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We LE AUTHO JOELY INVADES | TRESOCIAL LA Upton Strans radi Sinclair Disc ¢ Animals Masque- gas Human Being For in “The Metropolis” the = Author Seeks to JRO, In “The Soe Sinclalr wrote @ etory of the undemiogs of industrial America that etirred this‘pation as no book 14a Beecher Stowe's In Min new novel. ch start ak Age 1 who bate” d exornie! wealth. Itds:probably a true guess to aay Pl “The Metropolis’ will cre tion fully as great as “The Jungle crated, Gne thing ie sure—Mr. Sinclair Information “upon which he} 8 amazing story at first hand.) wentence of the author's| Kot rears” To ow ote a w York society stirred «In thecdanuary numbe: American Magazine. this same: young man Sinclair tells a ful story of the men and the women ‘who Hve their puppet lives and their pigmy deeds upon the Unsei- Mich the world at large calls * the ttle group developed with the: sudden us Increase of concentrated | “In “Tbe Jungle’ I strove to give pic- tures of a great American industry as 4 appears to the men who work in It! In ‘Tie Metropolis’ I have presented New York society as it appears to! those who play the ume,” Allan Montague 1s the central Agure| of the new book. He is a-young, mant Southerger, Wealthy byt simply reared,! Who comes to this town to Join incomes | and endeavors with his brother Oscar. | Oscar belongs to the inner set. He! takes Allan- place’ — ane of New York's new hotels". catering to the; rich and-the ultra-particular. Here ‘apartment ult is. partial Of this quiet place: “Allan Mont gazing about |: to what/he callx auiee description from ‘the story | detook himseif to] noted the great dou- | ,, ble windows, with sashes of bronze; the. } bronze: fireproof doors; the branze elec-| for the fire. In 4 couplé of minutes they | pest bag. SF tm , the Goor of the dressing-room clovet it; {rely ences oer e = tric candies and chandeliers, from which| Were al]. assembled—and roaring: ant | a Montacue found that he had sud-| Never # word of the-singing conld t the room was flooded with a soft radi- énee “at the touch of x button; the) Duchesse and Marquise chairs, with up- holstery matching the ~ ils; the hugely leather alumber-couch with adjustable! 1° lamp at its head. When one opened | wan automatically filled with lent; | there, gps an adjustable three-sided mir-| ror, at which ene could study his own| figure trom every side. ‘Phere was a little bronze box near! the bed, in shoss, and with a locked door opening out into the hall, so that the floor porter could ing one. Each of tho bathrooms was the size of ‘ with floor and walls of snow-white mar- ble, and a which one might sct his Bet them without disturb- &n ordinary man's parlor, Goor composed of aff? im- Dorted plate-glass mirror, “There was no end to the miracles of this esti found tn the po chance ablishment, as Montague! course of time. There was} that the antique bronze! clock on the mantel might go wrong, | for it wus alecirically -ontrolled from } the office. You did not open the ‘win- dow and let in the dust, for the room Was autoniatically ventilated, and you turned a swi The office would’ furnish you a gulde who would a! ‘and you mi “kneaded by élass table, and your eggs being tested; by electri huge refrigerators, ventilated by cle teh marked "hot’ and ‘cold.’ how you the establishment; ight see your bread being electricity, upotsan opal Nght; you might peer itn tric fans, and in which each Uny lamb chop reposed in a separate holic Upon. your provided wii rooms and you might have your own priya: and crockery fanilly bot! a, For