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The Parker post., 1913-02-01

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A NEW VERSION OF THE
CHERRY TREE EPISODE.
1t is an angry father
Who stoppeth one of three.
"Now, by thy youthful innocence,
Why choppest thou the tree?
''It lieth in the orchard
To wither and decay,
And nevermore its blossoms bright
Shall burgeon in the May
1.-THE birds it has supported
Are sad to see it pass,
And all the slugs and parasites
Are weeping i'm the grass.
"The sentimental bOrer
Is audible with pain,
And never shall the cherries sweet
Stain human hips again
'The little bell your mother
Suspended in the tree
Will never tinkle forth again
It's warming melody
1.-The cool and shady bower
Upon a Summers day,
And the wine leaves of the
Autumn
Why choppest them away?"
1t is blushing penitent,
With hot tears in his eyes,
Who fingers with his handkerchief,
And shamefully replies:
Il chopped it, my father
l cannot tell lie.
The other boys are innocent
The criminal is l.
81 chopped with my hatchet,
AS hard as | could hit.
And in the thoughtlessness of
youth
Decapitated it,
but thou rt a poet, father,
And | am but lad;
1t did not strike me until now
That what | did was bad.
Lii tab <Nf
Of blossoms when they blow.
Or if the slugs and parasites
Had anywhere to go.
81 did not think of Wine leaves,
OF bOrers and of birds,
Till they arose to torture me
In thy poetic words
81 only thought of getting
The wallop in my hips,
And showing both the other boys
How | could scatter chips.
Il chopped it, my father,
Contritely be it said,
And willingly will repay
With thee behind the shed" f"
1T was Softened father
Who answered: 81 relent
Thou'h never be a poet, son,
But may be President.
I'hOu can st not see vision,
And can'st not dream a dream,
But these are only little things
Which no one Will esteem.
Thou art no castle builder
To Waken from a trance
Thou art a practical, my son,
And thou hast got a chance"
1t lis a playful father
Who turns him on his knees,
And cries: ITO find you so lis
worth
An,~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
'UNcHARTERED SEAS

"UNCHARTERED SEAS"
BY Robert Adger Bowen. With frontis-
piece by Charles M. Relyea. Small
Maynard & Company. Boston.
The publishers of Mr. Robert Adger
Bowens interesting novel, "Unchartered
Seas" announce that the first fiction
written by this clever author, appeared in
The Birmingham Age-Herald some years
ago.
Hest efforts it is not surprising that Mr.
Bowen has reached success in so short a
time.
His story, "Unchartered Seas" Is very
cleverly written; the plot while a bit old
fashioned, is quite interesting enough to
hold the attention of the reader. although
from the very first chapter it is easy
enough to guess the denouement of the
story.
The scene is laid In the south, on the
outskirts of the Blue Ridge mountain and
concerns very austere, phlegmatic old
woman, who has the bringing up of a
girl supposed to be her daughter, and
whom she has held within the leash of SOL
1tary confinement from the world until
the girl has reached an age when she be-
gins to see things for herself and assert
her rights
into the community of Danderton, as
old fashioned and queer in its way as
crawford, comes sin2er-Madame
Garcia
The gossipy old women. over a cup of
tea at one of the Aid society meetings,
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BY C. c. Bowsfleld. Forbes & Co., Chi

Dy ~. u. IoOWS L OIUtS & IT,, Cnl-
cago.
In this big, important book, Making
the Farm Pay" the author, C. C. Bows
field, takes the farmer by the hand and
leads him along thoroughly practical
paths to success and larger profits. 1t is
not book of theory. but tells just how
to get the best results with the least labor
and the least waste; it tells how to mi;.
brains with the soil and get the most out
of an acre.
Every phase of agriculture is considered
the raising of vegetables. fruit, flowers
poultry and stock. Intensive farming and
diversified farming are ably handled. The
care Of tile soil, the treatment OF farm
diseases, the use of by-products, intelli-
gently meeting the market demands and
selling at the best price are few of the
important topics which are treated with
great care.
In reading this book we have been i'm
pressed with the authors large view OF
country life; he grasps the relation OF
farming to the entire life of the nation
seeing it not only as practical farmer
but from the viewpoint of the statesman
the fnancier and student of affairs. By
informing the farmer ON the subject OF
| market conditions he brings the producer
and consumer closer together for their
mutual benefit BY giving him the bene-
| fit of the latest agricultural developments
and methods the author not only tells the
| farmer how to make more money but
how to make his life more happy and
! comfortable, how to make the farm SC
attractive that his young people will pre-
| fer to remain there rather than seek the
uncertain rewards of the city.
The book will be of immense value tc
every farmer large and small, and any
city man would add greatly to his store
of uesful knowledge by reading this val
uable book. 1t Is really strong contri-
button to one Of the most vital questions
of the day. for as the author says
I'm common with thousands of others
/, am strongly impressed with the belief that
| the subject of better farming in America
| Is the most important now occupying the
attention of the commercial world. B,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

