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BABIES GET GOOD START

Prinkipo, Princes Islands, May a.
Babies in large numbers are beng
brought here from Constantinople to be
blessed by Father Dionysias. the sole
monk remaining in the monastery of st.
George, which tops the 655-foot summit
of this Marmora Sea island. The legend
has spread that babies so blessed VIII
To the outside world the island is bet
ter known because of the proposal of
President Wilson to hold the bolsheviN
conference here Father ponysias, a
native of sparta, is now so years old He
has been here for 30 years, save for a
short Imprisonment BY the Turks during
the great war ~
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Record for Theft
~ Accounted Ere0a

Lille, France, May 1.-THE record
for theft by motor car bandits is held
by the little Village of Essars in the
devastated regions. After knocking an
inspector of reconstruction work sense
less. several men carried off bronze
church bell weighing ton and a half
which had been in the wreckagel of the
church since the retreat Of the Ger
mans on the Somme in 1915.
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CLOSING SERVICE

The series of meetings at the West
End Methodist church conducted by Dr.
Charles Lane of Georgia will be brought
to a close with the service tonight. a
number have already been added to the
church Services are held at o'clock
in the afternoon and at O'clock at
night
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Japan Will Adopt the Metric
System Instead of Japanese

FoKio, May I-Japan has decided TO
adopt the metric system The bin as
passed by the House of Peers stipuiates
that in the five years to come all leading
factories. government offices, govern
inent works and TECHNICAL schools will be
asked to use ting metric system of weights
and measures instead of the Japanese.
The general public will be made to use
the system within 20 years
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DR.. COA[E breaches.
IN AVONDALE PARK
viii Discuss Subject of He'll.
Good Music at the
Pavilion

Big mass meetng-dont fail to attend,
is the invitation TO men and boys of
greater Birmingham. to hear Evangelist
d. l.. Coaes sermon this afternoon at
o'clock at Avondae Methodist church
Twenty-second street and Fifth avenue.
Large congregations are also expected
to attend the morning service at II
O'Clock at the Avondale park pavilion
when DIR. Coale will present a topic of
common interest, and this evening at 1870
O'Clock at the same place where the sub
ject under discussion will be: Does the
Bible teach that there is a help DIR.
Coale expresses the desire that all the
non-hellites shall be present to hear this
sermon"
According TO announcement of Rev.
George 7. Harris. pastor of Avondale
Methodist church the public is cordially
invited to attend all services that will be
conducted by DIR. Coale every day this
week through next Sunday, at 10 o'clock
each morning and 7:30 o'clock each eve
ming, at the park pavilion.
EVANGELIST ID. l.. COALE
DIR. Coale is native Alabamian who
though living at present at Los Angeles.
Cal, is known throughout the United
States as one of the great evangelsts of
today For 20 years he has been in
evangelistic work principally in the mid
die west and east and during his minis
try he has received more than 1900 peo-
pie into the church. His ministry at
Avondale Methodist church has been
blessed during the past week by more
than 100 conversions and numbers of al
ditions to the church roll
ATTRACTIVE FEATURE
A special feature of the services today
and each day during the week will be
the music, when the orchestra and big
chorus choir will be directed by Prof.
r. l.. Milan of Atlanta. Professor Milan
is a singer of repute, and has Travelled
extensively in evangeiistic campaigns
with DIR. r. L. Torrey and DIR. Chapman.
Overlooking audiences are expected at
every service while DR.. Coale and Pro-
fessor Milan are in Birmingham, and 1t
therefore behooves all who wish to find
available seats to be at Avondale Meth
odist church promptly at o'clock this
afternoon, and at the park pavilion at
II O'Clock this morning and 7;30 o'clock
this evening.
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EXCHANGE PULPITS

Rev. f. o. HELLER, D. D.. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of Bes-
semer and Rev. j. B. Meacham of the
Second Presbyterian church. will eN-
change pulpits next Sunday morning.
DIR. Heller has one of the largest and
best churches in North Alabama Pres
bytery. He is one of the best preach
ers in this section. a graduate of Yale
university and of Yale Theological
seminary. The church al Bessemer is
going forward as never before under
DIR. Hellier's leadership ,
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EIGHT HUNDRED LIVES
LOST IN STEAMER WRECK

