The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1904, Page 4

GIVE Deficient — Steps the Playhouses. paint McClellan received to-day the rta of the building inspectors who gut yesterday to look over the tres of Manhattan Borough. These show that, while there were violations of the laws régulating Diillding and equipment of theatres, tre is hopelessly deficient. It is probable that many drastic improve- ita will be ordered to make danger- places safe. The reports were taken by Building Irippector Thompson to Borough Presi- mt Ahearn, who sent them to the yor, Reports from the Fire Depart- ment and Health Department inspectors Wil also be forwarded to Mayor Mc- puty Fire Commissioner Doyle, of 4s in possession of the reports hen, ‘who have inspected the several Brooklyn of amusement would be ex- ely dangerous in case of fire, but Doyle says that inasmuch as they ‘built before the present building i§ Were passed he cannot close them. Morce Precautions to He Taken. ‘He: bas given orders that improve- mente shall be made at once in fire protective apparatus and bas arranged t@ have thé managers make fuller pro- vision for the escape of audiences in of fire. klyn has been divided into two inspection districts, with a captain gharge of each. It will be the duty the captains to visit every theatre their districts every night and per- ally agsure themselves that the as- curtains and other fire machinery mets are in working order, that the are open and that there Is no © from lights. manager of a theatre or mu- hali in this clty has been notified by tendent of Buildings Henry 8. pson that all stage scenery, cur-| D , decorations and woodwork on or t the stage must be painted or urated with a non-combustible ma- to make them fireproof. fireproofed scenery, with all work painted with a non-com- ible paint and with asbestos cur- ‘as @ still further protection, the ger of fire on’ the stage of a New theatre would be reduced to a inimur, 209 of the Bullding Code pro- ‘that all scenery and woodwork the stage shall be made fireproof; Orie of Them Found to Be Hopelessly ' proofing of the Materials in Use in t while going. to the cellar for some cou! ta he } By the time he bad sent in an alarm} and the firemen had arrived the fire hy w 8 w Taken for Fire- iw third at Bi yet tt is doubtul if that section has ever been enforced. There has been much talk of the testing of asbestos curtains, but thus far no manager has coms fo ward with the claim that his stage set- tings are fireproof and cannot burn, The enforcement of this section would insure greater safety to theatre patron: Mayor Did a Little fh Mayor McClellan did @ little investi- gating for himself last night. He at tended the perfotmance of ‘“Parsifal” at the Metropolitan Opera-House, and while strolling about the second bal- ceny met Assistant Foreman Lenihan, of the Fire Department, whom Commis- sioner Hayes hay made theatre in- ting. wo Theatres Threatened. Inspectors from the Building Depart- olo ment went to two theatres last night, one In Harlem and the other on Broud- way, with orders not to allow them to be opened Unless certain alterations had been made. The ulterations were made and the performances went on 4s usual, in Sept, 23 last Supt. Thompson, ot the Building Department, sent the ‘fol- lowing notification to managers of the- atres: “Your nttention Is hereby the requirement that all bridges placed in any theatre, concert or m halt, for the use of electric, arc or Nights, must ullt of iron properly secured to the brick walls, and must be not less than 2 feet 6 Inches wide ana | 4 foot 6 inches long and provided with on fron railing not less than 2 feet 6 inches high on all exposed sidey und ends, and the floor of the invite | without op “All existing bridges in the above mentioned bulldings not in conformity with this regulation must be replacea by ew bridgen constructed as specitied above. “Wherever It Is necessary to reach y ladde: the same must | urely such bridges tened to brick be of iron, wal Supt, Thompson announces that after the theatres have been disposed of there will be a thorough Inspection of all the school houses in the city. Annex buildings in particular will be closely inspected, as many of them are old and would burn like tinder boxts if once ignited, W CHICAGD HORROR loyees of a Sub-Contractor * the Futler Construction Co. Charged with Nailing the Ven- fi _jfilators Down. ¢ CHICAGO, Jan, 7.