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CHAPTER XXVIL 1
- About 2 o'clock yrm start the
meat It lasts till 6. We drink cof
fee from tbe supply dump and
smoke officers' cigars and cigarets
also from tbe supply dump.
Punctually, at half past seven we
egin the evening meal. About 10
'clock we. throw the bones of tbe
sucking pigs outside the door.
Then there is cognac and rum
also from the blessed- supply
dump and once again long, fat
cigars with bellybands. Tjaden
suggests that it lacks only one
thing; Girls.
Late" In tbe evening we hear
mewing. A little gray cat sits in
the entrance. We entice it in and
five it something to eat. And that
wakes up our own appetites once
more. Still chewing, we lie down
to sleep.
Burning bouses stand out like
torches against the night. Shells
lumber across and crash down.
Munition columns tear along the
street. On one side tb supply
dump has been ripped-ope. In
spise of all the flying fragments
the drivers of the munitions col
umns pour in like a swarm of bees
and pounce on the bresjCWe let
them have their ownwayi Sf we
aid anything it would only mean
a good hiding for us. So we go
differently about it. We explain
that we are the guard and so know
our way about, we get bold of the
tinned stuff and exchange it for
things we are short of. What does
It matter anyhow in a while it
will all be blown to pieces. For
ourselves we take some chocolate
from the depot and eat it in slab.
Almost a fortnight passes, thus
In eating, drinking, and roaming
About. No one disturbs us. The
town gradually vanishes under the
shells and we we lead a charm
ed life. So long as any part of the
supply dump still stands we don't
worry; we desire nothing better
than to stay here till the end of
the war.
Tjaden has become so fastidi
ous that he only half smokes his
cigars. With his nose in the air ho
explains to us that he was brought
up that way. And Kat is most
cheerful. In the morning his first
call is: "Emll, bring in the cavi
are and coffee." We put on extra
ordinary airs, every man treats
the other as his valet, bounces him
and gives him orders. "There is
something itching under my foot:
Kropp, ml man, crtch that louse at
once," says Leer, poking out his
leg at him like a ballet girl, and
Albert drags him up the stairs by
the foot. "Tjaden!" What?"
"Stand at east, Tjaden: and what
is more, don't say 'What,' say 'Yes,
Sir,' now: Tjaden!" Tjaden re
ports In the well-ktfown phrase
from Goethe's "Gotz von Berlich
lngen," with which he is always
very free.
After eight more days we re
ceive orders to go back. The palmy
days are over. Two big motor lor
ries take us away. They are stack
ed high with planks. Nevertheless,
Albert and I erect on top our four
poster bed complete with blue can
opy, mattress, and two lace cov
erlets. And behind it at the bead
is stowed a bag full of choice edi
; bles. We often dip into it, and the
tough ham sausages, the tins of
liver sausages, the conserves, the
boxes of cigarettes rejoice our
hearts. Each man has a bag to
himself.
Kropp and Lhave rescued two
big red armchairs as well. They
stand inside the bed, and we
sprawl back in them as in a the
ater box. Above us swells the. silk
en cover like a baldaquin. Each
man has a long cigar inliis mouth.
And thus from aloft we survey the
scene.
Between us stands a parrot-cage
that we found for the cat. She is
coming with us, and lies in the
cage before her saucer of meat.
nd purrs.
Slowly the lorries roll down the
road. We sing. Behind us the
shells are sending up fountains
from the now utterly abandoned
town.
A few days later we are sent
CULTIVATE, IN YOUTH,
THE HABIT OF SLEEP
How and How Much You Sleep is Most Important
to Your Health, Says Dr. Copeland, Urging
Full Quota of Rest.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commitsioner of Health, New York City.
OK of old time said that "as the twig is bent tbe tree is inclined.'
