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paimameaenammommmaenetiarec cosdearer ee EE WHEEL OF TRUCK D SINKS IN ASPHALT: -BLOCKSBROADNAY ( Supporting 35-Ton Girder, It} Goes Down to Hub in Pavement. THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1911. The Fully Equipped Glove Store Is Ready for Your Christmas Needs This 8} tendid all-the-year-round Glove organization began long ago to get ready 5 for the holi Jay season. For nothing is of wider appropriatencss, for man or var woman, boy or girl, than the gift of Gloves. & First, our experts began with the selection of the Gloves themselves; and our Posy Gn : tremendous buying power, with our three great stores as its outlet, enabled us to The Hi eos The Highest Art of the secure the very best Gloves of every grade that the price can buy. And our regu- lar stocks, augmented for the Christmas selling, are here in superb variety. Silversmith Is Exemplified in the GIMBEL Collections of Next, we saw to it that there should be ample space for showing and mero Sterling Silverware the Gloves, and plenty of salespeople to make buying easy and rapid. A glimpse The very permanence of the gift of silver calls for particular care in its selection. the Glove Store, with its two great wide aisles, will show the success of our planning. ., __ Now, as to the Gloves themselves. Here is a whole section devoted to Women’s Eveniag ¢ iloves—and three-quarters of the purchases made are of the fashionable long styles. Besides the plain Gloves of soft lambskin and fine kid, from eight to thirty-button length, at $1.75 to | $4.50 8 pair, there are beautiful—and popular—novelties, such as the 16-button length Mous- quetaire Kid Gloves, in white or black, with 16 pearl buttons, at $4.25; the Gloves, in the same length, with heavy self or two-toned embroidered backs, at $3.60 a pair; and the long white Gloves, wath arms ME chet in wie or delicate colors to match sein tab et Lieod ere are the Women’s Gloves for street or motoring wear, fro p 4 b Practically imperishable, one’s Table Silver should not be subject to the freaks or lets at $7.” And including’ the thret fancies of the moment, lest it live for years to reproach the giver. Thus it comes | that the most beautiful, the most successful Silverware is found in the classic designs that have been proved by time. And it is precisely the graceful lines of the Louis and Empire periods and the simple but dignified Colonial and Georgian patterns that you will notice most admiringly in this Gimbel collection of Sterling Silver for the table. In the brief limits of an advertisement details cannot be given. But it may be noted that selection in the Sterling Silver ranges from a small Tea Bell at 76c to a six-piece Tea Service at $380, with many prices and a variety of pieces at or real kid Gloves at $1, to the Automobile Fur Gauntlets at $7. And including th famous Gimbel brands of Women’s Gloves—- babes postal marian tbe SN “La Favorite ’’ at $1.50 Pair each price between. The Sterling Silver Flat Ware H Presents an equally broad range of Peer tor sets'o1 Knives, Forks and Spoons may be | “La Mascotte’’ at bs Pak ii i lodena’’ at $2 Pair selected in any one of ten designs, at $8 to $16 a dozen for the Tea Spoons, up to $20' to $30 | for Table Forks. The Silver-plated Table Ware e TWO CAR LINES TIED UP. Traffic Below City Hall Park | _ Is Suspended for Hour 1 and Half. | ‘ ‘The Broadway street car line from | City Hali Park south was completely | Diocked for an hour and a half to-day, | @nd@ the Broadway and Lexington ave- Bue service vetween City Mail Park €04 Madivon Square was badly crippled fy @ trucking accident at Bowllng y Green. The blockade lasted trom 10 @'clock until 11.20 o'clock. A truck, carrying a thirty-fve-ton @eel girder and drawn dy six horses, ‘Was crossing the car tracks at the up- Ber side of Bowling Green, when the forward whee! on the left hand side be- gan to sink into the asphalt pavement. The driver tried to swing his horses @round and get the wi Among the Men’s Gloves there are eighteen styles of the fashionable Mocha Gloves alone, from $1 to $2.50 a pair—unlined, or lined with fleece or silk. Buck gloves, rabbit-lined, $3.60; squirrel-lined, $6.60. Corresponding variety in the tan Cape Gloves, the Gloves for evening wear (a penalg quality at $1.60, of heavy white kid, with one pearl button) and the fur-backed and fur-lined Gloves and Gauntlets to $20 ir. ,,__ The Gloves for Boys and Girls, and for older girls, include everything from children’s woolen Gloves or Mittens at 60¢ a pair, to Misses’ 16-button Evening Gloves at $2.60. Besides