davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
CHRISTIAN CAMPAIGN

lism at the Fifty-seventh Street Chris tian church started encouragingly last Sunday. A fine class of men and women volunteered for personal work during this special effort. The aim is, at least 25 souls won to Christ during these seven weeks preceding Easter
 This is a prelude to an Easter meet ing which will begin March 20. It Is also a part of a nationwide cam paign of the Christian church to win 100000 souls to Christ by Easter.
 Norway exports about 80 per cent of the matches produced in that coun- try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Nearly one-fourth of all the locomo.
 tives in this country are undergoing of awaiting repairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

First Church of Christ-Twenty- first street and Eleventh avenue. south. Leices- ter IeMont Jackson, first reader. Services Sunday at II a. xn. and p. m. Subject Truth" Sunday school at 9:30. Testimonial meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
 Reading rooms, HI American Trust build ing. open week days from a. m. to D. rn All are cordially invited to attend our serv- ices and to avail themselves of the privi- eges of our reading rooms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
CATHOLIC

st. Pauls-Speciai this week;
 Sunday--7:3O ?. m.: At night service the church unity octave. Intention for the day. The return to the sacraments of all lapsed Catholics. -,7 'l
 Monday--Noon: Church unity octaveiliAn- Gelua.- expaaitions foaery of tho BI4dted Firgin, prayer Tor church unity. benedio-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
SALVATION ARMY
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

6h North twentieth Street. Opposite L & Mi a. m. holiness meeting; 2;S0 D. m salvation meeting. The public invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
PREsBYTERIAN

First-Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street. Rev. John A. MacSporran. minister. Morning service at III o'clock: sermon topic, The Man Who DeceiYee Hkmnelfs1 Aft-. ernoon service ssrmon topic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23
ALTRuRIAN

L. A. Fealy, bishop. The following serv- ices will be held at the church. All Farley building: Sunday; .,,a II 2. m. sS sn53sct "paul 8 D. m "Current Thought" Wednesday evening p. m, Practical Christianity" !" Smith will talk on spiritual Laws"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Twenty First Avenue-2sol Twenty-first day school. s:3o a; m; L. P: Gray. super intendent. Bible clss. same hour: Preach. Junior IsaGnes s;so ?. n. Prayer meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

St. Marys-on-t the Highlands: venite Barnby). Te Deum (Borthwick). Jubtlate (Sullivan). Offertory, anthem, "Hearken Unto Me" (Sullivan). Offer tory sentence (Beethoven).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Tarrant city--Rev. W. o. Horton. pastor.
 Sunday school, 9:46 a. m. Preaching II a. m. and p. m. by pastor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

The services of the Seventh Day Adventist church, Seventh avenue, north. and Ntne- teenth street. are held as follows: Sabbath school Saturday morning s:s0 preaching fol meeting at 2:so in the afternoon; Y. P. M. V. at {. Preaching every Sunday night at o'clock. Subject for January z3, Tn Our World Made New"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Brighton-Brishton. Rev M. NJ. wood pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m Preach ,nS n,i,, services , at II q. m. and 7sso m. P. U. 6:30 p. m. Senior B. Y. P. U. e:a0 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7;3o ?. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