What we begin to do in youth we are likely to continue in old
. age. We are blessed or damaged by tbe habits formed in early
life, ft
If we could realize early enough what their
Indulgences will mean in later years, there would
be a powerful incentive to cultivate good rather
than bad habits. But flaming youth is chasing
butterflies. Youth must have its fling, is the com
mon belief. fj
It is bard for young, people to appreciate
what our habits mean f qr good or bad. Ecclesi
astes, the Preacher, knew, You recall his words:
"Rejoice, O young man in thy youth and walk
in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of
thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these
things God will bring thee into judgment."
We are free agents and can do as we please.
But we may be very, sure the habits we form in
consequence of our freedom will come back to
cheer or haunt as.
Man? years ago tbe late Henry Clews told
me he made Fourteenth Street the "dividinr line"
in bis life. Leaving Wall Street at the end of busy day, when be
reached fourteenth Street on the way home, he dismissed all thought
of business. His evenings were devoted to his family and friends, free
from the cares and perplexities of his office. After a good breakfast he
Starved gvnuivwii,
but refused to
think of business until be reac&ea
Fourteenth Street.
Mr. Clews lived to be past eighty
In the harness so lightly worn. His
habit were good habits, and had
much to do with g-ood appetite, clear
mind, jovial nature and long life. He
was a great 1 roker and a useful dt
jzen. with leisure for good works be
cause of the noble habit of dividing
his time.
Recreation, rest and sleep have
much to do with our welfare. The
rav we sleep and bow much ws
steep all tbes depend largely oa
habits formed in early Ufe.
One of the most Important of all
the health rales, is this: Go to bed
- to sleep. . ' ' l
Dont co to bed to read, to think,
to toss about, but go to bed for the
one and only reasonto sleep. Drill
yourself Is thU practice and tt will
not be Ions before yea wtU find
yourself sleeping- soundly. Mo habit
is more vital to you balth and
MPfrfaese,
out to arsenate a village. On tbe
way we meet the fleeing inhabi
tants trundling their goods and
chattels along with them In wheel
barrow, perambulators, and on
their backs. Their figures are bent
their faces full of grief, despair,
haste and resignation. The chil
dren hold on to their mother's
bands, and often an older girl
leads the little ones who stumble
onward and are forever looking
back. A few carry miserable-looking
dolls. All are silent as they
pass us by.
We are marching la column:
the French do not fire on a town
in which there are still inhabi
tants. But a few minutes later the
air screams, the earth heaves,
cries ring out; a shell has landed
among the rear squad. We scatter
and fling ourselves down on the
ground, but at that moment I
feel the instinctive alertness leave
me which hitherto has always
made me do unconsciously the
right thing under fire; the
thought leaps up with a terrible,
throttling fear: "You are lost"
and the next moment a blow
sweeps like a whip over my left
leg. I bear Albert cry out; he Is
beside me.
"Quick up, Albert!" I yell, for
we are lying unsheltered in tbe
open field.
He staggers up and runs. I keep
beside him. We have to get over a
hedge; it is higher than we are.
Kropp seizes a branch. I heave
him up by the leg, be eries out, I
give him a swing and he flies over.
With one leap I follow him and
fall into a ditch that lies behind
the hedge.
Our faces are smothered with
duckweed and mud, but the cover
is good. So wo wade in up to our
necks. Whenever a sheel whistles
we duck our heads under the wat
er. After we have done this a doz
en times, I am exhausted.
"Let's get away, or I'll fall in
and drown,'.' groans Albert.
"Where has it got you?" I ask
him.
"In the knee, I think."
"Can you run?"
"I think "
"Then out!"
We make for the ditch beside
the road, and stooping, run along
it. The shelling follows us. The
road leads toward the munition
dump. If that goes up there won't
be a man of us with his head left
on his shoulders. So we change
our plan and run diagonally
across country.
Albert begins to drag. "You go,
I'll come on after," he says, and
throws himself down.
I seize him by the arm and shake
him. "Up, Albert, if once you He
down you'll never get any far
ther. Quick, I'll hold you up."
