If You Live to be 90, You Will Have Spent 30 Years in Bed:
So be Comfortable I sleep so reatfully nowadays writes a correspondent to the "Even. ing Standard," that T should like to explain how it is done. To begin with, I did not consider the cost when I purchased a good hair mattress to lay upon a box-bed with first-quality spiral springs. I had discarded other spring beds, for they tortured me by squeaking and groaning whenever Fmoved or turned, and this banished any thoughts of sleep, T have lots of room to extend myself thoroughly in a bed three feet wide and six fact six inches Jong.
Linen sheots were bought to fit this size, and T do eniphasize the word linen, for, though the initial cost may be more, linen sheets last Longer than cotton ones. Also their comfort is unbounded, The Magic of Linen There is a real magic power in fa linen sheet. Its flaxen threads are wonderfully cool and smooth and soothing. To go to sleep between sheets of linen is @bsolute luxury.
On cold nights 2 gentle warmth may be given to them by contact for a short time with a hot bottle, Over my sheets T have two oF three fleecy but very light blankets, and in winter I add a light down quilt, sateen covered, for T find that silk or satin covers have a habit of slipping to the floor in the night,
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