The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1903, Page 14

PLAYING, YES. —REV. AXFORD woraene. oo The Assistant Rector of St.) Peter’s Church, Experienced | in East Side Work, Urges the ‘Passage of the Burke Bill. BOYS NEED IT, HE DECLARES To Those Who Work All Week It Is a Rational Indulgence and Weans Them from Vicious Haunts and Practici “The playing of baseball on Sunday, a much-discussed auen- at present at Albany, would ver he opponed by a fair-mind- e@ person who has ever had the least experience in watching the @evelopment of boy life.—From an interview with the Rev. W. Axford B. Holmes, Assistant Rector of "St. Peter's Church. In this fashion the Rev. Mr. Holmes began his talk with an Evening World Peporter, who sought his opinion of the bill introduced at\Albany by Mr, Burke making it fegal for associations to play Dall for pleasure dn Sunday. “Tt ovcasion demands I shall go to Albany and present my experiences of ‘three years’ work on tho east side @8 @ member of Bishop Potter's staff, and lay befere the committee the rea fons why baseball whould be allowed on Bunday,”” Mr. Holmes continued. “No one who has not lived among the ‘ poor of the east side reallzes the !m- portance of healthful recreation to them “My advocacy of the Burke bill and @unday baseball is based solely upon perwonal reasons founded upon actual experiences. I know what I am speak- fing of, and the fact that a clergyman Stould advocate Sunday games should Ret be regarded as out of the ordinary. ‘Women Have Opposed It. “ “It im true that most of the opposi- -fden I have always reoswed when try- fmm to introduce Sunday baseball and organizations, but 1 believe People object simply because) realize the conditions exiat- at one of the chi Burke raed fn thet y base would 0, a Sieet aan er of sue. the meantn; the word bby shoul be a day of sness. It should pporonle £8, make mankind Se, SUE REV. W. AXFORD B. HOLMES, WHO ADVOCATES SUNDAY BALL PLAYIN THE WORLDi WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1900. worran hae obtained final judgment, and the ex-husband has served his time In Ladiow Street cannot again have | him imprisoned. Her only redress to re- | y to attach any property that he may have, “Of course,” said Warden Sullivan, ‘we have had a number of alimony e prisoners, but they Were always brought ° He under arrest. Mr, Ball js the first New York's Fastest Th to give himself up, but It these tele- | Growing Store. WEST 14- 5S rT. mmugzlere and other porta of offendere| zines, papers, ‘weekltes and comica vate | eee charged with peculiar felonies and mis-{*UPpiled to all and a peep along the eo $1.25, at.. the not dread it. they east side, where I have ng bovs for seven years, I tat something mhould be ‘dane to pen days out of the work. As a. . T found these supporting widowed mothers. O' showed them to be the chil- ot drunken fathers, who made it for them to’ work. Now, junday came around these ‘boys ft Fecreation. Where were they to T noticed them congregating in courts between front and rear where crap games were in Others naturally wandered into Moved On by Police. went among those boys and formed He, class, “promising all who at- outing in the afternoon, Rroula ‘then go out in the suburos @nd baseball und football were enjoyed “*T soon found that we were pursued. Polosmen continually kept driving us and the W. CT. U, protests be- gama ‘Touder’ While ‘ino’ Boys" were er benehted by the Sunday base- 7 must confess that upon many ms I found it difficult to find a 0 play. *Now it the Burke till were only Passed the boys of the east side, who = need this recreation, would have moeporeanlty of unmolested enjoy- My motto is, ‘Pray hard and p' “1 absolutely belleve that it i» Poasible to have a healthy soul within an unhealthy body. The fast aide is a hothed of tabercu- losis, and the boys who work six @ays necd a seventh to recuperate. “How can they get it 1f not on Sun- By taking a day off during the pag their wagers are docked, and, of course, aney: cannot afford this. 1 have ys to develop the most Intenso ming. inclinations just through tho if, proper recreation on Sunday. who won $10 in a crap game UBT Sie cuickest way. (o success 169 in that direction, @annot speak too strongly of my feclings in regard (o the passing of & Bunday baseball license. Those who Fre it certainly have had no experience Sealing with the boy problem. 