Show v a SLEEP FOR CHILDREN Value of Complete Rest Inestimable to Child and Lack Sure to Ho suit in Ills Tho real value of sleep to growing boys and girls can scarcely bo overestimated overes-timated If parents felt the Importance Import-ance of a goodly number of hours sleep to their growing children It would mean tho establishment of anew a-new habit of living in many cases The babies nnd i little children in n well regulated household generally have their naps or sleeping time systematically sys-tematically arranged for them and a good habit Is established which gives a basis for sound nerves and wholesome whole-some bodies but as a child grows older his nervous activity Increases and even though ho may feel bodily exhausted his will together with his intense interest In life and surroundings surround-ings combine to keep him awake Ho will beg to remain with his elders and to enjoy lato hours oven when his weary head Is nodding and his tired eyes are half closed and heavy with sleep When a parent consents to allow a child to disobey nature in this way tho overburdened strength must pay the penalty In many cases Irritability develops when the tired body and strained nerves are overtaxed over-taxed and tho child Is brought under a strict discipline and maybe severely severe-ly reprimanded Tho result of tho punishment under such conditions merely aggravates a bad nervous stato and a long line of ovlls follow Almost any child Is reasonable and manageable If he Is In normal condition condi-tion and there Is nothing so vital so necessary in promoting a natural healthy state of existence for a boor bo-or girl as plenty of good sloop Tho public school of today necessarily neces-sarily makes very strenuous demands upon Its pupils A great deal Is expected ex-pected and demanded from these young minds and bodies Tlmo iii passing Now pupils nro coming in every year Those who now occupy the room must move along to make placo for others A certain amount ot work must be finished Sanitary conditions con-ditions aro not always of the best order or-der In our school rooms Overworked Overwork-ed teachers and overcrowded room all have their effect upon Individual work and Individual constitutions Each child bears a part of the strain and fuels tho evil consequences both physically and mentally These lesson les-son days are not the easiest days to conquer after all The chllaren struggle strug-gle and battle with probably as great difficulties taken proportionately as their elders find In tho conflict with llfo in a broader sense Many a tired little body succumbs to dlseaso simply sim-ply because nature has been on a constant strain for tho few years ot the childs life Brooklyn Eagle |