The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1903, Page 9

NO RACE SUICIDE AT THE ECANS.. Mrs. Egan, of No. 1972 Second i | Avenue, Is the Mother of Nineteen Children, of Whom Fifteen Are Living. FAMILY EIGHTY FEET LONG. *fta Income le About $20 » Week— 1, If the Rockefellers Increased in | the Same Proportion There Would m * Be 40,000 of Them. { Sere’s Mrs. Mary Dgan, of No. 197% fecond avenue, who, after mothering pineteen children, declares that she is us happy as any mother can be, Her declaration was mot inspired by Presi- Gent Roosevelt's letter on race suicide. Bhe cays whe is glad of the nineteen, fifteen of whom are ving, and the @tork may visit the home again. President Roosevelt asserted that any woman who refused to increase and multiply was a criminal. Taking this fs a hypothesis Mra. Egan te entitled 0 at least seven halos and innumerable . (Wings of the finest empyrean texture. Suppose the Hgans lived in the White Gouse. Would the President then have fweitten his letter on race suicide? Now a census of Second avenue will show that the multiplication of such mames as Hgan Is not uncommon, and that sometimes higher figures the table are reached. With many familles ‘thig mathematical rule is a habit. Such Goclological problema as race suicide Bever enter into the matter. It ts mainly and clothes problem. When the iigan family ‘log ‘down and spreads out in @ straight line elghty feet of round is covered. Eighty feet of umanity consumes considerable bread. ‘es 200 square feet of cloth to cover it to be wondered at that there are Farlous uncovered spots, especially hen you consiler that the fgan. ine Some is somewhere about $20 q week? Buppose, if It were ponwble—this ie a + poser—Mr. Rockefeller was to comply With Mr. Roosevelt's Injunction In pro- Baa wa Income with the same piri inspires the Egans. There Would then be no less than 40,000 jose—but there is Guch a thing as tempting the wrath of infinity, ‘This race suicide problem has More aides than solid geometry reckons | PAIAMA CIRLS DANCE BAREFOOT They Shock the Wives and Daughters of Braoklyn’s Boss Bakers at Masquerade Ball with Flashes of Pink Toes. ONE IN PINK, OTHER STRIPES. ‘The wives and daughters of the boss Pakers of Brooklyn who attended the masquerade bali at Sangerbund Hall, , Schermerhorn and Smith streets, given ’ last night by the Boss Bakers’ Boctety, @re still gasping. The firet gasp came shortly after midnight. Eight young bakers and elght young bakers’ daughters were perform- ing a shadow dance to the step of the minuet with all the lights turned low. They were all in elghteenth century fourt costume and the mothers and @aughters smiled approval upon the Graceful dignity of the dance. But what was that they saw when the lights turned up? Lorgnettes came out with @ click, for there In the very cen- THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1903. MRS. MARY EGAN, WHO IS THE HAPPY MOTHER OF NINETEEN CHILDREN. CUT HIS THROAT IN A HOSPITAL. Melancholy Patient was Found] ° Sitting on the Floor of His Room, Slashing His Neck with a Penknife. SAID NO ONE WOULD CARE. Sfilton Ketcham, a patient occupying a private room in the Long Island Col- lege Hospital, Brooklyn, cut his throat with a penknife to-day. The doctors ny he has an even chance between life and death, Ketcham is twenty-four years old. He eppeared at the hopital last Monday and said he was sick and desired treat- ment. He had ample means and en- gaged a pfivate room. In turning his Property over at the hospital office he described himeeit as a clerk in a lum- ber yard office, and sald he lived at No. 69 Georgia avenue, East New York. The doctors had been watching him in an effort to diagnose his case. Several delieved he was euffering from a ner- vous attack which affected hie muscles end caused him at times to become melancholy, but no decision as to treat- ment had been made, A nurse found him in his room early fo-day crying. He said he had no friends and no one in the world who would care if he died. When the nurse tried to comfort him he told her he had been to New York yesterday and bad lost his gold watch, From this it was evident his mind was wandering, as he had not been out of the hospital. He was induced to try to go to sleep and the nurse left the room. After that she looked Into the room every