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Show BEDS. j "Women nowadays lie on beds that ' are so soft, surround themselves with so many cushions and pile so much covering over them." said an eminent physician, "that the body gains no vetititlation whatever. High pillows throw the head forward and interfere wiili healthful breathing, while all sorts of positions are taken with regard re-gard only to getting comfortable. : "A hard bed is the best thing in the world for making the liesh "firm. I have known patients apparently to reduce re-duce their weight twenty to thirty pounds aft?r sleeping so for several months, hut on being weighed they would find that no flesh had been lost: j it had simply hardened and lost its fiabhiness. "Sleeping on the back is not healthful. health-ful. It results in a gravitation of blood to the brain. Persons who dream i much and have nightmare usually sleep in this position. It also has a tendency to throw the palate back, j causing mouth-breathing, which, in- its i turn, is a frequent cause of throat j trouble, as the air reaches the lungs ' without being purified and moistened : by patisng through thenose. j "Lying cm the left side, with the arm I thrown behind, is the best position for both giving a fine figure and promoting promot-ing health. All animals sleep upon j the chest as nearly as possible, with j the back up. and they know pretty well j the best methods in these matters. It ' side with the left arm thrown behind 0:10 brings the body nearly ewer the chest. "As for sleeping on high pillows, it is the easiest thing in the world to grow dependent upon them, as they favor cerebral anaemia, which induces sleep; they also tend to contract the chest, and one desiring the best shest expansion possible must make up her mind to dispense with all but one every, small pillow. "A soft bed is enervating. It embraces em-braces the body and makes the tissue Hal. by, which, together with heavy covering, interferes with the circulation circula-tion and prevents the body from throwing off impurities. "The brain will receive more perfect . rest if the sleeping room is completely darkened, and for those who are bail sleepers this precaution should be J taken. The morning light pouring in Ion the face of the sleeper is particularly particu-larly bad for the eyes, and for this reason alone should not be tolerated. 1 hi ems m:oui'i ue mmuiui 01 inis lact in arranging sleeping: rooms for their children, and early accustom them to sleep in a darkened room. Slumber under these concitions is always more refreshing." |