Shanghai, May 7.-Approximately NOD
lives were lost in the wreck of the
steamer Hong Mob of Singapore, which
went aground off the White Rocks La
mock Island. recently while proceeding
from Singapore to Annoy.
The Hong Mob was taking LOO Chi
nese passengers to Annoy. 1t was be-
lieved that Capt. II. W. Holmes of the
vessel was drowned.
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sEyENTH-DAy ADVENTIST

The services of the Seventh-Day Adv S.,,
ist church are held as follows; sabbath
school Saturday morning, 800; pre tina
D. M. Y. P. NJ. v. at p. M Preaehin ne
every Sunday night 1880. subject LOT the
eth "The Image of the BEAST.
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rNIvER SAIIST

DR.. q. ~ Ciark Of Camp Hill, Ala will
nreach at the Galax theatre Sunday at II
a. m. and p. m. Dr. Clark was ,s. recently ,,r,dl
az Birmingham and will preach at the
Gaiax theatre the first and third Sundays
in each month,
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ST. ANDREWS
service

Whitsunday; communion service;
organ, Consolation (LiszD; "Kyrie"
(Gilber); offertory anthem, Send Out
Thy Light" tGounod) "Sanctus''
tStainer). GLORIA in ExcelsisP tOld
Chant): "Amen and Nunc Dimittis"
(Gowery; organ. "Postiude in CO Glenn
mensl
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Altrurian-I. A. Fealy. bishop. The fol-
lowing services will be held a the church
Al Farley building sunday IL a. M g sun %
Christ Shall All Be Made Alive" Sunday,
D. M. nThe Natural Body and the
Spiritual Body" "Wednesday evening az .
O'clock "Practical Christianity. Every
Thursday at IL a. m talk on spiritual
Laws Nv Miss Grace p. Smith.
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piled by the pastor Junior B. Y. P.
u. 6 80 p. m. Senior B. Y. P. u. $40 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 1890 p. m.
Twenty first Avenue-2sso Twenty frs,
avenue north. Rev, L. NJ. Bradley, pastor
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m. ]. Knight. su
perintendent. Preaching services at u
m pas aod a9op and se npt r. supPfe g.
$50 p, Prayer meeting Wednesday
1880 p. IN.
Twenty Seventh Street = Twenty seventh
street and Eighth avenue, south. Rev: J.
| "a. M; p p. Baker. superintendent. Preach
ing services at IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Puipit supplied by the pastor ore -Junior
and senior b. Y. p. u. $50 p. IN. Prayer
Meeting Wednesday, 1870 p, m.
west End-1o27 Tuscaloosa avenue, Rev.
Jesse A: Cook, pastor Sunday school at
Preaching services u a, m; and 80 p m.
Pulpit supplied by pastor. Junior and senior
B. Y. p. u. $3.50 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday, 1880 p. IN.
west woodlawp-4ssi Georgia road. Rev.
$50 a. M, F. r. Cross, superintendent.
Preaching services at II a m. and 1880
Junior ana pp Senior s'P 3 r IT, 1es D. m
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 1880 p m
wylam-Ninth avenue and Fortieth
street Rey /. L. aearn' Rast4 Ptrs SUNDAY la.
a. IN. ana 1890 p. Pulpit supplied by
pastor, Junior and Senior 3. Y. p. u,
6 80 p. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 1880
p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN
First-Corner Fourth avenue and Twenty
first street. Rev. John A. MacSporran, min
s sov BSns fes sd sop
at $3.50 o'clock topic, "a Big Decision.
Sunday school at $3.50 a m, A. X Akers,
| SIN. rir,ta r,da ant am r1a 7 VI
lips, teacher; young mems class, Mr. Q. G,
Carmichael, teacher; class of strangers, Mrs.
j. H. Montgomery, teacher.
second-Corner Twelfth street and Tenth
avenue, south. Rev. John b. Meacham min
lister. Morning worship, II o'clock; DR.. f.
Q. HITLER of the First Church of Bessemer
will occupy the pulpit at the morning serv-
ice. Evening worship. o'clock Subject
Preparation for the Street" by the pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 7-s0 p M. Sub
Senior Christian Endeavor, 80 p. M Sub
i1ect Enjoying Our Work. Womans AUX
lsry Monday p ms nspra5I9ns mes n
deavor Union will meet at the First Pres
byterian church Bessemer.
Independent-Rev Henry NJ. Edmonds
D;D pastor "a, s,oo Morning service Temps
Finding and Losing Dr. Edmonds
Church school at $3.50, with classes for all
Evening service I LYRIC theatre oc0s Sl
erybody wecome seats free.
South Hghlands-Rev. william Ray
| Dobyns, pastor: sunday school $3.50 a M
Morning worship, | O'Clock. Evening wor-
ship, 1:45 o'clock. Sermon by pastor.
Fifth Avenue-sunday school $3.50; Js G
Hodges, superintendent: classes for all
The Marks OF Christian The pastor
DR.. j. NJ: Broadly, will preach The public
is cordially invited to worship with us.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Morning service at II O'clock. Organ,
-Canzone' (D'Evry); anthem, Prepare
the Way of the Lord" (Garrett; organ,
Festival March Nansing).
Afternoon service at $50 o'clock.
Organ, ave Maria" (Schubert), Mrs.
W. A. Logan; violin. "Slumber Song"
(WeizeD, Mrs. c. w. Stancil; duet.
soprano and baritone: offertory. More
Love to Thee (Hawley), Mrs. Fern Ivy;
organ, "Gavotti'. (SchuberD.
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CUMBERLAND PREsByTERIAN

