The Archive · 1926

VANQUISHING SLEEP- LESSNESS A Mooted Point On A Hot

"Shanghai Night The woman who would be beautifal simply must make up her mind that she can not accomplish her ambition at the expense of sleep. '4 generous amount of undisturbed slumber is an absolute essential, and the lack of it shows only too plainly in the feminine face, An acquaintance of mino, who knows how strongly I feel on this subject, really said to me, "It does good to preach about lots of sleep in my case. Even if 1 do to bed carly T can't get to sleep for hours and hours. So I might as well stay up and have a good time."

I have the greatest sympathy for anyone who is troubled with insomnia, but it is obviously unwise to encourage a tendency toward it, And that is exactly What the sleepless person does. who thinks it is useless to go to bed at a reasonable hour.

What can be done to overcome insomnia?

This is, of course, a question for physician. True insomnia can be a very serious matter, but there are many of us who are occasionally simply restless and wakeful, In such cases there are various harmless devices to which we can resort to quiet the nerves and. induce slumber.

One such devices is to combine

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