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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
FRANCE FRETS NOT
 UNDER THE DELAY
Understand Failure to Drive
 Germans Behind Rhine
COST WAS TOO GREAT
French Commander Thought It Better to Conserve Lives of His Men. Germans No Longer Publish
 Casualty Lists From Galicia

Paris, June 96.-(Special) l)-German
 agents abroad are busy telling the people
 of the few remaining countries that the
 people of France are beginning to show
 considerable impatience because the re-
 suits of the French offensive of which
 so much had been expected do not come
 up to the general expectation that by
 July the Germans would have been driven
 out of France and Belgium and that the
 war from now on would be conducted en-
 tirely on German soil as far as her west
 ern front Is concerned
 Nothing could be less in accordance
 with the truth. Every intelligent French
 man feels that had General Joffre want ed to make the sacrifice of tens of thou sands of French lives all along the lines the Germans might now be on the de- fensive on the other side of the Rhine,
 but France would have been weakened by
 loss of blood for years to come. There Is no necessity of this.
 Pessimists Few in Number It has repeatedly been emphasized that the French military system. unlike the German, does not depend on sensational.
 rapid successes to make final victory
 certain. This was evident even before the entry of Italy into the war and it is more than ever evident now, so evil dent in fact. that the few pessimists that existed in France have now grown less in number, while the number of German pessimists is rapidly increasing. The German military leaders know at the present moment that the time is past when they will have surplus of troops to send from the French to the Russian front and vice versa.
 A few weeks ago a dying German off cer who was being treated in French hospital and whose wife had been pre- vented by the German military authori- ties from coming to his bedside before he died, told his nurses that all France had to do was to hold on for three months longer, when Germany would have to sue for peace because she would be short of ammunition.
 Nobody here has been inclined to at tach. too much importance to this testi- monv of dying man embittered against the German military authorities because they refused his last wish but there are other symptoms indicating that Germany is approa ching the beginning of the end. For sometime the German government has ceased publishing it's official casual ty lists, undoubtedly because the losses in Poland and Galicia have been enor-
 nous that the publication of them might create consternation even in a country as well disciplined as Germany. What the German losses in the last few months have been we are unable to say but even here on our front where no real big battles have been fought they
 have been appalling and it has been neces- | sary for Germany to fill up the gaps in her ranks with men who have had prac- tically no military training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
THE PROVING OF VIRGINIA" By Daisy Rhodes Campbell Illus trated The Page company publish

THE PROVING OF VIRGINIA" By Daisy Rhodes Campbell. Illus
 trated. The Page company. publish
 CTS, Boston.
 The Proving of Virginia, by Daisy Rhodes Campbell. the latest story from the pen of this gifted author, continues the career of Virginia Hammond and takes "The Fiddling Girl through three years of college life, at the end of which time she expects to go abroad to study music under famous violin teacher When Virginia is about to graduate from college and plans are made for the wonderful life in Paris, a sudden lessening of her wealthy aunt's income prevents the realiza- ton of Virginia's hopes. But this dis appointment does not dampen her ambition to study abroad and she sets to work in characteristic fashion to obtain the necessary funds. An advance opinion on the manu- script said: Just a line to tell you that the book is finished It is great! l have been so interested in it. After I start ed reading the story I couldn't put it down until 1t was finished. I think The Proving of Virginia far ahead of The Fiddling Grl'-and that cer- tainly was a charming and uplift story which is saying much for the new book"
 AS Dr1Gnt ana ITeSn iflh Spdi hiiii E as the June sunshine" Is this charm ing book.
 q am carried away with your book. I can't lay it down. You call 1t only a girls book. It is for everybody. In places I couldn't see for tears. There s so much to 1t outside the story, It IS n fine book don't know when have enjoyed one so much," says one correspondent to the author.
 "A delightful story told in a charm ing manner. The Page company does a real service indeed In the publica- tion of so many of these excellent stories for young people says one.
 "A thoroughly enjoyable tale. writ ten in A delightful vien of sympathetic comprehension," another observes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Recruits Without Training


