Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-01-29

| Learn How to Rest.
Learn how to rest, you women who
would take the best care VI yourselves at
the least time and trouble. A thorough
rest Of even half an hour will do more
than the average woman has any idea
toward wardipg of DOCTORS bills and ILL
nesses, not to mention that 1t will keep
her looking young long after years are
against her.
But rest is not simply dropping down
in chair or even throwing ones self
down on lounge, booted and frocked.
Not at all. There is not even muscular
relax alton in this, and practically no
nervous relief. To be refreshed one
must live up to it, fguratively speaking.
| 1t may seem nuisance, but when did
one ever have anything worth while
without working for IL!
| There il nothing In the world to Equal
taking of ones things and getting into
bed, DUNG it quito as though it were
bedtime. And yet shouldn't say there
is nothing t. equal that; there is one
Just little better, and that is taking Il
hot bath first. Try 1t, ye sceptics! One
of the best known society women In New
York who looks scarcely older than her
daughter who has been out for two sea-
sons, attributes her youth almost solely
to the fact that every afternoon or early
evening of her life, before dinner, she
takes hot bath and goes to bed, some
times for not more than ten minutes.
To take q hot bath and 60 out i'm
mediately sfterward will seem to many
persons to be the height of imprudence,
but it is not really. A quick rub with
alcohol will close the pores and unless
one is very careless in dressing there
will be NO exposure to cold. Of course
when you come down to 1t it 10 like any
thing else; it may be abused and be in
furious; properly managed 1t is
panacea.
The theory of the treatment Is very
simple; that fatigue reduces the strength
and vitality, making one susceptible to
cold and illness that under ordinary con.
ditions would be harmless. As to the
effect upon the complexion, resting the
nerves relaxes the muscles of the face
and the result is smoothness and fresh.
ness when otherwise there is drawn
look.
If ever there is time of the year wher
demand is made upon wOman's physi
cal strength, it is when business occu
pies the working woman by day, and ir
the evening she has her social diversions
A woman who belongs to the "leisure'
class is working hard all day too, with
shopping, engagements and the like, and
at night she keeps up the engagements
lust the same or more SO. Therefore
half an hour at least should be given
over to rest to avoid illness and looking
like worn out old woman.
Late in the afternoon is the best time
for relaxation, anywhere from half-pas'
four to six O'Clock, and do not grndgt
the time. II woman Is going to rebe
at being still all the time she is resting
she had better save herself, for there
will be no rest in that at all.
If she decides to take hot bath ano
go to bed she should have the latter
READY to get into Immediately on leaving
1.-THE tub. Do not let the water be 30 ho
as to cause perspiration; it should b.
warm enough merely to relax. II tn.
tub is long enough lie at full length
most of the time while in the water, but
in any event do not stay In more thar
live minutes. Longer than that nigh
be weakening.
The bedroom should be quite dark
land the str:ctest orders should be giver
THAT one ia not to be disturbed. If Their
Iare children in the house they may pla!
lin q room where their noise will not b
heard by the one resting. Telephone
Icalls should be unheeded; Indeed, 1t is ,
fact that nothing should interrupt tn
few minutes or more given up to refresh
ment. II for any reason woman vii
mot take the rest cure to this extent sh'
may still get some benefit from lying
ldown. But boots or shoes must be tax
en- off, and tight clothes loosened, If sh,
really ID to get from it what she should
Important Is it that the room should b.
Idarkened. 1t is impossible for facia
muscles to relax If bright light Is con
stantly before them.
Few women seem to know the rest tina
results from changing the shoes as sool
as one goes indoors. There are twt
reasons for this; one is that In the stree
ARE worn heavier leather than 10 required
for the house, and the other that a Sigh
difference in shapes permits of peda
cords and muscles relaxing. Shoes TO
the street should never be worn indoor
any longer than it takes to change them
One of the fundamental principles o
rest is that the person shall not be dis
turbed. One expecting to DO called, o.
even called unexpectedly does not Civ
up thoroughly. And it must not be for
gotten that rest, real, refreshing, you'll
Igiving, health restoring rest is Of tn
NERVES as well as the body.-Ex.