The evening world. Newspaper, March 22, 1912, Page 3

5 I, “gray hatr, ‘Sarr in the ‘Supreme Court to-day how + ATOAY SRE Aged Sisters Describe in Court an, (Unusual Ruse by 'y Sheriff’s Deputies, FIGHT, FOR THEIR HOME. Mrs, Palmer and Miss Ellin Have Been Living There for Many Years. Pwo soft-volced women, with silvery told Justice McCall and a they had successfully combated the ef- forte of the Sheriff to oust them from the tiome they had occupied for more than fifty years, wmti! at last some one poured water on a re stove they were driven out by the steam. Thay: were Mrs. Mary Jane Palmer, ataty-cight, and her sister, Miss Martha Bilin, seventy-two, who are suing former Bheriff “Tom” Foley for $10,000 damages. ‘The trouble came about through Wash- fngton Palmer, a son of Mrs. Palmer, who, %& was alleged, contracted to sell the old homestead to the Occidental Realty Company and then backed out. ‘The company bi ht sult to compel Patmer to carry out the contract and ‘won, Then the Sheriff was directed to eject the two aged sisters. Mrs. Palmer, who was the first witness ‘when the dam: it came to trial to- Gay, declared she and her sister had Deen filewally ejected, She and Miss Ellin owned the property, she sald, and they Egclaimed all Fexponsibility for her son's actions. GHERIFF LAID SIEGE TO THE HOUSE FOR TEN DAYS. For ten days the Sheriff laid siege mpon the property, located at No, 517 ‘West One Hundred and Thirtieth atreet, but the icy glances of the aged women overcame him and his amall army of deputies. Then came the thought of turning the hose on the Btove. ‘Well do I remember that after- paton,” said Mrs. Palmer. “A deputy @heriff and three negroes broke into my home and wanted to know if my sister and I intended to get out. We told them we did not propose to do so, and Wee deputy sheriff, storming furtously, exclaimed: ‘You will! You will! You ° “% commanded the men to leave the premises, but they came back later @ad cleared all the furniture out. 1 wefused to go, as did my aister. We qwalkéd into the rear. of the house, where the stove was, and then on, of the men came in and turned the water the stove, That compelled ben “Have you occupied the premises since March 15, 190, when you allege in your womplaint you were illegally evicted trom your home?” asked Lawyer Isaac N, Miller, representing the aged plain- ‘No, tut we have been living in a hhoung Itamediately in the rear—No. 520 ‘West One Hyndred and Thirty-first etreet.” When Mrs. Palmer left the witness stand she told an Evening World re Porter how she and her sister had spen @ Lifetime beautifying the grounds about the o}d rambling frame house. “Oh, it's cruel,” sald Mra. Palmer. "We couldn't think of going very far @way from the old home after living there #0 long, and we are both confi Gently hoping to go back when this case is over, We want to spend the rest @f/our lives there. Then they can do whatever they like with the property.” ——— HOT AIR ON BROADWAY? SURE! JUST OODLES OF IT! But This Is Not the. Kind You're * Used to—It’s Boiler Steam and It Causes Trouble. A deputy fire chief, two battalion chiefs, five engines, two hook and lad- der trucks, one water tower and the fire patrol were called to-day to the Kaiserhof Butlding at Broadway ‘Thirty-ninth street. They found traffic on Broadway blocked, a great crowd in| the atreet and all the neighboring butld- ings with their windows and fire-eacapes foaded with spectators, Naturally, the firemen thought there was a fire. The air in the neighborhood was filled with emokelike white clouds, pouring from the Kaiserhoft Building. But it wasn't any fire. The big boiler 4m the basement of the bullding, which supplied the entire seven-story structure with heat, was blowing off its safety- veive. The blowing off was all right, but something went wrong after the beller’s normal pressure of steam had been reached and the valve wouldn't ‘elese. Go the steam continued to blow of until it filled the building, drove @atrons from the cafe and restaurant and billowed into the street. E, N. Gage, ting in he fire. @agety from the basement. § (men stood around with the Br. crowd until afl the steam had been blown off and then they and the crowd went away. There was no damage. —————.