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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-23

By James Branch Cabell. Robert M.
 Mcbride x Co.,, Publishers, New
 York City.
 ''Figures of Earth" by James Branch Cabelt is beautifully written and beautifully conceived, it's charac- ters sharing with the majority of his creations the curiously unhuman quality which is never more appar- ent than when he is trying to make them quite commonplace. They are Figures of Earth" in whose breasts. there is a spark from the land of Audela, the country beyond the fire, such images as the one Manuel made in his own likeness, and Freydis ami mated with the black stone Schamir. "Conieliness and wit and youth and courage" had Manuel then, and these he gave the image. But human pity and any constant love" he, the breaker of oaths, did not possess, and what he did not have in himself that he could not give to the thing of his creating. Nevertheless, there are moments when Manuel stirs some- thing of pity within us, he who, as "the we'll thought-of Count of Poic- tesme must be as the will and faith and need of others may dictate" in this world where men are "nourished by thelr Deile1S, ana who looking back at the end of 1t all. what time his overlord Horvendile had finished with him, seemed to see only the strivings of an ape reft of his tail and grown rusty at climbing, who has reeled blunderingly from mystery to mystery. with pathetic makeshifts. It Is curious, often very beautiful. and at the bottom very sad book, this "Comedy of Appearances"
 In "Figures of Earth" as in "Jur- gen" MT. Cabell has drawn upon the mythologies of diverse peoples. Ills background has been called that of the "Morte d'Arthur," but to us 1t seems rather that of the "Mabino- glon." Into this distinctly alien at mosphere he has not hesitated to draw Thor and Frey and vishnu: nor has he hesitated to carry his hero into the land of Philistia. whose ruler was Queen Stultitia, sixtieth of the name, wearer of rose-colored spec tacles. and where all babies were brought by the stork. And when Manuel lived with Misery in the for
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BLACKHEADS GO QUICK
 BY THIS SIMPLE METHOD

Blackheads-big ones or little ones soft ones or hard ones-on any part of the body, go quickly by a simple method that just dissolves them. To do this get about two ounces of calonite powder from your druggist--sprinkle a little on hot, wet sponge-rub over the blackheads briskly for few secondhand wash off You'll wonder where the backheads have gone. The calonite powder and the hot water have just dissolved them. Pnchin9 and squeezing blackheads only open the pores of the skin and leave them open and unsightly-and unless the blackhesds are big and soft they will not come out. while the simple application of calonite powder and water dssolves them right out. leaving the skin soft and the pores
 in their natural cond ,tion. You can get ealonite powder at any drug store and if you are troubled with these unsightly blemishes you should certainly try this simple method.--Adv.
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STAR DUsrs

By Fannie Hurst. Frentispiece. rHarper Brothers, Publishers, New York City.
 No moro popular writer of fiction lives today than Fannie Hurst, and her novel, "star Dust" sustaIns the excellent reputation she enjoys as 3 delienator of character and m origi- uator of plot.
 The story of ''Star Dusts covers the life of Lilly Becker, It's hepoine and outstanding figure, from her child hood to the day when, at about forty, ''Her heart beat high with what even might have been fulfillmentP Many events, many places and many peo- pie, lie between the two. First there
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CONQUEST"
By Gerald o'D6novan c. F. Putnam

By Gerald o'D6novan. c. F. Putnam's
 Sons. Publishers, New York City
 In Conquest" Gerald O'Donovan has written q most interesting and delightful story, Ireland being his theme, and right well has he pre- sented his case, making explanations to his readers In a most tactful man. ner. and really throwing new light on a well-wornout theme,
 Of the many reviews made of Conquest" that from the Westmin- ster Gazette is perhaps the most in- teresting, the sentiment expressed being as follows:
 Ireland has been illustrated, con demned and defended in as many novels as there are years in a, cen- tury, but she has never been ex plained: or, rather, the complexity of her feud with England has never been stated in terms of fiction so fully and so fairly as by Gerald ODonovan in Conquest Srhls tragic theme Is presented to us through tho apparatus of comedy A little charm ing love-mak.ng and very able dln- ner and luncheon table converse ton are the means chiefly employed by
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WANTED: A FooIp

