The evening world. Newspaper, October 3, 1904, Page 5

TOM MT GUIRE, ‘EARNS TO TALK AGAIN es SY CAE SSE Veteran Theatrical Treasurer, After Surgical Operation, Found that He Could Say “Damn” When He Stum- ' ‘Tom MeGuire, whose tongue was re- Moved at the Skin and Cancer Hospl- tal, Nineteenth street and Second ave- fue, last March, has learned: to talk. ‘When the veteran theatrical man Walked into the hospital five montha to undergo the operation the sur- eons explained to him that after his tongue had been taken out he would move: le to utter a word again. ‘The cancer had taken deep root in the| ‘h® bones of one foot. colliding with « Court a sult for $100,000 damages brought tongue and the malignant germ had/ ‘woven ita fibres in the laryngeal nerves @nd muscles of the throat. Tongue, Paiate and tributary nerves and) Muscles had to be removed In one of ttle most Idborfous operations ever per- formed. There were two separate op- erations at five days interval, both oo- bled Over a Chairin the Dark. That's not @ nis) word for a kid to use, but In fifty-one years I've become more or less familiar with It, But I'll never use (t egain In the same old sense. It's wot an altogether precious sound to me now. - “I had dosed off to sleep one night a little over two weeks ago, when I heard & knock at the door. I tried to make \t io the dark, and nearly fractured all chair, Maybe you never did that In the dark and sajd ‘Damn!’ I did the: the friend who had called on me never waited to hear me repeat It. He thought his sins had overtaken him, and the neighborhood could hear him getting down those {front steps, 2 Kept at Swear Word, 94 | against Charles Stanley Johnson, « busl- OR 10 0 Pretty Virginia Bowles, Alleging that Wealthy Business Man Refuses to Marry Her, Wants Big Heart Balm. SEQUEL TO ARRESTS AND ABDUCTION CHARGE, Declares Introduction, Which Came at Waldorf-Astoria, Was Followed by Drinks, The- atre and Promise to Wed. ‘There has been begun in the Supreme by Virginia H. Bowles, of Roanoke, Va., nesa man with large interests in this city, Chicago and Monongahela, Pa. The complaint, which was filed to-day. {8} based on statements made by Miss) Bowles that Johnson Induced her to live | with him, declaring that he was 0 sin cupying the surgeony more than five| “I wasn't @ bit hospitable. I forgot. ian and promising to make her bis hours. Dr. Mook, the house surgeon, e¢x-| Diained all this “Tom,” and he} ‘went among his friends and bade them, ®ood-by. As they laid him on the oper-| @ting table he grasped the hand: of} Bob Hillard and murmured; “Good-by, | old man, this is the last time I shall @ay that to you.” But it. wasn't the lost time, Two ‘weeks ago Thomas J. McGuire,, for Many years Treasurer of the Four- teenth Street Theatre, discovered that} fhe could create a voice. By a painful but happy accident an exclamation) passed his lips. Only for an instant he fet two muscles move on elther side| of his neck, behind his ears. The| tearned physiclans who have lastened to Tom talk in the past fow days are #Peculating on whether those muscles) ‘Were set in play by the Pheumogastric | ‘Nerves or by spontaneous contraction of | the rima glottis, Finding His New Friends, “Bome of the doca are sore at Rima,” | said Mr. McGutre to an Evening World| Teporter to-day, “and some of them are) Toasting those new mown gas nerves for quitting thelr union, I never met Rima, | ari TI don't give a—yes, I'll say damn, for that's the first word I sald since! dhey removed my speaking organ—T don't give a damm whether those new! mown gas nerves were working after hours or not. | “When I came out of the hospital T Dought a small wagon load of pads and pencils, ‘The surgeons told me that 1| never™ could k again, and as I couldn't get a ‘boo’ out of me standing! on my head I took thelr word for it, “I blessed them for one thing—giving me back my health-and if 1 am fifty- one years old I can still enjoy the flow of red blood in mv veins. There Is one g004 thing about me, If I do say it my- well te the cheerfulest dis- Position of any man alive. And I never lest my nerve. When that cancer was @ating the heart out of me I kept my head up and stuck to my work. When| they took my tongue and aneevh away from me they took the pain away. too. | Tt was a fair exchange. Pound Hix Votes, “Ask any of the boys if they ever | ead a word of complaint on my pad during those long months after I left the hospital. What also may seem strange to some, I had a sneaking no-| tion that some day In the future I'd ait | up and talk them to a standstill yet, I'm dolng {t. too, I'm the most gabby old cock along the Rialto, I've got to keep in prietice. 