Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1930 Page: 2 of 16
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SHINER GAZETTE. SHINER, TEXAS
How the Hunger Mechanism
Operates
T T OW does the baby know it is hun-
-I gry ? It does know: and if born
of an undernourished mother, has been
hungry for days and enters the world
grubstruck.
We speak of drives, impulses,
wishes, instincts, reflexes; but living
beings must eat or they die. Hunger
is back of life, the primordial drive in
life. And if life waited for the doc-
tors to decide whether hunger is
physiology or psychology, life would
starve to death.
The fact that an infant enters the
world grubstruck may be the most
momentous single factor in a lifetime
of behavior. The way the appetite
back of that hunger complex becomes
conditioned may be the decisive factor
in shaping that individual’s career.
Without hunger and its attendant ap-
petite there could be no genetic, vis-
ceral, or somatic behavior. Even
psychics are believed to be subject to
hunger.
) Hunger has led to crime, to suicide,
and to cannibalism; and the fear of
it, to war. It can make us feel faint,
give us dull headaches and gnawing
pangs—though we are not always
certain whether the pangs gnaw in
the head or in the stomach, or whether
it is the mouth that feels hungry. But
we can get so hungry that the sight
of food makes us “sick," or “too dog
tired" to eat. But why a fast can
make one man cantankerous and iit
another for a spiritual life is as yet a
fair puzzler. What is certain is that
if the way to a man’s heart is
through his stomach, the stomach is
worth looking into.
* * •
It has been during the last fifteen
years, and more learned of its nature
than in 5,000 years’ wondering about
it. By cutting nerves, inserting bal-
loons, and X-ray observations, Can-
non cleared up much that was obscure.
Carlson let in more light, chiefly by
experimenting on a Czech who feeds
himself through a tube in the wall of
his abdomen because an accidental
dose of strong caustic soda closed his
esophagus years ago.
The hunger mechanism is in the
muscular walls of the stomach. The
stomach itself announces that it is
hungry by violent rhythmical contrac-
tions lasting half a minute, alternating
with mild normal or tonus rhythms of
twenty seconds’ duration. These al-
ternating rhythms continue for from
fifteen to twenty minutes. If this call
for food is unanswered, the stomach
gives up and remains quiet for from
one to three hours. Then repeats
the call.
That mechanism and an empty
Stomach come with every normal
baby. With one big difference be-
tween baby and adult: the time be-
tween unanswered calls is not hours,
but minutes. The adult has already
built his body and can live on his
fat; the baby has to build its body.
An adult’s stomach signals hungers
from four to six hours after a full
meal; the baby’s within three hours—
rarely more than three and a half or
less than two and one-third hours.
Thus nature answers a question often
put to the doctor: when and how
much? As much as its stomach will
hold and as often as it cries for more.
Colts, calves, and kittens grow up that
way and seem to do well.
We feel hungry when, and in nor-
mal life only when, the empty stomach
begins its hunger contractions. The
more violent these contractions, the
hungrier we feel: it becomes “pain-
ful.” Mild hunger is sensed less as
pain and more as a general kinesthetic
sensation.
We have no specialized receptors
for the many sensations by which we
are aware of our bodily states and. emo-
tions. But the entire body within-the-
skin is sensitive to pressure. Strong
pressure anywhere on the body is felt
within: hence pressure receptors, or
muscle or kinesthetic sense. There is
no special receptor for intestinal
cramps, but we can feel them. There
is no known receptor for hunger
pains, but we never sense them as we
do cramp pains in skeletal muscles.
The empty stomach contracts. Its
contractions are stimuli. The reaction
to such stimuli is completed with food.
What happens in the meanwhile: what,
goes with hunger, what are the acces-
sory phenomena? The animal gets
more excited: beasts, babies, and men.
