Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
CURES FOR THE BLUES.
AntidOtes for Tired Feeling that
Follows Excitement of Hol-
iday Season.

After the holiday hustle, festivities aid
fun comes a calm which means deprcs-
sion and dizziness to many sensitive souls.
Several women who met the other day in
one of the sh0pping-district restaurants
confessed to having lost zest and inter
est in life since New Years II was so
unremitting.y busy for FIVE weeks sai.l
one, that when | woke up the day after
New Years and found 30 mental memo
randum of things to be done staring ne
IN the face | felt as if my aim and mis-.
sion in life had ceased. | didn't apprec
ate the chance to rest after my weeks
of fusSing. and | felt discouraged with
all had achieved, now that it was over
l went 10 sleep again and didn't get III
till noon. The family thought l was
worn out by my holiday activity. | was
simply sulking that my days Of useful
ness were over"
You remind me of the scientists child
who went to visit her grandmother, "
laughed another woman, who looked too
sensible wholesome and well balanced
his time in experiments and researches
and talked shop until the atmosphere Of
his house was thick with technical terms
One day, when the 7-ycar-old daughter
was on visit to her grandmother, that
worthy woman asked What do YOU uSu
any nave uILtF your ii1L1. MuTJOGN =
meaning 10 give the small maiden 4 piece
of cake. But Marjorie's mind was not
on cake. Reaction, grandma was her
scientific answer
"Wel. blueness can't be reaction with
me-" said plump little woman with a
holidays a bit. The shopping and the
preparations worry and weary me and
the conscientious good cheer depressns
me. So if reaction were to set in in my
case | should. according to natural laws
feel very serene and peaceful now
The only thing that makes me blue
at this season is that I'm always so
blessed poor" said Il rueful voice, ''ani
when | think how economical | had to b.
before the holidays in order to he OK
travagant during the holidays it makes
me feel quite desperate"
Another martyr was blue because she
had been surfeited with presents she
didn't want and no one had given her
the things she did want. Every one of
the group had Il grievance.
But I've got cure for the blues
chirped the plump and purring woman.
AS nothing on earth de2resses me 50
much as cheese pairing and penny count
ing | cure myself Of depression by being
eXtrayagant. | go on a spree" She
looked around to see the effect of this
announcement on her listeners, and being
satisfied by their shocked expressions
she continued: ''Yes. | go on regular
'toot' all by myself if | can't get anyone
TO go with me- but with another dcSper
ate character if | can find one. WheE
| economic / always cut down on candy
and , o'clock tea at the Hyphen and SIM
llar designations, so when | am treating
an acute attack of melancholia | HE me
to the most expensive restaurant in town,
where the cooking is the best and the
service is the daintiest, and | order only
the things that | would consider great
indulgenceS ut ordinary timeS-Soup made
OF oyster crabs, tcrrapin, Swcetbreads
and the most beautiful ices and cakes
that cost. and are worth, their weight
i'll gold"
"Ah. what little gourmand." laughed
the other woman. mo wonder you have
to bant."
My cure for the blues is to divert my
mind by getting out of the rut," spoke up
the senSibe-looking woman. Il drop
everything and 30 out of town for Il few
days. 1t takes Il certain amount of will
power to do it if one has household to
run, but | find that the house and the
family manage to get on without me. and
even appreciate me all the more when |
return"
Il go on a spree too" said a woman
with Il demure smile but it's more of Il
rcst-cure than picnic. | play Roman
| lady and spend all day ut the bath. | go
| in the morning and have Turkish scrub
| hlng and cold swim. Then | have
special massage instead of the usual alco-
| hol rub. | have my hair shampooed and
my scalp masSaged, and then | have Il
| glass of milk and Il biscuit, and take Il
! long nap. When | wake UP | have an
| interview with the manicure and the
| hairdressei and go home looking beauti-
| full and feeling like IA goddess
My cure for the hiues is homework.
| | don't get much of it. rs | live in hotels
| in winter and have been fortunate about
servants in summer, but when feel aim
| less and useless and generally Of no ac-
/ count | 20 up to my mothers. and she
| gives me the freedom of the kitchen. |
make pies and potter around mt my own
sweet will, and then clear I'M all the
/ dishes after my industry. It's firing. but
| Il fine tonic-takcn once or twice year
| by hotel resident
I've heard that Il fine remedy for
! chronic detection is to visit the hospitals
/ 1t teaches one the relative and compare
/ tive value of things and changes ones
! point of view.
mented the soulful woman who was sip
ping clam broth and hadn't spoken he
fore I've tried it and | know. The
! idea Is, | believe, that the sight of 50
| many people suffering will make one feei
| exceptionally fortunate The effect on
me was quite the contrary | felt that
/ was one Of Sr.iferng multitude-that no
one in the world was happy. I've found
a better way to forget my troubles. | buy
an exciting French novel. | can't read
| French without I good deal of mental
! concentration. 20 my mind i completely
| absorbed AMI Is | always choose very
thrilling story | arr chained IN it and
! taken ont Of myself until il is finished"
| New York Commercial Advertiser.
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