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and American Naves Carried Our Army With Small Loss

regulations, and may more probably
draw serious attention to the neces
sity of organization and scientific
study; but unless the human race is
capable of being led into universal
error by the magic of bombast there
will be no doubt or debate about the
verdict OF history. The British fleet
fulfilled it's traditional work during
four years of a worldwide conflict on
scale never before known, 1t carried
great armies over sea, swept all the
oceans clear and shut UP the hostile
empire within an impossible barrier.
and retained from the first day to the
last that control which is a vital con-
dition of our national existence. In
cidentally it broke the enemy's high
sea fleet In the battle of Jutland.'
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The rapid rise Of Miss Anzia Ye-
zierska from the obscurity OF the
sweat shop 10 her present literary
prominence is as dramatic and In
tensely American as one Of her own
stories. Like Conrad. she learned the
English language after she was grown
up. as her early home also was in
Poland. But this difficulty OF Ian
guagc, like many others that might
seem insurmountablc, was overcome
by her sheer force Of genius. The mo-
tion picture rights of her recent book
of short stories. Hungry Hearts" has
been sold TO the Goldwyn Company for
an impressive check in five figures,
which Is perhaps n more telling tribute
to Miss Yezierska's work than the law
ish praise which Il has been receiving
from our critics Miss Yezierska has
gone TO Hollywood, Cal, to superin-
tend the production.
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Of the renowhed caliph OF. Bagdad. for
In IL he finds a corpse.
Thereupon he seeks to penetrate the
mystery with such slight clues as he
has, and he is assisted by a ravishing
daughter Of South America. He is en-
tangled in the whirl Of revolution and
counter revolution. and his final sue
cess affects the fate of a little country
whose shores he has never seen. The
frenzied politics of the Latin Ameri-
cans has given an opportunity for
many fictitious heroes. but Mr.. Foot
ner has real knowledge OF the way
the Latin American lives in New York
city. His portraits of the conspirators
have as much reality az his pictures
of taxi drivers, and that is saying
good deal.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

President Wilson. author of some
ten books i'm addition TO his History
of the American People" has learned
the recent elections, that he must va
cate. His new home I'm Washington.
to which he will move at the expira-
ton of his term, is being remodelled
to provide accommodations for what
is said 10 he the largest and best Sc
lected library of any President.
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New Books
Fiction.

MADAME GILBERT'S CANNIBAL-
BY Bennett Copplestone. Dutton.
SWEET STRANGER-By Berta Ruck.
Dodd Mead
MONTAGU WYCHERLY-By L. Allen
Harker. Scribners.
MEET MIR. STEGG-By Kennett Har-
ris. Holt.
THE CURTAIN-By Alexander Mac
farlan. Dodd. Mead.
BY THE GODS BELOVED-By Baron
ess Orczy. Dodd. Mead.
THE DON QUIXOTE OF AMERICA:
THE STORY OF AN IDEA-By
Charles Hemstreet. Dodd, Mead.
THE HARE-By Ernest Oldmeadow.
Century.
THE PIPES OF YESTERDAY-By
Frederic Arnold Hummer and Mary
Christian. Century.
THE HAPPY FOREIGNER-By Enid
Bagnold. Century.
History and Public Affairs.
GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES-By John
Hays Hammond and jeremiah w.
jerks. Scribners.
FRENCH CIVILIZATION FROM ITS
ORIGINS TO THE CLOSE OF THE
MIDDLE AGES-By Albert Leon
Guerard. Houghton, Mifflin.
WHILE EUROPE WAITS FOR PEACE
BY Pierrepont B. Noyes. Macmillan.
MUST WE FIGHT JAPAN?-By Walter
B. Pitkin. Century
Social Science.
QUICKsANDs OF YOuTH-By Frank
lin Chase Hoyt Scribners.
Essays.
ARIOSTO. SHAKESPEARE AND COR
NE1LLE-By Benedetto Croce. Trans
lated by Douglas Ainslie. Holt
SOME ESSAYS OF GOLF COURSE
ARCHITECTURE-By II. s. Colt and
c. III. Alison. Scribners.
THE ART OF LETTERS-By Robert
Lynd. Scribners.
Health.
HEART DISEASE: ITS CARE, CURE
AND PREVENTION-By ]. II. Honan.
Dodd Mead
OPTIMISTIC MEDICINE-By a Former
Insurance Man. Philadelphia: f. A.
Davis Company.
VITAMINES: ESSENTIAL FOOD FAC
TORS-By Benjamin Harrow. Dutton.
Religion.
LESSONS IN MEDITATIoN-By Edith
Armstrong Talbot. Dutton.
Juvenile.
THE GOLDEN APPLE TRBE-By
Virna Sheard. McCann.
Business.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF RETAIL
SELLING-By Ruth Leigh. Appleton.
TRADE TESTS: THE SCIENTIFIC
MEASUREMENT OF TRADE PRO-
FICIENCY-By j. Crosby Chapman
Holt.
PsychicaI Research.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THOUGHT
AND FEELING-By Charles Platt.
Dodd. Mead.
THE PROBLEMS OF PsYCHICAL RE-
sEARCH-By Hereward Darlington.
Dodd, Mead
SUGGESTION AND AUTosUGGEs-
TIoN-By Charles Baudouin. Dodd.
SPIRITUALISM: A POPULAR HIS
ToRY-By Joseph McCabe. Dodd
Mead.
DREAM PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHIC
ANALYSIS FOR BEGINNERS-By
Prof. DIR. Sigmund Freud. Translated
by NJ d. Eder. McCann.
Travel.
SAILING SOUTH-By Philip :. Marden
Houghton. Mifflin.
THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP: AN
ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO THE
WEST INDIES-By Sir Frederick
Treves. Dutton.
HoSPITABLE ENGLAND IN THE
SEvENTIES-By Richard Fl. Dana.
Houghton, Mifflin.
Miscellaneous.
SCENARIO WRITING TO-DAY-By
Grace Lytton. Houghton. Mifflin.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Reviewed by
STANTON A. COBLENTZ.

