The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-01

cations aoiU receiDe immediate and
careful attention, and a0dW be regarded
as strictly coaytdential If the a0gSteTs so
desire.
Every one knows that it is a good
thing to have the habit of sleeping for
a certain number of hours out OF The
twenty-four, and, like other habits, it
sticks. 1t seems to be hereditary, as
in some families the members will all
get up very early and not be able to
sleep after five or six. These early
r~isers, when they boast, as they are
prone to do, of the hour they were up,
are almost invariably asked what good
it did them. This question can occa-
sionally be answered. One of the first
Americans who went in business in
Buenos Ayres was an early riser by
constitution. The captains of the
ships of all countries arriving there
were early risers from necessity. The
result was that the American made
his business arrangements with the
captains to dispose of their cargoes
and to carry other cargoes away for
him, while the English and other
foreigners there were taking their
morning siestas. In a very few years
he made a fortune.
According to a Pennsylvania super
.4.+;oa 4h0,o is anOthar cOYt of q for
tune awaiting early risers-that is,
where a persons face is his or her for
tune. Many persons in that State be-
lieve that getting up early as a habit
makes one handsome.
In other parts of the world slumber
secured before twelve o'clock at night
is called beauty sleep. Among the
youths of Jersey City and New York
not much of this kind of cosmetic is
employed. They think it is big and
manly to sit up half the night. Some
of them, who have constitutions that
can stand anything, get along, but the
majority pay for it a few years later.
1t seems that this same fashion of
turning night into day prevails to a
certain extent among women now.
The shop girls of Boston ~begrudge the
time belonging to sleep and appro-
pirate it in some cases to the pursuit
of pleasure at public balls. Others
feel that going to bed would be vast
ing the only time they have to them
selves, and they make dresses for
themselves or other members of their
families after shop hours.
The truth seems to be that they
need more sleep than other people, as
they are compelled to stand all day,
and as a result of their present
habits they are furnishing a
regular large percentage of patients
each year to the insane asylum at
Northampton. One large dry goods
store in Boston in particular is send
ing a larger number in proportion to
the number employed than any other,
as the managers are more severe n dis
cipline, as regards standing, than those
of the other shops. The girls, as a
rule, remain for n year in the asy-
lum, and at the end of that time are
discharged, cured. The regular meals,
daily open air exercise, and long nights
of rest having a beneficial effect.
After another year OF the standing,
poor nourishment, and insufficient
sleep, the girls are likely to be back
AGAIN. Inns soineIliles occurs Two "
three tlmes' ou1 never more, pecatse
wnen 1natters nave gone 80 lar 'he
girls dle from eAliauselon
a very lnteres.1hg case ~ tne SAME
asylum, puS noe auuIlouCeu 70 walio
OF sieep, Is 1naG Vi very niee sIl WY
| the need of constant care. Her par
ticular trouble is seeing obstacles. Ii
she got in a horse a ana q seat was
empty i "9uiu appsai " 70 " 20 2