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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
HANSEL AND GRETEL' AUTHOR

tai music of fairy drama when he [ had written the year before. rms work, known as Die KonigslNlnder' was produced for the first time at the Metropolitan opera house in lslo. IT was acclaimed as an equal of Han sel and Gretel' by many music lovers but this judgment was hardly ac- cepted by the critics in either thu
 country or Europe. Of his four or
 five other operas none of them reached the success of "Hansel and GreteP and "Konigskinder."
 His wonderful ability as musi- elan was generously recognized by his contemporaries; 1t was his mas tery of technique which caused the deep interest in him taken by Wag- ner and led this great composer to intrust to him so much of the prepa- ration of "Parsifal." If Humperdtnck left but one great opera it is hu- man piece of work which forms a solid foundation for his fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
rom the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 6HHE author of "Hansel and Gre
 tel, died Wednesday at his
 x home near Berlin, but so long as there are children and grownups with hearts young enough to love a fairy tale when the Christmas holi- days come around the memory ana name of Engelbert Humperdinck VIII survive. Humperdinck wrote other music which may be held in higher regard by musicians, and critics may insist that he achieved his greatest triumph as a composer in Die Konigs- kinder; the world, however. has turned and perhaps always will turn with the keenest enjoyment to ms opera of the adventures of the brother and sister who fell into the tolls or the terrible old Crust Witch dwelling in the cottage of gingerbread and sweetmeats.
 It was 26 years ago that "Hansei and Gretel" was first produced in New York. This production was an English version of the opera at the old Daily theatre. It was not sue cess. But the opera. after its initial presentation at Weimar in 1893. had won Germany and made its way into England and Italy, and the manage ment of the Metropolitan opera house, undeterred by the failure or the first New York production, incor- porated 1t later in the German roper tory of the house.
 Since then the opera has had 2 permanent place on the Metropolitan list and in recent years 1t has always been one of the holiday presentations on account of the charm which the story and the music have for children In this respect there is something strongly reminiscent of Lewis Car rolls Alice in Wonderland and Thackeray's "The Rose and the Ring." In it's origin "Hansel ant Greter" was an adaptation of one o1 Grimm's fairy tales made by Hum perdinck's sister for Christmas pres. entation, with her own daughters al the performers of the principal char acters and the composer himself .! the contributor of the incidental mu- l sic. The little comedy 50 delighted Humperdinck that he expanded it tc theatrical dimensions and the resul was the opera as now produced.
 l Humperdinck came to New York il
 1905, and he was then induced by thu
 management of the Metropolita, opera house to remodel the inciden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
eAm!tWaM1AautiH
ENGLISH AS WORLD LANGUAGE

From the London Observer.
 Both in Denmark and in Sweden English is now established as. the first foreign language to be taught in the lower secondary schools; taking the place of French in Denmark and of German in Sweden. The Observers s Berlin correspondent recently wrote of the movement in Germany. which started in Bavaria and spread to Prussia, for the similar substitution of English for French, perhaps even for Latin and Greek, as the chief for eign language in the curriculum of the higher grade schools, and for the teaching of English in the volks- Schule. In this case there are diff culties. and the movement seems not yet to have crystalized in legislation. The next important center of the new English culture is the Near East | especially in Greece and in Greek communities. A prominent Greek of Constantinople recently said. with | Cl1TdGteTlStlC 0Icck OPlinlSHl, lndl within three years English would have supplanted French throughout the Greek world. However, the pres ent tendency may be affected by flu ture politics. 1t is the case that Eng fish Is already taught both on the mainland and in the islands. and tha' English governesses are now fash. ionable for Greek children. In thu Italian secondary schools English may now be chosen. as an alternative te German. Spain, Japan and Chins have each sent deptuations during the last year or two to England tt report on the possibility of developing
 the English language and Englisl
 ideas in their educational systems
 The new Baltic states. Lthuania Letvia and Esthonia, and the Balkan States. especially Jugo-slavia and Ru
 mania, are setting up English school and calling for EnElish teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
Claims of the Children
 Should Not Go Unheeded

