The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
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Ole Miss, Christmas is
 sho' got de right sentiment
 attached ter hit, when we
 calls hit de Season uv
 Peace on Earth, Good
 Will Toward Men," kaze,
 if it wuzzunt dat CT way,
 we never could forgive
 sum uv ouh F'riens for de
 PRESENTS dey give us!
 Naw'mi
 some one else happy in the possession of the gift itself.
 The sentimental expression of the gift in question isn't involved in the matter at all
 If you have four enormous boxes of candy, why try to eat them all yourself? Desroches, the maharajah of Jeypore and his beaufitiful offical wife. Barvati. Desroches meets Parvati because he has commission to paint her portrait. and they fall violently in love with each other. Caring on a clandestine love affair with another mans wife is re- puted to be somewhat unsafe even ir the most sophisticated circles of the largest and most up-to date cities: but to carry on love affair with ma hareena, that Is positively dangerous It may mean torture and death. Int author tells the story with unusual brilliance and power.
 'DANGER SIGNALS FOR TEACHERS" By pr. A. E. winship. Forbes & Co.,,
 Publishers, Chicago.
 There is one person who is favorably known to all teachers in America and that is Dr. A. E. Winship, who for third of acentury has championed their acause through his magazine, the Jour- shal of Education. He has just pub lished book. Danger Signals foi Teachers" (Forbes & Co., which has unusual, timely interest not only for them but everybody. Without any nrg- ing or comment on our part thousands of teachers are going to eagerly seek this book to learn what their friend offers towards helping them meet the new requirements of teaching during these reconstruction days; and they will not be disappointed, for it is one of the most helpful books ever written for them.
 With a sympathetic understanding of the teachers problems, he tells them in his positive, incisive way how to avoid the dangers which turk in the class room and out of it. The book is prac- tical and constructive throughout glowing with common senseA Every sentence has suggestive value. There is splendid section on the relation of the teacher and child that should bring contentment and success 10 any teacher
 It is a forward looking book which Dr. Winship has written; he is think ing of future generations. Always clear in his vision, he realizes that the educa- tional system must be the foundation of the new democracy, and that the cor ner-stone of this system is the teacher, who he says, 'is the one essential in making democracy safe for our children and our children's children. The teach CTS are the ones who take the risk in the battle with ignorance. tradition and immortality" He points the way to achievement for the teacher who wishes to take part in the present education advances movement that will make greater and better nation.
 That UT. WlISillp IS diWdyS OpllIulStlc is well known to the host of educators who have heard him on his tours across the country duringthe past forty years, this book was written upon the com pletion of his hundreth trip from Ocean to Ocean. He knows that in the rebuild ing of the world the teachers and the school will be equal to the great op- portunity and responsibility which the war has left to them but he knows also that they must have the support of the public. The present wrong attitude and the needed attitude of the average, cit- izen towards the school system is well set forth. There are eight and shalf million people over ten years of age in the United States who cannot read English, of whom five and a half mill lions are completly iIliterate. Whine such a menace exits 1t behooves every parent and every citizen interested in the well fare of the country and its children to read this book and learn how they can help to improve the present conditions