The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-25
Another Way TO
Test Your Mind

Test Your MIND
! a FTER a cursory examination Of
A the Binet test, the average per-
son is not quite sure whether he is a
moron or not. Since men holding high
public office have been floored by the
scientists and convicted of feeble
mindedness, it's small wonder if the
ordinary plodding citizen shares a
similar fate.
However, experiments conducted by
the University of Chicago for testing
the minds of the members of the col
leee of commerce and administration
are considerably less puzzling than
parts of the Binet test which befuddle
the poor immigrant soon after he
lands on American soil. Anyone who
can tell in twenty-five seconds which
of the following sentences are logical
and correct, if any, is entitled to "B
grade"
Here are the sentences:
On his helmet waved missing
plume.
He was 70 years old and looked
twice his age.
Two adversaries were placed at an
equal distance from each other.
Mrs. James put on her evening
gown and went down to find the
breakfast table deserted.
IScreamed in silent rage.
Freshmen are not to wear soft col
lars and cuffs on their trousers.
"A woman said that she had no chill
dren and that her mother was af-
flicted in the same way.
They look easy, but if you can run
over the list with lightning-like
rapidity and tell what is wrong with
each sentence without so much as
pausing to bat an eye, you needn't
worry about your mental condition.
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Discriminating Taste
In Music AgagWTs Well
1E1 VERY season marks an increas-
IL ing interest in high-class music,
and it is encouraging, indeed, to find
that the standard in small cities, as
well as large centers of culture, has
been raised within the recent years.
Grand opera, symphony orchestras
and artist recitals make up the musical
attractions in most cities of 100000
population and over, but there is no
reason why centers of $4,000 or
80 900 should not enjoy the luxury of
symphony concert or two every
year; and as for entertainment by
virtuosos, they are within the reach
of even the small towns, provided
lovers of music in such towns CO.
operate and raise guarantee fund
which will assure the financial sue
, cess of performances by distinguished
singers or instrumentalists.
The European war has had a direct
| bearing on the musical situation Dur
ling the last ten years all of the must
cal celebrities of the old world have
visited the United States, and in the
very recent past American artists
have come to the front by the scores.
But in these wartimes the United
States has been literally crowded, if
not with opera singers, yet with con-
cert talent of distinction. Artists are
still asking high prices, in keeping
with the times, but before the season
is over the price, owing to the I'M
usually large supply, will come down
A year hence everybody will be able
to enjoy the best at small cost.
| In the meantime the Music Study
club of Birmingham has arranged fol
many great entertainments for the
season of 1867. In scanning the
lists of events scheduled for southern
cities this season, as they appeared in
the special autumn number of Musical
America, by the way, the greatest
number ever issued, it is seen that Biz
mingham leads in the variety and ex-
tent of purely artistic ventures. New
Orleans attracts many fine musical
organizations, but not quite SO many
as this city.
What every city of approximately