The sun., 1901-07-06
THE HOUSEWIVES CORNER.

flghted thee?" asked the distracted
king in ShakcspearSs play of Henry
W." and ii is question which thons-
nn,lS of weary mortais both before and
after that soycrcign's time have been
in the habit of framing, though no an
Swer has been forthcoming. That sew
cral ingenious persons have. however
solved the problem Of inducing sleep the
following peculiar methods Of counteract-
ing insomnia will, says TitBits. clearly
demonStrntc:--
His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Per
sia was Il martyr to insomnia for long
time until. in happy moment OF m
Spir;tion one of the court physicians mi
upon the extraordinary notion of pattlng
the autocrat on the arms and back until
sleep weighed down his eyeids. So ad-
mirahle was this specific found TO be that
il was Immediately adopted by the shah
and il is stated that the suite when
accompanicd him to Europe contained
among other functionarics. two "patters
whose sole occupation took the form OF
hclping to send their master into the
realms or the drowsy Morpheus.
AZ the Paris Exposition there was
shown the model Of 4 cave once occupied
bv n famous Crock brigand. who was II
the habit of being sent to sleep by thf
drorping Of pieces of gold from the root
of the cave on q carpet beneath. lh'
gold thus droppcd represented some %
the booty that he had acquired from pass
ing travellers. and so dear had the sonnt
of coin become to him that nothing M
7 its chink upon The ground would sooth'
: lis cyrids to sleep. OF all queer meth
ods Of inducing lrowsincss the for"golh;
would certainly seem 10 hc the qurer'St
gentleman who resided for man.
wears iu the town of Worcester was IN
!, able to drop off to sleep unless hnit . do'
! On pcachrs were placed under his pillow
. rs he avcrred that the prcfum" ot W
! fruit brought with il 4 certain degre
of druwSincss.
Somewhat similar to the device OF TN
Z, worthy was the plan Of 4 PariSian mei
" chant whose only remedy for sleeplrs'
! ness WAS the insertion hencntl ms plll"N
/, OF sachrt Of lavender the smell q
" which. hc declared would send nm !
sleep in less than FIVE minutes.
;, Very peculiar was the following
u mI,lllr aged engineer who had lived +,
I mnpy wears close 10 the beach of n se'
y Side town had grown 50 accustomed
u thr lullaby Of The waves that when bus
ness lhbk nun w iHi'ih-7'''' - =
was thcnceforward compelled t. live,
found that the absence of the sea mn
y nlurs robbed him Of sleep. He therefor
fitted M in his hcdchamhcr m apparnii
y which was 81 constructed that the solil
y Of Tho waves aS they broke upon I.
y shore was most cevcrlv initiated. Ald'
hy Ills fictitious appliance the englne
was ruallrd to slcer, perfectly. AMI II
y" nnpnratus continued in constant nse mn
Ne Tho ,lay of his death some years later.
- w some Oriental clim"S th" nativ
'i whn fud themselves unable to slccn
y natural means prevail upon their rri"n
" tn administer go them very sound iio
'k .iurs with bamboo canes. The NJ
7" Tins Sustained Is supposed hy the natir
!" III Question Ia induce q sensation
y" drnwSin"ss. followed hy sleep, All I
same. thcrc are few insomnia patients
!" this country who would resort to
drastic measure for curing their c"l
plaiut.
'"- u has been said that drnkin@ 4 rla
20, or warm milk hrfurr retiring will produ
" ,lrovsirnss Int II i not pleasant dc
thcre nights. no give the entro r"rs
n sunngo hoth in salt water is the nlc;
no nut"st mcthod of Allnring slcen now
" yerv tr"d . bath IN water from VIII
? 'l,r rhll hns hrcn inGrn onl into VIII
h"y boon disGlvc1 ! hnndfnl or wash
! snla viii eootll the body greatly.