m Y official proclamation Gov ID ernor Kilby has designated October 30 as "Children's Aid Day" throughout Alabama. Churches and Sunday schools of every denomina- tion are called upon to observe this day and contribute to a cause that every right thinking man and woman should approve and support.
 The future of state or nation depends to a large extent on the care it gives to its children. In Alabama, thanks to an enlightened sentiment, we have better schools than ever before, laws have been passed or amended to insure protec- ton for children and the public has been aroused to sense of its re- sponsibility toward the young. Juve- nile courts are doing great and humane work, while child welfare departments are lending their as- sistance.
 Governor Kilby says one of the most necessary features of child ren's welfare work in Alabama is done by the Children's Aid society, composed of voluntary workers. It is only necessary to glance at re- port of this society to realize how much it is doing for the dependent children of Alabama.
 Once a year the society asks for donations. As the people of this state have contributed generously in the past, they are urged to do so again.
 There is no cause more appealing than that of helpless children who merely need proper environment to become good citizens. It is the duty of Alabama to provide for them and see that they are given an opportu- nity to develop into useful men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
CHANCELLORSVILLE

I to retreat But as Rockers men
 were settling down to their evening
 meal, rabbits and deer broke out
 of the woods on the extreme right,
 and cannon balls followed. It was
 unbelievable that the enemy was
 there, but he soon convinced Hooker
 that he was. The latter's' laborious-
 ly calculated strategy for gaining
 the road to Richmond by turning Lees flank was instantly disjointed.|
 What might have followed had he not persisted in retaining command of
 his army, though wounded by a l splinter shot from the framework of the mansion. is matter of spec
 ulation. But it is reasonable to be- lieve that some one of his able sub
 ordinates could have reformed the line after the shock and resumed the ! battle so that Charlottesville would not be memorable today as a fluke | for the Federal arms.
 Thanking was favorite tactical device in the World war, in small and large areas, though rarely if ever did commander on either side dare to emulate Lee by depicting his main forces in order to surprise the en- emy. The original plan of the Ger man invasion, to reach Paris in six weeks, rested on the assumption that both ends of the allied army would be turned at once, and then it could easily be rolled up and crushed as by pinchers. Instead of that hap pening, the Germans were stopped on the left, their right flank nar- rowly escaped envelopment, and they had to withdraw. The war came to sn end when the identical plan was executed by the allies. The Ger man army was bent back on both Hanks, it caved at the center and crowded helplessly into a corner, 1t surrendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
* * * Heroic Officer Dived Alter a Depth Bomb

A RANY a hero has borne the good WU old Irish name of Sullivan. Another addition to the list is Capt. Daniel J. Sullivan, of the steamship New Britain, who has been awarded the congressional medal of honor for conspicuous gallantry during the World war.
 In 1917, Sullivan, who was then . lieutenant in the navy, was in the mine-invested submarine zone, on board the United States submarine chaser Christobel, of which he was executive officer. The vessel was attacked by German U-boat. When torpedo exploded under the chas- er's bows it loosened from their fastenings two deadly depth bombs which rolled along the deck Sulli- van caught one of the bombs and adjusted the safety device The oth- CT plunged overheard before he could seize it, but undeterred by the dan ger, Sullivan jumped after it, for he knew that the detonator was set to explode the charge at a depth of 40 feet.
 Just as he struck the water Sul- livan grasped the bomb, but was dragged under, how far he does not know, but he found the safety device and set it before letting the bomb sink harmlessly into the sea If either of the bombs had reached the required depth they would have de- stroNed the Christobel and probably killed every man on board Two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
THE KING BATTER

