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"BARBARA S MARRIAGES."
By Maude Radford Warren. Harper
Brothers, publishers. New York.
In her new novel, “Barbara’s Mar
riages," Maude Radford WTarren has
traced with clear-sighted sympathy the
•xperienoes with love and the develop
ment in character of a singularly inno
cent and interesting woman. Barbara
Langworthy, a sensitive, joy-loving
southern girl, is married at a very early
age to a man much her elder. Her par
ents are dead, and her brother, with
whom she lives, has married a woman
older than he, whose money alone has
enabled him to keep possession of the
old family home. Anita Langworthy,
narrow and embittered, feeling hope -
lessly that her husband’s heart has
never been truly hers, and miserably
jealous of his affection for Barbara,
makes the girl's life intolerable. Bar
bara marries as a means of escape—
without In the least knowing the mean
ing of love or marriage. Her chivalrous
bridegroom, seeing her evident shrink
ing. allows her to bring her brother
with her on the wedding trip. Then on
the day after the marriage there is an
automobile accident in which both Bar
bara’s husband and her brother are
killed. Anita, transformed by the shook
into a peevish Invalid, holds Barbama
responsible for the accident—as it seems
to the grief-tricken young widow that
•he really is—and as reparation claims
her service as nurse and companion.
From the slavery of her life with
Anita, Barbara Is at length rescued
through the intervention of two men—
Stephen Thornton, a hard working
young lawyer of good family, and John
Hare, now a highly successful physician
in California, but formerly looked down
upon in his birthplace because of his
'poor white" origin—a fact that has
profoundly influenced his character. At
Hare's suggestion and through his plan
ning Barbara spends a delightful sum
mer in a camp at Lake Taho in the
Sierras, wlifere Hare makes vigorous
love to her and wins her heart. But Bar
bara. in her ignorance of men, does not
realize how fundamental Is the lack in
Hare which he frankly confesses—his
inability to love with complete devotion.
Deceived by the man’s ardor, his seem
ing kindliness, his magnetically mascu
line personality, she allows herself to
be drawn into a kind of experimental
love affair. The story distinguishes with
delicacy and womanly insight the ele
ments that enter into the love of man
and woman. Friendship, affection, ardor,
chivalry—all these are clearly mirrored
in Barbara s soul. At last, matured but
not embittered by disillusionment, she
finds true love in the arms of her na
tural mate, Thornton. The emotions of
the story are as distinctive as are the
vividly suggested and atmospheric
scense in which its events occur. In each
of the experiences related there is ar
Individuality of thought and fe«Ung
that awakens warm personal interest.
"THE WHITE ALLEY."
By Carolyn Wells. Illustrated by Gayle
Hoskins. J. B. Llppincott company. j
publishers. Philadelphia.
The hero of this story. Fleming Ston< . I
the ingenious American detective, has
become one of the best known characters 1
of modern fiction. The important review
ers, as he appeared in other books ac
claimed him thus—the Boston Transcript:
"As an incomparable solver of crimlml
enigmas. Stone is in a class by himself
and not even Sherlock Hoimes can excel
him in the art of rapid deduction from
apparently inconsequential trifles." Phil
adelphia Public Ledger: "The marvelous
detective powers of Fleming Stone." San
Francisco Bulletin: "Another Fleming
Stone detective story in which this adroit
'".rain demonstrates his ability to
Unravel a murder mystery with almost
superuuman insight and shrewdness."
And in the same tone are many others.
He has m er appeared to better ndvan- ,
tage than in "The White Alley," a tale of
a weird murder in an old country place;
in the heights above New York. The .
host, the fiance of the delicious heroin:*,
is found dead in the cellar. The criminal,
upon well founded circumstantial evi
dence ,is of the guests at the house party I
and the Anger of suspicion veers ritfully
until it rests upon the guilty individual
There are three points upon which the
merits of a good detective tale rest. The j
background must be realistic and appro
priate. the characters must be human and 1
sympathetic, the mystery must be of such i
a kind that the reader will be glued to
his chair in the baffling struggle to solve !
the exciting entanglement. “The White
Alley” has each of these features to a
superlative degree. "The Birches.” the
country place of Justin Arnold, is porten
tous with suppressed mystery and hidden
skeletons. It is indeed a ghostland! The
characters through the fun and tragedy
(they should always be mixed to make a
good yarn) are appealing, interesting, and
to Dorothy we must add the adjective
lovable. She is a beauty—vivardcAis. flirta
tious. and altogether adorable. J’he
^reader hates to think her guilty of the
crime, although the evidence points
strongly in her direction. Who did it?
