The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Let's Keep Up the
 Community Sings

SN4AAAAStAAtpy hAh5o WAFFLE the community sing con- WV mittee has not announced its plans for the winter season it is un- derstood that it's purpose is to resume the Sunday concerts in the Bijou. There will be sing in Capitol park this afternoon at the usual hour and a great Liberty Day affair next Sun- day, which will close the open air series.
 The members of the committee de- serve the thanks of the public for their untiring efforts in keeping the sings a-going. The expenses are not large, but the Sunday collections have not been sufficient to meet them. The deficit each week has been made up by subscriptions obtained from public spirited citizens.
 The sings in the Bijou last season will be recalled not only as delightful musical events, but as stirring patri- otic rallies. The city paid for the Bijou, and it stands ready to do so again this winter. With capacity houses, the collections should be large enough to cover the expense of the orchestra. If there be any deficit it would probably be smaller than here tofore.
 It would be reflection on Bir- mingham to allow the community sing to be discontinued. It is a beneficent civic institution and must not fail of public appreciation.
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 We'll never be able to form an accu- rate conception of the kind of man the German crown prince is until we have personal interview with him in a pris- on cage. Some writers say he's as smart as steel trap and others that he's a damphool.
 The troubles of a famous city editor are said to have been caused by un- fortunate speculations A newspaper man has no business in Wall street, unless he goes there to get story"
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 Lenine and Trotzky may be able to cause a great deal of bloodshed in Rus sia just now, but we wouldn't give five cents for their chance of reaching a peaceful old age.
 Save paper! This advice applies par ticularly to the young man in khaki who writes 1S-page letters home to the girl he left behind him and makes the censor swear.
 Close on the heels of the advancing al lies come French villagers returning to their homes. And they rejoice, though not stone be left standing on an- other
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 Retreating German soldiers are ordered to be more methodical in the destruction of property After four years of pjrac- tice they should be past masters of the art.
 There is so much ignorance in Russia that the red-handed bolsheviki might kill every educated Russian and still leave great many survivors.
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 The reason why we don't hear much about U-boats these days is because U- boats are not in position to make them selves heard.
 Congressmen who go abroad and don't get chance to dodge German shell probably feel that their trip was not a success.
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 The fact that no love is lost between Bulgaria and Turkey is not causing the allies to indulge in loud lamentations.
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 Incidentally what did MT. Rose Pastor Stokes think of Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes holding Eugene " Debs' hand?
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 Despite MT. McAdoo's protests, his ad- mirers continue to regard him as presi- dential timber.
 The horrors of Spanish influenza have been emphasized by persons who call il Spanish flu.
 From present indications the boys will spend another Christmas in the trenches
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 Old King Cotton has found master His first name is Woodrow.
 
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