The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-19

, beauty to insure her success. There are other things superior to beauty. Taste. brains, tact, health, those are things 6 woman must have to hold people. And then there are good manners--so rare and yet so easily cultivated To be refin- ed, to be gentle, to be amiable, to be char itable in thought and in speech. to be in- telligent, is to be charming, in spite of an unattractive body or an ugly face. There are sweeter things In a womans face than beauty"
 rhere are many interesting chapters. On Good English the author quotes Cicero: We should be as careful of cur words as of our actions"
 Or "Gcod Manners Emerson says: Give boy address and accomplish H1ents, and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes, wherever he goes; he has not the trouble of earning or owning them; they solicit him to enter and possess"
 T he chapter on the Compliment of Attention' needs to be read and re- membered by a great many people in social life. The author says: "If you dispair of becoming a good talker you can at least make yourself a good listen- er" Did you ever thing how few good ''listeners' there are among your ac- Guaintances? It is a quality mot to be dispised. ~s
 
 "The Impending Crisis. by George Whichello stt,.,t-
 The Neale Publishing company.
 This little volume with the subtitle Prosperity Analysed" deals with the fi- nancial problems of today and a number of economical questions which are rarely ever dwelt upon or traced to their le- gitimate source or cause by the ordinary thinker In the chapter on Employer and Employed' the author says: ''The read conflict is not between capital and labor, but between 1andlordism and la Dor. Labor accuses capital of wrongs which are the natural result of landlord ism and capital ,retaliates by accusing labor of wrongs which are also the re- suit of landlordsm. Labor and capital arc both alike oppressed by the. land monopolist and the oppression itself is the natural expression of our vicious land policy"
 And further he says: "Every question affecting the employment of labor, ev- cry question of tariff, every question of finance or of public revenue in general is in the last analysis a la1d question:"
 The policy of private property iii land" he makes responsible for all the ills of life and his conclusions should be very convincing; though possibly they would not to the landlord"
 Who Pays the Taxes Is very inter- esting chapter, shrewdly and interestingly written. He says: "The government bond system inaugurated during the civil war is one of the methods by which mill lionaires and paupers are made, and protective tariff is another"
 In the chapter on Governmental and Bank Currency he makes many forci- ble arguments and treats in a suggestive way to the thoughtful reader. the sub ject of fictitious and inflated values.
 "rhe Impending Crisis" is such a vol tune as thoughtful men and women should ponder over and profit by
 -Four Reads to Paradise" love story by Maud Wilder Goodwin is considered one of the best novels of the year. Of 1t Harry Thurston Peck says; Tt is a novel of the day, written with a fine finish and with very true understand ing of human character. Wholly apart from the story as story, one could read 1t with pleasure for its conversation alone"
 Mir. Winston Churchills new novel of "The Crossing Is vigorous. romantic story of the pioneers of the Mississippi valley. Say the publishers:
 Its wealth of absorbing incident ranges from the expedition of George Rogers Clarke against the Indians to the equally keen fights between French and Spanish