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burning embers direstty over the tanks and communicated the fire to t houses in their path and the brick of fice building of the Union Gas Com- pany, the gas tanks thomselves with | Stood the test, and the neighborivo |was saved tbe evplosion which seeme imminent for two hours | Fire Follows Strike. i The total loss was $9,000. There has a wall of water from a d apite of this tt became too » reserves drove fock away Of Interest To Fat A Sure and Harmless Wa duce Fat, Says \ Hom FACTORY BLAZE MENUCES CREAT ir orke anks and the fac al he home of William Hartinan at No sow 8 avenue, and James Jasse, 478 Belmont avenue, took fire and d doomed. The firemen were abie . to control the flames in the wooden! we hay been a strike on at the shirt waist f4c-| houses, however, and tn the end the «ne pare y in which the fire ed ior the, damaz nwas small. The fire 12) any atop: ive weeks, and the police have | ‘ie 8 5 e building, like: {2 no lease , wise, the roof and top forced to arrest strikers every | floor ° veral days e ar of the fac- enue and oppos! e the barns of the ad. The darus from the hot elevated struc Imes, but the ec For Two Hours Firemen Fight | > to Prevent Threatened Explosion. ‘lames did no damage FIRE MENACES NEW PIER. t to work to the criminal ‘The fire seemed to break out in a ‘With their home in flames and fire-| dozen places at once and the building was doomed before the firemen arrived. men working desperately to prevent & There were three alarms, gas tank explosion which would have taking personal ch. ry to run down Pile Driver No. 6 Chief Lally! Jenkins, a contra , $0 Breat Was! at the foot of West owned by W. J. aught fire to-day ‘orty-fourth street THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, wiped out everybody in the neighbor-|the danger to surrounding property. and for a time the destruction of Pier ot Ingurious antl-fat drugs. The factory went up like a bundle of No, < comple the F b ns . d, Mr. and Mrs, Philip Rothberger, | 3 ompi 1 eh {ow result bag 4 Ser| shavings, and firemen were stationed Line a e Neptune Line, was threat thn an aged couple, ving at No. 207 Will- along the line when the burning embers, 200. | Tiiv pile driver was burned to the hese dient: fams street, Williamsburg. refused to were failing wate drug stores tn your oly gave themselves at an early hour this ele @eming, and the police were forced Blankets of Water. \fiase was eject them forcibly. ‘The fear that the tanks would ex- the pier ints Work Wonders. Though the wind carried a cloud of Ries caused Chief Lally to World Wants blanket damage an Wednesday at WANAMAKER’S Tomorrow morning we present merchandise offerings that nobody will There is stirring Furniture News; an extraordinary offering of Oriental Rugs; striking reductions on tine China and Cut Glass, and Then, in the Old Building, there are most attractive offerings in Women’s Suits, Girls’ Suits, want to miss. bargains in Housewares that no housekeeper can overlook. Women’s Waists, Silks and Dress Goods. DONT MISS WANAMAKER’S TOMORROW 10,000 Yds. of “Shower-Proof” FOULARDS ~ Spring Styles. $1.25 Quality. At 75ca Yd. This is the best piece of Silk news announced this season. These splendid Foulard Silks are recognized from the Atlantic to the Pacific as the best made in America. These patterns are every one new this Spring. [very yard is perfect. There is a wide variety of desirable patterns in light and dark colorings, 24 in. wide. These same silks are being proudly shown, in every silk stock in the land, at $1.25 a yard; and will continue to be for nonths to come ; and no better silks can be sold regularly at that price, It is a piece of sheer good luck, for us—and you, it you