The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1902, Page 8

UNDRED ER VICTIMS.) Wirs. Roosevelt Among Those to “Whom This Queen of Mendi- cants Addressed Her Many Scores of Begging Letters. HAD AN ELITE DIRECTORY. j Be Track of People of Fashion } and Victimized Prospective Brides by Preference, Although Not Disdaining Others. S| it After twenty years of success in ob- taining money through a clever scheme Of begging, Mrs. Annie Mayers, “Queen of the Mendlcants,"”” has been sent to Blackwell's Island. For nearly a quarter of a century this crafty woman has been the star lett writer of professional beggars. Her letters have not been addressed to people of purely philanthropic tende _ ¢les, but she has taken the Four Hu dred as her victims, and New York's + wealthiest society leaders have been re- Annie Mayers in piteous ist her with money Selected Social Lenders. The Charity Organization has in its Possession over six hundred begwing let- ters dating from Dec. 19, 1882 present time, which have be by this Queen of Mendicants. These! haye been turned over to the organizs- | tion from no less prominent people than | Mrs. Theodore Roosev: Mrs. Oliver | Harriman, Miss Lévingstone, - Helen Gould, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Ogden Mills and others. | A Specimen Letter. | Annie's direct downfall into the hands | of the authorities came through a let- | ter addressed to Miss Lawrence, of No. ) (30 Fifth avenue, in which she gave her | dd as No. 3% [ast Thirty-second | UBtreet. The letter was in the same tone jas many of her previous ones and was) has follows: “You have enough of this world’ } 000s and to spare and I ask for char- Ity. You should be charitable because of your spproaching marriage. Send + me enoygh to pay my rent and I wish | you every good luck and happinces, My | alster worked for your mamma, and I have three children and the rheuma- 4 -y tism.’ (AS her custom, she inclosed a Yent bill, stating that unless money was ovtained before Thuraday she would be } evicted, | The letter was sent to the Charity Or- " Ganlzation Society, and once more the ) search for the woman who had go long evaded detection, was taken up. Officer ‘Thomas F. Hayes, detatied to the Char- ity Organization, and Miss C. M. A’ derson,.of the society, went to the ad- | tress, which proved to be a little candy Op, wannle Brae . alwa: en pee ot caver ‘about ou cancen!- ways Tad her mat! A post some smal | ee Dut could never be found atthe Pl Anderson and Of Hi if mae for her yestei cance lock ‘their vigilance was Tewari A woman gaterea rhe place who ai thelr jon. and ‘when closely. ques: tioned, she confessed to havin, 4 itten ae Secor ahanee ae Lawrence. 6 would but stated that sh Sige in tho ten-cent lodging-houses, Equipped tor Her Trade. charge 200 West street, will court when the young wom: back to this city. to talk about it She denied her identity when seen an Evening World reporter at h in a apartment-h the number ‘mentioned. of theft have to comfortable be Mrs. E MRS. ANNIE MAYERS. HER MOTHER WON'T RATHER THAN TELL SOLVE A MYSTERY, GIRL CHOSE PRISON An Elopement May Be at the! Bottom of Miss Celia Bar- low’s Arrest in Boston. Whatever mystery there is about the al-| arrest of Cecilia Barlow In Boston on a preferred mother, Mrs. Catherine Barlow, One Hundred und by her No. uh | unrayelled in Is brought Barlow refuses by: me Ise at Later ¢ Rank Seon = ite Pretty?! if | porter was told that he had really seen which names are marked in a man-|Mrs. Barlow and he called upon her Wash ane ee ete again. ‘This time she admitted that she i ee was (Mrs. Barlow, but refused to say agieet of Mendicants,"" who com |anything about the arrest of he a Feoel ea thouwanda of Gol: | @aueter. jars ‘tno nae tne letters, 4s a| There are hints of an elopement Frtcse ho shows |the affair, It Is sald In Bostor th : B the eflcote OF ten pe teavy dining. it) airi is the wite of one of the Jo 4 comfortable circumstances if the money | troupe of acrobats, and that her mother a Fhe bes extracted from the