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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
VOLUME, xxxxm_h
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1914
SPORTING SECTION
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“ANNE, ACTRESS.’’
iy Juliet G. Sager. Frederick A. Stokes
& Co., Publishers, New York.
fh "Anne, Actress.” Juliet G. Sager
has written a very unusual story, which
has a gripping sort of interest and philos
ophy ail through it. and which is never
dull for a single moment.
Two totally different philosophies of
life are vltualized in the story—one being
that of the country doctor, James Wal
lace, and his unselfish devotion, while
the other is exemplified in the woman
1 erself—Anne, the neurotic, the brilliant,
the over-ambitioup. and who is saved
from destruction, only through her lov*
for her daughter.
Much has been said o? the perils con
fronting the inexperienced young girl
<oming to New York to go on the stage,
but ‘Anne, Actress,” chows for the first
time the dangers in the path of the young
dramatist. How the experienced actress
can campaign for a role she likes by
pulling wool over the eyes of the im
pressionable playwright, and what hin
drances to his success stage rivalries may
produce, are interestingly shown by Miss
Pager's novel. All aspiring dramatists—
and weary managers would say that in
cludes everybody— should read it.
Miss Sager has had experience on the
stage from touring the country in “one
night stands” to playing big roles in the
large cities. Although she lias now re
tired from the boards, she considers the
acting profession one of the most fasci
nating open to women, In spite of all its
disillusions and liscouragements. She
believes, however, that no girl should
rush into it without first thoroughly arm
ing herself with information and train
ing, as the question of whether it is suit
able as a profession can be decided only
by careful consideration of each indi
vidual case.
The book abounds in rare humor and
•pigramatic diction among other bright
examples being some statements as fol
lows:
“The stage is the actor’s religion and
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the draarr.tic review* our Bible—though |
we turn atheist when they roast us!”
"He’ll be eating out of your band inside |
of a week—lapping up excelBlor, thinking |
it's new-mown hay. If von say so.”
He’s so good h.evil-minded ”
hi addition to being an excellent story
of the stage, full of movement, tension,
and "good situations,” a double love story
forms ias Miss Sager’s folk might say')
a “special added attraction.”
Says tlie doctor, when Anne asks him
why he doesn't come to New York and
become a famous practitioner: "It’s
just us good sport to cure a man in an
old farmhouse as it would be in a Fifth
avenue palace, you know.”
Said Anne: "To bo obscure, mediocre,
lost in the crowd—that'* horrible! It
teems to me that I couldn’t die. leaving
no mark at all upon the world. And I
shan't! 1 won’t*”
It is not until Anne sees her philosophy
work out in her daughter Elsie that her
horizon broadens. Elsie is a study in he
redity. With her mother’s view of life,
and inheriting also her mother's beauty,
cleverness and ambition, upon which has
been crossed the selfishness and knavish
ness of her father, she Is the embodiment
of individualism carried to its extreme.
A MODERN EYE”
By May Edington. Frederick A. Stokes &
Co., Publishers, New York.
"A Modern Eve” by May Edington is
one of the four best novels submitted for
a prize of JL1000 ($6000) offered by its
English publishers for the best manu
script of the year. The judges themselves
could not agree as to the order of merit
of these four .novels.
The story lias to do with the time when
the girl Ellen—the heroine—is In Canada
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JULIET G. SAGER
Author of “Anne Actress"
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and she opened a letter entrusted to her—
and started a train of circumstances that
made two strong men enemies and rival!
for her love.
Ellen leaves college eager to reform
the world. She is the incarnation of ard
ent. visionary. lovable youth, uncon
sciously a little hard. "The youngest ac
tor-manager-playwright in London” and
a determined, self-made newspaper own
er struggle against each other to wake
her. and win her away from the cause
to which she has resolved to devote heart
and soul.
The background of Ellen's father and
mother, the firebrand clergyman preach
ing to an apathetic English village with
the light of spiritual battle In his eye,
and the frail, gray, tender woman who
smilingly lets her daughter go away out
of her life, is an exquisite picture of
married lovers. They are like a breath
from a still garden In Ellen's struggle
to find herself. There ere other real
people, too—Jane with the plain face and
tfie sad and frivolous heart; Tngram with
his narrow eyes, narrow mind and use
ful map of life, and Rose the governess
with soft eyes, who disturbs his plans
for success.
