Evening star., 1936-03-22
Flood Thrills Woman
Two Escapes From River Just Bit of
Adventure to Mrs Myers.

|WO hair-raising escapes from
death in the flooded Potomac
have failed to dampen Mrs.
i Eva Dell Myers taste for ad-
venture, especially adventure on the
water.
Prior to sitting for l8 hours Thurs
day in a tree top being submerged
by raging water, the 50-year-old
physical culture expert wrapped her
self around a log during another Po-
tomac flood and held on for two hours
before her hired man pulled her to
safety by his teeth.
Mrs. Myers, whose Glen Echo home
was destroyed by the waters which all
but swept her away. likes to stand on
her head, and can do anything in the
athletic line that an 1S-year-old girl
can do.
Plans Trip Around World.
After the rescue in 1885, Mrs. Myers,
resting now in Walter Reed Hospital,
went to Atlantic City for a look at
some more water. AS soon as she re-
gains her feet after the narrowing ex-
perience of Wednesday and Thursday,
sh plans an all-water trip around the
world.
Mrs. Myers loves 1t. THAT was the
best yet" she disclosed yesterday after
weighing the tightness of former
tight squeezes she has been in.
i've reached the limit in thrills now.
There's nothing left. Two more hours
in that tree and would have died.
There were thousands on the shore
and not one seemed able to reach me.
I mad looked at the water until my
eyes smarted. I turned my gaze in
another direction. Then imagine my
surprised Along came rowboat, with
Mr.. Milligan John Milligan, q re-
porter rowing 1t. He was o rover,
too! know an oarsman when I see
one.
II couldn't have got away II he
hadn't come along. I've swum In all
oceans in the world except the Dead
Sea, but I couldn't swim in thEt river
that night.
Recalls Storms at Sea.
1--WE been in so many tight squeezes
I can't remember the first one. I've
been in so many storms at sea can't
count them. I've seen piano come
crashing through the wall of a ships
recreation room. But It's wonderful.
I'm never seasick. love it."
Mrs. Myers, widow of an army ayia-
tor, looked hale as she lay, wrapped in
a pink negligee, on bed in Walter
Reed ward. But she'll be in the hos
pital several days before DR.. Beatrix
Bickel of Glen Echo Heights says she
can take up her pallet and walk,
although she was jovial and inter-
ested yesterday.
But you should have seen me when
I was brought here by Mr.. Milligan," /"
she exclaimed. Il was all raw from
the wind and water. I looked like a
beefsteak."
DR.. Bickel is keeping Mrs. Myers
police dog Fritz, who swan around
his stranded mistress for IL hours
until he could keep the vigil no longer.
Came Here 10 Years Ago.
Mrs. Myers came to Washington
almost 10 years ago after her hus-
band died in Hawaii. She was born
in Cleveland, where, until she was 20.
seven brothers kept close watch over
her activities.
They kidded me so much have
no fear. And that's my worst trouble
now" she said. II didn't get into any
trouble at all as long as my brothers
were looking out
Soon after the brothers relaxed
their vigilance, she married and be-
gan Unsuitable travels around the
world. She's always had o taste for
adventure and things odd, and it was
this which led her to buy q house
perched by the Potomac and keep
chickens on an island In the river.
Caring for these feathered friends