charitable |did not know she was married watil 4 ! pot be spent for drink. few days ago. The girl is charged % paste Baliye cece was javariably ercora with taking 2 worth of furs iy Nong q nol ol x to hor mother when she disap- j Erection it de mcrae no answer she | peared from home a me a short time since - would follow Fup the Totter with « postal _ sans 5 bcare. ae cleverness Became manifest WHO IS T i ferent she would a to fer husband. If she was ade HIS SOL SOLDIER BOY? Wife of a rallroad magnate fa be described : taster or beakers gee former con Abuses the Society. She says that she addressed her ad- to the Wealthy because they spare the money and not mi! it. eae arrested @he became 7 Fneeediantion has little rom ttin, ‘The people I wrote to G Bears 9 Deople | le. Annie who i 5 fy-two years old, a Ber her fervor ‘that sho ber af the Charity” Organts from Biadcrenseet When she returned DID NOT DINE WITH NEGRO. | Gem. Wright Denton the Booker Washington Story, Be explained that the famous negro \ was at the White House when. the President's luncheon was served in the| eg oflee, ant as Me. Roorevalt cer | continue it ee ? ta ae een Piso luncheon od: omy ls ta all Mot dine at the’ wate (House sean did ‘bread wi! resident ee, atl wes. ie nt aes fhe ante MAY BE A CZAR. sein’s «= Ruler tne | ‘#elister, Grand Duchess Xenia, wife Grand Duke Alexander Michaelo- Gelivered of @ son yesterday Jie ‘Fell into the Hola, Guileford, a fireman on the Myre, tied up at the Erie walking along the main may ae co and Skul on his clothes was a self in the uniform o: when he stumbled and “&Matchway into the hold. » and fractured ho the 1 ment discovered in one of his pockots. Belongs to the Twelfth Regiment In Broken, The young man found unconsclois on the sidewalk in front of No, 1 way early last evening with skull had not recovered conselou the New York Hospital this morninz. The only means of tdentitica 5 Broads found ‘aph of him welfth Regt. THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1902, WELL-DRESSED WOMAN SENT TO WORKHOUSE FOR BEGGING Paine’s Celery Compound CURES RHEUMATISM The Only Medicine That Prevents a Return of the Terrible Disease. Rheumatism, which does its aa| ble work in the muscles, joints and| tissues, is caused by uric acid which gathers in the blood. To get rid of this poisonous acid which produces the irritations, pains, agonies, in- flammations and swellings peculiar to rheumatism, Paine’s Celery Com- pound should be used without delay. nerves, the blood is quickly cleared| of all irritating poisons, tissue and), muscle are built up and the digestive rgans perfectly toned. Do not treat with indifference the slightest rheu- matic symptoms; the early use of Paine's Celery Compound will save| you weeks and months of suffering. | Mr. S. D. Conway, St. Louis, Mo.,! permanently cured by Pain Celery Compound after repeated fail- ures with other medicines and physi- clans, he SAYS: “lam years of age, and have lived In Louis 27 years, and all) this ime with the exception of three | years | have served in the Engineers Department as Inspector, Last win- ter I contracted rheumatism and w: laid up. I tried all remedies aud doc- tors, but all failed until struck Paine's Celery Compound which has ‘nade a permanent cure In my case. I have recommended it to many, a they have user It with the same re sult. DIAMOND DYES Color Jackets, Coats, Capes, Ribbons, Neckties, Waists, Eioeh ng il] nets F248) oe eroek whan ae Direction book and 45 dyed 4 _ John Dania, SonstSons. Bry GOODS WOVSE OFFER Full Lines of the Best Decoyed Here from Paris, She | Wouldn’t Betray Gang Who Abducted Her and Other Girls | | ' i} | i When Bertha Gendron, the daughter of a wealthy and socially promin fume manufacturer of Paris, ragned in the Centre Street . je ourt this afternoon chargea with be jing the keeper alse hou e tout | at derly as one reneh «iris who had America by a we'l or- nohmen, chmen h. and apart and that they 8, Carmen Gendrone, ganized synd He sald that 7 iblished them in Hlegal purpos the proc he woman's