The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1905, Page 10

ae 06 000 DR PARKS AND | PLAYGROUNDS imate Board Provides for ‘Many New Cty Breath- j ing Spots. NE 1S IN MANHATTAN, | oo hry WWGHT THE BOARD. h Presidents Will Designate) the Lotation of Playgrounds In Congested Districts. —_—_—— one million dollars for playgrounds | hout the city and $1,250,000 for | perk in Manhattan were appro- | ted to-day by the Board of Eati-| The new Manhattan park will) ‘ieituated between Twenty-sixth and | “Pwenty-seventh streets and Tenth and | ; 19 ith avenues, It will be known a | Park. Frank Dowling, of the mbly District, which will it! hos worked for months tn He obtained the co-oper- | h President Ahearn and ‘Ws and then presented facts Board to show that his district, Sf tie moat congested sections of veity, was in/great need of a park, ppladned that by the demolition of hent-houses to make way for the he would lowe mary constituents, : “I am willing even to ds providing the many | tL are beefed The | Ht the Board and the Issue ,000 corporate stock Was au- con the spot. % for, will be) de Nd pp iageroun pan ay at the dent, bift wht ugh the greater Potion of the Borough’ Pri n congésted region o irks, not 4 for by t @ | the avenue ron, at private property under water ad, B ite Bat fi Acti n Ale map for future ye cl re vd : Mirged” tor fh rete Wo 0) Oh gi ot a omer MeAdno to Policeman Sullivan Back i te Pyeciat Duty. A sioner McAdoo took lly detailed men from 0 seni; them to pa few daya ago his office has x Hath petitions asking him ees commanded by | th details are #0 vowerfal und the head of the deou y bereselved a Committee’ of Hes all Wilvan be re. Sullivan |i spent and ‘the. buichere ‘are him, He will probably go} ‘ONS NOW BUSY EXAMINING SERGEANTS, we no tt in bi Paleatly Dingupliived Line 1} Work Ia Completed, f ited nt headquarters to- fommiseioner McAdoo would | 0f lic the names of inspectors KI inf who have been found iclent, by the Board of will be asked to retire, Cs falsnioner sald he would moons comet oe : iy exainined to-day, Let tp ed for eligibility ipa Will begin before the| ei yt i q In joher McAdoo will retire ctora,goon, but will not make of captains to take their Legislature acts’ upon ij prepared by the Mt ‘This bill allows L- anywhere on the eligible iat) |, Mot favor veterans or the three! |; the highest pounding, A8 18) ne, went, ‘The Cortolasloner jpn, , one man might not make, ar; in elu i | is ‘f jis Ae i Showing as another tn al not long ago. | gated, and as a result | = superior. police of- een as a result the time was in bemidatien, but might have 1 to wai ocal of “Orsentsation to ¢ ebullding of Home, wi jonror Club, at Sixth ana st, | Ph! peaventies;' Brooklyn, © will nd their wives, This is! rath: organization of the! Assembly District and the! rer is ‘Thomas F. Byrnes, venue and Super destroyed recently 4 te Feonnel tied form more conimodious and con- ale mM than before, ) BARGE SINKS IN BAY. grekt was the crush of Ico in | de of‘ the barge Daisy, anchored t Reading, was stove in and was loaded with anthra- ed to Py y MoWil! “was going’ down’ the to the ice and walked vidence, R, 1. y the desire of the C be best for the children, anccens, —Commissioner Frank Harvey Field, Chairman of Committee on Text Books and Studies, babe cipals, fain aasgned “Th thy beginning I wish to say that all the,’ Committee on Text-Books Studies, of which I am chairman, en- ters upon Its work unwedded to any sywCeii of education or course of study, rae | ae WAU Nor Make Pabite the |e nor in’ all. inevances. based upd good and suificient grounds, inéan, to say tha T unk he ¢ for the Educational Le Know what It meant ai posed to do with the peared before the league, and when 1 Rot Haro h with a ilttle talk I believe Baa 1 | mal as few! Urban Club on the # Hil ged In that In: the ‘ be far his superior, with a reception to | the boy is t cerned, it Is my opinion that the not aslignted, as it Is claimed, } two children in. the elementa jand