The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1903, Page 8

picturerqre career of three-score years @ society leader, this lovable tut lone- | r Marie, ag ee Eighty, a loted Figure in the World of } Fashion, Sixty Years a Leaa- | er in Society. : PICTURESQUE CAREER. ‘Women In the Abstract, and | Wilt Be Missed by Generations of | hose Who Revered His Gentle { Nature. Peter Maric, comettmos called the Pen- iris of New York society, Is dying at thome, No, 6 East Thirty-seventh He is not expected to survive day. ng an his seventy-ninth year after s}ly old gentleman brings to mind the p}ebaracter go pathetically Intenpr Boi Smith Russell in @lor’s Romance."’ Up, {The little play describes the Christmas yy Give of an old bachelor. His friends, his Co TRE WORLDY TUE ‘NEW YORK’S OLDEST BEAU DYING ; OUR GRANDMOTHERS LOVED HIM. PERIL FROM FIRE Twelve-Story ny Monroe Taylor Building in Cortlandt Street Ablaze and Tenants Fled from Roaring Flames. STARTED IN THE BASEMENT. Fire threatened to destroy the twelve- story skyscraper known as the J. Mon- roe Taylor Building at Nos. %-41 Cort- landt strect, shortly before 8 o'clock this morning, ‘The tenants of the ble struo- ture fled from the bullding, but many had to grope thelr way down the stalr- ways through the smoke that filled the halls, The fire started In the basement on the east side of the Ddillding under the rooms ocupted by a clothing and tailor- ing store. A man welghing more than 9 pounds was first to notice the smoke coming from the basement windows. He ran as fast as he could to the corner, whero he sent in the first alarm. e the same time an alarm was sent in an automatlo contrivance. The smoke soon found its way up the alrshaft, and in a few minutes the en- thearts are all dead, but his ban- ‘board is spread with places for all '¢hem. He watks nbout the board yhizing each, recalling memories ) tender and ead, At Jast ho seats himself thie big chair before the fire, in his hand « portrait of her he had loved best Gry k @il and, gently as he had lived, he sasleap in death. He Loved All Women. ePeter Marie ever had @ romance ne fnew of it, for he was reticent as He was genial. He loved women in the WY abstract, admired her in the concrete. the bachelor of the play, he has /} More than memory to assist him in the 7 mn of the women who have in- “jfidenced his life. For years his hobby been the making of a collection of tures of famous New York beau- Tt was considere the greatest pliment to be invited to slt for a miniature for zhe Marle collection. It quam an election to society's Hall of| wp to as late as a few months In the home where he now lies dying | He was a gentleman of the old school Marle sees in rows of delicately! and averse to gotorlety, but lls enter- tvory faces of radiant beauty.|tainments were princely. tire building was filled with smoke. Tho firemen of the first companies to atrive sent in a second alarm, and finally lo- cated the base of the fire.in the collar. Beveral hydrants were found to frozen, and before the streams could gotten into play the fire had galned considerable*headway. The basement is used as a etore-room by M.Lambert, the clothter, and he said that he had a stock of woollens for tail- oring valued at $100,000 there. All of thie was damaged by fire and water, and he estimated that half of the stock would be lost. ‘The fire was soon gotten under control. EB. A, Garrigan, the superintendent of tho building, rescued seven scrub women from the top floor of the structure ‘The women were in terror, and their cries could be heard by the superinten- dent. He jumped into an elevator and. running it to the top floor, came back through the suffocating smoke with the frightened women. ————— ‘The 1908 World Almanac gives facts about the Philippin PETER MARIE, ~38terrrecscwrr yore What memories they evoke? Where] came here from France in 1780 and they are they now? To some life passed as| enjoyed great wealth. For thirty years It began—in sunshine. ‘To others t|Mr. Marie has eschewed busines. Hé brought shadows. Faces that fash|travelled and he entertained and he upon him as their loveliness (rst dawn-|Made lite lovely for the debutantes. ed