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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Instrument Of Music Today Approaching Festival of Birmingham Orchestral Society Draws Attention Qualities of Various Instruments
 Which Go to Make Up Modern Orchestra ks

[ clarinet being the richest in the fam lily.
 The bass instruments include the horns, trumpets, trombopes and tubas. The timbre of the horn may be used in many ways. It Is by turns heroic or rustic, savage or exquisitely poetic but 1t is in the expression of tender- ness-apd emotion that it best develops it's mysterious qualities. Like the horn. the trumpet is transposing instru- ment and is admirably suited to rapid figures (arpeggios). but besides noisy fanfares, it is capable of extreme sweetness. The cornet sings with ease any kind of melody, its chief mer- it being facility of utterance. The slide trombone-alto, tenor and pass differs from the other brass winds by rendering~ the note as it Is written (not transposing) and it is very diff cult to play. It's timbre Is imposing and gives the impression of power. The tuba furnishes superb bass to the brass winds and is especially effective in militaH music
 Among the instruments of porous sion are found the kettle-drums that are the only ones with definite pitch; bells, bass drums and triangles and are used principally to make the rythm.
 
 string family, is very beautiful and impressive, and the composer does not employ 1t generously. but saves 1t for a poetic and ethereal mode of express sion.
 BIRMINGHAM'S ORCHESTRA
 The Birmingham orchestra, which will be heard for the first time at the spring festival, will be a local organ- ization in so far as 1t is possible to have | 1t so, but there are some important parts that are not procurable here, so will have to be imported Ferdinand Dunkley, the able conductor, has been greatly assisted in his efforts to secure and assemble the local orches- tra by Earl W. L. Ley, who has rem dered invaluable service in every way, and there will be great pride and perhaps some praise in the hearts of even the sents it's numbers at the festival April 29-3O. MT. Dunkley is specially gratitied with his string choir, and Fred G. Vie gand. who has made his home in Bir- mingham for several years, and whose work as a violinist ranks with the best talent in the south, is the concert mas ter an honor which every conductor con- fers with some regrets that there cannot be several "firsts." Be that as 1t may. the orchestra which is now rehearsing for the festival is the nucleus of an orsani- zation that will continue to study to- gether the compositions of the great masters, so that the public may become as familiar with the symphonies as they are with the so-called popular airs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
OF
 TRAFFIC BUREAU
 ARE FAR REACHING
Bureau Members to Meet at Luncheon Today When Year Iy Report Will Be Made.
 Home Suggested

O. l.. Bum, secretary-manage of the Birmingham Traffic Bureau, warmly recommends to the 243 mer- chant members of the association that live committee of five be appointed to look into the feasibility and prac- ticability of buying a home for the organization.
 In celebration of the years achieve nents the bureau members will meet at luncheon in the Southern club at 80 this afternoon. On this occasion there will be number of invited guests, and they will be told some of the successful op- erations of the bureau and the benefits derived by the merchant members.
 In his annual report MT. Bum calls at tertion to these showings:
 CLAIMS COLLECTED
 Collected for members from carriers on account of overcharges damage in tran sit and the like during 1920 the sum of s15400O on 5,327 claims, compared with collections of, s139,ooo in 1919, s4, 900 in 1918 and s4,750 in 1917, the first year of exis- tence.
 Claims filed in 1920 were 6,07s, repre- senting s222.oOo The increase in this de- pertinent was similar to that in the claim collecting department. The association quoted 1o3,Ooo rates in 1920 and audited 5000 freight bills.
 The annual report calls attention to the establishment of rates on the War rior and the numerous activities of the bureau in protecting Birmingham ship ping interests from threatened imposition of rates that would have initiated
 PERMANENT EXHIBIT against the city.
 Among the recommendations of Mir Bum are these:
 That membership of five be appointed to go out for the new members
 That the president appoint committee of five to look into the matter of a per- manent home for the bureau, to be owned by the merchant members. In this home Mir. Bum says permanent exhibit of Birmingham-made goods could be ar ranged As to feasibility of the plan he says:
 This can be financed and handled to a successful conclusion so easily that it seems shame for the association not to take this forward step"
 MT. Bum also advocates monthly meet ings for all the members of the bureau, at which light luncheon may be served following the meeting. He believes this will serve to develop team work by mak- ing the members better acquainted with one another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Little Girl Seeks
 Information as to
 Fathers Whereabouts

