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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
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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
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The
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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
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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. A moment later they
landed in the garden all except
Knarf, who, fell into the pond.
They were disappointed. "Yoif
spoiled our trip to the other" plan
ets," they siii, helping Knarf out
But Knarf was too wet to care.
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