Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 41

OLD NEW YORKER WRITES MEMOIRS Metropolis of Civil War Days Reviewed by 80-Year-0ld Gotham Resident. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 1.—In the 60s even bankers were not too proud | to save 5 cents by a sprint, writes Prederick Van Wyck i ‘Recollections of an Old New Yorker.” They ran to catch the old Ninth avenue elevated, | THE EV DON MARQUIS' BLINDNESS OVERCOME. HE ISSORRY TO SAY Eyesight So Good After Nerve Relaxation That He Can Even See Something Interesting in Dreiser’s Book. The _announcement a few weeks ago {hat the widely appreciated humorist Don_ Maraquis. ecome totally blind e omt ar admisers “The neas that the trouble which deprived him of his sight has vielded to treatm that e s In a faic way t2 make a com- he halled b these atest salisfaction article Mr. is At thelr own troubles facetiously. #1ilt in 1868 And they ran because the periods from 6 to 9 o'clock in the morning and | from 5 to 7 o'clock at night were called | “commuting hours” and the fare was but 5 cents. At other times it was 10 cents. Hence the 15 minutes before the change of fare found streams of people, coattails standing out behind, trying to reach a station in time, Now 80 Years Old. Transportation in the 60s interests Mr. Van Wyck very much, perhaps be- cause he was a boy then. He is now 80. The New York Central's first station was between Ninth and Tenth avenues New Haven & Hart- ford’s station originally was on Twenty- sixth strect, about where the old Madi- son Square Garden stood. Later, Mr. Van Wyck adds, a connection was mace with the Harl Ra Forty- | second street | “So the New Haven stopped their engines there and had each cer drawn down to the Twenty-sixth street station separately by hitching four horses to it. This was done because the city | objected to the steam and smoke in the thickly populated East Side. The clat- | tering of the 16 steel-shod hoofs on the rough cobblestone pavement made it | quite exciting, particularly when we | passed through the tunnel from Thirty- fourth to Forty-second streets.” Old-Timers Pass in Review, Hundreds of old New Yorkers pass in | review in the book. There was Jim | Fisk driving up Fifth avenue behind a six-horse team and beside Josie Mans- field, the actress: Thurlow Weed, the politician, offering Van Wyck $50 for his dog; Henry Bergh, founder of the Society for the Prevention of Crueity to | Animals, unharnessing a crippled horse from a mail truck at the risk of his life; Emma Thursby refusing to sing before Queen Victoria because she thought the Tequired low-neck immodest And there is Gen. Winfleld Scott arguing with the elder Van Wyck over the Civil War; Paul De Chaillu lec- turing on his African explorations, with & stuffed gorilla for local color; Harry Montague, matinee idol, promenading Fifth avenue, always with a single violet hanging from his lips, and John Drew, “with his cock-eye, his immaculate dress | and formal deportment.” Among modern men there is Theodore Roosevelt declaring to Mr. Van Wyck, “I hunger for admiration. I cannot live without it. You cannot imagine what it means to me.” e CLOCK RUNNING DOWN bad at LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 1 (#).— After 45 years of almost continuous service, the clock in the old post office tower here is dying @ slow death. It is expected to expire Saturday for lack of being wound up. Under a Government contract with the manufacturers of the huge time- {uelcc. the clock was wound up regu- arly, the winding last Friday. office in a brand-new building, the faithful old clock will be abandoned, as | far as Uncle Sam is concerned. | nothing in it | ings about anythirg, but the contract expired after|m: With the post | of BY DON MARQUIS. NEW YORK. December 1 (N.AN.A) | —It was widely advertised a few weeks ago that poor old Don Marquis' eyes had gone blooey and that because of this he was in a deuce and all of a fix I now rise to remark that there is I am sorry, in a way not to be interesting and charmingly pathetic about the matter, but the truth is that at present writing I am healthy that I am almost afraid of m self—that I am sitting on tep of th: world, looking with the eye of an ex in every direction, and if I hal any better eyesight I would have to wear blinders to keep them getting too ex- cited at all T woul 1 don't wan dash anybody’s spirits, but I really have not been so well in years. Nerves Went on Strike. In fact, it seems that this eye busi- ness had nothing to do with the eyes at l. T am, to coin a phrase, of a’high- trung, sensitive, nervous disposition, | and I had been overworking my nerves in the effort to be amusing in my writ- everything and nothing. The nerves in general sud- denly went on strike one evening, and the nerves which control the eyes took 2 brief vacation. 