But Ellen is the point of the book. El
len, born fighter like her father, with
her intellect kindled against the wrongs
o# the world, reckoning without her heart
—and it is a big *one. She is a real girl,
whom one cannot forget.
The author is a very clever woman and
delivers some very bright sayings on
questions of the day. Recently she had
this to say about dress;
"Prudery, as it seems to me. Is an at
tiibute of one of the most unpleasant
types of rnind in existence, and modern
women's dress is at the moment raising
a great outcry from Prudery. Need any
one mind? There are to many human
pigs In the world, in most respectable
positions, and they cannot give them
selves any bodily satisfaction which
would impeach those respectable posi
tions. But they can and do, satisfy them
selves by attributing deliberate indecency
and sensuality to perfectly innocent con
ceptions. and then talking about them In
the guise of wouTd-he reformers. They
are able to enj*>y the indecent words roll
ing in their mouths in the guise of hypo
critical and decorous accusation. Ts there
anything more indecorous .than excessive
decorum? The world will always have
its Augean stable and there will always
be prudes to fill It. and it will never be
absolutely cleansed.”
“FIGHTING MODERN EVILS”
By Fred S. Miller. Illustrated with orig
inal drawings by W. L. Haskell. The
L. W. Walter Co., publishers, Chicago,
“Fighting Modern Evils," by Fred S,
Miller has a champion in E. M. Scott,
the well known literary man. who sa\>
of it:
“How shall the young man cleanse hi?
way?’’ “What temptations lurk in the
path of our boys who are starting oul
in the world to seek their fortunes?’
Mothers who are sending their sons tc
the city in the secret fear that the pit
falls that are known to*lie before un
wary feet may after all engulf them, wil
find much to instruct them in the abov«
volume. Mr. Fred 8. Miller, the Chi
cagu author, has evidently had a with
experience in the side of life whjeh h
sometimes called tfle “underworld.” H<
' does not bljnk at the light, but exposes
the dark doings of the emissaries of sin
In “Fighting Modern Evils" he has in
■ deed begun a crusade for the purity o
the home and has waged a fight for old
: fashioned religion and thu old-fashlonei
morals.
Besides a large array of facts. "Mo«l
ern Evils" contains narrative chapter:
that,seem to be stories of reul life. On
of "these. "The Story of the Worthing
tons,” reveals the worki ngs of the so
called "affinity” evil. Under tue lure o
o ’rent , ify a young and happy wife 1
• induced to move her family there an<
the attractions of “society" cause be
to lose the religion in which sh*» wa
•i ought up, and to leave her lawfti
i husband for nn unworthy young mar
j This is painful reading, but such revt
lations are needed at this time, when m
_1
1 hear men speak sneeringly of the sim
ple decencies and moralities, the faith
i that was our fathers’ faith. Our modern
times are the best in the world's dilatory,
yet "modem evils" are great aud terrible
ones and it is the duty and the privilege
of those able to do so to fight them.
• Modern Evils’’ should be widely lead.
'MARK TIDIV
By Clarence B. Kelland. Ill up* rated by
\V. \V. Clarke. Harper Brothers, Pub
lishers. New York.
Whenever a book is published that has
the slightest resemblance to anything as
popular as "Tom Sawyer." there is an
instant demand for it. and Clarence B.
Kelland may be paid In bis story of
"Mark Tidd." to have written- u sort of
pres.mt-day "Tom Sawyer,” which is
praise enough to be sure.
A group of small boys who are full of
1 ranks and practical jokes and a pench
ant for getting into mischief and then
getting out. as most small boys do. is
the gist of the story, and it is very clev
erly told in the small boy vernacular by
one of them.
