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moro obstacles than any other class of men, but I suppose every man thinks that. It is true that tho evil one uses his heaviest artillery in his attack upon the ministers, because in them he recognizes his greatest foes. Like tho good general that he Is, he hurls his strongest phalanxes against his bitterest enemies.
 "You have asked mo to recount the difficulties of tho young minister. After an experience of six years in this great work l can say that there have been far more pleasant things than hard things, and I love the work with all my heart. Yet there have been some hard things many of which seem very humorous to mo now that I can see things in their true proportions after these years Of experience.
 Ills First Sermon
 "when preached my first ser- mons there were many curiosity seekers in my audiences. They were looking for the green young man to make mistakes, and they were ready to laugh when he did. This lack of sympathy from soma made it g bit hard at first. It was hard to face an audience at first, and sometimes my knees smotc one against another, because lacked confidence In my self Sometimes I have forgotten the best point In my oueIine, my mind would be an utter blank, and though have never had to give up and come down out of the pulpit like some have heard of yet have had to jump to some point near the end of the outline and come back to tho one I had forgotten. Learning to speak naturally was very hard for me.
 q had been accustomed to de- clamations in the oollece contests and my first sermons were memorized and acclaimed. I found 1t very hard to look people straight in the eyes. and speak in a natural way to them. One morning after preaching a mem orized sermon in worry oratorical manner a lady came to me, grasped my hand, and with feeling, said; That was Q darling sermon
 Experiences In Reyiyals
 q have had some funny exps-
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BY MGNoN ffAL.I-, ]
@KXa ESSNkA ILLUSTRATED BY ENocH WILLIAMS

Again. Hob is welcomed into the E.iberton home like son. He acci- dentaily encounters the red-haired girl again with Annette. Disregard ing her desire that he let her alone, Bob wordlessiy. frankly idolizes her. She decides she will leave town rather than encounter him. She does not realize he loves her. Bob's sick mother mysteriousiy disappears. He cannot find any trace of her.
 Meanwhile, Annette announces Mary's engagement and approaching marriage to McAilister.
 Then Bob hastens to send 10 Mary Q deed to the house he promised to give her, and to plead. anonymously. in the name of the little boy he was long ago, that she postpone her marriage until he may speak to her.
 Chapter I5
 Bob was afraid to go to Mary's house-and afraid not to.
 All sorts of wild ideas entered his head.
 If he might accidentally slump into her on the street dark night when she was in desperate trouble!
 At the latter thought he was com pelled to laugh at himself
 What in the world would Mary Trevor be doing upon dark street some night alone?
 There was nothing to be done ex. cept literally to go to Mary's home
 It was the decent. circumspect thing to do.
 And so, memorable afternoon. he set his car in the direction of the Trevor home, his emotions more tur- bulent than they would have been if he had actually been going to his own execution.
 In Suspense
 AS in moments of great suspense. the world seems to reel little. Bob scarcely could keep the car in a straight line. It veered drunkenly.
 Had not love ran along ahead with eager feet, and great desire and a prayer, Bob felt is if the ordeal would have been too great to under take
 He was utterly unable to think what he was to say. There was so much to tell once he got started. He feit that he must be governed by circumstances.
 Reaching Mary's home, he fairly sprang from the automobile and
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What mas happened before