1 had to begin all over! again to learn to talk, Two weeks ago 1 was the most industrious kin’ergar.n in New York. My landlady nearly fel downstairs when she heard m@ going through the A BC like # five-veor- old under full pressure. “Tt all began with the word dara FALS THRICE 10. ! Handsome Woman, Seeking His Arrest, Picks Out the Wrong Men in the County Court- House, A tall, handsome vouna golden blond fn a rich belaced and spangled costume appeared in the Court House to-day under escort and with a uniformed po- Hee officer to ald in the arrest of ner an hour she positivly identified three different men—a lawyer, a Jus retary and a merchant— ast whom she had given her heart ant hand in marriage ere was deep mystery about the cote... She would not give her name, and her escort sald he had been sent With her to ald in the service of a warrant Issued by a City Magistrate in « matrimonial The policeman had th t and only awaited the ner is and excitadle young woman's , { her husband ab wart wh throug door, she an- nour ed 1 s, the monster! That is my nd, in the tan overcoat under man sitting there foided sutlous Inqulry and a Indicated was a ite a diffe of his own. ppointed, but nat nother minute she just came out of ’ the secretary of on it Then she @erchant, whe had called on Justice “thought a well-known | eat. but t havea LIST WORDS SPOKEN IDENTIFY HUSBAND} FOR SENATOR ROAR all about him, I sat right down on the floor and tried to frame that naughty word again. I tried until the perspira- ton ran down my back, and finally I felt iwo musclés wi somewhere around the back of my neck and f got Out @ faint ‘a’ sound. When I did that T got right up and danced a combina- tion hornpipeahigAi nd ting and Bcotch reel that shouk all the crystals off the parlor chandelier, “Did ‘T get to’bed tliat night again? I did not. T highted-the ges, got oat a newspaper and I practiced on that ‘4.’ I practiced untll dawn, and I made it. [ also got the swing of those muscles tn the back of my neck. I never knew they were there before. They’ve had a long rest for Afty-one years, They've tad aboul two hours a day rest for the past two weeks, “The same morning I went out and bought a pritmer. ‘Tom McGuire’ I thought to myself, ‘you've got to lear | your letters all over again. You've got & voice somewhere around the back of your neck that you've got to develop, 80 Its back to the good old A BCs’, “It's no use stringing {t out too long. Tf-1 was to tell you how’ many times 1 weht over those A B Cs’ in that primer, and the things I thought as I succeeded in getting out the letters, I'd keep you here until the subway is ’ Knows Water from Whiskey. Though able to talk fluently, there are & few words that he cannot pronounce clearly, He cannot say “thick” or “sick” yet. He dgclares that he will Tearn to say them if he has.to discover some new muscles to aid his articula- tion. He is in splendid health, and though hie entire tongue and palate are gone he can enjoy nearly every kind oft food. “Another thing the doctors told mé," he continued, eagerly running on with his remarkable story, “was that I nevor could taste anything again. ‘hey were wrong aj I can tell sour from Sweet, meat from bread and water froin whiskey. It ts ra enjoy my food. The only thing 7 can't eat is fiah, That is because of the bones.” When “The Texas Ranger’ leaves the Fourteenth Street Theatre Mr, Me- Guire will go out on the road with the show a8 personal representative for | Frederick the manager, In his ¢ mom ie says he will study jussian to «ive @ variation to his ar- Uculation, “When I pan repeat the names of all those boats the Japs have sunk,” he | said to The Evening World reporter, | “Tl be better off than the average woman, thoumh T have no to The most amazing fact about Mr. Mc- Guire'’s recovery of sperch is that he does not employ any of the muscles ured by a ventriloquist. for the simple reason that they Were removed when he was operated on. A Banny’ accl- den}, pluck and untiring perseverance are alone responsible for the miracle, | as the recovery of. Tom McGuire's! speech ts svoken of. by manv medica! men. Edward Everett Hale Delivers the Eulogy at Funeral of the Statesman—Business at < Standstiil and City Mourns. WORCESTER, Oct. 2—Fuheral ser- vices for the late Senator George Fris- ble Hoar were held here to-day at tho urh of the Unity, Shortly before 2 jock the HAY DF. