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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09

Riddles and grown-ups have always common meeting ground in books. Read ing to children adventures of heroes and heroines once so real to them, grown-ups recapture their own childhood! Are there really any grown-ups? For Dad often enjoys the books even nfore than Sonny does-and the illustrations in beautiful books made for children now adays delight the eye of the connoisseur! Old friends >at new prices are the "Il- lustrated Classics for Younger Readers" in the Scribner Series! Many boys and girls for whom the original price of $3.50 was hurdle can now enjoy these beautifully illustrated copies of "Treas- ure Island" "Kidnaped," Westward Hoy' "Child's Garden of Verses"-and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
Do you Keep house?
Joseph & Loeb

Have you all the linens and beddings you will need? All the warm blankets for the cold weather that's lowering near to hit us with a bang? You'll need more-at such prices as these!
 Linen sheetimg, $1.69! Pure linen sheeting, 9O- inch width. For fine linen sheets and pillowcases, soft round thread weave for needlework!
 Indian Head remnants
 29c! Remnants of Indian Head tubbing, 1 to 10 yards-4O and 42-inch widths. Soft, pure white. Makes excel lent pilloWcases! BIeached damGsk, $1.95! Heavy silver-bleached da- mask, 70-inch. Pure linen, 5 attractive designs. Makes lovely tablecloths, and how we'll they wear!
 Irish linen 11Gpki11S
 $3 dozen! Pure Irish linen napkins! Full-bleached, heavy quail ity-pretty patterns!
 1000 pairs cotton
 blankets, LOW! 54x76 Gray cotton blan- kets, $2.49 a pair. 64x76 Gray cotton blan- kets, $2.95 a pair. 66x8O Plaid blankets, heavy quality, $4.5O a pair. )WooI-miGed bLGnketS
 S5 c pair! Size 66x80, attractive plaids, most appreciated on cold nights!
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
New silk hosier,

Full fashioned, purd thread silk stockings withI lisle garter top and rein1I forced feet! In a pleasiuaI range of latest coiotslI $1.85! HI Pointex heel, smart silk hose-newest shades irI chiffon or medium weight $1.95.
 Full length, top-to-toe silk chiffon hose, full fashion, ed. Up to the minute shades, $2.50. Children's socks and stock. ings, plain, English or Derby rib. Socks 3-4 and 7-8 lengths in lisles and silks. Infants socks a spe-| cialty. S5c to $1.25!
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
Dashiing dinner
 hOcks!

Beaded tunics! Velvet-brocaded chiffons! Tiered skirts! Ostrich trimming! Such are the latest fashion reports from the Rue de la Paix and Fifth Avenue! It's here you will find them all, in dazzling array of dinner frocks for fall fes- tivties
 Sketched Chiffon-brocaded velvet in the new Chili red fashions, the gown on the left. It fol- lows the straight silhouette, finished at the bot tom with heavy fringe of beads in the same shade She who wears this frock has always corsage, for it is embroidered on the gown in bright beads.
 Note the three-tiered effects of the frock on the right! It is model in white crepe Roma, neckline sleeves and tiers of the skirt sparkling with line of rhinestones! A pom-pom of white ostrich has alighted, soft thstledown, over the left hip!
 Dinner and evening gowns scintillant with beads and rhinestones! Soft with fur and feathers! Frocks, too, for afternoon and street wear are here at the same price A moderate price it is, when you consider the rich, lustrous fabrics and exquisite workmanship! See these frocks in the French Room! $55.
 Fashion FoOr-Second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
More than 1000 incom- parable coats here now!
$49.7 , featu red.
 Monday!

Every day the bright leaves fall coats come out in brighter c@S ors! Red is no longer a color be summed by the red-hairS and avoided by the older won an! Red is no longer simp red--it is cranberry oxbloo| cinnabar, mahogany, Chili! shade of red for every type all every age! Delightful coppll variations of browns are favol| ties, too-penny, Hinoki, rusl| Green is Lebanon, CossacI| shutter
 Wraps wear jaunty .stand-l collars of Jap mink, like tl sketch on the right! Or hugI lustrous ones of black lynx, d the left! The coat in the cent} boasts as trimming a checket board pattern in ribbon! Iris not )<the glowing coloI alone that distinguish thes| wraps! For the furs-PahmI golden muskrat, rock sabl{ squirrel, platinum wolf, lynn kit fox, Jap mink--in all tn bewildering luxurious softnesI their names invoke. The fabrics are cashmere sof or sleek-as-suede! The lining are beautiful crepe de Chine Buttons, tucks, pleats and puff add touches altogether distind tive!
 Such vogue-assured wraps al $49.75 are a rare treat.
 Other unusual coats at $59.75 S69.75, $79.75 and $89.75!
 Fashion FIeOr-SeeOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
Two days grace!