1 was playing pool at the time, and T | had been notleing for some moments that T had a distinct advantage over my opponent. ‘1 was seeing two pool balls where he was only seeing cne, and it is a great deal easier to hit two poo! | balls than.it is one. because there is twice as much surface to aim at. My sight at that moment was twice as good 1t has ever been, because I saw every- hing double. ‘When this temporary fog descenced upon me for just a moment I wondered how I was going to carry on with my writing work and make a living. The next ‘'moment it occurred to me tha maybe I was not going to make a living After another moment's refleciion I said to myself: “Well, that is all right with me. If it is not expacted of me to make a living. that will be a great relief. I will just let nature take its course.” Relaxation Set In. From that instant I began to get better. The nervous relaxation which I needed set in at once. It has been | going on ever since, with the result that my eyes arg better than they have been | for years. A year ago I could not see anything Amll]u' than a leg of lamb, But now I could recognize a hot dog | clear down at the end of the Junch | counter. I went to & hospital to get a thorough check-up on my general condition, | which is something that 1 had over- | looked for several years. The doctor | gave me a clean bill of health on my kidneys, which was what, he had decided to worry about. I was a little bit sur- prised to find them 99 gr cent O. o as'I had left them out rain for the last 30 years and thv‘uhl thoy might be a little rusty. anxiously whether he wfls sure lt wu kidneys he had examined or a bunch mushréoms, He reassured me. I am now able for the first time in years to do the very finest kind of work. Yesterday I threaded .3 needle. I Extra 50 | s | threaded it with a book reviewer. I am going to use the result to sew mourning on the publishing business. Able to See Dreiser. In fact, I am now able to see a good many things that I could never see be- fore. 1 took up one of Theodore Dreiser’s books this morning and sud- denly found myself interested. I was | never able to see Dreiser until this time In fact, my eyesight is getting almost incredibly keen. I looked at my desk a few moments ago and noticed in the center of it a stack of unanswered let- ters. They seemed to be tilted at a queer angle. The lower right-hand cor- ner of the stack was slightly higher. Reason told me that there must be some underlying cause. Another stroke of my optics and I discovered a grain of t-plug tobacco under that corner of ne stack. The first impulse was to e the tobacco at once. Then con- sclence stepped in and told me that I would have to work through that pile of mail until I got down to it. I can now split hairs with my left hand and using only one eye, whereas formerly it tock both hands, both eves and a pair of gla: As I stated before, I don't want to be | scouraging to any sympathetic friends | #ho have visualized me as a noble char- ter plugging ahead through the dark der great difficulties. Even Found Collar Button. ‘The truth is that there are not any dificulties. I now see so much that I am, in fact, becoming slightly cynical and I used to have a reputation f geniality. I was even able this morn- | ing to find a collar button which I had | begun the day by those elusive, galloping collar buttons which run around in circles when you | WHEN YOUR STOMACH STAR, dropping—one of | WASHINGTON = approach them. It is s thing I have not been able to approach before during the last 25 years. In fact, my visual penetration has increased to such an extent that it is almost alarming. One swift glance at your forehead and I am able to tell the thoughts which are swarming behind it —and I must say that there are some of them that I do not care so much for, either. Unless you want the inner secrets of your life Jaid bare, you had better not step into the same room, or even the same street, with the old X-ray orbs; for I have a fatal habit of printing what I see. This is just a general warning, and you can do as you like about it. (Copyright, 1932, by North American News- paper Auuum Inc.) INTOXICATED AND DRUNK PHRASES PUZZLE JURY Six of Panel Find Differences in Two Terms and Finally Free Prisoner. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 1.