SUNDAY SCHOOL OF
 CALVARY BAPTIST
 CHURCH NOW BUSY

The Sunday school of Calvary Baptist church at Fountain Heights is looking forward to great accomplishments during 1921
 The superintendent J. c. Quilln. is a capable young business man, whose motto is Pep in the Sunday school"
 Following his example, the young peo- pie of the school are determined to sec foundations laid for new Baptist church on the hill and, with this end in v,ew, they are planning their efforts this year.
 Mir. Quillin has been in Birmingham but d few months. but the reputation he made in Amory, Miss, in connection with the Becker Baptist Sunday school pre- ceded him.
 It was while he was superintendent of the school Of this church that the new house Of worship was erected, due largo ly to the interest of the young people.
 Since his afflliation with the Fountain Heights church he has taken part in all it's activities, especially interesting him- self in the development of the spiritual life of the young people. The superin tendent bases his belief in the ability and willingness of the Sunday school ana the church membership to erect a new building, on the spirit that prevailed during the seventy-five million cam pign, when Calvary was asked for $l5,- 000, and when the membership voun- tarily subscribed $2o,0O0, the large propor- tfonate share of which was paid in 1920.
 The young people who belong to Cal vary Sunday school are also members of the E. Y. P. U., which for years has been the banner organization among Pap- tist young people.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL BUSINESS
 ''The Sunday school is business' MT. Quillin stated as his opinion. If it ac- compishes much it will be by concen- trated action. Without organization and carrying on the work in a business way the school might as well be killed out right, instead of suffering the slow death that comes of slipshod methods"
 Demonstrating his belief in business methods, the young superintendent has taken steps since entering the office last September in perfecting the organization of the school. One of these steps is a complete roll book with information re- garding absentees. The second step is the organization of visiting committees whose duty it is to make weekly visita- tions, and not only to keep up standards of the present roll, but add to it.
 A third innovation introduced by the superintendent is the monthly teachers meetings, when officers, teachers and prospective teachers meet to hear the re- ports of various departments and to plan for the enlargement of the school. At an. early date teachers training class will also be a part of the work for five weeks that will afford the source of supply when new teachers are needed.
 An interesting feature of each Sunday s service will be the opening and closing programme that will be presented by cla SSeS and departmentS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Sunnyside-Rev. P. L. Newton. pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m,< Preaching II a. m. and D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

ridge. pastor. Sunday school. s:46 .. m. Preaching IL a. m. and 7:3O D. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7;30 D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Fifty-seventh Street-Rev. w. A. Ever hart. pastor. Sunday school at 7:45 q. m. Morning worship at II o'clock. Christian Endeavor at 4 o'clock. Evening service at 7:3O o'clock. cordial welcome to all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

St. Paul--Rev. o. K. Lamb. pastor. Sum
 day school 9:45 g. m.. Mrs. J. N. Webb.
 superintendent Preaching II m. and l7:5o p. m. Epworth League s:3o ?. m.. Miss Fannie Harmon. president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Inglenook -- Ingienook. Rev R. R.
 Brasher. pastor. Sunday school at .s:3o
 Preaching Service, ovsIy snd ssc D.
 m Pulpit supplied by pastor. Junior B: \ |P. U. 6;s0 p. m. Senior B. Y. F.. U. s:30
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

Packer Memortal-3so0 Fifth court, south, ". H. Gregory. pastor.l Sunday ncheot at
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

done. the undone vast. 1t depressed
Milton when he turned twenty-three;
it depresses all those with vain and
ambitious temperaments at least once
a year"
Neville's mother renewed her youth
through psychoanalysis which Opened
the door into a new and richer life.
st. Mary's bay was illumined in her
thoughts, instead Of being drab and
empty as before. Sublimated COM
plexes twinkled over 1t like stars.
Freed Hbido poured electrically about
It," This proved. however, a brief res
pite. for she was not equipped to win
happiness that way. In fact, she
wasn't equipped for happiness at all.
Her daughter Nan got some salts
faction out of the union of perfect
body and a spirit without fear. "As
child she had ridden unbroken horses
and teased and lodged savage bulls
for the fun of II; she would go sailing
IN seas that fishermen refused to go
out in; part angry dogs which no on
locker would touch; sleep out alone in
dark and lonely woods, and even on
occasion brave pigs. The kind of gay
tage which can never be acquired.
What can be acquired. with blood and
tears, is the courage of the will, stub
born and unyielding, but always nerve
racked. proud and tensely strung up"
All these people are trying life, ques-
tioning what 1t means, seeking a def
milton for happiness. The authors
answer has in 1t something modern
but more perhaps of ancient philos-
ophy-expressed in Pamela, "debonair
and detached. ironic. cool and quiet,
responsive to life and yet-thought
disdainful of 1t. lightly holding and
easily renouncing; the worlds lover,
yet not its servant, her foot at times
carelessly on It's neck to prove her
power over it,
Of Plutarch's men?
Translators of the Bible do not al
ways understand how much OF the
power of the Book is conveyed
through the music the emotional
values of words and phrases. They
reason plausibly that modern scholars
have found errors in the rendering of
certain words. And doubtless the
modern scholars are right. But per-
lection of scholarship never touched a
heart.
The editors of "The Shorter Bible:
The Old Testament" (Scribner's) have
made new translation. But their
chief service is that of abridgment
and arrangement. There is a good
deal of repetition in the Bible and
they have tried by emitting dupli-
Gates. by grouping narratives accord
ing to obvious progression, to secure
a clearer picture. Their titles and
subtitles are excellent. Certainly the
reader will find a good many things
that confused him in Sunday school
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

