The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-11

and enjoy the wonders of country lire to the full, and the growing of food prod ucts in the garden, the author of "The Waterboys and Their Cousins has made the water molecue into the waterboy who runs and plays and becomes angry and makes friends. He dances down from the clouds and visits all the plant folks-Mr Glover, the Bean Baby. Mother Corn Stalk, etc.. and tells the fascinat- ing story of their lives. Never have the secrets of agriculture been made more clear than in these stories so intimately told the reader by the plants themselves through the medium of Professor Lewis clever pen.
 PATIENT APPLIED FOR" GA PLAY
 IN ONE ACT.
 By Lawrence I.angner. Published by
 Egmont Arens at the Washington
 Square Book Shop, New York city.
 Patent Applied For play in one act, by Lawrence Langner, was pre- sented before meeting of "The Patent Law Association of Chicago about year and a half ago, with the following distinguished cast:
 Aeron Phipps, patent attorney, Frank Parker Davis.
 Johnson, a law clerk, John B. Macau- ley.
 Doris Darling, a stenographer, c. F. Murray.
 Titus K. Banks, an inventor, Lynn A. Williams.
 Cordelia Westley, a corset maker. John A. Dienner.
 Amelia Phipps, Phipps' wife, Harvey A. Hanson.
 Produced by Blanche Bannister Arnd. l Scene-Phipps' office. l The play is well written; it is original, and that is saying a good deal for play l these days It is interesting to read and consequently would be more interesting | to sec on the stage. 1.-THE BROKEN MAGE" 1 By Lawrence Langner Published by Egg mont Arens, at the Washington Square Book Shop, No. + West Eighth street New York city.
 The Broken Image (a play in one act, by Lawrence Langner. has for its setting the interior of church in g Bavarian village The audience faces g simple shrine-a recess in the wall be-
 heath the arch of which stands a smal 4 figure of Christ. On ledge beneath thu I shrine stand large unlighted candles. High in the wall to each side of tn. shrine can be seen the lower portions o old stained-glass windows, which ligh
 the church. There is platform beneath 1 the shrine. and long, low, dark benches
 at each side. facing the shrine. Ther, IS that Supuueu dtinOSpnere that IS IOunt
 only in old Catholic churches The cast includes these character
 Anton Lang, wood carver and some
 time actor. from Oberammergau. ,l Father Anselm. priest of a village il Bavaria
 Il Wilhelm IT. German Emperor. General Won Hindenburg, commander
 in-chief of the German armies. . General Won Ludendorf. quartermaste ! general
 General Won Hemertz, of the Kaiser 1; bodyguard.
 Hallay Pasha, an emissary of the Sul { tan.
 Soldiers of the Kaiser's bodyguard. 2 Time, February, 1918. The play is quite a vital one, the sub ject matter being worldwide in its inter . est, and the author has made a most dis tinguished setting for his human docu mertt told so tersely and so we'll "TEN YEARS NEAR THE GERMA.
 FRONTIER" {, I(By pr. Maurice Francis Egan. Georg H. Doran Co.,, Publishers, New York City) Dr. Maurice Francis Egan went to Den 2 mark in 1907 as the minister plenipoter 3 tiary of the United States. He was tol by Brand Whitlock that he was goin Ito charming. little Dresden-Chin S court. He found indeed, as he delight fully describes in his book, varied an l. cultured social life there, but he 500 ,. 'learned how well the court of Copenhage q merited the reputation of being the lil