The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-13
WAKE UP SLOWLY.
Wake up slowly,

Wake up slowly
No matter. says the New York Sun,
what has been your habit, begin to-
morrow morning and wake up by de-
grees.
The modern girl lives too much in a
hurry, anyway. She hRfries out shop
ping, she hdrries through the stores.
she hurries home, hurries through her
luncheon, hurries out to take her con-
stitutional, hurries back to dress; and,
nnaily, after a long day Of hurrying,
she nurries TO bed, so as to wake I'D
early the next morning.
Everybody wants to wake up early
enough, but very few people do it.
They sleep a minute too long, jump
out of bed, and the mischief is done.
/ You viii suffer the effects all day.
The theory of waking up slowly is
this: During sleep, the heart beats
sluggfshly, and all the functions of
the body are, in a sense, asleep. The
vital organs are resting or as near it
as they ever are.
When you wake UP In a hurry and
Jump out Of bed, you set the heart to
beating rapidly, and you stir up all
thee vital organs with a suddenness
that is distinct shock to them. They
should wake up leisurely.
There are persons who habitually
wake up suddenly jump out Of bed
and rush into a bath. Frequently the
bath will be taken within five minutes
after waking up and the result Is not
the vigor which one expects to have
In the morning, but ianguor. tor
por, feeling as though one had work.
cd hard all day.
When you wake up in the morning
1t is very important to wake up slow
ly. AS consciousness returns to YOU
lie perfectly still for a while until
you are wide awake.
Open Tp3r eyes gently, to get ac-
cuetomed 10 the light. Open them
and close them again. Perhaps YOU
want TO doze a little before waking
up.
When you do wake up, wake UP
very leisurely. like a kitten. Have
you ever watched a cat wake up?
It will stretch one leg and then an
other, II win yawn. 1t win stretch
this muscle and that muscle.
II viii stretch its back, it will roll
over. elongate its neck and roll over
again.
And how does baby wake up?
Watch a baby some time and see.
II opens its eyes and closes them
again and rubs its fists into them.
II tries to roll over; it stretches its
arms out, and it stretches it's legs.
II wakes up In a very leisurely way.
You are not sure it really is awake
until IL begins TO cry, which is a sig
nal that IL wants to be taken up.
A good natured baby will wake up
and laugh. This is the healthy way
OF Weakening in the morning. If you
are healthy, and II you are good ma
tured, you win wake up slowly, stretch
and yawn, and begin to laugh. That
is the proper way to awaken.
Here are a few wake-up don'ts:
Don't wake up worrying. Danish
care from your mind. You have no
idea what an important effect the
first waking thoughts OF your mind
exert upon your body during the day.
Don't take your breakfast alone.
Even though you may not want to
talk, II is a good thing to have cheer
ful society in the room with you. II
will keep you from brooding.
Don't plan things before breakfast.
Many women are in the habit of lay
ing out the day and making memoir
anda before they eat.
Don't think intently before break
fast. Try to keep the mind a perfect
blank until you have fed the stom-
ach.
Don't worry before breakfast.
Don't quarrel until you have been
awake at least two hours. Quarrelling
before the morning meal is a great
wrinkle maker.
Don't talk much before breakfast.
II tires the voice and taxes the mind.
Try 10 think pleasant thoughts.
Try to get the mind In a calm. pleas
ant state.
Try to remember that a calm hour
before breakfast makes a calm mind
all dav.
Try to smile and think of nothing at
all. Don't tax the thoughts and don't
tax the spirit
Then there are things you can do
as well as things you must not do.
One OF the most important principles
Of correct living is that OF a bath be-
fore breakfast.
take a bath on rising IN the morn
ing. Let IL be tepid bath. just tho
same temperature as the room. and,
10 secure this. draw the bath the night
before.
For those who esn't have a morning
plunge. and who are very uncomfor-
table without A. there n a substitute.
massage. Mnasnge stretches the mus
cies and rests them and gives ell the