East Lake-Corner Seventy-firth street
and Sloss avenue. Sabbath school, 9:45;
w. NJ. Sadler, superintendent; Sabbath
school that combines spirituality end social
ity. Preaching at II and 7:45 by the pas.
tor. Morning subject, And They Prayed II
evening subject. saved" Mdweek prayer
meeting "Wednesday evening 7:45.
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FIRST BAPTIST

Morning Worship-Anthem. Give thanks
Unto the Lord (Warrenl; offertory Re
verie, Op. 81. No. edward MacDowelD /:
solo, Face to Face" a.. Byrd Haley;
postlude. March from Feramore q Can
ton Rubinstein.
Evening Worship-Prelude, Selection
from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' - (Pietro
Mascagni); 'offertory. "Andante Canta-
bile" (Enrico BossD; anthem Come
Unto. Me- (Nevin); postlude, March in
Il Flat (Andino).
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! st. Marys -on- the Highlands--Rev. Oscar
de w. Randolph, rector whit Sunday
$3.50 a. m; Bible class, $50 a. M; holy
communion sermon, IL o'clock. Strangers
and visitors welcome
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
inlpson--C'orner seventh avenue, north,
and Twenty-fifth street. Rev. H. H. Bowen
pastor Sunday school, $3.50 a. M; A. d.
Peck, superintendent. Fully graded, organ.
subject, "The Sabbath Day, Which and
Why" Evening service o,Glofki ts suol T. e.
bath" Junior Epworth League at 2. pm,
Mrs Service superintendent. EpWorth
hesgqes p ~ m W pFaysT s. e mite box
ing social and programme Friday evening
in the church and social hall
Union Hill-Rev D. B. Cooper, pastor.
Sunday school, 10 g. m; A. r. Deshazo;;
9gnl SGop Gpw9rlp @
f5pworth League, I p. m; Jack Wilson,
president PREACHING services /, a m v and
Eyes and Look Evening SUBJECT i"e
Sixth Seal"
CHURCH OF CHRIST
West End--charles street. Bible study dS,S at
10 o'clock; Regular worship ana preacni Ne
services at night account OF meeting at
North Birmingham.
woodlawn-sixtieth street. between East
Lake and Tidewater car lines, Bipie sLu9y
10 O'CLOCK. keSuldt Npisii'P
ing by John T. Lewis at II a. m. No seIN r.
ices at night account Of meeting at
North Birmingham.
Pratt City-Regular worship and preach
Ing by C. NJ. Pullias at p. m.
North misunderstanding y fourth avenue
and twenty fifth street. Bible study at ~
o'clock Regular worship and preaching ny
G. NJ Pulias at IL a. m. ana 80 p n.
Meeting continues each evening through Tue
week at 7:45 p. IN.
LUTHERAN
Zion-Corner OF Avenue b and Nlneteentn
street Rev II. Reuter-, pastor; Fentecosss
sunday Divine services and celepratlol, ~
holy communion at II =. IN. preparatory
services at 10 80 am. Sunday sehoot opens
at $50 a. m. Bible class meets at p NJ
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Second Church Of Christ, Sclehtislse. 1 = :,
hall 1918 Second avenue. services SUNDAY,
i a. m. and s p. m. subject, Nlorta LAS a. ~
Inlnortals" Sunday school, $3.50. Testinoni,a
meeting Wednesday evening 8 Q cloeh,
Reading rooms at 1701-2 jefferson County
BANK building, open daily, except SUNDAY.
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. All are coralalty
invited to attend our services ana 10 WISH
the reading rooms.
avenue. south; Mrs. Louie d. Stradford,
! first reader Services, sunday at IL a. m.
and p. m. Subject ''Mortals ana inin NOR
tails" Sunday school y:3o. lesI y "
meeting Wednesday at p. II, heeuins
room I'LL American Trust building. open
week days from a. M to p m. Al az =
cordially invited to attend our services ana
4 TO avail themselves of the privileges of our
reading room.
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MUSIC AT CHURCHES

TWENTY SEVENTH STREET BAPTIST
The evening service at the Twenty
seventh Street Baptist church will be de-
voted to music Mrs, S. B. Carlton, di-
rector of the choir, promises a treat tc
all who are present. The programme
viii begin promptly at $50 o'clock as
