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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Sleeveless Sweater Goats $3. 50

These sleeveless days. Sleeveless sweaters mig have been introduced to the wool supply Bq must admit that sweaters without sleeves represe very smart and altogether practical idea for sprir and summer wear. In this group there are 72 turquoise blue, aI beautiful sle ev ell es S Copenhagen blue N zephyr sweater coats of- nave nevel o.aeaSu th3 fered 1t special selling for t 4r, s if s io
 $50. These are in khaki, }--ai F14
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Saturday Sale On the Fourth Floor Housewares
 ChinaWareS
 GlaSSWareS

Fourth floor sales are always drawing cards" They always offer practical op- portunities for saving. This one for today will be no exception to the rule. The saw ngs will be many varied worthy. Read through the entire list and check your needs as you go.
 CUPS AND SAUCERS-Thin china cups and saucers three sssosstisns ssss 5sa ad1sD imported Japanese 800 CUPS AND sAUcERs Three different decorationsblue ns lint ass Sse Sa.s0 soss patterns and 300 TABLE TILES-5oc china table tiles DE- beautifully decorated imported quality OOS CHINA PITcHERS-Quart size, tall shapes, light QOr green maroon formerly DOC; special ~~S CHINA PITcHERs-Pnt size good variety of 1Oc colors, useful pitcher; formerly 25c; special ASS BUTTER JARs-5oc china covered butter jars 2Er two-pound sizes, blue and white decorated 0VS SALT BoxEs-Blue and white china salt boxes, 2Oc round and square shapes wooden covers; special OSS NAPPIEs-15c and zoe china nappies two n. sizes, white and blue china AVS MIXING BoWLs-Large size blue and white deep cn
 heavy porcelain mixing bowls, special OYS MIXING BoWLs-5oc white mixing bowls, 70. heavy blue band deep sizes ~~S ODD CHINA-1000 pieces fancy odd china 1n~ for home and gift use choice AVS FANCY PLATEsFancy imported china plates dainty dec oEst0n,, o;;a 0,s,dss. sss home use and .25c BEDROOM sETs-11 pieces beautifully decorated; com Psts gss tss with H..Sitass s necessary pieces $50 ELECTRIC LAMPS-Table or bedroom lamps brass port able stands, beautifully coored glass 2 2OE domes; special vs~O FLOOR LAMPS Mahogany floor lamps, beautiful n OE silk shades complete, ready for attaching AVs0O RAYO LAMPS-Famous Rayo nickelplated base, 1o-inch white shades, complete, ready for E0 bedroom or library AsOv ICED TEA TUMBLERs-Cut designs l4-ounce glass tea tumblers, thin blown body, all shapes; ? E0 formerly 3.75; special AeOV CAFE TUMBLERs-Formeriy 1.25 cafe tumbers. heavy bottoms, Bounce size, 0En plain elass dozen SSS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23

KAYSER'S VESTS Kayser's Italian silk vests, body top and regular style, D m flesh colored ksVV KAYSER'S BLOOMERS -Kayser's Italian silk bloomers, in flesh and splen- 2 Efl did heavy serviceable quality JeJV CARRIERS envelope union suits. All reg ular and extra sizes, 9E excellent values 1skO MISSES VESTS Summer vests, very elas- tic,l all lisle, all sizes up DE- to IA years kJC WOMENS VESTS Women's pink or white lisle vests, full and E(1~ generously made JJC
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Hosiery For Easter also hosiery for
 children

Many practical novelties which substantially SUD- port the fashionable new footwear and apparel. Skirts this season are by no means long enough to hide the attractiveness of the new spring hosiery.
 NOVELTIES - Embroid- cred stripes in white and colors, of pure thread silk, with lisle En tops ! .JV PLAIN SILK colored hose to match the new foot wear, in gray, putty, beige, smoke, mouse and white. Pure thread with reinforced wear I 0E ing parts k.ZJ FANCIES Silk hose nov ely striped, in new eff fects, and. very spring-like with white backgrounds. Substantial silk II m lisle tops | eVV INFANTS SILK SOCKS in white, pink and light blue. Sizes 8 to 9 1-2, 85c; sizes 6 to ' 1-2, FOG; sizes sa g l4a 4 55c GIRLS SILK LISLEA splendid and silk-like quality for girls and misses. Extra fine, close ribbed, in white only. Priced according to EE. size, at from 45c to JJC BOYS HEAVY COTTON HOSE = Narrow ribbed, black only, sizes 6 1-2 to to a1' 29s 4Oc
 Main Floor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Easter Furnishings for Me1

absolute dependence the Store for Men assist in selecting And promise that assist prove valuable in the selection of becoming hat
 for instance valuable financial waythe less have to outfit the better will like now put 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Cloudy
Weather:
Spring Millinery s and Up

