Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-24
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American War Advances, 1t
Is Now Realized, Were
Loans, Not Mere Gifts,
and Must Be Paid.

Paris, July 23 (by the Associated |
Press) .-"Uncle Sam, gin intimat-
ing recently that he would appre-
ciate payment of his war loans, has
not only caused NJ. Parmentier. q |
member of the French ministry of
finance, to undertake a trip to
Washington, Nut has succeeded in
tightening the French purse strings
to a point where many are Won
dering what has become Of the
forty odd billions OF paper francs
that are known to be in circula-
ton
The French people seem to real
ize now that the American war ad-
vances are looked upon in official
and many other quarters as real
loans and not mere gifts. and that
they must be paid. This conviction
seems to be responsible Tor the
sudden retrenchment noticeable ALL
along the line. which was particu-
larly emphatic on Bastile day.
The gaiety and free spending by
the common people, which has al
ways marked this day in the past.
was a great disappointment this
year to the proprietors of wine
shops and amusement resorts. Less
money was spent this year in the
entire four days celebration than
was spent on any one day last year.
The theaters, moving picture
houses, restaurants, race tracks
and in fact all places which might
be classed as luSuries show large
falling off in receipts. Many NOV
ing picture houses are closed for
the summer season and restau-
rants where tables were always en-
gagged days in advance. a few
months ago. now are advertising
extensively.
There is, still a lingering hope
that M. Parmentier will bring back
from Washington one of those sur
prises in high finance which are
forming the plot of many French
stories nowadays. The more opt1-
mistic ones are prone to point out
that it was M. Antoine Augustin
who went to America in 1863 and
brought back few samples OF the
humble potato at time when
France was Suffering from a
utdTlI1 VI loouoluiio.
He obtained royal permission to-
plant few experimental hills OF
potatoes and then prevailed upon
the king to wear potato blossom
in his buttonhole.
Subsequently the potato became
one of the chief vegetable products
of France; hence the former Par
mentier Is looked upon as the
father. Of Frances culinary pros
psrity.
The high waist line and long
skirt continued as the outstanding
feature in the advance styles now
being privately shown in Paris. All
the dress showings have sleeves
and brown seems to be the most
popular color.
Big picture hats will be seen al
most exclusively next fall. the mil
| liners say, while the small turban-
like affair will be worn more in
, the winter months. Brown also
has captivated the milliners.
Shoes without seams and gloves
with a cocoacorde on the side have
been approved by the designers,
who have adopted dark mahog-
any color for the footwear. An in
novation in shoe styles was noticed
at the opening Of the Beauville
season recently when several
models appeared wearing these
high boots, equipped with a series
of hooks and eyes which. by means
of mechanical arrangement,
could be fastened and unfastened
with a single upward or downward
pull on a little leather tab.
The Grand Prix automobile race
at Strasbourg last week and the
touring car race held in connection
with the feature event. have I'M
pressed automobile experts that
valveless motors are far more val
liable than they had heretofore
supposed. The automobile classic
also convinced many of the experts
| that racing cars, except for lapora-
tory experiments, have little, 1T
any, real value. They point OUT
that only four of eighteen original
starters were in running condition
at the end of the race, and that one
of the four was so far behind it had
to be tagged off the course.
An analysis of the race shows
that eight entries in the Grand PriX
event dropped out with broken
valves while in the touring car
races the next day. three cars ex-
perienced valve trouble and aban-
doned the contest. Seven of the
remaining cars were equipped with
sleeve valve motors. which experts
declare allowed them to run with
far less trouble than the racing
cars and only 16 per cent slower.
although they weighed twice as,
much, were limited to in their gas
oline carrying capacity and packed
regular touring equipment.
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