in the robes of a ruler, but a miser- able, a decayed and dying old brute.
 was successful for the reason that Mir. Hyde was popular with audi
 ences In the play in which MT. Mans
 field presented him as a player at cross purposes with his other per- sonality, the good, and uninteresting,
 Doctor Jekyl. Had Mansfield at tempted the role of any king to whom history accords honors as respec- 1 table person and a capable adminis- trator he would have lessened the inches of his stature as an actor. The roles of kings and queens
 might promote cabbage throwing, but hardly treason, in sophisticated America. There is no actor, living
 or dead, whose fame was won by
 making a king such a figure that the least patriotic American, applauding the actor, loved the king, or kings
 generally, and as rule the more
 critical persons in the audience hay forgotten, or forgiven, the indiffer- ent performance of others in the cast to excoriate the fellow who played the king.
 | Lear is a majestic old man. like ! & bat infested ruin of noble dimen- l sicns silhouetted against stormy sky, but Lear is not a king upon his | throne, in furred robe, surrounded by courtiers. He is 8 mistreated, l affectionate father swallowing the dregs of life, incidentally ruin oi | royalty.
 CT course, it is possible that 'M Mr. IIerrick fears that transformers ih
 Oklahoma have convinced Crows-and Comanches and cowboys tha; kings are kingly. If that be true. and II
 treason has been promoted. Wr Her
 rick should withdraw his bili ana
 so amend it that the play, Half
 King,Y would be banned. Not even
 50 per cent treason should be pro
 noted. Oun hundred per cent Amer- l icanism is the sine qua non oi
 American greatness and sasety"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03

investors, at time when there was widespread financial depression and unemployment!
 Practically all of the money re- ceived from Birmingham people has been spent here, only small part of it being sent away to purchase nec- essary machinery. In addition, em- pioyment was given to several hun dred men. There are now more than HOO citizens of Birmingham who are stockholders and partners in the Birmingham Waterworks company. A situation of this kind cannot fail to bring about more cordial relations between the com- pany and it's patrons.
 Judge Voorhis says the company has made hundreds of friends by telling people through the newspa- pers what it is and what it is try ing to do. When more than 1000 letters were sent out asking patrons if they had any complaints to make, Judge Voorhis states that only two were received. On the contrary, many letters of praise came in and some helpful suggestions were made.
 It is comparatively new policy of certain railroad systems, public utilities and other corporations to cultivate better feeling between themselves and the public, but it has been found an admirable policy and productive of good results, not only in Birmingham, where the water works company is conspicuous ex- ample, but in many other cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
POINTED PARAGRAUHs

From the Chicago News.
 A safe combination is an open se- cret.
 Successful dentists live from hand to mouth.
 'If" is the most unsatisfactory word in the English language.
 You can't convince g girl that any man she admires isn't in the hero class. Judge not your neighhor; he may be on tho jury when it is your turn to face the judge. When . man once thoroughly un- derstands the ins and outs of wheat corner he stays out Don't think that because a cat looks the picture of innocence it Is wise to leave it alone with the canary. l Some of us don't wish to make footprints on the sands of time be- cause the styles of shoes change SO soon and We hate to be on record in l tan old model
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
lT IS THE HARVEST MOON

IT IS THE HARVEST MOON, By Longfellow. It is the Harvest Moon! On silded
 vanss And roofs of villages. on woodland
 CrestS 2 And their aerial neighborhoods of Deserted. or the curtairei window
 paEss Of rooms where children sleep, cn
 country lanes And harvrst fields. it's my Il, ;. splen-
 dor rests, Gone are the birds that were our summer guests; With tine iast sheaves retsin .he ls. : boring wains, The songbirds leave us at the sum mer's close, &tt% Only the empty nests are left behind And pipings of the duail among the sheAves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
THE WONDERFUL SEX

From the Florida Metropolis The youth dreams of when he will be a man; the man dreams of when he was-a youth-but a woman goes him one better and gets more youth full as she grows older.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
ALL THEY CAN AFFoRD

From the Boston Transcript.
 New Workers now have to pay a fee for the privilege of looking At apartments. which is hard on tAa thousands of people to whom looking at an apartment is all that they can afford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
CONDEMNED TO LAUGHTER