Are you, like many others, looking for a Millinery Store with hats reason ably priced? Then make our millinery store your millinery store.
 Popular priced millinery was never offered you in such pleasing assort- ments. The hat you select at only 500 may be one of hundreds at that price-and best of all, in appearance it will not be 500 hat. ! Itreally pays to buy hats here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Spring Footwear $5 and up

If you have found it an advantage to buy footwear here in the past you will most assuredly find satisfaction here now.
 The model variety is extensive be- yond description. The finest of leath- CTS and workmanship are present. And prices point out, most emphati- cally, the economy that buying here makes possible Man '''''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Mems Spring {
 and
 more ThGt are: Hand Tailored 1OO% AH-WOOl Perfect Fitting Honest Values

Those are the -four legs" upon which every Fruhauf suit stands. They are arguments which cannot be disputed.
 You couldn't buy suit from the finest tailor in the land made better than Fruhauf 5000 suit. You couldn't ask for fabrics that had more than 100 per cent wool in them
 You couldn't ask for fit that better than perfect These are the ideals back of this superior clothing sold in the Iovean, Joseph & Loeb Store for Men. The man who dresses conservatively will find that his appearance is improved by wearing Fruhauf clothes.
 The young fellows to whom style means everything, gets it in Fruhauf cothes-plus that sort of quality which keeps suit looking fit after months of the hardest kind of service.
 See window display of the Fruhauf suits with the new rippled sleeves slash pockets, straight front-the slnartest of all close fitting clothes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13
First Aid to War Gar
deners

war gardeners this year lack nothing
ny way or sage advice to helm them
crush the Hun by food production.
several excellent home gardening man
Isls have been recently published. at
lentlon to the counsels Of which should
insure good crops. Practical Garden
ms. by Hugh Fndiay. and Home
NegetabIe Gardening from A to T." nv
Noolph krunm, are two helpful addi-
tons to the literature on the subject
Mr Finday's book is the more COM
prehensive as il covers not only truck
nut berries and fruit. The Information
s. carefully compiled and includes the
standard data and instructions. as well
as many pointers" and short cuts from
the authors experience. The book is T.
lustrated with line drawings and half
tone cuts
Mr.. Krumm, Of the staff OF the Garden
Magazine, Incorporates in his book the
experience of more than 4 decade or
gardening journalism and actual gar
deninE. His material is arranged ton.
'cally. subject 70 a page. each page
headed with n practical and helpful il
Iustration. The book might well be
called handbook OF gardening by plc-
tureS. In addition to the numerous
half-tone illustrations. the book contains
a large number Of handsome color.
plates
PRACTICAL GARDENING By Hurh Find.
,,aaE,, New n9rk; n. Appleton & CO. 81
\ 10 r.. By Adolph Krumm Garden Git".
DOUBLEDAY, Page 60. Al@b
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SINNERS Big Idea

