The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-18

IoFahaOie, anu &Or many years HioS0 of the members of his organization were Germans. There were a few Slavs from Bohemia, but they had to speak German, as that was the lan- guage used by MT. Thomas.
 So great has been the advance in musical education in the United States that some of the orchestras are now made up almost altogether of Ameri- cans, and those who are not native born speak English and are natural ized citizens. The New York Phil harmonic of today has many Ameri- can players.
 In rehearsal Walter Damrosch, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, Emil Oberhoffer and Max Zach all use English in explaining to their players just how they wish certain passages of the music being rehearsed to be played.
 In the Cincinnati orchestra all but eight or nine of the men are Ameri- cans. The Boston Symphony is di- vided in it's membership between Americans and foreigners, with na- tive performers slightly predominant ing.
 The Russian Symphony employed, up to a few years ago, one French man and one Italian. All the others were Russians, and, as Modest Alt schuler, the conductor, was born and educated in Russia, he will continue, no doubt, to give prefer ence to Russian musicians. But the time is not far distant when all the big orchestras will be virtually Ameri- can.
 l A facetious soldier at Camp Sheridan called the Woman's College of Alabama ''No Mans Land" However, q wom- ans college may have man for a pres- ident and one or two male professors, not to speak of a janitor who wears trousers.
 i MT. Gompers says thousands of gar- ment workers are idle because women are wearing their last years suits. It's hard to economize without hurting some. body.
 1 It takes a genuine devotee of pugilism | to grow breathless over MT. Corbetts syndicated account of his championship battle with the late Bob Fitzsimmons H # < | The manager of an estate is more highly regarded in Boston than he Is in New York. New Workers believe in | signing their own checks. x # A 1 It has reached the point where Ger man can pay a compliment to Frederick the Great without mentioning the Kaiser and get away with 1t. The allies, it is said, will act on the assumption that the Bolsheviki know not what they do Their actions seem to prove it.
 Germans were able to negotiate suc- cessfully with the Bolsheviki largely be- cause they kept their faces straight. x < * It behooves an official under investi- gation to act as if he had clear con- science, whether he has or not. # + # Coal dealers have paternal way or warning the ultimate consumer to make ton last as long as possible. * * < Of one thing we may be reasonably certain. Nicholas Romanonf is either at Tobolsk or somewhere else. ss * The reported discovery of edible earth in Germany looks like bit of camouflage 1 from Holland. * * * | When Billy Sunday breaches to the colored brother in Atlanta he is swamped with "Amens'' | * # * | The Kaiser thinks he knows the psych- ological moment for offering peace, but | he doesn't
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 Nobody can be more indignant than chorus girl when ordered to wear more clothes.
 LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
 When we use ourselves as stand ard of comparison we discover that | o,, ,,oopla do not amount to much.