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Remarkably Vivid Story
of Roland Garros, the
French Var Aviator Whose
Machine Turned
Upside-Down 7,000
Feef in the Air But
Finally Righted Itself
The following was tent from the battlefront in Belgium
to one of the London newspapers by a war correspondent.
The aviator's name was cut out by the censor, but it is be
lieved that Roland Garros, the famous French military air
man (recently made prisoner by the Germans), is the aviator
referred to:
Looping-the-Loop by Accident Among the Clouds
I HAVE listened to what I snail call "tie psychology
of war flight" toy one of the famous military air
men. It revealed the etorm of diverse sensations
to which a man may be subjected while carrying out
the work f:,"sco"uV""6tf raldeif.'i'From" tie 61nt of
view of a medleal man It showed la what a remarkable
way the nervous system Is- capable of adjusting itself
to new and severe conditions and of preserving Its
balance even when hope of salvation has been aban
doned. The airman received orders to go to a particular
place and there drop bombs. The route lay along the
eacoast over a portion of the country occupied by
the enemy and strongly fortified against, aeroplanes.
Shortly after setting out the zone of fire was entered,
and In order to avoid mishap it became necessary to
take advantage of such cloud cover as could be ob
tained. .
"I saw." said the airman, "a heavy cloud In front
of me hanging over, the sea. It was a gray cloud, or I
could not have entered It; black clouds are wellltnown
to be dangerous. I was flying at a height of about
7,600 feet For a few moments all went well and the
cover was very welcome. The cloud was of the fleecy
order, and I eould sea my compass and barometer quite
clearly. 'After awhile, however, the mist became
thicker, and I ielt that, I. was losing my bearing. L
was flying quickly, but I did not know in what direc
tion. My compass began to swing around In the -mot
erratic way, and I eaw the barometer begin to fall.
"These manifestations did not, however, occasion
any alarm, but what followed was unpleasant. Owing
to the effect of the strong and contrary currents which
are met with in every cloud the machine began to
sway about violently. I felt myself knocked from side
to side, and had a very difficult task to manipulate
the elevator and rudder. The wind shrilled about' me
and the density of , the cloud increased from moment .
to moment Nevertheless, it was still possible to dis
tinguish the position of the machine in space. Then
suddenly everything became quite dark, so that I could
not as much as see my hands in front of me.
"I was not frightened so far, at least I do not think
so, but I began to think that to have been shot by
the enemy would have been the lesser of the two
evils. However, thinking was difficult; it required all
my wits for the work tn hand. I was completely lost.
I did not even know at what angle the machine was
flying. Then the thought occurred to me that I might
side-slip or that the machine might turn over, and I
made up my mind to try to rise up out of the cloud. I
pulled the elevator for this purpose, and the next
moment everything became perfectly silent round
about me. I knew then that I had overdone the pull, ,
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"I Was Falling
I Suppose, at the
Rate of About 200
Miles an Hour.
At Intervals I
Heard a Curious
Snapping Sound
in My Ears and
Realized that I
Was Deaf. I Could
Not Hear My
Own Engines. My
Eardrums Had
Burst!"
and forced the machine up almost vertically, and In
consequence had stopped her. I knew that now she
would probably slip back or fall over sideways.
"One or the other of these things happened. I did
not know which. In any case, I felt my boldlngdn
. strap tighten, and knew that 1 was upside down.
"It was still as dark as night. I tried to right myself
and failed. I tried frantically. I began to feel that it
was all over with me, and I experienced the most acute
agony of mind. But suddenly and quite unexpectedly
that feeling passed away.
"I had tried everything and failed. I was conscious
of that; 1
'.Vow a wonderful sense of calm took the place of the'
anguish. It was the most easy and delightful sensa
tion I have ever felt Meanwhile I was falling, I sup
pose, at the rate of about 200 miles an hour.
"The next thing I remember 4s that my bolding-in
(belt hurst, and that automatically I jammed my knees
farther under the Indicator board and gripped the seat
, with my elbows. I had taken my feet off the rudder
bar. I was some inches out of the seat, and the ma
chine was upside down. I only knew it was upside
down in a vague way because I had left the seat '
"I was quite happy, and I had no anxiety of any
kind. I did not feel anything. Then in a moment the
aeroplane fell out of tho cloud, and I saw the sea
rushing up toward me. My hands automatically moved
the controls, and at 1,500 feet the machine righted
itself.
"Then at intervals I heard a curious snapping sound
in ray ears, and realized that I was deaf.
"I couldn't hear my own engine, My ear-drums had
burst. ..... )
"The deafness was due to the very rapid descent and
consequent suddenly increasing stmospherlo pressure.
It had a psychological effect, for It helped to accen
tuate the sense of depression which followed the
return to safety. Having passed from violent agita
tion of mind to the 'calm of despair,' I now suffered a
severe sense of shock. But I continued on. my war,
mastering myself until I was able to launch my
bombs. The first of these achieved Kb purpose, and I
saw that H had done so.
"Immediately a reaction of feeling set in. I was sq
happy that I' shouted. I simply could not contain my
self. I felt In all my pockets for something else to
thrown down. All I could find was my matchbox, and
so I threw that.
