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New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
Woman at Home

HOUSEwIFERY. BY Lydia Ray Balder-
ston. Published by the j. r. Lippincott
Company.
THIS handbook was. written with a
Il double purpose, to show women
how to reduce tasks in the home and
how to save time, money and energy.
1t reveals housewifery as definite
business, with an economy all it's own.
There is basis of wide experience and
study as foundation for it's chapters,
and it gives useful facts relative to
plumbing, heating and lighting, house
hold supplies and furnishings, storage,
cleaning and caro- Of rooms, disinfec-
tants and household pests. In these
days when women have to divide their
time between the homo and outside in
terests this book, so rich in genuinely
sound advice, Is sure to be Of daily
service.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
The Man Who Made Neighbors
of Hundred Million People"
An Intimate Narrative, Rvaling Romance, of
the Life and Achievements of
Theodore N. Vail

lose his services. "It's too BAD said
Uncle Joe" Cannon~-who WAS still q
young man and not yet Of avuncular
distinction---"it's too bad. I ALWAYS
liked Vail. Hubbard tried to sell me
some OF that stock. I'm sorry he rot
hold of nice fellow like Vail" The
First Assistant Postmaster General
was more than sorry; he was fighting
mad. He wrote to Vail:
Il can scarce believe that a man OF
your sound judgment, ono who holds an
honorable and far more responsible
position than any man under the Post
master General, with honor and respect
attached to the same, should throw it
up for damned old Yankee notion "a
piece of wire with two Texan steer
horns attached to the ends, with an ar
rangcmcnt TO make the concern hleat.
like calf) called a telephone. feel
confident, if you do make the change
that IN less than one year you will
agree with me in saying you made a
mistake"
Wasn't it the illustrious Dionysius
Lardner who demonstrated mathemsti-
cally that no steamship could carry "
big enough cargo Of coal to Seod the
engines on trip across the AtlantieT
The story Of the development Of the
talking toy" into one Of the greatest
Of all the mechanical equipments Of
civilization ia SO marvellous as to mako
us wonder if Aladdin and his lamp
really nlerited the attention they re-
ceived. Certainly if Wallis earliest
American ancestors had predicted pre-
cisely what he actually brought to pass
they would have been uncommonly
lucky to escape prosecution for witch
craft or confinement as dangerous lu-
nstics. When, as a crowning achieve
ment, Vail stood in his Office in New
York and spoke into transmitter
words which were instantly audible
by wire and by ether--at Panama and
at Honolulu, and little later one Of
his colleagues, speaking in New York,
was similarly heard at the same instant
at Honolulu and in Paris, the "talking
toy" thus spanning more than one-third
Of the earth's circumference, there was
good cause, as Morse had had, two gem
erations before, to exclaim, "What hath
God wrought"
We may not here dwell upon Wallis
vast enterprises with railroads and
telegraphs and what-not else in South
America; with his great Speedwell
Farms in Vermont, named FOR the his
toric iron works Of his grandfather at
Morristown; Of his innumcrable bcne-
factions, of his masterful and engaging
personality in domestic, in social and
In business life. Mr. Paine tells it
all. far more than we may here so much
as hint at, and tells it with unfailing
sympathy and fascinating charm. It is
biography to be commended to every
American boy for inspiration. to every
American citizen for reminder Of some
Of the finest achievements in American
industrial history, to every reader for
practical tale Of practical deeds in
our own land and time, before which
imagination stands st gaze, invention
! falters, romance seems commonplace.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

ogeneous troops Of number Of powers.
uncertain In numbers and disparate in
quality.
His decisive victories IN the face of
all these obstacles assures his title
to recognition as military genius of
the first order. MIR. Atkinson analyses
the strategic significance Of his most
important battles end supplements his
excellent and sympathetic description
of Marlborough's career with an ade-
quate history Of the major opera
tions in the War Of the Spanish Sue
cession.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
American History
Its Economic Background
Sketched

ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TIVE UNITED
STATES. BY Thurman w. Van Metre.
Published by Henry Holt 4 Co
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
l. Dreamer and Executive Yankee Views British lndllstr

Iusion which has made It's app..,.,.
in all the countries which bore -.
strain Of the conflict and found fra.
selves at its end not in paradise. bp. :
workaday world, with an incy...,s
cost of living. This mood Of f,.;..
and irritation has found sxpress,o. :.
numerous strikes and in widssn,..s
dissatisfaction, not only with tba ~.
ernment and the employers. but win
the more conservative labor leader,
The author believes that indussr;.,
tension Ia Great Britain would h. :.
laxed Il the idea of a fixed numb.r =.
Jobs could be discarded and 1, ~.
ployers and workers would co-op.,,..
in stimulating new needs among ho,
ers and additional production to a.,
isfy these needs.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
BY Willis Fletcher Johnson