 This is more then mere guesswork. A certain German company opposed to the French in Flanders in less than a week lost 1856 of it's ITO men, and to take the places of the dead and wounded 75 men were hurriedly sent from the reserve depots in Belgium.
 In a subsequent fight the French cap tured Il men belonging to this particular company. Ten of these belonged to the recently arrived endorsements and all of these were of the untrained landsturm. One of them was only 20 years of age. The rest were between 26 and 32, but they had all previously been found unfit for military service because of various weak nesses.
 Called to the colors in March they had arrived at Ghent in the early part of May and had had very little military training, and this by officers who had no experience in war. Only two of them had ever dug trenches and the remainder had simply been put through the manual of arms, and while they had little target practice they knew nothing about the use of the bayonet.
 Only one of them was worthy of being called a soldier. He was "Gefreiter who had been in Belgium since November last. Having reached the firing lines these men immediately came under French artillery fire and were completely de- moralized.
 Among all the prisoners taken by France during the present month not a single private has known anything about 1talys joining the allies, except those who had been told so by the French in the trenches opposite their own These had been informed merely to discourage them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

fective speakers whose good things are quoted specimens of the best modern product. OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REVIEWS
 LATER).
 THE SCALES OF JUSTICE AND OTHER POEMS.' By Tod Robbins J. s Ogaivie Company. publishers, No. 57 Ross street, New York.
 "JIM." By Reginald Wright Kaufman. Moffatt. Yard & Co.,, publishers, New York
 THE GAME OF EMPIRES" By Ed ward S. Van File, l.. H. D. With Pref atory Note" by Theodore Roosevelt. Moffatt, Yard & Co.,, publishers. New York.
 "JAFFERY." By William J. Locke. The John Lane company, publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESOET Ts New Riverside Hotel
 Mentone, Ala.

On Lookout mountain. Best located summer resort in Ala bama; 2000 feet altitude; hot and cold water in all rooms; baths; overflowing concrete dam; sanitary swimming; good
 boating and fishing. FRED HURON, Prop, Mentone, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

THE BROCKLEBANK RIDDLE" By Hubert Wales. The Century company,
 publishers, New York:
 William Proeklebank, a prosperous jo- vial London business man. his wife, and his partner and life long friend Reece, wind up their holiday trip to Chamonix with an ascent of Mont Blanc. Brockle- bank collapses under the strain of the climb and dies on the mountain side. Reese acts the part of a good friend all through, even to being present at the ere nation of his friends body. Then, worn out by the strain of the tragedy, he re- turns to his London offices-and BroclIle- bank walks in! The surprise the horror of the impossible fact stun both Reece and, later Brockebanks wife. And Brocklebank himself, Well, that's the story of Hubert Wales very attract We story, 'The Brocklebank Rddle'-the widest weirdest story imaginable. Who ever picks it up will read to the last page, no matter what the hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

"RABINDRANATH TAGORE: THE
 MAN AND HIS POETRY" By Basanta Koomar Roy. Illustrated.
 Dodd. Mead & Co.,, publishers New
 York:
 Basanta Koomar Roy's remarkably keen and interesting discussion of Tagore's life. work and message is written by fellow-countryman and a personal friend of the gifted Bengai, philosopher and poet It is the first biography of Tagore to appear in English and one of the most sympathetic and adeqate expectations of his work that has been published The personality of Tagore, the greatest lit erary figure of modern India is drawn for American eyes by one whose mother tongue is the language in which Tagore writes, and who possesses the further great advantage of an intimate personal friendship of extending over years. Rem iniscences, extracts from letters, new translatons of passages from Tagore's writings, new interpretations of the poets thought, make this an indispensable book to any one who is a reader of Rabindra- hath Tagore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

lated to appeal to the younger reader though so skllfully has this been done that the narrative, always authentic, is yet well balanced and rounded out. The books in the series now ready are: Robert Fulton, Benjamin Franklin. Cap
 tain John Smith, Robert D. Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
MIRANDA

By Grace Livingston Hill Lutz. Illus trated by E. l.. Henry. J. B. Lppincott company, publishers, Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
THE PRINCESS CECILIA"