these 3 paid own floor was a pi th hot and cold storag~ an air-tight dumb-walt and pla nd your o if you\ wished.” Soclety as Sinclair Sees It. accommodatio: tae broth: bargain price—only 360 a) week Oscar took Allan for a tip in his’ racing automodile. A policeman chased Long Island tague met ture friends Strdom—at a dinder. “They called tt a ‘topsy-turvy’ lunch eon. It began with fce cream, moulded In fancy shapes and then buried in white of egg owns a and greasy; ag Walling and Ufted the cover wi sweeping gestu: Rol sorved about made but they outran him t' a resort on the shore, the younger Mon- for the fi and compatriots tn Swag 4 baked, brown. Then turtle soup, thick and green amd then—horror of horrors fn im pudd € phene & silver lexn; and set it tn front of F bie hen removed It ith! | Montague had Up bik mind that this way the end, and began to Mil up on bread and butter, petite nov there caine © casmeroles; and t pet in a block of ice and fy Wine; and then little squab ducklings bursting e! the souracs cloua branis, tumiMed sherry arid port, champagne and c} ‘and “quer,” wi there appenred ‘cold ) eeparigua, served in ingividual silver holders resembling and Then—ap- y whetted ing hot Mitts being qua’ 1 wi and an Chiele* Ann betwee there were wines o Nelters-ai The House Party in Black Forest, After this went tou house party at the Fores en sigalg: went delectable repast 4 Binek milion-dolly chun tae logs one pee the te the ar ‘are, and stood Scene in “Little Italy THE PTO S81 CALS: s. WTICS. | rupbing his hands before the grateful |oral feet deep.” | blaze, ‘Scotch or Irish,sirt’ inquired a!Shooting Tame Pheasants for Rich and the ugly, dare outlines and home! lackey, hovering at his sile. He had! realy: wiven his order when the door) Next day they shot, tame pheasants. !ment were lost in the dimness. opened and @ sechnd motorioad of the| Alian, used to party appeared, stilyering and rushing jof the Southern canebrake, made th | Holy Miracle in Tableaux. ughter over Baby’ de Mille’s account ot how her carchad run over a dachs- hund. 'Oh,:do\ you know, simply. popped!’ one, was astonished by the exceedingly | «cended to make conv weeut drensen of the women, Ores /and Clarrie Mason. who hated’ de Pes things ais astonished him, They talked |ster, made note of @ way to annoy hi about one another's Intimate affairs mo |x for Oliver. he Sfe-younx lady who sat on Monta-{guns, 1 knew gue’ right way a Miss Vincent, ‘a! whispered. Tanddaughter of one of the sugar)” "Leaving the | kines: Bho was dark-skinned and slen~/in carts, ‘they inc and had appeared at a da: fone in Ulie costume ot an Indi eee The company amused itsel selecting an Indian name for her, ah sorts of absurd ones were suggest wet In a case ed, depending upon various Intimate de- tails of the young lady's ponsonullty and babita obbie caused a laugh by [I:ad a right to Buxgesting ‘Little Dewdrop'—€ appeared ftv, which he coul that she had once been disc writing # poem about a dewdrop One elon “suggested Little Ran end then Olle brow by exclaiming, ‘Litt ed fturn. He was t down the house | Raindrop in the Mud Puddle!’ A perfect gale of laugh. MRS. LONGWORTH BETTER. | Romulus and Remus celebrate company and it must | ter swept over the before th. o! have been a minut ge cent had staken. « cropper’ w meeurg of the Tong Isiand Hunt Cli} to accompany and been extricated from a slough rey- for the hollda nyand there the two victors recelved-thnir incident of the holy mimcle rizes, The man‘a consisted of a shaving for its ehare of honor, from the anrun- - IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS A a AC CR Oe ra nity DIY aCULs clea to Ueber aware ned, for the thing could not have cost leas than one of two thousand do He could not persuade himself that he |u Robble lived for the pleasure of thua reason for the prolonged rop,’ {humiliating his fellow men, {the Ifalian. It is an old, ea WASHINGTON, Dec, 23:—Mrs. Nich-!sinning of Sig. Parilsi's Christmas | EVENING AOD: MONDAY, ee oa arrived on scene, y, in thirty-five secointa, 1 saw the fuse blew out evening she screamed “Firely and axe turned in an alarm toithe house partinent. Maen men took thelr ata- x ro quietly that only a few in the otel knew of the trouble } In the concert and tearoons nothing CELEBRATING A + vearn La o | was-known’ of the affalr til jt was mee iiers war ic Sushend i ae makers A ot smoke seen by a maid} over, The mad who s.w the amoke is TEV. (AY ANAS: tie ght ui Ant »Headed When a. fuse (blew, outs of can electric | eatmloyed Uy Stas Ilarry J.) Tce, pita of hie Third Aven mete GaN ‘ av @St | AMAUnciator on the. sixth Aoor of the | Of, the President of the Acker, Moral Yueh ; ay by a Woman, May Wrest Hotel Plaga gave the hotel fire depart- | & Condit. mesa vga foece rave secant tenet Palm From Nuremberg, | ment 4 chance ta see how quickly they ‘sent her mald | Ne 1 i Good Old St. Nich } Part in Their Re * steamer Campania ts coming to New York Jaden with Christmas toya had.| And toy makers from Ireland, ‘They are ajfrom Cushendall, the new European Festival. | SHRINE iS EVERY ‘§ MA not tn ft any more,"| - m Hutat, the Americah League }umpire, who arrived from ireland, on Saturday, “Germany wil have to take | its iat of to, Ireland Nermatter. Think of it<Ireland beating Germany at .!ts sabe game! I tell you Sreland Js coming | rast. ‘The whole tsland ie humming with industry. “Phigre Ian't cottage: in Cushendall that Isn't a*toy factory, Santa Claus of tha win | Could Mit his eack there and find some- red gambling | thing to make the heart of every child 5 fin the land tingle with joy. HOME.” \ [A And if This the Holy, Mirack \ Is Toldin Tableaux . to Music. The third largest Italian city in the; world—situiated on Manh and be- lana “Miss McDonald Ja at the head of the the North Pate] enterprise, She wanted to find some too warm for employment for the people, so she So At) nicked on toys, aud now every man, “| woman and child tn the place {s at cork. ‘Dney make the funrfest toys in « world, They look Ike Nving things. y have a sort of pendulum arrange- , ment that makes ‘em move. “T saw them at work and I booked TE | the. if for ON. York. “Co ‘| women BEATEN WITH be ene ‘aha afow “New ork | toe Bt Nick LUNGSHOTS AND ROBBED |; 5 joing in Ireland there quaintance of the childr hern all coming to the Irish 4 Ireland wil noon be Purope. This js what a c st night! Two Victins to hold. own with the whole upon Sig. Antonio Parils! disclosed In Chpreniaciestec his humbie adode. at No. 21 Elizabe tagger to Street: Hospital. a \d in the Industrial line." {| Ine, Marie} ( [Founded 1840 New York 5. the | ‘All finest Table Deli- | 1) cacies required on your tl oleay Tabs can be obtained to the very last moment, at favor- ably economical prices, || | in all Park & Tilford stores. Late orders will be delivered on our regular | city routes itively JOHN MITCHELL RECOVERING. before noon hristmas dha aia ee the tanereesteze||| Day —late shipments by ona’ var | express, made promptly jtwWeen Centre street the Bow and between Bleecker ts celebrating Ch a Italian knows how. ¥ to Hire ' nat No Ohriatinas tree or Santa Claus o Ss I ghostly sleish bells here, but