The evening world. Newspaper, July 21, 1903, Page 12

DUBLIN CIES KING EDWARD FINE WELCOME Thousands Throng the Streets » and Greet Britain’s Ruler and the Queen as They Pass ‘Through the City After Drive Festivities. SPEAKS OF POPE’S DEATH IN REPLYING TO ADDRESS. Monarch Pays Tribute to Leo _ and Speaks of Pontiff’s Inter- ,est In English People—Sad Event in Rome Will Curtail from Kingstown. ‘DUBLIN, July 21.—The entry of {ing @dward and Queen Alexandra into Dub- Mn was made the occasion for a gen- # @ral holiday. The decorations of the ¢ity, espacially along the route of the Procession to the Viceregal Lodge; In Phoenix Park, surpassed anything hith- to atlempted in Dublin, not excepting Victoria's last visit. The grand stands erected at various places were crowded, while the people massed on the sidewalks. The and Queen continuously bowed thelr acknowledgments of the warm Grectings, especially at College Green. 3 Which was packed by a multitude of people. 3 City’s Keys Not Delivered. ‘It was late in the afternoon when the WiceRegal Lodge was reached. The royal party lunched with the Lord Lieu- tenant, and the day's programme wa e@oncluded with a formal visit by them to the Duke of Connaught ‘The whole day's proceedings were not 4 marred by any unpleasant incident be- yond the absence of the ceremony handing the keys of the city to the King. The City Hall alone of all the 4 Public Dulldings was not decorated, : ‘To-morrow will be devoted to recelv- dng addresses from public bodies and to the levee, which will be held in the eastle at noon. Saluted on Arrtyi KINGSTOWN, Ireland, July 21.—King Edward and Queen Alexandra, accom- Panied by Princess Victoria and thelr gultes, arrived here to-day on board the Foyal yacht Victoria and Albert. eimmediately after the yacht took its Position in the harbor, the royal salute fired by thirteen vessels of the nome fleet. A heavy rain, which had been falling @ince an early hour, ceased at 9 @'clock and the sky ‘cleared, giving Promise of fine weather for the royal <i into Dublin, laborate preparations have bear fn the city for the reception of the xine SAS ritaln's ruler was given a cordial ; The rain had debraggied d tlons which had been mosi farried out everywhere. Signs of welcome on the decora- it effectively There were the public and Private buildings and small craft and © fbeo great battleships in the harbor © Bay with flowers, flags and bunt- a Thousands of people lined the streets and wharves, awaiting the arrival of the King and Queen. While they were gathering, a note of mourning was sounded amid the general rejoicings. It came from the great bell of the Ro- a Man Catholic Church of St. Michael, Which was tolled solemnly in memory Of the Pope, whose death undeniably d “Mars the sportaniety of welcome. a _ Met by Lord Licutenant, ‘The royal party were rowed from the Victoria and Albert in a royal barge to the Victoria dock, where they landed atl ovclock. They were recelved by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Farl of Dudley and a number of off- elais and were conducted to a pavilion where an address of welcome was read in bebalt of the Kingstown Municipal Council. In replying to an address of welcome King Edward said ne shared in the sad- mess of multitudes of his subjects over news of the Pope's death. His jesty added that his visit came at a fa: mm a new era {is opening for The King said he remembered .the ness with which His Holiness had ® recently received him and the in- terest which Pope Leo took in the wel- fare of the English people. Immediately after the ceremony the King and Queen, accompanied vy the | Ford Lieutenant and a brilliant stat escorted by Horse Guards, drove off ho direction of Dublin ‘amid the Breatest enthusiasm on the part of the poh lining the road hetween Kings- and Bull's Bridge. special performance which had been d for the Royal Theatre, in Dub- Friday has been countermanded | eonsequence of Pope Leo's death. Addresses on the Way, ston to Duplin consisted of Sergey Tm Was ooo ie King and Queen, the Lor tepant and the Princess Victoria other three were the suites. The f Connaught, Commander of th win Ireland “and of the ‘Third Corps, and his staff accompanied Wecroyal carriage on horseback. At i dge the procession halted and ig iting. received addresses from thy 2 M councils of Blackrock, ‘Rath. ba Pembroke, to which up ire: Ly Scirof Dublin, wreccied he 7 ol In, preceded y Maetachment of "Royal Horse Want staff, ‘the Lard rm; other midi- gurt oficlals. < Western New hk. ¥., Iuly 21.