come promptly to-morrow, [Even ten thousand yards should be taken in a jiffy—for dressmakers will want it by the piece. NOT ON SAVE TODAY. $1.25 “Shower-Proof’” FOULARDS at 75c a Yard. Straw Mattings At Half Price Just seventy-five sample rolls of China and Japanese Mat- tings, in various grades, styles and colorings. Only one roll of a kind. Sold only by the roll. $10 Rolls at $5 $14 Rolls at $7 $12 Rolls at $6 Up to $40 Rolls at $20 Main aisle Old Bldg. 15c Printed Dimities at 9c a Yard Sheer, beautiful Dimities in about seventy-five dif- ferent patterns ani colorings, in white and tinted grounds, in floral and staple designs, About tour thousand yards, Regular loc quality tomorrow at 9c ayard. Not on sale today. Second flour, O13 Wutlding Beautiful New Waists Specially Priced Tomorrow Five charming groups present the very newest models, per- The Housewares Sale These items will interest evary good housekeeper. ‘They are suggestive of the hundred of other excellent housekeeping articles offered much under-price during this March Event. French Plate Mirrors with polished oak frames. Size of glass 10x14 in., 65c, were 85c. Size cf glass 12x 18 in., $1, were $1.25 ! Five o'Clock Tea Kettles on stand with asbestos packid lamp. Polished brass, $2.50, worth $3.50. Ni@kel and polished copper, at $2.75, worth $4. Excerpta Coffee Pots, copper, nickel-plated; 1 and 2-pt. size, at 45c, worth $1 and $1.25. al ile tae Heavy cast-iron Frying Pans, nickel-plated, 45c, were 70c. Kiel dors Alec ilace) ancueplurnitiers: Waffic Irons, No. 7, Japanned frame, at 5 c, were 70c. $4 Waists at $3 Kreamer's 16-in, heavy japanned Coa! Hods, at 60c, Were Tic. Of white lawn, in three ditferent modeis, trimmed with embroidery F.ench Cooks’ Knives, ebonized wood handles; 4-in. blade 30c, on lace ini efoct vege went etre. were 45c; 5-In. blade, 5c, were 56c; 6-in. blade, 40c, were 65c; $6 Waists at $5 7-in. blade, 45c, were 70c; 8-In, blade, $0c, wore 75c. 7 f dotted Long-handle Wool Dusters for walls, at 65c, worth $1. Turkey Feather Dusters, 14-in., at 40c, worth 69>. Neemodaltavit | Round Japanned Cake Boxes, at 50c, Were 70c. third trimmed Eclipse Egg Provers, at 10c, worth 26c. | Sotton Twine Mops, with handles, for hardwood floc | work 0c. fectly fresh and clean, just received from the manufacturers, yet offered a. these decisive reductions from real values: $2 Waists at $1.50 Washable Shirt-Waists in four models, Sheer white lawn or batiste, Trimmed with lace, embroidery or puaits. $3 Waists at $2 Of batiste or sheer white lawn, in three different with embroidery medallions and Val. or Cluny lace. $3.50 Waisis at $2.50 Four models of White Lingerie Waists, trimmed with Va lace or Five models { style, with d med with un otive jalot, and the at 35c, 1 black, navy blue, h w Bu br n, gray wn, t Basement, Ne New York Never Saw Better Offerings in DINNERWARE and CUT GLASS Magnificent stocks, prepared for almost a year ago, were assembled for this great March event. made a finer showing of new and beautiful wares. values, We have never And we have marked them at the lowest prices ever quoted on equal Look at these unmatched values, shown here tomorrow: $25 Dinner Sets at $18.75 Rich Cut Glass Chas, F.eld Haviland China. 100 pieces, Bowls, $-In., at $2, $2.50, $3.50, $5 and $6 $50 Dinner Sets at $25 each, Regularly $3, $2.75, $5.50, $8 Theodore Haviland China, 100 pecs. id $9.50. Richly Decorated Plates Over 200 Plates, in dinner, breakfast and bread-and-butter sizes, mostly | lozen of a kind—a few patterns a do: fa kind. At half price—30c each’ from 0 doz.; 5 ceach, from $12 a doz.; 75c each, from $18 Solid elit handles. Bowls, 4-n., at $3.75, $4 and $6 each a dos, $20 Dinner Sets at $13.50 Regularly $5, 87 and $9, Cups and Saucers at Reduced 100 pes. Austrian China, Al) handies gilt, | Vases. 