Local police authorities are in receipt of a letter from a little girl in Cali fornia asking for help in her efforts 10
 locate her father. whom she believes IS
 in Birmingham. The letter is accom-
 panied by a note from her fathers sis-
 ter, saying that they are unable to sup
 pert the child. and asking police of this
 city to help find the father. The letter,
 verbatim, follows:
 Dear Sir: I am a little girl, IF years
 of age. and living with my step-daddy
 and his sister. My mother is sick and
 r the county hospital My, own daddy was in Birmingham. Alabarny. last sum
 mer, and he said he was coming to
 Greenvilie, Texas, where me and my
 mother was. We come out here this win- ter, but I don't think he eveA come out here, because have not seen him. l haven't seen him since I was 2 years old. I want you to help me find him. His name is R. E. Norman, or Eugene Norman If you find him, tell him to write to me. My name is Mae Lovina Norman. Please help me. My address is 1926 Twelfth avenue. Sackramento. Cal. Yours truly.-Mae I1ovina Norman. Police are making every effort to To- cate the little girls fathsr. However. they have met with no success so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

From Montgomery comes word that the special committee which made the investigation here. upon which Governor Kilby based his conclusions. will call in a body on the executive at the capital today to express to- the governor their appreciation of the confidence he showed in them and also to con- graduate him upon the decisive ness of his final decree.
 It is not unlikely that steps will also be taken in Birmingham to ex- press this city'sjappreciation of the governors efforts throughout the strike and of the continued interest he showed in the states welfare by the manner in which he con ducted the office of governor dur ing the trying period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
FULLER VICTIM OF
 NEGRO HIGHWAYMEN

T. T. Fuller, ao1 Forty-ninth street, was held up at the point of a~pistol and robbed of $4S.50 by two negro highway men on Morris avenue between Nine teenth and Twentieth streets about o'clock yesterday morning.
 Mir. Fuller, after being robbed. walked half a block over to First avenue and reported it to the officer on the beat. Police Headquarters was notined ana sent two men to the scene of the roopery at once.
 Mr Fuller stated that the two negroes after robbing him. fled down Morris avenue in the direction of Eighteenth street. He was unable to give the DO lice a good description of the highway men. No trace of the negroes has beer found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
SOIL SURVEYOF MOOSEHEART SITES
 MADE BY EXPERT

Prospective sites for the Moose homo for the aged and infirm of that order were inspected last week by Pro. c. c. starcher, prominent state authority on trucking and fruit growing. Sites In every section of the county were gonc over by Professor StArcher. who was conducted by the Moose homo committee of the Civic Association and local real estate men.
 Value of the soil in Jefferson county for truck gardening and fruit growing was stressed by Professor starcher. who pronounced the climate and soil ideal for the growing of vegetables and fruits.
 Final selection of the location for the Moose home has not yet been made. Formal selection will be made at the na- tionai meeting at Toledo in June. all though the decision of the supreme couu- cil of the lodge is said to be final. As vet this body has not acted upon rec ommendations submitted by Rodney Brandon, supreme secretary, who visited sites throughout the south, including To- cations around Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
WHAT THEY SAY
By BILL THOMPSON

The question was: Are you in favor of the city having any dog shot that is seen running at large upon the streets?
 Whore asked: Here and there about town.
 The answers were:
 B. M. Heaton. 1113 Fifteenth street, south: T am certainly in favor of the city shooting any dog that is seen running at large upon the streets. I love dogs as much as anybody. but believe in any measure that will certainly protect the public from harm."
 A. F. Thomson, 412h Twenty first street. north: Dogs running 1t large upon the streets are great danger to innocent people. People who like to have dogs should care enough for them to keep them chained in their back yards. More power to those who arc killing out the worthless dogs that infest the streets and alleys of our city"
 Enrique Smith. 517 American Trust. building: T believe that the city should catch Nthe dogs instead of shooting them. Any true lover of dogs hates the idea of having them shot. They could be caught and placed in wagon and taken to . place of confinement almost as easy as to shoot them. Then if the owner did not care enough to como and get them out and buy muzzle for them they could be hilled !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
TRAIN SCHEDULE ON
 AZ, B. X Al. MAINTAINED

