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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
ThEBO0K'S SHELF
By THE BrBLIoPHILE

THE SINS OF THE FATHER By Thomas Dixon. D. Appleton & Com
 pany. New York
 REVIEWED FOR THE BOOK SHELF
 BY MIR. HUGH ROBERTS OF THE
 HERALD STAFF.
 There is no question but that occa- sicnally boi, makes it's appearance and it's Init at the same moment. This is of that peculiar variety of which the pro- fessional reviewer writes: 'ft is so cap tivating that the reader finds it's impossi- ble to put it down"
 But the 1912 effort of Thomas Dixon is not of that variety As a matter of fact 'fThe Sins of the Father serves only into the maudlin and the nauseous some writers. in pursuit of notoriety and the more substantial money will go.
 Mir. Dixon has published no book which succeeded in escaping adverse criticism on account of its sensational attempt to in- termingle the races. In this last effort the author has surpassed himself-and his excuse Is that common one of question: able sincerity. "I would teach vital les Son..
 Mir. Dixon, generally considered virile, is evidently in a decline. "The Sins of the Father" fin addition to its other in- nrrrerable faults, is lacking in plot Its chief character is a man of moral and mental weaknesses, with e heart SO cow ardly that whereas he has no compunc- tion Is telling a girl of the inapurity of her blood. he prefers murder and suicide to a confession of his own turpitude.
 But in one regard Mir. Dixon deserves praise, despite the fact that he has done that section of tbe country for which he
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and If you walk continuously in the shadow. it's your own choosing.
 Up Wonder Somewhere, there is Some thing or Somebody dealing out the pink cards of Good Fortune and Cheer, as well as the dark and mournful ones of Grief and Sorrow.
 The worst days are followed by the best
 The Goddess with the Scales isn't as blind as they have always depicted her.
 She Is generous, as well as Just, and hidden in every sorrow and misfortune sent to us Is some compensation, if we could only see 1t.
 Most people sing the familiar hymn, invoking Heaven to send Showers of Blessings without the faintest suspi- cion that blessings are being showered upon us every single day.
 They are lying around about us, like the Mama of old was scattered upon the grass.
 The trouble Is. that we are too blind and indolent to pick them up.
 One of the most common delusions is the belief that wealth Is the sum total of the blessings of life.
 Nothing could possibly be further from the truth
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first journalist who described the Ill luck that followed it died soon afterward.
 Finally the daughter of the Marchicnes of Salisbury. who went to look at f mummy, fell and sprained her anklee.
 Another i'll luck brnger that was thrown out of the house and given to the museum was a carved lockwood image of Buddha.
 1t was stolen from a Buddhist temple In Lower Burma by captain. When the ship carrying it was near Liverpool fire broke out on board The crew threw the image overheard, believing the idol was responsible, and they reached port in safety.
 The image was washed ashore in Wales and claimed by its owner, the captain. Soon afterWard he died. His daughters kept the Buddha in their house for sev- era years, during which time 1t gave rise to continual trouble, One of then died suddenly though perfectly health, Then 1t was given to the museum :.
 An Indian idol fig said to have been v sponsible for the assassination of Pr dent Carnot of France. It belor ed to one of the rulers of India, ahd there, was c tradition that the idol bestowed power with one hand and death with the other.
 Ruler after ruler who possessed the idoi was assassinated. When Great Britain conquered India the idol. then in the pos- session of rajah who lost his life fight ing against the British. fell into number hands. It continued to bring evfl fortune in It's train however.
 Among It's possessors who died suddenly before 1t reached President Carnot were 6 major of British cavalry, a Brahmin princess, a rich money lender and an old dealer in antiquities.
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'Ive just come back from Chicago" " said the Major, one bright sunshiny day last week, land while I was there I went to see a revival of my old friend Oliver Twist. I like to pay tribute to the memory of the man who helped me so often, and so much. Dickens was the ONE newspaper reporter that ever lived who knew LIFE"
 Miss Petunia folded the morning pa- per she was reading and held out her hands for the lovely dahlias, vivid in their coloring. which the Major handed her, and then bade him make himself comfortable.
 The Dickens character that I like best" said Miss Petunia, taking up the subject, 'is-who is it that advises every one of us to keep balance of happiness on hand?"
 MT. Micawber, if recall my Dickens correctly" the Major responded. Good idea, too--this keeping balance of happiness on hand--in the bank. There always comes the day when we need such sum to check against. That bal
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The rich are often more needy. when it comes to REAL blessings, than the very poor.
 If we have health-radiant. glowing, splendid health that sends us weary with a good days work to a dreamless nights refreshing sleep. and wakes us to the opportunity of another skyblue day--one of lifes greatest blessings Is in our hands.
 only one who Is trying to accom- plsh or accomplishing somethings knows the joy of achievement or Ia able to appreciate the reward of rest
 The possession of friends is another of life's blessings.
 He Is poor indeed with a poverty passing all remedy, who has not friends
 And
 And no man who IS a friend. ever felt the need of one.
 Just so long as We keep a balance of happiness to our credit, we needn't fear tho coming of those gray days when the world seems place devoid of profit or anything in which we may take pleasure.
 Money in the bank Is not more of business asset than a balance of hap- piness is a spiritual possession.
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ILL LUCK IN POSSESSION
Msifortunes Have Come to Owners of
 Mummy, Idol and Image
From pearson,s Weekly.

