The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1912, Page 3

LOST CLUBMAN ADDS-TO MYSTERY, “VANISHING IGAN Van iil Lats Letter to Brother, Mailed From Atlantic City, ' Gives No Clue. FEARS HE’S SHADOWED. Lawsuit Over Southern Prop- erty Said to Have Caused ' arene HERE FRR VENING WORLD, MONDAY, JULY 15 Girls Roundly § Score New York Mashers And Picture Them as the Worst of Pests Strange Actions. Am@other mysterious twist wes given feday to the disappearance of G Witt- tt Van Nest, the wealthy clubman who vablshed last Friday, and who was eeen Yesteriay afternoon on @ train com fog from Atlantic City, when his beother, Dr. Rynier Van Nest, who lives _ at the Muriay Hil Hotel, received a Jetier from the missing man written and mailed yesterday. The letter was Mailed from the Shelbourne Hotel In Adlantic City, evidently just a few hours before Mr. Van Nest started for New . York. Th this letter Mr. Van Nest gave no intimation that he intended to return to New York, but did say that ne wanted to see his brother. To add to » the mystery of ils actions, Mr. Van Nest met E. 8. Lyon of the Metropolitan Clb on the Pennsylvania train yester- @ay and had a long chat with him. Mr, Lyon told Dr. Van Nest that his brother @eemed normal and his conversation in- dicated that he was returning to New York. VANISHED FROM TRAIN NEWARK STATION, When the train reached Jersey City Mr. Lyon looked for Van Nest to ride with him uptown tn the same taxi, but on going to his Pullman found that he had left the train at Newark, Dr. Van Nest, when seen to-day by Bvening World reporter, appeared AT an WE RE NOT IN : Love wires PoRLCR FURNITURE be greatly distressed over his vrother's actions. “My brother has not been in guod health for a year," said the doctor. “He had @ bad fall from his horse in Central Park about a year ago and was very y injured. He has worried @ @reat deal over a luwsylt in which he and several relatives are involved. convers property in South Carolina, and has been in the cdurte for a num. ber of years. estate of Frederick Rosson, my grand vnele. My brother was appointed tri tee for large tracts of land in So! Carolina which were involved. He Is eteeased with @ foar that some ong is Ing Ro: do him an injury. There "re ly do groafda for his fear; they are entirely imaginary. “This worry, together with the in- he received from his fall, I explain his actions. He has never been away before. He alwi made a habit of dining with me every night,- and his absence has almost prostrated me. “Under ordinary conditions he fe a fovtal, kindly man. Ho te about five feet nine inches tall, weighs about ono indred and seventy pounds, is a with @ small mustache. I have t hope that I will hear from him y? FLEES FROM IMAGINARY ODE- TECTIVES. ‘The Evening World learned trom other sources jthat Mr. Van Nest imagines that he is being pursued by detectives, who wish to injure him. 3 was said to-day by @ relative that ,@ result of the law sult Van Ni that the Governor of North Car would issue requisition papers for and that a serious legal contro- result. is said, had consulted the Yeaal talent in New York and had 4 assured that no such action would ew coukt be taken, and that there were founds for his fears. The clubman any {s also a lawyer, however, would imot be ‘comforted by this advice, and has so affected his mind, that he “hes allowed it to affect his usual good judgement, this relative declared, ————__ IN PAJAMAS, CHASED BY WIFE. Philadelphia Man Ra: Streets to Escape Carv PHILADELPHIA, July 16. ima hts pajamas, Edouard Girorard startled Overbrook churchgoers yester- day when he fied from his home, pur- sued by bis wife, Ethel, who was bran- @ishing a good sized carving knife very now and then the wife would meke a false start and the husband would take two or three jumps in an eftert to prevent being dissected. The nolse became s0 great th Mounted Policeman Parkes made Giro- rani dress and the pair accompany him to the police station, After hearing both sides Magistrate Boyle held the ‘wite in $500 bat] to keep the peace. What Rich Men Do With Their Their estates consist principally of REAL ESTATE, BUSI- NESS ENTERPRISES STOCKS AND BONDS Why? Because these securities are considered the most safe and profitable. "2,693 World “Real Estate,” “Business Oppor- tunity” and “Financi: advertisements were printed last week— AN EVEN 1,000 ae THAN HERALD Don’t World Ads. To-Day “A sult has been brought against the | Miss Reading | It, NI*XOL4 GREELEY SMITH illusion, !ts cynical simplicity. Dear Madam: Just a few words to ict yon know what x think of the men. Mot much, Fam sorry to Say. ‘There isn’t one in » hundr worth knowing. They are all the