half hour until 6 o'clock, At that hour, when she opened the door, she saw Ketcham sit- Ung on the floor, a basin in front of him, and with right hand he was gouging at his with a penknife. ‘tre of the hall were two girls in Pajamas evolving gracefully In a waltz. One . sult of pajamas was pink, the other of ‘black and white stripe, and ‘horrors! Under the trouser legs of the pa- Jamas flashed four rosy feot, pink toes and all, e Two boss bakers and the boss bakers’ fons rubbed their hands and beamed, Gespite the lowering looks of their Mothers und sisters and sweethearts. As the strains of the waltz quickened the Pajama-clad pair whirled faster and pink toes twinkled more, and such was the magnetic charm produced that fat + Men, thin men, young men and old men @eserted their partners and rushed out fm the centre of the floor w surround the dancers and shower them with invi- ‘tations to dance. “Who are those bold young persons?’ Was queried in shrill soprano trom all wides of the room A score of enthu- Sinstic young men sought to discover their identity through the dominoes, @nd finally one young man trled to patch the mask from the one in the pink pajamas, and might have succeeded had not a dozen young women rushed fo, her rewcue, In the excitement that lollowed they slipped oul of the room Were not seen again. All efforts identity MAIKKILLING WHILE HUNTING A CRIME, Gunners Who Make Fatal Mis- takes Must Answer for Man- slaughter by Terms of Bill. ve fake for a deer if Assemblyman Matbews's bill, introduced to-day, be- qomes 8 ia Under its terms the killing of any per- on by @ hunter in this manner be- gomes manslaughter in the secund degree and to wound him thus without fatab ALBANY, Feb, 18—It will no longer fee an accident to shoot a man by mis- |e Blood was flowing from the wound when the’ nurse rushed in and took the knife from him. He had already in- filcted a deep wound, the blade pentrat- ing the trachea, le was taken to operating room and there the doctora worked on ‘him an hour, and when they sent him back to his foom, with @ nurse to watch over him, tuey sald he might possibly live, ——$—$———— TOOTHACHE AND SUICIDE. Man Erroneously Reports that Brother Tried to Kil) Himself. \Felephone calls poured into Roosevelt Hospital today asking for an ambu- lance to remove John Lennon, a young man who was said to have attempted wutolde, Lennon lives at No. third street, but the sergeant at the West Forty-seventh street station, where his brother ran with the news, understood him to aay West Forty-sec- ond, The ambulance went there and it was some time before It got straighten- ed around to’the right address, only to find that Lennon had not tried suicide, but had had @ toothache and put too much creosote on { his Ups. CONSUMPTION MASTER Is HERE. He Will Be Here but a Few ‘Days More. ‘The great German physician and inventor of the Kocb Inhalation, which bas revolu- Ulonized the method of treating consump- tlon, asthma, bronchitis and catarrh, rived in New York and ts now at the Koch Lung Cure office, 48 Went 224 street tah Creatinent with onderful Dr. Koch bas established t och inhalation trestmout, as hundreds 3 letters from “areetvl patient hom formerly were confined consump- ven, will prove. rear 908 West Forty-|} bos ar- | YOUNG GOELET TO MARRY. Mrs, Nannie Langhorne Shaw Is Named ag Bride-to-Be. Bootety, with a capital “*S,"" has eome- thing to talk about in the repcrt now actively circulated that Mrs. Nannie Langhorne Shaw ts to become the wife of Robert Walton Goelct. The bride- to-be which fashionable gossip assigns to this yor multi-millionaire—he is only twenty-three, a nephew of the late eden Gootet aad ks worth, $90,000,000, In his own right—is a ster of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson and has quite re- cently received a decree of divorce from Robert Gould Shaw. “She, is now in Paris, whither young Mr. Goelet will go with his mother, widow of Robert Goe. lot, in a fow days, and It te expected that the engagement will be announced from the French capital. ——— CARDINAL IN PHILADELPHIA. 'To Be the Guest of Archb! Ryan and the Newman C! BALTIMORE, Feb. 18.