— ‘When a man operates a motor vehicle while in an “intoxicated condition” is 11t the same as “operating a motor while drunk?” This question so puzzled a jury in Criminal Court here that it was dis- missed after .two hours of deliberation. The jurors were trying the case of D. W. Bohannon, charged in an in- dictment with “operating a motor | vehicle while in an_intoxicated con- dition.” Judge A. T. Burgevin used the word “drunk” in his instructions and the jurors explained that half of them contended the two charges meant the same, while the others disagreed. Hrs Snndny Senously I HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 1 | (). —The condition of Mrs. Mae Sun- | day, former wife of Billy Sunday, jr., |son of the evangelist, was pronounced | serious Tuesday after a major opera- tion at the Holiywood Hospital Tuesday. The operation was performed after | Mrs. Sunday had been given several blood transfusions. RUNS AN HOUR SLOW _ Most “indigestion” has been found imaginary! The pains and gas and all that misery are real, of course. But nine times in ten they are symptoms only of slow stomach. Did you know you can regulate your stomach to empty in six hours, as it should? That this is as easy as moving the bowels? One bor of Pape’s Diapepsin will test your stomach and correct your digestion time in a couple of days— at a cost of twenty-five cents! Each tablet of diapepsin saves the stomach half an hour’s labor. protection .against win ter If your stomach is an hour slow, two tablets will remedy the trouble. Then eat anything. Baked beans every noon if you like them, and lobster at midnight suppers. They will digest like crackers and milk in a six-hour stomach! Pape’s Diapepsin is good for you, because it stimulates the gastrie flow. Use it freely until the stomach is working right without any help. When it slows down, take diapepsin again for a day or two. “This helps coffec drinkers and hard smokers, too. $3 worth of protection for $1 when Pepsodent Antiseptic fights colds PEPSODENT ANTISEPTIC Is 8 times as powerful as other leading mouth antiseptics. Hence it goes 3 times as far. And whether you buy the 25¢, 60c, or $1 size, you still get 3 times as much for your money. EWER colds this year—quicker relief from those you catch—and money saved besides. ‘That's the promise market. In one septic that must ou used full strength to be ective. In the o!he:jxoup is Pepsodent p is the mouth anti- ] e when used full PURE BREATH THUR [RETIRED U. S. JUDGE W. H. S. TOMSON DIES Was Widely Recognized Authority on Government Law—In 76th Year. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 1.— Fed- eral Judge W. H. Seward Tomson, 76, widely recognized as an outstanding au- thority on Government law, died at his home late ’l‘uesdfli He had been in poor health several years. In November, 1927, the jurist retired from active duty on the bench after 1o years of service in the western district of Pennsylvania. Thereafter at various times he sat with the United States Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Born in Beaver County, Pa. he was educated at the Academy, Catlettsburg, Ky.; Muskingum College, Ohio: Wash- ington and Jefferson College and Mar- shal College. He was admitted to the bar in Cabell County, W. Va., in 1880. On his retirement Judge Tomson re- ferred to the heavy duties imposed on members of the Federal Court benches by liquor case prosecutions and said that a younger man than he was needed | to carry on the steadily increasing | dutles of the court. He handled many large patent litigations. Surviving him are two daughters, Miss Marguerite Imbrie Tomson of Pifts- | | burgh and Mrs. Florine Remensnyder of Wildwood, Pa. Mrs. Tomson died in 1928. MAYBE YOU TOO HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF TulsJV TELCO s i ur TevE: D 111 SHOW. oA mimACLE 1¥'¥0U sav 1T = 15WT woRTH 1T L PAY ™E 30¢. HOW TO GET THERE This sale is st our Warehouse only—in alley rear of 918 M St. N.W. Lars ry briek build- ing; plenty of parking space. Take Seventh, Ninth or Fourteenth St. ears and get off at M St NW. Short walk. Inquire for Wood- ward & Lothrop's old warehouse. $139 Rail-back 3-Pc. Living Room Suite, covered with bur- gundy jacquard velour. § 50 From siorage... 18 $95.00 10-Pe. Walnut Anne Period Dining Room 5 Suite, from storage 29 $98.00 Lawson-style 2-Pe. Liv- ing Room Suite, covered in figured denim. Web bottom con- S 0.90 struction. From storage 19 $145.00 Taupe Mohair 3-Pe. Liv- ing Room Suite, with reversible seat cushions. Fronr stor- - $¢y0.50 e 28 $89.00 Large Size §-Pe, Walnut- finish Bed Room !une. $9Q-50 A-1 condition 28 $145 Fine “llnllt Bed Room Suite, used only & short § .75 $19.50 5-Pe. Breakfast Suite, new . Queen Green Enameled good as 18.45 $1.95 Upholstered Foot- stools, all new........ 69C $89.50 Floor Sample C-P('. Bed Room Suite, slightly 535.50 9 marred $40.00 3-Cushion Velour § Settee, naud in $29.00 Reed Fiber 3-Pe. lelnx Reom Suite, traded 94 $69.00 Tapestry 2-Piece Living Room Suite, re- ’9.