SLEEPING OUT OF DOORS 



child runs out into the rain, knowing its naughtiness 

 but unable to resist that call from the heart of nature! 



"May I go in swimming?" asks an eager boyish 

 voice. 



"Yes, if it does n't rain," absently assents the preoc- 

 cupied mother, and neither sees the absurdity of it. 



One of the main objections to sleeping out of doors 

 is the very early light which awakens most people; but 

 I have learned how to bring back the charm of dusky 

 night with the simplest of contrivances. I called it 

 "the morning nap producer"; but a laconic relative 

 has dubbed it "the blinder," and by that name it is 

 known in the family. To the traveler devoted to his 

 siesta, it is hereby recommended, as it brings dark- 

 ness even in the lightest room. In the summer of 

 Scandinavian countries it would be a special blessing, 

 as that sensation of going to bed by day must remind 

 one of one's infancy and all the injured pangs which 

 that performance brought! 



For the tiny baby what comfort this soft dusk might 

 bring, and the habit formed early in his career would 



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