—Accord- in the County Clerk's brie Preserving Com- |INVENTOR OF THE NEW SYSTEM AND THE RECEIVER AND LESS PESSIAGES. 5 fo) WIRELESS PHONES | * FIRST REAL TEST A. Frederick Collins to Exhibit His New System Before New York and New England Scien- tists To-Day. A group of Sew York and New Eng- land men of science will have an oppor- tunity to-day or to-morrow of particle pating in a novel scientific experienc that of hearing articulate speech tra mitted over a mile or so of water by wireless telephone. A. Frederick Collins, of No. 11 Broad- the author of “Wireless Teleg- Its Thecry, History and Prav- and whose Investigation of the LONG DISTANCE RECEIVER. ann EVENING, JULY 2t, 1903 * TUESDAY OF WIRELESS TELEPHONING ‘RANSMIT7ZER USED IN . TRAMIUTTER TE ee effect of electric waves on the hu- man brain has attracted much atten- tion, has selected two points on the Conneoticut River, near Hartford, which he will connect wirelessly. He left for Hartford last night with its electrical and transmitting apparatus packed in two trunks, Invitations to attend the demonstration have been extended to T. Commerford Martin, Prof. Garrot P. Serviss and experts interested in the wireless fleld. The announcement recently by A Frederick Collins of the ‘discovery of a wireless telephone, by which he could talk across land or water, forcing sound waves electrically through intervening substances such as wood, water or mental, attracted attention all over the world, He has recetved requests from leading scientific bodies here and abroad to appear before them and explain his system BEAVERS REALLY COMIC OPERA HE Kindly Oblige and Explai ‘The case of George W. Beavers, mer chief of the Bureau of Alloy of the Post-Ofice Department, ind in connection with the Congres Guards His Secret. transmitter, ay pearance resembles that of an oriinary telephone save that there !s no magneto box attached to {t, and on the other shore his recetver, which is larger than an ordinary receiver and fits closer over the ear. It has a diaphragm three and a half Inches in diameter, The maximum sensitiveness is obtained by means of a multiplicity of diaphragms, cach of which has been accurately turned, and to his has applying for a bench warrant for own statement, vers's arrest. He stands In the att of posing on the Brooklyn side o Bridge vainly coaxing the accused er Gover and stand AL as Mr, itule Mr. Be Manhattan, has onl attend to his ve remain cause hand od er Th he does he de with Mr. Be man Driggs ( { Jury in Brooklyn will t until co-m: Since that uurned on Satu rs have b n bowl of water, Step by step I Increased wish the distance until I have heard spoken words wirelessly througa the earth and the water for miles, and in a compat tively short space of time 1 am confident I shall telephone witnout wires across the ocean. His Method Explained. “My method is to transform a direct electrical current of low voltage Into a current of high potential, being approx- to vers and wathering ‘ons, and nents w expocted hat handed down Mr. Y, ind “morrow has been instructed b; authorities not to int Attorney-General to diveuss It se the ms que t of any over plans of the prose that If Mr, Be: wrongdoing he ¢ ¢, and clear his joal vibration equalling 80 to 1,000 per second. This varies the current which js then superimposed on the alternating current. “I have found that when such a cur- come strument of sufficient sensitiveness to indicate these tmpulses. I 6, how- ever, overcome this by devising a most sensitive detector, which, in connection with the recelver, makes {t possible to reproduce audibly the votce spoken into American Can Sh Wa Slight Lo} Outatde Trad Dealings on CATSKILL, N. ¥., July French, —Miss May of No, 181 Lexington avenu New ¥ diet suddenly at the Ro Cairo, Sunday. Miss Frenc tWenty-two years vid and a Bia. B Marine Morine pt... Youngs continues Post-OMce i Government Plans Are Secret, but District-Attorney Youngs Is Grieved Because He Doesn’t | in. for- ances He sman Mr. Colline has given to the acientine | DT scandal, in Brooklyn, was In the press many details concerning his{*@m? muddled state to-day that it