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MES McGREERY & CO. Men’s Underwear, Se, Spring and Summer weight, white and colored Merino ‘and all wool Underwear, Morley, Furley and But- - trum’s and American Hos- _ iery Co. Manufactures, Ramie Fibre and KNEIPP LINEN Open Mesh Weaves. | Gauze Cotton and Lisle "Thread garments (white, | ecru, pink or blue) in all standard, foreign or Ameri- can makes, : On Thursday, May the roth. French Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. © Shirts, with long or short | sleeves. : Drawers, regular length, Fastened with large pearl buttons. / 50c, each, , Value 85c. Blue and ecru Gauze Lisle Shirts. 45c. each, Value $1.00, Twenty-third Street, “JAMES MCREERY 8:00, Sale of | Shirt-Waist Patterns. a Embroidered Lawn, Linen or - Oxford Waist Patterns, $1.85 and $2.75 each, - Value $2.50 to $4.00. Twenty-third Street. FED BABY AND LEAPED 10 DEATH Sante pewels = ¥ 4 Young Mother Gave Infant Bot- tle of Warm Milk, Wrote Note to Husband and Threw Her- self from Roof. | y F ) Befcre Mrs. Sophin Sobel committed | yauicide by throwing herself from the jroo of her home, No. 176 Hast One| Benired and Fifty-eighth street, to-| fi ay, she fed her month-old baby with “warm milk, | __ The young wife was first missed by ) Ther husband, Harold T. Sobel, when he awoke to-day, After searching in vain, he ran to the Morristania police | station and asked the police to tind her. “I have looked for her everywhere,” he sald excitedly, “and she has gono | 1 don't know where, I was asleep when and I found this mote on | note to the Sobel then told how he had gone to bed last night and how he had until early to-day, when he awoke to ‘find his wire gone. ‘The police at once sent out a general / alarm for the missing woman. The po- Mee searched through the woods and through Bronx Park, thinking she had probably became mentally affected-dur- | ‘Ving the night and was hiding in the| thic! f He Kets, All this time Mrs. Sobel was lying dead, with her head crushed, in the! s yard of the apartment-house in which she lived. When her neighbors leariwu | that she was gone they began a searc in the vicinity of her home. | Charles Morell, who has apartments ‘mothe house, found thut the door lead- the stairway to the root was | | And, woing to the edge of the | eaw the woman lying dead in the | Upon investigation th ra vi tion the police foun thal Sobel, although Bred se fae the ‘mosher sti from the side of her ale, a and writing the nove Hittin med a bottle of milk, which a1,, A Sho Peed go ep Plunged to death clad’ only'4, ce andphysicians aneous.” Mrs, gypat | 5 4 Be edge . Our station is NOT po meee en Out-of-town deliveries.—Al prepaid purchases of $5.00 and over will be delivered freo to the nearest railroad station in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Free delivery to nearby summer resorts. Hats trimmed free of charge. included. unless otherwise stated. tisement, great Challenge Sale. Cartage from railroad a A i lal a THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1904 4 - Mail orders filled Write to-night for whatever you require; though not in the adver- it is surely in the store—and certain to save money by ordering during this ju are Thursday will be another great day in annual Challenge Sale. Remarkable as the values have been throughout this Sale,'we are striving to make each. suc- ceeding day outdo the day before. We are assisted materially in this effort through the phenomenal success of the Sale—manufacturers and wholesalers’ with stocks to unload are quick at seeing a chance like this, and we are con- stantly in receipt of timely and seasonable merchandise secured af practically our own figures. Here’s Your saving. That Swectser, Pembrook & Co. silk purchase Brings silks at less than half cost of manufacture. We told the story Tuesday—how that our buy for the Challenge Sale some of the most remarkable silk values ever known in New York—among others, that eat purc! Pembrook & Co. now retiring from business, Such a great gathering naturally brings a positively mate ers have scoured the