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PAGE TEH The OREGON STATE&1AN; galea. Oregoa, Friday Moraing, October 18, 1929 i' 1 1 J CHAPTKR XXVDL s : Our stretchers ; stand on t fa e platform. We wait for the train. It rains and the station has no roof. . Our coTers are thin. We have wait ed already two hours. The" sergeant-major looks after ' us like a mother., Although I feel j .pretty bad I do not let our scheme out of my mind. Occasionally I let him see the packet and give him one cigar. In advance. In ex change the sergeant-major cover ns over with a waterproof sheet. "Albert, old man. I suddenly be . think myself, our four-poster and the cat - "And the club chairs," he add. - Yes, the club chairs with red plush. In the evening we used to sit in them like lords, and intend- ed later on to let them out by. the hour. One elgaret per hour. It might have turned Into a regular business, a real good living. "And our bags of grub, too, Al- bert."j . :, ..... ; We grow melancholy. We might hare made some use of the things. If only the train left one day later Kat would be sure to find us and bring us the stuff.. What damned hard luck! In our bellies there is gruel, mean hos pital stuff, and la our bags roast pork. But we are so weak that we cannot work up any more excite ment about It. ; The stretchers are sopping wet by the time the train arrives In the morning. The sergeant-major sees to it that we are put in the same car. There is a crowd of Red Cross nurses. Kropp is stowed in below. I am lifted up and put into the bed above him. "Good God!" I exclaim sud 3 denly. ' . ".What is it?" asks the sister. . I cast a glance at the bed. It is . covered with clean snow-white lin en, that even has the marks of the iron stll on it. And' my shirt has gone, six, weeks without being - j-Wasbed . and is terriby muddy. i- "Can't you get in by yourself V aks the sister gently. - "Why yes." I sad in a sweat. ' .. "but take off the befl cover first." "What for?" - I feel like a pigJMust I get in there? "It will geU-" I hesitate. "A little bit dirty?' she suggests helpfully. "That doesn't matter, we will wash it again afterwards." "No, no, not that " I say ex citedly. I am not equal to such ov erwhelming refinement. "When you have been lying out there In the trenches, Burely we can wash a sheet," she .goes on. ? I look at her, she is young and crisp, spotless and neat, like ev erything here; a man cannot - realize that it isn't for officers '. only, and feels himself strange and . in some way even alarmed. All the same the woman is a - tormentor, she is going to force me to say it. "It is .only ".I try sain, surely she must know what I mean. "What Is it then?" "Because of the lice," I bawl out at last. She laughs. "Well, they must have a good day for once, too." Now I don't care any more. I scramble into bed and pull up the ; cover. The sergeant-major. He goes off with the cigars. An hour later we notice that we are moving. , At night I cannot sleep. Kropp Is restless, too. The train rides easily over the rails. I cannot realize it all yet;-a bed, a train, borne. The train travels slowly. Some limes it halts and the dead are un loaded. It halts often. . YOU AND ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF HEALTH i . If You Seem Otherwise Fairly Normal and Feel Well, SaysDr.Copeland, it Means Nothing that . Your Health Rating Differs from Average. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. . United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner HeoJtft, Veto Tor City. THERE is no rule ef thumb to determine for a certainty whether' yoa art a healthy person. Science has not determined and fixed exact standards. After the examination of a large somber of persons, certain averages have been established. These are pretty generally accepted as approximating the troth. The great life Insurance companies appointed - a committee to examine a half million insurance Eilicies and the circumstances -relating to the life story ef the policyholders. Ages at death. . ages of those living, weights and heights, family . histories all the many facts relating to the physical history and habit of this great army - were inquired into and made the basis for a ; remarkable report. Out of .this grew tables of standards. . .'T- - ... One thing yoa must not forget If yoa do not - measure up to these standards. If yon are above - or below height or weight, if your pulse rate 'does not conform, etc yoa must not worry. If yoa seem otherwise fairly normal, it means little that yoa differ from the average. s - The test of the pudding is in the eating. - After alL the best test of your degree of health. . .. .kiHtv tn Ha a dav'a work without undue - fatigue,, to eat three good meals a day and to get p rested after a