| Revel notices 1t at once; also he notices
that Theodosia is very pretty and he likes
her very much.
Vivian Earle, a badly spoiled, good look
ing chap, and his mother, are other char
acters around whom the story centers-
Theodosia supposed to be in love with
Vivian. and their marriage being the dear
est dream of his mothers life.
Things become very complicated at this
point when Vivian falls madly in love
with Madame Garcia and Max with The
odosia.
A sort of feud regarding some land
makes the situation rather strenuous be-
tween Vivian Earle and his tenant. Jim
Stratton. and in spite of the warning OF
Theodosia and Vivians mother, Earle
walks right into the trap Stratton has
set for him and is killed.
In the meantime Theodosias life is very
unhappy
Camilla Berrisford has refused to have
anything to do with her because she has
persisted in her friendship with Madame
Garcia. and things lead UP to qqiute d
powerful climax, when Madame Garcia
insists upon calling upon the exclusive,
stern. Camilla Berrisford
Camilla, blind and struggling, resentful
and furious, tells the whole story that the
reader has suspected long ago. namely,
that Madame Garcia is Theodosia's moth
er. and was turned from Camillas home
when the child was born of Illicit love.
and which in consequence made her shut
herself and Theodosia out from the world
ever since, in order to protect the child.
Camilla dies and Madame Garcia and
the girl go to New York
Max finally wins her love and We are
left by the author to suppose that they
live happily ever afterward.
Mr.. Bowen has imagination and de-
scriptive powers to quite a degree and if
"Unchartered Seas is his first novel.
there is certainly promise of future in
store for him, for his literary talent is un-
doubtedly evident and his style is very
attractive.
FIELD PATH AND HIGHWAY"
BY E. E. Miller, Bangor. Ala
"Field Path and Highway by e. E.
Miller. contains 10 sketches of country life,
including IAN Autumn Ride" 'The Tn
changed Love-" Not Unavailing." when
the Circus Came to Town" "A Teller of
Tales "The Masters Discipline" For
Love of AIargery," Days of Happiness, :"
'"rhe Lure of Tomorrow" The Chords of
Memory
Most of these sketches have been pub
lished in well known periodicals and
some of them have brought numerous let
ters of appreciation to the publishers In
book form they make a collection which
will be read with pleasure and often
turned to.
Nature in all of its beauty and lowell
ness has been wonderfully depicted by the
author who seems to know Just what
well springs to draw upon to put the
reader in contact with all the exquisite
poetry and art associated with this Won
derful subject.
1t is an innovation in literary fields to
pick up a volume like Field Path and
Highway" and to judge of the reception
the book has been accorded some "appre-
citation" from well known writer's, are
here appended.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson: your descrp-
tions are wonderfully good and your
choice of words most felicitous and un-
usual. Few writer's can tell what they
see in wood or field
II am delighted with it, writes Sam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
THE MATING OF LYDIA"

