Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-06-26
A CHAT ABOUT SLEEP.

A very thin young lady. Of about thir-
ty years. with promising beau, came to
consult Dio Lewis about her skin aud
bones had frequently met her when
she seemed even more ernaciated, bu, now
she would give the world to be plump
Sitting down in front Of me. she began
with
Don't you think. doctor. that l look
very old for twentyl'
| admitted that she looked rather old
for twenty.
Can anything be done for me? Wha,
can take for it! Ishould be willing to
take hundred bottles Of the worst stuff
in the world. if | could only get some ia,
on these bones. A friend Of mine Cher
beau) was saying yesterday that he would
give fortune to see me round and
plump
Would you be willing to 60 to the
Cliff Springs in Arkansas?
i would start to morrow
But the waters arc very bad to drink,
said
Il don't care how bad they are; I knor
can drink them
Il asked you whether you were will
ling to go to the Arkansas Springs to
! test the strength Of your purpose. 1t
is not necessary to leave your hom".
Nine thin people in ten can bccom rea-
souably plump without such sacri-
fee
why doctor. I am delighted to hear
it, bu. suppose it is lot of some awful
bitter stuff
Yes. it is pretty bitter dose, and has
to be taken every night
Il don't care; | would take it if ii was
ten times as bad. Nha. is it? What is
the name Of il!
The technical name of the stuff is
'Bedibus Nine o'clock;bus.''
why doctor, what an awful name.
am sure shall never be able to speak
it. Is there no common English word
J, for it?'
i oh yes. The English Of it is. You
mus be in bed every nigh: :: nine
o'clock We doctors generally use Lat.
in. .Bedibus Nine o'clockibus' is the
Latin for You must be in bed every night
by nine O'clock
oh, that is dreadful Thought it wa.
something | could take
} 1t is. You must take your bed ev
, ery night before the clock strikes nine
No; but what thought was that yo,
would give me something in a bottle Il
, take
. .Of course I know very we'll what 70,
thought That's the way way with all Q
You
, One person cats enormously Of r;cl
' food till his stomach and liver refuse 4
: bulge: then he cries out. oh. doctor
o what can | tuksf must take some
o thing
b Another fills his system with tcbacc
until his nerves are ruined. and then
1. trembling and full of horrors. he cxclaims
t oh. doctor, what shall take" writ
d a prescription for hlm-Gui,iba5 Chawi
It bus ct Smokibus.
!; will suppose my patient is not elias
!. seal scholar. as am sure my reader i.
r and so translate it for him into English
n He cries out a, once.
oh. doctor. thought you would Civ
o me something to tks'
e Another sits up till thirteen or fourtec
e o'clock. leads life Of theatres and othc
;, dissipa,:ons. becomes pa.e. d7spcrtic an
n wretched, and then flies to the doc,c
= and cries out, oh. doctor, what shall
i take.' What shall | mke''
's Now. madam. you are distressed b,
y cause your lover has been looking at 20,
IT skin and bones.
l. .Rut, doctor. you are entirely
& oh. we'll, we'll say nothing about hin
,e then. But tell me, what tine 30 you {
ID to bcd?'
ut AS general rule about twelve o'clock
e. Yes, thought So Now. if you vi
20 TO bed every night for six mon,l
ie at nine o'clock, wiihou. making ar
to other change in your habits. you W
| gain ten pounds in weigh, and loo
D. Eve years younger. Your skin will b
30 come fresh. aud your spirits impro'
r wonderfully
,e I'll do it. Thongh of course, VII.
of I have company, aud during the cpcr
4 I can't do it,
l Itis regularity that does the businc.
Ill To sit up till twelve o'clock three nigh
lis of the week. and then &c, to bed a, nil
Ill o'clock four nights. one might think won
II, do very well. and tha; at any rate i, wou
all be so far. so good don't think ii
every othet night early, aud every 9th
nigh, late. is much better than every mig
Ter late !. is regularity tha. is vital in {,
'er ease. Even sitting up one nigh, we
ay ieranges the nervous ystem for the wht
,r. week. ] hare sometimes thought I'll
nd these people Who sit up ill eleven or twel
'u- O'Clock every nigh, get on quite rs well
Dor those who turn in early six nights. a
ar then sit up once week ill midnigl
'n- Regularity in sleep is every viii, as imp'
tan, as regularity in food.
At length my patient exclaimed. d
ify tor. will % to bed every nigh, for
rse months before uiue o'clock, il i, kills n
yes or rather Fl, breaks the hearts OF al!