The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-22
EarlY Hours.

President ARTHUR, as Is now we'll known. Is
q man who likes to stay up Of nights. He Is
what Is called In the common speech an owl;
and, therefore, when he was in the White
House, the hours kept were late. Late to
bed means, OF course, late to rise, or else tho
man Is soon worn out for lack Of sleep. break
ing down under nervous prostration.
But President CLEVELAND starts early in
the morning, having taken his beauty sleep
by getting to bed betimes. He is ready for
breakfast at 8 or 0 clock, keeping about the
hours OF the ordinary professional man and
man OF business, though probably the great
majority OF the people have finished their
morning meal before the occupant OF the
White House is seated at the breakfast
table. Yet no is ready to begin the days
work in good season, and so sets an example
to the officers and clerks Of the Government
which Is commendable. though nobody can
say that President ARTHUR neglected his
own duties because Of his different habits.
What was lost In the morning he made up
for by burning the candle at night.
Still, the morning hours are too precious
to busy man to be wasted. 1t may be that IL
we get sleep enough. 1t does not matter
much when we take 1t. We see. for instance,
that night watchmen live to good age. and
preserve full average OF health. Actors
are long lived when they avoid Incorporate
habits the cases OF longevity among them
being notably numerous; one conspicuous
instance Is that Of the admirable artist Mr..
JOHN GILBERT. Yet their work Is at night,
and when it Is done they are accustomed to
take a substantial supper after their exer-
tions The night editors on newspapers, il
they break down, are not overcome by their
late hours. but by imprudent indulgences
Time lost to an ordinary man OF affairs in
the morning is lost utterly. II he does not
begin early and deliberately, he is in hurry
the day through, and that means undue fric-
ton, great wear and tear of nerve, and work
neglected or too hastily done. 1t Is not i'm
probable that our late fashionable hours.
borrowed from London people Of pleasure
and leisure, are responsible for much bust
ness trouble and disaster in New York. Men
play the part Of elegant social characters at
night. and far into the night, and in the
morning must be at their offices or counting
rooms in good season to keep up the supply
OF money which supports themselves and
their families In high fashion. Both trade
and society suffer. for the merchant or
broker is exhausted through the day, and at
night he Is in poor condition to contribute to
the charms of social intercourse.
Hence 1t is that the inferiority Of men to
women as ornaments OF society and as culti-
waited social beings Is 80 marked in New
York. Even when the men are not in a daily
treadmill Of work, which destroys ease and
elegance of manners and forbidS the cultiva-
ton OF polite ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and prevents
study and reflection, they are generally the
children OF homes where the atmosphere
has not been favorable to social polish, but
where conversation and ambition have been
occupied with the struggle for material adj
! vancement-w where the smell OF the shop has
fingered always. They show in their faces
that they come OF people whose noses have
been kept at the grindstone OF business,
whose wits have been sharpened by bargain
Ing, and whose minds have fingered near the