From Pearson's Weekly.
 That certain things bring sure disaster to their owners Is firmly believed in by many people.
 Take the case of MT. Apperly, young artist. little over three years ago he bought a small West African idol or ju-iu. Before this. for years in succession he had had hls pictures hung in the Royal Academy. He has not had @ picture in the academy since he bought the idol
 Just after MT. Apperly bought 1t his house was burgled and all his wlfe's jew elry stolen. A week or two later an out break of fire occurred. Next year his wife had serious illness, and the artist had a run of bad luck and disappoint- ment.
 He loaned the "ju-ju" to a friend, who returned 1t hufredly in fortnight. Dur ing that time he lost heavily over a busi- ness deal. his wife, most careful wom- an scalded herself on two occasions, his neighbors bought puppy the day after the idol came. and the result was mob stoned his windows in mistake for those of the puppy owner Finally he had se- we're attack of rheumatism. No wonder he returned the idol.
 Still more extraordinary was the case of the mummy of the high prlestess of Amen-Ra, now in the British museum. This priestess belonged to the royal fam fly of Egypt.
 party of four young Engllshmen se- cured the mummy about thirty years ago in Egypt One of the young men was crippled before they left that country. and another was shot shortly before reaching England A third died suddenly. and the fourth followed him after losing large fortune.
 The sister of the last hastily presented the mummy to the museum. The man who drove 1t there died within a week, while one who helped to carry it into the building soon afterward had both his legs cut off in q railway accident.
 The first man who attempted to photo graph the mummy case fell, smashed his camera and cut his face severely. The
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ance of happiness is one of the best banking suggestions ever advanced. Good old MT. Micawberi"
 MT. Mlcawber," said Miss Petunia, always waiting for something to turn up, is as real to me as one of my rela = tives. He's like somebody in every body's family, except that precious few of any of my relatives would under stand his balance of happiness idea"
 Tt Is not unprofitable for us all to take an occasional inventory of our good fortune.' the Major suggested.
 ITO count our blessings" Miss Petu- mia interpolated gaily, after the cheer full habit of Mrs. Wiggs. When trou- bles swarmed like stingfng bees about her, she always stopped, if you remem- Der, and counted up the things for which she had to be thankful. Don't you remember, when there wasn't anything tangible for her to be grate- full for, shed think of the other side the things that MIGHT have come to her? Be thankful you aint got a hare lip,' she'd say. and every tiny scrap of happiness that came her way, no mat
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My dear Miss Petunia, happiness doesn't come from Heaven. It Is product of this world. We sit and moon here over the happiness we have lost. That wasn't happiness. It was only the first pink quaff of life's cup. Call 1t Joy O Life. ecstacy, youth-it was wonderful enough, God knows, while 1t lastedr
 Miss Petunia looked him steadfastly in the eye.
 We would be more than human." the Major resumed, mot to look back and long for those years of our lives to return, but happiness, the abidins peace that passeth all understanding, comes only whom separation from those associated with that period of our lives brings us face to face with things as they AREl Happiness, real HAPPI- NESS, is doing something for some body else a living thanksgiving, that to us was given a time of carefree, thoughtess joy, And when we bring happiness 10 others, not thinking of what will come back to us-lo, the greatest thing of all Is given to us True understanding and Peacei But who am l to tell these things to you? You KNOW"
 Maybe" Miss Petunia agreed. thoughtfully. Maybe I know, but then all is told Major how much does the wises of us know?"
 And they sat there in silence long, long time.
 Most of us have more happiness pieces accumulated than we realize until we empty them out 10 count Just how many we have.
 If certain. precious and long sought dreams are not In our tangible treas- ures, it Isn't wise to start grieving over them without first considering the value of what we were given in place of these
 Life seldom overlooks one side of the balance without hastening to put something on the other side.
 Joys little Hand Maiden Is Grief.
 Happiness has mother-in-1aw, whose last name Is Sorrow!
 But
 On the whole, the worlds pilgrimage is not altogether uncheerful
 There's a sunny side to every street,
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An Appeal to Wives

