SLEEP, THE REJUVENATOR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 104, 4 May 1934, Page 2

SLEEP, THE REJUVENATOR

HARM OF LATE NIGHTS, Some surprising facts have been brought out by the studies of scientists who have been investigating the mystery of sleep. The investigators tell us that people easily learn to sleep in a lighted room, states an overseas writer. They say that there is no such filling as an ideal sleeping posture. ood new.s to one who loves to curl up!) They say that the healthiest sleepers are those who toss about and change position 40 onso times during a night’s rest. In this way each sut of muscles is relaxed and every part of the body thoroughly rested in turn. Hence restlessness is not an indication of poor sleep; but there are conditions which cause you to wake up in the morning feeling cross and unrefreshed—such things as noise, heavy bed covers, a poor mattress, excessive warmth or cold. A’ou may wonder why all this inter ests a beauty specialist. I ’ll tell you. Sleep is the greatest rejuvenator in the world. Compare the wilted version of yourself which you see in the evening mirror with your bright morning face —wrinkles all ironed out. eyes bright, lips with an upward lift at the corners, skin displaying its prettiest cream' and rose tints. You will observe an amazing difference between your tired, droopy, end-of-the-day face and the re freshed ont 1 you see after a good night’s rest. Most of us spend about one-third of our time in bed. Certain great men have said that four hours’ slep at night was enough, but in every case their habits did not support their theory. Edison napped during the day. Napoleon slept in his chair, and Mellington fell asleep even during meals. Nature needs plenty of time for her repair work, and if she doesn’t get. six or eight hours on the average every night, she takes her due in the daytime. Any girl who has had too many late nights in succession knows that after a while she is not only drowsy and yawning, but here eyes begin to look circled and puffy, her skin loses its cdear translucence and becomes opaque and dull, oven her hair begin.; to look dead. You cannot overdraw your sleep account without penalty any more than you can your bank account. Now I can hear the insomniacs mutter that it is all r : g’it to counsel eight

hours of slumber, but what about those who cannot sleep? It is simple to beguile sl’eep by such sweet devices as perfume on the pillow. Th? fragrance sends your thoughts down pleasant pahts, and presto! you are lost in dreams. Some people swear bv a palatable hot drink at bedtime, and one frrend of mine, after years of insomnia, discovered that she slept like a top after taking 20 deep breaths at an open window! It is as simple as that. If you are one of those tense people who insist on holding themselves on rhe bed instead of letting it hold them, relaxation exercises are the. thing for Some people have nervous skins that itch or burn and keep them awake. One reason for this is that the skin is likely to be dry. A warm bath with a mild soap relieves the nervous tension of this type of skin and supplies comforting moisture. The soothing fed of a scented bath powder is restful to some; others prefe. to use a little oil nr cream. A few minutes’ inassage of the face and scalp makes some women sleep; others find that merely smoothing cream over the evelids makes the eyes feel drowsy and heavv and soon sends them to sleep. T recommend this to everybody because, even if it does not cure your insomnia, it will keep away the little lines that etch themselves around th.*, eyes—the first sign of age! So if you are not sleeping well, the sooner you find out the remedy the better.