The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10

conspiracy of silence on the subject of sex, in regard to subjects which should be discussed between children and par ents.
 It is difficult to know Just how to han dle such matters in real life; the ques- ton is very complicated. There are seem ingly so many extraneous considerations of temperament, influence and associa- tions come into play, that it is to be doubted if this one particular factor of it now plays. or has ever played, the leading part in it's solution European fathers were eloquent on the subject longy before ours dared to approach it. and yet we would think that standards of moral and physical health have been far higher with us than over there, notwithstand- ing-perhaps because-we have given our children far greater measure of free dom and trust. This MT. Hamilton rec ognizes in one of the episodes of his
 story, in which a manly young chap
 warns a girl, a mere flapper against her blindness to what she is doing and whither 1t may lead.
 Mir. Hamilton is an artist in the hand ling of words and situations and there will be none who read his book, The
 Sins of the Children" who will not find | it interesting. even though they may not agree with his theories
 THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND" By F. Phillips Oppenheim. With Fron- | tispiece by F. Naux Wilson. Little Brown & Co.,, publishers, Boston, 1 MT. Oppenheims new novel might be called the inside story of one of the su-
 preme though secret struggles of the war -the fight of the British war office
 against the German secret service. While 1 it is fiction it gives a real insight into nf IronS cit .,f
 the whole war, and answers convincingly questions you have been unable to find any answer for. Chief among the char acters are Sir Alfred Anselman. London s greatest financier and his nephew Cap- tain Granet of the British army, both traitors to England because of their blood heritage. both working craftly for Ger
 man success without arousing suspicion or opposition other than from one man, Hugh Thompson, surgeon-major in the hospital service, in reality the head of England's military intelligence depart ment and a man of brains and coura ge hampered by the conservatism of the civil authorities. There are many thrilling events in the story, among them the sinking of a hospital ship by a subma- rine and Zeppelin raid on London A strong love interest and an absorbing plot make 'The Kingdom of the Blind" a gripping, thrilling and consistent tale that you can't put down or forget; and l through it all there is an accurate pie ture of England's slowness in realizing the extreme gravity of her situation.
 "PINOCCHIO"
 i By C. Collodi (Carlo Lorenbin) Eight illustrations in Color By Maria l.. Kirk. J. B. Lippincott Company. Publishers,
 Philadelphia.
 The child who has not should read
 iPinocchio, that famous Italian fairy story of wooden puppet who came to i life and through experiences became a l boy of flesh and blood The J. B. Lip
 pincott company has brought it out in l fascinating form with eight colored illus tratons from the skillful brush of Maria ! L. Kirk and bound in handsome deco rated red cloth binding. It is the latest
 addition to the famous Stories All Chill l dren Love Series.'
 l The boy of wood speaks when Master
 Antonio chips it to make doll. living ! puppet stands forth. He slips away from 1 hts father and joins puppet show. Then, 1 what raft of misfQrtunes come down | upon his head. He obtains possession of 1 five gold pieces, at first thought, stroke 1 of luck, but one which brings him
 trouble, for he is invited by cat and a | fox to go to far off magic field where | buried gold yields a crop of 1000-fold.
 The wicked animals leave him at an inn l With the bill vet to pay. and when he leaves to search for them, disguised as l assassins they attack him. The gold pieces are hid under his tongue and he
 escapes, with the robbers in pursuit. They quickly catch mp and hang him on tree in the belief that when he
 chokes he will be forced to spit out the l money.
 ! good fairy saves him, but he, un-
 grateful. runs away and finds himself in
 place where all the people are boys