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Evening star., 1926-12-26

Soon, however, they got tired Of the
trouble of having it cooked them
selves although the cook cheerfully
did it for them. and they asked me to
go back to the old way. which did to
try and satisfy. IL possible, their
grievances
They were hungry at times and 30
were we all, but we could use no
more than we were now using until
more was brought i'm from the coun-
try. My attention being largely taken
up with Mrs. Cooks condition, 1
necessarily ceased to watch with my
usual vigilance the doings Of the men,
leaving that to my officers more than
| otherwise should.
THUS day after day passed. anxiety
u was depicted on each captains
countenance, for food we must have
and the supplies coming in from the
country were not as large as we had
hoped. In other words. the native
hunters had not as vet trailed the
game. Well do I remember Novenn
ber "a
At IL o'clock noon all the captains
of those five imprisoned ships stood
on the highest hill of Herschel Island.
and looked eagerly and with longing
for the last glimpse of the upper rim
Of the setting sun, when 1t would
shine no more until January is.
For the space Of about 10 minutes
we caught the gleam Of it's upper rim
when II passed out of sight. not to
appear to our relief again this year.
These five captains had been tried
from boyhood in All the perils of navi-
cation from the Antarctic to the
Arctic and from the Atlantic to the
| Pacific. and they. like me, had faced
| troubles of every nature on the sea.
Those men shook their heads as
they gazed at the ships below and
| felt that they were now facing the
gravest peril of their lives. Dark
| days were setting In. and we'll we
knew from past experience that all
the evils of Winter life came then.
| In past years very little hunting
had been done, and unless more game
was brought in this year than for
merly there would he much suffering
among us.
| With a grim determination to fight
| for life and for the lives of all that
| were with us. We went at the work
Of seeing that everything was made
secondary to the getting of food. We
so impressed the natives with our
critical condition that during the dark
days there was no let-up by them
in trying to bring down the game.
! We all felt that when the sun came
back, il no calamity had befallen lis
before that time. our worst and dark
est period would he past. No wonder
how often the question arose among
| us. Where shall we all he. or will
| this little community be intact and
| in health when the sun appears on
January 1872"
| CCopyriEhi 1921
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A QUIET sleeper or a strained
sleeper-which are you? All of
us can be divided into these two
groups, according to electrical tests of
sleep made recently by DR.. Richter of
Johns Hopkins Hospital. The tests
also showed that the electrical resist
ance of the body is greatly increased
during sleep, says Scientific American.
In one case the onset of sleep auto
matically raised the electrical resist.
ance of the body from 10000 ohms to
500. 900 ohms.
Our knowledge of the changes which
take place in the body during sleep
is still very limited, says DIR. Richter.
Although there has been almost no eX-
perimental investigation of sleep. 1t
has been the topic of an almost endless
number of theories and speculations.
Scientists knew--or rather thought
they knew--that the depth of sleer
reaches a maximum before the end of
the second hour, and then rapidly de-
creases again to a low level at which
it remains with small fluctuations un,
til the end of the sleep period.
We have all heard statements simi
lar to the above, but DR.. Richter char
acterizes them as fallacies. When the
tests from which this fallacy took
growth were made years ago the sub
jects were constantly under strain
waiting to be awakened and according
ly the sleep was never normal. DR.
Richter avoided this factor in his ex
periments. His records were obtained
by measuring the resistance offered tc
the passage Of an imperceptible gal
vanic current from one hand to thu
other. including all zinc electrode, GOV
cred with paste made by mixing kao
lin with saturated zinc sulphate solu
ton. These can be easily attached
and removed. usually without inter
ruptinS sleep. The resistance was
measured with a string galvanometer
BY means of the equipment de-
scribed DR.. Richter demonstrated con
clusiveiy an unusually interesting
fact-fshat the resistance is localized
Evening star., 1926-12-26
ELECTRICAL TESTS OF SLEEP.