You will never know' until you reach the
end and therein lies the third merit of
the tale. You are In a labyrinth of doubt,
hesitancy, and fear until the last incident
Is reached.
Carolyn Wells deserves her high repu
tation as a story teller. This is a great
yarn in every sense of the word, nnd it
will develop an even larger circle of
friends for the great detective. He has
always had a large acquaintance, but
never before has he had such a bewilder
ing knot to untangle as he had in this dire
murder, and never have his deductions
been more welcome to the reader. The
swrord of Damocles had been hanging over
the head of the lovely Dorothy. Do you
wonder we squirmed?
“■WHEN BLOOD IS THEIR ARGU
MENT.”
By Ford Madox Hueffer. George H.
Doran Co.. Publishers. New York.
Mr. Hueffer, equally distinguished as
novelist, journalist, traveler, and essayist,
equally at home in England, Germany,
and America, gives a powerful and deep
probing account of what German Ideals
really are today in “When Blood Is
Their Argument,” a book sensational yet
true.
"I hope Mr. HuefPer's hook will be read
in the United States, for Kultur has yet
to be understood by the greatest re
public. After reading it one sees that this
war will fix once and for all the fate
of mankind. I hope it will be digested
by the workers of every country, by busi
ness men, by artists, by the learned pro
fessions. for they all have yet to lay
hold of the true meaning of kultur,” says
Mr. Jamea Douglass in London Star.
A clever, penetrating. caustic style
drives home every point. A book of
genuine importance and wide significance.
Nobody knows Prussia better than Mr.
Hueffer. and his indictment of German
civilization is the most effective that has
yet appeared.
‘‘THE WORLD IN THE CRUCIBLE.”
(AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND
CONDUCT OF THE GREAT WAR.)
By Sir Gilbert Parker. Dodd, Mead
& Co., Publishers, New' York.
While most English authors have rushed
violently into print on the subject of the
war and have expressed their opinions at
white heat, Sir Gilbert Parker has taken
due time to write a book which will be
more than nn ephemeral expression of
opinion. It states in a compact but com
j plete manner the many causes of the war.
Besides the political interests involved.
I which are set forth fully and definitely, so
that those who run may read, a special
study is made of the development of Ger
many's war policy and aims during the
last 40 years, and particularly since the
present Kaiser came to the throne. It is
written in Sir Gilbert Parker's usual bril
liant and fluent style.
“THE MAN WHO ROCKED THE
EARTH.”
By Arthur Train and Robert Williams
Word. Frontispiece. Doubleday, Page &
Co., publishers, Garden City. New York.
Suppose some uneventful morning as
you drank your breakfast coffee and
opened the paper for a hasty glance at
the headlines your eyes were stopped
by this:
“Amazing Experience of Government
Wireless Operator. Receives Message from
Unknown Source by a Wave New to Sci
ence. Official Washington in the Great
est Excitement.”
“Bunk!” you would say. “Somebody
hoaxing the seat of wisdom.”
But suppose the fact was attested by
reliable scientists everywhere. Suppose
the uncanny messages were signed “Pax,
that be, or it. demanded a cessation of
the world-war under pain of complete
annihilation for the warring people, and
that in proof of his power to do what
he threatened. “Pax' should cause an
earthquake at a specified hour?
but one of the exciting events
Barrated In Arthur Train's remarks ui
ta.*. i.oL ii Williams Word’s. They
envelope their reader with an atmosphere
of belief that makes “Pax,' his interven
tion in the war, and the long train of
events involving the United States, Ger
many, and the other powers at war very
real and convincing.
“DIANTHA."
By Juliet Wllbor Tomkins. The Century
company, publishers. New York.
Here is the light, bright, sparkling story
of a modern Cinderella, told by Juliet
Wllbor Tompktns in her charming story,
“Dlantha." Diantha, a rebel at heart,
plans ways and means of giving her
beautiful and blase twin, Sylvia, the costly
frocks she wants. Dlantha has charm
and humor and character but she is
“plain," and the admiration and good
times, which are Sylvia's dally fare, pass
her by. How, by a happy miracle,
Diantha becomes as beautiful as she is
good; and what happens when Cinder
ella’s prince in the person of Mark Wen
dell, a fine young explorer, wins the
hearts of both girls, make the story.
Suppose your wildest, most secret and
utterly Impossible dream wen* to come
true—how would It feel? Would It be
like the dream? Read Dlantha and see
what did happen when the dearest wish of
one’s heart Is granted.
