The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS


 warded by the Right Honorable Sir Gil- bert Parker, bart. ct will take a bigger ! title than England has appended to his name to hide the brilliant author.) At first the letters were signed in ink by him. Now the publicity has grown so | that his secretary signs them. The last notice read as follows:
 "As Sir Gilbert Parker is sailing for America on Saturday January 13, he will be unable to deal with any correspond ence until further notice He has, how ever, made arrangements for pamphlets to be sent out during his absence. He begs to thank his many correspondents for their kindness and courtesy during ] the past two years and a half, and he hopes to have the pleasure of meeting many of them while in the United States"
 hope he will get as far south as Bir- ningham
 Were you reared in home where St. Nicholas paid it monthly visits? If not, you missed much. To this good day T read it. Here is a bit from the February number. It shows us a side of ''The Fath- CT of His County that is little known: During Washingtons campaigns, nu- merous instaces are told of his notice of, and kindness to children, sometimes very little ones. Mrs. Bowers, an old lady of Cooperstown, N. Y.,, used to tell how, when she was little 3-year-od tot, Eo cI,t o+ hor mothers; and how, dignified as he was he could condescend to amuse little child. When her mother left the room for a few minutes, she was taken upon the general knee and trotted as he sang the ludicrous rhyme:
 There was an old, old man and an old, old woman;
 They lived in a vinegar bottle together Shelter'd alike from wind and from
 weather
 They lived in vinegar bottle together.
 Repeating the last line several times for chorus"
 The Sunday school world has been called upon to mourn the loss of one of it's greatest leaders in the death Of pr. George w. Bailey, who recently passed away at the Battle Creek sanitarium.
 The slogan of million niclkes from a million Sunday school scholars, for a million Testaments for million soldiers was suggested by pr. Bailey in meet ;,,o If l, headquarters. When told just before his death that the goal had been reached, Dr. Bailey suggested that the work done was a good start for the second million.
 A unique feature of the Sunday school work in China is that the children are taught to read in connection with their Sunday school lesson. The China Sunday School union issues a lesson primer, which has upon 1t Life Problem Pic tures'' from Chinese life The lesson is begun by a discussion of some point of conduct suggested by the picture; class discussion follows, and the whole class session brings itself to a decision re- sarding some specific act" which they are urged to Twill to do" during the week following
 Don c. Seitz, one of the foremost news paper men in America, business manager of the New York World, tells in an illu- minating and indicting way in the North American Review the plain and amazing truth about the robbery of the publish CTS by the great paper interests. The 2,O00 newspapers and periodicals pub Rlished in the United States are facing. says MT. Seitz, not only complete ex tinction of profits, but in many cases con- fiscatory losses through the unscrupulous exactions of paper manufacturers who are imposing upon them an unjustified tax of $45000,000 year. As result of what Mr. Seitz calls "one of the most effective price lifting movements in our history" the war harvests reaped by the makers of semi-manufactured material find mo- where he says, "a richer or more unde- printing trade.' MT. Seitz's assertions are supported by an exhaustive citation of facts and figures-an exhibit which makes the extertions of the most infamous of the old-time trusts look like the inno- cent rogueries of baby. And yet when we make slight raise in the price of the printed paper some people think we are taking advantage of them. I have heard of patricians, diagnosticians, politicians and various kinds of ''icians'' but her comes a note saying Vernon Lee. one of the most distinguished aestheti- clans, has written a clear sighted and scholarly paper upon recent philosophical conclusions respecting the origins of art. I reckon he is what his friend says he is or he wouldn't have falsely accused him of being an aesthetician I don't believe we have one in Birmingham. Maybe Atlanta has such person. If not she will claim it anyway. This reminds me of an incident I once witnessed when guest in the house of one of the souths greatest and most dig nified preachers. A little grandchild came on visit. One night after dinner I looked into his library. There he sprawled on his back at full length and sitting astride him was the little miss laughing bosterously at his effort to 1 play Yankee Doodle" on comb, around which was wound 8 sheet of tissue pa- per. It was none other than Dr. James B. Hawthorne. It made me love him.