The evening world. Newspaper, October 1, 1908, Page 9

oe "ED FRIENDS ON STEAK STOLEN FROM Z00 LONS Central Park Keeper’s Party Causes His Retirement From Official Life, By wpectet request of the man who told tt to the reporter who's writing !t @e main names in this story are left @et. With that exception the facte are @ubstantially as follows: ‘The other day a Tammany leader who 4 alao a clty official—ne indeed all Tam- any leaders are that know their bus} Bese—was approached by a faithful friend and well-wisher who wanted a for. “I ain't lookin’ for none of this otvil service stuff, Jawn," said the applicant. “W'en It comes to dancin’ jet wit’ the English language 1 un’ I'm dere wit’ the punch, and 1f*— So the Tammany leader looked over his Ist and found he could squeeze his retainer in as a park emp! They 2 Park Zoo, and ider took him in and panthers and ¢ cages and"— d the Tammany din’. S'all right about that w If they ain't enough ater up here to go ‘round, them ions have my share and I'll drink beer. t out cages man; But Snider Insisted. “You will el the cages,” re- nness, “and then nou hand. n lions $100 $450 $2.00 $2.59 een pounds of ysi1) to emt slope or dog meat or somethin’ you and me could put @ Httle oush anay, couldn’ wer” But Snider stood firm, and fresh beet * was, The Tammany worker showed interest in the sigoment. He even heard to In- quire how long was It possible to keep | meat fresh if properly stored tn a good foebox. But for all his attentions the Central Park Hons didn't gain any flash. On | the other hand, they really The ribs of Leo, the ble Nubian, stood out through his hide until he booked lke © large xylophone with a #iin | stretched over it. The once proud Rex | wan wont to put hie head in his paws and utter hollow moans. Every tine a Uttle fat boy came in the house Julte, the African woness, displayed excite. ment out of keeping with the ciroum- stances. And Patrick Henry, Too For a spell Patrick Henry, the two- year-old male Mon, retained his flesh and his disposition fairly well, but one day the new keeper heard somebody say that the man Patrick Henry was named for was a Presbyterian, despite his name, and shortly thereafter Patrick Henry was taken with @ wasting away, too. This went on for ten days. Then one morning news came to Keeper Snider that his new assistant had entertained the good Democrats of his election dis- trict the night before with a private dred pounds of meat was served and greatly enjoyed by all present. An offl- cial Investication followed. The lions meat had gone to feed the Tiger. Gratt they “canned” the now keeper and gave all the lons @ square meal, whereot they partook ravenously. ‘And now there's another good organt- jon man from the Yorkville section lot the east side who's out of work jagatn, ———__—_ SULLY CREDITORS. ‘Trastee in Bankraptoy Distribut- ing a Final Dividend. The affatra of the Sully & Co., whose t 18, 1904, caused a sensation tn the |ton market, ere b H. Mille: cent. w iivery sensible American wo- N ing for a good, fine fitting cor- set; stylish, but not freak- ish; but not that make eine, wearing well, forever. We corset — La All Side Steels Guaranteed Unbreakable ird .scaurant SAT ¥. ae ae ct Absolutely and kept in repair A regular Sewing Machine age Senpson€ sey-qomers @ "STNEW YORKi= VING MacHin i ey 3) Guaranteed by us for 10 years. it would ask you almost twice our price T HIS machine is made by one of the best known manu 'acturers in the world, and its regu ar tactory name has been a household word for forty years, TABLE TOP uD at In order to be allowed to sell it a cut price, we give it our own name, and back it up by @ guarantee for ten years. A frame with piano finis, head wit ing point running proved loc self-threading shuttie. of quarter sawed golden Oak pn automatic drop b bill bearings at ever connect » whieb makes it virtually eel and practically Noiveless Im stitch ype wit positive /eed, ‘The most per feet piece of m chanism ever offered for an thing like this price, Attachments Frec—2! peces in all, which includes make sewing easyand every one atime *18.75 Cash or ‘1.00 a Week ll the ata hwents jossible t 4 Fourth Floor beefsteak at which upward of @ hun-| walked rampant in the cat house. $0 | (EET et > —]> <_<. <o- -o <— <-> => eding part of hie as-| | f he THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OOTOBER 1, 1908. « RESTAURANT 4 By . 