same. ven those that I have known from childhood % have to Class with the rest, Z have had & Great. many friends, but for how long? Sometimes one ¢' sometimes two-or three; do they end? Always the same way. If they find out you are not GAME (as they like to call it), why, that’s the end of you. No more invitations, no more flowers, no more dinners, no more theatres. Mo matter if you have made the day or evening very pleasant for them. I am just cick of it; I hate to think of accepting any more in- vitations. What's the use Yor the little they expend on you they expect big retura, I know I am not speaking for myself alone, but for hundreds of girls who feel the same as I do. I hope you will publish this, as this is probably the only chance ‘we will ever get to speak so plainly. A DISCOURAGED GIRL. STILL, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. Now, this letter ts undoubtedly bi- ased, It 18 the production of a youns woman who has seea only the seamy side of the masculine nature, But ten, the masculine nature has #0 many seams, There is a very numerous type af man—call him Masher or anything you lke—(I call him an emotional pan- handler) who will lavish his attention only upon young women from whom, to use the direct phrase Of "A Dise Jo d Girl," “he expects a big re- For woman an object of beauty, for woman as a human being, for woman as an intellectual companion he has neither use nor perception, To him she is simply Prey. He has no be- let in womanly honor, If @ girl isn't willing to exchange her heart and soul for @ few dinners or bouquets he does not decide that she {# good, He re- flects merely that some other fellow is the lucky man, For all men possess a furlous egotism of sex which haw no equivalent or counterpart ip the pay- chology of woman, ‘The girl who works for # living is peculiarly exposed to the type of man who practises the worst form of usury, that of the heart, and who asks for a 620 per cent. return for the investment of a few little inners and theatre parties. | Of course, the man masher may an- swer that he feels and gcts as he does because his past experience justifies bis attitude toward women, I have recelved several letters trom men urging this point, But I would like to hi New York man has to say in reply to the following letter from # young woman, who writes: Dear Madam: I have been greatly r what the HOLDING Down we “For the Little They Expend on You, Men Expect a Big Return,” Writes “A Discouraged Girl’— “There Are Two Classes of Women, Good and Bad, and One Class of Men, Bad,” Says ‘‘An Actress.” ieoak a 1912, by The Press Publis! EORGE AND CK ARE HAVING & GOOD TIME" warres cactRese” i BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. The onslaught has begun, The New York young woman has ac- cepted the invitation to expre: opinion of men as they live and have their being in the metropolis, and you need only read her letters to discover that she possesses a wit which biteth like an adder and a wit which stingeth like a her rpent. But worse than the wit and the scorn of her accusation is their ap- palling truth! One of the most re- markable human documents I have ever read reached me yesterday and was signed simply “A Discouraged Girl.” “masher,” actual or inciptent, will read this communication with some appreciation of {ts dejection, its dis- Here 4s the letter: I hope every New York interested In the digcuasion on clothes worn by the modern young sady, and wish to be pecmitts1 to say a word in defense of my sex. [ am an actress, eighteen, and use neither powder nor paint only on the stage, Where my business calls for it, I do not approve the styles of to-day, and think some of the girls look hideous, But {t {8 amusing to me to read the letters you recetve from men. 01 fn particular, who signs him If “B. B." (1 think those were the int- tials), seems to be pretty strong on handing out advice abused girls, He tell to us poor, ue not to use powder (I'll bet he use@ it) and not to dress freakishly, for if we do we but we will will be wined and dine On the other hand, girls, if w are real good, the men, after they got through spending all their time and money on the painted dolls, ‘will come back and marry us poor Uttle homely things. We thank you, Gear boys, we thank you! For years of loneliness and goodness we get s husband, » batch of groo- bills and furniture on the in- stalment plan. Oh, girls, isn’t it lovely! Mr. "“B, B.,” in hie letter, boldly admite the fact that all men would rather take out @ flashily dressed wirl In preference to her sister, Mise g@biny N In other words, the: Are two classes of women, good and vad, and one class of men—bad. But Mr. "B, B." will