their progress is entirely tory to me, 1 thelr studies as [ was at thelr | they are | than T had, y j has made great strides alnce that tm the H beat I am Informed, and I believe, at they 'y| Board of Education of Bros., of uni 0 r oir ath d wh Ke it hi our population, ans at a task tt ha been ‘New Committee on Text-Books Assumes ON REVISION OF SCHOOL STUDIES IS ALREADY BEGUN eae, “DELANCE TO BE EXTENDED Board of Estimate Authorizes Its Continuation from Bowery to Elm Street Through Pri- vate Property. Its Task with Members Declaring They Are Not Wedded to Any System or Course of Study. COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK ON TEX7-BOOKS opponents of the s + —-Commissioner Frank ‘Text Books and Studies, WITH OPEN MIND. nm ite works y. It will be udles enters urse of ai y act to do that which shall alone can be the tent of yetem to give it a f L, Bahbott, member of Committee on 1 want tu any that I don't belleve in the bed-making atudy at all @nd that in one instance in Brooklyn 1 put my foot down o: girl wants to learn how to make a bed ahe can learn at hom Commissioner Job Greens, late member of Committee on Text Books and Studles, eens What will the Committee on Text-Books and Studies, elected by the Board of Education on Wednesday, do with the curriculum of so-called fads and fancies in the elementary grades? is a question that principals and teachers and parents have been asking ever since the announcement of the committee's new personnel. And why was only one Commissioner of Edu- cation who had/served on the committee resigned to it? is another question, That Commiesioner {s Fran Harvey Field, of Brooklyn, who is to act Chairman of the committee during the oneuing year, A reporter of ‘Te sought to-day to answer those ques | Hons. Frank L, Babbott, Frederick W. Marks, ning World He saw Commissioners Field, 0; with Commissionors Nathan 8. Jonas and J, P, Kelley, compose the new, committee, and Commingioner John Gréehe, who had been succeeded as a mbar, Bome Leading Questions, . He asked them what they thought of thé) present course of study; if they colisidered that it answered the prac- Ps tical purposes demanded by the con- ditions of the time; if they believed it children graduating from ‘the gram- mat school to-day knew as much a9 the Commissioners did of the eesentials the three R's—at the same period in thelr lives; 1¢ the commissioners were was ordered) yuiinfied to fave thelr own children educated under the present system, ‘and What, if any they had, was their ah the complaints of the prin- Mf Movers, parents and students ts education, who, for six weeks ‘| have been carrying on a crusade against 8 ool: COPPRM BACK, | track ur can at he Brag : World. ‘ Commissioner Marks dectined to dis- cuss the mabter for publication, the other three gentiomen, While guard- but Jn their statements, considered that thé ‘public wag entitled to hear frém thom as public; officials at least some of thelr views in the premises, discussion of the course of sald Commissioner Field, "is hot @ matter of to-day nor yesterday r aix weeks, ‘It has been agitated longer than thet, and the last word | Will never be aald, Not Wedded to Any System. and wili be the desire of the comzittee {ts every acr to do thar whl best for the children, an jhe can be whe best test of t th If they un a at there Is out of every part of Hd, ‘he body Je not saurifiord mind, nor the mind for the appa tion to the curriculum exiete rooKlyn, 1 had the Womon's down on me to nd what we pro- children, had every one breemnt elng the see it, I a jee in putting urpoaes of the Board of Education the right light in the eyes of the b's. membe! T will admit that the cou % atudy not perfect, by any mea Nothing perfect, for that matter, but it will only by criticism and di jon that be possible to bring the course the state of perfection, The ath, of time allotted 'to the study of ithmetic was the subject of oriticiam ‘The matter was investi- you will hear objections made physical