By Philip Curtiss. Harper Brothers,
 Publishers New York City.
 Philip Curtis book, "Wanted.l A Fool presents the handsome, we'll built self-confident. theatrical lead Ing man who is ever a favorite fig ures in romantic fiction. So Robert OMara, who is introduced at the beginning as an acton who, "too good
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scenes of hls youthful days, remark Ing with the old familiar lines:
 Flow dear to my heart
 Are the scenes of my childhood
 When tond recollections Present them to view"


 When fond recollections
 Present them to view"
 Birmingham is especially happy in that people who live here or who have ever lived here, always love 1t; they are always interested in it.
 You meet Q man who lived here in the early days of Birmingham-baek m the seventies-and when he finds out that you are from Birming ham the very first thing he'll doNis to be- gin 10 ply you with questions,
 'T liyed'in Birmingham when Sec ond avenue was 8 mudhole," hell say, or "I lived in Birmingham when the OK wagons used to go through the .roads--which today are paved streets with slSyscrapers, they tell me. reach- ing 10 high heaven.p
 And yoqll laugh and tell him that, like the Queon of sheeba, the half has not been told'
 SomeSof these men and these won1en of the pioneer days, long after the days when the Indians had blazed the trial; long before Jones valley ever was heard of, and long before old Elyton existed--who, came hero in the early part of seventy-and To- cated-are coming back to see us this week and many of them are going to have their eyes opened when they see the magnifcence and the eauty O. the once little home in the ground" of other days-now resplendent Bir- minghami
 The towering skyscrapers, the ma jestic furnace stacks, the glittering steel mills, the beautiful school buildings, the handsome. clubs, the distinguished hotels, tho big depart ment stores, the splendid newspaper buildings, the palatial homes, all will be a revelation to those of other days-who lived here before Birming- ham was even dignified by the name of city.
 And right royal welcome they'll receivel
 Names arc now emblazoned upon Brmingham's escutcheon which spell fame and fortune-names which to- day are national--many internation- al--and this week the great semi centennial to which thousands will flock will reveal surprises to visi- tors which have laid In waiting, 10 these many yearsl
 Among the names of distinguished men of whom Birmingham is justly proud is that of MT. sydney J. Bowie, who was chosen general chairrhan for the semi-centennial, and MT. Erskine Ramsay, who was chosen for financial chairman, these important positions requiring the greatest amount of ability as well as tact and diplomacy, and no two of Birmingham many splendid citizens could have been SO lected to fill these high positions with more credit to themselves and the community than they.
 Mir, Ramsay. who is one of the financial wizards of the commercial world, man of superior ability and great popularity, has organized and planned out tho hnanciSl arrange ments for the semi-centennial with master hand, and his friends every where have been greatly interested in
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By DOLLY DALRYRIPLE