decent sleep. . , . .,.. It U not tremendously important to -know roar fcelght, weight, . nulse rate 'and temperature. What is "normal' for yoa may bo . abnormal for ma. . ... If your pulse is habitually slow or habitually fast, if your temper " itura is habitually low or habitually high these facta mean little, pro vided you feel wen and go cheerfully about your affairs, doing your work easily. Tba Individual element tells the story better than any accepted -standarda." . v;;; . . Of "course, we have -gone so tar in our standardisation that we are - on pretty safe ground to accept tbe average as essentially correct. But if yoa happen to fait short of the average you need : not feel alarm and begin to picture Just when your - approaching end will arrive. . , i bin ' known many men and - women who did not conform to the accepted standards, but who Iiv,ed -' far beyond their 'allotted time." the threescore year and ten. Yoa need not. worry because, yoa are "ah- :. normal." ;:-.?''". v -j j By simple living, by observing the rule of hygiene, even, with a frail foundation, you can- realize the nor- ma! expectations - of Itfe. A very slight and weak person may outlive a "husky." There are many factors associated ' with Ions ? Hfe. . besides those considered tn Rxinr ."stan dards, , ',4- , . '. - N Answers to Health Qncrie esfemn Albert U feverish. I feel miser able and have a good deal of pain, but the worst of it is that appar ently there are still lice under the plaster bandage. They Itch terrib ly, and I cannot scratch myself. We sleep through the days. The country glides quietly past the window. The third night we reach HerbstsJ. I hear from tbe sister that Albert is to be put off at the next station because of his fever. "How far. does the train go," J ask. "To Cologne." "Albm." I , say, "we stick to gether; you see." On the sister's next round I hold my breath and press it up into my head. If y face swells and turns red. She stops. Are yon In pain?" -TesT I groan "all of a sudden." She gives me a thermometer and goes on. I would not have been under Kat's tuition If I did not know what to do now. These arym thermometers are not made for old soldiers. All one has to do Is to drive the quicksilver up and then it stays there without falling again. I stick the thermometer under my arm at a slant, and flip it stea dily with my forefinger. Then I give it a shake. I send It up to 100.02 degrees. But that Is not enough. A match held cautiously near to It brings it up to 101.C de grees. As the sister comes back, I blow myself out, breathe in short gasps goggle at her with vacant eyes, toss about restlessly, and mutter in a whisper: "I ean't bear it any longer " She notes me down on a slip of , paper. I know perfectly well my plaster bandage wfll not be re opened if It can be avoided. Albert and I are put off to gether. v We are in the same room in a Catholic hospital. That is a piece of luck, the Catholic infirmaries are noted for their good treatment and good food. The hospital has been filled up from our train, there are a great many bad cases amongst them. We do not get ex amined today because there are too few surgeons. The flat trolleys with the rubber wheels pass con tinually along the corridor, and always with someone stretched at full" length like that; the only time it is good Is when one is asleep. .The night is very dist robed. No one can sleep. Toward morning we doze a little. I wake up just as it grows light. The door stands open and I hear voices from the corridor. The others wake up too. One fellow .who has been there a couple day 8 already, explains it to us: "Up here in the corridor every morning the sisters say prayers. They call it morning de votion. And so that you can get your share, they leave the door open." No doubt it Is well meant, but it gives us aches in our heads and bones. "Such an absurdity!" I say, "just when a man dropped off to sleep." . "All the light cases are up here, that's why they do it here," he re plies. Albert groans. I get furious and call out: "Be quiet out there!" A minute later a sister ap pears. In E'er black and white dress she looks like a beautiful tea-cosy. "Shut, the wood, will you. sister?" says someone. "We are saying prayers, jthat is why the door is open," she re sponds. DR C0PLABx blood pressure and female organs? A. -It has tonic effect C P.' F. Q.-What causes Itchy scalp and fallins balrT A. This may be doe to dandruff. Shampoo the hair frequently, also brush dally and use a good tonic. For further particulars send a self addressed, stamped envelope and re peat your enesUou.- - . e ' . Ji. U T. O. Hew can 1 remove wart eon the hand? . . i - 'i - A. Apply vaseline te the area sur rounding the warts. Tbew .apply glacial acetic acid to the warts and be careful not to get the acid on the akin.