New Britain herald., 1930-03-13
G0V. TRUMbULL IS TESTED FOR SLEEP
 STUDY BY EXPERT
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Daggett, U. S. A. Younger men in- clude William Allen White, Rev. S. Parkes Cadman and Governor John II. Trumbull of Connecticut.
 Dr. Laird finds S5 years "the cri- tical period when loss of sleep, or sleep on a train, shows most notice able ill-effects. At this age poor sleep seems to bring more wide spread bad effects than at other ages. Before and after this age sleep apparently can be tempered with with more impunity."
 No one reported moro than 10 nor less than five hours habitual sleep. The average sleep for 25 years is seven hours twenty-five minutes The minutes sleep over seven hours then increase to 45 at 35 years. to 50 at age 45, drop to 45 at age 55. to 40 minutes at age G5 and rise to 45 minutes at age 75. At s5 the sleeping time is hours 10 minutes.
 Old Age Wakeful Wakefulness at night, however, Is a prerogative of age. At o5 years the majority told Dr. Laird they sleep through the night without awakening. A uniform increase in rakefulness follows with age and in the 95 to 100 year age bracket wakefulness was reported each might.
 More than 70 per cent reported sufficient difficulty in going to sleep to cause them to develop special techniques." Thought control was cent, relaxation by IS per cent: drugs, not including alcohol, by 3 per cent, alcohol by two per cent.
 Tt is interesting" says Dr. LairJ, "that approximately half those re- porting use of alcohol to insure sleep were college professors of con- siderable distinction.
 "A large number of unusual per- sonal idiosyncrasies are reported in inducing sleep. One editor of a ma tional magazine sticks his feet out from under the bed clothes. One supreme court justice buries his fat e in his pillow. A young writer strains to keep his eyes open"
 Variations Appear
 Scientifically sound variations Of the sheep counting idea appeare l, One philanthropist reviews Black stones analysis of real estate la,". A chain store executive thinks of many things rather than cencentra.- pg on one subject. A scientist thinks of star spaces in astronomy. A rabbi counts the beats of the clock pendulum which runs 60 10 the minute and by the time he has counted 800 he usually is asleep.
 Three men repeat Masonic rit- uals. Four either repeat or concen- trate on the word sleep. Geographic names are recalled by two. An actor -playwrigh repeats Christian names in haphazard fashion. a juds C counts backward, or repeats the .I- phabet backward. A college profes- sor repeats tho Apostles Creed over and over.
 Thinks of House Plans
 "A journalist thinks over plans for an ideal home. A judge thin<s about the binomial theorem or cx- tracts a few square roots in hts head. A Texas author extracts square roots also. A Pennsylvan,a author tries 10 remember his lates, golf strokes.
 "A college professor eats onion" X writer of detective stories thinks about the futility of everything. Ouc bishop thinks about things accom- plished rather than those ahea another bishop smokes and a thict bishop prays.
 "A few wisely solved the proble1. by not going to bed until they ver: sleepy. There are only scattered re- suits on the difficulty of getting III mornings No direct question Wal! asked regarding this.'