The Washington herald., 1914-02-05
THERE ARE MANY SIMPLE
WAYS TO CURE INSOMNIA
Terrors of Sleeplessness Flee When Victim Learns
to Look at the Matter in a Sen
sibLe Wav

| Insomnia and sleeplessness are robbed
of many of their terrors II their victim
look at them In sensible way. The
very worst thing to do when sleep falls
to come is TO worry about II and finally
work yourself into such a state Of nerv-
BUSINESS that night and darkness seem all
surrounding and never ending.
The victim of sleeplessness should make
her wakeful hours as comfortable as pos
sibie. III she cannot train herself to lie
still. relaxing and resting. she should pro-
vide herself with such comforts as are
necessary to make the midnight vigil
bearable. even pleasant.
Sometimes simple little devices bring
the desired sleep. One remedy 10 this:
Close the eyes and turn the eyeballs as
far toward the top of the head as posst-
BILE. This is their normal attitude during
sleep and this attitude. persistently held.
often produces sleep. One woman cured
herself Of real insomnia in this way.
Warm Water Helps.
Sometimes a drink OF warm water will
produce sleep. There Is now on the mar
ket little metal cylinder, which is at
tached to the electric light socket by a
wire. When the current Is turned on
the cylinder becomes hot and IL It Is
placed in a glass of water the water soon
cylinder. on the bedside table would make
hot water at any time in the night con-
venient.
A bedside light always shoul0 be at
hand for the convenience Of the light
sleeper. Small electric candles. lighted
with storage batteries. are sold now.
These are ideal for bedside lights The
little watch stands. on bases in which
there is a storage battery. fltted with little
k,,fN e. H., st l. AA~ sra1
TO turn on the light that illuminates the
face of the watch. are another conven-
ience.
A soft, comfortable woolen wrap Of
some sort should hang by the bed Of the
light sleeper. One knitted or woolen yarn
one OF the attractive little bed jackets
with long sleeves and a soft, rolling COL
lar about the neck-is a good choice.
One can be made of soft outing flannel
or OF eiderdown.
Have weolen Wrap Ready.
An electric heating pad in another
comfortable companion for sleeplessness.
The windows must, OF course. be left
open at night, and IL they are closed
while the wage against wakefulness il
carried on then. OF course, they are closed
when sleep comes again. A warm bed
jacket and an electric heating pad, which
can he regulated from the bed. make it
possible to be comfortably warm in a
cool room.
Reading OF course. is the solace of the
sleepless. The light should be good.
Brackets to hold electric bulbs securely
on the rungs of brass bed are sold.
Beside lights on tall brass or wood stand
ards are also sold. II Is while reading
that the warm bed jacket and the heat
ing pad are called into use.
1t may sound absurd, but loose. thick
cotton gloves, or wooden ones IL they
dc not iritate the skin. are most COM
Portable adjuncts to the midnight reading
costume. 1t is impossible to read COM
fortably without bringing the hands from
under the bedclothes-and il they are un-
covered, of course they get cold.
How to Read in Bed.
Reading in bed is not Injurious IL the
light is good and 10 the book 10 held in
the proper position. 1t should be SO
held that the light strikes full on the
page without elaring in the eyes. 1t Is
usually more comfortable to sit in a
half upright position than In a reclining
one. comfortable pillow or two should
be ready at hand to support the back
and head.
Eating often induces sleep. Bread and
butter sandwiches, waters. a little fruit
anything that has been found satisfactory
can be prepared beforehand and placed
on the bedside table for the sieepless
ones feast. II hot milk does the work
1t can be kept in a thermos bottle-or 1t
can be heated by the electric cylinder.
Little silk candle screens are dainty.
The screen is formed OF wire and the
silk shirred. is stretched over it. 1t is