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Flashes Of Life

NEW yORK-John d. Rockefeller,
Jr.. Is to receive q gold medal to-
night from the National Institute OF
Social Sciences in recognition Of his
distinguished social service In ex-
employing and promoting high STAN
dards Of business ethics and for
widespread and fruitful generosity"
COLUMBUS, O-Francis p. Gar
van of New York has received t:cm
the American Chemical society The
Priestley medal for distinguished
service as the greatest lay patron Of
chemistry"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uni
versity Is unwilling TO teach that
the treatment Of defective ard
criminal classes by surgica. pro-
cedures is sound doctrine. There
fore a court has awarded TO Jeffer-
son Medical college Of Philadelphia
a restricted becuest OF SIS, 600 to
Harvard from DR.. j. Ewing Mears.
surgeon ana writer.
NEW YORK-Big Bill Tilden is
now an official player-writer. The
United States Lawn TENNIS asso-
citation, which had consid srsble to
say in the past about his literature.
has acquired him as an author for
its own magazine.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.-Fcur men,
bers Of Harvard's baseball nine
wear eyeglasses when playing.
PHILADELPHIA - Mr.. Harold
Grange. actor. has given the foot
ball squad Of Temple university
some advice, to-wit: stay ont of
professional football. It isn't all
it's cracked up to be-"
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SpeGl6 10 lie E1CL
HARL1NGEN. May 1.-Whtle
We are having weeks let's have a
BE Kind 70 Husband Week"
So suggest an anonymous we'll
wisher OF the Harlingen Chamber
OF Commerce. who wrote in soon
following ths recent stag party at
the Fair grounds here.
The party was a good one. the
anonymous writer. who styled
himself q Valley visitor. said.
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cigar in advance. In exchange the
sergeant-major covers us over with
a waterproof sheet.
Albert, old man, I suddenly be-
think myself, our four-poster ano
the cat"
And the club chairs" he adds.
| Yes, the club chairs with rec
plush. In the evening we used tc
sit in them like lords, and intended
later on to let them out by the hour
One cigaret an hour. 1t might have
turned into regular business, q
real good living.
'And our bags Of grub, too, Al
bert"
We grow melancholy. We might
have 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 Gun
bellies there is cruel, mean hospital
stuff, and in our bags a roast pork
But we are so weak that we can
not work up any more excitement
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 crowd of Red Cross
nurses. Kropp is slowed in below
I am lifted up and put into the bed
above him.
Good God!" I excIaim sud
denly
What is it?" asked the sister.
cast glance at the bed. 1t is
covered with clean snow-white linen
that even has the marks of the iron
still on it. And my shirt has gone
six weeks without being washed and
is terribly muddy.
Cant you get in by yourself?'
asks the sister gently.
why, yes" say, in a sweat. "but
take off the bed cover first"
What for?"
I feel like pig. Must I get in
there?- "It will get" hesitate.
"A little bit dirty?" she sug-
geSts helpfully. "That doesn't mat
ter, we will wash it egain after
ward"
mo, no, not that" I say ex-
citedly. I am not equal to such
overwhelming refinement.
When you have been lying out
there in the trenches, surely we can
wash sheet" she goes on.
I look at her, she is young and
crisp, spotless and neat, like every
thing here; a man can not 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 tor
mentor, she is going to force me to
say it. 1T is only" I try again,
surely she must know what I mean.
What is it them"
because of the lice" bawl out
at last.
She laughs. 'WeIl, they must
have a good day for once, too"
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Next: Organizing the commercial
operating branch of the Zeppelin
company with DIR. Eckener at its
head
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Now I don't care any more. 1
scramble into bed and pull up the
covers.
A hand gropes over the bed-cover
The sergeant-major. He goes of
with the cigars.
An hour later we notice that we
are moving.
At night 1 can not sleep. Kropp
is restless, too. The train rides
easily over the rails. can not re-
alize it all yet; bed, train, home.