—The arrest to-day of William J. Maher and George Nagel is considered important by Coroner ‘Irager in connection with the Investt- gation into the recent theatre horror. men were employed by a sub- contractor of the Fuller Construction ¥. According to the policé, the mien say. they nailed down the venti- on the roof of the theatre over je stage and that examination will i: yp that the skylight frames had er been removed. In other words, the dafety vents for a fire on the stage Were never operated even experiment- ally and évéry audience that ever sat _ Im the Iroquois Theatre from the day the theatre was opened had been in imminent danger of roasting to death Wholesale whenever a fire proke out fe Mexitting Is the sub-contractor of the Fuller Construction Company who, employed Maher and Nagel, ‘The two Workmen Were both in bed when ar-) res! "The workmen explain to the lice that the nails were expected to Pemoved later and the skylights in proper working order when theatre was placed in the hands the owners. Both men expressed wnens to Appear before the Coro- ry. BOY FALLS FROM ROOF. 4 Barney Jordan, sixteen years old, of ‘No. 115 Division street, fell from the; fot of his ‘home to-day to the yard be-! low. He recetved a fracture of the skull ahd was taken to Gouverneur Hospital. é = | Life Span of the Haman Race. (From Harper's Weekly.) Science has given tho human race oily @ Mmited span of existence. This was one of the prospects which dis- treased Darwin, and it has welghed many other sensitive minds, Some t millions of years or so is about average estimate. The discovery radium/naturally led to the question whether the existence of the metal in @un thight not indefinitely prolong uminary’s active life. Much dis- ntment was therefore felt ut the wults of investigations undertaken by — &.Cambridge scientist. After some * exposure of very sensitive so- the sun, he was unable to YOUNG WOMEN HURT IN IHTING FIRE spector. With Lenihan the Mayor in- spected the various exits of the thea- tre and was much interested as Leni- han explained matters from a fireman's pcint of view. Health Commissioner Darlington also visited a number of the Broadway theatres last ‘night. Commissioner Hayes said to-day that he had received many letters contain~ ing complaints of various theatres, wuuny of these complaints were friy- called to Misses Lillian and Florence Reid: Bravely Sought to Extinguish | Flames That Started in Their The young women and their brother, Horetio, Nve with their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Reid. Miss Lillian saw) flames in a paper basket in her brother's room. Picking tp a heavy comfortable the young woman threw it over the basket, and then called to her sister, | way, and the women were compelled to resort to the use of water, in order to keep the flames under control unti) the arrival of the firemen, Then the blaze was soon extinguished, \ Miss Lillian Reid's hair and eyebrows were singed and her hands slightly v Grandmother’s Home. . By hard work, Ldliian end Florence Reid to-day prevented flames from spreading at their home at No. 312 West | who was jn an adjoining room, burned. Her sister: was also slightly Fifty-fitth street. . i The fire had gained too much head- burned on the hands. or DEATH CAUSED BY COLD. , Hansen's Feet, Hands and | Kars Were Frozen. William Hanson, a young saitor on the schooner W. B. ‘Hansen, died on board that vessel at the foot of Doug- las street, Brooklyn, to-day Hansen's fee, and ‘ears were frozen during the zero weather last Sunday and fey and this caused his death. y. Forsythe’s Great Sale Wash Waists $2.00, Regular price, $3.50, | Roy of the signs characteristic m rays. The verdict, therefore, the discoverey of radium af- ope that al all, be a constituent It 4s well known that the reveals the abundant ex- ce gun of hellum—this metal, wi eee en abe sun before proper- si hat all hts mm may, Possible t! pranatcemed radium will continue all this week, | No such offering will be made again this Season. Do not fail} to take advantage of it, | | John Forsythe, THE WAIST HOUSE, 865 Broadway, 47th and Skt WENT FOR COAL, SAW SMOKE Firemen Soon Arrived and Made on the French -Mne boats, THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, ANUARY 7, 1904. Short Work of the Uinre, | One of the tenants of the five-story | ‘at-house at No. 188 Madison sven akt night Was met at the door by a puff ft smoke. ud eaten Its way up to the first floor, hich Is occupied as a saloon by Fritg | preckles, ‘The blaze was