The evening world. Newspaper, October 1, 1908, Page 8

Living on $18 a Week Makes the Housewife Practise Economy. Pmt stint re Interesting Lessons in The Manner of Keeping House on a Limited Income Are to Be Found in These Letters. The bulk of the testimony trom conipe fn Full’ contest 1s that a couple cannot only lve comfortably on $18 a week, Dut can save money. Some letters f parents of large famiiles. One widow supports herself and four p One $18 couple save about $6 & week. Joe Brooks, hero of “Paid in Furl,” Proven as needless as ft Is criminal of readers show how any couple can live well on such a sum and swell their saving’s bank account, too. Here are a few of the latest letters received | “Not a G-ess.” 2 nd linen for ‘To the Bditor of The ing World r This ts not a gu to live, and | hi live well, on $18 a week, but what wet actually do. We have , all improyements. Our rent figured, for the week, month, seven days to in The Evening World's “Paid eked out his $18 a week by theft. That ts This Includes Cigar Money. itor of The Evening World, “Paid in Full” should nda way to live decently ani | ” on $18 a week, even Meats ..... Total Conn t to live up to earnings thoy ¥ keep out of No, 49 Ninth A Family of Five. To the I have a far myself and © from eight to lowing is the way following {8 a very lberal allow- one ased on a ? when the family keon avenve r of The Evening World: ’ at in Brooklyn where the ren “Live Well and Save.” is cheaper and then h can walk | To the Paltor of The Evening World to business from the bridge | The Brookses could have lived wel the New York side. Wat |saved on the figures given below cerles sales advert 7 |thres rooms and bat! World and take ady 0 to 75 cents a week ‘The same can be that way. aid about | cart n clothes. you watch the stiles at the ome | end of the season one can get two [clothing $1.50; c! suits of men's clothes for the ordinary price of one, and wifey can get a nica tailor-made ‘suit (at a sale) and buy material and then get the latest pat- tern and make a stylish dress suitadie for theatre or party. Waren for a sale fn good shoes at half price and save | your money. Now any couple can get along nicely on $15 per week. | ($10 tollet yearly) cel articles, 45 mavazines 27 cents tist’s and phy i int daily efare for M matinee. compulsory saving. cost of in some good asociation, ents; papers grits, 49 cen share saving $60 | a Rent for steam-heated flat each vear, $117. Tota), $1) Living ...+200... M. EDD Carfare and jJunch No, 2196 Arthur avenue, Bronx, Clothes Keeping Up Appearances. Insurance r of The Evening World fority of answers are united Instalment tu: Sundries Savings anit. Total No. 188 Water street, New York City. Five Live on $13. fo the Editor of The Evening World, A young couple can easily five-room flat a week; table expe lite insurance 5) cents. No, 172a Classon ave! A Widow With Four Tehiinean: To t To the Editor of The Eve I see no reason wh nis wife st $18 per week. children, one able to school and on In all my i pay $16 a mr 19 #e. a pre and get Jur and little init I ha ar Wort MRS. TR No, 2077 Pirkty t n “No D'fficulty.”” New ‘‘Every Size’’ Shoes at $3 For Fall and Winter Service the presentation «of this new series of modeis for Fail and VVinter, 30 distinctive new lasts are shown, inciuding the mos N ultra types for the fastidious younz man and common sense styles ‘or those who seek ex- treme com ort, ns are shown in many shapes and will be in great favor, although the various b.ack icathers will never be sup: rseded, Mat Kirby: fon Oh bo Yaak? Up to 37 WM. VOGEL & SON Broadway Houston % FIFTY-FIVE PRIZES. | WS YOUR For the best let‘era solving the a-Week living expense prot min “Patd in Full’: ty! e Cash Prize hat it means to be without pall edit Is worth more than cash? rid {s done on credit; that every succes $25 Tig esult of a credit? Why Not Make YOUR Oue Gash Prize 10 PCredit Gooe t make your Credit Good at Spear’s, and so estals Three Cash Prizes, Each.. 5 lish x wis lit that is dignified and clean; a credit of which 50 Prizes of + many pains of #2) you may be * No other house tn the country offers you such ents for (he “Pald in Fu: fair treatment, | vuse offers you such great inducemenis. seats for the a u ar js Big, Strong, Dependa He furnishes your home at the per s stallest cost, formance at Weber's Theatre. he best values. Letters should be sent to “E : A man’ T, SHSEHVERI RE A You Make Your Ovn Terms of Payment! mear’s (} — ‘ Many iffonier Wardrobe” /cpevesis knows th P, O, Box 1354, New York Cit Will hold ery article | Country over as the seas flag he ort) nd i of wearing | “HOME FOR THE inate fare and lunch money; then apparel OUTFIT.” T would secure @ fiat fon $18 par Wa Sul recta fou have. It ts | ovTrrT ry indispensable oung and sy 1 couples in ure, Ve #1 for myself for pocket mi or if necded, put It to good the | Now York and ‘wietn- home where it was wanted. 