19, 12 and 14 In., at$2.50, $3.50 and Prices $55 Dinner Sets at $30 S4cach, Regularly £3.50, $5 and $7. Boulllon Cups and Saucers, at $8.40 and $15 VSR Water Jugs. at $3.50, $4 and $5 each doz., from $10 and £24. eodore Haviland, 101 pes. Regularly $5, $7 and $8.50 a une and Saucers, at siz doz., from $18. ~ « 2 i. i After-dinner Coffees and Saucers, $6 and $12 $60 Dinner Sets at $35 Claret Jugs, at $4.50, regularly $7. doz., ‘trom $9 and ‘po. sean? Theodore Haviland. 114 pes \ater Carafes, at $2 and $2.50 each Fancy China in Rich Decorations Chop Dishes, at $1.25 each, from $1.75 and $2 Salad Dishes, at 75cand $1, from $1.25 and $ Regu! Celery Trays, ct $1.85 $3 and $4. nd $2.75 each And th» iollowing sets showing vreat savings: Theotlore Haviland Sets of 120 nes, at $55, Regularly $3 and $4.50. Pudding Sets, at $1.50 a set, from $3. from : Sugars and Cre 2and $3.50 a pair Fine English Flates Pea SG cor Set Ot 125) peas ati $60; Regu d Taken from a splendid collection In our Art China Sets of 145 pcs, at $08, from|EUnce Bowls on Room | . A saul iJ | Handled Olive Dishes, at7O0:each, res. $1, Bread-and-Butter Plates, at $15 a doz, from 8, Iaviland Sets of 139 pes., at $95,} Tumblers, at $3 and $5 a doz, Entree)) Senvivesand Soup Tintes, at $25 and $40 a doz. from $37.50 and $48. Regularly $4.50 and $7.50. Tatrd floor, New But! WANAMAKER Broadway, Fourth Ave., A S caer. JOHN kighth to Tenth Street Rint 2 us MARCH 10, The majority of i % Oe the Special Sales Advertised in Sun- day’s papers are continued. s tor all rooms—all in good, r designs and at prices that do ‘epresent cost of productions:— rms; pretty chintz effects; the roll; sale, for stripes Papers floral usually 6c, to 21e Papers for parlors, halls, dining and libraries; d. i eifects; and to 38e¢ rooms tapestry a4 roll; hens and varnished tile effects; . to 50c. per single roll; to 84c, ngs, colored i per to toot @c,, 5c., 6e., Te 1908. B’way at 6th Ay i { | | : Clearance of Wal Papers \" H. Macy & Co.’s Attractions Are Their Low Prices. CYS 34th to 35th St. RESTAURANT SERVICE Try breakfast or Juncheon in the great Macy Restaurant— spacious, inviting— eight stories above Broadway. Serviceala carte and tabie d’Hote. Our 50th Anniversary A Big Event Being Celebrated in a Big Way—By a SERIES OF CELEBRATION SALES AFFORDING VALUES UNPRECEDENTED Our newspaper advertising details but a FRACTION of the sale offerings. Never were “Not Advertised” cards mor: in evidence throughout the store. | Fittieth Year of Sel.ing Cheap- er Than Any Other House, But for Cash as Women’s $32.00 Suits at $26.74 $35.00 Suits at $29.74 \\VO groups offering a selection as good as we have ever see this season. But one doubtful teature—the quantities in- volved may not last out the day: Strictly tailored Suits unfinished worsteds, in black bl ckets; all seams heavily stitched; coliar and cuffs kirt finished with deep fold $29.74 Suits made of imported weaves, in blue and bl mF ; short s of taffeta pleated unfinished snug-fitting ja above nd finished with aid silk a stitched cuffs Women’s Silk Petticoats at $5.8 io iT n ice conimands here even 1 . 