sister, flats Je who was arrested at the same time, | 148 been returned to France by the| ench Vive Consul, she being on sixte ra old. In the police court Bertha pleaded | for mercy. Magistrate Deuel sald: “I will extend you merey only on con- dition that you will ¢ 8 aN to th eldentity induced you and inform of the to come here from you the flat the | who Parts who furnished nan Would not tell, She sald she would stand the consequences first, that it was her own {4 She was sen: ) tenced to thirty daye Blackwel'a | sian on —_—— | © Boat The canal boat Harlem Life, loaded [With soft coal, whieh was lying at High- bridge crossing. sprung a leak early this inorning and sank to the bottom of the river, No one was aboard. Thi Owned by Wiliam, boat and coal were AMbridge, of Hoboken. ’__Oliver Twist. | Buy the first package of H-O because we tell you to. You'll buy the second because you like it! All the oatmeal left over from breakfast can be used for other dishes, Putit in moulds and set it in the refrigerator over night, The next morn- ing serve with fruit, or cream and sugar, or both. There, now, did you ever taste any- men | — | AGENTS. GLOVES AT THE ‘Lowest Prices in This City. | WOMEN’S—2-clasp Kid Gloves in colors, black and white, at 98c. & $1.50 Pair. WOTFIEN'S — I-clasp Dogskin and Castor Gloves (also Castor silk lined), at $1.00 Pair. WOMEN’S—AIl-wool Golf Gloves, red, biack, white, gray and Oxford, at 50c. Pair. MEN'S — I-clasp Dogskin and | Castor (iloves, | at $1 00 & 0 & $1. .50 Pair, CHILDRE V’S——I-clasp Dogskin | Kid Gloves, at $1.00 Pair. |ENTRANCES ON 3 STREETS. | ‘Broadway, 8 & 8 & 9 Sts. WORLD WANTS. Are Unequalled. l2t 44 Paid Help Vi He'p Wants in this! morning's World. Paid Help Wants in the thirteen other New York papers combined. JANITORS JANITRESSES JEWELLERS ; KITOHENWORK . LADIES’ TAILO! PAUNDRESSES MEN HACHINISTS ECKWEAR APPRENTICES .... 2 ARTIFICIAL FLOW DOOKKEEPERS Rea Riawas tue BOYS .... URSES DRASS WORKERS. ERATORS . BRICKLAY: PAINTERS , BUSHELMEN ...... 13] PHOTOGRAPHERS, BUTCHERS 41] PIANO HANDS CABINET MAKERS 5] PLUMBERS CANVASSERS: 6| POLISHERS .... CARPENTERS 8) PORTERS . CASHIERS ++ 6) PREGSERS . CHAMBERMAIDS .. 18 | PRES@MBN COLLECTORS ..... 2] SALESLADINS COMPOSITORS . SALESMEN COOKS CUTTERS . DENTISTS . DISHWASHERS DRESSMAKERS DRIVERS DRUG CLERKS ELECTRICIANS EMBROIDERERS BHOR MEN SKIRT HANDS SLEEVE HANDS . STABLEMEN . TINSMITHS . TYPEWRITERS UPHOLSTERERS USEFUL SDN . WARNISHBRS WAIST HANDS WAITERS .... WAITRESSES EXAMINERS . FEEDERS , FINISHER . FIREMEN . BSresacvateenaoeotBaaecw- thing better? No other medicine gives such prompt, | cheering and happy results. It is the only medicine that preverts a return of the dreaded disease. | Paine's Celery Compound braces the Our Greatly Enlarged SHOE StOLC. scons rion. And now we must direct your attention tu our greatly enlarged Shoe Store. It is situated as heretofore on the second floor, but it has moved southward. It covers now almost double the space it formerly occupied. It is beautifully ar- ranged, perfectly equipped and excellently stocked. Upon investigation you will grant that it is not surpassed by any Shoe Store in the world. Shoes at $3.50 for Men and Women are without question the very best Shoes sold at that Brice. ‘They closely, resemble the best sorts shown elsewhere. ‘Their strong points are comfort, style and service, Our Custom Finish Shoes at $5.00 For Men and Women are particularly well made of the choicest materiais. Look Ike $7.00 and $8.00 goods, and will wear as well. For the Little Folks. devote most careful attention to the selection We see to it that they are carefully made—the — ki We of Shoes for children. properiy shaped an Whica give \nusually good service. ‘Those made with Wwelted soles and perfectly smooth insoles ARE THE BES For Girls, $l. 50 to $3.00; for Boys, $2.00 to $3.50, All our shoes are made in the latest and most modish styles and are built on correct and comfortable lasts. They are of soft and pliable leathers. : in advertising—not extended We might write a long essay on