I are here to do honor to the great oe-. casIon, gracing the fashion show with their daily appearances. on the. stage"
 Every visitor to the exposition will be given D ballot. and after passing judgment on the entire beyy of the county queens he will vote for whoever he thinks is the prettiest of the lot to be the queen of them all. Fitting honor will be shown not only to the' one selected, but to all the others, who will act in the capacity of maids of honor to her." Mir. Bowie observed
 "In addition to all these attrac- tions, there will be orchestral music at every performance in the expo, sition, high-elass vaudeville andd other acts of entertainment"
 T now turn to the pageant, which. I am assured, will be the most elabo- rate and most wonderful spectacle ever witnessed in, the south-a pa- geant written by Wallace Rice of Chicago and produced by Donald Robertson, the well known actor two of the foremost artists of Amer ioa in the pageant world" he con- i tinued. "The art and skill of these men will worthily portray Birming- hams growth from the colonial days i fr, e,,ooa-sfx-a .,,,rD.. ,,, 4o +t,o ,,.o. ent time. More than 1000 people will take part in this pageant which will be shown three nights. A sufficient number of seats for 5000 or 10, 900 people to see the pageant in comfort i at each performance have been pro- vided. Nothing has been left undone to make this worthy and adequate portrayal of the important events that have made this city great. Dancing and music will feature this great outdoor drama, and every scene will furnish its own thril A chorus of 800 voices has been spe- cially trained for this productions
 ''Nor let us forget the grand floral parade, the playground contests the art exhibit and museum. the baseball game to be played according to the rules of 1871, the baby parade, the band concerts, the football game and the many other attractions which the lack of space forbids elaborating. The most artistic work in float decora tions with the latest floral material has been engaged by special decora- tors to make the floral parade, cen tering around the 67 county queens. who will ride in gorgeously panoplied automobiles through the main thor oughfares of the city. There will be institutional floats and decorated ve- hicles galore other than those which are to bear the queens" MT Bowie l said. And now that all is set and ready to go, let the curtain rise. This only happens once in 50 years. so let tevery man, woman and child throw all care to the winds and claim this Ifestive week for their ownl"
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from grammar school, and teased her mother into letting her study singing. Then came High school, and the young teacher of English literature, This de- gree rather heavy upon him" who first proved to Lilly that there were "men creatures outside the English Fireside Novels she was permitted to devour without interruption by par ents to whom books were largely ob- jects with which room was cluttered up, who did play tennis in white flannels, turned down the page at a favorite passage of poetry were guiltless of sleeve garters, and att tended Saturday afternoon symphony concerts" But presently high school was over, and Lilly found herself with nothing whatever to do. Her de- sire to go to college was met by her usually gentle fathers decided: Tt is as bad for young girl to permit her. self to be educated into one of those bold, unwomanly woman s-rights $ girls as it is for her to be frivolous and empty headed" She was a fin ished stenographer, but she didn't care for it and her parents did not want her to work. As for her sing ing, they thought it quite all right for girl to have "a parlor voice." but 1t must stop there.
 