At last we reach a smal dug
out. Kropp pitches in and I ban
dage him up. The shot is jUBt a lit
tle above his knee. Then I take a
look at myself. My trousers are
bloody and my arm, too. Albert
binds up my wound with his field
dressing. Already he is no longer
able to move his leg, and we both
wonder how we managed to get
this far. Fear alone made it possi
ble; we would have run even if
our feet had been 6hot off; we
would have run on the stumps.
I can still crawl a little. I call
out to a passing ambulance wag
on which picks us up. It is full of
wounded. There is an army med
ical lance-corporal with it who
sticks an anti-tetanus needle into
our chests.
At the dressing-station we ar
range matters so that we lie side
by side. They give us a thin soup
which we spoon down greedily
and scornfully, because we are ac
customed to better times but are
hungry ail the same.
"Now for home," Albert," I say.
"Let's hope so," he replies. "I
only wish I knew what I've got."
The pain increases. The ban
dages burn like fire. We drink
and drink, one glass of water after
another.
"How far above the knee am I
hit?" asks Kropp.
"At least four inches, Albert," I
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j Answers to Health Queries
8. T. Q. What causes
sleepy XeeUast
a tired.
A- Auto-Intoxication is often re
sponsible for this sort of feeling. It
Is. due to tmbreoer elimination. cau
Jina- lafscUoa ls toe system. For tur
.thaf Infamalin nit m - '
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I Question.
C V. 8. Q. Does cbewlns
between meals cause gas la the tsr
tesunesT
Aw No.
see.
A RssiSsr." a. Weat
rect weight tor a girl aged twea.tr
five feet one Inch taUT
A. Sbe should weigh
pounds.
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answer. Actually it Is perhaps one.
"I've made up my mind," be
says after a' while, "If they take
off my leg. I'll put an end to it. I
won't go through life as a crip
ple."
So We lie there with our
thoughts and wait.
In the evening we are hauled on
to the chopping4lock. I am fright
ened and think quickly .what I
ought to do; for everyone knows
that tbe surgeons in the dress inr-
stations amputate on the slightest
provocation, under the are at pres
sure of business that is much sim
pler than complicated patching; X
imni or Jummericn. wnaterer
happens I will not let them chlo
roform me, even if I have to crack
a couple of their skulls.
It is all right. The surgeon
pokes around in the wound and a
blackness comes before my eyes.
Don't carry on so," he says gruf
fly, and hacks away. The instru
ments gleam in the bright light
like malevolent animals. The pain
is Insufferable. Two orderlies hold
my arms fast, but I break loose
with one of them and try to crash
into the surgeon's spectacles just
as he notices and springs back.
"Chloroform the scoundrel," he
roars madly.
Then I become quiet. "Pardon
me. Heir Doctor, I will keep still,
but do not chloroform me."
"Well bow," he cackles and
takes up bis instrument again. He
is a fair fellow, not more than 30
years, with scars and disgusting
gold spectacles. Now I see that he
is tormenting me, be Is merely
raking about in the wound and
looking up surreptitiously at me
over his glasses. My bands squeeze
around the grips; IH kick the
bucket before he will get a squeak
out of me.
He has fished out a piece of
shell and tosses it to me. Appar
ently he is pleased at my self-control,
for he seems to be more con
siderate of me nqw and says: To
morrow you'll be off home." Then
I am put in plaster. When I am
back again with Kroop I tell him
that apparently a hospital train
comes In tomorrow morning-.
"We must work the army med
ical sergeant-major so that we can
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major two of my cigars with bel
lybands, and then tip .the word to
him. He smells tbe cigars and
says. "Have you cot any mora of
them?"
"Another good handful." I say,
"and my comrade," I point to
Kropp, "he has some as well. We
might possible be glad to hand
them to you out of the window of
the hospital train in the morning."
He understands, of course smells
them once again and says, "Done,"
We cannot get a minute's sleep
all Bight. Seven fellows die in our
ward. One of them sings hymns
In a high cracked tenor before he
begins to gurgle. Another has
crept out of bis bed to the win
dow. Ho lies in front of it as
though he wants to look oat tor
the last time.
