The evening world. Newspaper, October 5, 1903, Page 8

(ORUNKARD CHEAP DIN : ate Flammer Blames the Family Liquor Store Next to the Grocery for Downfall of Thousands, FAVORS A HIGHER LICENSE. Pie Noted Big Increase In Number of ‘Wives and Mothers Brought Be- fore Him and Investigation Led Him to Start a Reform, City Magistrate Charles Flammer, mow sitting in the Yorkville Court, on Bast Fitty-seventh street, is a man who Q@tudies sociological problems from the Bench and who fs always seeking to Detter the conditions of the poor tin- MAGISTRATE FLAM. REFORM OF WOMEN DRUNKARDS | MER, WRO SEEKS “THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER SORROW FOR DEATH OF THERESA VAUGHN Popular Comedienne Passed Away in Worcester Insane Asylum, Where She Had Been Since April, 1901. ‘he death of Theresa Vaughn, the onoe popular comedenne, who died of paresis at the Worcester (Mass.) Hospital, has caused widespread sorrow along the rialto, Miss Vaughn was one of the most popular actresses on the stage a few years ago, and the expressions of both numerous and sincere. Miss Vaughn had been an inmate of the Worcester Hospital for the Insane since April, 1401, her mind having failed nearly a year before that when she was filling an engagement at the Grand Opera-House in Pittsburg. sorrow over her death heard to-day are in public and introduced innumerable other popular ballads. Probably her greatest success was made in “The Tourists,” in which she starred jointly with her husband, the iate Will- jam A. Mestayer, for several veacs. They made a fortune with this play, but Mes- tayer lost ft in spectihitioa and d'ed pcor in 189. Mies Vaughn afterward married Theodore Haupt, whose death is said to have contributed largely to her loss of mind, For a season or two previous to her ‘linews Miss Vaughn played in vaude- ville, and at one ume in her career sho is said to have had an income of $700 a week. When sae was taken to the asy- jum She bad not a cent, and wu ‘time of her death ehe was aid former associates on the stage. THIRTEEN LOST IN WRECK. French Lugger President Carnot Wrecked Off Holland Coast. MAASLICUB, Holland, Oct. 6&—The French lugger President Carnot has been wrecked off the Hook of Holland. Thir- 6, 7008, teen persons were drowned. Col. Robinson, Coming from Cuba, | Will Learn E f Romance. Col. H. P. Robertson, who is on his way from Cuba, wili reach New York to find that the girl he expected to wed “is the’ wite ‘of fis brother. Behind ° ani t ‘that fi iting the army Hy cer is & a ic 8 th ry. ny war with five rie ung woman in St. is and address on an So}. ts Pierce. His 5 Miss letters were answered and not long ago it was announced that he had obtained a furlough that he might come home and claim the ‘bride he seen. The ‘Colonel's brother heara¥or the romantic match and went to St. Louls to Investigate. He straightway fell in love with the pretty egg packer and proposed. that they come to New York to meet his brother and tel infatuation eich the girl shared. When they reached Hocheater they determined n to get _marrie @ ceremony was performed in t ‘allroad station there. r. and Mrs, Robertson came to New ° York to-day to awalt the coming of the Colonel. with us. serviceable leather. one dollar. Values $2.00, $2.50 Values $2.00 and Shoes for Women and Boys. Values $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. For Tuesday at $1.00. They are shoes which our recent sales have left Their only fault is the gap in sizes. Every pair of the seven hundred is of good, The models are varied. They are all offered at the uniform price of Lace and Button styles, sizes 3 to8 A, 2}4 to 8 B, 224 to 8 C, 234, 3, 3}4, 674, 7, 7)%, 8 D, 244, 3, 324 B. SHORS FOR BOYS. and $3.00. At $1.00. $2.50. At $1.00. All with heels. Most of them have Welt Stitched Double Soles, suitable for everyday wear. Sizes 12to 2 B, C and D; 2% to 4B and C. Store Closes at 5.30 fortunates brought before him. He punishes the criminal, but he pities the @runkard, He has tried in his years of She was a member of the Ott family and was born in New York. There were thirteen of the Ott ohildren, and @uty to reason with the latter and open Ris eyes to his folly. He bas noted within the last two years a frightful increase of drunken- ‘Rees among women of the lower classes, and he has announced