Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-02
NOMAN'S INTEREST.

ot the absolute necessity FOR sleep ms
distinguished from mere rest, Dr. Ewar,
y amount of simple root OF IN. body
can 60 "iit! ior sleep. Though mere re-
bose may parity satisfy the needs of our
's%'tat!N" life. sleep a!Ono. that profound
Sir"p which tn. poet has !ikoned to death,
S3f MAX" good The wear ard tear Of the
higher nervous ccutcrs. II is th,
privilege of sorne TO sleep at any
moment: nut it is probably exceptional
|" c"iihin. TINS facility with that OF re-
Ihl!i!!i's awake n; VIII. q dangerous ,Gwer
NL'h ii IL ABUSED. Some possess the op-
l'oSite popularity ana are subject to Tie
inElnribir dcs!r" for sleep alter a d, finite
expenditure Of ncrv" energy. Ey this III, Y
are protected %aGainst exhaustion. Inter
cSti's physiological speculaticns. and
ed by the remarkabl. relief and freshness
which they derive from even Il VERY s!or;
ne e OF tiH,r: Much tissue repair can
minutes of profound s!eci, which will re-
st"re 4 jad".i man TO fun activity. The
sm"rEy which he subsequently develops
Yet II was unavailable. II Is. therefore.
clear that these brief and :rres!stihle SUM
Dsrs are essentially different from the long
sleep of the night. and that we might turn
both III" short ana the long sleep to sep
arHte therapeutic account.
TIE various degrees Of sleep range from
pervious. 10 the light sleep OF those whose
irritable and quick nerve protop!aSm is i'm
mediately thrown by the touch of a
full Consciousness The disordered cere-
h:ation of delirium and OF dreams almost
munirations may PASS between local
groups of cells. and This might. perhaps.
'Npiain the good counsel which is bred of
the night. But these i~ncuhations would
hs merely local settings Of the balance
Of the day between cells disciplin.d to
collaboration. and would lie during sound
sleep incapable of 4 wide diffusion
throughout the mental sphere
The women of Persia are very pictur-
esquc creatures. They are above the me-
dium height: they have the beautiful dark
eyes. 50 Common in the East. their mouths
are small and perfect 'cupils bows" the
hands and fec are small, and. above all.
their charm is the beauty OF the hair.
They arrange il with great care and adorn
it with of various kinds. Sill
Yer and hollow gold are used
by the peasants. and poor. indeed. is the
girl who has not q comb or pin of some
sort for her glossy black locks. The women
of the richer class load themselves down
with iewelry. bracelets and necklaces.
and hanging from the neck is n long chain.
from which hang numerous bottles which
contain .~Ierfumery. usually altar of roses.
tie tints in hair. and TO produce blue hair
they use a dye indigo. The following recipe
is given for hlue-hlack hair:
cover the hair with il 70" three or four
hours: unon taking it OFF the hair turns
dark green. but within a short time ii turns
blue-blIck. About once a month this pro-
cess of hair dressing must be repeated.
As the women of the lower classes usu-
ally wear briSh; scarlet dresses, the effect
is very picturesque.
The Indiana state boar! of health has
made some sanitary communications 10
the railway companies of III" state that.
if adopted. Will mean Il radical advance.
Al the railway terminals, the seats and
backs of cars are 10 he busted with an air
blast. After washing. The whole interior
of the ears is TO he sprayed with Il > per
cent solution of furmaldehyie. After they
have been closed three hours. the surface
will be wiped with steriliZed cloths. In
stead of being vehicles Of cOntaGinr. "a
well as of travel. under such treatment
railway cars would carry NJ nicrobe dead
heads.
The female professor was not unknown
during the last century. As an example.
we have Mari. Agn.si. born in l.!s. one Of
the twenty-five" children Of n rich citizen
of Bologna. WHO must have needed all his
wealth 10 bring up such Il family. one of
her sisters WAS noted as Il musician. and
was the author of three operas. Marie
has been called the oracle If seven lam
guages, speaking French tlr"nt!y AT the
age of 1. and carly becoming proficient il,
Hebrew. Greek and Latin aS vel! as Ger
man and Spanish. After spending her
youth III the study of philosophy and phil
ology. at the desire OF her father. she de-
voted herself to mathematics. i'll which she
attained such celebrity that she was COM
pi:mented by Pope Benedict XIV. who
nominated her rs professor OF mathematics
in the University of Bologna. Il position
she held for several years. At the death
of her father. she abandoned her chair
and her studies to fulfill 4 long felt desire
for 4 religious life.
All E~nglishwoman In Georgetown. Brit.
ish Guiana. has established a booming hrs-
mess in the restaurant line. 1t is a com
binat!on of sound sense and genuine phil
anthropy. The originator of the scheme is
the wife OF the auditor general OF the coll
ony, and five years ago she opened two
dining rooms, one for children and one for
grown people, where food was obtainahIa nj
Just enough cost to make the restaurant
srlf-supporting More than $50 people came
the first day: now more than l,GCj are Fed
daily, and the finances of Success house.
as II is called. are in a tiouvishing condi-
ton.
The head cook is Il Frenchman. the rood
Is daintily cooked and served. and twenty
two servants ar" employed in the two
dining rooms. The customers are Of nearly
al nationalities.- embracing whites. backs.
Indians. A large rIa-e Of soup and \ piece
OF bread cost = cents. while a T., In of
stew ana a dish OF pudding may b. had
for The same Price, so That for 6 cents a
sert is ohtainahle. Beef tea is furnished
Ter sick ~I"cI!e, and in the morning cnffee
and bread are SUPPLIED for !: cents. Food
hom-. a privilege OF which many families
avail themselves. The cost of starting
Success house was only 500.
The Western movement against the en-
p!oyment Of married women as school
teachers should ats" embrace the prin-
c!ple that no bachelor teachers can be en-
p!oy.d. II YOU refuse to employ mar-ied
women. You discourage marriage. But re-
fuSe, at ;he SAM time, TO employ nnmar-
ried men and YOU encourage marrLYc.
thus balancing the diverse tendencies. and
doing JUSTICE all around. The Western