You know the terrible affliction that comes to many homes from the result of drinking husband or son. You know of the money wasted on Drink that is needed In the home to purchase food and clothing. ORRINE has saved thous- ands of drinking men. It Is q nome treatment and can be given secretly. Your money. will be refunded if. after q trial. 1t has failed to benefit. Costs only s1.00 a box. Come in and get free booklet and let us tell you of the good 0RRINE Is doing.
 Eugene Jacobs Drug Store 1904 Ala.
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HAIR STOPS FALLING, DANDRUFF
 DISAPPEARS -25 GENT "DANDER|NE'
Save your Hair Beautfy It! Invigorate your scalp!
 Danderine grows hair and we can prove it

Try as you will, after an application of Danderine, you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or loose or falling hair and your scalp will not itch. but what will please you most. will be aft CT a few weeks use. when you will actually see new hair. fine and downy at first-yes--but really new hair growing all over the scalp.
 A little Danderine now will immed- lately double the beauty of your hair. No difference how dull. faded, brittle and scraegy. just poisten cloth with Danderine and r~ carefully draw 1t
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through your hair taking one small strand at a time. The effect Is imme. diate ard amazing--your hair will be light. h and wavy and have an appearaM of abundance: an incompar- able lustre, softness and luxuriance, the beauty and shimmer of true hair health.
 Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter. and prove to yourself tonight --now--that your hair Is as pretty and soft as any--that It has been neglected or injured by Seless treatment--that'o all.
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Man Attacked by Wolves

