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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-15
Blue Sunday in Gilbert Islands

FroA Micronesia Under the Moon," by
 Andrew Farrell, in Asia Magazine.
 The next day was Sunday. Gone was the enchantment of milky lagoon and black shadows of trees; but in the road lay chaplet of coconut leaf. The island drowsed under mosquito nets From the bush on the seaside came the voice of woman singing a hymn, the air familiar enough, although the words fell strangely upon the ear. The song was Rock of Ages" as sung in the line islands:
 Ban nkoa ae tabwena.
 l a karabai ali Roum!
 bon tuta te rara
 Mai te ran mai rarikim;
 Bon naia tebokau
 Are l itiaki iai.'
 In the afternoon a white-jacke ted man, with a Puritanically long face as pef1tted the day. beat the call to serv- lees, and the island assembled at the tiny church, building constructed of pandanus bound together with coconut sennit, innocent of iron, matched with palm leaves; the walls of latticed pam danus. through which a half-light fil- tered on the brown beams and floor of coral shingle. Over the pavement were SPi iedu mats on Wnlcn sat the WOrsnlp- CTS cross-legged, men on one side of the room, women on the other. It was sleepy hour. In the jumbled words of the readings and responses, the songs and long prayers Apparently there was no sermon), only "Iesu' and Amen" were intelligible to my Caucasian ear. My mind wandered
 l felt how outside. on sea and land, blazed the sun. Each wavelet in the lagoon reflected blinding light; in the cool shade of the wells the black pigs lay panting; swarms of flies buzxed busily to and fro. The whole look of things had changed; no longer did the lagoon wear its garment of milky green; moon and stars were dead: the tempo of the church hymns was strangely different from that of last evenings choruses. The splendid Arab barbarian who danced the night before probably was a proper enough Chris tian by day, circumspect, abashed in the presence of blue-uniformed author- ity. And what of Aphrodite of the rounded arms? Attired in hideous red holoku. the Mother Hubbard of the South Seas, she doubtless sat se- dateiy under the eye of priest or pas
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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY"

THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY" By H. G. Wells The Macmillan Con-
 pany, Publishers, New York City.
 In an introduction to "The Outline oe History" II. G. Wells, the author, Briefly states the object of the book as follows:
 This outline of history is an attempt to tell truly and clearly in one tcon- tinuous narrative, the whole story of life and mankind so far as it is known today.
 It has been written primarily to show that history as one whole is arnenable to a more broad and comprehensive hand ling than is the history of special nations and periods, broader handling that will bring it within the normal limita- tions of time and energy set to the read- ing and education of an ordinary citizen. This outline deals with ages and races and nations, where the ordinary history deals with regns and pedigrees and cam
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palgns; but 1t will not be found to be more crowded with names and dates nor more difficult to follow and understand.
 It is an attempt to tell how our presen. state of affairs. this distressed and mul- hilarious human life about us, arose in the course of vast ages and out of the inanmate clash of matter, and to esti- mate the quality and amount and range of the hopes with which 1t now faces it's destiny"
 THE PASSING LEGIONS" By George Buchanan Fife. The Macnlil- Ian Company. Publishers, New York City.
 The exhilaration and incentive which came of service at the front were denied to the American Red Cross staff in Great Britain. But for all that it's work nevc. once lacked a superb inspiration nor was it devoid of moments of sheer drama
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Its service lay back of the lines among those either on the way up-for million American soldiers passed through Eng land on their long journey-or on leave, or returning, wounded and worn. from the firing line To these men the Red Cross administered. and in this book the story of this wonderful work is told.
 THE DOUGHBOY IN FRANCE By Edward Hungerford. The Macmillan
 company. Publishers, New York city.
 This book takes no pose as history, " MT. Hungerford says in, his. preface. Tt simply aims to be picture or series Of pictures of America in a big job. The many millions who contributed their mite to the Red Cross will be proud to read of the noble achievements which they helped to make possible.
 THE SOUL OF JOHN BROWN" 2 By Stephen Graham. The Macmillan
 Company, Publishers. New York City.
 It was while marching to Cologne that Stephen Graham. private in the guards. thought how he should have enjoyed marching through Georgia With General sherman, and resolved to tramp along that southern road when he got a chance.
 As soon as he was free of the army he made an extensive pilgrimage throughout the south from Virginia to Louisiana to ascertain how the ex-slave lives, what he is doing, how the experi- ment of his liberation has prospered, and what is his future in the American commonwealth This is the report of what he saw, heard and, as a Christian humanitarian, pondered
 Often it has to tell of freedom given, and withdrawn. of cruelty and cowaf- dice begotten and extended by, cruelty and cowardice. But it shows. too. what strength of mind and heart many ne- groes have developed here, what mag-i nanimity added to their natural cheer fitness. and what promise there may, therefore, be. depending upon how 1t shall be tempered. in the negro racial consciousness which is being welded together in the heat of race antagon- isms. e ''OLD AT 40 OR YOUNG AT 6o' By Robert S. Carroll. M. D. The Mac- . milan Company, Publishers, New York City
 The science of growing old. simpli- fled. .-
 Whether your constructive forces are to wane in the early forties, or are to remain at full tide through the sixties Is matter you cannot ignore.
 There Is the Accident of Old Age"- but there Is also the "Art of Growing Old"
 It Is more than an art. Modern Knowledge has made 1t a science. and this book deals with scientifically re- vealed truth. not with any sort of wonder work.
 Dr. Carroll offers workable. simple recommendations along physical, mem tai and spiritual lines that will help
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"LAROR,S CRISIS"


