The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-12

I be changed. When the true Amer
 ican music comes--when we are
 able to present it in the scores of the symphony as such, it will be
 recognized. And it will possess the | dance spirit which characterizes
 Russian music-not of the same
 style as that of Russia. but with a | style characteristically American. l l think it will come. It will be | very original; very American. M. Monteux makes it plain that he will have on his programmes the Ger man classics; nothing can SUD- plant them. During the war the works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Wagner and other Germans were banned in a number of cities, but never in London, and las general thing not in Paris. The Paris Conservatory orchestra, which appeared in Birmingham, had in its repertory Beethoven's Fifth sym |phony. The feeling against Germany was intense, as it should have been, but that was no reason why dear old Beethoven and others of the long ago should have been interdicted any more than Shakespeare should have been banned from America because of the Revolutionary war. The best in music, as M. Monteux holds, belongs to the entire world.
 It was fortunate for the theatrical business that the actors strike was end ed in time to open the season of 1s1s- 70. Perhaps the actors. as well as the man. agers, bore that in mind while they were fighting to the death"
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 'In the name of the allied and asso- ciated powers invite Chancellor Renner to kindly sign the treaty." said Clem- enceau at St. Germain. Renner, who is nothing if not obliging. kindly signed.
 Thousands of mules took part in the parade of the First division in New York. Some day a poet will rise up who is able to do the Missouri mule justice in peace as well as in war.
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 Anyone wishing to get some first hand information about German atroci- ties in Belgium would do we'll to obtain an interview with Cardinal Mercier while he is in America.
 Judging from the way they appear in motion pictures, the heads of the Ger man republic are serious men who real- ize the weight of their responsibility.
 A headed congressman from Min nesota who calls Pershing a brig, a vainglorious. tinseled soldier" reminds us of fee barking at mastiff. < * * "Slinkiness will be the dominant note in fall and winter nodes" says Dame Fashion. It will cost lot of money to achieve "slinkiness" this winter < < * Admiral Grayson recommends a hot drink for the President before retiring An old-fashioned 'night-cap' would do the President world of good.
 The fact that GenerT Pershing suc- cumbed to seasickness does not detract from his prestige as warrior. He wasn't cut out for an admiral The fact that the rebel yell was heard in the cheers that greeted Pershing proved that his welcome was not the least bit sectional. sk * * A Cincinnati preacher has written prayer for the Reds" to win the pen nant, a form of "rooting" that isn't often indulged in.
 * % < So far as the league of nations is con- cerned, we'd be far safer on the inside looking out than on the outside looking in.
 . + % of the seismograph when Austria signed the peace treaty. * * s Ludendorffs statement that the Ger man army lost its nerve is easily sus- ceptible of proof.
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 More than one bibulous citizen has wit messed what he conceived to be the apotheosis of the yeast cake. Reports of promising football material indicate that the outlook for higher ed- ucation was never brighter.
 E * * A coat of tan acquired by fishing and swimming in the villege creek is worth what 1t costs.
 LUKE MLUKE SAYS
 When a married man wants q thipS