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I f next week is average, some 20,000 American
families will buy houses. Guiding them in making
this most important single purchase of' their lives is a
mission of the Housing Research Foundation of the
Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Tex.
A nonprofit organization aimed at improving our
living standards, the foundation works with architects
and builders throughout the country to foster better
home construction. Its Home Buyer's Handbook,
which is based on this work, offers advice on things
to consider before you sign on the dotted line. Here
are some of the foundation's suggestions:
1. Should you buy a house?
.The answer probably is "no" if you are recently
married, have little furniture, are considering em
ployment elsewhere, or are the parents of grown and
married children. For most families, however, owning
a home is satisfactory and desirable. You may not
save money in the long run, but a house gives you
pride of ownership plus a secure sense of belonging.
2. How do you go about finding a house?
The advertising section of your local newspaper is
one of the best places to start. Your friends also may
give you leads. Most important of all, keep your eyes
open as you drive around, but first call a family con
ference on your requirements to guide you in your
choice. When you go house hunting, be sure to take
pencil, paper, and a pocket compass you'll want to
preserve information on room and closet size, and
the direction in which rooms face.
3. Should you buy an old house?
In an older house, you'll probably get quite an in
vestment in trees, lawn, and plants. But you may
also get considerable trouble. For one thing, you'll
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SLEEP STAGE 1. DROWSY . . . nerve responses gradually tuned out of your brain ,
SLEEP STAGE 2. LIGHT . . . skin temperature lower . . . heart beat slower .
11-YEAR RESEARCH EXPLORES
THE FOUR STAGES OF SLEEP
FOR 1 1 YEARS, people like you
went to sleep in laboratory sleep
rooms. Young people. Old people.
Single-bed sleepers. Married
Couples in double beds.
While they slept, sensitive elec
tronic equipment recorded their
brain waves, heart beats, muscu
lar tension, skin temperatures.
As a result, man's knowledge of sleep has been vastly
increased. In this extensive live research, leading scien
tists, doctors, physiologists and technicians were able to
fully explore and measure the 4 stages of sleep. Their
scientific charts show:
IN SLEEP STAGE 1, the drowsy stage, your body and
mind have begun to relax. Nerve responses are gradually
tuned out of your brain.
SLEEP STAGE 2 sees relaxation increase. Senses become
more dulled. Skin temperature is lower. You have reached
light sleep.
SLEEP STAGE 3 reveals less muscular tension, lower
blood pressure. This is moderately deep sleep very im
portant because mind and body are getting the recupera
tive rest that's so urgently needed.
SLEEP STAGE 4 sees brain activity at a minimum, the
heart beat slowed down, the skin cooler. This is the most
precious sleep of all deep sound sleep.
Science has discovered how you sleep, and science can
show you how to get better sleep, too, simply by the right
choice of mattress.
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Electronically Recorded Brain Waves Show "Stage 4" Sleep
During this 11-year study, without the sleepers' knowl
edge, all the leading types of mattresses were rotated
through the sleep rooms.
Finally-when all the findings on all the sleepers were
put together, a composite box score showed that one make