IN ONE MANS LIFE. BeinE Chapters
from the Personal and Business Career
OF Theodore N. Vail. BY Albert Bige-
low Paine. Illustrated. Published by
Earpcr & Brothers Price So.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

Harper g. Brothers Price So.
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with the grandiose visions
of Colonel Sellers, eStravagant beyond
most fictional conceptions. In writing
the present work he had still more to
do with actual achievements Of an
actual man which immeasurably trans
cended the widest flights of the imsg-
inative Colonel. There sre a few~-a
very few-careers In American history
comparable with that Of Theodore New
ton Vail; there is not one that sur
passes his in what we may term the
realization Of romance. He had. It is
true, good start. His forbcars and
kin were peopla of pith and push, one
of them being the engineer who built
the engines that drove the first steam
ship across the Atlantic and somo OF
the first American locomotives, and an
other being the aid Of Morse in per-
fecting the electric telegraph. Then he
was we'll read IN childhood. Lads who
were brought up on Abbott's ssFran.
conia" stories, Strother's "Porte Cray
on papers and De Mille's immortal |
Dodge Club" had advantages which
those of later days might vainly envy.
That he should take to telegraphv
was the most natural thing in the
world. But after q few years he was
constrained to turn aside from it for
time to perform one. Of the greatest
services in the history Of our govern
mental administration. This was moth
ing less than the development Of the
railway mail service, including the rail
way postofaco and the fast mali trains.
For many years we have been regarding
that service as perhaps the most eff
cient Of all rendered by the govern
ment, without remembering how it
came into existence, and without think
ing very much OF the young man who.
away back in the days of Cresswell
and Jewell, rose from being an OBJ
scure postal clerk to be the general
superintendent OF a continent-wida or.
ganization unmatched In the world.
Had he never done more than that he
would have been entitled to honorable
fame among great Americans.
From the rails, however. he swung
back in time to the wires. not only Of
the telegraph but also Of the telephone.
which was then one Of the worlds
startling novelties. Mr.. Paine gives a
most dramatic account Of the early ex-
periments and demonstrations of Bell
and Watson and their colleagues. and
lf possible q still more fascinating
story of the tedious struggles and con-
fiicts which preceded the establishment
Of the great invention upon a prosper
Gus commercial basis. 1t was vent
uresome thing for Vail to resign his
place at the head Of the Railway Mail
Service to try to make something out
OF Bells talking toy" The govern
ment did not like It. 1t did not want tc
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

MARLBOROUGH AND THE RIsr or
THE BRITISH ARMY. BY c. r XtLin-
son: Published by G. p. Putnain's sons.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

~ ONE time ago Mr.. Williams put
mA on pair Of overals and knocked
doing unskilled jobs and collect
ing frst-hand information about the
Am erican workers sAatc of mind. Now
ho has published the results. Of SINH
lar tour through some Of the greatest
industrial districts Of Great Britain.
Mr.. Williams's book must be consid-
cred from literary as we'll as from
sociological standpoint. Gifted with
keen sense Of observation and an eK-
cellent knack Of storytelling, he sue
cceds admirably in stating the prob
lens Of the British workers whom he
met in terms of human values. His
narrative style is frank and realistic,
With only occasional dashes to indicate
the more unprintablc remarks Of his
companions.
The illusion that Englishmcn Of ali
classes and parties speak with re
spect of the King is rudely dispelled
by Mr.. Williams, who reports remarks
about his majesty, uttered by disgrun
lied workmen, which suggest the com
ments that an angry baseball crowd
is apt to hurl in the direction Of the
umpire
The author worked in South Wales
coal mine for time. He found the
miners pretty good fellows, despite
their fondness for singing Justify about
the revolution and their unwillingness
to produce more than minimum out
put Of coal. Here, as in many other
instances, Mr.. Williams points out the
invariable connection between tyran-
nical or inefficient management and
impaired morale among the workers.
The Welsh miners can scarcely COM
plain now of being driven or abused;
their union is strong enough to pro-
tect them. But they are still embit'
tered by the memory Of past injus-
ticc, by the antiquated equipment Of
the mines and by the reports OF huge
war profits made by the mine owners
From South Wales Mr.. Williams went
to Glasgow, ono of the great Scotch
industrial centers. Here he found
tam and rebellion rampant. Drunken
ness was almost universal in the poor
er quarters, and with it were associ-
ated poverty and radicalism. He dag
noses Glasgow's psychological ailments
as a product of bad housing and the
insecurity of jobs along the Clyde
River.
The author CAME in contact with u
workers around Newcastle. Returning
to London, he met many OF che leaders
Of the British Labor party, who gen.
eralTy impressed him as sane, moderate
men. His own conviction that the in
security Of the job is perhaps the
most important psychological factor in
the average workers discomfort was
powerfully strengthened by the follow
ing epigrammatic observation Of Ia
Dor leader:
Irregular work always makes an
irregular worker. And an irregular
worker is always bound t0 be an ir-
regular citizen"
Mr.. Williams carries away two domi-
nant convictions about the British
workers reaction to his environment.
These convictions are aptly expressed
in the phrase: Full up and fed up
In the first place, England is coun-
try Of few jobs. 1t is seldom that a
man quits. the social class into which
he is born. The general instinct Is to
save what one has, rather than to
reach out for more. In a country
where it is difficult for a man out of
work to find employment the job
naturally assumes some of the aspects
of property right. The indiscrimi
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