the Simpson Crawford Co, Shoe Store, but facts plainly stated do duty verbiage, So we'll say that when Shoes are required for any member cf th fai!ly you cannot do better than come right here, where only the best In Footwear will be shown vourend where only the fairest eerste will be asked. Our Newly Enlarged Book Store. We invite your most critical inspection of the largest, as well as the handsomest, Book Store in the country, all of which we say without fear of contradiction, Our stock irom A to Z is all new. Our Furniture and Fixtures throughout the Department are also new, ani we show what cannot be seen in another retail establishment in this country, viz :—A complete storeroom given over to Juvenile Literature for boys and girls. g Another room is given up entirely to books in holiday att're. Our stock of Standard \iterature is just as complete, wh le we show a ft differ Reference Books, Art Bouks, History, Bicgraphy and Books on Nature. Also a full and complete line of Bibtes, Prayer Books, Catholic Books of Worship. We want everybody to see and iknow the Simpson Crawford Co, Pook Store. few seasonavle Books at very attractive prices. THE BERNAL CIty; thoa.re euiti ‘THE CRIS E FOI THE price will be . RERRIC THE DASH FOR There are twent Second Floor, Rear. li line of Books under their different classifications, such as Hymnals and That you may speedily make its acquaintance, we offer a s4 Allen; for Wedmesda (lor 'te-morro... ‘ : ' heap cdision, but those tities that have never before sold for a WOW played by M es ie af me very aitractive titles of Holiday Books at special prices: 7 KINDiCEs OF THE WILD, by Ch THE LI ai $2.00; our pri. BE AND ADV - Ba trated, by. ank ranats yANIS DO! DY. a 3 Jing. ebook, AND KI ver published for enildren publishers’ price $:.50. our p SacueepTl BOW, SON OF BATTLE, by” Mrs, ‘Olivet: Pablisne Ie BOOKS, Haunt aWoupansediicon 4 BRAU e | ration In rol priv publishers’ price $1.25 our price cir aR aN yay | nngtellow's P B-says, Miles Standish, The Rut x Por h eae uroeiave peas, Xutocrat of the Breakfast’ Table, a. For history, PRE iby cH | Gar ‘ening 4 volumes, brary edition Bd) 16 AR Th ers FAMIT: ive QUOTATIONS, t ven ay SCONE WORKS, svangeline THE CLOI price tER AND THE HEAWTPH, by Ch . Reade; holiday edition; our : Fes 82.85 BYRON WORKS OF full leather 6 volumes; ‘Three Special Dy. THE i! niee, per vol. Photographic Supplies, Basement. We put up our own develcping preparations. Every ingredient used | in the manufacture of our preparations is guaranteed to be chemically | pure, and {s put up under the supervision of a student of chemistry. We cffer the following developers in solution form; Hydro-Metol, Tronol, 8-02. Print ‘Trimmers (cut like a razor), each, x Herr C) B1.15, 81.59 ond $2.19 WILD ANIMAL price $2.00, We Announce Startling Reductions in Our Trimmed Hat Dept. on Both First and Second Floors. About 150 of Cur Most Beautity1 Hats, Toques and Bonnets, Heretofore Sold at $12.50 to $22.50, For This Occasion Are Marked Down to $8.50 and $12.00. On the First Floor We Are Showing Women’s and [lisses’ Stiff Trimmed Hats, Heretofore Sold at $5.00 and Upward, at $2.50 and $3.50. Holiday Handkerchiefs, First Floor. You can depend upon getting the best in Handkerchiefs at the Simpson Crawford Co, Store, because, unlike most other retail estab- lishments, here the attention of the buyer is entirely concentrated upon this one department, Consequently he is able to look out for and get the best ot everythi g directly it appears on the market. The} a toliowing items will be found useful for those on the lookout for novel and effective gitts. Hydroch!non, Developers, in powder form, Hydrochinion, Pyro, IEtkon Trenol and Elko-itydro: each. 10, Acid. Proot ‘Trays, 25, “Gand 40. | Amber Color Glass Trays, Acid. Proof Hypo Boxes Acid Hypo, for velox paper: Box. A ja es, 6 in Ox, Flash Cartridge BS) el 3 4x8, each. OS Flash Sheets, 6 in package... hic and Library Paste, 5.'10 and 15 Pho ers Scale Photographer's Seat, Bi, OS ant $1.10 ake, With Tubeee 3Y4x3% Bull’ Stade Dui ng Outnts, (fi8 A BE Developing Solio, Velox, Dekk port Eye Devel y' opt Plate Hold alles, 4x5 ri saa We carry in stock. the following Printing, Papen oi ‘a Develop 4 Blue’ Print Paper. lates carried in stock: Water Developing. and Bie wn, Seeds and Harmer Plates, rices. One Camera Special. Sor a Camera, manufactured by, the Seneca Camera A SPecvery reapect, taking a 4 x 5 picture, cycle style; co with carrying case and one double tine ee : love Per ey Ee Oi rN a oll of film Or a dozen plates hd we will convince you that our work ia A: Wines and Liquors. Sixth Floor. Haut Saute at popular retty, little boxes. case of 12 quarts, r dleorebleta ea SMEDRENS COLORE RDERED HANDKERCHIEEFS; all lnen,| scoronet,"t extra dry Champagne, a domestic $7.09 -SHILDRE zi ra dey Chamongne, 8, cate at An 88 B . rine, naturaily fermen ve of 24 BI ena TEHLBR BSS GOLORED' WNTRTAL HANDRERCHTERS, with colored stra ere iinet 13 guar -:918, 00 Wine Co. Galltoeat equal to many i eed | Haut Sauterns of 12 sae ‘Wines, Import fase OG | Rhine. mC. Reltsenstein & Co, Welnshelm, Germany, lnges Liebfraumilch, ee of 12 ate. eX most elabo bloat eer to ter Reali eee oh dacata INIHTAL HANDRERCHIBRS Clarets, imported in, Giase from | btitatiar™ a tng alee Wine’ tam Merceron & Co., ordeals . Bhrhardt, 2 case of 12 quart ghia ae eee MaTITCHED. Fr TBS; tn“ hynaroag re deste e oe: both neat and elaborat 1B t aD. GE HANDKERCHIE FS. linen centre wide and narrow a Ht especially sironk lines, at 1a, « ree we have in nce Pimentel Canst, Sino. ciara from Jean Bree; et Fils, Bordeaux, France; quarta 85,00 White Wines, Imported tn F, Merceron & +'o., 13 D FINE LINE) a! bi as Panes fiesistire T NITIAL HANDKE! mouraeaiy 7 for and Tokay wine, gal. and at “zintanael aad Burgundy. FI cau 8 SILK France. California. Claret, 25, 85, 73 and 0% ‘os nerous new {deas In brocaded, and twilled silk’ muMers, Pongee and|,, Sauterne; case of 12 quarts, 86.50 Te ae sake Walsker,: oe ‘50 caraeal silk Handkerchiefs and French woven novelties. 24 plats a an ne ee offers, as Thanksgiving specials, the following: The 20th Century Food Store Entire Sixth Floor. SWEET CIDER.—Genuine, ne “iia 105 PRESERVED. GINGRT, — Genu! for ‘ t DATHS—Fancy New, Fard, |b. ’ CRANBERRIES—Now, sound Cape | saiow! Dates, 1 1b, Backages, 8 Apple Julce, fresh made, Jug 8 Cod fruit, 3 quarts, 28; quart. 7 1 17; Stuffed Dates—New Fard Dates, suttully et pared ea ye nent In- | stuffed with nut meats and glace nest importeds ail varietion, gla 8, redienti Ib. can, GB; 3-1b, can. frat el finite “ais” amine & Lt Haid. can, BO; {10 ean... =| oat FP ACO noe Suley fruit, do: ‘ASPARAGUS—Faney, large. tender FUG BUDDING BAUGH Ritts SSERT RAISINS—Faney Mt eo Stuart Blend, white stalks from Callfornia; large “MTNCEMEAT ARIAS CA sigcaee | gay Chuptere Tb. Taney ‘hoxes, Anest drinking cali: amoath, °MALAGA GRAPES-Genuine tm: condensed, exceliont” article; i, sxira Fine Mainga Clusters, beaut. | makes a delle 00; 1b | ported Almeria, Yarge clusters, tinted Fe a lthographe boxes, containing net. LRABLE IE RAISINE—Cholce London my AI81IN8—"Royal je, Brea kfas\ dave, excettent “bod: re fi as Vor, fnd fine favor, feat eres MINCEMBAT acto fancy, ready for Immediate use; suMelent for one large pie: can 'y Full Cream Hore a sharp or mild lew Importation, 160.; Ib. Toasted, 510s Ei CELERY—Kalamaoo, fancy, large, | gi large four crown, very su: | -THAS.—Selected picking uailty. Dutch Bdam, large well-bieached bunches, i) pesion quality, fu 1b, package, 12 GeeA a Selected Pocy eatistactory: | Pineapple Cheese, Norton's best NUTS—New imports NT3S—* ‘al Stuart,” thor- | quality, 10 1b. foil lined caddy, yl lar ¢ sixes, Thc. ‘ies, ,, BBC, it qui nly "feclented Payne Currant 25; 3 ibs. $1.00; Ib. BSc, <ERS B. on! utter ayo tren abi, eit ogee : fang ‘quailty, May muing ‘Ontmeah Groham “Watare te aah a ee favor. meligh | Social ‘Teas, 3 packager, 20c.; pack- ‘sunlit, L-—New Orange jum) Bc ae eat “SOCoANUT. MACAROONG.—N, B. Co. oun F Bening 138 Abb, t fn Ea Blo. 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