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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1929)
. , ,. . - - - . . - , . . . - , ' . . - . - . ..' " - : . .-- - . ,. - PAGE TEN ' - ITic OREGON STATESMAN," Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, September 20, 1929 : - - jjlljuiet Z WesteHi Knt-,1 ffff r Wi's s pte&; jag: ' . - - '.'.- .i v postal service la " peace time ' fa order to be Himmelstoss's super ior when he ; became a postman again. He reveled in the thought of how ho would grind him. It was this that made It Impossible , for him to crash as altogether w always reckoned that later, at the end of the war, wo would have our revenge on 'him.-. In the meantime ire decided to give him a good hiding. What could ho do to as, anyhow, if he didn't recognize us and left, early the next morning. We knew each pub he used to visit every evening. Returning to the barracks, he had to go along hi trousers, holding the whip meantime In his teeth. Then he stood up and set to work. It was a wonderful picture: Himmelstoss on the ground. Haie bending over him with a fiendish Tin and his month wide open with bloodlust. Himmelstoss's head on his knees; then the con vulsed, striped drawers, the crossed-legs, executing at every Mow most original movements in the lowered breeches,' and- towering over them like a woodcutter the Indefatigable Tjaden. In the end we had to drag him away to get our torn. - - Finally Hale stood Himmel stoss on his feet again and gave one last personal remonstrance. As he stretched out his right arm preparatory to giving him a" box on the .ear -he looked a if he were going to reach down a star. Himmelstoss staggered. Hale "Ifs a long story." It continued, "a long sad story. X can't tell It to yon no, no, X can't at all "Please tell it to us. We want so much to hear if. And they begged so earnestly that at length the cup seeing that they did not mean to make fun of it, consent' ed to tell its story. "I first aw the light of day," it began, "many years ago in a china shop, f belonged to a dih- nsed on special occasions, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, and when rery important guests stay ed to dinner. How proud of our selves we were then. "Months passed, bringing us only happiness. Then, one eve ning, our. misfortune began. The maid was carrying an armful of as into the kitchen, when my fa ther the platter, who was on the bottom, flipped and we all crash ed to the floor. I, of all escaped unharmed. My dear, relatives broke Into a thousand "pieces and were swept into the dust bin. "We were never the same after that. It was a terrible blow. And our misfortune continued. By ones and twos we kept on breaking until at last there was nothing iett of us bat two saucers and my self. No longer did we stand proudly in the china closet We were removed to the pantry, and Instead or being used only on spe cial occasions or by Important guests, we were used every morn ing by the housemaid. . "Oh, myself and the saucers what fast friends we were. Nevr did I go anywhere without one or the other. We were inseparable.' We were the last of a great fam ily, 'What will become of us If we should lose each other?' we would say. It was too terrible to think about . How could I get along without at least one of them? How could they get along without meT "Then Iwo days ago, the first of my dear cousins was dropped. And the next day the second was dropped too. I was left all alone all alone. Yon do not know what it is to be left all alone all alone the last of a great family- with no more friends only strangers. "And so my heart broke." And the shadow-children felt very, sorry for the poor cup that had been the last of a great fam ily. a dark, uninhabited road. There we waited for him behind a pile or stones. 1 bad a eover with me. we trembled with . suspense, hoping he would be alone. At last we heard his footsteps, which we recognized easily. . so often had we heard it in the mornings as the door flew open and he (Turn to Page 12.) v u nil II ' "' ' " ' "J 1 ' CHAPTER V Meanwhile the German air plane has been shot down. Like a comet It bursts into a streamer of smoke and falls headlong. Kropp has lost his bottle of beer. Disgruntled he counts out the money from his-wallet. "Surely Himmelstoss was a very different fellow as a post man." say I, after Albert's dis appointment has subsided. "Then how does it come that he's such a bully as a drill sergeant?" The question revives Kropp, more particularly as he hears there's no more beer in the- can teen. "It's not only HlmmelstOFS. there are lots of them. As sure as they get a stripe or a star they become different, men, Just as though they'd