The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-15

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Campaign for the
Music Study Club
1ToHE Birmingham Music Study
u club begins its annual member
ship campaign today. This organiza-
ton grows in popularity every year.
1t has done a great deal for the up
building of the musical taste of this
city. 1t has fostered only the best
| class of music.
Popular music, so called, gets no
one anywhere in music of artistic
merit The Music Study has to do
with high-class music, and only that
jclass. Birmingham has progressed
steadily in its appreciation of the
music of master composers. The large
and discriminating audiences attend
ing the artist recitals under the
auspices of the club last year and
many previous years, prove the vital
hold that music has on this commu-
nifty.
The Music Study club fee is small
"a bagatelle-when the entertain
ments offered are considered. The
club should have membership of up
wards of one thousand.
There will be active canvassing, but
music lovers should not wait to be
called upon. The enrolment Of one
thousand or more should be completed
before the end of the week.
The attractions booked for this
season are unusually meritorious.
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While distinguished visitors from Eu-
rope may never land at the Port Of
Birmingham" and we may never be
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tleships, many a ton of valuable freight
will be landed there, if the people of
Birmingham are alive to their oppor-
tunities.
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OF course Sergeant York has knocked
about the world quite bit and is more
or less familiar with large cities, but
he will find birmingham a contrast
to such a quiet, semi-rural town as
Nashville, Tenn.
Every now and then somebody writes
sympathetic editorial about the woes
of the salaried man struggling against
the high cost of living, but nobody
else seems disposed to take up arm
for him.
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Poland now boasts of Death bat
talon" composed of women. With all
due respect 70 Poland, and peace to
the ashes of Kosciusko female Death
battalions" have been a trifle over
done.
"The indefensible Boston outrage" is
the way the Philadelphia Public Led
ger refers to the police strike in Bos-
ton. Hard words. but they express
public sentiment throughout America.
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The Montgomery Advertiser wants to
know why the Shah of Persia is coming
to America. Just a courtesy visit no
doubt. Uncle Sans list of callers has
grown considerably since April, 1918.
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Under the new contract. eight per-
formances will constitute weeks
work for actors. They will continue
as in the past to respond to esicores
without charging extra.
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China paved the way to lay the Shan
tung matter before the league of ma
tions by signing the treaty of peace
with Austria. Chinese diplomats are not
as Sleepy as they look
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Police of otherNcities who are figuring
on organizing for strike will learn
by studying the London and Boston, po-
lice strike that there is little to be gained
by such tactics.
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Pueblo, Col. citizens probably
thought little about the international
aspects Of the case when they took two
Mexicans from Jail and hanged them
to a bridge.
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Won Ludendorff was irritated by the
stupid and displeasing way" in which
slightly wounded Germans hurried to
the rear. "All they wanted was an
excuse to quit.