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PTORS ROUTED. HOTEL FR Three. Hundred Members of Theatrical Company Flee from Grand Palace Hotel—Buitding Damaged About $3,000. | GROSSED ELECTRIC WIRES CAUSED THE BLAZE. Hostelry Patronized Principally by Theatrical Persons—Sec- ond Time the Building Has Been Afire Lately. CHICAGO, Jan. %.—Ill-fortune of Chicago theatrical people during th last few weeks was again in evidence a fire in the Grand Palace Hotel, Ip diana and Clark streets, early to-day. nearly two hundred members of the- atrical troops being driven into the Streets by the flames. It was with difficulty that a panic was averted and the frightened men and women were assisted from the structure |' in safety. ‘The fire originated on the second floor, supposedly from crossed electric wires. and was carried quickly up the elevator shaft by a draught to the top floor. The building is a part of the H. J. Dickey estate. It is a six-story brick building, well provided with fi ‘The damage to the structure $3,000. This {s the second fire in the building in the past two weeks. The first fire started from a lighted cigarette thrown on the hall carpet on the third floor, Almost all the guests at the hotel fare members of theatrical companies stranded in Chicago. Guent Runs Flevator. Joseph North a guest of the hotel. saw the amoke in the shaft and ren downstairs in the rear of the building to notify th m clerk, “Nhe Clerk im- mediately started awakening the guests and Northrup stepped into the elevator, ran {t upward through the smoke and flames and telped arouse the guests a che top floor, The halis were soon filled with ex cited men and women. ‘The coole: guests were compelind ty force them back from the wi «and fire-eseapes, toward which a vax belng made, A number of wo e preparing to jump from the we when polive- men arrived and al the work of re- straint and rescue. The women were led to Av rear stairway, down whieh they escaped through the smoke, witteh was pouring upward from the lower floors. Minn Mitchell Saved hy Firemen, Miss Loulve Mitchell, who had been hemmed jo by the flamen, was rescued by the firemen and taken’ down a fire- wscape, Few of the guests hind time to dress, but a number of the women had thought of their theatrié robes and stood shivering in ti er hails of the “building botdine waudy decorations of gauze and tinsel, (the fire wos Catal quickly after the guests ha en taken from the building. CHICAGO THEATRE 10 SPEND $5000 | This and Two Months’ Time the| Estimate Made by Mananers Who Must Comply with the New Regulations. for the openin hi bs, standard ely’ lo be advo. Ye, and that the make vorre- UN CHITIC OF Hs WEES ACTING. ——— yous the rue on Davies, dea Daysow heni sot hy . | for the face, neck and hands fe r ©. “owith (ile p rustied i of the head by lated on a New York stage In a log vn # {AND DRUGGISTS: THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVE. THE “SASSY SUE” GIRL SEES ‘THE SECRET OF POLICHINELLE” AT THE MADISON SQUARE. PLGLODDIAEIAIDEDBOOOGOR OA ater Barriocole at the Garden, $-99-9O00000 A SECRET YOU SHOULD KNOW It’s “The Secret of Polichinelle”. © Told by James K. Haokett’s | Clever Comedians at the Madison Square Theatre. Every theatre-lover In town should! know “The Secret of Pollchinelle.” It's too good to keep, Hardy first- nighters who crept shivering and chat- tering into the Madison Square Theatre were warmed to the Innermost cockles of their honest-and-true hearts by the healthful glow of this cheerful comedy. Spring had grown out of winter—« ower had blossomed in the fright zone the deally first night had been robpea of {ts sting. For once you were really} glad you had come. Hackett has done many, Lord forgive bim! bur) prafseworthy as. fishing | y out of Paris with one of the jes which has co-oper- James K things—the hothing clevere the pleee ix in origin rither the children or nt to see it without Merely a Family Tus renliy nothing more than Pappy family reunion with a | youemy-children” t tat it starts off rather to stories “suns Chemise,” quent admonitions to Innocent e to "go and stiayd by the wins il the worst 1s over."’ In the literest. of Madison Square however, it Is but fair to all these “stories” turn out xe alarms and that greedy Ceney keeps her near ear cocks. for naught, Airs take a family turn when M. t REMOVES ) WRINKLES. Wrinkles are y unmistakable evi- dence of malnu- trition and inani- tion of the skin. There is no rea- son why the skin of the face and | hands should not be as fine in teature is that which the clothing concenls ook at the delicate skin of your In- | ner arm and know that it is possible | io attain the same standard of beauty SPECIAL 5 hwidewhood, o6O@ BRIPORMOODNG FBG DDE 4 G6 CP DEGPGERNGG’ rer that their nly secretly girl whe others ana and Mme, Jouvenel 4 enterprising boy has married a pretty makes artificial fto wears real ones In her cheeks, but that they are grandparents of ‘as fine a boy ke ever gave Impetus to the toy trade ‘The Grannies Dinne: Grandpa and eri the other will c ble. ir pares to the humt where each Marie and Finally M x, brings them all together 1 rental roof, his diplomatic han: little Hobert vital friend. under the pa- neomaker the best ters of hin care plays it with wkeliful adr “and a heht elightful, His en to become far form of salutation. ed the v stern snes and catch his breath, and galloned nb @ stage with nrecocious Master Chi Rarriscale on his back until the 01 ‘as in an unroar of merriment 1 that would have disgraced any well-| conducted nursery. | As for Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh, who! was Mme, Jouvenel, pledge is hereby | made to support her for the residency of the next orphan asyium established in Greater New York. She fairly dif- fused maternal spirit, and looked as lovely as the youngest woman in the dompany. The prize beauty was Grace Kimball, who, as Mme. Santenay, wore a huge green plume, as a badge of grass perhans, and acted as charmingly as she drossed. Florence Conron must have touched the heart of every woman in the house by the sympathet!c way in which she acted the nervous, apprehensive young n THURSDAY The following music, wh 60 Gents per copy, we offer a’ per copy. Add 2 cents for 11° Tho Girl You Love. my Palm-Loaf Maid. (Charlotte Wiehe’s ig nit.) The Song Hit of Sammy. Wizard of Oz. I'm Sorry I'll Be Busy All Noxt Weok. Gpanenye) Liza vane. i . Mendelssohn's Spring Song: With Words, For Home and ireland.) Andrew Mack's Wo'll Hurry to Church. Big Song Hits. T Love You. Knickerbocker Girl. Jogephine, My Joo. Kedp on a-Sh fet Silv'ry Moon, I'd Liko to Hear That Song Again. The Office Boy. 1 Don't Warit to Be @ Lady. Mother IT but Kpew. Sultan of Sulu. 11 Laces and Graces. Valso Ideal: very pretty. in Old VI Waltzes (new), Billionaire Two-Step. La Coquette; Intermezzo. 11° TIE CROWN DANCE FOLIO ‘Acknowles THE CROWN MANDOLIN AND GUITAR 1 Also the Following Popul Melody in ‘ ‘at Monie Goose.'’ The gr of the rf howith Simple Mon: Oran B10 Fellow ne the fi 1 A full directions for develouing th 1 Park Pla. New Yor! AArese DR. CHARLES CO, us. We solicit and pay 5) orders from teachers and musicians p: believing ‘| Brooklyn Woman Tells How Father q wife and mother, a Frank Patton, i, y Ve ty." Ne P though handicapped ‘by two or tire {9th St. New York City." Not a melodramatic speeches, made an accepy Patent medicine. ~ —_ Stimpson Crauford Ca. 11° Sale Sheet Music 11° LAUGHING WATER Three Little Maids. , UNDER THE MISTLETOE BOUGH Just out. Harry. Bulger’s Big hit in ‘Mother LAUGHING The Instrumental Craze of the Country. For Plano: ber Me. 3916-24-01 O44 G44GAOMOOREDD RS H99OSTTE RED HS PHPHEIIISIOIOS has its i ‘The Secret of Polichin mcrae) capital comedy. John's Medicine Built Her Up. “T have been using Father John's Medicine for some time, and {t has been a wonderful cure. I take cold very eas and find your remedy a great tonic. Before I had taken your medicine 1 was all run down from hard work t T am feeling