1 eople who oppose the measure ReeuPiirentignte Sore work axiane he d, work working boys of the cast side they would that far from being a desecration of bbath the playing of baseball was le It in the ire spirit of the Jord. 'y day |* the Lord's da joy aaite ‘one day for sunctimonious dee rhe ithinate SION menET hg © Opponents of the Burke bijl say that thi ible time i is wait ) i of on Bundays In te oF "We know that boys w ied with bealthful Sun unt saloon Into haunts 1 ng from the moral, but from! the qi 7 experience. which ts the my, plea in favor of Bunday i playing, | have found that boys Aopompanio’ me into the country Pigpent the afternoon in an excit Wenerxetic game of baseball, went n out, ‘They had no 1d the streets or visit red out. they would to supper and then to bead to Alght's “cm Defore taking up ie vyman I reiterate my former that there 1s no desesrat) bath in allowing ain vayed, and If the lo to further tho pa: bil T would be glad to do Holmes has had among the boys moi es “What's your trouble, tho stranger said, That's near Fulton street “Ever been In Brooklyn?" he asked. No one In, the little crowd had her home is only fifteen minutes to get here. hardly able to creep into the car was zero outside, but in that car, take the temperature was The passengers (there were down in vain endeavor to keep warm, “But.1 was on my way to good old New York and 1 didn't mind. down Fulton street. thoroughfare on the map and knew It was a straight line to the reservation, “Things were golng all right until the car turned at right angles and started down another street, ? 1 asked the conductor. Vhere are w held up fur twenty ahead was off the track. Willoughby stre behind us that New York or Jamaica to Fulton street. > |. fwe're all right! turn down Fulton street? ‘Just then the again to Fulton street. he conductor lost his trolley and we threw » the two bel lo 4 ete oft fr yours now We ‘got to the middle of the bridge, aniy AWFUL CASE OF BROOKLYN MAN He Started to Come to New York and Had the Fiercest Time of fis Life It Seems, as He Tells It. MY, BUT IT MADE HIM DIZZY. Belated travellers along Park Row about 2 o'clock this morning were wur- prised to see a man kneeling on the | pavement as if In prayer. crowd gathere@ but Imeeling man arose to his goer in a few the asked “I'm just thanking the good Lord,” “for letting me get back to good old New York, I went over to Brooklyn to see my sister last night. avenue. left’ my sister's home at midnight, and although two miles from the hours and waited on a corner ¢wenty-flve minutes for a Fulton was It We went that ‘We're to give the eaners @ chance to get the snow "And we did go a roundabout way.” The stranger then ‘proceeded to ilius- trate the route the car had taken with "We crept through Rockwell place to and there we were ‘The car 1 might have * hadn't waked a crowbar in his along t with a string of reached @ went Did Not on Pultoa Hall, down yj Court street to the junction of Fulton and there stopped hopes that the moto: beat to remember the gooxraphy of his » Just as 1 had man was doing his After walting five minutes while the passengers kept exercising, woe reversot ton ‘We're motorman twisted the ad over # switch and we stared Wiiiiamsburg. | came fo be held uo ten minutes by men re- n ‘gaily for Se Banc as be ston to Ludlow street in order to es- ATTACKS JEROME AN OPEN COURT. Lawyer Chanler, in Objecting to Retrial of a Client, Accuses District - Attorney of Using Unfair Methods. drove up in a cab yesterday, clad in a threw back the iron door with a bow ARRAIGNS STAFF AS WELL. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, the philan- thropic lawyer who has made mattera easter for many of the accused arraigned in the criminal courts, denounced Dia- trict-Attorney Jerome and his staff for employ in prosecuting in Recorder Goff’ the Court of General Sessions, to-day. thatthe State” miust support ‘me for | elegy tea gant wousome vege Sale of Silverware a Gratifying Success: $1.50 Articles at 98c. hand decorated and sil- tho methods tho} indloted men, moved for the , former detective sergeant, Rynders was priating $100 of marked money which had been given to him to use in connection a case on which he was working, Mr. Chanler said: "I want to protest against the unfalr stant District- 18 been prose- evting In this court three weeks before the only court in District-Attorney ction and his knowledge ts certain through the Rand with this jury. would be un- made the mor a here, as a avitness all know ‘well Distrivt-Attorney ing for the trial pefore this jury the Justices of the to the unfat by the District-. methods pursued ey and his staff.’ off nald he did not belleve the Jury would be influenced and order- ed the trial to proceed to-morrow morn- Chanler says that a week ago he preferred charges with the Bar Asso- 0. st Assista ot 5 n Glation against Agnistant District-Attor meas TD eta Chaka we hn Oni erae anak He sald that Munro posing as a prison- there had se- had sent a deteot into the ‘Tombs’ and 4 from & man charged longer period than six months," Twenty-third Street. Would be used against him red by the Bar Association in phone inquiries mean anything he won't | be the las! Jon W. Bat Vountariy Goossens see eee"a8: (Odd Parlor Ghairs and Sofas at Half Or Near It—A Very Handsome Collection.’ to escape, | There to Avoid the Future] ‘*-iteretotore most of the Judges have decided auiae when a Nesta pst i again she is not entitled to alimony, Payment of Alimony to His But this Court of Appeals decision is a knockout. A divorced man will always | by etn trouble . Divorced Wife. be In trouble unless he comes and stay: a time with me, “The word seems to have been passed around like magic, and | expect to have SAYS HE WAS HOUNDED.|*. Rabe millionaires’ club here before On hen the reporter nsked to see Mr, hoot ch Gaeta’ Writely upatatrs and the prisoner followed leisurely, He When He Serves Time Law Has carted a. inne ypoune yous of Balzac In one hand and flipped the ashes from Arranged For He Will Be Freeja redolent Havana ciga “Oh, bosh," he said, “only a newa- from Process of Law, Except At-| paper reporter. Really, Warden. this ts | f Upholstered Spring Seat Parlor Chairs, tinkind. You must see that Iam. not 4 tachment, Interrupted in this silly way. No, T'have |} Value $0.00, ateese.. +45 The Warden looked unhappy. “Kinder swell, those chaps, you see. He tells Bright and early to-day a aquad of|me ‘he's been nagged something awful. h j frames, value $10.50, at. cleaners were at work polishing, dust-|DUt he qughtn't to kick. He's very weil Ing and garnishing that old, grim bulld-|""Tife in Ludlow Street Jal] under ordin- sy . ished Parlor Chairs, ing on the east side known as Ludlow|ary circumstances 1s not to be compared A 2 : value $12.50, at... Street Jail, Warden Sullivan himself] with Incurceration in the ‘Tombs. superintended the task, peering here and| what they like and have the there with a critical eye, seeing to {t)of roaming all through the building. In | that the most commodious cells were | Pleasant weather there isu bi S court with benches where the prisoners sweetened and aired. The Warden ex-|may read and smoke or play. quolts pects a rush of visitors. Looked at in one way, three months Chairs, upholstered seat Ry value $14.50. Spent there to escape perhaps a lifetine and bac! This may not seem extraordinary to or allimony dodging i P tin ship, the weil-Informed New Yorker who inno’ wise a knows that for many years Ludiow street has been in the habit of enter- taining guests. Within its sombro pre- cinsts may always be found a goodiy| 4; Ball has in his cell a comfortable rocking