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The Seaforth News, 1960-07-14, Page 2Three Hours Sleep Per Night i„ nough" "Sleep who nucd it?.. a wire, iri.txlclastiek peye hiati i -t named Natlrcen S. Kline said to Iliulscii one sunny day, airily dismissing lime -cherished isited n o t i o n, about tnnn'e 'need" for eight hours' good rest cacti night. For the next three tnontits, Dr. t%line got :dont' ou a boxful of small yellow pills and less than three hours' sleep each eight-.- na catnaps, dozing, or other rest periods. "Got along" is perhaps not the exact phrase, since the 44 -year-old Kline -was able to increase his work capacity and efficiency remarkably. In- addi- tion to commuting between two full-time jobs -- he is director of research at New 'York's Rock- land State Hospital in Orange- burg and has a private psychia- trie practice in New York — Kline finished off a half-dozen ieports for scientific • journals. Kline had, in tact, realized the (fervent dream of many a harass- ed business and professional man; He had doubled his output and halved his rest require- ments, without any feeling of tiredness, fear of addiction, or any other after-effects. Kline used a pill for a pillow — a drug called iproniazid, a member of a chemical fancily that yields both rocket fuel and grass spray, Its best-known ap- plication, however, cane abuut nine year ago when it was used •against tuberculosis. The effect was electrifying: The TB pa- tients gained weight, were full of smiles and literally danced in the wards. Although the pa- tients' chest X-rays showed some improvement, it was not enough to account for the feel- ings of physical well-being. There were potentially serioua Easy Sun -Style 10T 0 Sundress or pinafore: It's easy to sew of crisp cotton — opens flat for speedy ironing. Ruffles and colorful embroi- dery, in running and single stitch, delight a little girl. 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For the last three years, Kline has had bun- sirt:ds of hie depressed, with- drawn, and psychotic patients at Rockland on iproniazid and re- lated drugs, pulling them • out of their sullen shells with 00 ill effects, Unlike the ampheta- mine "pep pills" (Benzedrine and Dexedrine, for example), iproniazid did not have to be taken in ever-increasing doses to be effective. Nor were there uny signs of dependency or craw ing. Kline also began treating his mildly depressed private pa- tients with tete drug — but not before he had tried it on him- self, In the course of the self - experimentation, he noted its sleep -saving qualities, "I felt absolutely fine during the whole time," Kline said. "Usually, I slept• Sometime be- tween 4 and 7 a.m., and woke up feeling fine. Na alarm clock was needed," Hnw does the drug work? Kline answered with an exprea- sive shrug. "No one really knows. We only have some theories to try to account for what we see. With the energizers we think the drug serves as an amine oxidase inhibitor — that is, it apparently retards the breakdown of the adrenalin that the body manufactures to deal with stress. Longer -lasting adre- nalin may account for the surge of energy." But doesn't the body need rest? Doesn't the brain have to shut down operations for awhile each night? Kline snorted: "1 just can't believe that God made the human machine so ineffi- cient that it has to shut down or be recharged one-third of its life span. One might ask, for that matter, why sleep is neces- sary at all since no one has conclusively demonstrated a bio- chemical or physiological ex- planation for it."—From NEWS - WEEK. Hottest Thing For Fat Reducing In a nation that runs a bit too much to fat (an estimated 50 million Americans are over- weight), more people probably fall off their diet than fall oil the wagon. Yet the will to shed a few pounds, however short- lived, is there — and is a $750 million market for everything from pills and reducing couches to slimming courses and special diets. With that lucrative market in mind, Mead Johnson & Co,. ethi- cal drug manufacturers in Evansville, Ind„ last fall intro- duced a new product called Met- recal (for metered calories). Last month it was clear that Metrecal, up to now promoted almost entirely by word of mouth, had become the hottest thing since blackstrap molasses, "People who normally buy things one at a time — like one tube of toothpaste or one cake of soap — come in here and or- der a case of Metrecal," said one Chicago druggist. Mead Johnson wasn't saying exactly holy big sales were, But one informed estimate put them at $20 million this year, 110 small amount for a firm whose entire gross was $60 million in 1959. No pill or fancy nostrum. Met- recal is compounded of milk solids, corn oil, vitamins, and other ingredients — but no drugs. One can ($1.59 a can, in vanilla, chocolate, and butterscotcs flav- ors) mixed with water produces four glasses, provides all the nourishment a dieter needs in a day. It ruts his daily intake of calories from about 3,000 to 900, slims off 7 to 15 pounds in two to three weeks, and it's a rare user who complains of hunger pangs. And Metrecal is now enjoying the ultimate in success: Imita- tiota by a spate of similar prod- uct,. 