The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
MIDDAY NAP TN BUSIEEs
THE NEW GOSPEL or SLEEP
PTNDE~g CONVERTS.

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The new gospel Of sleep which some doc
torn are preaching has found convoTta
even in the busiest haunts OF New York
erS. 10 n not the hand laborsr alone
who finds the midday nap a rsfs~ahm~nt.
There are some busy brain workers. who
take nap some time between n O'Clock
and - regularly an they take luncheon.
and there are others who Striosly I'VE W
to the Injunction. -n you are sleepy.
sleep
The preachers Of the new Rospsl cay
that the ability 10 taxa nap al win h ~
secret OF some mems success. Bsnjamin
y. Butler Of Massachusetts,. Il h reoallad.
found great refre~hment In slsepinR on ne
short railway journey TO and from No
once. highly successful lawyer IN q
small city Of the Atlantic coast walked
the better part % a mile home 20 HIS MD
day dinner and then took nap that eouae-
times ran to half an hour. He vas good
then FOR . long afternoon and 70 need ~
. long evening at his once.
The doctors do not expect New Yofk
To initiate the Southern custom of q Iona
midday suspension of business for lunch-
con and the siesta. but they do expecs
that tired msn viii gradually learn ths
value Of the brief nap in business hoasss
Men who sit long alone in their ofnoss
often fight sleep for an hour or more IN
midmorninG or after the MONDAY lunch-
eon. and coming out victors, stick to their
work.
In that hour Of struggle with sleep ths
man is only half himself. and the dootaps
say that the thing that enables him 10
recover the FUN use Of his powers ana hoop
on working eaectively for the rest Of ne
day h the fact that nature has really lznh
her way. that for a few seconds together
he has partly or wholly Loot consoio,n-
ness and has spread a Eve or ten mlnuss
nap over an hour ~ perhaps an hour and
a half.
IL would have been money in his poclxnt
70 put his head down On the deak whan
sleep first began 20 creep upon him ana
take . solid nap Of the necessary lanGth.
they declare. Such a nap. not nscsssaEily
mOre than ave OF eight minutes. po.aibly
- little as three or four. h often folicWsa
by an astonishing TefrsShment that almost
doubles the mans powers.
/ Many men say that they world xiadIy
yield 30 much 20 sleep. hut that the msre
act Of Deliberately preparing 70. n nap
drives slssp away. The answc. ng the
doctors 10. don't prepare. merely yield.
The hrst expes.msnt may not lie sssc-
oessful. hut IL Il 10 rspes ted day after DAY
the blessing Of sle,'p viii csme. Il 10 quite
possible 10 Tx the habit 20 that the nap
can lie taken regularly almost 20 the
minute. and itS duration can be reduced
90 eq,ssl regularity. some men owe tAsir
salvation from the danger Of nervous
breakdown - the habit % snatcaing
from three 10 ten minutsa sleep a day In
the midst Of busins~s hours.
There az men whose business day 10 80
subject "a interruption that they cannot
be aure Of the nap 81 the desk. SINE atash
msn may be seen sound s@leep on thniF
wsy home by suburbpn tcsins. Othsss
! regularly take 1--WE 90 ten minute mao in
their chairs before dressing for the lnts
dinnsr now uslsl in New York
Men who have many gitsr a nner
speeches to make ere OFT sn Icoustl med
90 prepare themselves for such perform
anoes by . r~fTsshinS nap after they ere
fully d'essed snu ces dy to start for the
scene of The nnss. For such men thsae
precious NJ psars jeelcusly guarded. sone
Of thsm can trust themselves ~ wake
In good season: some must have tsSch
on the shoulder end the wo.d that thp
cRFriAge waits.
! n robbed - the nsp m d ths quiet a.
hOE1se s.Ins gators msnsgs - GO Il in
tina v-h che On the wey - he Dinner. II
10 the cid fD-sy winhs that the gsand-
fsthess e the pi ssent Eene.rticn reed
/ g. talk sbnm and thst the strained nsrvee
al tod ere d@ms nd'ny.
Some men carry into their adult nmpa
the hsbits of early infancy. Thtp man
must have his feet dispcsed just 80
/ Another hRf covers his face with tho
I palm 81 one hand Still another puts his
face fat UPON the upturnsd hacks ~ HE
hAnds. Yet another jeaIo'I-ly -sclndss
the light with a handkerchief or q news
| paper over HE eyes
t some men must roll pencil or a marble
| between the fingers whom oOurtiDG IN.
! ave minute nap. others take curious and
apparently uncomfortahIe positions. A.
tilted far back in the chair with tho had
~ en- angle which seems to thresten
suffocation. some twist themselves into
tight little bundles. some like book for
. pillow.
Not . few rock themselves to sleep nv
Q slowly o~cfiiattng the Cheir on US nind
} legs. - turning " upon ito pivot u IL
/ found NY some men that q biscuit or .
glass of milk az nidmorning insurea
three minutes OF refre~hment &C ths desk
and q solid two hours work before
! luncheon.
| With some mon who try the nap cure tAae
tendency h to fall into q hard sleep thss
takes big gap out OF the day. Such men
need attention. for they are apt to bs
nursing some internal poison that dssIls
the brain. the doctors say. Ths snan
whose maps tend 60 lsngthen rather than
I To limit themsslve~ automatically ~ aga
| to find that an early bed hour does not
I help hts case. and the man who habitually
takes . brief nap after luncheon seldom
hnSls that the loss % an hour or two ~
sleep the night before lenGtheBs hls nap
beyond it, accustomed length.