II civilization has been responsible
for the mitigation OF many diseases,
there is at least one malady for whose
very existence it is to blame. And
that is an illness which is daily be-
coming more prevalent, and which is
severe in direct proportion to the COM
plexity of civilization. "Nervose
troubles" says Mr.. Loosmore, in the
opening chapter of his book
ARE steadily and increasingly fasten-
ing themselves upon an ever-growing
number of the best and most active
lives"
The rush, the roar, and the rumb-
ling of subways, the whirring of
motors, the jangling of bells. the
screeching of whistles may be out
ward signs of civilization but they
are also signs of that which is lead
ing thousands into the doom of ner-
vous breakdown. In the natural
world, as the author points out. there
is nothing to parallel the breakneck
speed and the exhausting strain of
modern life; nature herself is a living
protest against nervous disorder
there is a wonderful absence of strain
in nature" an absence = = of anxi-
ETY. and fear for tomorrow" And
it is precisely that strain and that
anxiety which is rendering impotent
many of what otherwise might be our
most capable minds; this Is another
indictment against the turbulence Of
IND cfrfo nd hn
modern city life.
Nerves and the Man" is in large
part a consideration OF nervous break
down, its causes and it's remedies. AS
such, it is valuable not only for the
actual sufferer from nervous disorder,
but for all whose life is such as to
necessitate precautions against such
disorder. Furthermore, it contains a
warning to those who may be instru-
mental in bringing nervous trouble
to their associates, and I'm particular
TO the children under their control
Experience goes to prove" says
Mr.. Loosmore. that lifelong harm is
not infrequently done by the harsh
treatment to which children are some
times subjected" In particular. he
indicts the public school system. de-
claring that through their agency
seeds have been sown which, i'm later
years. under strain or pressure, have
issued In nervous disorders" Incl
dentally, he condemns the practice of
cramming, "the notion that the mind
is kind of chest into which as much
as possible has to be packed" and de-
clares that ii is not only bad in its
nervous effects but destructive to
thinking.
Next he proceeds to make a few re-
marks regarding fear. stating that
'the fears of childhood are rarely
forgotten and that through fright
occasioned by tales of the "bogie-man."
ogres. witches, etc. violence of such
nature is committed as can never be
undone, and which may mean n
permanent handicap In years to come"
on the other hand. observes the
author. IL children are kept by dis
cipline and kindness within the bounds
OF common sense they may often be
saved from those nervous disorders
which lie In wait for most OF US in
later years"
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Night Adventures in New York

life anew in London as a cab driver.
He goes into a saloon on the water
front for final drink. There he meets
a detected looking taXicab driver. The
two enter into conversation and the
hero solves his difficulties by buying
the taxicab He is sure that he knows
little New York better than London.
In buying this taxicab the hero enters
on an adventure equal to any of those
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the armistice was signed November IL
a total of 2,079,SS0 men had been
transported in 1,142 troopship sailings.
OF these the navy transports carried
911.0 .047, other United States ships A.
5S4; British ships, 1.006 9S7, and other
foreign ships the remaining $50 per
cent. The total percentage carried by
American ships was 1926 per cent
an astonishing total
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Reviewed by JOSEPH F. GOULD.