extinguished vith a loas of $1,600, > ————— FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL. An Italian who rogistered as Dominick Sessa, of Chicago, and who was about thirty years old, was found dead about | tenements in o'clock Inst aight in a room on the floor of the Knickerbocker Hotel jarrow and West streets, the man ng been asphyxtate: © believe the man's d accidental. In his vand $6§ in eash and a eteerage ticket FREMARKABLE values while values, at...... teeece $2,50 fine Worsted Sweaters, 34 to the second floor. TENEMENT FIRED 2.50 Worsted Sweaters at *1.90 sizes 38 to 46; 10-inch collar, $2.50 51.90 $2 Worsted Sweaters, 6-In. collar, at $1.50. You'll find them in the sporting goods section on to to-day's, and they will ‘hold him watil an investigation has been made by thé Fire Marshal, The worst of the blazes planted was in a bfg double deck tenement on the | ist corner of Seventh avenue and y street, also known as No. | 67 West Thirty-first atreet. A fire was set in the first floor and tn ment. ‘The hallways and the ts rapidly filled with smoke Two Other Fires Also Set in| ants were driven to the fire- 3 escapes. Children wept bitterly as the Same Neighborhood Within q/cold struck them and women shrieked for help. Every one on-the first three dni wife, brother and son; Mrs, Charles ade: ‘dia not Bernard und two children; Mrs. Kra~|j¥,,{He Mouse. Hef mer, 1 widow and four children; and| grabbed. slit. hy the man. He fri George Wood, his. wite and one child, Poth women and inade his escape, all in’ thely night clothes. ne One mother, during the height of the | brigade and excitement, ted bedelothing together | outa and lowered her baby to the sidewalk, {oin poll where it was caught in the arms of'| investigate, Cpon leaving the ba tenant on one of the lower floors or | Passed Anderson, and, recognizing jas the man who the house ‘ Christmas Eve a No one was injured and the house | fiv was in a condition to permit the occu-| san! pants to return to the apartments, | ‘Anderson had been arrested in the | he was doing in the neighborhood. find three childten; George Sidracl, his | and quickly, grabbed. the he house. He fought Short Time of One Ane-| floors got out safely and found protec-|mean time, and when the crowd learned | Kelleher and ‘his prisoner were passing tion from the weather in.nearby saloons | this they iried to tuke him away from | the tenement on the corner when flames th d hotel Policeman Kelleher, The policeman | and smoke Durst tout of the windows other. | and hote en, fought them off and with difficulty got/ and, drarging tie dishwasher to an Scnling Ladders Used. *| away from the scene to the West ‘Thir-| alanm box he sent Ja a call for ap- ‘The people on the fourth floor fled to tieth street station, whete he Imprisoned | paratus, © incendiary fires were set in| the escapes on the Thirty-firat street| ‘The first work of the incendiary was ‘The Third Fire Put Out. Three incendiary fires were set in @iscovered at No. 158 West Thirty-first | I; " ide and were it off the Tenderloin district |*!4¢ And were cut off trom descending | Macovernt Ss tho way from the fire de- by the flames which burst from the] *irta "nove, household was awakened by, the commotion, and with a bucket snow’ they put the blase ich was burning briskly hear the ‘was sent to the Tender- loin police, and Kelleher was sent to place he him | ad’ been arrested on held in Bellevue for lays under examination as to his! pittle Damage Done, but Members , decided to take him to the sta-) tion-house and have him explain what ‘The: *hirtl fire was in the cellar of No. M1 West ‘Thirty-eighth street and was bs ont work last night he didn't feel sleep: and according to his story, he sat Herald Square reading a newspaper un- til very late. He was on his way home when fire engines’ passed him and he followed them to the scene of the fire. —<—<—<——__—_ SMOKE EMPTIES CLUB. Were Panle Stricken. A defective flue was the cause of much excitement in the Womairs Uni+ versity Club, at No. 10 Gramercy Park, late last night. Quite a number of the members had retired when smoke began to pour through the halls. Screams and panio followed. The women rushed into the street, thinly clad, and the ‘iremen in- early to aay and only that they were! windowa between them and the street, reported to the police, ‘The proprietress Aiscovered in time prevented grent loss| ‘They had to wait until firemen threw Ea ata Prin Tne ot thal ott, Rowse said she had put it