Piute County News | 1940-04-05 | Page 2 | Insomniacs Woo Sleep with Army of Gadgets

insomniacs woo sleep with army of gadgets NEW YORK it is estimated there are sleep producing items on the marketto help the nations inveterate insomniacs go to sleep at night they range from phonograph records to eye shades the former being a recording of 0 handels largo in which a soothing speaker chants instructions on how to experience the divine blessing of refreshing refresh ing sleep so great is interest in this subject that this spring columbia university is offering a course in how to sleep through methods most numerous are the ancient home remedies for insomnia one calls for going to bed wearing dripping wet socks the theory being that cold water draws blood from the head benjamin franklin slept in tour four beds each night believing that a major cause of sleeplessness was was the accumulation of body heat under the blanket