| Show Its It's Patriotic Patriotic to to Be Healthy So Rest Is a Wartime M Must By ALICIA HART Its It's an open secret among beauty experts that few things will take the bloom out of a ladys lady's looks quicker than sleeplessness and few actions will restore it and keep it fresh so efficiently as does enough good rest So I would advise you especially you who let mistaken notions of patriotism persuade you to nick into into your sl sleeping schedule for extra time at war activities to get straightened out about rest It is an absolute essential to health and Uncle Sam is asking you first oft off to be healthy Maintain Regular Schedule Of course how much sleep you need nightly is something only you can say for the need various enormously from one person to the next even within any given age group The point is stick to your own schedule There are other causes Extreme physical or mental fatigue will keep you awake To overcome either or both try deliberately deliberately deliberately relaxing Take something to read In bed but here you have to learn by experience what kind of reading whether reading whether a love poem or mystery chiller-mystery or the newspaper Or soak in a warm tub for a half hour You might also make sure you arent aren't hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry try a turn at the Icebox and see whether milk or a snack doesn't seem attractive Exercise Induces Sleep Relaxing exercise Is indicated also Lying In bed bcd raise both arms a bit and let your fingers go go g limp then shake them vigor vigor vigor- Then raise arms to shoulder level let forearms go limp and shake them in all directions Now stand out of bed bcd arms loose and limp at your sides and swing them to and fro Next sit on the edge of your bed stretch out your feet and rotate them loosely Finally let the head fall forward let neck go limp and rotate your head Probably more pernicious a wrecker sleep-wrecker than any other single factor is disturbed or troublesome emotions love emotions love hate fear excitement excitement excitement ex ex- jealousy you know them the ones you cannot quite figure out much less know what to do about them Theres There's one simple thing to do about them them for for temporary relief and sleeping at least It is to baby yourself a bit Many women do this and beneficially by going through an elaborate ritual of beauty care not care not only the essential sensible things like hair brushing but the extras too s such ch as s bubble baths fiddling with possible new hairdos looking over clothes for new ways to wear them As a final filip particularly after youve you've exercised take some refreshing liquid like good quality witch hazel and dash it or spread it over the whole body Its It's pleasant especially these hot nights And you'll want a bowl of ice cubes and cotton eye pads on your night table Saturate the cotton pads on the ice then with the witch hazel and place them over your eyes Insomnia Needs C Care re Of course as you probably know If youre you're a a. a chronically sleepless sleepless sleepless sleep sleep- less creature real insomnia requires more Its causes are less familiar than th those se of some physical ailments but its effects can be just as distressing and serious Curing it itis Is a job for a phy phy- ician Rest is beauty care Try to arrange to relax in a peaceful r roam Extremely soothing especially in hot weather are eye pads saturated satur- satur with a simple astringent such as good quality witch hazel f y S 44 1 s J |