Skinner the same skinner vbose
dress suit and baby are already kpovn
10 many readers, appears aeaIn in = H.
Tie book by Henry Irving Dodge, called
Skinners Big Idea II is a mighty
good little tale, and one that en,pIoyers
ana employees alike will find well worth
reading
skinner was The junior mariner OF the
u'n OF Mclaughlin & Perkins. and when
'ne TWO senior partners went on bust
ness TRIP to South America they left
SNInner the unpleasant Job Of firing sew
eral OF the older men in the Office and
ta"lng on Younger employees who youId
work Tor smaller salaries. ATcL,auehlin
Perkins We're convinced that there
were too many old men in the office
supersnnuated fellows Of fifty or so wh,
had got int rut and were not showing
any initiative.
But Skinner knew very well that
man or nttN or more is often worth haIf
mined not TO fire the men who had been
win ihe hrm for years and had devoted
lheir best efforts 10 building lin lis busi-
nesS. rel he had to obey the iustruc-
uOnS OF his SuDeriorS.
skinner obeyed orders and got rid Of
me older men. replacing them nv
Younger ones and yet when war broke
out and Mclaughlin came hurrying back
from BuenoS Aires in a panic because
he thought all his young men wo,tld nov
leaAe Tor the front, he found the same
STAR there yet strangely altered. THAT
SOUNDS Ike contradiction Just how
skinner worked il out and what his
lroal l lrea was; must be left to the
reader II is fine little story and will
ne OF Eres value and suggestivenesg to
every business man and woman.
SklNNER'S $ RIG IDEA. Bv Henry Irving
Dodge New York: Harper Bros SOC
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book, Germany at Bay" is said to
have startled England by awakening
it to a realization OF the danger that
lies in German peace.
How do you feel about it, doctor"
| asked Doctor McFabre.
The clergyman crossed his legs, laid
his cigar on the ash tray, put his
elbows on the arms of his chair and
brought the tips of his fingers to.
gcthcr
81 could tell you better in twenty
years. said he with twinkling eyes.
"Or perhaps fifty, II should be blessed
with that more life. | think. however,
that something can be said in defense
Of Usher's point OF view"
81 agree with you doctor" said l.
Even II one does not agree with his
conclusions, it is important for our
information to have them set forth.
I don't want to agree with him that
the central European empire which
has already been set up by Germany
is 10 survive the peace treaties. l
think he minimizes the danger. And
7 am not sure that what he calls the
league Of Atlantic Powers can be Gre
ated 10 offset the international in
iuence Of the central European en-
pire. | do agree with him when he
says the war has demonstrated that
Europe is not the whole world and
that international law must hereafter
be made by the consent OF the ma.
tons of America. / agree also when
he says that democracy has become
the great international issue, second
only to the establishment OF code
OF international law which shall be
binding upon all honorable States. His
suggestion that the future of democ.
racy and civilization will be safe, no
matter what happens in Europe, so
long as close cooperation and friendly
understanding continue among the
United States, the British Empire,
France, Italy and the principal South
American nations. is interesting.
do not know whether it is important,
1t has great potentialities, as he
points out, for these nations control
the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans.
They dominate the great trade routes.
II they should decide TO work to-
gether, they could keep Germany from
the seas in the future. When peace
comes with the central European en-
nire intact he would have the Atlantic
nations united to exclude II so far as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13
GERMAN PLOTS
BEFORE, THE WAR
Described in One of the Most
Thrilling Mystery Tales the
Conflict Has Produced

when a publisher gets manuscript
novel and sits up ell night to read it
there must be something unusual in it,
That is what happened when the Amer
lean publisher received John Ferguson's
"Steslthy Terror" from England The
ordinary reader who gets hold OF the
book will have to exercise all the self
control he is gifted with II he succeeds
in getting to bed at a seemy hour after
he starts the book
It is tale Of the German secret setv-
ice and its efforts to get hold Of a cryptic
plan for the invasion OF England. The
time IL just before the beginning Of the
war 4 young ScotChman In Berlin goes
10 the relief OF a man who has been
knocked down in the street a night and
receives from him the mysterious docu-
ment. The next day a German calls at
the young Scotchman's lodging and asks
for the paper. The SCotChman refuses
10 give It up because the man seems TO
have no proper credentials. The caller
tells him that unless he surrenders O.,
he will be killed. and departs. Before
the day is out he has two or three mar
row escape from death. At night his
room is invaded. but he escapes and fees
tor his life lust as his pursuers are
to overtake him he finds himself in the
door Of an apartment house toward
which Young woman is coming. Tie
persuades her to let him enter. The
dangers that he had already escaped
press about him in a new form. for his
hiding place is discovered. II would
he unfair to the deader TO explain what
happens. for the fascination Of the story
depends on its plot and its bewildering
succession OF hairbreadth escapes. Il
IS enough 10 say that the stealthy terror
follows the hero TO England and pursues
hm there. even TO the Foreign Office and
beyond.
The outcome Is satisfying to the sense
Of justice. as well az to the lovers or
a tale with romance in IT, for Mr.. Fergu-
son has not omitted the sentimental in
terest The book was immensely popular
when il first appeared in England and II
Is likely to have as great vogue here.
STEALTHY TERROR By John Ferguson
New York John Lane Company. S,iO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13
PENNELL ON THE
WONDER OF WORK
His Autographs illustrate the
Stupendousness of Modern
Achievement

