The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
MANY AuTHoRs coMpcsT'-s
Some Of the Best ldea. G.
While Half ~

Some Of the Best idea. Co.
While Half Awak~
Most people. II asked tbo
would say that bed was N. ~ y
rest in, not to work. And ths' =
is true of the great majority = I
there is still a decent mod,n.'
who find bed a very conoon,s'
In which to do their work or
part OF It, and who, In fact. do !.
guise the truth that thev co.
there very effectively.
This plan was followed bv ..
poet Campbell, who tells Us tbs, |
awake thinking Of his proiec,oa
"Lochiel," when there came n
mind. with other poetic tbou.n..
Idea OF the shadows in the room, y
ing up as the day began to bre.s
he at once jumped out Of bed and !.
down what has since become ! !.
wide proverb, Coming event.
their shadows before"
Many writers owe much OF tb.,.
cess to clever plots and article. !.
have been begun, worked out. ana. /.
ly set into proper form during a.
that their authors lay betwes0
blankets. The writings afterward .
OFTEN been merely mechanical !
even much Of that was done in he'd
setting of the plot and the dlalogr.
the chief thing. as most writers I,
100 well.
Il trust you'll excuse me- said
ebrated doctor lately to a friend +,
mad called to see him early. and Il
being asked to go up to his bed NJ
found the physician still eniovIDy T,
comfort Of the sheets. "KIpdIT
down, my boy, for a minute. I'M 4
done answering these letters. b.,
my letters brought up Immed,a
when they arrive in the mornlpo !
| go over them in bed and mn dr
The replies In pencil on the baet
hem. Then when my secretary anir.
II y he has nothing to do but 20 d,
answer them. AS you know. | am
busy from 10 o'clock. when | first 5
'ear downstairs. till late at night. y
MS pian' you see, saves me nearly )
lour's work with him."
That students often burn the n
light oil" in bed is a fact common,
.nown, but few are aware Of b
ength to which this is carried out 4
ecially In colleges. | know a eones
D London where any night one ou
nd thirty or forty men all working
ed with note books, manuals, peua
all in full rig-out, many Of iha
aving their writing desks before ts
D the bed. The contrivances for tn
lg out the gas without getting out (
cd when work is done would do cred
the ingenuity of an Edison.
And where did you ever find time /
through your classical authors All
your mathematical problems so thor
as to gain distinction" said d
London University man, who bal
aduated a few years ago with ds
lguished honors. For | knew be hA
orked hard at his own business d
e day from 8 till 5.
In bed, old fellow, In bed" said b
used to lie awake In the morning *
hour before getting up and emplF
the time in thinking over the Euci
In riders and comic problems ial;
d puzzled me. Almost invariably !
'rked their solution out in my braa
thout paper or pencil while lying 2
And every night before | went .
l went over so many dozen Gree
and Latin annotations till thei
re all just like the multiplication Q
to me-"
here is another class OF men wh
rk much in bed-viz.. the legal IN
nifty. Not very long ago a leadiEi
G. in an important case only got b
ef delivered the night before d
e came on for trial at Manchests
ICES. and yet, to everybody's aston
ment, he showed next day a mos
prising grasp Of the case, and deal
successfully with it and the W.T.
ses engaged in it as to bring Of b
mt successfully. Asked as to boz
had been able to master such an ID
ate brief in one night, the Q. G. n
"a; Took it to bed with me ai
ut over it this morning "-Pearsou
Root Sufocation.
Is difficult to get people to undo