tell you that all decent—mind you, decent-men go about with this type of girl, This only shows to what an extent we are slaves of custom. A wrong becomes a right #0 long as “everybody's do- ing it.” Af you like plain girls u8 paint, show it by and don't skin the patent leather off your toes chas- ing @ willow plume and a pair of silk stockings, Monestly, if you the street you would at least try to hide your real feelings from the bystanders, Why don't you spend a jittle of your money on the gin whd ts try- ing to do right? Show her @ good time for @ change and I am sure there will be less freakish dressing. And eee to it, Mr, “B. "that you can bring a# good @ record to her as she brings to you. Have you any right to ask for @ good wife? A bet- ter man than you sald, “Let him who {!s without sin cast the fi stone.” Can you cast that stone? Or are you sowing your wild cate now so that the angelic one you ex- pect to marry can help you reap them? <A girl who dresses like a freak is not always a girl of ques- tlonadle character; more often she is just some nice little girl trying to make a hit with a certain Billy boy, ‘We aren't in love with holding down the parlor furniture by our lonesome hing Co. (The News York World). Aw, GIVE US A Wiss MEVRE ALL. ALINE WRITES and spendi evening after evening alone waiting for George or Jack to Set aick of having a good time. Did you ever try being good, sir—-hgnest Injun now? Do you know what it ts to be downright lonesome? Nol Then you will never know the joy of @oing through life with last year's suit and @ shiny nose, AN ACTRESS, Here are a few more letters from women on the New York masher. Dear Madam: I am a young girl of aixteen and work in the vicinity of Forty-second et. I am rather plump and dress very simply and never use elther paints or powder. When I walk in the streets I walk straight ahead and never look at anybody, yet ma: a time I have been insulted by a ‘Broadway John- These mashers do inction between the emply dressed gir! and the painted up doll, They woman, I suppo! EVEN PLAINLY DRESSED GIRLS ANNOYED BY MASHERS. Dear Madam: No letter that you have printed has ever disgusted me as much as that signed “A Man,” | For a man of bis type, no suggestives ly dressed girl {8 necessary, any girl | will do, Iam a plainly dressed girl, | with no powder or paint and no tight skirt, and never once have I passed a corner where Ha sort of man is without vulgar and coa language being used toward I do not approve of this vulgar mode of dressing, but let mo suggest @ viewpoint from which to view this ET | | “DISCOURAGED Ginc> ICE FOR POOR FIGHT GOING TO A FINISH IN SCHENECTADY Socialist Mayor, Balked by Dealers in Effort to Cut Prices, Wins One Point, 1d, HENECTADY, “Cheap {co war cry of the § of Schenectady city {# stirred by organized ice de Lunn and his officers from carrying out thelr plans, for the poor became Hae 24 15. the July elalist administration to-day and the whole the attempt of the lera to prevent Maye The administration stored @ lot of ice last winter as part of its Promises to help the people, and started tu sell ice at 2 cents this summer wiile the dealers put the price at 40 cents Mayor Lunn told his side of the story to-day in a manner that showed he not given up his plan by any means, They got a local dealer to enjoin us from selling our tee ” had to the pm ¢ | question. Almost. none of these ‘and that Injunction can not bea coarsely dressed girls is more than |@sued until July 33, They went at it twenty-five, They are all young, |@% you might expect them to, They giddy girls, anxious for attention and |don't cite any law as being violated by pleasure, enjoyment Is, mild toward nd not realizing what true Let us be gentle and our young, misguided our efforts to help out the pr in this awful weather by selling th r people | {ce at @ reasonable rate, but they just| sisters, for from close contact with 5 them we can easily see how kind and slienss that we haven't the right to do generous they are under this decely- ing surface, Let us censure the clothes (and the girls wear them be. cause in Ignorance they wish to at- tract the men) and not the gir AN INTERESTED GIRL READER, Dear Madam: Speaking of mawshera | 1. I must admit they are not the young | J men of to-day but the old fellows, though the voung men get the blame, My slater ts very pretty and she is often spoken to by men that are o| enough to be her father, I think the young men of to-day mind their own business, and !f the older men did the same there would be no fear of mashera. I think the girls dress very neatly. It 1x too bad we don't ike our grandmothers, In times girls looked much older they were