Suppose the hungry baby is not fed,
that the reaction begun with hunger
contraction stimulus is never com-
pleted? Death, of course. Meanwhile
It lives off its own body, suffering
much at first, then less and les^. Carl-
son starved himself for live days. He
lost eight pounds. The hunger con-
tractions increased in intensity. The
sensation of hunger was strong ton
hours after his last meal and contin-
ued strong for three days. Food
looked good throughout the five days,
but on the fourth and fifth days be
could forget food. He felt some
mental depression the last two days,
also loss of physical strength. But
never during the fast was his discom-
fort so great that It could be called
pain or suffering, nor did it interfere
with his work. Mental recovery from
the fast came with the first meal; re-
covery from physical weakness, after
the second day. He then felt as if he
had “a month’s vacation in the moun-
tains.” He thinks an occasional fast,
for a healthy adult “may add to the
joy of living and to the length of life.”
(© by George A. Dorsey.)
Fibbing About Our Gas Mileage
By M. K. THOMSON, Ph. D.
| Arkansas Town Is Governed by Women jf
T17HEN you get married you take
VV your partner for better or for
worse. In acquiring an automobile you
take no such vows publicly, but the
two situations are not altogether dis-
similar. You cannot keep from becom-
ing very much identified with your
car and to fly to its defense, quite un-
consciously, in case of attack on its
virtues and vices.
It takes some occurrence, some
rude shock such as enormous repair
bills, and such other heart-rending in-
cidents as being towed in through
crowded streets where your friends
are likely to witness your humiliation
that you get to the point of contem-
plating divorce.
The Mud Turpin
By Hugh Hutton.
(Author of Nutty Natural History)
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'T'HE mud turpin (accent on the
A third syllable) or cockeyed terra-
pin is often found basking in the sil-
versheets in the vicinity of Hollywood.
It lives exclusively on custard pies,
and when alarmed will pop out of
sight in among the slap sticks. A few
have been captured, and it was found
that their shells when boiled down
Ordinarily, however, every man is
loyal to his own car. Our affection
for the old bus increases as its market
value decreases. Its weather-beaten
features serve to endear the old faith-
ful servant who has grown old and
feeble for our sake. There are bound
to spring up emotional attachments
and sentiments after going through
exciting experiences together.
We sometimes grow sentimental
over the family car and refuse to
trade it off and turn it out to pasture
as a wornout horse. The attitude is
one of true comradeship. We hate to
have any dealer look it over with
a view of placing a price on its head.
It hurts not only our pride but also
outrages our sense of loyalty.
We fib about the gasoline mileage
as we do about anything else con-
nected with the car out of a sense
of loyalty and on the ground of com-
mon decency.
We fib about our gasoline mileage
because it is expected of us. We also
fib because we want to make a good
impression, to show off our skill in
buying a good car in the first place
and in keeping it in good repair and
in getting the most out of it. The
chief reason briefly stated is that in
complimenting the.car we compliment
ourselves.
We fib about our gasoline mileage
for the same reasons that a mother
always sides with her boy.
((c). 1930, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Two men who, it is reported, would not get themselves jobs, were ordered out of town by this all-female govern-
ment of the little Ozark mountain town of Yellville, Ark. The ladies, whose feminine government is the only one of
Its kind in Arkansas, are: back row, left to right, Mrs. Alma Berry, Mrs. A. A. Thompson, Mrs. Abbie Cowdrey,
Mrs. M. O. Hutchinson, and Mrs. H. R. Record, all aldermen; front row, left to right, Miss O’Beta Carson, treas-
urer; Mrs. Virginia L. Walto, mayor, and Mrs. Lena Mowlin, recorder.
So children get busy, your friends are
distressed,
And paint them ^s bright as you
can,
Perhaps once again, in their bright
colors dressed,
They'll forgive the poor camera
man.
—Alice Martin Meyer.
A view of Sinton, Texas, after a 12% inch rain fell and flooded the city
and the vicinity, washed out railroad tracks, stopped traffie and caused other
damage.
“I shall be the most clinging of cling-
ing vines. Bring me a masterful
man."