has method, but he guards zealously his| Den sare the Grand Jury filed the system of circuits and the secret of pesistnets a week a imaroeres the construction of his transmitter and ust what the plans of the Govern- receleer. ment are no one not connected wita the He will establish communication by Lael Knows, but Beavers "stands acing on one gide of the Connecticut | P* Lge Sag at : which in District-Attorney Youn, according no idea of Bea- itude f the for- ment officer to come to him tn y to bust- of varted thickness ess and wait for the District-Attorney In explaining the process by which he Se aeys No one, of course, who knows would speak across the river, Mr. Collins} MF Beavers, thinks for one moment said: nat he contemplates seeking other parts “1 started experimenting three years He ts just pi a game of ago to produce a wireiess telephone, and f with the courteous Dis- my first result was in being enabled to torney. It is assumed that the transmit the human voice across a gap season Mr. Youn, does not cause Mr of elght or ten inches. I first used a} Boavers's st in Manhattan js be- to expose his until others are in- former 1 not bod hi evi- it ts i be y the talk. Rabb and sald that fuse ition. imately 2,00 volts. ‘The current is also] fame. (rom afte National aGapltal aan converted into an alternating discharge! uons from his superiors) hstuee ot high mechanical frequency, When a] “Beavers’s case” Mr Youngs word Is spoken into one of my trans- bray pls dn the same’ condition imitters it is transformed into mechan- has been for the last week. $ not Kirts of oMce of his abury, No, 290 rent is projected simultaneously into the Hosta. 29 see IE the air and earth, energy is propagatod otha Galled up on the through space by the cther in the alr LON re jeved un itne and in the earth, The distance to which led to give himself ‘up: this electrical energy is transmitted all up to-da may be thousands of miles, but hereto- Sey fore the difficulty has been to find an in- CURB STOCKS QUIET. the curb were quiet to- the transmitter with no connection other |“ with American Can showing frac- tonal losses. an the elements thomaelve: or s . ——— The bid and asked prices of the prin: Mins French's Sudden Death, Wee nats s wer fol Avked. ulred control of ing and Pre- and. of wor | wai rphan, She was employed as a steno rapher in the Corporation Counsei’s o ce in New York. Sunday | Miss attended church and retuned to the house at noon apparently in tho best f 3 rn Securities Sextorrd Line Seadoird Line pf Stantard Ol. Ota Elevator Unton Copper jand s00n} White Knob “brain, United Copper of health. Within a few minutes fie, commana af dealin if im ; y ARRESTED AS A GET RICH QUICK Charles Weinman Is Gathered in by the Police as Having Had a Hand in the American Fi- nance and Mortgage Co. Central OMmce detectives to-day ar- sted Charles Welnman, of Euclid Hall, Broadway and Elghty-ffth street, on a charge of grand larceny in connection with the defunct get-rich-quick scheme at No, U2 Wall street known as the American Finance and Mortgage Com- pany. Welnman was arraigned beforo Maxistrate Breen in the Tombs Court and held for examination. he American Finance and Mortgage Company shut up shop last week leay- ing several hundred “Investors” to mourn the departure of directors and thelr cas! Inspect cClusky, sald that he thought the promoters of the scheme got away with at least $1 00), Many of the victims were school teachers of Ohio. They were attracted by the rich promises of the finance com- Diny's advertisements and as their first ventures appeared to return great profilg they sent East about $20,000 in all, ‘They never heard anything’ more of thelr money ‘The police are looking up the business ventures of Alfred Goslin, of get-rich- quick fame, who salled for Europe a week before the concern closed down Inspector MeCtusky belléves that he has found traces of Goslin's methods in the advertisements and methods of the xame. COTTON SHORTS BUY IN NERVOUS MARKET. Prices Improve on Better Cables and Weather Conditions Favor ing Bulls. There was a nervous “undercurrent to the dealings in the cotton market dur- the early session to-day, while s showed a disposition to cover, Y¥ because the Liverpool cables and also in view of weather South, which were 1 too hot, without rain. continued to denote a n from the Interior, he opening were from 2 to . while toward noon they at 8 high a shade, better, the quotations July, 12.50; August, 12.18; Sep- October, 9.71; December, showed gains, they 3; August, 12,23 to 10.64 did; October, 9.7 , 9.61 to 9.63; December, ary, 9.58 to 9.59; 9.0; March, 9,68 to’ 9.60, rket closed steady, —.