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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
THE NOVEL A PRODUCT OF AGE

From the Kansas City Star.
 6NHAT considerable age and experi-
 ence are as necessary as genius
 S to the writing of real fiction seems to be demonstrated by the history of the novel to date. It does not appear sufficient that novelist should be born; he must be made as well.
 With the exception of Charles Dickens there Is in the whole range of English fiction scarcely an instance of notable success at novel writing before the au- thor had reached the age of 30. And the elists came even at later age. The average is not far from the age of 40.
 The case of Dickens might be open to discussion; for while he first became widely known through the "Pickwick Papers" before he had attained the age of 25 this work is rather series of sketches or dramatic situations than a study of character and ordinary life It is true also that some half dozen Of Dickens best known novels appeared be- fore the writer was 30, but his more dur able masterpieces, David Copperfield" and "A Tale of Two Cities" came sev- eral years later
 A contemporary and greater novelist than Dickens had to drudge more than a dozen years and wait till he was S6 before he gained anything like wide hearing from the public. But when Thackeray did appear with "vanity Fair" 1t was soon apparent to discerning readers that a new planet had swung into their ken, and that the rather easy optimism of Dickens was after all just a bit super f1cial as a revelation of life. The fact is, Thackeray knew men and women from real contact with them when he made his first success as a novelist. while Dickens made his bow to an applauding pubkc when he demonstrated his ability to cari- cature such men and women as had been seen about London.
 But the story is older than Dickens and Thackeray. If DeFoe produced the first English novel with Robinson Cru soe," then the history of fiction began with the work of writer just 5s years of age. If Richardson's Pamela" was our first novel, as most of the critics claim, then the case is not materially different, for the author was 51 when he wrote this book that surprised every body, chiefly the writer himself, with
 it's popularity.
 At the time "Pamela" appeared Field ing was 35 but he had had quite look around the world and was so disgusted with the pictures of life painted by the mild-natured Richardson that he not only called the latter milksop but proceeded to write a real novel in '-The History of Joseph AndrewS" The author of Pam ela'' can, of course, be excused for the simple reason that he was not trying to write a novel or paint a picture of life. but rather to produce book of model letters to be used by young ladies in their correspondence with gentlemen.
 Then a few years later Goldsmith came
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Train Raw Material

Some people have been telling me-" said Maj. Lucien Brown, who is now endeavoring to organ nize four companies of national guardsrnen. that I shall not be able to get many ex-service men, especially ex-overseas men, to re-enlist. feel that if this should be true, if I can only get enough ex-service men to fill the vacancies for non-coms,' I will possibly be able to do the country more good by training raw material than would by drilling seasoned soldiers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Jazz Bands and
 Their Popularity

NNTHEN jazz music was introduced WV in the American ballroom about two years ago it was scoffed at by the better class of musicians, but it has its appeal and it's defenders and will run it's course just as did 'srag" with the masses.
 What is jazz? The public knows it chiefly as noise, but the fact that it has "arrived" and is having it's day an academic definition is called for.
 A writer in the Review says it is not only noise, but "ordered and calcu- lated noise" It seeks and with ab- solute success "to sweep from our minds all simultaneous consideration of other things and to focus our at tention upon it's own mad, whirling, involved self"
 The greatest of jazz's component clements is rhythm, although melody is necessary. "The right kind of jazz band starts out to get you and leaves nothing to chance"
 It is fairly we'll established that "only an oyster can resist the appeal of syncopated rhythm when the music is performed with masterful abandon abandon which controls dynamic gradations and vital accents" Going deeper into analysis the writer in the Review says:
 The howitzers of the jazz bands
 artillery are stationed in the
 straps" Under this heading we
 find all the instruments of per
 eussion, such as the big drum. the
 snare drum. cymbals, triangle,
 wooden blocks played upon with
 drumsticks, xylophone, cowbells.
 rattles. whistles for the produc
 ton of various wierd noises, and
 host of other implements, often
 the personal conceptions of indi-
 vidual players of the traps. The
 trombones may represent field
 guns, while the clarinets, oboes.
 saxaphones, alto horns and comets
 furnish the rapid-fire batteries.
 The range being point-blank, it is
 easy to see why the effect of the
 drum fire" is completel
 The melody will always be borne
 by sufficient instruments to in-
 sure it's getting over" Then, in
 the inner voices of the band. will
 take place combination of effects
 Uhich adds enormously to tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Careful Driving Required.

