The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-20

dence here. He has already given vital impulse to musical art in the short time he has directed the com munity sings and with proper CO., operation will accomplish wonders by next spring.
 As the feasibility of producing operas, he says, the time is past when we associate grand opera only with our great cities. Small cities, he points out, may provide a splendid chorus and fine solo voices and be entirely lacking in artists who have necessary qualifications for directing the final rehearsals and the perform ance and as a rule have to look out side. MT. Davenny is many sided man, well versed in operatic and or- chestral literature and is an inter pretative conductor.
 A dramatic coach is necessary and MT. Davenny has been properly schooled in that department.
 MT. Davenny is enthusiastic over Birmingham's musical talent and when he returns from his vacation in September he will put into his work singular energy and will expect every chorus member to do his or her best.
 It is reported that the war against profiteers will be relaxed. This will be news to large number of people who have been wondering when it would start.
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 As long as the de1ega tions continue to arrive. strong numerically if not otherwise, the railroads running into Marion will not object to Harding stay ing on his front porch.
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 With all due respect to Senator Hard ing dignity doesn't get its possessor anywhere, unless there is something behind it. Buffers are the most dignihed people on earth.
 Franklin Roosevelt says America will have more votes than Great Britain in the League of Nations. That's a good way to get into an argument with, 'Bilr Borah and Hi Johnson.
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 It is announced that the list of draft dodgers may not be published, possibly with the idea of sparing the feelings of their descendants.
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 An eastern man says the story of Robinson Crusoe is true. It's veracity has never been questioned by a reader under Is years of age. # x < photograph of Mary Garden has just been received by the dramatic editor. which shows Mary wearing enough clothes for half a dozen roles. F 2. F The New York Evening Post has come out for Cox and the League of Nations and will no longer have to apologize for being in bad company. < + Y If the Bug river were only pro- nounced the way it is spelled, it would be the obvious place to look for a bol- shevik
 A headline writer calls Miss Brom- well, who did eighty-seven flipflaps in l an airplane, a lovely looper," thus neatly combining courage with beauty. # # * NJ The buffalo is said to be coming back. The buffalo nickel has gone where the woodbne twineth. # < x 1 The Poles are showing what a na- tion can do after it gets its second wind. l Department stoxes should lose no time in announcing a sale of voting costumes for the enfranchised fair sex, l 2 z x The obscurity which shrouds the Hohenzollerns is as profound as it is permanent.
 | In scorning a special train. Jimmy Cox pleads for democratic simplicity that is almost Jeffersonian.
 It's our guess that Gen. Pete Wrangel was named after the chap who founded St. Petersburg. 1 # * * 1 If women voters should ever make a mess of things, North Carolina might be in a position to say, 'I told you so.' ] SCOTT "CRIBBED- IT From the New York Times. All the reference books and a Ions tradition assign to Sir Walter Scot