out vaded the sacred precincts In a search, “Jot lfe and property. ‘The police ar=| scaling ladders up against the side of| janitress, was passing through the first|\ Mrs. Herren and her daughter were| A defective flue was found to be the * rested James Anderson, a dishwasher, | the building and carried them to safety, | floor heliway Mfr a ae darted up| taken to the pollee station to identify Ca Nne oF ene anne Dee eerar cone mas Eve ynder circumstances simtiar| Frank Belsen and his family of wite| She smelled smoke coming from below] wax inclined at first to say that sho| thelr rooms they last— 36, at $1.75 First Friday After Inventory Affords Unprecedented Saving Opportunities. Full Clamp Ice Skates, 85c. hd Ts a special Friday offering—made of the very finest cast steel, nickel plated; sizes 85c @ PSomen’s Strap Skates, 10% size, at 65e men's a) a . * Ne SIXTH AVE, 19% T020™ STREETS ‘986, Anklo Braces, 78c,; 69c. Bracesat 50c. $1.25 Hockey Skates at 65c. 10 to 12; while they last, at. 2a Floor. LL the merchandise brought to light during the semi-annual! stock-taking period which we refused to inventory goés on sale to-morrow at. prices that will make this a makes it an ironclad (35¢ for Remnants *1 Silks) a sale out of the ordinary, and that means considerable here. Annual Sale Embroideries. long-to-be-remembered occasion. It’s not often that yeu can buy seasonable merchandise at these prices. Couldn't rule not to count during stock-taking odds and ends, broken lots or cut pieces. Cannot find room to quote all the great saving opportunitles—this announcement barely contains a_representative offering—and the really remarkable values In our regular lines are overshadowed by our Great Annual White Sale. (55¢. For instance, we do not quote Furniture, Rugs, Curtains or Draperies, but you'll find these sections replete with after-inventory offerings that stamp this occasion as There’s a third-off sale in our art ware and china section that will interest all lovers of fine art ware. $1.69 for $2.50 Dressing Sacques. now except that this store for *2 Dresser Scarfs) this annua) event offers the values in America—prices prove t tion. enough embroidery for 29¢ to 29¢, for 75c. Embroldery for children’s skirts— atterns—excel- surplus line. 10c. for 25c. Embroideries. \ ple strips of fine embroidery somest lot of embroideries we've ever s! fast, too, at 15c. and 10c. * 39c. for *1 All-Overs. and 10c, SAY, without the least hesitancy, that Just stop and think—during this sale you can buy dress. Ordinarily you'd have to pay 75c. fora yard. full 27 inches wide, large variety of lent quality of material—2,000 yards—a manufacturer's entire \ Some worth $1.50— you cannot find their counterpart in New York for the money—we took them all—handsome all-over designs. 10¢. for 35c. Wash Laces. 3,000 yards of manu- facturers’ samples—broken sets of edgings, insertions— odd widths of fine Point de Paris, Normandy, Vals, etc.—at 15, Men’s 25c Half Hose at 19c Women’s °12.50 Coats at °8.75. THs is one of the special offerings incident to our great January sale of Women’s Suits and Coats—a sale that always furnishes the very best values of the entire year. Third Floor. You_want to take into consideration, though, that they are the Simpson Crawford. Co.'s Suits and Coats, and besides the faultlessly fashioned very best embroidery he truth of the asser- Main Floor. 51.69 lar. For Friday only. $2.50 for $3.50 narrow velvet ribbon, make a little girl’s Manufacturers’ sam= and insertion—the hand. hown, and they are going N_ After-Inventory Sale these rare values possible. secona Ftoor. for $2.50 Eiderdown Dressing Sacques, daintily bound with satin, new bell Ae a col- made with extra deep ruffle on skirt—trimmed with “Remnants of $1 Silks at 35c. OF course, there’s not many then, while they last they'll early Friday shoppers. tunities that knowing shoppers eagerly await. 