"EARLY TO BED."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 145, 18 June 1880, Page 4

"EARLY TO BED."

Dr Richardson lecturing on "Golden Laws of Health," at Croydon recently, speaking of sleep, says :— " The fewer hours after dark that were spent in artificial light tha better, and the sooner they- went to rest after dark the better. They required in the cold season of winter, when the nights were long much more sleep than they did ia summer. On the longest day in the year seven hours of sleep were sufficient for moat men and women in the prime of life ; on the shortest day nine hours Was not overmuch, and for persons who are weßk'.y 10 or 12 hours might be taken with much advantage. In winter children should all have 10 or 12 hours' sleep. It was not idleness to indulge to that extent, but actual ssving, a storage up of invigo* rated existence', for the future, Such rest could be obtained by going to bed early — say half-past 8 or 9. It was wrong at the present season that they should be at that meeting robbing themselves of sleep. It'waa as wrong as ever it could be that our Legislature should often be sitting up as they did night after night, trying against life to legislate for life. It was foolish," too, that public writers 'and editors should be called on to exercise their craft at a time when all their nature was calling out to them, 'Best!' He raight be accused of: folly in saying these things; but be was, standing, by Nature, and speaking under her direction."