The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-04

POS~A oAS 4Vuhu IT mduy OA tnS smaller cities. But the rivalry for excellence of performance among the famous orchestras is causing chaotic conditions. Conductors are not sat- isfied simply with good players. Each wants great artists, and is all the while enticing the best away from rivals.
 So strenuous has the striving for improvement become that the situa- tion, it is asserted, has reached a tense stage. Not only are first chairs" tempted by big pay, but musicians who play middle instru- ments are in great demand if they excel.
 Orchestra players should be eager to make their profession profitable, of course, but the rivalry among lead CTS is going too far. One thing is gratifying, however-the demand is greater than the supply. By the time Birmingham is able to establish and maintain symphony orchestra of first rate quality-a large endow- ment will be required.
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 Homer s. Cummings is no sloueh when it comes to using expressive language. For instance. he says: For the present we are enduring with what patience we fnay an interlude of republican incapac- ity. .. Rude and unskillful hands have been thrust recklessly amidst the interlacing strands of human destiny"
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 The widow of an American millionaire has married the younger brother of for mer King Constantine of Greece Since the bride has more money than she knows what to do with. and the bridegroom has a princeiy title with no income to speak of, tie match may be regarded in some quarters as ideal.
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 Secretary of Agriculture Meredith urges that all useless employees in non-pro- ductice business be eliminated. This looks like direct slap at the column conductors of America who are hereby warned to oppose such pernicious doc Urine.
 IL is the irony of fate that the New York Herald which, in the Bennetts' time, ra ther prided itself on not having an editorial page that amounted to any thing, is. to be merged with the Sun, whose editorial page is famous around the world.
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 Commenting on conditions in the. mo- N-NH PiNtdAC SOiOHy Ol lAOS <AflSeftS, 4 writer says some of the stars are going a fast pace Naturally, Some way has to be devised to spend their enormous in- comes.
 Seven high school boys of. Sterling. H., were arrested and bound over to the grand jury, for shearing off the hair of five freshmen. The time is coming when there won't be any liberty left in this country
 The grave of John Brown is included in a parcel of land which recently changed hands. John Browns body has been moidering for long time now.
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 English ale. says traveller, has con siderable kick. The English consider o.75 per cent beer as unfit for any purpose urless it's bathing.
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 The farmer cries out upon the rapacAy of the mddleman. Couldn't the farmer and the ultimate consumer get together and talk matters over?
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 As proving the accuracy of new his- tory of the stage. reviewer says it told him the correct age of Lillian Rus sell Could anyone ask for more7
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 The former messenger for broker. age firm in New York who stole s1io,uoo planes the high cost of living. It's uni vcrsal cry.
 they view the raging thrsts of Amer ican tourists with considerable alarm
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 Former Ambassador Gerard speaks 8 good word for the American navy: Jo- sephus should wire his thanks
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 About all the ex-Kaiser has done since he fled from Germany was to put Amer orgen on the map.
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 Unregenerate ''wets" picture dismal future when the erstvtiie land of the free will be turned over to liquor sleuths
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 Getting Alabama out of the mud is