The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1908, Page 12

‘THE EVENING ‘VORLD. EF sther at. 89 of 16-Pound Boy Is Happy, but Babe’s MONDAY, Big 60- Year-Old Brother's Nose ls Out of Joint “He Isn’t Content With What | He's Got, and There’s No | Telling How Many More He’ll Be Wanting Before He Dies,” Moodily Observes the Displaced Youngest Son. CIENT PAPA HAS HAD FOUR WIVES. | Married the Latest Only Two Years Ago and Proudly An- nounces That He Practises’ What Roosevelt Preaches— He and the Baby Alike in That Both Are Toothless. By Rose C. Tillotson. And a son was born unto him the age of eighty-nine. This isn't a Scriptural wonder I am going to tell you about. but an up-to- date phenomenon might green with envy any anti-race sulcider of the olden times Thomas Ludway. which tura a white-haired old farmer. who lives in the town of Red- ding Ridge, Conn., is the present day Methuselah who proudly the title of the oldest youngest child in Ameri he is four score and nine and he frank- ly ‘acknowledges his years, he comed the stork to little yellow tage early last week. ‘A sixteen pound boy the bird be-| stowed upon the ancient farmer, and though he is old I'll venture a guess there isn't a happier father in the unt- werse. js Thomas Ludway wanted a baby.| There hadn't been one in his family many a year. His next youngest is a venerable infant on the shady side of sixty. The seven-day-old baby is already the uncle of a fifty-year-old nephew, the son of his eldest brother, a white-haired, rheumatic person of seventy odd years. The new arrival is dreadfully handi- capped. He won't have half a chance to get on speaking terms with his fam- fly, but 1 noticed that already they were on spanking terms with the tny youngster. White-haired, stoop-shouldered, feeble oid men and women are the baby’s relu- tives, and I couldn't help wondering as I stood among them if the siork hadn't experienced an awful shock when he dropped into this home for tne aged But the surroundings of the Ludw family are conducive to old age the frenzy of civilization never r $ thelr quiet home. Ten miles they are from anywhere; no trains, no ‘pnones no electric lights, and the simple life is the only life known for miles around. When I drove up to the one-story| cottage yesterday afternoon a stren-| uous person in the rear was vigorously chopping wood. I knocked with old-fashioned knocker, and a tall woman In stiff pink print opened the door. | Old, but Mighty Spry. told ex- the I asked for Mr, Ludway and was “rat's him chopping wood." I plained I wanted the old man eighty-nine-year-old father. “That's Tom chopping wood, the dark-haired woman assured me “He's pretty old. but he's mighty sp for his age. He aix't so well this mo: ing. but mostly always he goes w the other men to cut wood over at ihe mill." “1 was asked into a tiny kitchen not much larger than tabloid which goes with a Harlem fla the woman called the venerable Thomas, He came in with his axe on his shoulder, a small, grizzled old man, wonderfully hale and hearty for his age, His face is weazened and wrin with a network of deep-cut lines, and he looks as if he had weathered many a storm on life's troublesome se: He has a heavy crop of short, suow- white hair, his eyes are bluo and ex- ceptionally clear, his step is Incisive! and quick, and he looks much younger than his oldest son, When I disclosed the nature of my cal! he proudly displayed to me the mewest addition to his family “Here he is, sixteen pounds when he Was born, and a nice big too,” he said, pulling down th lid and exposing to view a we ebject which immediat {ts tiny face and let out a lusty baw! ‘There, you've wakened baby," sald Mrs. Ludway, the Woman in pink print “He ain't had one, miss. for so long he don't know how to treat them,” she confided to me as she rocked the bundle on her knee. “Well, I had six before this one, her husband answered back, “but miss,’ the yo ly 8 A Dowdle Victory For Che World: The WORLD not only printed 292,747 more separate Adver- tisements last year than the Herald, but it was the ONLY New York newspaper to show a GAIN in this respect over the previous year. Every Other MY, Newsaaper Los’. For, though a 2 tive tongue. been -sixty years since we had a baby n the ho vee Took a New Wife Two Years Ago. two years ke out dway to m me the record, “and 1 guess I'v H more than most men sce the! time. New York wasn nen 1 ow Mac ts. There used verybody. and I think {it was a/ Doesn't He Look Like Me? | “Have you been New York re-| cently?” I ask king: h the simple life had held him in age Ww corner of last mon ster. the first in s it calls for celebration, so we wanted to have the test for the fe fellow ‘Dor't you think he looks like : he asked. holding up his latest tid