" one turns to Joseph Pennclrs ntho-
graphs OF war work in America ex-
pecting to sec a lot OF pretty pictures,
one VIII be disappointed. But II one
approaches them in the same spirit in
which they were drawn, one will share
win the artist the admiration for what
Is going on here. Mir pennelI in his
introduction says that for years, from
MS earliest drawings he has been try
'nG 70 record the wonder Of work" and
That never was work so wonderful as
it Is today"
He went to the navy yards. the ship
building plants the gun foundr!es. the
smell factories, the locomotive works and
ne training camps. and found every
"here stupendous undertakings w prog
ress on scale unequa ed anywhere
eIse IN the world. not even in France
ana England, where war work rs con.
quoted al high pressure and has been
so conducted from the beginning Of the
war
The pictures produce the impression
oI me might and aiesty Of machinery
and the physical lttleness Of man. The
crane that can lift locomotive or
ha'a gun eNerts a tremendous power.
out the conception Of that power and
me way II was 10 he exerted came
from the mind Of the human pgmy vino
stands beside il.
The explanatory notes by Mr. Pennelr
arc interesting. whimsical and human.
over asalnqi the picture Of shell casting
ne tells OF man who came into the
shop and said to workman.
Say. what youse w N now %"
Me I'm maxim shells FOR the
Kaiser"
What An here
sure and as French inspector
passed-"Ain't We sendin' EN- tn him a.
quick az We kim"
'r the riveters AZ work in lofty
"lndowed shed he writes:
what perpendicular cathedral (, as
'ulI of mystery as this shop? / know
OF none. and ! know most or them. and
"hen the fires glow on the work altar
ana the great Jaws pierce and rjvet the
nouer plates, then is heard the Hvmn
Of Work"
The professional artist and the CON
no,Sseur will appreciate the techn,rar
skin shown by Mr. ppnuel. but tho
average man will find tho collection NJ
pictures fascinating for other than nIirc.
u artistic reasons.
1oiSytPli iy0plIi PTEN%iEiLI.S. PICTURES or WAR
InIrodqctlon BY the artist PhiIs delphis:
'' n l"pp'ncott COMPANY. 81
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EUROPE MUST LOOK WHEN GERMANY is DEFE

these stories are not merely an exposi-
ton Of the sentimental side of the Celtic
nature
Mr.. Hughes has differentiated dis
unct!y and recognizably three types
lhe lrish emigrant here for years. the
newly arrived Irishman and the Young
irlsh or the second generation. who are
Americans. Some Of the wistfulness and
gentle melancholy Of the Celtic DISPOSE
non IS found in the stories and deal
OF its quick, witty thinking railroaded
into apt repartee.
me stories till no now fields. but Mr..
Hughes gets intensive crops out OF the
sou ana ms stories are racy Of IL. as well
as alert to the hustle Of Manhattan.
one or the stories--that dealing with
the artist who becomes a millionaire and
his old model who becomes scrub
would grace any anthology OF
American short stories.
LONG EVER AGO By Puma, t,,-...
new noft. Harper Bros 81 90
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Complications of
Amorosity

Bettina Won Hutten - American bv
birth--she first saw the light in Erie.
Pa,-German by marriage and English
by long residence as well as by incllna-
tlon--has written numerous stories OF
more or less merit. including the two
popular Pam" novels Of some years
ago. OF her later books none has
achieved any marked degree Of success,
in spite OF the fact that trsy are always
readable. II Is unlikely that her latest
novel, The Bag OF Saffron" will create
any great stir in literary circles. but in
all Justice it should be said that it is
worthy the attention Of the reader syho
likes to know all about smart English
society ~ the present generation. The
less said OF the morals Of the characters
in THE Bag Of Saffron the better Take
them by and large, they are rather
sorry lot.
The heroine hersef--a Young woman
doomed TO go through life hardened with
the name OF Cuckoo n sad
mess Of It. with the idea hrmly i'm
planted in her mind that money is every
thing. she starts her adult career as a
fortuue-hunter. Failing OF success in
this direction she marries for love but
later deserts her husband and elopes
with a man I'D enough to be her father
Divorce and a second marriage follow
and the story ends with the discovery
by this very sophisticated heroine that
she loves her first husband after ali
a discovery which, amazingly enough
meets with tho approval Of the second
husband
Having brought the triauguar devel.
opment Of the tale to this point. the
author. with a discriminating judgment
that Is to be commended. drops the
whole thing. leaving the reader 10 deter
mine fCr himself just how il is all going
to come out.
THE RAG or SAFFRON. BY Beuina Won
uutten. New York, y. Appleton Co
$3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13