What has happened before;
 The story de.ls with Rlrmingham's future.
 Robert Landon. at 14. begins t awake to young manhood. The son of poor woman, he does not lead an envlabie existence; but citizen ship and what it means awakes in his soul. Aloud, he vows that he will he great man.
 A red-haired child hears him, and much to Bob embarrassment, speaks out and encourages the idea. He loses her after boyish promise he will make good for her sake. An automobile syhisks her away before he learns her name.
 Bob becomes m architect and real estate man. He plans to build q series of giant electrical figures above the city which will be mag nificent to look upon from the top of Red mountain. Twinkiing lights, he feels, are tame. He hopes to see only castles, municipal buildings, houses of God, vast auditoriums, statues, public and state buildings erected along Rcd mountain's crest all of them to be of stone and marble. Their spires, turrets, towers and artistic beauty. he feels, would forever be an inspiration when Bir- mingham citizens and visitors lifted their eyes to look upon them. A broad and magnificent thOroughfare should traverse the mountains top. He thinks colonial types of houses belong rightly to southern cIimeS- not western bungalows--and builds his towns in this style.
 One day, on the street, he sees the red-hsired girl again. but once more she escapes him. In seeking her he accidentally meets Annette Kingston young society girl. Mary witnesse. the meeting, without recognizing Bob. Mary is being pressed to marry Herbert McAilister.
 BOb persuades Mir. Eiberton, prom incnt ffnancier. to come to Birming- ham and build n home from his draw ing of the ghost house. He finds n child model for his main electrical figure. He and Annette become great friends. Having seized dog on the street, which proves to be Mary Trev0r's. the red-haired girl announces desire never to see Rob
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E0nAGXus AmDIttaH&
 Just after the Rev Mir. Pitts grad uated from college few years ago. not more than two or three yeara certainly not moro than five or six, l had the pleasure of writing a story about him.
 That was when he was occupying the pulpit at St. Johns Methodist church. and at the tlms I predicted that this same young man. modest, ambitious. godiy and true. would make his mark in tho Christian world. and he has fulfilled my predic- tions more than amply.
 I think I quoted about the Rev. Mir. Pitts then what the great Pitt said to walpole about the atrocious crime of being a young man." and 1t is still applicable because the young minister in question Is yet in his youthful days, stalwart. strong in his youthful beliefs. and faithful and loyal; sincere and earnest in his youthful ambitions.
 short time ago l asked the Rev. Mir Pitts 10 tell me about "the young minister's many obstacles and diff culties during his first years as preacher" and he graciously ac- suiesoed.
 The theme appealed to him because he has Just passed through those dif- ficult years; indeed, I might say pre- oisely that he is yet passing through them, and he realizes conditions as few others, for 1t Is all so vivid In his mind-the many trials and tribu- lstions that beset the young minister.
 Rev. Mr. Pitts Talks
 In speaking of the problems and how to overcome obstacles and diff eulties In the first years of the young minister's lifo the Rev. MT. Pitts said; "Ever since Hercules chose to take the rough path that led to the de- lectable heights of immortality, every young man entering upon his life's work has had to take the hard and stony path If he would rise to any heights Of influence and prominence. The young minister is no exception. Sometimes I think he has to face
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purple cadences; an instant swagger in the midst of litany to death.
 John Dos Passos left America as seon as "Three Soldiers was accept ed. He turned to a totally new side of genius. "Rosinante" is book of vivid co1oring, odors, sensations, hot sunlight and thick wine. The art, the poetry, the literature of Spain are summed up between chapters cf the adventuring and chance friend ships of two young nren Lyaeus the gay roisterer. out for life and more life, and Telemachus upon whom rests solemnity and the foresight that prevents any full savoring of the moment, in earnest quest of that gesture that always evades him. Spain, land cf individualists. of poverty, disease and causual death: of ignorance, portesquerie, and rev olution; of the enjoyment of life for it's own self; of visionaries and sen sualists, he expresses in word pias lures, in character sketches, satire. love tales and direct analysis.
 "Rosinante to the Road Again" is the answer to the questions concern in Three Soldiers; is it propaganda, right CT wrong, or is it an artistic achievement? Here is proof of John Dos Passos' artistic genius. a lasting brilliance.
 THE GARDEN OF MEMORIES" By Henry St. John Cooper. George
 H. Doran company, publishers, New York city.
 ''rhe Garden of Memories" Is a re- freshing light romance of an old gar den and the strange influence a love affair of long ago may have upon the present.
 Mir. Cooper is an Englishman whose first great success was a novel call ed Sunny Ducrow.' quickly followed by James Bevanwood. Baronet." His distinctive quality is the ability to portray quaint Dickensonian charac- teIs. He comes by his genius very naturally as he is nephew of the late William Clark Russell and his father also wrote novels the best known being The Ring of Gyges." Mr. Cooper spends much of his ieis- ure time breeding bulldogs and has twice bred the champion.
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REV. U. s. PITTS AND TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH

riences holding revival meetings in the country. have been entertained
 in the homes of the well.to-do, and
 also in the homes of the very poor,
 and I have had my share of fried
 chicken. One night I was enter tained in a one-room hut After the
 usual conversation around the fire
 side, the host whispered into my ear that I was to sleep in certain bed in one corner. The family (there were five in the family), went out
 and I retired. Then the father came in, turned out the light. He was followed by the others who went to
 bed In the dark, and we all slept in the same room, I in one corner, and they in another. They were up the next morning at 4 o'clock, and had
 me up for breakfast at five. have
 preached with babies lying on pal-
 lets all around me. Sometimes one would begin to cry. and that would arouse all the others, and I had to preach mighty loud to be heard. NAOaJ heNO cN
 miles to fill an appointment at an old
 church that was built long before the Civil war. After one of these trips would be sore for two or three days. In one of my first revivals
 while I was preaching one morning
 an old lady began shouting. She leaped up shouting the praises of God, and calling on others to repent
 of their sins. It so disooncerted me
 that could hardly finish my dis course. I appreciate tho zeal of
 those who shout, but I was very young then, and I was not used to
 that kind of religious expression. Watched With Eagle Eye
 "A young minister is watched with
 an eagle eye by his parishioners. If he be single many a guess will be
 made that he will marry such and such an one at such and such time. If he goes with one young lady two or three times the sisters will TOW that he is going to marry her. He must show no partiality to the young ladies, if he does not want to be scandallzed in the daily con- versations. If he does not go to the sccals and suppers. they say he is long faced; if he goes and acts gay, they say ho Is so worldly If the
 sermons are long they groan that he
 breaches too olong, if they are short they complain that he doesn't give enough time to his study and prepar-
 ation. If he pleases some, he dis 1 pieases others.
 He has to contend with the church boss, which most churches have This individual opposes all innovations, and will not hear to any departure 1 from the regular routine of things.
 The young minister should appreciate
 the advice of the older brethren in his church. but these men can some- | times make 1t very hard for him to carry out his constructive plans. 1 They feel as did one of my stewards who told me that my chief weakness was my youth, and they are re- luctant to follow the dreams of their 1 young minister.
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Tucked the foot of Chestnut m proximity
  Mountain Terrace little building which s modest . degree The exterior nothing much of those dfashioned
 