ALIAS THE LONE WOLF. BY Louis
Joseph Vance. Published by Doubleday.
Page T. Co. s1.T6.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
Full Up and Fed Up" Seen as
Dominant Mood of British Labor
An American Observer Tells of First-Hand
Experiences in English Mines
and Factories
and Factories

nate hiring and hringa policy prac-
ticed by many American employers
would never be tolerated in Great
Britain.
So much for the "fnll up" The Brit
ish worker is also thoroughly "fed
up" as a result of the postwar disil-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
Miss Leonora Hassen- ger Names Chairmen
 of Committees

Delightful and elaborate plans are being completed for the years activi ties of the Alabama Art league. which is one of the splendid associations of the state of which MT J. w. Donneiy is the president and Miss Margaret McAdory the efficient secretary.
 The subject for the general work of the league for the year is to be Art in Daily Life" and the exhibi- tions given will be in the nature of demonstra tions of this subject
 Each month different topic will be shown, yet all contributing to the general subject.
 The photographers exhibit will be given from September 20 to 30, and will be the opening event in the little art gallery in the Watts building.
 There will be thousands of lovely pictures shown. not only by Ala bama photographers, but the National Photographers association will send a travelling exhibit which will include the work of many of the most dis tinguished artist photographers o1 the country
 Plans are being perfected for this exhibition. and a committee Of when Miss Lula Tyus is general chair man IS e1BdStQ III NOi hiii6 ONN N--@ details. 4.
 Assisting Miss Tyus as chairman is Miss Leonora Messenger, who has. ap- pointed chairmen for the different days, who in turn have chosen their assistants to assist in meeting the visitors and to add the grace and charm of their youth to the beauty of the exhibition.
 Miss Passenger. who is one of Bir- minghan's attractive and popular young girls, has already become dis tinguished for her talent as an artis- ltic designer. and the delightful acc ora tions of the charity ball given last February were planned by her ana carried out by the members ot the Volunteer Relief association, many of whom will assist her again as members of her reception commit tee.
 It is indeed a step in advance .ac-- complished when the girls and young women of Birmingham are wiling to come forward and assist in the worh of a great state esorganization.- a
 The Volunteer Relief girls who during the war did much to relleve pain and suffering are now to Join their youthful strength wIrh the Art leasue to free the beautiful city or Birmingham of any of its uhloNeiy parts and in joining art With natufe . in keeping it worthy of it's beautilui surroundings.
 The following have been invited 10 receive on Miss Hassingers commlt- : tee Mrs Leonard Beecher, Mrs. iau- gar Adler. Miss Willie Allen Mrs Vassar Allen. Mrs. James Bowron' Mrs. Ross Smith, Mrs. Morris busn' ,fr. Vic+or Hanson. Mrs. John P. Till man Miss Hannah Elliott. Mrs. A. Crowder. Mrs w D. Smith, Mrs '. r. Orr. Mrs. E. w. Barrett, Mrs. J.-'M, Cartwright.
 Mrs. Frank B. Clark. Mrs. John k; McNane, Mrs. T. D. Parke, Mrs, ". > Lowell, Mrs. sterling Edwards, Mrs' Csbarles sharp Mrs. J. A. Going, Mrs. paul Chalffoux. Mrs. J. D. Moore. Mrs. Frank Nabers, Mrs. Herbert Tutwiler' Mrs. William M Walker, Mrs. e Mor- timer Williams, Mrs. R.. Preston .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

