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--:- - - PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning September 18, 1929 '11 Quiet t Western Front" CHAPTER HI. I Bit by Kemmerich's bed. He la sinking steadily. Around us is a great commotion. A hospital train has arrived and the wound ed fit to be moved are being se lected. The drctor passes by Kemmerich's bed without once looking at bini. "Next time, Franz," Tsay. He raises himself on the pillow with his elbows. "They have am putated my leg." He knows it too, then. I nod and answer: "You must be thank ful you've come off with that." He is silent. I resume: "It might have been both legs, Franz. Wegler has lost his rijrht arm. That's much worse. Besides you will be go ing home." He looks at me. "Do you think so?" "Of course." "Do you think so?" he repeats I For a while he lies still. Then, J he says: "You can take my I lace-top boots with you for Miller." operation." He beckons me to bend down. I Btoop over him and he whispers "I don't think so." ' "Don't talk rubbish, Franz, In a couple or days you 11 see for yourself. What is it anyway an amputated leg? Here they patch you up for worse things than that." He lifts one hand. "Look here, though, these fingers." "That's the result of the opera tion. Just eat decently and you'll soon be well again. Do they look after you properly?" He points to a dish that is still half full. I get excited. "Franz, you must eat. Eating is the main thing. That looks good, too." He turns away. After a pause he says slowly: "I -wanted to be come a head-forester once." "So you may still," I assure him. "There are splendid artifi cial limbs now, you'd hardly know there was anything missing. They are fixed on to the muscles. You can move the fingers and work and even write with an artificial hand. And besides, they will al ways be making new improve ments." For awhile he lies still. Then he says: "You can take my lace-up Sure. Once you've got over the Wwots with you for Muller." I nod and wonder what to say to encourage liim. His lips have fallen away, his mouth has be come larger, his teeth stick out and look, as though they were made of chalk. The flesh melts, the forehead bulges more promin ently, the cheek-bones protrude. The skeleton is working itself through. The eyes are already sunken in. In a couple of hour;; it will be over. He is not the first one I have seen thus; but we grew up togeth er and that always makes it a bit STbt ( f&. i - -j V KNOW THE SIGNS OF INFANT'S PROGRESS "Bouncer" Isn't Always the Healthiest, Authoritj Tells Mothers, Urging Study of Other Ways in Which to Determine that All is Going Well. By ROYAi S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former CommUtioner af Health, Krw York C. THERb .-c many teste of baby's progress. Perhaps the sorest on. I the steady increase in weight. xit, arter all. this is not an unfailing sign of perfect health wrong sort of feeding may put on fat and make the baby i "bouncer." Bat health isn't all in the looks an weight. Sach an infant may not be progressinf in muscle and bone building. Its brain and nerv ous system may lack essentia) elements. There Is no single thing that may be accepted as proof conclusive of perfect health. Stead; increase in height and weight are included in tht group of good signs. How the child sleeps is another way to de termine that all is welL A young baby is aslee) most of tha twenty-four hours. With the ex ception of the feeding periods, a littla tine to stretch and kick, and a few minutes for crying it is asleep. Wakefulness, restlessness and peevishness are not favorable symptoms. They indicate tha something is wrong. If they continue, prettj soon loss of appetite will be noted. Then th normal rain 4b weiarht will iton Clearness and sweetness of the akin are other evidence ef norma health. . They will not be present if the waste materials of tha body are not came., away as they should be. Fermentation with diarrhoea, const! DatiaB and hivhl ralnw4 and scalding urine should not bt addreaaed. stamped envelope and re peat yuor question. B. D. Q. What do yon advla rot dandruff would vaseline bo of an) value. Is frequent shampooing ad vlaable for an ail acaJpT A. Careful shampoo!1 and rln Ina: and the use of a good hair tonic should bring: about results. For for ther particular send a aelf-ad dreased. atainped envelope and re peat your question. A. B. H.. O. What wnt banlst pimples and blackheads? ! I have a weak chest and short neaa of breath would deep breath ins be of any benefit ta my caseT . A. A restricted diet and regnlai elimination should brina; about sea eral improvement. For rurthei partlcubxra Knd a self addreased stamped envelope aad repat yum question. Deep breathing- miaht be most helpful but it must bo done siowiy and carefully to be of value. . A. B. C Q. Would gases causa a feeuasT of fuUneas In the stomach, ac companied by tremors in botn stomach and cheat? Is it possible for constipation to be the source of the trouble? .....,. A. Yea. faulty diet aad Improper nomination would bo very