 f'. "LABOR'S CRISIS"
 CAn Employers View of Labor Prob
 lems, by Sigmond Mendelssohn The Macmillan Company Publishers, New York City.
 The question of labor reform is taken up by this employer from the employ CTS point of view. He analyses labor s propositions to remedy the existing un- rest argues that the labor scarcity is not entirely due to decrease in the number of laborers, and suggests many effects of the unrest itself on produc- tion and on labor. It is a thoughtfu! study by keen, open minded employ CT, contributing to one of the most inn portant discussions of the day.
 THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN
 RED CROSS IN ITALY" By Charles M Bakewell The Mac
 milan Co. Publishers. New York F City. g
 The American. Red Cross responded instantly to the needs of Italy in ner first distress This book tells not only of the establishment of relief centers. warehouses, travelling canteens, asili for children and large hospitals, but also of the building of entire cities for the accommodation of refugees from the Piave and from Venice.
 k s.a
 THE FOOLISH LOVERS" By St. John G.. Ervine. The Macmillan
 Company, Publishers. New York City.
 The central character of MT. Ervine's novel is a young Irishman, MacDer- mott, self-willed, dominant, ready to push every consideration aside in the pursuit of his own ambitions Even in his romance MacDermott shows this same characteristic, and the girl With whom he falls in love is practically forced into marriage. Against this ruthless will there arc playing the per sistent influences of various women and especially his mother who Is en- grossed in one interest alone, the shop which has been the family pride for generations This must be her sons life work. Here, then, is the situation "a contest between will power and subtle influences. <, THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY
 OF VIRGINIA lS19-1919" Fly Philip Alexander Bruce. The Mac milan Company. Publishers, New York City.
 This book contains the most com- piete account ever written of Thomas Jefferson's activities as an educa- tional reformer and promoter of pub lie instruction. It presents, in d thor ougniy readable form, the history of the university which he founded through all the dramatic vicissitudes of it's first century.
 We learn that it's distinguished alumni include Edgar Allan Poe and President Wilson; its famous profess sors include Gildersleeve. the Helleniss
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1 Jefferson's religious views, the author says. Whilst the University of Vir- ginia has always stood for the first prln- ciples of government and a strict inter- pretation of the, constitution, it has al- ways stood unequivocally for extreme op- position to every form of extreme sectar- ian interference In the administration of it's affairs This attitude was derived from Jefferson's impress in the begin ming.
 The fourth heading discusses the inn press of Jefferson from the standpoint of his love of the sciences. The author shows the careful training and nurture of Jefferson in his school and college days, and mentions the profound impress sion upon him while at William and Mary college of William Small, profes- sor of mathematics, and for a time also, of ethics, rhetoric and belles-lettres, who brought over from his natvie Scot land an uncommon share of the learn ing which had conferred such celebrity y |3upon it's universities. And he says it was probably through the friendship of Small that Jefferson first came to enjoy the companionship of Wythe and Fauquier the two most accomplished men of that day in the colony. In such company his taste for the sciences was cultivated and his knowledge broadened and he ac-
 quired relish for intellectual compan
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ferson, and it was these principles that he required to be taught in the Univer- sity of Virginia. They were derived by that university directly from him. and unless they are taken into account from the start the true character of the insti- tuition. as fashioned by his devoted zeal, then says that before the doors were thrown open Jefferson announced that with one exception all the professors were to be permitted to select their own but that exception was vital one, for it was the professor of law By drawing the list of text books for the use of this professor, he controlled the political prir- Young Lawyers he wrote Madison, a few months before hsi death. no longer know what whiggism and republicianism mean It is in our seminary that the vestal flame is to be kept alive. It is thence to spread anew over our own and sister states. If we are true and vigilan- in our trusts, within a dozen or 20 years a majority of. our own legislature will be from our own school and many disciples will have carried it's doctrines home with them to their several states. and will have leavened thus the whole mass.
 T. t.. ti,,e>
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tor, forgetful of the moon on the water, the white wreaths of papaya flowers and the surging passion of her songs Day and night arose and mock ed me and cried at me this question: What is truth. Micronesia under the sun or Micronesia under the moon?
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Sylvester. the mathematician, and Rogers, the founder of the Boston In- stitute of Technology Its unique cleo tive. system of studies is described it's honor system of discipline; the stir ring life of it's students; it's economic and financial affairs. The book is q vivid mirror of the intellectual and academic life of the south during the most pregnant periods of American story.
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any who honestly apply them to round out healthful, efficient "three score years and ten."
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The osprey, or fishhawk, the largest hawk, is almost as impressive on the wing as the eagle.
 Thirty-two per cent of the farm houses in the United States have run ming water in the house.
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With the foregoing introductory as the foreground of this review, it will only be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15
Former Justice Hughes
Expected to Y i s t
President Elect Soon
will Hays Assists in
Clearing Up Knotty
Points.
(By Associated Press.)

