Sleeping Don'ts with Sophia

Sophia Loren in Bed; 1957

Before You Go to Sleep Part 1 - Don't . . . 
[Source: Good Housekeeping; 1940]

• Don't pay your bills just before going to bed
• Don't rehearse the day's cares after lying down
• Don't eat anything late at night that is hard to digest
• Don't listen in the last news broadcast if you're a worrier
• Don't wear nightgowns of pajamas that bind
• Don't sleep facing light from window or reflected in mirror
• Don't sleep in a draught, but have plenty of cool, fresh air
• Don't weigh yourself down with too-heavy bedding
• Don't suffer from cold feet; get a hot-water bag
• Don't read with too little light or one that glares
• Don't choose a depressing or too-stimulating story
• Don't have an alarm clock that wakes you with a start