The train travels slowly. Some
times 1t halts and the dead are I'M
loaded. 1t haltS often.
Albert is feverish. I feel miserable
and have a good, deal Of pain, but
the worst Of it is that apparently
there are still lice under the plaster
bandage. They itch terribly, and
can not scratch myself.
We sleep through the Gays. The
country glides quietly past the win
dow. The third night we reach
Herbstal. I hear from the sister
that Albert is to be put off at the
next station because of his fever.
How far does the train go?" ask.
ITO Cologne"
albert" I say, I'VE stick to-
gether; you see"
On the sisters next round I hold
my breath and press it up into my
head. My face swellS and turns red.
She stops. Are you in pain?" YES
1 groan, ''all of sudden"
She gives me a thermometer and
goes on. 1 would not have been I'M
der Kat'S tuition if I did not know
what to do now. These army ther-
mometers are not made for old SOL
diers. 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 slant, and flip it steadily
with my forefinger. Then I give
it shake. I send it up to 1902
degrees. But that is not enough. A
match held cautiously near to it
brings 1t up to 101.6 degrees.
AS the sister comes back, I blow
myself out, breathe in short gaSps,
google at her with vacant eyes, toss
about restlessly, and mutter in
whisper: II can't beat it any
longer"
She notes me down on a slip of
paper. I know perfectly well my
plaster bandage will not be re-
opened if it can be avoided.
Albert and I are put off together.
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We are in the same room in a
Catholic hospital. That is piece
of luck, as the Catholic inf1rmaries
are noted for their good treatment
and good food. The hospital has
been filled up from our train and
there are a great many bad cases
amongst them.
We do not get examined today be-
cause there are too few surgeons.
The fiat trolleys with the rubber
wheels pass continually along the
corridor, and always with some one
stretched at full length upon them.
A damnable position, stretched out
at full length like that-the only
time it is good is when one is asleep.
The night is very disturbed. No
one can sleep. Toward morning we
doze a little. 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
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CHAPTER V
CdRE LIT
DR. ECKENER was the world S
u first "back-seat driver" in an

II first "back-seat driver" in an
airship.
In the summer Of 1906. follow
ing his meeting with Count Yep
pelin. he made his first flight in
what he had formerly regarded as
a cavalry officers crazy machine.
This initial flight left DR.. Ecke-
ner convinced that the airship had
possibilities. Once convinced, he
wanted to help with all his might,
in every way he could.
IF writing articles were the means
in which he could be of assistance,
he would do that. He wrote with
the vigor and conviction of cru
sader. He wrote article after article.
The manuscript on economic
crises gathered dust in a forgotten
corner of his desk. He was con-
stantly about the Zeppelin plant,
and went on more and more trial
fights. Then he started back
seat driving"
YOUNG LUDWIG DUERR, a
4 shop man, and a builder, was
then plotting the Zeppelin ship
which crept hesitatingly through the
sky over Lake Constance from time
to time.
He was a practical dirigible man.
To him DR.. Eckener was merely a
professor and writer. But from his
place back of the controls where he
sat with Count Zeppelin, the doc
tor forever was making suggestions.
Perhaps he saw himself a boy
again on the waters of the north.
It was there that he learned the
story Of the winds, of the warn
ings that they carry to those who
learn to listen. and of the word OF
assistance that they bring to those
who can understand.
And as the practical balloon man
steered his craft, he would hear the
voice of DR.. Eckener:
Ely to the right of that cloud"
or glimpsing a squally spot, better
20 over that mist. 1t will be Squally
beneath it,"
Finally young Duerr became a bit
irritated one day over the criticisms
and suggestions of his recently &C
quired passenger. He protested to
Count Zeppelin, adding:
IF this writing fellow knows so
much about it, let him take the
ship next time. That will stop his
tongue
"Herrlich." said Eckener when the
word came back to him.
Splendid. He would like nothing
better.
TINE new skipper established his
i reputation on his first flight.
