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SUNDAY SCHOOL |: OF FISHES GROWS. as Aquarium = Denizens Filled with Expectations of Christmas. TADPOLE HAS DOUBTS. Won't Hang Up His Stocking, Be cause He Isn’t Sure About Santa Claus. “Twas some nights before Xmas and at the Aquar- Tum great expectancy hung on ¢ The Cattim and Dogfish ya Provented the stirring of even a Great Christmas ¢ fam. You wouldn't | has been a marked ance at the Suto Reapon ts simple 1 @ tree for the fis use. 0 It, bu th is attend nba of Ash re going to have 4 a distribution | yor fish will re of presents, Every ealve a net stock! @nyway. This will be a 1 most nets aren't fish are biting ea. It Is very strange pchoo! has Increased a G@raws near, They | Banta Claus yet believe in a fish Pole, who used to In afnta reformed be saw the de A bay tree has been most appropriate Ch 8 tree, Every Precaution will he taken to keep sdhoo! from burning up. Plenty of | water will be at hand. Sunfish an starfish will take the place of candies. | Doubting Tadpole Belleves In Santa, little Ashes will hang up thelr Of course they have stock why not? Didn't you ever hea. lected as the of ‘stocking up with fish at the Aquar jum?’ Well, they're going to hang uy that stocking. Didn't you ever hear of the mermaid who wanted to hang uy her stocking and didn’, have any with her tailor-made guilt? Sure. Everything is going lovely im the gchoo! celebration except that te brown snapper has been snuppish; says foo many outsiders are butting In, Of gourse they had to leave the halibut in. The brown snapper doesn’t want very one in on the snap, Still he and his friend from up the} fiver—the carp—are the only critic @arp. The carp has had the run of t Mentre tank himself #9 much since } ame down the rivet that he Is g fantankerous as Christmas time near, and only the shark Is able to stay in the same vicinity with him. He wants something nice for Christmas o: will act rantankerous. It's queer what t asked for to be p them. Reversing the o! ————————EEEee Established 1856. | HALL 40&42W. 22dSt Half Biocs EAST of Sixth Ave, Formeily of Sixth Aye, Holiday Sale of FURS Big Inducements TO-DAY AND SATURDAY, dr e little tads have on the tree fo id song of child j Mink Stoles $35 | Mink Scarfs, with tails and heads... 25 | Mink Ascots Carino bod 15 Baum Marten Scarfs, (oasireee Chinchilla Ascots ...... 25 Ermine Ascots 25] Black Lynx Stoles 20 | Black Lynx Ascots 14 Persian Lamb Ascots......++. 10 Alaska Sable Throws 10 Natural Squirrel Ascots 8| Sabled Squ Ties 9 Sabled Fox Scarfs 15) Sabled Racoon Searfs........00.0.. 8 Blended Jap. Mink Stoles New Style Mufls | Mink Muffs $30 Ermine Muffs 49 Chinchilla Muffs 40 Persian Lamb Mulfs 10 Black Lynx Muffs Alaska Sable Muffs Natural or Sabled Squirrel Muffs Sabled Racoon Mutts + 8] Blended Jap. Mink Muffs Fur Caps and Gloves Sealskin Gloves «$10 Sealskin Gauntlets 15 Sealskin Caps, XXX... 8} Sealskin Caps, XXXX., 12 Beaver Gloves , 9 Nearseal Gloves 5 Nearseal Caps 4 Fur-Lined Overcoats 28 Men's Fur-Lined Overcoats, hand somely lined with blended muskrat, Woks as handsome as mink; f Cloth, outside collar of Per Bearer or blended water m from 36 to 46; regular price $75; special, $50 | for Lag a devostt same wi future delivers, W. H, HALL, 40 & 42 W. 22d St. Mall Block BAST of Oth Ave, N.Y, S Good Prt 1's happy—t nir{Osoar Wilde at Oxford ¢ skate wants a p: oh for nok. ea Horse Wants Horseshoe Crabs. want XMAS WORLD. sm OUT NEXT SUNDAY, Twenty-four Pages in C Ac r —~ ty Christmas as dn Christian Whe ve tia ec By Mrs, Mary Baker Fad, —— —s | WILDE BOOKS AT AUCTION. Twenty-four Pages In Color. id for Rare Editions of the Poets Works, sompany, of No d yesterda ased by OUT NEXT SUNDAY, XMAS WORLD. 