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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
SMALL TURNOVER
 IN STOCK MARKET
Publication of Weekly Bank Statement Developed After
 Close of Session

New York, January 13.-The most interesting event of the day in the financial district, publication of the weekly bank statement. showing an actual cash gain by local banks of more than s60,000 900. did not develop until after the close of an exceed ingly dull and meaningless session of the stock market. Sales barely ap- proximated 100000 shares, the smallest turnover, even for a weekend, in many months.
 The cash gain disclosed by the bank statement was partly offset by loan expansion of more than $4l,000,000, due. in all probability. to some inn portant financing. This was fully neu- tralized, however, by an increase in reserves of virtually s41.O0O,000, or d total of about $90.0O0,O0O in the last three weeks. bringing total actual ex- cess reserves up to the formidable fig ure of $1S1.4SS.620. which slightly ex- ceeds any weekly showing of the past year.
 Of the market itself. it need only be said that trading was confined to relatively small fraction of the pro- fessional element. Efforts to depress prices during the first hour were as- sisted by the heaviness of a few spe- cialties. notably Bethlehem Steel and United States Rubber. at declines, re- spectively. of IS and 6A points
 Rails lapsed into their recent ob- scurity, leading members of that group being only occasionally quoted with moderate recessions in Canadian Pa cific, Southern railway preferred and some of the minor or low priced shares.
 Weekend news of a general char acter exercised little or no influence in any quarter of the stock list The mercantile agencies noted a degree of caution and higher prices for crude and refined oils were reported
 Bonds were firm on small dealings. Total sales, par value, s2.435,000.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call during the week.
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GRAIN AND PRODUCE

| Chicago, January 13.-Expectation of 2 ! good sized decrease in the United States
 visible supply tended today to uphold the
 wheat market. The close, although un- settled, was the same as yesterdays fin
 ish to ssc off, with May at s1.S43s01 Az and July at s1.49Ad15O. Corn gained 9sc to ss@$c oats were unchanged to 15d5sc down. and provisions varied from 21ac de- ellen to rise of BOG.
 Nervousness over an evident pause in export demand formed the chief offset to the prospect that the visible supply total on Monday would show material shrink age available domestic stock of wheat. Between these two opposing influences the market fluctuated, but was confined to narrower limits than has of late been the rule. For the most part, spectators maintained a waiting attitude and ap- peared to be on the alert for some radi- cal development regarding the peace out look The volume of trade was light and the market easily affected by transient pit conditions.
 Forecasts of enlarged world shipments of wheat were counterbalanced by com plaints from the west and southwest that crop damage might result from prevailing cold weather ard the lack of snow cover ing. Reports of the virtual closing down of one of the largest milling concerns in Minneapolis attracted also a good deal of notice. The reason given for the stop page was a lack of cars.
 Corn had a firm tone throughout the day. Fresh reports of drouth damage in Argentina gave strength to the market and so also did the cold wave. Besides, rural offerings were light except in the southwest.
 Oats followed corn. Trade was local.
 Provisions averaged higher, owing to an advance in the hog market to the top- most level ever attained in January A big drop in hog receipts next week was looked for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Flour and Feedstuff

Michigan patent flour, s10.90; Idaho patent flour, $s.So; Tennessee patent flour, s975; high grade self-rising flour, iO.15; medium grade self-rising flour, s9.95; hard winter wheat flour, $9.75; spring wheat flour, s10; corn meal, $2.SS per s6-lb. sack; hen feed. $2.65 sack; mixed horse and mule feed, $36 to H4; 71h per cent c. s. meal $40: Cremo feed meal $50; prime c. S. hulls, s21; lintless hulls, $17; gray shorts, s43; brown shorts, $40; wheat bran, $37; velvet bean meal. $31; corn, per bushel, $1.25; corn chops, g 35; No. white oats. per bushel, 76c; wheat, per 1OO-lb. sack, &; kaffir corn and milo maize per 100 lb. sack, $275; choice fancy pea green alfalfa. per ton. $31: southern alfalfa, per ton, S25: mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass per ton, S21; choice fancy timothy hay, per ton, $26; No. 1 timothy hay, per ton, $22; light clover mixed hay, per ton, s21; No. Johnson grass. per ton, $l5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Produce Market

