Evening star., 1923-04-29
Barefoot Craze, at Edge of Spain,
Due to Health Giving Earth Currents

How they 'Ieak' in the vicinity of
radioactive springs may be imagined
from the radium emanation. which is
just one ray, perhaps, Of the telluric
spectrum.
TN France specialists like Morreu.
i Biquart, Lepape. etc, have studied
all the great localities. In radiuu1
emanation, the waters themselves are
strongest in the following order
Luchon. Ia Bourboulle. Plombieres,
Bigorre, Sail. Griey, st. Amand, Bus
sang, Aix-les-Bains and Evaux. But
when you come to the spontaneous
gases. the order is changed to Bigorre.
La Bourboulle. Luchon, Plombieres.
etc. etc.
Everywhere the spontaneous gases
are four to five times stronger in
radium emanation than the waters.
Everywhere they penetrate the ell
tire soil around these radioactive
springs,
This explains why radium emana-
are efficacious only on the spot, for
one thing-bottled waters lose the
little that they had
Above all, however, the leaks"
from earth's mighty, secret currents.
dragged UP in the track OF emanation
and spontaneous gases, spread and
seep through all the soil of these
favored localities.
Doubtless there are fifty such in
America.
For folks to tap, barefoot.
There are women who declare the>
feel the currents.
Modern csve-dwellers claim TO fee
them. coming into their caves from
every side, with infinite gentleness.
There arc thousands OF such modern
cave-dwellers in France, all Of wnom
could live in proper houses-but they
will not. They stick to their caves
with energy. This cave-dwelling, in
itself, is a queer story.
Prehistoric men. naked, shivery,
short OF food and almost weaponless.
survived the glacial period only by
the mysterious th-currents' aid.
They discovered caves as an abiding
place. Mother earth shared her own
life pulses with her cave-dwelling
children. They got force which did
not come from food alone. And they
survived, where the hairy mammoth
and woolly rhinocerous perished ut
terly. in glacial ice and chill clouds
which hid the sun itself,
Barefoot girls around Bigorre get
but a FLIP from the leaks" upon the
surface, but the fillip is continuous
while they're barefoot.
Those whose feet are beautiful have
honest excuse to show them. Mani
cured toes. more lovely than most
cared-for fingers are perfections
which they hate to hide. They put
bells on EN-!
Next. it beauties all ugly feet
which are improving. All are i'm
proving. All are convinced that their
feet are much nicer than the average!
With all, they are seeking health
and vigor They are seeking the
telluric currents, barefoot.
NDoN'T you believe a word about
1.-the dew" says Miss Rebecca
X Of Pittsburgh. TT is helium!'
"Petrined feet require big medi-
cine" says Mrs. Y OF Topeka.
"Try walking barefoot on the farm
at home 1t is radium!"
I'm changed girl!' says Hon
orable Sophia T. Of London,
England. TT comes up between my
toes It's the earth currents"
Madame A., well known Paris
actress, claims to have discovered
Bigorre feet and Bigorre vigor.
I'VE were motoring down here" she
says I'VE met a beautiful native
girl, about seventeen, walking bare
foot beside the oxen. Is it fun to go
barefoot I asked. The girl replied
that even her old grandmother put in
four barefoot hours per day till the
frost nipped her toes.
1--WE think 1t healthy" said the
lovely creature. Something comes
up from the ground that's good for
feet and all your body"
Madame A. remarked:
Your own barefeet are surely,
lovely
The barefooted peasant girl replied.
with great simplicity and earnest
ness:
You ought to see grandmother's"'