almost entirely in the skin OF the
body. A puncture through the skin
with a needle, even the finest, reduces
the resistance instantaneously practi.
cally to zero.
Some people sleep lightly. others can
be awakened only by thorough pun
melting. Both types were tested, with
the discovery that the resistance OF the
bodg is a true and corresponding test
of the depth of sleep. That is, those
that respond to slight noises with
changes in breathing, sighs, and so on.
showed low resistance during sleep.
Those who were oblivious to all dis
turbances maintained high resistance.
Awakening, however sudden. brings
an instant drop in resistance. DR..
Richter writes: Several similar OBJ
servations were made on a monkey,
which, while held in the lap of an as
! sistant in a darkened room, slept fit.
| fully. The resistance followed the
| change in sleep so closely that it was
possible to state quite accurately, with
| out seeing the animal at all. whether
! IL was awake, browsing or asleep, sim.
| ply on a basis of the resistance read
! ings."
| With the typical true scientist e
caution in the Interpretation of results,
| DIR. Richter says it is not yet known
whether in sleep we deal with an in.
| terruption of the nervous impulses or
with the effect of an inhibitory process
The results obtained with the skin
of the back Of the hands varied with
the persons under test, and this sug.
gests that there are two kinds of sleep
| quiet, relaxed sleep and strained
sleep with muscular activity.
Further experiments on monkeys, in
which the nerves TO the hands and feet
were cut. demonstrated that the re
sistance of the palms of the hands ant
feet is dependent upon and is regu
lated by nervous impulses although
the backs of these extremities show nc
such relatfonl When the nerves were
cut, the resistance jumped from 40, ,00(
ohms to 100000 ohuas.
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among the foes for hours before we
heard a sound, but at last we were
rewarded by hearing a human voice, a
voice crying, Save u.s."
We went as far in the direction Of
where the sound came from as II was
possible to get, then lowered boat
with the fourth mate in charge and
told him to go to their rescue. as
their voices could be plainly heard
and dangerous trip that the boat
made, but the mate never paused until
he brought his boat alongside the
small piece Of ice on which two men
were.
1t had broken In two so many times
that when he got them they were on a
piece, as he described 1t, not much
larger than the large hatchway Of
ship; and they were wet and shiv-
ering and numb with cold, almost
frightened out Of their senses.
~
OUR bad luck continued that Win
~ ter and during the whaling sea
son that followed. We began freezing
In again at Herschel Island for the
second Winter; having concluded that,
by strict economy, our supplies would
last us.
| Our catch totaled five whales, yield
ing about $500 pounds of bone, a
very small catch, indeed, but the
price had advanced to about IS per
pound and would help us out. We
hoped that next season we might make
up for the NAst. so we were willing
to put in another Winter.
BY March. however. trouble with
the crew began again. Among them
was one who signed as Woodland,
but better known among the crew
as big Jim 49,
He was a large, powerfully built
man. but downright coward at
heart. Woodland became very inti-
| mate with a German named Faber,
who was always looking for trouble
| and ready at any time for a quarrel,
many Of which he had with his ship
| mates.
/ noticed for some time that Faber
| had appeared sullen and sometimes
insolent TO the first officer whom
warned not to attempt to strike Fa-
Der: but when cause justified we would
| put him in confinement with hand
cuffs on his wrists.
I Since Faber was a much stronger
man than Mr.. Long. our first officer,
knew that If he should turn on Mr..
Long he would be apt to get the best
of fight. But one day there came to
my ears loud talk and cursing.
| Opening the door from the deck. I
saw Faber about hundred feet away
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Craft Is Imprisoned by Winter With MutinOus Crew

