The evening world. Newspaper, October 6, 1903, Page 5

CITY ASTONISHES YOUNG CENTENABIA Mrs. Mary Shepard, Who Is Nearly 103, Is as Sprightly as a Girl and Needs no Glasses. RETURNS AFTER 40 YEARS. a Pulltzer Building, Brooklyn Bridge, | the Skyscrapers and Hansom Cabs Cause Wonder to Old Lady, Whose Stove Is Her Only Trouble Mrs, Mary Shepard, who, if she Itves enti] next Christmas, will be 103 years @4, came to New York yesterday from fker home in Poughkeepsie for the first time in more than forty years. “Bure, I'm not a dit tired,” the old Jaéy protested when she presented her- golf at the World Building and ex- pressed her intention of going through ft from dome to press rooms in the agement. Mrs, Shepard had come to town to gee the sights, and see them she did. @he was acoompanied by her good friend, Mrs. W. Smead, of Poughkeep- sie, but had very clever ideas of her M, own as to what she wanted to see and where she wished to go. ° Mrs. Shepard, be it sald, is a very ehipper old lady. Her hearing 1s ab- normally keen, her intellect unimpaired end her eyesight good. Ghe wears no , and during her day in the glty her blue eyes were as bright, her eheeks as rosy and her step as light as @ young girl's. Indeed, it takes a very active person to keep up with this cheerful young centenarian. She fairly skips over the ground and shows a lively curiosity in everything of interest ground her. Came by Steamer. “We came down by the Mary Powell,” she explained, “and are going back by the same way this evenin’, Sure, but it’s the fine d'y, is the captain. Not a @int of money would he take from me en’ trated me to a fine bit of lunch fa the pretty parior of the boat, God diess him. An’ he says, says he, that I can come down to the city every week if I like an’ niver a cint will it eost me. The dlue eyes fairly danced and all the thousands of little criss-cross lines on the scanned old face apparently were Placed there to emphasize a jolly ehuckle. “Yes, I was about thirty-two years ol4 when I came over from Ireland and ” ft was New York that I lived in first, Gown on Greenwich street. Then, after @ dit, my John followed me over and then we were married and lved comer @f Grand street and the Bowery. Washed in Front Yards. “In those days ‘there were pumps in the streets of New Yor and we did our washin's In the front yards. It's @ifferent now." Mrs. Shepard's memory is marvellous ‘and she keeps up a continual running ‘ Batter of interesting reminiscences wherever she goes. “First, on the corner,” continued, “was a place where there were images! ry and statues of dogs and other animais, then there was our house and then the bank, Oh, but it's different now! Suro, they've tyllt on to the tops of the houses since then—they are so high, “And, Lord love us, but what are they @0i' to me now?" ghe exclaimed as the ‘) elevator shot up to the fifteenth floor. a When asked what she thouch of this 4 mode of transit Mrs. Shepard said amilingly: “Sure, it do be better than walkin’ up all them stairs." One very charming thing interesting old lady ts that she always finds a happy side to everything. Per- haps it is to this spirit of content that she owes her long life. “Sixty years ago,” she went on, “we moved to Poughkeepsie. and there I've lived ever since and gone always to the game old ohurch—St. Peter's. John died poon and then the cnildren—all but my #on John," she added with pride, “who's bout this livin’ in All Wants te Be Alone, bs § been there, yes; but I'd rather Mve at home, evon if it ts alone I be. There's too much noise in a house wid children, an’ gran’children an’ great- gran’ children," Mrs, Bhepard still lives in the home left to her by her husband, No. 17 Davis street, Poughkeepsie, and exists by the contributions of her many friends. The only things that trouble her now are the mortgage of on her house and the interest and taxes which she must pay. The mortgage waa taken at the time of her husband's ill- ness and death and is owned in part © undertaker. ‘s rale good, though,” she says, back one out of every If I cud only 8 gives me ie, eleven dollars I pay him, off the mortgage I'd die happy,” the Be, : said, with the first anxious look t her peaceful old face had worn. ‘Mrs. Shepard does all her own work— cooking, washing and ironing, and even @t times whitewashing. * Stove Is a Trouble, MRS. MARY SHEPARD, YOUNG AT Io3, HERE TO SEE WONDERS OF NEW YORK Experiment to Demon Chittenden, of Yale ‘The experiment about to be tried by Prof. Chittenden, of Yale, who has a theory that we eat too much, !