upon him in the heyday of youth, | "Uncle Peter” they called him. It was are seared now, some by sorrow, some] name that others knew him by, too— by ain. The loves, tho delights, the| hungry, tattered iittle brats of the east triumphs, the scandals of this galaxy | side whom he sought out unostenta- of beauty crowd in upon him for his|tlously and helped. His private bene- intimacy with tho inner life of Man- | factions were great—how great only his hattan’s socially elect was marvellous | friends the priests and nuns working What volumes he could fill with the|among {Te poor In the city's slums Ife stories of these debutantes? In a| could tell, and they respected always Uttle while the tongue that could tell | hls modes will be atilied. But Peter Marie's life| Unlike Mr, McAlister and that wor- ends as it was passed in a gallery of | thy’s successors, Mr. Marie was not an beauty—a dream of falr women, organizer of hospitality for others. He His Princely Entertainments, | Was always his own host and the orlg!- hallty of the entertainments he gave Mr. Marle has been accounted even | and “the lavisuness of the favors be- O18 stowed upon his guests while in his old the real leader of New York society. home in West Nineteenth street are proverbial. ‘He will be missed at = ‘Harbor and Southampton, where the season was never considered under way until his arrival, His family & + New Publications, ie thous nee ee o Fow 10 ‘TS onan: ped etonai adi AheHiS.rier “Wows ra tier shes ant oad = Raa 4 Mae OnE ao ls he alien petal Salance/, ate off. 44 PEK | hiss aii \ New Publications. | | New Publications. eS New Publications. SKYSCRAPER WM EVIET MORONS, | FIND HOUSE AFRE Owners of re Residence Have Mrs. Tower and Board- ers Put Out and a Blaze Follows. OIL-SOAKED PAPER ON FLOOR A house at No. which all the tenants were evicted last night and wt Marshall 9 on fire to-day. put out the firemen found that oil- devate*® mLamay Foray: acisdpretdiimiasiiel) ) worn Ws OW" C1, & goog ee stip ante then by dition i hadadias haw" 430. with; thy pret Uf opethsnss tinacon/. 215 West ‘Twenty-third One Hun- and street, from was locked up by City ition at 10 P.M. wae set After the fire had been Sixth Avenue, SIDEROARDS; quartered oak, highly polished, 46 inches long, French bevel mirror, extra heavy posts and carved top; 2 drawers for silver, also long linen drawers, 2 closets with heavy panel doors; reg- ularly $34.00, $26.50 SIDEBOARDS; highly pol- ished, quartered oak, 46 inches long, French bevel- plate mirror, pattern shaped uprights with carved sup- ports, large upper shelf faced with heavy quartered oak; regularly $39.25, $32.25 Others reduced from $24.50 to $19.50 BRASS BEDSTMADS; 1%- inch post, extra high head and foot, very best French 1 quer, sizes 3 ft. 6 in., 4 ft. a 4 ft. 6 in; $23.50 values for 18.50 BRASS BEDSTBADS; 1%- inch post, bow foot, extra heavy filling and mounts, very best French lacquer, sizes 3 ft. 6 In. and 4 ft. 6 in.; values $27.50, at $22.50 BRASS BEDSTEADS; 2- inch posts, newest design, gwoose-neck pattern, extra heavy filling and mounts, very best French lacquer, sizes 4 ft. and 4 ft. 6 in.; val- ues_ $42.00, 35.00 WNAMBL BEDS; large va- riety in white and colors, all sizes, from $4.25 to $24.00 Black Italian Taffeta; one of the very best makes of silks; well known to every dress- 55 makor; yard .....-++s+e08 Imported Black Taffeta, bright and lustrous, fal 19 inches 45 wide, yard...crersreree Imported Blaax metiote! very superior quality, 21 inches 50 wide, yard eeesseeeerreeee Our own praite ‘Taffetas, made especially for us; our name woven in the edge; guar- anteed for wear: 19 inches wide, yard.....50 26 inches wide, yard (15 86 inches wide, yard..