Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-20
THE LAND OF NOD.
THE ALTON LADY PLEADS ON BE-
HALF OF SLEEP
SOMEBODY STRIKE FOR EARLY HOURS.
Not for Rising, But for Retiring
Rosy Cheeks and Bright Eyes VIII
De the Misunderstanding About
Nightmares.
Correspondenee OF thu nisnstch ,

. ALTON, VA, March le-Som.bod
strike for early hours" Not for earlI.
, hours Of rising, but for those early hour
10 Ded that make one healthy, wealthy
ana wise, with a weight OF favor as re-
CARDS the first. One OF the direct result,
or late hours in oyerwork or I'm tho soc,sr
whirl Is the begetting OF bodily weariness
and mental disquietuds, and I would
that some grand dame, with much I'm.
huence, and moro wealth. would 60, tbo
fashion OF Cinderella hours in the name
or happiness and good digestion. Her
reward Will be roses instead Of paIlid
lilies In the cheeks OF our bellies. and I'm
the eyes OF many n society "swelIp a
Ieaping light instead OF the gleamless
glare Of the late r~eveller. What better
tribute OF sparkling jewels and radiant
beauty could be handed over society's
footlights to such a benshcent leaderl
Somebody strike for early hours"
Thomas Moore tells US:
The best Of all ways.
To lengthen our days,
Is to steal a few hours from night, my
dear"
AND he was certainly ar authority. Be-
sides which moralists contend that, by
rising two hours earlier each day, you
VIII have gained at the end Of forty years
1900 hours, or, seven years Of life."
Very likely; but L may not live for forty
years, and If L lengthen my lays at the
one end, L must borrow from the night.
or the want Of rest will bring me sooner
to that bourn of endless day where
time is not'-a condition of repose that |
sane people do not usually long for.
If we 80 early to bed, we'll and good;
II not, our artificial nineteenth-century
life VIII not permit Of much early rising.
LET THE LARK ENJOY IT.
Poets may dream of the beauties of the
morning. No one denies it. Occasionally.
early rising is all very well, but one
must be a pumpkin head or a poet to burn
the candle at each end-i. e., TO 20 to
bed at II NJ. and TO get up when the
arnyard rooster strikes his alarm-clock
at 4 in the morning, forgetting tina the
rooster has sensibly retired the evening
before when the shades Of night were
drawn. We must AVE plenty Of sound,
restful sleep-from seven TO nine hours,
according 10 ones VocatlonS and the tax
upon the body n brain. And there is a
difference when we arise from the
ideal slumber, owa which L would
point, and the lanquid mornings on which
| have heard some OF you exclaim: II
am just as tired as when L went to bed!"
In the one case you are ready for the
days struggle; equipped for LIES emer-
prepared to do and dare or die,
like Archimedes OF old, only casting
about for a place upon which TO rest your
ever to turn the world well over with
your efforts in the realm Of thought or
abor.
1 may be credulous, and am. by nature.
optimistic. but l believe the soundest
are the better people. A troubled
no less than an overladen
diaphragm, will engender evil dreams
Ind prevent hat deep and refreshing
with which each days duties
Ihould be rounded off,"
Somehow, after late hours and a bad
lights rest, an irritating sense OF injury
Ihiicts the best OF US, which is the cause
Il much domestic trouble. Many a true
word, spoken not In jest. but In a spirit
4 Impotence after loss Of sleep, a word
,orn OF physical WEAKNESS, has precipi-
a divorce or wrought lifelong 4.
Misery between loving hearts- ,
NIGHTMARES KICKING UP THEIR I,
HEELS. {
Not always is sleep tired Natures I
weet restorer." Sometimes. even with }
arly hours, instead OF a balm II brings [
bugaboo in the shape of the nightmare. 7
Man is a wonderful piece of mechanism, I
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