The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-26
j The MOST Of LIFE.
ward Everett Hale Tells How That
Result May Be- Best
Achieved.
a
hough Food. Exercise and Sleep
Are Among the Prime Con-
siderations.
II Hours Of Sleep and Three Of Hard
Work tho Proper Arrangement
Eat Often.

. Hours Of Sleep and Three Of Hard
Work tho Proper Arrangement
Eat Often.
]. For the body hrst-slesp and enough
II, 10 the prime necessity. Enough OK
else and good food and enough. are other
pcessities. But aleep-go0d sleep and
lough Of it-this IL the necessity without
hich you cannot have the exercise OF
%. nor the food. The old proverbs about
ut which says that "a m who has q
bunR child should get all the sleep that
% can" am told that different people
ssd different amounts Of sleep. PERHAPS
hey do. On the other hand, / know thnt
10 average night of the world 10 about
leven-twenty .fourths of the average day.
or myself, writes E. Il. Hale In the Christ
In Union, ] long since settled down on ten
ours sleep in the twsnty-four % good for
DO; and In this, o. In oil things, ! got the
act. An hour after lunch Of dinner and
Inc hours between $40 In the evening and
30 ing tho morning mako . good division.
I am told that Nspolson ]. got along
nth four hours sleep out Of twsnty-four.'
Perhaps he did; what 10 certain is that he
led Al the age of 6fty-two, and that his
onstitution was broken Mt least five years
before that time.
If you lose sleep in any twsnty-four
lours make it up a. soon ~ you can.
II. Abont food, you will find ont soon
What you digest and what you do not. The
sss you think Of it the hetter. Take time
nough for your meals. and eat them in
company whenever you can. There IL no
heed for hurry In ~lifo-least Of all whom w
re eating.
I think the modern fad Of the doctors, Of
meals often and light, 10 . good one. I
ike a cup Of coffee tmostly milk) On hour
before breakfast. like to breakfast
bout 1880. like a cup Of coffee (mostly
milk at II; lunch or dinner at one or two;
upper or Dime" (the name is Of little con-
|equence) say. at seven. II the supper has
been light. or what people call tea, a bowl
BIZ soup before going to bed is a good thing.
III you mean to sleep you should not
Brink tea or coffee after two in the After
hoon nor 90 into any hard brainwork after
khrse or four. Most people say they want
TO sleep, but also want to do everything
elss conceivable up to tho moment Of TAX
Ing of their clothes. But this is absurd.
III. The open air, and enough of it,
every day-rain OF shine. This 10 another
necessity, for sleep and for digestion, and
Tor any brajnwork which shall be good for
anything. I have never made any rules for
exsroise. however. excepting this. general
demaDd fos ne Opal s,s: 4 MAJ n nse!ea
without feeling tired. But ! fancy that It
6s rather q matter of time in the open air
khau Of physical exercise. thus ten miles
I'm an open horse car or q wagon seems to
answer ~ we'll 40 six miles on foot.
For body or mind. I do not believe IN got.
hing tired for tho sake Of resting. =: The ne
good whom the pain ceased. OF course 4
man has to get tired sometimes in the line
of his duty. But work Of . tired brain is
and il is pity to ovststrain = tired
You should never cit down to the table to
eat whom you come In from work dead tired.
Lie down for ten minutes first, or taks =
cup Of tea, or even Of wine-that 10 what
wine is for, and the only thing IL 10 for.
But, befo, . you eat. wait till the machine 10
. little rested or refreshed.
Nv. So much for tho physical machine.
OF mental operations We know less of the
methods. But We do know some results.
,,l For Literary davn N men W W. same Scott sst' wa
by Bulwer gLytton both as to daily
mailman Of real work. They were
very different men, yet sach OF them says
three hours work 10 all that 10 good for
anything. An English commissioh Of high
authority says that q child's capa CITY for
learning 10 at nm end after three, hon re-. l
son for saying that you need not hurry
0hout ANYTHING.
While you work. stick steadily to what
you have in hand. il you oan. Nothing 10
more fatiguinR than q change OF subjects.
1t ia horrible to have to write twenty letters.
on twenty subjects, at one sitting. Yet this
is what modern barbarism, with 10 inven-
ton of the post, demands of ~.
Az above. never work the brain whom 1t is
tired, if you mean to do good wo'k.
Az above again, never work the brain on
intricate work after three in tho afternoon,
II YOU mean to sleep.
Reduced to practice. these rules would
come out. in a vigorous life. somewhat
to be- at your work. With your cup Of coffee,
about $3.50. or = little later. When say
coffee, I mean milk warmed with good COT
fee, Tho rule 10, ''coior Of the cheek Of 4
brunette in Seville" II you ever happened
Thus you will bav. one happy hour. or
Oe8rly t0aSs UuUl0tOGO0O " OOl01s
For breakfast take 4 full hour. II IL no
great matter what that breakfast IL, 90 IL 10
only different from what II generally 10.
After brsakfass an hours loaeng. You
must not work the brain till the digestion
has wsll begun. Read the newspaper. or 60
ont in ths garden. or hang the picture
which Mark gave you yesterday. Most
men have 70 60 to their business at this
time, 10 they get an hour Of air and exsr.
else, without much brain work.
Thus You come to $40 or thsreabout.
Now you may 70 TO work with = will. H.
AZ I say, you are = man Of literary oooupa.
ton, shut yourself in with your Amanuen-
sis, and begin TO dictate. The best work Of
the day 10 done before breakfast OF now.
Fortunate for you II you have : sympathet.
10 amanusrsis. who knows moro
than you do, and can follow your
dictation without asking how to spell "Ser-
ingapatAm." Al the end Of three hours
you have done all you can do to any pur-
pose in that day. Now you may unlock the
door and let the wild cats. OF the tame.
rush in. Now you may see the Parsee gem
tleman with the note OF Introduction from
the English consul; you may see the Ar
menian professor; you may see the Koor-
dish pilgrim, the queens inspector Of cdu-
cation, the returned missionary from Mi
oronssis. your vife's aunt's cousin from
VoIonra;on and kha rent NJ than Won /,