Macaulay, whose portrait is the
centre of this page, invented
the name--not the thing itself.
Her latest novel, Dangerous
Ages, : is only the plural of an
older title. But there's a diff
ference between singular and
plural-in wives, for instance.
Cheer up, young author. The
book you re sadly taking back
from publisher after publisher
may be issued after copyrights
have ceased to interest you.
There is young Howells, who
was known to this generation
as an elderly gentleman, about
whom nobody argued any
more. He had become a classic
and he sat in Hdrper'S Easy
Chair. = But two of his books,
"The Kelwyns'' and the new
Mrs. Farrell = had to wait
till after he left us for publica-
ton.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

among the ancients. II is In line with
their anthropocentric views already
referred to. OF art for arts sake, or
OF truth for truths sake. they knew
little. Those hideous and heartless
half views of life that often do duty
for realism to-day were quite foreign
to them. II they frankly present ugly
things-and heaven knows that they
dot is with the lusty interest of
healthy animals. and not with the
morbid detachment of the dissecting
room. But fortunately they believe in
presenting the beautiful and ennobline
side Of life too. and for a purpose that
would be scorned to-day as hopeleesly
passe-teaching. preaching, the con-
veying of a lesson or pointing Of a
moral by precept and example. Our
aloof scientific attitude would be in
comprehensive to them.
Lucretius presents a marvellous
semi-scientific. semi philosophical. six
book dissertation on the universe
equally noteworthy for its right
guesses and for its wrong-merely for
the sake of reassuring anxious man
does incidentally by denying It's exist
ence. History Is regarded not as
science but as a sort Of combination OF
rhetoric and philosophy. The common
view as TO Its function is expressed
by Livy In his justly famous preface.
where he declares that the main value
of history lies in the presentation OF
instances whence we may learn what
to initiate and what to avoid for our
own sake and for the states. Like
hvy's attitude toward history is Plu-
tarch's toward biography. He voices
II In the beginning of the Timolean
Goeb Library, vol VI. p. 261 ~:
Il began the writing Of my Lives
for the sake OF others. but find that
! am continuing the work and delight
Ing In II now for my own sake also,
using history as mirror and en-
deavoring in = manner to fashion and
adorn my life in conformity with the
virtues therein depicted. For the re-
suit is like nothing else but daily liv-
ing and associating together. when 7
receive and welcome each subject Of
my history in turn as my guest. so
to speak. and observe carefully how
large he was and OF what mien.' and
select from his career what Is most
important and most beautiful to know
In my own case. the study OF
history and the familiarity with II
which my writing produces, enables
me. since always cherish in my soul
the records OF the noblest and most
estimabie characters. TO repel and put
far from me whatever base. malicious
or ignoble suggestion my enforced
associations may intrude upon me.
calmly and 1ispassionateiy turning my
thoughts away from them TO the fair
est OF my examples"
r. ADELAIDE HAHN.
To Be Concluded Sept. ~.
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