"MARCA ROSE'
By Gordon Arthur Smith. Charles Scrib
ner's Sons, publishers. New York
In Gordon Arthur Smith's story. "Mar
carose." we are introduced to a very
proud and beautiful youvig heroine; a
troubadour lover with hair "which was
the color of wheat in the sun, too closely
• popped for a poet, and too long for a
warrior;" a demon of a husband; a bib
ulous but wise old monk, anil enough | “The Castaways." which may be taken
pretty description of nature to make .the as typical of the collection, Is the story ot
whole quite a likeable sort of story. j a filibustering expedition to Cuba, led by
The “tw'elfth century’’ reveals a most Captain O Shea, on the steamer Fearless,
fertile background for fanciful adventure On board were a large supply of arms
und the author has taken pains to bring and ammunition, a company of Cuban
out much that is romantic and attrac- patriots returning to fight for their na
tive in the setting, and he nas delicate- tive land ami threo castaways who had
ly put it together in a form which is been pickfd up by the Fearless from h
rather pleasing to the reader, and which drifting bout. There were, of course, the
gives promise of bigger things from the officers and crew, but It was the unseem
autlior when he reaches a nmturer age ly combination of the rest of the cargo,
as a writer and gains teennlque and a human and otherwise, that brought the
thorough knowledge of literary vafues. captain into perils and perplexities with
- out number. A series of exciting events
“CAMPING ON WES'fERN TRAILS. ' ensued. They were pursued by a Span
By Elmer Russell Greger. Harper Broth- lah cruiser, wrecked in a fierce battle,
era. Publishers. New York. and finally grounded on a reef and be
There is a vast amount of fascination sieged by another Spanish war vessel. It
and charm continued Ir. Klmer Russell is not the thrill of adventure so much rts
Gregor's story. “Camping on Western it is the spirit of Captain O’Shea that
Trails." which has for h background the dominates the story and adds humor and
fertile subject of the “Rcekies" with all romance to Its already absorbing Interest,
of their rugged environment and beauty Captain O'Shea is a man of action and a
A hunting expedition forms the central man of ideas. He preserves his ch&rao
j figure of the sior: . in this search for ter intact through the most unusual sit
gold. many adventures art revealed. nations, and needless t-* say he wins out
The book is well worth reading. always through liU wit and courage.
•- The stories are well written and read
"TUB ADVENTl'RES OF CAPTAIN able and the author has something to his
O'SHEA.'’ * redit in the newly published volume.
By Ralph D. Paipe. Charles Scribners -
Sons. Publishers. New York. “THE HAT SHOP."
| Captain Michael O'Sb i was a gentle- By Mrs. 0. S. Peel. The John bun* coin
man of fortune who d< lighted In engag- puny, publishers. New York.
Mug in dangerous enterprises. To such a “The Hat Shop.” by Mrs. C. S. Peel, Is
nan adventures come unsought, though the story of a young widow’ of good
many were of his own seeking. This family, who endeavors to add to hei
book contains the story of certain of not very adequate Income and at the
these adventures. There are, In fact, four same time to find herself a stimulating
. lories in the book: “The Castaways," occupation by opening a hat shop in the
The King of Trinadaro," “The Inner West End. This is probably the first
Alsatian" and “The Branded Man." Cap- time that life in a hat shop has been
tain O'Shea is the hero of all of these so thoroughly discussed, and besides
tales, with Johnny Kent a close second, glimpses of all the members of the
staff we see the customers—from both
1 ;.. ....-L- i ■ -.... * ■■■■■■ ■■ aides of the counter. A very human,
woMhUHT WITHOUT EXTRAVAOAMCV tolerant hook.
HOTEL WOODSTOCK o.avid maTa-odm
WEST 43D STREET. JUST EAST OF Bv N’*laon Lloy<1 ch“rl,a Scribner *
______ _______ __ Sons. publ‘shers, New \ ork.
TIMES SQUARE, NEW fORK Ndson in hts story. "David
365 ROOMS 870 BATHS Malcolm." presents the autobiography
EUROPEAN PLAN ONLY of a serioua minded youth, who evolves
ROOM with bath. *2 50 a *3 oo Into a dreamer of dreams, al an early
DITTO. FOR TWO. *3 50 A *4 OO a*e.