1, lt. AND FIANCES .-. John Barrymere, Jr., caddies his finaeee, hells ' .,tenet Gabriella Fnlazzoli, in Rome. TROOPS COLORS — Queen Eli- zabeth salutes the trooping of the colors in London, honoring her birthday, R ARO ICLES 53 l; 4' 4NGERF t�uu»a►doLtsee Ctesi ne Do you read your local news- paper? I mean really read it — not just glance over it casually? And if, and when, you read it do you have any appreciation or understanding of the terrific 'amount of work that goes into each and every issue? Do you ever contact the editor of your local newspaper, by letter or telephone, and tell him what you think of his paper? Of course he likes to know if it pleases you but criticism, if kindly done, can also be helpful. It is quite an undertaking to bring out a paper to satisfy everyone. In fact it just can't be done, The best that can be hoped for is that' the ma- jority of readers will be satisfied. It just so happens that 1 see about six different local papers each week so today I was look- ing over them objectively — trying to decide what I liked and , didn't like. One sixteen -page paper covers local news in the district where we lived until 3 years ago. So what do I look for? First I read over the births, mar- riages, deaths, engagements, per- sonal colunm and coming events. Thus I keep track of people that I know. Then I turn to the front page, read every word of local government news - at the town and county level. All about local zoning squabbles and proposed shopping centres. Any other lo- cal news gets prompt attention, also editorials. (I think every paper should have editorials, Who 11as a better opportunity than a home -town editor to eval- uate honkie and district prob- lems?) The paper to which I am refer. ring has about four pages de- voted to local sporting 'activities. I don't read a word of it but I suppose it is of interest to sports - minded young people. Then are special columns, one of which appears in a number of "weeklies." Personally I wouldn't waste time setting up type to print it, To any way of think- ing it 13 vulgar, ridiculous and in very poor taste. But then some people must like it or it wouldn't be printed, In fact I have heard one or two people say they like it. 011, well . . Other special columns I find interesting and well-written. Then, of course, there are write-ups of local events — of church groups and social organi- zations in and around the dist- rict. I read them all. Another paper that comes to our home we buy entirely be- cause it runs a column covering hi'tn'v of the township where it 1, pnhlislied. I find it most in. tore;110 . Many papers also carry hiehliahts of 50, 30 and 20 year: q:t. Always interesting to older eubseribers. A comparatively new paper we like very much cover, news in the district in which we now live. Instead of giving; township council news in detail it sum- marizes and explains what takes place at all the meetings. It makes for much easier reading than wading through all the min- utes and rr, orts brought up in council. The paper is well ar- ranged and well printed , and the editor Is a woman: Naturally all small - town papers carry local advertising — and that is something nobody wants to miss, All the bargains are not in shopping centres and department stores. You can often do very well at home, Then, of cote -e'•, there is 511' paper in which this column tiip pears. It seem( to 1110 it provides good nc'tvs coverage of local events.. Whether this particular column is of interest is not for toe to say. I only know what 1 gather from nay fan mail. Some of those who like it write and say so -- and their letters are very much appreciated, Natural- ly the 01103 who don't like it don't bother to write at all Probably they couldn't rare less. It takes all kinds of people to make a world, therefore it takes all kinds of. news and social items to please all the readers of one small community paper. Tell your editor what you like and don't like, Remember he works long hours to bring out a good paper, As a result he doesn't have much of a home life, He is too busy hunting news for your benefit. I had a letter the other day from a young edi- tor's wife with small children, In her letter she said — "The chil- dren are fine, John is as busy as ever, We don't see much of 111111." I know that to be true. An editor's wife has much the same experience as a doctor's wife — plan a family affair and ten to one just when things get nicely underway there is a fire, a drowning or a spectacular high- way accident. And away goes Mr. Editor with his note -pad and camera. That's life in the news- paper business, Sacred Relic Goes To Quebec Twelve hundred years ago, the story goes, a mute and blind