From Bangor Correspondence Milwaukee
 Sentinel.
 James JerA. who lives in the town of Clifton, Monroe county, when going homo from town with fresh meat for his threshers was attacked by a pack of wolves. doubtless attracted by the smell of the meat. He drove them off, fighting desperately, as the hungry animals re. peatedly attempted to leap into the nov ing buggy The fight continued nearly a mile before the wolves gave up.
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door for help, Then if we give we get back compound interest on the princi- pal. And so it goes. Life moves on.'
 Yes, 1t moves on,'' she agreed. T suppose it stands us in good stead to bank all the happiness Heaven sends when we have come to realize"
 The Major glanced over his paper which contained the latest Presidential news, and after perusing 1t for mo- ment said suddenly with the air of person confident of the exact location of q secret gold mine. or something equally valuable:
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ter how trivial and insignificant 1t was, she plumped it into the bank-to draw on In time of need"
 Over the face of the Major a cloud drifted and passed before one might have said 1t was there.
 He rubbed his glasses thoughtfully. with a soft handkerchief, and the gray haired Spinster winked back what was almost a--tear.
 "The saddest thing about happiness" said Miss Petunia, presently. lis that we never know we have 1t until 1t Is gone We don't realize, either with money or with joy, that this day will pass and tomorrow will bring with 1t we know not what want. I read the other day after some writer who said that happiness is cessation from pain It has haunted me ever since. have been thinking whether any one of us ever has any present happiness. We get a great deal of it, in anticipa ton, and then. when 1t Is past, we have the memory of it. The curious feature of 1t is, that no one ever realizes that he is happy until he Isn't any more. You see what l mean2"
 Life has taught me-" he replied. "the loss of happiness, rather what once thought was happiness"
 You don't think now, as you once did, about happ1nessl MISS Petuhla asked.
 "Whoever thinks the same about anything today that he did yesterdayg' he parried What meant by that re- mark Is, that the pity of 1t all Is, that we can't know the value of anything happiness most of all--until we have lost it."
 Have you thought" the Spinster observed, finally, "of any way we can keep it--happiness?'
 Why should we want to do sog' the Major querled. None of us is worth very much In the great scheme of things until we have lost our personal happiness. It is then, for the first time. We are trusted to appreciate, to value universal happiness. Then we begin to value and hoard the small joys of life, so we may save up enough against that day when some one whose need Is greater than our own stops before our
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professes love a grave injustice. He ded- icated his book to Randolph Shotwell editor. scholar, soldier and patriot. and then in a preface note explains that the story was not drawn from the life of the man he desired to honor. Mir. Dixon, therefore, is not entirely devoid of all the graces.
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extraordinary lover. the stagfelow. Is something exquisltely and utterly new in English fiction. Her story is a modern gypsy version of the old Arabian Nights"
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"ELIzABETH IN RETREAT"


 'sELIZABETH IN RETREAT" By Margaret Westrup CMrs. W. Sidney Stacey. The John Lane Company. New York.
 It is several years now since Margaret Westrup published her charming book entitled 'Elizabeth's Children and it ran through edition after edition. which was great tribute to it's popularity.
 In her new novel, Elizabeth In Re- treat the author shows the same sym pathetic touch and certain knowledge of her subject that stamped her former story as a live. gripping delineation.
 Additionally, Elizabeth In Retreat marks fresh departure in the writer's s career, for there is a tragic undercurrent underlying the surface brilliance of the story and the decadence of Evylyn Wing field. once a magnificent sportsman, is shown with masterly grace and effect WHEN MOTHER LETS US TRAVEL
 IN FRANCE By Constance Johnson. Moffat, Yard & Company, New York.
 Another book has been added to the Travel Series.'' the author being Con- stance Johnson, and the book. When Mother Lets Us Travel In France"
 It Is very delightful and highly in- T. An American family is taken to the va- rious places of interest fin France The customs and history of Franco are treat ed in an interesting and novel manner. The book abounds in amusing incidents of travel and sensible and timely sugges- tions as to what Is worth seeing in the various cities and towns which the fam fly visit.
 'MILESTONES." "A PLAY IN THREE ACTS" By. Ar mold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch. George H. Doran Company, New York. ''Milstoncs," Q play in three acts. by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch. has created a sensation because of It's novelty and remarkable boldness
 A contrast between three generations study in the ci.sh which is ever in progress between the generous audaci- ties of youth and the jealous conditions of cid nge--it passes In rapid survey the conquering ideals of the last half cen- tury, which have resulted In emancipa- tions from chains
 The first milestone is Act 1, 1850; the second. Act ?, 1885; the third. Act 3, our own day.
 The same characters figure thoughout and as each milestone is approached they are joined and challenged by the vision
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THE MARSHAL.

