The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
NO. 20

and the mysterious spirit of sleep has
gone to take its airy round? Well,
there are ways and ways. In Blinn's
"Anatomy of Sleep; or the Art of
Procuring Sound and Refreshing
Slumber at WILL" published in Lon
drn in 1912, the principal feature was
that the sufferer from insomnia should
fix his attention on his own breathing.
"He must depict to himself that he
sees the breath passing from his nos
trils in a continuous stream, and the
very instant that he brings his mind
to conceive this apart from all other
ideas consciousness and memory de-
part" Of course, that is only another
variation of the sheep audience idea,
but with some persous it is likely to
be more eflicacious.
Nervous persons are most likely to
be troubled with wakefulness and
generally they are troubled at the
same time with too much blood in the
brain and with cold extremities. If
they will rise and get fairly new
crash towel that has not become
smooth with wear and with it chafe
the body and the extremities, the ex-
cessive amount of blood will be with
drawn from the brain and sleep may
follow. Again it may not. A cold
bath, or a sponge bath and rubbing,
or a rapid walk in the open air will
aid in equalizing circulation and pro-
noting sleep. $50 up and down stairs
few times before retiring," advises
some one with his mind evidently upon
the privileges of the flathouse dweller.
A warm bath at night will sometimes
bring sleep, although the frequent use
of this cure is not to be encouraged,
since warm baths taken frequently
produce debility. Another plan, parti.
cularly good in cases Of over excite
ment of the brain, is that of applying
a wet towel to the back of the neck,
fastening dry towel over it to pre-
vent too rapid exhileration. Cold
water is usually chosen, though warm
water many be used. When sleepless
on account of the heat, try the effect
of warm water upon the feet. 1t will
often give the required relief that ends
in sleep.
Counting one, two, three and so on
is an old and tried method of inducing
forgetfulness. If you can count in
any but your native tongue so much
the better, for you are likely to pay
more strict attention to the foreign
numerals. You must combine your
counting with your breathing to make
it of any value. With each long and
regular breath dole out one of your
numbers, and if you are not too cum
bered with care you may fall asleep
before you have reached the round
hundred. Again, a thought by its
very immensity may bring sleep. In
stead of pinning your attention down
to one strict line of thought, try
thinking Of anything-something that
is both simple and vast. The very
idea of the ocean or Of the sky may
swallow up the little perplexities that
cause wakefulness.
There are some natural perversities
about sleep. When there is every
reason for watchfulness and wakeful-
ness, then it is prone to come, unin-
vited. When there is every reason
why it would be more than ordinarily
welcome, it stands afar off. 1t never
seems so persistent in forcing its
presence as when the alarm clock
sounds and it is time to rise. On holi-
days and Sundays, when there is time
for an extra snooze, it smillngly de-
parts before dawn. There is one thing
upon which authorities agree, and that
is that one should sleep until he natural
ly wakes.-Neu York Sun.
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