a grewt deal better now. I have recom- mended it to others, and they also say it has done them good. I am a | great sufferer of catarrh, and Father | Jobn’s Medicine had given me relief. | will always be in our family (Signed) Miss Lena Bennett, 17 Hull St., Brooklyn, N, Y." Not a patent medicine. New York Womans Child Cured by Father John's Medicine. _ “My two youngest children had a | terrible cough, of which they were cured by Father John’s Medicine. | One of them had never been strong from birth, and was continually tak- ing colds, which settled on her lungs. She was never free from bronchial trouble uhtil we got Iather John's Medicine, which has cured her and made her stronger and healthier. | (Signed) Mrs, M. McCabe, 534 W. AND FRIDAY, ich Is sold regularly at 50 and jt the special price of 11 cents each piece ordered by mail: 11° “*Mother Goose.** SUN in the Old Front Line. Mother 50080, Do the Farm. Two Eyes of Brown, Jessie B. Davis's hit, “Erminio, Thoro’s Nobody Just Like You. Big hit, Boys In the Gallery for Mine. Up in a Cocoanut Troo. Lot Us Swear It in thi By the Sycamore Tre she Zee o's My Girl, Runaways. Facas. Mother Goose. You Are My Star. andrew Mae! NG, JANUARY 20, 1904. ° iaek. Love in an Orchard. A Girl from Dixie, ween of the Bungalow. Rogers Bros. p Van Winkle, Boys and Girls, Mother Goose, + Du, Du, Liebst Mir in Hornen: Comic nit, ! Clarinda, Waltz song hit, popular, and Two-Step, eatest song craze country. The Sun Dance; big hit. Tho St. Louls Rag; ver The Fox Hunter's hiarch Jack Tar, by Sousa, Dumpty Two-step; fine, | Humpty ATER 1° ged the Bost)... (Special) 28c.. by mall 35¢ OLIO (4 bookS)..18C. per book, by mall 21¢ ar Classic Music, 7c. Copy. ¥, and, Peasant an ‘Tell, Rubinstein, | Poet . Wi some Waltz, « March Not ' NOTE—The ploces marked x are sure to please. and are highly recommended b: cla attention to mail orders, and are prepared tq fill romptly at special reduced rates, —- ; Co: UNpSOM . STVTH AVE 192! 7020™ STREETS * 32. for 50c. Playing .Cards. GREAT sale in our game department, second floor, 300 packs Of Prize Medal Play- ing Cards, fancy backs and gilt edges, manufac- tured by Charles Goodall & Son, of London, regu- lar price Soc. a pack; our special price 32c, -25c. for $1 Imported Sample Laces: 82 Values 48c. T throngs of particular women who have attended’th these rare prizes in dainty laces. Just think of olla. Laces, 25¢.; 82 Laces E very first sale of manufacturers’ sample strips of fine laces ever h has certainly created the greatest furore ever occasioned by any trade event. ever held in New York and it It is remarkable the great have gone away with is sale, and in every instance they’ i f Main Floor. , 48c.; 83 Laces, 98c. It’s a sale of manufacturers’ trial stri Our foreign house picked them up from a g Hundreds of the designs are exclusive and will not be so} : milliners, and thousands of women of discreet tastes, have sought them. t time for you to share in the rare treat, but do not delay. Choose from: That’s why dressmakers, Luckily we have so many, and there’s ye New Repoussoe Effects. New Point d’Esprit Laces. New Net Top Laces. New Lierre Laces. New Punch Laces. New Venise Galloons. s of the ri axony manufacturer. chest imported laces in lengths of five to fifteen yards din America again—all 1904 conceits, every one perfect. New Irish Lace Effects. Black Silk Galloons. Black Silk Bands, New Medallion Laces. New Cluny Effects. New Handsome Allovers. \ Sale Women’s Neckwear at 25c. | | $11.75 for Women’s Kersey Coats. Introducing New 1904 Styles. AT NOTABLE annual event when you see dis- qT creations. evolved in women’s neckwear for the ensuing season. We're proud to present for your inspection these heautitul new conceits. You will find the prices a source of infinite satisfaction, for they are positively the lowest on the quality of Neckwear we are showing—the only quality you desire. Main Floor. 256.. 