1 believe one. Comes | 1%. The fact that you je fol h n1 ill thal gan have ft piace A ALL ARC p ha in Golden, | Sour home Tate trate and enc Weathered BDV ARD oH i ATH Oak and Ma- 674 Tont! New York ( 74 Tonth ay w York City hoESHY fine | Happiness. Ha, A value > the Editor of I think a you live very happ! expensed $4.50; expenses, 4.59; —$— So ents eae F laun: All Carpets Made, Laid and Lined FREE 3 Incldentals, BRUSSEUS CARPETS. AXMINSTER | CAR- AXMINSTER — RUGS, 4 Bote, foF week A , vy inlety of de fashionable H. SHEREN JR. [A su Val @ae (ay 1 price, $22.50 om Sixth street, New York City. i ae OSRPEDS TON RUGS, rich- a orings, —artlatie eu ; ¢ ox ° ard. 98c $27.50 | | (3 1°" RUG EREE WITH EVERY CARPET py $19. 133 $1. 50 Cash RUPTURE We Will Forfeit $100 for any case of child’s rupture which we fail to reduce, with- out an operation of any kind. This forfeit offer is made in absolute faith. No matter how badly your child | may be ruptured, we are absolutely certain we can relieve it without any operation whatever. If vou have a ruptured child it is therefore your duty as a parent to avail yourself of this opportunity at once. Ti your child's rupture ji *S\ ivan" Leaths sr, up Pesreat ov Guai Steele t relieved atan Sees head pple tae | Construction Springs on a frame of s day hold you respon ra larg re, certain acd sure. If mec we aay we can, we will pay you a YOUR SEA is Ried AT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH. Remember tbsoter de lates grey ew seed New XOrk Siz S Open has {niled vitisburg Satu days THE BUNKER METHOD Cincinnati Until 10 P.M. AND THE BUNKER TRUSS er failed at any time, and it will not ou now. We also undertake of adult rupture. Co: 88 different ki tendant. Pric ~euAvE & is UR lieve the worst ct tet ue prove it TheSunday work's’ Won” Directory makes more offers of posi- tions t'an any other two evenings until 10 p.m. Write for Free Sealed Booklet. But Call Personally df at oll Pessible. US BUNKER TRUSS CO. m +4, Bryant Park Arcade 6th nvaoaet cor. 42nd Street_- New York medium in the un.verse. For the Macca Diversion of Those Who Cannot Play the Piano by Hand We Present The AUTOPIANO F course it is, primarily, an excellent Upright Piano, of hand, some architecture, beautifully designed and finished, and possessing’a brilliant, artistic tone. And it is played by the accomplisiied pianist, just like the usual piano, and no one will suspect that behind the secret panels is the hidden mechanism that will make a musician of the person who knows nothing of noles or keys. The AUTOPIANO isa constant source of delight To the Boys and Girls— To the Business Man— To the Wife, alone, at home To the Visitors who come— It entertains, educates, refines. new life to every home that welcomes it, And it is very easy to possess. !n two models, at $450 and $550, and tar superior to any similar instruments at these prices. Then it is sold on ThRM> of PAYMENT to suit the convenience o! Demonstration at your convenience, tae purehaser, econd floor New Bullding. JOHN WANAMAKER Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street y CREDIT GOOD ?| | fe Yacomafrdioe | i Store Closes Daily at 6 P, M. Special CONOERT in the he Hfenamaf'y dhe AUDITORIUM at 2 P. M. Youthful Fashions of the Directoire , Reflected in Our Girls’ and Young Women’s Apparel Our designs in girls’ and young women’s apparel were never more successful in extracting youthful style-ideas trom any season’s fashion trend than now, when the adaptations of the modes of the Directoire period are accepted with the alacrity by the grown-ups, A complete and interesting showing is ready. , The Dresses for Girls are of woollen and washnble fabrics for school, and of chaltia, cashmeres and silks for party wear, They are guimpe aud high-neck models in entirely new effects, The prices range irom $5 to $25, The Dresses for Young Women have the short waist of the Empire as well as the full- length waist which is still correct for practical wear, The skirts are circular, gored and plaited