If you you re a lover of Orien- tai rugs If you'd like to save money on gems of the first water As you haven't been able to save in a long, long time You'll be interested d (and GLAD) to learn that The sale of choice personally selected-by-Mr.-D rugs will continue Monday and Tuesday, Ending positively Tuesday at SIX!
 Furniture Floor-Thir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
Suppose
 nobody n cared?''
Community Chest of Birmingham-second annual appeal - Mo- vember 1927 - show YOU care!
Flowers 59c!!

Everything but the frag- rance of natural, growing blossoms.
 Roses and other posies for home decoration, spots of beauty in the rooms you want especially cheerful and festive.
 From abroad, where tho best come from.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
A week of fashionable FABRICS .

1 .AA - 11 A
 SILKS:
 Chiffon velvet, $4.95 Lovely, glowing, all-sk fabric, 40 inches wide, in black, THE wanted material COlored velvet $3.95 Another delightful chiffon quality, in wide range of Favored shades, 40 inch.
 Crepe satin, $3.5O A 4o-inch fabric in variety of the most wanted shades for fall and winter.
 Satin crepe, $2.98 Another of the very good crepe materials in a glo rlous range of colorings, special.
 Faille silk, $3.95 Black navy brown, as we'll as the green shade and toast, 40-inch.
 Changeble taffeta, $2 For party frocks, for fancy work for many uses, yard wide.
 Metal broche, $5.95 Several combinations of colorings earlier s7.5o,
 Jersey tubing, $l.59 The right quality and the right shades for
 La Jerz, $l,59 :. Light coors of this pretty fabric, 36-nch.
 WOOLENS:
 $7.95 Veldyne, $5.95 Famousy good black material for wraps and three piece suits, 56-inch.
  Pandan cloth. $2.08 Rich fall and winter shades for childrens wraps and tailleur frocks the genuine Botany.
 Wool jersey, $l.08 full range of the bright new shades in 54-inch tubing.
 Viyella flannel, $3.75 Sponged and shrunk prime favorite for sports togs, 54-inch.
 Sports fannels, $3.98 Pretty stripe effects good this season. many pat terms.
 POiret twill, $4.95 Falls most popular twill for one-pece and talleur frocks
 Wool crepe, $2.5O fine variety of new shades splendid quality, 40 inches wide.
 French serge, $l.59 soft, drapy weave, in many shades, splendid in ~ service, 44-inch.
 COTTONS:
 $1,39 Voivelle, 98c Same quality that's been $1.39, 36-inch, for chil- dren's wear, special.
 Printed Zephyrs, soc Warranted COLOR-FAST, 32-inch
 Cotton suitings, soc Plads and checks, one-yard wide.
 Viyella flannel, $l.69 Guaranteed shrunk ideal for baby wear. Cream color
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09

It does make a difference where you buy your radio set-nO interests or extras
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Evening star., 1924-04-27
Immediate European War Unlikely,
But Armed Peace May Prevail