markets for the past few weeks and secured ‘om Sweetser, opportunity. Silk selling unprecedented in the Challenge ‘Sale. 49 $1 pongee silk, 59c. ‘Two grades, the imported Tussah—most sea- sonable and desirable for Sum- rie vee ey pci 4% Challenge prioe...........49C only; Challenge price..., $1.25 pongee silk, 75c. 75c. black dress sill, 4734¢. $1 suiting silk, 4714c. Burlington Pongee, the latest dress silk, nat- ural color, navy blue, lenge price 49c. for silks worth to $1.25 Satin br eau de cygnes-—-novelty suiting silks—black taffetas—colored_taffetas— colored satins—black and colored pongees—double width black silk_grenadines—each and every yard worth $1 to $1.25—these, with many other high-class, stylish silks equally cheap—on sale Thursday, at, a yard, 49c. Japanese pongee * off. White Japanese ponge for silks worth to —_ $1.25ayd —— ee Silks worth to Saree $1.25 “ror” 75c, pongee-silK, 49c. e real Shantung and color, 24 inches wide; Guaranteed black silks in pead de sole, water- proof pongee, rich peau de cygne and fine black Habutal; Challenge price ... 47 %c also cream, reseda, empire and brown and black; Chal- 75c seal brown; Challenge price Boucle suiting silk, sample pieces in advance Fall styles; new shades; gun-motal effect, navy and Napoleon blue, gold and " 47% 49 75c. crepe de chine, 45c. hr sad Mee 39c American pongee in the natural | All colore—white, ivory, cream and black; for Thursday 45¢ Undermuslins Thursday in the Great Challenge Sale. Thousan of the goods undermuslin 10c. for Corset Covers.—Corset covers, cam- bric, high or square neck; two to a 10c customer (no mail orders).......+-+ 25c. Cambric Corset Covers, em- broidery de ark armhole trim Corset Covers, lawn, circular neck, 4-inch poiut de Part and front 68c. Co front, mall orders). in this Challenge Sale, price against price, as compared with garments elsewhere. Thursda trimmed. and finished with Ince 49 with hemstitched lawn ruffles, arm- hole and neck finished with lawn ruf fle te mateh .... 5 18c. for Kimono Sacques,—Kimo- | 65c. Chemise 49¢.—(ambric, cir- no sacques, fancy colored lawns, but two to a customer (no ds of women who never before bought undermuslins here have become economy. trimmed with hem and tucks; but to a customer (no mail orders) Ne, wide he) stitched hem Jawn, front of 4-inch point insertions, neck and 39c med, short to the walst quarter-inch stitahed tucks and hem 50c. Drawers, quarter-iuoh tuck, stitching, and fi lorchon lace edge 6%, Drawers, 49, s lace Insertion and tucks back inished = with mbric, blouse torchon !ace edge ............,, Gowns—Square yoke, torchon in- | Drawers, —Cambrie, \ sertion and tucks, V neck, fin- : ished with neat ruffle; three other pretty. sty) embroidery cular neck, with wide embro' ery insertion, neck and armholes trimmed with embroid- 49c 18c | inch point de 12y{¢. for Drawers.— Drawers, 29c. Drawers, 19c.—Umbrella rut- 29¢. —Cambrio, | fle; with point de Paris lace ton and edge, or ruffle with aj Paris lace edge; also convinced of the superiority 'y brings another object lesson in real cambric, 12% 19¢ umbrella. me, 29e two 39¢.—Cambric, with three is between rows of hem- wide 39% '¢s—Fancy point ruffle. points trimmed all around Se 49 umbrella rut- ins ‘ 45c. Kimono Secques.— ered OdgC........ cece ees | or lace trimmings; G6c. | three other ¢ ata dot or feured * lawn, | 75¢.Chemises,59c.—Skirt length | Gane Noes Katine 49c | from, 76c, vale if esieet 59% double yoke and broad | Victoria lawn, vireular yoke of | Gowas—Nainsook chemise style. | gsc, Kimon hortlen: skccueaattevceretne 29c torchon lace insertion and fall ele tile yas for two Halter | dot or ance eae Foley | over ruffles, edged with lace, lace Insertions between rows o yoke 4 awn, with 79c. Kimonas, Sacques and Reainud Seavert tebe sh heading and ribbon drawn Rene and white lawn Dressing Sacques, 49c.—About With lace dees 59c | through, three-quarter length Eder i {o} 0 dozen SAMPLES, made of solld | sleeves; also three other styles , $1.98 for $2.50 Kimono Gowns.