models. The materiais are serges, Panamas, sating, silks, taffetas, crepe de Chine and messalines. The prices range ‘rom $8 to $60, The Suits for Juniors and Young Women are the smartest models produced from the best ideas oi the foreign and American master designers, The coats are especially noteworthy, pe their Empire efiect waists and Robespierre coliars, and the slashed and braid decorations po popu during the Directoire period, Broadcloths are most prominent—cheviots, serges novelty materials are also favored, The art colorings add to the attractiveness of the collection, Suits for Juniors bevin at $13,75, and tor Young Women, $16.50 to $100, The Autumn and Winter Coats for Girls and Young Women have received far more attention from the designers and ourselves than ever beiore, The pleasing variety of , naterials almost equals the variety of models, which are tor school, street, motor, aiternoon and evening wear, The prices for girls’ coats range irom $5 to $25, Sizes ior 6 to 14 years, The prices for Young Women's Coats—sizes for 14, 16 and 18 years—rance from $19 to $38.50. The prices for Young Women's Evening Wraps range from $17.60 to $38.50. Taird Goor, Old Bush New GLOVES for Miss New York---Under-Price What a fine combination—when every woman is coming out in new gloves! Fresh from France, these, soft anu periect kid, in fashionable siades—this muca below their recular yaiues: $1.50 Kid Gloves at 900 a Pair Two-clasp, overseam, embroidered backs; in black, tan and brown. $1.50 Kid Gloves at $1.25 a Pair ed backs; in varl- $2.50 Kid Gloves at $2 a Pair Twelve-button length mou black and white. $3 Kid Gloves at $2. 26 é Sixteen-button only. asanite ire kid, in tan, Two-clasp pique kid; embroide ength ous shades of tan, Here Are the Full Fall and Winter Stocks Of the Distinctive Wanamaker Underwear The Wanamaker gathering of Knit Unierweur is quite unlike any other, First, ) matter oi variety. A rough caiculation shows over 760 i wei-hts ior men, women and children on our she. ves today—a quite extraord nary $A great many of them vou wil) not find anywhere else the simple rea-on in J irked the styles ouf with the manufacturers to sut our hiking and the preierences of our Seustomers, Few other -tores can accomplish this, for they buy throuch jobbers, while we go direct to th: m lis with larze oriers by yircue ot the enormous ouvet fura shed by our New York and Philadephia stores, And the distinctiveness ot Wanamaker underwear re- | # fects the willingness o the manu acturers to adapt our ideas—they like to do 80, ior it tifferent stvles in Pall and Winter bumber, that we have 1, make for comfort, and for better ee them out of the much-to-be-dreaded ruts, t thre All the little differences that we incorporate into the underwear we s Swear. Won 1 e roomier, ri ‘and have mo nuch bet hb, than the usual garment, ter than othe pow uty trimmings, in designs of our nd drawers. The Underwear for Children {8 made up according to eswith extra length te arms and legs, and more fulness in s afe better finished than qualities sold at the same price 's Union edles," or r appear on many ons that we dy of the garment. The Mer elsewhere, And the volume of our orders puts us on a par with the wholesalers, that sell to the other retafl stores, in the matter of price—in fact, many of the great mills even favor us over the wholesaler, because we bring them directly Into touch with the consumer's ideas. In the splendid Winter stocks, now ready, every fabric, every style, customers demand, will be found. The range of prices runs In MEN'S UNDERWEAR—shirts or drawers of cotton at (ve, to the finest silk at $17. merino, wool, nen mesh and ramte fibre. In WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR, trom vests or drawers of cotton at 25¢, to silk at $4.50, Including medium and weights. Union Suits—tncreasingly popular—at 0c to $14. UNDERWEAR from vests, pantalets and drawers of cotton at 20c to 40c, to wool, at §1.90 that our experience has taught us our 75 a garment, including to , according to size. And a splendid variety of Infants’ Wrappers and Banda. For illustration we single out the iollowing splendid groups: White Swiss silk ribbed silk and merino Vests, high neck, long or short sleeves, at $1.50 each, low neck, sleeveless, at $1; with Women’s Underwear — Drawers to match, knee or ankle sleeves, at $1 length, $2 a pair. Men's Urd:rwe rat $1.50—Medium heavy weight “fashloned” merino Shirts or Drawers Larger