From the San Francisco Chronicle. In his heart of hearts Charlie Chaplin has long nourished the am- bition to be known not as the fun l niest man of the films, not as the quintessence of the incongruous con captions of the historic roles. He wants to play Hamlet and forget the custard pies.
 If Charlie should succeed and be re- iWembered as Hamlet, Shylock or - Lear, and not as a comic actor, he will do something that almost no funny man has ever done before. It may lie in his abilities, but it doesn't lie in the human nature of his audi ences to let him get away with it.
 Once gained. a reputation as hu- morist is the most fatal of posses sions. It shuts out the possibility that its owner can be taken serious ly. He has trained his public to ex- pect the joke and the public refuses to look for anything else.
 Nat Goodwin had the same ambi- tion. So did Francis Wilson. Both had the ability to make good in se- rious drama, but no matter how well they carried 2 tragic role their audi ences were always in tittering ex- pectancy of laugh.
 So 1t was with Mark Twain, whose later writings were filled with pun l gent thought which was largely missed by his readers in their searct for the joke they had been led to ex- pect by "Innocents Abroad" Con stant Coquelin Is almost the only great comedian, we can think ol whose memory is one and insepArabls with a tragic characterization. Bu his "Cyrano" was, after all. 8 comic figure made tragic.
 No, Charlie, once funny man ant the public will not have 1t any othel way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
Played Fine Game

Credit must be given Lee Ford, Towards halfback, for his great work against Auburn in the game at Redwood Saturday" stated Gil Mey- CTS yesterday. "The sorrel-topped back played great game, and his work was an outstanding feature for tho Bulldogs.
 Fans who have read lot about these triple threat players had an opportunity to witness one in action Saturday. A football player who can kick the ball, pass it or advance 1t with equal ease is called triple threat man. Well, that's what Ford is. He displayed all three attacks against the Plainsmen Saturday.
 Tt was Ford's beautiful field goal in the last quarter that enabled the Bulldogs to score on the Tigers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
"LIBERTIEss LOOKING Up

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 And here's the long downcast Lil erty bond in the higher-up class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
S41 ssth St, Ensley. Oct 5, 1921.
THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

" DAshHmAMENT CONFEREN CE To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 As democrat, I sincerely regret that Senator Underwood is a delegate to what the republicans first called disarmament conference, but the general naval board, seeing that the people were getting worked up over 1t, had their handy man, the Presi- dent, to announce a change of name to a conference for the limitation of armament.
 It can't result in anything tangible, and the democratic party will have to join in the apology for it. and MT. Underwood will have to defend it.. Respectfully. A. G. LEE,
 Washington, September 30, 1921. S33 Missouri avenue, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
Real Fishing

"Fishermen who have been out with rod and reel lately report that the denizens of the streams are biting we'll" said John 1T. McCollister, sec retary of the Jefferson's Fishermen's association. 'The rains and cooler weather have made fishing a real pleasure during the past week.
 "The fact that we now have SS1 members of our association is proof of the interest which Birmingham men are taking in fishing.
 Local fishermen are little dis appointed that the question of es- tablishing a fish hatchery in Alabama cannot be taken up at the speciai session of the legislrure, but are plan ming to work for this at the next regular session"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Chlnnrn rirr rnreant


 O. Gordon Erickson, chairman of the pageant committee for the Bir- minKham semi-centennial celebra- ton, left yesterday for Chicago on pageant business. to be gone three days
 While I am in Chicago, I expect to see the Chicago Fire pageant, the book of which was written by the same man who Is in charge of tho Birmingham book. Wallace Rice. Donald Robertson, who will play the leading role in the pageant here, will also take a prominent part in the Windy City celebration.
 Mrs. O,Leary's COW, when she kicked that lantern over 50 years ago, little knew what activity sho would cause. This pageant will be ono of the largest ever staged.
 Plans for the Birmingham pageant are in fine shape. Our chorus work is progressing rapidly, and all indi- cations point to wonderful celebra- ton during the last week in Oc- tober."
 New Churches in Southwest
 q have just made big swing round through the southwest" said Dr. Louis A. Warren, secretary of the church extension work of the Southern Baptist convention, with headquarters at Atlanta, and while conditions had not returned to nor ma1cy, yet I feel that the cause I represent is being cared for in way that shows that Southern Baptists realize the need of seeing to it that it's territory shall be supplied with church buildings wherever there Is a real need for them, and the local communities are willing to do their part before calling on the board for assistance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
Praise for Highway

