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EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912, THE SUNT CREUS AT CRESRENT CLUB “aN Elephants, Peanuts and All the Other Attractions in Bay Ridge. oo IT’S A THREE-RING SHOW Profits Will Help to Pay for Free Playground for Kings County Boys. Hi, yi! Hoople! Here we are again. Hey, Jimmy! Here's the ctrous. The (Crescent Athletic Club Country Circus. We're Gown at Bay Ridge, and my eye— Qeok out there bub! That's no Taft @team roller; that’s the elephant. Get @wey from those monkey cages, kids; Gtve the peanuts a chance. ‘Wow! How it rained yesterday after. feen at Bay Ridge. But do you think fhe deluge bad e dampening effect on the apirite of the Crescent Athletic iw? Do you think ft ecared away tany of the members’ wives and sisters Gweethearte? Yes? You don't that Bay Ridge bunch of good fel- ood people. The Crescent started out to do & good thing they wont through with it. The three-day and three-night circus for the Bight will see its windup. ‘The profits from the circus are to be ‘The athletes of the Crescent Club want te veo the kids of Kings County grow up to be men of physical prowess, for they believe that men sound in body make men sound in mind. Herman A. Mets gave to the project @ $5,000 plot of ground in Kingston avenue with the Provision that the club raise the funds for the equipment and maintenance of a Playground and gymnasium field, The club got busy and got up the circus In order to give all the people of Brooklyn @ chance to contribute to the health and ‘Wealth of tho coming generation. And it Is some circus! lt was a three-ring tent. If the late P. T. Barnum could get a ticket of leave he would throw a double-backed somerset to get back across the Styx Just to have one peep. It had rings eround the Ringlings, It had Bells's circus backed off the boards from pea- nuts to popcorn. Go and eee ft. It's Worth the price of admission and then ome! COMMODORE DALZELL KING PIN. the cleptante walked sround end the band deyan to play, up shot Commodore Dalsell to bare his 1S THE Ob, The cominodore ts the “Circus King.” He's the whole works, so the members of the Crescent Club say. He worked Mike @ sailor before the mast to make clear sailing for the circus and ue @teered the ship through the breakers into the promised land. He Introduced Borough President Alfred LE. who opened the show. Tho president @aié that he was glad to be there. Of course he was. Who wasn't? But the President said more. He said what a ood thing it was that the club was Going, what a bully thing for tho boys ef Brooklyn. It was a good thing to be member of the Crescent Club. It was & good thing for the youth of Brooklyn that there was @ Crescent Clyd. Hooray! | ‘The steamer Baltic steming down the | Rey bound for Albion's shores took eut her signal flags and made them read: “Good luck to the circus.” Then @be fired three guns to emphasize her @ignal. Capt. J. B. Ransome of the Baltic thinks that Commodore Dalzell fa the one best bet. The clud fired back | three guns in return. Boom, boom, oom! And the band played. ‘Ta-re, daddy da, leedely boom, what will the lady have next?’ was the Mourish of brass and furry of drum that announced the coming of the great Oriental pageant, the like of which Mever been seen outside of Bay Ridg Hlephants there were to ride upo camels to gaze upon, giraffes to ponder @@ nd ladies who rode horseback, clowns to make you laugh and coppers @besing the clowns. They had a leopard. There were lions from Lyons County and tigers from “Sic-him-T\ ‘The great pageant soaked in the dew from the soggy earth and shook it out again In the sawdust of the ring. But the band played on and what did they care? GIRLS SELL PEANUTS AND Pop. CORN TO THE CROWD, ris peddied peanuts and px & baseball and the pipes with gun. They have an airship race and a moias- ees candy wheel—a regular midway, & pocket edition of Coney Island. Barkers with megaphones stirred the pulses and stopped the people. It was great. You could get ice-cream or the ziggling hot dog. The hot dog bit best in yesterdays weather. They have “ring the canes and knives” and untamed ions which are tamed while you wait, if you have the Price. You can have your fortune told or take a ride on a real elophant—two a! elephants, Thoy have balloons to jo up and soft drinks to go down. You! oan heve your picture taken or you) ean take an Bthioplan dip. This why.) ladies and gentlemen, for the fine candy ahd chewing gum in captivity. Don't be afraid. That snake is per- fectly harmices; he has no teeth! Look out there, boys, that's the elephant’s trunk, Thats hie tail at the other end. Great dope! MOVING PICTURE TO BE MADE OF THE SHOW. turday will be “society” day at the circus. That means that the swell rush of Brooklyn will be on exhibi- tion as well as the circus, the latest | WOULDN'T HEAR CA | styles of tim modiste and the milliner, On Saturday night J, Stuart Blackton Ae CANTOR. | of the Vitugraph Moving Picture Com-!