In "The Owl Taxi" Mr.. Hubert
Footner wears the mantle of o. Henry.
1t is the book which that master in
tended to write, novel Of life in old
New York. In excellence of plot it
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
THE As,ATrc REVIEW.

II you wish to be up to date In Asiatic mat
ters (now so vital to Amerlcal subscribe 10
above publication, issued quarterly, al only
81. BUSINESS propagation. Political condi-
tions. Literature and general Information.
From Brcntano's. Stechart, Stevens Brown.
Special article by newly appointed Chinese
MLmiainr- 90 MnshmGInn.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Reviewed by II. L. PANGBORN.

by NlCe-ACniral ALBERT GledNeS.
. George H. Doran Company.
Reviewed by II. L. PANGBORN.
stnce Il Is automatic that an army
three thousand miles from the battle
front, with an ocean intervening, Is
not Of much use, It was clear from
the nrst that the transport service
was the one most vital link in the
chain of American war efficiency.
The splendid result of the draft would
have been nullified had the navy and
the transport service broken down
seriously at any point. Moreover. the
task was one of such colossal magni-
tude that there was abundant reason
for the German belief that it could not
be done But it was done. and done
with an efficiency that entities it to
rank as "one of the greatest achieve
ments in the annals of history"
In the flood Of war books, histories
and personal "reminiscences compara-
lively little has been written of this
primary service. Hence Admiral
Gleaves's book is peculiarly acceptable,
especially as no one is better qualified
to tell the story. He was commander
of convoy operations 1917-191S. He
has also done we'll in giving the mar
rative largely in the words of indi-
vidual participants. "At sea almost
constantly" he writes, "in the severest
weather that has swept the Atlantic
Ocean for many years. these master
mariners of the United States lived
up TO the highest traditions of the
sea, and brought credit to their coun-
try. For the most part this story is
told by them, in their own words. and
so far as possible taken from their
official reports"
While British aid, and especially the
use of British shipping, is not to be
minimized it must be remembered
that, as Admiral Gleaves points out,
"the task of breaking the U-boat
blockade in the Atlantic naturally be-
came the immediate. mission of the
United States Navy" The work was
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NERVES AND THE MAN BY W.
Charles Loosmore. George H. Doran
Company
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AUTOGRAPH Letters Of Famous People
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They Put Our Army Across

A HISTORY OF THE TRANSPORT
SERVICE: ADVENTURES AND EX-
PERIENCES OF THE UNITED
STATES TRANSPORTS AND
CRUISERS IN THE WORLD WAR.
BY vice-Admiral Albert Gleaves.
George II. Doran COMPANY.
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A British Naval Optimist

A NAVAL HISTORY OF THE WAR
BY Sir Henry Newbolt- George H.
Doran Company.
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THE OWL TAXI BY Hubert Footner.
George III. Doran Company.
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CURED. He declared himself dissatis-
fled with all the work produced be-
fore he was seventy. He really had
hopes of making some progress in the
eighties and looked forward conf
IDENTIFY to penetrating into "the es-
sential being of all things" when. he
was ninety. And he was right. for at
that age he died.
The New York herald., 1921-02-20

SCENARIO WRITING TO-DAY-B
Grace Lytton. Houghton. Mfflin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Weekly Cotton Review
RY Associatcd Press

lSy aSSOclaIcO ITeSS
 New Orleans, January 16.-It was a week of advancing prices in the cotton market, mainly because of the strength of the January position and the marked improvement in the market for finished goods. Higher prices came at the mid de of the week, when the trading months were 113 to 194 points over the last prices of the preceding week, with January up to 15. 75c and March up to 16c. Last prices for the week showed net gains on contracts of 9S to l0l points. with January at l5 .22c and March at 5.5lc. In the spot department prices gained 100 points on middling in the net results, the last quotation being l5c. The spectacular feature of the week was the movement of cotton from tho south to New York to be rendered on January contracts there. On Thursday cearances for New York from this port amounted to S,469 bales, and there was a total coastwise movement on that day of 139S7 bales Rumor had it that 240OO bales of freight room had been booked out of New Orleans for New York, and the total movement of cotton from va rious southern points to New York in time for tender this month was Va riously estimated all the way from 4O,- con bales up to 10000.
 :, The improvement in the dry goods sit uation was generally regarded as the
 most constructive development of the week. Many southern mills were report ed to have started up on Monday on full time schedules, New England cloth mar kets reported the largest sales in months and higher prices, and a larger turn {! over were noted in other wholesale mar kets of the country, while cables from
 England stated that Manchester was do- N ing a better business with both China and India, and that there was a broader
 inquiry at higher prices for cotton yarns.
 This week the January deal will be watched with increasing interest. for as | the expiration of the present spot po- sition draws near more or less excite ment is anticipated. The various rumors of this last week. all without founda- ton, apparently. of lack of warehouse ] srace in New York. and of this or that { firm settling it's January contracts. in- dcated what may be expected as the ! liquidation of the position is being ac- I complished, Of possibly more interest will be the development in the cotton goods markets and any further improve ment in prices or increases Tn the amount of business done is dkely 10 ere 1 ate scenes of activity and excitement around the contract ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
ATLANTA RESERVE BANK