once. but he sank before the boat got
to him.
Then. without warning, the crank
shaft of the engine in No. journal
broke in two. Here was an accident
that would necessitate- our going to
port for repairs.
I called all the officers and boat
steerers and engineers together. and
informed them we should he ohlige|
to go to Victoria. as that was forei5 II
port and | could hold all the crew.
One of the engineers said. since he
knew Victoria well. Captain. you
could have done this in much quicker
time at San Francisco" and further
remarked that he would guarantee for
himself and his department, If | would
go to San Francisco, that not one man
of the engineering department would
ask to go ashore.
| thanked him, then said to my Off
GERS that, if they would attend to the
duties aboard ship without asking or
| expecting to go ashore, look out for
| the crew and see that nobody deserted,
and keep all shore boats away from
| the ship day and night, | would go
| back.
| The officers, boat steerers and stew
| ard. without hesitating for a moment.
said they realized my position and
they would do in port exactly as
though at sea.
| X X
| A FTER anchoring in San rancisco
4 Harbor l repaired at once to the
| customhouse, and as soon as the form
of entering had been gone through I
cleared again for another cruise with
the same crew aboard. to sail as soon
| as repairs were completed.
Seeing the boldness and activity Of
shore boats around the vessel. which
totally disregarded orders TO keep
away l ordered two officers and
boat steerer stationed night and day,
one aft. another amidships and the
third forward. each armed with
loaded repeating rife. with orders to
shoot a hole through the first boat
that attempted to come alongside after
being warned to keep away.
After many delays we proceeded to
sea again. Our crew was all intact,
with the exception of two men who
| put on life preservers and jumped
overheard the night before we sailed.
The places of those two were filled
later by two Eskimos.
While awaiting repairs Mrs. Cook
communicated with me from Province
town, saying 1t was her desire to join
me again for this our last voyage, and
1 arranged to call for her at Nome.
We anchored at Nome and ! found
Mrs Cook in perfect health. We i'm.
mediately went aboard the Bowhead.
Two days later we sailed from
Nome. Two men tried to desert the
night before by jumping overheard.
The attention of the officer of the
deck was directed to some one shout
ing for help, and looking in that direc-
tion he saw two men in the water try
tn 81 CfA IA Ant 11tc
were unable to do, and they were get
ting weaker from their exertions and
chilled from contact with the Icy
water, A boat was quickly lowered
and they were rescued.
When we reached Wainwright Inlet
two sailors asked to go aboard the
steamer Alexander, lying close by.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

"Too busy
"Yes, we tire them out" he said.
1--WE give them douches, massage.
brisk walks, various kinds of cleo
tricity at different hours, ultraviolet
rays, and all that sort Of thing. 1t
keeps them dressing and undressing.
They are busy
Don't they fight against it?" 1
asked
mo" he answered. "They feel
that it Is good for them. and even find
1t agreeable. resting. They see that
they are getting scientific treatment,
and 1t fatters them. This will be
good for your rheumatismr we tell
them. This will hefp the strain in
your back muscular atrophy)r And
so on. All this occupation soothes
their nerves
Men almost come to forget that they
are being treated for 1.-The American
malady"! All the other patients are
quite ignorant of their trouble. They
are refined people, having their own
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. melancholy,
etc.-which they do not talk about.
They mingle together as pleasantly
as possible. You might think 1t a
house party.
So, mostly well before their month
Is up, our Americans find themselves
in good condition, ready to return to
public Paris and sooner or later do
some more "strolling."
Is it the anti-prohibition paradise?
Before prohibition / knew drinking
men to come to Paris and stop drink
ing. They found the bright life suf-
f1ciently stimulating. Perhaps they
were exceptions. but 1t happened.
Others remained hard drinkers and
ended badly from 1t in the long run.
Nowadays the Paris sanatoriums
are receiving more and more of the
American malady" right along. The
thing is becoming notable. Yet this
American malady" seems to be a
trouble that is regularly cured in a
month.
Now, of course, there are men who
come to Paris and continue drinking
cocktails, gin mixes and strong stun
in the style of whisky and brandy
Even these seem to get out of the
sanatoriums in a month pretty well
fixed up. Some good part of it must
be due to prohibition.
Prohibition, as seen at home from
Paris. appears to keep such men from
getting as deeply alcoholized as for
merly. by fear to drink too much Of
the bad stuff they risk getting. When
they arrive In Paris and start hitting
up the hard liquor they get into sana.
toriums soon enough. Not being
deeply alcoholized, the scientific Paris
system helps them quickly. Or else
they take to wine drinking.
So they come. to have ethe Ameri-
can malady. ~e
The phrase Mas originated entirely
In Paris sanatoriums receiving 90
many Americans, both tagged" and
otherwise. that t1sy constitute an en-
Evening star., 1926-12-26

in the lining of the stomach. UreasA
is important in the cycle of nitrogen
because 1t converts the urea that is
produced by animals into ammonium
carbonate, which is used by the plant,
usually after conversion TO nitrates by
bacteria.
Urease has been prepared by DIR.
Sumner as octahedral crystals that
are slightly larger in diameter than
human red blood corpuscles. The
crystals are protein and belong 10
the class known as glObulins. They
are able to transform their own
weight OF urea into ammonium car.
Donate every IA seconds at room TEN.
perature.
The isolation of urease has opened
up new fields of research and is ex-
pected to aid in the solution of many
problems OF the chemistry Of enzyrnes
and to lead to the isolation of stiIl
other engines.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

