The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
RELATION Of SLEEP TO LIFE
NECESSARY TO HAVE THE MIND FREE FROM WORRY TO GET
REAL REST FROM sLEyIBER.

ITO sleep. and natures sof, nurse is
frightened Of and the whole weary
struggle and loss repea, themselves
with double power in the night watch
81 A recent writer tells the stcr:
Of this in colcrs that many a restless
through the slow dragging hours" he
exe,ains. surrounded by a sombe,
qaiesude from whose sitting tlackness
thoughts like demons leap 10 eaten
De b. the throat. TO roli and toss until
the soul within us cries u in agony,
: He reach u frantic hands inc,
. that Knocks Us by the contra 9,
o. its deep and awful quiet: a, such
t'mef he adds. our everyday sor.
!o~f. noTsoever small and petty they
pc. grow and magnify themselves ur-
nj they overflow the night, filiins the
universe above n around us
And over against tina, e'er true mic.
lure o. the sleepiess mortal. set tina
Old. BIZ, none too familiar one Of the
immortal Knight Errant in the realm
o. happy dree ms who called down
blessings on him who invented s!een.
1t covers a man all over. thoughts
and all, like a cloak" runs the old.
time strain, 1t is meat for the hun
sF'. drink for the thirsty. heat for
the cold and cold for the hot. II is
me current coin that purchases ali
me Pleasures OF the world cheap. and
me balance that sets the king and
the shepherd. the fool and the r,ise
man even" ~
II is we'll for any age. for anv nu,.
pose. to deprive man Of that heaven
blessed mantle. and that. too. before
the dreams that went with it have
come true? May there not really he
something in the PSYCHOLOGISTS recent
claim that out Of those dreams when
man sieepeth. come the ideals thar
III most surely to guide him on 10
the perfect life that /. TO e II
seems logical that when the vel, Of
eleep fai!s over h imperfec. life that
y. tne vision Of life as it ought 10 be
would have fuller power. There II
certatnl: more than an idle guess IN
Hmerson'e idea that in the dreams of
a night We are carried forward. I,
mas. TO be sure. make some differ.
enee whether those dreams come O,
a clear conscience and a quiet mind
or lobster neuberg and cafe noir
hence the writers who are striving 70
sho"' man how bodies and minds
should work together for the best Of
fef1ns OF sleep and dreams are on the
f1sht track. Of course. But, II they
van TO consider all the difaculties the
umes present as we'll as some practic-
al features Of the a that take little
note Of the pyschic or mental side ~
the question. they must 20 hack "a
the lessons Of the ancient wise mar
who made quite a study of sleep and
dfeams In his day. and rather sum.
med the matter up in the announce.
ment: Tho sleep Of . laborinc mar
10 sweet whether he eats little or
much. but the abundance Of ;he rich
will not suffer him to sleep" I, Is
true that the application Of the saw
today would put the little prononn
him" in as close relation to re Ia"
boring man as the rich. since abund
anee Of riches are found to disturh
the rest Of toiiers who contribute r.
them quite as much as Of idlers who
possess them. But that the secret Of
sleep lies very much in that rest aftey
healthfui labor which tired naturs
makes sweet Ii a simple truth maj
rather mocks the involved theories
and l~ucubrations Of the scientists and
teachers who would bring their psv.
chic subtleties to bear on natnre.s
plan.
1t Is much like the case Of the mar
who had murdered sleep BY turnins
night into day and was treated for IN.
somonia by all the medical experta ana
specialists withia reach, but founH M
help till at length one humble frienS