Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — Beds and Sleeping. [ARTICLE]

Beds and Sleeping.

A German doctor has been Investigating the question of beds, and the rfc. suit of his labors bas been lately given to the world in the pages of a German Journal. In the first place, to convince mankind of the importance of his subject, the"doctor reminds all mankind that we spend from one-fourth to onethird of our lives in bed, after which he proceeds to advise the world on the healthiest kind of couch and the most sensible manner of reposing thereon. A hard bed appears to be the best, and it Is laid down that children from the earliest years should be trained to sleep on these hard beds. Soft beds are too warm and do not admit sufficient air. Even In the case of the hard bed the sleeper Is warned to see that bls covering, whether woolen or cotton, Is not so heavy that the body Is kept overwarm and fresh air is excluded. This ventilation, according to our authority, is all Important But what will middle aged people say when the man of science bids them dispense with their pillows? Pillows, he declares, are evils, and It Is right that we should sleep with limbs uncramped on a perfectly horizontal plane. Knowing the weakness of human flesh, however, the doctor declares that if pillows are retained they should be neither too soft nor too thick. A point on which most people will agree with this authority Is the necessity for constant (the doctor asks for daily) airing and sunning of the bedding. Much 111 health may be attributed to carelessness In this matter. —London Globe.