Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1929)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salen. Oregon, Tdcsday Morning, September 17, 1929 PAGE EIGHT 0- v?f im Mi -'mMMm ( m: CHAPTER H It Ib strange to think that at home la the drawer of my writ ins table there lies the beginning of a play called "Sal" and a bun dle of poems. Many an evening I hare worked oyer them we all .did something of the kind but that baa become so unreal to me that I cannot comprehend It any more. Our early life . Is cut off from the moment we came here, and that without our lifting a hand.' We often try to look back on It and to find an eplanation, but never quite succeed. For us young men of twenty everything Is extraordinarily vague, for Kropp, Muller, Leer and me, for all of us whom Kantorek calls the "Iron Youth." All the older men are linked up with their pre Tloua life. They bare wires, children, occupations and Inter-1 ests, they hare a background that j Is so strong that the war cannot obliterate It. We young men of twenty, however, have only our parents, and some, perhaps a girl that is not much, for at our age the Influence of parents is at its weakest and girls have not yet got a hold over us. Besides this there was little else some en thusiasm, a few babbles, and our echool. Beyond this our life did not extend. And of this nothing remains. Kantorek would say that we stood on the threshold of life. And so it would seem. We had as yet taken no root. The war swept us away. For the others, the older men, It is but an interruption. They are able to think beyond it. We, however, have been grip ped by It and do not know what the end may be. We know only that In some strange and melan choly way we hare become a waste land. All the same, we are not With foil pack and rifle I hare had to practice on a soft, wet newly ploughed field until I was one lamp of mud and fi nally collapsed. often sad. Though Muller would bo de lighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he Is really quite as sym pathetic as another who could not bear to think of such a thing for grief. He merely sees things clearly. Were Kemmerieh able to make use of the boots, then Mul ler would rather go barefoot over barbed wire than scheme how to get hold of them. But as ft Is the boots are quite inappropriate to Kemmeiich's circumstances, whereas Muller can make good use of them. Kemmerieh will die, it is immaterial who will get them." Why, then, should not Muller suc ceed to them? He has more right than a hospital orderly. When Kemmerieh is dead it will he too late. Therefore Muller is already on the watch. We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. Only tae facts are real and important for us. And good boots are scarce. Once it was different. When we went to the district commandant to enlist, we were a class of twen ty young men, many of whom had proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. We had no definite plans for the fu ture. Our thoughts of a -career and occupation were as yet of too unpractical a character to furnish any scheme of -life. We were still crammed full of vague Ideas which gave to life, and to the war also, an Ideal and almost romantic character. We were trained In the army for ten weeks and In this time more profoundly influ enced than by ten years at school. We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhaur. At first astonish ed, then embittered, and finally Indifferent., wo recognised that what matters is not the mind, but the boot brush, not Intelligence, but the system, not freedom but drill. We became soldiers with eagerness and enthusiasm, but they , hare done everything to knock that out of us. After three weeks it was no longer Incompre hensible to us that a braided postman should have nrere au thority over us than .had fonder- ly our parents, our teachers and the whole gamut of culture from Plato to Goethe. "With our young awakened eyes we saw that the classical concep tion of the Fatherland held by our teachers resolved Itself here into a renunciation of personality such as one would not ask of the meanest servant salutesr spring ing to attention, parade-marches, presenting arms, right wheel, left wheel, clicking the heels. Insults and a thousand pettifogging de tails. We had fancied our task would be