- Repeat this treatment for four days-... r.V 7. A Cosstaat" Reader, a Can a persons, aged fourteen, have cancer of the. breast?. , ..A.-Verjr nnlikelyAa inf: tion will determine any trouble which may be present. . T . -E. D. 1 Q-wrhat should a' girt of nineteen, five feet .three . Inches tall, weigh? J ': ',..' A.-ahi shoold , welsh r about r 1M Front "3ut,we want to go on sleep ing", . r:;r y i "Prayer is better than sleep," she stands there and smiles inno cently. ''And it Is seven o'clock already." Arffert groans again. "Shut the door," I snort. She Is quite disconcerted. Ap parently she cannot understand. "But we are saying prayers for you too!"- "Shut the door, anyway." She disappears, leaving the' door open. The intoning of the Litany proceeds. . I feel savage. 'and say: "I'm going to count up to three. If It doesn't stop before then 111 let something fly."; "Me. too," says another. I count up to five. Then X take hold of a bottle, aim, and heave ft through the door into the corri dor. ; It smashes into a thousand pieces. : The praying stops. A i swarm ' of sisters approach ' and reproach us in concert. "Shut the door!" we yell. They withdraw. The little one who came first is the last to go. "Heathen," she chirps, but shuts ihe door all the same. We hare won. . . At noon the hospital inspector arrives and abuses us. He threat ens ns with clink and all the rest of it, But a hospital Inspector is just the same as a commisarlat inpector or anyone else who wears a long dagger and shoulder straps. out it is really a clerk, and Is never considered even by a re cruit as a real officer. So we let him talk. What can they do to us, anyway "Who threw the bottle?" he asks. Before I can think whether I should report myself, someone says, 'I did." A man with a bristling beard sits np. Everyone is excited; why should he report himself? "You?" "Yes. I was annoyed because we were waked up unnecessarily and Tost my senses so that I did not know what I was doing." He talks like a book. "What is your name?" "Reinforcement Reservist Josef POLLY AND HER PALS I SR9S& 'KMOW TH4T 4IKJT ACCORDS' 10 rUEErJSBJrRRy, RULcS TILLIE, THE TOILER GET -THrs TOM-l'M ffST to A Gorilla t ill v ear Ax. I (j5s ' i I.. - , $d GETTING "TOO BIT tOP THI - IT'S MB .Driving a Cab - whe-aj DRIVC IT'S INTEBESTlMC AFT02. VOU LEAUM IT LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY ClfZU.JH UiACD SIX. THE. CtRL. THE. POUCEAiAAf fcfcOUCHT MJ,HAG RECAUJED CCWSCfCUSAJESS, BUT -SHE. DOeaUT SEtLM Tt RBMBMBBfZ ISliSlfcii id hliui:- t - 4 TOOTS AND CASPER . HE tuO, TOOT&a ; V7 ix MAI AT ' gr VVE.TH0U4HT VFO A CASPER . MRS. gkDPOP M POR A M0MfT! HOOFER! 4 CCIjONEL HOOFER. " l found a : V TtUS ME TbO FOLKS J CfiWiS. HANKY ' i HAVE. BEEN QUARREL J NH COAT VjNGrJ - AT POCVET AMD X TTW'TrtlT i yfe ie hb ITho inspector departs. ? i We are alj euriona "But why did yoa say yoa did It? It wasn't you at allien" TV l -.t-Hft He; grins. . "That "doesn't mat ter! . I have a shooting license.? Then, of course, we all. under stand. Whoever has a shooting license can do just whatever he pleases.' - "Yes," he explains, "I got a crack in the bead and they pre sented, me with a certificate to say that I was periodically not re sponsible for my actions. Ever since then I've had a grand time. No one dares to annoy me. And nobody does anything to me." "I reported myself because the ahot amused me. If they open the door again tomorrow we will pitch another.""- - We are overjoyed. With Josef Hamacher in our midst we can now risk anything. Then came the soundless, flat trollies to take us away. The bandages are " stuck fast. ! We bellow like steers. (To be continued.) OACOMA, S. D. (AP) Man ganese ore, indispensable to tho steel Industry, has been found in such quantities along the Missouri river in South Dakota that engin. eers believe the deposits will make the steel mills independent of foreign mines. The manganese bed near here is the largest in North America. It is believed sufficient to meet the needs of the nation's steel mills, which now use 850,000 tons yearly, about 95 per cent of which is Imported from Russia, India, Africa and Brazil. Mining operations are to be carried along from the surface, similar to the open-face pits of the northern Minnesota iron de posits. One company has leased land believed to hold from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 tons of mangan ese. Other companies held smaller acreage. RMOR I DUKfsa SHORTY I Ll5Tt:M. IF IM H 50RTj THINK-) j -) WnJ .TSSSS 3 . 1 - 1 ik. 1 e- 1 is 1 r ass m,. fc v -M tin la 11 .f 1 ftf w iu 1 -a SORXA THlMk- THAT'S THfc hpps HAT IM OM THra BUSINESS Hams yinH ME . -coo, CKAV? If . sa ji At- o tr. a THAT POESATT WHO 5HE. I 9f 1 A10A WUEQE T lis a a B a. SHE EVEAJ CEMEMBEJ? AJAMB? CASPER ivnsr urn TOu CANT TRUST ANY MAM.Trrrres! rr.ruB 1 NATURE THEt -THE UIMEaBUT THETRE detours: MAY I .fee-rvpt i ...... . j-.