19°70 20 *STRELTF NEW YORK, Suits that Can’t Be Matched at ‘19.75 Weare very emphatic upon this point. Just a tew weeks ago we featured them as the opening bomb of our Fall campaign—at $24.75. far Third Poor A Distinct Buying Feat makes it possible to offer these handsome Directoire Suits, as illustrated to-mor- row for at least $5 less than they have ever been sold. Their Real Value is $29.75 | as will be admitted at once | upon inspection, The mate- rial is a novelty striped | Chevron. The 86-inch Coat {a satin-lined, with cuffs, collar and patch pockets oi selt-colored broadcloth, and finished with large covered moulds, in all the new Fall colors. Full gored, habit back skirt. For Friday only, at $19.75 SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. | That Silk Sale tx Main Foot which has set all New York agog continues with un- abated interest. Only one inducement—extraordinary values. Such as: $1.50 Satin Directoire, 78¢ 20 inches wide. A soft, rich, handsome Dress Satin with the appearance and elegance o! the h ghest priced imported Urlisae, Pink, Light Blue, Silver, Maize, Helio, Burgundy, Boe Navy. Taupe, Tan, Gray, Sage, Copenhagen, Old pose, Cas- tor, ete,—a'so White, Ivory and Cream. | $1.25 Black Peau de Soie, 72c ; Full ju inches wide, splendid dress quality and suitable for coats, 36-inch Black Peau de Cygne, 88c Highly finished, soit and lustrous; value is $1.25. 35-inch B'ack Dress Taffeta, 68c¢’ aati Strong and serviceable, brilliant back; would be cheap at £1. | $1.25 Black Dress Taffeta, 68c Fel Lssinch, suitabe {or diesses, waists; a splendid lining quality. 36-in.-h Black Dress 1affeta, 8S¢ > Brilliant finished black, guaranteed tor service; $1.50 value. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. $1.25 Broadcloth, 66c ftaMain Floor. To about 500 yards of regular $1.25 Twilled Back Black Broadcloth we have added enough of our standard $1 quality to prevent any possibility of even the Jatest comer being disappointed to-morrow. A Third is the Smallest Saving you can possibly derive {rom this sale, but we cannot promise more than one dress pattern to each customer. $1.50 Dress Coods, 69¢ 10,00) yards of 44 to 5+ inch novelty suitings, broadcloths, pruncllas, wool taffetas, Scotch plaids, chevron stripes and about twenty other materials. These goods were made to sell at $1 to 1,50, but we bought the entire lot trom the mill at one price and give you the same advantage. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. | Veilings—Special | er Matin Floor. { The newest and most fashionable kinds at very low | prices in Friday's special sale, | 15¢ for 25c Veilings | Dainty Complexion Veil ngs in all the wanted colorings. | 25c for Russan Net Veilings | in many d fferent effects and all colorings, Usually 50e yard, | | | | | | | 25c for Magpie Veilings 50c quahties. Many patterns; all the newest meshes, SIM SON CRAWFORD CO, Sample Hosiery £7 Main Floor, Samples of Women's Hosiery in black and col- ored lisles and cottons at 29c; usually up to 50c, 17e¢ for Lisle Hose | Women's sheer biack and colored lisle hose from our regular | 25c lines; all double heels, toes and soles; 8 pairs tor 50c, 17¢ for Children s Hose § pairs tor 50c, Heavy ribbed hose with deep spliced knees, The very best made tor school wear. Reduced trom 25c, 25c for Men's Hose Back and colored durable silk lisle hose; 6 pairs tor £1.25, SIMPSON CRAWFORD Co. Hair Goods New Hand Bags_ far Second Floor, a Main Floor The v ° latest demands Exclusive styles and real of Fas) va in Puls, Curls | oo velties, and Waves. Every color of hair accurately matched, | $2.50 Values at $1.50 $5.50 -w tches, $4.50 Bags 0: gost, seal and | Mary Garden Psyche | imp: ted long grain leather | puffs, 74.75; crown juffs, | in black, brown, nays, 8 in set Hoss roils, | green and tan. two strap | 4 inches pompadours, handies, imsise pure, sili | O8e, | or Jeather line outside Hairdressing Pockets with safety strap. Shampooing, manicuring, | 10¢ and 19¢ for Purses {ace and sealp marae at ot the finest imported popular rates. leathers, Values to 50c, oo <2 <3 Upholstery Specials More of those strong values—averaging close to halt regu ar price. $7.50 Foreign Couch Covers, $3.85 Samples of fine toreign Covers at practically half price. $0 Covers at $4.65 $15 Covers at $7.90 F12.50 Covers at §& gs $22.50 Rich Satin Damask Portieres, $12.75 The identical quality tor which we have asked €22.50 regular ly. Made o! fine: aiik. Beat colors. 5,00 Finest Duplex Armure Portieres Gobelin Tapestry Porticres, £18.50. »50 and S15 Bordered Tapestry Portieres, $8.90 $10 Lace Curtains at $6.35 Pair ‘ A special lot of S16 paire, Beautilul, wide; showy borders, of Iri h Point, Hrussels and Renaissance Curtains 4.50 Irish Pont and Novelty Curtains at $2.65, $7.50 Irish Point and Renaissance Curtains at $4 85. €9 Trish Point and Renaissance Curtains at $5.50, $8.50 Renaissance Bed Sets at $5 Set Bought trom an importer who had too much stock and not enough cash and mounted them in our own workroom. Result —the biggest $5 value ever shown. $18.50 Renaissance Bed Sets at $7.90. SIMPSON CRAWFORD Co. 16 Ounces Best Bay Rum, 29c This price is for Friday only—Main Floor. SIMPSON CRAWFORD Co. Seamless Rugs Axminster Rugs, but in one piece like those brought from Asia Minor, Persia or Turkey. Size 0x12, valued at $82.00, sale price £21.85. Size 6x9, valued at 2290.00, sale price $13. Size +.0x7.6, valued at 20.00. sale price $7.45. 5 Frame Body Brussels R ugs In a large line of handsome Oriental and all-over effects, Size 0x! 2, valued at 24000, sale price 828.85 Size 8.8x10.1, valu d at $27.50, sale price 822.85, Reversible Smyrna Rugs xtra heavy al] wool rugs in the latest designs and colorings. Size x12, valued at $24.50, sale price 817.154 Size T.0x/0.., valued at $18.00, sale price $12.85> Size 6x9, valued at $10.00, sale price 37.85. Tapestry Brussels Carpet, 75c Extra heavy quality in two-toned and wood effects, with hall and star earpets to match, valued at $1 per yard. We will make, lay and line it at 75e yard. China Matting, 29c¢ In plain white and smill check effects. per yard. far Fourth Poor. Regularly 40c and 50c For this sale, 29¢ a yard, $11.60 roll (40 yards). Extra Heavy Linoleum, 44¢ Two yards wide; in hard wood and tile effects, Value 75e. SIMPSON CRAWFORD Co, This Compote, 89c a We shall sell several hundred of these artistic and useful gold and white Bohemian Glass Tall Com potes cat About Half Price They are richly decorated with Pretty floral de- signs in coin gold and are large enough and beauti- ful enough to insure their appreciation as a gilt or prize by the most eritical We will fill mail and te ep one orders as long as the lot lasts. 49c for Other Bohemian Glass Choice from a large and varied collection of han- dled and unhandled 5 and 6 inch dishes; many pretty shapes and designs; values up to $1.25. 39c for China Piaques Limoges China Plaques, 8 and 10 inch size; 60c to 75c values 50c for German Beer Steins, 50c tor Austran, Italian and English Brie-a-Brac; values to $1.25, 25e tor Cups and Saucers of fancy china; importers’ samples; mustache tea, cotiee, chocolate and atter-dinner sizes. $9e tor Sugar and (reim Sets ot Japanese china ; 50c and 75¢ values SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. 59c for 98ce Shoe Trees Hard wood—adjustable to any size, farNot.on Dept, Main for, SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Groceries MT 8ixth Floor. Red Ripe Tomatoes—Miford Brandy regularly gar-our 120, can; solid hand haan JETT 4 Ox Tongue Mild, tender { kuce, U.S. tnapected; uart Tire guliriy at I8es J 4 Ow gery Darr mer ibe aie 13x | Mebbl ence, Macaronl a Prunes—sant |" ley aun cured enn, Val: In paghetth—taly'e noe (Apricote wold remular- | IDR. $1, 5 ib a af | 4805 per ib’ 103¢@ | New Pulled Figs Tecelved troy g = Just Turkey; "phy Smyrme, a a ce Ne er ee Oranges 290. dow; reg: Har price, $06. Gnimuder lesling. "St, Ma Burgundy of Sua- Mua tanteed. 