Several more agencies have been opened on tn line ef the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad and the passenger and freight schedule of the past several days is being maintained without Inter ruption
 Hereafter the passenger trains on this road will be handled in and out of the Louisville and Nashville depot as be- fore the walkout The mechanical shops are reported to have full forces
 No. 53. local freight. from Louisville to Birmingham. moved for the first time yesterday since the walkout.
 Improvement fin every department and on every division Is reported by the of ficials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
TRAVELERS |NDORSE
 ROAD AMENDMENT
I'll AS Urge Calling of Spe- ciaI Session and Pledge Sup
 port of the Amendment

Resolutions ifrdorsing the calling of by Governor Kilby for the purpose of passing the good roads amendment were adopted at meeting of Post B Travellers Protective association, held Saturday morning.
 The T. P. As were especially active in helping to carry the state in the road bond amendment last year, and promise their cooperation to the gov ernor in whatever action he may take to this end.
 The resolutions follow:
 At meeting of Post B, Trave- lers Protective association, held this morning, the following resolu- tions were passed:
 Whereas the travelling men, and especially the T. P. As, rendered useful service to the state by help ing carry the road bond amendment in the election of February, 1920,
 And whereas, that election has been nullified by the courts as being unconstitutional,
 And whereas the year that has elapsed since the road bond elec- tion has only emphasized the cry ing need of more and better roads in Alabama, therefore be it
 Resolved, That his excellency, the governor. be respectfully pe- titioned to call forthwith a special session of the legislature to the end that the road bond amendment may be legally passed upon, and the programme of road building be started with the least possible de- lax. Be it further
 Resolved, That his excellency be assured of the cordial support and co-operation of the Birming- ham T. P. As in whatever action he undertakes towards realizing the speedy adoption of this much needed amendment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
SHOWERS EXPECTED

Continued warm weather. with Sproo- ably an occasional shower is the fore cast of E. C. Horton. local weather ob- server. for today.
 'sMarch showers are trickey." says Mir, Horton .'We expected shower yester- day afternoon but as it didn't arrive il is just as liable to double up and have two or three of them today" The weather pilot also informs that the hot test period was reached about o'clock yesterday afternoon when the mercury registered 's4 dgrees in the shade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Rad Grade Crossings

To the Editor of The Age-Heraid:
 Announcements are being made by those who aspire to the board of city commissioners of Birmingham. None of them have said word about the elimina- tior of-the deadly grade crossing in our midst. am not for. nor will I support any candidate who does not give some satisfactory srsuranca that he will do all an enormous tol! in lives yearly. besides mainiIng many others And the city conn mission is iicr even requiring flagmen at some of our most dangerous crossings It appears the A.. B. & A. has removed its flagman from Second avenue and Sixth street. very dangerous crbssing. Re- srectfully. ROGER w. SNYDER.
 Birmingham. March. IS. 1oa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
 CLASS INITIATION

Approximately S5 candidates received the degree of the order of the class initiation of the Birmingham councll No. s65. Knights of Columbus. yester- day in the hall at 2121h Third avenue.
 The degree team was led by Jack Hays, past team master, and they were assisted by a portion of the St. Louis degree team. Visiting knights from Mobile, Nashville, Cullman, Montgom- |ery, Muscle Shoals and Huntsville were in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
DR. GREEN TO LECTURE ON
 APPLIED PSYCHOL0 L0GY

The Birmingham Applied Psychology club will not meet tonight at the courthouse. as 1t has in the past. as the entire personnel of the club has been invited to attend free lecture tonight at o'clock by Dr. Joseph Perry Green in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
DOKEYS TO PLAN FOR
 SPRING CEREMONIAL