Statement of resources and liabilities a. the close of business January II. 192. :
 Resources: Gold coin and certificates r. vault, $s,62S, ,352.11; gold settlement fund. g.. PIG, ,9t265: gold with foreign agencies, Sl1S.S 800; gold with federal reserve agent, sGe. AIS, $40; gold redemption fund, SS,ao2. : 31G.54: total gold reserve, $S1 ,335. .25l So, legal tender notes. silver, etc, $3,2fS,1o' total reserve, $S4, ,5S3, ,951.30; bills discount ed. secured by government obligations. ssS. .67. .922 4S; all other sS9 l6S .0O4.Ol biHs bought in open market, ss,629.S3i.7o: total bills on hand. $131. .265,7 ,75S.24; United states government bonds. S11S,65o; United States Victory notes. $2,S00: United states cer- tifcates of indebtedness, $l6.66o 492.94; to- tai earning assets. s14S. 701.1S: banking house. s5H, ,3s9. .5S; uncolected items and other deductions from gross deposits, ss4S34 73O.41; . per cent fund against red eral reserve bank notes, $519.550; all other resources, $lS6 53s.o4; total resources S26S. .713sS61. .5i.
 Liabilities: Capital paid in, Sl0S8,so0; surplus, $s343, 465.31 government depos- It's. Sl57, ,669O2; due to members, reserve account s4S, ,277. .6l415; deferred avallabil- ity items, s2l, ,c26. .7oS fl: other deposits. in cluding foreign government credits sso2. .O4S.60; total gross deposits, $10,S6i. O4o1S: federal reserve notes in actual cir culation. $169,9l3, ,190; federal reserve bank notes in actual circulation, $15,0l7,65o' all other liabilities, $9S1 566.V2; total ia- bilities $26S, ,713, ,861.5l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
WEEKLY METAL

New York, January 16-The steel mar ket showed little or no expansion. Oc- casionally fair-sized orders are placed.
 put on the whole the extent of new bookings is not encouraging. Steel cor poration orders dropped S73000 tons in De- cember, although they are now running about 90 per cent of capacity on old or ders Independent mills are running very light Buyers are awaiting more general
 business improvement and show lack of confidence in present prices, partly increased by foreign competition. Pig iron is dull and weak. No improvement is shown in demand, while furnaces are anxious for business and offers continue to be made through second hands.
 Copper is decidedly firmer, with a bet ter business for home consumption based on a more optimistic view of business
 conditions. An advance in foreign eX-
 change rates has been accompanied ry
 reports of increased export sales. lr IS estimated that over 20000,000 pounds have been sold since January 1, mostly to EnS- land France and Germany, at around l5
 cents at shipside. Rumors are current that dealers are short considerable metas
 here and the improvement is said 70 have brought out offerings of lake cop pers by producers who have been out CT the market for some time. The Decen- Der output is placed at around 9o,Ooooo rounds, with home meltings estimated at 70,OO0,0O0 pounds.
 Lead has reflected an improved de mand with dealers asking as high as Fl
 cents. or one-half cent above the quo tations mainta. a.ned oy big producers. Tin is in poor demand Future ship' ments are hold higher on account of the strength in straits, but the violent changes in sterling have had an unset ting influence.
 Zinc slightly firmer on speculative buying, although consuming demand lew. Anthony was more active for futur' delivery, but dull on the spot, the uiioer- tone being steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
RETIRING JURIST HAS
 CLEARED DOCKET FOR
 JUSTICE B. M. MILLER