"Teedie came downstairs this morn
ing looking rather sad and said. I feel
badly have a toothache in my
(God) was a ox!-this after being
shown a picture of a very clever look
ing fox. He is the most affectionate
and endearing little creature in his
ways"
Certainly Roosevelt found. later. a
good deal of divinity in the world OF
wild animals, though his writings do
not show any theological bent in his
adult mind.
He entered the profession of author
ship at an early age. And again his
interest in animals was evident. At
fourteen. during a European sojourn,
he wrote Mrs. Field Mouses Dinner
Party" for 1.-The Dresden Literary
American Club" which met weekly to
by its members. Here is character
stic passage from the story. reporting
the geological dinner table talk at the
said party:
"Mr. Moth "a very scientific gentle
NAM made a diversion by saying,
Have you seen my work on Various
Antenn@?" In 1t demonstrated
clearly the superiority of feathered to
knobbed antenna, and
Excuse me, sir interrupted Sir
Butterfly, but you surely don't mean
to say
Excuse me, IL you please replied
Mr. Moth sharply, but / do mean it,
and II you read my work you will per-
ceive that the rays of featherlilse par
ticles on the trunk of the antenna driv-
ing from the centre In straight or
curved lines generally At this
moment Mr.. Moth luckily choked him
self and seizing the lucky instant Mrs.
NJ. rang for the dessert"
There Is no lack of matter about the
subjects public life Here is an in
cident of his experience as New York
city official
MY brother described to me the de-
licious humor of the parade inau-
gurated by the German brewer societies
as a protest against his enforcement
of the law when he was Police Com
missioner. They were parading to
show their disapproval of him. but at
the last moment, as a wonderful piece o!
sarcasm. they decided to invite him tc
The New York herald., 1921-09-11

his histories, where he gives us
portraits of the Caesars as vivid as
Suetonius's. and presented with far
more real insight and talent.
So far. we have searched in vain
in classic Greece and classic Rome
for a genuine biographer of ability.
We find one at last-and one alone
In that marvellous fusion of the two
civilizations attained in the so called
Graeco- Roman period. Captured
Greece had captured her captor Rome
indeed. Greek lecturers were eagerly
welcomed in Rome. where they played
a part similar to that of the exchange
professors of to-day-minus the ex-
change. One of these. who lived dur
ing the first century OF our era, re-
fused to be impressed by the current
view that, while the captured nation
was undeniably preeminent in arts
and letters. all the real doers of all
time belonged to the race of the
captors. This visiting villager longed
to show his metropolitan audiences
that IL their State had had a hero
founder like Romulus. a law giver
like Numa. General like Pompey
patriot like Brutus. a world conqueror
like julius Ceasar, his own country
could balance these mighty men of
action with Theseus, Lycurgus, an
Agesilaus. n Dion. an Alexander.
Hence he conceived the idea OF
Parallel Lives which has eternally
glorified and universally endeared the
name of Plutarch.
The plan was this: TO present
series OF Greek and Roman biog-
raphies arranged in pairs. each pair
followed by a comparison of the two
men just treated separately. These
comparisons rather delicate matter
are most interesting and present
Plutarch in an admirable light.
altogether free on the one hand from
bigoted partiality toward his native
land. and on the other from subscr-
Went sycophancy toward the country
OF his patrons. OF course. so artificial
and arbitrary an arrangement is not
without its drawbacks. very often
the men compared show no striking
similarities and often the grouping
seems distinctly far fetched. such as
that of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
find a counterpart for the we'll known
Greek character OF his country's
greatest period, he has to have re-
course TO a comparatively obscure
Roman of legendary times. For this
reason the comparisons are little
known and discussed to-day. and the
very word OF the title which indicates
their "Parallel"--is often
omitted. We generally speak simply
of Plutarch's Lives" and this fact
has made possible the amusing anec-
dotc related by DIR. Tyrrell. OF a dis-
logue overheard In Ireland
And would they take the boys life
for the like o. that?"
"Bedad they would. IL he had as.
many lives as Piutarch"
The moralizing tendency was strong
The New York herald., 1921-09-11
Mrs. Robinson Shows Boy and Man
AS His Family Knew Him at Home