 Sabbath of the old Safely of of My Soul" other goodo Me dist hymn There brick which of from which light harmony unpeekab spndo Hawthorne puts Marble Fauni dulcet choir, church Nothing surroundings at the little Hgion
 Quiet modest simple degree, the quiet than young minister U S. Pitts who giving the est in his fe his talent and his the work building making it safe for Christan
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1 piled Henry with questions as to ts waiting quest.
 O, yes, the doctor looked to IIan@YI like mighty fine gentleman. LooE < led like he knowed his business. if4' was tall. but acted like he was l little nervous, impatient or some l thing. Maybe he was in a hurry | Young miss ought to hurry, too. h. l spected. The gemman didn't have much to say at his house, he sporu- lated. Looked like he was sori of used to listening. Dem doctors all 1 got dat sort of expression"
 Henry being committed to be- lieving her guest doctor summoned l to call on Grandmother Trevor. Mary accepted the role for him. I Why couldn't her boy acquaintance 1 have become a doctor. anyway? That more reasonable? A specialist of some sort. She experienced a vast relief. That was pleasant--a profcs- sion sine had never thought about A doctor was always so respect able.
 1 Maybe he was a man she actually could know socially.
 Daring Curl ! Mary was very beautiful when eventually-but still with q vague 4 l itself out too recklessly and make her seem bold and as though offering encouragement or a dare--she Was ready to go.
 Still. he had not seen her since she was a little girl. Woman-like, she wanted him to be agreeably surprised at how she had grown or improved"
 70, grandmother, what must do2' she whispered, I'm so nervous I'm ] just wretched."
 Do, my dear. There is nothing to be done but to be calm and lady like as I have taught you to be- even though the house falls. Sometimes you talk like You were four years old.
 "Yes, but you know, grandmother I never was able to do anything you 1 told me. just have to be myself feel perfectly silly and ridiculous What on earth shall we talk about?" Let him do the talking, my dear Did he not propose the visitT We will take our cue from him"
 Grandmother Trevor entered the room first, so that she blocked the way. Thus, for moment, as Mary bent to straighten little fold in her gown. she did not catch sight of Bob.
 l When she did. she went white to the lips.
 Like tall. stately tulip. she stood frozen to the spot until she could be- 1ieve here eyes.
 1 She had forgotten completely 1 whom she had come to meet. She. did not associate Bob and the little{ boy she knew long ago as one and' the same. 4
 As Henry was seating Grandmother Trevor and Bob had crossed the room hastily to assist. Mary's voice broke upon the quiet atmosphere im- periously as that of an ancient queen:
 | T am afraid, grandmother" she declared, without regarding Bob's ex- istence." that a mistake has been made. l am quite sure that we can have no business whatever with MT. Robert Trevor. If he has any busi- ness with our family, he can call upon my father at his office, or com municate with him by letter. We will go.''
 | Had she been alone, Mary would l have swept from the room. As it was. she felt compelled to remain with her grandmother. | And going with grandmother was a tedious task. There could certainly be nothing swift about that. So she turned upon Bob, the blood slowly mounting to her cheeks, two red spots of anger blazing there. l tTo Be Continued.)
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A Healthy Woman Is Always Beautiful In The Eyes of Man

Lexington, Ky.-"During the time of middle life I used Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription and l cannot praise it too highly for the good it did me. I believe the Favo- rite Prescription is bound to be- come a favorite remedy with each woman who gives it fair trial. l have also used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach crou- ble and for colds, etc., and l be- lieve it to be the best general tonic that can be had. Mrs. c. c. Old ham, 55S Breckenridge Street.
 The use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has made many women happy by making them healthy. Get it at once from your nearest drug gist. in either liquid or tablet form Write Dr. Pierce, President In valids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. r., fol free, confidential medical advice.- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22

The movie theatres in Java are so constructed that the screen divides them into two parts; the Europeans sitting on the side from which the picture is projected and the natives on the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22
AMERICA FACES FUTURE

By Durant Drake. The Macmillan
 company. publishers, New York
 city.
 This is an attempt to recall this country. especially the college stu dents. to all progressive aims which were animating our politics decade ago. The title of the five parts in dicate the books general contents: Labor. equality, democracy, efficien- cy, and patriotism. The author is a liberal thinker. who regards soundly progressive principles as the best cure for social unrest and violent radicalism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22
THE LITTLE CORNER NEvEF
 CONQUERED"

(The Story of tho American Red
 Cross Work for Beigium). by John
 Van Schaik. Jr. The Mac William
 company, publishers, New York
 city.
 This account of the work of the American Red Cross In Belgium is written by 8 participant in the relief activities, and now prepared after he has had time to secure fair per spective. Readers should appreciate this carefully organized survey of war work because of its very con- trast with the books hastily assem- bled to sell while the war spirit was running high. The volume appears as one of the Red Cross series which has included Davison's Story of the American Red Cross" Bakewell's "The Red Cross in Italy" Fife's "The Passing Legions;" Ames' Red Cross Among the French People," and Hungerford's with the Dough- boy in France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22
DIVINE RIGHT OF GAS
From the Thrift Magazine.

