Show HITS HITS' UN ON NEW NE IDEAS t Sleepy J epy Old City Aspires to w o. o Become Metropolis 7 a BELGRADE BELGRADE Jan 26 Belgrade Belgrade is y with Bucharest for tor the title of Paris of the Balkans The dt city eity Is being rapidly transformed from S unattractive tf sleepy melancholy p town to something like a European capital Its stores are full of luxuries Jewels rich furs silks lingerie confections perfumes perfumes per per- fumes and cosmetics C. Everybody s stems ems to have ample money to buy these articles A tide of ot prosperity is isnow isnow isnow now flowing through the country There Is not sufficient room In the capital for the thousands of Slavs Slays who want to come hero from the thee the united 1 provinces Several thousand new buildings are under construction the streets are being parks public public public pub pub- lic squares and an esplanade are planned planned planned plan plan- ned a new royal palace and a new par- par building are arc nearing completion comple- comple tion the construction of a great stadium is contemplated and the gov government gov Is offering prizes of ot francs f for far r the best plan for the Improvement Improve ment and beautification of ot the city Y You u wont won't know Belgrade In another another another an an- other live five years its ts citizens say proudly We shall shall- have a capital worthy of ot a nation of ot people and a city that will attract Euro Euro- It Is a a. city of strong contrasts In Inthe Inthe Inthe the heart of the business banking and shopping sections the visitor sees many peasants herdsmen an and handmade handmade hand hand- made nade farm lana carts drawn by the Immemorial immemorial immemorial Imme imme- morial ox An American visitor was startled to see an aged soldier ex-soldier carr carrying a coffin coffin coffin cof cof- fin on his sack Jack through the crowded shopping district of ot the capital It was explained that the he Serbian undertakers undertakers under under- takers made their deliveries of coffins to their patrons in this fashion Such incongruities are constantly to be bo s seen en enIn in the capital |