young Frenchman tapped insist- ently on, the altar of a Roman Catholic Church in Apt, until the priest understood they were to dig beneath it. In an under- ground chapel -within - a - chapel they found a coffer inscribed: "Here lie the earthly remains of Saint Anne." At its discovery, the man was miraculously cured. The right forearm of the saint, the mother of the Virgin, was carried to Ronne where it re- mained until 1692, when the wristbone was detached and giv- en to the Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre in Quebec. Last month an even more impressive relic arrives at the famous shrine: One of the arm bones, with mummified flesh and sinews attached. It is encased in a sil- ver, arm -shaped reliquary in which a small window reveals the bone, anchored with ana- tomical exactitude. The relic, en route to Quebec, was photo- graphed at the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste in New York City. Reference to a woman driver could mean one who plays golf, handles a car or dominates her husband. same SAtuss "Thames, Doctor. Now 2 hops your bill wilt be as pa meso as your work." Life In Hownii 1rt The Early Days lA'laen iho 1hol1- 51511 d Abner :and Jeruelea, feeling cliem11117 Ames, had an opportunity to 1:.e- spect the house in which their labours for the next years would be conslected. Its corner posts were stout trees from the moun- tains, but its sides and roof were of tied grass. The floor was peb- bled and covered with pandanus, to be swept by a broom of rushes, but its windows were mere openings across which cloth from China had been hung. It was a squat, formless gras het with no divisions into rooms. It had no bed, no chairs, :lo table, no closets, but it did have two considerable, assets: at the rear, under a twisting hau tree, it had a spacious lanai — a de- tached porch — where the life o'f the mission would be con- ducted; and it had a front door built in the Dutch fashion so that the bottom half could remain closed, keeping people out, while the top was open, allowing their smiles and their words to enter. It was into this house that Abner moved the furniture he had brought out from New Eng- land: a rickety bed with rope netting for its mattress; rusted trunks to serve as closets; a small kitchen table and two chairs and a rocker. Whatever clothes they might require in years to come they would get only through the char- ity of Christians in New Eng- land, who would forward bar- rels of cast-off garments to the mission center in Honolulu, and if Jerusha needed a new dress to replace her old one, Some friend in Honolulu would pick through the leftovers and say, "This one ought to fit Sister Jer- usha," but it never did. If Abner required a new saw with which to build even the minor decencies of living, he had to Hope that some Christian somewhere would send him one. If Jerusha needed a cradle for her babies, she could get it only from charity. The Hales had no money, no income, no support other than the communal deposi- tory in Honolulu. Sometimes Jerusha, recalling either her cool, clean hone in Walpole, its closets filled with dresses kept starched by ser- vants, or the two homes that Captain Refer Hoxworth had promised her in New Bedford and aboard his ship, understand- ably felt distressed by the grass loft 1n which she toiled, but she never allowed her feelings to be discovered by her husband and her letters home were uniformly cheerful. When the days were hottest and her work the hard- est she would wait until eve- ning and then write to her mo- ther, or to Charity or Mercy, telling them of her alluring ad- ventures, but with them, even though they were of her own family, she dealt only in super- ficialities. — From "Hawaii" by James A. Michener, Modern Etiquette Ry Anne Ashley Q. I have had several dates with a certain young man, and I think quite a lot of him. His birthday Is approaching, and I'm wondering if it would be proper for me to give lltn a gift? A. Properly, you should give this young man a gift only if you are engeged to him, Other- wise, a suitable card is the proper rt'tneutblance or, per- lraps, an invitation to dinner In your home in honor of hie birds- 111raQyl, ilnet1d helstlttntce0lice11e1Sfs f1noa00s man or woman, which initial should be selected, that of the first or the last 101me? A, For a man It is always the last. For a woman, the last ie - custunlary, although the first 14 permissible, Q. Must the number of ushers at a wedding' correspond wills Ow number at bridesmaids? A. Not necessarily. The num- ber of ushers depends upon the size of the church and ntunber of guests invited -- and, in fact, there often may be ushers at a wedding when there -aren't any bridesmaids at all. Q. When someone whom lou have just met says, "1 am very glad to have met you," isn't a1 senile in aelrltowledgnient sniff - clod? A. I think this would have a condescending air about it. 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