Means, Mrs sam Ledbetter, Jr. Mrs. Lee Allen Brooks, Mrs. Keehn Berry. Mrs. Al c. Garber, Mrs. Cecil Castor, Miss Josephine Cosby. Mrs. Pete Smith, Miss Hattie, Montgomery, Miss Mary Ball
 Mrs.vJ. S. Pearson, Mrs. F. L. Price, Mrs. Harry sherman, Mrs. Henly Smith, Miss Wiley Ballard. Miss Ray
 mond Jones, Mrs. Ernest Hettrick, Mrs. Powell Noland, Miss Margaret Chenoweth.s Miss Lydia Eustace, Mrs. Robert Mabry~ Mrs. J. w. Maynor, Mrs R. T. McCarty, Mrs. J. T. Robert son, Mrs. J. Bonnyman, Mrs. w. T. Weakley.
 Mrs. H. T. Burnett. Mrs. J. L. Yam cey, Mrs. J. Motion Smith, Mrs. J. T. Robertson. Mrs. George D. Reynolds, Mrs. William M. Starnes, Miss Eve lyn. Hoke. Miss Mary Ada Tarrant, Miss Josephine Meadows, Mrs. H. c. Abbott, Mrs. Leroy Holt Mrs. J. F.. Chappell. Mrs. Eugene Smith, Mrs. w. l s. Webster
 The Birmin gham photographers
 who will assist in receiving on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
BRILLIANT RECEPTION
 AT HOWARD COLLEGE

One of the largest and one of the
 most brilliant receptions given in the past few months was given Friday evening at Howard college by the members of the Ruhama Baptist church welcoming Dr. John Dawson, president of the college; Mrs. Dawson members of the faculty and student body
 The entire campus was brilliantly lighted and the guests assembled al Renfro hall which was bower of loveliness, being adorned with great quantities of garden flowers com Dined with ferns, palms and smilax.
 In the reception hall the guests were greeted by Dr. Stivender, pas tor of Ruhama church. Mrs. Scudder Ryall, Mrs. w. N. Griffin and Miss Ilean Lampkin. In the reception room Dr. and Mrs. Dawson, the new mem bers of the faculty, pr. and Mrs w C. Snavely of the Birmfng gham South ern college, pr. and Mrs. w. C. James. Dr. and Mrs. William H Smith received.
 In the dining room the decorations were most elaborate and the table was centered with basket of flow CTS. Mrs. W. F. McAdory and Mrs N. A. Barrett received in the dining room where ices and hints were served.
 The punch bowl was placed in a cozy room and was adorned with l white blossoms. amid a back ground of dainty ferns and was presided over by Mrs. Thomas Huey, MT. and Mrs Eugene Moor, Miss Nell Ellis, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
MIR. RICE TO ADDRESS
 DRAMA LEAGUE TUESDAY

MIR. RICE TO ADDRESS
 DRAMA LEAGUE TUESDAY
 The members of the Drama league are most fortunate in being able tt. have the pleasure of hearing Mir Wallace Rice of Chicago during his stay in the city this week. These two gentlemen. Mir. Rice and Mir Donald Robertson are to be here to secure data to write the splendid pag- cant to be given during the semi centennial. Mir. Rice will compose the pageant and Mir. Robertson will produce ,it
 Mir. Rico will speak on Tuesday afternoon at 2:B0 o'clock and will have as his subject Dramatic Art as Used in Pageantry-
 Although the Drama Iseagus has not opened its season, the president, Mrs. John R Hornady and the board has been abfe to secure this splen- did attraction for the League mem- bers.
 Mrs. Hornady In discussing his coming said Two are charmed to have Mir. Rice with us and fesI that the league win derive much hancfft from his talk"
 He wrote the Santa Ba~barN pn- geant which was produced in Cnlffor-
 
 and has lust oompletsd tho ChicaGo Ire pageant"
 The entire gem1-centsnnaml ocrn,- nnsttee will meet Mir Rico and MT Robertson at the train upun their arrival to go over tho grounds and select suitable location for the event to be staged.
 CHURCH CHORUS MEETING
 The First church chorus vfYl re- surns rehearsals Thursday evening at 8:15 o'clock in the choir loft of the First M E. church This announce ment is being made by the assistant pastor and the musical director, and letters have been mailed to nearly 100 former members of this body of musicians. Singers in the First Methodist congregation arc urged to be present at tho rehearsal this week. The chorus will participate regularly at the Sunday evening services be- ginning October 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