culture In'the schools, but | Re to say that I atand.for It unequiv. hWithout @ good body what Is a ours? Tt doesn't stand a chance In to have the public make a com. willt and redecorated house of | patigon hetween the settingenp and physique of t cilysbred boy and the The city-bred lad Is by And what Is true of eof the girl, Essentials Not Slighted, ‘So far as the essentials are con- Wnty boy They ave as far & jetting gr ter opportunities: The sys m of education Do. 1 think a boy of six or se |should be taught how to sew? No; I not, and I caa tel you that that has [been stopped. It was owing to mixod | Island Sound to-day that the | (las#es that the boys ever had to handle an réedie, and the matter was put up to Board of Superintendents for have changed all that. "The conditions which confront the ie those jn any other city in th ) This must be admitted when pauses to consider the diversity of to formulate a course of study that ry Womanhood r hand you back your money, York are} Will meot the requirements of all classes “The curriculum was not established, 48 Bome peonle seem to believe, by put: ting everything in the category in {t Not at al, Getting things in is not our aiMoulty, but keeping the course of Study free from“fon-essentials js, ‘That {y ever the fight, And under all the clrcumstances I belleve that the course of study eh {t stands and considering every condition to be met in this city fairly Is the best that could be put in operation,” Some Things He Does Not Like. Commissioner Babbott said that any course of study must needs be a cum- rom|se, “There are things in the present course of study,” he continued, "which 7 do not like. Too much time is given to one subject and not enough to an- other, I have told Supt, Maxwell this, and I have told others, but one can’t have everything he wants in this world all at once, and so others must he given & chance, “L know that opposition exists in many quarters to the curslculum In thy elementary grades, but I would ask tre opponents of the system to g've tt a fal: irlal—to be patient, It has been jn babel only a year, and thy only test its success or failure will le resulis, Let us walt and see how the ot “a will get on under it—what thelr siand- ing will be as-they are graduated from year to year, ques things are watched, and they wiil tell us whether we are on the right track or on the prone one, "I believe that changes could be made {In the course, that there are corialn studies which should be given more time and others which should be given less, But all thet {s a matter of detail and experience will straighten it out,” LITTLE GISELLA DEAD. Gisella Chcuzar, six years old, the Ilt- tle Hungarian girl, who was terribly burned yes‘erday afternoon jn her mother's kitchen, at No, 228 Avenue U, In spite of her mother's efforts to save her, died to-day In Bellevue Hospital, The number of diseases peculiar to women *{s so large that I believe this space would not even contain & mere mention of the names, and it 's a fact that the majority of these diseases are caused by Catarrh, A Women cannot he well {f there {s ® trace of Catarrhal germs {n her |eystem, You will never find rich {Dicod in a person troubled with Catarrh, and you will never rid your- sel? of Catarrh unless you absolutely drive out every germ with REXALL MUCU-TONE, Some women think there 1s no heip for them, I am positive in saying this {s a mistake, What you do need {8 a specialty to) treat the cause. Catarrh {s the cause, | | The ailments of wom:nhcod are but | the result. REXALL MUCU-TONE {3 sclentifically prepared from the | prescription of a physician whose) |specialty was Catarrh for thirty | | years; and its effects on the system jare entirely different to any other remedy [ have ever sold, It is a | rilliant mind's chances in this worlt| germ destroyer, clearing the system oné case out of a thousand, But, (o ger Of every trace of the catarrhal para- the matter in a clearer Mght, 1 would sites and at the same time toning up| the mucous tissues that have been (seaged by the catarrhal germs. No| other remedy is so admirably de-| | signed for the ailments of women, [ | want you to try a large trial size at ‘» fifty cents on my positive guarantee ; that if you are not benefited 1 will RIKER’S DRUG STORE Sixth Ave.and 234 St,, Broadway and oth St, Myencies Also HEGEMAN @ CO., Corp. 200 Broadway, and five branches, J. JUNGMANN. 