| Protest Over Pany will make a moving ploture of the | cirous, the crowds and the midway, so that the avent may be perpetuated and| LONDON, presented from time to time to Bay Ridge. Mr, Blackton {s running a moving picture #how in the midway, the proceeds from which go to the cause, S Dove sno MR STERUNG AS FUN-MAKERD 112, Bay Rida This was a compll- Ment to the good work of the comimo- dore, but all the cominittees did the best kind of work. Paul Honynge !s president of the club and Benjamin A. Ketly js vice-chairman of the olreus commitee. Dr. Ketly ts Water Regis- trar of Manhattan, and yesterday they were blaming him for the rat Changes {n the clreus programme will | be made at every performance. There will be something new on all the time. pit bh cea bie Singing HE) onto: New Yorker's London Concert, | Sirota to i June %—The effect of the| “fs (9 Bo to pst cantors singing in pubs Ne was noted last night when London Jews kep: away from the | | Queen's Hall by FE. 1. st Commodore Dalzell was yesterday |{0F,0f Dathel Youple, X Presented with a gol? medal, bearing the Mall, Which holds’ tho following inscription: “Presenied to | scarcely two dreft Fred B. Dalzell by the Executive Com- | There was no mstration, mittee as a touching tribute.” On the | said he had lost 9.000 thre reverse side {t read: “Crescent Athietle troversy, vut ts golng on Club Country Circus, June 6, 7 and & Steinberg and Sirota are Steinberg “Drunks” In tt ‘Taxi or Walk Home, Pittsburg: hereafter he | walk home or hire a taxicab, can't ride on a street car. in It, Steinberg nthe cons] ors must th his tour. | gpoard cars, exchanging | passengers. not allow intoxtea S surely as June is the Month of Roses so it is also the Month of Weddings and of Wedding Presents. If you feel that nothing can be more appropriate for the Present you have to buy than Sterling Silver, lose no time in coming to the Meriden Store. Here you will find a greater varicty Waiter, than at any other store in New York. King William IV. sold soft drinks and sou- in't get away fiom ai to buy—tickled to These sweet servitors marshalled by Mrs James Masterman, Misses Mar Burseh, Bara Delong, Jane Applegate, Neila Van Brunt, Marguerite Press- Prich, Myra Dutcher and Helen Master- ) man The rain started leaks in the canvas root. The ladies put up umbrellas, Thins the rain could make thom beat M2 Nothing dving, They heat the artled the audience brought th and lofty tumbil seared to the roo there everything you circus. No circus ever had anything On this circus. | Bide shows were set up outside the big tent. There were tea houses, ice- Model, And you will be surprised to find 19 in. wide, $28.50 {| What a handsome gift you can buy fora | moderate sum. | The MERIDEN Co. (INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY, | compliments at to which is the better has challenged’ rah Ment Calla When a man becomes intoxteated In | wil have to| for he . ‘This is the result of @ decision hander down by Judge MeKenna that conduct: | 1 persons because they annoy other |Society in ‘Three Ring’ at Crescent Club | ' Eats Peanuts to Help Lads of Brooklyn WON'TINDICT AFTER RUMPUS IN QUEENS SCANDAL | No Bill to Be Returned Against Either Willett or Walker | in Noted Case. \ WERE TEN TO ELEVEN. \ i Two Hours’’ Wrangling and Loud Talking Ends Su- preme Court Charge. ‘When the Queens County Grand Jury | that hee been investigating the charges against William Willett jr. and Louts T. Walter of having used money to in- fence the nomination of the former for the Supreme Court bench jast fall assembled lest night to vote on its findings a fist fight was almost pro- voked, The Grand Jury was almost equally divided and for two hours the twenty-one men wrangled, threatened and shouted at each other. As