268 Sixth Avenue, New York. Only Entrance to Clothing Dept. Through Furniture Store, Open Saturday Evening Until 10, Superb Winter Overcoats For Men, Youths and Boys at Attractive Prices, Dress Well on $1.00 a Week. Men's Overcoats Paddocks, Cheste fields, Long Box and Tourist Coats. Fine meltons, vicunas and Baltic frieze; Ox- y and black, Men’s Suits. Cut in the height of *15 style and superbly red, Sin, e and $ ouble — breasted models in far cy mix. tures and black I hi- bets, Youths’ Tourist Overcoats. 32 to 38 chest meas- ure, Fancy mix tures and black and Oxford frieze, Boys’ School Overcoats. 8to 16 year sizes, Long, stylish medel, in all sopular fab- rics. Will wear well Zand look well a , long time. Boys’ Suits. Trim and_ stylish strongly made for school wear, All siz- es from 8 10 16 years 95 A Miled wi if | | SY inypsom Y | SiATH AVE, 9 07020" STREBTS NEW LIST EVERY DAY Used eed down _ right. [900 Billings upright 175 Crawford upright, $50 Haines upright 300 Mozart upright 825 Bradbury upright i00 Krakauer upright 40) Weber upright... $25 Schubert upright 400 Horace Waters wu je Aubtasecesns 275 Radle upright 490 Decker Bros, upright, 150 95 Rembrandt upright,.., 183 450 Fischer upright 300 Milton upright. Ouragreement protects you To strengthen your confidence in. these real how much cont «© WE hay agree to tahe paid to date of , unexcelled new inst and to show t full amount hange for one of ¢ ¢ within one year, fu mind you, t your choie makes of new Hl PACKARL and the finest ; o in the world, the CECILIAN PLAYER and CECILIAN PIANC | A new piano for Christmas, THE finest yitt in the world, especially the Cecil- ian piano ora piano and the Ceeilian player, enabling every member of your familyevery friend that visits your home to | play. Our line of new pianos is the finest iv New York, and in | behalf of thi nt we can refer you to thousands of satisfied purchasers, ‘Ten finely appointed rooms for testing these pianos, New pianos, §200;*10 down ’ 9 These piano guaranteed for ten years and will serve you well for a lifetine and they're selling so rapidly to serve as Christ mas gifts that we must urge upon you the importance of an early selec Terms agreeable to you may be arranged that will be PULIVERED THE DAY VOU DESIGNATE yur twelve | A | -: > ae eee ee = ‘yhis WORLi: FRIDAY BYBNING, DCEMLER & [dd Qi <r —e \T math oh could Largest showing of Christmas handkerchiers in New York. OFS hn our new toy store every day, you wouldi"twait anothe y to come little ones from the a uls of wor ders in this fairylar af whildish Fe Ha TH A I9ETORO™ STREET A __ joys Holiday gloves and a specia sale of men’s gloves at ‘1, GL OVES that would bea good value at $1.5v a pair—we want to what a bargain thes are, what a dressy and durable glove they are, values are here, 100 dozen Meyers’ pique sewn emphasize ¢ the best holiday so you'll rea gray and reindeer mocha gloves for mena remarkable value at $1, Matn Floor, Women's 12 and 16 B length suede gloves in the most used colors om ares * 1, l wear, fur elbow sleeves, for street and evening colors, at the special price.....+ 5 mouth showing pearly teetl Boys’ and misses lish made Women's Englis cape, prix eam treet gloves, specials... wee 1.00 spear back gray gloves. eovses setses 1.00 |} are full jointed = SIMPSON CRAWE Onp oO. Ten thousand handkerchiefs, initials, for 9° Christmas, THE store that sells more handkerchiefs than any other in New York you would naturally expect to give remark- able bargains during the holiday season, but here’s one that almost passes all belief. 600 dozen women’s Irish linen initial handkerchiefs, with the daintiest hand- worked letter on sheer linen, All initials to select from. Unlaungered —positively the same quality as sold for 15¢ in a laundered handkerchief. 