One ti kot in common, we ipper teeth,” another shriek ain't Rot The baby let out aL IN HS MIND GIVE MAR A LONG CHASE Police Round Him Up After He Starts Panic at Bridge Entrance ae ae | as man with a head of and Brooklyn Bridge entrance at air scared women men about 10 o'clock among them crying his a pure sued by imaginary devils. terror} the mind, and t and pure s disordered between the was fe police he halt } neared in front of the old Building, where al praye swd that © n he sprang threw screamed out sev in his to his soon sé feet and made a dash toward a police man wh He be the officer to protect him, but w waiting for the protection aga! on a wild run across the nar y Broadway. Policeman and crowd went after him| and he and | | Bridge entr small allen an no heed 't bi TRUST COMPANY RECBIVER. PROVIDENCE, R. 1 st Sweetiand Jan. %, treasu Company tement W company as ulty ee LORD CURZON WINS, DUBLIN nP% c Jan, 2.—Lord roy of Indla ancy am aused by Wilr dles NOT A PIRATED EDITION. | The Famous Wally (consisting of eight | music pages) f “The Merry Widow" will be given in the Magazine Section of | NEXT SUNDAYS W nuary 26 This music, consisting | affs, is the | only authorized copyrighted edition, and fs Issued ws a newspaper supplement ex- clusively through The World by special arrangement with the music publishers appell & Co., Ltd., London and New York. Any earlier issues of this music by a newspaper are PIRATED and incom- plete. Get the REAL music of the Merry Walle in Zhe Wert nest fudes -| Country the Place for Children and PROTEER JOLIN } —we get that paper every week—about York, betier senior. — didn't belong to New Anyway, my record lumsy attempt to L for am four years rong old. fellow.’ he| “YoU see, I practise dav I saw and chop | Preaches, I don't believe r yonder. and faugled race # glad to have th d after od as any the boss who a lot younger. I've been through ivil war, from ‘61 to ‘65, and I without I ip the de the hapty father x was forty-two when I went to the war| the ‘next vo.ngest.” the with the Forty-sixth Newlxork, old child, accompanied me to riage. “What do [ think good \t s the cause of my th and projonged ating my question { simple living and good, tle brother?” 1 asked along. ‘Aw, he's all right. crazy—he's completely came the surprising reply. as he hard Old Men. v is the place to rel men. If I had been iving in the would have been dead long ago. You never heard of a ty tan living to be eighty-nine and the father of a new-born babe. Yes,| Lord only Tread in Tne World a few youngsters raise He wants graduated sizes and ages. tent with what he's got knows how an eighty-five-vear-old father, many 11 have before he dies.”’ but he bet 1 emcee | than his, | nat Roosevelt in that new- je, and I am awfully the car- “What do you think of your new Iit- hobbled and the more JAMES McGREERY & CO? 23rd Street 34th Street On Tuesday, January the 2st, LADIES’ DRESSES. Lingerie Princess Dresses, of Mull and Batiste. Trimmed valenciennes lace.. In Both Stores. Made with -+..1§.00 and 24.50 Messaline Dresses, Two-piece or Princess model, Suitable for afternoon or evening wear..........32.50 and 39.50 former price 45.00 to 55.00 ART NEEDLEWORK DEP'’TS. 1n Both Stores. Sale of Stamped Shirtwaists and Underwear, New designs in sets to match, Ox Imported Nainsook, Night Gowns....sessseeereeseeee eee 750 value 1.25 Ohemisestyeiadecceeecd °48c value 75, Drawers... oto soa polKee value 65. Corset Covers......... eqoadngoltTe : \ i value Svc Shirtwaists, op fine linen..........1.45 value 2.25 500 hand-embroidered Linen Centre Pieces and D’Oyleys. 6, 8 and 10 inch, 16, 22 and 30 inch. +..20C, 30c and goc .1,00, 225 and 2.75 CORSETS. In Both Stores. Sale of Augustine Corsets at greatly reduced prices. Made of fine Coutil with medium high bust and long deep back. Model for average figure. Front and side sup- porters . see eceeecere GSC usual price 2.50 Model for average and slender fig- ures. Supporters attached, Made of fine imported mercerized Batiste, ... 1.45 usual price 3.00 Models of Imported Coutil for every type of figure, With long deep back and hips for well developed figures, Model for slender figure, with front and side supporters... usual price Model designed for well developed figure. Front and side supporters, Made of Imported Coutil,...... bp00, AG usual price 6.00 Model for slender figure, made of fancy Silk Broche and Batiste. . 10 2685 usual price 5.00 JAMES McCREERY & CO. 23rd Street 34th Street But the old man’s | off his head,’’| “Guess he| thinks he's discovered the fountain of | youth and intends to bring up another . children of He !sn't con- | This ts the |: fourth time he's been married, JANUARY 20, JAMES McGREERY & CO, 23rd Strect 34th Street On Tuesday and Wednesday, January the 2zst and 2and, CHINA DEPARTMENTS Dinner Sets, American Porcelain, roo pieces..7.50 Austrian China, 100 pieces..,..15.00 French Limoges China. 