The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-23

VI oA NcW lOfh WHO ever ndu the sympathy with the needs of the peo- pie to take an active interest in pro- viding them with concerts of such character that they appealed to the man in the street as well as to the music lover, and all this without dollar of cost to the taxpayer. Gen. erous contributions make up the defi- cits.
 It is not merely through these free public concerts with which you have associated yourself, your honor, that you have afforded pleasure to tens of thousands who otherwise could not have enjoyed it. It is that you have done some thing to answer the great world cry of today: We want a better life!' We all want out of the ever lasting drudgery Of worki work! work! something of the amenities, something of the sweet and pleas ant things of 1ifel And from none does this cry come more potently, more impressively, than from the ranks of the deserving poor
 The New York city conservatory, with a simple plan, will be ample to give a fairly good education to those who would apply themselves to the study of music. Not every city can keep up with New York musical ly, but in time every large commit nity will have free conservatory.
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 Newspaper correspondents needn't try to take from Colonel Harvey his ryestige as a Warwick" The word had been passed around that he helped to nominate Harding. and it's the kind of report that can't be stopped.
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 Senator Harding smokes cigarettes. That may be used against him in the but it is more than offset by the fact that he was born in log cabin.
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 Now that he is a newspaper corre- srondent, it's doubtful if European diplomats will talk to Colonel House ac 
 The Chicago Tribune regrets that Dempsey is not an esthetfc person like Carpenter. MT. Dempsey is the man 10 worry about that, and he is not worrying any.
 The appearance of more silver and gold money than local merchants have seen in a long time can be easily ex- plained. During the war, canny coun- try folk laid It by for rainy day.
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 pr. John Roach Straton sees signs of decay in the United States. He mis- takes dsagreeable smell here and there for the general odor.
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 Naturally, M. Carpentier liked New Orleans, where it was possible for him to be understood now and then without tle aid of an interpreter.
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 The water wagon used to jolt off it's passengers at an alarming rate but cnce on political band wagon it is seldom that anybody ever falls off.
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 Dr. Butler says he is sorry he off, tended General Woods friends. He'll have to give them at least another week to cool off
 Maybe Colonel Procter sadly re- fleets that he could have spent half million to better purpose by building a hospital
 A Birmingham mob was easily dis persed with fire hose There are peo- pie in every mob who have a strong prejudice against water.
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 If Los Angeles develops a weakness for "quakes." it may play havoc with the movie business Motion picture sets" are none too substantial.
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 thieves syndicate with travelling sslesmen on the road to dispose of the loot is just another illustration of busi- ness efficiency.
 Moonlight on the seashore elicits many promise that neither he nor she intends to keep.
 Defying the "eliminator" is an old story to MT. Bryan, who expects to re- peat the trick at San Francisco.
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 Chicago probably wouldn't object if it's entire black belt" could be trans ported to Abyssinia.
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 Mexico is planning to reduce the number of it's generals. There is little likelihood of their ever going to work.
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 No matter how short, sharp and se- we're the allies are. the Turk continues