ments that kindness and even generosity to
the German would have brought about an
entirely German mentality, with GER
tain sad denial He is not even angry, as he
used to be when I was last In France, at
these arguments. He simply points to the
testimony of the American members of the
expert commission as abiding proof that he
right when he charged the German with
wilful evasion and actual capacity to pay; to
the German expressions of passion to
prove he equally right as to German
purpose.
Dilemma Now FAced.
Always comes down to this dilemma:
To make Germany pay you must use force,
but TO use force is perhaps to inname still
further the German resentment BY contrast
to consent to let Germany escape without
payment is to consent to the ruin of France,
the fiscal ruin. France, struggling under the
burden of the costs of reconstructinE her
ruins would confront Germany unburdened.
superior in wealth, In resources, In numbers
Yet, in France in quarters where one would
least expect 1T, there is the surprising belief
that the solution, the hope of solution-such
hope there isles in some sort Of ar
rangement directly with the Germans, a busi-
arrangement made with the conviction
that with the passage Of time habit and
tual interest would cement the combination
and passions and political rivalries would
give way to solid material advantages on
both sides of the frontier.
make any real estimate of European posi-
bilities until two elections are over-the Ger
man, on May 4, the French on May il. Be
yond much doubt, the German elections will
go very far 70 the right; that is. in the di-
rection Of the old gang. But what will be
the effect of this movement upon the French
elections. Normally France would go in the
opposite direction; that is, toward more mod
crate men and moderate ideas. But
practically, this would not necessarily mean
that Poincare would go, but that he would
surround himself with more liberal associates.
as, in fact, he did in the recent cabinet change,
for fundamentally, he belongs at the left.
But if the Germans go wildly and violently
toward reaction, what will the French elector
do the next week? Will he still follow the
pathway in which he has entered, or will he
retrace his steps and go back to that old
situation; that is, will he send back to the
new Chamber of Deputies all nearly all
of the nationalistic group, which has far
dominated since the war? And, with Germany
going also to extremes, may not the two ex-
tremes in the two countries come into vio-
lent collision? There is the problem
Evening star., 1924-04-27
WORLD MAY TALK ENGLISH
AS RESULT OF THE RADIO
Gen. Harbord Sees Language as Tongue
of the Twenty-First Gen.
tury World.

means a substantial majority of the
business men of the world. would
be compelled to learn English-at
spoken tongue.
AN important factor in the break
Ing down of language barriers by
radio" continued Gen. Harbofd, lis
that it involves something much more
simple than learning to READ or write
a foreign language. A man does not
require any education in order to be
able to listen to spoken words, and
even a man who cannot either read
quickly pick up a spoken language.
If the time does come when all the
! nations in the world can use a COM
mon laguage the effect on human
progress will be incalculable. II
would be difficult to overestimate the
part which language barriers play in
fostering national prejudices and in
creating those misunderstanding
| which lie at the root of wars. The
| ability of all nations to use a COM
mon tongue would be a long step to-
which We all dream"
What do you regard as the great
| est present accomplishment of .radio?"
I asked.
Its service in bringing knowledge
and pleasure to remote and isolated
| villages and communities" responded
| Gen. Harbord promptly. THE great
| off y q
| the finest fruits of our culture in
| such things as music, oratory and
| easy contact with our scientists and
| scholars. Through radio the greatest
| singers, the master musicians, the ia
| nous scientists, scholars and thinkers
| of the world can and do reach an au-
dience which extends from the heart
| of New York or London to the lone
liest farm on the western prairies or
the most isolated mountain village,
The far-reaching influence of radio
in this respect cannot but have a
| profound effect in raising the cultural
level of our race"
ITO what extent has it thus far
affected the business world?'
| Probably it's most important re-
| suit to date in that direction has been
| the facilitating and cheapening of
communication About 25 per cent of
all transatlantic messages are now
being sent by radio and about SO per
cent Of transatlantic communications.
One result of this development has
been the reduction of cable rates in
1928, the first to take place in a gen.
eration."
will the radio eventually supplant
the cable?"
mo. I don't think that is at all
| likely or even desirable. Competition
is a good thing, and the cables have
their own service to perform and will
continue to do so.
"One interesting effect which radio
has had on business is in relation to
the public utility companies. I was
recently told by some of the execu-
tiyes of the big electrical companies
that the spread Of radio has resulted
in a tremendous increase in the con-
| sumption of electricity for light. Peo-
pie are staying at home in the eve
nings more than they ever did, and
think that anything which makes the
home more attractive Is decided as
set 10 the Rskasn."
Evening star., 1924-04-27
BY FRANK n. SIMONDS.