- r V7"?ssue v HANKY r.Hl CKESE By W. A. WELLS (A. P. Feature Service - Writer) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) In an uphill battle, America's only Chi nese hospital has won its way into the confidence and respect of Chi natown. From the start four years ago it was goo denough to get an A" rating from, the American Hospital r association but there were a lot of questions that re mained to be answered to the sat isfaction of the oriental mind. , In that transplanted colony of some 14,000 souls there was faith in the prowess of tho herbalist in drawing poisons from wounds and treating gangrene. The disciple of the old country school of medicine wanted . to know . why one-legged people were numerous In other sections of the city but as scarce along Grant avenne as bald headed Indians. Where they might have an swered, American physicians say, that there are few Chinese engaged in hazardous occupations and that the herbalist is given to preserving a limb In withered form although it were better sev ered, or even that often times the patient dies in preference to part ing with any part of his anatomy, the management of the hospital plugged along treating the ailing and trying to improve the sanitary and eugenic conditions of the col. ony. Perhaps the greatest opportun ity to win converts came when tbe mother of twins died and the hospital assumed the responsibil ity of rearing them. These one-year-old hospital mascots, Douglas and Edwin, have become the pride of Chinatown. They sleep and awake by the clock, consume calories by the count and exercise and play in the most approved manner. Physicians have pronounced them 100 per cent perfect, physi cally and mentally and Chinatown has taken them to its heart. Their vigorous health has helped establish the value of scientific "Coca Gives Shorty The Floor" T nnuk) ) 1 -I II -y8 1 .. . . i UMDHE. "STOOD. "TOM - I'M COUMT1KX5 ON VOU TO 'StfAm 'Unidentifiedr ' V: wrru that -SHE KJUOW OAI HER UE.AD, J m a a . A. & 1 IS THAT SrlE. 5V400LD HAVE. A ToOCH AMAJESIA The Mystery Is Unexpectedly Explained." H2, A MAN AND HERE TT hoofer: it- eucM A CHEAP HANKY i and Oust' 3meil. THE- TERRIBLE. i OF THE CPfTTERS1. PPOMr3E TOTTOe I-K-U1V& LOOKING FOR. r& MEET WHO YOU FOUND POCkET, TOOTaj method Of rearing children In the minds of the local Chinese and has given them confidence is the hoe- pltal.:V-Hi:-'i .: :t4 f - .The Institution Is manned . al most If 0 per' cent by Chinese. Perry : Newton Ho, an; American educated Chinese, in tho superin tendent '"- -..--- HI! BIT FEW OFFICERS WASHINGTON (AP) On ly 48 of the 1,500 policemen in the national capital have authori ty to enforce the prohibition law. The reason is that District of Columbia, unlike the various states which cloak their civil of ficers with the powers of a pro hibition agent, has no prohibition code. That ! condition has beetf brought to attention as the Capi tal Hill charges of lax enforce ment of dry law in Washington stirred up a controversy that di rectly brought President Hoover into and echoed and re-eoched as it gathered momentum. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin tendent of police, observes that whenever an ordinary policeman arrests a prohibition offender his authority is attacked. It has be come customary for the officer to turn his evidence over to one of the "liquor squads" which are made up of one man from each of the 38 police precincts. The of ficer takes the role of prosecut ing witness. Constantly buffeted by congres sional storms over its conduct as a "model for the nation,' the lat est charges of lax prohibition en forcement in Washington were put Into circulation by Senator How ell of Nebraska. In the tag end of a speech on another subject he asserted that prohibition pot being enforced in the capital and said it would be If the chief executive insisted upon it. He amended his state ment, saying his was not attack ing the administration. The president declared the sen ator's statement seriously impugn- ed the good faith and capacity of rS.MRSj UN IT; ! ; X like. TO I 1 THE HUSSY OVrN ITV J "TILLIE, THrS IS TOM fll teAij f Vp HE'S fflf Avy&y, VOHO 30lM3TojV-A1' Kt--f. lXuUtMG LIKE bE ASOClAT? VOITH Jl I'M vyf RV I A. TOM OF BRICK HE VOHEM o iNTOrfPl PLEADED TFoP HIM r UlME. Foa r? Ilk TO HEBT t- 9S!Blh ONT &E WE WILt " DIDN'T MO HE JO ST i ' JUST HAVE Ti THHt PouCEMAU PWCWED 7o SAW HE TkAT'S KEEP HER HERE PWD OUT JMo HAD OVAJVlASSEb THE T StfeAAJdf'- A A P08LIC IU4RD VI SHE S ? i EajTiCE AJEKTHSOBHCxiO iV J UATTICfHE GECOVE&- PS WHEJ2E ME FOON 0 HER Xx JT I'LL PC Mi TO J Kj j PjZ AAjP AJO ClRL ' jtrsi I O A HUSSY, uw: WHY, VI ITS. b AM I ? AND THIS "CI DON'T THI2 MY - j T ) ?V A CHEAP HANWY- yZA HAN&KERCHIEF!! S( VpUQ. S IT ? AND THE. M aw&V I l'T1E-) L -COME, COLONEL,' . i. JASz SL SS- jSh V NEVER. T5ARWEN TtCT thS&StS (mm hi - mk r HdffleWaking ;: : - By ELEANOR. ROSS. " The Mamy Advmntage of the KtiehenJKning-Room. "T IWO things - rU never ,ce- scend to." said the newly eneased Toisi Person. eagerly discussing her housekeeping " plana "IH never wear gingham aprons, and we're never going to have any meal whatsoever In theJ kitchen." She was very positive about it. ' "Eating In' the kitchen, was a sym bol. It Indicated a decline in the elegancies a sort of domestic slump, like getting slatternly after the first five years 01 marriea me. Were always going to- bave properly set table, and a dining room aifd nice linen and a few flowers " she continued, dreamily gaslng into imn. ane was saie.enourn aoouc the anen having lust emerged from an overwhelming- shower of linens and laces presented by a large circle of affectionate friends. And by tbe time she has completed her apartment hunt, she will probably modify her views about the lowly habit of eating In the kitchen. For nowadays the best people do! it. In the very expensive apart-; attractive " rooms. They have a ments where space, is carefully meas-; pleasant used look, but are shinlngly used out. If there's a kitchen at all. immaculate, and none of the furni it is quite sure to have as an ad , tare has the stand-offish air that Junct a "breakfast nook" which n sometimes clings to the more elegant .merely a built-in table flanked by : items In the living-rooms of a house, high-backed benches on both sides. u the kitchen is large, it is almost But this equipment Is in the kitchen , mre to be used for serving some and the only partition may be the . meals, and "It Is comparatively easy settle backs. :to arrange to do it charmingly. A It's an excellent arrangement for.'uble of sufficient size, on castors, those who do little entertaining and,. 90 that it may be rolled oat of sight thus do not actually require a sep-' when not In use. may be kept perma irate, well-fitted dining-room, but ; nenUy In the kitchen tor dining pur who do eat at home sufficiently t poses only. This is more convenient often to want comfortable serving ; than covering the ordinary kitchen arrangements. Especially is this a j table with a doth for the kitchen great convenience in the servanUess j table may be required during the ousehold. If there's no maid to I meal for cuttinc. servinc and so on. district authorities' and Invited the Nebraskan to lay "definite facts" before the department ol Justice. Controversies over dry law en forcement are not new in the capital. It was not long ago that a .stir was created when police shot a man in a rum running epi sode. Then too, the port of Balti more and coves along Chesapeake baywirere contraband might be lamied are not far distant. And tbe bootleggers have a sales talk for tho guillible that doesn't go anywhere else. Even though the liquor they peddle was made in a cellar, they whis- per behind their hands "embassy stuff. It's good.' Helps 'serve courses or change dishes, it's exceedingly awkward for the house wife to travel between kitchen and dining-room and this is mitigated somewhat by the kitchen-dining-room combination. Incidentally, even in those houses where there isn't the dining -alcove and a table is laid in the kitchen Itself, tbe sight need not be an un esthetic one. Our modern kitchen with their bright colors in equip ment, en floors and walls, with eriy cretonnes at tbe window, may be very attractive spots. So - called kitchen sets consisting of a little. j round table lacquered In say colors lani with chairs to match, furnish the kitchen delightfully. Or brieht tablecloths with napkins to match. are informal and cheerful dainty a well as adequate for simple horn service for two. The kitchen has graduated from Its once humble position as the least attractive room in the house. In fact, many of our kitchens, equipped with modern labor savers, and with color schemes and decorations care- fuay selected, actually are the most Horse Meat Not Hamburger Ruling It Is a violation of the pure food act to mix horse meat with ham burger, and sell the same as ham burger, according: to legal opin ion prepared by Attorney General Van Winkle here Thursday. The opinion was requested by Dr. W. H. Lytic, state veterinarian. It was said that several violations were reported in Portland. Half the butter produced in tlie United States comes from Minne sota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and South Dakota. By CLIFF STERRETX By RUSS WESTOVER By BEN BATSFORD By JIMMY MURPHY I pounds. sure Norwegian eod aver .oa on the osjrrisM. -1 1 inss k. a.