different, only to find we were to be trained for hero ism as though we were circus pon ies. But we soon accustomed our selves to It. We learned in fact that some part of these things was necessary, but the rest mere ly show. Soldiers have a fine nose for such distinction. By threes and fours our class was scattered over the platoons amongst Frisian fishermen, peas, ants and labourers with whom we soon made friends. Kropp, Mul ler, Kemmerieh and I went to No. 9 platoon under Corporal Him melstoss. He had the reputation of being the strictest disciplinarian in the camp, and was proud of it. He wtfs a small, undersised fellow, with a foxy, waxed moustache, who had seen twelve years' ser vice and was in civil life a post man. He had a special dislike for Kropp, Tjaden, Westus and me, because he sensed a quiet de fiance. I have remade his bed 14 tlmes. ln one morning. Each time he had some fault to- find and pulled it to pieces. I have kneaded a pair of prehistoric boots that were as hard as iron for 20 hours with intervals of course -until they became as soft as butter and not even Himmelstoss could find (Continued on Face 10.) GOOD-NIGHT STORIES By Uaz .TreO a The Shadow-Children Attempt Long Climb to the Planet Han ONE day MiJ, Flor, Hanld, Yam and Knart the five little shadow-children . with the turned-about names were In the garden when Knarf, pointing to the sky, said. "What a bright star "It isn't a star." said Hanid, who was a very clever little shadow-girl. "It's a planet." The others looked at her in sur prise. "What's the differenceT" they demanded. A star is like a lamp. It gives its own light. But a planet is quite dark and gets its light only when a star shines on it. It is like a room that remains dark un til you turn the light on. Our sun Is a star, and our earth is a " A planet!" exclaimed the oth ers. They were extremely quick to learn, you see. Well," remarked MiJ. who was still somewhat doubtful, "that may all be so about the sun and the earth, because we can see for ourselves, but how can you tell about all the stars and planets that are way, way up in the sky?" Yes," said Knarf, "how can you tell which Is which!" Hanid smiled. "It's very sim ple. A star always twinkles and a planet never , does. It always shines with a bright, steady light, like the moon." "Oh, is the moon a planet, too?" Yam wante dto know. Yes, Indeed. It gets' all Its light from the sun." They turned their attention on the firstlplanet again. - 'What's its name?" Yam inquired. -Mars," said Hanid. "There are seven planets which circle around our sun like the earth does. They are Mars, Mercury, Yenus. Sat urn, Jupiter, Uranus and our Earth." "And what about the moon?" Knarf broke in. "The moon belongs to the earth. Instead of circling around the sun, as the others do, it circles around the earth. Of course, as the earth "circles around the sun, the moon has to do It, too. : But it isn't the same thing." "And are all the planets near each other?" asked Flor. "Oh, yes," Knarf replied, just to show how wise he was. "They're not more thanv five fingers apart. You can see that with your own eyes. And he pointed to the lit tle bright points in the sky. To tell the truth, they really did seem to be very close together. "They may seem to be close." Hanld agreed, "but they're mil lions of miles apart. It would take years and years to walk from one to the other." "Let's do it," Knart cried ex citedly. "Do what?" "Walk from one planet to an other." - . "But we haven't the time. We must be back before dawn." Shadows, you understand, may C Home-Making Helps By ELEANOR ROSS "What a Bright Star!" i go where they please when their little masters' and mistresses are asleep. But the moment it is light and they wake up they must be ready to accompany them. "We can easily be hack at dawn and still go to all the planets," Knarf said. ' "All we have to do is to take one Jump and well land on Mars." The others shook their heads. "How can we possibly jump, it when we're as small as peas and it's so far, far away?" "Hm-h! I have a scheme. We simply make ourselves big like this!" And Master Knarf sud denly grew so long that the top of his head disappeared over the tree When Thinking of Scallops Try These Tested Recipes Scallops are not as expensive as they sound. The price per pound may seem