Keey
o hy
Adjusting a Divers Shoe
7
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
HE city of Newport, It. I,
claims as one of its citl-
zens a man who is living
proof of the fact that the
old saying “You can't
keep a good man down"
should be revised to read
“You can't keep a good
man up.” For that man
is Tom Eadie, chief gun-
per's mate In the fleet
naval reserve and deep-sea
diver, hero of a hundred desperate
adventures under the water and fa
mous for his work during the raising of
the sunken submarines, 8-4 and $51,
which won for him the Navy Cross and
the Congressional Medal of Honor,
Tom Eadie diving. He says
80 in a book he has written,
published recently by the Houghton
Mifflin company. Its title is “1 Like
Diving.” He starts off the story of
his career thus;
likes
which
I like diving.
thrill In it I felt it bef
made a ve, and 1 feel it
I have been diving for
years, You have to like it, or you
don’t stay at it, for it is no boy's play
There's a heap to diving besides
ting your head water It
the hardest kind of work—real m
al labor—under the most dificult con.
ditions, and sc
tions of great
Take a job
is down to the
wa and when you can’t de
gloves. To get an of it,
in a beat in your warm overcoat and
stick you over the side into the
it there for five min.
ever
when
twenty
now
nearly
under
metimes under condil-
distress.
when the water
freezing point of fresh
work in
just sit
ocean
idea
nk what
kept it there an h
isn't
you get
ly the I«
dip is an adver
before a man
|again
Certainly It
danger, thot
in the h ds
side
lot of I
reduce a div 8 ¥
famil
easy to
out of divir
ve of adv
tending him
little thir
iY again to a one.
Certainly it
new experience
isfy that cra
more that ma)
become divers.
pened to be
have that so
sometimes {it
couldn't be anything t
Whatever the thing is,
Ing a professi nstead
for 1 take it that a *
occupation where the work is more
teresting than the pay Not that the
pay isn't good-—for some divers at
least. With nuthing but my pay I have
managed to acquire a good home of my
own, 1 bave a car, and 1 live slong
with the other millionaires and navy
men in Newport,
a diver,
it makes div.
of a trade
profession
§
in-
It is apparent that, despite the §-
nancial reward which mentions,
diving means much more to Tom
Eadie than just the money it brings,
Perhaps the traditions of the United
States navy in which he served for a
score of years has something to do
with it. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews,
who wrote the introduction to Eadie's
book, has this to say about it: “Eadie’s
story of dangers and difficulties over.
come carries a lesson to all readers,
this is what it has meant to him: Do
your best and give your best to the
task in hand. 1 believe I can gay that
this Is the spirit of the navy.”
And if money had been the main
end for Tom Eadie, Commandant C. P.
Plunkett of the New York navy yard,
in reporting to the secretary of the
navy concerning Eadle's work In sal-
vaging the 8-51, could not have writ
ten these words:
The Commandant desires to call at-
tention to the fact that for his serv.
ices as a diver during the spring oper
ations, a period of about three months,
Eadie's entire compensation was $1,300,
The amount that the government saved
in money alone by Eadle's services can
he
best be judged from the fact that when
the Commandant was endeavor ng last
fall to bolster up the force ‘ec divers,
which was then Inadequate,
civilian divers, the bes
Eet was the loan of
commercial salvage
rate of $1.300 per day
men. or in other words,
use of one man for four
an offer was, urse,
is Interesting to observ
pedition had the servic f ver
who is believed to be wit ut a peer
anywhere in the world period of
three months at tically the same
Cost as
for a period ¢
Yes, Ton Eadie i
first enlisted in the navy
during
years he received
own request, In the pro
he has followed ever since. When he
says in way that In that
profession “any one of a lot of little
things may In an
ex-
one ordin nmercial diver
He
100 and
it of four
instruction, at his
ving
his second «
fession which
his casual
instant reduce a
goon his
diver's chance of ing
again to a one-to-ten
derstating the
it can possibly be
Here Is
when he had gone down to sal
shot™ he
case about as
done,
one Incident in his career
Vige n
torpedo which had gone to the bottom
during He
One day I found the torped
hunting for standing on the }
end. | had to climb
the strap fast for hoisting,
war thoroughly greased of er
as | rking up it,
the starting lever and we were
the surface,
Of course, If 1
would go up, propeliors
reached me they would rip me ¢ all
the way to my breastplate. So ng
on with my arms around It, al ping
back toward the propellors al the
time, and managed to stay with It till
I came to the surface, Then it floated,
and I was safe
Another time, he records:
When you have to go down into the
mud for a torpedo you wash it clear
of its bed with a stream of hose wa-
ter, One torpedo 1 malvaged was 322
feet down in the mud. .°“, . It had
gene down on a slant, and 1 unwisely
undertook to charge the hole round it
rather than wash away the immense
amount of silt over it 1 4id this, of
course, to shorten the job, but It came
near shortening my life I worked
well down on the torpedo, hosing
round it, and all of a sudden the mud
caved In on me. . . . 1 kemt my
head, for I realized that 1 had the
means of my own salvation in my
hand-—the hose I was pressed down
into am little space as possible. but 1
found 1 could bring the nozzle up close
to my helmet alongside my escape
valve. 1 knew [ must get and keep
that clear of mud or the air would
build up In my suit
Then 1 worked the nozzle slowly
back and forth in front of me, cutting
away at the mud overhead to give my-
self every chance. It was long and
slow but I finally cut through to the
open water and back along my lines
They knew on the topside that some.