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the, United States Senate, and a friend of ‘the dead Sena- tor, conducted a short service at house, after which the body was placed on a hearse by the dctive pallbearers and taken to the church. ‘The church service was simple and ended fith a eniogy of the late Senator by Dr. Hale, the Hall At intervals of every five yards from | | the church along Elm und Main streets the militiamen were drawh up, and as the hearse approwhed each man pre- sented arma until the procession passed The body will ile fm state until § P.M A death mask is to be made, and to- morrow the body will be taken to Con- . for burial practically suspended Jn the elty during the funeral services to- day Glegerich, waa her husband, and f declared that two ocher men sitting gether In the courtroom looked j like her spouse This was (oo much for her oscort. and he told the policeman to go back to his court, while he and the lady visited her lawyer and fortified themselves for another tral, Those in the church then! f passed by tht bier, and after they Aad a departed the body was taken to the City wife. Bhe is not yet nineteen vears olf Farly in the summer her aunt, Mrs, Margaret Cheeky, brought about the ar- rest of Miss Bo! and Mrs, Taylor at the Hote! Cumberland, The statemen made on both sides at the time wi singularly complicated, and the charges never came to an Isdue. | Met at the Waldorf, In the present sult, instituted by A. H. Hummel, as counsel for Miss Bowles, | the latter bas sworn to an affidavit in which she traces the history of her companionship with Johnson. She de-| clares that she met him in the Waldorf: Astoria, where he treated her to in- toxicating liquors, which @ then) drank for the first time tn her life. | ‘This was on Deo, 16, 1908, After they left the Waldorf Miss Bowles says that hnson took her to the Herald Square Hotel, where they ‘had several more) Grinks. Then they went te the theatre, | where she became sick. From this day she dates the time she began to live with Johnson. She Alleges that, relying on his promise to marry her and his dectaration that he was a single man, she accompanied bim to Philadelphia and Pittsburg. In the latter city he bought her # wed- ding ring. Some Affectionate Letters. Miss Bowles has attached to her am- ed number of letters she receiv om “ne ‘defendant, One of them Qirl-I am not but am working icing of the dearest ho she ts | see you the xt time? Be , Rood girl and write to as often as you can, for no on va the letters Out me. ° pte tt and little Northern «isses. Ay a thus: Another oansyivania Limited Train., When I retire to-night | am going io thank vou, a kind ‘and thoughtful act. you were more than kind to which a fyi _— id for Worry about. the litle Indian, for he has changed his mind since the first time he met the very sweetest and * est little eirl that ever came from t | sunny Sout d the Ittle Indian i trie blue. © * * All the love in the Werle sohneon has not yet filed his an- swer to the sult MISTRE PRIDE AA THE, BUSH Dockstader Sets the Burg Agog § Down Main Street to the Lib-| erty Pole, and the Country Press Agent Writes Aboot It. (Written by the Adrian (Mich.) Press Agent for the Minstrels.) Just as the noon whistle was blowing to-day the magnificent parade of Lew Dockstader’s Supreme Minstrels passed through our midst, Not for fifty years, so one of the oldest citizens informs our reporter, has New York been favor- ed with a, minstrel trouve parade, and | more than once this has occasioned re- gret among our amusement-loving fel- |iow townamen that they did not reside y metronolitan centre such Echenectady, Mount Vernon, in some | as Trov &e ‘To-day's parade caused considerable excitement. An automobile ran away on Broadway, truck reared wildly on wheels In Nassau sireet and a chorus girl nearly fell from her high heels in Forty-second # A highly enjoyable ¢ was given In fron The ‘onnection eclally fine it ig_cer- » mistake, When nd quit discoursing we passed some of our best cigars. We going to the show to-night better follow our example Lew. ain, The Williams Company Entire Building Devoted te Ladies’ Tatlor-made GARMENTS aod FURS HIGHEST CLASS TAILORING, STRICTLY ONE PRICE, Money refunded for the asking, ALTERATIONS FREE. -t SIXTH AVENUE, Between 20th & 2ist