The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-28

rule does not always apply. III Ihelt decadent days the Romans bathed to excess, and they were amazingly wicked.
 THE Authors league is getting ss. sig. 4 natures of writers throughout the country to protest agalnst the "efforts now being made to destroy the work of Theodore Dreiser."
 It will be remembered that MT. Dreiser left the obscurity of maga- zine editorship to Theodore Dreiser write fiction. From Tn No Danger the start his books were the sort peo- nle with celluloid glasses describe as "virile." MT. Dreiser assiduously cultl- yated a straightforward, not to say unabashed, form of writing which has gradually turned large numbers of prudish persons against him. That he is an exceptionally able and forcetul writer no one denies. Even the prudes concede that much. It is feared, how ever. that his works won't "do for the young person." and they are perhaps trifle too realistic for adults who have had little experience of the world and it's wickedness. Maybe enc MT. Harold Hersey, who requests that the protest be signed and returned to him, in care of the Au- thcrs' league, New York city, takes MT. Dreiser's peril seriously. Maybe ether authors feel tliat it is time to rally around their fellow worker. But neither Nr. Dreiser nor the literary fo,A who eornpose the league should be alarmed. Books worth while have a way of outliving tic assaults of the narrow-nlirded, to b. read with pleas ure and profit long after their de- tractors are heaps of dust. * * l ID IRMINGHAM'S annual State Fair ID opens week from today, and as attractive as previous fairs have been this will be of exceptional interest, hoth in the matter of exhibits and amusement features, including horse
 racing. The dis This Years Fair to play of liv Be Most Attractive stock will be the
 largest ever seer lin Alabama and it's educational value cannot we'll be overstated.
 Owing to the excessive rainfall ane flooded fields in July the cereal ex hibits may not be as extensive as usual, but from the counties that dlC not suffer-and there are many o1 them-crop diversification will o' shown at it's best.
 Great attention has been paid to th' woman's department and preserves pickles and vegetables canned on th' farm, and in fact everything good t' eat, as well as fancy needlework, VII be seen in profusion.
 The fair is Alabama's most popular rallying center. It is distinctly SO cial event and thousands of our coun try friends are now looking forward to it with keen desire.
 There is promise of ideal autumn weather, and wi.h clear days th' crowds in attendance, especially dur ing the second week, will tax the ca pacity of the grandstand
 1 The leader of a gang af blackmailer has been sentenced to IS months in tn penitentiary. Just about long enough fo him to originate some new schemes fo fleecing the unwary.
 
 Numbers of negroes migrating from tn south to other parts of the country ar getting married before they leave an the colored parson begins to wear 7 prosperous look.
 Cheese Day at Monroe, Wis. nea month will be celebrated by the distr button of 5000 cheese sandwiches. Notf ing is said about something to wash thei ] down with.
 The rural sheriff who captured Overto wants the reward, by heck. Well, yo can't blame him for that. sx <
 The Rumanians should bear up bravel, They will have plenty of time to ge their second wind.