thing was wrong, of course, But they
didn’t haul me, luckily for me: the line
and the hose wouldn't have stood the
strain they would have put on me, to
say nothing of the chance that they
would probably have hauled me apart.
They signaled to ask if 1 were all
right, of course, but with my line
buried in the mud 1 couldn't feel their
signal. 1 didn't signal to be hauled
up either, you bet. As moon as I was
clear, 1 went to work again, and this
time I didn’t try to make any short
euts, but hosed the whole thing out, |
finished that job the long way.
torpedo practice, writes:
I was
otiom on
nit to make
thing
up «
The
irse, and,
my f
was wo f
let go the tc
and as the
rpedo
Den
pen
I hu
Guinea Pigs Good Eating
Your menu of the future may lst
one' of the oldest American dishes,
but oge which you probably have never
tasted guinea pig. The Farin Journal
reports an Increasing interest In rals-
ing fhe little animals throughout the
country and points out that they are
as appetizing ns either rabbits or
squirrels, and that, since they are en-
tirely vegetarian in diet, their flesh
is among the clennest of domestic uni
» says, came us the
the boat
working, an In
boat
a tender In
was
Bird Sanctuary Gives
Town Distinctive Touch
In a charming little American town,
with wide green lawns, beautiful shrub.
bery, a profusion of flowers and fine
old elm and maple trees arching many
of the streets, the citizens huve set
aside a certain wooded area as a bird
sanctuary. In that region, birds
safe from human molestation. Al
though the grounds of the sanctuary
cover a limited area, its Influence ap
pears to have spread through the
whole town.
In many yards there are bird-feed
ing stations. Trees along the main
streets have little feeding platforms
nalled to them. Bird baths are al.
most as common as hitching posts
used to be. The visitor there secs a
regular parade of lovely birds, some
rare, some common, all a little less
shy than usual. Natives speak fa
millarly of warblers and of varieties
dificult to Identify except for the true
bird lover. Wild swim on a
pond not a stone's throw from the
highway and take afternoon slestas
under the shrubbery of private homes
and even in i
If the author of “Main
never visited such a town
missed something really fine in Amer
jean life. There are more such friend
ly and beautiful communities in
person
ducks
the school
Street” has
he has
this
real
country than the
fzes. — Evansville
average
Courler.
Highway Beauty Matter
of Highest Importance
The highways Fu
traveler
’
in many parts of
o
an expression
public thoroughfar
beautiful
hedges or
Inne of trees,
fend
" bs Te
hrough a
attire
other material, tl
stone or
run and lure the traveler on
it was time
that
got a reply. But
two civilian
decid to go
he wis cor
the
employees
didn’t
Finally,
signaled ;
greenhor:
who
him
again,
It was fifteen minutes
could
had
not
the first
¥ nl
the air Ir
speak, then he
been trouble
so the ma
uffocating with a full
in the boat!
spot In Tom Es
in December, :
submarine 8-4 was rammed by
and
who
Paulding sank to the bottom,
was
tapping with a hammer on the side of
the sun} sub,
from the trapped men which told that
there were still some survivors of the
accident in the torpedo room. The
story of the battle against the ics
Sater and the heavy sea to save the
lives of the trapped men is fami
iar t0 most Americans. But not all
know of the herole deed of Tom
Eadie. It was the deed which brought
him the Congressional Medal of Hon.
or from the hands of President Coal.