—Cardinal Gib- bons to-day left for Philadelphia, where he is to be the guest of the Newman Club and of Archbishop Ryan. THINK IT OVER. Something You Can See in Any Restaurant on Cafe, A physician puts the never noticed in any li lunch or dinner time the Iarge number of hearty, vigorous old men at the tables; men whose ages run from 60 to 80 years; many of them bald and all perhaps gray, but none of them feeble or senile? Perhaps the spectacle is so common as to have escaped your observation or comment, but nevertheless it is an object lesson which means something. If you will notice what thei fellows are eating you will o! they are not munching bran crackers por Gingerly picking their way through o menu card of new-fangled heaith foods; on the contrary, they seem to prefer a juicy roast of beef, @ properly turned loin of mutton, and oven the deadly broiled lobster is not altogether ignored. The point of all this ts that a vigorous 014 age depends upon good digestion and plenty of wholesome food, and not upon dieting and an endeavor ¢o live upon bran crackers. ‘There {- a certain class of food cranks |who seen o believe that meat, coffee, and many oiler good things are rank poisons, but these cadaverous, wickly-looking {ndl- viduals are a walking condemnation of their own theortes. The matter in a nutshell is that if th @tomach secretes difoulty, because they supply ju what every weak stomach lacks—pepsin, hydro- el id, diastase and nux. & medicine, as they act almost entirely upon the food eaten, digesting * thorough- ly and thus give @ much needed rest, and giving an Of the p ate oe ce Pout by o that they aro taarequard digs ae in ho form, ant a kip foo a have pinned cents for Hat from were Dyspepala nd any érug; I {this _optnlon ay that stuart Tablets is the tos popular a remedy for any stomach troub Jordan Moriarty &Co 105, 167 & 1698. 234 St, 2 Doors West of 3d Ave, Furniture, Carpetings and Mod- ero Houselurnishings. Golden Oak Extension Tables, finely polished, 5 massive fluted less; can be extended to 6 feet; actua ' $4. 99 values $9.00 ACCOUNTS OPENED. successful | MRS. WM. DUER I CRITICALLY ILL. Friends of the Mother of Mrs. Clarence Mackay Fear for Her Health, Which Is Fail- ing. TOO MUCH ENTERTAINING. Mrs, Wilfam Duer, Mra. Clarence Mackay’s mother, is critically ill at her Women ’s White Pel etticoats. A Remarkable Purchase—A Notable Special Sale Starts Ohursday. EARLY 7,000 muslin and cambric Petti- coats go on sale to-morrow morning at prices LOT LV ONEN PETTICOATS of good mus- of lawn, cluster of hemstitched tucks, a dust ruffle,* lin, Geen fewres extra, IEN'S PETTICOATS of aps muslin; several styles; some with deep two insertions and edge of torchon ic eer vied wih fe ene dust ruffle, several styles to choose from; sonie have Models Und knee lawn; three wide torchon Pog and edge: others with deep flounce of 299, embroidery: exara dux rule Improved Sewing Machines. “Singer’’ and ‘‘Victory’’ New Home lerpriced, Ronme tn tate tty, and it te tenred whe can live only a short time. fer Mines dates from inet spring, She never fully recovered from that attack, and of inte has been steadily losing strength. Bvery effort tn bang made not to alarm Mrs, Mackay on acoount of her own delicate health. Mra. Duer comes from an oki Engiiah- Colonial family and hes for many yeare been prominent in New York society. The American branch of the family wren started by Col, William Duer, aide- de-camp to Lord Gliv DROWNED AFTER A TUMBLE. Catakiil Man Fell Down Mmbanak- ment Into Two Feet of Water, CATSKILL, N. Y¥., Feb. 18—Lostng | ‘nin way in the blinding snowstorm on| pty; Monday Leonard Winane, sixty years 94. sot Kiskatom, fell down « steep em- ve Biles south of Cateellt end was drownes In two fect of wa! that covered "the river lata, “inte body. was found by a workman to-day, that will create a storm time before have we offered su gains. Chis Sale Represents the Entire Surplus Stock of a Leading Yanulacturen Every garment is perfe erous proportions. lowest priced Petticoat choice in the matter of worthiness as the highest priced one. LOT 4—WOMEN'S 50c = 750 LOT 3—WOMEN'S PETTICOATS of cambrio; cam- LOT 5—WOMEN’S fle, eimiehieen cua US aR ae ACTY INITSELF Noskimping anywhere. With Spring only a few weeks distant, the opportunity double interest. To ope: selection, we have divided garments into five lots. as follows: several styles; some prettily trimmed with a7. de Paris lace; others with cluster of tucks and em 4 @ broidery edge; extra dust