HOW THE MIGHTY SLEEP.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1141, 24 July 1930, Page 7

HOW THE MIGHTY SLEEP.

HABITS OP 500 MEN. The sleep habits of 509 distinguished American men, as they have been ascertained by the director of the psychological laboratory at the Colgate (United States) University, upset some popular notions. No one reported more than ten or less than five hours’ habitual sleep. The average sleep for 25 years is 7 hours 25 minutes. The minutes’ sleep over seven hours tthen in. Teases to 45 at 35 years, to 50 at the ago of 45 years, drops to 45 at 55 years, to 40 minutes at 65 years, and rises to 45 minutes at 75 years. At 85 years the sleeping time is' 8 hours 10 minutes. . ...... , A large number of unusual personal idiosyncrasies are reported in inducing sleep (says the New York World). One magazine editor sticks his feet out from under the bedclothes. One Supreme Court justice buries his face in his pillow. A young writer strains to keep his eyes open. Scientifically sound variations of the sheep-counting idea appeared. One philanthropist reviews Blackstone’s analysis of real estate law. A chain store executive thinks of many things rather than one. A scientist thinks of the sta.- spaces in astronomy. A rabbi count’, the beats of a cloc kpendulum which runs 60 to the minute, arid by the time he has counted 300 he usually is asleep. Three men repeat Masonic rituals. Four concentrate on the word sleep. Geographic names are recalled by two. An actor-playwright reepats Christian names. A judge counts backward.. A. college professor reepats the Apostles’ Creed. A journalist thinks oyer plans for an ideal home. A judge thinks about the binomial theorem or extracts square roots. A Texas author extracts square roots also. A college professor eats onions.