"THE WORLD STORM AND BEYOND
By Edwin Davis Schoomnaker. The
Century company, publishers, New
York.
Has the role of Caesar fallen to the
Kaiser or the Cxar?
What is ahead of Russia, now that she
has found her way to the open sea?
What lessons in democracy has a
dominant Slavic race in store for us?
Has the church collapsed?
Has the war, instead of defeating
socialism, proved its validity?
How will the slaughter of men affect
the problems of women and marriage?
These are some of the questions an
swered in this remarkable interpreta
tion of the war in its historical per
spective and in its bearing on the chief
relations of society, by Edwin Davis
Schoonmaker, in his "The World Storm
and Beyond."
“THE DOUBLE TRAITOR."
By E. Phillips Oppenhelm. Frontispiece
by Clarence F. Underwood. Little.
Brown & Co., publishers, Boston,
lyir. Oppenhelm has written in the
past many stories involving the attitude
of Germany towards England, but never
before has he so realistically exposed
the ramifications of the German spy
system.
His hero is Francis Norgate, detached
from the British embassy at Berlin bi
cause he insurred the displeasure of the
Kaiser. Returning to England, Nor
gate falls in with a clever German
named Sellngman, who proves to be the i
head of the English branch of the Ger
nian secret service. By accident Nor
-.ite obtains possesion of Selingman's
list of German spies operating in Eng
land. Beaching London, Norgate hastens
to warn the members ot the cabinet of
the dangers which threaten their coun
try. hut he is given scant attention, and
iliii’ly. in his despair of shaking the
government leaders from their sense of1
curlty, Norgate is persuaded to enL-r
:he employ of Selingman. Tt is at this
point that a friend. Baroness von Haase,
who has been the confidential carrier of
messages between Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria and the German Em
peror. reaches England and learns that
Norgate has apparently become a Get
man spy. respite her activities in Vien
na and Berlin the baroness is an En -
glishwoman at heart and because she
returns Norgate’s affection she is great
ly disturbed at his apparent treachery.
Mow faithful Norgate was to his new
employer, how he and the baroness
were drawn more closely together in
their dangerous secret service work
and the futile efforts made to warn
ngland of the German peril are spt
forth in an arresting manner in this
timely, interest-compelling narrative
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DOUBLE BILL AT THE
GRAND THIS WEEK!
Two Brief Musical Comedies, Spar
ring Match and Oriental Dancers
Among Feature Numbers
An extra heavy hill will he presented
this week at the Grand theatre, on the
Southside, two brief musical comedies
adapted to burlesque, an oriental dancer,
a sparring match, song numbers by Ed
na Flynn, Lillian McDonald of Chicago,
dancing by the Hazlettes. comedy spe
cialties by Sid Cox, just from the big
time house in Cincinnati, and a feature
by Eldna Flynn, being the star num
bers.
The double bill presented will include
In Bohemia." with a classv ennrus nen- !
ly costumed, snappy and full of ginger:
and "The French Doll." which has never
been seen here before, but which will
surely be enjoyed.
In "The French Doll" some novel cos
tuming and one or two thrilling scenic
effects are promised. Sid Cox's "Tiger
Lily Girls." a company of 22 which ar
rives from Cincinnati tomorrow-, having
played to large houses wherever "The
French Doll" was the vehicle in which
they appeared.
A8 the "Tiger IJlies" company, with a
chorus actually pretty both in face and
figure, is different from the usual travel
ing burlesque attractions in that real art
Is shown in their presentations, there is
little doubt but what this week will be
the record week for the Grand's summer
season.
"In Bohemia" will he first given, with j
much snappy music, new costuming and
scenic effects, and will be followed by
the Introduction of princess Inez, the
artistic oriental dancer, whose appear
ance alone will be a show in itself
Miss Lillian McDonald, who appears in
Birmingham for the first time, comes di
rect from a successful season in tne close
circuit of smaller houses in Chicago and
vicinity. Many laudatory notices from
the largest papers In the western me
tropolis preceding her. Her dashing
style is thoroughly enjoyable
A1 Bush, whose popularity seems to
grow with each visit to this city, will
add comedy at its best to the show; while
“The Haslettes," Gladys Goldman and
Mae Buttle, the two latter old favorites,
and yet others, will spike the programme
with variety.
