European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              On daily oat a stroll in the Lovely mud by Sid Whipple staff writers ome people without mentioning names imagine that jogging loping along at a do Trot for a couple of Miles will improve the human Constitution in Many ways like sharpening the Teeth per fuming the breath prevent ing Knock Knees and making the hair grow Long and , More Down to Earth believe that if you can find a Good expanse of real Rich mud and Wallow or tramp through it you can cure everything from asthma to chronic insomnia. This is not a new idea. A greek physician in the year 50 . Pre scribed wading wet footed through the Sand As a cure for poor circulation. And the roman emperor Augustus i known to have relieved his suffering arteries in the same  centuries the japanese have travelled Down to Beppu on the Island of Kyushu to Bury themselves in hot mud to restore their jaded  makers found a Gold mine in the oozy slush when they made Rau packs almost obligatory for facial rehabilitation a treatment which is still popular in Many parts of the  also has been used to take the key tone some believe that a walk in the mud will cure everything from corns to frayed nerves. To Chettier it s safer to travel Over the Watt by Wagon train when tide s out bite out of Hee stings. And to cure Cor Sand callouses. There also May be some thing to the theory of psychologists that the reason Small boys like to play in the mud is that like All Mankind the Yare seeking a return to the primeval goo from which the species emerged untold millions of years ago. Perhaps the greatest mudflat Afao times lies at the Edge of the North sea fronting the German coast near the port of Cuxhaven. For a stretch of More than 10 Miles Westward from the Small resort towns of Dahlenburg Duhnsen and doese the Waters of the Broad Elbe River Mouth shrink away from the land twice a Day to leave a six mile Square flooring of Squishy glittering ooze. It is called the Watt probably derivation from a German word mean ing to Wade thousands of visitors after careful consultation of the tidal timetables posted in every hotel and All along the coast swarm into the area every Day walking tramping slogging through the mud. Other More indolent vacationers hire horses and carriages and Roll softly Over the Damp carpet to the Island town of Neuwerk five Miles out to sea. After buying a few souvenirs and taking aboard refreshments they make their Way Back to higher ground beating the incoming tid. If As has happened recently peo ple Are caught on the immense Flat through having lost their Way or mis Reading the tidal timetables the re july 23, 1968 the stars and stripes suits May be tragic. The Ocean Rise with such Force As to smother the Laad and any strollers unfortunate enough Tobe in its path. A Mother and three children Earl this summer were drowned in the Watt when they either strayed from the fixed course or dallied too Long on the Way. District authorities however do every thing possible to prevent such tragedies. Every hotel and boarding House posts instructions to travellers outlining the Safe stretches. Land and Road markers All the Way from the Shoreline to the Island indicate the Safe route for Menand beasts when the tide is out. Although the North sea shores Al ways have been popular vacation spots for europeans the Watt itself probably received its biggest boost in 1899 wheat the Deutsche Mediz Nische Tochen Schrift imposing name for the Ger Man medical weekly extolled us Cura Tive potentials in an article by a prominent physician. His article sounded like the Label Ona Patent Medicine bottle. This tube rape wading he said is much to be recommended As Cura Tive in All stages of anaemia and multitude of secondary disturbances such As poor circulation and Lack of appetite. Most of All this treatment promises Success with regard to a Large number of nervous disorders insomnia one of the most torturing of symptoms can hardly be cured More mildly and More successfully than by wading inthe  May be something to it. You never saw a pig with callouses or a hog lying awake with insomnia. Page 11