(To be continued.)
KANSAS CITY (AF) Pair
fax airport here has developed a
sideline industry-natural gas pro
duction which brings it an in
come ot more than 1 1,0 00 a day.
Discovery of gas on the airport
property about a year ago was
welcomed as a natural conven
ience for beating airport buildings
but the production increased stea
dily and has reached commercial
proportions.
Eleven wells flow at the rate of
21,500,000 cable feet a day and
more wells to bring production' to
40,000,000 feet a day are under
way.
Three minion feet of gas a day
is sold to the local gas distribut
ing company for domestic use and
approximately 1,000,000 feet a
day is used at the airport. The
remainder is shut off for future
use. , f . ,
Most ofjthe wells are along the
banks of the Missouri rtver, which
borders the airport on two sides.
A test well is being drilled on the
Kansas City municipal airport,
across the river from Fairfax, in
the hope that it, too, may derive
an Income aside from aviation.
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Madame Curie on Visit
To United States
PARIS (AP) Madame Cu
rie may celebrate her f 2nd birth
day in the White House as the.
guest of President Hoover and.
Mrs. Hoover, and received there
tha 150,001 or a gram ot radiant
as a birthday gift from her
American, admirers.
The world's premier woman
scientist, co-discoverer with her
husband of radium, is no chatter
box She refused to talk about
plans tor her forthcoming Amer
ican visit except to say that she
would be in tbe United States in
the middle of October and will
lear for borne November 8.
Her birthday Calls November 7,
and friends in the secret hint that
Madame Currie is arranging her
homecoming for as soon after her
birthday party as possible. The
same friends say that she received
and accepted an invitation to visit
President Hoover.
There is no secrecy "about the
other important events on her
American program. October 20
she goes to Detroit with Owen D.
Young, who will be her American
host during a considerable part of
her stay. The next day she is
scheduled as a guest at the Ford
celebration in honor of Thomas
A. Edison's discovery of the in
candescent lamp.
Two days later she is to be wel
comed to Schenectady by Mr.
Young, and there visit the great
scientific laboratories of the Gen
eral Electric company.
October 25 she will motor with
Mr. Young to St. Lawrence uni
versity, Canton, N. Y., ot which he
Is an alumnus. There she win
receive an honorary Ph. D. de
gree. On the 26th she will dedi
cate the university's new chemis
try laboratory, Hepburn hall, giv
en by Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn
On one side of the entrance, carv-
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fA mafns wit toast ef tails to
choose food that appeals to
the eye. Just as youngsters go after
bright-colored eandies and even the
hirid hot dogs m preference to nour
ishing but prosalc-looklng vegetable
and cereals, so most grown-ups are
Influenced a good deal by the color of
foods. No doubt the parsnip would
not be relegated to tbe contempt
which now covers it if it were
toraoia blue er bright red, rather
taan its wholly wntnteresttBg! putty
ooter.
It was Dr. WHey who coined tbe
phrase, "eating with the eye." a ad.
untUnklagly. w de a lot ec it. We
like ear bread pure white ea at
flour has to be bleached in defiance
of nature to get It that way. Butter
must be golden yellow, although
prime, fresh, sweet butter la a tb.su
creamy color, except in May and
June, when it is naturally more
yellow.
In order to cater to this desire for
highly-colored foods the merchant
Impart color wherever permissible
under the law. Or provide the col
oring matter with the article (as in
the case of oleomargarine), so that
we can paint our food any shade
we like. These coloring materials
may be entirely harmless, yet some
ed in stone, is a likeness of Mad
ame Curie. At this dedication
she is expected to make her only
American speech.
Motoring again with Mr. Young
she will return to New York by
October 25, with the Hoover visit
ahead.
Twice before American admir
ers have made gifts to Madame
Curie. The first was a gram ot
radium, costing then $110,000,
presented by President Harding.
The second was an income ot
$3600 to relieve her of compara
tive poverty.