By Elmer Davis. D. Appleton & Co.
 Publishers, New York.
 "The Princess Ceeiia," is a romance of the far east, brmful of glorious oriental color and the wonderful mysterious under cover of eastern tradition and bloodshed. It pictures so vividly the ofi- ental life of the east it is evident to the reader that the author must have lived close to the people of his story and spent much time among the scenes of which he writes. This happy faculty of vizual- izing for the reader the fascina ting land of the Arabian Nights has come to MT. Davis through a ferVid yearning for orinental life. For years everything that suggested the orient appealed to him and acted as a magnet. At fl he tried to reach the land of his dreams by follow ing the sun, but at St. Louis about 25O miles from his starting point. he was obliged to retreat on account of lack of funds Later, during his college days, he reveled In the luxury of short stay at Constantinople. He has, therefore, been able to present an accurate picture of the scenes of his story, not only in the matter of historic detail, hut with the delft touch of the born entertainer, who finds real joy in his story just for the telling of it.
 Despite his love for the orient, Mir Davis acknowledges a weakness for some of the products of the ccident and in speaking of preferences in this respect he lists them thus: Tolstoi, Tacitus Shakespeare Pierre Louys, Henry Kitch- ell Webster, Puccini, Irving Berlin, mince pie, Wanamaker Gloves, filet Mignon, B. V. D.s. Egyptian Deities Creme Yvette and the allies" MT. Davis Is al present connected with the reportorial staff of the paper supposed to print "all the news that's fit, etc" and he feels sure he is the only person in the west ern hemisphere who reads all the war news every morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

must be added the names of Pollyann; .-.. .-.,.4no. Il. Porter says another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERI-
 CANS. RORERT E, LIE :,
By Bradley Gilman. Illustrated The

By Bradley Gilman. Illustrated. The
 Macmillan Co.. publishers, New York.
 This series aims to get away from the dry as dust type of biography. It is an attempt to describe as interestingly, as forcihly and as vividly as the subject matter deserves the adventureful lives of those who have helped to make history. The volumes have been written in each case with the child's point of view in mind, those events in the great mans career being emphasized which are calcu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

company, publishers Philadelphia.
 The writings by the author of Marcia Schuyler" Phoebe Deane' and To Michael have qualities of the highest value-true and lofty haracterizations, humor of the rarest kind. breadth of vision, healthful, hopeful, heart-nourish- ing tone. These qualities have never come to the fore with such fresh exuberance of spirit as in "Mranda"-the new novel about our old friends. the Griseoms. jne Spaffords the Whitneys and the Heaths. Nearly all of us fell in love with Miranda when she first appeared in Marcia Schuyler" but those who missed that happiness will now find her even more lovable in this new book of which she is the central figure. Of course We meet Marcia herself and she is even more de- li"ious than ever.
 The story is laid in the eighteen thirtles when railroads were new, greatly feared by some and welcomed by others. Among the latter was David Spafford, Miranda S brother-in-law, and man in whose great heart there surged the love of mankind and a determination to throw his every ounce of pluck and endeavor to forward the cause of civilization and progress He is one of those rare characters with whom it is inspiration to come in con tact. Miranda is happy working in his home, even though in the back of her mind there is a longing for the man. Nathan Whitney, whom she had rescued from the hangmans moose many years before. He had escaped and had disap- peared from all civilized haunts, but she felt sure that he would some day re- turn to make her his bride She finally succeeds in clearing his reputation at home, but still he does not 'Aturn.
 Years go by and at last she finds him. The manner thereof cannot be to'c Tn this review as in doing We would spoil some of your pleasure in reading this delicious tale. Suffice to say that there are thrilling scenes in Oregon telling of the struggle to make that great fertile country of forest and meadow part of the United States and not a rar orf ad- junct of the British empire. There are trips across the mountains in> the dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18


