The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-23
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
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ser c.6een,s Praise

i Sel Caheen's Praise
 | Tt, isn't an exaggefation to say thai 1 Mary Garden, the world famous prims | donna of the Chicago opera, is, to my way of thinking, the superior of any singer in opera and concert today
 said Sol Caheen. Not only does Mary 1 Garden sing with her voice and heart 1 but with her head, for she has brains plus; her creative and interpretative art cannot be equaled and the rest ol l the singers are no more in her class I than the most remote thing in the world. And to thing that Birmingham
 has never had the opportunity before of hearing this great artist. feel that the management of the Al Star Con- certs' is doing something for Birmlng ham which should be classed with the really big things; the responsibility : that is assumed in presenting such high priced artists as Mary Garden anc 1 Geraldine Farrar and Fritz Kreisler IS one from which the most daring o1 business men would shrink, but noth- ing daunted, the artists have been signed for, and Geraldine Farrar's tremendous ovation here shows that the efforts of the All Star Concerts are undoubtedly appreciated. Mary Garden will duplicate the success of the Farrar concert. for she is not only a greater artist, but more beautiful woman and one of. the really great brain powers of the world. Whenever ] am in Chicago or New York and Mary Garden is there, whether she is singing "Pelleas and Melisande, Louise Thais.' or Cleopatra go to hear her and am
 eagerly anticipating her concert here,
 December G."
 Local Game
 Wild game is said to be plentiful on
 Shades mountain this season." said
 Henry F. Beaumont yesterday. Fred
 McDuff says he saw wild turkies there.
 Many believed Fred was .joshing,' but
 others have seen them. Birds and rabi
 bits are abundant, too and foxes are so
 numerous, the residents of the noun
 tain and contiguous valleys are com blaming at the inroads the foxes make
 ture of the-nea future is the fox hunt
 which will be pulled off at Linger Longer lodge on the crest of Shades mountain. Two or three packs of fine hounds will be on hand for the hunt and there is no doubt that it will be ex- citing or interesting, or whatever means successful in the fox hunt line, as trial run has shown the foxes can be jumped easily enough. Catching
 them will be the fun
 |. About Collections
 Bishop James Cannon evidently
 has sense of humor along with an eye Hunt, flor at the recent session of the
 North Alabama conference at Gadsden. Get them before the boil weevil,' was his pointed and witty answer to one brother who had delayed taking his conference collections until the eleventh hour after the pesky little critters had gotten in their fatal work and gathered about all the ready money of his members It was case of the early insect getting the coin.v
 Lure of Birmingham s> ea N Talk about lure of the wild, it is nothing compared to the lure of Bir- mingham, once a man has resided here long" said A. c. Jenkins who has re- turned to the city and assumed duties as membership secretary of the Civic association. When I left here last spring for South Carolina, I painted a pleasant picture of life in the foothills of the beautiful Carolina mountains, but the longer I was away, the more old Birmingham called to me, until it be- came a clarion voice. All I can say is that am delighted to be back, and they are not going to tempt me away again."
 Got to Help Hisnself T am glad to see the banks and other folks trying to help the farmer tide over 20-cent cotton" said L. E. Mus- grove, but none of these outside agen- cies is going to do the work The cot ton producer must do it for himself be- fore he becomes really independent. He
 must do what the citrus growers of Florida and California have done and what the California raisin growers have done. He must be organized at first hand When there is a strong farmer organization conducted on a business basis, then and then only will the cot ton producer become independent. These other aids are commendable, but they do not go deep enough and they are am glad to be able to say that lots of farmers whom l know are very far from requiring the help of anyone" One of Many Expressions I like the new Drama column of
 The Age-Herald, edited by Mrs. B. r. Wilkerson." writes Hudson Strode of the State university. who has. the chair of drama and assistant in English in that institution.
 T can think Of no better way m which to let the province know some thing of New York drama 1 like the popular touch which she gives to the work. read every one of the articles and hope she will continue the work by all means
 LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
 Man is queer fish. Men who never thought of taking drink. when the