10% Third Ave, 428 Columbus Ave, KINSMAN'S DRUG STORE, | rasth St, and Eighth Ave, 601 Eighth Ave, | EUGENE HARTNETT, Jersey City, N, J. Petty’s Prudential Pharmacy, Rexall another step in providing for improved traMe conditlans on the new Williams. vate property from the Bowery to nN elgnty feet wide, Borongh President Ahearn wanted the extension 1/), feet wide, but Comptroller Grout protested declaring that it would prove a useless) exvense upon the elty. The Board granted a hearing to a large delegation of citizens from the Twenty-elghth Ward of Brooklyn, who appeared to protest against the condition of traffic at the New York | uf end of the new bridge. presented by Chairman M. Sheehan, of the Transit Committ sald In part: A Vigorous Protest, “We complain that this bridge, which. cost the city $20,000,000, in at present practically unused, Though this bridge has been officially open for fourteen The protest, months It has only been used for rail-| road traffic for four months, “The stub terminal congests traf | and makes Sts use at rush hours uncer- | tain and dangerous, It Hmits the car capacity to one-third the full car ca- pacity of bhe southern palr of tracks, these being the ones used by the Brook- lyn companies, “The city took title to and posses- sion of ten blocks on Delancey street May 12, 1904, for the purpose of using them as an approach to the bridge, but only six out of the ten blocks have been filed In and these are no: and have not been put In condition for use, “We recommend as a temporary ri- Hef loop terminals and shelter station) on Delancey streei, und that the Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit and Brooklyn and Coney Island companies be re-' quested to use same, ‘That in the event of either or both of these companies neglecting to avatl tnemeelves of this Invitation, — the Bridge Commissioner be requested to. avail himself of the decision of J Maddox and remove gala comp: yor companies’ cars from the bridge and approaches thereto. Gentlemen, Y ST, i ie of the Eastern’ District now look vou fi The time for spllt- whowe duty it wi Diet almost been reached, to you for reller, hairs over right this wrong has passed, ‘ting |demund speedy relief," Question of Common Sense, Borough President Ahearn asked Mr, what ihe thought could be “What could be “ne?!” "why, the work of making the bridge and the approaches useful {to the people of this clty could have | been done before this, in my optnion," “On what do you base your opinion?” | Sheehan done, Sheehan, | Mr, Ahearn asked, “Common sease and nothing more,” | replied Mr, Sheehan, | "I favor Brooklyn getting all Brook- {lyn can possibly get," retorted President The Board of Estimate to-day took; Ahearn, “but not at the jeopardy of | | Manhattan," | Phere couldn't be any jeopardy to Interjected burg Bridge by authorizing the continu-| Grout, "If Delancey street had been ation of Delancey street through pri-| raded and paved when It should have | Ta iny opliion all the work could and should have been done months ago, street. The new addition will be| ‘The completion of this work now as a means of alleviating the discomfort of | Manhattan,” heen, | Brooklynites cannot | jeopardize Manhattan or Manhattan in | teresta.”’ protest, | Don't forget v ten, Pied aie in The Board accepted Mr. Ts A FAMOUS ADVENTURE, to read ''The Adventure | of the Norwood Builder" in to-morrow's | | Byentng World, This ts the second story | "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," the greatest detective series ever pala cot rerl- is Spring Opening | Thursday, Feb. 16 Friday, Feb. 17 Saturday, Feb. 18 835—1231—1365 Broadway. Comptroller | any way! Sheehan's Wi No Extra id ate fer It, Wwertinemiente Lor 408 Word t at any American District Messenger lott tn the olty unit 8 PM. ad BROOKLYN. SLIGHTLY DAMAGED AT OUR RECENT FIRE. White Goods, Muslins, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Table Linen, Napkins, Outing Flannels and Wash Fabrics, ON SALE NOW 25 to 5O Per Cent. Discount, According to Condition. - TAKE LEXINGTON AYE, "L! TO CHAUNCBY 87 RTATION. | we CAMMEYE Oth Ave., Cor. 20th St. a | STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK, | Great Alteration Shoe Sale. We Are Offering the Public the Best Shoe Bargains of the Year At 25 to 50 Per Cent. Reductions from Our Regular Prices, We guarantee every pair to be exactly as advertised, No factory damaged, no name, which is a These goods Calf, Bo Button and Lace, Hand Se Welts, Sizes 11 to 2, $1,25 an Misses’ Box Calf, Button and Lace, Hand Sewed Welts, L Heels, Sizes 2!4 to6.., Oxfords, tent Leather lace, Old Ladies’ Shoes and Sister Shoes, $].00 $1.50 Men’s Black Kid, Velour and Box Cai Lace and Patent $ Leather, Button and Lace.. Women’s Black Kid Button and Lace, patent leather and kid tips, $1.50 Women’s Fancy Slippers $1.50 | Women’s Felt Slippers 50c & $1.00 Women’s First Quality Storm Rubbers......+...-+..66+. Boys’ First Quality Storm King Rubber Boots, sizes 1 to5%.... $2.50 Youths’ First Quality Storm King Rubber Boots, sizes 11 to 131, $2.00 Child’s Box Calf, Button and Lace, sizes 6 to 10%..... Misses’ Box Calf, Button and Lace, sizes 11 to2......., pO I ee x Calf, Kid wed ud Fille °~ $2.00 Job lots and no old styles, These are not rejects from other manufacturers, but our own High Grade Cammeyer Footwear, with our LA stamped on every pair. 1 are displayed in our windows, and every line repre- sented will be found in stock in complete range of sizes. MAIN FLOOR. Women’s French Men's Black Calf, |Box Calf and Velour & Patent l.eather,|Calf, double soles, in Button, Laceand| Button, Lace and Blucher, *2.25*Q25 Women’s Gray enade oneestrap Sandals,,,............e000.... $2.00 Boys’ Velour Calf, Box Calf, Lace and Blucher and Enamel 2 Leather and Patent Leather Lace pies £0, 4 Misses’ Box Calf and Black Calf, |Child’s Calf, Button and Lace, |Hand Sewed Welts; Stout Soles, True Form Lasts, Sizes 6 to 10!4 [Child's Box Calf, d |Lace, Hand Sewed Welts, j6to 104.,..,, ; Little Gents’ Patent Leather Lace, sizes 8 to 1314, spring heel... In the Basement. Women’sBlackKid|Men’s Box Calf, Button & Lace, Pa-| Black Calf and Pa« |tent Leather Lace, |Double Soles, OU ara iit} $] 00 Button and Sizes $] 40 .», $1.00 D 99: 40c teveeee BILOO | | R | | 99555 SSS oe ee eee | RRS oniznesmeentangnenninunisieerstecmamneeee Girls’ Clothing Dept. We shall offer, Saturday, February 18th,): The entire residue of Girls’ Winter Coats, about 100 coats in all; sizes, 4 to 12 years; former prices $10, $15 & $20 each—to effect a complete cleas- ance in one day we offer them at 500 Girls’ each, . } —Also— New Wash Dresses, consisting of Linens, Meicerized Linens in various shades, in guimpe, one-piece and sailor styles, new chic effects 3 sizes 4 to 14 yrs., at fh) 2. 9 bY each, real value duoel Lord & Taylor. Broadway and Twentieth St., Fifth Ave., Nineteenth St Saturday's Special Sale of Women’s Coats, Suits and Walking Skirts, Right in Style and Materials for Early Spring Wear. All Greatly Underpriced. Covert Cloth Jackets, short length, strapped and hand- somely auth lined Rare out with satin; value $6.50" 3.98 Women's Coats, Eton or me- dium length, of fine Kersey, Venetian or Broadcloth, dou- ble-breasted front, fitted back, eC others coll&r- less; odd sizes.........45 ‘7Bc., $1.08 anide98 Tourists’ Coats of Covert cloth, 42 inches long, box- plaited back, With belt, loose front, handsomely tailored: sizes 32 to 40; value O8§ $10.00 crerseeereee bonnes Women's early spring Suits; made of strictly all-wool chey- fot, short, jaunty jacket, lined with satin, strapped