9c each, $1 a dozen, You'll surely want twelve. Men's& women's 25cinitialhandkerchiefs Irish linen initial handkerchiefs, unlaundered, several styles 12%4c to select from—all are hand-worked letters and can be compared to 12'4c for box of six men’s advantage with laundered handkerchiefs sold elsewhere at 25¢ each, 12" for box of six women's hand worked Irish linen 1.40 dozen for | 25 a amen a pla 75¢ hand worked Irish linen | 8] Irish linen hemstitched handker men'sand women's plain. | Kiefs | initial handkerchiefs—exclusive de- | initial handkerchiefs—beautifully em in assorted hems, a regular 25¢ quality signs in floral effects—all letters, broidered initials—all letters. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. —— Boys’ famous Alger books, 25c. THs: edition Matin Floor. We wanted an edition of nd we demanded the very best book that could be sold at that price. itions and compares favorably with the regular 0c, style in point of bind strated ontis| istrated with frontispiece, Bcoud Pioee. was made up specially for us and cannot be found elsewhere. sell at 2. reheay Fach volume ill pular author t all othe Adrift in York Phil, the Bidder Tom, the Bootblack, Strive and Succeed Hound to Kini Raymond's tele Try and Trust, Strong and Steady and Hold Herbert ¢ "a Legacy Kisen from Young Outlaw ie f shittl Andy Grunt Fre m Home. Jack's Ww ard, slow Chester Raud the World. Jallos, the Street Boy. Store Luke Walten Only an Trish Bo Paul, the Peddler. NOTE—We also carry an edition of Alger at 15e, per copy. ‘Boys’ and girls’ books at 48c. Printed on superior quality paper and bound in handsome cloth, with half-tone illustrations, ors Inheritance, Sam's Chance: Dash for Khartoum, by In Greek Waters, by Storm Moantain, by E. Light the , Morning tent 8, Ellie by f Mea Redtkin and Cowboy, by No surrender, by Hen Prince Beautiful, by I Wroming, by a Carey. Held Fost for England, Sweet, “Gin Graduate, » by Hent T Mende. Meade of the Forest, by Wiha | Kitty, by LT All Ww onderiaga, Meade feade “Lonely O'Malley,” an idy) of boyhood by Arthur Stringer, the 1 .08 legitimate successor to Mark Twain's * Huckleberry Finn,’ fully illustrated The Concise Standard Dictionary for Bill Nye's Comic History of U. § ., illus: “My Lady's" writing table, bound in limp ooze calf, boxed | trated by F. Oppers will tickle the risibilities yeaa) Goat srpbala dl ones x ie ae gis of the most stalld individual; former!y 2.00, Cc c ho 's nation of the practical with ‘98e. 5,000 books for children at \% | We bought the remainder of an entire edition to Cabin. In Clearing, Berle, the Briton, by A unique novelty sees it, com| the beautiful. Sikdmease’ sicnriats alin one volume. Ine | fine children's books from Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. dia paper, Persian Morocco binding, gold edge s profusely | With Father Tuck in Animal Land ) Boand 59¢ illust J with portraits of g With Father Tuck in Fairy Land «Cloth : Bae to 3. 48 With Father Tuck in Nursery Land ) Mounted Linen 98e Rosemary classics---ideal gift books, 85c. Extra fine woven paper, illustrated, bound in handsome lev: actresses, was $5.00, NOWsess t t leather, designs in gold and brulegravure ookh, by Moore How by Brott 1 Seven Gables, by en from Dickens, ea from Ellot e, Miand Mer Nature, by 9 ae Poems, b Our Vil 08 hig and Other Quotations, Imes Robert, S¢ Carel, A, by of Wild Olive, Courtshin, of Miles Stand- y Lonet by te, 0 Dick Crown . by Tennyson for at the Breakfast on Table, Pleasures of Life. | Misses’ In Memorlam Pucitte, Garden of Verses, SIMPSON CRAWEOND CO, December sale of men’s win- ter overcoats, made to sell