T run up to Birmingham every few months in my car," said James L. Ross, prominent hardware merchant of Eu- fsula. This time I had an unusually fine trip as the roads were in good shape. Capt. J. R. Barr, who is inter- my companion. I was glad to find that Jefferson county had fixed it's part of the road between Birmingham and Ca lera. The only trouble I found was that it takes careful driving to negotiate the curves coming down Shades Mountain.",
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
SUMMER SONG

By Thomas Emmet Moore The ancient graceful gods have gone To find,nepenthe and a tomb In Twilightland. where comes no dawn: But still tho earth is sweet with
 bloom! Laughs now my heart. Q lady mine. Twain weavers we. at Life's great
 loom; And love and hope are mine and thine While all the earth is sweet with
 bloom. Lo! flashing wings in Heavens blue, And songs unknown to Winters
 gloom! An, heart to heart must eer ps .He. When all the earth is swees wSA
 bloom!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
QUALIFIED.

''so you are a college graduate, eh?" -Yes, sir" replied the applicant for job.
 +'Um, I'm a self-made man. Do you think we could get along together?'
 I'm sure of it, sir. had little com mon sense to start with and I managed to get through college without losing any of it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy. Romeo and Juliet # * <

BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord, give me the larger view. Let me look farther. Give me sense of the whole. Teach me that my little sector is not the entire battle line. Grant me a realization of the slow years, of the extent and depth of space, of Thy long and mighty pur- poses. In Christ's name. Amen.-- H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

along with "The Vicar of Wakefield,' written at the age of 30. But if this book is to be judged by the standard of proba bility in actual life, then Gold smith ought to have waited at least an- other 30 years before he attempted any thing in the way of novel. The story of Job which Goldsmith retells was no especial reason for the repetition of it just after the middle of the eighteenth century.
 Jane Austen waited patiently until she was 40 years old before sch ventured into print with novel, and then when Emma" became reasonably popular it was clear that the author had carefully delineated the life she had actually known in the simple folk with whom her experience had been restricted. Scott broadened out considerably in his view of the world when at the age of 43 he be- came famous with "Waverly," but he al- ways admired the more faithfully exe- cuted work of Miss Austen.
 But the author of Emma" and Pride and Prejudice" had company among her sex who waited to begin fiction late in life. Charlotte Bronte was .31 when she wrote Jane Eyre and she then con- fessed her inability to write another novel without fuller knowledge of life. George Eliot kept pretty thoroughly in line by appearing with Adam Bede' at the age of 40, and none of her earlier work has equaled this book in popular ity. Mrs. Gaskell was 42 when her mas terpiece, "Cranford," was published.
 A glance at American novelists will reveal similar conditions as to the age of writers when success first came. Cooper was S2 when "The Spy" appeared. and he had gained no notice as novelist before that time. Hawthorne was 46 years old and half in despair of ever doing anything worth while in life when he wrote. at his wife's suggestion, The Scarlet Letter.
 The history of poetry especially and other types of literature in general is en- tirely another matter when the age of writers at the beginning of important work is considered Practically all of the Well-known poets either attained fame before they were 25 or wrote something that was given high rank in later years.
 The explanation of this situation is found not in the merit of the work pro- duced, so far as truthful representa- tion of life is concerned. but rather in the method of painting life in the novel and other forms of writing. Poetry aims at the higher or ideal truth and may fairly ignore what the novel is chiefly concerned with-the rather detailed and somewhat commonplace facts of every day life. The true novel must. of course. present these facts in the light of perma- nent truth, and in order to do this very careful handling of the facts is neces- sary. Age and experience must there fore aid the perception of ideal truth with which the poet may begin and pro- duce fairly durable work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
SLATED FoR RETIREMENT

