Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-14
A TIRED-OUT PEOPLE.
BUSINESS DEMANDS, ExAcTINe co
MATE, AND ovER-woRK.

Our National Nervousness and R~s<lsee
ness-we Do Not Sleep Enough-Rtfy
for Tired Mothers and Houseksepers-z
Deadly Poison at Work.
Day after day one meets weary looking
men and women. with faces 50 wan and
haggard that pity is the only instfrct ~
not tillSwe have said: Poor thins4, how
badly they look" are we ready 70 Qus<
ton, why are they sOI Demands Of 5nzs
ness, exacting climate, over-work eno-
general pressure in every direction has
heretofore satisfied us as an answer and
in this as in thousand other mattefB ~
have folded our hands quietly, and benp
content with merely wondering V ~
remedy lay within our power.
In the meantime, however an enthu1kaGe-
has bsen at work Thank heaven ~
are not yet too tired out TO produce thea.
now and then, and that some of them wiz
let "prOtOplasm' alone and cordescend -
investigate the "plasms" of evlu tsS hS-
ing. He claims to have discoT ns0
substance in the blOod-s curious soue
thing called fatigue material, and gensr
ated by Over-actiOn Of muscles and nerves.
This enemy TO sound growth and repair n
wasted tissue can only be destroyed by tht
action Of the oxygen of the blood during
sleep, and IL is asserted that our national
nervousness and restlessness come from
the fact that we do not sleep enough TO IN
sure the destruction Of this eyer-feedfng
vampire Thus far the statement can
hardly be said to have been scientifically
formulated, but whether true or not, ths
fact remains that we take only about hall
the sleep actually required.
OLD AND YOUNG SIN ALIKE.
That our ancestors in some points were
far more robust than the present gsneza
tiOn, came in great part from the fscf
that only the rarest occasion of busiRea
or pleasure kept them out of bed afsel
midnight. Now, young men and maid
ems, old men and children's sin alike. Ninf
O'Clock may be the children's hour, buf
what average American mother does or
der her l5-year-old son or daughter to bet
at that time' A Shrek of remonstrancss
goes up. School girls must study. A.,
least they call ii study, but often the novel
shows its seductive pages behind tns
grammar or dictionary. Parties, thea
tres, concerts make their demands
and every call is needed save thsi
of poor Sleep. whose first sweet bloom
Idues 60t Hllt dWHt
among the melancholy ghosts, with
shrouded head and hollow voice cryinR
Custom hath murdered Sleep 9
Tired mothers and housekeepers whf
seek to meet all the demands Of this mos
exacting time deserve only pity, and yet
shade Of reprosch must mingle with it
for is not the remedy nearer than thsy
think, little less ruffling and tucking
,ia unH fiAfoa M
specimens Of bead-work and all othei
works II is these things that help to Kill
the nursing babies, and 1000 times NOR
surely than marasmus and scarlet feye,
and other disorders whose name Is legiC
but should be only sleeplessness.
NATURE WILL HAVE HER REvENGEs.
The present generation inherits chronis
fatigue and is not responsible for it. But
for the coming one they are. Ths
climate is exacting The demands on even
quite, ordinary living are enormous; il,
temptations equally 80. Tired nerves arr
spurred TO activity by sensational methods
Life be comes false, unnatural, full Of yair
strife and hopeless hunger. Then follow.
some great crime, and men wonder. DAILY
they are gr wing more common. fheres
faithlessness in high places, cunning ane
trickery in the soundest-seeming institu
ton, unnamable crimes where one looke{
for honor and faith. The poison Is work
ing more deadly, as 1t is more subtitle thar
anything more tangible. II sount
nerves and bodily fiber are eaten up by iti
action, how is high purpose or faith to 70
main unharmed, There Is not mothes
in the land who should not take this t
heart, and with the gospel of cleanliness
and simple living preach also that of sleep
Emergencies demand its sacrifice a
times and how can one make the Offerint
with no reserve force to draw upont Thf
present time requires late hours, but lei
the need Of pleasure or work be the excep
ton and not the rule of living. Natur
will have her revenge, and the time comes
when poisoned blood and nerves sink tn.
poor body in deeper slumber than human
power can bring.-~C. W" in Phrenolog
'cal Journal