The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-18
SLEEPING ON FEATHER BEDS.

b. SLEEPING ON FEATHER BEDS.
Il Is Nice aud Easy, but II Makes One
Lazy and IL Not Conducive to Health.
do you sleep on feathesr' asked
reporter Of a professor Of the Ohio
Medical college.
II did when ! was a boy" replied
the solemn NJ. D., but haven't done
II since"
'Why not?"
well, do not think 1t Is conducive
TO health to do 30. You see. there are
apt to be SO man! bumps and depres-
sions in the surface of feather tick,
and that alone is enough to condemn
it. Through the day the body is in SO
many positions and the joints are
Bonded SO often that at night ones
limbs should be perfectly straight, so
as to give the blood a chance to circu-
late freely The body cannot lie per
fectly straight on feather bed, and,
besides, the soft, downy couch ener-
Yates one and tends to make one yawn,
stretch and lie with doubled up limbs.
THUS he gets too warm, and soon a
coverlet is thrown back aRd very like
ly cold results. Then the head sinks
into the feather pillow, and often the
side buried thus will perspire. This is
uncomfortable, and the sleeper turns
over The moist skin is exposed to the
night air and cold results. Then it
is SO hard to wake up when sleeping on
feathers. 1t makes one lazy. Sleep
seems to be the chief end of existence,
and when one is forced to leave the
bed by the cares of the day he leaves
it with yawn. Heyawns and stretches
himself for hours afterward, and the
ennui follows him all day, and when at
evening he retires to his chamber filed
with the determination to study or
read, the sight OF the billowy bed
tempts him to stretch upon it at full
length for moment, and before he
knows it he is too drowsy for ans thing
but sleep.
"A person does not need as mech
sleep as people who use feather beds
generally take, and the same persons
when they lie on spring mattress OF
a straw tick for few weeks are sur
prised at their own freshness and vigor.
The Germans use feathers almost uni.
VERBALLY, and they claim to be a hardy
race, but any one with ordinary Oh
servant powers can see that Germanl
agesmuch earlier In life than other PEG
ple."
'Yes," said Walnut street mattress
maker, when the reporter informed
him Of the doctors opinion, land VI
sell very few feathe1 to any but Ger
mana l agree with the doctor II
every particular, and. speaking of beds
you would be surprised to REQ what
do every day In the houses of wealth,
people They may have magnificent
residences, lifted up with SUMPTION
furniture and costly bedsteada bu
the beds are shocking - a rule
These are made Of topsy turvey mat
treases; they are not level, and prob
ably they smell badly. The. prope
way to have a bed Is with paddet
spring mattress for foundation, and ,
sheet over this Il all that need b
under the body, then coverlds to sui
the occupant and weather.
.Of all the people, and l have Gus
TONERS among all classes, the Hebrew
have the most comfortable beds
advertise extensively in a Jewish paper
because know they Of all people like
good bed And really this careful al
tention to the beds is a great gain, 70
with how much more vigor could ma,
60 forth to bis daily work II he ha
enjoyed . good nights rest. "-Cincir
natl Times-Star.