high, but comparisons should be made not with the whole of any other shellfish, but with Its edible portion. Scallops are In the same class as filet not a hit of waste. No shelly no instdes, no bone. Ererything that you buy is edible. Of course, there is a good deal of waste to a scallop before the de licate white flesh is offered in the market. One never sees the com plete scallop in the shell. All that we buy .Is the adductor muscle, which is that part which the nl- valve usee to close its shell. The rest of the scallop is discarded before it comes fo market. Scallops at "best are white and firm looking, and not necessarily large. In fact, the small ones have a finer flavor. But it is in the preparation of scallops that their best points are either developed or destroyed. How often we are serv ed a dish of scallops in a restau rant and are amazed that while some are tender others are rub bery and hopelessly tough. It's all in the cooking. And when prepar ing scallops it is necessary not merely to be careful, but to be accurate according to a watched clock". Fried Scallop 1 pound scallops tops. Shadows can grow big. you know. Just watch your own sha dow closely and you'll see for yourself. . The others immediately fol lowed Knarf's example. Longer and longer they grew. "Now,'.' cried the shadow-boy, "if we stand on each other's shoujr ders we'll surely reach Mars!"- At this they did as he said. Sure enough Yam, who was on top, called down: "I can almost reach it with the tip of my fin gers. Can't we get Just a little higher?" And Knarf, who was on the bottom, wondered what he could do. I 1 egg m . n . y teaspoon sail 1-8 teaspoon pepper H cup fine breadcrumbs Drop the scallops into rapidly boiling water. Leave them there exactly one. minute not any longer. Then strain and dry on a soft towel. . Mix beaten egg with salt just before sending to the '.i scallops into the mixture;: then roll each one In the dry bread crumbs. Drop a few at a time in a pan of deep hot tat or oil and cools for a minute until only light brown. Remove with a strainer, place on a serving plate UnM with soft paper to drain and keep) very hot until ready to serve. A simple method and one pre ferred by many who do not lik their food too heavily crumbed Is:. Scallop Saute 1 lb. scallops cup line breadcrumbs y tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons butter. Drop the Bcallops into rapid! boiling water and remove exactly: one minute afterward. Drain on a soft towel. Roll very lightly in the bread crumbs and cook in the hot butter for a minute or two, until the scallops are a light brown. Add salt ust before sending to the 'a- ble. It is very easy to overcook thel scallops a minute more cooking, than is absolutely necessary andl the scallops become tough. It is better to keep testing with a for) from time tol time for tenderness, even if the scallops . have bea cooking only for one minut'.. rather than run the . risk of toughening the dish by that fa'-il extra few seconds of cooking. Scallops may also be baked, it preferred. After dropping in bo'N ins water for one minute and dry- ing, roll each scallop in a thi.s piece of bacon, fasten with a tooth pick and place under tha boiler in the oven. Bake in thjf oven until the bacon is criciv which should be In a minute of, two. This is "scallops en brocb ette" (which means merely cook ed on a skewer). POLLY AND HER PALS 'The Cat's on a Bat" By CLIFF : STERRETTJ nLLLU ri 1 1 . wnctsc au m p BKW. TOR THc I H O0R OR FIVE D5? 3 rMF-Pf AkI' I FT t ' UrJCLE 4SHUK PET QU? Y D0SJTCHA KM0W VfcrT i i i - ""Ti f.w. im .mmmmm t I HEY FOLKS. o" USE OF ELECTRICITY IN MODERN SURGERY Dr. Copeland Writes About the "Electothennic Method" Which Promises the Easy RemoYal of Growths Malignant or Otherwise. . By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from Naw York. Former CommU$ioner Health. Xev Yerk City. Y FRIEND, Mr. Paul Hoeber ef New Yerk, Is always publish- inf most useful and interesting medical books. He recently sent me ene entitled. "Surcery ef Neoplastic Diseases bv Electothermic Methods. My, but those are big words! The very able . author. Dr. George A. Wyeth, another friend of mine, must have burned midnight oil to find the title! This is a valuable book, dealing with those growths ef the skin and other tissues which are