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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
RUSH-M'FADDIN

Robert Haywood McFaddin of Greens heir daughter, Dorothy, to Mir. Charles to take place April 23.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
LAvITCH- ALLEN

Allen of their daughter, Il Edlavitch wedding rad 1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
MISS BURTON ENTERTAINS

Miss Julia Burton entertained a fe friends informally last evening at h home at Woodlawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

(CestiausA sn Pess Thrse)
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
lf1E AMAIEUR-A French War Story
.HE salon of Colonel Won Spendel,
4 ordinarily trim, tidy and immac-


ordinarily trim, tidy and immac-
ulate, had that day the appear
ance of a second hand bargain shop.
The tables and the mantelpiece were
covered with miscellaneous Objects
Crates were piled in the corners and the
colonels wife, assisted by her four
daughters, was emptying two large
boxes filled with household linen.
Herr Luder bows no less than three
times on the Threshold, as it BELTS a
simple tradesman to do when he enters
the abode of an exalted parsonage. Af-
ter that he stands at attention, most re-
spectfully, his heels touching each other.
Herr Luder," says the colonel, light
ing cigar, II asked you to come in or
der to give an opinion as an expert on
the things l have here. They tell me
that you are great connoisseur and an
honest dealer. You will give me the
benefit of your guidance"
Herr Luder bushed with iusti6able
pride, protested that he was but an
humble business man and that, in this
matter, as in all others, the colonel was
much better judge than himself.
The colonel answered that. without
doubt, he had a taste in beautiful
things, but that two opinions were
worth more than one. Then he ex-
planned, good-naturedly:
AT the beginning Of the war it was
easy to pick and choose. In the first
place we knew where the really valuable
things were to be found, and when bv
chance we didn't know the words or the
actions Of the proprietor gave us all
the information we needed.
"For instance, one time I was ouar-
tered in house of very modest appear
ance, and was about to leave it without
taking anything with me, when / no.
ticed the owner concealing little pict-
ure which had never before attracted
my attention. His action aroused NV
suspicious. Naturally l took the paint
ing. Well, it was Fragonard--noth-
ing less, Herr Luder."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

and that is manifestation of ghostng to
which a lawsuit comparatively recently
drew attention. Quite a number of auto
biographies, it was then admitted-some of
them by the revolving daughters of royal
houses, and others by English aristocrats
of both sexes who had knocked about
had been put into a presentable literary
shape by literary lady of -all-work. Whence
two questions inevitably presented them
selves to certain minds: Was the transac-
tion in itself a moral or an immoral one?
Was the ultimate revelation of the secret
of the actual authorship of the works per-
missible or reprehensble?
"The two questions, however, cannot be
rudely separated Morality requires US all
to abstain from corrupt bargains, but it does
not require US to keep silence about them.
Confession, in such a case, may not only be
good for the soul, but may also be service
which our obligations TO the community
demand. At the same time the suggestion
that silence is imperative is suggestion
that one of the two parties to the bargain
has something to be ashamed Of Is that
really 80 or not? Is fraud really COM
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
A Little Treatise on the Art 01

for him by Auguste Maquet and other COL
laborators, whose names did not appear on
the title pages.
"Still it could not be contended that
Dumas was exploiting Maquet's personality.
That fact was conclusively established when
Maquet published romances under his own
signature. 1t was as if dentists mechanic
had set up in business as a dental surgeon;
and Dumas's attitude toward his collabo-
rator when anything went wrong was
pretty much that which the dental surgeon
might be expected to adopt toward his me-
chanic when something went wrong with
denture. Convicted one day of some arach-
ronism or other inconsistency, he unblush-
ingy rejoiped: That is little Maquet's
fault. III punch his head for it next time
see him. Dumas, in short, in the lam
guage of the war industries, was diluting
labor for the purpose of increasing output.
The fraud, if any, was fraud upon the
public, and the public had its obvious rem
edy. The prosperity of the Maison Dumas
ct Gle, as Jacquot called it, depended upon
public support, and the public could with
draw its patronage whenever it was dis.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