Perils of whaling in both north.
ern and southern seas were re-
counted last week by Capt. Cook.
as well as other dangerous expert
ences in his long career.
Having extinguished an incendi-
ary fire at sea in the forehold of
the whaler he commanded, he
promised to hang his entire crew
at the yardarm unless he learned
who was guilty. The crew sur.
rendered the two men who had
caused the blaze. and both con-
fessed.
Previously the author told of
having his boat bitten in two by
whale he had harpooned. As he
and the members of his boat crew
clung to the wreckage. the mortally
wounded monster charged straight
toward them with his massive Jaws
wide open, but died Just as it set
teeth in the boat stem to which
Capt. Cook had clambered
Capt. Cook spent 4S years on the
water, starting out when II years
old. He vas one of the owners of
two of the last of the old square
rigged whalers.
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torium doctor because 1t sends such
numbers of Americans to Paris with
a desire to drink"
They are the majority in sanatori-
uns.
They are the majority OF wine
drinkers.
Yet they are not hard drinkers at
all in the old sense
They seem TO drink by resent
ment," says the French specialist.
because they have been prevented
from drinking. In this way they con-
tinually drink more than is good for
them, yet they are worried by think
ing about it,
1t brings them finally to sanatori-
ums without much need.
THE American malady requires
little cure" he says. ''and we think it
not serious. But only the future can
show how 1t will turn or else die out"
Evening star., 1926-12-26

~ UR Oil and whalebone found
ready markets after the voy
age and Mrs. Cook and
crossed the continent to our
home at Provincetown. where
my aged. mother and our daughter
Emma awaited our coming. The Win.
ter passed pleasantly, but all too
quickly for US.
Among the most important events
to US during the Winter months was
the marriage Of my daughter to a
young man of Frovincetown. who was
a schoolmate OF hers, and we looked
forward to a happy life for both of
them.
February brought notice to prepare
for another Arctic cruise, and l went
to San Francisco to sign a crew.
Feeling that at the end of our Sec
ond Summer we might fall short of
what we would consider a profitable
catch, I had all sign papers for 36
months, so that If in my judgment 1t
would mean q loss instead of a profit
to come out at the expiration of the
time contemplated, l could stop yet
another Winter and Summer and then
be back in from 80 to 80 months. After
signing a full list of 26 sailors, l or
dered them to be aboard the next
morning.
My officers and engineers went on
board early and waited ashore until
word was sent from the chief officer
that all hands were aboard. Then l
went off to the ship to start for sea.
To my surprise after getting under
way. in looking over the crew as they
were engaged in getting everything
secure about the deck before getting
outside, could distinguish hardly a
face among that crew that 1 had
ci0
When supper was finished, all the
sailors were called aft and ranged
along the deck, first to answer to their
names, next to divide themselves into
two watches. starboard and port.
learned that most of the men had
been substituted for those whom / had
signed on. Many never were on deck
before, and these were the men who
were destined to give us trouble
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Bright Children.
THE old Idea used to be that

THE old idea used to be that the
exceptionally bright little boy,
the becoming genius, was usually
weak physically. undersized, and emo
tionally unstable. That idea has to be
discarded entirely, according to a re-
port just put out by the noted
psychologist, l.. NJ. Terman, who has
made an elaborate study of 1000 es-
pecially bright children. IL there is
any variation from the normal at all.
ne says, the gifted child is usually
OF better physical and nervous con-
dition.
THE superiority of the gifted child
Is evidenced at a very early age, in
the majority of cases." says DR.. Ter
man. Among the most commonly
mentioned indications are intellectual
curiosity. wealth of miscella neous In
formation, and desire to learn to
read
Evening star., 1926-12-26

were frozen in solid. the boats be-
ing hauled over the ice from the
steamers to the shore. 1t now be-
came evident that we must prepare
ito spend the Winter, poorly prepared
as we were.
Our next move was to take account
of all food supplies aboard all the
ships. Capt. Tilton of the Alexander
had enough to provide his crew suff1-
cient food for year, but he voluntari-
ly offered to divide equally with us all.
The Jeannette also had quite a sup
ply of flour, which they put in with
the others, so that, when the stock of
provisions was all divided into five
parts, each ship had just the same
amount Of provisions to use during the
Winter, and It was up to each captain
to see that the food was proportioned
out for the time, as no more could be
had here.
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throughout the voyage. I told them
plainly was fully aware of their mo.
tive, but should take extra care
that none deserted.
While furling jib one Of the boat
steerers, named George Cathcart, went
out on the jibboom to assist the sailors
in securing the sail properly, and in
some unknown way he was knocked
overheard. A boat was lowered at
Evening star., 1926-12-26