That is merely a case in point of
the principle that even the woman
who has had to dominate others, does
not naturally wish to dominate her
husband. Whatever the spirit of the
age may have done to us, however the
circumstances of our*, lives may have
molded us, there .is but one instinct
that has bridged centuries and per-
haps eons to show up anchronism
though it may be, in the most modern
of normal women.
Therefore when I see a woman dom-
inating over her husband, bringing up
her family on her own, taking impor-
tant steps alone, making decisions
which affect their common welfare
without consulting him, I hate the
spectacle, but I pity the woman. For
in the echo of those acts I hear re-
verberations of a cruel necessity. Be-
hind the unnatural role she is playing
I see the shadow of a husband either
too weak to take his rightful part in
their partnership, or, more often, too
lazy. Most often I see the type of
man who fulfills his responsibility
with the remark, “Why should I
bother about that when you can do it
so well!" or facetiously, “Why should
I do the worrying when you worry so
much better?”
It is those men who make dominat-
ing wives.
(© by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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ONE FOOT OF RAIN FLOODS TEXAS TOWN
made a good substitute for celluloid
film, but the cost at present is too
high.
The picture shows a full-grown tur-
pin surprised at its evening pie feed.
The shell in this case is a half wal-
nut shell, and a double peanut does
for the head. The eyes with their
crooked alignment are navy beans
and pen and ink. Feet and tail are
cloves, and the spots can be painted
or left to the imagination.
(© Metropolitan Newspaper Service.)
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If we should come to rely on water
power, the richest continents would
be Asia, Africa and South America.
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uT| OW she dominates. The way
H she runs everything, disregard-
ing her husband! I don’t see how that
man stands it! Don’t you hate dom-
inating women?”
I wasn’t asked the question. I mere-
ly overheard it. But I’m going to an-
swer it.
I hate the spectacle of a woman
dominating, a woman who “runs every-
thing, disregarding her husband.” But
I don’t hate the woman. I pity her.
Fcr I know that every dominating
wife is a disappointed woman.
With full allowance for such mat-
ters as ability, disposition, inclination,
I am nevertheless convinced that dom-
inating people are not born, but made.
If you will investigate the life of any
dominating person, man or woman,
you are almost certain to find that
they had responsibility thrust upon
them so early in life that it became
natural for them to shoulder burdens
and handle situations. They were
forced to dominate.
No woman naturally wants to dom-
inate over her husband. No matter
what the part she may have had to
play before, every normal woman
when she marries wants to be dom-
inated. In fact the more spirited a
woman Is the more certain Is she to
seek a mate whom she can look up to,
the less likely to be attracted by a
man whom she might expect to dom-
inate over.
A girl of my acquaintance who since
the age of sixteen has had the respon-
sibility of caring for a widowed in-
valid mother and the upbringing of
two younger children, remarked to me
that because of her years of responsi-
bility her idea of heaven was a place
where some one would dominate her.
“When I am free to marry,” she said,
(A Story for Your Crayons.)
The carrots, the lettuce, the beans and
the peas,
At home in the garden so gay,
"Were talking together, when K. Car-
rot said,
“I’ve a plan for this beautiful day.
“Now haven’t you noticed, Miss Let-
tuce and I
Look stunning together—and you,
Dear Mrs. Tomato, with color so
high,
Are looking your very best, too.
“She calls her sweetie Paul Re-
vere,” says Catty Katrinka, “because
he’s always calling her to arms.”
(Copyright.)
THE GARDEN FOLK HAVE
PICTURES TAKEN
A PICTURE PUZZLE
hor doll, a squirrel and the aviator.
Now try to look pleasant, my
dears.”
So they all sat and looked at the
little black hole,
When the camera man said, “Look!
If the picture Is good we will send
it away,
For a page in a picture Book.”
And sure enough, here on the page
they stand,
Do you think they were pleased
with the sight?
They cried out in anger, they trem
bled with rage,
Such treatment they said was not
right. e
“Where are our dresses of scarlet
and green,
And where are our colors so gay?”
