The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

bulance drivers, doctors, nurses and
stretcher bearers These are the figures
given by Arthur Gleason in his new
book just published, Our Part in the
Great War Mr.. Gleason has himself
been serving with the Munro ambulance
| in Belgium, and has been through some
of the heaviest fighting of the war. He
writes of American relief work abroad,
which has been concerned with the food
ing, clothing and housing of destitute
families with the rescuing of the
wounded, and the restoring of those who
have been desperately injured, to health
and to the semblance of human beings.
Gleason is the only civilian who has
been permitted by the French govern
ment to examine the captured diaries of
the German soldiers. He prints ex
tracts from these in which the Germans
themselves describe the burning of VIII
lagos and massacre of peasants. And he
repeats the peasants own stories of suf-
fering and of heroism.
Caspar Whitney says: Gleason is not
only above criticism as to his facts, but
the language of his recital Is surprisingly
temperate. l indorse the accuracy of
LG4eason's4 stories, because my own in
Ivestigations corroborate them"
MOON MADNESS AND OTHER FAN
TASTES"
thors Cooperative Publishing Co., pub
fishers, No 60 Reade Street, New
York
Aimee Croker ourard has written a
little volume of short stories, which she
calls "Moon Madness and Other Fan
tasies,' which is a collection of very
colorful exotic stories, among the num-
Der being "Our Lady of Red Lips"
Paula Loved Pearls" 1.-THE Dance of
he Cohr -
Kara the Faithful Betty and
Buddha'' Mrs. Pepper in Paris"
Moon Madness
1.-THE Dance of the Cobra" is perhaps
the most finished of the stories, while
Moon Madness is the most daring
most of the stories are in oriental set
tings and wildly realistic.
THE FAMILY ALBUM
Drawings and Text by Frank Wing.
The Reilly and Britton Co., publishers,
Chicago
No more amusing or entertaining book
has been published than THE Family
Album" the drawings and text by
Frank Wing, and those who haven't seen
it should at once do so, for it is scream
ingly funny, and as good hours enter
tainment as could be found anywhere.
The most ridiculous reproductions of
photographs like all of us have in our
family photograph albums are shown
and most amusing comments in regard
to each.
One of the most amusing pictures has
this description.
Mas cousin, Marie Antonette Sparks
she amt never had very good health
AND one time when she was awful sick an
they had a consultation uh doctors Il
guess it's what you call it) old Doc Blith-
ers he says t the others; I'd recommen'
givin' her grain of strychnine' II guess
1t was) anyway the other doctors says:
Why an it IL kill her Well says
Doc what eff it does?s She amt wuth
a cuss as she is he says Well sir,
they done it, an Mares alive yet.
Another description is of a couple
photographed when they were married
with this elaboration:
That there's Elmer Body, Teller
t ust t. live in this town, but now he
lives at Kansas. Gramma Sparks and
his ma was fourth cousins, I guess it
was
"Onct Elmer got sick and staid that
away long time and didn't git no
better and by-m-by when he went to
Eureky Springs, why he took his grave
clothes weth him. he was that discour-
aged poor Teller But purity soon he
begun t git better, cause they was
young wilder down there that he fell
In love weth. and married her. That's
her with him In tn picture, took tn
day they was married. That suits the
one he expected to be laid out in
The secret of the success of "The
Fotygraft Album" lies in the fact that
wherever 1t goes it finds itself among
its own people The types portrayed
are In every community. That's why the
sale of one book means a call for an
other. The reader isn't satisfied until
ne has given copy to a friend--or a
dozen in many cases.
WITHIN THE GATES OF YILDIZ"
BY Julien L. Brode. Richard G. Badger,
publisher. the Gorham Press, Boston
Julien L. ERODE. In his fve-act play
entitled within the Gates of Yildiz"
has written a stirring, gripping play,
portraying the late revolution in
Turkey which resulted in the dethrone-
ment of Abul Hamid and placed the
government in the hands of the present
Young Turk party.
The story has to do with an old sui
tan who has incarcerated his harem
a beautiful French girl who has been
kidnapped. In an attempt to escape from
the royal harem. she Is compelled TO
kill a eunuch, and is fired upon by the
palace guards. She manages to get
away but the charge d'affaires of the
American embassy, who aids her Is
captured. Just as he is about to be
shot, the Young Turks take the city
and the palace, and save him Just in
time. The old sultan Is caught as he
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