there is a section DET NETO SOILS SSIS : No 399, “devoted to the various Fab- ) svvee New York. .....s0c00010 II um pie Gloves, including those GIMBEL BROTHERS of chamoisette, which look Slove The whoel went ato the asphalt pave. |(| tinguished company in which they find themselves. We 4 a pustrs ‘ ne . This is the Gimbel Glove The heel went into tho asphalt pave. Dinner Service, in quadrupie silver plate, in which the Coffee Urn and Tray are $48, the Five-piece Tea Set is $90, an 8-inch Meat | | snus re ssee @LOve CERTIFICATE bond, which you can give for oughly aa it might have sunken into a Dish, with well and tree, is $33.75, with many other pieces to match. Among the other pieces illustrated are a Sterling Silver Loving | | sw mtu stoves sod save 7 Aah rfp lata Cup, 18 inches high, at $100, Nickel Silver-plated Candelabra in French gray finish at $20 a pair, a Claret Jug of Sheffield Plate | | domes w te neon | This enbitles BE. ..cccccccccccscsce ssssesssceeessneessere or Beare Chtistmas, if you are not ‘The truck and its load lay tn such Position that it blocked both car tracks. Soon, there was,a solid line of cars on the south-bound track, from Bowling Green up to the Postoffice, and the Rorthbound track on the Battery loop | Wes likewise blocked, By switching ears at Park Place, a semblance of ser- vice was maintained along upper Broadway. Many hot arguments be- tween passengers who were dumped @ut at Park Place and conductors of street cars grew out of the blockade, GIRL'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH REVEALS A STRANGE ROMANCE by provwotiog thie Cortst. 080 «1 eer Clove Depart ment, sure of the proper size, and »Patr.... OF Rid Gloves. which the recipient can ex- GIMBEL BROTHERS, Néw York change for Gloves of his or Pereasssscrssscrmsrenmeesesesssnene REF Own Sélection, after the ILA LIISA LIS SEIS MIS holiday's. Main Floor She Was a Small Woman Skunk Was Her Favorite Fur And She Got a Set of This Lovely Fur In This Christmas Sale of Guaranteed Furs She was womanly, but she was small—and for this reason she always had great difficuty in getting a set of furs that were becoming and appropriate toher years. So you can imagine how delighted she was with this set acini the scarf was small but not juvenile in effect. Neither was the muff. Price was not a consideration with her, for she wanted what she wanted. But when she discovered that the scarf was $16 and the muff $29.50 she was simply astounded. “I have never seen a finer specimen of skunk in a muff at $45, and to think that this SET IS ONLY $44.60—why, I scarcely can believe my own eyes.” We also have furs for women of medium and large stature, and for children and young girls too. These Prices Represent Economies at 10t050 Per Cent. 8 on copper at $7, and artistic pieces of Sterling Silver Deposit Ware. Sterling or hoe rere A= SR he 7 Though it deserves a chapter to itself, it shall be mentioned here with the rest of the splendid collection. There are eighteen patterns, comprising all pieces for the Toilet Table, from Nail Files, Cuticle Knives, Salve Jars and Button Hooks at 60c¢, to the most elaborate of the Mirrors at $18.75. Additional pieces are Sterling Silver Clocks at $3.26 to $20, qnd Jewel Boxes at $10 to $60. | There are also presentation cases, fitted with the Silver Toilet Articles, in various combinations; from a 3-piece set of Comb, Main Floor Brush and Mirror at $11, to a hand-engraved five-piece set at $55. Fine French Perfumes and Sachets Make Adorable Gifts “I hope that I get as j many bottles of perfume as I did last year—three of my friends knew that my hobby is French Ex- tracts,” We have practically every delicious odor that is famous in Paris to- day. “Le Mien’”’—that fas- cinating perfume by Lentheric, $10. When Tired from Shopping Enjoy a little rest, in charming surroundings, with delight- ful music, in The GOLDEN TEA ROOM Afternoon Tea, 50c With crisp toast and delicious marmalade or jam. _ If you are shopping at GIMBELS, or in the neighbor- hood, you will enjoy lunching in the Gimbel Tea Room, with its homelike food and appetizing service. Men can smoke in the Grill Room on the Broadway and Thirty-third street corner. Special Express Elevator to Tea Room during the luncheon hours. Eight floors above busy Broadway. Her Mother, a Negress, Posed as Her Maid and'\Had Her Ed- “Inspiration” by Le SCARFS FUR! MUFFS Pied Arch-Ease Shoes Make Grand, at §7.25. $15, $19.60, $25 Black Fox 15, $19.60, $25 , ucated as White Heiress y i 4 4 I ¥ F - _Coty’s Ambre An- | $19.60 to $37.50 Pointed Fox $26, $37.50, $45 Perse Christmas Shopping Easy tena se $25; Cyclemen, 4 i piste $25 ; i at $9.20. ‘ lack Lynx | Beak clan a coon They support tired feet—and, oh, how tired they do get, Morny’s Triomphe is | $10 to $19.60 Black and Blue Wolf $10 to $19.60 death yesterday .f @ <Irl koown as these busy shopping days. Besides, the firm support in the ’ a another delight at $12.60 | $7.50, $15 Beaver Mary F. Harmon, elghteen years old, counter and shank, and the lengthened heel, just where the Guerlain's “Aporos Ls Onde anoties gelie CUA CAn eet eae Mb Roba ee ieee iH i i i ” chets are such a jo: man: ot like | $7. ’aracu pious . Sheela sige dl oe are a great help in keeping one’s extraets are not content without pen among their lingerie, | $15 Skunk $29, ooking: on wet and slippery pavements, ° blouses and gowns—and they nearly always have tiny ones con- | $7.60 American Opossum $19.60 We have these splendid Arch-Ease Shoes, which are scien- | cealed in their hats or in other parts of their costumes. Cross Fox, $95, $125, $150 a set| Persian Paw, $7.50 and $10.60 \ tifically designed, and fitted to your feet by an orthopedic Vera Violet, Iris Blanc, Heliotrope Blanc, and other sachets by | Red Fox, $42.60 and $55 a set a set . expert, for men, at $5, $5.50 and $6; for women, at $4 to $8 | Roger and Gallet, 55c. ; Gray Fox, $10 and $26 a set Arctic Seal (French-dyed Coney), ¥4 (including a smart narrow-toe style, for dress wear, in patent iver’s Azure, Le Trefle and other odors in one-ounce bottles, 65¢ | Natural Raccoon, $26 a set $27.60 and $46 a set. 4 Djer Kiss Sachet, 65ca bottle. Beautiful hand-embroidered lingerie sachets, $1.50, $2 and $3. Of course, we also have the best American perfumes, toilet waters and sachets. _ French Pump Atomizers, 95¢ to $4. De Vilbiss Perfume Atomizers, 50¢ to $3.76" 3 s with Atomizers, $1.75 to $6.50. Imported Cut Glass Bottles w' Toilet Goocs Pith eg alt Gift-Hints Among the China, For Girls and Young Women Moufflon, white, blue and rose,| Natural Squirrel, Angora, Krim- $4.60 to $26 a set. mer and natural Coney, $4.60 Imitation Ermine, $2.25, $2.95] to $26 a set and $3.96 a set. White Thibet, $3.95 to $7.50aset leather or gun-metal calf); for boys,at $2.60 and $3, and for girls, at $3 and $3.50. Come in and find out about them, woman who lived with her as her ser- vent. According to the police the women | maintained this relationship because of the ambition of the mother to contract Second Floor Some Dress Patterns at $4.50 4} to 6-Yard Lengths Taken from our own stock because the assortments are broken, and marked an advantageous marriage for her daughter. They say the dead girl was \\ / the daughter of an educated English- i) man who was at one thne a member of { the choir of a leading church tn Balt!- A Holiday Sale of Fine SILKS With direct bearing on the great number of Dress Patterns of Silks that are at the specially low price of $4.50 a length. x ‘ } more, and that the girl was educated in q i i i lorings and weaves, suitable for tailored suits “ és ‘ 4 A i aa ity a ae Gr IN| sd emcee ce Gettee Line eoalbinae ' Glass and Art Wares given every Christmas, we have arranged the following desirable special offerings: We will gladly box any of these patterns for Christmas giving. $4.60 each. It is a joy and a delight to wander through the superb Gimbel $2.26 Dress Satin, $1.50 Yard where she passed as a white girl. The dead girl, who was a good mu- sician, was employed as pianist In a moving picture place, but lost her pos!- tion on Saturday night. Although there was every indication of gas poisoning, @ lamp found burning dimly in the death chamber would apparently dis- prove this theory and the police are trying to unravel the mystery. The mother has been unconscious in a hos- pital ¢or twenty-four hours, and if she recovers she is expected to throw light on the cause of her daughter's death. ‘Among the girl's effects were fifteen pawn tickets showing that $223 had been borrowed on jewelry. detectives, and these showed that in al Violins, G Second Floor uitars, Mandolins collections of Fine China, Cut and Rock Crystal, Bohemian and Gold Glassware, and the Marbles, Bronzes, Brasses, Terra Cottas and other beautiful things that comprise the gathering of Art Objects. But the diversity is almost bewildering; so, to make choosing easier, we have arranged a number of gift suggestions, according to price on various tables. For instance, one finds At $2 A Bohemian Glass, Sugar & Cream Sets. | Cut Glass Carafes, Mayonnaise Bowls Tall Compotes, in white and gold. | with plate, Fern Dishes, Salad Bowls, Hand-painted Chocolate Pots, Tea | Sugar and Cream Sets, Decanters, Pots, Cheese