T the close Of ten weeks in Europe
~ there Is one American question that
~ remains to be answered. When left
u Washington the single Interrogation
which seemed to lodge in most minds was
as Europe marching directly and deliber-
atey toward another war?'
On the whole, like all questions as broad
and general, it is hardly possible to answer
1t by single affirmation simple denial.
1t is true, beyond question, that Europe,
speaking broadly, is more anxious for peace
than at any moment since the close of the
world struggle. But it is also true that every
person whom have seen coming out of Ger
many, together with most of the people whom
I have encountered who live in countries bor-
dering on Germany, is frankly apprehensive
and unmistakaby fearful Not since 1914,
perhaps. has Germany seemed in such an OBJ
scure and menacing mood.
AS for France: Is France militaristic. i'm
perialistic? That again is a familiar Ameri-
can question. AS to this. only say that
during many weeks in Paris, in which 1 met
men of every rank and station in life-sol-
diers, statesmen, simple citizens Il never
heard single word spoken which suggested
anything beyond the profoundest desire for
peace, coupled with a moving sadness grow
ing out of the feeling that. after ALL peace
was not to be had.
France Desires Security.
France, as 1 saw her in her present mood
had only consuming passion-the desire
for security, the desire for some method of
insuring against the return of the invader
and the repetition of the destruction which
she has so valiantly striven to repair in the
past five years. But how is the security to
be attained? There, think. is the real trag-
edy of the situation, far as the French
people concerned.
Back of the question of security lies that
of reparatons, but it is tremendous distance
behind. The occupation of the Ruhr was,
tensiby step toward reparations; the mass
of the French people-and / think Poincare
and his advisers. who were responsible for it
believed that IL would be short and GER
tain way to bring about payment. In this
they mistaken, as perhaps they were
bound to be mistaken, but if it did not pro-
duce reparations payments-and it has not
yeti did offer France the single conceivable
physical guarantee against speedy attack
by Germany economically intact
The Frenchman believes that Germany will
attack him il he is weak; that weakness would
inevitably invite, even insure, attack. He
meets all the American and British argu-
Evening star., 1924-04-27

For myself, judging from what Information
I have been able to collect-and confess 1t
is contradictory and confusing-I do not be-
lieve Germany means now to risk war. but
neither do ! see the smallest reason to be-
Heve that she means to seek peace by ac-
cepting any reasonable settlement of the rep
arations problem. The single real chance lies
in the course of Britain.
What, then, is the British state of mind?
I have written much on this subject already,
but 1t is perhaps interesting. after having
written of Britain from London. to write of
it from Paris, and even from Geneva. Ger
tainly the British desire peace. You may go
from end of France to the other and
never hear a Frenchman speak of war with
Great Britain. 1mpatience resentment and
disappointment over British policies. yes. much
of all three, but that is all. On the contrary,
in London you will be struck by the number
of Englishmen who speak of France as the
hereditary enemy.
II you talk with Frenchman about an
Anglo-French war he looks at you with frank
amazement, incredulity. 1t is not thing
which enters into his range Of vision. But
it Is not quite the same in Britain, and for an
odd but obvious reason. The mass of the
British people resent French air strength
much-almost much, certainly-as they did
the German naval challenge twenty years ago.
There is a sense of uneasiness and resentment
that at the present moment London should
be-as. in fact, it is-completely at the mercy
of French air fleets.
Air Fleets Mean Protection.
For France these fleets mean protection
against Germany In the element in which all
experts believe that the next will be
fought. Supremacy in the air seems nat
ural and inevitable supremacy at sea has
seemed to the British for generations But.
unhappily, the French air fleets. mobiized
against Germany, could be used against
Britain, and real sense of insecurity results.
I confess to a degree of establishment in hear
ing the debate in the House Of Commons
the other night over air appropriations and
policies.
Now, the British demand perhaps not Of
ficaly spoken, is that France disarm. The
Englishman believes that unless France
duces her air fleets he must build-he is, in
fact, buiding-and in 4 curious fashion he
cings to the notion that in armament lies
the cause of and that France, by main
tanning armaments is not only compelling
him to arm, but is keeping Europe armed and
preventing real peace.
Evening star., 1924-04-27
FRENCH BAR TO DAWES
PLAN MAY BE COSTLY
Isolation Likely if Reparations Settle
ment Is Not Reached on Proposed
Basis Now Acceptable to Others.

