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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-04

hospital" said Miss DeBardeleben a
few days ago when we were discus
sing it, my heart just aches for
there are SO many pitiful cases that
come up that only those of US
know who have been closely identi-
fled with the hospital and it's SPLEEN
did wonderful work.
Tin the first place imagine If you
can, twenty-five hundred little chill
dren being the beneficiaries of the
CT ildren's hospital since the year
1912. These cases covered almost
every known child's disease and have
been afforded the best advice and
care that good doctors and conscien-
tious nurses could furnish. Not only
are these children themselves bene-
fitted by hospital care and treatment,
but parents, relieved of the burden
of sick babies. have been enabled to
carry on their daily tasks, thereby
saving their families from further
calamities which so frequently fol-
low illness. The detention room and
contagious ward furnish helpful
safeguards for every child in Br-
mingham Records of all cases,
nature of the disease, treatment and
result are on file at the hosple
and open to the public.
THE doll bazaar which is given an
nually for the benefit of the Chill
dren's hospital" said Miss DeBar-
deleben, has become Birmingham
Institutional affair. We look for
ward to it just as we look forward
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mark of s25 and some years just $5.-
Realizing this. all of Birmingham
has worked for the bazaar this year as
never before. Each Doll Bazaar has
outshown the previous one, and this
year IL has been planed on scale
so large that when IL opens its
doors tomorrow it will display a
wealth of beautiful things undreamed
of by the workers In the first Doll
Bazaar"
There win be all sorts of beauti-
full fancy work, ornamental things as
well as practical; there will be house,
hold goods galore, home made pickles
and preserves, jellies and candles:
there will be lovely lampshades. and
laundry bags. dainty handkerchiefs
quilts and comforts and hand-em-
broidered linen towels, sheets, pillow
cases and table sets; there will be
grab bag for the children. conducted
by Mrs. Richard r. Stotlar in lovely
fancy costume-the big hoop skirted
Mother Goose gown decorated with
tiny pockets, which will form the
grab bag-a real novelty which the
children will love because it is so
original and so different, the gown
of a thousand pockets, each pocket
containing a surprise for the grab
ber"
In fact, I can't think of anything
as lovely as the Doll Bazaar is going
to be this year-it viii be so big and
so comprehensive and so wonderful"
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GERMANY,s FUTuRE

from the New Republic.
What Germany is being subjected
to is progressive weaving from any
confidence in central government.
one body of men after another I'M
dertakes to guide the fortunes of the
state, only to retire with a confession
of failure. Particularist tendencies
on the part of the several states be-
come more and more active The
great industrial organizations mani
fest more and more a disposition to
find lands for themselves. While the
unhappy central government wastes
itself in futile negotiations with the
allies the great Industrial corpora
tons consolidate their hold on the re-
sources of the country, establish for
themselves an international position
and make their preparations for the
future. And the future which they
envisage is not one OF a regenerate
Germany living meagrely and work
ing industriously through genera
ton to pay off the indemnity. The in
dustrial magnates of Germany do not
foresee that any considerable part OF
the indemnity will be paid. They
foresee a condition in which a central
government, visibly supported by for
eign arms will divert to foreign ac-
count such sums as would otherwise
go to civil administration and social
welfare, but incompetent to cut deep
ly into the stream of profits. They
foresee the reduction of the German
working population to a docile body
of serfs. rigdly controlled by foreign
bayonets, and more potently by the
power of capital over the food sup
ply. With such an instrument OF
production in their possession, the
German Industrial magnates look for
ward to brilliant prospect for them
selves in the international markets.
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LINCoLN,s CABINET

