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 WooE-mi1ed blankets, $5- attractive block plaids in wanted colors-size 66x80- 100 pairs for as many fortu- nate families at just $5.
 Virgin ,0ool blankets, $1O- one hundred per cent all- wool-colorful plaids with satine bindings-size 70x30. " ooJ blankets, $7.50- in plain white or colored plaids-you've only to see them to be assured of their unsurpassed value at so low a price as $7.5O.
 Crib bIGnkets, 59c - jolly nursery designs in pink or blue-stitched edges.
 Wool filled comforts, sS.5O-- heavy satine coverings in.
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Plenty of sharp savings in the ''Annual'' of bedding and linens!

choose from-hem them now for winter use.
 Cotton , k4ck toa0eIs, IOc- convenient family size plain white or white with red border-first quality plenty for early shoppers. Sea Islomd muslin, S9c-ten- yard bolts of soft, smooth finish brown Sea Island muslin-39-inch bolts won't be- here long with every good housekeeper wanting one at just 89t a bolt.
 Second floor
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Beddings sheets, $1-size 63x90-for single beds how about half a dozen for the boy or girl going away to school?
 .UticG sheets, $1.75 - the very finest cotton sheets size 81x90-watch them go eout in a morning!
 Sheeting, 49c-bleached or brown - genuine Pepperell make-2 1-2-yard widths all perfect-one day ONLY at this special price-49c a yard.
 PilIowcases, 25c-42x86, a good everyday size-made of heavy starchless cotton. BLeQched sheets, 95c-made seamless of soft, round thread sheeting-size 81x90. White krinAde spreads, $1.59 the kind that cong up
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IRENE SOPHISTICATED

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-"I'm thoroughly domesticated, said Irene Castle Mclaughlin, former dance and movie star as she stepped from the French liner Paris today on her re- turn from a two months visit in Europe.
 I'm through with the stage and screen, however," she added, turning to greet her husband, Chicago banker She will soon become a mothre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
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 August?

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 You may reserve any piece with . small deposit and pay later.
 Your BIG advantage is first ss- lection from the whole broad range, the largest and most comprehensive showing Bir- mingham hes ever seen.
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BoyiSh fur jacquettes

Persian paw jacquette with Viatks squirrel trim, $S7.50.
 Bay seal jacquette with silver rat trim, $75 Solid bay seal jacquette sSs.50. Bay seal jacquette with natural squirrel trim Sl10 Persian paw iacquette with white ermins collar, SIPS. Lock squirrel jacquette with fox collar, SIPS. Hempster jacquette with fox trim, SIPS. American broadtsil jacquette $225. Hudson seal jacquette with viatka squirrel collar, s22S.
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Order by Mail

Every time this offer comes out mail orders come in, So please send yours promptly this time specify if seal grain will do if we haven't walrus and vice versa $S.I5 is very little for travelling bag!
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With half of busy month already gone, the heaps of crisp snowy bedding and blankets that marked the open ing of the Annual decidedly lower! Still good selection, though! Still the same sound savings that thrift-wise women hurry to take advantage of' few pertinent items
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Correct social stationery

Three-dog service from our olVp engrGver-d request brings detoils and prices.
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Never more fascinating, n e e r more graceful, never more different" from other seasonsl Lines are slim and straight, with variations in the form of flares and tiers at the hem.
 Long lines become still longer because of long roll shawl collars. Borders and tiers con- trast in striking effects. Sle eeves s include the tightly cuffed bishop model, the leg O mutton and the bell types.
 Come for a look, at least. You owe yourself that much.
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FuH-length fur coats

Hudson seal coat with self-trimmings, $275
 Hudson seal coat with Viatka squirrel collar and cuffs-the smart leg-o'-mutton sleeves $S7sSO Hudson seal coat with beige squirrel collar and cuffs, $37s.
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Hudson Bay sabIes