St. | ANE OF TEAN Responsible. William Brennan, of No. @ West One) he had Hundred and Sixteenth street, had & | forced by Policeman O'Neill narrow escape from being killed by a| succeed In beating off furtous mob on First avenue,near Fifty- seventh street, because his horse ran away and knocked down Rosa Freed- man, fifty-three years old, of No. 123 r severely. The injured woman is now At Flower Hos- | day, pital in a critical condition, thougn | all serious. Ridge street, injuring the doctors hope she will recover, ATTACKED BY MOB Horses Ran Away and Knooked Down an Old Woman, and Men on the Street Held Brennan atrgeon, was taken to the East Pifty- (rat street station, and to-day he was Arraigned in Yorkville Police Court. Brennan was driving @ team of horses to a coach up. First avenue, when the horses became unmanageable. ‘They ran away, and a short distance above Fifty-seventh street knocked down Mrs. Freedman, who had tried to cross in front of the horses, One of the ani- mals stepped on her and the wheels ot the coach passed over her body. When Brennan succeeded in stop- ping the team he was surrounded by an angcy mob, torn from hia seat and un- mercifully kicked and pean o 8 eae anda call for an ambu- lance from Flower Hospital sent out, Policeman McLean tried to rest ae nan, Not until es the mob, —Ee Dr, Parkhurst’s Condition Im- proved. ‘The Rey. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst was not sufficiently recovered from his severe cold to leave the house yester- The Doctor's condition is not at He Is steadily |his trouble, which Is of a bronchial ature, makes it inadvisable for him to ni Brennan, who was badly beaten and | -tiempt to preach until his voice is en- had to be attended by the bulane rely restored. this n HONORS, Rug Bubble. | gaged a resident buy Oriental weaves for t! believe that the capitals of Europe had been ransacked, and, until the next trip abroad, the sources of new fachions would be barred to the world. Giving out this impression of ox plendid mask for most exorbitant prices. We pricked the buble by establishing representa. tives in the fashionicentres abroad and selling, AT MACY PRICES, the new gowns, wraps, millinery and d-ess novel tles they are .ONTINUALLY sending us, this foreign organizaticn, which co-operates with our local buyers who go abroad at regular intervals, | and most experienced buyer, who establish: clusiveness furnish In Paris one year ago. A complete story of the work of this Macy cash system in ex: ploding merchandising bubbles would involve merchandise cf every description, It is anideally simple syste of cash buying and cash selling in return for a operates clear and free—unhampered by unwieldly credit ma- chinery, catchpenny cevices, theatrical effects, concerts, trading stamps or premium schemes. The adoption of any one of these trade-seeking devices entail merchandise, house it? | Som a Credit System, charged, paying your bill at your leisure, VENIENT yet a VERY EXPENSIVE lowes the use of the money until tho bill is said, and he must count also upon a certain percentageo of unpaid bills that are But he guards against FINAL Loss sources by requiring YOU to make thom up in the higher prices you pay him for his goods. time to make comparisons will find at Macy's a storeful of classed ‘bad debts,” from thei proof of this assertion, We have devised a plan whereby you may enjoy the con- venience of a credit system without being fined for ite faults. We call it the Depositors’ Account partment you are privileged to deposit any sum you care to, in the usual way, and have them charged make your purchas *o the account. We will send you a statement of the account once a month and allow you 4 per cent interest on your unexpended balance, compounding the interest every three months, VN Macy & Co.'s Attractions Are Their Low Prices, B'way at 6th Ave. 34th to 35th St, Facts Vitally Interesting to Everybody—Read Them. ‘Bursting Bubbles in Merchandising, few of the largest had to be left for the perfected organization of eat store, because we wanted to do the work thor oughly once plans were completed. We wanted to make the bursting as Impressive ac was the bursting of the Cut Glasa bubble some years ago. who couldn’t sell Cut Glass as cheaply as Macy's raised the wolf ery of “Inferior Quality”—just as they do today in some other linee—admitting that we DID UNDERSELL them but al- laying the fears of their custcmers by saying that our Cut Glass