"There was no permanent upset to my nerves, be
cause the next day I was able to carry out my work
more or less as if nothing bad happened. In proof that
the aeroplane bad really turned upside down, I discov
ered that my revolver had .fallen from my pocket on
the machine."
Why Poor People, Farmers and Savages
Are Really Better Off Than the Rich
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By LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG,
A. B., M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins).
IT has long been mystery whj
farmers, the poor, and siivase
tribes are physically better off
than those who live in bote1.!, res
taurants, or have the moat expensive
food and live seemingly on the fat of
the land.
Yet "some hae meat and cannot
eat.", while others with royal cooks
and a treasury of good things fall ill
with 'scurvy, wanting diseases,
anaemia, emaciation and Iohh of
flesh.
The explanation of this strange
itate of affairs is to be fouud in the
experience of the German sea raider,
:he cruiser Kronprlnz Wllhelm, whicu
was compelled to make for a neutral
port In order to save the lives of It
crew of J00.
Way were these men in danger?
Not from any microbe or contajflous
malady. Not for want of sunlight.
Not for want of plenty of food, fresh
tlr and water. None of these neces
sities of health were absent from
ihlpboard.
Yet 110 of the men were incapaci
tated to the point of being bedrid
den and the other :hh) odd were able
to do little more than bit up and
take notice.
The true Inwardness of it all Is to
be traced to food defects, to wit, the
absence of certain mineral constitu
ents and vltamlnes. the same things
which tire demanded 'by babies I p.
their food, to mako their bones
strong, their tteth proper, tholr blood
red. and to keep their hair from
sweating and showing other tissue
defects.
Retlned and polished Vheat. rice,
and other cereals, canned fruits,
canned vegetables, and even meats
served in the usual way the so-callej
"embalmed beef" of the Spanish
American war was such meut lack
certain elements such as calcium and
certain ferments called "vltamlnes, '
which are absolutely necessary for
vitality, health and utrength. These
lime salts and vltamlnes are always
present in fresh country vegetable
and fresh fruits.
In the human tissues other than
the bones there Is an average of ten
teapoonsful of chloride of lime, bak
ing soda, table salt, phosphate of
potash, and Iron for each loo pounds
of weight. These minerals keep the
blood, lymph, chyle and fabric Juices
balanced, and properly distributed.
They are Intimately connected with
e h Intricate nher In the llvtny tex
tlle. Yet without the clean, new, un-
rusted minerals Just named, bcrl berl,
hemorrhages, scurvy, rickets and all
Horts of chronic maladies often in
cluded under that false, useless and
meaningless term, "rheumatism,-'
follow.
How, then, are such serious afflic
tions to be avoided? Can the min
eral bo administered with food, like
table salt, or like Iron as a medicine?
No. While, doctors usually go ad
vise and believe that the patients re
ceive benefits, it is untrue. In doc
tors, like other average people, hope
springs eternal In their human
breasts, and their wishes are parents
to their beliefs. They always "get
reaults," because they do not recog
nize that better results are possible
In this way.
In fresh orange Juice, fresh fruits
In general, fresh green vegetables,
rough milled, unpolished wheat, bar
ley, oats and other cereals all ontatn
in a serviceable form the minerals
which can be taken into the human
structures. "Vltamlnes" are also
present in these, neither the latter
nor the minerals are to be found in
refined cereals. In canned good. In
stale vegetables Even to keep lima
beans a day after they are picked
without canning them destroys a
great many of these nacessary In
gredients, v
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General Joffre Giving Orders to an Airman Scout.
How the War Threatens
English Free Trade
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Roland Garros in His Machine.
the Star C'omnanv. Great Britain Hlrlitn If.vrv(d
"Trf HE3 sad plight of a single Eng-
( llsh Industry threatens to
A end England's career as a
free-trade country. The users of
dyes In England employ nearly
2,000,000 persons. As all dyea have
been imported from Germany, and
the supply cut off by the war, this
army of workers is in serious dan
ger of becoming pauperized.
England, of course, might make
her own dyes, bat capital with which
to set up the necessary plants is
lacking for the reason that as soon
as the war euds it would have no
protection against experienced Ger
man competition without legislation
imposing a duty on the foreign
product. ,
What will the Government do now
to save itself from discredit and
to save the dye-using industries
of Great Britain from little short of
disaster?
That la the question which Is being
aked in all parts of the country?
At present something like con
sternation exists among dye users.
ho employ about 1.500,000 persons
in various trades, for without dyes
many branches of manufacture will
be crippled, and at present only
about 'four months' supply of dyes
remains u the country. The present
home output Is far too small to meet
the needs of trade.
Uulcbs a tariff were imposed at
the end of the war, German dye
manulacttirera would flood England
with dyes ut prices with which no
British company could compete, and
it Is held by business men to be a
foregone conclusion that iu that
event British Dyes. Limited, would
rapidly become bankrupt, and their
whole capital would be lost.
By promlslujt a protective tariff
the Government could secure the reS
quired capital for British dyes with
out difficulty or dlay.
Will t'.ie British Government over
throw its whole foreign trade policy
to meet this emergency? That may
prove to be one of the extraordinary
changes wrought by thr