WTE WE'RE discussing the u'ite sub
w ieCt OF the effect Of the point OF
view on a mans conclusions.
This man Usher" remarked owen
lis out Of touch with the immediate
present. He writes with the detach-
ment Of a historian dealing with ma
tions as II they were men on a chess.
board. | can't follow him
owen was referring to Prof. Roland
G. Usher, Of Washington University,
whose new book, The Winning OF
the War" lay on my desk.
"Macfall is more to my taste owen
went on. He sees what the German
menace is and he knows the way TO
check it,"
Macfall is Major Haldane Macfall,
Of the late Sherwood Foresters. His
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13
Hughes at His Best

rupert Hughes -dramatlst, critic nov
cltst. essa yist-the man Of many liter
srv talents. wins again, this time in his
manifestation as short-story writer.
Long Ever AGO" contains delightful
specimens Of the genuine short STORY
form, the short-length fiction developed
about a single motive.
The dozen or so tales Of Irish-Ameri-
can life in the collection are human
and humorous. They have the sweet
fragrance OF the peat FIRE, its warmth
and just bit Of the acrd smoke, for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-13

GERMANY AT BAY, BY HaldEne MacfslI.
Imsjog lsts shsrSSeoSSS Fersstsrs, With an
Erenoh, With portraits and maps New
y ,ffsersi ,SS1Igs T. norsn company. ST 90.
Psn-Germanism. &" BY Roland q. tish,T
Hhi d.. profsssoT o. history, wathnEtos
hm,niysrsity 81 Louis win mas and
The record., 1918-02-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, l..
S. Land Onice at Occur d'Aene,
Idaho, December 20, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Ray
C. Franks, of Benewah, Idaho,
who, on May 81, 1912, made
Homestead Entry, No. 08347, for
SW "A, Section IS, Township as
n, Range 4 w, Boise Meridian,
has filed notice Of intention to
make five-year Proof, to estab-
lish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Warren II. Shep-
perd, Clerk of District Court, at
st. Maries, Idaho, on the 4th day
of February, 1913. Claimant
names as witnesses: Jas. Paullus,
l.. j. Snow, Henry Keffer, An
thony Elliston, all of Benewah,
Idaho.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register.
Jan. 1-29.
The record., 1918-02-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u.
S. Land Office at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, December ~, 1917. No
tice is hereb given that Mrs.
Marie Eugene Alcorn, whose
post-oflice address is 2503 w.
Maxwell St., Spokane, Wash, did
on the 18th day of December,
1917, file in this office Swors
Statement and Application No.
OIO619, to purchase the Sc "A -
SW u, Section %, Township 45
n, Range 2 E., Boise Meridian,
and the timber thereon, under the
provisions of the act Of June 3,
1873, and acts amendatOry,
known as the Timber and Stone
Law" at such value as might be
fixed by appraisement, and that,
pursuant to such application, the
land and timber thereon have
been appraised, at $4,000, the
timber estimated 40 M. board
feet at $O.647 per NJ, and the
land $1,000; that said applicant
will offer final proof in support
OF his application and sworn
statement on the 18th day Of
March, 1917, before the Regis
ter and Receiver Of the U. S.
Land ONCE, at Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho.
Any person is at liberty to pro-
test this purchase before entry,
or initiate a contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a
corroborated affidavit in this Of
fee, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
Dec. i4-Feb IS.
The record., 1918-02-01

Notice is hereby given that
William J. Treloar, whose post
Office address is 3O7 w. Sprague
Ave, Spokane, Washington, did,
on the 22nd day of September,
1916, file in this office Sworn
Statement and Application, No.
OlO4O3, to purchase the Sc a =
NEA, and Lots 4 and 2, Section
p and Lot Z in Section p, Town
ship as n, Range ? f. Boise Mer-
idian, and the timber thereon, un-
der the provisions of the act of
June 3, 1878, and acts amenda-
tory, known as the Timber and
Stone Law" at such value as
might be fixed by appraisement,
and that, pursuant to such appli-
cation, the land and timber there
on have been appraised, at
S522.53, the timber estimated at
.S475.OO and the land S47.53; that
said applicant will offer final
proof in support of his applica-
ton and sworn statement on the
26th day of March, 1913, before
the Register and Receiver of the
u. S. Land Omce, at Occur d.
Alene, Idaho.
Any person is at liberty to pro-
test this purchase before entry,
or initiate a contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a
IcorrobOrated affidavit in this Of
flee, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
Jan. 15-Mar. t9.