The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
20 THE TRANQUILITY CURE
Does Not Cansst Merely in Resting the Body, but the
Mind Must Be Rested at the Same Time.


There is a June bride who is taking
the rest cure. Sheois getting ready to
try on the completed gowns Of her
trousseau- forty in number. Clad
only in drapery, she lies upon couch
asleep, getting ready. for the ordeal of
trousseau trying-on. She is taking the
tranquility cure
A caller called upon Mrs. George
Gould the other day. She found her in
bed taking the tranquility cure. TT is
only by special permission that am
allowed to see you," she said, "for the
tranquility cure does not let it's vic
Tins see people,
The tranquility cure is the means by
which society women get ready for the
summer. The domestic woman, if she
finds time for the cure, devotes three
or four days to it,. But the society
woman takes whole week.
A woman, we'll known as club wo-
man and prominent in philanthropic
work, went to a. quiet hotel and reg
istered: II want to hide myself she
said, ''for a week.. Please have the
telephone disconnected and do not call
me up for any purpose at all. Do not
even knock upon my door. I want to
take the tranquility cure"
The woman then went to the news
stand ard ordered the daily papers;
she sent a supply of magazines to her
room. Then visiting the dining room,
she asked for bill OF fare, and, inside
of half an hour, she had laid out her
menu for a whole week.
Serve my meals promptly at in
the morning; at IL noon, and at 6 at
night. Let the same waiter, if posi-
Bile, bring all the meals and do not let
me be disturbed in between times. I
am taking the rest cure" =.
Finally, the woman visited her
dressmaking establishment in the no.
tel ard ordered that her gown be sent
for and put in condition. 1T must be
ready a week from to-day" said she,
and visiting the bootblack she also
gave her orders. Il am making every
arrangement for a week hence SO that
I shall go away feeling rested without
the bother of attending to minor
things meanwhile. am putting my
mind at rest
The tranquility cure is little diff
ferent from the rest cure. It does not
consist in merely resting the body, but
the mind must be tranquilized at the
same time. And this means surround
ing ones self. with tranquil colors and
with all things that tend to tranquilize
the thought.
There are women Who can take the
tranquility cure in a red room. But
the majority Of women require some
thing less exciting than red. Pink is
bad also. The excitable, nervous wo-
man will become worse in a pink
room. all big pink roses and hung with
lraperies, would kill her.
The red room is only for people of
very lethargic temperament. 1t is
vivid, highly excitable color, and there
are few nervous temperaments that
can endure it. The best color for a
nervous woman is blue. Blue rests
the nerves.
The woman who takes the tranquil
ity cure must plan her surroundings
She must have color that agrees
with her temperament
Blue is soothing, tranquil color
White is the coolest of colors if
one takes the tranquil cure in mid
summer. y
Black is bad for the woman who is
depressed, and it is a poor color for
hot weather. 1t heats the body and
depresses the mind.
Yellow is a cheerful color if one is
tired. It cools and rests and it acts
as a sleeping potion upon many a wo-
mGn.
Green is cool, but it is depressing
color. Only certain persons can take
the tranquility cure in a green room.
The woman who imagines things,
whose mind is never wholly at rest;
who is nervous and apprehensive;