From Leaves From My Autobiogra-
ply" by Chauncey M. Depew. in
Scribners.
No President ever had cabinet of
which the members were so indepen-
dent, had so large individual follow
ings, and were so inharmonious. The
Presidents sole ambition was to Sc
cure the ablest men in the country
for the departments which he as
signed to them without regard to
their loyalty to himself One of Mr.
Stewards secretaries would frequent
ly report to me the acts of disloyalty
or personal hostility on the port of
Mr.. Chase with the lament, 1.-The old
man--meaning Lincoln-knows all
about it and will not do a thing"
l had long and memorable inter-
view with the President. AS l stepped
from the crowd in his reception room,
he said to me: what do you want?"
| answered, Nothing. Mr.. President,
| only came to pay my respects and
bid you good-by, as l am leaving
Washington" 1T is such a luxury"
he then remarked. ITO find a man who
does not want anything. l wish you
would wait until l get rid OF this
crowd"
When we were alone he threw him
self YEARLY on a lounge and was evil
IDENTIFY geratly exhausted. Then he
INDUCED rocking backward and
forward, in reminiscent review of
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THE BRIMMING CUP.

BY Dorothy Garfield Harcourt,
Brace G. Howe. Publishers, New
York City.
THE trimming Cup" is the story
of the few months that test a life.
The moment chosen is the period of
early maturity of a happily married
American woman of innate honesty
and wide culture. Into her home in
Vermont, with its lovely children and
fine and respected husband, and its
rich share in the problems and prog
ress of the neighborhood. comes an
other man who brings sudden fierce
questioning of all that she has taken
for granted as the order of life.
This is Dorothy Canfields most
striking book. and her large circle
of admirers will recognize the growth
of her art and the skill with which
she portrays not merely single life.
but the life of the whole community
in which her heroine's story is en-
bddded.
Dorothy Garfield is an American
of Americans. not merely by long de-
scent cher family came to America
in 1866 but by t. range of her
experience of the American scene, and
by the fntensification of her feel
ings that has come from wide Eu-
ropean culture. Her father, James
Hume Garfield, was a scholar, presi.
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different crises in his administration,
and how he had met them. In nearly
every instance he had carried his
point, and either captured or beaten
his adversaries by story so apt. so
on all fours. and with such complete
answers that the controversy was
over. l remember eleven of these
stories, each of which was q VIC
tory.
In regard to this storytelling. he
said: II am accused of telling a
great many stories. They say that 1t
lowers the dignity of the presidential
office, but l have found that plain
people repeating with emphasis
plain people), take them as you find
them, are more easily influenced by
broad and humorous Illustration
than in any other way. and what the
hypercritical few may think, 1 don't
care"
In speaking Mr.. Lincoln had a Pc
eullar cadence in his voice, caused by
laying emphasis upon the key-word
of the sentence.
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by the Children's Aid, as we'll as
those located by Miss Denny, the
visiting nurse. At present there are
two other diphtheria patients in the
ward besides the little Chicago girl.
one from Chattanooga and the other
is Birmingham child.
Like the highly dramatic in
stances in a play these cases hold
the interest of the general public
who seldom realize how much the
hospital has served in building up
the bodies of little under neurished
children. / believe it would be safe
to say that two thirds of the pa
tients in the hospital are there for
ills resulting from malnutrition.
Such things if allowed to go on
wreck not only the childs present
health. but If he manages to sur
vive, greatly impedes his develop
ment and he is handicapped in hi
future work. If you want healthy,
thriving city you must take care of
the babies.
What radiates more happiness
than a healthy baby? Out under a
tree in the middle of summer he
kicks his chubby feet in the warm
air and gurgles and COOS in rivalry
with the birds. In his small white
tub he splashes enough water to
drown the floor, but we laugh at
his establishment when it splashes in
his eyes. The fond mother leaves
him curled in sleep and goes about
her task with light heart and Joyous
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marry Eleanor Bartlett, little aristo-
crat with a Bohemian touch) who
wishes to be serious artist" Of the
stage.
With the hero returned dough-
boy who has been wounded, gassed,
decorated-and forgotten; the heroine
a thoroughly piquant young creature
surrounded by relatives whose
strongly differentiated characters are
book in themselves: with "Quin''
conquering the whole family by
methods peculiarly Cd his own, only
to find that his little star is COM
pletely at odds with her family
there is plenty of suspense; real SUI
spense, because we become genuinely
concerned about all these people. We
adore Papa Claude" magnificent ac-
tor of the old school; we have an I'M
holy joy in the defeat of Grand
mother" decidedly, a bad actor of
the school of tyranny; we feel ten
derby toward loving Rose, and to-
ward the pale. suppressed aunties
whom "Quin' leads to revolt.
All Mrs Rices own peculiar charm
of writing -manner, her sweetness of
heart and gaiety of spirit, are here
and employed on a more ambitious
scale and theme.
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One of the nice things about tho
doll bazaar and its annual date early
in December is that 1t always has
the benefit of some pretty and at
tractive gift from the star" who
opens the series of the "All Star Con-
certs."
Last year Mary Garden very gen
erously donated a beautiful dol,
which brought in dozens of brand
new dollars for the exchequer of the
bazaar and this season John McCor-
mack, whose first appearance in Bir-
mingham will be made on the after
noon of December IS, has very gra-
ciously sent word through his lovely
wife that the Mccormack" will do
nate handsome cushion.
Mrs. e. NJ. Mason has received n
charming letter from Mrs. McCor-
mack in which she says that she and
Mr.. Mccormack want to make a do
nation to the doll bazaar, and this is
the way Mrs. Mccormack expresses
it:
NO. 27o Park Avenue. New York
city, November 25.-Azs
MY Dear Mrs. Mason:
"Mr. Mccormack is away on tour
just now, but 1 am writing to say
that it will give us so much pleasure
to send you a cushion for the doll ba
Ear, in which we are greatly interest
ed. and we wish you every success
This little incident led up to a most
delightful talk l had the other day
with pretty Clara DeBardeleben, who
has done such splendid work this
year as chairman of feature public
ity" for the doll bazar, and whose
viewpoint of the situation is SO new
and fresh and youthful.
Miss DeBardeleben. who is one of
the most popular and charming girls
in town, certainly deserves a great
deal of praise and appreciation for the
faithful, loyal work she has done for
the doll bazaar, and | think everybody
who knows her realizes what won
deful girl she is and what her CO.
operation has meant to the bazaar this
year.
when I talk about the Children's
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Reading left to right, upper: A
glimpse of some of the dear little
tots over at the Children's hospital,
for which the doll bazaar is held an
nually. Center: Mrs. Richard R.
Stotlar in a lovely costume of orig
inal design, who will use her
Mother Goose Gown of Thousand
Pockets" for a "grab-bag" for the
youngsters at the doll bazaar. Upper
right: A trio of pretty nurses and a
trio of pretty babies whom you'll see
at the Children's hospital. Lower
left: Lovely Clara DeBardeleben,
who has done such wonderful work
for the doll bazar this year as
chairman of feature publicity"
Lower right: Another group of in
teresting little folk enjoying the
sunshine on the front steps of the
Children's hospital.-Miss Clara Dec
Bardeleben's photo by the Stephen
son studio and the groups" and
Mrs. Stotlar's photo by Baird, staff
photographer.
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"QUIN"