From the Washington Star.
 Three members of the Illinois house of representatives voted against ratification of the woman suffrage amendment The chances are that in the near future they will not be voting for anything excep, somebody else for offics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
EL1HU ROOT ON REVISED VERSION

ELIHU ROOT ON REVISED VERSION From Harper's Weekly.
 Soon after the revised version (of the league of nations covenant) appeared, Mr. Taft's brother, Henry. and EIenry's part ner. MT. Wickcrsham, hailed MT. Root upon the street and asked that distin- guished statesman if he did not consider that the corrected covenant embodied all essential amendments suggested by him. self. Now everybody knows that MT. Root has no superior in the selection of words designed to express precisely the thought in his mind. but never before has he de- r,onstrated it better than when he ejac- ulated:
 Hell, no!'
 And went his way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Hot Weather Bringing
 the Crops Forward

< grassy" as result of the ex- cessive rainfall in May, but the farmer has been working overtime and is fast catching up in getting his corn rows clean.
 Everybody on the farm who can use hoe is in the field before sunrise and he sticks to his job until dark. The industrious husbandman works longer hours in the growing season than any other toiler, and when the crops fail because of too much rain or because of drouth such conditions are distressing to the last degree. Alabama was blessed with abundant harvests in 1918. If we have season. able weather from now on we may look for great corn production and a fairly good cotton yield.
 Last year Alabama raised a larger peanut crop than any state in the union. There is comparatively small crop this year, but Providence per- |mitting, our crops in general will be of high value-far ahead of the aver age of the past ten years.
 <. # x
 m glad Capt. Alcock was able to make the flight in real fashion, without warships and all that sort of thing" said Harry Hawker, who evidently couldn't resist taking another fling at the United States navy and Commander Read
 E # < Birmingham shoe repairers have formed local union Hon. Luke McLukes at- tention is respectfully called to the fact that Louis Fix was elected president
 * # # When Carranza and his cabinet pose for a photograph they make a rather i'm pressive group. But when they try to function. it's quite another story. # x *
 By shooting himself in the leg when all the world is dancing mad, Grown Prince Charles of Roumania showed a desper ate resolution Triumphant prohibitionists predict that the scarcity of alcohol will reduce the number of heat prostrations this sum- mer.
 An eastern heiress who says she can't live on s15,ooo a year has never had to pound a typewriter for living. The old-fashioned youngster used to be able to enjoy a picnic without being pestered by life guard * # * Germans endorse the IA points chiefly because of the way they have been inter- preted in Germany. | Czar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm were two eminent capitalists who failed to pro- fit by the war. * # # 1 The Star-Spangled Banner Is claimed {, to be the oldest national flag It is also i the cleanest. | < # #
 How is the Mexican revolution going to make any headway without a grand mother?'
 | Brockdorff- -Rantzau continues to act like man who never expects to smile again.
 When Uncle Sam's troops cross the Rio Grande Villistas lose no time in stepping south.
 l MT. Willard is probably reluctant to tell his exact age for business reasons only.
 l It was a case of ''5o-5V' in Texas where * * #
 In the meantime are we to assume that the Plume question is still in statu quoy THEN AND NOW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
THEN AND NOW

From the New York Herald.
 Germans at Versailles who vail that the Allies are treating 'em rough" ought to look up the account written by Dr. Busch of how his employer, Count Bis marck. behaved to the Thiers and the other French diplomatists in 1Ssi If they did they would have to admit that even comparison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
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TUT, TUT: DON'T BE JEALoUs

From tho Nashville Banner.
 Birmingham,s new city directory shows that the city has population of 2s1, 600. Next years census will come along. however. and with accustomed ruthless ress, adjust the figures with more ac- curacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
On the Run