What do you say to that, Herr Lu-
der? Talking about an air of antiquity,
1t has an air of antiquity!"
Certainly" answered the dealer in
antiques, drawing nearer. "Certainly."
"The lady to whom it belonged broke
into tears when she saw me take it.
But, as I told you, that may not have
signified very much"
Evidently Herr Luder ventured, as
ne passed his big, sensitive fingers along
the sides of the vase.
What attracted my attention to it
was that had seen one in Berlin, some
time ago, which resembed it. And they
put very big price on it,
Herr Luder turned the vase over re-
turned it, put his eye to the orifice,
sounded the pottery with delicate taps.
wiped the dust from the end of his
moist fingers and murmured:
Evidently. Evidently"
Then he seemed to be lost in thought.
GLOW much is it worth?" asked the
colonel.
Herr Luder replaced the vase ON the
stand, rubbed his hands together and
replied, with a shadow of regret:
Nothing, Herr Colonel"
The lady of the house and her four
daughters raised their heads.
do you think so?" the colonel artic-
ulated' in a tone of severity.
i am sure of it, although I admit that
even clever amateur might be de-
ceived. For myself, haven't a shadow
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

inal authors of the autobiographies are
masters of orthography and syntax or not
It's one desire is to hear the stories which
the revolving daughters of royal houses and
other highly placed personages are able to
tell and the revelations which they are able
to make; and it wants those stories put
before it in as readable shape as possible
If the writer's have never previously put pen
60 paper except for the purpose of answer
ing invitations deferring their settle
ments with their creditors, it may easily be
that the introduction of the ghost into the
business is the only means by which they
can satisfactorily tell the public the things
which the public wants to know
"1n that case, the ghost is merely an
interpreter. His Cor herr function, though
not exalted, is, at all events, not dishonor-
able. On the contrary. it is, in humble
way, quite useful, making an unmarketable
commodity marketable The case would be
different, of course, if the ghost imported
a decisive and interesting personality into
the transaction, and credited declassee
countess a man-about-town with such
memoirs Of genius as Rousseaus 'Confes-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
IF You Have Something to Say
1 But Don t Know How to Saw 1t

"1n actual practice, ghostng most fire.
quently occurs when man or woman,
provided with the material for book, seeks
the assistance of some one who knows how
to write but has nothing in particular to
say. Books of travel have sometimes been
produced by combined effort of this kind.
for the most intrepid explorers are not al
ways the readiest writer's; and one can cite
instances in which the reception has been
distinctly advantageous to the reader
1.-THE same remark applies, mutatis mu-
tandis, to biographies and "reminiscences.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

to the good taste and artistic judgment
of the master of the house. And at the
doorway he repeated to himself:
with all the beautiful things you
have in your house, Herr Colonel, you
cannot keep that; you simply cannot"
Out in the street, which already lay
in the shadow of twilight, he walked
away happy. He entered restaurant,
ordered chop and thick sausage and
then went home.
At the back of the shop Frau Luder
was seated. Her fat and solemn face
lighted UP when she saw her worthy
spouse close the door, pull down the
heavy shutters and put his hat on the
counter with a gesture of satisfaction.
Here Herr Luder was master. Be-
tween his cashiers desk and his windows
he was as arrogant as baron. He said
in low voice:
Are we alone? Has the clerk gone?
Are the children upstairs?"
She answered.:
I'VE are all alone"
Then the grave face of the merchant
expanded in a smile. He passed his
hand over his head, and, seating him
self, said:
"To-morrow, right after breakfast,
you will go to Zahler, the secondhand
man. In a lot Of antiquities you will
find big vase of the Italian
Renaissance. Bargain for it as a mat
ter of form. But pay any price that is
necessary. 1t is a prize piece-a pure
marvel, which / wouldn't let slip out of
my hands for anything. In 1913 I sold
one of the same sort, but less beautiful.
for 5000 marks
"Ach!" exclaimed Frau Luder, "and
how did you discover it?"
But Herr Luder, who didn't like to
talk about his business, answered:
"Only do what l tell you
Meanwhile, putting the vase in with
lot of old trash, Herr Baron Colonel
Won Spendel consoled himself for his
disappointment by rejecting that his
sompatriots were decidedly the first mer
chants in the world.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
a Dwarf Wear
~ a Giants Robep

