The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-06

man or woman l met with an excellent
figure asked how he or she came to be
so straight, One day | got satisfac-
tory answer. A young woman with
positively one of the loveliest figures
ever saw, said to me:
You want to know what ails your
shoulders, don't you? Well, can tell
you. You sleep in wrong position and
probably on very downy couch
" 1 do, l answered.
"That's the trouble then. When one
thinks of it, the place and position in
which one spends third of every
twenty-four hours must have an effect
on the figure, mustn't it?'
Yes, murmured, and a great light
broke over me. had been undoing at
night what had been doing toward
improving my figure during the day.
Well, she sent me to the doctor who
had set her straight literally, and here
! am now with just as good figure as
she ever dreamed of having, if do say
it myself" and she drew herself up
proudly to her full height.
"It is lovely, so symmetrical, and
your back is so expressive" half solilo-
quized the other critically. mot the
sign of stoop in it, and your bust is
thrown forward and there is grace in
every movement"
You can have just as good figure
as mine if you are heroic enough to
take the treatment" remarked she of
the straight shoulders amiably. What
women do we find with the prettiest
| figures in the world? The women of
hot countries, and it comes from the
| fact that comfort compels them to sleep
on hard beds with light covering. A
| hard bed is one of the best preventives
| of bad figures. and, if narrow, so much
| the better
MY doctor told me that as a rule
| people assumed a wrong position in
| sleeping, inasmuch as they sleep on
! their backs This is very bad, for the
reason that it causes gravitation of
blood to the spinal column and base of
| the brain, causing bad dreams and a
| tendency to nightmare. 1t also throws
| the palate in such a position that
mouth breathing is necessary, and you
know the horrible result of that?"
| mo, what is it?' eagerly
Snoring" in a stricken voice,
land the art of snoring is by no means
| harmless, for one who shores Is more
than apt to have throat trouble, be-
| cause there is no chance for the air
which enters the lungs to be moistenad
warmed and purified by passing
through the nostrils, between the turbi-
nate bones, when the mouth is wide
| open, is there?"
| Moo" answered Miss Stoop Shout
| ~, hot n,
do with good or bad tgures?"
Nothing whatever. l merely want
to impress upon you all of the evils that
result from sleeping in wrong posi-
| ton, the greatest of which, in the eyes
| of the average woman, not to speak of
men, is bad figure-double chins,
crooked shoulders, and few other
such eyesores. If you can forego pill
| lows the result is much more satisfac-
| tory. While resting the head on a pill
| low is pleasant to most persons, 1T
throws the head forward and this
makes round shoulders even more
prominent. 1t is easy to get in the hab-
| it Of sleeping on high pillow, for 1T
| throws the head above the rest of the
body. favoring anaemia of the brain,
which is sleep"
| my goodness! but where did you get
your terms?" questioned the thorough
| ly interested would-be straight girl.
| ooh. from the doctor. Everything
| that he said to me is indelibly Inn
| pressed on my memory, for 1t has lite
rally made a new woman of me In looks
and feeling. All animals sleep upon
| the chest, as nearly as possible, with
| the backs up, and animals are pretty
generally right in such matters. The
thick muscles of the back and shoulder
blade protect the lungs and abdominal
regions from atmospheric changes.
| Perhaps the most common position as
sumed by people during sleeping hours
is upon the side with the shoulders
thrown forward. In addition to this,
they curl themselves up. The proper
position Is on the left side, with the
| left arm thrown blackjack, mind you,
not in front of you. This keeps the
shoulders back and the chest expanded,
and it is easy to train ones self to sleep
| in this position. After you once get in
the habit, it is almost impossible to go
to sleep lying any other way. Another
thing, sleeping on the left side two CT
|
ly aids digestion"
"Why is a hard bed any better than
a soft one if a person sleeps in the cor
rect position?" was the next question.
For several reasons" answered the
other girl. Sleeping on hard bed is
undoubtedly better for the figure, for it
hardens the muscles and keeps the
body straight A soft bed is enervating,
particularly in warm weather. 1t en-
| braces the figure and more of the body
is heated Women have another
wretched habit They sleep under too
heavy coverings. The heat generated
softens the muscles, and the weight
and pressure interfere with skin circu-
lation. The body demands a certain
amount of air, which is kept away by
the use of too thick and too weighty
coverings. Warmth can be obtained
without weight, and this thing of going
to sleep under load of blankets and
quilts is all matter of custom. Sleep
ing in a temperate degree is not only
much more healthful, but it also keeps
one from dreaming"
How long will it take me to straight
en- out if 1 sleep on hard, narrow bed
lying on my left side with my arm
thrown back and my mouth closed, Sc
as to insure proper breathing?" in
quired No. One.