puzzling to victims and doctors alike. Just what to do with a-growth, whether it be malignant or otherwise, is not easy to determine. There is the question of sear tissue: Will there be marked impairment in appearance? Is .it a painful er dangerous procedure? Will it lead to permanent relief? These are some ef the questions that arise in connection with new growths. .Who is to answer them? Everybody dreads the knife. The "electo thermic" method, depending on the use ef a needle, does awav with the need of 'a knife. A special form of electric current is passed through the needle, creating Just enough heat in the tissues it pentrates to dry out all the moisture until the treated tissue is destroyed. It just dries up and drops off, ' leaving a dean, healthy wound which speedily heals. Some warts and moles, aa weu af certain forms of birth marks, can be removed tn. this manner. A local anaesthetlo render 1t a painless pro cedar. - Skin cancer and certain - titrable with the tongue and Inside ' the mouth are treated by this method. Other parts ef the body, where in apection la possible, aire tbemsehree to the form of treatment tn suitable T1LLIE, THE TOILER "Sufficient Proof By RUSS WESTOVEm m, p comb ?aSS 'c WHIPPLE I SWT BACVi VIET- AMD TVVCT fclej WALRUS MR, FR-ACiU, IS IU HIS OFFICE - 5OME - HOW QOM'T -r TRUSTV esc IM AMD TALk TO HIM SUST -TO SATISFY you i3 I I V.V.I HIM Mii TOfcGETilT MAC THAT MAN ISf Oy Honest - he I r A PPACTlCAU- OOPtXAND - My purpose ia-apeaklns of these matter la. to reassure the timid. Kvery doctor knowa .that many a . mm of malignant disease baa become hopeless, past any prospect of re- , nwval. Just because morbid fear o( ' aa ' operation - nan kept the victim from consulting a doctor. When It known that there are palnlei Moodleaa ways of setting rid of stm 1 and even serious troubtaa. It may meeuras the . timid to : have the seeded attention. ;.,',; p. -.-tiv It is a dreadful mistake to put eft faa Inevitable. If there fa a trouble vhfefc fts ear to st worse as time : aaM attend to It now It la prob ' ably a simple thin at this, stage. Certainly It . W01 be worse aa time . passes. - ' - Che electothermic system te one ef things that electricity can do for mat are without number. In this panic ular matter It la employed to eavt life. - - . . Answers to Health Queries , D. C S. Q- Would the use ef milk cause hardening of the arteriesl 2 Is it advisable to nee the mter nal bath to correct constipation. ; A. No. ' . J No. This should be corrected by proner diet and the use of mln eral oil, , - - - E. P. O. What causes short silver lines to float before the eyesl Av This may be do to batons ness. First correct your diet, avoid ing an excess et aweets. starches coffee and tea. Eat plenty of freak fruits and vegetables. - ." -..' - e ' Mrs. P. K. Q. My daughter si quit near -1 gated and an . wean glasses ou ana on. unoaiq them atsadilyT . . LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY "Clothes Make-The Man" By BEN BATSFOREJ rb DED3AT"E. H6R "AJstWJ FP&EPOM rb thf Pec vice OP HER i.fcSS POQTOWATG POIEAJD . BUT IAJ OODEQ tb BE ABLE, To UBLPAHWE TiRAUHl OF A4ffS.:M&AAW- J dHc KcAl.IZ.Cd IrWl oHt MUST SUCCtSS'CULJ-V COVER. HEP OVUM TGACUS AUO Tb DO THIS H4 MIT UPOW AJOVEX IDEA VJATCH IA1 G - TH TWt Alt OP A AACOAiLZSS SUSIE, CHAHCES INTO THE BOWS clothhc WHICH SHE HAO CARRIED AWA OA1 Trie AJkJN-r JHC ESC4PEP- D. LEAVIAJ6 HER OU)M CLOTHES MJt A PILE OAi TkEPlER. T3AAJK.. WITH A SUICIDE AJOTF" PlAJWEO 1Tb HPD. OiiPS?. ... M sssjssssnassassairifSPasnns"Bssjsass"pr jpsrb m -w KflBsanals!lBla!e vIVUSIE stovVs heb bioajo iocc SEcuzztH uajoep, we o cap AHD WALKS OPP l7b A UtoRLO on AlEW AOVSkiTO&E TOOTS AND CASPER "Will Caspr TalT For This?' "NEU..VT FIVE OCLOCX. SO I'LL. PUNCH THE. "TiME-CLOCVC ANI aO HOME.! !.OnT OF FELT THAT THE BOSS CTSJ VE3T CHE,STTJ TH MTS, : - HE PROBABLY HEARD 1HAT "M BPOWE.,ANtTHlNVe HE. ME. MQV41 By- JIMMY MURPHTfl I 1 - J. .J I' 1 - ' n ... ... i . . -- - i ir-- - . . pT.n I' .w: !.::::......- TT - " i .: mai iiWWSSjsssisi J fi THOUAfO LEFT ANl OWE. M MIItr 'T " " I- - " - " "--:-" - I kl I 1 I ff IMAT WIUCH IM DlU. 1 WW xHHlBtt. -JO1?- - - : - rr- . - 11 I I I H I kKeyi wherc i could M H0U;t Tri - -.-i- .i w nAOOi is v pick vp e0ME com m IrtN eir nbtt ,a - - - umti run -ssy r modern news of electricity. Tne