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 Twice-n- Year for--- this sturdy and serv- iceable bedroom suite in antique walnut-4 pieces-at $149.5O! The dresser, the chiffo- robe, the vanity and the bow-end bed are a de- light to the eye. Who'd think of getting the entire suite-even in the Twice-a-Yea Sale of Home Furnish ings-for only $149.50!
 Third floor
Evening star., 1924-01-28

have been skinned right down to the
gold in his teeth. Nolan was the most
eXaspcrating. diSa greeable man that |
lever did business with in my life.
Will go into more details as soon as l
get room
The most important matter at the
start was the building of an arena.
Even this did not cut into the money
we had guaranteed. j got concern
to furnish the lumber and build il
with the understanding that the
lumber could be returned when the
stand was taken down. Practically
the only cost was the labor. My
credit was good enough for all that
Not once did l have to call on the
men who had guaranteed to see the
fight through. Let me explain that
I was the actual promoter of the
fight and was to receive whatever
profit came out of il. My friends
were simply backing me. l will ex-
nlain in a succeeding chapter just
how il never cost a single one of
them a nickel, except what he spent
in celebrating
The thing that astonished me and
began opening my eyes to what
had really done was the arrival in
Evening star., 1924-01-28

stu further back. the maximum was
fIur, or even three. II is on record
thdt fop AnSon once won Il champion
snip for Chicago with little help be-
sides that of Pitchers Fred Goldsmith
and Larry CorCoran.
Not all of the 500 and more pitchers
VIII" go south for tryout will remain
with the major league clubs. Of course
~ 100 OF them survive they will do we'll.
That would he about six 10 the team in
, addition TO the old standbys
The trying out of 81 many new pitche rs;
- the trdnkeSt confession the ma iOrS
uaNe made to the public that pitching
IS Ill danger of becoming lost art
II upsets the arguments Of 4 lot of
base ball experts, who have contended
mat 1t was improved batting rather
than poorer pitching that had raised the
general level of batting averages.
S5O00o3 Cast of Inspections.
II is costing the majors about half
nllhon dollars 10 see what they have
not got in the pitching line. Were there
- frW MajhcwsOnS. ar RuSieS. or Wad-
dells, or McGinuiIyS. or Walter John
sons among them, it would not he such
a bad investment. But one OF the old
sst managers in the business said
gravely that if he could find IN his
lot one pitcher who could last nine
innings, he would not mind whether
the young man WAS good for much of
anythinG else. To such depths has
OF al the hopefuls who ara going
south. probably She,han Of ST. Paul
VIII attract the most attention. He
- not exactly spring chicken, but
ne dlu WIN more games in 1873 than
any pitcher in the United States. He
has been taken by Cincinnati. and if
he delivers as they hope he WILL the
fans of Cincinnati expect to fire a ma
tlonal salute from Il battery Of 100
Evening star., 1924-01-28

town of newspaper men. As things
were getting under way ] noticed q
funny-looking tent down the street
and made inquiries.
The occupant was Bill Mcclellan.
the celebrated sporting writer, now
in New York He had come up from
San Francisco. With him was Rube
Goldberg. now a famous cartoonist.
That they should come to Goldheld
and camp out just to write about my
fight was amazing TO me. In a week
or so I got used to that. Two dozen
of the writer's had arrived Our
town was humming
1t was the arrival Of Nolan, Mel
sons manager, that threw us into "a
high fever. Everything had gone
smoothly UP TO that time. Al had
seemed sportsmanlike. With him
came trouble, constant nagging. No
body ever had as tough a time get
tirg an even break as did poor Joe
Cans
That. though. will take another
chapter.
Tomorrow: The Greatest Fight !
Ever Staged.
Evening star., 1924-01-28

empty beer kegs in honor of their sec
ond National League championship.
Another one that will bear watch
ing is Stryke who was taken out of
the Eastern League by the Boston
Nationals. He won twenty-SiX games
is d growing kid these days. McGraw
discovered him first, but sent him
| back. because McGraw can't wait.
Pirates Hopeful OF Kremer.
l\remer won Twenty-Five games for
Oakland in 1928. Pittsburgh hopes he
will 90 that well in 1924 and pull
with Adams, Morrison and Cooper to-
ward Il pennaut kremer is another
one that went up to the Giants and
then was set down again by McGraW.
Brooklyn went to the Pacific coast
for Harrison, whom they hope to
hitch up with Vance and Grimes in Il
winning trio. The Cubs have Jacobs
and Blake from the coast. The former
has been up. the latter hasn't De
trOit captured Good of Bay City, one
of the youngsters who won more than
twenty games last year. Washington
is hopeful of MarherrY Of Little Rock,
ZahniSer OF Memphis and Martina Of
New Orleans.
And there are "a lot more. In fact
, almost every chap who looked good
in the minors is going to take his
''hananeEgs" 1T the expense of the
big league owners ere long.
Isn't il marvellous that base bail
has spread to the point where il
takes more than 500 pitchers to sat
iSfy the cravings for Il once over on
the part of sixteen mauagerS-Snnc
of whom. according to the ball play
see one,
Evening star., 1924-01-28

