The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

plantation. That Boston is in bad luck is a fact and that fact is seriously felt wherever musical art has it's votaries.
 Alabama in the War Savings Drive TIT will be week or ten days, prob U ably longer, before the War Saw ings returns from the entire state are received, but indications point to a splendid achievement for Alabama. Marergo county, with very large negro population, reports that it's quota of $9oo,O0o has been pledged, and Blount county reports its quota of $500, 1000 pledged. These are sig nificant facts. If other countries do proportionately a5 well as Marengo and Blount, Alabama will go well over the top. The drive in Jefferson county will continue another week, and that it's total in pledges will come fully up to the mark goes without saying. Many investors in Baby Bonds are increasing their holdings.
 Keep up the slogan, Buy all you can," and Alabama will make new high record in its already proud rat ing in patriotic endeavor. It is safe to assume that few states in the union will do relatively better than Alabama. Not many will do as we'll.
 Paris goes to market and the theatre, just as if the Germans were not bonn barding the city with long-range can non, but thrifty cafe proprietors insist lHdt pdlionS pay III duNdnco lor IHclr drinks One never knows where a bomb will land, monsieur # + # Not guilty" said the jury in the case of Pauline Plotka, charged with staying Chicago doctor Within the past few years 2s women have been acquitted of murder in Chicago. Go west, young wom- an, and pistol husband or lover with 1 impunity.
 l Count Gilbert De Lafayette, the third descendant of General De Lafayette to meet death in the present war. was killed while fighting as sergeant of artillery 1 in Champagne. Blood will tell. Men them
 Tt appears that Bob LaFayette," to employ a famous phrase of Senator Chamberlain's has almost ceased to Junction. says the Charleston News and Courier. This is a patriotic American's idea of nothing whatever to worry about. ~ % ~
 King George hopes he will be in condi- ton to throw out the ball when that Fourth of July game is played in Lon- don, but. of course. The hasn't had as much practice as President Wilson and his pitching arm is inferior.
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 Paris will celebrate the Fourth of July To what rare pitch of ecstasy Parisians would be elevated if they could consume on that day some old-fashioned southern barbecue. with ice-cold watermelon to finish the feast!
 The announcement that the size and number of automobile tires will be re- duced is not of extraordinary interest to the man who does most of his travelling on composition soles and rubber heels,
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 Now that Kerensky is safely out of Russia it will be much easier to keep in touch with him and he probably won't be reported as sojourning in half dozen different places at the same time.
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 Another reason why we'd hate to be the imperial chancellor of Germany is that he never knows when he is going to re- ceive furious telegram from his lord and master, Wilhelm. !
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 We could view the flight of Lenine and Trotzky with more satisfaction if we were reasonably sure they didn't take along something for rainy day. Plestina, the wrestler, claims that the ''big four" won't give him a chance to show what he can do. Wrestling seems to be a close corporation.
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 Berlin, Ga, has changed its name to Lens. As you have doubtless observed already, democracy is marching on.
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 The bolshevik government in Russia was rather low to begin with. It didn't have far to fall
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 At any rate, the button situation is