follows:
Piano, "Sextette from Lucia" Doni-
zettD, Mrs. Leslie Thompson anthem
What Are These" (Stainer). choir;
hymn. congregation; prayer; solo, Sc
lected, Mrs Holley Cowherd duet, Sc
lected, Mesdames Clarke and Berry: Sc
lections, junior choir; quartet, Lift Me
Higher tBabbetD Mesdames Berry and
Clarke; offering, Under The Leaves
(Thomb), Mrs. Leslie Thompson; solo
selected, Mrs. Holley Cowherd; song
What Did He Do" Qugh) choir: violin
solo selected, DIR. Hrabe; solo, selected
Miss Evangelin Williams; hymn. congre-
cation; benediction
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folk who had part in the pageant, $50
singing their song of
spring time. From this first number
through the closing scene, when the
tiny snowdrops and stately lilies Joined
with the other flowers in song of
praise, one was thrillingly reminded
that every child is flower in the
garden of Gods love.
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terraces of the platform and choir loft
and through this garden of loneliness
living flowers wandered, played and
sang.
When the doors were opened, the
long procession of flowers with little
children's faces peeping from their
hearts, marched down the aisles of the
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DIS Flower G arden.
All the flowers were there. 200 Of
therh represented by the little girls
who were snowdrops, and morning
glories. pink and blue and purple wild
roses and golden jonquils, violets, the
full blown rose and tall white lilies
while the boys were leaves, elms and
oaks.
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Thirty fifth Avenue-cloo Thirly-fiftb
avenue. north. Rev. X. L. purant: pastor
dress superintendent. Preaching services
at IL a. m. and 1880 p M Pulpit supy
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is able to impose upon me useful
Wusion9"
He was not attracted by the Barbi
Zon school, which fiourished in his day.
"These painters paint very WELL" he
wrote, land nearly all of them forget
that a natural view has no value ex-
cept for the feeling with which the
artist knew how to inform 1t. They
mistake the dictionary of art for art
itself: they copy a word out of the
dictionary, thinking they are making
a poem. Now a poem is never copied;
1t must be composed"
On the other hand, he profoundly
admired Corot. 1T is necessary to be
able to penetrate his science, for with
him there Is none of this butterfly
business but above all an unfailing
rigor Of harmony. Moreover, he is one
of those rare men, the only one per-
haps, who has kept a profound feel
Ing for construction; who observes
the relative value of every detail in
the whole, and if one may compare
the composition of a landscape TO the
human figure, who knows always
where TO place the bones and what
dimensions to give them"
We find a striking example Of this
science of Corot, so dear to Baudelaire,
in the magnificent figures and land
scapes of that master now collected at
the Museum Of Decorative Arts in the
Moreau-N Nelaton collection.
Baudelaire set himself to discover
among his contemporaries that in
tellectual factor In art which we are
finding to-day in Cezanne, the idol of
the new school, the school OF con-
struction. This is really a return TO
the earlier great masters.
Our younger spirits appreciate
Baudelaire. But their sane admiration
Is far from the incense burning of the
aesthetics who cared only for the NOR
bid aspect of "Fleurs du Nal" because
Of which the equally one sided puri-
tans have banned Baudelaire.
\ II our admiration for one of the
Y greatest of French poets and critics
needed one thing more for complete
ness we have only to recall that he
loved. understood and translated with
out betraying your great poet, Edgar
Allan Poe.
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"The Junknan"
On Reading Richard lie Gallienne's
Poem.

