Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-16
Woman Must Sleep Eight Hours.

To get eight hours good sleep should
he the aim of every woman who wants to
keep her beauty. If the woman be in
clned TO adipose tissue she should limit
her sleeping hours to seven, for it is rest
and sleep which make her fat. IT, on
the other hand, she be very nervous, she
can increase the number of hours to nine,
fer there is something about the beauty
sleep which not only knits up the raveled
sleeve OF care, but also mends the nerves
and restores the nerve fluid.
TO 60 to bed hungry is never a good good
thing fer beautys sake. The body feels
uneasy during the night and the face
shows this uneasiness. One wakens with
n furroW i'll ones forehead, and often
the victim Of an empty stomach Will
wake up lying fiat upon the face and
tossing restlessly.
Again, the one who wants to sleep
soundly must not sleep without a pillow,
for nothing SO drives the blood to the
brain. In cases of great nervousness the
pillow should be extremely high, and
those who work with the brain should
also cultivate the habit of sleeping with
the head very well elevated.
The eight hours comfortable sleep will
be followed by vigorous awakening for
the healthy. If one be in a poor physical
state one can take a few light gymnas-
tics, for, when all things are considered,
it is exercise that does the body good; not
idleness.
Of course there are people who should
not exercise at all, and unfortunately
these are the very ones who are most
apt to take up gymnasium work
Elderly people who feel the need Of
outdoor exercise, yet who cannot, for
some reason, take it. cam have it supplied
win keep the muscle from getting soft
and will invigorate the flesh A great
many elderly people receive strength
through the finger tips and many claim
that Il certain magnetic stimulation is
impaired in this manner.
In any case the elderly woman who
feels all tired out and whose strength
is slipping from her. would do well to try
massage at the hands of some healthy
young woman who thoroughly under
stands her business. Many masseuse
works mot wisely, but with entirely ZOO
much yigor, leaving her patient all worn
ont.
The GIRL who gets up early can have
Il routine of her own, and in arranging
it she can be guided not by the pecularf-
ties OF any one elese but by her own
eccentricities pure and simple. She must
ture, not like other girls at all. but just
like herself, and that she is a law-mot
unto the woman next door-unto herself
alone.
As soon as the girl who gets her
beauty sleep early and who gets up at
the end of eight hours Of repose fully
realizes that she is a human being and
not an automotan she will begin to
improve in health and in looks
For one thing. she will not take the
cold plunge unless it agrees with her.
Perhaps she is Of build which cannot
take a hot bath in the morning, or any
bath at ALL It may be that her pecu-
larities of heart. lungs and vitality are
such that she must eat as soon as she
rises and rest half an hour after eat
ing. There are people who must do this.
But She need not think, if she is enc
Of the persons who wakes up weak and
faint, that She need always be thus.
She should try to take plenty of exer-
else in the open air; and that heart of
hers will grow stronger Here are a
few suggestions for the seeker after
health and beauty:
Don't sleep in close room; don't
try to spend all your hours in the house;
don't think that dusty air full of mi
sorGbes is as good for the lungs as pure
air, and don't be afraid to get out and
get the sunshine. Form a little sun
shine society of your own and be it's
charter member If there is never an
other one in your society.
Don't be afraid of OVERRIDING the eXer-
else business And remember that the
strongest women in the world are those
who belong to the tribes and races whose
lives are spent breathing the outdoor air
OF the fields and the sweet perfume of
the enthusiastically Eagle.