French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-06-29
HOW TO REST.

prolong5 life. Neither Of these tbro,
can be ignored or even passed NV in
directly. We accept he first two
peinaps Without much question but
100 often we regard rest as belonging
wholly to night and to sleep. and
imagine it will take care of itself rf
we kept the balance perfectly between
"ork and food We might safely be less
concerned about rest. But we over
"ofk and We oVereat and Nature can
only correct our mistakes and make
repairs while we sleep. If one side of
THIS triangle is more important than
any other it is the rest side- In the
long run more is ACCOMPLISHED bv wise
resting than by hard working. After
the poison Of fatigue begins to cause
pain and the shrinking brain fails to
"ork there is no remedy but rest.
| II pays tnen TO make every provision
possible for rest, especially at night.
Inc room in which We sleep has much
to 90 with rest. A room with only one
window IS not a good sleeping room.
II there is but one window the window
and door should always be kept open.
Plenty of fresh, moving air while we
sleep is even more necessary than it is
while we work. Then there must be
q good bed neither to hard nor too
soft and always level. A hammock Is
a hard thing to sleep in and a bed that
has anything of a sag in the middle
keeps some muscles on a strain and
makes rest impossible. Better sleep
On the floor than on a sagging bed.
The pillow is a question of habit,
largely. For growing children a level
bed and no pillow are best. If the
body is to be straight and we'll proper
toned it cannot be held in a crooked
posit on One-third Of the time. Besides
the internal machinery works better
if each part has free play, which it car
only have when the trunk is straight.
/ wish every father and mother could
read "The Origin of Adults" in the
Youths Companion of June 8. This
is likely to arouse all nations to
the great need Of better care of the
children. The physician WI ting this
article makes perfectly clear what we
have been trying to say: that the only
way to have strong men and women is
perPetually and, persistently to take
the best of care of the children. Some
one sad, 20. he will outgrow it." and
we continue to repeat it, not realizing
how far from true it is. The only way
anything can be Outgrown is to keep
its opposite growing as fast as we can.
And to keep things, animals or hui
mans, growing means a constant round
Of exercise, work, food and rest. So
We shall be we'll repai d if we take the
time and trouble to provide good COM
Portable beds in clean, we'll aired
rooms.
But a good nights rest from eight to
ten hours is not enough for every one.
All children from two to six years
should sleep every afternoon. 1t will
be some trouble to accOmpE sh this but
if the habit is never allowed to be
broken from b%abyhood it is not hard
and the gain is too great to miss.
Nervous children are the bane Of
American life. and lack of sleep has
much to do with nervousness. Day.
time sleep for middle or past. is a
! great aid to health and strength. A
tired man will lie down for half an
hour in a cool, quiet place after the
noon meal and wake entirely re
freshed. But to We down where you
/ are conscious of a dozen things hap
! pening does not mean rest. There
must be quiet in order to relax. A
/ woman can do the same thing and
after half an hour go on with her work
far more easily and successfully than
| without the rest. A bit of sleep is
Natures way of filling up the gaps and
starting things afresh.
May make this appeal just a little
stronger yet? This is the busiest OF
all seasons l know. 1t is also the sea-
son of most sickness. How we work
and how we eat and how We rest has
everything to do with the success or
| failure of our summers work. This
is str city a woman's job, our job. If
we do not do it it will not be done.
Let US see to it that there is a quiet
place where the children can rest,
where the "gude NOM can get away
from all noise and sleep a while.
Cover the bed with calico or some old
spread so that no change of clothing is
/ necessary. If we must always
get ready to lie down we rarely will
40 so.
Then we must watch our food, every
thine must be well cooked. Vegeta-
hles that are to be eaten raw must be
thoroughly washed and lie IN clean
water an hour if possible. Milk must
be Kept very cold and very sweet
Milk that does not taste good has turn
ed the children against the best o o
that you can furnish them. Use milk
m all possible ways, IN custards- IN
cottage cheese, buttermilk and every
other way you can think of. Some
people make delicious buttermilk pies
and "buttermiIk pop" Tell US o
to do it, you folks who know.
To go through a summer without a
days sickness, without any n in the
family losing a days work is to pay
the highest tribute to the hOusemother
and that honor, dear a ster, may Dc