« exciting soldiers has been assigned to hiin by the War Department, and they will be fed according to the scientific ideas of the Yale man. Perhaps the least interested in the ex- periments are the soldiers themselves, but Prof. Chittenden promises them they | will be better fed than on the usual | army rations, Exhaustive notes will be | taken while the men are under the dict, | and each individual case will be closely THE RICH EAT TOO MUCH, SAYS DR. GEORGE F. SHRADY. strate Theory of Prof. , Excites Comment. watched. “There is no doubt that the majority of people eat too much," said Dr. George F. Shrady to-day. ‘The rich are especially addicted to the overfeeding habit. With them bountiful breakfasts, heavy luncheons and elaborate dinners and sumptuous suppers are the rule.’ Tt is a question of living to eat rather than eating to live ‘The waste of material under the cir- cumstances seems more than wioked. considering the needs of the poorer e8. ng man, fortunately for ils supplies to his actual nd {= proportionately the Detter for it,” MOTHER AND FIVE CHILDREN HUNGRY Mrs. Annie Madden, of Brook- lyn, with Her Little Ones, Walk the Streets Four Days Vainly Seeking Shelter. ° | After wandering about the streets four davs with her five children, penniless and hungry, Mrs. Annie Madden, thirty- two years old, has at found shelter in the Ozanam Home. The children have been sent to the Children's Soctety. Acoompanied by her chiigren, Mrs. Madden entered the Ralph avenue ste- tion, Brooklyn, and asked Sergt. Shar- key for shelter for the little ones, who | ranged in age from fourteen months to twelve years, while she sought food for them, Mrs. Madden was hatless and without shoes, while the children were dressed in rags. They had been dispossesed tonlan rescued the crew of the Nor Wegian schooner Fjeld on Sept. 6 and brought them into nort. The Bostonian sighted a dismantled three-masted schooner. The latter had signals set asking assistance, and when. the Hostonian approached nearer it was found that all har boats were gone and that the crew wished to be taken off. ‘The steainer's Mfeboat was unable to get alongside the schooner, 60 one after nother the ten megn on’ the wrecked sohnoner jumped overboard and were picked up ‘by the rescuers, the task be- ing accomplished in about two and one- mathe eld om Phe F, was a new vessel, o pleted at Arendal, Norway, in July. LAWYER DISPUTES ALBERST MARRIAGE Says Certificate Showing Wed- ding of Widow Claimant to Estate Was Dated 2 Months After Alleged Husband Died. CLAIMS ERASURE WAS MADE. ————_ | Referee to Take Testimony In Sult of Mrs. Maria Alberst for Ac- counting of Money Left by Her man Alberst, Held by J. T. Magee. Henry W. Sackett has been appointed referees by Supreme Court Justice Bar- Tett to take testimony in a remarkable ease that has arisen over the settlo- ment of the estate of Herman Alberst, who died on Bept, 15, 1901, he present sult was brought by Alberst, who wiaims to be the widow of Herman Alberst, to compel Joseph T. Mages to turn over to her a ond and mortgage for 910,000 und cash eposited in banks amounting to about $3,700. Mrs, Alberst was represented by Headley M, Greene, who sald that his client, who was Alberst’s only heir, took out letters: of administration on the estate in October, 1901; that Megeo was her attorney until lest June, and that the bond and mortgage, which ran to Maria Alverst and Herman Aiberst, jr., or the survivor, was now held by Magee. Say Hie Mother Lives. Ex-Judge Richard N. Arnow, appear ing for Magee, made the startling reply that the plaintiff had never deen the wife of Alberst and that she was aware of the fact that Alberst's mother, also named Maria Aiberst, is alive and now an inmate of the Manhattan State Hos- Pitel on Ward's Island. Mr. Arnow farther stated that the marriage cer- ulicate presented by the plaintif to Magee in support of her claim to the estate had been issued in Washington in October, 190i, a month after the death of Alberst. In closing his reply Mr. Amow eaid: “Mr, Magee han ied to me as his coun- sel all the papers in the case, including the marriage certificate. I was examin- ing them carefully and happened to hold the certificate up ¢o the light. Through it I saw that there had been an erasure on the certificate, and found that * was over the date. Net a Wife, Says Lawyer. “Investigation showed me that June 3 ‘was not the real date, and I thereupon communicated with Washington, D. C., where the certificate was granted, and learned that the only record of such a marriage was dated Oot. 31, 1901. “Your Honor will notice that Alberst had been dead then almost two months, and this woman was already acting as his administratrix., Furthermore, it should de noticed that the certificate had been carefully antedated to a date prior to the mother’s committal to the asylum. I can only characterize this affair os an audacious piece of deviltry, the lke of which I nave never seen in all my experience. This woman was never Herman Alberst’e wedded wife; at best she was only nis common-law partner.” Mr, Arnow produced the certificate in court to show the erasures. from their home, at Broadway and Gates avenue, and since then had wan- dered about ‘the streets. The “woman said she had been deserted by her hus- band a few weeks ago. Th police took up @ bought the children food and The police are seeking the husband. TEN MEN RESCUED AT SEA. BOSTON, Oct. 6.