—_— N and | a The PLATERER = Lunes PRISCILLA Cina gee onest) THE PILGRin LUNCHES with WiSE*WOMAN Cured by Saved From the For She Vanity Came NIXOLA. GREELEY> SMITHS When Priscilla began her reign as the “new girl” in the publishing house where she had found employment two persons were conspicuous among the numerous courtiers who sought introduction to her. They are in the train of Everygir! everywhere, and their names are Blattery and Fair Speech. In Priscilla's case the directory gave them other nance, employees they were simply Mr. Brown, who read manuscripts, and Mr. Green, who made flustratiot lor many of the novels published by the hous Fair Speevh was never too busy to find a moment !a which to en Pris- eilla in conversat’on which began usually with the playful ‘squiry, “And how oy Little Sunshine this mording?” x ‘Me talked to Priscilin about the books he had written, and one mora- tug laid on her desk @ copy of his most recent romance in which he had insoribed a dedication begin- ing, “Zo My Dear Cosfrero,” which #0 flattered and enchanted the little girl from the country town that she aid very little work that day, though she knew the eye of Miss ‘Worldly Wise Woman, who was st the head of her department, dwelt upon her with disapproval. Miss Worldly Wise Woman, who wore; lyery plain. tailor-made clothes and an| even more tailor-made manner, must be at least forty, Priscilla thought, But even if ‘old maid,” was that any r she should look a: Alsagreeable and snippy every time @| man stopped at Prisclila’s desk to make @ pleasant remark? PRISCILLA MAKES MERRY OVER: STUPID JOKES. many jokes exchanged | There were among the men in Priscilla's office on the subject of Miss Worldly Wise Wom- an and {t mugt be admitted that in the beginning Priscilla enjoyed them. The general trend of these pleasan- | tries concerned the frigidity of Miss | Worldly Wise Woman's manner, One | man would tirn up his coat collar with | a spectacular shiver when she entered the room, another would close a win- dow nolzily, another would sneeze, and theve rather siupld Jesis always won a} laugh from Priscilla and other young girls about her, But tf Mies Worldly Wise Womun saw them, she gave no sign, PEAR STEAMER S$ LOST. te News of Liner Augesburs Which Lett Here Feb, 3. URG, March by the German-Australian Line iat the eteamer Augsburg, which left ‘Yor pp Feb. 2 for Capetown has it with ter as whe has not ar- rivedorsbeen reported. She carries a crow ot ® Shon. She was bultt at Clas. w in Alsplaces 4,287 tons and her engines develop 2,00 horsepower. @—Fear Is ex- One day just as Priscila was straight- ening the papers and paste pots on her desk before going out to luncheon ahe was astonished and ev @ little alarmed to see Mies Wordly Wise Woman atand- ing beside her with her hat and coat on. “Where do you eat? Suppose you come out and have a bite with me to- said the older woman in an tightly querulous votce, iia was flattered as she had not been aince Fair Speech had Inscribed his book to “My Dear Confrere.” She was ‘an impressionable little soul, as Every- Net, Everygirl Siayeth the Demon, in Raowledge of ten. ;——__—__—___~_} the Cruth Which Prevalleth and Tt Given Strength to Escape Destruction Designed t0 Encompass er. FOURTH ARTICLE OF A SERIES BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. WORLDLY WISE MAN—Wilt thou harken to me if I give thee counsel? CHRISTIAN—I] it be good I will, for I stand in need of good counsel. WORLDLY WISE MAN—Thouw hast met with some- thing as I perceive already; for I eee the dirt of the Slough of Despond is upon thee; but that Slough is the beginning of the sorrows that do attend those that 90 on in that way. Hear me, I am older than thou! Thou art like to mect on the way that thou goest weari- someness, painfulncss, hunger, perils, nakedrives, eword, lions, dragons, darkn not!—PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. and to thelr fellow | declare her the most brilifant i ety ‘ THE EVENING ‘WORLD, FRIDAY, MAROH 22, 197. ew Pilgrim’s Progress—Priscilla lakes | Counsel of Miss Worldly Wise Woman Copyright, 1913, vy The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). the villain. She wants to ‘string’ oy," 881d, Vincenzo, y hina him along.” *Goodeby!"* patil ieee “. “But Flattery sald he thought 1 look | And they, fared orth separately Yo r ‘£ ster Hat to Japanese, He wants to paint me as erty ee ju the Dragon Flattery Tuto His a Geisha and he's hired « costume and]. Lecter, Pn ae 5 4 said Chat Spake Gave Voice Unto) CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE Mise Wordly Wise Woman answered. to Pass Chat the Pilgrim Was “Now look here, you're a nice little girl and your face indicates that you have » if your conduct doesn't. Fair @peech is a clever man and he knows lots of other clever men. So wi he wants ideas, believe me, he wont come to you for them. “Very few men go to women for ideas, anyhow. Fair Speech is sim- he’ goes around from one pretty ‘woman to another with « hard luck broken heart or a blighted life. “He's had his penny from me, he's whining after you now to help a poor man to @ cup of coffee, and next week THE REST OF IT. “And now tell me, when has Plattery before except in dreams, You Fair Speech wants to get you Interested In him vy per- Ing you that you have a giant in- tellect, but Flattery hopes to convince you that you are a Venus and a Helea and a Recamler, Now don't get the {dea that these men, who both have jehildren us old as you are, are delib villains, because the not. Yo lquite as much to blame as they are for their efforts to make a fool of you, and Everygirl ts. There ure mighty few actual villains in life except the dream villains conjured by tie imagination of the sort of goes in fi death, Three « all the way home! pursues her, | him—not otherwise. “& man is the easicat thing in ‘the world to ‘sake’ if a woman ‘wants to ‘shake’ him. Que well ai- rected blow at the solar his soul—His Vanity—and he dows and out for good. The trouble with the average injured heroine is that she doesn’t want to ‘shake’ BROKAW BROTHERS MENS & BOYS CLOTHING.HATS & FURNISHINGS made fun of her what she, Priscilla, thought of their silly jokes.” Priscilla, warmed by Miss Worldly Wise Woman's fricndliness, began to babble delightedly of persons and office affair: “Has Fair Speech asked you to collal orate on @ book with him yet?’ in- quired Priacilla’s hostess with a keen glance. Priscilla blushed. “Why,” she gurgied delightedly, “did he tell you about it? It seama so per- fectly wonderful that a great, learned man ike Fair Speech should think a simple little girl like me could help him in his work, But he says that what he needs and what I can give him is the rosy outlook of youth.” “Me didn’t say youth,” Mise Wordly Wise Woman corrected. “Me said ‘Ah, youth, youth, radi- aut youth!’ and heaved a sigh. Dida't he now?” “Yes,” admitted Priseiiia wonderingly. pnat’s just what he did say, But how id you know?" HE SAID THE SAME THING TO OTHER GIALS. “Because I know the man, because 1 know the breed, because I was once as vain and young and credulous as you," ted to The styles this Spring show a complete swing to close-fitting Clothes— “, The consequent difficulty of obtaining a satis- factory fitting gives a further value to the extent of sizes, exactness in proportions and more-than-ordinary careful tailoring--strong characteristics of all our ready-toeput-on Spring Suits and Overcoats. Astor Place & Fourth Avenue ’ SUBWAY AT THE DOOR-ONE BLOCK FROM BROADWAY Girl is apt to be when sets out on the pew Pilgrim's Progress, and not ten minutes after golad 12 lunch wih Mise you,’ 80 THE Is suddenty Fiattery, PRECILLA Poses WORLDLY WISE-WOMAN Ive promised to 0." “ALL right, Ko,” sald Miss Worldy