Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-22
IN HOURS. OF REST
IMPORTANCE OF PROPER SLEEP
 TOO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD.
Good Looks impossible Without sys tematIc Regulation of the Time of SIumber-Has Great Effect
 on the Complexion.

We do not attach half importance enough to sleep in our endeavors to promote the beauty of our appearance. Too much sleep or too little will have great effect on our good looks Beauty sleep is supposed to be en' joyed before midnight. We cannot live without sound sleep, and we never look well or healthy nor are our com. plexions seen at their best save when the body has been refreshed by healthy sleep. But, like all things this can be abused.
 It is quite as necessary to sleep well as to eat and drink, for during sleep the whole organization is reno vated and the nervous system is en' toying healthful repose.
 Rest is good, but rest without sleep, with It's insensibility to all surround ing conditions, would not restore us after the labors and settlements oi the day.
 Nature asserts itself. When we are tired out the muscles relax, the eyes grow heavy, and the blood flows Ian guidly through the lungs; our thoughts become confused. In healthy sub feet fresh air, active exercise. and a full life make sleep come easy. But the more regular our sleep the more conducive to health and good looks. If we do not have enough we become languid and exhausted; If we sleep too much our bodily and mental pow CTS become benumbed. Children and old people need more sleep, but the average person needs about eight hours.
 Above all things, see that the bed. room is we'll ventilated. The window left open an inch at the top will do wonders toward keeping the air pure, for the foul air thus escapes. Too cold a room is as bad as too hot i; about 60 degrees is right. You must remember that digestion is slower while we sleep; the heart beats less vigorously; we breathe more deep..
 But granted that all the conditions of healthy sleep have been insured and that we wake up refreshed, we should do all we can to bring our com, plexion and our appearance generally to its utmost perfection during these hours of rest. Having washed the face the last thing with lukewarm water with little oatmeal in it, rub on the face some skin food or emols- ent cream. and having administered 1t with little massage, rub of with a soft rag. In this way you are turn. ing the resting hours to account and nourishing the skir. Happy are the people who have pursued this plan from early youth, for they will retain e soft skin to old age.
 One thing cannot be too strongly urged. Do not keep the mouth open during sleep. It is the cause of much bad health, and 1t is detrimental to the complexion The nose breathing exercises obviate this.
 Everyone should learn simple breathing exercises. No one should take too much out of their nervous system, but this is one of the faults of the age. Therefore 1t is all the more necessary to have plenty of rest full sleep and leave our best friend, Nature. to recuperate us in her own way. we aiding her by all the means in our power, and laying the founda' tion of rest and repose. thus leaving a fair field and no favor to natures sweet restorer, balmy sleep"