—While a southeast squal was raging and a high cross sea made navigation in a small boat dim- cult, Third Cicer A. A. Cornwall and five of the crew of the steamship Bos- collection and ‘shoes. ment, The principal styles represented are: — Arabian, Irish Point, Tambour, Rufied Novelties. Madras, Sash Curtains, Bonne-Femmes Gr Bed Sets to match most of above. Drapery & Upholstery Fabrics. Fall Opening of Lace Curtains. We have now on sale in this department all our im- portations for the season, together with replete lines of domestic manufactured curtains, We consider the range of designs presented this week absolutely unequalled both as to quality and variety, | and we will endeavor to make them still more interesting by specially low price-quotations throughout the depart- |! Renatssance, Cluny, Antique, Brussels, Nottinghams, ‘THE WORLD: rubspay EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1903 speaking of a clever invention. a policy so simple that a child of By getting rid of all middlemen’s profits we can sell the best jewelry lower than you can buy Having a large factory in the same building with the LAMBERT store, we make a large (aa of the jewelry we sell, and the ideas of our designers are as bright as the gold and they are embodied. Preparations for Fall weddings are going busily on in a thousand homes, and the friends of iT the bride-elect are wrestling with the question “ What shall we give her?” and to help the imagination. They will find it full of wedding-gift suggestions. the beauty and variety of re stock—with the evidences of taste and fine workmanship, and they with the prices. 4 We have nothing second-rate to offer—nothing that falls below the high LAMBERT standard. KS If we had not kept faith with the public yearin and year out, we should not stand where we do i to-day. Our old customers come back, and we never have to assure them that our goods are always as represented. To the stranger we say: Please ask anybody who has dealt at the LAMBERT i store what its methods are, and be guided by the answer he gives you. ; it for anywhere else. gems in whic resent with nothing at AMBERT store. will be no less please |: sala Pe i as fas widths, shapes and sizes, absolutely guarantee every ring. sells as many rings as we do. A 14-karat ring will cost the prospective bridegroom from $3 to karat, $4 to $16; 22-karat, $6 to $20. these prices there is not a high profit in wedding rings, but eve: we gain the good will of two persons, who associate a LAMBERT seamless -ring ee 0 are a great genius could have thought of anything so simple,” says an enthusiastic writer, We do not pretend that the LAMBERT business is a work of genius, but its onward and upward progress of nearly twenty-seven years has been due to twelve can understand it. Speaking of Fall weddings naturally reminds us of weddi: We began making them long ago, and we kept on making them in Upon these shining circlets, these symbols of happiness without end, our reputation is largely built, We confess to a sentimental pride in this branch of our work. All the LAMBERT wedding rings are made right here on the premises. We We do not know and we never heard of a house with the happiest occasion of their lives. The lady’s watch shown in the cut fol- lowing these words is a little heavier than the one sold last season for the same price—$27.§0. The style of engraving is new. All the and richness of ornamentation cannot, of course, be shown in a newspaper picture, but you can get a pretty clear notion of the design. Although we do not make watch cases, we buy them of the best manufacturers, and a sample from icked out at random—is sent to the United States assay That is why the = LAMBERT guarantee is more than a mere form of words. ‘The beauty of our watches is more than skin deep. ‘With us, an artistic case is emblematic of good works inside. ‘We give a choice of Waltham, Elgin or Lambert movement. Although movements are not plentiful this year, and many jewelers are buying them at increased prices, we have not advanced the price of ‘urs, We made heavy purchases early in the year, ad by thus taking time by the forelock we saved aoney for our customers, | Guard Chain Prices Differ Trusty Timekeepers in Cases Rich | with