She gave tbe first gift to the
Curie Institute of the University
ot Paris: the 6econd she used to
rent radium for the Cancer hos
pital of Warsaw, Poland, her na
tive City.
This time the gift will be either
radium or a check for its present
price. The donors await Madame
Curie's wishes before deciding.
Not one penny of the profits
from the discovery of radium has
Madame Curie -diverted to her
own use.
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of them dike carrot juice) may make
Use feed se8 a tittle seooner than
if left la its natural state.
There's something ta be said in
favor of color in foods, as well as
against it. Many foods should be
taken as nature made them, and
very often we may get better flavor
for overcoming our - prejudices
against dull-colored foods. The
brightest-colored apple isn't neces
sarily the most flavorful. Brown
rice -eertataly has a tar superior
Caver aad texture compared to the
white rice with its natural coat re
moved, Oa tbe other hand, the use of color
occasionally may improT tha ap
pearaace of a dish, make It more ap
petizing and actually seem to taste
better. A table containing foods of
different color is more attractive
than one where everything is the
same. Tbe appearance of boiled
chicken, mashed potatoes and boiled
onions is dull, although there's noth
ing wrong with the combination
dietlcaUy. Green peas, string beans,
though just as commonplace. Irese
up the dish more attractively. Foods
of bright color like beets, tomatoes,
red cabbage or ham are more enjoy,
able to the palate, as well as to the
eye. If served in connection with
vegetables or salad of quiet color.
FREE STATE GETS
OH CENSORSHIP
DUBLIN (AP) T b e Free
State measure for checking evil
literature has received tbe assent
of the Governor General and is
now in operation.
The bill as introduced by the
government provoked an angry
opposition from most of the Irish
writers, headed by Senator W. B.
Yeats, the poet, but it was freely
handled both in the Dail and the
senate and now seems largely rec
ognized as not exceeding the pow
ers exercised in most countries.
Any citizen can complain to a
board of five censors appointed by
the government that any publica
tion is indecent or obscene. The
minister ot justice may act on the
board's recommendation or may
reject it. No publication can be
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, Children are especially susceptible
to trrltat&ur enters tat foods, oftes
rejecting certain perfectly good
wishes and not knowins; exactly :"
what's wrong, but being quit posi
tive that they don't want it. One
mother of a fussy childa young.,
ster who has to be coaxed aneT.
played with at mealtime in order to
get something into his system some
how hit on colored dishes as a sola
tioa. For a small sum she bought
several different colored bowls and
plates and tumblers. Milk tasted di
ferent when served in a glass of
strawberry hue. Rice pudding- 1
green bowl looked like a real dee (
sert, not just cereal.
Fish may acquire a mere general
popularity la the fasaily if It Is ...
served with foods ot contrasting
color. It may be tbe bright color .
of peas or beets or tomatoes thai t
makes them aa attractive accona .
paniment to the boiled whits flab '
Fish baked whole, with Its brown.
Crisp top, is the more appetising V a
garnished with some fresh green .
cucumbers, parsley or sman wholi .
boiled carrots. Of one woman wn
took special pleasure in making th '
food combinations attractive V "
color her young son said: Nothlnt vi
can possibly taste aa good as si t
looks," which, on the whole, is -a
rather pleasant criticism.
suppressed it two of the board oh
ject No newspaper can be sup
pressed for the contents ot a si
gle issue. Only proof ef habitual
and continued offense will cause
suppression. Medical and scientific
works are protected. ;
The provisions against birth
control propaganda are likely to"
be the most frequently employed
and the minister has decided to (
apply them even before the boar
is appointed. He has suppressed '
an English newspaper of his own.'
motion and warned newsagents
not to sell it. ' t
Originally it was possible that a,
newspaper might be suppressed It.
it contained an advertisement of tv
birth control publication. But the
bill was altered to prevent the)
punishment of a respectable pvf
per merely on this ground.
The post office and the ctTie
guards have been gives extensive'
powers of search for forbidden'
publications.
Read the Classified Ads. ;
By CLIFF STERRETTJ.
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