 Brought up in absolute ignorance of the meaning of marriage, yet on the morning of her wedding day ter rifled almost out of her wits and beg .ying wildly to be let off" Lilly, not In the least In love with the excellent Albert, became his wife. Her parents were anxious for the match, and. as she told him later. My desires for myself were never strong enough to combat their desires for me" It was at the end of her third week of we'd lock that she ran away from him and from the situation which had become unendurable.
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Since the early days of the good old summer time," pen and pencil, ohiseI and mallet have been busy with the fixed determination to make Birmirgham'a semi-centennial the greatest event which the south has ever known.
 Just how well wo have succeeded will be known tomorrow when the keys Of the city will be turned over to the visitors within our gates when old residents will return to marvel at the growth and prosperity of the Magic City of the south when new friends win visit us for the first time and see the huge mag niflcent strides which the home of coal and iron and steel has made
 With banners flying and music playing, with everybody in gala atire, with pageantry and song. with poetry and art, Birmingham semi-centennial of 1921 will make history for future generations and the beautiful sentiment which has characterized tho celebration of this wonder eity" of the south, will mani fest itself in every effort which has been put forth--the loyalty, the love and the pride which Birmingham cit izens feel in their own home town.
 With the poet, Oliver Goldsmith, in "The Traveller" We sing.
 Such is the patriots boast, where'er
 he roam,
 Ills first best country ever is at
 home"
 And further:
 'where'er l roam, whatever realms
 to sec,
 My heart untrayelrd fondly turns to
 thee
 Still to my brother turns, with
 ceaseless pain.
 And drags at each remove, a length
 ening chain"
 Nothing is so sweet as home-for Homecoming" is the foundation of the family; the reunion of loved ones. the coming back to the old rireside, the getting together" and talking over" of old tlmes-all these are the sweetest and the tenderest senti- ments which mankind experiences, and another poet, somewhere, some how. has prettily put what I am trying to say, in these words If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies;
 And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow From our selves our joys must flow,
 And that dear hut--our home"
 Truly q man is without heart and without sentiment who does not love his "home town;" who does not love his. home town people; their prog ress; their success; show me the man who loves his nome town" and Ili show you the man who is beloved by his home town"
 There's something wrong with man who doesn't love the town where he was born, where he lived in his early youth, where he removed when he was schoolboy--or perhaps when he was q budding youth-there to make his fame and fortune, he estab- lished himself.
 In the after years he is regarded as one of the pillars of the commit nity' he must look back upon the
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tails worked out and today--wel1, lis- ten to what MT. Bowie has to tell you on the eve of the opening of the great semi mi-centennial tomorrow, of which he has the honor of being the general chairman:
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the big part he has played fin the great celebration and congratulate him upon the accomplishment of very difficult task which he has done so well.
 MT, Bowie as general chairman,
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rated by the simple expedient of get
 ting turned about and mistakenly
 driving his mules into the German lines. Wildcat holds the champion
 ship for getting in and out of trouble
 in record time. Ills adventures will produce many chuckle.
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the author for relieving the painful tension of his blacl1er episodes-as Diana says, Though how the good God Himself stands this sort of thing is a mystery MT. O'Donovan might, if he would, make of Con quest q great, patriotic play"
 THE wILDCAT.a Bv Hugh Wiley. George H. Doran
 Co, Publishers, New York City. T don't bother work, work don't
 bother me,
 rse fo' times as happy as buh-bum-
 ble beee-e
 I eats when I kin git it, sleeps mos
 all de time,
 I don't give a doggone if de sun don't
 neveh shine-'
 Such is the philosophy of Vitus Marsden, in other words Wildcat, hero of these tales, which are full of quaint dark humor, and the varying luck of the rolling bones." They re- count the adventures of a Tennessee negro who was mighty handy iII making the bones bring in the bacon and his unique military experiences when he was caught sn the draft and suddenly found himself a corporal who kept his company in perfect or der, thanks to razor. Wildcats achievements with the A. D. K. will remain unique among the annals of war. Four-leaf clovers never brough . Wildcat any luck, but once he got rid Of them long enough to take 40 Ger mans single e-handed, and get deco
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A sunhy, courteous, considerats clerk is q store magnet who attracts goodlY store of customers
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of the arduous position with which he was honored by his fellow citi- zens of Birmingham, has worked loy- ally for the success of the semi-cen- tennial, giving his time and his brain,
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sons became mixed together in a manner which produced great ex- citement in Tickfall and eventually brought about 8 most desirable we'd ding the story tells at excessively great length. "The 'F'raid-C Cat" re- lates how a negro belle's efforts to test the courage of her ex-soldier suitor brought out an alarm of bur glars and one of fire, besides fright ening several worthy individuals almost out of their respective wits. Family Ties" is interesting in it's description of the wild hog hunt and it's effect on one who had just re- turned from whar we fit de kali ser" When he saw the wild pigs rushing down upon him, "All dem growlin, gruntin' hawgs reminded
 my mind of dem Bush Germans jes' nachelly craved to 'liminate 'emn Which he proceeded to do with great energy and skill.
 What the sudden appearance of
 the first airplane which had ever visited that region did to the ne-
 groes of Tickfall is vividly por- , trayed, and the pitfall. which strew
 the path of the politician are anus
 ingly illustrated by the story of "The First High Janitor." '
 AT THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL By Capt. Peter E. Wright; G. P Put | nam's Sons, Publishers, New York I City.
 l Captain Wright has written "At the l Supreme War Council" one of the 1 fairest, most authentic and most H. | luminating stories which has evel
 been written on this subject. l It is book which will shake America as it shook England. the au- thor knowing the intimate records being late assistant secretary of the supreme war council. participating In the conference of those over-lords of
 the great war, the supreme war coun- 1 cil members.
 i World secrets are barred and great ! regulations crumbled. Idols of BritaiT ] and of France, Haig, Robertson.' Mau- 1 rice and Petain are pictured as crea' lures of clay with Repington abet-
 ting their sorry projects. The illu' sion of allied numerical inferiority is
 shattered. Superior Tn numbers al
 most always the allied inferiority la. | in generalship alone (before Foch) says the author.
 Captain Wright lifts the veil. Logic statistics and apparent proof sub stsntiate his statements. Whether
 right or wrong, wise or otherwise certainly he is fearless. If my
 charges are false" he says, let then 1 sue me for libel. Then all the fact
 will come out
 F Lloyd George says: This Is tn best thing that has yet been writtel l about the war"
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WELC COMES YOU TO SFMI-CENTENNIAL