1s rioor. Remnants of Silks and Velvets—Not a that makes German Flannel Wrappers— of them, but a great treat for It’s one of those rare oppor- Yard Reserved—at 35c. Boys’ 56, §7, & 8 Suits at 3. THE value-giving importance of this great after-inventory sale is only half told in these items. . There are many others that will perhaps appeal to you more than this one, i 19¢ for Men’s'25¢ Hal black cotton and ribbed catten, brok 19c for Children’s 25c “Hose—Boys' girls’ heavy cotton and wool black ribbs 17c¢ for Women’s 256 unbleached fleece-lined and lace lisle'thread black hose. garments the name implies, there’s an intrinsic worth, the result of careful and skilled work- manship, that_you do not find in the ordinary 2. ready-to-wear garments. Women’s £12.50 Kersey Coats, $8.75 » —Made of a fine quality of Kersey, loose fit- ting, bishop sleeves, turnover cuffs, velvet $ oke, the new double shoulder cape, satin 8 75 gf lining, at ....... easecrcccccccsncvcercresces (2 “Women’s *16.50 Coats at £10.00. —A handsome, simart creation, made of an excellent” quality of Kersey, the new military model, with the $ * individual shoulder capes, new pence Sleeves, turn- | '@) oyer cuffs, fancy metal buttons, black satin lining, at Women's £23.75 Tailor-Made Suits at *16.50. —Made of a fine quality of Venetian and Cheviot, in black and blue; Eton Jacket, with the new and stylish epaulettes, the smart pouch sleeves, flare cuff, trimmed with taffeta piping and 5] 6 50 ° Main Floor, Housefurnishings. FrRibay will be a remark- able day in our housefur- nishing section for all economical shoppers. Basement. We camot begin to tell youall the sayings---can just give you an inkling: 756. for $1.45 four-tube Gas Ra- diators, 19 in, high. $1,75 for $3.90 six-tube Gas Radiators, 12 powerful burners. $1.90 for $3 ‘‘Banner’’ Oll Heat- er—simplest, safest heater made, 106. a yard for Table Olicloth, 1% yds. wide. 106. for 35c. Ratsin Seeders, 756. for setof 3 Irons, including handle and stand, Mrs, Potts's. 10c. for imported Jap.Canisters. 10c. for 10-qt. Garbage Pails. 20c. for imported China Salt Boxes, 85c, for round barrel hampers. $1.00 Eyeglasses, 50c WE begin the new year in our Optical Department by offering these excellent glasses for 50c., the regular price of which is $1, Com. petent opticians will see that you are titted right. Mata Floor. Nickel, rimless eyeglasses, fitted with fine white crystal lenses. After-Inventory Clearing Sale of Dress Goods Ts a remarkable offering, to be sure, but then it’s the result of after-inventory requirements and we've got to make the most of it, and you ought to too, for you'll never see these suits priced so low again. A complete clearance of all high-grade suits, all styles, all sizes; no need to dwell upon the merits of the Simpson Crawford Co.’s boys’ clothing—the fine work~ : .€ vette; : ; i bial. jecond Floor, f, Hoge—cashmer,. SEMRPES en's sar fea sone se ‘etn Sut ise 7 16 years, = 7" fas Women's Dress -Skirt8 at $5.75, aiplsetsrouse sults, sios3 iz’ @ All at ed hose, broken Sizes. Velvet Coat Like ay gore, wide’ flaring effect, with graduated flounce, $ An Tete or Novelties, sizes 2% 83 00 el b ine, seven , 5 * . : a | U ' d “he : Ball Bearing Annual January Sale Muslin Underwear | sewingmachines iF YOU'VE been the rounds you’ve undoubtedly noticed that ours is the best patronized White Sale in all New 1 3.95, eo Second Floor, York, It's such wonderful values as we quote to-day that make this sale so successful. ; ‘Then, too, the name Simpson Crawford Co. gives to each garment a distinctive character—a worthiness that most | underwear G p There’s been a great deal said about the high price of cotton, but so far as we are concerned it’s not worthy of mention, because there’s not a garment in our store that is affected by cotton speculation—bought too early—too liberally—with foresight and judgment. 19c for 25c. Corset Covers, the dain- 19c¢ for 25c. Muslin Drawers, made 50c for 85c. muslin and cambric tiest, sheerest, creations you've ever with a deep cambric ruffle, hemstitched Night Gowns; cut round and low neck, seen for the moneye varlety of Ayla} trimmed and tucked. It’s, to be frank, about half price trimmed with hemstitched lawn and lace edges; with Jace and hemstitched ruffles. at 19¢. positively worth 85c, ; for'$1.50 Night Gowns, Corset Covers and White Petticoats—a manufacturer’s sample line. and you know makers 98¢ bestow their Dest efforts upon samples—handsomely trimmed with lace, made of nainsook—in reality they are half price. ‘ for children’s fleece- | | 9c lined Sheeping Garments, 7G i ‘awers, for children’s and for children’s and for Children's, Drawers, | 2QG misses’ fine muslin 40c, 396 misses’ Night Gowns, sizes with feet ; just the thing for little tots ; with hemstitched lawn; remarkably | these cold nights. | values; only 3 toa customer. Drawers, tucked and trimmed with | 2 to 16 years, dainty tucked yoke, edging and ruffle. trimmed with cambric ruffle, ’ s e s Women’s $3.50 Winter Shoes at $1.40; Slippers, 59c THEY. are the odds and ends discovered