100 pieces,17.50 Haviland China. Full gold edge. New decoration <7 s7is70)5 «101-1 01.015 4) 3)6616)61 2 9500) French China, open stock. With full @ flat gold edge and pink rosebud pattern TOO PleCeS| 6.05105 - soe sees 30:00 China Cups and Saucers, Ramikins and Elatestenweneudt cess vee n 2550 doz, English China Plates, Cups and Saucers, = 1.00 doz, Cut Glass, Mayonnaise Bowl and Plates......2.50 Sugar and Cream Sets, Extra large size. In Both Stores, 2.50 Nappies, with or without handles.,.75¢ 2' pint Jugs. New cutting...... 3.00 8 inch Bowls, new designs..... +4666 2:00 UPHOLSTERY DEP’TS, In Both stores. Sale of Lace Curtains, Muslin and Lace Window Furnishings, Lace Bed Sets and Portieres. Renaissance Lace Curtains, Various desighs....5.00, 7.50 and 9.75 per pair former prices 7.25, 10.50 and 14.50 About 1,500 pieces of Muslin and Lace, An extensive variety. Suitable for window furnishings, Tambour embroidered Muslin, 12c, 15c and 25c per yard values 20c, 25¢ and 40c Tambour Lace, goc and 75¢ per yard value 65¢ and 1.35 Point Vestibule Lace. 30 28c, oc and 60c per yard Irish inches wide, Lace Bed Sets with deep valance, Sets complete. All sizes, 3.00, 5.00 and 7.00 per set former prices 4.00, 6.50 and 9.50 200 pairs Portiers,—reversible Ar- mure and fine Tapestry. An extensive variety of colors and designs, 4-75, 6.75 and 9.75 per pair former prices 7.00, 10.00 and 13.50 FURNITURE. In Both Stores. Semi-Annual Sale Continued Craftsman and Quaint Mission Furni- ture, A complete collection, including numerous odd and unusual pieces, Many models that cannot be duplicated at «bout one-half usual prices, Chairs and Rockers, 3.25 and 4.50 Arm Chairs and Rockers -.....6.50 Large Roomy Arm Chairs and Rockers:::--- see e ee cece cece cere 50 Morris Chairs, with loose cushions, 19.50 Sideboards «-.++++++sesee++++++25,00 Bookcases: +++ +++++++eeeee.... 18.50 Settles... -s s+ ++ Gat Fntire Dining Room, Living Room and Bedroom Suites, Chests, Costumers, tea and lunch Tables, Considerably re- duced. tee ee eee 25,00 JAMES McGREERY &CO. * 23rd Street 34th Street NEW YORKS FASTEST GROWING “INT | | QOTHENBERG (3 WEST 141: STRE Hera vatets GUARANTEEC OR MONEY stele eats ‘i Astounding Underprice Clearance of | Women’s Coats | On account of the | sensationally low price we must limit 1 coat toa customer— andpositively noneto ealers. THIE fur-trim OATS, with med shaw! collar of ly HEAVY BLACK 1OT COATS, collars, CH inlaid braid ned. TOURIST COAT of worsteds; handsome worth as high as $8 and $9; your choice, while last, to-morrow, at FE COATS TUESDAY AT 82.98, | An impressively Interesting. Honest Bargain Sale of Positively offered at less Girls’ Long Coats than cost of material— On Sale ee at $1.39 let alone the making. THE OAS ate made ot § chev- Silverware at /5 eae cutis, b You Save 66':°6. You Save 66! h. Storm ¢ h of gray k facing; pat blue, red, green, Mac tomer and none C. deep cle BUTTER DISHES AND SPOONS aiscon eat ee AOe ‘Cow Dy MEAT FORK, ae Se een RY SPOONS, PLE KNIVES, ICE CREAM KNIVES anid CRUMB SCRAPERS bea “ 29¢ Term Drop Everything and Come fox These Blanket & Domestic Bargains| 89c ‘i a MEAYY Woot micthas 98 Las Yse. CROCTIER BED SERE ae : 49¢c wi bmace 1 nase | 12% 4 oe for This $12 11-4 NEAVY FLEECE BUAN- KEES; pink blue b MILL REMNANTS OF | REPACMeD MCE Re IZED DAMASK: 2 Cc BIN " SANirany DIAPER. Qo to 10 coon CASES 5,000 REMNAN OOD QUALITY Bed Outfit The greatest value ever f% offered any time by any | one. of ed, like all-steel spring itary wool top mattress; $12.00; $6. illust value co plete sale pri 5 Tuesday’s Great Special | On Sale Tuesday Only RUGS Parquet Floor Oilcloth Just 750 yds.—actu- ally worth 3S¢.; a special ] 9 : Remnants of $1.25 Inlaid Lino'eum, Seamless French Axminster Rugs at 39¢ 50 rugs in all—and all woven in one plece;fimmense variety, of 1 siz * in 3 auet floor and moth Ga Reduction Sale of No. 7 Coal Ranges Special No. 7 Coal Range, for- Offering our Special Nc oe Seu In 9 ft. x 6 ft. Beautiful $8.00 Khorassan Smyrna 98 Each and designs that 0 in the real O: a perte reversible; regu in ca pet stores at $8.00; ext a ve ial to- no mail iS 38. morrow limit one, 3.01 D. att y 98, now merly priced at $15. top. oat feet, with top end shelf, “$7 door in front and over .98 bottom; size of oven, 15x TRs is our perfect cooker bebe: and is worth $15.98... as SEALE A Gas Stove Qvens UP cate Made of heavy Rus- corrigated — sides, } srang drop) hans sia iron, has 2 shely cial at $1.49 Gas Stoves, 98¢ Extra strong, with wide tops, clean- able burners; value $1.49; to-mor- ales. fron; price 69 tial to- mor will mpectal ate seeeee