Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-14

DRIPPING WATER As NERVE QUIErER-How An
RDIroR FOUND RELrEF-A STUDENTS PLAN-oTHKR
Discoveries
From Good Housekeeping.
IL will be interesting 10 collect the many rem e
dies that have been suggested for sleeplessness
A not shower bath at bedtime cleanses the skin
and predisposes TO sleep, 1t is claimed. The zone
sure and safe way" Is TO take brisk walk Of mile
or two before going TO bed, and then, after the
walk, holding the head under a stream Of cold
water. This, however, should be done when the
habit OF sleeplessness first begins.
A business man with mechanical turn OF mind
should fix up his attic as a carpenters shop, and
spend An hour therein after supper. walk OF
two or three miles a day Is sufficient. says one
writer, while another maintains that nothing Will
lessness can be found by wetting linen kerchief
folding IL, and placing IL under the back or the
neck, with a dry cloth under the kerchief TO pro-
tect the pillow. Still again, warm the feet by frlc-
ton, extra slippers, &C., and cool the head either
In draft or with cold water or ice. One sufferer
has paliated the distress Of his vigils by leaving
his bed. lighting fre and sitting In q chimney
corner, reading and eating by turns until the de-
mon intimated desire TO depart.
A physician writes that the evening should be
period OF relaxation and recreation relief from
care and anxiety TO be found In cheerful CONVERSE
tion, pleasant games and light reading, while per.
sons OF sedentary occupation are 10 take plenty OF
open air exercise. A feeble circulation Is 10 be
overcome ana cold feet TO be warmed. The
stomach Is TO be attended TO IL the digestion is
not good. II IL is overloaded easy and refreshing
sleep Is impossible. Weakly persons and inyalidS
often ind cup OF hot broth or cruel, or some other
light and easily digestibe food taken on retiring
To be the best promotive OF sleep. The bed should
Neither be too hard nor TOO soft, nor the clothing
too abundant nor too scanty. All unpleasant
sights, sounds and smells should be excluded
Regular and early hours OF retiring are essential
No victim OF insomnia can with safety purn the
midnight OIL or engage In evening dissipation
The man who observes these precautions and adds
thereto a Clear conscience and q sound mind mas
the promise OF unfail.ng sleep.
All from Vnntn
feather pillow for one Oh hair with wonderful elect
The hair pillow does not get warmed up 10 an I'M
comfortable degree, because IL rapidly CONDUCTS
away the heat Impaired TO 1t by the head. The
same person found that sleep could be brought on
by simply warming the body, especially the ieet,
or by taking walk, or by a cold shower or sponge
bath, followed by rubbing with u coarse towel.
Getting out OF bed for q lew minutes when the air
Was cool often brought relief He had lain awake
half the night, and then, after being up long
enough 10 mix and drink lemonade, had fallen
asleep at once on going to bed. This student
found that light lunch just before going TO bed
relieved his brain by drawing the blood 10 his
stomach.
Another victim OF sleeplessness found that q
continuous low noise favored sleep. The sound OF
water dropping on pan has been prescribed by
physician. The explanation seems TO be that
simple monotonous impression quets the brain Dy
occupying II, TO the exclusion OF more varied and
Interesting and therefore stimulating. Impressions.
ON the same principle are the devices OF counting
backward or forward, imagining sheep jumping
one by one, through gate, &C. but they are open
TO the objection OF causing one portion OF the
brain to be exerted In order to control the rest
OF IL.
A man who has ''struck upon the right plan at
last" and who opens up TO the world something
that is calculated to make mankind rejoice and DO
away with all drOw siness writes that all you have
TO do Is 10 imagine yourself going on long jour-
ney. Think over the details OF II every night when
sleep lags. The plan made him healthy and
happy.
A physician has one simple remedy which re-
quireS no medicine. Compose the mind as much as
possible and confine the thoughts TO one subject,
or a number or individual, and close the eyeitdj,
rolling the eyes continuously in one direction. In
a short time consciousness Will be lost, and you
will be In the bliSsful land OF dreams. After
an experience OF two years, another man found
that he was always able TO go to sleep very
shortly after retiring TO rest by keeping his eyes
looking down; he found that they turned up when
he was sleepless and was cogtating something that
kept him awake.
An editor finds relief by wetting a cloth with
cold water and binding II across his forehead. An
other plan Il 10 draw In long, slow breath by The
mouth and TO force the breath out through the
nose, imagining that the currents can be seen. An
attempt may also be made 10 read an amusing
novel In bed or to repeat familiar poem, but al
study or serious reading should be stopped half an
hour before going to bed In paper id by physi
can before the Boston Society for Medical Improve
ment ne said that SleepeSsnesS Is often caused by
starvation a nd that tumbler OF milk drank In the
middle OF the night Will often put people TO sleep
when hypnotics would fail OF their purpose.