58 GOOD HEALTH 



as if there must be different kinds of babies in different 

 families. But this is not so; the real secret of the sleep- 

 ing is that we get used to things and then we find it 

 hard to change. 



That is why the little girl next door needs her mother 

 and the light to help her sleep. She is used to them. It 

 is the same with the boy, with the baby that needs to be 

 rocked, and with the baby that goes to sleep quietly on the 

 bed. Their mothers have trained them, and each has his 

 own particular habit. Older people train us when we are 

 babies, but when we grow older we must train ourselves. 



You might try this plan. Go to bed every night at 

 exactly the same hour and see whether you don't fall 

 asleep more quickly each night. 



Captain Barclay was a man who walked a thousand 

 miles in a thousand hours. Of course every moment 

 was precious and he did not want to waste any time 

 getting to sleep. So he trained himself until he found 

 that he could fall asleep the moment he lay down. As 

 soon as he wakened he began walking again. 



We can help ourselves to waken in the same way. 

 In some families the first thing you hear in the morning 

 is a loud call at the foot of the stairs : " Children ! 

 Children! It's time to get up." Then after a while 

 somebody says: "I don't see what's the matter with 

 those children. I suppose I must go up and shake them 

 all out of bed." 



