Show THE HOURS OF SLEEP There is an old saying which In its too literal application has has done an Infinity of mischief and has prevented a good many people taking the rest that Is needful to them Nine hours hours' sleep are enough for fora a fool That Is as may be but It is s none the less true that many who are by no means fools feel teel that they require quite that time to recuperate themselves Different constitutions require different amounts of sleep What is enough for forone forone forone one person is totally Inadequate for an an- other We are believers In sleep and plenty oi of it ft and the tho probabilities aro are that the originator of ot the phrase Nine hours hours' sleep are enough for a o l was wasa a philosopher and a c cynic and erred in making his own frugality In this this respect the st standard for the rest of mankind 6 It will be conceded b by all thoughtful persons persons persons per per- sons that the brain In very young children chil chil- dren requires quite twelve hours sleep and this period Is shortened gradually II until at fo fourteen years of age a boy bor Is found to need n need ed only ten hours When full grown and In good health a man ma may mas find that eight hours are quite sufficient to render him thoroughly refreshed refresh d and In- In but if it he finds on the other hand that the period is not sufficient then by bl all means If it he can let him take more Health |