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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
Dr w. Crp9n Reansces 0r His Many Years FaH Seryice
  Men Spared During the World War WH Enter e Mns

after all makes religion a joy and not duty.
 Dr. Crumpton has been showered with honors by the Baptist denomination, as well as those outside of his immediate church family; he has been known as the beloved secretary" for the greater part of century by Alabama Baptists He is the backbone. so to speak, of Bap- lists in this state.
 In the Southen Baptist convention he bears the sobriquet of the great Baptist commoner."
 He is the father of temperance in Ala bama, and he is the only president the Anti-Saloon league of Alabama has ever had.
 Although Dr. Crumpton is not a college man, he has probably helped more boys and girls in the state of Alabama to ac- quire a college education than any other one man in the state, for education has always been one of his hobbies.
 pr. Crumpton knows more people in the state of Alabama than any other one individual, and he knows Alabama as no other individual knows it. for he has travelled into every remote spot and cor ner which has needed him and into the most indirect and inconspicuous places where others have been too little inter ested to go, he has pioneered and sought and made acquaintances.
 He is an untiring worker and his motto has ever been:
 "Everlastingly at it." and his life and his life work demonstrate it's efficacy.
 Naturally pr. Cgumpton being a farmer, and living his life in the country, agri- cultural interests have made up a large part of his life and there is no better authority on this interesting subject than he is
 pr. Crumpton has left legacy to fu ture generations which will prove inval- uable, a lecture and book on his exper- fences during the Confederacy; he ran away from home and went out to Cali fornia when he was just 15 years old, and enlisted in the southern Confectionery, and his story, which deals with this phase of his fife in California and his experience as 9 Confederate soldier form a human interest story that is absorbing and vital, and future historians seeking to find a true story of the way in which boys of tender years in the south fought in the Confectionery will find here a human document well worth emulating, 2 recital vivid and accurate, of great and noble deeds.
 From the Alabama Baptist state convention, which has held it's an- nual meeting in Birmingham during the past week. pr. Crumpton goes to Louisville to accept the honor which has been bestowed upon him of being the speaker at Founders Day" at the Southern Theological seminary at that place; these "Founders' Day. meet ings are held annually and are at tended by the most prominent men of the Baptist denomination all over America. and the honor bestowed upon Dr. Crumpton isl a fitting one, for none deserves it more than he.
 Cr1rr, mt h al cistn in his Christian labors by his lovely wife, a woman of rare accomplish ments and charm. whose personality has infused itself into social life,
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THE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBLIOPHILE

publisher have been Well advised in at tempting to keep the matter of the book within limits that will not offend Amer ican readers. But those readers are likely to find the spirit of the work both bewildering and repellent with it's dreari- ness of view and weariness of life, it's denial of that zest in living which all healthy spirits feel, it's morbid touch and it's futile philosophy, as of a kitten no, battered, blear-eyed, mangy old cat chasing it's tail The authors style provokes to mirth so artifical is it, so intent on producing excessive effect, so shrill and blatant it's emotional affecta- tions."
 O'Brien in an "Introduction" to the translation, lis great and pitiless book, but there is cleansing wind running through it which sweeps away lifes illusions and leaves a new hope for the future in our hearts"
 THE JOLLY BOOK OF FUNCRAFT." :" By Patten Beard. Illustrations from
 photographs. Frederic A. Stokes
 company, publishers, New York city.
 Fun. That is what you find be- tween the covers of "The Jolly Book of Funcraft," written by Patten Beard. Clever fun ideas that any number of children can carry out themselves, or that will prove suggestive to mothers, teachers and settlement workers, play ground leaders who are arranging in expensive, happy entertainments for groups of children.
 All materials required are found at home or may be secured with little ex- penditure of money. Full directions are clearly given. Even a little child
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SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED BY EVERY DOCTOR AND
 USED IN EVERY HOSPITAL
 Says Editor of "Physicians> Who's Who"

Take plain bitro- phosphate is the ad- vice of physicians to thin. delicate. nervous people who lack vim. energy and nerve force, and there seems to be ample proof of the efficacy of this prep aration to warrant the recommenda- ton. Moreover. if we judge from the countless preparations and treatments which are continually>being advertised for the purpose of making thin people fleshy. developing arms, neck and bust, and replacing ugly bellows and angles by the soft curved lines of health and beauty, there are evidently thousands of men and women who keenly feel their excessive. thiHness.
 Thinness and weakness are usually due to starved nerves. Our bodies need more phosphate than is contained in modern foods. Physicians claim there is nothing that will supply this de- ficiency so well as the organic phos- phate known among druggists as bitro- phosphate, which is inexpensive and is sold by Letaws Pharmacy in Birming- ham and most all druggists under a
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Rr DOLLY DAIRYMPLE.