Final arrangements for the big spring ceremonial will be made to- night when the members of Aladdin temple. No. 153, Dramatic Order K nights of the KhorassAn, meet at S.30 o'clock at the Fraternal hall.
 It is expected there will be large class for this ceremonial as every member of the temple is expected to bring in petition The date for the big event will be set and several other important arrangements, it is under stood, will be made. John A. Fisher. royal vizier, says that smokes will be provided for the meeting tonight ana a general good time Is assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

Stricter compliance with the law was noted during last week. Many of the pe- destrians who had swung unhesitatingly across the street regardless of the signal in the center, of the thoroughfare, seem ingly had learned the custom of waiting until the course of traffic was changed to agree with the direction in which they were going. Others paid no attention to the signals.
 Leniency will be the rule with pedes- trians in regard to jaywalking for sey- eral more days, although fragrant vio- lators will be haled before Judge Henry Martin in recorders court. Unintentional breaking of regulations, provided it does not occur with too great frequency. will be condoned by the traffic officers for a short period, it is said. However. all pedestrians are warned not to set too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Euents of Today
 In Birmingham
ADJUSTMENTS

ANU USEMENTS
 JeffersOn-RObert MantelI and Gen. evfeve Hamper, in "Richeiieu."
 Lyric-Keith vaudeville and pic tures.
 Loevw's Bijou--Vaudevi1Ie and pie tures.
 Trianon--D. w. Griffith's "The Love FIower.o
 AIcaxar-@It,s n Great Life.o Strand-C1ara kimbalI Young, in @Hush.o
 GaIax-"HeIiotrope.r
 Riaito-Marshali Neilan's "The Rivers End"
 Ode0n-Comedy and serial drama. Princess-Comedy and serial drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
ClTY'S WATER SUPPLY
 SUBJECT, CIVIC FORUM

I Birmingham's water supply will be discussed for the benefit of members of the Civic Forum at their luncheon this afternoon at 12:10 o'clock at the Civic Association rooms. by Judge w. R. Voor- his, special representative of the Bir- mingham Waterworks company
 Judge voorhis is an authority on water works problems, being well conversant also with the situation at present and former history of the plant which sup plies Birmingham Routine matters will also be taken up by the Forum at it's meeting today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
2il N. goth
By ELLA POLK HUBERT

The three concerts that are to be given April 0sS0 at the Jefferson theatre by the Birmingham Orches- tral society are to be SO largely com prised of numbers by the new sym phony orchestra that cursory mar rative of the constituent parts of an orchestra and the value of each in- strument in making a good ensemble will be helpful to the laymen who largely make up any audience.
 The modern orchestra is the most eloquent music in the world. and a upon men, instead of upon the key board, upon many instruments rather than upon one.
 There are four separate groups of instruments or choirs in an orchestra; the viols, wood winds, brasses and percussives. The strings, including violins, violincellos and violas and bass viols make up nearly three-fourths of well balanced orchestra and the close harmonies that they are capable of producing are ethereal in their eff fects The violin family shares with the human voice the ability to vary the pitch of sounds and with the or gan in prolonging them indefinitely The violin sings. weeps, screams and lacks only articulate speech to equal the human voice. The bow determines the vibration rules it's intensity ana nlodifies it's timbre.. and the left hane determines the pitch.
 THE WOOD WINDS
 The wood winds include flutes oboes, clarinets and bassoons The flute is made of wood or silver and the vibratory motion is made from a lat. eral mouthpiece. It has a range of three full octaves. the tones being reg ulated by the lingering and breath and is known as a warbling .nstru- ment. The piccolo which belongs to the flute family, has brilliant but hard sound, lacking in sweetness. 1t is the highest instrument in the sym phonic orchestra. The oboe has a dou- ble reed in the end of a conical tube. The timbre Is thin and nasal, very piercing in the forte passages. but full of refinement in it's piano. The oboe sets the pitch for the orchestra, sounds the A for the orchestra to tune by.
 The bassoon, that has been called the humorist of the orchestra, Is the bass oboe and the deepest-toned in- strument In the orchestra. The voice of the clarinet (which has single reed), Is much more limpid and fuller than that of the oboe, and it is fa- vorfte solo instrument in many of Liszt's symphonic poems, the B flat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
PERSONALS