7 4: veold vem it $1.75 ver gal oe 61.05 Menarque Champagne Bate” brews imeial caus” 1p ! 1.25 wiky Old ¢ * he at Lemon Cine wh S 70c FORD co ‘ais. - weather ER mee Re nema eet | @ RESTAURANT Co. SX: 19°70 20 *STREE 1.F NEW YORK, Fall Overcoats and Rain Coats at ‘13.75 That's the price, but not the value. Far from it. $20, $25 and, yes, $30 would be the figures on the price tickets if real Fall hadn't been so slow in coming this year. It’s a Real Ppportunity Cool weather can’t be more than a week or so away, and the wise man won't wait until he teels the cold, when he can buy a stylish over. coat to-morrow at an Average Saving of $10. , Some of these Coats are silk- lined. Ali xre well made, fashionably cut, of popular fabrice—several gra‘les higher class than usually sold at any such low price as 218.75. The Rain Coats are those useful all-purpose garments at many men wear all a AEG Fall. Sie “WR! Boys’ Clothing, $3.85 A sale of several hundred excellent Suits and Reefers tor Boys, in Fall weights, at an average of little more than half. Values to §7.50, at $3.85 | Double breasted Suits with | 2 pairs of Knickers, | New Fall Fabrics Blue Serge and tan, green e K and olive cloths that are up- Sailor Suits, to-date; sizes to fit boys of Nortolk all ages to 17 years. Very . special values at $3.85. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. $2.50 Gloves, *1.45 Women’s elbow length Glace Mousquetaire Gloves, 12 button length, tan and golden brown shades, $1 tor 8 button length Mousquetaire Glace Gloves—black, white and tan; value $1.75. Meyers Sample Gloves, 89c Travellers’ samples of Men’s and Women’s high class Gloves, mostly Cape and Mocha; $1.50 and $2 values at 89¢. Sir Henri Gloves America’s greatest 81 Gloves tor Men and Women. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. $2.25 Table Cloths, %1.85 far Main Floor. 200 odd Damask Table Cloths, heavy Irish manu- facture, all pure linen, 2x24 yards; value $2.25. 17¢ Turkish Towels, 12%e Foll bleached Turkish Bath Towels, red Jacquarded borders. $1.50 Bed Spreads at $1.19 uits. Russian Suits. | Heavily fringed white crochet, full size; some with cnt corners. ¢1.95 Comfortabies, at $1.59 Winter weight; silkoline coveripg ; white cotton filling. £4.50 Wool Blankets, pair $3.75 Serviceable white blankets, cotton warp, full weight and size. White Nainsook, 10 yards, $1 Sott finish, 36 inches wide; value $1.50. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO. Oil Paintings, *3.98 _ ; Handsomely framed, original paintings by Ameri- ean and English artists—landscape, sheep, cattle and Venetian subjects; doubie sweep, gold-burnished trames with shadow box. Other sizes at p4.98 and 311,98. 25c for Framed Pictures Dainty French‘ and Enghsh Ggure and landscape subjects, framed in hardwood or gilt. 490 for Carbon Photographs and Platinum subjects—iramed in Dutch oak and gilt. Dining Room Pictures, $1 and $1.50 Fruit, Game and Old English subjects framed in Mission oak. Go-Carts at $6.95 eat Six styles of those convenient collapsible Go-Carts with hoods, including the Albion and Teddy Cars, Leatherette upholstery in several colors with hoods to match. Regular prices are $8.50 to $10. SIMPSON CRAWFORD CO 29c Eiderdown, 15c| garmin Ficor. | Excellent heavy quality, in blue and pink only. Prints— popular °3.50 Eyeglasses *1 Ma with sold gold sprin‘s. This offer is tor Friday and Saturday. | Auto . oggles at Cost | Welkkpown eye specialist in charge, giving 4 me examination, if you so desir Lining Remnants Fine Beetied | erealine, Fine Mercerized Saceens~and Heath erbioonas ; in all colors ; lengths of 1 to 4) yards. 15¢ yard; values to 40c |; Sunday Worid Wants Work Monday Morning Wenders <= ee eee ee eo eee eee eee eee ee eres es eel geal oe