LIE MAJ AA~tr VI Ii LIZA
BY Mrs Humphrey Ward. Doubleday,
Page & Co.. New York
AS a background to her latest story,
1.-THE Mating of LYDIA" Mrs. Humphry
Ward has drawn a character that has
created widespread comment for the con-
trast it draws with the girl from whom
the book is named
Lydia. a strong, enthusiastic young
artist, full of ideals and determined to
live her own life do her own work, and
have friendships with men entirely de-
void of any entangling attachments. is a
character upon which Mrs. Ward dwells
with loving skill. typical pioture of
Melrose, the recluse whose one passion
was antique, is given here from the
book:
'Inside-thlck darkness, save for one
faint gleam through a dilapidated shutter.
AS Faversham advanced. cropping into the
room there was a sudden scurry of mice,
and q sudden tapping of something in a
corner, which turned out to be couple
of bats. When he made for the window,
dense cobwebs brushed against his face,
and half the shutter on which he lay his
hand came away at his touch and lay
in fragments at his feet. Strange noises
IN the chimney showed that owls had
built there, and as the shutter fell a
hideous nest of earwigs was disturbed,
and ran hither and thither over the floor.
"And when Faversham turned to look
at the contents of the room he saw Mel
rose. in his skullcap. poliing about among
a medley of black objects on the floor and
in an open cupboard. his withered cheeks
ghastly in tho sudden daylight.
What are they?' asked Faversham
wondering
Silver was the sharp reply. Some OF
the finest things known
And from the filthy cupboard Melrose s
shaking. hand had drawn out a ever and
basin. whence some ragged coverings fell
away. 1t was almost entirely black; but
the exquisite work of 1.-THE spiral futing
of the ever. It's shell-like cover, the
winged dragon on the handle, and, round
the oval basin. the rim of chasing
dolphins, could still be seen"
In THE Mating of LYDIA" Mrs. Ward
takes up again a charming love story, in
the management Of which she is an un-
disputed master, as all who are familiar
with ''The Testing of Diana Mallory
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"THE KINGDOM"

THE KINGDOM
BY Harold Elsdale Goad Frederick A
Stokes company, New York.
A man about to marry the girl he loves
passlonately finds that she has fallen if
love with his friend, is the theme of Har-
old Elsdale Goad's story, "The Kingdom.
Naturally inclined to religious life and
feeling his trouble as a final call from
God, he becomes a Franciscan friar. The
result of such step on the soul of a man
trained in all the ways of thought of mod
ern Italy, is drawn with deep insight by
an author who knows intimately the life
of which he writes.
The book is a subtle analysis of the
spiritual development of an interpretive
deeply religious man. Bernardo struggles
first against God, then against the world
he has given up. and comes to final peace
in the realization of his mission as mod
ern st. Francis to teach the church "tc
make her vision the most vital and Great
ing force in the world today"
The setting of the spiritual action Is
vivid. Bernados childhood In Milan, the
little doings of the friars in the quiet and
sunshine of the convent at Assist, are ex
quisitely related
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

cure on a new principle. Put it on
any corn in two seconds; it stops
pain. the corn begins to shrivel and
fiisa ppears. 1t never fails. Simplest
thing you ever saw. No fussy band
ages, no greasy salves to turn
healthy flesh 'peely" and raw. no plas-
ters that make corns bulge out. Your
corns won't pull and hurt way up to
your heart. Lay aside your knife and
razor. No more digging and tugging
and wincing, no more bleeding, no more
danger of blood poison. "GETS-IT"
never hurts healthy flesh; 1t Is safe,
pa inless. quick simple. sure. For warts,
callouses and bunions, too.
"GE1S-IT" Is sold at all druggists
at 20 cents a bottle. or sent on receipt
OF price by f. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago
jacobs Drug Store. Gale Drug Co, "a q
stores) 307 First Avenue and Pratt
Station, Pratt City, Ala.
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picked her to pieces-limb from limb-and
they take an attitude of disapproval to-
ward the poor creature, which is quite in
keeping with their narrow views and
ideas.
Madame Carola's manager, Max Revell.
comes down to Denderton to have the
singer sign some contracts" and the
first day that he is there he and the
singer run across Theodosia Berrsford.
who. despite her narrow surrounding.
speaks to the singer, and after a short
time calls on her
The resemblance between the girl and
the singer Is very striking, and Max
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

From the st. Louis Republic.
Isn't it funny how the literary styles
change? For instance, suppose Artemus
Ward could come back? Just about
where do you reckon he'd break into the
game again?'
"Well, to be honest with you, I'd like
to have "a taste of Artemus trying his
hand at some of the sport-page poetry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

An important announcement Is being
made by the Birmingham Motor and
Country club on page 4 of this issue
Turn to this page, at once, and familiar
ize yourself with this announcement. 1t
is of Importance to you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

better farming is meant a system that Will
produce larger profits and an easier living
for those who till the soil. as well as
greater acreage production.
This book is published in the hope of
assisting farmers to improve their posi-
tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
THE MIND READER"

