Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-28


LATE Hours AND SHORT LIvEs.-The New
York Times, discussing the question why
people DO not live longer, says;
Among the lesser causes which at present
operate against longevity there is one which
isn0ne The less important because so few take
| it into account. That is the insdious derange-
ment of the system resulting from the late
hours affected by polite society. The repair
atory powers of sleep are seldom recognized
any more than the truth that to yield its
fullest benefits this most potent of remedies
should be taken at the proper season. W hat
that season Is, nature Enthusiastically indica-
ties. Bnt. aS now regulated, how many
people, in what is called society, ever get TO
bed before midnight, at least during the sea
son? There lisa ball or party or reception to
90 to nearly every night which begins, on an
average, about 10, and ends, let US say, at ,.
4 Young woman VINO makes il 4 practice
to 90 to bed at that hour of the morning,
for three months of the year together, need
not be surprised to find the roses rapidly fad
ing from her cheeks. With young men, the
result j. quite as bad, since the exigencies of
business often deprive them of the proper
amount OF most necessary rest. Youth Is apt
to think the balance of vitality inexhauSti-
bic, and to draw against it as lavishly as
though age and disease were not But the old
err heads. to whose pillows sleep Is a rarer VI
sitor. can tell them its value. The remedy for
al. this is very simple Let our balls and
parties only begin a couple of hours earlier
Everybody will have precisely the same
amount of enjoyment, get TO bed IN good
time. and get up the next morning feeling
infinitely better than after one of these mid
night routs. For some time past, among
sensible entertainers. there has been move
ment in this direction. But it should be
systematic to be effective. Let 1t once be
understood that it isas questionable to come
late To an eyening party A. it Is now suppoS-
ed t. be to come early, and 4 reform, whose
value Is not to be measured by It's seeming
triyiality. would be accomplished at once.
DRAucnTsNEN.-The Providence Press in
an article grging thatin this country moro
persons should be taught mechanical and in
dustrial drawing says;
The men who originate designs for the calico
printers, those who make patterns for the
decoration of china and porcelain, those who
sketch for silver workers, and in a W ord, the
practical designers in all department Ofart
throughout the land are largely ofEu -opean
education. Every year the demand for this
kind Of talent increases, and as yet our
schools are doing comparatively little to sup
ply it. In mechanical and industrial draw
ing there Is 4 little done. Something isdo ne at
West Point. something at the Polytech meal
schools in Boston and Worcester, sonnet hing
at few other points in the country But
this little is too restricted in its range, and
too limited in the number of pupils to be of
much avail. The fact is, that the drift of
Industrial pursuits is such as all the time
to call for more ofthis kind of skill There
is nota carpenter, a cabinet maker, machin-
ist who could not improve his position and
his productions if he knew how TO handle his
pencil well. Quick and effective drawing
in the practical arts is becoming what writ
ing is to commerce. Many man can tell
you with his pencil what he could not say in
words. With few lines he can correct 4 de-
sign. or give a workman directions