ruffle, bric; circular flounce of fine lawn; elaborately 50 trimmed with Point de Paris lace; exra dus ruf- 5 @ Favors and Mottoes SELECTED for Wasiungton Birthday. Very ities. HAIRINE| Saks MAKES THE HAIR GROW A.hatr tonle posssestng a rich and delicate | pertime. | GUARANTEED TO cure dandruff, stop falling hatr, cure dis- eased scalps, and MB fortively wit not RKEN BLOND ‘ Nalrine, which is the tage of New York, fed for which such a great demand has deen created In two weeks, sells for only 15 Cts. who ft, meyer fat! to eto thete frionden The tive halr alone makes it the most tonto on the market int of the cost of Halrine and tho low price, we cannot fill mall orders untens 5 ete. extra te inclosed with the price, 15 and 78 cente a bottle, nt drugeinte’. BEAL STREIT CO, 79-81 Cortlandt St,, WN. Y, 6 with us. Tailored Suits and Separate Skirts. clever designers. Mistrals, Etamines, and Fancy Mixtures: Coat and Kilted Skirt. taffeta vest, nine gored skirt. trimmed with taffeta, kilted skirt. around bottom. stitched taffeta, flounce skirt, Watteau effect. plaited panel and flounce. of approval t no excellent bar- habit back, with plaited panef in front. {s trimmed with cloth of contrasting colors. ctly made, and of gen- he is proportionately as PCRIMENTAND AW OMER: no matter where you may go. mes of ite rapid the form and substance. PETTICOATS of cambrio; clude the above handles, PETTICOATS of cam- econd Vicor, Bist of Contre.) newest shades and materials. Former prices $10.50, $16.75, $16.50 to $24.50. At $5.0 & Company Broadvay, 390-tn 34th Street Spring Apparel for Women. For the most part, the new Spring creations are They embrace exquisite models of Wraps, Paletots, Costumes, Top Coats, (includ- ing the new Equestrienne effects), Walking and The styles are radically at variance with those of last sea- son, embodying many new features, the concep- tion of both the foreign masters and our own The materials include Voiles, Canvas Cloth, Poplins, Eoliennes and the standard Cheviots, Broadélotte The following is an abridged presentation of those you will find here: Tailored Suits of black and white Mixtures, Blouse Tailored Suits of black or blue cheviot, braided taffeta collar, double cape and.graduated gored skirt.At $18.00 Suits of Canvas Cloth, blouse effect, triple cape, Suits of blue or black cheviot, Russian blouse coat, At $22.50 Suits of Cheviot, Russian coat, blouse front, trimmed with taffeta silk, ten gored skirt, with graduated fan At $31.00 Suits of Btamine, trimmed with narrow bands of Tailored Suits of Venetian Cloth, blouse coat, trimmed with braided moire, new Paquin skirt, with Suits of Cheviot cloth, copies of Frances model, in the new cape effect, blouse front and back; skirt, Entire suit At $58.00 Tailored suits of veiling, copy of Paquin model, drooping shoulders, blouse effect, front and back trimmed with stitched taffeta. Lace collar and cuffs.At $75.00 An Important Sale of Umbrellas You need not hesitate to carry any one of them Their maker has little to learn relative to umbrella construction, The handles are both beautiful and original in Best Paragon frames, steel rods, tight roll, handles of pearl, sterling silver, gold, royal copper, carved and smoked ivory, agate, gun metal, crystal, and fancy woods in a variety of shapes and designs, including the new straight English club. and 28 inch. They are divided. into three lots, all of which in- At $42.00 Sizes 26 Lot No. I. Union Silk Taffeta. Values $2.75 to $4. At $1.95 if Lot No. 2. Of All-Silk Surah. Values $4.50 to $5.50. At $2.95, Lot No. 3. Of All-Silk Surah. Values $6 to $7.50. At $3.25. Children’s Colored Coats. Coats of cloth in a variety of styles, trimmed with braid. Former prices $5.00, $6.00, $6.75. Sizes I to 4years. At $3.95 Coats of cloth, trimmed with braid, laces, fur and velvet in the , $7.5) vio $160 Infants’ Short Coats, of white Bedford Cords, Silks, Corduroys BALL - BEARING DROP - HEAD Low Prices for choice and Fancy Novelty Materials, sizes 6 months to 134 years, \eeeaniss eal koedion Former prices $9.00, $10.50, $16:75, $22.50 and $30.50. automatic winder and all the lasast cides At $7.50, $8.50, $12.50, $15.00, and $24.50 | aes attachments; quartered oak | METAL HATCHETS, each, do ——— eens swell front woodwork: piano pol- ° © es ape eee ty ees fe epee oes 100d 200 ll||| Sterling