When he had made suggestions he
knew what he was talking about.
None thereafter questioned his right
or his ability to command.
The good people of FlenSburg
would not have been surprised. For
they knew Hugo Eckener as a sailor
to whom the winds whispered of
their ways.
But Eckener was not one to be
satisfied with merely writing about
things and plotting trial flights. A
more practical way of helping pre-
scented itself shortly.
The first hangar was built on pom
toons on Lake Constance, on the
theory that no matter in what direc-
ton the wind blew, the hangar
could be headed into the wind so
that a ship could enter or leave at
any time.
What wasn't fully taken into ac-
count was the fact that winds are
capriciouS, changing direction and
velocity without warning and that
a landing crew in boats did not
have the leverage in holding the
ship that one would have on solid
ground.
The floating hangar idea presently
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were understood better.
That the ships were taken in anc
out of the hangar successfully
despite decidedly adverse conditions
at times was largely due to Ecke-
ner. For he knew all about boats
The practical suggestions that he
offered from time to time, his own
skill and resourcefulneSs in direct
ing the tugboats which serviced tbs
ship, brought him his first practi-
cal task. He was put in charge OF
this phase Of operations.
The scholar was coming out Of
his study, back into the world OF
action.
Further expansion Of his duties
came with establishment of his
ability as a pilot. There were nc
pilots, strictly speaking, in the early
days. Different people directed
various fl1ghts-engineers, sea cap
tains.
.NNE of the first engineers EN-
" ployed by Zeppelin fatty had
refused to take command of one
of the early ships. He had done
his part when he built the ship
he said.
Zeppelin dismissed him ON the
spot.
you are certain that your de-
signs are correct, that your calcu-
lations are right. that the ship will
fly; and yet you are unwilling to
trust yourself to it," he summed up
the situation sternly. How can you
ever convince any one else if you
yourself are in doubt?"
Ludwig Duerr, who succeeded a
little later, had no such hesitation.
He had no special liking for COM
mand of a ship. But if no one
better offered himself, he would fly
it.
Several men were tried out
steamship captains, balloon fliers,
men of varied training and expert
ences, and then came Eckener.
IF there we're any doubts in Count
L Zeppelin'S mind as to the use
fulneSs of his new associate, they
were dissolved after he had justi-
fed his back seat driving.
For a new art had to be created,
a new technique in navigation; and
this blue-eyed blond giant out Of
the north, with his sailors heritage
and sailors instinct, was the man
ideally fitted for the task.
It was a critical time for Count
Zeppelin's project. Under favorable
conditions the ships had shown
good lift, controllability, and speed,
but there would be plenty of bad
weather sailing to be done.
And the loss of a ship in storm
might destroy finally a renewed pub
lie confidence in airships. The hour
had come when the project must
built. They waited to be flown.
The man was ready. At Al, Ecke-
ner had come into his vocation.
The significance of the meeting
in the garden was revealing itself.
The scholar had left his study for
ever. The book would never be
written.
The hour called for a man, and
the one man that Zeppelin might
have searched the continent of
Europe for was at hand, his ire
mendous energy, courage and
imagination fully unleashed. The
ship had found its skipper.
CTo Be Continued
Next: Organizing the commercial
operating branch of the Zeppelin
with DIR. Eckener at its
head
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THOUGHT HER ACHING
BACK WOULD BREAK
EnEsed Agony From Kidneys and
Stomach. Found Quick Relief.