tr lof these any visitor to a Mulbe [Elizabeth street tenement 1 [ Christinas et and Wort tmas as only th The new ° cigarette— the real cigarette. Not . Turkish, nor Egyptian, nor domestic—but—gen- uine Havana tobacco—the costliest tobacco that grows. To really enjoy smoking, just try El rincipe ae Gales Cork Tip . Havana Cigarettes Rolled in rice and Cuban pectoral papers——oval shape—full size. Less than half the price of im- ported brands because made in this country from” imported leaf. For sale at ail leading hotels, clubs, cafes and ioberconies 10c per box of 10 HAVANA-AMERICAN COMPANY The whole family was assembled the Christmas celobrat! Sx. volunteered the thformation th. as mas had begun last Monday and would) |} continue until cock crow on the 2th.! But there was no tree, no hopeful stock- | ling, no Christmas gift to be seen at Sik ey Parilsi's. Instead, enshrined on the | f, Kitchen wall was a miniature ca bullt all of glossy leaves. scarlet flow- ‘eraand golden fruit. From inside t caye-an image of the Virgin, radiant in blue silk-and silver stars ‘emited down ——<2—____— ton the litle Rroup ot worshineers, | STALLS FOR POLICE DOGS. ‘The kitchen Was #0 smali that the Pa- | ist family filled it.to overflowing, and the guitarist and violinist, who also sing, and who were reciting in melody the murriage of Josep and Mary, tad to'stund outatde in the one bedfogm of | 1! the household, ‘These musicians go frow home to home in ihe colony at this}, season, playing and singing before tho shrine inveach. Only the light of th shrine lamp lit the faces of the childrai Marie Caron, wom 5s, The bu ted ax an add ton | |) nd Swill contain th dogs he force. At present oarded at the homes | || are pald for the Prizes, kitchen objects of the const side. ten stalking the wild turkey | visitor understand, but the mi) dwolt lovingly on the sonorous verses. | © coday adler yan ' 0. Refi be Allowedae ai Presentation of we aiiow Freight ft Whon the musicians were drin! tiiteugcimebeartieaay, eae, Bile ot: Christmas Eve. . Caiatoren 10° tile pavectiooment on amy article T° paiircad ware sation with him, red wine afterward, in reward for their | considerable nourishment ‘and talk to:| h ma: dialled © perchasce recone sorvicés, Sig. Parlisi translajed and ex. | callers. ined why the Itallans take ten da, us rad) 5 It came to, horees sed for Ohrisumgs when Manhattan has only you'd make good,’ he one. ¢ Not only is the birth at Bethiohem 9 \v¥ ame to b 1 Sade thelr eee ene celebrated’ by the Ltailans, but AS, Agents for GRAND RAPIDS Fl FURNITURE, Open Every Evening Until 90’Clock of svild gold, met with t Jesus in the temple. So-the musicians, —~ BROADWAY, 8TH AND 9TH STREETS ESTABLISHED FIFTY YEARS ing for ten evenings, and, is the etur, golds the various hgures In Uie suce accept of such hospitall-/ drama in the form of bewutiiul fouls, SESH ir eae ates edie (Offer Highest Quality and to realize in time that| But Signor Pariisi a not kn Furniture, Carpets, Bedding. £c., Megs 7.Ux| Which Can Be Purchased on Our E Best Val ues for Gifts cope Liberai Credit: ‘System. elled Bea, Brace trimmedy wet Hindeed. for what 19 now’ Tialla mas was once a oman id when they celebrated the uncient Feast | 3G jas Longworth has s0 far recovered = ROOM $25 Werth, $7.50 Down, $1.50 Wh. Hise ig i eee able. leave her bed and walk [gears vot Rome built thelr ow: | The following are a few of the economy priced $100 Jane [with the family. yesterday’ and expecta ere Meade Hele t eT ae aoe iit; goods selected from our extensive departments: & them to Pine Knot Va,'an altar lamp and danced and sap y songs in honor of Nurna, the god of Jewelry me” | Accounts ep to @10, { heirs Solid Gold Brooches. 