When the public realizes that Jack
Dempsey and his associates regard
the championship as a business en-
terprise there will be better under
standing of the demands made in
Montana last year prior to the Demp-
Sey-GibbonS fight which went fifteen
rounds. Dempsey and his associates
had entered into what they consid-
cred a business deal and as business
men they insisted upon the contract
being kept. Sport is all right, but
business is business. You are cham
pion only once in your life, and when
you get a sock on the jaw that puts
You down for the count of ten, you
are down a darn sight longer than
that.
kearns Brains OF Firm.
Jack Kearns. the general manager
and business brains of the Dempsey
enterprise. has arrived here at Miami
Beach and joined Jack in a few
golden hours Of recreation before
taking the champion out on series
OF one-night stand boxing eXhibi-
tious.
Kearns thinks il time his bread
winner was getting back to the big
city. where big doings may be on tap
at any minute. kearns today told
some of the business details of the
championship. II seems there are
four active members of the Dempsey
enterprise, viz. Dempsey himself
Mr.. Dempsey, and a chief trainer.
Mr. Dempsye, and q chief trainer.
i earns is the business genius Of the
outfit and impresses you at once as
a business man. being far from the
popular conception of prize fight
handler
Evening star., 1924-01-28
SISIER is HOPEFUL
OF PLAYING AGAIN

ST. LOUIS. January 2s.-tieorge II.
Sisler. manager of the st. Louis Ameri-
cans, who has been out Of the game be-
cause of defective vision, declared in
letter received here that he is working
out daily in California, and that when
he reports for spring training he hopes
to be in a position to play.
The letter states that his work
consist of batting, catching throwing
and running.
Il don't want TO say that I positively
will be able 10 PLAY" the letter says.
And / certainly would not say that |
/ will not be able to play. In fact. III
my own mind. ! am sure that every
thing eventually is going to get all
right. but just exactly when I do not
know
The letter says that his vision i'm
nairment hothers him more in batting
than 'atching.
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SARAZEN NOW UNOFFICIAL
PRO CHAMPION OF GLOBE
Br The Associated Pres

OS ANGELES Cai January 2SCenc PROBES
sal gof yesterday defeated Arthur Havers British
gof champion match for the unofficial
world title and
They may Jacksonville February
and by B.
championship match began thrtysx holes
Friday finished with thrtyiX the Fes
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kearns said today that tho boxing
business He and Dempsey hav.
more than S3,000.000 invested in real
estate, hotels and APARTMENTS. Demp-
sey. as already stated, is listed as d
$5.O00.G0U or $4,000, 900 asset, and his
partners think the estimate Il low
one.
so. YOU see" explained Kcarns.
I'VE are dealing with figures create
:han many business concerns ana
Therefore, taking care Of our busi-
ness is d serious matter.
Fight Business Is Risky.
Our husin ess also is one of man.
risks. We are not thinking now OF
Jack. The whole boxing game must
still fight for it's existence There
are many prejudices to overcome.
There are political threats and re
form threats and the misconceptior
Of the public to be met There still
are many persons who look upon
boxing as brutal and degrading sport
They do not realize how the gam
has been taken up in the clubs and
universities, and in the Army ana
Navy. President Roosevelt was .
great exponent Of boxing. and [ be
lieve ii today to be one of tn
cleanest Of sports. Certainly q cham
pion must be a clean man in everH
sense Cf the word"
One thing is certain. Jack Demp
sey always will be hero to Mlaml
scintillant moving picture stars o.
the scene has tended to dim his social
brilliance.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-28

many irritating details can come up
They kidded us around the country
but. as we say in the west. we Gold
field fellows had our necks bowed
iand tails curled and were going like
IA bull yearling through Il peach
iorchard. We We're going to make Il
success of that fight if every one Of
US went broke.
Nolan agreed to sign up at my
itcrms and 50 did Cans. That poor
,raugcments himself, and, believe me.
made il a point to see that he got
a square deal. If Nolan had been al
lowed to have his way Cans would
Evening star., 1924-01-28
CAPITAL OF CORPORATION
is RATED UP In MILLIONS
Jack, as Holder of Heavyweight Championship, Is
Greatest Asset of Concern of Which kearns
Provides the Business Brains.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

IAM1 BEACH, Fla, January 2SWen Jack Dempsey,
IVl distinguished
William Jennings Bryan championship ring he
Jack Dempsey, incorporated"
heavyweight championship the not mere
y matter of the individual 1t a business
Dempsey and MS associates in the championship
their holdings
S4O0WO and Jack
value between $O000 S0O00 expects remain
world
he handlers look
Evening star., 1924-01-28
FIRPO AND WILLS TO GET
S25O.OOO EACH FOR FIGHT
Bs the Associs ted Pre- IS.

