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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Arctic Explorer Is Grazed by Vengeance of the "Wte Fe

perils the northern native must face
in his daily task: the yawning Grew.
asse, the sudden binding storm, the
foe swept to sea, the fierce charge of
wild musk-ox, wolf or walrus. /
shook my head. There seemed so
much to fear that / could not choose.
White Fear we call it," Metok
gave quick glance over his shoulder
as il mere mention of the fact might
bring some unwelcome native devil
to his door. Alataq's hand closed
quickly over her mouth in apprehen-
sion.
1T is the big bear" went on Metok.
II X
HAVING shot score of polar bears,
I was not impressed. / said sol
But they are easy game, old fellow.
Why, when we reused that fat mon
ster over in Ellsemere Land last year,
he didn't even take the trouble TO fight
| the dogs"
The Eskimo smiled. But there was
no mirth in his grimace. Presently he
said. slowly:
Hunting the fat bear in Spring is
different from fighting the lean and
hungry bear in the darkness of the
| Winter"
"Oh, so you're afraid Of them when
they have trouble getting seals.
| see
l was talking mostly for effect.
. Metok was hard to draw out. II he
said there was something to fear,
knew he meant It.
| Alataq began to cry softly. The
| man quieted her with a touch on her
! shoulder; a bit of demonstration be-
| yond the usual phlegm Of a North
| Greenlander.
Il am speaking of the male bear"
he went on. AT this time of year a
full-grown male is hard TO get He is
! lean and fast. The dogs cannot over
take him If he runs. They cannot
cope with him If he stops and fights.
On the other hand. the female Ia with
Young She cannot run: does not want
to. She is not afraid Of other animals
| even the wolf. Also. her mate is
usually near to protect her"
| Metok paused. as If to let me get the
| full force Of his next point.
But IL one kills the female. her big
white mate does not rest until he has
avenged her death" This time Alataq
| groaned aloud.
"Not always" Metok soothed her
| To me he gave the details: You see
| White Man, the mating bear is as one
possessed by a spirit Of hot fire. He Is
the king animal Of all that roam our
hills. Hence when his shaggy woma r.
Is taken from him, his fury is un
quenchable. He will even kill and de
YOUR a man. although the white bear
is not fond Of human flesh"
There is no escape?" | asked.
! was skeptical, for | had never heard
of a polar bear feeding on other
than seal meat.
Not unless he can take away the
hide Of his mate. Only thus car
his anger be appea sed."
| was too hungry to take mucf
stock in the natives ramblings. Any
way, 1t seemed silly to think of one
bear coming back for the skin of an
other bear. Also I knew that Metol
was frightened and depressed at oui
situation.
Yet we three adults would no doubt
survive because. the moment the
storm stopped, Metok would go ou
and kill a walrus at the ice edge
But the baby was already weak. Il
1.-THE baby died. something would di'
in the man and the woman who Sal
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Then. suddenly. through the mist, I
saw the flash Of glimmering tusks of
ivory. The herd was approaching.
Several tusks, a snarling dozen of
them. and the bobbing brutal heads
of a dozen male walrus were before
us. Behind the males followed a
score of cows and their calves.
Metok crouched, his harpoon arm
appraised. He braced one foot against
hubble of ice. The walrus rolled
and dived, snorted and roared before
him. He chose his animal. With a
violent upraising of his body that put
every ounce of weight and strength
into the blow, he let drive with his
weapon.
The line sang out a. the whole herd
dived. Metok whirled and seized his
lance. The tip he plunged into the
hole he had prepared. Around the
shaft he took a turn of the last coil
as it spun outward. Then began n
terrific struggle. ] helped as l could.
But it was battle of wits: skilled
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may forfeit the privilege of mother
hoodo
Good looks, success. happiness are
largely dependent on good health. Be
cause more men and women realize
this every day they are turning to
medical science for answers to these
questions.
Doctors have long known that
weight was related to health. It has
been understood. for instance. that the
underweight people are more likely to
contract diseases such as tuberculosis
than those of normal we light. and that
overweight is extremely dangerous in
other conditions, such as high blood
pressure and certain disorders of the
heart. Until recently. however, there
was no uniform method Of judging this
relation. and even yet there is some
doubt as to the normal weight for
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men and women of various heights
and ages.
Just what should men and women
weigh in order to feel best, enjoy the
greatest vigor and activity. and de-
velop the greatest resistance to
disease?
How much harm does 1t do to be.
come too fat?
What is the danger in reducing until
you are too thin?
Thousands of earnest men and
women were asking this question, but
no one could give them completely
satisfactory answer. In few months,
last year, one magazine which offers,
through it's medical advisers, to
answer questions from its readers
received over $4,000 inquiries about
weight control, and continued to re-
ceive them at the rate of over 1000
a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
BY FITZHUGH GREEN,
T. & ~

