El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-03
The World Of Restless Women
IN IT THE REST CURE IS NOW A NECESSITY
By Mrs. Humphrey (Madge)

In a modern comedy that has en-
joyed a successful run the characters
are constantly ringing each other up, to
ask: What are you going to do this
evening"" They are the bridge playing,
races going, restaurant-4ning set, and
the idea Of spending a quiet evening
at home never occurs to them. Their
is no exaggeration about this. The
author of the play reflects life as il is
among the great majority Of the we'll
TODD, all restlessness and rush. There
is no peace or quiet in their lives.
Home to them is humdrum. dull, Uc-
interesting. 1t is a place in which TO
breakfast, to dress and to sleep.
Everyone is too restless to stay there.
Forever whirling after some fresh
amusement, they lead a teetotum life
and after a few years of it they can
not stop even when deadly tired of the
incessant round of what once was
pleasure, but is now merely its
simulacrum.
A decade since the rest cure" was
almost unknown. Now it seems one
of the necessities of life. The need
OF it is caused by the universal rest
1essness, a malady that was once re-
garded as a particular attribute Of
men
Youth is naturally restless, but
women of every age seem now to be
unable to be quiet. King Solomon
said: Her strength is to, sit still"
Her weakness. then, lies in being in
capable of repose. The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table wrote, Vulgar
persons cannot sit STILL" and he adds:
stiffness of person and steadiness of
feature are single marks of good
breeding" But only a few show any
such marks.
In illness the plight of those who
have a habit of restlessness is oitiable.
Excitement is forbidden, and quiet
pleasures have never been appreciated.
tangled nerves result in an irritability
that makes the patient trying to her
nurses and a misery to herself The
habit of self control, one of the most
valuable of lifes lessons, has not been
acquired, and its absence prolongs ILL
ness by retarding recovery.
Quietness Out of Date.
Quietness is out of date. A low
voice is not often heard. Women and
girls shout what they have to say.
The laugh, too, is often loud and
strident 1t all comes of the excitabil-
fly that RACES among US, the feverish
anxiety to be hunting after amuse-
ment- Such quiet occupations as
reading, singing, playing are regarded
as dull and uninviting.
Books are no longer read. They are
skinned, il looked at at all News
papers and magazines are treated in
the same way There seems to be no
sense of leisure. The days are a head
long race after distraction. The pros
pect Of an evening spent alone is abb
soluteiy appalling to a woman of this
kind.
Telephone Aids Restlessness.
The telephone is perhaps an aid to
restlessness, as well as the motorcar.
The influence of both is in the direc-
ton of what the Americans call
hustle" Small wonder that nervous
ailments are increasing, and that
maladies of the heart are becoming
more frequent with every year that
passes. Excitement must tell in
juriously upon the nervous system, and
constant movement may agitate the
heart There was once a time when
Sunday was a day of rest, but the
habit Of week-endinR has put stop
to that