Only those who have suffered
from back ache and stomach tor
ture, can imagine how wonderful
it felt to Mrs. ChaS. Carson, Route
5. Rockford, III, to be rid of these
ailments. She writes:
For IS years I had had kidney
trouble. and nobody can realize the
agony I endured. My back ached
until I thought it would break. I
was nervous, sleepleSs, and all tired
out. To add to my troubles, five
years ago I developed chronic in
digestion, and eating was misery
to me. My stomach would bloat
with gas. my heart palpitated. and
I had hot flashes all over. was
so constipated I had to take laXa-
tiveS all the time. I had almost
given up hope when I read about
Viuna, and tried it as a last re-
sort. Almost at once, I felt better
Before long. the awful back-ache
was gone, and never returned. My
kidneys grew strong and do not dis
turb my rest any more. My conSti-
patton is gone, my appetite is fine,
and eat heartily now with no
pains, gas trouble or dizziness. My
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Thousands of hopeless sufferers
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Try one bottle of Viuna under posi-
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couple of days already explains it
to us: up here in the corridor
every morning the sisters say pray
ers. They call it Morning Devotion.
And so that you can get your share,
they leave the door open"
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright 1929. by Little. Brown & Co..
Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.
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ECKENER FIRST
TO DRIVE Yep
M'BACk SEAT
Famed Navigator Aroused
IFe of DirigibIe Pilot by
His Advice.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
Dr. Hugo Eckener and Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin first met as a result OF criti-
cisrn By Eckener OF Zeppelins theories
regarding the practice bihty Of motor
propelled rigid balloons. Zeppelin in
vited DR. Eckener TO play chess with
him, and between games they discussed
dfrfgfbIes Eckener. student and
writer. became more and more interested
ia Zeppelin's work. and when the latter
lost most Of his fortune and II. appeared
that experimentation might nave 70
cease. owing to lack Of funds. DR.. Ecke-
uer volunteered TO endeavor TO interest
ire public in his project through articles
ne would write for the Frankfurter
T~ffuuQ
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CHAPTER XVII Continued

| CHAPTER AAFl1 ACOuILluSuJ
"At least four inches, Albert" I
answer. Actually it is perhaps one.
1--WE made up my mind,' he says
after while, "if they take off my
leg, I'll put an end to it. won't
go through life as cripple"
So we lie there with our thoughts
and wait.
In the evening we are hauled on
to the chopping-block. I am fright
ened and think quickly what ought
to do; for every one knows that the
surgeons in the dressing stations
amputate on the slightest provoca-
! ton.
Under the great pressure Of bust
ness that is much simpler than
complicated patching. 1 think OF
Kemmerich. Whatever happens I
will not let them chloroform me,
even if I have to crack a couple Of
their skulls.
It is all right. The surgeon pokes
around in the wound and black
ness comes before my eyes. Don't
carry on so" he says gruf1y, and
hacks away.
The instruments CLEAN in the
bright light like rnalevolent animals.
The pain is insufferable. Two or
derlies hold my arms fast, but I
break loose with one of them and
try to crash into the surgeons spec
tacles just as he notices and springs
back. "Chloroform the scoundrel,"
he roars madly.
Then I become quiet. Pardon
me, Herr Doctor, 1 will keep still,
but do not chloroform me-"
"Well, now" he cackles and takes
up his instrument again. He is a
fair fellow, not more than 30 years,
with scars and disgusting gold spec
tacles. Now I see that he is tor
menting me, he is merely raking
about in the wound and looking up
surreptitiously at me over his glasses.
My hands squeeze around the
grips, I'll kick the bucket before he
will get a squeak out Of me.
He has fished out a piece of shell
and losses it to me. Apparently he
is pleased at my self-control, for
he seems to be more considerate OF
me now and says: Tomorrow you'll
be off home"
Then I am put in plaster. When
am back again with Kropp tell
him that apparently hospital train
comes in tomorrow morning.
I'VE must work the army medical
sergeant-major so that we can keep
together, Albert
I manage to slip the sergeant
major two of my cigars with belly
bands and then tip the word to him.
He smells the cigars and says: "Have
you got any more of them?"
Another good handful" I say,
land my comrade," I point to Kropp,
che has some as well We might
possibly be glad to hand them to
you out of the window of the hos
pitaal train in the morning"
He understands, of course, smells
them once again and says: Done"
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CHAPTER XVIII

0UR stretcherS stand on the
~ platform. We wait for the
train. 1t rains and the station has
no roof. Our covers are thin. We
have waited already two hours.