chair, couch and a handsome number of counterfeiters, forgers,|Mbrary of classical authors, “Maga Wife's Counsel Talks, AbRIGAHOFE. Gorn iAbrs sreminds) one of a ¥, M. C. A. ©) $2.00 Bamboo Book < | Rufiled Bobbinet Lace Curtains, beauti- 5 C ful lace edse and lace insertions. deep tuted Regaiding the particular case of Ball, Music Stand, “No Apologi ) But it may be noted that in this m-| Wild, sald to-day that he regarded the stance the guests are of far different Ludlow street game as a great injusvice fortomen of position, means end per-|{0 “divorced women. “Here's this mar only t York's untarily appear and insist that Warden/and was making a fine salary. His wite Sullivan be their host for a few months. | is a most estimable woman Whose pride famoue Jail are expected to vol-}f Mrs Alice L, Ball in May, 1899, He a OOS Resa eel Sa eRe ‘They want to be locked up, even though | evolted from living with Ball when Iti] Spring Specials in Rugs and Mattings. Smith’s $30 Axminster Rugs at $20, at thls price, and early buyers will naturaily get the best selec- they have incomes and property. clations with one Lizzie Kennedy, the They are men from whom wives have| co-respondent. secured divorces, and they beg admie-| “Pending the trial I secured tor ner cape paying alimony. before the late Justice Russell,’ who oifast wide values at. The first person to do this is John W-| gave judgment for absolute divorce, al- Peni) eatin a scat A ues. Ball, a distinguiehed-looking man, with |luwing $12 allmony. “18x30 2. wake], This was Uttle enough, for Mrs. Ball Rugs, —_— blond, drooping mustache, who speaks) hag no means of support and in addl- 90, like an English aristocrat and used to| tion had charge of the three childran, Ic be associated with Dr, Parkhurst in/one of whom is an Invalid, But. even | QO Sanford’s All- Wool Brussels Rugs, the Soctety for the Prevention of Crime. at that, Ball fell behind in his pay- ments and { had to make a motion to When this important-looking person Sale price. a smart tweed sult, followed by a porter carrying a dress suit case, the guard Wife Will Get No More. “Warden,” sald Mr. Ball, dismissing | tho Sheriff utrested him, however, he |} to match, best S-frame quality the cabby with a % note, “can you put |*“rwithin the last month I heard he|f} sale price pe me up for a few mont! My wife 18] was falling back and intended to have hounding me for allmony, ; my last resort. I have just read a de-| Bais last chance of getting allmony cision by the Court of Appeals decree- | has disappenred.”” ae Ing that even when one's divorced wite| “At No. i4® Prospect, place, Rroolkdyn, 30c. Ollcloth AAS marries again the former husband is not | Where Mrs. Ball ts living Gren, tt was said to-day that she had| Newest, most attractive patterns and de- no mail orders reYeved from allmony obligation. ree to coneult wer lawyer, Persons in meat mest Jattractive “That' : ‘naps of our e acquainted with ihe case sald| i} SiRnSs an rds wi eae Pree ere in sett she knew nod ung about her former nus. |] per square yard. 5 sort, And I've figured it out that the | sho knew nothing Chought 1¢ would be see the goods that we are offering. Parlor Furniture makers came here at ridiculously low prices. anywhere in the house for a handsome odd chair or sofa, this occasion will furnish’ it and leave you half the money you would usually Faye to spend. inducement could we offer? And the: that is our well-known guarantee. 2.98)" nothing to say, Oh, bosh!" ‘Upholstered Spring Seat Parlor | = Arm Chairs, 4,98) Highly Potished Mahogany Fin- | 5.98 The men have better fare, can order she Inlaid Upho'stered Seat rivilere ‘ sh Chairs, mahogany tinish, ih i value $13.50, at . ma matting top, ornamental design, exactly like cut, value ‘counsel for his former wife, Frank G. 4 ry, well made of heay =5C i Handsome Reversible Oriental Tape} he tald, “whom It fs true we have been estry Couch Covers, haps more or less renown. And not|nagging, but in goodness name, wh very best quality, in rich at, but these residents of New| “I began action against him in behalt Persian patterns, 50 inches wide, heavy knot- was working then for Dr. ‘Parkhurst ted fringe ; worth $4.00; special at. counsel fees and an alimony of $15 per! ff We secured enough of these for another ¢% week. ‘The case was tried in June, 10, tion, 25 difierent patterns, in beautiful light and dark effecis, both in floral and Oriental designs. extra quality, 12 feet long and 9 feet punish him for contempt of court, wide, Oriental and floral patterns, value 12. 