Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-07
WOMAN AND HOME.
DISASTROUS RESULTS OF OVER
WORK AND LACK OF SLEEP.

Eusband-A Cause Of Awkwardness-A
Fathers Mistake-Hints Worth Heed
fne-Numerous Useful Notes and Items.
When the days are long and hot, when the
nights arc short and person Is not cool
enough to sleep until late, there IS much dan
ger that the housekeeper will not see to it
that she has enough sleep for the keeping up
of her strength. 1t is, Of course, much the
wiser plan to get up early, and do the heavy
part of the days work in the cool time of the
morning, even though one be so sleepy it
seems very hard to get to work However,
this sleepiness soon wears of, and the work
goes easily end well at that time Of day.
The farmer and his men are at their work
as early as the housekeeper, and so are ready
for the early hearty dinner, which must be
prepared over the hot stove. After the din
ner is eaten the men folks always give them
selves a half hour or more of rest, but the
women of the home must, or they think they
must, Immediately clear the table, and it Is
seldom much less hot In the dish water than
over the stove v hen the dinner work IS
done, II no extra homework calls, there Is
always the mending basket, or if nothing DO
pressing the average woman begins TO sew
carpet rags or piece quilt.
We see much In the papers nowadays about
the fact that insanity Is very prevalent
among women Of farmers. homes This is
accounted for in many ways-''overwork,
''monotonous EXISTENCE" aud occasionally
some wise men say "too little sleep" If
women who have to work for farm hands, if
women who carry heavy homework year
in and year out, would deliberately make up
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would find in the long run that they could
do more and better work, AID come out OF
hard work with better nerve. than if they
tried to work every minute OF the day. The
few minutes Of daylight steep viii come
back laden with manifold riches Of strength.
It is useless for woman to say she cannot
sleep in daytime II any one win lie down
quietly and close the eyes one-ha4 hour per
day, at the same time every day for two
weeks, there will be no trouble about not
being able to sleep in daytime For many
people the half hour per day is sufficient rest
to help keep good strength all day. The
sleep at night will be all the better for it,
because the nerves viii not be SO worn and
tired as to make one restless
No one can make rule that will apply to
every one as to the proper amount Of sleep
necessary; but one thing Is sure-any woman
had better err on the side OF too much sleep
than run any risk as to wearing out her
nerves, which work on too little sleep Is sure
to do. Children, too, are sometimes abused
by those who love them best By being obliged
to get I'D to breakfast whether their sleep is
s'outn or not They will wake up of their
own accord when they have slept enough
We women do too much work in many
directions We sew too much, we some of
Us, scrub too much, and many a one. cleans
for hard hours at a time when a very few
minutes Of care taking would have prevented
the necessity for the cleaning. If we would
take q nap in the midst Of the day, and BY
forethought save the time from unnecessary
work, VIC might live longer to do work
Ore frail, delicate woman, who has been
able all her life to keep her home pleasant
and her five children happy. thinks her sue
cess all due to the fact that she sleeps twenty
minutes every afternoon, her nerves are
rested, her body and mind refreshed, and
her strength renewed, so that she does not
become overtired before night. She began
the habit when she first began to keep house,
and learned to always take the time for it
because 1t was economy In the end
We hear much about womans rights. but
no woman uses ell the rights that are 40
corded her unless she makes of herself physi-
cally the strong woman she has right to
be, then increases her mental strength to
what 1t should and can become When the
majority of women do this there Will be no
question Is to the status she VIII have in ths
home, the neighborhood and the nation
HRS. kedzie in Philadelphia Press.