The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-16
BEAUTIFUL LINE
 OF LADIES' SHOES.
Porter Clothing Co. Has Made Extensive Changes
 In Shoe Department

Somebody once said that ito emerge
 all the ills of life into one great ill-just
 put on a shoe that hurts" No truer statement could have possibly been made, for the very foundation of happiness seems to be a comfortable shoe.
 Women are especially fastidious about their shoes; not only do they demand comfort but they demand beauty as well, which is a combination achieved only by
 the best shoemakers.
 The Porter clothing company from the moment 1t established it's shoe depart
 ment for ladies, has been a great factor in Birmingham shoe market; they have always carried the best makes of shoes. the most reliable and the highest grade shoes. Recently the Porter Clothing company has made extensive Improvements Tn the vast establishment which is one of the most progressive and up-to-date of Bir- minghams mercantile institutions. Especially is this true in the shoe de- partment for ladies; it is the aim and ob- ject of the Porter Clothing company to make this department the most up-to- date and perfect thing of the kind in the south; it is the intention of the Porter Clothing company to serve to its fastid- ious and fashionable clientele the newest
 
 and slippers, and in the lower priced ar | ticles of footwear, to give the best for the money. The shoe department for ladies occu- pies practically the entire third floor of the big Porter Clothing company; 1t has been handsomely refurnished in soft
 green tones heavy carpets, comfortable chairs, large mirrors, and all the accom- paniments which bespeak service and sat- isfaction.
 Their stock of shoes for spring and
 summer is unusually attractive; low shoes as well as high boots in white buckskins which are so difficult to get now, are being shown in many va neties; the grays and champagnes in high shoes and slippers are lovely; the walking shoes in patent leather and dull finish kid are also shown in the latest styles and fashions
 Expert "fitters' are employed who know how to lift" shoes, which is a rare accomplishment.
 The present season will be a "shoe' season and fashionable women do not have to send to New York or other big places for their footwear when it can be had in such perfection as it can be- right here in Birmingham.
 rot be considered in the national conven- tion. For, it is generally conceded, the democratic party cannot longer survive if amagamated with the prohibition party and this, according to popular belief, has for many years been the hope of the pro- hibitionists
 The statements Of the prohibitionists who are applicants for places in the na- tional convention were all clear-cut in defining their allegiance to the President but with one exception, failed to inn press the voters that they would use 1,oi aff1 +0 fi<~x, question should it be brought before the convention. And here is where the great harm might be done the President A believer in state rights himself, he has let it be known in no uncertain language that he does not think the question of national, or federal. prohibition, should
 be written in the democratic platform. and only Judge Denson, of the prohibi tion candidates for elegates-at-large, has
 let it be known that he would oppose such a movement.
 The declaration of Judge Denson was straight, clear-cut exposition of his position with reference to the prohibition question. It left absolutely no room for doubt as to the stand he would take should he be given a vote in the St. Louis convention. In a sense, he declared, he stood for the same principles advocated by Ray Rushton and his associates, and, as a consequence, MT. Allen. one of these'I dSSOcldteS, WlCnureW rom the race Tn favor of Judge Denson.
 Another issue involved in the race for delegates at large has to do with the selection by small coteries of political prohibitionists of delegates to represent the state at the St Louis convention, and this it may be truthfully said, is
 the situation with respect to the candi- cacy of Captain White and his asso- ciates.
 PUBLIC UTILITIES RACE Such is the situation with respect to the races for national committeeman and delegates at-large. In the several other political contests, the prohibit ton question has been given little prominence, since that already has been settled by the state. The race for president of the public service com mission, for which President Sam P. Kennedy, Henry Pc. Merritt and J. A. | Carnley are aspirants, has been fea- tured by personalities rather than by any political issues. Everyone of these