The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-01

Sufferers from insomnia are usual,
extremely sorry for themselves, yet, Al
a well. known physician recently re
marked, there are many worse thing
than lying awake in a comfortable room
alone with one s thoughts. lns0mnii
itself, even In this ncurotie age is rare
" dangerous, but Is usually n symptom
OF some disorder which should be seer
10 al once. II YOU cannot sleep, might
after night, the cause may be OVer.eXcr
tion, mental or physical, immediatelN
before going TO bed, or IL may be that
| You 20 10 bed too near being hungry. 4
| glass of hot milk and n biscuit taken
quietly after getting into bed may he'll
matters, Another method of inducing
sleep is bv warmth Many women, from
/ hygicnir reasons, have only the lightest
possible bed coverings This, of course
I Is admirable IL one sleeps well, but II
/ is much better 10 be u little too warm
\ than TO lie slceplcss. \ good plan is Il
I keep an extra quilt at the bottom OF the
| bed and 10 draw IL NJ when You wake
with that iwou 't.go.to slccp.again
feeling. The pillow is nm important mat.
ter 10 the sleeplcss woman. She may
have il too low or, more probably, too
/ high. \ small pillow Of hops acts as a
sleep charm for some. The old method
Of counting sheep does not find much
favor nowadays, \ better way of firing
one s self ont physically is 10 stare hard
~ the brightest thing YOU con see, hut
the best method of all is 10 make light
and read an interesting (yet not sen.
sati0nal) book for a while. Even q very
few moments of reading In bed help 10
induce calm sleep, because IL drives
away the worries of the day aud gives
one that sense of detachment necessary
20 healthy repose. Drugs should be
avoided, except in the most extreme
eases, hut there urc certain articles Of
food which act ms mild oriates on Ger
tain constitutions. one woman viii be
sent TO sleep by nibbling the root parts
of a lettuce. another by q roasted onion
Each has to find ont what food soothes
her nerves.
4 writer in the Woman 5 Home Com.
panion SAYS: "The question of smok.
ing came up early in our family. Law.
renee has always been greatly attracted
by what he considers snanly accomplish,
mcntS, If he had been brought up in
Puritan atmosphere, he would have sown
an abundant crop of wild oats-so
great to him is the glamour of the
forbidden thing III il savors of fashion
or of luxury. il becomes almost irrcss-
tiblc. He was only Il when we noticed
"a suggestion of cigarette smoke about
him. Have Won been smoking. my bov3'
his father asked in a tone uusuggestivc
of rebuke. Lawrence admitted that he
had. / should be sorry if il stopped
vour growth or injured vour heart, 50
that you could not 20 in for athletics AZ
college. his father went on ma casual
tone. I would rather You did not. if
YOU do not care very much about it. ]
viii give each Of YOU boys a hundred
dollars if YOU will not smoke until YOU
are u. Think il over for a few days. /
If YOU decide that YOU prefer to smoke. |
and if. after YOU have had talk with /
he doctor, Won are not afraid of what !
I may do TO You. your mother will find (
1 place for YOU to smoke. \ few words .
rom our doctor, treating the matter
rom scientific point of view, helped .
lawrence to decide that he would take .
he hundred dollars. The other boys
lecided rs he did; this ended il, -
Dental floss is the best thing on which
o string pearls, coral or glass beads,
The floss may be bought at any large
rug store for 10 or - cents spool.
70 fastcn the end neatly to the clasp,
un the floss through the end two beads,