Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-13

cases we feel that sleep Is not the re
suit of resolution. but a direct gift
from God. You cannot purchase 1t. A
great French fnancier cried out, "Alas
why Is there no sleep to be sOldF
4 Divine Gift.
DO not take this divine gift as mat
ter Of course. Your seven or eight
hours of healthful Inconsistencies is
Il blessing worthy of continuous and
emphatic recognition. Praise the Lord
Tor $50 resUrrcctiOns in Il year! Arti'
fetal slumbcr can be made up by the
apothecaries. but natural sleep is a
balm, Il panacCsl. cathOlicOn that nc
one but God can mix. With 1t he
bathes your eyes and brain and nerve
ana bone 1t is a soft robe woven IN
heaven. with which he wraps your
body. mind and soul.
Remark the second: Consider among
the worst crimes the robbery Of our
selves or others of this mercy of slun-
Der. Much ruinUus doctrine has been
inculcatcd on this subject. Thomas
Moore gave poor advice wien he said.
"The best way to lcngthen our days
is to steal few hours from the night
We are told that. though they did their
work at night. CUpernicus lived to be
73 years of age. and Gal,lci IS years.
and Herscbcl 81 years Yes. but the
reason was they were all star hunters.
and the only time for hunting stars is
at night Probably they slept 10y day.
The night was made for slumber. The
worst lamp student can have Is the
midnight lamp" Lord BrOugEam new
err passed more than four hours of the
night ahed. and JuStinlan. after one
hour OF sleep. would rise from his
couch. But You are neither JUS
tinian nor a Lord Br0ugham. Let not
the absurd apotheoSis OF early rising
induce you to the abbrevation of sleep.
Get up when YOU are slept out unless
circumstances compel otherwise. Have
no alarm clock making its nerve tear
Ing racket at o'clock In the morning.
unless special reasons demand the for
saking of your pillow at that hour.
Most OF the theories about early rising
we Inherited from times when people
retired at & or 8 o'clock In the even
ing. Such early retirement is impossi-
bic in our own times for those who are
taking part in the great activities OF
life. There is no virtue In the mere act
of early rising 1t all depends upon
what you do after you get up. 1t
would DE better for the world If some
people DFyeT wakened at all.
But most Americans do not get sleep
enough. The sip Of late retiring Is one
most widespread and ruinous. What
is much needed Is that in all our cities
those who are leaders in social life
turn back the hour OF drawing room
assemblage from 10 and II o'clock to
or half past T. so that the guests at
10 or half past 10 may meet sleep at
the right hour In their own dormito-
rIes. Two or three social heroines
could do that in all the towns and
cities. Thousands of men and women
are slain each year by late hours. Five
years is more than the average Of eb~
asras:ae ggle l. 'ity Of zen and =, n
men is depleted. and they go insSs
chronic ailments. II they do not die OF
dyspepsia or consumption or nervous
and the beauty goes out Of
the cheek beyond all restoration Of cos
metlcs. Late retiring Is the mother Of
premature wrinkles. Lack Of sleep as
sassinates social life. 4 reformation
Is needed. and If the customs Of the
world could be changed in this mat
Ter and tha curtains Of social life could |
be rung down al reasonable hour of
-he night 90 per cent would be added
10 the worlds longevity.
COnsolntion For Martyrs.
Remark the third: All those ought to
,e cOmforted who by Oycrwork in |
light directions have come to insom- |
10. In nll occupations and professions
here are times when special draft Is
made upoG tbp nervous energy. There
re thousands u meq and women who
annot sleep beeanse t,py were injured !
y Overwork IN some iime 0f domestic
political or religious e&igency.
10Th crs who. after tnklng a Whole
lmily of children through the disor-
vs tbo, are sure to strike the nursery,
% bee,. left physical wrecks, and
- entire n ight OF slumber Is to them
rar Wv. II mt al lmposSibility' The
,ono, w ot Iq1v who. through n long
oI IN poorlv ,7entilatcd courtroom
9 stoo q for wre.<s battling for the
hts Of widows AM orphans or Tor
, Iifo of q client IN whose innocence
is confi,I lent. thcuc;l an lhr r'rcun'.
lncps are Unfavoras'r< III HIS rooin
tries the ,else all D1gisf lOh,' anu eN-
= night wlcn j." w0d1G jlKe 10 pe
Imberlng. irlc physieian ae time OF
idemic. worm ont r. saving fIie bVes
whole families aDt failing III lliS ri
npts to sleep at night 1Ietw'Hh Inc
Iglincs Of his doOr'tD. TEe her-
mt vho has cxperEe,ScfG yanlcs,
zen the banks went dowy ahG Nfh 4
eet became paIslcinoHSi1m ana |"
IRE was a possibility tbaf ne nfXl
Y he wUld be IFnniieES -ttNif nigNt
tn no more possibility II gaining "
cp than if such a blessing 3Ild IleEeF
lched our planet.
}ut hear and no y pronounce T9s%-
consoLl ion Of all 5hosc who in Sby Z
Dartme1t have sacrificed thcir he;0tn
duty. Your sleeplessness is as much
wound us you chn find on any lEttle-
ID and Is an honorable wound. we
look with reverence and adnLra t1on
on one who has lost IN eye or an
n In the service Of his county. ana
ought to lOof> with admira tiO7 up
those who through extreme fidelity I
their life work have lost capacity
slumber. Remember glorious Al
It Barnes going along the streets OF
at 4 o'clock in the morning
many years to his church study
iting all his commentaries before
1akfast and keeping on until he was. I