for the simp they dressed like their gra Our girls of to-day are 1 ft must admit that I don't Ike to ace a | u girl with paint on her face or pow. der an inch thick, for this te very silly. A girl with common sense never does these things. a te uw e reason | ¢ a a the the « lwe will trust thinks it will get our it does it will pay the tr “They tled us up on July 8 and Fourth Who needed our ice badly, » do our ity as thing vetice have When aw legal action, have already “They ur wor # from ity tty off > Re 4 to eet the jay night nd there the spat on don't want to let we had fully 1,00 peopie So we tried | work by taking the jee from individuals and tn this way pe Whitmyer one ked M f inetion wore rd ven we were ‘ople have the benefit as ordered the ice] left wold at auction and this to-day, Apparently the tee, but if Well for it,” e feared any further inn sald tried to hamper ng to have ax to prevent | ephones in the} 9 of the They us up it jayor d the ” ts an t want we ¢ an vat it D brewing big mass im thousands present who If there ever is a time when you are justified in cussing, Itis when the summer weather sets your appetite to fussing; But there isn’t any need to risk your soul and shock the neighborse— Tempt your appetite with Toasties and go singing to your labors. One of the 60 Battle Crees, dings tor Miah,, paid $1,000, Written by W. J, MUSGROVE, the Postum Oo, 00 im May, Tempe, Arta. \itkely to rise by to-night, 1912 “HI!” HEAT HIES AWAY AFTER HOT OLD TIME HERE. His Last Name’s Temperature, and He Sure Made Broad- way Sizzle. Temperature, the strenuous southerner who has been sofourning tn} New York for several days having a hot old time, making things sizzle on Broad- way and cutting capers ax the beaches, will probably pack up and leave town to-morrow night. He will, no doubt, re turn again during the summer, but this lively visit is drawing rapidly to a close. Dr. Scarr, who has been “Hi's" hoat while the southerner was in our midst, said to-day that his guest was pretty sure to depart on scheduled time, as there was @ large area of high barom- @tric pressure, or “high barome' the less formal term gves, moving east- can stand for @ good many but one of his pet avereions ie the area of high barom So, when he goes, It will be to remain away until that area of high barometer has had) | its fing on Broadway, But Just to show that, In spite of be Jing busy all day and sitting up late w | night into the bargain, “HI will do some of his most original stunts to-day, | to-nitht and most of to-morrow. “1 feel sure, said Dr. Seder, who is Uncle Sam's agent to keep tab on the Weather, “that there will be @ very decided drop in temperature by to-morrow night. The temperature te though.” companying jay. The tem- 73 and the Yesterday the tem- General Humidity was "Hy" on @ last round to- jperaiure at $ o'clock humidity was 92 perature at the corresponding hour was but 72 and the humidity only 89 At 9 o'clock to-day the temperature was 74, with the humidity 1 Only sixteen hundredths of an inch rain fell in Manhattan yesterday, there Were heavy downpours at points in the vicinity, Staten Yhand had a hard shower and Long Branch was thorough! soaked. The fall there Was 208 inches and etghty- hundredths of mn inch fell in five min- utes during the storm, The weather to-day and to-night likely to be unsettled, and perhaps « few showers will afford a variety, The rains here and hearabout have been local tn their nature, although Atlantic City, Washington, D. C., and some other eastern points had hard showers yest day. This ts St. Swithin’s Day and th an old prophecy that as the weather ts to-day so Will tt be for the next forty da The prophecy ts about 1,40 years old, however, and has failed to make good about 932 times in that perlod, Two heat prostrations occurred to- day, Bessie Fermarman, fifteen years old, of No, 92 Attor taken from Prince where she collapsed, Hospital. John Gamparina, aixty yer old, of West Hoboken, SN. J. was stricken at No, 323 West street sit taken to his homme, |GROUND BENEATH WHEELS ‘Magungemaster Trica in Vain to Save Man Who Makes Fatal Step. Lindor Stuils, Afty-five years old, of No. 176 Kast Kinney street, Newark, tried to board a moving train at the Ferry street station of the Central Rail: road at Newark this morning. He | slipped and went under the wheels and was so tnjured he shortly after being taken to St. + Hospital. Martin Donnelly, basi ter of the train, sought to save Stoltz from fall- ing and hung on to him until he was nost drakged from the car step. ‘Lo © himself he had nally to let go. will help us in our flght to give the people this necessity at @ price within thelr means. Of course