New York, January 13.-Butter unset tled receipts, 55S3; creamery higher than extras, 40@401sc; creamery, extras, 92- score 39Q391ac; firsts, 36q3S11c. Eggs un- settled; receipts, 3294; fresh gathered, extra firsts, 54c; firsts, 52@53c; refrigera- tor seconds to firsts, S7@39c. Cheese firm CT; receipts, 157S; state held, specials, 2474 @24s4c; state held, average fancy, 231a@ 24c. Live poultry steady; chickens. 20Q 2lc; fowls, 171a@1S1ac; turkeys, 2oc; dress ed, firm; chickens, 2O027c; fowls. 16@231sc; turkeys, 2O023c.
 Chicago, January 13.-Butter lower; creamery. 32@SSc. Eggs higher; receipts, 3O71 cases; firsts 46@4Sc; ordinary rIrsts, 3S@42c; at mark, cases included, 39@47c. Potatoes; receipts, IS cars, unchanged. Poultry. alive, higher; fowls. 1S1sc; springs, 18c.
 St. Louis, January 13.-Poultry and but ter unchanged. Eggs 42c.
 Kansas City, January 13.-Produce mar ket unchanged
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Live Stock

Chicago, January 13.-Hogs: Receipts, 15,OO0; market active, 10 to 15 cents above yesterdays average. Bulk, s1O. 60@1O 30; light. $10. 1o@1o.70 mixed. SIG. 4o310 S5; heavy. $10. 45G10.9o; rough, $10. 45@1O 60; pigs, $7. 7.S5d9 .75.
 Cattle: Receipts, 500; native beef cat tie, s7.75@11 80; western steers, $7 5OQ10; stockers and feeders, s .50G8 .s5; cows and heifers, s5. .500010; calves s9. .75<714. 25.
 Sheep: Receipts, 6000; market strong wethers, $9. 50@106 65; ewes, $7.25G10 25 lambs, s11 .60G14 15
 Kansas City. January 13-Hogs Re cepts. 5000; market higher. Bulk. $10 4O0 o.75; heavy, slO. 7Oa1O 80; light SIC. .1o91O. 80 pigs, $s.25G1o.
 Cattle: Receipts, 200; market steady Prime fed steers fl0. 75dn1 50: dressed beef steers, $S S.50010. 50: southern steers s6. .50td8. 75; COWS. s5 .25@9; hefers, $65odl II; stockers. $s. 25G9; bulls, s6QS; calves $6. .50lp11 50.
 Sheep: Receipts. none; market steady Lambs, sl3@13.75: yearings. $11 50l12 25 wethers. &. .5O0110. .25; ewes. s. .50d9.75.
 St. Louis. January 13-Hogs: Receipts $500; market higher. Lights. $lo. 6@1o. 75
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Sugar Market

New York, January 13<-The market for raw sugar was quiet today. and as there were no sales reported, spot prices re- mained unchanged. Closing prices were 43sc for Cubas, cost and freight, equal to 5.39c for centrifugal and 452c for mo- lasses In refined prices remained un- changed at 6.75c for fine granulated. Flu lures reflected the easiness of kindred markets and closed at 2 to II points net decline. January sold at 4.32c and closed at 4,32c; March, 4.02c to 4.01c, closing 401c; May, 40Sc; July 4.1oc, closing 40sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York, January 13.-Mercantile paper S1zqe%c; sterling, 6O-day bills, s4 72A; commercial, 6Ozday bills on banks. S47z14; commercial. 63-day bills, $4.72; de- mand, s4.75%; cables, S4761s Francs: De- mand, 5.s44; cables, 5.SSA. Marks: De- mand 69A cables, 691a. kronen: Demand, Il 40; cables, 11.5O. Guilders: Demand, 40s; cables, 407s Lires: Demand, 6.95; cables. SEA. Rubles: Demand, 29A; cables, 2sss. Bar silver. 74ssc. Mexican dollars, 57ssc; government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Fruits and Produce

