TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 1938
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By Joe Bower»
ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
H E A D L IN E S PROM THE L IV E S
OP P E O P L E L IK E Y O U R S E L P I
“The Fall Into the Bottomless Well"
ello everybody :
Can you imagine falling into a well and never reaching
H
bottom? That’s what happened to William J. Sternberg of Long
Island City, N. Y., who tells today's yarn.
In the spring of 1883, Bill Sternberg, then a lad of 10, was putting
in panes of glass along the aide of a building in Long Island City, N. Y .,
since burned down. A steep slope fell away almost vertically from the
building, and below thia slope was an old well, whose rotting timbers
had been removed preparatory to muking a new cover. Now watch and
see what happened.
Bill Sails Off Into Space.
Along the far end of the building, the ground fell away so steeply
that Bill had to go look for the ladder he had left against the one-story
extension. To make sure the ladder was still where he had left it, he
took a step backward to look over the edge of the roof. Suddenly his
left foot went completely into space!
Bill says, " I knew la a Bash where I was about to go. It was
too late to scramble forward, so I braced my foot, and with all
my might I threw my body back . . . ”
And right below lay—yon guessed it—the open well!
Bill's quick thinking may have saved his life, but it didn’t keep him
from going through a bad experience. His shoulders struck the far edge
of the well and his feet scraped the near edge so that he lay across the
top opening like a stiff stick. Only he wasn’t so stiff, worse luck. Bit
by bit he started to slip down the sides of the well, the weight of his
body held in space only by the fierce pressure of his braced feet and
shoulders against the rough brick sides of the w elt
And Then He Started to Slip!
Had that well been an inch wider in diameter, boys and girls, Bill
wouldn’t be telling this story. As it was, he had all he could do, press
ing with all his strength, to keep his body out straight, to keep pressure
on his toes and his shoulders and neck.
Picture for yourself what he was up against. If either his
head or his feet started slipping faster than the other end, he
might drop so much oa one end that his body would no longer
meet the wall on both sides. The minute his legs or his shoul
ders slipped enough to fall away from the wall—HE WOULD
PI.UNGE TO TH E DEPTHS BELOW!
But worse was still to come. Working with Bill on the job was a
man by the name of Franz. When the first terror at his predicament
W h a t to Eat and W h y
C. Houston Goudiss Describes Diet A fter
Middle Age; Shows How Right Food
Can Prolong the Vigorous Years
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
NE of the best prescriptions ever offered for longevity was
advanced by the wise man who said: In the twenties,
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prepare for the thirties; in the thirties, prepare for the forties;
end after that—prepare for a long and vigorous old age!
That advice is well worth following, for it has been esti
mated that by taking into account all the newer knowledge of
nutrition, it is possible not?--------------------------------------
only to improve health, but to ’ age finds many men and women
add a number of years to the near the danger line, no longer
able to resist infections and the
normal life span.
degenerative diseases.
A Man 1» a i Young at Ho Feels
It has been well said that "the
age of man has small relation to
his years,” for it
has been demon
strated, both clin
ically and in the
scientist’s labora
tory, that old age
is a physiological
condition
rather
than an accumula-
tion
years.
In g ra n d m o th e r's
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day,
a
w om an
of
50 was considered
old. Today that age
is regarded as young, and much
of the important work of the world
is being done by men and women
who can see 50 only by looking
over their shoulder.
And right below lay the open well.
lifted. Bill thought of Franz and yelled for help. Picture his horror when
he got no answer.
All along he had been hoping that before he lost control, rescue
would arrive. Now his voice rang mockingly in the dark depths below.
Franz did not answer.
Bill Sees a Dim Kay of Hope.
Lower, lower slipped Bill. The rough bricks scraped hie shoulders
raw. Blood ran from his tortured flesh, soaked his shirt. The pressure
was agony, yet he dare not ease up. To let up meant dropping.
Bill wormed around till his eyes could examine the depths ot
the well below. And for a moment hope returned to him. Directly
below, about seven and a half feet down, he saw the ribs of the
form for the brickwork projecting on the inside, about two or three
inches beyond the brickwork. The masons had left the form with
the ribs and built around them.
"Now,” Bill told himself, “ if those ribs will hold my weight, I ’m
safe I ” But could he reach them?
Seven and a half feet! Seven and a half feet of creeping, of tortured
shoulders, of risky probing with one foot when an instant’s let-up in that
pressure meant—Bill Sternberg tried not to think what it meant while
he groped with one foot for a hold, wormed his raw shoulders lower on
the bricks that were like sandpaper on his raw shoulders.