Just as we were casting off our lines
it was reported to me that the two
men had not come back from the
Alexander. / at once hailed the cap.
tain of the Alexander and asked him
to send my men aboard. In few
minutes he informed me they were
not there.
Looking all around over the ice from
the crows-nest where / was then
Evening star., 1926-12-26

ter home for two previous Winters.
and 1t looked very much as if 1t
would be for this coming Winter.
We had gained safe harbor for
our ships. for the Alexander and
Thrasher followed US in, and upon ar
riving, to our great surprise, we found
the steamers karluk and Jeannette
lying here. They were unable to get
west of the island before the ice came
September 1S, all the steamers
Evening star., 1926-12-26

tirely new class of cases. They need
a name, because no other cases are
like them!
1.-THE American malady does not
mean alcoholism or dipsomania or any
serious thing. although it may in
clude them ALL says a sanatorium
doctor. 1T means simply the Ameri-
cans who come to us-both from
drinking and desiring to drink"
The majority are not alcoholized
at all.
Prohibition must have good re-
Suits, says the sanatorium doctor
because the drinking Americans
whom we get are very little injured
and soon cured. They have not been
much alcoholized at home-not even
the worst we get in Paris.
But prohibition must have i'll re-
suits as WELL" concludes the sana-
Evening star., 1926-12-26
"American Malady" Recognized in Paris
AS Special Product of Strolling Habit
BY STERLING HEILIG.

AINISt IJtVtTIIUVI To.
//T CAME over to Europe to get
- something At to drink. and
I've been in Paris nine months.
i There's not a headache in a
trn1lnr Of ,rthito ,r,ir1nrt
Evening star., 1926-12-26

THE CAPTAINS OF THOSE FIVE
IMPRISONED SHIPS LOOKED
EAGERLY AND WITH LONGING
FOR THE LAST GLIMPSE OF THE
UPPER RIM OF THE SETTING
SUN WHEN 1T WOULD SHINE NO
MORE UNTIL JANUARY.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
BY JOHN A. COOK.

~ UR oil and whalebone found
ready markets after the voy.
age and Mrs. Cook and
~ crossed the continent to our
home at PrnvincefoWn where
The Washington times., 1926-07-26

students or fundamentalists. II
fhe new quartet win remember that
its reception by the great mass
az the audience will be quite as
enthusiastic as the merits OF the
players deserve.
GOOD MUSIC
GOES TO WASTE
Some OF the best music in the
world and four of the finest voices
In radio went absolutely to waste
last night when the Vesper I'm
semble did its stuff at WCAP.
From the wreckage there were one
or two things that were gems OF
concert work. One of these was
Eugene Martinette's singing OF
"Sing Me to Sleep" than which
few finer. things have come to the
loud speaker-either from the
standpoint OF vocal skill, musical
understanding or pure emotional
thrill. The second was-weH the
second was really two things-oIie
OF them Hazel Arth's singing OF
Dawn and the other her duets
with Gretchen Hood.
The orchestra-and the orchestra
appears to be made up, OF sklileu
musicians who know their. instru-
ments thoroughly opened its pro-
gram for the second time in a
month with most Of the opera
..Lohengrin," requiring is minutes
of unrebearsed and painfully la.
borious playing to get through 1t.
There should be some sort or
law to reach the crime it COM
mitted when It completely killed
Miss Hoods singing Of Pale Moon"
and SO on through the program
until its weary. end. The singers
did the best they could-all Of them.
Fort Worth supplied dance music
Sunday evening and the John
Hotel Powhatan roof
orchestra In It's radio debut did the
same from WRC Saturday evening
with Potato Chips the prize adj
vertising song. as its chief attrac-
ton. Last night the Capitol The
alter gang celebrated it's first ami
yersary under the direction Of
Major Edward Bowes in an APP
propriately iifeless way. Joan Ruth
and Alien McQuhae. the Atwater
Kent artists. gave listeners real
half hour of enjoyment with some
finely sung arias. in solo and duet.