On Reading Richard lie Gallienne's
Poem.
BY c. BLYTHE SHERWOOD.
THE Junkman has his pearls
to sell;
I've heard Of them; Of tar
nished rings,
Of mirrors, feathers, incense
TASKS
And a Gagged famingo that
sings.
Junkman, ] would buy from You.
But bring me what I most can
use.
I've no need for trinkets now
Only Time | cannot lose.
Tell me, Junkman, have you there
In your basket, on your tray,
In your sack OF down your poche
One rare hour that's gone
astray7
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Portrait of Baudelaire Drawn by
Himself.

luxuriant style, rich in thought and
illustration; we catch glmpses of a
strange. almost unearthly personal
ity. unstable as that of a Goldsmith,
incomprehensible as that of a Poe;
we see a man in the tolls of great
struggle, constantly succumbing, re
pentant perhaps, yet certain to sue
cumb once more. For the feet of
Baudelaire are deeply planted in the
mud, though his eyes are on the
stars; he beholds great visions. views
great spectacles invisible to the com
mon man. yet grovels with the lowest,
descends from the angel to the beast.
changes from the man of inspiration
DR. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde sort of being
perhaps. yet not absolutely unique as
such. but rather a highly accentuated
specimen of a type: in him is exam
plifed the noblest as well as the low
est in human nature; there is some
thing pathetic, almost tragic about
the man. aspiring always to the
heavens. rooted forever to the earth.
And, as Mr.. Symons well brings out,
Baudelaire's works abound i'm evil
dences of the conflict: the evil and
the combat with evil stand out as
we'll as the wonder and the glory of
the pure poetic vision. And perhaps
therein lies the secret of Baudelaire's
greatness; he was man who expert
enced and felt, who felt deeply felt
as perhaps few ever do; and there
fore he was able to express what
others could not.
The life of BaudeIaire was one of
unfulfilled possibilities as we'll az Of
prodigious accomplishments Dying
At the age of 46 his physical energies
burned away by years OF rlotous liv-
irg. he might yet have had before him
4 long career of achievement that
would have dwarfed even his own past
attainments As it was. he spent his
whole life writing one book Of verse
tout Of which all French poetry has
come since his time). one book OF
pros. I'm which prose becomes a fine
art, some criticism which is the san
est, subtlest and surest which his
generation produced. and a transla-
tion which Is better than n marvellous
original" This translation. II Is
needless to mention. Is that OF the tales
OF Poe, which Baudelaire discovered TO
he so IN accordance with his own ways
Of thinking that he declared that he
himself might have written them SEN
tence for sentence and word for word
incidentally. II viii be recalled that
Baudelaire was the main factor in
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
NEW BOOKS
Fiction.