How Birmingham has changed, It is not the same place in any way that it was when I was here 26 years ago." declared Mrs. May Phillips of Oklahoma, who is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. J. c. Phillips of Norwood, en route home from New York.
 T have been riding over the roads and paved highways of New York state, but I have seen nothing in the north to compare with the beautiful Montgomery highway, built by the county, l understand, as part of a paved roadway which will eventual iy reach to Montgomery. This runs through a region of scenic beauty. while the highway itself is 8 neat engineering feat. Road building is one of this county's and city's chief achievements. 1t seems to me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR
TOO MANY KILLINGs

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Booze has slain it's thousands ant prohibition its tens of thousands. our present dry" enforcement present! the public with an unbroken tragedy full of the gloomiest horrors: dead men, weeping widows, and little chill dren crying for their fathers.
 In all of the many wanton killings the killers are still at large. pursuing 8 the old game, unabashed.
 Who is protecting those ruthes. slayers of our fellow citizens?
 In the late Coyle tragedy, some very prominent ministers rushed into print and loudly voiced their demand that Justice be done" How slow the, are in asking that justice be meted out in grim, relentless fashionf, to the men who frlvolously shoot their prospective prisoners before arrest Ing them.
 It has. apparently. become a capi- tai offcnse, in this state, for a fright. ened man to run. It seems. to the silent spectator, that the old type of arresting officer has almost disap- peared, and with the rise of the movies. q new type of officer, whose ambition in life seems to be to nick notches in his gun, and pose as g hero who has lodged many bullets, has taken his place.
 Is 1t not fact that many of those officers look on their work as sport, of tho big game variety? They are not content to chase fleeing auto mobile. They must shoot at the car Not. of course, to kill the occupants, but to see how nicely they can punc- ture tire. And if the bullets hap pen to puncture the heart of one of their fellow men, they excuse them selves by saying that they were not shooting at the man, but only at the car.
 Painting the map of Alabama red with the blood of her citizens, those unhappy men now arc kept on the pay rolls of the nation, the state, and the county.
 Is 1t not time that the Christian men and women of this state should demand that every man killer should instantly be dropped from the rolls, and their places filled with men of courage and discretion?
 Shall the Christian manhood and womanhood of this grand old state stand supinely by, while widows and orphans are being multiplied at the appalling rate that prevails in Ala bama today Or shall they line m with the Master as He sounds out those ever memorable words q came not to destroy mems lives, but to save them?"
 Justice may be blind, but she must not be allowed to sleep.
 TAMIFG IInD>-rr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-21
KENTUCKIAN Who
SHOT SIX SURRENDERS

Louisville. Ky. June "0.--John Follis.
who shot six persons while resistinS
arrest In Frankfort. early in the week.
surrendered TO two citizens there late
today. according TO information reach
ing Louisville.
The report said that Follis sent word
that he could be found at the home OF
his brother in frankfort and offered TO
surrender to them.
The same report said that FollIs made
his surrender conditional upon being
taken To jail at Louisville, IL viii h
point the trio were said TO be enroutc
by automobile.
Fo,lis was charged with interfering
with officers who had arrested his son
for Il trivial offcnSe. Attempts 10 ar
rest Fnll:s resulted m four policemen
hcInE shot. He b7rricad"d himself In
his combination dwelling and grocery
store shots exchanged with the o.
fi,ers resulted IN two byStnnderS being
wounded Before a gordon Of officers
could hc thrown around Foll!s' hiding
place. hn had ESCAPED in the darkness.
HE'S surrender ended an extended
search for him in Central Kentucky.