My automobile was out of commits sion for a few days. said Dr. R. H. Hamrick, and it seemed that I had more calls at night during that time than in any similar period. Calls came in at almost every hour of the night. and for three or four days I hardly had a chance to take my clothes off And then the first night or two after I got the ma- chine back from the repair shop I did not reeve call, Strange how work piles up when fellow is least prepared to take care of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Latest Developments
 In Mexican Muddle

IF "Pancho" Villa never accomplishes O anything else, he may flatter him. self that he has been thorn in the side of the American government for years, and his activities are by no means ended. Villa has some ground for feeling that he is out of luck be- cause family differences below the Rio Grande cannot be settled appar- ently without bringing down on his head the swift castigation of Uncle Sam. This is due to the fact that Mexican bullets intended strictly for Mexican consumption make life mis- Ierable, as well as dangerous, for Americans in Fl Paso and elsewhere across the border.
 The recent Invasion" by American troops, although brief excursion, shattered Villas hopes of capturing Juarez and if his character has been correctly drawn for American news- paper readers, he is sure to retaliate This may endanger American citizens and American property in northern Mexico, and lead to another punitive expedition, At present there is no likelihood of war between America and Mexico, but the outlook is very promising for a war between Villistas and Americans. To all intents and purposes it is already under way 1 Strictly speaking, we have committed an act of war against the Mexican government, although no protest has been made.
 l It is a waste of time to cry over split milk, but if Carranza had been able or willing to tranquilize northern Mexico the vexatious Mexican prob lem would have been settled. He alone is to blame for the present sit uation which creates ill will between the two countries. It is highly signif- icant that both the Federal troops and the Villistas were incensed when Americans crossed the international bridge at Fl Paso and took hand in the battle for possession of Juarez. Behind the studied silence of Mexican officials it is easy to discern a deep resentment.
 Uncle Sam is prepared in the case of Mexico to make good the boast of the Kaiser that he would stand no fcolishness from America. Summary punishment meted out to Villa should serve as a warning that the Ameri- can government will stand no foolish ness from Mexico. If it eventually becomes necessary to undertake the ilong- postponed task of cleaning up'' Ithe country the American government lis better prepared for the work than lit has ever been in it's history. l x * x
 Dress Reform
 In the Navy
 | e ECRETARY DANIELS, who has lg introduced reforms and innova-
 tions in the American navy undreamed |of before his day, makes another radi- ical departure in abolishing epaulets, full dress regalia and cooked hats. f,,1l J,.a-o I,c I.o~ x,~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
SOMETHING MORE.

What next for bold adventurersi
 They've flown across the sea And journeyed where the old north pole
 Is now supposed to be? You'd think there's nothing else to do,
 But still the distant stars Invite the roaming aeroplane-
 How bout trip to Mars? And there's the moon, a neighbor near,
 An easy little jaunt For aviators, stout of heart
 Whom nothing seems to daunt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Women Predominate

we have the best summer school we ever had at Howard college" said I. N. kugelmass, professor in chemistry. We have l7o enrolled, breaking all previous records These students come from all over Alabama and some few from otbey states. There is rather curious thing
 however, in the fact that only about 10 Der cent of the number are men. It is made up largely of teachers or those who are preparing for the professions |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
FATHER SCORES A POINT.

say you fatter yourself that you are well known to head walters and ladies of the chorus"
 Well maybe I am, dad"
 "Yet, when a spendthrift dies have you ever heard of a section being reserved in the church or in the funeral procession for mourning head walters and ladies Of the chorus?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

OUT OF STEP. fear the bolsheviki
 Would find me rather dumb; I'm not at all familiar
 With any kind of bomb. I think the constitution
 Is something to admire And never wear a red necktie As part of my attire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
Dress Reform
 In the Navy

e ECRETARY DANIELS, who has lg introduced reforms and innova- tions in the American navy undreamed of before his day, makes another radi- cal departure in abolishing epaulets, full dress regalia and cooked hats. IResplendent full dress has been as much a part of naval tradition as |"port" and "starboard," recently sup
 planted by "left" and right" which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.

SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR I'm sorry to hear that your trusted bookkeeper is short in his accounts" "Yes," said the head of the firm. T ought to have suspected that fellow long ago"
 Why so7s
 ''He always wore such shocked ex- pression when he heard me accept an in vitation to step out and have highball.' ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

A LITTLE roo MUCH. "If take this case," said the eminent lawyer. do you think you will be able to pay me?"
 Twin or lose?' asked the prospective client
 Certainly
 '"Yes, I'll pay you. But in the latter contingency, hope you won't expect me to add my congratulations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18
THAT FATAL DECISION.


 THAT FATAL DECISION. What I want to know" said Mir. Jib- way, 'is whether or not prohibition will do away with hospitality?'' q can answer that question: said Mir Gadspur. "It will do away with the kind of hospitality that leads to such speeches in the shank of the evening" as. S'long as you inshist, or top. don't care if do take just one more.'"
 UNBIASED. Say" began the induisitive caller, 'are you the man who writes those articles on how to be happy though married?" "Yes," replied the bald-headed essayist Got a wife and children?'' No"
 Ever been married?'' "No That's my strong point. I can approach the subject without prejudice"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

Entered at tho Birmingham. A4a-' postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March s, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-18

I met Bob one day downtown and said, Hello. young man, I see you are out of the army. What are you going to do?" 'Do," he replied, 'I am going to make trip through Tennessee Ohio and other states and get the best heifers and cows that money can buy and build up another fancy herd that will make the best breeders sit up and take notice that I am still operating at Oakwood Hills.'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-15
WITNESSES TELL
Of BUYING STOCK
IN PAN MOTOR CO,



Chicago, Nov. t4,--An unidentified
man, posing as a postal inspector
who visited August Thummel in con-
nection with the Pan Motor company
trial was acquainted with operations
of the postal department, Mr.. Thum-
mel testified today in the trial of
thirteen officials of the Pan company
accused of using the mails to detraud
He referred TO some blanks which
| had received from the postoffice de-
partment and wanted to know why |
had not filled them out and sent them
in" said the witness
This testimony followed charges
that secret operatives have been an
noying Jurors families and sleuthS
have been shadowing attorneys in the
case. The charges were made against
both Pandolfo and the prosecution.
Felix Wood bought stocks in the
Pan company before it was organized,
he said. He is a rancher and bank
president whose home at present Is
Duran, New Mexico.
Il had known Pandolfo since 1870"
and ! thought he would make the
business success he said.
Henry Clark, of Wheatland, Wyoo
also bought stock in 1916. He said
that when he visited the Pan plant 81
ST, Cloud, Mimi, he found conditions
as good as had been represented,
"only more so"
81 expected no dividends before this
time said K. H. Hutchinson, an at
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior. U. S. Land
Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ, October 10,
1919
NOTICE is hereby given that Cosme
Garcia, Of Alameda, N. M, who on Sep
TENDER 2 1914, made Homestead Entry No.
O2f506 for HES 270, beginning at cor No.
/, granite stone marked LIES 270 on Sw
face, >whence the u S. L. M No l sandia
bears n. % degrees "a minutes 1918
chs Thence South 22. SO chs to cor No. g.
Thence S. SO degrees Sc minutes w 2502
chs to cor. No. 3. Thence North 30 90 chs,
to cor. No. 4. Thence east $500 chs. to
cor, No. l. the place of beginning In Sec
ton IL, T. II N, r. East N. NJ. P. Merid-
ian, has filed notice Of intention TO make
three year proof to establish claim to the
land above described before United States
Commissioner at Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County N. Mexico, on December 8. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Espiridon Lueero, of Alameda, N Il
Braulio Rael of Alameda. Nm
Camilo Lucero, Of Alameda, n NJ
Conrado Padilla, Of Alameda, N n
FRANCISCO DELGADO,
Register.