w We were alone in the igloo.
n Like all North Greenland
NN Winter houses, this one
was of stone half-buried
in the hillside. Metok,
head of the family. sat silent on one
side OF me- On the other side huddled
Alataq, his wife, who from time to
time uttered the Eskimo lament OF
utter encouragement: "Ai-o" Her
naked baby lay on the skins behind
us, sobbing weakly.
We were all intensely, torturingly
hungry Metok at that moment was
gnawing the seal-hide lining Of an old
mitten Alataq sucked at a fox
bone, I sat and dreamed constantly
of days of plenty: of steak and bread
and rich pastries. My thoughts fed
the gnawing emptiness within.
If only Metok would consent to
eating another of his dogs. Canine
meat was tough. But it filled; and IT
nourished
No" he said. I'VE shall need them
when the tempest dies
The little blubber lamp burned with
out a flicker. In it's dim light the furs
that lined the igloo seemed black
hairy mass The low stone roof over
head was surfaced with SCOT. Out OF
doors the weather was hellish. Early
black Arctic January had come with
bitter gales; temperatures were daily
past 80 below zero. The sun had beer
gone since October A blizzard ragged
humping the seal-gut window savage
~ with every gust.
Coming off the glacier week be
fore, l had twisted a tendon in my
knee.
Stay with me, White Man." had
been Metok's simple expression Of
hospitality And if the Almighty
Devil is not offended at our journe,
over the great ice. your injury vii
soon vanish"
| stayed. The others of my part,
went on reuth to safer refuge
Metok promised TO bring me by th'
next moon If my knee did not I'm
prove. Now we three and the baby
were alone; storm-bound, faced witt
starvation unless the gale abated.
at is many sleeps before the SUI
returns" ! heard Alataq whisper t
her man while | was arranging m,
sleeping bag on their platform.
"Poof"' laughed Metok. "A TAI
woman like you should not worry.
Not so fat as when the eider-duck
left" she said in a, low tone.
Metok, struggling. turned to me
''She Is afraid. Yet there is only on
real fear. Knowest, White Man, VIVA
that is?'
Swiftly / ran over in my mind tn
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seal hide. He coiled this line at his
feet. He chopped near it a deep, mar
row hole In the ice and laid his kill
Ing iron, or lance, nearby.
These preparations complete. he
squatted on his launches and began
what | have always considered to be
one Of the most remarkable perform
ances Of the North Greenlander. He
initiated the full mating "conversa-
ton" Of the bull walrus. This con-
versation is carried on in a series Of
grunts, roars and ingratiating whines.
/ could almost see, there at my feet,
the huge hideous creatures that he
was hooking.
X X X
SCARCELY had he begun than the
~ herd, invisible through the frost
smoke, began to take notice. We
could hear the angry and Jealous
roars of the other bulls who, no
doubt, thought that their rights to the
courtship were a good as that of him
who so loudly was expressing his JOY.
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Tybe Meals Selected From Diet
BREAKFAST.

