o to sleep again.

I cured myself in the following way: I left off supper and
reduced my tea meal by half, and the result was continuous sleep;
the symptoms, however, began to come back again after a time, so
I gradually cut the tea meal right away, and half of the midday
meal as well. The cure was then permanent and after a time I
found that I could resume the tea meal again. At the present time
I am having a tea meal of fruit only.

In addition I should advise those who suffer from this complaint
to keep cheerful, and to avoid excessive physical or mental
fatigue and worry. Yours faithfully,

"A SIX MONTHS' READER."

IS PURE LIME JUICE OBTAINABLE?

The Editors have received the following letter from Messrs Rowntree &
Co., Ltd.:--

"We note in your issue of July 1913 under the heading of 'Lemon
or Orange Squash' a note to the effect that bottled lemon
squashes and lime cordials 'are not pure in the strict sense of
the term, since they are bound to contain 10 per cent. alcoholic
pure spirit by Government regulations.' We should be glad to know
what is your authority for this statement. Possibly it is a
misprint, because obviously the Government does not require
anything of the kind. Our own lemon squash and lime juice cordial
are entirely free from any form of preservative, including
alcohol. They are made up from pure lemon juice and lime juice
respectively, with sugar, and contain no foreign ingredient."

The statement complained of was based on an article entitled
"Fortified Lime Juice" which appeared in _The Chemist and Druggist_,
13th May 1911 (page 51). On again referring to this article we find
that the Government regulation applies only to _exported_ Lime Juice.

We regret having made this error, and are genuinely glad to have
Messrs Rowntree's assurance that their own "Lime Juice Cordial" and
"Lemon Squash" are "entirely free from any form of preservative,
including alcohol."

Nevertheless, we think our suspicions regarding the presence of
preservatives in such articles are justifiable in view of the
following authoritative statements made by _The Chemist and Druggist_
in the article referred to:--

"The British Revenue authorities have drawn the line a little
tighter in the discharge of their responsibility respecting the
soundness of lime-juice intended for exportation or for use on
board ship