But does that sort Of thing ever really
happen elsewhere than in the pages Of a
novel? II the giants robe ever. in practice
transferred, al ready made garment to
the dwarfs shoulders? Let those who know
oil instances produce them, always remem-
bering that the leading case Of Bacon and
Shakespeare, even II it could be proved.
would belong to different category Even
the case Of the elder Dumas, glaring as It
was, In hardly case in point. 1t was
proved in court Of law beyond the shadow
OF doubt that 1t would have been materj.
ally Impossible for him even to have copied
the books Of his most prolific period in the
time in which he claimed to have composed
and written them; and 1t is now notorious
that much Of the actual writing was done
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
<<TN ORDINARY times," said an
80 old hack, cts safe to assume
IL that 80 per cent Of the books

80 old hack, "it's safe to K, assume
Il that 80 per cent Of the books
published are really the work
of the men whose names are signed to
them. Ghosts and pirates account for
the remaining one-tenth."
But these are extraordinary times,
and the tremendous output Of books by
people who have had neither the oppor-
tunity nor the leisure for literary train
ing defes all calculation. Concerning
the matter of "ghosts" comes enlighten-
ment from "The Author" official organ
of the Incorporated Society Of Authors,
Composers and Playwrights, published
in London:
"Some fifteen years ago The Author pub
lished the alleged confessions of literary
ghost who claimed to be able to do much
better for himself by writing books which
appeared under the signature of celebrity
than by publishing work of equal merit
under his own modest name. The article
was apparently conceived in a spirit of play
fulness, but the joke was not labelled jocu-
lar and there were those who failed to see
1t. In particular, the late Mr.. Hume Nisbet
failed to see it. He was a Scotsman, and
no surgeon seems to have been in attend
ance at the time. The joke which he had
failed to see reused him to FRENZY of
indignation. He began by writing angry
letters, and proceeded to write an angry
pamphlet, In which he confused the Society
or Authors with the Authors Club, COM
planned that no one had seemed particularly
glad to see him at either institution. and
denounced everything and everybody con-
nected with both of them. 1t is an old story
and has ceased to matter. The pamphlet is
out of print, and is probably rare, though
certainly not in active demand. But the
question Of ghosting remains, and is likely
to be always with us, so that it would be
useful if one could discover the ethical
principles underlying it.
"No single and simple principle will serve,
for the problem itself is not simple one.
There are degrees, as the Rouen judge
pointed out when Dumas fls informed the
tribunal that he should describe himself as
a dramatic author if he were not speaking
in the birthplace Of the illustrous Cor
nellie; and one ghost differs from another
ghost in glory or ignominy as the case may
be. Obviously it is g shameful thing that
one man should buy another mans person.
atty and acquire not only wealth, but also
fame, by exploiting it, and that is the Of
fence which the people who denounco
ghosting generally have in their minds
They picture pennyson hiring a humble
scribe to write an In Memoriam,' or a.
Dickens buying the manuscripts of a sport
ing reporter and giving them to the world
as his own 'Pickwck PAPERS,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

"Whew!" whistled the tradesman,
with glance of admiration.
"Afterward most of the owners be-
came very wary and crafty. Stop be-
fore an object of value one of them may
have and he feigns Indifference. Pre-
tend that you are going to carry away
a piece of trash, not worth fifty pfen-
nigs, and he breaks into lamentations.
War is a great teacher-in every way.
"But let us drop these "reminiscences.
Well go back to them later-this even
ing, after dinner. To return to the
point of the matter-events made my
last selections little hasty and con-
fused. AS you can see, there are all
sorts Of things-some good, some bad,
some Indifferent. The Frenchman has
such passion for what is old that he
often prefers to things which are new
and in fine condition antiques that are
worm-eaten and are often even fraudu-
lent.
"ln spite Of that, have from time to
time, with little luck and something of
a nose for things of value, discovered
beautiful pieces here and there. Not
that attach a great value to old
things. But there are people who arc
interested in them and II want your
Judgment on one of those trifles. NAL
vina, show me, please, the big vase
which you uncrated this morning"
The coloncl's wife brought the vase,
placed it OH q stand and returned to her
tasks.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
T ike Woman Who Wants to
- Guard Secret of Her Beauty