Grapefruit mo sugar.
One medium serving rolled wheat. one
fourth cup milk tho sugar..
One egg.
One slice bread one-half tablespoonful
butter.
Coffee. one-half cup hot milk. little
sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER
Large vegetable salad. salt and vinegar.
One glass milk.
One slice bread, one-half tablespoonful
butter.
Tea with lemon. little sugar.
DINNER.
Large serving clear or tomato puree
soup.
One medium serving lean meat tno
One medium serving mashed potatoes
with milk. but no butter.
Cabbage or other succulent vegetable.
salt.
Berries or other fruit fno sugar..
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In addition to a long and dis
tinguished naval service, DUR
ing which he has cruised all
over the world. Commander
Green has found time to become
an expert on the people and
conditions of the far north. He
has passed nearly four years in
the Arctic regions, living with
the North Greenland Eskimos.
A graduate of the Naval War
College, and a specialist in gun
merry and explosives. Comdr.
Green served with the British
Grand Fleet in the World War.
Comdr. Green is also a
graduate of the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis
and of George Washington Uni
versity. He is the author of 10
books and of numerous short
stories and magazine articles.
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trouble. ha turned and growled an
| grily at us. I dropped him with
| shot through his skull.
We fed the dogs as we skinned tn,
pair. The meat was rich. But tn,
| vengeance of the almighty devil was
yet upon us. Abruptly. as 1t hat
| stopped. the wind began again. Witt
that deadly rustling peculiar to tn,
| Arctic blizzard. binding powdery drift
was soon sweeping down from tn,
cliffs and gullies above us.
Wiping his hands and face, Metol
shouted in my ear to make himself
heard above the uproar.
An lgloo here-Our only cha nce--''
He began to cut blocks. Though g
cripple, l helped as much as 1 could
1t was killing work. Spiral of the hu,
went up with pathetic slowness
Neither Of us was strong. Our effort,
had Slapped our small vitality.
After an hour of heartbreakins toi
we squeezed into the little refuge
Luckily Metok had built deep as he
couid, within a Granny between two
vertical walls of rock. This gave us
some shelter from the awful blast OF
the storm. He spread the fresh bear
SKINS inside and plugged the low
arched door with block Of snow.
When he had caught his breath, he
spoke to me as a man might speak
who knew he was to die. He prefaced
what he had to say with the same
words he had been DINING into my
ears all day:
The Babe must live, White Man"
II know" I quickly interrupted him.
But II you plan to take meat back
TO the igloo now, you are a fool. You
can't possibly get there In this bliz.
gard And IL you die, both Alataa
ana your child will die. I'm not good
enough hunter to save them"
But he shook his head resolutely.
Il must go, White Man. 1 shall re.
turn to you after / have taken meat
to the wife and babe. You have meat
here for many sleeps"
There was no dissuading him. He
dashed g. bear quarter and some It'd.
bits on his sledge. He secured the
budding. frightened dogs to the
sledge leader. Then, without a word
OF farewell, he disappeared into the
gray smother toward his wife and
baby fifty miles down the coast
I crawled back into my primitive
shelter Of snow blocks. Awkwardly I
RENTED the snow plug that closed the
entrance. M!serably cold and lonely,
l rolled myself into a ball on the skin
OF the mother bear and tried to sleep
Because the igloo was several yards
up gully. the roar of the wind was
less deafening. I was dead tired by
our exertions. 1 soon sank into un-
consciousness.
7 AWOKE stiff and sore and hungry.
Through tiny peep-hole in the
front of the igloo 1 peered out. Snow
still swirled down from the heights.
But as the hour was near noon. the
sun far below our southern horizon
gave sufficient light for me to see
dimly through the flying scud.
My heart gave a great leap. To my
establishment Metok had returned.
There he was prowling around near
the entrance OF our gully where we
had hitched the dogs the day before.
couldn't see him plainly on account
of the drifting snow and faint light.
But l could make out the bulk Of his
form as he worked
Overjoyed, I kicked the snow door
free, Dashing out on An fours / gave
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| Eskimo at one end, 2.OO0.pound
walrus at the other. The Eskimo
| won. The Walrus tired and let us
draw him to the edge. His bloodshot
eyes rolled in helpless fury at us as
Metok prepared to dispatch him.
Metok drove the steel spear into the
| monsters heaving barrel ribs.
II seemed that Metok should re-
joice. But he did not He rose and
wiped his hands and staggered
drunkenly to his team. I could see
that he was nearly exhausted by the
effort. He seized his knife from the
sledge. l thought he meant to cut
the first rich meat from our game.
Instead he hurried back and knelt
over the dead walrus. To my unbe-
lievable establishment, he only cut his
harpoon line clear.
The walrus, a ton of meat that we
so tragically needed, sank to the bot
tom OF Baffin Bay. Why? I knew
soon enough. Wind that Metok' 9
trained ears heard and that would
carry the ice on which we stood to
sea swept down upon us.
We turned shoreward and fought
our way through the wild appended
foes of the tide crack. Metok remem-
bered cache of old seal flesh that he
thought he might find. The meat
would fall to pieces for very rotten.
ness. and would be but a morsel for
all the dogs and u.s. But it would be
the nourishment which our aching
bodies so craved.
Here 1t ISL screamed Metok. in a
madness of Joy, and threw himself
forward upon a snow covered mass of
boulders he had heaped over the
flesh more than a year before.
But the boulders had been
wrenched aside by some hungry bear.
The cache was empty. One dog
caught the odor and licked the hard
granite, only to yelp in pain as the
frost burned his tongue.
The next instant all changed. I
remember the king dog was standing
just In front Of me, a spectral, wolf
like creature head and shoulders
above his teammates. He snarled
I glanced at him. He had stiffened
every cord and muscle. Every hair
stood erect along the bony ridge OF
his back. His sharp nose pointed
toward the talus slope behind me.
l swung about, knowing It might be
bear.
"Nanooksuak" gasped Metok at my
elbow. What huge bear"'
It was female and her half grown
cub. She was as large as a male. And
must have weighed close to half
ton.
X n X X
THE dogs sprang against their
traces. But they were too
weak to swing the sledge Metok had
purposely damned in the rocks. 1.-THE
rifle whispered Metok. In my
nervousness, / could have giggled at
the fellows speaking as If the animal
might hear. She was az unconcerned
as If we had been so many Arctic
hare trespassing on her preserve.
Only the cub seemed at bit curious.
took long aim because my weak
ened muscles would not hold the bar
rel steady. I fired. The bear clutched
at her breast, swung and fell, with
one final spasm, stone dead upon the
snow.
The cub gazed from his mother to
us in stupefaction at such strange
behavior. He whined; shifted at his
parents limp neck: nudged her with
his hIack nose. Then, seeming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

