The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-28

! beneficial effects. Warm milk was nerve
composing: the varied fruits all anybody
but a day iabOrer nceCeG for the rn.d-
day meal This was taken ut / O'Clock
and III bed, the Indulgence Of food at this
time being an extra iTducement for com
par2tiyely well persons to undreSs and 20
to bed for an hour.
AT - continued tie doctor. "alI rise
and make preparations for needle
shower bath, which is taken at 30 and
must continue only live minutes or for
less time If the patient finds them un-
pleasant: For such. a five minutes soak
in tub of water. AZ hot as can be
borne. is splendi tonic. and. funny to
relate. persons who have become used
to these hot soaks rarely take cold
Here was the Embroidered suggestion
of many physicians put into orderly prac-
tice. and 50 comfortable and blooming did
all Of the women ln"l. that 7 came away
much Impressed with the value OF 4 sys-
tematized rest hour.
Why may not all the world. not en-
gagged in wage-"arning. take Lent. when
there is Il tightening OF social obligations,
as the proper time to begin the rest hour?
Any time OF day may be chosen for tina
quiet hour. IL that during which the sun
shines Is not convenient. And is it not
more possible to steal one hour daily
from the grind Of life than Il is to sue
cunb at last to the week. month. or
months so often necessary 20 put one on
ones feet after too much strain. Any
room on which the sun has shone during
the day, if not shining now. may bs
bStu. " llt uOtlOI GtBl1Uo
OF fruit and milk is disliked there are
other simple foods nOuriShing.
Cream soups. chicken. rise. boiled fish.
brown bread. toast. vegetable and fruit
of sanitariumS which make a speciality
of rest cures. In many, too. a water
diet. as it IS called. is given night and
morning. This consists in drinking q
quart of fresh, pure water one hour be-
fore the first meal Of the dav and an
ether before going to bed at night But
~-N-z
at once. The four glasses which a quart
contains are slipped i'll discreet mouthfuls.
each glass consuming fifteen minutes of
time.
II is astonishing what pure water taken
in this methodical way will do toward
refreshing the system. AS n water fiend.
who declares she has been so cured Of
bitter ills. says. il seems actually to put
a bubble of champagne in the veins.
At many of the rest places flesh foods
are used with gentle massage for the
thin woman who wants her angles round
ed out and must have her nerves thor
oughIy fed. receipt of this kind. call
ed ut one place creme de beaute, was
the restoration Of demoralized tissues
and nerves. Here is the receipt:
l-anolln" .:.....----........ ounces
spermacetti ................ y ounce
CoCoanut oil ............-.. ounces
on OF sweet almonds 80. ounces
TinCture Of benZoin ...... I drachm
Extract Of Portugal ...... ounces
Oil of neroll -.:-.---.--..-.. 20 drops
To conclude. why may not even tho
wage-earner indulge in tn: reviving and
identifying "rest-spree.' II 1t Is only to
the extent of sitting with closed eyes
and folded hands for fifteen minutes in
a different chair in her office at the
luncheon hour. The change of chair Is
one celebrated hypnotist's simple sugges-
ton toward a change of thought. Let
tine chair he near an open window. and
let the girl who put on her wraps and
nat TO guard against cold. say as she
takes il. Now / am going to rest
rest body and SOUL
If shy at first. the angel Of repose will
attend her al last. for every habit pur-
sued with regularity and system finally
brings it's reward.