 yet well balanced and rounded out. The books in the series now ready are; Robert Fulton Benjamin Franklin, Cap tain John Smith, Robert b. Lee.
 "POLLYANNA GROWS UP: OR THE
 SECOND GALD BOOK" By EleanJr Ii Porter With eight illus
 trations by H. Weston Taylor. The
 Page Co.,, publishers Boston.
 When Eleanor H. Porter wrote her won derful story of Pollyanna and the glad game she created an absolutely new c1ar- acter in American fiction. Under the in spiIation of Pollyanna. who was the sum iiest and most delightful lof optimists people everywhere began to play the glad game-the game that brings contentment wherever it is played When the story of Polyanna told in the Glad Book was ended a great cry of regret for the vanishing glad girl'' went up all over this eountry-and other countries, too. Now Pollyanna appears again, just as sweet and joyous heated, more grown up and more lovable
 The new story opens with Pollyanna still a little girl, but she is in Boston amid brand new environment and among new incidents and new experiences. The la tier half of the tale deals with her romance. for, of course. there is Prince Charming in the background.
 Take away frownsl Draw up the window shades! Put down the worries! Stop fidgeting and disagreeing and srumblins! Cheer up everybody! Polly anna has come backr'
 The sales for Polyanna, the Glad Book, have passed the G0Co0, mark. This is truly q remarkable record, but then. as 'The Cptimist, MT. Leigh Mitchell Hodges. wrote:
 "Polyanna is more than a book, you know. And when after Pollyanna has gone away, you get her letter saying she is going to take eight steps to morrow we'll I don't know just what you may do, but know of one person who buried his face in his hands and shook with the gladdest sort of sadness and got down on his knees and thanked the Giver of all gadness for Pollyanna."
 'Polyanna is the 'gladdest' book that was ever written. It is of more real value than any thousand sermons to which l have ever listened" says one critic.
 "To the Est of those who have done
 - '''-- '--al-o the world more joyous must be added the names of Polyanna - ...,aI,. Il. Porter says another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

of winter under the leadership of that gallant missionary, Dr. Whitman. whose Christian efforts brought food for the bodies and strength for the souls of the far northwestern settlers.
 From cover to cover [, IS tale of optimism. of courage, of purpose. You lay il down with a revivified spirit a stronger heart for the struggle of this world, clearer hope for the next, and q determination to make yourself and the people with whom you come in contact cleaner, more spiritual more reverend and more glad in living than ever be- fore It is deeply religious in character Lovel that will bring the great spiritual truths of God, character and attainment stra ght to the heart of every reader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Sweeping for Mines

T IOlu lll-bilS.
 A fleet of mine sweepers is clearing a path through the Dardanelles for the great battleships which are battering down the forts with their powerful guns These little vessels are engaged in haul ing to the surface the deadly mines which bar the path to Constantinople. The vessels engaged in this task work in pairs
 A strong cable Is stretched across from one boat to another and huge triangu- lar weight, known as a kite" keeps the line well down in the water as it Is dragged across the mine field The pur- pose of the cable Is to snap the moorng rope which holds the mines 16 to IS feet below the surface, where. If exploded, they can do great damage to the vital parts of a ship, such the engine room, coal bunkers or magazines.
 As to the two mine-sweeping vessels slowly steam apart sailors at each end of the cable watch for the connecting line to tighten. When a mine is located the cable vibrates and no longer sags Then slowly above the water appears the gistening sphere whose OO-pound charge of explosive material could sink a dread nought in 10 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS

SHERWOOD INN Old Point Com
 fort. Va. (Fort- ress Monroe). The most charming. rest ful, healthful spot in America. Hotel beautifully located. Refined and attrac- tive. Delightfully."- cool and no mosqui- toes New and entirely modern. Terms very moderate. Special weekly. Open all year. Booklet.
 r. M CUNNINGHAM, Mgr.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS SPA IS
MECCA FOR FOLKS BOUND NORTH

Hot Springs, Ark. March o.
Though the season has started 10
break. many well known Eastern and
Northern people are visiting the Spa
homeward bound from Palm Beach and
the other Florida resorts, and the last
week in March finds the resort well
filled. The fashionable Arlington
Hotel and the Eastman are crowded
The latter closes for the season April
10.
The weeks stellar social feature was
the Eastman's annual spring ball
The decorations were charming and a
tremendous outpouring of the fashion
able visitors. nicely reinforced by a
smart gathering of the resident and
Little Rock beau monde, was in at
tendance.
Noticed among the many handsomely
cowned women on the floor were Mrs
b. GulfenkieH, Mrs. Minnie Mellard
Stapleton, Mrs. Albert Fink. Mrs. L. p.
Austin, Mrs. j. T. Litton. Mrs. Henry
K. Hart, Mrs. d. Curtis Eflingham and
Mrs. J. II. O'Hara. Of New York City;
Mrs. Lon Y. Stephens, Mrs. Edward A.
Busch and the Misses Edmee and Nell
lie Anheuser, OF ST. Louis; Mrs. Albert
B. Gaines, OF Englewood n. j.; Miss
Gertrude Lauder. Of Pittsburgh; Lady
Melvin Jones. of Toronto, and Mrs
Alexander Souney, of Providence.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