BY Alice Hogan Rice. The Century
Company, Publishers. New Yor.s
City.
"Quin," by Alice Hogan Rice, au-
thor of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch,' has created in "Quin" cen
trail character quite as engaging as
her delightfully."- amusing type-char-
acters, Mr.. Wigs ct al, while 1T is
a much more serious portrait of
growing human soul. 1t is, in fact,
the most serious piece of work Mrs.
Rice has yet done, though 1t is not in
her nature to add to the impressive
ness of book of hers by stolidity
and heaviness. Her style is always
graceful, accomplishing its ends with
tactful and delicate precision; 1t is
always blithe, with sudden buildings
of fun, while the minute accuracy OF
her observation would probably gain
even more credit if it were less finely
subdued and proportioned. Probably
an equal amount of acute observa-
ton left raw and extruding from the
texture of her work wound gain her a
first-class reputation as a modernisi
of the facts is facts" school. But
Mrs. Ricer first of all, always has a
story to tell and this is the story OF
"Quin."
"Quin' is young America. and his
story in it's essentials is that old
beloved one of the boy who achieves
mot merely money and power, but
the freedom of the world he cares
for. Ill-equipped for life in educa-
ton and training, with the most mea
gre of cultural backgrounds, he. has
within himself every quality for real
success and real happiness. He lis
very naive, deliciously funny and en-
tirely endearing in his efforts to live
up to the great destiny he has
chosen: to. be the man who shall;
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THE CITY SLEEPS,
BY Charles milford Robinson. I'll
Cornhiu COMPANY Publishers, 30

