The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-03

Complete Bodily lies, aud i~icjuvenation
u. Gnnd n. Nhnnge VI Scene.

Complete Bodily is.-t aud icjuyenation
a. Good ~ Change of scene.
IL is suggested that whs. some people
want Is sleep holidays. They do not need
10 20 To watering places and summer
hotels and TO be entertained by a round
of gayety. with a band always playing.
The apostles OF the new method say that
many people would be- benefited n they
just went TO bed and slept for heightened
periods. ana that they might do well TO
take holidays in just that way. They
affirm that as a rule men and women and
children do not get sleep enough, and that
the old adagc, Early TO bed and early To
rise makes a man healthy and wealthy
and wise" needs changing. There need
be 10 reference TO early rising IN IL. For
early 10 rise il might be late 20 rise
The advice OF that old saw was con-
cocted. they say. In days when there We're
no express trains. no telephones, no teie-
graphs, no hurry. Where is the use OF
telling people to get up early whose
brains are racked by anxiety and worry
and who are being burned up by the ever
increasing rate at which things have 70 be
done?
The proper thing to say 10 them is 10
get as much sleep as they possibly can
on every possible occasion. The sugges-
ton Of occasional sleep holidays, "hen
worried people OF this kind could tempo
rarilv shuttle of their mortal coil. is on
this understanding quite ineligible.
There would be no difficulty in making ar
rangements to carry the scheme out. me
proprietors Of the summer resorts would
no doubt be glad TO provide a~ccornnoda-
lion Tor any number OF somnolent guests.
The prevailing question would not be
What is there for dinner? but rs my
bed ready2' There would be memoranda
as 10 the length OF time sleep had been
INDUCED i'm or was desired TO continue.
MIR. a.. came on Saturday, he is to be
called ON Wednesday night. Mrs. 49,
will sleep for one week %c. No doubt
IL the fad were started establishments
would vie with each other IN the periee-
ton Of their sleeping preparations ana We
should be- told thai absolutely u~nbroken
ropose for any desired period could DE
obtained.
LoEinr apart. however. there may be
something i'm the contention thai a greater
amount OF sleep is required hy people
nov,adavs-espccialiy brain workcr-than
was formerly the case. Nicola Tesla the
electrician is credited with saying that he
believes a man might live % years n NE
would sloeu most Of the time. That Is
vhv negroes often live 10 advanced old
aee-hecause they sleep 50 much. lie aI'o
alluded TO the current report that Mr..
Gladstone now sleeps seventeen hours
every day. There IS something distinctly
pleasant in the idea Of an old or such
commanding intellect being kept vigorous
by the simplest OF remedies. But the
worst OF precepts. like those of modern
APOSTLES OF sleep. is that their Instructions
y,r, be taken advantage Of by the lazy
ori brainless as an excuse for inactivity
IN, which they should have no manner
~ warrant. either i'm the deveiopment OF
their brains. or the delicate adjustment
Of their nervous system. When the pro-
fcssional tramps read Of Gladstone we
shall find tacks Of them asleep by the
roadside.-Toronto Mail and Empire.