st. Augustine. Feb. 15.-Senator
lIaording and Republican National
Chairman Hays got down to brass
tackS today in a conference on the
maksiip of the Cabinet and the. first
steps of the coming administration.
Hays is generally considered likely
choice for a cabinet place. Harry NJ.
naugherty, OF Ohio, head of Harding $
pre-convention campaign. generally
regarded is the choice for the next
attorney general is expected 10 arrive
here tomorrow.
Yesterday the president-elected de-
voted much time TO his appointments
but found brief respite which he i'm
proved with It game of golf with
Charles G. Dawes OF Chicago. who is
so regarded as Il possible secretary
of the treasury.
Charles E. Hughes. now believed to
be slated fer the post of Sccre AIRY of
state, is expected here tomorrow or
next day. Thomas w. Lamont. con.
nectcd with the banking house of ].
p. Morgan. and assistant 10 the peac-
conference in framing the financial
clause of the Versailles treaty. was IA
caller yesterday,
Information from New York indi-
Gates that there is some dssatisfac-
Ilon there over the report that Root is
left out of the President 3 cabinet.
New York politicians. il is said, are
complaining that the published an
nouncemsnts of Cabinet members do
not irdicate that the President-elect
is utilizing the strongest available
material A cabiEe; of super-men is
what New York Is declared to want.
and formsr Secretary and Senator
Root. according 20 their alleged. view.
is the logical head cs such Cabinet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15
INVITATION SHIP ENDS INTERESTING
VOYAGE TO PRESIDENT ELECT HARDING