“ claimed . $98.00 Blue Jacquard 3-Pc. Over- stuffed Living et trom srsgererr 19" € sau YOUR VoIcE. 018 wE REALLY THE ARE YOUR CHILDREN AWAY AT COLLEGE OR BOARDING SCHOOL? TELEPHONE THEM AFTER 8:30 P. M. ANDYOUCANTALK100 MILES FOR 35¢; 145 MILES FOR 45¢; 275 MILES FOR 75¢*; AND 400 MILES FOR $1°, *Exclusive of Tax .\Il?(rapoli(nn%F 9 9 0 0 The Chesapeake and Potomsc Telephone (Bell System) fit CHIEAGO We Sell U. S. Government Inspec Only Two Stores in Washington 311 7th St. N.W. Smlll Lean Loins Fresh Regular Hnm STEAK Chucke- ] 2%2- BUTTER Fancy Sliced Select 3146 M St. N.W. »11e 17¢ Veal~ 12% CHOPS ROAST Steer Beef Round Steak EXTRA SPECIAL or Rose Brand Pure Creamery That Good “CHICAGO” Blend Bacon v 14¢ Coffee .. l9c Peanut 2.1b. Butter i~ Smoked Selected Eggs 19¢ SAUSAGE -« BOLOGNA 30c | N Smoked Hams Half or Whole Chesapeake Bay Oysters qt. i ExperiencedAdvertisersPrefer TheStar WASHINGTON!---here’s another "SALE It seems as though we can’t have enough of these value-slashing sales to please our many friends and customers. Many, many folks have called us recently asking when we are going to have another WAREHOUSE SALE.., and if such-and-such an item wéuld be included. and included are some excellent suggestions for Christmas giving—a timely sale and it is truly one which will startle Washington! BUY! $195 2-Pc. Down Cushion Liv- ing Roem Suites, with ottoman to mntch Just two umple '78 50 suites to close out at. $22.50 Walnut 5-Ft. Extension Dinette Table; floor sam- $0.50 ple . $200.00 Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe Gorgeous 10-Pe. Mahogany Dining Roem Suite, §, .50 slightly marred . 68 $20 o $35 Esten- sion Dining Koom Tables of oak, many fine tables in the lot. Your $4.98 chotes uren 4 $1.50 to $3.00 Din- ing Room Chairs of oak and wal- $24.00 48-inch Walnut Buf- fet; from §$ storage $165 to $188 Four-piece Walnut Bed Room Suites, beautiful in de- sign, excellent construction. Three (one-of-a-kind) suites to close eut at less than pro- § .80 duction cost .. 76 $88.50 10-Pec. “'Allmt veneer Dining Reom Suite, re- $, 2.311 claimed . L 2 $16.50 Large Size Walnut-finish Dresser, from storage. Ex- $p.45 cellent condition - 6 $119.00 3-Pe. Bow-front Living Room Suite, covered with $ -50 blue mohair. From storage 23 SALE AT WARE- HOUSE ONLY $225.00 Pillow-arm 3.Pe. Living Room Suite, upholstered in best grade walnut and rose mohair, tapestry reverse on seat $qQ.50 cushions. From storage. 38 $89.50 3-Pe. Blue and Taupe Jacquard Living Room §. 50 Suite, practically new... 31 $30.00 Odd Walnut Vanity Dresgers, new and per« $n 9% $275 Bridge Lamps, complete with pxr.‘;;lkm p a r chment Toades 2. 95C $2.95 Metal Smok- ing Sets, with twin ash receivers and g]unrn.nteed electric s lighter .... 9 $29.00 Walnut Chifforobes, brand new and $Q.98 perfect ..... $19.50 4-Poster and Bow-end Beds, left over from new $4.65 bed room suites.......... 4 $29.50 Colonial Seeretary Desk, in mahogany; fior sam- :16 .95 $28.50 Oak Chlu Bow- $p=.95 front Closet, traded in.... 5 $25 to $40 Buffets of quartered oak, several very fine ones §p.95 in the lot. s $30 Odd Walnut China Closet, left over from new '1 l.ll suite . Well, here is the sale ... COME, SEE—and $12 to $25 New Walnut Tables, some very fine decorative styles. All perfect. Your $ 4388 choice $3.95 6x9 Linoleum Fejt- base Rugs, all new andper- $4.88 fect 1 78¢c $139 Group of Brand-new Bed. davenport 3-Pc, Suites, choice of many styles; all fully $p .75 fuaranteed " '66 $8.75 Occasional Chairs, $1.95 from storage ......cceeeee $29.50 Day Beds, with waln it masts..orrers 10 $24.50 Twin Studio C«ldl. plete with felt mattresses l13 and 3 kapoc plllows. ..., $12.50 10-Yr. Guaranieed $p.8§ Coil Bed Springs, in all sizes $19.75 Finest Double-deck Coil Bed Springs, with stabilizers. All slzes. Guaranteed 20 39.“ years ..... 32." Mat- tresses, good quality cover- §4.89 ing. All sizes....c.ceveee 4 uo.u Exceptionaliy Fine llnal' Spring Filled Mat- §, hu—-. all sizes... . $1.89 Perfect Walnut-fin- ish End Tables. . $6.75 Pure Cotton Mat- tresses, in all sizes.. $12.50 Pure Layer-felt Antiseptic, utterly strength, yet powerful enough to be diluted with two parts of water and st/ kill germs in less than 10 seconds! 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Some of the 50 different uses for this .- - modern antiseptic. . - .. . ... Sore Threat Colds Cutsand Hoad Colds Abrasiens Smoker's Throat After Shaving Chapped Hands Dandrunt NO CHARGES ALL SALES FINAL NO EXCHANGES A DEROSIT. wil) pessrvd ~ items 60 faye. SALE STARTS 8 AM. PROMPTLY Irritations of the Qump, Afer Bxtractions Tired, Aching Feet Skin Irritations Checks Under-Arm Perspiration Odor “Miiete's Foot™ FREE TAXI 6100 ONLY! Rear 917919 L St N.W. g s it Rt i O e b ol