The evening world. Newspaper, May 18, 1920, Page 21

eee = septa gee ee ne noe Among the most dreaded ishments of the Spanish Gaguisttion wae the famous water torture” Years ago they killed by dripping water The constant repetition of slight shocks | exhausts t.1e.nervous system MONG the most dreaded pun- K ishments of the Spanish Inquisition was the famous water torture. The victim was placed in a stone chair, and the spigot of a water cask suspended above him was opened slightly, so that every second or two a drop of water escaped and fell upon his head. For the first few moments the victim scarcely felt the gentle shocks. But their constant repeti- tion soon broke down all resistance. A few hours of this carefully- calculated punishment reduced the strongest man to utter nervous ex- haustion. In employing this water torture, the grim Inquisitors displayed sur- prising knowledge of a fundamental weakness of the nervous system: The constant repetition of slight shocks will exhaust it, Over three hundred years have ae . THE £VENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1920. , passed’since the horrors of the In- quisition—yet today many Ameri- : cans are inflicting upon themselves a punishment which is the same in principle. . Are you needlessly exhausting) your nervous system? Like the dripping water in the Span- ish torture chamber, the constantly _ fepeated shocks that come’ from pounding old-fashioned leather heels or ordinary “dead”. rubber heels on hard streets, sidewalks, and floors wear you out, If you are aman of average activ- ity, you take 8,000 steps a day— suffer 8,000 shocks to the nerv system. ‘ Each shock is small in itself. But the constant repetition of thern is a severe drain upon your energy—one of the serious causes of fatigue. Remove this cause of fatigue Stop this useless expenditure. of en- ergy. Eliminate the constant jolts O’Sullivan’s Heels - Absorb the shocks that tire you out and jars of pounding hard heels on harder pavements. O'’Sullivan’s , Heels absorb the shocks that tire you out. : springiness of O'Sullivan’s Heels, the highest grades of rubber are blended by a special formula. With this blend of live, springy rubber aro “compounded” the best toughening agents known. The compound is then “cured” or baked under high pressure, This is why O’Sullivan’s Heels - absorb the jolts and jars of walking. The same process that makes O’Sullivan’s Heels resilient gives them their great durability. O’Sullivan’s Heels will outlast three pairs of leather heels— they often outlast two pairs of ordinary rubber heels. Stop pounding away your en- ergy. Go to your shoe repairer today and have O’Sullivan’s Heels put on your shoes. With every step on hard heels you are pounding @way your energy nee me ee a ee es ee ee ee me