don't know What ii is. On the left
is fair-siZed ,own II my impression
rom the air can be relied upon
There Is one thing that is necessary
il airplane travel is TO become COM
mon: that is thai all these Fiorlda
towns write their names on the mail
street so 5hat strangers. aerial tour
lists. II you Will, can tell where theT
are /. might be the fame OF some Of
these towns would attract us to stop
In fact, II tha. town is Davenport
il knew 1t was Davenport. Id be
prompted 20 have Lieut. Wood throw
her into a tail-spin and get down
there for d cup OF coffee from al little
restaurant that friend of mine told
be about in Chicago a couple OF years
ago. But there is nothing there tl
confirm thai this is Davenport, So
we'll have TO 90 along on our "" :
without the Java.
We are following inc highway al
are passing a number Of lakes. Som
are large. Some are small and dire q
ly ahead of Us can see a town tina.
seems To be fairly good sized. My
itinerary shows that this must be kl9-
simpiee, and since we are approach
ing ii so rapidly mus, ge' this story
tn drop 10 the Gazette.
Climbing Down
Looking at the altl.ude meter
can see ha We are falling rapidly
From three thousand feet a minute .
ago we are al one houSand feet,--aow
eight hundred five hundred. And
Wood is spiriling around, so III have
to ge, the autographed copy OF the
Tourist News and this $ ory attached
to the little parachute and send them
scurrying down through the atmos-
phore.
The journey from Kiasinmee TO Or
iando was very much like that be
tween Lakeland and Kissimmee eN-
cept that there were no large lakes
and bodies OF water. As we approach
Orlando, however. can notice a per-
ceptible improvement in agricultural
conditions. The rural. district seems
70 be built up splendidly. The city
seems TO be very attractive and 1 can
see several hundred people on what
seems to be the main stree. "airplane
starring as we spiril around the city
He are going TO land in Orlando and
re-fuel the Invitation Ship and this
story the little parachuts must plune
down and down to the city. On the
outside have written little note
which requested shat the envelope
please be rushed to the paper.
Now We are landing. so here goes
with the parachute.
From Orlando to Sanford and from
Sanford to DeLand he Journey was
pleasant and picturesque. We reached
Daytona in time for luncheon and fol
gasoline. And the Invitation Ship
lcer.uinly was hungry for gasoline. We
struck asfavorables wind out of. Orlan.
ando and We're able to make nearly
one hundrsd miles an hour into Day,
tona so / guess that we will be able Il
make Sc. Augustine by four o'clock
| IT cant be more than an hour from
I lDayfona to 81 Augustine 50 WITH on
ms ~ "a here 5nS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15
SCHOOL MATTERS
GET ATTENTION
COMMERCE BODY

When almost half hundred men,
'bers of the Lakeland Chamber Of Com
merce give evidence Of their interest
in Lakeland and her welfare by gath
ering at the customary semi-monthly
uncheons, it augurs we'll for the
community. There were many mat
ters of great local importance up for
consideration and action at the lunch
con at the Elks' Hotel a. noon today.
President Pinch presiding Secreary
A. J. Holworthy had several items on
the program. the first being request
by the American Legion for co-opena-
ton in getting justice and prompt ac-
ton from he United States govern
ment in fulfilling the pledges made
the soldier boys when they went to
fight the Huns. Instances were given
of gross negligence on the part of the
government in caring for those who
had made tremendous sacrifices but
who are now neglected and forgotten
because OF excessive red tape in
washington. A stirring resolution
of condemnation was Unanimously
adopted by the meeting and an ur-
gent plea made for recognition Of
THE rights Of the soldiers.
- A cordial vote of thanks was given
County Agent CONNIE for his splendid
and successful work in connection
with the Polk county exhibit at the
South Florida Fair at Tampa, just
ended. 1t was due to- Mr.. Gomme's
untiring energy that Polk county was
enabled to make such a good show
ing and the Chamber of Commerce
went on record as being duly appre-
ciative.
Secretary Holworthy reported that
it;was lergely due to the efforts OF
1.-THE Chamber OF Commerce that new
industry has been secured for Lake
land. This industry is an axe handle
factory, located just west Of the city
and ready for, operation as soon as
superintendent Joseph johnson of the
1eity. electric light and power plan;
lean furnish the current. This. will be
within the nextffew days t
Iefi Polk county's educational interests
Iwere emphasized in discussion oi
\ local schoeI facilities. the discussion
LOT which led to determination to in.
yite the members Of The Folk county
4 board OF public instruction. the esnienf
\ .Ikefs 6f he aleland disttiet board anf
4 f9Iintz Inti o. 121lt ~ fn9lis
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15
PAPER PLACES FLORIDA In
FALSE LIGHT In UNENPLOYhTEtji MAP

Secretary Ilolworthy. of. the Cham
ber of Commerce calls attention TO
what he believes is Il gross mlsstate
ment OF facts contained in. map
printed in connection with an article
published in the February 18th issue
of the Literary Digest under the cap
ton Passing the Peak of Unemploy.
ment" Credit for the map Is given TO
the Chicago Tribune. which alone may
be the answer. because II Florida has
any friends In Chicago they are not
likely TO be found on the editorial
staff OF that paper. The map referred
to IS Il map or the United States and
the explanation of the various mark
ings thereon given at the left hand
corner makes Florida black" for the
reason that conditions of Industrial
Employment" are bad" What makes
this statement less endurable Is that
at this very time there are In Florida
thousands of people from Northern
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15
NAVAL men HELD
FOR ALLEDCED PLOT
(By Associated Press. !