Fiction.
ALICE ADAMS-By Booth Harrington
Doubleday-Page
TALES FROM A RoLLTOP DESK-By
Christopher Morley. Doubleday-Page
REVOLUTIONS: A STORY OF THE
NEAR FUTURE IN ENGLAND-By
j. ID. Beresford. Putnam.
HUMOROUS GHOST STORIES-By Do
roihy Scarborough. Putnam.
FAMOUS MODERN GHOST STORIES
BY Dorothy Scarborough. Putnam.
THE KINGDOM ROUND THE COR
NER-By coningsby Dawson. Cosmo-
politan.
Low CEILINGS-By w. Douglas New
ton. Appleton.
History and Public Affairs,
THE NEXT WAR: AN APPEAL. TO
COMMON SENSE-By win Irwin.
Du;ton.
\ DEFENSE OF LIBERTY-By the
Hon. Oliver Brett. Putnam.
Satire.
THE OLD SOAK AND HAIL, AND
FAREWELL BY Don MARQUIS.
boubleday-Page.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
OF RICHARD BURTHOGGE-Edite
with Introduction and notes by Mar
garet w. Landes. Chicago: Open
Court Publishing Company.
Science.
ETNsTEIN'S THEORIES OF RELA-
TIVITY AND GRAVITATION-A Se-
lection OF Material from the Essays
Submitted in the Competition for the
Eugene Higgins Prize OF $1,000 Com
piled and edited by J. Malcolm Bird.
Scientific American Publishing Com
pany.
Religion.
TIL SHORTER BIBLE: THE OLD
TESTAMENT-Trans and ar
ranged by Charles Foster Kent Scrib-
ners
miscellaneous.
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE FURNI-
TURE-By Wilhelm Won Bode Trans
lated by Mary II. Herrick. New York
William Helburn, Inc.
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Paris recalls Baudelaire
and discovers John Keats

the intimate truth and the secret OF
things, the relationships and the
analogies.''
And the imaginative artist, accord
ing to Baudelaire, expresses hlmselr
like this:
II would illuminate everything with
my intelligence and cast the reflected
light upon other minds
1t is very doubtful if Baudelaire
would have cared much for impress
sionist painting, for the pictures which
only sought to record nature did not
satisfy him. Has he not written:
"I desire to be taken to the dioramas
whose crude and eXtravagant magic
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POETS AND THEIR ALLIES

would have echoed that sentiment
Yet Mr.. Symons may well ask in the
concluding paragraph of his mono
graph. Had he been thoroughly uh-
derstood by the age in which ne
hved?" And perhaps the best answer
Is that which Mr.. Symons gives, IN
the words of Blake. THE ages are all
equal; but genius is always above the
ages"
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
By DUDLEY A. SIDDALL.

INHE twenty-fifth annual conven-
ton of The American Booksel-
lers' Association. held at the
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, May
10 to 70. demonstrated that an almost
ideal harmony prevails among pub
fishers, wholesalers, authors and re-
tailers.
Those who remembe the storms and
strife in the book business a few
years ago can, with a backward look,
measure the great progress the trade
has made since the first annual con-
vention was held. Most of the irri-
tating trade evils have been wiped
tive efforts initiated by the booksellers
end the publishers associations.
No longer are trade evils the chief
subject of the associations meetings.
To-day the booksellers are mainly in
terested in means of rendering bet
ter service to the American public.
They are trying to find new ways to
bring books intimately into the lives
of the people, to improve their mer-
chandisne standards and make
themselves an important and whole
some influence in their communities
Approximately 400 persons attended
the convention. They came from
every section of the country not only
to hear problems of mutual interest
discussed from the platform. but to
lenew old acquaintanceships and to
form new ones.