and hand- somely tailored, new flare skirt, even length; 6 98 ° Ue $15.00, ..6sere ’ Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. Some Irresistible Attractions for Saturday. Men’s Separate Trousers at Half Price. An extra pair of trousers are always useful, but when such troneers as we will offer Sat- urday can be purchased for $1.95 there should te a de- mand for them that will promptly clear our tables. Fine heavy cassimeres and neat dark stripe worsteds; sizes up to 42 walst and 85 inseam; regular hg | 95 . $3.00 ... tes Boys’ Wool Schoo! Suits, In heavy cheviots, neat dark pat- terny or navy blue; this Is a STORE OPEN SATURDAY NIGATS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK. FAPMAN Brooklyn-Fulton St., From Bridge to Dufficld-Brooklyn, | Runabout — 1,000 Women's Walking and Skirts, of fancy mixtures and melton cloth, {n black, blue, brown and Ox- ford; stylish models; some flare bottoms; others kilted; als bade easrne be OB Women's Coats of Melton Cloth in Oxford aud medium gray; 40 inches long; loose back with slot seam; belted; fly front, loose effect; fancy pockets; velvet 9004 98 ° coat sleeve; value $9.50., Women's arly Spring Suits; made of panne cheviot, amart hip jacket, collarless, trimmed with braid and buttons; hand- somely tallored and lined throughout with satin; stylish kilted skirt; Means) || 85 26.00 .. splendid every-day suit to be sold for a little price; sizes 7 to 15... "1.95 Boys’ Spring Suits, Russian and Eton, with white linen collar and tie, blue or brown all-wool materials or fancy homespun; a pretty out- AG TOK csr ay 1695 We always have the largest assortment of well - made cheviot or corduroy trousers for boys from 3 to 16 450c Infants’ Coat Sale, Infants’ long Bedford Cord Cloaks; full deep capes, trim- med with fancy satin ribbon or braid; others embroidered edge, interlined through- out; full length andy 49 e Short Cloth Coats in blue, tan, red and brown, deep capes; trimmed with rows of fancy braid; collar and cuffs trim- med to match; also ripple elderdown coats in red; sizes 6 months 1.98 ° YOATB vevereerereeeeeeers | | | VOATWLTOR snun vse Vee In Furnishing Goods. Men's and Boye’ Nightshirts, made of extra heavy quality domet flannel, assorted color- {Ba well veya full length and width; 65¢, kind. 45¢ Men’s Underwear, fleece-lined end heavy wool shirts, broken lines and sizes, fine quality, well finished, bry and warm; ‘bc, and §1,00 KlodV corse 50c Men's Black Cashmere Socks, extra good quality, seamléas feet, doutle heels and toes, firm and durable; 360, 25c quality ..sseeeees none Saturday Shoe Day. Special Selling of Four Very Desirable Lots. Women's $3.00 Shoes, $1.00; these are a broken lot of small sizes and narrow widths which we must close out, If your size is among this lot you surely get a bargain; sizes 2%, 3, 8%, 4, A, B, i | 00 widths Women’s $1.50 Shoes, $1.19; made of Dongola kidskin with patent leather tips me heavy solld leather soles; lace; Ni 1.19 Little Gents’ §1,25 Shoes, $1,00; made of Kangaroo calf, heavy soles; spring heels; for service they have no equal; sizes 844 to 13%... "1.00 Girls’ $1.50 Shoes, $1.25; heavy: Dongola kid shoes, spring heels; button and lave; pat- ent leather tips; sizes | 25 tees e sizes 3 to 7... Three Candy Specials. We want you to become better acquainted with our Candy Store, Our advertised Specials are ale ways popular candies of the beat grade at a small price, Chocolate Peppermints Molasses Blow Candy, Pompeii! Caramels... All made fresh expressly for this sale, 11% to 2 ‘Sample Hat Sale. Manufacturer's line of wom- en's sample untrimmed Hats: yalues average about $2.00 each; all are beautiful hand- made hats and require only the addition of a buckle or a spray of flowers to complete them; these hats are made of good quality of material, such as horsehair’ braid and perox- aline braid; all the desirable shapes, in turbans, Continen- tal and large effects, black brown and white; unt- form price to-day....... 1.09 $5.50 . , \ a i