''The stage is all set for Birming- hams birthday party. Let's go" said Mir. Bowie. You have asked me to say something on the subieet for the readers of The Bir- mingham Age Herald. First, I want to testify to the really wonderful spirit of cooperation that animates the entire city. The people who say that Birmingham cannot get together do not know Birmingham. The semi centennial committee has experienced the finest spirit of cooperation imaginable. Everybody in every walk of life, rich and poor. have come and offered to us their best services. The difficulty has not been so much whom to accept as whom to decline
 Also the committee wishes to ae- knowledge it's gratitude to the splen- did citizenship of Alabama outside Birmingham who have, by their fine cooperation, shown that this is not merely Birmingham celebrating it's own fiftieth anniversary, but all Ala ba1na celebrating in a birthday party of the largest city in the state" said MT. Bowie.
 The week beginning tomorrow will be filled with Interesting events, l Of course the great feature will be the Presidents Day, when Warren c. Harding, President of the United States, will come here to testify to his interest in and his appreciation of this great city. and on that day
 Birmingham is going to turn her self loose to show honor that is due him who holds the highest executive position in all the world. The Presi- dent of the United States is chosen
 by the free vote Of tho people for the short term of four years, but dur ing that time he yields more power than any king or throne. We will 1 therefore, honor not morely the man.
 but the great office which he fills.' | "Of only less importance Is our fashion show, our auto show, our in dustrial show, all under q single tent 1 Unlike other attractions, these will l be open from a. m. until 1l.S0 p. m., during the entire week." he con l tinued. "The decorations and ap- appointments of this exposition are l the finest and most elaborate ever seen in the south. The displays rep 1 resent the very best products of our | business life, and our industrial ex- | hibits are q splendid mirror of our industrial growth and supremacy.
 But it Is more than an exhibition. It 1 will be animated in a brilliant man ner by the beautiful living models in the style show and the e7 queens of 1 Alabama chosen by a popular vote in
 each of the counties of the state. The
 models come direct from the Actors
 Equity association of New York, and
 at each performance will display in | artistic fashion the products of our
 millinery establishments and ready
 to-wear stores. The chosen queens
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his efforts and his loyalty In every direction toward it's success.
 There has not been an idle mo- ment with Mr. Bowie since the early days of the past summer, committee after committee being formed; de-
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nFIGUREs oF EARTHv

By James Branch Cabell. Robert M. Mcbride x Co.,, Publishers, New York City
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-15

Stop! Read! It will not be necessary for us to go into details relative to the high class merchan-
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md miss who has lived in or around

purchased here was the best money could buy.
 Purses and Hand Bag
 Department All $500 to $l l5.0O Hand Bags in all styles and @si,Inses:r materials. s1;.. $2.98 UP Ladies' Dress Department Big lot of Ladies Silk Dresses; values up t9 %dlas,se:. sz5,Oo. ,.;,. $4.98 Big lot of Ladies Dresses in all the latest styles; values up to 5000 co 60 Adjuster's price .-...-..--~ ~0'V0 Big lot of Ladies Dresses in all materials and styles; values up to $40.O0. c1E 70 AoJuster price ---.---------------------- Big lot of Ladies Dresses; all this seasons newest designs; values up to c1Q AQ $5OOO. Adjusters price - ~AO'1o
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Doors Are Barred The store is now closed to rearrange and re-nark tbie h;o stock and will remain
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Wanted 25 Sa|espeop|e
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not absolutely necessary. Apply in person at once. Ladies' Silk Underwear
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