The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-29
"aesTp AND SLEEP.
vhat Tired Women Need Il Not Change
of Scene 30 Much ms More Sleep.

what Tired Women Need IL Not Change
of soeno 30 Much Ms More sleep.
The club woman came in and sat down in
the shadiest corner and said that she was
tired completely out and needed goo|
long rest, and that was all there wa
about IL. ...-
"Rests" said the Fortnightly woman. wht
was slipping her tea from the edge Of he
spoon. What we women need is not 6,
much rest as 1t is sleep"
"Are not the two synonymousH aske
the young member.
mot in general Interpretation. For in
stance, would the lady who has just CON
planned OF WEAKNESS feel that she he
taken complete rest from her labors II 81
had merely gone home and slept all 81
wanted tor"
The lady In question, being thus pressed
said no" She must say that her idea
taking rest" meant going out Of towr
meeting new people, having a good tint
with complete change Of environment an
doing nothing that she had been In tn
habit of doing.
i "You see," said tho Fortnightly woma
In an oracular way, that real rest doe
not come under consideration at all. Won
en- can live without rest-most of us do
| but we must have sleep, and the more "
have of it the better we are. The early ri,
ing humbuR has happily exploded. VIII,
/ was child, 1t was in the fullness of
!, vigor, and that wonderful poem, "TL
4 Sluggard," by DIR. Watts, was being cor
tinually quoted to me. How hated d
Watts then-and nowl 1 was Sigh
nervous child, and 1 needed sleep and 10
!, of it. So do most people who are avail
when they are awake and who are to kec
up in the constant procession of life.
~ tell you, girls, il you were to cultivat
the sleeping habit when you begin to gro
t tagged with summer heats and try and {
7 10 hours a night, the need of rest wohldn
: be half so apparent. 1t is the woman wi
: sleeps the most who the longest keeps b,
complexion smooth, her eyes bright, Il,
! heart young and her temper sweet. All ii
h rest IN the world, as represented by trave
y ing hither and thither and piazza hops M
|, moonlight drives, isn't comparable as
beautitier and nerve tonic with steat
habits and sound sleep. We don't ne,
rest in this busy world of ours What v
need Is sleep. 1t is better than holida
and the poorest economy il that whit
r stints itself of cool aud airy sleepiI
h apartment. Better n stuffy or a poky pa
lor or q dim library than n room whe
: noises come and heat and flies abide.
wish that could emphasize what mean
= some altogether unforgetable way. do II
mean that holidays should be tabooed
* only mean that they should be enjoy,
I. when they do come.
"When ones vitality is utterly exhaust,
b from lack of sleep, no enjoyment of an
!" thing Is possible. | know we America
women are apt to talk about waste of tin
and say that we have too much to do
= dream of lying in bed for nine or ten hou
d on stretch. All the same we manage
= squander time in talk on the piazza, Al
A. write pages and pages more than we ne
7. to in letters to our friends, and do 'dray
:. work when it isn't needed any more thu
a toad needs Il side pocket
IS Then the weary woman put down hertz
II cup and picked up her parasol. "It'snear
IA g." she said, and an energy born of a III
q resolution thrilled through her lutheran,
and I'm going straight home to dinner al
= to bedl'-Chicago Post.