— FIRST BALE OF 1903 COTTON GETS HERE. The first bale of cotton of the crop of 1903 arrived here to-day and at 12.15 o'clock was sold at the door of the cotton Exchange for 2% 1-2 cents a pound. The cotton was mised in Za- Pata County, Tex., and was bought tn alveston by W. D. Cicveland & Sons, of Houston, Tex., who shipped it Tatham, Alexindor & Co., Nos. 14 and 16 Wall street, About haif an hour hefore roon the bale, which was wrapped In huge signs bearing the names of the sbipper and the consignee, was plated on the sides walk at Whilam and Beaver streets, where ft attracted a curtous crowd. At 1215 brokers from the floor of the Cotton Exchange crowded adput the steps of the corner entrance to the floor and began bidding. The highest bidder was + Cummings, of No. 128 Pearl street. who also made the first bil of 16 cents. Last year th first bale of the new crop this city on July & . HIS EXPERIMENTS, STEEL SLUMP PROBLEW FR WALL. STREET Brokers Hear Various Reports About the Stock as It Sinks to Lower Figures and Is Sold Heavily, While the Market, Ir,- fluenced, Falls Away. Steel was the Wall Street problem to- day. Everybody talked about it, the bears hammered {t and ithe brokers sold it, while the price went sliding down the woale to the 22 mark, ite latest low rec- ord. The gossips were busy with the stock and various reasons were given for the heavy decline, one being the call of a heavy loan, while another went fur- ther, It was said for the United Stat Steel corporation that its affairs were FRANCE CONFERS RED RIBBON ON TWO AMERICANS. thoroughly sound and there was no ex- cuse from that standpoint for the a tack. The weakness was especially disquiet- ing for a variety of reasons. Apart from the fact that the fron trade Is popularly regarded as the industrial barometer, and that the market course of the iron sharés might not unnaturally be held to reflect the trade outlook, it is to be considered, alo, that the holdrers of United States Steel securities number many thousands of people, and that the shaking of these holders’ confidence in the stability of their stocks !s a serious matter, As much of the recent forced liquida- tlon has come from holders who are aid to have bought for investment, ft was declared to-day that a contraction in the tron business was feared and the selling has followed, Steel common sold down to % to-day, while the preferred fell to 70. In the first hour of the LOW STANDS BY NEW BRIDGE PLANS jarket Steel common sold down to 2% 6-8 and the preferred to 7284. Both com- mon and preferred changed hands in large quantities, one Western house sel!- ing 14,000 shares in the first hour,.a large Part of this lot, it was said, represent- ing a loan which had been called in. Mayor Writes to the Board of Aldermen and Tells Them Why Lideethal Should Get Eye-Bar Appropriation. Steel dominated the trading, and the market, which was depressed the greater part of the day, enjoyed only one respite. In the afternoon prices were lifted and the standard stocks went above the opening, where they Geld for an hour or So, with the market dull. There was an- other break In the final dealings and the st again dropped, showing losses on the day of from 1 to 4 points. New low records were made in United \States Steel, Tennessee Coal and Iron and Amalgamated Copper. Steel com- mon was hammered down to 22, but rallied fractionally and olosed at 22 3-8, & loss of 2 3-4. The preferred was low- ered to 70 and closed afi 70 3-8, a loss of 3 7-8. Tennessee Coal and Iron lost 4 points at 41 1-2, while Amalgamated Copper was dropped to 44 3-8, but rallied and closed unchanged at 45. The local traction group suffered losses of 11-4 to 3 per cent. Metropolitan Securities on two small sales was dropped to 75, a loss of 3 points, while Metropolitan closed at 116 1-8 @ loss of 11-4, ‘The controversy over the construction of the new Manhattan Bridge, according lo the plans made by Commissioner Lin- fenthal, has at last stirred Mayor Low ) declare Gis position. ‘He