Silverware at Half Price. ne; eae ee machion: 42, 5D) crienny TROMeD BOXES, ech 400 \el'800 It includes all manner of personal and desk SAME, MACHINE, me 1, 50 CONTINENTAL HAT BOXES, each 100 pieces, In design and quality they are such as }} Sey 7 raged AMERICAN FLAO BOXES, each Sow 90 you will find in most any first-class jewelry shop; Patera aaa machines tid Re und ames [UNCLE SAM'S HATS, each 400 the prices about one half. drawers; head yi carved woodwork; oak or walnut; | SNAPPING MOTTOES, doz., upward from Vo The articles embrace Hair Brushes, Mirrors, Combs, Bonnet, with latest be used on all kinds of soft materials, 53.00 QU)" Leathers have our guarantee. ‘or omen. WOMEN'S PATENT KID LACE SHOES joodyear welted soles, all sizes; the bes $3.50 shoe in New York WOMEN'S PATENT LEATHER SHOES, in button and lace; in dressy styles, WOMEN'S BOX CALF LACE SHOES, But we have called in double soles, some of these are leather lined throughout, an ideal winter shoe, WOMEN'S _ KIDSKIN. BUTTON AND LACE SHOES, in 4 different " sryles, single and double soles, kid and patent leash er tips; all sizes of each ayle, EVENING SL Dull Kid and Patent Leather. Col with buckles Cuban and French heels; 30.00 « 32,00 GOLDMAN AUTOMATIC TUCK FOLDER; can Machines guaranteed for five years. Instructions free. RED, WHITE, BLUE AMERICAN FLAG upward from 1,00 (Thied Floor, Contre.) Wore Sood Shoe Bargains. Special Sale of Men’s and Women’s Footwear Continues cin to S5.00 Shoes at $ShL9O Pair. hardly anticipated the steady inroads that were made on our stocks ever since this sale began. Shoe Stores, and in abundance. Every pair is worthy and stylish. All except the Patent the reserve assortments Jor MEN'S BOX CALP SHOES, swing last toes, OMEN’S Aso IPPERS in onial sryles them at pair, 490 RICAN Sil 7 5 doz, 500; AERC ANY SK AOS ech, Se; Deiend 1 00 Goodyear sizes from 5 10 11; good $3.50 shoes, MEN'S KIDSKIN LACE SHOES; straight London Goodyear welted soles, all sizes; @ specialty | For Womenand Children WOMEN'S AND GIRLS’ KID SHOES, in bu- ton and lace. and BOYS’ SATIN CALF LACE SHOES, that were made to sell ar $1.50; wo sell JACK HORNER PIES, string. 25e PAPER NAPKINS, per 100, 25¢e Novelties. iota Ficer, Mast, inh Ot.) Lot No. 1. Values 45c, and 500. and Book Marks. Lot No. 2. Value 75c. Nail Brushes, Combs and Manicure Pieces. Lot No. 3. Value $1.00. Lot No.4. Values $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. They are now in our Brushes, Vinaigrettes and Alcohol Lamps. Lot No. 5. Values $1.50 to $1.95. Cloth, Bonnet, Hat and Infants’ Brushes, Pieces, Cigar Box Openers and Va: Lot No. 6. Value $2.25. Wen. DOUBLE SOLE LACE welted soles, all line Jars. Brooms, Combs, Scissors and Shaving Brushes. brand of $3.50. shoes, Lot No. 7. Value $2.75. AeA Lot No, 8. Value $3.50. 790 Lot No. % Valus $4.50. Handle Hair Brushes and Bonnet Brushes. Handle and Military Hair and Cloth Brushes. Lot No. 12 Handle and Military Hair Brushes and Mirrors. ioners in Europe. Onis Special THE PATRICIA AT $1.50. Women's two-clasp Kid Gloves, Paris Point e1 new Tans, French Grays, Modes, Pearls, White or Women's three pearl-button Kid Glow: ery, in French Grays, Modes, Picelle, Ise ‘O4sh0 4nd Second Fioore, Kast.) Cloth and Hat Brushes, Nail and Tooth Brushes, Whisk Brooms, Shaving and Infants’ Brushes, Scissors, Writing-Deske Requisites, Manicure Pieces, Toilet Articles and small silver They are divided into twelve lots, as follows: At 24c Silver back Dressing Combs, Manicure Pieoes, Memo Tablets, At 380 At 480 Bonnet and Hat Brushes, Whisk Brooms, Combs, Scissors, Vin- aigrettes, Manicure Pieces, Cigar Cutters and Call ae tbc Cloth, Bonnet, Hat and Infants’ Brushes, Whisk Brooms, Buffers, Nail Brushes, Combs, Scissors, Shaving Brushes, Manicure At 890 Scissors, ot No. 10. Value $5.75. At $2.68 Handle and Military Hair Brushes and Mirrors. Lot No. II. Value $7.50. At $3.68 Values $9.00 to $11.00. At $4.98 The New Gloves for Women. They were made by the most skilful glove fash | Every detail which adds t the fit, style and service of a glove is perfec You may have them in all the Spring shades, — At $1.10 Cloth, Hat, Bonnet and Infants’ Brushes, Manicure Pieces, Whisk At $1.38 Manicure Pieces, Whisk Brooms, Shaving, Sloth ied Hat Brushes. A Cloth and Hat Brushes, Whisk Brooms and Miliary Hele Brushes. |]