Wire for reservation our f.xpenss There's an old caretaker who start*
jut with David on a fishing trip, when
the lad Is only 10. and the youngster
rails into the water only to be rescued
t»y a little girl whose name is Penelope,
ind whose father is a very learned man.
;alled the "Professor."
David is taken to the "Professor's"
house and he is resuscitated by enough
strong drink to "door" the biggest of
‘sports," and when he gets home there's
a big discussion about him by his par
ents. in which the preacher joins.
Later we find the young hero at "Me
draw College," and he finally becomes
* reporter on the New York Record,
and we leave him rediscovering his old
friend Penelope, in Fifth avenue, and it
la surmised by the reader that they
marry and live happily ever afterward.
The book is rather unique in Its way.
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
REVIEWS LATER.
"THE SOUL OF LIFE. OR WHAT IS
LOVE?"—By David Lisle Frederick.
Frederick A. Stokes A Co., publishers.
New York.
"THE IRRESISTIBLE INTRUDER.'
By William Caine. The John laum j
company, publishers. New York.
"ART IN FLANDERS' By Max Rooses
Charles Scribner’s Sons, publishers.
New York.
"THE STORY OF V PAGE B> John ,
L. Heaton. Harper Bros, publishers. ,
New York.
Radium at Home
From the Philadelphia Ledger
With radium selling at $t 80,000 a
gram, and one gram the largest quan
tity for which an order can be taken,
it will require many freight cars to
transport the entire ouput of the plant
at Sellersville. Pa., to the market. yet
it is Interesting to know that we have
at our dors an establishment which is
at our doors an establishment which is
scrutable substance that seems des
tined to play an all-important part In
the materia medlca# of the future v
pound of radium would be worth $.'*2.
000,000. Dr. Kelly has estimated that
theer are now from 156 to 20 grams
In the entire world. A thousand tons
of ore In the Paradox valley. Col.,
mines of the new "Radium Institute"
yielded sev*n grams. Though the life
uf radium is approximately 2000 years,
the enormouF number of victims ol
cancer mattes it imperative to increase
tho meager available supply, if there is
any hope of using it on a largo scale
;is a therapeutic agent. Philadelphia’s
death rate from this cause la 87.2 per
100,000, as compared with 111.2 for Bos
ton and 122.8 for Albanv. The average
rate for the whole country Is 75 per
100,090. In other words, the deaths
due to this dread malady number
about 47,000 a year.
With the organisation of the on* -
million-doliar corporation by Mr. Du
Pont, this region is becoming the cen
ter of the world’s radium industry. This
important development Is in conform
ity with tlie tradition which in the
early days of our country established
Philadelphia’s preeminence In medical
science, maintained to the present day.
WONDERFUL TONIC
RESTORES HEALTH
(Home Remedies!
“Winter Invariably proves a hard
ship to the human system. The blood
becomes clogged with poisonous Im
purities. the liver grows sluggish and
as a result we have sallow, pimply
skins, a loss of energy and appetite and
suddenly find ourselves all tired out
and slek.
“The surest and beat remedy for this
condition Is a table spoonful of the, fol
lowing home-made tonic before meals:
Tn bj pint alcohol dissolve ’2 cup sugar
and one ounce kardene. adding hot
water to make a quart. This old-fash
ioned remedy is unequaled for making
the blood pure and giving tho body
tissues strength and energy. It is a
remedy so good as to be almost in
dispensable for family use in restoring
health and energy to both old and
young
The largest is not always best, Some stores have more suits and dresses than Caheen
Bros., but none have newer or more authoritative styles in EXCLUSIVE! MODELS.
Some stores buy suits in the Fall for Spring selling. Our store sends its buyers to
market RIGHT IN THE SEASON. Not once a season but several times. Therefore,
the styles shown here are not only right up to the moment, but are bought at such
close prices as to enable us to give our customers decided savings.