Beauty. We Inspect the Timepieces of Two Great Railroads fpon the absolute accuracy of railroad men’s watches the lives of passen- gers may depend. We are naturally proud of the confidence of these two great cor- [axles ‘They would not entrust go all- important @ duty to any but the best watch- makers they can find, If your watch {s out of order, bring it to us in the full assurance that we will it the same care as if you were a dis- tcher atthe Grand Central Station. It a matter of business policy with us—we pretend to no higher motive—to put the same thoroughness into every bit of work we do, no matter how small it is, and this applies not alone to watch ing, but to every other branch of LAMBERT enter- prise. With few trifling rxceptions we make our yom solid gold guard chains ith solid gold slides. Prices nge from $10 to $500 -the higher priced ones ng set with sparkling ious stones. In no case is the standard of workmanship lowered. The same care, the same ZAMBERT ideal of excellence marks the $10 chain and the one for $500. Let the wedding ‘We make no charge for engra shaped slide, and the price is $15. The one with the round slide also con- talns a pearl and sells for $15. It ishard to decide ona uests call at the They will be delighted with ‘a 12; 18- ge, At time we sell one Handsome Soli Gold Watch for $40.00, Beautifully engraved hunting case of solid 14 kara and guaranteed. Choice c Walt “xige es Lambert works." We poe “<a splendid solid 14 karat gold face Watches for men at $27.50, but the Cases ere mat 80 heavy, nor’so handsomely carved. ‘This watch a strongly to persons of- good Pe al ee ayaa hyn Painstaking Workman- ship Never Varies Each of the two chains shown in the illustration is 48 inches long, of solid gold, "Both were ot Etruscan gold. A pearl is set flush in the heart- 9 “The only thing that comes a bit hard Wd ania ighting the fire at ® morn} Ns ove be a The roaking of a newspaper interested * the old lady mightily, but people inter- ested her si We direct attention to the extensive display we are) making in this department of Foreign and Domestic Goods, suitable for all styles of Draperies, Portieresand Furniture Upholstering. The following lines have an exceptioually strong | representation: of production {s cut down to a minimum, and the to work them out in detail. Sometimes he leaves the margin of profit is narrow. We stake our reputa- whole matter to us, In either case the LAMBERT 2 tion on the quality of these chains. Frices range expertness and knowledge are at his disposal, and he He from $12 to $60. d Old Gold and New Ideas. SUNS AS ‘We remodel or refashion old jewelry. Sometimes a customer in quest of such service has good ideas of his own, but, not being a jeweler, does not know how Our solid gold Vest Chains are made al of by a man who deals only with the best stores. We bay of im direct, thus saving middlemen's profits. 7 ACE ZIGEALOALS FARCAAA AAA AAA POR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. till more. es i There's many a slip twixt mith : the foot and the fit. Brooklyn Bridge wasn wonder to,ter.| The shoe that. slips for- de clever compariso: So tite Poughksepste and Awany bridges, Abie But the. hi ward at every step is tiresome pays simply for work and material—not a cent for the experience and judgment that are the fruits of years of study. anufacturer is a practical goldsmith, person iy directing every branch of his business, from the selection of gold to the sale of the product. The cost th buildings awed her more . than anything else. etent “hoote: phe ‘counted, eraning ‘ner |fO Wear. ' é ors.’ ahe cou A hi Mi feat back, and sho wad her neck and] THe Coward" Shoe never Velours. . single and doubte faced, ees Rho m cabs were a€ once a de-| 4. a “ Armures. eeeeeiD full color ranges. Senmcnmnaad "aL MR od Pa eT aunt ser” ane] SUPS> Damasks..............in plain and moire, : Open said with enthusiasm, “an’ look at the ‘way he do be turnin’ out for the cars, 0 “wise-like!" ‘When she reached the Mary Powell at the close of the day, Mrs. Shepard said that rhe felt as if she could do ft all Saturday Nights Until 10, ‘Tapestries., .in cotton, wool and silk, j Brocades. ...,in full, rich designs, Byeniags Livonias.......in latest color combinations, Until It holds the foot firmly at the waist and instep, and supports the arch. » The “ Coward "’ never tires the foot. ° a Bum: plenty. alcep 6 “BOLD NOWHERE ELSE, Dlenty aa’ 1 don't drink no intoxicants ty Ea ari T've seen too thuch sor: AMES 8. COWARD, it Tai lle. ie over a “Faith, ['m comin’ goon again,” rhe id, "an? then I want to see some more of the town. “How do I keep my health and live go long? less ye, 1 fist live and don't worry. fea ty. F Greenwich St., near WarrdnSt.,N.¥, |