"On the face Of it, Of course, this fraud
is apt to be involved. Some one who can
not write dramatically, or cannot pin two
sentences together and make them look as
if they belonged to each other, may be pos
ing before the world as a person we'll versed
in these elementary accomplishments. He
may wish to guard the secret of his incom-
petence, as women, too dependent upon the
beauty doctor, desire to guard the secrets
of the makeup.
but there are two things to be said
about that secret. In the first place, it is
a secret to which they have no good title,
either legal or moral; and in the second
place, 1t is, from the point of view of the
public, secret of Importance whatso-
ever The public does not read autobi-
ographies of the kind under discussion for
the sake of the grammar or the style, and
it does not care twopence whether the NOM
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

of doubt, for I recognize in it a piece
of our own manufacture | can 20 fur
ther and say that it came from my own
house."
"1s it possible?" exclaimed the officer.
Certainly" answered the antiquary,
with bland smile.
Then, in tone half humble and half
exultant, he explained:
Before the war / had an antiquity
shop in Paris-a big house, situated in
one of the best quarters Of the city
where we sold off, among the genuine
antiques, some samples of German fabri-
cation. You understand, would not
have sold this to German. Put to
Frenchman! To an Englishman! To
an American!"
The colonel felt a little pioued. not
at this stratagem, but at his own dis
comfture.
"Then, as a matter of fact it has no
value?"
"Alas! None at all, Herr Baron.~
sighed the antiquary.
"Then I'll sell it with a lot of other
things of no consequence" the colonel
decided, rising from his chair. "Zahler.
the secondhand man, ought to have quite
wagon load tomorrow"
That's the easiest way" said the
honest tradesman.
Making his obeisances all around, as
was proper, he withdrew. Passing down
the hallway he stopped to look at piece
OF furniture, a bronze. vase, testifyinr
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

ellis historical pictures possess less
strength. This observer of the spectacles
of daily life could find little inspiration in
the deeds of ancient monarchs and warri-
ors He was at his best when he painted
scenes from the life that he saw around
him. And the best of these is a collection
called "The Caprices," which presents life
in Madrid during the first half of the nine
teenth century"
The etchings reproduced on this page
are all by this Spanish artist, and were
selected by "La Espera" because they
seemed best to represent the versatile
genius of Leonardo Alenza.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Leonardo AlenZa Comes
Into His Own

years before his death he was made honor
ary fellow of the Academy of San Fer
nando. Neither of these honors, however.
nor his reputation prevented him from be-
ing buried by public charity
"The period Of Alenza's aesthetic forma-
tion goes back to the time when he con-
Quoted the struggle against the pseudo
classicists, on one hand, and the romanti
cists on the other.
"The works of Alenza are very numerous
and of many types. His favorite fields are
portraits, historical pictures and popular
scenes and types-the latter being of un-
usual interest.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

sions,' or Amiel's Journal or Chateau.
brands Memories d'Outretombe.' That.
indeed, would be shocking deception, albeit
an amusing one. 1t is a thing, however,
which has never happened and is never
likely to happen, though ghost did once
credit a society authoress, innocent Of
Greek, with quotation in the original from
Aristotle's 'Ethics,' and the moral aspects
of a contingency so remote may fairly bs
left out Of consideration in this brief sur.
vey of the subject
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Don't Try to Dope
it Out
AIR SCOUT" published
~ b by the post officers of the
IA Aeronautical G. S. D. and