swallowed con crete." "That's the uniform," I sug gest. "Roughly speaking it is," says Kat, and prepares for a long speech; "but the root of the mat .ter lies elsewhere. For instance, if you train a dog to eat pota toes and then afterward put a piece oS meat in front of him, he'll snap at it. It's his nature. And if you give a man a little bit of authority he behaves just the same way, he snaps at it too. The things are precisely the same. In himself man is essentially a beast, only he butters it over like a slice of bread with a little de corum. The army is based on that one man must always have power over the other. The mis chief is merely that each on has much too much power. A non com, can torment a private, a lieutenant a non-com., a captain a lieutenant, until he goes mad. And because they know they can, they all soon acquire the habit more or less. Take a simple case: We are marching back from the parade ground dog tired. Then comes the order to eing. We are glad enough to be able to trail arms, but we sing spiritlessly. At once the company Is turned about and has to do another hour's drill as punishment. On the march back the order to sing Is given again, and once more we tart Himmelstoss was thrown down, he rolled five yards and started to yelL "Now what's the use of all that? It's simply that the com pany commander's head has been turned by having so much power. And nobody blames him. On the contrary, be ia praised for being strict. (That;; of course, Is orilvc a trifling. Instance, .hut it holds. also,! er jjnerent aiiairs. now I ask you; let a man be whatever you like In peace-time, what oc capation is there in which hn ran behare like that without getting a crack on the nose? He can only ao uai m tne army, it goes to the heads of them all, you see. Ana tne more insignificant man. ha8 been In civil life the worse It makes him." They say. of course, there must oe discipline " ventures Kropp meditatively. "True," growls Kat. "they al ways do. And It may be so; still it ougntn t to become an abuse. But you try to exnlain that to a blacksmith, or a laborer or workman, you try to make that clear to a simple soldier and that's what most of them r here. All he Understands ia that ne nas been properly trained so that when he comes up to the front he thinks he knows exactly what he should do In every cir cumstance and what not. It's simply amazing, I tell you. that tne ordinary soldier survives so long up here In the front line. Simply amazing!" No one protests. Evervone knows that drill ceases only in the frontline and begins aeain a rew miles behind, with all the absurdities of saluting and par ade. It is an iron law that the soldier must be employed under every circumstance. Here Tjaden comes up with a flushed face. He is so excited that he stutters. Beaming with satis faction he stammers out: "Him melstoss is on his way. He's com ing to the front! Tjaden has a special grudge against HimmelstoAs, because of the way he abused him in the barracks. INSURING THE BABY'S BIRTH-RIGHT-HEALTH Dr. Copeland. Advising the Expectant Mother, "Stresses the Importance of Diet and Contentment to Assure the Newcomer a Good Start in Life. W n ui enure uie i uie cnua. 4 l the beginning of pregnancy the mother A S J? ; . a I eat Uie same nourishing food that would f""! &f my other woman in health and' vigor. After f ' - if. 1, 1 .fc .::' j BR COPELAND By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Oommlttioner of Health. Vew York City. E talk m. rrrt Im1 ihont k. btj tA iwnl. w www MIS ...m vt mm , advise the fat. the thin, the undernourished and all the others aiiACieo by food. . The expectant-mother to nMl oitvtf. Minv amen, m 1 1nM . .... . uu mm j, most women, go about having a fam ily with thought only for the expectant child. She should give serious thought too. to her own precious self. marked effect on the entire life of the child. iron should keen ail's the fourtn month the food intake should be in creased, jjy tne end of the pregnancy, the intake should be 20 per cent more than normal. - If the mother's diet is lacking in certain Moments the child -suffers. Lime, iron and phos phorus are Important Unless the diet supplies these, the mother must use up her own -reserve. This results in her developing decayed teeth, some weakness of the bones, or other serious changes. Milk, salads, green vegetables, oranges pjiu wuici imii auppiy ir.ese elements. t- Mt e milk will give protein, as will also butter, cream, slive oil. cheese and buttermdlc These, too, are rich in vitamins which are so essential to proper development of the teeth and bony struc tures. i - - . Without the vitamins and tbaae-fPoor elimination and drink water bm Bttaer food elementa. the ehiM wUJ I twen meala. Sleep as many hours Save soft, crumbly teeth, bowtefr. . " PSib!a" ... flat ttt and Improper posture du to D a. a -1 poor auelM QiTi U11 child U ; -ahf?