M. Paul Kern, a retired clerk, aged 54, who lives with his wife and three children at Rákoshegy. @ Budapest suburb, has not enjoyed a second of sleep since June, 1915, when his head was injured by the splinter of a grenade on a Galician battlefield, Lately he had an offer from an American collector of rarities for the possession of his skull after his death, but rejected it, for he is a religious man and holds that body and soul pelon io their Maker, states "The Times."
M. Kern states that he takes eight meals during his 24-hour day. When he feels worn out and needs a rest he closes his eyes for a couple of hours and tries to think of nothing, a leat he has never succeeded in accomplishing. He has read and still reads an enormous amount of literature in four languages, two of which he has mastered since his injury provided him with such a great amount s main resource, cut of which he was always able to draw Strength and comfort, is the Bible, whole hooks of which he already knows by heart. He often recites passages from the Psalms while lying awake on his bed.
M. Kern never drinks any thi water, but he is a very heavy He has quite a collection of pipes. long and short, and uses one for ead hour of the day.
s to sleep, he has completely for. Cotton what it is like. He compares himself to one who has lost his eyesight in early childhood, and can no more realize the pleasure to be derived from it.
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