New Suits Have Been Added to the Group at $18.98
We advertised suits for $18.98 last week and sold nearly all o fthem. In fact, so popular was this group of
suits that we have augmented it with about 75 new suits that came by Saturday' and wore I
bought with the idea ot’ getting H>'J5 for them. There are included
many novel styles, shown for the first time and new shades and
materials are also represented. We contend that no better value
will be offered you in Birmingham. A wide range of models in- ij
sures ease of selection. II
ew Suits in Exclusive Styles—
Priced at $30.00 to $45.00
Never lias an early display of spring suits been so tempting
! and comprehensive. The freshest, newest fashion touches and
style ideas are embodied in these suits, new and nobby (1*4 K
materials, and beautiful shades. Priced $d0 to.
% '
Asafi'P&XtW? Advance Styles in Spring
Dresses
iSgL, - tyt&irJwjp14 Advance Styles In Spring Dresses—Silk or light weight
“ woolens. Also new models iu spring coats.
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Clearance of Wool
Dresses
l Here is a remarkable opportunity for
j saving on a dress that will give its full
share of service before hot summer
days eall for il discarding. All in good
styles and of fashionable materials. In
I short, this is a collection of broken
lines that were formerly QC
priced up to $20. Monday
V.J
Clearance of Chiffon }
Waists
Choice of chiffon waists, values up to
$7.50, all colors are shown and this
clearance price applies QQ
Monday. Choice for.
An assortment of lingerie waists that
have been on display counters and
handled. Waists that are worth up to |
$1.50. Middy blouses includ- CQp
ed. Monday, choice.
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Wash Fabrics—Specials
ItATIAK—Plain weave, corded stripe and Kponge llat
liie. the season's most popular wash dress OCp
fabric .. • “p'r
DIAGRAMS!—Without doubt ill1' largest ami prettiest
line ever shown. Standard brands, worth up 1 Ass
to l$c, for. .■. AW
laiYI'TUJi TISS««E— A tissue gingham in 1 Rn
stripes, checks dml solids; yard.. AtfV
VOILE—4h Inches wide, dainty floral patterns,
all sized stripes and solids.inr\t
IIHOAAA I, I AKA—Yard-wide, tlie usual 20-cent 1/1.
quality Monday for. AVI
i CREPE—Sheer quail t , new shades shown In pc**
! plain weaves, bouretlo shots and cords. £iO\*
DRKXX C1IEPE—With dainty floral patterns; 1 A.
appears like chaliis.. . AUt
AIAAIIATTAA SHIHTl'G MADRASI—Neat OCa
stripes and fine colors.... Aillv
>; AMERICA A I'RIAT CALICO—Light and dark (T|»
patterns .. . . ,. **
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White Goods—Specials
Genuine Peppered sheeting, full nine quar- 2*11*
ters, Monday, for yard . . ...•' •
Genuine Hope domestic. Monday, <j»1 AA
12 yards for ... JplaUU
Napkins, hemmed, ready for use, usual 50c ^9C
value, dozen ...
Sheets, good finish, superior material, full OQp
sized, 72x90, each ..
Pure linen table damask, 72 inches wide, reg- QQp
ular $1.25 value, for ./.
Notaseme Hosiery
New Strong Stockings
*~ > * t _’ I'W* i t; jj
The new Hone, with a
ravel barrier that atop*
r u n a. high apllclna
above the heel, 4-ply
cable cord twtat heel
and loel thin, Bauay
hoNleryi all culora, la
xrjs:. 50c
mack, ran and White
\otaaeate Milk Male
wCht. »-.r
Children’s Wear
Boys' Idolise waists, made of percales,
ginghams aud madras, with pockets,
neat stripes, figures and solid _
colors . £OC
Children's gingham dresses, sizes 2 to
5 years, fine patterns and well made
garments, assortment of broken lines
to close out. Values to $1.50. CQ/»
Little Beauty drawers bodies, in small
sizes. Sue value.
Monday "Wv
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Millinery
Section Remodeled
Now Three Departments
in One
The remodeled an denlarged Millinery Shop will he ready
to welcome you on Monday. Important and interesting
changes have been made. A department has been in
stalled for misses and children, and another which will fill
a long felt want is for materials for making huts. Here will
he found all materials necessary i*Dr making hats—frames,
braids, flowers, fruits and ribbons in complete assortment
—we’ll sell you materials and help plan a hat.