Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-04-05

CHEAP SLEEPING PORCH.
Ia temporary sleeping porch outside
window. supported by braces set at an
angle and protected by awning, may
be built at cost of few dollars.l
brain cells communicate are retracted
during sleep. thus withdrawing the
brain from outside stimulation.
1t is conceivable that if all our senses
by which we communicate with the
external world were paralyzed sleep
would automatically follow. For eX-
ample, suppose complete paralysis Of
all sensory nerves except those of one
eye existed. By closing this the pa
tient would at once be put to sleep.
Another theory assumes that the cen
ter-the vase motor nerve center at
the base of the brain-which controls
the blood vessels and equalizes the
circulation of the blood throughout the
body, becomes fatigued. resulting in a
dilation of the arteries of the body and
a lessened blood supply in the brain.
1t seems well established that during
| sleep a condition of anaemia of the
brain exists. whatever may be the
causes underlying it. This explains
! the feeling of drowsiness after a hearty
meal. when there is a determination
of blood to the digestive organs and
a withdrawal of blood from the brain.
Importance of Sleep.
But there are many kinds of sleep,
and the gentle poet refers to only one
kind-heaIthful, restful sleep-the kind
that ''slides into the soul"
That sleep is an important thing is
sufficiently evidenced by the fact that
man spends about one-third of his life
time in that condition. Those who
have tried to lessen this proportion
have usually paid the penalty which
nature exacts for any attempt to cheat
in playing the game"
Value of Early Training.
Babies should sleep most of the time,
but most of them don't. The disci-
pline of early retiring should be COM
menced in childhood and rigidly en-
forced. The practice of allowing little
children to sit up in the evening so
that papa may play with them is
heartless, selfish and cruel Children
under ten years of age should be put
to bed not later than $50 o'clock; from
ten to fourteen years of age o'clock
should be the limit and from then on
until maturity is reached o'clock is a
safe and sane hour
The evening meal should be simple
and all MISUNDERSTANDING, reading
of exciting tales. hard study, ETC.
avoided An effort should be made to
encourage rather than disturb the nat
ural drowsy preliminary to the healthy
sleep. which is real food to the rapidly
developing child BRAIN
With a good start in life along these
lines it will take a vast amount of
abuse and neglect to destroy the habit
of healthful sleep. But modern life
is complex; it's work and play are ex-
citing, strenuous and often unsettling.
The childhood habit of sound sleep,
when the rain upon the roof was
pleasant and soothing sound, is too
often succeeded by the light and fitful
sleep which vanishes with a creaking
shutter or gust Of wind.
When one reaches such a state, what
to do? 1t is easier to say what not to
do. and we will approach the subject
first from that standpoint.
Things to Avoid.
Do not above all things, seek relief
in drugs. They are seldom really
needed. and when they are actually
necessary it is playing with dangerous
fire to use them except under the ad-
vice and control Of a physician.
Another thing to avoid is worry over