Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1918 — TIMES AND PLACE FOR SLEEP [ARTICLE]

TIMES AND PLACE FOR SLEEP

Churches and Street Car* Are Favored But the Cozy Bed Afford* a Most Delightful Pastime. There are lots of people who say they don’t sleep well at night. But there are many who regularly go to sleep In the street car. Of course, those who go to sleep In church are not counted. That might be construed as libel, observes the Milwaukee News. But why do perfectly healthy folks want to sleep In street cars? Is It a protest against the wistful-eyed’strap-hanger who gazes at their large and apathetic laps? Is it mere whim, desiring to shut out the events of the day and snatch a quiet moment of dreaming as a respite? It is often mere pie, just a rampant indigestion. It is also the bad air due to offices that devitalize the worker compelled to breathe It eight hours. It Is also Sue to the terrible habit of shutting all available car windows in dread of that fresh air which Is the best friend a workingman has. Going to sleep Is a delightful pastime —at night, in bed with the proper accompaniment of pillows and paraphernalia. It is exotic in the daytime, save as a mere relaxation for a few minutes after luncheon, which is a good habit, and seldom, therefore, followed.