— color or fancy stripe and Ggured | 39c. for 50c. Gowns. —Cireular | tos front tarval ua | ancy crepon, tlanneletwe, sak ‘awn or dimities; finished with | neck, with hemstitcbed ruffle, | $1.49, all special........ 986 | line or figured lawn, with voke collar, broad border or neat 49 | three-quarter length 9 | Gowns Square yoke of tucks | Md Dresden or slik border. ruffle; value, 7c, spectal C | cleeve Cl sanaicambroldery::npartions cnn Challenge price, spe- Buster: Brom Klatome, SRCAHE, | 78c. Walking Skirts 59c,—Um- ished with neat ruffle; 39 cial... eae 1.98 ic, Polka dot or striped lawn, brella ruffle, with one or two Oe, value wo... : lw } finished with tucks, broad hor- | torchon lace Insertions between | §3.99 Skiets $1,98-_Umbrolia + © Walking Skirts.— Umbrella ruffe, der and belt, extra’ long {} lawn bands, wide lace | 75 bale ttn, | path two or three insertions of ene 4 69c Hea avant 59c He, nee fg dea sat! insertion, forchon or point de Paris lace. A 5) ng joint de Paris, torch - vi ci o ‘ 20¢, for Underskicts,—Cambrie| Suirter Camorie mabralla mrfie, | Roint de Paris, torehon or em finished with deep lace edge: umbrella ruffle, wide irimined with hemstltch- “a VaTeuGlenmede (higetion tees | Geeauas Ruma end otherieL vex rella a, 5 rimmed With hemstiteh- "alenciennes insertion to select fiom: value @ hemstitched hem ....... 29% ed tucks and wide hem 39c { s kand! edges covsnceaees 1.98 | $1.50; special. ae 98c A Men’s $12 & $15 suits Four hours—9 to 1 o’clock. Already these special Thursday offers in our clothing department 50 A Grand Clearance ofallour extreme high-priced sults at less than half of their former selling price. All sizes from 3 to 16, in sailor blouse, three-piece, double-breasted, Norfolk, Etons with bloomers, and Russian the sailor collar—made in all the latest fabrics suits wi most approved blue serge offer. $77 50 i. shirts, Negligee shirts: have made for us an enviable reputa- tion in clothing selling, and for values we can have no real competition. Guaranteed fast colored serges, every garment warranted not to fade or rip—and should one go wrongit will be re- placed without question. A rare four-hour chance, A sensa- tional offer of boys’ clothing. $5, $6 and $7 Suits at e $ lots of five and ten dozen here and there have accumulated—thus taking up room Under these conditions we have secured 1,000 doz. negligee shirts At less than the cost of The lot includes corded percales and printed madras cloth; plain and plaited 5oso made with neckband and detached cufts—enoi terns; also plain white in all sizes; regular $1.00 and § needed for fall goods, manufacture, fi ‘ Cc Challenge price, 65c. 98 crowding this busy Wash Goods department: 1Sc.—instead of 39c.—Kancy madraa—silk mixed 4c,—Instead of 10c,—Batistes a big assortment of new and pretty styles—all white grounds, with doral patterns in colorings. | vngths from 2 to 10 from the piece you 4c. and’ the 2,98 . manner. PE ee EA NR Ht denerey oes att al Men’s*1 &*1.256 5c Challenge Sale prices, With the wholesale shirt manufacturers’ season Practically over, odd ice new pat- 1.25 values— 15c. for 39c. fancy madras. One from dozens of the Challenge Sale specials that are daily ginghams—laco stripe batistes, &c.--a wonderful assortment for waists and dresses. in | 19¢.—instead of 49c,—Imported organdies—dainty and sheer—in yds.—if sold would cost Rothenberg <a. New York's Fastest WES ~ Growing Store. " ——— Another BisM SavingD notner oney-vavingva v0 These items point to where the greatest values in New York can be found. Come to Rothenberg’s TO-MORROW, if you want to take advantage of these unprecedented economy opportunities, Three B. x M. Blue Trading Stamps With Every 10c. Purchase All Day To-Morrow. A Sensational Sale of Garpets. This annual May Carpet ebent presents extraordinary values. Oor record-breaking sales of the past two days are ample ebtdence of thts fact. The sale continues to-morrow with new merchandise and more great money- sabing opportunities. Smith’s Axminster Carpets, border to All Wool Brussels Carpets, per 59c 39c match, 5 per yard, sale 98c yard, 69c,, 65c, aNd. ... sees. eeeaee PHHCOve ne eatw es muece aoe All-Wool Velvet Carpets, parlor, sitting 90° yards of Reversible Brussels room, hall and stair patterns, per 79 Stair Carpets, 27 inches wide, yard Yard sesso sees pie seianetcs sts C 4,000 yards of 18-inch Stair Carpet, 10c Extra Super Ingrdin Carpet, best at, per yard 48c quality; spectal, per yard... A Highly Polished Quartered Oak Chamber Suit, like illustration, consisting of a full sizeMassive Steel Enameled Bed, Bed, with large roll foot and head, large Dresser like illustration, hand. with French plate mirror, and some scroll effect.Val- Combination Washstand with 22 5 ue $8.50. 