A NY woman you ask can tell you
~ the relation between weight
"A and good looks. Thousands of
4 a wonderland many men-study
the scales each morning with
the same passionate interest that Wall
Street gives TO the daily list of stock
quotations.
But how many women realize the
relation between weight and health
How many know that serious disease.
both physical and mental. may come
from weighing too much or weighing
too little? How many understand why
they may do themselves permanent
harm by ridiculous unbalanced diets.
such as the lamb-chops and pineapple
one now so popular. or by reducing
below the proper weight for their age
and height? How many realize that
by wrong methods of reducing they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
tro Your Weight Advice From Diet and Health Leaders

The doctors Of the Adult Weight
Conference called By the officers Of the
american Medical Association dp-
pointed committee TO epolre safe
and hedlthfnl diets for reducing and
Increasing 1cei0ht.
Prot. Flora Rose. chairman Of
the committee, together 4cith Miss
NdrB Henri. nutrition expert at Cor
hell. hare aCritten a booklet srhich
contains the results Of the, commit
tees tcort. 1t Cires a series Of diets,
cdrted according to pour types and
occupations and irhether you uish to
gain, lose or simply maintain your
present freight, but each one con
raining the foods necessary to health
One of these diets aCiH be printed rith
each article in this series. Cut them
out and keep them, and you ,ciu hare
the last tcord in tcetght control By
diet.
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Apparently American women were
all trying to pour themselves
into the same mold. The young
and the old. the long and the
short they all wanted to be size
sixteen
Several physicians were approached
for assistance IN answering these
questions. and it was found that the
medical profession in general agreed
that no adequate adult weight scales
had been determined. For children
there were satisfactory scales based
on comparative height and age. But
for adults there were none that We're
complete. Apparently 1t was assumed
that every woman Of five feet three
inches should weigh as much as every
other woman of the same height, re-
CARELESS of the general shape of her
figure, her racial type, her physical
tendencies and medical history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
BY DR.. WENDELL c. PHILLIPS.

