The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15

through suffering, things like that-she
would be entitled to immortality, that Is,
to be his real wife. She does go back
to earth. She was put back; there wasn't
anything else she could do but go back.
She leaves the school, naturally. In time
her Apollo, Junior is born, and the only
explanation forthcoming is that his father
is god in the sky. An attractive young
woman, unmarried with lovely child,
whose father she insisted was god in
the sky; god still fooling around an the
Milky Way and spilling lots of it at
times; this pretty girl, we will say, lives
now in Birmingham or Atlanta and
through the lack of Imagination desired,
hoped for or thought necessary, the
young woman didn't have a very easy
time with her lack of explanations as to
the wherea bouts of father Apollo had
told his earth wife that If any man at
tempted to or did succeed in kissing her
he would blast the ambitious one with
lightning from the skies. After many
struggles on earth, with eyes askance of
those on South Highlands or Peachtree
street. we will say, those people lacking
ina gination, who couldn't or wouldn't eX-
plain baby either with dream or a
marriage in the sky-unfeeling earth
clods, Ell ?-the poor young woman to have
a certain amount of money settled on
Apollo JUNIOR, dSTetS " ldkc d SCd wa :
age with a man on his yacht. who has
designs on her and she knows it. The
designing one, attempting to kiss the
lovely wife of the god dies, struck by
lightning from the skies; the young per-
son hears Apollo calling her through the
storm, above the ship on fire and as
cends to Immortality. Where Is Apollo
junior all this time? He is on shore with
nurse.
Now, Sally Ann what do you think of
the plot of The Eternal Fires? Is it
symbolic to you? Is your imagination
working to the extent that you can ex-
plain mamma young Apollo and absent
papa?
well it's a good thing that we all
don't have dreams like Irene did; not in
Birmingham or Atlanta anyway. Those
dreams Of Irene might do In London;
those dreams from which strange things,
even babies come, but we couldn't stand
'em in Birmingham or Atlanta-do you
Think" was Sally AIMS comment on
''The Eternal Fires" which, in this re-
viewers humble opinion, covers the sit
uation exactly
If the book is symbolic, all we'll and
good; you who like symbolism in your
reading may care for Victoria Cross's new
book, but this scribe cannot find out just
what the author was trying to say, or
teach
And. by the way. as there has always
been something of a mystery as to who
Victoria Cross is. 1t may interest you
to know that this book Is copyrighted by
Viyien Cory Griffin. who doubtless Is the
leader OF the notorious cshy-school-of-
fiction. namely. Victoria Cross"
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