a result of the rumpus the jury wil not indict the two men and will eo report to Jus- tice Garretson in the Queens Cotnt; Su- preme Court to-morrow morning. It 1s said that the Jury stands 10 for indicting and 11 against. ‘The Grand Jury investigation of Wil. lett and Walter is the direct outcome of the scandal last fall that resulted In the absolute defeat of the Democratic judiciary candidates. Willett was a| candidate for @ judicial nomination and | received ft at the convention. It was| afterward charged that money was used | to influence delegates to bring about his nomination. Justice Townsend Scudder of preme Court, sitting as a committing Magistrate, began an investigation. As a resolt of his probe warrants were |3- ed charging “Joe” Cassidy, former | boss of Queens; Louis T. Walter, a} henchman of Cassidy a Witlett with corrupt use of money. It was alleged | that Willett pald the money to Cassidy | and Walter. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Division and two weeks ago the charges against Cassidy were dismissed by this tribunal, which, how- ever, held Willett and Walter. The case Was'then taken up by the Grand Jury | and over fifty witnesses, among thein men who have long been prominent in politica and business in Queens County summoned to te: CASTORIA infants and Children. . the Su- | the Signature of The | Kind! You Havo| Always Bought fn Use For Over 30 Years. pany. NEW YORK 6! tf A Sterling Silver Bread Tray, 1114 inches long. An exclusive Meriden piece. Price $13.50. SUCCESSOR) Silversmiths 49-51 W. 34th St., Through to 68-70 W. 35th St., New York SR eR tify. Last night was the time for a final decision. The rumpus began early and lasted for two hours, during which District- Attorney Smith and Assistant Distriet- Attorney Hetherington were called Into the Jury room to ald in straightening out the wrangle, ‘Their efforts were futile and the twenty-one jurors parted in no gentle humor. It requires sixteen votes to indict, and those who favored indicting the two men could not win more than ten votes to their cause. ‘The investigation has been watched carefully by politicians throughout Brooklyn and Queens. Sentiment runs strong for and against the men under investigation. ‘The report to-morrow | Will come as a big surprise, for It was confidentially exne would be returned. ‘The other two members of the judicial ticket who went down to defeat with Willett were Patrick J. Callahan and Herbert T. Ketcham. During the vestigation last fall when Callahan was asked whether he considered Willett a fit man to occupy a place on the Su- Preme Court bench he repiled: “I certainly do not.” —_—_—_———— 4 KING OF SAXONY HURT. ‘Thrown Fi A that indictments Horse and His Right Wrenched. DRESDEN, June 7.—While Frederick- August, the King of Saxony, was re- viewing the cavalry during the army Manoeuvres to-day he was thrown from his ‘horse. His rignt leg was badly James Moran, aged forty, Wem One Hundred and Thirty-third street, conductor on the Greenwich street line, hed both legs fractured this morning when the driver of a team, backing down the runway of the stables of B, Gliroy & Sons, at No, 637 Green- wich street, lost control of the horees and the heavy truck crashed into the street car. Moran was removed to St. Vincent's Hoapita! Poieochinntiy eS Can't Handle His Riches. Hagar DeMuth, son of Willian De- Muth, @ millionaire manufacturer of! smokers’ articles, was declared in. competent to manage his person and estate by a jury before Judge Humph rey in the Queens County Court yester- day, DeMuth is forty years old. Be- sides having $125,000 in his own right he ets the income from a trust fund | of $226,000. <citatceseeatllitsinie His Wounds. (From the Washington Star.) “You say you were hurt by the war.” “That's what I say. My feelings were hurt by thelr refusal to give me a pen- sio: MIRSKA, 33101, WINS | THE ENGLISH OAKS Tagalie, Derby Winner and Favo- rite, Is Beaten After Good Early Showing. EPSOM DOWNS, June 1—The Oaks! Stakes of five thousand soverigns, for) three-year-old filles, was Won here to- | day by Mirska, iitable, ridden by | the American jockey Frank O'Nelll,| was second and Bill and Coo finished | third. Fourteen hotsesa started. The distance was about one mile and a half, | Tagalle was the favorite, but after flattering his backers most of the way, was beaten when close to home. The Derby winner arsumed command of the field on rounding Tattenham Corner, but when challenged in the straight, failed to respond and Mirska sped to the front, winning in a canter by three lengths. Equitable finished three-quart- ers of a length ahead of Bill and Cov, 4 was a rank outsider at 33 to 1) at the start. The same odds were offered on Equitable, while Bill and Coo was quoted at 10 to 1. ——<—>—_—— inker. une 7.