As was announced at. the opening of
the stimmer season, three shows daily
will be Khen at the Grand theatre at
popular prices.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
_______ I
The Old Cahaha House *
Editor of The Age-Herald
General Forrest fought on April 2,
1885, at Selma. He retreated from
Selma to Marlon. If he met with Gen
eral Wilson at Cahaha after that it was
under a flag of truce. The purpose
of the meeting of Wilson and Forrest j
was for the purpose of exchanging
prisoners; there was no purpose tot
surrender. General Lee surrendered on J
the next ‘Sunday, April 0. Johnston !
surrendered April 26.
Forrest surrendered at Gainesville
on May J* He had never surrender! d
before. The meeting between Wilson
and Forrest was. therefore, not a sur
render. On Sunday. April 2, Forn st
arrived at Selma. Forrest met General
Taylor there bleeding rider ami horse
He advised General Taylor to leave the j
city as it would certainly be cap- 1
tured Taylor took an engine and went
to Demopolis. Forrest cut bis wn\
out and went to Marion, and there he
met the message from Wilson to come
back to Cahaha under truce.
General Forrest went to the Selma
telegraph office to send a 'message to
Montgomery as to the progress Wilson
was making. Ills horse was hitched
to a telegraph pole at the bottom of
the steps. A small negro hoy ran Into
the telegraph office shouting, “the
Yankees is here, the Yankees is here!”
General Forrest rushed from the office
and, mounting his horse, was pursued
by several of Wilsons raiders Hv
fl«'d at full speed, but his horse being
jaded, his pursuers gained on him
tapldly and finally a big heavy German
soldier overtook him and out hlir
across the hack of his head with his
saber several times. Forrest turned
in his saddle, grabbed the soldier oy
his whiskers and with his other hand
drawing his revolver he nut it to the
cavalryman's breast ahd left him dead i
In the street and made his escape, ThL
was tlie hist combat engaged In by!
General Format in his four year:'
strife, and be encountered his foe on i
Alabama soil and fought in her de
ft nee. On April 14. following. Good
Friday, and the day on which Abra
ham Lincoln was assassinated, an Ala
l ama soldier of Wheeler s cavalry It II j
in battle in North Carolina in singlt
combat. He was the last man killed in
tlie army of the Tennessee, and wa.
from John T. Morgan's Fifty-first Ala-i
bam a.
JOHN WITHKRSPOON IMPOST..
Anneal for Pisgah Home
To the Kditor of The Age-Herald:
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Birmingham, July 10, 1915.
WEEKLY COTTON
coons REVIEW
New York. July 10j—-Prospects for a
inure active cotton good! trade are be
lieved to be brighter, despite the slow
start in the fall trade. The embargo on
shipments of jute products of all kinds
from Great Britain has already stimulated
further inquiries for l>ag goods and thia
Inquiry is expected to grow rapidly in
the near future If the embargo remains
unmodified Print clothsCrule easy. Sheet
ings and drills are generally quiet. Bleach
ed ' turns are steady and quiet. Ging
hams have become more active in conse
quence of the naming of prices on goods
1*0 the manufacturing trades for spring.
The closing of a large southern gingham
noli O'vausf of inability to secure .ndigo
is a forerunner of further restrictions of
product from this enure. Many new lines
of fine cottons in white are being opened
for spring. Jobbers are expected in the
tnatket in larger numbers beginning next
week. Most cotton goods merchants stats
that stocks of manufactured goods are
subnormal, and with continue*! low prices
distribution should he full. The export
11tide is steady, shipments on old orders
tecently having been large. Prices quoted:
Print cloths, 3-inch ii4x*>4’s, 3’nC; tMxWs,
3c. 3SH-ffti'h tWxrtfs. 4< ; brown sheetings,
southern standards. iW**'- denims. 9-ounce,
i:u4o, nominal, tickings. IPfcc. standard
prims. 5%c; staple ginghams. ; dress
ginghams, 9,4c.
V Confusion of Tongues
Most people are so sparing of the use
of languages other than their own that
they have little Idea that them are mom
than 4t)00 languages in the world. There
are six languages common In Austria
Hungary, and Kmperor Frans Joseph is
master of them all. It Is said that there
are <t0 vocabularies In Brasil. In Mexico
the Xahiiu Is spoken In TOO dialects. There
are hundreds In Borneo, whll*t in Aus
tralia there Is no classifying the complex
ities According t*» the latest statistics,
Knglish is at present spoken by 130,000,000,
Herman by 100,000.000. Russian by 70.ft00.00O,
French by 4O.OiVt.00ft a tut Italian by 40,000,
000, and it is constantly on the increaso
owing to the increase in commerce in
Spain.