The Washington herald., 1907-04-28
Why SOME WOMEN AGE EARLY
They Fail to Take Their Needed
Rest Systematically.
sleep Is the Best Medieine-Oeca-
sioHaI Halliday in Bed Is
Excellent Tonic.

There are hundreds OF women Of the
upper and middle classes just now bewail-
ing their nerves" and crying out that
/ headaches and insomnia and depression
are spelling their lives This IS a neurOtic
age. and half the world Of men and
I women not only burn the candle at both
ends, but in the middle as well The
+ strenuous life is almost necessity TO the
man 0r woman who is ambitious socially,
politically. or commercially. We are so
anxious to get on" that We attempt to
! do far more than we are consututonally
ht for, and nervous breakdown is the
! inevitable result.
Lack Of repose is a prime factor in the
/ causati0n Of nerves" says Elizabeth s
( Chcsser NJ B.. in the London Express;
! the constant rush in the social and busi-
( ness world. the frantic pursuit Of pleasure
and amusement are frequent precursors Of
nervous IN health.
( Unquietness III the home the tyranny OF
social engagements and worldly duties. "
/ following upon a strenuous working day
F give no opportunity FOR reD0se. The
power to be quiet the virtue Of repose,
- wa tE4 +-44- IL TINS --el4 AL4|
women; The woman VINO Is constantly on
/ the move. striving after something just
+ ont of her reach. dif5ases an atmosphere
Of disquiet and vulgar unrest around her
+ TIC be- busy does not necessarily mean TO
F achieve; busting activity is too often bar
/ rem OK real progress.
I The working woman ages quickly and
+ loses her looks ten years before her do
mesticated sister simply because she re-
f fuses 10 rest enough. She comes 10 her
meals in a tagged condition, and is sur
1 prised that she mas no appetite. a short
! bodily rest before meals would make all
( the difference. Then. hard working men
and women alike should always have at
/ least half an hours complete mental and
physical rest after meals Systematic rest
( ing al meal times is better than desultoIy,
F though longer continued rests. at other
times
A half day in bed occasionally is excel
/ lent medicine for the business woman.
/ Novel reading in moderation is not to be
despised as rest remedy. while sound
refreshing slumber at night is nature
method of nerve repair, Nine hours
sleep every night is a sound principle TO
go upon, and the mentally active woman
who takes a lot out OF herself requires
at least that amount. The man or the
woman who sleeps enough viii do better
work and keep younger and healthier for
it, Hard work and severe nervous strain
are only harmful when continued over
long period with insufficient rest and
sleep at the same time.
Sleep is the best and cheapest medicine.
and il Is within the reach of everybody
We require as much sleep as we can pro
cure We may work at high pressure
if we sleep enough, but If We overwork
and under sleep iTTitability insomnia ana
neurasthenia are almost certainly IN store.
One Of the prime causes of i'll health
among men and women who have TO work
with their brains Is neglect Of sleep The
woman who curtails her sleep begins TO
worry.
insufficient sleep, in the first instance.
Is "a common cause of insomnia. Rest
and sleep are only rational cures for
brain Tag and nervous exhaustion. 1t is
the highly developed mind that is liable
10 worry, the alert. highly strung indi-
vidual who is prone to suffer from sleep
lessuess. The country yokel can always
sleep, ana nobody ever saw a neurasthenic
COW; but the higher the type the greater
need for rest and sufficient sleep.
The placid, easy-going people can afford
~ curtail their rest; they seldom do: but
those of "a nervous energetic disposition
require All the sleep they can get Their
wear and tear is excessive, and when the
symptoms of iTTitability AMI Worry appear
they should serve as warning that the
brake is required Unfortunately most
people at this stage resort 10 drugs and
strong tea. medicine and alcohol. They
feel the need OF stimuiants or sedatives.
they say
But druggins only aggravates matters
and BY diminishing their wiz power and
their resistance makes their last state
worse than their first. When the working
woman yearns for tea or cigarette,
when the havassed society woman turns
10 strong coffee and liqucur. il is really
rest that they should have. Rest is Ma
lures sedative. sleep Natures sweet re-
storer There is no drug that has the
reparativc power, no remedy in the world
to eaC2I the healing properties OF sleep.