Sleep.

Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 84

Sleep.

i The following i® from a contemporary : ! "There can be no hard-and-fast rule set for the length of time one should sleep. All depends on the person x and temperament. We are told that brain-workers and those of a nervous nature need more sleep than others, yet some of the greatest thinkers in the world 6lesp but four qv five hours a night, with no ill-effects. A gocd rule to follow is to sleep until one awakes refreshed, whether that is in five hours or ten. If possible, do not be called. That is particularly important for goowing children. Some parents make a fetish of early hours for their children, and think so much of getting them out of lazy habits that they do not consider their nervoue systems. Even when you must go to work at an early hour, do not train yourself to dcv pen-d on an alarm, which gives a shock to the nervous system. Go to bed with the fixed idea- iji your brain to awaken at a certain hour, and it rarely fails that your eyes pop open at that minute. If it be well to slo-ep until refreshed, it is not well to indulge in the habit of, turning over for another nap. Get up as soon as you awake, and you will not be sluggish and stupid for esveral hours of the morning. Don't be one of those persons who say, ' I naver sleep in the daytime.' If you ha-»e any regard for your looks and health you will take a short Teat each day, even though you think you cannot possibly sleep."