Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-06
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II Is interesting to know the modern
methods of banishing mans common
enemy, insomnia. 1t is doubly interest.
ing to learn Of the ways by which
women court the sweet restorcr." The
revelations made upon this subject by
the members of a womnn's club are
Interesting and unique, ana the fact
that these ladies' invite sleep by per.
hitting their thoughts to dwell upon
clothes does not prove that such sub
Jects are uppermOst In u woman's
mind, but simply that they are the
least dlsquictIng. Shakespeare himself
was thinking about clothes when he
said that II was the office Of sleep to
knit up the raveled sleeve of care
or course this method of wooing
sleep Is suitable to but one sex, and
no one would be foolish enough to sug
insomnia by thinking of his wife's
wardrobe, or by mentally hanging NJ
the various articles which have haunt
ed his wide-awake faculties In the form
of that enemy Of sleep, u bill. One
distinguished man. the Poet Words
worth, thus described his conflict with
balmy sleep:
4 flock of sheep that lcisurcly pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, ant
bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers. winds
ana seas.
Smooth fields, white sheets of water. an,
pure sky,
BY turns have all been thought Of, yet
lie
Slccplcss.
This would seem to point TO the fac
that n mans thoughts dwell upon i'm
personal things when he Is inviting
sleep. while u woman's turns TO per
sonal vanitics. But mans vanitie
are of so disturbing a kind that IN
dare not think about them. So let hin
think OF sheep.
such was the paragraph-thc names
being changed-which appeared in th'
| list of costumes AT the inaugural ball
| Let us study II Il moment. These eos
tune descriptions are written by til,
wearers, who also write their name
on the cards distributed for that pul
pose by the journalistic Jcnkinses VIII,
perform the duty technically known u
doing society" Hence, II was Mrs
John l., Robinson herself who adde'
the designation daughter of Admira
Tompkins' to her name. In othc
words, Mrs. Robinson prefers to b
known rs the daughter Of her faihe
rather than rs the mere wife OF he
| husband. The fact constitutes evidenc
of the growth of In this country of du
appreciation of those social advanl
ages" so highly priced by Rear Ad
miral William Y. Sampson. Isn't
rather pitifuly Somewhere In the bach
ground there Is Mr.. John J.. Robin
son. Very likely he hasn't had any ''st
cial advantages" at all. Probably h
is in the wholesale grocery line--Or i
hides or soap or shoe findings. We GA
imagine John u. Robinson wOrkln
hard and late that his wife may shin
at the inaugural ball In white satl
yelled in silver-spangled net; dii
monds.' 1t is safe to say that John
Robinson, like most other Americans,
an honest, hearty, unaffected fellow
who loves and cherishes his wife an
tries to make her happy. Yet whe
Jenkins comes around with his cOstum
card to be filled out Mrs. John T.. ROl
inson is not content to appear in tn
society column as the mere wife G
honest JOhn-plebeian John, who Ia
pinched himself to furnish forth til
funds for the court costume. She mus
advise the reading public of her earl
social advantages" John p. RObil