$1.10 Mra. 6. fon and daughter, lived in T soaked paper had been placed ina dozen different parts of the huilding. hey had as boarders a number of men who were said to be Mormon elders. The neighbors called the house “House of the Mormons.” For reasons Towers evloted lest night. Their trucks of the Kinstler Warehouse, No. 300 West taken h been fired. the biaze been hot enough to ignite the _The Sale of Black Silks. Rotunda, leant Silk buying has been going on with a rush in the Rotunda there are still extraordinary values remaining, owing to the immensity of the original stocks. Read the facts once more :— the his own, 219 East DrD. Albert Carpenter, of Nineteonth street, had the delongings were loaded on Twenty#fourth street, and to storage. ‘The Towers and boarders disappeared, haying en up their keye. At 10 o'clock <lee locked all the doors and went . While passing the house this mor) Ing aw, amoke coming, from the bas ment, ment, doors to get in. fire out. When they every He summoned the Fire Devart- ‘The firemen had to break In the They aoon had the ning it to the basement went upstairs they found on floor ofl-soaked paper that had Only in the basement had dwork, hal Freel, who took up the » asked the police to find I, ‘Tower, a widow, and : G.H.Mumm & C° Extra & Dry CHAMPAGNE Importations for Five Years FO JANUARY 1, 1003, 4 3, 570, 648 sorrzes ) 297,554 CASES } more orner BRAND. An achievement unvaralleled in the History of the Champagne Trade, THE FAMOUS 1898 VINTAGE NOW ARRIVING IS DESTINED MAKE A STILL MORE EMPHATIC INCREASE. 19th to 20th St. Take Escalator to Second Floor. TheGreat Furniture Sale Some More of the Wonderful Offerings (Fourth and Fifth Floors.) DINING TABLES; 6 foot extension, h@&hly polished oak, heavy moulded runs, round legs; regularly $6.50, $5.00 Others reduced from $19.00 to $15.00 and from $12.00 to 1} $8.00 CHINA CLOSETS; highly polished quartered oa k, French-plate mirror back, serpentine swell door, round ends, heavy claw feet, 5 feet 4 inches high; reduced from $42.00 to $35.00 Others reduced from $36.00 and $27.00 to $18.00 and $15.00 BRASS BEDSTEADS; 1%- inch continuous posts, elab- orate scroll panel ard nine heavy spindles in head and foot, very best French lac- quer, sizes 4 ft. and 4 ft. 6 in.; values $51.00, $44.00 Some special values in Mat- tresses, of which we mention two: OUR 40-LB. IMPROVED 8. A. HAIR MATTRESS, black or gray, made in one or two parts, covered with fancy ticking or plain blue and white, guaranteed quality; value $18.00, at $13.50 OUR 40-LB, NO. 1 DRAW- INGS; black or gray, in one or two parts, covered with fancy ticking or plain blue and white, A, C. Aj value $22.80, at $18.50 Black Peau de Sole; excellent quality, 19 inches wide, 65 yard . Black Peau de So} superior quality, 22 inches wide, Black Peau de Soie; very fine dress quality, 27 inches wide, yard ...........4 1.10 Black Satin Duchess; ex- 55 Black Peau de Cygne; quality; all silk; 19 inches superior ua y ey ara LMAO a 75 celent quality, 26 inches wife, yard ..... good wide, yard . 60 Black Peau do Cygne; very Our January Sale of High Class Silverware and Cutlery First Floor. Jars and Cracker Jars; each, Sterling Silver Tableware. Sterling silver Teaspoons; 6 in case so $3.25 Bterling silver ‘Gravy Ladles, Bterling silver Sugar aa Sterling silver Bonbon Spoons, extra heavy, in French gray finish, gilt bowl...... .05 Sterling silver Orange Knives, Fruit Knives, Lemonade Spoons; each... severees TS Sterling silver-handled Bells, :75, 95 and $1.25 Cut Glass Peppers and Balts; heavy sterling silver tops; ORCD veeeeeeeeeeess 68 and .75 Cutlery. Pearl handle Dinner Knivs silver plated blades, sterling ferrules; set of six........ $8.75 Game Carvers; genuine stag handles, sterling ferrule; pu. Quadruple-Plated Ware. Quadruple-plated Tea Sets; five pisomi burnished and satin engraved ....... heaseas OO Quadruple-piated ‘Tea Sets; tour pieces; highly polished, 75 Quadruple-plated Ice Pitch- in lined; also $2.75 Quadruple-plated Nut, Fruit and Salad Bowls; gold lined; OCD cereesereseees $3.75 Quadruple-plated Coffee Sets; two handsome patterns; Coffee Pot, Sugar, Creamer and Tray, $8.75 Quedriple: piscey Ice Tubs $3.75, $4.75 and $5.75 Quadruple-plated Condensed Milk Jar tees $2.75 Quadruple-plated ‘Cand ie- sticks, Crumb Sets, Bread ‘Tra, Nut_ Bowls, Chocolate Pots, Cake Baskets and Butter Dishes; cach, ........++++-$1,08 Quadruple-piaied Card Trays; satin engraved,...........$1.25 Tooth Picks and Match Hold- ers; quadruple-plated; mh, Suadruplepiated Peppers Awd Rogers Al Tableware, Teaspoons; dozen. . 1, dozen. . $1.75 Dessert Spoons; dozen. .