apt to causa tha symptoms yon describe. Correct your diet and aaep the Ja teattnsi tract clear. BR. COPELAND. present If they are It wont he lone before the skin will lose its freshness and sweetness Sourness, drynees and breakinc out wlU be observed. Tne great majority of aU a baby's troubles come from wrong feeding. The mother Just must master the science and art of infant feeding, everything depends on having- the Mixture correct In Its ingredients and made In such a way as to escape the landers of contaminatloa. it la natural for a baby to be nun fry and take its food easerly. Every youne animal acts as if it vers hoi tow clear to the bottoms-ot its feet. It Is always ready to eat if it ts healthy. Somehow or other we forget that cables get thirsty, too. Many time the restlessness and crying of an in Cant will disappear If it is given water: Thirst need not be regarded as a sign of limes, it ts a appetite la a healthy baby. Answers to IeaftiijQueriew Thomas W. Q. What ts - the quickest and beet relief for epilepsy? 2. What can be done to over come pimples? i A. Epilepsy : is generally caused by an undua : drainage of nerve energy. If the place of leakage can be found there are prospects ot core. For further information send a self addressed, stamped envelope and re peat your question. m 1. Correct your diet, by cutting down on suffer, starches aad eoffea. Eat simple food. Avoid constipation. For other information send a self- different. I have copied his essays. At School he used to wear a brown coat with a belt and shiny sleeves. He was the only one of us. too, who could do tha giant's turn on the parallel bars. His hair flew in his face like silk when he did It. Kantorek was proud of him for It. But he couldn't endure cigar ets. His skin was very white; he had something of the girl about him. I glance at my boots. They are big and clumsy, the breeches are tucked into them, and standing up one looks well-built and powerful in these great drain-pipes. - But when we go bathing and strip sud denly we have slender legs again and slight shudders. Wo are. no longer soldiers but little more than boys; no one would believe that we could carry packs. It is a strange moment when we stand naked; then we become civilians, and almost feel ourselves to be so? When bathing Franz Kemmerich looked as slight and frail as a child. There he lies now but why? The whole world ought to pass by this bed and say:: "That is Franz Kememrlch, 19 years old, he doesn't want to die. Let him not die!" My thoughts become confused. This atmosphere of carbolic acid and gangrene clogs the lungs, it is a thick gruel, it suffocates. It grows dark. Kemmerich's face changes color, it lifts from the pillow and is so poor that it beams. The mouth moves slight ly. I draw near to him. He whis pers: "If you find my watch, send it horn " I do not reply, It is no use any more. No one can console him. I am wretched with helplessness. This forehead with its hallow tem ples, this mouth that is now mere ely a slit, this sharp nose! And the fat, weeping woman at home to whom I must write. If only the letter were sent off already! Hospital orderlies go to and fro with bottles and pails. One of them comes up, casts a glance at Kemmerich and goes away again. You can see he is waiting, appar ently he wants the bed. I bend over Franz and talk to him, as. though that could . save hirar "Perhaps you will go to the convalescent home at Klosterburg among the villas, Franz. Then you can look out from the window across the fields to the two trees on the horizon. It is the loveliest time of the year now, when the corn ripens; at evening the fields in the sunlight look like mother-of-pearl. And the lane of pop lars by the Klosterback, where we used to catch sticklebacks! You can build an aquarium again and keep fish in it, and you can go out without asking anyone, yon can even play the piano if you want to." I lean down over his face which lies in the shadow. He still breathes, lightly. His face is wet, he is crying. What a mess I have made of it with my foolish talk! "But - Franz" I put my arm around his shoulders and put my face against his. "Will you sleep now?" He does not answer. The tears run down his - cheeks. I would like to wipe them - away but my handkerchief is too dirty. i An hour passes. I sit tensely and watch his every movement in i case he may perhaps say some thing. What if he were to open his mouth and cry out! But he only weeps, his head turned aside. He does not speak of bis mother and bis brothers and sisters. He says nothing at all; all that lies behind him; he Is entirely alone now with his little life of nineteen years, and cries because it leaves him. This is the most disturbing and hardest parting I have ever seen, although it was pretty bad too with Tjaden who called for his mother a big bear of a fellow who, with wild eyes full of terror, held off the doctor from his bed with a dagger until he collapsed. Suddenly Kemmerich groans and begins to gurgle. I jump up, stumble outside and the others standing one on top of the