 OF you were to ask the 225, ,000 Baptists
 in the state of Alabama who is the
 most universally. beloved Baptist in
 this great commonwealth, the an- swer nine times out.ef ten would be:
 Dr. w. B. Crumpton!
 And justly so, for this great-hearted, splendid, Christian soldier who has pio neered the trail from a small scattering of less than 5000 members of the Bap- tist demonimnation and has seen this great church grow to it's present tremen- dous number. influential, powerful, force fu1, deserves the bountiful love which is SC generously bestowed upon him.
 Into an epochal period that is replete with history. history of great deeds and noble deeds, towering aspirations and suc- cessful achievements. Dr. Crumpton was thrown in his early youth, when yet a lad, in his home town of Camden, where or February 24, 1S42, he was born.
 One might say of Dr. Crumpton, as Dr. Johnson said of Edmund Burke, that you couldn't meet him casually shelter ing from a shower of rain, without dis covering that you were in the presence of man of genius
 Born in the country, reared in the coun- try. Dr. Crumpton loves the country, and has the keen wit and instinct of the corptryman, nay-genius-for his hearts work has been among country folk-sim- pie, gentle. sweet; no guile no pretense, and his association with them has been his vocation, his life! Into it he has iri+ oy,I oI1 ic talents, as much as any other man of ouI times he has helped people over the rough. road; lessened their sorrows, bi ought the gospel of ''giad tidings' into the homes of the desolate and the wretched and full of this primitive law of the faith he has carried the cup of cold water to the lips of the dying; la bored to drain the morass Of the country slums; lived his days and nights among the simple country folk of whom he is one and with whom he likes to be num- bered.
 Dr. Crumpton, with all his profound Christianity and deep spirituality, does not awe one. He is one of ourselves; he is friend, he does not fill you with the sense of the awful responsibility of religion; but he fills you with the sense Of it's good fellowship, and you feel that if religion has brought him a life so fulf of beauty and sunshine and happiness, which he has diffused so generously into the lives of others, then would that that religion might be yours
 pr. Crumpton does not lay stress upon erudition and learning, and less upon theology; but he does lay stress upon mans humanity to man and a deep, abiding love of God in ones heart, which
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cept the call. but I did hold meeting there and it was during that meeting that [ met and baptized a young woman who has since become one of the most valua- bIe Christian workers in foreign mission fields that the Baptist chuch has ever had. I refer to Miss Willie Kelley, whom Every Baptist knows.
 When I became secretary of the mis- sion board a little later Miss Kelly-or Miss Willie as I like to call her-told me that she had been reading foreign mission journal which l had given her and that she had become very much in- terested in the work and wanted to quai- fly for it. In fact. she said her little sis ters and brothers who had been left for her to mother after her mothers death had all grown up and out of her way and keeping, and that she wanted to enlist at once for foreign mission work So appointed her my first assistant in the office ofNthe state mission secretary, and Miss Willie came to live in my home and work in my office, which she took charge of when I was away.
 Soon after she made application for foreign mission work" Dr. Crumpton said, "andII fndorsed it and she was soon sent to China and began a work which has been crowned with great suc- cess. She has been back home several times (you know, after missionary has worked for several years they are given a leave of absence to come home, and this follows every several years). Birming- ham man, A. T. Smith, who used to own the old Eagle hotel, became interested Tn Miss Kelley's work and gave enough money to foreign mission to-establish the Smith Memorial school, where Miss Kelley lives and teaches, at North Gate. Shanghai. Much of her work is done among old women who come from the country, bringing their own provisions, such as rice and things they like, and all she has to do is to give them place to sleep. At the school they are taught the Bible and they in turn go back home among the country folk and teach them what they have learned and spread the glorious gospel to the ignorant heathen.
 Asked what the influence of the recent great world war would be upon religion, Dr. Crumpton' said enthusiastically:
 "I don't believe we will have the demor- al lzation which has followed in the wake of other wars, because the soldiers have had such splendid religious environment. No war of the past has ever been fur .nished with such ideal surroundings, con soquently the morale of our army has been unusually fine Vice has been sup pressed to great degree: religious ser vices have been held for the soldiers, and in this way the community life of the cities has felt an uplift, and now that our soldiers are returning, they are find ing their country under prohibition, and thus their greatest temptation is being removed, and Ifirmly believe that large number of the soldiers who have been spared during the war will enter the min istry. This obtained to some extent dur ing the civil war, and it should be doubly true now since the religious ad- vantages afforded our soldiers have been so much greater"
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THE INFERNO