EW YORK January Lews Raymond, representative OF newly
organized syndicate announced receipt of word
Aires that Luis Angel has accepted the synd
S0O00 fteenround match with Harry Wills
Wills he added already
% similar am
syndicate had
hackers, the fight Brooklyn, where
held several pieces planned to erect
Evening star., 1924-01-28
MAJORS ARE TO TAKE 800
SOUTH FOR AN INSPECTION
Will Cost Moguls About Half Million Dollars to
Determine Value of Recruits-Weakness of
HurIers Explains Big Batting Marks.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

EW GORk January 28--Ifa
wYorkG
would be nearly $50 with OF
down south by March l. make
pitchers
show
efforts allure the public the publ
Back the old team
the
lars and the bushers
might pick
Evening star., 1924-01-28

Newark also announced an offer of
$3.50 600 made to Firpo, and while this
feature has not been made clear. it is
believed the syndicate represented IL
Raymond is associated with NewaTE
interests
Members of the syndicate. accord
ing to Raymond. are withholding Their
names until final articles have been
signed
Evening star., 1924-01-28

leverage of the right side of the
body against the ball. Now, the
right heel. Where does it come
into the stroke.
have carefully watched
slOwed-dOwn motion pictures of
star players to discern just when
they let the right heel lift as the
clubhead passed through the ball.
In practically all their full shots
L noticed that the right heel was
on the ground at the instant of
clubhead and ball contact. Wall
ter Hagen is one exception. He
hits In several different ways as
far as his feet are concerned
but he always hits. His swing is
SO automatic, of course, thnt he
can take certain liberties with 1T
when he wishes.
Copyright, john +. Diiie CO..
Evening star., 1924-01-28
Inside Golf
CHESTER HOD-ON

Most golfers know how the stiff
fleming left leg. in the down swing,
acts as IA shock abserber TO take
up the shifting weight of the body
and how 1t makes possible the
Evening star., 1924-01-28

arena seating IUJ,UVU OF OlIt OF lIIts
Lively bidding for Firpo-Wills
bout has been in progress for some
time Recently Tex Rickard cabled
the South American battler a $500
600 offer after bidding 100000 for
Wills signature. The negro. however
rejected the bid. while Rickard has
not yet heard from Fifpo.
The National Sportsmen's Club of
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Sarazen's wooden second. Sarazen
missed his second putt and lost the
hole, being . up. They turned into
the last nine in this position, Sarazen,
after driving go yards into Il water
pool on the twenty fairway.
lifting and sliCing, TO the right short
Of the green, only to mashie to with
i'll twelve feet and sink the putt for
half.
Sarazen, outdriven 90 yards on the
twenty-eighth, laid his approach )
feet from the hole, while HayerS was
60 feet short in and then missed
4-foot putt and conceded the hole,
making Sarazen 4 UP.
Sarizen Becomes Up.
At the 29th Sarazen drove 200 yards
into the rough, on a slippery hillside
but he recovered with beautiful
ma$hie. Havers drove 220 yards and
oyerShot with the second. Sarazen's
approach put him eight feet from
the pin and he sank his putt for a
4, while Havers with his mashie
ploughed through the water on the
green to eight feet beyond the cup
and missed, putting Sarazen ) up.
Sarazen was short the both,
while Havers got a three and won.
At the 31st Havers got d 210 yard
drive and brassied to twenty five
feet from the hole.
Sarazen sliced into the rough, but
recovered to within twenty-five feet
of the pin and halved.
On the final hole played Havers
drove 230 yards against Sarazen's
220 yard, and Sarazen topped his
next, but got a long roll. Havers,
like Gene, scrapped the rise that
lay in front Of them, but he, too,
got a long roll Hayers lay ninety
yards from the pin and SaraZen 100.
The latter dropped a clean dead shot
four feet from the pin. Havers
topped his next and lost the hole
and the match, and A.
Evening star., 1924-01-28
Cans Dickers for Himself.