at *25-- 3] | toe special, Best four models of the season. The Surtout—a becoming $25 tight-fitting coat. The Regent—52-inch single-breasted 225 coat. The Renwick—medium length, single-breasted. The Rossmore—double-breasted, fancy material, I" you could be satisfied with an overcoat made to measure by a merchant tailor that would cost you $85, then this overcoat will just suit you. You'll be equally well satisfied and not have to wait a week or two for your coat, It’s one of the best ready-for-service coats made to sell at $25 and has the reputation among the best- dressed men of equalling in fit, finish, style, quality and workmanship the highest stand- ard-made-to measure $35 coat, These are the popular styles now among the best-dressed men, and we have them in all sizes, Every manmay come here to-morrow with a positive assurance of a pertect-fit- ting overcoat in the style most becoming to his build—stout, slender or medium —at $15.50, The materials are kerey, melton, frieze, cheviots, vieunas and fancy overcoatings. Sale of Kuppenheimer suits at *11.50. IVE HUNDRED SUITS, remaining from our fastest selling lines of 815, 818 and $20 Kuppenheimer's Winter Suitsbroken lots, but gathering as a whole, and it’s the rarest thing in the world (0 suit of a celebrated brand like Kuppenheimer's, $] 15° it $1150, Single or double breasted styles in the finest of fibries.... Clearing the highest grade boys’ overcoats*4.75 Tourist overcoats, regular overcoats, JI Russian overcoats, Pi rs and suits, Young men’s suits at * Only 1 10 long trousers suits at this price-all we ean offer at uch an unusual say- ng. All colors in every’tleethe dressiest suits for boys. pare], A very “‘chic’* rich —all plaited skirts, Extreme and bottle green, Girls heay Misses’ 34: Second Floor, neluded iy to be able to seeure a $ all sizes are Men's 82,50 slippers, Ten Pe aa big dolls for a dollar each to-morrow. That is the name of our famous dollar doll beautiful bisque head, hay glass h beautiful ric pai some have shoes and stockings, all | $] Prive suits, $24.75. ON’T overlook the fact that now, you're buying Christmas presents, is the time you ean secure the best values of the season in Girls’ and Misses’ ap- These rare Saturday bargains are a good example. $34.75 Misses’ velveteen suits, $24.75 style with wide silk braid—coat made double breasted and lined throughout with ce collarless effect in |e utiful shadin, hunter green, Bordeaux, violet, cardinal, marine or navy trimmed with heavy white applique lace. Misses' $45 broadcloth suits, $34.75, long coat finely tailored—lined throughout with sel satin Duchessin Alice blue, lavender—several shades of green, or wine, also blue and black—plaited skirts, Misses’ cheviot suits, $14.75, Medium length coat—-loosely fitted—colors vardinal, navy blue/ , Misses’ $29.75 broadcloth suits, $21.50 4{ length coats—strictly tailored—green, wine, plum, navy and new skirt models, 8’ heavy $18.75 long coats, special... Winter cheviot $12.50 coats... -length covert coats, specials +++. Girls’ chinchilla coats, $10 Warmest and best coat in New York at | $10—lined throughout with red flannel—deep | storm collar-double breasted—silk emblem on sleeve in blue only--6 to 14 years—one of those long, stunning coats for cold or 310 stormy weathers. s+. se teneee A great purchase of holiday WE induced a high class manufacturer to earlier this year than usual by agreeing to take the entire collection and we must say that, although prices are far below what you probably intend to pay, 4) « finer line of men’s slippers was never shown, $]. 