(WhOIeSaI6 LluOtatlOn.J Oranges-Florida oranges, s2.75Q3. Florida rapefruit-$3. .0003.25. Lemons-Imported box, S4.0O. Limes-Per 100, $125@1.50. Apples-Virginia, barrel, $59S. Grapes-California Empire, s2.75. Pears-California Bartlett, crate, S. Sweet Potatoes-White stock, bu., s1.2o. Sweet Potatoes-Yams, bush., SIPS. Onions-California yellows, h., 511c. Onions-Spanish, crate. g. Cab abbage-Colorado, 51ac Grapes-Pony basket, 23c. Celery-Colorado. crate. sZ0o; dozen. N.25.
 Cranberries-Bbl, ss.50; box. $2.5o. Rutabaga Turnips-2AQSc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Coffee Market

New York January 13.-The market for coffee futures opened barely steady at decline of 2 points. Sales. 32,5O0. January. s.54c; February, S59c: March, S.65c April. S.6Sc; May, S70c; June, s.74c; July s.79c; August, SS4c; September, S.s9c; October, S.94c; No vember. Sc; December. 905c
 Spot coffee quiet; Rio No. z, 10c; Santos As. 11c. cost and freight of- fers were delayed.
 Rio exchange was unchanged and there was a decline of 75 reis at Sam tos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. January 13.-The cotton seed oil market was quiet but stead fer on little local buying and week end covering promoted by the firm ness in lard and small crude offers which served to offset weakness in cotton Closing prices were 2 to 5 points net higher The market closed firm. Spot, 12.10c bid; January, 12.12 @12.15c: February, 1210@12.16c; March, 12.12@12.13c; April, 12100 12.15c; May, 12.12@12.14c: June, 1912 @12.16e; July. 12.17@12. August, l2.19@1220c: total sales. 4S00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
MORRIS AVENUE

The weather interefered with business in general in the wholesale district yes terday. For the past week prices have stiffened wherever changes were made with no decline in sight The market has been normal for many weeks, with some lines rather scarce. Dealers in poultry and eggs are having trouble in locating either in the country, and the last few shipments were light. All feedstuffs hold at top prices, with to encourage the consumers. Quotations were as follows:
 Poultry and Eggs
 Commission Merchants Price.) Hens-1Sc.
 Hens-Dressed, 19Q 2Oc. Fryers-24Q025c
 Guineas-35c.
 Roosters-10c.
 Extra Graded Eggs-45c. Fresh Country Eggs-45c Storage Eggs-3SQ40c. Turkeys-Live, 27@2Sc; dressed, BOG. Geese-14c.
 Rabbits-S1. 1902.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, January 13.-Turpentine firm, 521a@53c sales. 2S6; receipts, 12O; shipments. 11S; stock, 22,421. Resin firm; sales. 445; receipts, $40; shipments, 11S; stock. s9.9S0, Quote: A, B, c, D, E. r. G. s6.27k; H, |, $6S21a; K. s6.50; M, $6.75; N. s6.95; VIC. $7; wv. SIPS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Metal Market

New York, January 13.--The copper
 market during the past week was un- settled, although at the close firm CT tone developed and prices recov- cred some of their early loss. Elec- tlolytic quoted $27@321s. Iron firm and unchanged.
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Future quotations were as follows:
Chicago Grain