THE INFERNO.'
 By Heneri Barbusse. Translated, with ar
 'Introduction'' by Edward J. OBrien. Boni & Liveright, Inc, publishers, New York city, N. Y.
 ''The Inferno" by Henri Barbusse, translated by Edward J. O Brien from the tooth edition, is one of the literary novel, ties of the past P months
 M Barbusse has given us one of the best books of the war in his Under Fire" the predecessor of 'The Inferno" and he has in this last tremendous novel depicted that other great human strug gle, the never ceasing war waged be- tween. the sexes.
 In 'The Inferno" 1t is evident that the Translation has softened and toned down quite a bit of the original--expur- gated and cleansed it. but as one of the reviewers for a well known metropoli- tan daily puts it, Even in what has been left there is enough suggestion of what has been eliminated to account for the Tooth French edition. referred to in the title page, in a nation which puts no limits of decency upon it's printing presses. The American translator and
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THIN. NERVOUS PEOPLE
 NEED BITR0-PH0SPHATE|
What It Is and How It Increases Weight, Strength
 and Nerve Force in Two Weeks Time in Many Instances

"Bitro-Phosphate should be prescribed by every doctor and used in every hos7l pital to increase strength and nerve) force and to enrich the blood"
 Joseph D. Harrigan, Former Visiting Specialist to North Eastern Dispensed tory, says: Let those who are weak. thin, nervous. anaemic or run-downl take natural, unadulterated substancei such as bitro- phosphate and you willy soon see some astonishing results inA the increase of nerve energy, strength
 of body and mind and power of endur-
 ance."@
 Bitro-Phosphate is made entirely of the organic phosphate compound re- I ferred to in the National Standard Dis-1 pensatory as being an excellent tonicl and nervine and a preparation which has recently acquired considerable rep-l sutation in the treatment of neuras4| thenia. The standard Of excellencelI strength and purity of it's substance isl beyond question, for every Bitro -Phos- -1 phate tablet is manufactured in strict! accordance with the U. $. Pharma- -i copoeia test requirements. Bitro-Phos- phate is therefore not patent mcdi- cine and should not be confused withA any of the secret nostrinns, so-called] tonics os widely advertised .'cure -alls" Y
 CAuTION'--Althouxh Bitro.PhosphateI is unsurpassed for relieving nervoms-3 ness, sleeplessness and general Weak.{ ness. owing to it's remarkable neskl growing properties 1t should not be' used by anyone who does not desire tel put on flesh.
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guarantee of satisfaction or money back. By feeding the nerves directly and by supplying the body cells with the necessary phosphoric food elements. bitro- phosphate quickly produces a welcome transformation in the appear ance; the increase in weight frequently being astonishing.
 Clinical tests made in St. Catherne's s Hospital. N. Y. G. showed that two pa tients gained in weight 23 and 27 pounds, respectively, through the ad- ministration of this organic phosphate; both patients claim they have not felt as strong and well for the past twelve years.
 This increase in weight also carries with it a general improvement in the health. Nervousness. sleeplessness and lack of energy. which nearly always accompany excessive thinness. soon disappear, dull eyes become bright and pale cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect health.
 Physicians. and hospitals everywhere are now recognizing it's merits by its use in ever increasing quantities. Frederick Kolle. M. D.. editor of New York Physicians Who's .Who." says:
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Kaiser" George Bernard Shaw, David
 Lloyd George, Lord Curzon; such women
 hs Mrs. Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale;
 these in Prophets, Priests and Kings" in Pillars of Society," you'll find sketches
 or King George V, Lord Kitche-
 ner Sarah Bernhardt. Sir Johnston
 Forbes Robertson, President Wilson, Mrs.
 Humphrey Ward, while in 'The War Lords there is King Albert of Belgium, King Victor Emanuel King Gustav of Sweden, King Ferdinand, King Nicholas and the Crown Prince of Prussia.
 The three little volumes are treasures oC literary grace and style and are val
 uabe both educatonaly and from the standpoint of entertainment. 1 GTEIE SACRIFICE. A TRAGIC DRAMA" By Ellsworth FL lis. (English department, Central High school, Birmingham), and Everett Ellis. The Salisbury Publishing company, publishers, Baltimore. From the pen of one of Birminghams s gifted scholars, Ellsworth Ellis, of the department of English of the Central
 High school, in collaboration with hs brother, Everett Ellis, comes a play en- titled, "The Sacrifice" GA Tragic Drama)
 The little book is thus inscribed: ''To the hosts of conscientious workers everywhere who are striving in some way to uplft mankind this volume is lovingly inscribed"
 The dramatis personnae follow: John Rosenthal, M. D. Marianna Rosenthal, his wife. Barbary Rosenthal, their little daugh- ter. Felix Holden, Marianna's father. MT Pitt, banker, partner of Holden. Joy Landers.
 MT. Powers, builder Attending physician and others. Time-Present.
 Place-A city.
 The story is that of a very much mis- understood man, Dr. John Roseonthal,
 wi ose motto is, "The greatest man is he
 who does the greatest good to the great est number
 He wishes his young wife to hang this precept within the four walls of their
 home while he tells her that life up to the time he met her had become such grind that he did well to help himself;
 then the longing came to help other peo- pie, which led him to seek through long years of toll and effort a doctors train 1 Ing.
 '"Now I am so happy" pr. Rosenthal
 says that all is changed I can be my self now; go about doing good to others without being troubled about my own safety in this fierce struggle for exist
 