98 1.25) him arrested, when, here he goes to| Best Quality Brussels Carpets, parlor, library, sitting and this le) Rudiow of his own’ accom’, and Mrs Foom, chaniber, aso hull and stair patterns 3 value 69c 19c And a Rare Opportantly, It will be hard for you to appreciate this opportunity unless you come here and The entire sample line of one of the leading Aloe. Arm] oq in silk damask, value 6098 $2250: atescrser rece 2098 Inlaid Mahogaay Finish Parlor | Mahogany F nished Parlor Sofa, i 98 | with inlaid back, highly 1}. 98 finished, value $27.50; at Bamboo Furniture, Upholstery and Gurtains, Bamboo Tabourettes, Pana- Antique, Brussels and Cluny eTects, overlocs 67 joe Lace Curtains, co dd edges; value $1.00 per pair, af lace rutlle, 3 yards long, full w $2.00 per pair, at RE |Rena‘ssence, Cluny, Irish Point and 1, 98, Brussels Patterns Imported Lo 3, values up to §: \Vinest’ Linen ‘Warp Japane. pattern, perie $7.98, or, per yard. BIS; sale pricesssesenereeveeeeeee i OT sO yards to the rol . A “men he made a settlement, but since R Off G t 5 d L | June ot last year he has been delin- are ers In Varpets an Inoleum. and ushered him in, thinking he Was}iyuent and finally there was nothing some sort of @ commissioner. for it but to get a commitment. Before | | Bigelow-Lowell Body Brusscls, ee value $1.60, yard. three 0: aix months, Then I can go out | inclined to hall John W, Hell tad Naie and face man and snap my fingers at Adinigston at’ Ludiow Breet Jail, where Rogers Table Ware, alimony." the expense of freeing a man from all- Tea Snopes worth 98c, per 39c Butter Kalvos Cracker Ja: Hei Get sp jonieias) Call: mony cederiaion of the Court of Ap erate Airy pumary eh 3 ver mounted; 2 on “Well, yes, I know that," replied | tne Seg one well-known divorce | 12 dwt, Kalves, worth $1.50 OB Kulecs and Pickle Casters; Wanten Sullivan heettatingly, “but, say, | POM ron ag eo “unjust that X am| per set Of Six ++ we haven't much In the way of accom- downright glad the poor abused hus-|f Table Spoons or Forks, Dessert as a ready means of evading it. bevel! “No apologies “Lam aware that this is not the Wal- | Warden Sullivan. You may be sure the cial at, dorf-Astorla, But tt will serve me much | resort Will become popular. If only the better. No ka a nis a good cell and give orders to send up Re ho round ‘regiater Stnmmediately worth 98c, per set of si neve my rocking chair and Mbrary, why, I| ‘This will, no doubt, happen In time as|# cial ats. expect we'll get along handsomely fhe patronage sro We. Soup Ladles, ‘in silk tined. boxes; ‘The warden and four deputies bustled a worth $1.39 each; special oie around under great embarrassment, al inanus generously inclined to show thelr hos- pitality. Prisoner Ball was soon fixed in a fine old-fashioned cell overlooking JAMES McGREERY & 60 Ludlow street. * When an Evening World reporter called to-day Warden Sullivan was busy Sale of Umbrellas. atthe ‘phone, "Well, there's another,” he sold, hanging ne the rene vers “some 1,000 strong (eo man lying up at the Imperial wants co Know. how, hs he. must stay rere, to Men’s and Women’s bottom escape a alimony bill. reckon we'll be full up here directly, You sew, 26 and 28 inch, Bread Boxes, heavy japanned, here's the reason,” pointing to section 111 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Covered with twilled silk, Heavy Steel Japanned Slop 39c Pails, side handle and cover. ‘This section reads as follows: “No person shall be Imprisoned within the —assorted