We exploded that bubble by ship- ping a lot of our “Straus” Cut Glass to the Chicago World's Fair, WHERE IMPARTIAL JUDGES AWARDED IT FIRST was of very poor quality. ISHING VOLUME OF BUSINESS OUR PRESENT SALE OF ORIENTALS BRINGS US IS A PRETTY GOOD INDI- CATION THAT WE HAVE PRICKED THE ORIENTAL RUG BUBBLE. | The Imported Gown Wrap and Millinery Bubble, The customer pays @ system has bullt up a business requiring a 24-acre building to ething Better Than edit Macy methods and store system have been prick: ing merchandising bub bles for almost half a century—bursting them one after another—but a Then folke There have been scores of similar Instances, but some of the latter-day bubble-burstings are particularly qood to refer to as evidences of the effectiveness of this wonderful Macy system, . The time when Oriental a luxury for the few Is fresh body’s memory. have revolutionized the distribution of Oriental Rugs, making them widely pop- ular by buying and gelling them on a businessiike, merchan- dising basis, without the customary “art” and “sentiment” notions. A member of the firm, while in the Far East, en- » who devotes his time to collecting Floorwear wes in every. Within “two “years we cy Rug store. THE ASTON. corrrioaT ne ihe Mall Orders Filled Only Win Accompanied by the Cash. It was customary—and con tinues to !e the custom In nearly all other storee—to send buyers on annual or semi-annual journeys to European fashion centres, Upon their return one might At the head of Macy’s oldest headquarters lender margin of profit. it expenses that add to the cost of Do you wonder that such We agree with you that there is a whole lot of convenience in being able to go into a store and have your purchase It Is A VERY CON. system, The merchant Those who take the In Department. this De There is no more “red tape” about the system than is necessary to guard your interests safely, and you may withdraw your money at a moment notice, We urge you to give this method a trial— make one test of the advantages that have appealed to thou YOU or WORK for | Make Your MONEY Your MONEY | WORK For YOU Knéw How Much You Spend— And for What You Spend kt. A tetra rattan tata pi P PS PP PPL LADD PLD LLL PALL DLP LLL PP LPP 121st Street: Curtains, rately or in sets, ‘ 15 Piece Parlor Suit. . A Choice of Damask, Tapestry or are Mahogany tir 121st St. @ 3d Ave. We Never Advertise Unless We Have Exi } The Most Pronounced Cravenette 2226 to 2234 Third Ave. | Two Establishments. : We Everything for Housckcepi CARPETS, Rugs, Oilcloth, Linoleum, Matting. Brass and Iron Beds, Springs, Mattresses and Pillows, Bureaus, Chiffoniers and Suits, in all woods. Parlor Suits, Easy Chairs, Couches, Lounges, Morris Chairs. Sideboards, Extension Tables, Chairs and Servers. Portieres, Pictures, Couch and Table Covers. Stoves, Cooking Utensils, Crockery, Lamps, Matched Bedroom Sets. Bureau, Chiffonier, Washstand, Toilet Table, Cheval Mirror, Table and Chairs, in oak maple, birch or mahogany. Pieces sold sepa- \ This Dresser in mahogany or maple, 22423 gla55...s00 eevee This Chiffonier in maho; or maple, 192) gass CASH or LIBERAL CREDIT. No Extra Charges of Any Kind. COWPERTHWAIT & SONS, Extraordinary Val ti iy it ii Values Ever Offered We. do not make this claim lightly Hcre are the facts:—For months past we hay been preparing for this Ay Cravenette © Sale. We have searched the markets and cured the surplus stocks of a dozen lead manufacturers—all, choice lots selected after the most minu and a % reduction ow we offer you the richest and most torious Cravenettes ever shown—Craven that by their character and unalloved convince you that none short of a custom tailor can equal them in work and no one approach our price. Lots Aggregate 9,000, Garments Sale Begins Tuesday at 8 A The Genuine Priestley Cravenett every one labelled “ Priestley Cravenette,” and t by us and by them, Coats bench- built from collar to s& —with full, elegant sweep--large, roomy backs— athletic shoulders—snug.-titting collars and perf throughout. The smartest, thé most stylish and all garments—suitable for every occasion—rain oF $16.60 and $18 Gravenete Coats for 11 HUNDREDS TO SELECT FROM—ALL SIZES ilo lary Us $22 and $26 Cravenette Coats for HUNDREDS TO SELECT FROM—ALL SIZES, $28, $90 and $36 Cravenette Coats for $ HUNDREDS TO SELECT FROM—ALL SIZES. Ornaments, Ete, ${ 75h Brass Bed, 4 ft. or 4ft. 6 in. size, bow foot... in oak or mahogany finish - Park Row, near Chath G alan ils