4 ft-x4 ft. 6 e towel rack; value $35.00, at .... Md in, size. Sale price.. JM, Ieper Nie Value $20. i sale price, Highly polished_Mahog-= any S-piece Parlor Suits, covered in vee ronia or silk damask; ! 0019.75 Mammoth Rug Sale at Matchlessly Low Prices $28.50 Majestic Smyrna Rugs at $19.75, 19.7 5 Best quality All-Wool Smynra Rugs, 4 yards long and 3 yards wide, In beautiful Oriental and floral patterns, Smyrna Rugs, 1 98 . actual valde! $28;50; On i6alO'ateccsecs soseicndesisosieccustasestetnets Brussels Rugs (Strictly All-Wool Brus- 30x60; worth $2.50, at $1.49; 36x72, worth $3.75, to close out, special at ..seeeeeeseevcee $10.00 Large Dining Room Rugs, $5.98. 1 50 12 ft. long and 12 ft. wide Dining Room 5 98 . ° sels), size 10.6x9 feet; value $14.00; to close Ru: slightly soiled; close out price... Out Special S85 cas. bauer cca siceces: Qevresany Matting Specials pecials. Matting, beautiful colors, large and small 3% yards long and 50 inches wide; exquisite 295 Granite Art Squares, $1.50. China Matting, fancy Straw, 40° yards to the sae “ 3.98 patterns; 40-yard roll; value $9.50 per roll embroidery; slight imperfections in the net ‘Will You Use... 4 100 Granite Art Squares (reversible), 9 feet by 6 feet wide; special at b tile effects, suitable for offices, roll, at stores, rooms and halls (no Carpet-Des{gned Japanese Linen Warp Sive carpet stores at 5.98 re 90¢,; on sale hereall 50 * of 40 yards, at Lier creer JUC!] Irish Point Gurtains. ampson’s Floor Oilcloth, !9c. Yd. (ef which do not injure the wearing qualities; at, per square yard. regular prices, $5, $6 and $7... Stern Brothers); ,s2%"" Q No Space Fillers Used, Special Values To-morrow in Men's | piecing necessary). Sold at exclu- day to-morrow at, Shown in 4-4, 6-4 and 8-4 widt c. value, THERE ARE High-Grade Summer Neckwear 1290 Paid Help Wants in thi9 Reversible Four-in- Hands morning’s World, of Grenadines, English Foulard Silxs, Plain and Figured Crepes, 45°, 75, $1.00] | | BUT | 4QQ Raid Help Wan's in the 13 othe English Washable Silks, of their own lew York papers combined. importation, in fancy striped effects, Reversible Four-in-Hands, 65° Graduated String Ties, 45¢ AGENTS .. 12 | JANITRESSES ... 8: ' AWNING HANDS 7| KITCHENWORK 16 , KERS .. . 7 Women’s Washable Stocirs, Sherawcunsiie «| liwanralel ose White Linen Collars, with white and 48° BLACKSMITHS... 8|MEN ..., . colored Silk Ends, also White Madras, BOOKBINDERS .7/MOULDERS . BOYS BRASS WORKERS 5 NECKWEAR NURSES .., Exceptional Offerings in BRICKLAYERS... 7| OPERATORS BUSHELMEN OMNIBUS! i 5 BUTCHERS .. PACKERS Men’s Seasonable Underwear | |zercxe PACKERS Fine quality Lisle Thread or c MAKERS ... | PAPER- Sea Island Cotton Shirts and Drawers, Value 85c¢ 48 cRONOERS sen Imported French Gauze Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, Extra fine light weight Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers, Imported Balbriggan, Open Mesh and Plain Lisle Thread Shirts and Drawers, CHAMBERMAIDS \I7 CLERKS COLLECTO! COMPOSITORS ..1T COOKS .... + CUTTERS .. DISHWASHERS .12 DRESSMAKERS .61 DRIVERS ........ 14 DRUG CLURKS ..10 Value $1.10 Value $1.25 Value $1.45 SEAMSTRESSES,, % SHIPPING CLERKS ...W.. @ SHOE HANDS ...49 Leather Goods Beastial una at Unusually Low Prices RUNNERS +.,... 0/STABLEMEM ... ERRAND BOYS STENOG- AND GIRLS .... 4 RUSSET LEATHER TRAVELING BAGS, EMP. AGENCIES 15 sewed frames, full cut, Value $6.50 SOLE LEATHER SUIT CASES, 22 and 24 inch, CRUSHED LEATHER BELTS, with buttons at the backs, Value $5.00 _ oo, i rere