Montgomery. Jan. fspecial.)- Decisions were handed down by the su- preme court Saturday In four cases and a ruling on an application Tor re- hearing in one case was made In order that the desk of Associate Justice Joel B. Brown may be cleared Monday, when he retires in favor of Judge B. M. Miller, who was nominated in the primary May 1S. The decisions were in cases of no general interest. They follow.
 Brown. J--Demis Beech alias vs. state, Washington circuit court, af- fired; Alto Burch ct al vs. J A. Driver. Geneva circuit court in equity, re- versed and rendered.; Jesse Smith vs. H. C. Murphree Blount circuit court, affirmed; ex parte c. Kuykendall ere Kuykendall vs. state), petition for certiorari to court of appeals, writ denied. Ruling on rehearing-John T. Steele. receiver vs. J. H. Booker, Mon roe circuit court, application over ruled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Weekly Financial Review
By Associated Press

New York, January 16-The customary
 January rise" which marked the early days of the new year in the securities market, experienced moderate reversal
 before the end of the first fortnight, due
 chiefly to a change in the technical sit
 uation.
 stocks Of The more speculative variety,
 especially those which featured the first
 weeks bewildering movement, fell back and were less active after it became evi-
 dent that the short interest had found it
 expedient to retire.
 Yet another reason for the reaction of the current week was found in tia failure of the public to re-enter the ma--
 l;et. There were only sporadic signs Of a revival of outside interest and these were confined to the bond market, in- cluding the latest corporate offerings. Industrial conditions. as applied to the steel industry, have undergone no change for the better, according to the adverse December tonnage report of the United States Steel corporation. More recent surveys made by qualified authorities re- 1 fer doubtfully to the immediate future of l the industry.
 That the directing forces of the coua- l trys leading industrial and merchan lis l ing concerns are committed to a policy cf extreme caution was again demonstrated ! by the substitution of scrip and stock
 dividends for cash payments by the Sears-Roebuck and Wilson Packing com 1 panies.
 1 The most significant development was i the fall of call loans to per cent, th!' change being effected largely by offer | ings from interior sources at 5, Az and even 4 per cent. Time funds relaxed 10 | 6A per cent, that rate being occasionally
 scaled to per cent on prime collateral 1 Principal foreign exchange rates re- i flected financial and political conditions 1 in Britain and France, with sympathetic reactions at other European centcrs. II l is known that loans to Switzerland an.i other central nations, also to Sout1 1 American countries, are under active dis icussion and that readjustment of impend- ing maturities by England and France coptemp1ated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
BANK SHOWS PROGRESS
First National of Andalusia Re-elects
 Officers and Directors

Andalusia, Jan 16.-( Special )-The stockholders of the First National hank held their annual meeting yester- day. The report of the president,
 E Henderson, showed the bank had a good year. The stockholders re- elected the board of directors. They are A. C. Darling. T. F. Henderson. w. r. Simmons, C. E. Mathews, J. D. Henderson, Fox Henderson. F. k. Fragin. H. J. Law and c. $. O'Neal. All officers were elected as follows }: TT. E. Henderson. president; A. .. Darl- ling and w. r. Simmons, vice-pres
 dents; sc D. Bean, cashier; D. L. IO'Neal, assistant cashier. At this meet ' ing the capital and surplus was in- creased to approximately s250.000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Daily Financial Gossip
Fly HOLLAND

New York, January 16.-(Special.) )--
 For a little while the offices in which
 the newly organized Foreign Trade
 Financing corporation will be estab- , lished until permanent offices can be
 secured are established upon one of
 the highest floors in an office build
 ing of lower Broadway, New York This speedy election of temporary quarters makes it clear that this or
 ganization does not propose to delay
 those trade financing operations for which it was organized
 The hope is strong that the capital
 stock of this organization, s100, ,000, 900, will be so widely absorbed by the pub lie that it will be recognized as truly national institution. There is no doubt about the stock finding a mar
 ket for it has already been under written Whatever may be the effect upon foreign trade of revitalizing of the vast
 finance commission which Congress has authorized by overriding the veto , of President Wilson, there is no doubt about the value to our foreign trade of the establishment of this private and voluntary organization whose sole purpose is to facilitate by the grant, ing of credits and in other ways the
 marketing of American goods in other countries.
 All of the authorities are convinced
 that our foreign trade can be main tained and increased provided only there De reasonable and yet adequate credit facilities of which those who are ready and eager to buy American com odities can avail
 James s. Alexander is quoted as hav- Ing said that our industrial machine simulated by five prosperous years, is
 now geared to supply large export trade while al the same time the for eign markets continue to demand enormous quantities of our surplus