Dishes, Tankard Jugs, |Compotes and Celery Trays, Chop Dishes, Roll Trays, Steins, Cake] Hand-painted China Salad Sets, Plates, etc. Chocolate Sets and Vases, At $3 At $10 Hand-painted Nut Sets, Salad Bowls | 17-piece Breakfast Sets. and Suger and Cream Bouillon Cups, Dessert Plates, $1.26 Black Satin Duchesse, 95c Yard 36 in. wide, in a rich, brilliant black; heavy quality. Silk Waist and Dress Patterns, 50c Yard This is an accumulation of many colors and designs in staple silks that were formerly 85¢ to $2.50 a yard; now neatly boxed in waist and dress lengths, at 60c a yard. Second Floor 36 in. wide, in the full range of colors, as well as white and black. $1 Satin Messaline, 76c Yard 35 in. wide, lustrous, strong quality, in colors, white and black. $1.60 Bordered mar spe tee) 66c Yard Double-width, with self and contrasting bor- ders of satin stripes; various pretty colors, Velocipedes, Tricycles and Other Wheeled Toys for Boys and Girls 1\4 Five bank books were examined sy | x Perhaps, dear reader, you recollect when Santa Claus, or the expressman, brought you your first red-wheeled velocipede, and; what a delight it was to get astride of something that you cou'd make go by your own efforts. You can be- lieve the youngster of today is just as keen as you were about everything on wheels—which the Gimbel Toy Store has provided in this fine collection of Wheeled Toys for the Young America of 1911. First there are the Velocipedes, all with rub- | There are Hand Cars at $3 to $10.50; Roller ber-tired wheels—very good ones at $4 and $6, | eat Goat EAM, Buckbeards and such+ others finer up to $16.60. ike, in great variety, ; Of Tricycles for little girls, there are various Behl ray Me a $1.25 ag til kinds at $6 to $16.60. Then the Automobiles, 3 ‘ ate ds, are $3 to $6.25 ; and the; all with starting crank and rubber-tired wheels, ee 7 ae on. and. Police Is, Hooks bank {n Baltimore in 197 the girl hq $1,800 on deposit, $1,600 in another and All of this had been withdrawn from time to time except $5. Dresden China Toast Racks China Compotes, Cake Plates. Cut Glass Ice Cream Plates. Royal Bonn Vases. Vases, Bronzes, Marbles. Any oi these articles will be packed for presentation in a suitable box without extra charge. Fifth Floor Claret Jugs, Water Sets. And Al! Other Musical Instruments The Gimbel Musical Instrument Section is a most satisfying place to seekers of things musical. The stock is built up with in- timate knowledge of what musicians require, and with compre- hensive stocks of best instruments and agcessories. Those who seck instruments of the highest quality, as well as those who desire to make careful selection for their, own use, will be grateful with the assemblage here to choose from: Washburn Instruments: | Lyon & Healy Instruments; Guitars, $16, $20, $22 and $32. Violins, $15. $20, $26 and $30. Mandol }, $20, and $25. Guitars, §| , $8, $9 and $10, Banjes, $15. Mandolins, $4, $6, $7 and $10. Lyon & Healy Cornets, $25 to $60; Trombones, $36 and $46. large deposits in other ‘banks, \ \ whe was found in the bedroom of her apartment supposedly deac from gas amphyxiation. Near her on the floor was the unconscious form of the Woman's negro maid, who is about ferty. | y The etrange feature of the case is that while the younger woman was supposed to be white and the maid a 3 mulatto, the former really had negro | Beod and was the daughter of | | ONARCH M FURNITURE CO WE TRUST YOU The Lamp Store 1s prolifif n suggestion. Among many beau- tiful designs is a French Bro..ze Electrolier, 26 inches high, with graceful figure holding aloft two lights, complete at $22.60. An- other style, with ove light, is $12.60. Two specially good values in Table Lamps for gas or electricity, are $18 and $25 each, with mosaic shades and metal bases in Bright Taee -Give a Lamp! FURNITURE And comprehensive stocks of other instruments: verde antique finish, Many others, too, up to a superb | at $6.60 to $36; with others at $4.60 to | Wagons, and dear knows what else, But it’s RUGS, CARPETS, BEDDING Violins, AY to $200; 'Cellos, $35 to $100; Accordions, $3.75 to $10. Electrolier, at $165, Fifth Floor $5.75, a glorious gathering. Fourth Floor Ci ASH OR CREDIT | New shipment just received of the now scarce ' Bring the Children to See the Big Imported Three-Ring X VICTROLAS at $25 * / OPEN EVENINGS They'll probably be sold quickly. The makers can’t Mechanical CIRCUS come near meeting the demand at this popular price. BROADWAY NEW YORK THIRTY-THURD 8T. With Live Ponies and Trained Dogs Entrance from Subway Store, Lower Floor Eighth Floor 61 EASTI25 ST SBETS &LEXAVES ———