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December, 1927 The Health Bulletin 11
Teacher : Mr. Nourishing Food puts
you to work and keeps you at work but
there is another master Body Builder
who builds for you while you rest.
Class: Which Body Builder is this
Teacher : Here she comes ; this is
Miss Restful Sleep and she builds for
you if you will let her do so.
Miss Restful Sleep : Boys and girls
like me but they are not always glad
when it is time for me to come or to
go.
First girl :
Tell us how you build our
bodies while we rest.
Miss Restful Sleep : I am not sure
that I can make you understand hoiv
I build your body while you rest. I do
not build so much as I conserve and
restore.
First boy : What do you mean by
"conserve and restore"
Miss Restful Sleep: I mean I am a
kind of repair shop. Physical and mental
work break down nerve cells and
wear tissues. I restore and repair these
worn tissues and cells and keep the
work done by the other Body Builders
from being destroyed.
Second girl : But if you cannot tell
us how to build with your material
how can we use it
Miss Restful Sleep : All you have to
do is to give me a chance to build
for you.
Second boy : Teacher said you would
build for us and I am relieved because
Mr. Nourishing Food gave me a lot to
do each day.
Miss Restful Sleep : All you have to
do is set a definite time for me to
come, make necessary preparations for
me, and let me stay until time for
me to go.
Third girl : That is easy. But I
shall want you to come early sometimes
and not until late other times
when I have things I want to do.
Miss Restful Sleep : I cannot do
my work well except through regular
hours in my shop.
Third boy : What time do you want
to come, and how long do you stay
Miss Restful Sleep : I come at six
o'clock to my repair shop for little
boys and girls ; for larger boys and
girls at eight o'clock ; and for grown-up
boys and girls I come at ten o'clock. I
am ready to leave all of the shops at
six o'clock and do not keep open later
than eight each morning.
Fourth girl : Why not come at the
same time for all and leave at the
same time
Miss Restful Sleep : Children have to
be built and repaired and it takes
longer than just to restore grown-ups.
Fourth boy : What do you mean by
"making necessary preparations" for
you to work for me while I rest
Miss Restful Sleep : I mean you must
have a quiet dark room with plenty of
ventilation. You must have a smooth,
firm bed with soft flat pillows if pillows
are used, and comfortable covering.
You should then prepare yourself
to get on your bed and rest. As soon
as you relax I come and work at building
your body while you sleep and
rest.
Teacher : Miss Restful Sleep, will
you explain what you mean by "prepare
yourself to rest" and "as soon as
you relax."
Miss Restful Sleep : You shoiild prepare
yourself by removing all day
clothing, making the body clean and by
putting on a comfortable, clean sleeping
garment. You should lie relaxed
and straight on your face or side or
back so that the building will not grow
crooked while you rest and sleep.
Teacher : Isn't it wonderful that we
have Miss Restful Sleep to help build
for us while we rest
Class : We will make necessai-y preparations
for you, Miss Restful Sleep,
and w^e will be ready for you at the
regular time.
Miss Restful Sleep : Remember no
other builder can do the work which
I do in making your body strong nor
can your body be strong without my
work.
Class : You are good to work for us
while we rest and we will not cheat
you more by taking your time for work.
Teacher : Goodby until tonight when
you come to us all.
Class : We will be ready for you tonight.
Some pedestrians who do not choose
to run get their names in the papers,
too. Council Bluffs. Nonpareil.