c. Camp, Garden City, N.
Y, comes as a recent addition to the rap
idly increasing list of publ cations by the
military camps of this country. The fol-
lowing fable, quoted from the current is
sue and quite in the manner of George
Ade:
"Once there was a Feller who wanted to
get In out of the Wind that started to
Blow down in D. c. the day they begen
to Draw Lots to see who'd Go Over right
away. The Feller's name was Aloaxious.
Aioaxius was Particular abou. Just which
Arm he'd get into; and Meditatng the SUBJ
ject with Ferocity of Thought he decided
he would fly.
"'By all means, will fly; III be an Avi-
ator,' said Aoaxious, and started Forthwith,
his jaw set hard.
"Aloaxious was a Wary Cuss, and you
couldn't Put Thing Over on him. All his
Civilian Life, Aloaxous had Pulled the
Ropes to his Advantage, and digging Hard
he had Struck many Vein. In fact, Aloax-
ious had couple of little Blue Roadsters
of his own. So he Shifted Around before
he enlisted and Worried not only his own
Head off, but the Heads of two or three
Aviation camps. Just for the Looks of the
Thing, of course, he saw the way to ge'
most Mention about his Patriotic Move was
to Enlist as a Buck. He felt sure tna'
after he was Buck in the Aviation Section
the rest would be Clear Flying SO he did
that; just That.
"Now it so happens that Aloaxou'
thought it was an Easy Thing. And, there
fore, In the course of Time and Events, ne
had Huge Disappointment. For, 10! a.
though Aloaxious had carefully Frettea
about and Worried about, and had Talked
to his little Her about how much he was
Wise to Climbing Jacobs Ladder, familiar!
known as the Ropes in the Army, he fouhu
out the Strings he wanted to Pull were 50
Awful Big that his hands wouldn't ~
around them, and so the Ropes Slipped Up
and Aloaxious slipped Down.
"The last scene of Aloaxious' Tale hsp,
pened the night he told Her Goodby anu
departed for Places Unknown (because tue
Censor Deleted that part of it). and unos'
one Arm Aloaxious carried Pick ana u"'
der the other he carried Shovel, ana wv
only Flying that Aloaxious will DO IN VI.
near future will be Flying to the ASSIST. "
fallen Comrade because, Despite Nv
Faults, Aloaxous is one of those hei.'s
Fellers and after he has Learned that ~.
Ropes arc made out of Air and not "
Hemp he might have some Hopes OF s'
ting to be a Regular Guy who does 'n'ns.
when he's Told and not wanting 70
what he Amt.
Moral: Don't try to dope II on''
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

satisfied. In the end it did so, and the in
dustry collapsed.
Gwen that kind Of ghosting, however, is
uncommon. 1t postulates genius, and genius
is rare and seldom takes kindly to collab-
oration Genius may steal ideas, transform
them and make them it's own, but it does
not often buy them (though Charles Reade
once admitted having done SOY or hire labor
to knock them into shape
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
BY Maurice Level
Translated by William l.. Mcpherson

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New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

THE recent exposition in Madrid
Of the etchings of the Spanish
artist Leonardo Alenza has at
tracted much interest in Spain.
This mans work has only recently re-
ceived wide recognition. "La Espera"
writes the following:
"Leonardo Alenza was one of the most
interesting painters of the first half of the
nineteenth century. He represents the
healthful realistic reaction against French
classicism. He was born in Madrid, in
1907, and died in 1845. In the year of his
death--in April-he was appointed honor
ary fellow of the section of painting by
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

mitted upon any one? And If so, on whom ?
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-30
DISTRICT COURT
Criminal Docket Finally Cleared Az
ter Ten Days of Session of
Special Term

The district court has been in ses-
sion for ten days now and the criminal
docket was just cleared up this morn
ing. There is long civil docket now
to be tried, but whether they will
be mostly passed over to another term
or not is not known. Cases have Jecn
set up to February 9th, and the ses-
sion will last at least that long. The
civil docket, however, will all be tried
before Judge McChesney without II
jury. The regular jury has therefore
been dismissed for the term, and if
any case should demand a jury a spec
ial one will be picked up.
The charge of murder against Jack
Mitchell, colored, occupied the atten-
ton of the court for two days last
week and resulted in an acquittal.
The case of the People VS.. Lem
Hubbard charged with statutory
crime resulted in a conviction. Roy
Maryme plead guilty to same crime.
Both were sent TO the reformatory.
The case of the People VS.. X. w.
Eggen charged with larceny of live
stock resulted in conviction and =
sentence to the reformatory. He has
already been taken to Buena Vista.
The case of People VS.. Jas. Huff,
charged with assault on J. H Cheney
with intent to kill. This was the hard
est fought case Of the term as it
grew out of the cutting scrape at
Cheney Center last fall in which Chen
ey was severely cut up. The jury
brought in a verdict of simple assault
after being out over night.
The case of the People VS.. Bowman
charged with perjury resulted in an
acquittal.
This term has been record breaker
so far as criminal cases are concerned,
not only for number Of cases but for
conviction. Ten men have been con-
victed of various vrimes.