50) Patent leather with hand- turned soles, Slippers for women and Co; Baby Henrietta, Fourth Floor, She has yes, long flowing curls, open , some blondes, some brunettes, Ladies’ *5.75 watches$ 3:9 with chatelaine pin and velvet case, WE offer these wonderful bargains for Christmas because, un- like the exclusive jeweller, we do not have to depend upon our hol- iday business for the year’s profit. That's why you can buy the same watches and jewelry HERE ata third less than elsewhere. Our holiday showing of watches is complete, with all the reliable domestic and foreign makes—all guaranteed timepieces, Ladies’ fancy enamelled watches—some are gold inlaid —some plain—in all the new colors, such as turquoise blue, royal blue, greenand red, withchatelaine pin, ina $3. 95 velvet case—complete, Value $5.75, at ...0... IK. gold watches for women—jew- elled Waltham movement, Value §22,at $15 14K. gold chatelaine watches, with fleur de lis pin, in velvet case—Swiss jewelled movement. Value $17.80, at... $12. Men's and jewelled Men's gold filled watches—auaranterd og 4 years’ wear—fitted with a jewelled Waltham movement—thin model, \u ue $15, at $ 10 Men's heavy 14K. gold watches—open face— jewelled Waltham movement, Value $25, at. $19.50 Men's thinnest model watch—14- K gold—full adju: ted fine Swiss movement. Actual value $55, at $35 full-size fine silver wate nef American movement...» $5.50 Others to $2 Men's and boy's nickel watches American movementsssevesssesers S279 Women's and children’s silver and real gun- metal watches—good timekeeper— Very special. ssssee eee coves $3,905 Men's solid gold mounted fobs—hand- some gold charm, Value 1.80, at. $4.75 Others to $35.00 Men's solid gold vest chains.. ses. $4.95 Others to $20.1 * Ladies? solid gold lorgnette chains, $10.50 Ladies’ solid gold chatelaine pins... $1.75 SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO, §3.50 and °4.50 bath robes, *2.95. to serve as gifts, the robes these their hands Nov. 14th, The result is we had sent us ten days over 900 of LS inst, $2.95 each. $4.50 Shaker sweaters, $3.50. LONG before Christmas these robes will all be sold at this price Purchasers of the first half of this lot of 1,800 robes have told us that nowhere else in New York was there such a value, but we're willing ; to leave that to you. stata ricer, about 1,800 robes all 5 at one low price, We've $2 90 sold during the past ® them. Heavy {Imported Austrian floral blankets, like cut. Piped seams. Perfect quality, full — sized. Choice fine line of patterns, While they 1,200 sweatersof the Shaker hand-knit kind, the very best and heaviest Very elastic and pliab It tight ribbed We sold them heretofore e " garnets, na how, one in a box, tserreee $3.5 50 $1.50 neckwear, 79c. Hig sale of men's high grade heavy pure i}: searfs, the new wide double end English squares, and the full French seamed new four in-hand, a lot picked up at one low 79¢e\ pies Justin time for Saturday. “vel ‘CRAWFORD Co. 334, 75 velveteen pure worsted yarn, Warm and durable, eae collar, bottoms, White, blac while model—short boxy coattrimmed military blue Also long semi-fitted coats or blouse model, Sizes 14, 16 to 18 years. style —e noep tional quality — and colored taffeta or white 14, 16 and 18 years, tee 918.75 ae effects | inal roel formerly up to $18.76— gpecial at SIMPSON CRAWFORD co. 1 OF ene eee aeee pentee teens ay slippers fOr MEN. ss re. clear out his surplus stock of slippers a month Men's $1.50 ee Oe Ke. and black sli Fa black and wine slip Opera and Everett sty’ rers—ve ial, children, _ esti Mens’ $2.00 $]- .25 slippers, | Girls! 18. 75 coats, special $12. All the odds and endsgood values at $14.75 — remarkable bargains at $12— full | length- es tailor-made or fancy trimmed ine light-weight kersey or broadcloth *12 We contracted a long time ago for all ; makers had left on