that he is out against the cheap dram shop, In each of the Magistrates’ courts |) jevery day are arraigned from five to \ twenty women who have been picked ‘tap dy the police helpieas from alcoholic @zink. Many of these are old offenders ‘whom nothing will ever reform or make @ecent. There is nothing left for them ‘Dut Potter's Field; but among the hun- @reds that appear dally in the courts are women who weep bitterly and. beg tobe let go. A Mit Too Mach, “I\am @ respectable woman and took Bit'too much,” is the only defense they “My husband is a hardworking man not know where Iam. Please Jet me go home to my children.” other Magistrates na shave been warned and allowed to out into the street with shamed fac and dighevelled clothes. A few weeks pass and they are again up before the Magistrate, and this time, ehould he “mean the disruptign of,the family. The “husband often sells fout® the’ furniture and takes his children with him to an- Other city to gein life anew. Deserted, the poor creature drifts ‘along with the tide and soon becomes one of the pitiful. outcasts that are met in our streets. All this Magistrate Fiammer has noticed, and much more. He has had his special officer make investigations nd believes he has learned the real eause for all this drunkenness and misery. Tt ts not the corner gin mill where Re / her husband takes his giass of beer that wrecks the woman. It is the.family Mquor store next door to her+grocery. Tt is the clean shop with its row “upon row of bottles with pretty labelS@and Big barrels of whiskey and high wines. Buys by Pint : Bho gets her small measure of pota- toes and her loaf of bread. and before yoming home she steps in to the store \ if the bottles and the suave clerk fills tp her pint flash and she gives him % rente. ‘This is what Magistrate Flammer's fecial officer discovered, and it is >) # tgaimst these “morgues,” as he terms K them, that the Magistrate means to fight. He wants legislation that will false the license fee of the “morgues’’ and drive 9 per cent. of them out of Mcense paid by these shops now one quarter that paid by the loon. They can sell whiskey at almost wholesale prices. “Tt makes my heart sad to see such jst among the poor ail parts of the city,” sald Magistrate Wlammer to an Evening World reporter. > {**Phey aro wretched, and more than half \ef itais due to dunkenness among the \mothers. A drunken man {s an awtul | |wpectacle, but a woman helpless trom ldmtoxication 1s a thousandfold more ter- e. Fl 7 5 2 = 55 t 2 g a 2 2 5 z ‘week, but the drinkin man is never sober, She ts a tippler takes her fret nip after her hus: gone to work In the morning. adnsan more before the noon an yy nightfall she is generally She neglects her duties as a mother, Her children go dirty, jouse becomes a bediam and her ‘either deserts or else la dragred ‘Dy her to her own level When fis the case, God pity the poor or Is Cheap, her liquor at the where Ils cheap, At tne on the corner her ten cents wou: pay for one drink. At the fami! juor store she gets a half pint for tho game ten ce ‘The stuff f@ not whis- Kay that she bays but a mixture of ‘a cohol, water and flavoring that Coating of her stomach to so dete 9) her nih an It ruins her kid is her understanding and discolo atures. It makes @ Wreck of 'h er to hell quicker tha 2 ie tka a quicker than any en I recall the awful cases heen brought up betore tetas of wretchedness and crime ani fering, al! of which ‘ha ult of women's thirst + @eipk—I shudder. “The Potter's Field Is dotted with graves of women who were once th re dragged Ne graves by ard matter, and w for strong must soon h dues wood, of Shrub Oak, N powund dead on « sofa at the Hedwig Hesse, No. 311 Hundred and Fitth street, He had turned on the years old cas fixture, out §|reporter in SOUSH'S LATEST UKE “L" TRAI New Drum Effect He Introduces in “Mars and Venus” Pro- duces Roar Like a Harlem Express. ‘That Belasco of the brass band, Sousa, introduced a new and striking effect during his concert at Carnegie Hall. He called a halt n the middle of a march named ‘Mars and Venus" and let the drums have it all their awn way, ‘The effect was something like this: R-r-r-rustie— R-r-r-roll— R-r-r-ROAR. The idea was evidently tg suggest the rushing of the sphere through space. Just what kind of a fuss Mars and | Venus make when they pass by we can't authoritatively state, Lut we do Know the sound made by a Harlem ei press train on its way up fgom the Ba tery, and we know that Mr. Sousa’s drummers made a noise ao like one that it was perfectly easy to imagine vour- self waiting on a station platfrom, atee!