39c, 48c. to $7.95 | 25C., 48c, 68c. for As- for collar and cuff sets—beautiful ! cots Pique, Madras, Cheviot, plain hand needlework—Butcher Linen or and faycy weaves. Persian Lawn, Bulgarian colorings | . and French knots. *19G., 39c. to $3.95 for 5 i Top Collars—Swiss Embroidefed 256.. to $3.45 for Bishop or Rand Needlework—fine quality Stocks—tailor made—Pique, Persian Persian Lawn—over one hundred Lawn, Madras. This season's crea- designs. tions, the popular tab ends and many 15G., 19c., 25c., 48c. for novelties. 25¢., to $1.15 for Real- twice around Lawn Ties— the always populfr and reliable lawn Lace Stocks—hand made—long tab ends—white, butter or ecru. ties—some with top collars. Simpson Crawford Co,'s Veilings-- Special Collection. 114 yds. long, hand-painted, hemstitched border, supe- rior French chiffon, in black, white, brown, navy, black and white, 59c .each. played in all the style elegance the cleverest and daintiest AT'S such an unprecedented value that it will serve to crowd this section with eager buyers to-morrow. i | It’s a coat that would cost you $25 if you'd have one made Third Floor. to order. They are Kersey. Coats—a splendid grade, | black in color, military model, individual | shoulder capes, box - plaited back, new pouch sleeve, turnover cuffs, military | linings. | These other values in Coats, Suits, Dress ( | Skirts and Furs are just as good. All in all, it’s the season’s greatest value-giving event. 29.75 for Women’s Broadcloth Dress Skirts. || 19.75 for Women's Pedestrienne Suits. 5.75 for Women’s Voile Dress Skirts. 22.50 for Women’s 29.75 Zibeline Coats. $30 for Women’s Persian Lamb Sets. eS) 49.75 for Women's Alaska Sable Neck ,7~ 25c. for *1 Novelty Dress. | Scarfs. 16.50 for Women’s Sable-dyed Fox Neck Scarfs. 4 12.75 for Women’s Russian Squirrel Neck Stoles. 7 Pasar = n Trimmings---10,000 Yards. E HAVE purchased the entire sample piece collectio ing the very newest conceits in the world, and co sale, which starts to-morrow morning. This tells 25c. tor All'50C. 75¢- i : 50c. for All $1.25, gsc. for It's the greatest opportunity for for their own use that, has eyer.occurred one-half their actual values. Here’ Embroidered Etamine Effects, ' Embroidered Voile Effects. Zibeline and Bulgarian Effects, Appliques, Spangled n from three of New York’s greatest importers, ‘compris- mbined them with our own extensive stock in a great the story: Main Fioor, and $1.00 Dress. Trimmings. } : $1.50 and $2.00 Dress Trimmings. All $2.50, $3.00 and %3.50 Dress Trimmings. dressmakers, manufacturers, milliners and women who desire trimmings in New York. .The.very smartest trimmings at one-fourth, one-third and *s the wonderful variétythe cleverest effects. Persian Effects. Bouton Effects, Persian Effects, and Jetted Effects, — Dress and Wrap Trimmings, | Smart Evening Trimmings, Black Silk Embroidered Effects. $1.80 for Women’s 53 and $4 Shoes. JNTEREST heightens and crowds continue to throng our enlarged shoe departrsent in quest of these excellent $3.50 anes we're iting at $1.80, and $4 values at $2.40. No wonder. Such values were never before heard of in the annals of women’s shoe selling. Then there are $5 and $6 shoes at $2.85— hundreds of pairs added in-order to supply the unprecedented de- mand. The sizes and varieties are complete—shoes in all desirable leathers, including the famous ideal kid. Second Fleor. The shoes are stylish and dressy. They stand for perfection in the art of shoemaking. Ther ‘ RY lace and button styles with tu | .80 welt sole l .80 $] 45 for Misses’ and Children’s $2 and *3 School bs and Dress Shoes—superior quality box calf, kid and patent leather, sizes 8 to 2 in every width. These are extraordinary values, : 48c for 98c. Coque Breasts YOUR saving is just 5Oc. on a still smaller invest- ment, and you secure a trimming for your hat that is the very smartest, for Coque Breasts are very popular and stylish. They give the hat an exclusive appearance, distinguishing it from the hats with less tasteful ornaments, Main Floor. matter what color your hat, you will find a Coque Breast