Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 10

» 10 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1924. | BELMONT LEAVES " WIDOW HUGE SUM "$700,000, Home and Per- sonal Property Acquired Since Marriage Is Given. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December will of the late Au wfiled for probate v #ccompanying it a consists of “more t sonal and more tha property largest widow, Mrs. El She receives $§ use, as well as immedi marriage.” No less than o to be set asi a e for her, less than $30,000. willed in trust the estate and Long Island, which, tund, will revert to estate at her death Personal property the marriage with the is bequeathed to the viving children his deceased son, All jewelry belo Bel ng stable w h the the Belmont, gons, Raymond and Mo directed that $50,000 be for August Belmont I thirty-sixth yvear, when he ceive the principal The executors of the widow, Morgan Belmo nelius Wickersham. The 14 until and formerly belonging to the t mother fram his Samuel S. Howland, them by his marriage who The ‘Victrola No. 360 7.—Th lelmont wa: a petition | the estate ot 1l household furni-| co our | 00,000 in securities | ¢ as to| provide her an annual {ncome of not| In addition, she is| nt_countr: at Babylon, trust residuary uired prior tol it is also in trust his is to re- will are the Cor- are author- zed to purchase a string of pearls tor's brother-in-law, acquired pearls BY NANNIE LANCASTER. Santa and his official partner, the Postmaster General, have put the hop in their shop-early slogan, and—count- ing by crowds—Washington is obeying pretty. Father Christmas used to humor us to the last minute, but when Secretary | New takes the spotiight to remark that railroads can carry only so much, and that unless we mail early we e going | to get left, the appeal a de- mand, which settles that And truly the shopping edict is a joy to be in on—provided one likes to be all el- | wedged in daily jams that are BTl s o e Ato- | bows and ejaculations seasoned with s, appa o 2 il oo s Ui Tt laughter and every sort of good-natures everybody bundle a give and take—and with rrying bundles and every 'mon whose text is love and good will. For those who have lelsure, purses dcep enough to challenge price tags and motors that take no heed of the various shopping dis that mean long | squares for h Christmas shopping |is a matter of choosing. unalloyed by the limitations of an age pay en- —there is no , and, with so y wonders everywhere for e . gift-hunting, with only &0 muc adds zest to exploratfons in surprises for those we love. Ads Are Valuable. is another difference: There People who work have only afternoons to scurry around in, and for that reason cannot are to be given to August: Belmont, with the request that they be kept always in the Belmont family. The will also creates a trust fund for the widow of August Belmont, jr.; provides for the education of August Belmont 1V and Morgan Belmont, jr., and makes various cash bequests to persons long in the testator's employ. a Musical Christmas Come to Schwartz’s Choose from the world’s finest and most renowned phonographs—at the YULE WINDOW DISPLAYS CHEER ALL, FROM BABY TO BACHELOR Capital Goes About Business of Sho,.;ping in Light- Hearted Mood, W hether Purses Be Fat or Lean. Wonderful Variety of Gifts. afford the time It takes to breast ever- growing crowds, Therefore they study advertisements {n papers for suggestions and costs, and then either take in the stores of one section at a time, or, may- be, just look in windows for suggestions that mean purchases later on. And when {t comes to windows! The jewels of Aladdin's cave are mere clinkers compared to the Christ- mas ifee frults that grow only in the orcards of childhood land, and as for toys! FEven oldsters. who have traweled the decades that Pead to dis- sion ave standing before shop these days surprised into thrills at slght of a stocking hang- ing from a chimney shelf, or dolls fine enough to live in the White House, though we know, deep down in our hearts, they can’t hold a can- dle to the rag babies of long and long ago. Santa Brings Zoo. Talking about windows! There never was such a sight in this town or any other to compare to Sauta's z00. Fearing that the young people of today might find his reindeer a trifle monotonous, Father Christmas brought his collection of wild ani- als straight from his kingdom and placed them in care of a big depart- ment store of many windows; large 1 airy windows and so strongly with iron to afford safe cages for the dangerous creatures he personally captured from all four corners of the earth—never mind the earth being round GIVE A PAIR OF GLASSES Archie D. Engel Formerly with Roe Fulkerson 1615 15th St. N.W. Next Keith's Theater Phone Main 7105 Children blessedly young enough tremble with the excited eagerness that goes with circus shows, and if you stand around a bit you will see work-marked men and women whose red hands show for housework and a judicial capacity for spanking bables—reading aloud the danger signs on eagh cage, “Don’t stand near and bars"—“Don’t feed the animals” —and you know that the spirit of Christmas has sent memory back and back to the fairyland of youth. You can tell, because you feel that way yourself. Eack great creature has a cage to himself, with a keeper in charge—a keeper exactly as big and allve as those other keepers out at the Zoo— though, of course, he is only human so far as looks go. And when you watch a lion switch his tall as im- portantly as if he wore a British crown, and a Russian bear stand straight -and laugh the same as if he expected tb get a bite out of you, and the hippopotamus trying to out- yawn the rhinoceros in the next cage, why—vyou just ought