- ing nerve and muscle to force a way through the gates. The effect was really a revelation in @rums and drumming. From a mere whirring the sound grew and grew into a deafening noise, and then gradually receded and died away as it had come. The audience, surprised, startled and half bewildered, finally sat up and ap- plauded until the drummers hud to do the trick all over again. eee Richard Mansfield {s to turn his pro- fessional feet into Elghth avenue thie season, playing at the Grand Opera- House in March. It 1s also stated he will play for the regular Grand Opera- House prices. ee Joseph Sparks and Dan Collyer, the have two “coons’ in “Under Cover," a new Joke. ‘Does you know Johnstone Wrageles?” inquires Sparks. "Y says Collyer; “he atruck his wife last night.” “Is he in jail?” ‘No, he's in de hospital."* ia , Grace George has taken up play- writing as a serious occupation and ts now at work on the scenario of a piece which she intends for the su cessor of “Pretty Peggy. The play con- cer an American ¢irl whose parents, having become wealthy, are anxious that she shall contract an alliance with a titled foreigner, The heroine's ready of people and her adherence to the friend she knew when poor give fre- quent comedy touches, while her love for a poor man supplies the romance, Some one at the Lambs’ Club asked Willlam Collier what kind of a part he was going to play in his new piece, “Are You My Father?" 1 guess I'll let you name it" he answered. "I thought I was playing a ‘Personal,’ but the news- |paper men seemed to think differently. so [ am going to lie low and let the public christen my next role.” Lionel Barrymore, who made a hit ta he character part of the Italian organ der with John Drew } he Mummy 4 the Humming Bird,’ will have an- spportunity. to distinguish him- Beat of ¥) * opens y of Music on Oct. 19, y will agal, assume a part, that of an aged Boor self wh at the Mr. B general. ote Fred Stone secures the straw he uses |in making up as a scarecrow for his part in The Wizard of Oz" from a feed store It ix nice, long, brig: $3 TEETH will he Henne, an wpOK THIS WEEK ONLY, Sets of Teeth. double suction, Go'd Crowns “ Bridge Work, per tooth. Gold Fliing..... ucker DgtalSocily 44 East 14th St, near Boadway. \j 174 Broadway, cor. Cortlandt $3 $3 sympathy with all sorts and conditions| — clean straw, though it keeps his dress- ing-room {n a condition that would give @ careful housewife hysterics, “I don't always get good straw on the road," said Mr. Stone when telling of his troubles. “In Canada one night a years ago the best that could be fur- hed was hay. It had been cut from @ field studded with wild rose bushes and was full of thorns, Not only did I tear my hands in stufMng the hay into my clothes and shoes, but it was mighty uncomfortable after it was in place, One ambitious rose bush that protruded from the region of my hip pocket re- mained quiet until T sat down, Then 1 Jumped up with an alacrity that con- Vinced those who saw me that I was very much alive.” ————_-- TO SAIL ON OCEANIC. LONDON, Oct. 5—The White Star line steamer Oceanic. which sails from Liverpool for New York Wednesday, takes among her panengers Marshall Field, the Earl of Orford, Mies Sack- ville West, Seward Webb and Mrs, Al bert Blerstadt are YPERT Hw 1807 Cor arian all of thom adopted the stage. The most famous were Joseph, who died three years ago, and Miss Vaughn. When Edward E. Rice made his pro- duction of "1492" it was Theresa Vaughn who made the big particular hit of the plece, She also starred in _“Evange- Ine" and several other Rice plece! ane was the first to sing “Annfe Rooney” Children’s Eyes it is a most cruel wrong. Neglect your own if you choose, put off and suffer if you like, but DON’T lay out a life of misery for the helpless boy or girl. Our oculists are particularly careful with children’s cases. The young eyes are tender and more apt to yield to treatment if taken in time, The examination is without charge. Glassesifnecded. $1 up. Ghilich OPTICIANS—41 Years’ Practice. 