presided over the tea table, assisted
by Miss Georgine kavanagh, Miss
Betty Connell Miss Louise Gould, Miss
Valerie CJshman, Miss Abby Boody
and Miss Belle O'Bryan
Miss Mildred Boody. Of Henderson
Avenue, New Brighton, who has been
spending the last two months visiting
friends in the South. returned to her
nome on Tuesday after stopping for a
few DAYS at the home Of Mrs. De Fries
Cr.tteu, formerly OF Staten Island, and
now Of hlngtOn.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney l. Wilcox, OF
Davis Avenue, Livingston, who have
been spending few weeks in Camden
y. C., are again a. their home.
Miss Gertrude Walker, of Castleton
Corners, is spending the week end with
friends in Philadelphia.
Mis-. Nadclainc Murphy, Of Manhat..
tan. was the guest for the week end OF
Mrs. Maurice /. Pltou.
Miss Elizabeth Irving, vino IS stu
dent al Miss Porter's School, Farm
irgton, returned this week to her home
on Henderson Avenue, New Brighton.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

r. VI. Hull, Savannah, Ga, Country
Club, repeated his triumph in the re
cent spring tournament by finishing
first in the st. Patrick's tournament
Nolney T. HoGgatt, Denver Country
Club, was the runuer-up. J. Belford
Oklahoma City, won the cup in the
second flight. while ". c. Cornwell,
Saginaw, Mich, scored in the third
flight a field of llS players teed off
in the qualifying round.
So successful has been the Country
Clubs season, which opened November
| last. that Albert B. Gains, Of Engle-
wood, y. j., president of the company
directing the Arlington and Eastman
hotels, IS counting upon having a sec
ond golf course laid out during the
summer. II 1t is built it will also COM
prise eighteen holes.
Ben B. Bryan. Of New York, has re
turned home after a months stay at
the Eastman. His wife and family re-
main at the hostlery.
Mr. and Mrs. L. r. Symmes. Of To-
ronto, and Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Symmes.
OF Toronto, are guests at the Eastman.
George Lauder, OF Pittsburgh, and
daughter. Miss Gertrude Lauder. are
guests at the Arlington and intend re-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

Aiken. 5. c.. March 27.-The largest
Easter throng IN years viii be ln AIKEN
next week for the holidays, and nu-
uerous invitations for affairs u the
cottage colony. where there vii. be
many house parties. and a- Wilcox *
and. the New Highland Park Ho .e..
where the reservations are unusually
heavy. have been cEteuded by the Wn-
ter colonists. The season promises 90
be much later than usual, the majority
OF the cottacer5 planning TO remain
until well into May, while the New
Highland Park Hotel will remain open
until MAY j p % arcoU~ odatC the larg"
number of visitors who will spend the
spring season here.
There have been new arrivals daily,
and at the teas of the Palmetto Golf
Club during the week there has been q
daily renewal Of acquaiutances OF for
mer seasons Lawrence Waterbury ar
rived early last week % have some pre-
lminarv practice on the Whitney polo
field with f. Ambrose Clark. Alexander
Brown and others before going out %
California for the tournaments next
month. M Waterbury joined the
Henry Rodgers Winthrops, who have
Mrs. J. c. Mdllory's house tor the
season.
Harold Vanderbilt; arrived ten days
ago from Palm Beach and Joined his
father. ". K. Vanderbilt. at Elm Court,
where Mr.. Joseph Hartman has been
joined by her young sons, McClaln and
Joe" who came down. as usual. Tor
the Easter holidays here Mr.. Wander
bilt has entertained informally several
times at his cottage, while his SON
gave one Of the most charming OF the
seasons dinner dances last week IN the
small ballroom at Willcox's, where the
daily round Of luncheons, teas and din
ners has added to the gaycty Of the
Easter season.
Lewis Thompson has arrived and =
visiting his brother. William Payne
Thompson, and Mrs. Thompson al their
cottage.
Mrs. W. Butler Duncan and her fam.
lily have opened Orange Grove for the
spring season. Mr.. Duncan is arriving