The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-14
FOR WRITER'S AND READERS

Survival OF the Fattest" and others
of Mr.. Cohen's best negro stories.
Magazines find that the very, very
short story Is a hard thing to secure.
Brief Stories" formerly the Little
Story Magazine" is publishing some
unusually good stories of this type
The Awakening" by Mrs. Alice AL
lison Lide of Richmond. is one of the
best stories which ever appeared in
that magazine.
II is no easy thing to tell a real
story and condense it into the num-
Der of words required by Brief
Stories There are but few writer's
who can do 1t, and Mrs. Lide is to be
congratulated on The Awakening"
1t is a known fact that this story has
been used as a model of the perfect
short story by more than one writer
who has been asked for assistance by
beginners. There is everything-in II
that goes to make up a story, and the
climax is one of the most surprising
ever written.
Salvage of Golden Bell" another
story by Mrs. Lide, appeared in the
Southern Ruralist; Her Emotional
Conservation" was published by
Classmates; THE Surprises" by Play
mates; "ssji" by the Montreal Star.
Mrs. Lide contributes regularly to
Farm Facts, Progressive Farmer,
Woman's Weekly and others.
Whether one knows anything about
football or not, he will enjoy Henry c.
Vance's story. THE Boomeringers," in
the current issue of Peoples Maya
zine.
Henry c. Vance has never written
a story which was not unusual--the
chances are he never viii. And 1t Is
an absolute certainty that such
stories as this one are, within a short
time, going to place his name up
among the real big writer's of the
United States.
There are many surprises In the
story, but the biggest one comes right
at the end--a surprise which Is in
deed q. surprise and one which con-
tains great deal of humor.
Cars Teeth" in the December 10
issue of Adventure magazine. proves
the color of an Indians blood, and
does many other things which the
reader will find interesting.
This story is by Ray McGilllvray of
Chronicle, and is written by man
WV hhCNS ilOW " MAitt buCH bNOIloS
Mr.. McGillivnay is one of the few
writer's who can take the reader
along with him on his adventures
His work shows that he knows what
he is writing about; that he knows of
the things he puts on paper
Cars Teeth" is not only a good
story; 1t Is told as good story should
be told. From the first line the
readers interest Is Intrigued, and
never for one instant Is there a
thought in the mind except those be-
Ing placed there by the author. The
story is so told that the reader be-
comes a character in It, a real, neces-
sary part of the yarn.
An author who believes that writer's
will receive more recognition from
magazine editors II they will write,
not of old traditions, but of the peo-
pie about them as they are living to.
day, has gone far along the road to
success.
Such a writer Is Mrs Katherine
Hopkins Chapman of Selma, whose
work has appeared in McClure's Navy
Life, Southern Womans $agazlne,
Grit and others. Several of Mrs.
chapman's books have been pub
lished.
Mrs. Chapman recently delivered a
lecture on short story writing at the
Alabama Technical Institute and Col
lege for Women at Monteyallo. and
gave the students some interesting
facts on this subject.
Like many others who ehave made
a success of writing, Mrs. Chapman
has other work to do. She Is wife
and mother. her husband a practiclng
physician. and must contend with un-
reliable servants, yet finds time to
write stories with present-day appeal,
and what is more, gets them into
print.
Among her work is "A Queer Dis
tinction," THE Moulting Sea Gull"
and others.