1 Silk dust ruffle. PERCALINE AND MOREEN PETTICOATS with sect een, with deep accordion pleatin tucked nal tlou stra 99c i" aif Undermuslins : Annuai Sales Otfer No Greater Values - fine qua black percaline, with deep Annual Sales we story organization made up his usual standard fashion trim with laces and entbroiderie fourth less than our re; r prices S Stating it A8c, 59c, 69c, 79c io $2.49 conservatively:— Night Gowns, Chemises, 39c, 49c, 59c, 69cto 9c Drawers, 39c, 49c, 59c,69c to 99c Walking Skirts, 39c, 59c, 69c, 79c to $2.49 Corset Covers, 29c, 39c 49c, 59c to 79c Combinations,..69c, 79c & 99c |’ sk 39c, 49c & 59c Hosiery: The Time, The Plac and the Buying Inducements Main Moor m)HIS annual sale staried with over I | Women’s Hosiery—tresa, new, spi favorable as characterize our semi ps samples. So this is a sale even more import stles of samples, offering, as it does, a selection more unitorm. ___, With the exception of the Silk Stockings, at 98c,, it losiery, and there are all sizes in every style. —— — | Women’s 25c | Hosiery at 15c Women’s $1.50 and $2.uU Silk. Hosiery at 98c. Men’s 25c Haif | {Men’s 50c Haif | Hose at 15c | Hose at 24c | nner meee? Neg Boys’ $8.00 to $10.00 Suits at $6.94 Secon! Floor RUSSIAN AND SAILOR BLOUS: sh serge in navy and brown and fancy checks, in tan and brov and one is brand new Women’s 35c and 50c Hosiery at 24c G UITS, made of tine quality e worsteds, in shepherd plaids two embroidered shields—one to match Suit—to each Suit; sizes tor boys of 242 to 10 Isawhere for $8.00 and $10.C0, Underprice Basement Speciais: Towels [eye Lunch Cloths TURKISH TOWEL nged end Je, values; special... 4 KISH BATH TOWELS of very large size; plain or col- hemmed or ch 24c Men’s Half Hose MEN'S COTTON HALF HOSE, me- im weight, fast black, tan and gray,! inches wide; good quality; ick with sp also fancy black! BLACK PEAU DE SOIE, 27 inches id tan with neat colored figures;| wide, pure silk; excellent qual- 69c 8c. Size 36x30-in fhe Soc. Women’s Waists Made o yoke of Val. lace BLACK DRESS TAFFE uble heels, toes and sol IN ad (28) eu) Gra USR CSE hoa cociascoonobenn ( : u *| Corset Covers Dress Suitings |. Made of nainsook, low neck, hem- jStitched tucked yoke; others with in stripes, | hemstitched lawn ruffle and {nd dark} beading ribbon) .........--0.. 19c | OC. 27c Same as above, trimmed with two fabesualityvaryardertncrccr iret rows of torchon lace insertion, beading ribbon Made or ing ribbon i 5 Others with three rows of Val, lace insertion, three rows of bead. ing ribbon and edge. 38c Made of nainsook, low neck, em- broidery y: insertion helow yoke, neck with bead- Outing Flannels OUTING FLANNEL of best standard ariety of stripes and and medium grounds, n colors; sold else. a yard; our price 10 Women’s Petticoats Viale of striped wash snaterials,! (2S ribbon an. . ita deep tlounce and finished Laces with ruffle; sale..........006 39c COTTON Ti 4ON AND CLUNY Made of black and white checked | LAC aterials, deep flounce, finished with | in 1 ree smail ruffles, trimmed 3 black each EDGINGS AND INSERTINGS ched widths; 1 to ae * 2e and 4c Dinner Sets and Lamps. = Office Furniture: A Business Proposition for Business Men Fourth Floor this Furniture org business, events, so with Office Furniture. This lot of Desks for example. bought at a special price— ROLL width 60 0 pedestals avers; regularly $07.50 i : *' $51.75 | ILL TOP DESK, quartered oak | rches wide: two pedestals of ers; regularly $75.25 | 5 $57.50). FLAT TOP DESKS, solid oak iz r 3 wide th two pedestals i ilar 30.24; | sna $23.74 | The Exhibitiontar d Sale nization provides greatest money's worth in Furniture for the home, so with Fi : for places of And as home furniture figures in important underprice It is one of the best lots we ever active not only from a low price view- ofiered. at Top Desk id mahogany a )P DESK. quartered oak There are ove y different pat- ul sizes, solidly built, in oak mahogany finis FLAT TOP DESKS, solid oak, $0 s wide; regularly 16.49: sale ... $12.67 two pedestals of ularly $42.24; $32.24 addition, we show other Flat and To) Desks, at prices ranging from to $80.25; also extensive Office Chairs and inishes of oak, solid ogany-finished. | ortments of of S mmer Furniture Continues lal sale of C) ortant features ere are tl ind your initial to order..... Decorated Glass Banquet Lamps 41! complete with central draught lift-out founts igns on dark backgrour hand-painted de: Yo our superb stocks of the still fall tar short of doing tree AVERAGE values :— Initialled Dinner Sets of porcela decorated with nea’ of our Fi a, Glass and Lamps is one of the Anniversary vy series abo’ just wares a page might to the sale specials. 