BY Max Rittenberg. d. Appleton & Co..
New York.
The sensational cases and extraordinary
adventures of DR.. Wycherly, mysterious
hypnotist and mental healer, are told by
Max Rittenberg in THE Mind Reader
a very clever and readable story
The people he experiments with or helps
I'm their difficulties cover a wide range,
from king to peasant They are drawn
from life, and stand out clear-cut and
real. While the episodes of the book are
emotional. yet they are based on actuali-
ties in mental science
The Intervention of DR.. Wycherly in a
marital tangle of an English politician
Ito whom n name will probably be fitted
by most readers) forms fitting climax
to an unusual story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

"DEVOTA,' by Augusta Evans Wilson.
illustrated by Stuart Travis. Biographical
"reminiscences by T. C. DeLeon. G.. w.
Dillingham;, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Can't Beat "CETS-IT''
for COrnS It's Sure

Never Tried 1t BefOref-YOu'II Marvel
How II Makes COrns Vanish.
There meyer was anything like
anything like it now. 1t Is the corn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

THE LAND OF THE SPIRIT" by
Thomas Nelson Page. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York
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As the Styles Change

GETTYSBURG" by Elsie Singmaster.
Houghton, Mifflln company, New York,
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Mr.. Macauley has no doubt found large
clientele who appreciate his viewpoint de-
cidedly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Lady Roses Daughter Eleanor" and
other stories, admit. The book is Illus
trated from handsome photogravures.
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wood. The John Lane company. New
York.
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uel Minturn Peck. You write beauti-
ful prose, picturesquely beautifully l saw
pictures as I read"
Sketches, the author simply desig-
mates them; traceries in gold they really
are-stories. sketches, memories-things
gathered along the field paths and high
ways of life and set forth here for the
eyes and understanding of discerning
readers. Here one finds gentle humor,
touching pathos. tender sentiment, the
breath of the woods and wind and field
and sky" says w. f. Marshall. in North
Carolina Education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
CHEAP TURKEY

CHEAP TURKEY
BY Ward Maeauley. Duffield & Company,
New York.
The question of the 'middeman" is one
taht many writer's have essayed in these
times of the high cost of living
The subject is still in the air.
Ward Macauley in his story of about 90
pages entitled Cheap Turkey. has writ
ten satire on various experiments along
the lines of selling at cost
The story opens with John Goodman on
Thanksgiving eve, and going home with
the first turkey that he had been able to
buy In years and presenting 1t to his
wife, who is equally as surprised. She
exclaims with delight:
why, John, it's turkey"
None other said he, Mrs. Goodman,
this is Mr.. Turkey. Mr.. Turkey, this is
Mrs. Goodman. You have never met be-
fore. Think
The story is we'll worth readng-for it is
very original and quite different from any
thing so far published on the subject, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
THE COLoNEEs STORY"

THE COLONEES STORY"
By Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. The Macmillan
company, New York.
In 1.-The Colonel's Story" Mrs. Roger A.
| Pryor, well known and much beloved for
| her charming "reminiscences and books
=, about the old south, has pictured life in
| Virginia 60 or 20 years ago. The story
she has told is one in which the spirit of
| the times figures largely: adventure and
romance have their play and carry the
| plot to a satisfying end. 1t would be diff
| fcult indeed, If not impossible, to find a
| filter pen to portray the various features
| of Virginia life and culture than Mrs.
| Pryor. who is ito the manor born" and
was raised amid the memories of a past
| where, until the war for southern inde-
| pendence. families retained their social
| standing and customs from generation to
generation.
REFLECTIONS OF A BEGINNING
HUSBAND"
By Edward Sanford Martin. Harper
| Brothers, New York
| The Beginning Husband, whose rehec-
| tons are herein set forth by Edward
| Sandford Martin, found, after a prelimi-
nary setback, a desirable young woman
practising at life in the same plane with
| himself, who was willing to marry him
on an income of $50 a week They did so
marry and the husband relates what be-
| fell them and how matters in general
looked to them in the mated state.
| OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REVIEWS
| LATER)
HENRY KEMPToN.' by Evelyn Brent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Ladies Drawers
Children'S Gowns

High or low necks, made of
good muslin or nainsook, lace
or embroidery trimmed; 35c,
Soc, 75c and $1.00.
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.MAKING THE FARM PAY.
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Y T took Edward Sheldon, the author
of salvation Nell" "The Mig
ger" 1.-THE Boss" and other plays,