by harN HdSHlOnd DHipHiti FhNit"S D.
 Illustrated by Andre Castaigne. The
 Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis
 Lofty in theme. strong in plot, ideal in setting. marked by a literary quality far above the average 'The Marshall ' by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews takes it's place among the works of fc- tion that will live longer than an hour, a day or a season. It Is written through out in a beautiful minor key, appealing to the finer emotions, yet never degenerating into sentimentalism. Mock heroics and melodrama have no place in It's makeup, though 1t deals with men who are fear less in their struggle for the cause they think just. It is romance, pure and un- defled, which rests on an historical foun- dation, giving the sense of realty to the narrative but the historical fact Is never projected in a pedantic way. but rather reveals Itself hand in hand with the story.
 It -is story of France--the France of the Napoleons, and the Idea on which the whole plot is based, that of unswerv- ing loyalty to a cause that seems lost. is one that makes a universal appeal. When that loyalty attaches itself to a family so popular as subjects of romance as are the Bonapartes, and then the person embodying that loyalty is a fas- cinating lovable young man, interest and sympathy are given the reader without reserve.
 Then tho plot is compounded of love and adventure, the two most popular in- gredients; but there is woven through It much of the peaceful life of rural France both among the peasants and among peo- pie of position. The beautiful family re- lations that exist in both ranks. and Of friends both old and young. furnish many beautiful pictures and give an atmos- phere to the whole that Is delightful to breathe in.
 The hero Francois, the son of a thrifty
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THE WHITE BLAcKBIRD." :"

By Hudson Douglas. Coored illustra-
 tons by Herman Pfeifer. Little, Brown
 X Company, Boston
 For amazing prodigality of adventure, "The White Blackbrd' written by Hud- son Douglas. author of "A Million Min ute, and The Lantern of Luck" has seldom been equalled since the days of Robert Louis Stevenson. The opening position on board an unlSempt little tramp steamer. excites the readers interest at once. and as the scene shifts to Monte Carlo. London and a picturesque old Scotch castle. each succeeding page holds fresh surprise until finally the story comes to sthe most thrilling climax imag- inable
 On the African coast the girl and the man meet, only to be swept apart and later drawn together by her Innocent con- nection with the stupendous conspiracy of the Jura succession. In the boldly fraudulent scheme which this sets in mo- ton, the chief actors are Jasper Slyne, a gentleman adventurer, with a gam blers blind faith in chance, and Captain Dove of the "Olive Branch, shaver and freebooter of the high seas, a strong in- dividual whom one Is compelled to like despite his cold-blooded scoundrelism. How the plots of this precious pair are made to come to naught and the girl is rescued from their nnachinations Is told in story full of action and color that has an interest far beyond the ordinary tale of adventure, and will universally please.
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aries and rebels of the younger genera tion.
 "Milestones" has been called satire and it has been called a comedy Ii is neither exclusively, for it clings too closely to life.
 The urgency of love. to possess what 1t has claimed. the ferment and strug- gle for the emancipators of today, to be- come the tyrants of tomorrow-these are the thoughts which give 1t vitality.
 A collaboration which /has been pro- nounced unique as a piece of play-writ- ing, between MT. Arnold Bennett. one Of the cleverest writers of the day, and MT. Edward I<noblauch, none the less ia nous, makes 1t forge its way to the front and score one of the most conspic- uous successes of recent years, both in London and America.
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lDOLEYSr1Ar1r1I'S |pHILCSCPHG.

De diffurence tween CT Henpeck an CT Masterful Husban' is dat one gives in at onct ter his wife an de other does hit de nex' day.
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THE SON OF COLUMBUS" By Mol lie Elliott Seawel Illustrated. Harper Brothers, New York
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"THT MONFEssoRI SYSTEM IN THE
 ORY AND PRACTICE"

By Dr. Theodate L. Smith. Harper
 Brothers, New York
 Dr. Montessori. the first woman 10 re- ceive the degree of NJ. D. from the Unl- yersity of Rome. has devoted years to the study of experimental psychology and archaeological pedagogy She developed as fundamental principles of her method the complete liberty of the child in it's spontaneous manifestations. and the utilization of every atom of it's natural energy Reward comes in the childs own sense of mastery. Failure is a negation showing that the child is not yet ready for that particular exercise. Children are taught to care for themselves. Dr. Mon tessori seeks to remove obstacles and let the child develop himself through self correction. The results in the intelligent mastery of reading, writing and numbers are now attracting the attention of edu- cators and parents the world over. The methods of Dr. Montessori have been tested in various American schools. and the results here presented should Inter est every parent, teacher and every one interested in the education of children.
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OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED fRE-
 VIEWS LATER)
 THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARIsTIDEs PUJOL." By William J. Locke Illustrated by Alec Bell. The John Lane Company, New York.