Chicago, January 13.--Wheat, No 2 red. $1.941A; No. red nominal; No. 2 hard,
 $1.9; No. hard nominal Corn. No. ? yellow, 9Sc; No. 4 yellow, 951a@961zc; No-
 vember, No. 4 white 95@96c. Oats, No.
 3 white, 56@56Ac; standard, 5s1s@67c Rye. No. ?, s1.47 barley, $1@d 31; timothy, $S50 50; clover, $12@17. Pork, s.5O; lard,
 $15 57GD16. 62; ribs, $14. .25014. .75
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most tragic episodes of the war; and also one of the least known Newspaper correspondents were largely if not al- together excluded from the field or ac- tion their reports heavily censored, and, so far as the publishers know, no other reliable eyewitness, above all no other witness actually serving in the ranks, has written out his impressions at length. For that matter, few enough have survived. MT. Gallishaw's record, therefore, possesses a fair field and his readers will be inclined to add that he needs no favor. His account of the cam paign is in it's way a unique document of the war.
 MT. Gallishaw was a special student at Harvard at the opening of the war, but, being a Newfoundlander, he enlist ed mediately and was sent to Scot land for training. Transferred to Lon don, he was selected to remain there as record keeper for the First Newfound- land regiment, but he managed to snug gle himself aboard transport, and in this way was able to rejoin his com pany for active service at the Darda- Inelles He fought through three months of the Gallipoli campaign, in which the Newfoupdlanders distinguished them selves at fearful cost, and was then dis charged as wounded, after being pro- noted for gallant conduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Rice Market

New Orleans January 13.-Both rough and clean rice continued steady today, with quotations unchanged Receipts:
 Rough, 1928 sacks; milIers, 1928 sacks;
 clean, 271S pockets. Sales. clean Japan, 42 pockets.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, January 13-Cash wheat, No. 2 hard, $1 1.S9d1 .s3; No. ? red, s1.s9@
 .S91A. Corn No. ? mixed. s41z@951ac; No. l2 white, 95d96c: No. 2 yellow, 95@951ac.
 Oats. No white. 5s1k@57c; No. ? mixed, 54055c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
The Piker
Eron, p,,nnl,

FTU1H FunCH.
 Joan (reading)-It says here that this war is Armagideon. and the end of the world is fixed for the beginning of April.
 Darby-There, now! I always said the Kaiser would wriggle out of 1t some how,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
English MnneY

London, January 1S.-Bar silver, S6d per ounce. Money, s1s per cent; discount rates, short bills, per cent; three months, per cent.
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Sugar and Cereals

Granulated sugar, $50 cwt. f. o. b. Bir- mingham.
 Choice Rice-so.5o per cwt. Fancy Rice-$6 per cwt. Extra Fancy-s6.50 per cwt. s Grits-$2.25 96-lb. bag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
"CHARLES FROHMAN. MANAGER
 AND MAN,'

By Isaac F. Marcosson and Daniel Froh-
 man. With an appreciation by James
 Matthew Barrie. Harper Brothers, pub
 fishers, New York
 Under the title of Charles Frohman: Manager and Man." the authorized life of the great theatrical magnate, by Isaac F. Alarcosson and Daniel Frohman. is of- fered to the public in very attractive form. It is illustrated with photographs and human documents and includes a foreword by Sir James M. Barrie in the shape of an appreciation of his close personal friend by the author of Peter Pan" A portion of this biographical ma terial has appeared In magazine serial form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, January 13.-Wheat, No. 2 red. $1 .92@2: No. 2 hard. $1. .94@1 .941a; May. $1 .S47s Corn, No. ?, SIC: No. 9 white, 9S1s @99c. Oats, No. 2, 56c; No. white, nomi- nal; May. 56a4c.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

lotion Merchants, Hanover Square, N.
 ]. Members New York Cotton Ex-
 'hange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Jew York Produce Exchange, Associate 8fembers Liverpool Cotton Association Orders solicited for the purchase and S3ale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for :{uture delivery. Special attention and Afberal terms given for consignments of
 nee invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
THE LAST DITCH.

