Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-27

HOW TO INDUCE SLEEP
AVOID ALL oriATEs AND OTHER
FORMS or "porE.s
Light Meal Followed by Moderate
Exercise, Well Aired Room and
Warm Feet usuaIIy VIII Bring
Peaceful SIurnber.

There are sound hygienic methods
by which sleep may be induced. In
c~ilrsions into the realms Of patent
medicines. opiates. and Al sorts Of
slumber slixirs which are summed up
~ dope" should be avoided. But
the moral Of this lesson has been
pointed over and over, yet little has
been Bafd shout natural methods OF
wooing sleep. Under this head does
not come tho various mental contriv-
ancss such n counting sbsep" or re-
citing the multiplication table.
Oxygen 10 ~ necessary TO the body
cells during the hours Of sleep as at
any other time. Perhaps in the cAse
OF children 1t h ever more necessary.
For them sleep moan tho time of
anaboIism, growth and repair. The
old prejudice against open windows
still exists. In spite OF the campaigns
Of education In the newspapers and
lin the schools. Dust in the ruoms,
An imaginary draft, the fear of colds,
and many other stupid reasons ars
advanced in excuse of this psrnicious
prejudice.
The organs OF the body also should
be considered. and no excessive work
should be given the heart or digestive
organs before retiring to rest. High
pillows lead to an increase In the
hearts force at q time when the
heart should have the lightost work.
Pillows that are too low may cause
headaches, and sven sleepleasness.
through an excess of blood being in
the brain. Heavy late suppers are
unwiae, but q light meal, followed by
such moderate exercise as a short
walk, ia generally conducive to sound
sleep. The light meal causes a
withdrawal OF flood from the head
into the stomach r and the body
generally. The body is therefore
warmed, and this is important.
Cold ~extremities. particularly cold
feet, aus sensory stimulations,
which produce sleepiessness, often
for hours. People who suffer in this
way should take means to keep theit
feet warm artilcially by using Sleep
Ing socks, OF slipper baths, or by the
use Of hot water bottles, and by
sleeping between blankets.
It is, Of course, fatal to sound
sleep to go to bed with anything on
the mind" In these sensational and
pl~easure-loving days we often retire
to rest after receiving a long series
OF vivid sensations which often ac-
count for hours OF sleepless tossing.
Sometimes this may be relieved by
9 gentle friction OF the head with d
medium hard brush.
We annot hope to always drive
away the disturbing sensory I'M
pulses. for. built BIS man lis, joy. suf-
fering. grief. responsibility and worry
last, but by no means ieast). must
ind their place in HIS life ct some
time or other. Life without fhssa
would be at best a mere existence.
and so we must nav the hin 81 such
times. And eysn then fatigue must
cause sleep ere long.
It may be wise not to be too par-
ticular about noises when little chill
dren are asleep. AT some future time
they may be thankful for learning to
sieep while q certain amount OF noise
Is sooing on. For instance. there ia
no reason why they should not be ar
customed to sleep while q piano Ia
being played In another room In the
houses-Spokane spokesmsn-RevIsw.