Wise) avenae, & Woman; “only take a chapeson along | wilt be hel tithe alteplcos of Sant Chat She Reedeth the Words of Wis- jand the drop in his face when he sees Sue rm Mot the Knigite ‘nt dom her |you are accompanted will tell you more | Columbus. ‘The mudject of the leotifre Urtered by Who Kath than I could say in @ year.” { M “1d be tickled to death to go," Miss} Worldly Wise Woman answered prompt- ly, “Why, I'd give a week's salary for one look at Flattery’s face when he sees caught me in the net as well as], , ' he'll Be passing the hat to some other| wcooa morning, Flattery,” said Mi and in @ word, death and what| woman. For heaven sake, child, get aa MM Miahene with? unlatd ig’ free dood the ieiae to the Char-| ratality, “Little Hveryelrt didn't cuperiee "i y n Society. know her way to the Flatterer's Net ‘Interest to discriminating had WORLOLY WISE WOMAN KNOWS | vo, worl, #0 I came along with her. | Now I'm here, @ sketch of m IT A QUESTION of price or quality in a player-piano that you want ? THE, Conve 425 mg, MRI treat lan f ‘Sata mie. mica: te e ; eee 1 Mane De Pinna “With the tone you can’t forget” an tty ahead G30 oe pare aS «+ Bhieets. AES eemarenepctet stayin ones 11 carn E Kale C8, RSE! ap rteTy-SIXTH STREET worth considering. We caution Phlladetbhia ooh ‘SIXTH STREET | against buying hes sold at a price Atlantle City . at which it is impossible to give you ) a player of merit, ‘ y good al! the way through. wee ‘ Foti Specials in Laces At 45c to $12.00 per yd.—Real Filet: Insertion and At 18c to 75c per yd.—All Linen Cluny Bands and At Nets and Laces, At over. Real Cluny Laces, in Edges: and, Insertions and James McCutcheon & ‘Co., lanced timidly at Miss Worldly Wise Woman. suppose you wouldn’t go with me,” WISE WOMAN GOE8|- ALONG WITH PRISCILLA. So {t happened that the hi of Miss.Worldly Wise Woman's common sense boots followed the tap of Prise silla’s French heels up four filghts of stairs to Flattery’s studio, whence the notes of plaintively for a few moments, ceasing when Miss Woman knocked at the door. wearing the brown coat which nearly every middle: fat man belleves transforms him Into a | dashing hero of De Maupassant, opened the door, and ‘is face when he s.w Miss Worldly Wise Woman was much more worth painting than any portrait of any Priscilla in the world, petals FIFTH AVENUE East Actual $16 Value To-Morrow, Saturday A springtithe opportunity. While the serge blossoms are fairest, pic est models. of unexcelled beauty aud style.. One Style Pictured até the Qui Vive! You'll lightfally made in all new shades —the néw, white, smart khaki, staple navy ever brad Wie pode ine cove eh ‘ hed with lace and poy ad attract- ively completed with buttons. SALE AT’ALL THREE STORES ITSALVOVER THIXT' MARY AND HER and She Gets Her Red Bandana Back. = | No, They're Not Going to Wed, | ' ’ | About the most. busitiesatike breaking Of an efigagemént in history w corded in the Maetia in Brooklyn tiedny. transaction “were \Vincengo 1 {irenty-fine Set: of No. n stret al of No. Nimarts attest. Vincengo ard Mary got a license to [marry on Merch (4. They appeared at | the buredu to-fey and told Clerk Scilly | u had decided matrimony was not for them. » ‘ “We want to@ive back our licenge," a Vincenno.* took tite» 1 opened Tittle: pa: Maty, wala: and we want to give our pres. ck and Yave the law as a wit- ‘eupon Mity parsed over to Vin- cengo thése weticlte, whieh he had @iven | her during. thel? coprtship: One lemon-eoldred diamond engage: | Ment ring. 1 ‘One gold negwiace. | One bottle ‘at ertume, partly emptied. | One pookotdoo) One breaatpin’ or t Vincenao, Having acknowledged recebpt | of hin ptosents,, returned to Mary the she had prade him. Tt waa: | ed bantiaann handkereitet shows | * of wear: oareent et Or igs EB | se. ‘Then the! they had car- wi) 8. —_— e ooh. For FLATTERER, GOES ALONG Oni On Mody. evening at th | Tuxedo, Fifty fides Street and Madt and lenten mustoale ; : 4 Ly 4. Bul Nebn of. 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