idge and the story of it is told briefly
in the following citation:
For display of extraordinary heroism
In the line of his profession above
and beyond the call of duty on Decem-
ber 18, 1927, during the diving opera-
tions in connection with the sinking
of the U. 8 8 8.4 with all on board
as a result of a collision off Province.
town, Mass. On this occasion when
Michaels, C. T. M., U. 8 Navy. while
attempting to connect an “air line to
the submarine at a depth of 102 feet
became seriously fouled, Eadie, under
the most adverse diving conditions, de.
liberately, knowingly and willingly
took his own life in hie hands by prompt.
ly descending to the rescue in response
to the desperate need of his companion
diver, After two hours of extremely
dangerous and heartbreaking work by
his cowl, calculating and skillful Ia.
bors he succeeded In his mission and
brought Michaels safely to the surface.
There is little that can be added to
that simple recital of heroism, but if
there were anything that could be
added, It should be the words of Com-
wander F., H. Bsamby of the control
force who was on board the Falcon
nt the time of the rescue and who
sald “I have never known so fine an
example of cold blooded, deliberate
heroism as that shown by Eadie”
Eadie went down and hy
en received the signals
mals, Early Spanish explorers, it is
recalled, found Indian tribes that bred
guinea pigs and prized them above
wild game,
Words
Debt and doubt were once spelled
dot and dout, just as they were taken
from the French, but the scholars of
the Renalssance, anxious to show the
ultimate derivation from the Latin
stems “deb” and “dub.” Inserted an
entirely unnecessary “bh” into the
words. The word sport is an abbrevi
—— Cs SAN
ation of “disport,” a French word
meaning “to carry oneself in a differ
ent direction from that of one's ordi.
nary business.”--Exchange,
American Indian Music
Among fhe Indians of he South.
West wotch sticks, which are rasped
together or on gourds, bones or bas
kets to sccentuate the rhythm, and
ratties, too, are common, The Maldu
Indians of California have n musical
bow possessed of great religious =
portance
ammi
COMMIS
investment
at many pols
is a procedure
resent, and the best
for the communit
to aid
do
slate
n in what it is now
Star,
Plan Wisely Before Start
Building a house without bine
spec tions “is the easiest
Properly drawn
specifica.
pian for
means
urate
led
prints, with act
simply a detn
out
planned
that
things
1
have
i
that you
and
heen
have
what you are gol
penses
know
the beginning to the end.
blue prints and speci
many times more
actually without
study
prepared
tions are worth
than they
them time is
out how different parts go to
gether, and there are endless oppor
tunities for the making of changes
and substitutions with an accompany.
ing greater expense and probably
cheapening of the quality of mate
rials,
for
cost,
lost In trying to
the
Why Sacrifice to Speed?
Over In Mill valley is a beautiful,
tall, redwood tree that worries those
who drive automobiles too fast. Un.
less people who love permanent beauty
bly, that tree is almost certain to come
down,
And why should that tree—or any
other tree in a residence district, any-
where—be cut down? Speed in a home
neighborhood Is never essential, but
beauty is
corners, accidents can be prevented In
that way, but nothing can be done to
dies by the ax.
tain trees.—San Francisco Jall and
Post,
Title to Countryside
wayside beauty slogan contest, “This
is your country-beautify it,” ought to
help in clearing up a good deal of
misunderstanding. Heretofore, the
highway traveler usually has been
made to feel that the country belonged
to the blliiboard, hot-dog stand ‘and
other interests which were out to make
the wayside as ugly as humanly pos-
sible. If the ownership of the country
along the highways enn be definitely
established and a reasonable pride 'n
it ean be built up, there will be pos.
sibilities in the promotion of attrac
tiveness. Kansas City Times,
Have Future in Sight
Good architecture has a definite
sales value, and the prospective build.
er of a home can be assured that if
his house is well designed it will have
a better resale value than a less ate
tractive neighbor,
Red Tape Involved in
Lease of Public Lands
Uncle Bam has a quantity of per-
fectly good grazing land going to
waste and wants to do something
about it. It seers that the answer to
the question would be to lease It out.
This sounds simple, but before any-
thing can be done about it four bu-
reaus of the Department of Agricul
ture will have a hand In making the
arrangements,
First off, the Forest service, under
whose Jurisdiction the lund comes,
must take action, Primarily the areas
Involved are forest reservations or vi-
tal watershed sections, These must
be protected In thelr first intent above
everything else, Erosion and overgraz-
ing must be guarded against as well
as types of plant life which might
polson stock,
The bureau of animal Industry, the
forest service, the bureau of plant in-
dustry and the bureau of agricultural
economics will combine In the work.
