The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05


 S"THE EVOLUTION OF A GIRL...o By Edward P. Buford. Richard G. Bad ger, The Gordon Press Publishers, Bos- ton.
 An Farther Mold,'' by Edward Pow haitian Buford is novel of especial in- terest to the south in general, and to Alabamians in particular, since the au- thor was at one dime resident of this city.
 Mir Buford was a student at Judson lcollege and afterward attended school at East Lake.
 When he was practicing law in South Alabama, he wrote for The Age-Herald. Sunny South. Atlanta Constitution and other papers. In fact. his first writings appeared in The Age-Herald when 1t was the Iron Age and afterward when it con solidated with the Herald. he also wrote for it.
 Mir. Robert Watkins who was one of the first editors of The Age-Herald, and MT Buford used to play chess together great deal. Afterwards Mr. Buford wrote chess problems and criticisms for the Sunny South and other papers.
 MT. Buford had some prominent rea- tfves in Birmingham and throughout the state. His uncle, Thomas Buford, was one of the first presidents of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad. when it was the Nashville and Decatur railroad. His grandfather, Rev. Edward Baptist was lone of the trustees of the University of Alabama. and founder of Richmond col 1ege, Virginia.
 Mir. Buford Is at present a resident of San Antonio. Texas, where he is regarded as one of the brilliant and influential members of the bar, and his contribution To the literary world recently has at tracted attention from every quarter, many enconiums of praise being passed upon 1t for its splendid literary value as well as it's interesting plot and the de- ecriptive qualities.
 An Earthen Mold' is strong story of today dealing in broad and forceful manner with the great questions of wo- mems suffrage and temperance, and the Improvement of political and social con ditions
 The book shows the glorifying power or love in the evolution of girl, and how 1t may make man out of "An Earthen Mold.'
 Mir. Buford tells a story, essentially of today of conditions. social and political and around very earnest purpose for the writing of the intensely interesting story weaves a love story of unusual sweetness and strength. Is it San An tonio where the scene is laid?
 This city is the metropolis of a great state. composite of American citizen snip and an exponent of the spirit of the times. A typical American progressive lcity. Not the picture of an idealist but lratheE the consummation of the money- ee,teTthe progeny of the stool pigeon poli- luclan and lax migration laws. com mercial feverishness impels the populace ss human machines. to their utmost en- ueavor, while brawny arms begrimed With sweat, bring the stinging lash in m harder cuts upon the beasts of burden struggling beneath their loads in the sWelterng sun-man and beast alike ha h. less victims of a system of commercial clHihzat1on in it's mad rush for money.
 mere are flashes of description that are drawn by hand capable of writing that will not be forgotten. For instance:
 Il might, at least have gotten her name. In city like this the many divi sions. cliques and clans of society nre. ciude the probability of our meetine again. That is one of the many faults
 TT social system-a system which
 res Its channels by the spectacu-
 ow or money and selects by chance
 than by fitness. The fetes of I.v
 IS were more prolific of benefit to fhe
 an race and less fruitful of evil than many Of the practices and customs
 modern society, which makes victims
 It's votaries by limiting each to his TOW sphere and bears fruitage in mismarriages and divorces."
 Dick Harwood Is a young h1ood oP t, period At college he paid more atten~ tlon to sport than to his studies: books bored him. He cared more for gay co,n panions and the footlights. and Jeff tba nonors or his classes for those who would nave to chisel their mark in the climb of a 111f 1fno ff1x LOOK Tor his model of ethics I,uculIus rather than Diogenes; and it has been Whlspered among the initiated that the riusinlan mysteries of the night reyeIs or Dlck and his companions would cool to zero the sports of Bacchus.'' That MT. Buford has A keen sen.n of numor may be deducted from soma of tne very clever epigrams gleaned fron, ing: Ao'o"-
 one with bad reputation fs like s oog With can tied to his tail-the hard er ne tres to run from 1t the faster if Follows him and the more attention if attracts" o" It
 good name is a priceless gem. a1- ways or market value. It may be worn priVateiy Tor the owners pleasure or or publicly for the admiration of others II renects honor on the company 1t keeps and may be used as a source of crsd,. even by ones friends"
 1 "Belated compliments ara ,,r. .o,v x the end of a dinner-good things in th.r seives, but served at the wrong time"
 Honest praise are immorteIles of +ba heart that bloom in perpetual beautv anS are never out of place." anu
 "A woman Is happy when she is either terribly In love or entirely free from if . "Of the 3os4 languages that of Iis.,rr as the most touching" ssins Into "An Earthen Mold" Mr. Bu,oro