Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
Your Own Little Bed Is
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simply lack of sleep.
~ Men who ought to be firm-nerved and resolute
vaciating and irritable ready to believe the worst
about another quick to take otfense.
Troubles that would be laughed away by rested men
are bungled into bgness by sluggish brains
The world is too much ruled by tired-eyed men, :,
Look at the next picture of MIR. Asquth if you would
know why England has not made more progress in the
His face looks he 1000 hours behind in
his Sleep
Look at any one of the flashlights taken of promi
nent public banquets 1t will help you to under
stand why government is not more efficient.
To avoid overeang and alcohol and the cigarette habit
matters of sefcontro says Dr. Richard Cabot in the American
Magazine To the sleep needs (Which all that
possibly soak ones system in twentyfour hours
often takes couragee refuse invitations to invite
ricule odd "puranic,' believe that minor
illnesses due to lack of sleep than other recognizable
factor. catches cold gets lumbago conspated
headacherdden because his vitality below his physical
expenditure beyond his physical income seeh would set him
with the world; but to get sleep sacrificing the
evenings fun This he won't do and he debt and is
chronically edging toward a breakdown.
few to be able to operate indefinitely with
very little sleep Edison is of these. Napoleon
But Napoleon in his later years showed plainly loss
of punch due to accumulated fatigue. He often dropped
asleep in the midst of vital matters
Gladstone, the other hand, considered regular sleep
of first importance, and sacrificed everything to it.
When Perseus, the last king of ancient Macedonia
was confined as prisoner at Rome, his guards wished
to put him out of the way without leaving any marks
his person or bringing down the dspeasure of their
superors upon them.
IHeN accomplished thcT purpose by making IpoS
sbc for the poor prisoner to get single moment sleep
Napoleon sent 10000 of his trained veterans to Haiti
at time to reduce the negro population, who
being led by the redoubtable Toussant LOuverture.
few months later 5000 of them-all that left
withdrew, bedraggIed and defeated
What had happened to the other $4,000? Shot? Not
many of them. Toussaint did not have ammunition
enough to shoot very many.
No. He adopted the simpler and more effective plan
Of starving them death for lack of sleep Night after
night, when the French lay down to snatch few
ments rest he would threaten attack All night long
"a few of his would continue the pretense- all
night long the French would toss in seepessness
They had faced the best men of Europe and won but
they could not conquer the loss of sleep.
| have abject coward lie down to Sleep and
rise up strong courageous have liar go
to bed and awake ready to tell the truth and take the
consequences. | have gorous, determined
ecutves step out of the same beds where dodderng
ineffecves lay down the night before.
"Those who habituated to full and regular sleep
those who most readily from Sickness says
Dr. Ben amn w. Richardson, and adds: "rhe observa-
ton of this truth led Menande to teach that sleep the
natural of all diseases"
Menander right. We should have fewer doctor
bs fewer deaths of men between forty and fifty; fewer
quarresyes fewer wars-if the of all men
kept toned and sweet by generous measure of
sleep.