The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
PARIS INDIGNANT OVER WELCOME GIVEN TO REDS
15 Special Trains Pro. vided To Carry COmmu-
 pists To Meeting
(By Associated Press.)

fBy Associated Press.) PARIS, Aug. 9.-Bolshevism has raised its red head in Paris and the hated bourgeoise has awakened with a s'cry of alarm" as the French put it, to shy bricks at the intruders and the matter will likely be debated in par liament. A gathering of many thousand com 1nunists in the government park at nearby Garches, last Sunday, passed off quietly, but when the opposition newspapers and even some of the gov ernment supporters, heard that the ministry of the interior had ordered 16 special trains to carry would-be <. overthrowers- of the government to the public grounds to hear speeches against organized society, they sputtered with surprise and indignation.
 The communists cheered the German orator, Schwartz, whether they under stood his German or not. A group of German orphans, worn out by the long train ride, raised their tired voices in the t'Internationale' while German war cripples kissed French veterans and < group of French soldiers embraced the German speaker.
 Dressmakers Defied
 The women who have so often an- nounced their revolt against the fash ion dictation of dressmakers and then promptly fallen in line with the self same dictation, are now asserting their Independence to a slight degree by the pocketbook route, which iS more effec- five than words.
 It has dawned on the dressmakers that women who don't want. corsets and prefer reasonably short skirts have found gowns to their liking in some of the shops no matter what the ma jority of big designers try to impose. The present openings show disposi- tion to compromise on the question of what may be worn. During the past ten days an infinite variety of models have been displayed, with the idea of ] giving women chance to show their taste which the dressmakers will adopt 'fas far as our professional conscience will. allow tt
 Shirts may not be extremely short, but they will not be so long as the dictatorial dreesmakers said they would be. Also belts, while they may not be fashionable, seem destined to be worn. One of the novelties shown at the principal openings is a sheath gown sowewhat like a Chinese woman's coat, fitting the body and hips smoothly and then opening at the side to display a gorgeous petticoat. Another is the idea of having exactly the same model worn in, a peacock gray by two mannequins, one young and slim and the other mat ufe and trifle stout so that the ladies can see exactly how they will look. This is also a concession to mid Ill fVryi iY e to- wear girls clothes and took their bankrolls to the dressmakers who mod flied fashions to fit their figures.
 The best evidence that the dress makers reign is not absolute is shown by the general disregard of their de cision that black and white must be worn for Paris and the seaside re- sorts. There has been revel of color Hhis year.
 Cleans Up Boulevards
 The retiring chief of police, Armand Nandin, who has been appointed as prefect of the department of the Seine, has determined to present his successor, Alfred Morain, with the cleanest bou- levards possible so that tourists, par ticularly women, won't be bothered by the vendors of obnoxious postcards, pseudo guides, importunate beggars
 
 entertainment as sword swallowing and fire eating.
 Every evening for the past week pre- feet Naudin, disguished as a ciyilin, walked slowly down the length of Paris. main street like a good sen = tinel, observing everything that takes rlaee within sight and hearing." Few people recognized him but it was noticed that immediately after he had passed two. of those eagle-eyed bicycle police men wheeled alongside the curb and invited offenders whom the prefect had seen to accompany them to the post. '"
 The consequence of prefect's clean up move has been that the pleasant rastime of sitting and slipping on the boulevard cafe terraces has been ridden of much annoyance.
 Anglers Compete
 Paris has once again witnessed the sight of 547 French and Belgian anglers crowding the banks of the Seine for the annual fishing competi- ton. All day long the disciples of Walton exercised their art and cap tured total weight of 80 pounds of small cyprinoid fish used elsewhere as bait but in France as, food. By the rules of the competition each gramme of fish counted one point and each fish five points. The Golden Perch club of Brussels won with total of 2,209 points. The best individual score was that of SIueleman of Brus- sells, who had 745 points. After the counting operation, the fish were sent to. the Paris hospitals for the delecta- ton of the patients. .
 Raises Real Corn
 Real sweet yellow corn on the cob will make it's appearance in all of the Paris restaurants frequented by Amer leans early this week The reason is that. a hardy and persevering Amer. ican gentleman farmer has disproved the theory that Americas national sum ner and fall vegetable cannot be grown on French soil. The farmer in question runs a farm not far from Paris, supplying both French and Brit ish capitals with real Vermont pork sausages in the winter time. Last year he turned his attention to corn raising. His experiment was so sue cessful that this year he wanted ten acres aud arranged for regular airplanc delivery to Americans stranded in Lon. don as--weH as supplying Paris. He admits that the larger varieties of corn cannot be grown here, but his trans planted corn of the small yellow ear