By Will Lexington Comfort. George H. Doran company, publishers, New York. Will Lexington Comfort whose literary style has been called "the most perfect medium of fiction developed in a gen eration," has returned to the far east in The Last Ditch, his most br1l- liant novel of love, peril and adven- ture. Two beautiful women, master por- ton to the fastly moving tale.
 All the mystery and gorgeous color of the east is here, the narrow, crooked,
 lamp-lit streets of a Chinese seaport,
 the hot, dusty flatness of the desert to-
 ward Tibet, the cool, sharp air of the hill country at dusk.
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Spot Cotton
Pig Iron

pigs, s25@1o: good heavy, $1o o.s5@1o. .o51 bulk, $10. 45a10.S5
 Cattle; Receipts, 100; market steady; native beef steers. s7 50911 .50; yearling steers and heifers, $S, 5OQ11 50; cows, s. 5od 8. 50; stockers, 5 .S0@S 50; calves, s6@12.50
 Sheep: Receipts, 250; market steady Lambs, STATS Q 1875: ewes. $6.50@9.75; yearlings, $11@12.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
MEN, WOMEN AND GUNS"

By "Sapper." George H. Doran Co.,,
 publishers, New York.
 Like a new star rising out of the smoky clouds of ewar has appeared this new lit erary genius who writes under the name of "Sapper." These remarkable tales are of men and women whose lives were twisted as suddenly, tangled as wildly, changed as utterly as the barbed wire of the trenches under the waking of the guns.
 The young British officer of artillery who writes under the name of "Sapper" is perhaps the most popular writer in Eng land today. He is the author of Michael Cassidy, Sergeant
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Creamery Products

(Wholesale Selling Prce.) Creamery Butter--3912c; process butter, 3S1ac; oleomargarine, 25c; country butter, 30c.
 Full Cream Cheese-25i5c.
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Fish

Perch-S15c. Salt Water Trout -121xc. Red Snapper-12Ac. Gray Snapper-Sc. Mullet-7c. Spanish Mackerel-121a015c. Shrimp-1213c. Sheephead-87zc. Virginia Croaker-6c. Pompano-30c Oysters-Eastern select, s175 gallon. me- dium, $1.50.
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Students at the Claremont tCal. High school work their way by labo. in the lemon grove in the school
 grounds.
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Meats

Extra Ribs-1534c. Rib Bellies-1613c Clean Belies-163zc. Smoked Bellies-lsc. Breakfast Bacon-22a25c. Pork Loins-17hc. Pork Shoulders-15c. Pork Hams-17c. Skinned Hams-21c. Hams-Reg.. 20c. Pork Trimmings-13c. Pure Lard-17c. Open Kettle-1Sc. Compound-15c.
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West Flee. =. 400 5sM SPA 52%
 Total sales for the day. 214,00o
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"CIorJD AND sI1,yER.

By E. V. Lucas. George IT. Doran com
 pany, publishers, New York.
 F. V. Lucas Is one of the English writers whose work we love for its leis- ure, for it's mellow observation, for the rich and quiet background out of which the author writes so keenly and so well. Much of the leisure is gone now. The war has made pleasantness impossible The background is not quiet any more Some of the essays in the present volume are about the war; some of the others have felt it's grim disturbance, though the book is one of the miscellaneous collec- tions of papers with which we are al- ready familiar in this writer's varied work. But the mellow observation is here still the rich and often humorous sympathy, the inherent charm. "Cloud and Silver" like Mr. Lucas other books, is delightful. It is book that those of us who have appreciated the quality of his work will want to read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
"LITTLE BILLY BowLEGs ],