handles,-—Nat- privon walls for a longer time than other mandate against the person to of enforce the recovery of a sum of money] and Box Wood, and rubber protectedends.,., less’ than “#400 in “amount, or “under h commitment upon a fine for contempt . of court In the non-payment of alimony Val 1.75 each; or counsel foes in 4 divorce case where Hie 'amount 49 to be paid is leew than alue 2.50 to 3.00, im of $00, or where the amount ‘of corn, with plush Capsssess imprisonment shall not continue ‘for a nicely finished. JI my clients who can Spoons or Forks, worth sald Mr, Ball cheerily. | p,3DaL eave, AG take a holiday. with| | $1.50 per set % six, sper Cc {f you'll just show me to | Duliding were moved uptown turther in! Il Coffee rere in silkelined boxes; Heavy Steel Fry Pans, with aeanisenteemen 0 Carpet Beaters, extra strong. Dandy Laundry Soap, 12 for. Gold Dust Washing Pow- der, 4-1b. package. - Ie Floor Brushes, made on 12-in, block, three ‘months under an execution or any! tral Wood, Furze Wexell|§ good bristle, with long handle 49 Whisk Brooms, best grade 10c Step Chairs, for the spall or library, well rade §75¢ than 29¢, each, spe- cial at... 10 25¢ and nicely gold tracedp 10¢ oH price $10.00; SPECI asescnenee decorated... Firat to Surrender Himself, The code also provides that when a VICTIM WILL LIVE. Charged with Intent murder Llasle Connell employed by times last 8 » Harlem Court to-day to kill and bound over for the Grand Jury. 1» the shooting the polle was arraigned In Harkins was er HER CRIES BROUGHT HELP. wor Was Afire When Stern Brothers The Newly Enlarged Boys’ Clothing Section Offers a Mid-Week Sale of Washable and Woolen Suits RUSSIAN AND SAILOR SUITS, of white pique, drill and striped madras, many with silk designs on collar and shield, 24 to 12 years, 95c RUSSIAN AND SAILOR SUITS WITH TAMS TO MATCH, of the finest grades of imported linens, crashes, ducks and drills, new styles, all colors, 24% to 12 years, $1.95 RUSSIAN, SAILOR AND NORFOLK SUITS, all new spring patterns in serges, homenpuns and mixtures; Russian and Sailor styles with'silk embroidered emblems, 3 to 16 years, 83.75 Anderson Saved twenty-three years Wis working about the kitchen caught fire from the stove. » attention of Thomas An- i Mer screams SPRING TOP COATS AND REGULATION REEFERS, Top Coats in new shades of all-woo! Coveri Cloths, Reefers in Serges and Cheviots with embroidered emblems, 3 to 16 years, $5.00 Second Bloor, Annex, ‘West Toenterthing Street, Satisfaction sy Rotaedens Money Promptly Refunded, If you have a place What broader e’s more thin mere price attraction. Satisfaction guaranteed or money promptly lahogany Finished Arm Chairs, some with upholstered szat and back, value $15.50; at.. 9. 50 Parlor Sofa, with inlaid back, seat slightly damaged, value $15; * 6.98 | Parlor Sofa, best liphotslerines cover= > 20.00 ! ings large carpet ly reversible, in red, green and blue, worth $11.75; special sale, for, per roll of onae 20M | Seamless China Matting, perfectly reversible, 40 yards to the roll, at $4.98 per roll, or, per yard, Genuine English Linoleum in tile, inlaid and floral patterns, 3 and 4 yards wide; we cannot-fill mail orders or sell to dealers; at, per square 59c Bohemian Glass Frult Dishes; Forks, never sold Cake Baskets, Syrup Pitchers, for less Hand Engraved Bread Trays, J Oc Bottle Casters, Claret Pitchers, Butter Dishes, Crumb Sets, Gilt- Gravy Ladles, Lined Nut Bowls, Berry Spoons, Cold Meat Forks and Sugar Tongs, in silk lined dle Stick: boxes; worth 75c. each; spe 39c gu 50 each, Fern Dishes, Can- Dinner Sets of fine thin porcelain, in Pearline Washing Powde As assorted decoiations, nicely filled in Borsum’s Putz Polish. Wax Tapers, 30 to a box. Long-Handle Ceiling Duster: Turkey Feather Duster: 14, 16 and 18 inch siz Special price... 7.98 10¢ 10-Plece Toilet Sets, tn assorted steoralions, nicely gold 25c traced....eeveceenerreee 12-Plece Toilet Set, with large rol} 3-Foot Step Ladders, with edge basin and si cel wide step. : 35c red pana HOR Jay Bled 4:98 ||