to see them! Word's don't count. Animals Are Life Size. The exhibit, costing thousands of dollars, was made in by a designer of high authority whose sclentific knowledge of nature enables him to create nature fakes equal to real. Bach animal is a life- sized duplicate of its stuffed fellows in museums, and the movements of each Is In exact copy of the live creatures of the jungle, desert or frozen North, r window n another store. tion, is guarded bearing a lighted The Christmas atmosphere is CHRISINA CARDS | A replenished assortment of exclusive designs. Both Stores: 1340 G St. 1222 F St. { Open Evenings . BAILARD Ly i o -~ N s this country, seasoned by such pomp of pageantry that one half expects the magnificent brocades and velvets and tapestries billowing around to materialize into a procession of court ladies, a fat king with a crown on his head and armored knights led by a portly figure bearing a boar's head on.a waiter. It is this Inspiration that furnishes a background for Christmas as it ap- plies to rich women who expect fabulous wraps and gowns and fairy- slippers, together with accessories of boudoirs that any of us can remd about, but precious few get inside to see. Another window shows a wet sheet and a flowing sea—with a fleet of sails {n a yachting contest—an ab- solutely new sport for Washington boys, made happily possible by the Memorial pool. Tips for Bachelors. The bachelor who used to lay a hook or box of candy at the shrine of his Christmas girl now buys her silk stockings, gloves, handbags, and the like. And even this liberal range will be widened if he follows the sugges- tion of another window that features All Remaining | Now $7.50, T S "\w s 4 Victrcla No. 50 (Closed) Victrola No. 50 (Open) store where the collection of models is COMPLETE and the service is of a type to assure full satisfaction with your purchase. the— Home of the VICTROLA NEW EDISON No Money Down—Pay Next Year! Home of the Schwartz’s is famed in this city and section as Home of the BRUNSWICK Phonograph and Radiola / This Offer Applies to Any Pimnog'raph in Stock—Just Select and Pay for a Few Records Enrich your home with one of these superb musical instruments vest in a lifetime of phonograph is the gi this Christmas—and in- enjoyment. ' A high-class ift of gifts for the whole family—and Schwartz’s is the logical place to ol buy it. Every Good Radio in Qur Stock on Cenvenient . Terms. Super Service. Open Evenings Look for the N Schwartz Clock E\ \\\\.\\,‘ '1‘//1//// VN 4 No financial problem to solve. Nothing to pay until next year. And then only a little at a time. - Our liberal credit system places a Vic- trola, New Edison or Brunswick in reach of every income. Why not memorable in the annals Until Christmas > Helpful Credit (,/ for All make this Christmas of home joys? “If It's Good in Radio, Schwartzs Have It” 1143 CONNECTICUT AVENUE | Complete Clearance of Winter Millinery Smart Blouses Reduced! Prices, $5 to $15 a holly-wreathed notice, “Here is what your best girl will like,” The display includes chiffon tunic blouses in beribboned boxes, siik and crepe scarfs, beaded bags with jew- eled clasps, and for something new in the matter of sentiment, lovely hats that look like Paris, but are priced at th'e low mark that many small and artistic milliners have compelled the big stores to adopt. For one nifty gift, there is a silver-plated stirrup swung from gray leather and a mys- thing is lald beside as If it belonged Insi world-wise critlc nigl as if its right place was on a hlp. This early shopping movement is a s LEARN FASHION DRAWING Millinery — Costume Dress making. Professional and Home Courses. Ask for Booklet. Livlnmne Audem{_ e s Destgning — Winter Models $10 & 815 Victrola No. 16/ great and humiane schéme h that 1€ keeps up the Christmas _spirit throughout the buying perlod, and saves one from the pessimistic feel- Ing that comes of weariness. and a last-minute &cramble to grab at re- Jected gifts that have grown shop- worn in ‘handling, and the walts at thé long end of a trall that leads to parcel shop window—or reglstry de- partment, which takes longer—and is worse, Alumni Elect De Schweinitz. PHILADELPHIA, December 17. Dr. George E. De Schwelnitz of this city has been sglected by a mall vote of the alumni 6f the University of Pennsylvania to fill the trusteeship made vacapt by the death last Sum- mer of Dr. Robert G. Le Conte. Dr. De Schwelnitz is a noted eye special- ist*and a former president of the | American Medical Association. <§aks G2 (Ompany PEMNSYLVANIA AVENUE SEVENTU STREET S T Clothesbrushes $5 and %7 Leather-back Clothes- brushes. Dusters that dust away the stains. Very handy for the iraveling man. The brush is compact and takes up but little room. Tuxedo Stud Sets, $2.50t0$12 Victrola No. 111 Tobacco Pouches $1.45 to $5.50 Imported leather, tobacco pouches. A’ man’s friend in need. Keeps the to- bacco fresh and moist. Sheepskin Bill Folds: $2.45 Genuine sheepskin leather bill Folds, one-fold style. Genuine calfskin bill folds, in tan and brown, single fold, $1.95 to $4.50. Coin Purses $2, $2.50 and $3 Coin purses in calkskin and leather. Collar Bags $7 & $8 All-leather il collar bags. 4 Handy gift for the bachelor. 5~ { Suede collar bags, gray, tan DN Novelty Cigarette Cases $350 Novelty cigarette cases in a variety of colors. Just snap the case and out comes a fag—ijust the thing for the young man who likes a novelty. Cigarette Cases $4 $4.50 and $5 Leather cigarette case, with silver mountings. Smart and very acceptable gift; extremely adaptable to full dress. Bill" Folds $3.50 Pin seal bill folds, in one and two fold styles. Gold corners. Pin seal bill folds, in a variety of shapes, all with 14-kt gold trimmings, $5.45, $6.45 and $695.