Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1898 — Eat that You May Sleep. [ARTICLE]

Eat that You May Sleep.

j_ The old condition that to-eat-a'bytblng just before going to bed is sure to produce Indigestion and render sleep impossible is now happily exploded, says the Philadelphia Times. Something of a light, palatable nature In the stomach is one of the best aids to quietudg and rest. Some physicians have declared, indeed, that a good deal of the prevalent insomnia is the result of an unconscious craving of the stomach for food in persons who have been unduly frightened by the opinion that they must not eat before going to bed, or who have, like many nervous women, been keeping themselves in a state of semi-starva-tion. Nothing is more agreeable on retiring for the night than to take a bowl of hot broth, like oatmeal gruel or clam soup. This Is especially the case on cold winter nights, when the stomach craves warmth as much as any cither part of the body. Even a glass of hot milk is grateful to the palate on such occasions.