has sent the ‘ollowing letter to the Board of Alder- men: Tt has been called to my attention hat there is, i the minds of some, a loudt whether a bridge constructed upon he designs submitted by Commissioner Lindenthal for the Manhattan Bridge wil not be more costly than a brid bullt with wire cables, In this connec- tion I ask your attention to the follow- ing extract from the minutes of the Commission of Experts of their meeting held March 6, 1908: ‘The commission unanimously de- led that the use of cables made of Steel links, as in proposed design, is n only desirable from a more positive de- termination of the stresses under all variations of loads, but also from the BOM of economy and of rapidity in pecoa,’ {You will perceive ‘that this decision, which was unanimous, covers not only the question of economy but also. ra- of erection and ‘positive deter- fon of gtresses. The Eye-Dar Cablen. “At the meeting of the Commission, pril 18, the Commission gave a heat: Ing to Mr, Hildenbrand, who presented his reasons for thinklng that wire ca- bles were preferable to eye-bar cables. Chis question was thus specifically. brought to the attention of the Commis- slon of Experts, and was carefully con- sidered by it. in its final report, dated ne 29, 1903, the Commission, Instead of confining itself to the statement that tue Bridge ‘Commissioner's plans were piuctcavie, used this very strong lane this final report, we unani- mously recommend the adoption and ex- ecution of the proposed design of the Manhattan Bridge, as submitted to us by the Commissioner’ of Bridges." Manhattan was off 5-8, at 131 5-8, while Brooklyn closed unchanged at 48 1-2: Erie common was down 7-8 and the second preferred 1. 1-5 per cent., while the first closed with a gain of 1-4 per cent. In the Industrials American Smelting & Refining was 2 3-4 under and Sugar off 1-2 per cent. Golorado Fuel & ‘Iron’ was closed at’ f0.*a decline of 1 3-8. United States Leather was down 1-8 and the preferred up 1-8, while - orn'Union Telegraph Whe ifort Rock Island lost 7-8, and Atchison the same. Canadian Pacific was down 3-4, and Louisville % Nashville 1 per cent. Southern Pacific closed at 441-4, a loss of 11-4 per cent. The Chicago Great Western stocks declined 1-4 to 1-2. Baltimore & Ohio, St. Paul, Norfolk & Western, Ontario & Western, Peo- ple's Gas of Chicago, Reading, South- “The Commissioner informs me that|ern Railway, Texas Pacific and the Wia there are five or six bridge works that|consin Central and Wabash stocks were have plants for making eye-bars up to|closed with fractional losses, 10-inch size; two bridge works have Plants for making up to Iédinch size the American and Phoenix bridge com- panies). No ‘bridge works+has, at pres- ent, a plant for 18-Inch eye-bars, but these two companies could make them in their present plants, “Two other ‘bridge companies have stated that, if the amount of work jus- Ufied it, they are ready to have 18dnch plants put up within six months. The indications are for strong competition. ‘Me American Bridge Company has no monopoly—thelr only chance 1s as a mpetitor at the lowest price, like all otter bridge works. There will'be about 4.400 bars. RDenver & Rio Grande was off 1-2 and preferred 1 per cent, Pennsyl was 1-8 under, Atchison pf., Mii Pacific and Union Pacific "were un- changed. The total sales of sto shares and of bonds 9%, were 823,500 000, The Closing Quotation To-dmy's highest, lowest and closing prices and net changes trom’ yewerday's closing prices or from last recorded Aale are as follows, he capacity of an 18-inch plant, Law, Clos. On'gs, running ten hours, is 60 heads, or 30 $5, bai a day. Six months is regarded AM t] by the bridge companies as ample time 89% 89'2 — 26 for making the bars. The American 14 % representative of Krupp has asked for Sh an opportunity to submit a proposition fis % for the loose éye-bars, forgings, and the $04 ike ‘When the bids were opened for the we bd construction’ of the — Willamebung 324 x Bridge there was only one bidder ‘for |< 16% & the wire cadles. I Know of no reason to 3 % suppose that there will be any greater “ M competition at the present time for ca- 0% % bles of wire. construction. 