Importance of Correct Diet
On the other hand, thousands of
Americans are unknowingly im
pairing their efficiency and short
ening their lives through the mis
use o f food. They are eating the
wrong kind of food—and what is
equally disastrous—they are over
eating! They do not seem to real
ize that eating too much does not
strengthen the body, but exhausts
it with the labors of digestion.
The surplus nourishment clogs the
system and may be indirectly re
sponsible for headache, dyspep
sia, biliousness and mental dullness. |
Unless they change their habits
of eating, they will inevitably be
come victims of their own indis
cretions. For while it is folly to
neglect the health at any age, to
do so in middle life is to open
the way to an early death or to an
old age marred by sickness.
New Danger Worse Than the Old.
Keep Down the W eight
Just as he reached the ribs a new danger presented itself. His shoul
ders started to go lower than his feet!
Bad enough to plunge feet first. But head first! And backward,
at that!
It took all the flagging nerve of Bill Sternberg to grind those
raw shoulders into that wall and work his feet down to—yes, the
rib. Bill made it. And what’s more, the ribs held him. Feet
and shoulders.
But how long was he to remain here like this? Frantically he lifted
his voice in a hoarse shout. And now to his ears came a sound—the
sound of Franz’s hammer. Franz, hammering and whistling at his
work, had perhaps not heard. Bill summoned all his strength, fairly
bellowed: "Franz, FR A N Z!”
This time Franz came, and with one unconcerned tug yanked up his
companion. Bill landed hard on the safe ground. It felt good—better
than his shoulders. But worst of all, he says, was trying to square
himself with his mother for ripping his shirt, when he got home!
The first 25 years of man’s life
are devoted to growth. During
this period of youth, the body usu
ally has a large fund of reserve
energy which can be called upon
in times of stress. During the next
25 or 30 years, the weight should
remain constant. If the diet is
properly regulated, and sound
habits of hygiene are followed, a
man or woman will come into
middle age full of vigor and with
mental and physical capacities
undiminished.
Unfortunately,
however,
the
laws of hygiene and nutrition are
often broken during the active
middle years. As a result, bodily
reserves are depleted and middle
C opyright.—WNU S ervice.
Cranberry Thrives Best
in Acid Peat, Muck Soil
The cheery little cranberry, once
called craneberry because its blos
soms resemble a crane’s head and
neck, is not modest in its require
ments.
It demands low-lying land satu
rated with water; prefers acid peat
or muck soil. There must be reser
voirs to constantly feed thirsty fields
through miles of radiating canals—
to flood marshes quickly against kill
ing frosts and as a measure of in
sect control, states a writer in
Prairie Farmer.
It must have winter protection.
Just before heavy frost, reservoirs
are opened and vines covered; they
lie snug through winter beneath a
blanket of ice. They must have a
blanket of sand, too, one inch thick
atop the ice, to settle gently but
firmly around vines in spring when
the ice goes out to absorb heat and
help keep frost away; to discourage
weed growth; to give old runners a
chance to reroot and thus renew the
bog.
Marshes are drained in the spring
and from short mother vines new
shoots creep. Buds swell and send
out a short shoot upon which pink
waxen blossoms bloom. When pet
als fall, tiny berries emerge to grow
and plumpen. Slowly their color
fades from green to creamy white;
to coral pink, while the rare and
vigorous flavor develops within.
Gathered, dried and boxed, cooler
weather turns the berries full fla
vored and a rich, ruby red.
That is why it is so desirable—
if you hope to be vigorous at 50
and after—that you begin to plan
for it many years earlier.
Live sensibly. Avoid overwork.
Regularly
take
a
moderate
amount of exercise. Get enough
sleep so that you avoid that chron
ic "tired feeling.” Above all, eat
enough, but not too much, of
the foods that build and maintain
health: milk; eggs; fruits and
vegetables;
protein
foods
in
amounts just sufficient to meet
your requirements, so that there
is no excess to be eliminated;
enough fnel foods to give you plen
ty of pep and power, but not in
amounts that will cause the
weight increase which many peo
ple erroneously believe inevitable
during the middle years.
Hot Foods Beneficial
Hot foods are often more easily
digested than cold, and it is help
ful to begin a meal with hot broth,
in order to stimulate the secretion
of digestive fluids. A hot bever
age may also be beneficial at bed
time.
I t is sometimes observed that
five or six small meals are more
easily digested than three large
ones. Each person should discov
er what meal schedule best suits
individual requirements and then
abide by it. For it is indeed true
that middle age—and the years
Curb the Appetite for Rich Foods beyond—are largely what you
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Although ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany has been an exile and
outcast for almost 20 years, he has
abandoned none of his royal pre
rogatives. The gentleman still re
fuses to see visitors until they
have been informed how to act in
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walk” into his audience chamber.
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