Evening star., 1923-06-10
Heard and Seen

DO You have trouble sleeping o
nights?
Then the Rev DR.. George Fiske
Dudley. who recently celebrated his
thirtieth anniversary as rector of St
Stephens parish, has something for
you.
Dr.. Dudley has a sure-fire method
of inducing sleep that combines bit
OF the old scheme of counting sheep
with a touch Of Coue's autosugges-
tion. But the system is entirely his
own.
He believes that sleep is necessity
for man. 1t enables him 10 come
fresh to his work each day, bringing
to bear the fullest energies upon any
problem TO be solved.
DIR. Dudley says that 1t is no credit
to any one. minister or otherwise. TO
SO worry over problems, losing his
sleep. that lie tackles the problems
Of the day all worn out.
The rector of st. Stephens usually
prefaces his method by telling his
hearer not TO laugh at il. but to take
/ it seriously and practice it faithfully
to get the best results. Results are
sure. ne says, IL tle iI6-ilOu is uOHc
properly and persistently.
Some persons, of course, are tenn
lperamentally so constructed that they
cannot carry out the system. But
most people who have difficulty in
going to sleep at night Will be able
to get benefit from the method.
The necessary thing, in gettins
sleep, is absolutely to clear the mind
of all real thoughts, past, present or
future" DR.. Dudley said. In Other
words, occupy the mind with some
thing imaginary"
There is the touch of Coue.
, Il recently explained my method to
a parishioner," continued the popular
rector. u told her to imagine, just
as she settled herself TO sleep, that
she had suddenly come into possession
of q million dollars.
Then. in sequence, each step that
would logically flow, must be enacted
in the mind. The gift must be made
: and accepted, with proper speecnesi
the money must be taken to the panh
an deposited.
Each and every natural step must
he gone into in full. For instance. 1t
! will not do at all to suddenly 1ump
from the possession OF the miilloh
dollars to placing 1t safe,S IN ntreet est
car with it, pay your fare, see me
streets as you pass along, get OIL the
! ear. go into the bank, greet your
fayorite teller or official. and SO form;
Then you must plan plan wnns Sni,sr you An. An.
proaching the problem from a h,gn
sense Of Responsibility, you must plan
each step in giving IT TO worthy cnal-
tiles, for instance; Nor must Xo1
give it away in half-milion.a tnil
lots. Make small bequests' anu ioi-
low each one through. .
"The first night you try such
! scheme you will carry out your aa.
venture to some length before you
fall asleep. The next night pegn LII
not get so many gifts WORKED out
soon. if you practice persfstently' you
! will get to the point where you WI,
fall asleep before you get the money
TO the bank.
The person who has difficulty IN
s,eeuing or particularly. in getting to
sleep can make up his own story to
he worked out in detail. DR.. Dudley
varies his own adventures: a .,a ",
fought a prominent pusilist each
night. I would come into the ring,
and then my opponent would make
his appearance. j would try 10
/ imagine the whole thing as reahstio-
I'VE would shake and then go to
| 1t. I struck every blow. took every
blow. Each night 1 had a real battle.
AZ first it would go many rounds.
Then, the first thing I knew, or,
rather, the last thing, / would find
INV ring battle ending before a round
was up. had gone to sleep in the
, middle Of the ring"
playing base ball game is an
/ other favorite of DIR. Dudley's for
wooing sleep. He is an ardent devo-
tee of the great national pastime and
finds that it lends itself admirably to
his system.
The plan offers infinite opportuni-
ties for change. The important thing,
however, is that tho story must be
something unlike the daily average
| life, especially unlike whatever du-
| ties or problems may be interfering
with sleep.
CHARLES l.. TR.ACEW ELL.