1.25 to 115,00 [pat riers | 23 “3 Gold Jewelry Our extensive buuness and large sales enable us to other Precious Stoves in very large quantities, ting our goods direct an: VALUE at the very lowest cost: Diamond and Rich Solid i ‘manufacturing our own Diamood Mount coe Pol initasiet esate anita a poate na eta Solid Gold Signet Rings 1.10 to 15.00 a ines Solid Gold Scarf Pins..........4.......-,...1,00 to 50.00 a ss /Opera Glasses (Our Special Importation) | Leather Covered Opera Glasses.............1.95 to 14, 00; | Pearl Opera Glasses..s..s.ssteecseeserereses 59S tO 21.50) - — | Opera Bags of Silk......... .... 50¢ to 6.50 ory oxLy L COME, ‘ow Mw ITS MIND 1X | Leather Covered Field Glasse .-. 39S to 45.00 A H 0 ME $ | SAL “OF ‘Furs and Feather Boas COMPLETE Real Eastern Mink Scarfs 14.00 to 87.59 Iceland Fox Sets..ccseeeee 6.75 to 24. | Alaska Sable MUff8.....cccccsseoens 15.00 to 24.00 Black Lynx MUff8..svectsssrssereessseesesees, 23250 CO 60.00 iGloves Ideal Gifts from the Manufacturing Establishment | of I. Lewkowlijz import’ Diamonds end Rolla 14-kt, gold, heavy cs Tilinam gold or Elgin Speers) or movement, [| eae 21.00 18.50 Genuine Diamond (No Chip), golld_1 4-x*. + Kola, heavy double case Waltha' Lo epee 22;00 Largest Assortment of Every Description | correct time and a case that i Women's 12-Button French Real K1d..........0es0006. 2033 | Men's Real Cape Gloves......seeesseseeeee .- 1.00 Fitted Cases, 85.00 4 Lace Handkerchiefs, i FI 5 H E R BRO S. 5 < ks, Waileta, Toilet Cases, | Real Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs.......... 1,98 to 16.50 PMT RN VT TOM’ | imported Haga. Dress Bult Cases: Real Princess Lace Berthas., Thousands of Bargaius! 9 + 5.50 to 12.00 BRET amtke my a) { Real Duchess Foint Lace Collar 6.25 to 8. 75) = a = ite? BAGGAGEREPAIRCO. « om Silks : TS ea 130 pieces of Black Taffeta Silk, one yard wide. : Regular S198 value per yard, fOPecrsscseserss BBC as | LYDIA E. AL PIES and children, 'PINKHA™’ RS FURNITURE ce 95c, 1.50, 1.95, 2.50 and up to 10.75 dae OIL-PAINTINGS DISCOUNT SALE) "stenarescsie* [apa 28 per cent. discount will be allowed on our entire. col- lect{ on of finely framed O11 Paintings, by noted artists, to reduce the stock before Christmas! - | Prices range from | 5.00 to 150,00 |The Daily Lesson. FRAMED KNAFFL MADONNA, 81.50 value........... 98C] @, What is better, than « “RAMED KNAFFL MADONNA, $2.80 value....,...... 1.49] World Advertisement ? Watches. No article is more satisfactory and pleasing than a watch that will keep reliable. We des're to most emphatically assure our customers that we handle and sell only such Watches that Are Absolutely Reliable. ~ EVERY Ate guaranteed correct ba iaicri and kept in perfect order free of THE POPULARITY of our two stores snd the incrérsing demand for our goods are the best evidence of our ability to meet the desire for reliable goods at The Most Moderate Prices, Manufacturing ‘and Repairing Departments on the Premises FRAMED WATER COLORS AND PASTELS, $1.89 to.42.50| A. A three-time World Ad- vertisement. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF | ron What is still better than |-PHOTOGRAVURES, OLD FRENCH AND ENGLISH ime “World ine | | | ee ae all exquisitely fitted in specially ecieeees aishrse; sing Che et et 3° Ave BET i 119- idosr- frames. . Wor - Hae ART GALLERY, 2D FLOOR. Ans dievenstime Wading Finest Goods, Largest Assortment, Lowest Prices, i ri Vertisemen! it Broadway, 8th and 9th Sts. | Jj ettlvauage, Si