T took Edward Sheldon, the author
of Salvation Nell" 1.-THE Mig
ger,p "The Boss" and other plays,
to prove that, the spirit Of ro-
mance still lives. Grandmothers and
gr%andfathers Of today, especially those
Of New York, will recall the old Bre-
voort House, which at one time was
peopled with the rich and gay of the
world. With that magic power which
may be described more accurately by
the word imagination Mr.. Sheldon has
made the ghosts Of those early days
come to life.
To De sure, they are dressed in their
old clothes of the artificial style of the
sixties, with loose trousers for the men,
full bullying petticoats for the women
and other fanciful eccentricities of
dress that we recall as children in the
pages of the old bound volumes of
Godey's Lady's Book. Mr.. Sheldon has
done this in his latest play, Romance
which is now enjoying much prosper
ity in New York. One of the scenes,
by the way, is laid in an apartment of
the old Brevoort House, and this scene
has been reproduced in every particu-
lar from a room at the hotel. Like all
the plays by Mr.. Sheldon, Romance"
is strong medicine. Whatever may be
his faults as a playwright, he at least
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ROMANCE" TAKES A PAGE FROM
THE GAY LIFE OF THE SIXTIES

reads from an evening paper a tele~
gram concerning the death Of La Ca
vallini, ''once a noted prima donna, who
a n IN America and soon after retired
from the stage and settled in ITALY,"
The nephew has listened to the recital
which has been acted before the eyes
Of the audience. The bishop has not
succeeded in ~dissuading him from
marriage with the girl he loves. The
woes Of La Cavallini succeed in maxi
ing no impression on the youthful low
er, so when he declines to take the adj
vice offered the bishop consents to per-
form the ceremony himself.
Old New York scenes have never
been more successfully utilized except
in Clyde Fitch's Captain Jinks," as
the investiture Of a love story, which
also had a prima donna for its heroine,
although she happened to be an Amer
lean singer, but that made no attempt
to combine the old and the new, as does
this successful play.
IT wrote the scenario Of Romance
three or four years ago." said Mr..
Sheldon to a reporter, land then
put it away in a drawer and didn't
hin Of it again until last year. I be-
lIeve, though, hat in writing plays
much Of the work is done in ones SUBJ
conscious mind. An idea cooks for
years on the back Of the stove. One
ends by extracting all the flavor possi-
bic, considering the limitations Of the
fire. Anyway, I was glad when I sat
down to write Romance that I had
not gone into it as soon as I finished
the scenario.
Setting the play in the sixties by
means Of a prologue and epilogue
served to enable me to throw on it the
mellow light the story needed. Things
are apt to seem more tender, more
wistful, somehow, if they exist as
memories, with all the hard notes sof-
tened down.. I wanted to paraphrase
an old nursery rime and put 1t ON the
program, My thoughts at the end of
the long, long day fly over the hills and
far away but evidently some one did
not like the idea. because it never
happened.
Then, too, when a story has it's
abiding place in an old mans mind
you a idealize it, just as he certain
ly would do. The women can seem q
little bit more gracious than they are
in life, n the men a little more gal
liant. That is why I tried to make La
Cavallini float through the play with
her feet just off the ground-a men,
Dry, a ghost, an enchanted fragrance
trailing from the long ago
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Stirring Story Of Clergyman
Who Loved a Prima Donna
And Was Parted From Her.
Remarkable Scene Showing an Apart
ment In the Old Brevoort
House Reproduced.

the racket and noise Of the New Years
crowd. This young girls brother is
in love. 1t happens that his sweet
heart is an actress, an artist the young
girl describes her. with the explana-
ton that there may be more kinds Of
artists than me-.
Her conversation is only preliminary
to the arrival Of the young man, who
has come to make his appeal for the
consent Of his Episcopal uncle to his
marriage. The bishop listens to the
young mans declaration Of love for the
fascinating actress he has asked to be
his wife.
Somewhat hindered by his rheuma-
tism, the bishop crosses to his desk to
show this impetuous lover a memento
of old times, some faded white violets
which have lost their perfume, but are
still strong in memories for the old
man. They are souvenirs Of the love
which he n felt for a beautiful sing
er, La Cavallini. Nobody would sus-
pect the serious bishop Of ever having
INDUCED in such a love affair, but he
starts to tell his secrets to the nephew
as the curtain falls on the prologue and
blots from view the figure Of the young
mar and the old one.
In the next scene an old fashioned
drawing on Fifth VENUE forms a
background for figures quantity dress