25 BROAD ST.—Arcade, Broad Ex. Bldg, 217 BROADWAY.-~Astor House Block. 223 SIXTH AVENUE—Near 1 Sth St. 1345 BROADWAY —Near 36th St. FURNITURE BARGAINS. TIMELY BARGAINS, EXTRA AXMINSTER CARPETS, $1.15 PER YD.! (Reduced from $1.50.) New autumn patterns, with borders to match. Specially fine library and parlor designs and colorings. Special sale of Smyrna Rugs—6x9 ft. (former prices, $17.50, $27.50, $35.00). , $13.50; 7.6x10.6, $22.50; 9x12 ft. $27.50 OPEN BOOKCASES, $7.00. (Reduced frem $10.00.) Mahogany finish. Also Bedroom Furniture greatly red (reduced from $72), Mahogany Bureaus, Long enables you to “charge” all bargains. COWPERTHWAIT Five adjustable shelves, curtain rod. luced. 2-Piece Bird's-Eye Maple Suits, $55 $20, $23, $26 (former prices, $30, $33, $37). Credit 104 To 108 West 14% St. NEAR Brooklyn Stores. Flatbush Av. near Fulton St. “Let the GOLD DUST TWINS do your work” The condition of your home speaks well or ill for you as a housekeeper. GOLD DUST | makes clean, white floors and nice, bright woodwork. and more economical than the old, back-breaking method. POR | boar ret, olbasth, soveryare’ cod Cavers Cloansing bath room, pipes, etc.. "ANY, Chicago——Makers of PAIRY 6OAP. GOLD DUST makes ShoeNewsExtraordinary [ Temporary Closing of a Famous Shoe Store ings to be torn down. Must Vacate and fully guaranteed shoes. morrow morning : Today at One alf sizes, in broad widths. Today at One soles, others with thin flexible Women's Oxford Shoes And here is briefer word of outside of WANAMAKER’S: Men's Shoes At $1.90, worth $3—Box calf and chrome kid, lace; welted and stitched soles, At $2.40. worth $3 and more— Box calf and black kid, lace; double soles, swing and straight laste. At $2.65, worth $4—Patent lea- ther in dress styles, kid and calf in walking shoe weights: lace, and welted and atitched, of course, Main Floor. Women’s Shoes At $1.50, worth §2.50—Kidskin tn a dozen different styles; several thousand pairs of the flexible sewed dress shoes now popular; others are stouter. At $1.90, worth $3—Black kidskin with tips of kid and patent leather. At $1.90, worth $2.50—Pa leather, and keid in light and weights; button and lace styles, welted or thin turned soles; a dozen styles. At $2.20, worth $3.50 — Extra choice kidskin, button and lace; an unstamped lot of a widely known t From one end of Manhattan to the other, and for miles around, the WANAMAKER BASEMENT SHOE STORE is known as the barzain centre of New York for good shoes. New Yorkers also know that a magnificent new build- ing is being constructed for us south of Ninth street. Per- haps they do not realize that we have been compelled to vacate several acres of floor space to allow the old build- Our vast Toy and Sporting Goods Store has been moved over into the Basement of the Main Store. The Summer Toy Store was large enough; but now holiday times are coming, and more space is demanded. So the Under-Priced Shoe Store the Basement And it must get out this week! So there are to be six stirring days of shoe selling, to clean up these stocks that already bear prices matched nowhere outside of WANAMAKER’s on thoroughly reliable Never was a better chance to provide shoes for all the family, against the winter season, than this sale offers, Best selection for first comers, of course. Here are some of the stirring offerings, ready again to- Men's Shoes that were $1.50, worth $2.50 Dollar a Pair Of black kidskin, with welted soles, good styles; nearly (S014 on Main Floor). Women’s Shoes that were $1.50, worth $2 Dollar a Pair Of black'kidskin in good styles; some with welted soles, nostly narrow widths. that were $1.50, worth $2 to $3. Today at One Dollar a Pair Of black kidskin with tips of patent leather or kid; also some styles in enamel leather with welted soles. of the scores of other groups that offer selection to meet every need, at prices unheard- Boys’ Shoes At $1.10. worth $1.50—Black satin oil leather, lace style; neat toe shapes: 8! to2. At $1.30, worth $1.75—Satin calf, lace, with solid leather double soles; ulzes 21% to 514. At $1.50, worth $2—Box calf, lace: handsome stylish shoes; welted soles; sizes 8 to 54s. At $1.70, Worth $2,50—Box calf and kid, lace, with extra stout solen; sizes 1 to 544. At $190, worth $2.50—Extra choice box calf; also broken sizes in $3 and $3.50lines