review the parade, hardly thinking
that he would accept the invitation.
Needless to say he did accept 1t. and
leaning over from the platform where
he had been invited to sit he saw the
mass of marching men carrying BAN
ners with Down with Teddy and vari-
Gus other more unpleasant expletives.
One company, as it passed the review
ing stand called out: 'Wo ist Teddyf'
'Hier bin ich,' called out the Police
Commissioner leaning over the railing
and flashing his white teeth good
humoredly at the protesting crowd,
who. unable to resist the sunshine Of
his personality, suddenly turned, and,
putting aside the disapproving BAN
ners, cheered him to the echo"
Theodore Roosevelt was never a
snob socially or intellectually. He
valued men and women for what they
really were, not for title or place
"One luncheon during the time that
my brother was Governor stands out
clearly In my mind, owing to an anus
ing incident connected with II. My
dining room at 422 Madison avenue
was small, and fourteen people were
the actual limit that II could hold. One
day, having told me that he was bring
ing ten people to lunch. realizing his
hospitable inclinations I had had the
table set for the limit of fourteen. We
were already thirteen in the sitting
room, when the door bell rang, and.
looking out of the window. he turned
to me with a troubled expression and
said, Il think l see two people coming
up the front steps, and that will make
fifteen l suddenly decided to be un-
usually firm, and l said: Theodore
have not places for fifteen; you said
there would be only ten. I am delight
ed to have fourteen. but you will have
to tell one of those two people that he
will have to go somewhere else for
lunch. He went out into the hall, and
in moment returned with one of his
beloved Rough Riders and an air of
triumph on his face. whispered:
Were there really two. and who was
the other and what has happened to
him.? And he whispered back like a
child who has had successful result
In some game: Yes. there were two
the other the president Of the Univer-
sity of -. told them they had to
toss up, and the Rough Rider won
this with a chuckle of delight"
The New York herald., 1921-09-11
Soundings in the Sea Of Ink

lessons made plain in the reading of
this text.
Even In the poetic sense, however.
the new version is not always inferior.
There is the love lyric at the end of
the Song of Songs" or "Solomon's
Song" as it Is variously named. The
older version runs:
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-
hamon; he let out the vineyard unto
keepers: every one for the fruit there
of was to bring a thousand pieces of
silver.
my vineyard. which is mine. is
before me; thou. o Solomon, must
have a thousand. and those that keep
the fruit thereof two hundred"
How infinitely clearer. flashing with
divine fire is this:
my vineyard-my home! is before
me.
20 Solomon. leave you your
thousand.
And the fruit of the vines to their
keepers"
1t was said at one time that the
public wanted no more books about
the war. The public wants no more
empty volumes for which the inter-
est in the war furnished an excuse
But. whenever Philip Gibbs or Gen
eral Dawes or somebody yet unknown
has anything worth saying it will be
read, war or no war;
Plutarch put the whole matter in a
statement of his purpose in writing of
men who happened to be engaged at
times in fighting:
Sometimes a matter of less moment
an expression or a jest, informs us
better of their characters and inclina-
tions than the most famous sieges
the greatest ornaments or the blood
lest battles whatsoever. So
must be allowed to give my more
particular attention to the works and
indications of the souls of men and
while I endeavor by these to portray
their lives, may be free to leave more
weighty matters and great battles to
be treated of by Others"
Miss Hahn reviews the new trans
lation of Plutarch as though the origi-
nal had just been published. And
the fact is his life Of Marc Anthony
IL IiuCI lICSIlti thdh hi1hJ
years biography.
What a pity that Plutarcn didn't
live to do Roosevelt. He would have
had as corking time over that biog-
raphy as T. r. had being President.
But already there is a good beginning
for Roosevelt library. He will prob
ably come next after Lincoln in the
number of books and articles written
about him.
In both cases the mems own writ
ings come first. Roosevelts autobi-
ography. his letters. edited by Bishop,
and his letters to his children are all
invaluable. And to this first hand ma
terial Mrs. Robinson brings essential
pages. The first part of her volume,
relating to T. RS own childhood shows
how his happy relation to his children
was a continuance of the life in his
own fathers home.