Washington, Feb. Is Naval en-
Used men are under arres at the navy
yard here In connection with an al
legged plot to blow up the presidential
yacht Mayfiower. Secret service op-
ieraives and local police are working
on the case and proceeding on the
theory that the plot may have ex-
tended to the shop and oth0r vessels
in the shipyard. trs
Barlow, Feb. 15.--tSpeciaD Re
spending to special request, Miss
Lois Godbey, home demonstration
agent for the county. prepared and
sent shipment of Polk County Citrus
preserves, jeIlies and candies to be
shown at the National Orange Show
at San Bernardina, Calf. The coun-
ty,a exhibit consists of one dozen con-
Itaipers Of various kinds and sizes and
Eargbox of candies made from the sun-
shiny fruit of the South. 4 II was Sc
|lected material that had been shown
during the first part of the week at
1.-The South Florida Fair in Tampa
and will represent Florida to good ad-
vantage at the western . exhibition,
The. Polk connty women whose pro.
| duet was used were Mrs W. X. .Keyesl
l1f Winter Hnynn, Mrs VI RI Hicks
/ - EIsftQN el.I
nf i
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-15

e jack Edward Eadsley. whose story
c. the voyage OF the Harding inIia-
ron snip from the st. Petersburg
Beach so far as Lakeland On Is way
to St. Augustine, was dropped frcm
the clouds and published in yestei
day Telegram, proved immensely
popular It was a novel experience
TO read news story from the upper
regions, and look a: cut which had
been sent down from the sky IN d
parachute That is the experience
which this paper presented to Is
readers yesterday
The residue OF the trip. told in
Dadsley's inimitable way. is equally
Interesting 1t follows:
My fright at Lakeland didn't last
lcng because as soon as | dropped the
parachute overheard Tin fact had to
throw Il upward because OF the wash
and the danger OF getting ii clogged in
the mechanical tail pieces Lieut..
Wood gave her the gun" and upward
We climbed from one thousand feet to
three thousand feet. There are half a
dozen roads leading out OF Lakeland. L.
All tf them To me. seemed to be the
"righ' one" and because Of the spir-
ring and side-sliding, maneuvers
through which Lieut.. Wood sen; the
Invitation Ship" over Lakeland
have lost my direction. We are ap-
parently following half dozen roads.
Where ~? asked IL Mexican tina; one
time and he took shot at me. But
ii Wood knows where he is going he
has enc on me for | certainly can't
de ermine which road we are follow
ing
II must be Ten miles back TO Lake
land now. can barely see a mass of
white buildings nesting close. togeth-
el and see a thin mass of what seems
tC be smoke or haze. But now as |
look over the side of the ship and
realize that there is nothing between
MY feet and terra firma but atmos-
phere, air. thin air! | can appreciate
the reason why so many people are
afraid to tackle an airplane. But '(yes,
| stamped my foot on the floor to see
ii il was there) staticians claim that
OF 115.000 persons who airplanned in
New York last summer not one was
injured in any way. So | guess that
well get there all right. twice as fast
as train travelling and it cerainly beats
walking. You might imagine that l
have never been up before, but have
or / wouldn't attempt a cross-state
hop if didn't know that ii was all
right.
Follows Road
Wa Span to hA following n payad
road. II is white and it glistens in
the Sunshine like it has been sprinkled
with we -er. On either side of that
road for miles and miles the earth is
laid out in blocks. / can see what
seems to be citrus groves and my
mouth waters for an orange. In fact. q
lemon would taste mighty sweet right
now. And if the Wind doesn't let up
its humpiness I expect that a lemon
or two; will suffice for my, luncheon
when Ireanh Dayt0na this Afternoon.
There IA treat lallee On rsx xh1.