Lois Washington, Miss Dorothy Daw- son and Miss Julia Newman Among others receiving were, pr. and Mrs. J. A. Ward. MT and Mrs. W. A. Berry, Mir. Ben Walker, Prof.
 and Mrs. A. R. Eagles, Dr. James H.
 Chapman, Prof P. F Burns, Prof. and
 Mrs. A. D. Smith, Prof. and Mrs. Bo- hanan, the members of the board of trustees and their wives, and many of the city's best known ministers and
 their wives as well az group of the city's best known educators and their wives
 More than 500 friends, coming from all sections of the city, were present to wish Dr. Dawson and the mem bers success in their new years work which was started off with such brilliant promise.
 An orchestra rendered a delightful programmee throughout the evening
 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
 At the meeting of the Birmingham League of Women Voters which | takes place next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the headquarters in
 the Hillman hotel, the questionable
 will be presented by the committee of which Mrs c. H. Ohme is chairman for final action of the entire organi- | zation. It will then be typed and sent to the various candidates for city commission.
 | The programme will be otherwise | interetting as three of the candidates l for office will speak to the ladies on l their platforms and what they expect | to accomplish If elected to office. Reports will be made in regard to
 new members.
 The meeting promises to be a most
 interesting one. to which all persons
 interested in the work of the league
 are invited whether members or not
 and to which all members are urged
 to attend. Men as well as women
 are invited to these meetings and arc
 always welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

| opening day and throughout the ex- hibftion are:
 | MT. Boyette. MT. Davis, MT. Carlisle. MT. Hatcher, MT. M. H. Wilson, Mir. l Terreson. Mir. Peddinghaus, MT. Hunt, MT. Russell, MT. Knox. MT. W. c. Will | son. Mr. Wambsganns, MT. Kelly.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-03-17

enough To say that helped him make
them. That Is why | cannot under
stand why he should do as he has
done-or al least jas everybody be-
lieEes he has done"
! saw how it vas She was trying
10 find some explanation thar would
clear the boss, aud perhaps impiicate
the Hatch crowd | couldn't tell her
the real reason why he had run away.
Masie Ann had been right as right
about that; we must keep it to our
two selves. But / tried to let her
down easy.
Mr.. Van Britt has told you about
those two kilograms that came after
Mr.. Norcross left the office | said,
still covering w the fact that the teIe.
grams hadn't been delivered they
were probably in the pocket of my
coat right now, wherever that was,
They We're enough to make any man
throw up his hands and quit, ! should
say"
NO" she insisted, looking me
straight In the eyes. "You are not
telling the truth now Jimmie Non
know Mr.. NorTo>s better thHu any
Of us, and you know that it isn't the
least little hit like him to walk out
and leave everything to 90 to wreck.
Have yon ever known Of his doing
anything like that hcforp:"
bad to admit that | hadn't; that,
on the other hand, it was the very
thing you'd least expect him to do.
But at the same time | had to hang
on to my sham belief that it was the
thing he had done: either that, or
tell her the truth.
Every man reaches his limit, some
time :" | protested. "Nhat was MI.
Norcross to do, I'd like TO know; with
Mr.. Chadwick getting scared out, and
MIR Dunton threatening to fire HING
The thing he wouldn't do would
be TO 90 off and leave all of his
friends, Mr.. Van Britt and Mr. Hor,
mack, and all the rest, to fight 1t out
alone. You know that as well as |
do, Jimmie DoddS. ~
IF YOU won't take my theory YOU
must have one Of Your own said;
not knowing what else to say.
Il have she flashed back, land
! want you to hurry ana get well So
that YOU can help me trace il out"
Me- | queried.
Eyes YOU. Tie others are all so
at,,,,tIt a,-at, Non plitt aYi Mr.
Ripley. They insist that Mr. Norcross
went east to see and talk with Mr..
Chadwick. They have found out that
Mir. Chadwick left Chicago the day
after he sent that telegram. to go up
into the Canadian woods to look at
some mines, Or something. They say
that Mr., NOrcross has followed him,
aud that is why they don't hear any
thing from him
what do you Think" | asked.
She didn't answer right away, and
in the little pause | saw sort of
frightened look come into her eyes$
But all she said was. Il want YOU TO
hurry up and get well, Jimmie, 80 you
can help"
I'm well enough now, If they'll let
me get up"
''Not tonight; tomorrow. maybe"
Then: MIR. Van Britt is downstairs
with Cousin Basil II las been very
anxious to talk with you as soon as
you we're able { tals May | send
him up?"
Of course | ( ii and pretty
Soon after she went sway, our one
and only min, !e tme in. He