during stock-taking, and to make short work of them we've priced: them at speedy selling—not many of a kind, to be sure, but all sizes in all the lots, Segond Floor, These great values will create a great sensation, for never betore have we offered such remarkable S| AO values at this price—odd lots from our regular lines that have been selling at $3.00 and $3.50, at........ we ° Women’s Beaded Strap Kid Evening Slippers— 1 40 Women’s Felt Slippers—the kind you've always 59c French heel, also same grade without beads; worth $2.50, at..... paid $1.00 for; all sizes, many colors, at, . tr is a sale of short lengths—remnants, if you please—a time when you buy dress goods worth up to $1 per yard for 19c., 25. and 50c. A yearly clean-up that’s known ‘far and near as the foremost sale of Short lengths of black and colored dress goods, novelties, mixed suitings, plain col- ored fabrics—all weaves—while they last at these unprecedented prices, 19¢., 25c., $0c. 25¢. and 50c. a yard for all short lengths of Black and Colored Dress Goo¢s Novelties, 19¢. 756. Mixed Suitings, plain Colo one of the best Season. $ | 40 German novelty Suitings, rough and ready Tweeds. 396. * ing fads. ress goods buying hi: Yard for $1 New Chiffon Volle, 25 - pieces, an early importation of the coming fabric, soft, clingy and perfect black. We count this as Yard for $3.75 finest French and Yard for 38-inch pure Mohair, all cream, five neat, new ae latest waist. | S$] 20 ° THs sale dress goods that takes place during the year. the history of this store. « Main Floor. 366 25c Mercerized Madras Cloth at 12%¢ red Fabrics of all weaves. $1. N It | 95¢. tard oleae ovelty | Ziballne This price gives you a handsome dress for a trifle. 51 White Spreads, 75¢—Honeycomb Quilts of full size, good quality; cost at present cotton . prices is $1.10, special al 756 $3. Marseilles Quilts at *2—Hemmed 9 Feady for use; regular $3 values,,......6.....0.0.5. 52 Dresser Scarfs and Shams, 55c.— In the lot you'll find values worth up te $2; Scarfs ahd Shams of very fine Swiss mull with embroidery; remarkable values at . 55¢. 396 Yard for 59¢. Black All-Wool Crystal © Armure, 50 pieces, new weave, perfect black. 59c Yard for 85c, New Plaids, 50 pieces, © bright colorings in new, novel satin stripe ef- fects, no more suitable cloth for children’s dresses or winter waists for ladies, n! Yard for. $3 High-Class. Novelty Suitings, many designs controlled by us. opportunities of the 4 4 -SiZo, English and Scotch The Great Annual Sale of White Goods. rows. in public appreciation every day—the full import of the exceptional values offered has been confirmed and approved by the greatest patronage we've ever enjoyed in * 12.46 White Goods Remnants at 6c 20c White Goods Romnants at 10c 29c White Goods Remnants at i240 White Goods Remnants at 150 50c White Goods Remnants at 25c Dainty, fashionable material for waists, d seat : children’s wear, house dresses and sheer spring and summer dresses. Hundreds of styles and colorings to choose from—beautiful silky finish -material, full 28 inches wide. Now is the time to lay in your season’s supply for street waists and dainty summer frocks at Cotton Sheets— Pillow Cases—aAs our prices Indicate, the high price of cotton does not affect our great annual sale—bought before the rise. ‘Single-sized Bed Sheets, Utica brand, 50c. Bod Showts, Utica brand, 60c. . ized Bed Sheets, Utica brand, 70c, Hemstitched Sheets, 54x90. 65c. values, 55c. Homstitched Sheets, 72x90, 756. values, 650. Hemstitched Sheets, 61x90, 95c. values, 850. Linen-finished Pillow Cases, henistitched ends, 42%36, at 15c.; 45x36, at 16c.; Pull-s: EEMS like an extravagant statement, doesn’t it? But ask the agent his price for the identical machine— he may say fifty instead of forty. It runs along almost without any pedal work. Has every im- provement of the newest Singer model, and some additional no- tions of its own, It is noiseless; has self-threading shuttle, auto; matic tension and all running parts are ball bearing. Latest attachments, of course. Woodwork is highly polished oak; new swell front, 3 drawers, drop head construction, resem- bling a table when closed. Guaranteed for 5 years. $13.95. Another one of our specials is our Automatic Lift, which agents et $50.00 for. We're letting them out at $20.00. Fourth Floor. ‘ Main Flodér, 12%¢ ‘GOX36, at 17c.; 84x36, at 18c. : recognized him, it sehen pressed to be, an At r saya that he Crig tite eat] nee thied. street. After =r