In one of the New York hospitals lies a young wouian who was sent there because she was a somnambulist. She was a typist, a school teacher, and a student of music. Both her parents were dead. In her sleepwalking periods she writes letters and post cards in German, docs crochet work, roads a book, and studies harmony. She does all this in absolute darkness. If there is a faint glimmer from the gas she takes her work away to the darkest comer Of the room. After a few hours she goes back to bed, and beats her head against the bedstead or with her hands. Her eyes have been examined, but the doctors have been unable to find out why she can read and write in the darkness, while in her normal condition it is impossible for her to do so. There is no better medicine for babies than Cfaunberiain’s Cough Bemedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and effectual cures make it a favorite with the mothera of small chil{Advb.j
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19080506.2.8.1
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 12944, 6 May 1908, Page 2
Word Count
171Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 12944, 6 May 1908, Page 2
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.