100 pieces to the set; id lines safon $6.49 10-inch globes to match, 22 inches high, fecorated with as- $2.49 Decorated Glass Banquet Lamps 2 11-inch globes to sorted hand-painted designs on dark backgrounds; value; spe . 27 inches high, » decorated with as- e $4.98 For Bridge Whist Players \ special offering of 100 Whist ment, on the main floor, and ¢ on the fifth floor. Sets at $1.69! folding morocco, ~-$2.00 and $3.00 the set. Cards assorted; sold packs “TOURIST” BRAND CARDS, very high grade, heavily enamelled; in boxes of a dozen packs, assorted red and blue backs; value 23c. a pack; our price the dozen packs and box shapes, ‘ec varic i fitted with two score pads and pencil, HORNET” BRAND PLAYING blue and red backs; put up in Sets in the Leather ¢ ding values in Phiy ered with English colors; also of pigskin; some others without fittings. Values CARDS, heavily enamelled; with boxes of one dozen packs, 99c put up $1.59 ewhere for 15¢. the pack; our price the dozen Housewares, Oddities and Utilities A List Worth Saving JHANCES are that you would notice, on a visit to this house- wares section, many of the articles Shere listed: search through these wonderfully taking search such as we have made—will bring to your Basement. But only a varied stocks—a_note- notice scores of the unique utilities in the stocks, Odd things—have you ever seen a Food Mas be of service tu the dyspeptic, or a Knife-: Scan the list—then Glass Butter Churns, $1.13 toy $3.19. one-armed person? Leg of Mutton Holders, $1.29. Food Masticators, for dyspeptic per- sons, $2.89. Combination Knife and Fork for one-armed persons, $1.63 to $1.74, Orange and Lemon Peelers, 15¢. Pastry Tubes, set, 98c. Icing Tubes, $1.54. Pastry Bags, 18c, to 22c. Larding Needles, 4c, and 6c. Cake Cutters, 11c,, . Set. Olive Pitters, 24c. Sandwich Serving Forks, 88. to $1.38. Poultry Shears, $2.44 to $4.34. Cheese Scoops, 73c, to $1.03. Noodle Cutting Machines, $4.84. Rosette Irons, 39c, Alcohol Stoves, 32c¢, to $4.48. Alcohol Irons, $2.71 to $3.98. Denatured Alcohol for alcohol stoves, pts., qts., 19¢, Hot Water Plates, 64c. to $2.04. Met Blocks, M.rble_ Pastry $5.63, Alcohol and ‘Gas Irons, $1.03. Alcohol irons, $2.71 to $3.98, Wooden Dish Drainers, $1.81 to 2.17. Te. Slabs, $3.04 to Nickelled Plate Pie Servers, 54c. t 98, Ice Bags, 98c. Almond Graters, 34c, to $1.59. Julienne Potato Cutters, $3.09. | ticator, designed to nd-Fork combination for a ve it for reference :— Fish Scalers, 5c Oyster Blocks, 7c. Oyster Knives, 24 Lime Squeezers, 73¢ Butter Curlers, 39¢, Rubber Mats for porcelain sinks, 5 27. Rubber Mats for bath tubs, $1.74 to $3.12. Bottle Corkers, 37c. Champagne Bottle Taps, 56c. and ic. and 97c, Champagne Wire Cutters, 48c. Grape Fruit Knives, 18c, and 31c, Feather Curling Knives, 24c. Silk Hat Irons, $1.03. Electric Heating Pads, $6.24, Electric Irons, $4.29 to $7.59. Brass Mortars and Pestles, $2.74 to $4.13. Nickel-plated Holders for Soda Water Bottles, 38c¢. and 63¢, Parsley Cutters, 46c, and 56c, Cold Meat Forks, 47c, and 73. Asparagus Servers, 32c. to $1. Ege Cutters, 22c. and 46c, Sardine Forks, with pearl handles, 69c, Cheese ‘Sets, with pearl handles, dozen, $1.66. Oyster Forks Sugar Crushers, 89c, to $1.04, Salad Servers, with pearl handles, $1.37. Casseroles, in nickel-plated frames, $1.33 to $4.36. Kent's Knife Cleaning Machines, $13.73 to $52.19. |