The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-07


 commended, and many of them have been pronounced by newspaper and other critics as the best of the kind ever published
 Mir. Hiden believes that if a man or women decides to write they must have something to say and know how to say it. He believes one of the requisites of terse and interesting writing Is to disregard all rules of English grammar, after the writer has come to be on speaking terms with his mother tongue.
 Since the Birmingham Ledger was ,sald and ceased publication, Mir lFlden has spent most of his time travelling and writing for Sunday newspapers and magazines. His out ing stories In The American Angler, The Spur and other publications have attracted widespread favorable com ment. He recently did an article on a subject in which all Americans are intereated which will appear at some time in the near future in Leslies Weekly
 Eespite the fact that Mir. Hidden is no lcnger in the newspaper business. lie is deeply interested in what is going on in the newspaper world. and never forgets my old boys" as he terms those who were with him for years on the Birmingham Ledger. And .it is safe bet that none of those people will ever forget MT. Hiden, for he was an employer who always had the ih1tiest of the empioye at heart, a man who knew when another was d)'aE his best. and who was appre- ciative of loyal and faithful a. vice.
 And az his magazine articles ap- pear there are no readers who de- vour thon with more interest than do those same men and women who worked with Mir. Hiden on the Led Ear. read them eagerly. esl,hg, hs- cause >f theii high regard for Mir. IItden, that they themselves have some personal interest in the excel lrnt work which is appea ring from hts pen.
 Fires of Youth" Garrard Harris latest story. which was accepted by Wayside Tales on Monday of the past week, Is an unusually interest demonstrates the fact that Garrard Harris Is one of the real story writers of this country. Fires of Youth" Is one of many stories writ ten by Mir. Harris which have found favor with magazine editors, and it is an easy matter to find his work on the newsstands. Mir. Harris has had many unusual experiences, and he knows how to tell of those ex- periences so that others may under stand and appreciate them.
 Among Birmingham men whose technical articles are known through out the country is J. E. Fries. who lis chief electrical engineer for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
 Mir Fries is regarded as one of the foremost electrical engineers in the United States, and what he says on this subject is regarded as being authoritive. His articles are eagerly sought for by electrical publications, and when published are read and re-read by men who know they will learn some interest and helpful facts from them.
 MT. Fries. like all men who have accomplished things, is a very busy man. and hasn't the time to prepare all the articles which the magazines would like to have from him, but those which they do get take highest rank in theilr columns.
 Jungle Trails" by Artemus Gallo "ay. one of Birmlngham's fiction writers. wil lappear in future is- sue of Wayside Tales, having been accepted by that magazine during the past week.
 This story will no doubt prove pop ular with the readers of that maga- T.. G.fI Co fs- ing a reputation as d writer of strik- ling stories, and this yarn should prove no exception to that rule
 Sucker Lines" another Artemus Galloway story. was also placed this week, this one with Action Stories, d fairly new magazine which is fast becoming known as magazine of live stories
 What David Did," by Mrs. Helen S. Woodruff, is the latest work to ap- pear from the pen of this Birming- ham writer, having been published during the present year, and Is all ready receiving much favorable criti- cism from readers everywhere. This Is this writer's seventh book. Mir. Doctor Man is one of her best known works. while The Lady of the Lighthouse" is also exceedingly popular. as. indeed. Is all of her work.
 The royalties from all of her books have gone to various charitable or ga anizations, that of MT Doctor Man having been donated to the Children's hospital in Birmingham. The proceeds from "The Lady of the Lighthouse" went to the blind in New York. That of the others for simi- lar causes.
 Dr. Giiy F Snavely, president of Birmingham- Southern college. is a writer whose work shows the result of careful thought and research. In addition to his original work. pr. Snavely has also done considerable translative work, having two books, one of them being the translation of Jose by A. P. valdes, and the other. "El Captian Venom by A. P. de Alarcon.
 The work of a translator Is among the most difficult in the world of let ters. and the praise which has been accorded pr. Snavely's work, coming as 1t does from people familiar with thdD original, Is In itself sufficient proof that Dr. Snavely possesses not ICuticura Soap|