ing toward rapprochement; most GER
.ainly England and Germany may be
expected to draw closer together in
case France remains the one country
blocking economic and financial res
toration of continental affairs.
Italy likewise woos England's fa-
vor and, with Italy, Spain, though not
a party to present negotiations, like
wise would veer to the general Brit
ish viewpoint that reparations prob
lens, should be put out of the way
once and for all time, that some meas
ure of equilibrium prevail. France
would be isolated save in the sense
of her political agreements with the
smaller nations of southeastern Eu-
rope, and these pacts indeed would be
puny affairs if the greater nations
of the continent went ahead not con-
sidering Frances interests. Through
such close arrangements between
other nations political alignments in
would be certain.
May BE Smoke Clouds.
dare throw monkey wrench in the
proposed machinery for reparations
settlement. Those who believe that
France eventually will square her
self with continental, even world, de-
sires believe that the smoke clouds
that have emanated from Quai d'Orsay
in the past week, all having a
do Of
tions commission and other friends of
settlement, have been designed to
bolster the strong nationalistic cause
in the coming French elections. Once
these are over and Poincare has
weathered the storm he may be in a
position to make notifications in his
stand. Most certainly is it true that
he now is keenly sensitive to the
demand of great element in
French life that Frances grip on
the Ruhr or Rhineland be not sur
rendered at any hazard. Further
more, a momentary manufactured
hazard to the fulillment of the Dawes
proposals might strengthen Poin-
cares hand in negotiations in regard
to debt cancellation. In other words,
the friends of France who refuse to
be blindfolded and are unbiased in
analyzing political trends are finding
excuse for the apparent bareback to
the Poincare policy of French might
and national interest as against COM
mon veal.
Whether Poincare intends to re-
main firm throughout in the face of
almost unanimous decision to put in
to effect the Dawes proposals. of
course only Poincare knows. But
it nevertheless is generally agreed
that upon Frances action in the
course of the next two months may
depend the salvation Of Europe.
England Sees way Out.
There is pretty definite idea in England
that the Dawes proposals are the keys
through which the doors of the land of
peace and plenty may be unlocked. Eng
land. though not ready to entirely sub
ordinate British political interest on the
continent, nevertheless is ready to go
far in compromises in order that trade
and commerce may be restored and
vexatiousi problems, always netting, al
tContinued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1924-04-27
BY EDWARD F. ROBERTS.
Ado may make English the
language of the world.

I
~ language of the world
This is one startling pos
sibility of the enormous ex-
pansion of sciences latest marvel in
the opinion of Maj. Gen. James G..
Harbord, president of the Radio Cor
poration of America.
Radio is in its infancy" says Gen.
| Harbord. land while it is developing
with tremendous speed, it would be
! difficult to exaggerate the possibil-
tiles of its effect on our civilization.
/ firmly believe that it will exert a
powerful influence In breaking down
the language barriers which separate
| nations today. Indeed, ii requires but
little vision to dream Of the English
language as the tongue of a twenty
| first century world as one result of
| the worldwide use Of radio COM
munication."
| why necessarily English?'
For many reasons, but principally
| because English is today the Ian
! guage of business in the leading
| countries of the world and also be-
| cause the control and development of
| radio apparatus Is largely in the
English speaking lands. The British
| empire is today girdled by radio out
| posts. while in the United States wire
less communication in all it's forms
has, of course. had its greatest and
widest development. The English
language dominates the air today
and its notes will grow even louder
as the years pass"
English q BusiAess Need.
"Does that imply" I asked. "that
| the natives of other countries will
learn to speak Englishr'
Business necessity will urge them
| along that path" replied Gen. Har-
| bord. 1.-THE great business centers
| of the world today are the two Eng
| disappearing cities of New York and
London. The daily business develop
| ments of those two cities are of vital
Importance to business men in every
country in the world. News Of those
developments is at present spread
| through the newspapers of the differ
ent countries, where 1t appears trans
lated in their respective languages.
But with the development of radio
the business man who understands
English can get the news he wants
from the air far faster and more COM
pletely than he could by waiting to
read it in his own newspaper.
Take, for instance, a merchant in
China to whom the operations of the
New York cotton market are of the
| utmost Importance. II he knew Eng
| lish he could tune in on New York
and get that information instantly, as
| soon as If it was broadcast at the
close of the market. He would not
dare wait for the news through the
ordinary channels il radio facilities
were at the disposal of an English
understanding rival.
"The same situation would hold
good in every other country in the
| world where business is transacted.
The business man who understood
English would have an important ad-
vantage over his competitors. and the
natural result would be that all
business men whose operations were
affected by the movement of the Eng
lish and American markets, and tha