The sergeant-major looks after us
like a mother. Although feel pretty
bad, do not let our scheme out of
my mind. Occasionally I let him
see the packet and give him one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

II mean more than that" Joe Garner
said. You know what ! mean"
II shall think 1t over" said Sylvia.
y X
CHE evidently did think it over. For,
~ when Joe Garner and Perochet had
knocked the ball back and forth bit,
and the umpire asked them If they
were ready to play, Joe took a look at
beside Andy Graham. Joe looked UP
at the umpire in his high chair and
nodded. "All Set" he said, under his
breath.
He had won the toss and he chose
to serve. He served one double fault and
then he settled down. He settled down
and served again and followed the serv-
ice into the net and cut OF Perochet's
neat return. For an hour and 40 min
utes he rushed the net. And, somehow
or other, the ball no longer defled him.
Somehow or other, the ball went of his
racquet the way it had all Spring.
When he hit lob, 1t went like bullet
to the mark.
He took Perochet in three straight
sets that day and afterward he walked
Col. Hostetter and Harry Tutbill. They
were smiling the broad smile Of tri-
umph.
Rest" Col Hostetter growled. crest
did it. You relaxed. You thought about
nothing that nattered. And then you
were yourself again."
Joe Garner was only remotely aware
Of what the colonel was saying. He was
looking beyond the colonel. He was
looking over the colonel's shoulder at a
girl with black touseled hair and straight
black eyebrows and a face flushed with
happiness.
There were so many people about that
they couldn't say much to each other,
at the moment. But he could feel the
difference in her. She was no longer
hard. She was so sweet. She looked at
him and her eyes laughed, and he said,
$50 you came, after all"
"Oh, yes" she said. She looked up
at him. Besides" she said, IT did get
that telegram you sent the Wordens."
"You did," Joe Garner cried.
OF course, did," she said. Didn't
you notice that the revolver wasn't
whats that9 What's thatq" Col.
Hostetter asked. Whats that about a
revolver"
Sylvia Thomas turned and smiled at
the colorel-a perfectly dazzling smile.
It was just little private joke" she
said. Between Joe and me-"
But, Sylvia, Joe asked. "why did
you lock up the house so tight? Why
didn't you let me in?"
Oh" she said, II had to know how
badly you wanted to get in" She look
ed up at him tenderly. II listened and
listened, and you were so beautifully
persistent about it."
(Copyright, 1927
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"It had just the opposite effect on
I'm fact" She paused, her round
chin In her hand, as If she hadn't
meant to say as much.
In fact what?" Joe roared.
I'm fact" Sylvia said, cit was seeing
you kiss Daisy Arkwright that made
me realize didn't love you. I wasn't
jealous. The terrible thing was didn't
care"
Daisy Arkwright" Joe exploded. He
couldn't remember ever taking the
slightest interest in Daisy.
You needn't bother TO pretent you
didn't, because I saw you. 1t was that
last night at the Richardson's house,
party when Daisy was so broken-heart-
ed about Halls engagement and you
stayed up talking to her when every
body else went to bed. I stole down.
stairs and I saw you kissing her"
Joe jumped up. He jumped up and
leaned over the table to look into
Sylvia's face.
THAT was the night before you turn
ed me down." he said furiously. THAT
was the night before we had lunch
together and you told me you couldn' t
take me seriously, because was col
legiate."
so 1t was" Sylvia said.
why didn't you tell me the truth?
Why didn't you tell me you saw me
kissing Daisy?"
Sylvia lifted her chin proudly. BE
cause your kissing her hadn't any,
thing to do with my decision"
1T hadn't anything to do with It,"
Joe said. "Oh, no, nothing whatever!'
II suppose 1t confirmed my feeling
that couldn't take you seriously-that
you were a boy who never would grow