FANTASTIC TESTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 19

FANTASTIC TESTS

CHILDREN’S ENDURANCE CRAZE

Ameri can youth appears to have ”°? e crazy over various kinds of odd '“durance contests. . This mild insanity is expressed in ee-sitting contests, bicycle maraJ . flagpole-sitting, scooter and te-aying contests, besides endurance lancing of every kind, fli, 6 Hackensack boys, a bicycle eni,rJace team, finished 265 hours bestrong t *' e handle-bars, still going of boys are sitting in ees. One lad hau a companion , nucuff him to a tree to see how “S he could remain there, hoi ° Chicago girls see-sawed for IS I urs - They claim a world record r teoter-tottering. of p t children of Alderman Jans, , bvanston, worked in relays and a backyard swing in motion for cord “ ays - They claim a world re-

Bill Kearney sat on the bough of for ic° nwoo<l tree uear Kansas City whs u.hours, and came down only “is mother declined to refuel with food and water. WF° x . 15- tree-sitting at Fort to ih ' e3tas > fell asleep and crashed fjlj e sround. He suffered two broken

Sawv k° gan 8 Port. Indiana, Buck hour» r on a tree for 72 tj s i • an< l then began selling advertho L s Pace. Billboards now hide Thbranohesand ? ®* agae i® sweeping the country new-an gett ing much attention in the that ,?P era ' one of which suggests ia ali ou , ly fompetition remaining t * re hts' endurance spanking con-