other on his shoulders. The shadows, yon see, were up to an extraordinary adventure. They were trying to reach the planet Mars which looked down at them out of the sky. First of all. they had made themselves exceedingly long, as shadows can easily do. Then they sprang on each others' shoulders with Yam on top and Knarf down at the bottom. "If only you could get the littlest bit higher;" Tam said again, stretching out her fingers for the planet, "I would be able to reach it." The shadow-boy looked around. It seemed hopeless. He started to sit m a t-Mton f.M t r,-k (Continued on Page 10.) GOOD-NIGHT STORIES By Max Trefl 1 The to Shadow-CbiMrenVi Visit The Planet Mars Proves Exciting "Just a little higher," cried Yam,' "just a little higher and I'll reach it!" "Yes, Just a little higher,' said Mij, Flor, and Hanld, the other shadow-children with the turned about names. They were address ing Knarf, the shadow-boy, who was standing in the garden with you'll scarcely believe it! with P ' 'l-i tfei Home-Making Helps By ELEANOR ROSS PAPER KITCHEXEERIXG "Clean it with paper" is a man's idea of workless housekeeping. No dish-washing if you use paper dishes, no pot-scrubbing If you adopt paper cookery, and less laundering if yon use paper table service. Romancers about Utopias. like Wells and Bellamy, have even prophesied paper clothes for the future. Which seems remote, if not impossible. Meanwhile many of the predic tions about the uses of paper have come true. Objection to paper for table use Is being broken down by the development of paper table cloths and napkins that simulate linen so cleaverly as to completely deceive the eye, if not the touch. Paper bag cookery is now more practical than when first invented some years ago. And more recently there has been put on the market a new kind of utility paper which is put up In rolls of a hundred feet long. and which can be used for prac tically anything. For one thing it is waterproof, and it is also grease proof and odorless. So that it can be used for cooking, for baking, for covering and handling food at every stage that you would use a dish. You can mix or chop food on It, and instead of a lot of dish washing after you prepae a meal, simply gather the .soiled paper and throw It away. Instead of the distasteful Job of scrubbing a pan, in which fish has been cooked, the fish may be wrapped and tied up in this paper, baked or boiled and the paper thrown away. Paper may also be used fop cleaning. A fresh sheet for everw mopping of dishes (such as there may be) or floor or other suface?. and the soiled paper thrown away. No cleaning cloths ever in sight. (And If it is a bit more expensive than using a mop or cloth over and over again, it's more than made up by the saving In manicures!) Down Tumbled knarf! about it. Of course, that would only have made matters worse had not the leaves been sharp and spiky with the result' that no sooner did Knarf touch them than up into the air he sprang. "I've got it, Tve got It!" Yam cried joyfully from the other end. An instant later they were all on Mars. "What an odd place!" Mij ex claimed. "It's full of rivers!" "They're Just like a big spider web," Flor added. They really did resemble a web, the way they crossed and recrossed each other every few yards. Hanld shook her head. "They aren't rivers," she said. "They're canals." Seeing that the others didn't understand her, she exclaimed. "Rivers are natural but canals are built. That's the difference." They were all silent for a mo ment until Knarf uttered an ex clamation. "If they were built," he said excitedly, "then someone must have built them. Let's look around and see if we can't find anyone living here!" "Hm-m," Hanid remarked doubtfully, "someone built them all right but no one has ever seen anyone living on Mars. Astronom ers have looked through big tele scopes without finding a trace of a Martian." ; "A what?" the others asked. "A Martian. An inhabitant of Mars is called that." "Maybe." Knarf continued, "the Martians are all swimming in their canals. I'm going to look for them." He made off in huge strides, for he was as big as a giant. "You'd better not go far,". Hanid warned him. "If you do find a Martian, he may not be any too friendly with you Knarf paid no attention to her. Soon he vanished. The others sat down on the top of a hill. Aside from the eurlous canals. Mars didn't seem much different from the earth. "Let's visit the other planets, Yam said. ""We ought to go to Saturn,' said Hanid, pointing to a nearby planet, "and see it's rings, or to Jupiter and see its nine moons, or to Mercury " At that moment there was A shout and to their dismay they saw Knarf dashing toward them. Be hind him came a huge creature, with tremendous ears, saucer plate eyes and legs like telegraph poles. "It's a Martian!" he shoutec!. "Jump for your lives!" At that Instant the creature caught poor Knarf and flung him off Mars. Down, down, down 1,9 went, tumbling like a bottle. Tha others didn't wait. 'They Jumped after him. 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