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

Il
Y ACHAT ABOUT SLEEP.
/ A very thin young lady. Of about thir.
ty years. with promising beau. came Il
consult Dio Lewis about her skin ant
bones ! had frequently met her whcr
she seemed even more emaciated. but nov
she would give the world to be plump.
Sitting down in front of me. she begar
with
Don't you think, doctor, that locl
very old for twentyf'
admitted that she looked rather old
for twenty.
Can anything be done for me? Wha,
can take for itY should be willing te
take hundred bottles of the worst stus
In the world, II | could only get some IA,
on these bones. A friend of mine (her
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 ia Afkansas?'
Il would start to morrow
But the waters arc very bad to drink,
said.
Il don't care how bad they are; I knox
l can drink them.
Il asked you whether you were will
ling to 60 to the Arkansas Springs to
test the strength Of your purpose. 1,
is not necessary to leave your home.
Nine thin people in ten can become rea-
sonably plump without such . sacri.
| fce.'
why doctor. I am delighted to hear
it. but suppose 1t is lot Of some awful
bitter stuff
Yes. it is pretty bitter dose, and has
to be taken every night
Il don't care; I would take it if it was
ten times as bad. What is it! What i.
the name Of it?'
The technical name Of the stuff is
'Bedibus Nine o'clockibus."
why doctor. what an awful name.
I am sure | shall never be able to speak
it. !, there no common English word
| Ea,sss 7.s,aaeli.A oe =, is, You
.lnuas ,bc in bed every night at nine
o'cloek.' We doctors generally use Lat.
in. 'Bedibus Nine O'clockibus' is tho
Latin for You must be in bed every night
by nine o'clock
oh. tha. is dreadful. I Thought it was
something could take'
1t is. You must take your bed ev.
cry night before the clock strikes nine.
No; but what thought was that you
would give me something in bottle to
! take
'Of course know very ,seii what YOU
thought. That's the way way with all Of
you
One person eats enormously Of rich
food till his stomach and liver refuse to
bulge; then he cries out. oh. doctor,
what can I take' l must take some.
thing
Another fills his system with tobacco
until his nerves are ruined, and then,
trembling and full Of hcrsors. he exclaims,
oh, doctor. what shall tnker write
a prescription for him-Quitibus Chawi.
bus ct Smokibus.
l will suppose my patient is not clas.
sical scholar, as | am sure my reader is
and 50 translate it for him into English
He cries out at once,
oh. doctor, thought you would give
me something to tcke.'
Another sits up till thirteen or forrteer
o'clock, leads life of theatres and o,hei
dissipa,ions. becomes pale. dyspeptic and
wretched, and then flies to the doctor
and cries out, oh. doctor, what shall
take? What shall l take
Now. madam, you are distressed be-
cause your lover has been looking at YOU
skin and bones.''
But. doctor. you are entirely
oh, we'll, we'll say nothing about him
then. But tell me. what time do you e
to bcdT
AS . general rule about twelve o'clock
Yes, I thought So Now. il you vii
60 to bed every night for six month,
at nine o'clock, without making an,
other change in your habits. you vii
gain ten pounds in weight and lool
Eve years younger Your skin will be-
come fresh. and your spirits improv,
wonderfully
.f'll do it. Thongh of course, wher
| have company. aud during the opera
] can't do it,
IT is regularity that does the business
To sit up till twelve o'clock three night,
Of the week. and then &c, to bed at min,
o'clock four nights. one might think woult
do very well. and ,ha, at any rate il would
be so far. SO good I don't think ,hi.
every other night carly. aud every Other
night late. is much better than every nj CHI
late. II is regularity that is ti,al in Tho
case. Even sitting up one nigh, a wecl
dersnges the nervous system for the whole
week. have sometimes though, thai
these people who sit up ill eleven or twelve
o'clock every night &c: on quite as well Il.
those who turn in early si1 nights, and
then sit up once 4 week till midnight
Regularity in sleep is every whit as irnpor
tant a. regularity in food.
Al length my patient exclaimed, Doc
tor. will 90 to bed every night for sil
months before nine o'clock, If kills me
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