pr. George R. Stuart pastor of the First Methodist church, is quite i'll at the home of friends in South Carolina When pr. Stuart will return to Biir- mingham Is uncertain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21

great store by this statement, for under tho law as even now effective, every vio- lator of the la wis subject to arrest
 Long lines of motor car drivers filled the lobby of the city hall Saturday and hundreds more are anticipated today in response to the statement of John H. Teylor commissioner of public safety. that all who failed to obtain the license provided for would be arrested.
 Those who had been clinging to the hope of not having to pay the fee at all had their air castles shattered when Fred c. Moore, city attorney. rendered opinion that the provision requiring the payment of the s1 license fee was legal and constitutional, as police regula- ton. As a result, the throngs swelled registration figures to- above the $500 mark before the books were closed Sat urday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
Pedestrians Who Ignore
 Traffic Signals Will Be
 Arrested, State Officials

the traffic regulations this will probably be pnaed for their lack of public determined  officers signal will rested declared at the city hall yesterday
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-03
WISE LOOK SPEAKS VOLUMES
TELLS STORY.

z "A bit, of local atmosphere in "a small
town is shown in whats Your Re
5putation Worth?" which will be seen
at New Crystal theater on Sunday
Aug. II. This atmosphere is obtained
around the village .postofice and in
the country store, where the older men
of the village -congregate to whisper
the gossip Of the hour, look wise and
appear to know more than they really
do.
"A pleasing touch is given when zone
of the players, a genuine article of the
rural districts, sticks his tongue in
his cheek, winks and looks wise. This
action has an important bearing on
the story. 1T is at a time when Miss
Griffith as Cara GDeene and Percy Mar
mont as Anthony Blake, her employer,
drive through the village on sleigh
ing trip.
The action sof the story is intensely
dramatic and the scenic xba ckgrounds
are widely contrasted, showing the
beauties Of nature in the country and
the exquisite luxury Of society in New
York City A few flashes of "a cheap
boarding house agives "a pleasing touch
to the film. Il,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-03
sTHREsIiERFMENs fExFMPT.

The new wtorkme,ss compensation
law docs NOT apply. ito threshing
operations, according to advices re-
.ceived from II: IA ID uxbury chairman
of the minnesota Industrial Commits.
sion, who refers Ito "a decision of sthe
State Supreme Courtft the effect that
Robustness offthreshing farm labor.
is exempt sfrem the operation lof the !.
compensation law. Mr.. sDuxbu1y,
however, suggests tosthreshermen that.
the common law liability arising from
negligence does prevail in 5threshing
operations and that, twhile there is no
law requiring insuran the risk in
volved, business, prudence might
dictates protection by insurance. against
tile common law liability = S. i ]
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-03
MILITARY FUNERALS.

Two more Brown County boys have
been brought home from France to
their final resting place near their old
homes. This time both young men
were from or near Hanska and the ser
vices were conducted at the churches
which they attended as young boys
in Albin and Lake Hanska.
The first of the two funerals was
hela Saturday afternoon. 1T was that
of John Thordson, killed in action in
France after a year Of service and a
month before peace was declared. The
services were held in Lake Hanska
Church.
The other 'funerl was that Of Elmer
sGrotta, held Sunday in the Albin
Church. IA
Elmer Grotta, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Enoch Grotta Of Lake Hanska, went
into the service in March, 1918, and
became member of the 43rd Balloon
Company. He had passed thru the
terrors of war without injury and it
was while walking about the deserted
battle field on the 3lst day of January,
nearly two months after the fighting
had ceased that he was killed. He was
picking up souyeniers and found an
unexplpded shell that went off and
he was killed.
John Thordson, son Of Mrs. Guttom
Thordson, entered the service with the
first draft, on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, 1917 and trained: with the 88th
at Camp Dodge. He was transferred
to the 4th Division and sent to France
where deserved until October Id, 1918,
when he was killed in the, sArgonne
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