BY Charles milford Robinson. The
Cornhill Company, Publishers, Bos-
ton.
Selected from the writings of her
husband, these poems and short es-
says are presented in loving MEM
DRY of Mrs Robinson. The author is
we'll known through his earlier pub
lished works, but these graceful
lyrics and delicate prose paragraphs
are like the intimacies of friendship
extended to his readers after his
presence is withdrawn. They will re-
mind many friends of his very self
and will bring to them again his
wholesome, live, colorful imagination
as it expressed itself in tender or
humorous poems or in passage OF
philosophical or emotional thought.
They reflect such a harmonious and
serene mind and SO bright a nature
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From the washington star.

T T OH V0e W dsHIHBlUn Sldr.
Did that heckler annoy your"
Not bit" replied Senator Sorg-
hum. THE argument I was follow
ing up was getting a little bit COM
plicated for me, and L was rather
glad of an opportunity to turn my
end of 1t over to the police"
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THE STAIRWAY"

By Alice A. Chown. The cornhill
Company Publishers, No. IA Park
Street, Boston.
Alice A. 'Chown's story. The Stair
way" is the record of the people the
author meets as she climbs to view
point which Eliminates life for her.
She finds everywhere people longing
for freedom to express their craving
for beauty. for truth, for love; and
upon this universally growing rec
ignition that life is more than any
of the forms that contain 1T, she
builds her hope that the new spirit of
life now awakening will give birth
to new era of peace and good will.
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to Christmas and New Years and
any other epoch making period of
the calendar year, for it is through
this channel that most of the funds
for the hospital are collected, max
ing 1t possible for us to continue the
good work.
so many things come to mind as !
think of the Childrens hospital,
Miss DeBardeleben said. Just to
cite one instance: Can you picture
! a little mother moving her family
from Chicago to Birmingham, city
in which she has never been before
and knows no one. Scarcely does
she step off the train than she dis
covers that one of her brood has
that dread disease, diphtheria. 10
hotel or boarding house would take
her. Where could she turn? To this
mother the small gray isolation ward
just back of the main building of the
Children's hospital must in truth
have seemed a haven of refuge.
There her little girl is fast recover
ing while she completes her moving
and gets the rest of her family set
tied for the winter"
This little gray building Quilt by
Helen Woodruff's Mr.. Doctor Man
and the untiring efforts of Mrs.
Florence Tarrent) has played a
leading part in the prevention of
epidemics. Here all suspicious
ca ses - from the Mercy Home are
brought, and all such cases found
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By Katherine Haviland Taylor.
George W. Jacobs and Company.
Publishers PhfIadelnhia

~ INdlHtilHc ildNliduu 1dylOT.
George w. Jacobs and Company.
Publishers, Philadelphia
Suddenly transplanted from old
Virginia, with its hospitality and love
of tradition, Natalie Page, young,
pretty and unspoiled, finds herself
in New York in the home of her fash
ionable aunt.
Entertaining at pink teas is diff
cult for Natalie who was a base
bali pitcher of considerable renown
down south" and is accustomed to
more strenuous pastimes.
The restraint of polite society be-
coming unbearable, Natalie starts
things moving, attempts to speed up
her cousins love affair with disas-
trous results and becomes interested
in the various legends concerning the
famous Madam Jumel
Fate takes hand and Natalie finds
herself enmeshed in difficulties to
such an extent that an S. o. S. goes
out to good old S. K"
Humorously written with a deli
cate romance interviewer in the plot.
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that they make a human and com
panionable book for friend or strang-
er to the writer. The flavor of this
volume is that of a fine personality.
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LETTER BUCK"