- How 1 Dcnerlt of beln wen-borh. Thers . " , r basardi enough to he overcome). . without addlnc to the burdens . t.rTT. P . a,e0n an deep llf brea thing is the secret. You should In addition to proper food, careful 1 nourishing foods and have attention should be riven the reneral j pleJ,T 1 rest. Tor fur. health of the mother Pleasant pftrtc,llarB self-addressed readlnr. eongenia!. eompany.-and. j tmP4 "tope and repeat your above a a liappy ptae. u Ova. wffl "l . . . . . Insure tte baby V birthright. Every! Urm ' M V 4 thing that gives utrenrtb and viror .J?1 f' l WBt causes the to ins mother will m Ust that far " skic-w my lace to be nombT "i7 sirenam ana - 1 -. - This Is due to a circulatory condition and yon should consult your doctor. Poor circulation ts used by a run-down state of health. Try to build up your entire system and you win benefit generally. . - . - - r9lm Wta causes varicose Meanwhile Hale eits down be side us. He winks at me and robs his paws thoughtfully. We once spent the finest day of our army life together the- day before we left for the front. We had been alloted to one of the recently formed regiments, but were first to be sent back for equipment to the garrison, not to thp reinforcement -depot, of -course,- out to another barracks. We were due to leave next morning early. In the evening we prepared our selves to square accounts with Himmelstoss. We had sworn for weeks pastlo do this. Kropp bad even gone so far as to propose entering the bawled: "Get up!" "Alone?" whispered Kropp. "Alone." I slipped around the pile of stones with Tjaden. Himmelstoss seemed a little elevated; he was singing. His belt buckle gleamed. He came on un suspectlngly. We seized the bed cover, made a quick leap, threw it over his head from behind and pulled it around him so that he stood there in a white sack unable to raise his a?ms. The singing stopped. The next moment Hale Westhus was there, and spread ing out his arms he shoved us back in order to be first in. He put himself in position with evi dent satisfaction, raised his hand like a signal mast and his hand like a coal shovel and fetched euch a blow on the white sack as would have felled an ox. . Himmelstoss wag thrown down; he rolled five yards and started to yell. But we were prepared for that and had brought a cushion. Hale squatted down, laid the.! cushion on nis Kness. relt where Himmelstoss's head was and pressed It down on the pillow. Im mediately his voice was muffled. Haie let him get a gasp of air every so often, when he would give a mighty yell that was im mediately hushed. Tjaden unbuttoned Himmel stoss's braces and nulled down GOODNIGHT STORIES By Max TtbH The Shadow-Children Listen to the Sad Tale of a Broken Heart. Inda, the housemaid, was be coming very, very careless. For two days in succession she had dropped and broken saucers. And men, ior no reason at au, tne large coffee cup was found broken, cracked down the side. MiJ, Flor, Hanid. Tarn and Knarf the five little shadow-children with the turned-about names found It standing forlornly all by Itseir, on the edge, of the pan try shelf, waiting to be thrown out. For, as it was cracked and could no longer be trusted to hold coffee, it was considered useless. It was sobbing softly when the shadow-children came up. "Hpwfarr am." it sobbed. They watehed it for a while. then Hanid said: "Isn't it a pity you were dropped!" "Oh, but I wasn't dropped." "Then bow is It you are bro ken?" The enp sighed. "My heart is broken!" "Your heart Is broken!" they repealed in surprise, for they had never "thought that a coffee cup might have a heart. MMy Heart b Broken!" ner set. Oh, we were a large fam ily. There was Father Platter and Mother Tureen and my aunts and uncles, the plates, and my broth ers and sisters the cups, and all my cousins, the saucers. Although we were of so many different sizes and shapes, we all bore the fam ily mark, which was a gold-band with little blue dots. Tou can still see it on me, though now alas, it Is faint and worn. For many weeks we stayed on a counter In the china shop. Each morning we were carefully rub bed with a soft cloth ..until our white sides and gold bands glis tened. Then one day a lady saw us. 'What a beautifuL. set! she exclaimed. 'It's just what I need for a wedding present. "Then we were packed awav In a large box full of straw to keep us from knocking against each other. After a long trip we finally came to rest. 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