Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-08-22


Anyone who Is nervous should be
careful how she expeuds energy. 10
rest should not be an art difficult OF
requirement or one requiring teacher
yet many know very little Of 1t. II
you are physically tired, a very few
minutes fiat ON your back Is worth, as
Il means of repair, an hours sitting III
u chair; but mind that it be fiat not re-
clining on a lounge, or with your spine
bent out of shape in II deep chair In
which your weight rests on any part
of your body except the part intended
to support it--above all. not in rock
ing chair. that special trap for the ner-
vous. Besides getting into this position
you must lie still in it, not holding your
self down on to the couch or endeavOr-
ing to hold that article Of furniture
downfall is, you must be loose, re-
Taxed, unstrung. Look at child IN
bed. limbs sprawled all abroad, for
"how to do 1.-THE ease of the careless
position Is more characteristic Of per-
feet relaxation than the more composed
attitude of sleeping adult. says DR..
John X. Mitchell, in Harper's Bazaar.
Learn to keep still when you rest;
when you move, move with the part of
the body needed; do not waste your
force by walking with your arms and
face as we'll as with your legs. Ii cir
cumstances force an unusual and ia
tiguing amount Of exertiOn upon you,
break 1t now and then by periods Of alb
solute rest. No matter how brief they
are, they will be useful IL you make
them complete and perfect in the way
described. This is true Of mental as
we'll as bodily exertion. A minute or
two minutes of quiet, with closed eyes,
If possible, with your tension relaxed
and the gearing Of the machinery
thrown off for the moment. will help
and refresh you greatly. Here, again.
more may be gained If the ability to
relax mentally can be secured, In a
fashion similar to the withdrn wing Of
muscular tension. Learn to empty your
mind when not using 1t.
This will not only help for the pur-
pose Of temporary repose, but may be
made useful in bringing about sleep.
1t can. like the trick Of muscle relaxa-
ton, be acquired and made habitual.
You will then be less liable to have
your days work of worry pursue you to
bed and fasten upon you, to the Danish
ment Of all possibility Of going to
sleep, or If you escape this. follow you
into the land of Nod and bag you
in your dreams.
DR.. Mitchell gives some good advice
about the art Of woOing sleep that Is
worth quoting.
"Overanxiety about sleep hinders it's
coming and makes one wakeful. Mus
cular relaxation and mind emptied
of thought are the preliminary requi-
Sites" he says. 1T may be worth while
to add that while we know very little
of the physiology of sleep, it Is pretty
certain that the amount Of blood in the
brain is lessened during sleep. though
whether this diminution in the blood
supply is preliminary to or consequent
upon sleep IL insure. The ordinary
household remedies for wakefulness
are founded on this fact-a hot foot
bath. hot-water bag to the body,
warm drink, which draws blood to the
stomach, all having more or less d.
rectly the effect Of reducing the guam
tity Of blood in the head. Almost all
sleep producing medicines act In the
same manner, but these are undesira-
BILE for nervous people. who too easily
grow dependent upon them. The habit
of their use is not 80 dangerous as the
slavery to pain-suppressing drugs, the
greatest reason against them being
rather In their somewhat depressing
nervous and physical after effects. On
the other hand. thought certainly in
creases the amount Of blood in the
head"
Aladdin's Lamp Outdonc.