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Show To Beat Death After a Los Angeles baby had been dead, as so pronounced, pro-nounced, for 20 minutes, nurses and 'firemen saved it, by ether baths, spankings and artificial respiration. There have been similar cases in which fire departments have acted, and people who have never been present on. such occasions hav missed a truly great scene. A fireman will carry a 200-lb woman down a ladder, from a fifth-story window, as just an ordinary part of the job. A-4teJwt!;ylnily mid unimpressed by a hundred dangers, ride a tearing truck down the crowded mainstreet and .around corners. He may not even become unusually excited while the city hall burns. But put him and his respirator at work for the life of a little, babe, and he. becomes the anxious father. He pales a bit, his breathing comes hard, he is all hurry and solicitude, and anxiety shines in his eyes and is written all over his face. He will give long sleepless hours, even his own blood. Why? Because of the innocence, and complete helplessness of the babe. The brave,, hardy fellows, fel-lows, who give up home life, who are always on duty, who dare death daily, who watch over us while we sleep, are often heroes on big occasions. Sometimes, too, ,they show their bigness in fighting death's handicap over a little child. |