The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08
modulated tones and step as lightly

| to create for the benefit of those who
desire accommodations and rest Tor
| twelve, twentyfour or torty-elght
| hours. as the case may be. The pro-
| prietress does not take in nervous
wrecks women who have overtaxed
| their vitality and energy until hysteria
| or acute exhaustion result, or those
who are tottering on the brink OF pros
tration. Such cases are outside her
scope and demand more care and time
than she can give. Her house was
opened especially for the convenience
OF the woman who is glad to take
the simple precautions that prevent a
collapse or who appreciates the charm
and advantage or resting, but can not
enjoy in her own home, just the peace
and isolation and sympathetic sur
roundings lnat Rest House offers
The Treatment.
The majority of the patrons of Rest
House are rich, busy society hostesSes,
gay bellies and debutantes with a
sprinkling of popular authoresses,
musical stars and leading actresses. OF
course, it is a sad commentary on the
luxury of modern living that these
women are obliged to go out Of their
home to find rest. In spite of its be-
ing a pity, is it true that the larger
comes and the more complete its scien-
tific conveniences, the more is it a
scene of bustile and excitement.
1t is all well enough for a doctor to
advise the half hour afternoon nap
or the occasional holiday in bed as a
preventive of nervous depletion, but
this otherwise valuable repose is robbed
of nearly all it's efficacy in the aver
age private house when the maid taps
at the door with important kilograms,
notes or messages and the roar OF
street traffic and the indoor movement
is woven distressingly into every dream.
To the women who live the nerve rack
ing existence of the popular apart
ment hotel repose is even more en-
phatically denied, and it is to these
victims of overcivilized living that the
idea of a retreat has especially APP
pealed.
As Pick-Me-Up.
When a fashionable leader in New
York society has had a peculiarly try
ing week of work or play, and she
can't spare the time or energy for a
few days in the country, and her mirror
warns her that the late hours and
| combats with domestic problems are
beginning to tell on her damask cheek
she telephones for accommodations in
! Rest House. In twenty minutes she
and her dressing bag are passing up
the broad easy stairs of the retreat
| to her rooms, where a skillful, quiet
maid puts her into lounging robe and
slippers, let's down her hair, wheels
her in a deep wadded mapping chair
before the cheerful hearth and rubs her
! down from top to toe with aromatics
The massaging process takes in her
| whole scalp and then her face is gently
| kneaded with fragrant, fresh cocoanut
ointment A state of exquisite relaxed
semi consciousness follows this mani
| pulation of her weary limbs, and rolled
in a down coverled she is left to doze
and wake and doze again until four
o'clock. At this hour the maid brings
her a sup of hot, clear broth, for tea
and coffee are not used in Rest House
and after slipping this and munching
! a dry biscuit she is advised to lie
back in her chair until dinner and in
vite her soul.
Every hour spent in a relaxed posi-
| ton with closed eyes is just so much
added release of the nerve strain. II
she can't keep her eyes closed and
succeed in divesting her mind OF
troublesome thoughts she is advised to
look around that soft hued wall until
some picture or plant or vase OF
| EANHeASeANN -
recollection.
At half-past six the shaded lamp is
! lighted and a Veritable dinner of herbs
is served. 1t is a short, light but ex-
ouisitely cooked meal, and then until
nine the visitor can read, crochet or
| play solitaire.
Nine o'clock is bedtime, and after an
other light treatment Of massage the
patient is tucked into sweet, warm
bed. At seven the next morning break
fast is served in bed, and by ten the
| guest is ready to leave Rest House
calling down blessings on this home
of peace. refreshed and ready for the
tasks before her.
| Sometimes, of course, more radical
treatment is required when the guest
has been suffering from sleeplessness
! indigestion or fatigue. A rest Of not
less than three days is then advocated
a careful diet is given, vapor baths are
administered in a white tiled bath
room aided by the most scientific mas
sage and light cold water sprays al
least twice a day.
One day, from nine to six o'c|ock
spent. in a condition Of utter relaxa-
ton and silence at Rest House. is the
sort of pick-me-up that the fashion
able woman now resorts to when she
is on the verge of a big ball or dinner
The custom is to send busy debutante
for a twenty-four hours. silence treat
ment at short intervals, especially II
she is inclined toward nerves. From
the time the girl enters Rest House
until she leaves 1t not a word is ad-
dressed to her or spoken in her pre-
sence. While she lies relaxed in the
small. warmed, well aired room, not
the sudden shutting of a door. the
Jingle Of bell. or the sound of a voice
breaks the soothing silence that is SC
admirably calculated to restore her
poise and serenity and above all pre-
vent the early wrinkle and first grey
hair that comes all too soon TO the
excitable American woman.
Among the patients at Rest House
are many school girl daughters Of rich
women, who are all the better in mind
as we'll as body for a days isolation
and rest, both before and after their
examinations and commandments
Two Of the regular patrons OF the es-
tablishment are famous women novel
lists, who drop their driven pens every
now and then and take a day off
Nothing so stimulates them to fresh
! achievement, they declare. as the tonic
OF frequent brief respites from their
labors, and many are the applicants
for rooms over night who have no other
purpose in view than that of success
fully escaping a bad attack OF neural
gia or a threatened influenza by spend
ing "A twelve or twenty-four hours
rolled In a sleeping chair with every
limb at ease and the hustle and de-
mands of their daily existence tempo
rarlly shut out Of sight and sound.
Fanny Enders,