And Peter Potato looked solemn and
stern,
And said he would write right away.
No decent potato would wear black
and white!
Such carrots had never been seen!
And Mrs. Tomato just looked like a
fright,
And who ever heard of a bean
So pale and anemic?—The radishes,
too,
Should be just as red as a rose.
"Oh, Editor Dear, ask the children,
we pray,
To give us our beautiful clothes.”
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“We should all have our photographs
taken, I think,
While we’re at our most beautiful
best.”
Said young Bessie Bean, with the air
of a queen,
"I'll be sure to be stylishly dressed.
“I'll wear my green frock and my
slippers of jade,
And my hat shall be dainty and
trim,
I'm glad I’m not fat, if I do say it
myself,
It’s the fashion, they say, to be
slim.”
Mr. Radish and Roddy, his fat little
boy,
Thought the plan would be certain-
ly fun,
“ Twill be a fine picture, for where
could you find
A handsomer father and son?”
Find the following: Ruth’s sister,
Then Peter Potato, his solemn eyes
blinked,
And said, “I approve of this plan,
’Tis my duty, I see, to take charge
of this thing,
So I’ll send for the camera man.”
Then Mrs. Green Peapod in flutter of
fear
(She always was nervous and shy),
Posed this way and that and retilted
her hat,
And arranged a curl over one eye.
The flighty green onions were trem-
bling with dread,
And as usual were given to tears,
’Til Mamma Tomato said, “Come,
here’s the man.
“There is no noble height thou canst
not climb;
All triumphs may be thine in time’s
futurity
If, whatsoe’er thy fault thou dost not
faint or halt
But lean upon the staff of God’s se-
curity.’’
Tf' VERYBODY knows |ow to make
-EL* peanut brittle—but if that is too
much trouble, buy some, and prepare
the following dish; the children will
like it as well as their daddy does:
Scalloped Apples With Peanut Brittle.
Take six large, tart apples, peel and
slice. Spread the apples in a thin
layer over the bottom of a baking
dish, sprinkle with salt, four table-
spoonfuls of lemon juice, add a layer
of peanut brittle and repeat. Put the
candy on top of the last layer. Bake
in a slow oven for one hour.
Spanish Delight.
Cut two lettuce hearts into quar-
ters, peel an'd cut into quarters two
ripe tomatoes, cut one eucumber into
dice, one sweet pepper shredded, two
hard-cooked eggs sliced, and season
with salt and pepper to taste. Ar-
range on the lettuce and serve with
a snappy French dressing.
Challenge Lemon Pie.
Beat the yolks of three eggs until
light. To this add the Juice of one
and the grated rind of two,
three tablespoonfuls of hot water, one-
half cupful of sugar and salt to taste.
Cook in a double boiler until thick,
then fold in the stiffly beaten whites
of the eggs. Fill a baked shell with
the mixture and place in, the oven to
brown.
Orange Cocktail a la Canada.
Place thinly sliced orange well
chilled in sherbet cup; over each
pour two tablespoonfuls of maple
sirup. Strained honey may be used
for variety if desired.
Honey is especially wholesome as a
sweet for children and should be used
freely in their diet.
Rhubarb Punch.
Take one quart each of rhubarb
and water. Cut the rhubarb into small
pieces and cook in the water until
soft. Strain throughNa double cheese
cloth, add one-third of a cupful of
orange juice, four tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, one and one-half cupfuls
of sugar sirup, pinch of salt and a
pint of sparkling water. Mix well
and when ready to serve add ice and
the sparkling water. Serve very cold.
(©. 1930. Western Newspaper,Union.)
There is much to be said for women
—but they can say it themselves.
Tt'lt© A DOROTHY*EBMO!V9§
Why We Behave
Like Human Beings
By GEORGE DORSEY. Ph.D., LL.D.
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Habermacher, Mrs. J. C. & Lane, Ella E. Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1930, newspaper, June 12, 1930; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1147833/m1/2/?q=About+the+Alto+Herald+Collection: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.