The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-01
REWARD OF INSOMNIA
sLEEPLEss INDIVIDUAL HAS
SOME REcoMPENsE.
Az Least He Can Rest His Body ana
Listening for the Coming Of the
Day is Pleasure 10 Be
Appreciated.

Few men are more to be pitied than
the confirmed "insomniac. Few men
seak more pity Whose cannot sleep
must retail his tale Of trouble to his
associates, friends and chance ac-
gyaIutances. lie expects considera-
lion and uncousciously demands ad-
miratiOn
But as a matter Of fact, nearly eV-
cry wakeml person in culpably respon-
rlBle for his waEpfulncss. The longer
hg stays awake the more nervous and
more lrrIJated he becomes lie comes
10 dislike himself, to dislike nature, to
dislike a world so poorly arranged.
His wakefulness is tense mental
strain, more wearying than a days
labor. The wearier he becomes the
more resentful he feels, and he RACES
against his helplessness.
All Of which Is sheer folly. Going
to bed is as much for the purpose OF
resting the body as Of resting the
mind If the mind refuses to rest, the
body should be given fair chance
Counting 10 impossible numbers and
such artificial devices are usually vain
The best plan is to lie relaxed and at
ease, thinking of something altogether
agreeable A reading lamp at the head
Of the bed and handy book may be
rgs0rted to- Even If one stays awake
thus for hours his body is resting,
and I'm the morning he is partly re-
freshed Actual insomnia Is very rare.
Fear of insomnia, or "insomniapho'
bla' is the ailment from which most
slecpless persons suffer.
But If sleeplessness cannot be put
aside there is a certain reward for
the sufferer He can listen for the
coming of the day, which is pleas
ure denied to healthy sleepers. Just
now he hears the first heTalding Of
dawn at about BIAS The herald is a
rooster in some neighbours back yard
Heretofore that rooster has been
greatly disliked and the neighbor has
shared In his fowls unpOpularity
KauCCus crowings have awakened
many querulous smmberer. But
when one Is wide awake the CHEEKY
welcome to the new day is altogether
agreeable. Chanticleer calls and calls
and at length he has his answers; 9th
err ROSTERS near and far send back
their sanction OF his message of Opt
mi N and confidence. And If the lis
( tener peers beneath the window shade
there Is the first showing Of the wan
mystic light which bathes the birth OF
the dawn.
Ten minutes more and robin be
/ gins his song Once well begun he
/ does not cease for long time. When
the light grows strong the robin be
/ comes less enthusiastic and his song
/ Is intermittent Only at the days be
| ginning does he sing his best ant
: loudest,
| A few more minutes pass and al
! oriole commences TO sing, or perhaps
a wren And the busy English spar
rows cluck and chirp right beneath
/ the window There comes a faint rum
bic from the awakening city. The
milkman clatters to the back door ant
! Ciatters away again. A little morning
breeze stirs the curtains, and breatl
OF it, fresh and cool, comes to tht
crumpled bed a laborer passes whis
Ting on his way to work. but 1t seems
drowsy whistle, The robins music
seems to subside into a sleepy mono
tone, There is the almost soundles'
sound of the titful wind in the maple
leaves, And then, and then-.-Cleye
land Plain Dealer