BY Charles Wellington Furlong. IL
l,.rt,-atad p Rutnana,S Sons

BY Charles Wellington Furlong. IL
Illustrated. G. P. Putnam's Sons,
Publishers, New York City.
In Charles wellington Furlong' s
story, Let 'Er Buck" we find tale
of the passing of the old west, re-
markably illustrated from photo
graphs of bucking horses. cow-pony
races. roping wild steers. bulldogging
Texas longhorns, Indians, cowboys,
and old-time scouts as seen at the
famous annual cowboy carnival. the
roundup, held in Pendleton, Ore.
each September. Let Err Buck" will
delight every American who loves
out of door life and real sportman-
ship.
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"NEw HOMES FoR oLno-

By s. p. Breckenridge. Harper Bros,
Publishers, New York City.
When an immigrant fails in the
first steps of Americanization--t
finding of a place to live and the
making of home-it is your
churches, cooperative and civic So
cieties, your educators, settlement
workers. you yourselves, as neigh
bors, who have to repair the damage.
REIMBURSEMENT must be made to
American practices as they affect
husband and wife. parents and chill =
dren, family and industry, income
and expenditure, pupils and public
schools. Let New Homes for Old"
be your guide in assisting the immi-
grant to effect the change. 1t offers
constructive suggestions and gives
you complete resume of what has
already been accomplished.
What is your community doing to
help the immi grant reorganize his
life. and successfully make this tram
sition? This book, the sixth vol
ume of the Americanization Studies.
surveys the field of remedial and
constructive work already done along
these lines and offers valuable sug-
gestions for repairing the mistakes
of hitherto unsuccessful attempts AT
family readjustment.
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dent of two middle western univer-
stiles. and librarian of Columbia uni
versity. Most of her married life
(for she has been Mrs, John r. Fish
er since 1000 has been spent in the
old family home at Arlington, VT.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-06-23

Lime swIck and George stirrtt
sheepmen Of Monument arrived al
Heppner Sunday with their clips OF
wool which they disposed of 20 W W.
| Smead. getting a price Of Is cents per
[ pound Mr. Swick states that the man
who is now fixing up the road over
Sunfower fiat is entitled 20 much
praise for the splendid work he is do
| ing The road Is being placed in good
shape and should be fine for the rest
tof the season Like many others Of
Northern Grant, Mr Swick would be
glad to see a good, permanent road
| built out from Heppner to Monument
and should this be accomplished it
would be the means Of bringing a fine
trade to this city as it is the nearest
| railroad point for them. BY delay in
doing this. Heppner is losing out on a
lot OF trade that should come this way
in the opinion Of Mr.. swick and we be-
lieve he is right about it,
F. A. McMenamin, accompanied by
VIM Hendrix. made business trip
over to Condor on Friday last return
ing home by way OF Fossil and Spray.
He was greatly impressed with this
| interior country and having Mr.. Hen
dirk with him. no points Of interest
were overlooked, as the latter gentle
man has been very familiar with the
entire country covered by Gillian and
Wheeler and Morrow counties for the
past forty years, knows every oldtimer
and creek crossing A new settlement
is located on the mountain out this side
Of Spray. and tributary to Heppner
when decent road is made out there.
and Mr.. McMenamin was greatly sur
prised at the splendid showing these
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-06-23

Dr. Guy Boyden, for the past eight
years a practicing physician in Pendle-
ton and a member of the firm Of Boy
den and Royden. PHYSICIANS and sur
geons will in the latter part Of July
enter into a partnership with Dr. Frank
Kistner. ear, nose and throat special
list, Of Portland, according to announce
uent made today by Dr. Eoyden Dr.
and Mrs. Boyden, their two little
daughters and Mrs Mary Boyden, mo-
ther Of Dr. Boyden, expect 10 leave
Pendleton about the middle Of July
Dr. Boyden will have Offices with Dr.
Kistner, in the Stevens building Sat
urdays East OreEonian