New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-30
now WRITER SHOULD LIVE.
EDWARD EVERETT HALx's SUGGESTIONS AND TX
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Prom The Herald q Heouh.
RoxHUKr, MSss May 10. 1885.

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Prom The Hsraie q Heeuh.
kOXHJkr. Mass May 10. 1883.
DR. ". l.. HoInROOK.
DEAg SIR: The business of health, for q
sleep re should have enough sieep, aud sleep well.
lie should avoid whatever inlnres sleep.
even workrr hard for hours before bedtime YoGng
disr-rar this rule and 'o; but as onr grows
ng Lonrs u lie spend the Afternoon on even the
evening In the open air. his chncrn OF deep aTn etleF
ngbt and pleasant, "a Dnsc. novel. reading aloud.
conversation. the ihcairr OF Watching tho stars from te
piazza. cf SDnrse. dirfent make aud need di1rr
rules. take nine hoars for s'oep In every t~oHty-
aecSpt.i ven early in Iife Bnlwers essineie tia;
tire hours day u n uge an average al de.k work A.
days written Tor twelve e0nscct hoars hut hls "a
only a d. force. aud IN the long IA" ypn waite
strength. yoI do not hold every day. quite closely to
sAs men i've vita tie telegraph and telephone inter
ruptng when they choos an this fool aud thu, coming
Ia when they gay. do not want 70 insrropt
yony will only take taoneDt tse great d,hculy - 70
hold yoar three hodrs without break n man has
broken my mirror. do not thank in for leayina tie
piece each other; he haa spoiled IT, sad ae may
carry thefu ten miles apart n no chooses So n fool
comes aud breaks my irin la two. hc mag stay II be
lie Il noae the less fool. what want for
work Is un5rokcn time This Is best secured early Ia the
dislike early rising rs umeh man; nor do
believe any moral merit In u. - tho chidrrns
books pretend But 10 ccre an uhrkoon hour or esen
es. Ike 30 be o. my desk before orsaki'st ~ long
biscnt brought there; and Ia the thirty TO sixty
hich follow,
work OF the day. II you mac nj qnartr past them
will be comparatively Few map PeieTs. or book agents,
before T. The boar from $3.50 To 1880 that OF which
you are Even tho mother la law or the
mother OF your wlfes kistcrs husband Goes not come
then Ia cay sbc shonli Ike some hsht Notk win
large salary nation in an insttuuon where thorc u
believe IN broskfast very thoroughly. aud in having
cool breakfast; have lived IN Paris month 1T time.
fast cup coffee with or without an egg breakfast
l. meal at which much time may be spent with great
a.it TIA IgOul
ariy. ana you mag pront ytho internlsslOn 10 read
Your newspaper and lecture ON It's contents No harm
Ia spru Hing hout at tie table.
After breakfast DO not 60 u work Tor an hour Walk
out In tic gTrdcu lie your back sofa and read: In
gonarn loaf for that hour. and bid tho servant keep
everybody who rings tbs bell aud work steadily IN
your days stent IA done. II you have had half hour
Tor breakfnst you can mako two and half now.
IT'S lust 40 help n YOU have good amanuensisi
have enough else DO hut he nj liberty attend toyou
when you need write long you feel like writing;
the moment you d. not feel Ike H. give him the pen, and
walk uI and down the room debating There are those
who say that 9ey can ten the , d ab 9et~Sea
believe them VII give STARE IN the Combination ,
Prooxdie silver Milne OF GEays Gulcn TO ANYBODY VINO
Will divide this article correctly between the parts which
ated and those which are written With my own
Sick 10 yonr st.nt tn It Ia done. n Phillstines
fn as they viii In nnte world, deduct the time which
your work tiII you nave done what you DO.
when You have finished the -teut, stop. DO not be
work There Is no In making ready To DO tsed to
morrow You may go out OF doors now; yon may read
SSy }ndeei n you ~i remember that tho first
necessity for literary work II that have somsthins
ready 10 say before you Begin you VIII remember some
thing which most authors have thoroughly forgotten or
Th business of writing IL the most e1hausiine known
TO men You should. therefore, sadlly feed the machine
with fuel md y good hSDit 20 nave standing on lhs
coffee IN the days OF my bnOyapt youth aald OF the
color OF the CHEEK o. erR,e IN INT haSe oaa m,n
eau testify that the description was good. Beef tea
answers a. VOL; 1o~L Mo- o. us9 m xon as
form OF nOurshnont which most quickly and easily
II this bowl OF coffee. chowder SOUP IA counted
one meal the workngInan who wishes TO keep In order
will have 1--WE me ais day. besides tho morning cup OF
coffee coffee cOlorcd with milk which he has before
breakfast. breakfast IA one; this extended lunch Is
another; dinner the thir1 say at halipast q tea Is
the fourth and what too apt 70 DO forgotten.
d sueiep supper just before bedtime, is the NTH This
last may be IA light you medical gentlemen please,
but let L be sufficient. few oysters. slice OF hot
70 bed IN any danger Of being hungry People are Kept
awake by hunger quite much ~ by had competence.
Remembering that sleep Is the csseDtial force whsh
tho whole scheme starts decline tea coffee within
last six hOars before going to bed II the womsn-knd
table coIorcd with tea hut the less the better.
Avoid all mathematics or intricate study OF any sort W
and hot heads, and tho nnisances OF waking hours
Keep your conscience clear Remcmeer that because
the work OF life Infinite, y0u cannot do tho whole OF
ia any limited period OF Time and that therefore. you
may Just as lleave on IN one place as another.
not sad atm no work Of any kind should be done in the
nov after i aRy for s s
ton For my part always go 70 sleep after dinner % "a
sleep for exactly an Sa S ocon S %hS sy
from me at time than am Of tho people who visit
Pardon me that have used often the fret person
singular giving this advice but your letter sd ask n, me
Empress aSs s s ssu Believe me- dear SIR
yery truly yours
EDWARD T. HALE
Tnsy were snualy sconeed before tho crate