—In a two-column article e Sellersville Herald says “the re-election of Prasi- dent Taft is recognized as an im- possibility,”” lis Col. Roosevelt “a party-wrecker,” and suggests the nom!- nation of John Wanamaker as @ com- promise candidate. DON'T WORRY ABOLT SUNBURN Enjoy Your Daily Dip in Old Ocean and—Keep Your Complexion. “T never feel so good as I do just after a dip in the ocean, but I’ have to forego | the pleasure this year,” said the pretty blonde to her friend in the subway car. that the pain dri she continued. surf bathing to her heart’ ffer from the eff A ilttie Velogen gently publ i after a of the sun into the skin prevents the the skin James McCreery & Co, 23rd Street On Saturday, June the 8th. TAILORED NECKWEAR & VEILS. In Both Stores Complete assortment 34th Street of the latest Tailored Neckwear in effective styles. Black Silk “I net frill and jabot. cadilly” with 5¢ Collar, Lace Stock with black silk collar and vest, edged with shad Black Silk ‘“‘Robespierre” Stock, with lace frill and double j Shadow Lace Veils, white or black. Double Chiffon Veils in all the desirable colors. SUMMER DRESSES For Misses and Small Women. Tailored Linen cuffs braided. Linen Dresses, finished with embroid- ered border on waist Linen Suits,—panel Smart model. away coat. Silk Dresses for afternoon wear, of Crepe Meteor, Taffeta and Foulard. 0, 1 Remaining stock of Spring Suits, in- cluding Serge, Mixed Fabries and Silk, 0.50, 18.50 and 22.50 models. value 10.50 to 14,00, Dresses of Cotton Voile, Tissue and Cham- Sizes 14 and 16 years. bray. value 5.00 to 8.75, Girls’ Wash Dresses of Gingham, Lawn Size 6 to 14 years. and Linene, value 2.25 to 3.50, ein23rd Street low lace. 1.15 abot. 1.35 ome 1.50 & SUITS. In Both Stores Dresses, — collar and value 12.50, 9.50 and skirt. value 10.50, 6.75 skirt, plain cut- value 8.50, 5.75 d 5.00 and 19.50 value 16.50 to 28.50 value 18.50 to 39.50 \JUNIORS’ SUITS & DRESSES, tn 2oth stores | Linen Suits,—Norfolk and_ semi-fitting Sizes 14 and 16 years. 5.75 and 9.00 3.95 to 6.75 1.95 and 2.95 34th Street 42 West 34th St. Bet. Bway & Sth Ave, Last week | announced the plain truth about the predicament I amin. I told you how and why. | Am Facing} the CRISIS of My Business | Career. I explained how twenty- t 8 of rain in April Ye equally hopeless weather conditions ch all_other cities where GEORGES are loc id me to self to a terrific loss now in order to turn my stock into cash, I did not dare wait until July. I did not dare trust to usual mid- rummer clearances. So I faced this desperate crisis with the most slashing prico cute in my history, with full courage and cone fidence that you know that you would <i that you would You have more than justi- fied that confidence in the 1 was ua perience. Ard this week Lexpect an equall ous response. Is * wonder? Lam fairly chang- ing the business calend, moving Aurust tions into June. THE SCHEDULE: Bulletin of the Suit & Overcoat Reductions $9.50 $49.59 $44.50 $4759 $49.50 $94.50 ABrief History of GEORGES Nothing Succeeds Like Success and I’m Successiul Away backs in 1879 Il origine ated the Sale of Merchant uncalled. $25.00 and $28.00 Now $30.00 and $35.10 Now $37.50 and $40.00 Now weights that w ly made to order to bring $25 to $100. But with the opening of new stores the demand exceeded the supply. Then I conceived the idea outof which grew GEORGES FAMOUS MODEL CLOTHES, de- signed by the most famous custom style creators in the country intheircetabe lishments as well asin my own custom sheps. These GEORGES MO” EL CLOTHES, which br gus larly sell at $15 to $4 . are absolutely distincti e in every fine from ready- mades, a full year ahead in style. actually equalling Merchant Tailors’ finest $20 to $75 products. N EVENINGS FoR YOUR CONVENIENCE La Between Broadway and Fifth Ave, ‘ NEW YORK, Also Stores at BOSTON, 884 Washington, 300 Westtainster PHILADELPHIA, 15th @ Chevtnut, \UFFALO, tor Mala.

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