| Show man EFFECTS OF FRIGHT appearance LAST consideration IN TIME OF DISASTER under stress of great fear most people forget everything except the one thing of sav ing their lives they had been discussing the effect of great gereht fright and what most people would be likely to do under tinder stress well began creedmore when wife and I 1 took our trip to alaska we were wrecked and came mighty near to losing aur our lives about 2 p in of a derk rainy night our little steamship was struck by another and a great hole bole rammed in her bow she sank bank so quickly that there was no time to dress so in the darkness we snatched what we could find and made our way on deck my wile appeared in a short flannel skirt and dressing sack the other passengers including myself looked little better when the lifeboat into which we were hustled was launched it was rowed away in the inky darkness the waves dashed over us ua all we were drenched to the skin and nearly frozen every toy fo w we nye wore were ordered to shout all together alter after what seemed an eternity our shout was answered and we found ourselves close to the lumber steamship that wrecked us A rope ladder was wa thrown over her side and one by one we climbed up her captain was a scotch teli man and a bachelor and there was not a woman on board when my wife asked for dry clothing the captain told her fier to help herself from his cabin when she appeared at tho the dinner table she was attired in a suit of pink pajamas some underwear and the captains slippers which kept dropping from her feet sho she was still so dazed by what she had gone through that she did not realize how she looked so said haynes 1 I 1 know from a little experience of my own that under such circumstances people are oblivious to their own appearance now I 1 was in a railroad wreck it was in the night too and in the dead of winter I 1 was awakened from a sound sleep by a terrible crash to find my sleeper upright but badly wrecked with difficulty I 1 climbed out the broken window and started tor for the other end of the wreck when i n a woman almost entirely without clothing rushed frantically up to me crying tor for goda sake arve m e something to cover ceover mall mal certainly madam said 1 I with a bow take this without a thought tor for myself I 1 hand edher my overcoat being unconscious of my own appearance till with a gasp she snatched it from my hands put it on band and made off like a deer dear los ios angeles times |