113 ‘| “In relation to bonds, J need scarcely % tif point our to you that tt authorization at of the bonds asked for does not mean ght ira thelr immediate issue. It ie likely to be Ft 74 three years or more before they are all Som, =1%4 put out, and they will be issued only 128% + % from time to time, as the work pro- 105 =1 greses, B. 3 “SETH LOW, Mayor, wih — “New York, July 4, 1903. 115 =1% pale Se Dea 19% in The Wheat Market. 3 Liquidation was resumed in the wheat |N a agri market to-day with an unusual effect | Norto ngs 1nd Fe cn prices. It lost 1-8 to 1-4 at the start. |Sa sie m 4 Ba H Corn was also off, Commission houses 120% 120% + % and. the pit sold on favorable weather m4 4 8 ccnditions, ‘There wag little selling on Bh 2 ry foreign account around the opening, | Se toe tee New York's ll A. M. prices wer Liv Hd ie= 2 Wheat—September, 80 3-8; July, 80 3-8; BR Wo December, 0 3:8 fo 80 1-2” Com—Sep- By ie HE at tember, 58 1-4 bid. = Chicago's opening prices were: Wheat Bt Ret ae” * —May, 77 1-2; September, 75 5-8 to 7% 1-2; oo 8 8 % December, 7% 1-2 to 7 3-8, Corn—D. 44 He 4% —4 cember, 47 3-8 to 48; September, 48 7-8 to BY 6% BH — 486-8; May, 47 8-4 to 47 7-8, 716% 1% TOY Note ett ba FRE nS RT ook af a eat—May, \~! 5 . 4 Sop a 1-8; Deccawber: 81 1-4 bl Be at 56 5-8; September, 66 ‘bi Hee Bebe a4 Ly C3 hat Fe Sool a a ‘Wiecon. Contral pty. “He “aH vance, — Decline. W. E. Ingersoll, of N, Y. Life Insurance Co.,, Is Made Chevalier, and Wm. Seligman, the Banker, Officier of the Legion of Honor. PARIS, July 21.—Among the: appoint- ments to the Legton of Honor gazetted to-day are W. E. Ingersoll, Paris man- ager of the New York Lifo Insurance Company, Chevalier, and William Selig- man, bunker, Officier. William E. Ingersoll ts Second Vice President of the (New York Life Insur- ance Company. It is presumed that this honor has been conferred upon Mr. Ingersoll for the services he rendered during the] Paris Fair as Commisstoner-General of the United States Department. This is the third decoration which Mr. Ingersoll has received from foreign gov- ernments since he took up his residence abroad in 1874. In 1889 the King of Den- mark decorated Mr. Ingersoll with the Order of Danburg, one of the oldest orders of Europe. King Charles of Portugal sent Mr. Ingersoll the cross of a chevalier of the Portuguese Mili- tary Order of Christ, and three years later made him an officer. Mr. Ingersoll was born in Massachu- w, LLAR A big Negligé Shirt Pur- chase enables us to sell $1.50 & $2.00 Negligé Shirts for Pongee. $1.00. All are this season’s, and made by the man who knows how. 41.00. Hatha Carhasielo Three Cor. 13th St. BROADWAY | Cor. Canal St. Stores. Near Chambers. setts in 1842, his father being Major Tm gersoll, of the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. During the elvil war young Ingersoll was spectal ordnance messenger. In 1874 he went to London as book~ keeper for the insurance company of which he s now the Second Viee-Presi- dent. In 189 he was made general man- ager for Europe, with headquarters im Paris, where he has since resided. Through his father, Mr. Ingersof ts member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. William Seligman is the Paris head of the banking film of Seligman Freres & |Co., the branch of J. & W. Seligman & | Co., of this elty, He is now about eighty years old. His elevation to the Legion of Honor was one of the direct recogni- tons of Mr, Seligman’s extensive charl. es. The newly appointed officer lived in this clty up to about thirty years ago, when he established the Paris house and has directed it continuously since. JAMES McCREERY & CO. Suit Dept, 3d Floor. Shirtwaist Dresses, Lawn .coe secceeeeccee 5,00 Linen,...... 7.50 and 12.00 Black or white China Silk... 60000000. 007& 50 +2850 Cotton dresses of fine qual- ity, very attractively de- signed, 20.00 Walking Skirts in various materials and sizes, Twenty-third Street, First Floor, Annex. Stern Brothers To-morrow, Balance of Women’s Low Cut Shoes, Oxford and Colonial Ties In ideal Kid, Vici Kid and Patent Leather with Plain or Louis Quinze Heels, Reduced from $3.50 and $5.00 / House Gowns Attention is directed to a large assortment of Of Crepe-de-Chine, Organdies and Point d’Esprit over Silk. of Figured Lawns, $2.95 owns House Gow of White Lawns, trimmed and with lace and lace collars, $4.50, 5.95 of White Dotted Swiss and Lawn, Kimonos with lace and insertion, $8.50 _Second Floor. and Negligeés °