of patent leather, calf and kid shoes, Main floor. Children’s Shoes ; At Gn wide $I1—Black kid, lace and button; spring heels; man: in this lot are worth double this price; sizes up to 10 At $l, worth $ several styles suited for school or dress weat; sizvs 11 to 2. At $1.20, worth $1.50 or more— Box calf and chrome kid lace Shoes for small boys; heavy soles, wide toes with tips; sizes 9 to 18%, At $1.40, worth $1.75—Kidskin with sole leather tips, box calf with tips of same; spring heels; elzes 11 to ment. 3 $8.50 shoe. Basement. JOHN WANAMAKER Yormerly A. T. Stewart & Co. Broadway, 4th ave., 9th and 10th sts. dollars’ i you receive Fulton 9t., Elm Place & Hoyt St., Brooklyn. $3 Worth of Stamps FREE Tuesday. COUPON. Upon presenting this coupon at A. I, feczsm Namm's Store, Tuesday, Oct. 6, { and making purchase: $1.00 or more, we will give three worth of Blue Trading Stamps Free, In addition, to those (Good Oct. 6,) unting to on your purchases. EB. We &. |. Namm, Negligee Drearing Si Value $1.25. bow knot laces and ribbons. Value $5.50. Value $8.50. Of albatross, colors Value $12.00. Value $4.50. At Red ket cl ‘inished paper, with and fifty best cards. At Speci flora] designs. Value 25c. Silk Tapestry Value 95c. Value 45c. Weel Filled Value $3.50. Value $5.00. Value $5.00. Value $6.00. Value $5.00. Value $2.00. “ONE MAN’S LOSS”— When you read the little want ads. of the morning World do you ever stop to think of the human-interest stories they tell? For instance—“Restaurant for sale, cheap, on account of sickness.” Here is a man, perhaps, who has put in years of hard work in building up his business, He has just succeeded in putting it on a good, paving basis when he becomes ill, He cannot stand the rigors of our Northern winters, and the physician tells him he must seek a more gentle climate. Or it may be his wife who suffers. She has @ cough that medicine won't cure, She must breathe the balmy air of Callfornia or the dry alr of Colorado. Her husband cannot bear a separation, so the business must be sacrificed and he must make a néw start among strangers. In either case his work has gone for naught, and some Cry wo sia, in and get the benefit years of energy. ¥ ‘8 Sunday World printed Ata ties “Business Sarena ‘ Dr 28 of fancy figured gray outing flannel, with black scalloped edge and ribbon bow. Matinees of silk or albatross, large sailor collar, trimmed with White, blue, pink, red or gray. Negligees of cashmere or albatross, accordion pleated, large fancy collar, trimmec. with lace and ribbons. Of cashmete; colors red, light blue and cadet. Chatelaine Bags. Of German Silver in fish-scale mesh, frames in exquisite designs, including art nouveau and floral effects; medium size. A Sale of Engraved luced Prices f Special Combination Offer t, containing fifty sheets of organdie, dimity, bond or color, gold or silver from two or which we have fifteen desigas from which to select. Also Engraved Plate, in shaded Old English or Roman style, For the two the Regular Price is $4.60. 100 best quality Gards printed from your own plate. i Regular Price $1.00. In the Art Needlework Dept. — Table Govers, 28-inch round, tinted on tan India Cloth, with res in effective Oriental designs, Fancy Swiss Dresser Scarts with mat, lace trimmed, Blankets, Comforts and Spreads At Special Prices. silk binding, red, blue or pink Border. Wool Filled Blankets for single beds, extra silk binding, red, blue or pink Border. Weel Filled Blankets for double beds, fine silk binding, red, blue or pink Border. Wool Filled Blankets for double beds, silk binding, red, blue or pink Border, extra wide. Down Comforts, fancy satin covered. Maragilles Spreads, full size, new designs, and will sooner or later lifetime Garments Special-at 95c $3.95 Special. at Spe pink, blue and gray. stamped in gram Die, of | at $1.90 Special at 45¢ Speci ial at 25c 8 for single bed, ial at $2.50. Special at $3.50 Special at $3.50 Special at $4.50 Special at $3.50 Special at $1.25 were offered. Ninety-elght “Business Opportunte ties” and “For Sales” were printed in The World this morning. Among them were restaurants, groceri¢m, » laundries, furnished-room houses, sae Joona, a butcher shop, bakery, drag store, oyster house, &c, ee Keep your eye on The Worlds “Business Opportunities" and find the chanoe ef your RS me