The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12

writer's coat caught his eye. He in- hand. He threw. There was a crash against 8 tree.
 "sonw shouted the father, what was that?"
 But MT. Solomon spoke. q think" said he In pained tones, "I shall have to ask you to release me from my promise not to become angry, That"
 His voice quavered with something which was not joy. That was my watch"
 There is something about story depicting the desires. frailties and dreams of humanity which is fasci- mating to every one. The youngest or oldest reader likes this type of yarn that is-if the reader is real everyday sort of human being.
 Such a story is The Forbidden Magic" by Katherine Leiser Robbins, in 8 recent issue of Young's Maga- zine. This Is a novelette, which in- trigues the readers interest from the first parag raph-it is a story of real PCOPAe III d way Ludl ISdl pGo- pie enjoy, and is considered by many to be one of this writer's best stories.
 Katherine Leiser Robbins home is in Selma, and she is one of Alabama 8 writers whose work is appearing com sistentiy In the popular magazines. 
 There are but few people who do not like stories of action-adventure which is adventure. There is hardly a man who he's not at some time in his life gone adventuring mentally where the actual experience was de- nied him.
 So long as there are readers there will be magazines, and so long as there are ma agazines there will be ac- ton stories.
 Garrard Harris, associate editor of the Birmingham News, whose stories have been appearing in the fiction magazines for some time past. is one of the men who knows how to write such stories. His most recent one, delivered during the past week to Action Stories Magazine, is called The High Graders" and is a story which will win many readers for that magazine when 1t is published. It contains everything such story should contain--atmosphere local color, is told in MT. Harris attractive style--and is fuu of action.
 There is something about perpetual motion that interests everyone, re- gardless of whether or not they be- lieve 1t possibility. When humor is added to this the interest becomes greater.
 "Petified Motion" by Edgar Valen- tine Smith, in the current issue of Telling Tales, Is story based ons a negro's ideas of perpetual motion, his efforts to master 1t and the result.
 Those who have been reading MT. Smiths stories in Telling Tales know that there is one result at least-an abundance of humor and an amusing wind-up to the story. It is one of the best of many good yarns which MT. Smith has written.
 Some of the finest contemporary fiction is being purchased and print ed by the Chicago Tribune, and then syndicated to various newspapers throughout the country. The name of almost every big writer in this country and England has appeared, or will appear in the list of authors of the Tribune's Blue Ribbon short stories.
 And now comes one of Birming hams young authors to break into this ultra violet literary company. Ar temus Galloway, whose work has ap- peared for the last couple of years in many of the popular magazines. Sat urday received notification from the Tribunes literary editor that his story, Presto! Change" had been &C., cepted for Blue Ribbon publication.
 Inclusion in this list of writers brings MT Galloway several steps nearer the goal which all young writers are striving to attain