From the Thrift Magazine.
 The orgy of death by reckless au- tcmobile drivers goes on without abatement. No one seems able to challenge the divine right of gas Some day the public will be heard from in this matter In words that cannot be misunderstood.
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The ordinary canary is greenish in the wild state, becomes yellow in capacity and turns red If fed on red pepper
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Raising chickens covered with down instead of feathers is the sp~t cialty of Mrs. c. F. GreEerson of Oak land. Cal. The birds are natives of
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wisdom. foresight, and above all. real genuine enjoyment and the exhiiara- tion of pure English.
 BOY SCOUTS LLFE OF LINCOLN By Ida M. Tarbell. Illustrated by
 Leslie Crump. Tho Macmillan com
 pany. publishers. New York city.
 The Boy Scouts call this bully yarn. It was written for them, and many of them who live in Kentucky Indiana and Illinois will want 1t for handbook when they go tramp ing along the trails which Lincoln followed in their section of the coun- try.
 But it is for every boy and for every girl who loves to read about our most popular national hero, and it is written by person who prob ably has more Lincoln material and knows more about Lincoln's home and people than any other American.
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Anti-pneumonia serum Is obtained from the blood of horses.
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DIZZINESS ROAD"
 By H. Addington Bruce. The Mac Milan company. publishers, New York city.
 Upon It's first appearance this presentation of Americas adventu-
 rous migratory period as background
 for tho figure of Daniel Boone made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
wisdom and Tact Necessary

My pastoral work has been very hard. because of the many delicate problems I have had to face. It takes a great deal of wisdom and tact to handle cases of poverty and distress. Once a man came 10 me with tale of woe that he was out of work and his wife and children were on star vation. He acted sincere, and reached in my pocket and pulled out B and gave to him, l asked him for his address. intending to go to see him and his family on the next day. I went as intended. and found that the address he gave ne was that of a negro, and no one Tn the block knew anything about such man. Such people think preacher is an easy mark, and he has to be very careful. It is sometimes hard to know just what to do in cases of poverty and need. One does not want to encourage indolence and yet he wants to show Christ-like spirit. Sometimes a person will come to me with serious problem, family trouble, or a secret conflict, and ask for advice. And often it Is very hard to know what advice to give. My constant prayer is. God give me wis lom'
 Tt is difficult at times to know how to approach a person who is not in the church, and who needs to be won to Christ and the church The gossip Is q thorn in the flesh of the young minister. She tells her friends that he does not visit as much. or preach as good sermons as Brother So and So, who was on the work a few years ago. She sends for the young preacher and tells him all about the vices of the leading members of the church. Her chief de- light is in parading the faults and sins of others, and she can cause more trouble In q week than preacher can overcome in year. l have noticed that as a general thing those who do the least criticize the i most.
 Small Salaries R Drawback
 The proyerbial difficulty of the ministry Is the small salary. Thef preachers salaries are larger today than they have ever been, yet they are small in proportion to those of other professional men. But I have found many delightful things that more than compensate for the small ness of the salary. The pound parties. gifts on Christmas and birthdays, and other kndnesses from the people bring a wealth of sunshine into the rreacner's heart and home. And the joy of service is worth more than mountains of gold and silver.
 q feel that there would be no decp jty in life if it were not for the diff ficulties and hard places. If it were not for the dreary scenes of winter We would not appreciate the beau, of spring. So, the hard places of make the pleasant ones all the mic pleasant. There could be no app citation if it were not for lifes r, = trasts..
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'DoDO"
By E. F. Benson. George H. poran.

By D. F. Benson. George H. Doran company. publishers. New York city.
 A reissue of F. r. Benson's most famous novel. The creation of such an irresponsible as Dodo. in 1893 does away with our modern girls claim to ultra -modernity. Dodo was just as scintillating, just as effervescent just as deliberate in her skating on thin ice and scorning of sentiment She was modelled, so rumor says, on Margot Asquith. It is very cred ible rumor. She has the same mag netism that radiates from the pages of Mrs. Asquith's sensational autobi- ography, the same daring, the same genius for honesty.
 "ROSINANTE TO THE ROAD
 AGAIN.
 By John Dos Passes. George IT. Do-
 ran company. publishers. New Yerk
 city.
 From Madrid to Toledo in search of the essence, the gesture of Spain; a yellow flame against maroon and