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Show SLEEP REQUIRED BY CHILDREN. Ten Hours Necessary for the Growing Youngsters. Oliver Wendell Holmes Bald that a child upon nwakenlug In tho morning from a healthful sleep hi a bad humor needed a spanking. Ho thought It verv beneficial, promoting a good clr-dilation clr-dilation of thu blood; but he added that a child who was unreasonable and willful after a busy day was simply sim-ply tired and should bo put to bed. Nature Is the genuine healer and sleep the true restorer of nil our powers. pow-ers. Parents who realize this can save themselves mnny anxlotiB moments, mo-ments, many heartaches, many doctor bills and establish habits of regular living that will bring forth good results re-sults through a long lino of offspring nnd generations to como. Every child requires nt least ten hours of sleep, nnd it Is a good practice for him to continue sleeping the full ten hours nil through the school life. Work would thus be rendered easier, health would bo bettor and youthfulness prolonged; pro-longed; many nervous tendencies and I diseases would bo wiped out and clearer, brighter mentality would bo mnlntnlncd. Brooklyn Eagle. |