 here, and what joy to be able to help do it.
 Think of itl To spend my time amongst
 the rabble, to minister to the sick and afflicted, To lift up the fallen; to help right the wrongs that make life bur
 der to the many and to spread the gospel of hope and good cheer to all. Dr. Rosenthal, like many others of his
 kind, is misunderstood, not only by his wife but by her father, Felix HOlden who is inveigled into a plot against the kind -hearted and well meaning doctor, which results in the tragedy which sepa-
 rates him from his wife, Marianna, and
 his babN Barbary, who leave his home and take up their abode with Marianna's s tfather.
 The turn of public opinion against him, the accusations and the misunderstood attitude of people bring about the big crisis when Dr. Rosenthal is in great gathering one evening which has assem- bled to hear him and which turns against
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LEMON JUICE
 WHITENS SKIN 1, .,-..-... .,.--.t Girls! Make beauty lotion
 at home for few cents

bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well. and you have a quarter pint of the best bleach ing and skin whitening lotion, and com plexion beautifier. at very. very small cost.
 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion into the face. neck and arms and hands each day and see how tan,;, redness. sallowness, sunburn and windburn disappear and how clear. soft and rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless.-Adv.
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him and does bodily injury to him!
 pr. Rosenthal is taken to a hospital, where he begins after endless days of
 suffering to recuperate and in the mean
 time his wifes father has died. con-
 fessing to his daughter that he has been
 misinformed about her husband and tells her to return to his home.
 The last scene shows Marianna and | little Barbary at the Rosenthal home. Marianna arranging the furniture and
 Barbary playing with her blocks in her accustomed place.
 Mamma, why doesn't papa come? | little Barbary asks
 Papa is coming darling,' is the moth Iers gentle reply.
 And then they wait. Joy Landers Ma rianna's friend, comes to assist Marianne | at the home coming of the doctor; fin- ally they see the ambulance from the hospital coming and then the ''stretcher" | is lifted tenderly out; Marianna, as they | bring the doctor into the room, hurries | to the cot and lifts the cover and ut ters a cry of horror. The 'interne," who
 has accompanied Dr. Rosenthal, says: | "The unexpected happened on the way
 home; an internal hemorrhage, an artery 1 broke. It came instantly; a terrible thing; nothing could be done i Dr. Rosenthals friend. Powers" ex-
 claimed.
 Tt Is forever the same: the earth 1 was too small to hold him; he has thrown ! off the burden and follows swiftly the 1 flight of the Ideal. He has left us hero
 and there is no path of return. We must take up our burdens and follow after'' NOT TAPS, BUT-REVEILLE. By Robert Gordon Anderson. G. P. Put 2 nam's Sons Publishers, New York City. l One of the most exquisite tributes ever written to friend is that which under the title Not Taps, but 'Reveille," comes from the pen of Robert Gordon Ander- l son. E,-
 | The little volume daintiy holds sen
 tment which is as chastely expressed. as
 beautifully worded and as charmingly
 conceived as any classic of the older days; it is redolent of gentleness and
 grace and the writer has paid the most
 loving tribute to soldier boy friend
 which could be imagined.
 l The trend of the tribute to this splen-
 did young American who offered his
 services to his country early in the war game and whom death claimed
 later, is that his going out should not l be looked upon as the close of life, but
 the opening of new life-"Not Taps, but
 Reveille.' 1 It is an Illuminating and beautiful l tribute-to heart broken mother and
 sisters-of brave lad who saw nothing
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he was really alive, active ana eager to comfort her.
 The boys strongest desire was to "get across the message to the relatives of all who mourn that their loved ones are really not dead but intensely alive, per- forming prescribed duties and only dis tressed and hampered by the grief of those living on earth
 There is no death. Life goes on with out hindrance or handcaps We are very busy .. The one thing that troubles the men who come here is the fact thas the ones who love them are in agony. .. . They believe in the immortality of the soul. But the proof of their belief scares them:p This is the keynote of this wonderful book.
 He describes his work, his companions and his surroundings. He succeeds in comforting his mother, and she in turn gives his messages to the world, in order that others may share her consolation.