual labor. cooked and
scrubbed and served, and all that but
that isn't what tires a woman most II
is the nervous strain that is killing us.
There was no such drain upon the do
nestle woman Of pioneer days"
"Well. midnight raids and scalping bees
run by the Indians. and wildcats In the
wo0dsheds and rattesnakes on the door
steps must have been trihe trying 10
the nerves" suggested the oil lady
satlrically. The owner OF the lorgnon
waved Il airily.
"Oh physical danger isn't hard 20
face" she said with an air OF being quite
ready 10 deal with savages and wild
cats. but the unending demands Upon
our time and strength, the ceaseless
struggle 10 rise 10 intellectual and
spiritual heights. and, AT the same time,
solve the problems of daily life
"They didn't have 20 stand club papers.
II that's what you mean said ;he OH
lady recklessly. and every one looked
cautiously around the room in shocked
silence Then they hastily dropped the
ploneer mothers who had called rorih
such heresy and compared notes az 10
wavs of resting one transcen ieAiai
sould declared that she had mastered tae
problems Of the philosophy o. res era
that no matter how tired she n.fht DO
she could be completely refreshed by halt
an hour Of quiet solitude
"Yo, must relax. Body. mind and soul
must be relieved OF tension. Lie down.
reiax every muscle put every thought
or, ~ votr mind. YOU can learn 70 do
n nv practice. and five minutes OF such
rest Is worth TWO houfS OIL the usua- "'-
scientific thing
The women had all heard the recipe be-
fore. Most had tried II with Indifferent
success.
rive worked harder trying 20 relax
than ever did at anything else. said
the aggressive oil lady. My mind
won't be made a blank. and think the
ability 70 resi- In one way Or anofirt u
all a matter OF temperament philosophy
and science are all very well. but I must
saw as I've always said, that nothing
rests me so much as 20 put nv ieet on
the table or window sill. II isn't elegant.
INT II suits my case. l believe one 81 the
reasons men are more placid tnan "c'n' II
Is that they sit with their heels hisLer
than their heads so much.
This open confession set the oin roll
ing. and all the women talked NJ once.
each telling what she liked 10 30 wnen
she was dead tired The woman eho re-
Taxed had awed them. but they felt that
they could live up to the sturdy "a lady
who nut her feet on the table One
woman always lay nat on her back on
tho floor with her arms outstretched
when she needed real rest. Another ley
on her back on the bed. with her Knees
drawn M almost to her chin, and pillows
under them 10 hold them I'm mat position
A third took this same position. 0niy re-
versed. with the face Onward. One al
ways went to the bathroom and tirned
a stream OF cold water OH the back OF
her neck for 1--WE minutes. then swabowed
. tablespoonful OF brandy ani lay Dc wn
for ten minutes. Tho woman " IA the
lorxnon coniended that there was Moth
ing so refreshing as hot hath with
aromatic extract of pine needles In the
water. ard the old lady who believed
IN the pioneer women. and rested by put
ting her feet On the taols. sniffsd scorn-