OF course. l had had a vague notion
that holding a championship fight in
little out-of-the-way place would
appeal to some people as a novelty,
hut. honestly. I hada't the slightest
idea of just how far that would go.
I was in for the busiest month of
: my life. dealing with things that
knew nothing about. Until a man
gets mixed up with a thing like that
he hasn't the slightest notion of how
Evening star., 1924-05-28

3. White sports silk
straightline fyock. Scarf
collar zUith long ends fn-
ished zVith tiny ball buttons.
$25.
4. Byozrn crepe-back satin
with soire-pleated apron
front. Vest and collar of en-
broideyed net and fine UaI
Evening star., 1924-05-28

l. Poapdey blue eyebe
Elisabeth, zotth pleoted front
and bands of beige lace. $I8.
2. Rodier crepe fyock,
tn shades of tdngeriue,
salmon, ntais and aUhite.
Finished aCith bands of
salmon linen and pearl
buttons. $l8.
Evening star., 1924-05-28
Net COrsets
for Summer
81, $3.50, 81

The first signs of warm
weather means discarding
heavy winter corsets and re-
placing them with light,
flexible and cool-feeling ones.
C-B Corsets of fine net are
ideally comfortable for wear
Decoration Day and all
through the warm weather
period. Corsets with girdle
top. medium or low bust, in
white or flesh. Girdle top
model in sizes "a to 80, in
flesh. Low bust style in sizes
"a to 80 in flesh. Medium
bust effects in sizes "a to So
in white.
THIRD FLOOR.
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Store Closed
All Day
Friday
Decoration
Day
Display a
Flag
Memorial
Day

Every home should be
draped in Old Glory-fresh,
bright, clean flags or bunt-
ing. If your old flag is
weather beaten, get a new
one. A fortunate purchase
enables us to offer them at
exceptionally low prices.
Size zx3 #, printed on cot
ton, mounted on 35c
stick ...-.......
Size zx3, with stars and
stripes sewed on. I'm SIC
mounted ............. ccc
5x8-ft- Flags, of cotton
bunting, with stars
and stripes sewed S1.5O
on ~"
8x11 size, with stars and
stripes sewed on G7 OK
good bunting 49,. pA/o
Size 7.6x14 it., $40.
Size 12x20 it., S6.95.
Size 20x30 it.. $500.
FIFTH FLOOR.
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Every hat new and freshly
unpacked from its wrapping;
emphasizing the vogue for
simplicity in style and trim
ming. More than 100 new
styles and shapes are shown.
Crepe, taffeta, leghorn COM
binations, bengaline and faille.
SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1924-05-28
MILDLY BIOuses

Lonsdale jean, all
white or white with
red or blue collar.
Plain and braid trim
med styles. Navee and
OF her we'll known
makes. Sizes 6 to 22.
Evening star., 1924-05-28

of long w e airing
Lonsdale jean. in full
pleated on b o d ! c e
style. lors are
white, blue and khaki.
Skirts that are just
right for S u IN m e 7
wear. Sizes for girls
Of 7 to IA years.
Evening star., 1924-05-28

of A m o S X a e and
other domestic fabrics.
Trimmed with pique and
plain colored gingham.
PIaids, checks and
stripes in the assort-
ment. Sizes Z to II
years.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-21
REED FIGHTS FOR
 MISSOURI DELEGATES
Western State is Practically Torn Asunder With Gigantic Political
 Struggle Going. on for it's Vote.

St. Louis, Mo, March 21.-Missouri is being politically torn asunder in the contest for delegates to the demo- cratic national convention. with United States Senator James A. Reed lighting the McAdoo forces at every turn. The state convention, where the delegates at large are chosen, will be held on April 15 at Springfield.
 The district delegates will be chos- en at conventions held in each con gressional district. The fight between Reed and McAdoo has been carried into every district.
 Senator Reed has been touring the state, and making speeches in which he attacked the former secretary Of the treasury on his record with the Doheny oil interests. while at the Chicago get together" meeting of McAdoo's friends, Reed was referred 10 as renegade republican" by members of the Missouri delegation.
 The McAdoo orgfanization in the state is headed by Frank Farris, chairman of the democratic state CUIllillllee, "nlle lllS lkeeu lOFceS are being led by Ed Glenn and Bennett Clark.
 Few fireworks on the republican side have been reported as yet, but this campaign is expected to open up about the time of the republican con- gressional conventions. At the pres ent time the Coolidge forces are dis playing a calm confidence and saying little, while Senator Johnson Is ex- pected to enter the state sometime during March and make his plea for support