oA SHueTiCdH NeQlCdb AeSoClAtlOH
EVERY adult, even ihe overfat one.
should have, at least, enough fuel
In the daily food to keep the human
machine running. In addition to the
amount needed to keep the human
machinery running. further fuel il
needed for such work as walking.
standing, sitting, lifting, etc.
If the daily food contains more fuel
than the machine uses. that extra
fuel may be stored as fat.
If the daily food contains less fuel
than the machine uses, body tissues
are burned to meet the deficit.
A reducing diet is one in which
the daily fuel is reduced so that il is
enough to keep the body machinery
running but not enough to support
all of the external work of the body
This forces the body to use its own
lat and the body grows thin. In any
long continued reducing diet il Is not
considered safe practice to limit
Galleries to fewer than 1.400 Galleries
a day. Building materials and regu-
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DINNER

erto not fully understood facts. All
the doctors agreed in condemnins
the craze for the "boyish form" and
the "barber-pole figure" at any cost
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14OO Galleries Reducing Diet for adults

should
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What to Purchase Explanations
3 ounc n Anenc o
Meat ; pound Il omt all
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raw
iarser m if
20 prunes twice week May use dried fruit more fire.
IL Use ouents grapefruit 0"1'o "e
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sreaq5 g graham or sn 15cs Ths dssiv ounces -
s"fd ounce Level aoesp00n'
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Claude II. Lavender, senior surgeon
of the service.
The adult weight conference dis
cussed many interesting and hith-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
BREAKFAST.

Four or FIVE stewed prunes.
One medium serving bran fakes. one
fourth cup milk. little sugar.
One slice graham toast, one-haif table,
spoonful butter.
Coffee, one.half cup hot milk. little
sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
One poached egg on one piece graham
toast.
One-half tablespoonful butter.
Large lettuce. cucumber and onion
salad. salt and vinegar.
One glass milk
DINNER
One large serving clear soup.
One slice rosst beef fne fat)
One medium baked potato dish gravy.
One large serving turnips, seasoned with
salt only.
Fresh fruit in season
One Elaes milk.
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| oAmnianM Medical associate Nee Conditions Presenter hat
kDph S N Surg
\ GmCu nd Dr. HLvedeA Among Those Who J0 Inference
New Britain herald., 1927-01-05

board of police commissioners, the council voted to approve the promo tion of Policeman Henry Jeglinski to the rank of police sergeant. His new duties are not defined but it is the general impression that he will be the directing head of the vice squad. Sergeant Jeglinski was made a regular patrolman on April $. 1920 and stands No. in the departm ent. His term of service is exceeded only by Officer Aldie Brault, who entered ithe police department on August 6, 1907, Officer Joseph Strup on Mo- Ivember z, 1907 and Officer James McNamee on February r, 1920. The newly appointed sergeant has since his connection with the local de- partment, been active in liquor raids and the suppression of vice in the city. He has been a motorcycle officer for the past three years.
 Councilman William F. Hough, in commenting on the appointment, stated that Jeglinski was "as good an officer as there is on the force"
 The new sergeant is world war veteran, enlisting at Hartford on July r, 1917. He was sent to Fort Slocum and later to Syracuse where he was member of the 49th Jnfan- try, 9th Division. He was assigned to the military police and from Syra- cuse went to Camp Merritt, N. J.. from which point he was detailed with 25 military police to Bush Ter minal, Brooklyn. He went to France on July 26. 1918, where he served until July 1s, 1919. He was honor- ably discharged with the rank of corporal on July %, 1919.
 Funeral of Arthur Coles House
 The funeral of Arthur Coles House who died yesterday in Hartford, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the home of Mrs. c. E. Mott of 30 High street. The services will le in charge of the Salvation Army. of which MT. House was a. member, and burial will be in the Old North cemetery.
 Mr. House was born in Bristol in 1855, the son of LeRoy o. and Ellen (Colos) House. For a number of years he resided in Bristol and also lived for some time in East Glaston- bury