among this great I | 29c. six ina bunch, Theseare ~ * lin Violets ‘in black, ied, | unique for their color and desirable white, light blue and genuine violet These are excellent ornaments and come ‘ will_mateh lye for trimmings. It’s a great value. colors, 29c. buys a large bunch, in_black, brown, navy and white. No for 48c. black Roses. | 2Q¢, for 48c. silk and mus- Ten Thousand Yards of Fancy Ribbons at 12/76. a Yard. Te your mind what really good ‘values they are. beauty of these lustrous ribbons rotunda, main floor, to-morrow, but we want everybody to have an equal chance. AT bare announcement without another word to strengthen it and give you an idea of the would serve to create a wonderful flurry in our great ribbon section on the We want to impress upon Main Floor, Rotunca. Rich Taffetasand Lustrous Louisines are Included--They’re 4Inches Wide Can you imagine a more striking value than a four-inch ribbon at 12%4c. per yard? Why, it’s an innova- tion in ribbon selling. The very cream of the ribbon weaves ular the Taffetas and l.ouisines are, what dai You know how effects can be created 122° from their use in trimmings. They come in all the brillia delicate h f a display. You'll want to come and look at it even if you don't buy a yard of ribbon, in all the brilhant 122° int; and, delicate hues—and such Be sure and iet us show you these other excelent ribbons, foo, for 4-Inch Satin and Taffeta, tine qual- ity, white, cream, two shades of blue, two shades of pink, nile, turquoise, cardinal and black; 5-inch, 23c.; 6-inch, 29c. 19¢ for 5%-inch Hem- stitched Edge Louis- ine, cream, white, blue, pink, nile, You'll recognize In this one of the greatest values you ever encountered. 19¢ Read how reasonaby they are priced. 22¢ for Black Louls'ne, 6 inches wide— splendid value. 16¢ for 4-Inch Taffeta. black or white; 414- inch, 20c.; 5-inch, 24c, 31c for 6% -inch Moire, tine quality. 16¢ piece for Satin and Gros pink, blne, white, cream, black, cardinal and n’'le. in, ain, | | Oriental Rugs at *4.45. — T HE FIRST day of this great clearing sale of Smyrna and Oriental Rugs proved it to be by far the Chali value-giving event of the season. It is recognized as the one chance in a thousand when Smyrna Rugs can be purchased as low as 65c. and fine, rich Orientals at $4.45. Third Floor. 4.45 to 6.95 for 6.50 to 8.50 | 11.25 for 16.50 Shirvan Rugs, Persian and Carabagh Rugs, good beautiful colorings. condition and excellant colorings. 29.75 for $40 to $60 Extra Fine 9,25 for 14.50 Beloochistan Kurdistan Rugs, choice specimens Rugs, very silky, dark, rich shades of the best Persian weavers. of Fed and. brown, 16.95 for 26.50 to $30 Antique 21.50 for 28.50 to 35 Antique | Shirvan and Cabistan Rugs; some Persian Rugs, good large sizes, sult- very choice antique pieces among able for small rooms, dens, etc. them. Guaranteed Quality All Wool Smyrna_ Rugs. 8.50 for $23 9x12 ft. Smyrnas. | 1.85 for 2.25 30x60 In. Smyrnas, 15 for 18.50 7,6x10.6 Smyrnas. | 1.55 for 1.85 26x54 In, Smyrnas. 956. for 1.35 21x45 in, Smyrnas. 650. for 65c.: 16x32 in, Smyrnas. .50 for $11 6x9 ft. Smyrnas. BS for 5.25 4x7 ft, Smyrnas, 1 $ 9 4 2,65 for 3.25 3x6 {t. Smyrnas, 4 Great Sale Skates and Sweaters. _ 39¢ for Men's 60c Club Skates, PECK & SNYDER Skates for men and boys and fine Sweaters for men and boys priced to close them out quickly. It’s a great clearing sale with an unusual saving to crowd this section with eager buyers. Wouldn't vou'like to be one of those to Secon’ Flane. 39¢ imming over the smooth ice and inhaling the crisp winter air? You may select the skates at 39c. to-morrow. $1.50 for Women’s $1.80 Half Clamp Skates. $2.95 for $5 Fisher Racing and Hockey Skates. 25c,, 356. and 506. for Hockey Sticks. |. 280, for Hockey Pucks. 45c. for 60c. Hockey Skates. 656. for 756, Hockey Skates. 85c. for $1,10 Hockey Skates, $1.65 for $2 Hockey Skates. * 65c. for Women's $1 Strap Skates. $1 for Women’s $1.30 Half-Clamp Skates. ca P.& S. Skates—98c. for 1.50 Grade* ‘< <a a v | i a *