$1.75 Dinner and Dessert Knivi satin or polished er eacl 39 + Coffee Bpoons; set of six. .69 For Wednesday, Jan. 14. Our Restaurant. Bisntn Floor. The excellence of the cuisine, the despatch of the service, the reasonableness of the prices, the invitingness that pervades its every section, its homelike accessorfes—all these are what have won for it already great patronage and will continue to hold and increase it. The menu includes everything dainty and appe- tizing. Women on a shopping hour spent here. Business men in @ hurry will appreciate its quick service. o = tour will enjoy an turers’ imperfections. and $1.25, each. Women's N: regular price $1.55, sale price. Children's heavy Underw: Winter Underclothing For Men, Women and Children, At Reduced Prices. First and Second Floors. Men's Norfollk nnd New Brunswick and Medlcott Hoslery Companies’ best grades, full fashioned, regular made, heavy weight wool Shirts and Drawers; have slight, hardly noticeable manufac- $2.25 to $2.75 grades, each.....$1.50 $1.50 to $2.00 grades, each.....$1.00 Men‘ Norfolk and New Brunswick Jersey Ribbed; heavy weight Merino Shirts and Drawers; colored; regular values $1. ee made, heavy weight White Vests and Drawer: three-quarters tery r; odds and en plain and ribbed Underwear; values 35c, to 7ic., to close at. Values Thc. to $1.25, at.....ssseeeeeeeeeeeteeerseeee a tall ‘fashioned, Yegular sizes, 5 Ice Skates. Second Floor. Exceptional values in Peck & Snyder's Ice Skates at a saving of nearly one-third the regular price; every pair guaranteed. Peck & Snyder “American Club” Skates; regular 60c. grade, for.....45 Peck & Snyder all-clamp Nickel-Plated Skates for...83 Peck & Snyder all-clamp Skates; welded and tempered steel runners; regular $2.50 grade, for.. te eees $1.08 Peck & Snyder Skates, extra finish, engraved, with bev- elled runners; regular $4.50 Kind, for.s..eeeeeeee se $3.50 all-clamp Women’s Skates, half-clamp, good qualit; regularly $1.25, now. sees! Women’s Skates, best grade, engraved and ateay, polished; regular $4.50 and $4.00 grades, at. $3.25, Women’s al clamp Rink Skates, bevelled runners; regular $4.50 grade.......$2.98 Men’s Hockey Skates, all clamp, best grade; regular $4.00 kind... $2.91 Special Offering of 200 Barrels High-Grade California Wines. These Wines come to us direct from one of the most reputable wine-growers in California, our absolute guarantee for purity and merit, They are made on honor and have You may put them to any test, even to the closest chemical analysis at your home, and if you are not satisfied in every respect you may return them at time within ten days and your money will be refunded. -year-old Claret, jug free; Bale Bbc bbl. free, gal..... 6-year-old bbl, free, gal... 6-year-old Claret, bbl, free, gal..... 8-year-old Por! about 60 gals., bbl, free 5-year-old Po} about 50 gals., Wb. free, gal.. St. Julien, a pure table wine, cago of 12 qts...... ea the PBL, Bony s) Cal ss ie the pbi,, i 60 gals., -80 and Sherry, jug tree; about 50 gals., bbl. free, gal....--.+ ‘q-year-old Port and Sherry, jug free: "gal. $1. by the bbl., pees Zinfandel and Burgundy, equal to many imported clarets, case “an excellent California “White Wine, cago ot Plymouth Haut Saute We Also Make the Following Special Prices: Plkton Whiskey, case, $5.50; bot., 50c.; gal Old Crow Whiskey, case, $7. ‘00; bot, 60c.; ga , aoa Rye Whiskey, full qts., case, $9.51 caiitornia Brandy, ease, $7.00; bot, 60c.;, Usher's Scotch Whiskey, imp, in glass, bot, Burnett's Tom Gin, tmp, in glass, bot,...... [Model Food Store. Entire Sixth Floor, TEAS :—Belected Formoss Oot ity tons; ei ie fL00.” ra +—Da “Btuart’’ blend Coffee; dry ih body, f ARSEALADI Orange Marmalade FLOU! ‘Royal Sua iol ‘contains pil the natural susritten BT nae We are the Agents on Sixth Ave. ’ for “Butterick” Patterns, BAKED BEANS:—Booth's Oval Brand Boston Baked Beans, plain or in toma- ‘Three Ci ‘seeded r Three Crown Beal ok “3 SORAPPLE:—Philadelohia Paras Scrap- pits se well liked by all Fhiladelphienss ‘Babbit Laun Procter & Gambla's tvory Soap; Ccakanay Cigars. Clara Barton, Sumat, Havens Miler; box of Bcc. phe Plants. Nortolk Pines: value 2.60, tor. Ferns; value 38c., to ih varieth THAN ANY) TO