sizes, 25¢ extra welght natural-color merino Vests, 90 per cent. Shirts in sizes $4 to 44; drawers {n sizes 28 to 42. Children’s Underwear —A fine quality of heay Extra heavy, to size. vantalets or Drawers, wool sts, natural-color , according to size. 55c to $1,35, according 45 to Drawers, Pantalets or Women's ant ch No Wonder the Young Men | Like Wanamaker Clothing | Of ress Linin rs Every season brings more of the youths of fifteen | eeree wi find {t at Wanamaker's .o twenty here for their new clothing earns He very severest critics, bit the fact that they KEEP ON | teens for petricoa COMING, and bring others with them, makes us think | that, after all, they like the clothes we sell. We try hard to please them—to put indlyiduality “without over A Complete Store The shade you here, . Here, to ateen or percal ed shades of nercerized sa- ‘ilows and fancy work: Thirty shides at isc a y.rd Thirty shades at 20: a yard Fitty shades at 25¢ a yard Bg t They are our a yard © a yard , fatiey and regular 1 35c a yard. And , in black and cole sfive shades at 30 shades a 5 Ine in into our suits, and make them “snappy, loing the thing. Some clothing goes too far that way, | wr else 1s just older men’s styles cut down to smaller Foriyetive Also Taffeta Ve hades, at 123 3s ft dependable quali nd 58¢ a yard ilue {8 soft, lustroug Black Mercer- sold regularly izes—netther will do. This season's showing {s flne—we're proud of It lnere are many distinct models; nearly all have the popular dip front, with many stylish touches a8 to| a: 20cq yard japels, cuffs, pockets. And the mat erials!—best-looking we ever saw. Some styles are conservative enough to auit older men who take up to 35 size chest—and like eve where at 3hc.— here nd floor, Ol Butiding, Bec : A ; Children’s Warm Garments These are extremely well-made and comfortably eut ttle garments for cold nights and to wear about the} room. And they are but a small part of a very com- plete assortment: | to save a couple of dollars on a sult | Back Sults, black, blue, and @ great assortment of | fancy fabrics, at $12 to $30, | Fal] Overcoats, at $15 to $30, | Ralncoats—good for shiny weather, too—-815 to $30, Main flour New Bullding. At $--BATH ROBES, of efderdown, tn Ii and red. satin-trimmed, and with heavy cor to 4 years. At $L2o-BATH ROBES datey cloth; plaited back frogs and hi A ht blue, tn Bizes ‘ re 1° wigurere’ ek th wll At GHD DRAWERS, of Canton flannel, with without feet, Sizes for 2 to § year © 85e—PAJAMAS, of and-blue strt flannel, trimmed with fanc wash braid. Sines Vfo'u yon Canton fannel, with rere 8. DRAWERS, Fourth floes, O84 Buthéis. for2toé 3 Sy, Harry Lauder’s Songs —the swinging Scotch songs with some of whtoh he made such an extraordinary success on his last visit to America—and some new ones—are ready among the OCTOBER LIST of EDISON GOLD MOULDED and VIOTOR RECORDS These titles: On the Edison Phonograph— Hey Donal’ Fou the Noo The Wedding o' Bandy McNab When I Get Back Again to Bonnte Scotland On the Victor— The Wedding o' Sandy McNab ‘Tobermory Killiekrankte Come and hear them played in the Phonograph | Rooms, Fifth floor, OM Bufiding, 20c and 25c Imitation Shell Hairpins for 10c a Card A tab «ful of them, well fini-hed, and ina number of styles and eges, including the A i favorite large ones, Three to six hairpins on Yet—some of Lhei copies Oi imported models, |, card, regu arly 2Uc and 25e, at 100 a card, $1,265 to $8, Roya! Baion, Third Floor, O14 Bids. | Main floor, Old Building. suver'oce JOHN WANAMAKE A, T, Stewart & Co, of pink and bi ront; peicaa FB toh pa: Vy cord. Boys’ Extra-Trouser Suits $7.50 Marveis for good looks and service—the ai. ditional pair ol knickerbockers ads va-tiy to the wear the boy will get out o! oe Of the suits, and the pr.ce is ba-ed on the value of the suit with only une pair of trousers Haudsome all-wool m xed cheviots; jacket in Norfolk styie or douvie breasted sizes ior >to 16 years, Aud u very special value at $7,560 a suit, Main floor, New Building, Fall Fashions in Tailored and Dress Hats A collection representing the newest ideas in Autumn headgear, and marked by great variety in styles, ebapes and coors, We ave} considered the woman who does not care to wear big hats; although the laiter are hete, there are also smart turbans, toques and walking hats, moverute in size. $3 to $8. Also a large assortment of |'ntrimmed [lata of satin, 8) k, bengaline, cashmere, feit and vel. Broadway, Fourth Avenue Eighth to Tenth St