The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
The Souls Excape
MM FRANK CANE

HezaRseA He51e writes that during the yenr 14S0 there were wkist1ed and sung GhK0wgh0wt al Germany eeTtMin songs which for sweetness and tenderness surpassed any prgx6wws1y known i'm German realms. Young and old. the Wuulem i'm particular. were quite hewIEehed by theMe ballads which might be heard the Mvelamg day. But these songs were composed by ygQng priest who was afflicted win REmEuHF YOu are aware, gentle reader what m hGrrihEe diseRse was lepEosy during the Na5zdEe Ages, and how the wFstehed be- ImEs affHicaed with it were driven away from the ab0des of mem, and forhidden to approach hwman being-
 ~TRe poor priest who made Germany whis- tie and sing SD jSEGusIy was q living corpse, wam1eEimg to and fEUs untitled from head to EDnE- hood drawn over his faee, and carry inx i'm hIs hand a beIl-the Lazarus beIl it was caHBe&-SS w1rR every one of his ap- PEUaga--
 Out of mud, suy the 0riehtals, springs the IuGms flower: OEt of clay come gold and din @ansSs Gwt of oysters, VeartFs brightest silks are sEsum by a EuRnas bezoar is produced from the huEH, and musk from the deer; from a stink is bonn h4mes and from the jungle cOmes hGuey-
 PHaek up. Shall nat souething rise up, frum the eseEmaI s1UI 0f man, even when sFuzhed. burnt, ground, and despised-some- thTTng better dan vas ever produced by pros perisy2
 AEways the eTay wolves are after us. Sick mess fzTHwFe, tKeaeheRy, bereavement, and dsMHh faERgw cur sEedSe though the Siberian luwEueY frul the cradle to the grave. But shey cannot get Uz- We each of us have a fEyTzg naehine, in whieh we can soar away if sheF eG1e tho e1ase.
 In aM great souls you win note this power of eaezRe frum these ills which crush lesser
 ILL. hamged him. but his spirit escaped them; they -saUE8 not make him unhappy. At the lRz& m0mEnE hs tUak refuge in a great emo -RaEESstiizm-aRd was happies than any BRS8zsh 0ff5cer ahGut him as he exclaimed, ~3Ey GlIy regret is that lave but one life to give fnT my e9UZkry-
 CharSes Lamb. born of crazy stock, sup porting am imzmne mother and sister, begging Rwzv at q eseEk's desk for thirty years, all thnse who Were SO poor they were known as the -EagEe& regiment ChaEIes Lamb it was wA0 gave us thnse exqEisite essays of Ella, fuW af the EaEeS&, Sweetest humOr.
 CsM mp the reservsst Heaven and earth and the huEszn heart arer wide places and full 0f SarMnge things Do not let one little fact put Eu~ to flight
 The body, but not the mind, can be driven iuE8 a osrleE where there is no escape.
 Even death need not suhdue us- Even there we have Gmr airshiP t0ieseape the eruelest, gEUntsst 0f wu1ues- None is SO poor as he who has hare no refuge General Wolfe, ex- pirzng Gm the battIefieId, heard an officer say, Il FEutEzGs they TUHr they run r ~Who?' he erie1 The French v Then" he said, -I de AnppSE-
 0aEmHia MaEatz was a young woman of the S7xteentAs Aseentury; though she died early She had already written in Greek and Latin e.. -k. -.sl t1 hsr hushands T ean scarce see you any A1@EzE. but everywhere sesms full of the most he4UaIflE flowers" ' There Es samethfng about a human being hhaK ES grvmter tham the universe If you WiV Mzt give uR Egw eaHRot be beaten