Very Likely
Ben B. Lindsey
dinner:
Judge sald at a
Denver
“Some
that marriage ought only to be en-
tered into deliberation, with
thought for the future of the species
\ retort that love
right and: prop-
people, when 1 tell them
with
some
people
mutches are the only
er ones,
“These people
they call
like the w
what
fare
by
argument
got
too high.
twice
love, or
They
divorced,
nn
love
Ona n-
vho quoted In
i083
nukes the
round
“Yery
‘for there's n rank like a
go
another w
Lo
lover,
Small Church, Big Organ
Mr. Carnegle's first gift of an organ
as made to the little
Allegheny
Was a mem
church in
mother
attended as 8 boy
Hed, the pipes were
oka
gie hand
own the
given
roof
Ancient Inscription
in Per
«d the triumphs
rok
avered these in
eninries nfier
Precariously Placed
0 Wer
hoxing
Blaetter,
show
hip
her ver
the
Pear
vy close
You Know Her
d of =n ve
an i= his
». “when
1't need to use
Sure Enough
KENs were Liat
hed In an
“My goodness! They look Just like
real ones”
Next
a prospective chicken dinner
“I had
‘
foany
“Oh, you mean fried eggs ™
Quick Remedy
The sting of a
for
bee ig sald to be a
fure cure rheumatism, Also for
inertia.
Crisp claims the
only county-owned hydro-electric dam
In the United States, It cost $1.
250.000
county, Georgia,
Slelcriers.
CBN
HARMLESS COMFORT
Shildon Cry fl,
Letters That Will Bring You Results; | write
them: prompiness; discretion. Bend detalles
in any lungusge; enclose $1 pwr letter,
MIEE ROBE, 139 BE. 45th #1 Hew York.
Boys! Girls! Make Money Selling Article every
housewife buys, Live wires $2 iy. Also MM
cycles, diamond rings. 20c gets ea mples and
fostructions. Burns Laboratory, Cluelnnstl ©,
pr
,
*
Tractor Mills and wp
Logs RE PO
dated TL PEPE
one thet will hel
bhat 2 TE PEEL
cut hardwood. On
trial; of not the best
hd Re
Lk
1. H. MINER
WT
Lai TUR
SHRLVEPONY (8 a
po
by £80 0 EW
pa Pal
9 Health Giving
Qunshin
All Winter Long
Marvelous Climate = Good Hotels =~ Tourles
Campe—Splendid Roads orgeoy s Mount sles
Views. The wonderful desert resort of the Wess
Write Creo & Chatloy
FPaim Spring
CALIFORNIA hb
Shark’s Confidence in
Pilot Fish Cost Life
firh falled mi
cue > i
A pilot
duty and
erably in its
the other
according to the fisher-
und shark into
schooner Al-
i ip, Nan
linrk, to-
were
The
was killed and the pilot fish was
ier and probably
conpars-
when
seine on
off Sout
tucket
men, it piloted a 3
i!
fl
den,
ghonl
kerel,
shark
sent 10 the Mis } i
zoology srvard
Fishermen at the or suid that they
nz heard
of such a rought in here,
and expressed hell hint the shark
and the pllot were 1 ving the mack-
The
ters sed
teen inches lenge,
and is of an
handed with
fis? is so
seen swith
ming = ors are of
the hel that it is the shark's eon-
stant companion elon Transeript.
men hrougl
welghs abou nds
amber colo
darker str
named
American “Royalty”
rent wealth
the
called "the
ted States ™
tions
af this name
of whom, eith-
dings or ex-
in WW
er hy
pect
tions, are mill
———— —
CAN NOW D0
ANY WORK
Thanks to Lydia E. Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound
Denison, Texas. —*T think there is
no tonic equal to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Come
pound for merv-
ousness and IX
have used Lydia
E. Pinkbam’'s
Sanative Wash
and the Pills for
Constipation. IX
can certainly
praise your medi-
cines for what
they have. done
for me and IX
wish you suceess
in the future. IT can do any kind of
work now and when women esk me
what has helped me I recommend
your medicines. I will answer any
otters I receive asking about them.
Mss. EMua Groce, Route 3, Box
63, Denison, Texas.
W. N. U, BALTIMORE, NO. 35.1029.