By Emile Black,more Stapp. George H. Doran Co, publishers, New York Miss Betty was a reporter for the .'Evening Sun" But she found time to mother and befriend little Billy Bowlegs, a red headed newsboy, and his bosom friends, Pete, Skinny and Jake. Here is tender, winning, lovable little story of the close companionship between a group of happy ragamuffins and warm hearted woman writer.
 Miss Stapp Is Happy Tribe Editor of the Des Moines capital. She is the orig inator of the famous Go-Hawk Happy Tribe, the children members of which live in almost every state in the union.
 James Whitcomb Riley was the big chief of the organization.
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|, II ands the readers attention MT. Pen nell enthuses with his subject. for he can see beyond, right into the heart of 1t all, and it is his expression of this that we find in such of his pictures as the Lake of Fire at Charleroi, in Belgium, for, included in the volume, are many sketches of Europe. Belgium. Italy Germany Holland all contribute their share for MT. Pencils subject matter yet there is a unity through out which makes itself manifest in ev- cry drawing. Work, and still more work, but it is the human element of work that is emphasized. MT. Pennell calls his sketches ''impressions"- they are more they are convictions.
 How many of us have watched the building of q New York skyscraper by night? Have we perchance seen 1t on cold winters evening as we are gayly bound to a dinner party in old New York? MT. Pennell has seen 1t at just such a time and when we look at his picture we know at once how he felt about 1t. To quote the author: "The dinner waited till I got sketch done, for I knew the construction man would not Not the least interesting part of this attractively printed volume is that which is devoted to the notes and in- formal anecdotes of the author himself. They bear witness to the good natured
 
 the results which he obtains. The book is a plea for the bringing of modernity into art.
 Genoa, with it's commerce laden har- bor, Venice with its Campanile. Valen- ciennes with it's mills, old and new; Es- sen with it's Krupp works; London, Hamburg. Berlin are few of the themes the possibilities of which need not be described. The sketches cover a period from 1SS1-1915 during which time the author visited many parts of the world.
 MT. Pennell is notably a modern and has found art in the greatest phases of modern. so-called materialistic achieve ment; however, those with an historic sense may trace his ancestry from "The Mill,' the child of Rembrandt, the Car thage' of Claude, the "Steam, Rain and Sreed'' of Turner and the magnificent bronzes of Constantin Meunier, to whom, by the way this work is dedicated. We of America can be proud of our country man-he is truly representative and a valuable interpreter.
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..TRENCHING AT GALLIPoLL.,

.TRENCHING AT GALLIPOLL' By John Gallishaw. Illustrated with photographs The Century company
 publishers, New York.
 For obvious reasons very little has beer published about the Gallipoli campaign All the world knows now that it was colossal blunder on the part of the British government, and it has passed into history az one of the blackest and
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"KILDAREs OF THE STORM" 2v Eleanore Marcein Kelly With frontis-

BY EleanOre MdTColn A6lly. w 1lA AiOAtAS-
 piece by Alonzo Kimball The Century
 Co.,, publishers, New York.
 s.Kildares of Storm" is a story, not of the Kentucky of most fiction. but of mod ern Kentuck as it is. and the charac- ters are realistically drawn from the virile types that actually exist today in this much romanticized state. It Is a study of heredity, of three women chief ly and their intertwined love stories Kate Kildare is big, beautiful. vital woman, worthy descendant of the pioneers who pushed American civilization over the Al leghenies in conquest of a continent. She is the owner and manager of a plantation called "Storm"-a real plantation. one of the kind that actually exist, and 1t is here, and only incidentally in the noun tains, that the action of the story takes place. Her own love story Is still to be woven into life when the novel begins; but by that time fate has begun weaving love stories for her two different and astonishing daughters. These related TO- mances, in their development, make a story far removed from the usual moon. shine fabric of Kentucky fiction.
 Eleanor Mercein Kelly. Mrs. Robert Morrow Kelly, was born in Maryland and has lived in Milwaukee and Washing ton. She now makes her home in Ken lucky. She is the author of Hunger Troy and Unlike,' and other novels and stories.