The Washington times., 1907-08-27
=. Value of Sleep As An Aid in Maintaining Good Health
Halae Of Sleep

During these sultry days OF August,
when the heat Is trying and even thing
IN the household seems 10 pail upon the
mother she should take as much Of Ma
lures greatest restorer as possible.
Keeping the children clean. seeing that
the household runs on smoothly. going
To market and attending 10 all the sew
ing, Is not the easiest task in the world.
and plenty of sleep viii help her more
than all the medicines that come in
bottle.
The girl in business who sometimes
feels that the days viii never come 70
an end, IL probably trying to work ali
day and keep Up a social life IN lhe
evenings. The girl with an iron ocn-
stitution can do this for time. but
eventually it viii tell on her as much
as it does on her weaker sister. Take
a nalf day in bed now and then and
simply relax your tired body and
nerves.
DO not take an exciting novel and
read Il, but let your brain have hoh-
Gay as well as your body IL Is not
necessary TO stay home from the ONCE
on 8 pretended plea Of Illness 20 take
this required extra slept can be
done on an occasional Sunday morning,
the holidays that are bound 10 come
from time 10 time, or a Saturday after
noon ] do not doubt that you have laid
plans for all your Saturdays and Sun
days, but II you viii set one aside every
now and then. go 10 bed and catch up
with your lost sleep, refresh your tired
brain and WORKOUT body you viii enjoy
the others Ear more.
Women need far more sleep than the
average man. Many men can get along
with four or FIVE hours sleep, arise and
are perfectly refreshed. Not so with the
average woman. She needs at the very
- Il a. TOD
sleep. and II she IS a nervous. high
strung woman she needs at least ten.
Just as soon as you begin 70 steal the
hours that you should be sleeping, YOU
viii age with about twice the rapidity
that you would were you giving the al
lotted time To rest that your physical
being Graves. Sleep reduces fever. 1t
relieves pain. il helps nutrition. II courts
beauty-the loss Of IL leaves you a
wreck that nothing can repair.
Should you be a restless sleeper,
should sleep come 10 you only at hts
and starts, try simple remedies, and
do not plunge into narcotics or stimu-
lants-at least not until the others have
failed A famous English physician who
IS specialist on the diseases or women
and children. is quoted as saying: Il
can cure the worst case of insomnia in
this manner When the patient has re-
tired, give her heaping bowl OF boiled
bread and milk. with just dash OF
salt to season IT, This Will draw the
will quiet the nerves and put the entire
boGy In healthy glow. and IN ninety
nine cases out of a hundred the patient
falls into a healthy. restful sleep"
Another tasty dose To take which viii
induce sleep. is cold orange just before
retiring. There are certain seductive as
well as stimulating qualities In an
oraFge, and IL Is probably one OF the
most efiicacious fruits that can be taken
for this purpose.
Women the world over have a banefui
habit OF leading inactive lives. They
persuade themselves that they get plen-
" OF exercise while doing homework
and then when they go 10 bed al night
they cannot sleep. Just for a change.
try q little exercise out OF doors, after
the afternoon sun has gone down, ard
the air ig cool. Fiji your lungs with All
the fresh air they will hold taking
deep breathing exercises as you walk
along. then 90 home and see II you do
not sleep better than you did the night
before when You had not taken any
fresh air into your starved lungs.