Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-18


bad D.. eu seven orcEHL Anxiety is thc
TO- ul sl.lp,sl s Iueluiarty. bad uir
uitIn. 100 rght and CONTINUOUS brain
work before rtuung. Happy tranquil
evenings and fresh air Hra best friends
OF sleep
lgsNig JusE.
EDWARD rvfBUr HAlE.
have just received O. letter from
Edward Everett Hale giving me several
reference. Tor opinions ul his upon this
subject find, however. most exc
ccllcni letter which be- wrote about de-
clhc Hrl when Doe was. as be IS now. iu
the PRIME of intellectual health. TWAS
tu tnc editor 90 tic liurid Of Health
and was entitled. How q Writer Should
Live Ills words as 10 % writer can
Doe equally applied tU 40 brain workers.
and the letter s Toll OF meat lie SAYS.
Dear sire The hsmcsso Of health iIr
a literary man GEM 10 me 90 depend
largely On sleep That mean the brain
should moi De- excited or even worked
hard IUr siS hours before bed time Tuc
evening occupation should be- ighi and
pleasant as music. a novel. reading
aloud conversation. the thelicr or
watching the stars from thc piazza OF
course different men make and need
different rurcs. ! take nine hours of
sleep and do not obi sCt Co ten. think
three hours b. enough daily task work
Tor man 0i lrtics / dislike early
rising aa much as any man nor do
believe that there Is any m 1rl merit in
%, AS the chIldrrns books pretend. But
TO secure an unbrokun huurur even less
! ike 10 be no my desk before break.
fast, as long before As possible. ! have
cup OF coffee aud a soda hiscu,t
brought me the e. and the thirty 10 sixty
minute, which follow before breakfast,
/ like 10 start the work OF the day.
believe iu breakfast very thoroughly
and boz having a good breakfast. nave
lived in Paris q month az time and
dCtCst the French practice Of substiiut
INK ior breakfast a cup II coffee. with ur
without an egg There Is no harm DO
spending an hour at breakfast After
breakfast do not go back TO work for in
hour Walk out IN the garden, DE ON
your back on the sofa aud read Loo
gcncml, loaf lor an hour and then bid
the servants keep out everybody who
rings the bell. and work steadily until
your days stem, Is done.
Stick 10 your stcnt until 10 h done,
When you have finished. stop. Do not
be tempted To go on because you feel In
good spirits for work. There IS no use
IN making ready to be tired tomorrow.
You may 20 out OF door now; You may
read; you may in whatever way get
light and life for the next day. Indeed.
Il you will remember that the first nee
essiiy for literary work is that you have
something ready before you begin you
will remember that most authors have
thoroughly forgotten or never knew.
The business Of writing Is the most
exhaustive known to men. You should
therefore steadily feed the machine with
fuel | find It good plan to have
standing on the stove a cup Of warm
milk just tingcd with coffee. Beef tea
answers us we'll, and a bowl OF chowder
equally as well as either.
II this bowl Of coffee or chowder OF
soup Is counted as one meal, the work.
ing man who wishes TO keep IN order
viii have five meals a day. besides the
morning cup Of coffee OF Of coffee color
cd with milk, which he has before break.
fast. Breakfast is one, this extended
lunch Is another, dinner IS the third, say
athlli past ?, tea Is the fourth, at o or 4.
and, what is too apt to be forgotten,
sufficient supper just before bed time, IS
the fifth. This last may be as light as
you medical gentlemen please, bur let 10
be sufficient A few oysters, a slice OF
hot toast clam chowdcr again or
bowl of soup Never 30 20 bed in any
danger OF being hungry. People are
kept awake by hunger quite as much AS
Boy bad conscience.
Remembering that sleep Is the essen
tial force by which the whole scheme
starts, decline tea or coffee within the
last SIX hours before going to bed. II
the women kind insist you may have
your milk and water az the tea table
colored with tea, but the less the
better.
Avoid IN mathematics or intricate
study OF any sort IN the last six hours.
This Is the stun dreams are made oiand
hot heads and the nuisance Of waking
hours.
Keep your conscience clear. Remem.
Der that because the work OF life is
infinite you cannot do the whole of it In
any limited period OF time, and shat
therefore, you may just rs well leave OH
In one place as another.
INuuh me luAl / nave used so often
the frs, person singular ln giving this
advice, but your letter asked me what
my habits are, and does not ask FOR
those of the Empress Seminm IS,
Believe me, dear sic, very truly yours,
EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
ACEEAT MAGAZINE EDITOR.
A prominent business man who uses q
great deal OF Edward Everett lIlles
work is Mr. John Busbun Nuker,rditor
u' the Cosmopolitan Magazine. lie has
seen all sorts oiups ami downs 10 bust.
ness speculation and literature. lie
made a fortune in Denver and he prom
lscs tu make another iu the Cusmupul
tan Magazine. He Is man perhaps
luuy.iivu years Of age, lie b. q man of
brain, push and intellectual vitality and
words chat he writes are worth printing,
though ns docs not seem % think the
questions have proppunied boy auy
means easy 100 answer lie says;
EDITORIAL NuoIg.
JuaHopuLlItN MAGAZINE,
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