we will have to wait to untle the » until the court but in the meantime we shall not We are in this agts, be idle in a legal fight to the finish At Court road sale ordered by which was weld this aftern was bid In by Ds J. Sweeney n, for $176, Sw » Mayor, will retmbure cost of harvesting the fe and will then sell It to the poor at cont “Woe win” ald the Ma supply the Ice to the peop originally planned and tf the the :a “We will as wo had th un ip against us we are tion now to defy the courts.” fim bow! Same in the Summer as in the winter, same in the country as in the city, Ruliable WhiteRose CEYLON TEA One Quality Only—the Best. quickly sharpened with Eddys Bd English Sauce ‘ry it for cold or hot meats, soups, gravies or salads, IT IS A GREAT RELISH! 10c PER BOTTLE At Grocers sud Delicatessen Stores. pits SS White Rose Coffee, Rich and Pure Jaded Summer appetites are t| And both sank, |then realized It was up to her, | hia clothes on. ‘WOMAN SAVES BOY FROM WATER AFTER MAN RESCUER FAILS: Pretty Widow Dives for Drowning Youth and Brings | Him Safely to Pier. Mra. Alice Bishop, a pretty young widow, who lives i @ bungalow on the beach of Port Jefferson, L. 1, made daring rescue to-day saving a seven- teen-year-old boy from drowning, af- ter an unidentified man tn @ motor boat who had gone to the rescue = overcome by exhaustion Mrs, Bishop was bathing on the beasa, when the boy, who later gave his nama as Arthur Frontaneau, asked her if he could bathe from the pier, which ex- tends 200 feet into the bay. Mrs. Bishop asked the boy if he could swim and he replied no. She told him the water was too deep and to keep away from the pier. A few moments later she heard @ ory and a splash and looking up @aw him struggling in the water. A wWell-butM young man, who wee in & motor boat, fully dressed, heard the young widow's ories, and seeing the boy go down, jumped overboard with He managed to reach Who clutohed his rescuer madly When the man came up he was so badly winded he could hardly keep himself afloat. Mra, Bishop Giving the boy, B. Altman & Cn: ANNOUNCE FOR TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), A SALE OF PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS AT VERY ATTRACTIVE PARASOLS oF SILK TAFFETA IN NAVY BLUE, GREEN, CERISE, PURPLE, FLORAL CHANGEABLE SILKS, BLACK, WHITE AND BLACK-AND-WHITE STRIPED EFFECTS. ACTUAL VALUE $3.00 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S UMBRELLAS OF TWILLED SILK, WITH NATURAL WooD HANDLES $2.00 FOLDING UMBRELLAS OF SILK TAFFETA, WITH NATURAL ACTUAL VALUES THERE WILL ALSO BE ON SALE TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) RIBBED UNION SUITS ‘Fit Avenue, 34th and Registered Trade M. ork WOMEN'S SUMMER UNDERWEAR AT THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PRICES: LISLE VESTS WITH CROCHET TOPS . her daughter a warning to keep of the edi t disappeared, When she came to the surface she: the unconscious boy In her aptne, man had m inaged to reach the per, with his help the plucky young brought the boy ashore. They him over an upturned rowboat and gave. him first aid until a doctor arrived 4 the village, When he was restored to coneeienmaa enough to be abla te aneak the boy give no reason why he went of after Mrs. Bishop's warning. WILL SELL METROPOLE, — On the motion of Irvink L. Ernst, fe.” ceiver In bankruptcy for George F. — Considine, Judge Hand, sitting tm the 7 Federal District Court, this afternoon authorited the sale of the leasehold, equipment, furniture, good will, of the Hotel Metropole at Firt street near Broadway, free of all coal nd incumbrances. Judge Hand that all the lens are to be t Sen \oet out of the purchase money after the sale ich may be etther public or private, ‘o date was set for the sale, Considine, after securing a long lease of the Forty-third street property, at his own expense erected the Metropole. All Young Straws - at 14 off—but - their style is at par. « PRICES, AS FOLLOWS: it $1.90 at $3.00 $3.00 to 5.00 § 35¢ 50c, ALBATROSS SKIRTS WITH EMBROIDERED RUFFLE $1.65 35th Streets, Nem York, Establishes Half a Century Clearance Sale Suits, Dresses, Waists, etc. Linen Suits at $10.00 and $15.00—Of Irish, Austrian and Flemish Linen. 25.00. Linen Dresses Lingerie Dresses at French Voile and Fine Lingerie Materials. $12.75, 18.50 to 27.50 Formerly $15.00 and at $.75- Fine French Linen, White and Colors, also Voile. Formerly $16.50. $8.75 and $12.50—-Of Formerly Lingerie Dresses at $16.50 and $25.00— French Hand-Made and Fine American Dres' s Of White and Striped Materials with borders of French Voile. Assort: to 60.00. Skirts at $3.75—Of Fine Linen and Pique. merly $5.00 and 6.00. Tub Dre Gingham, Colors and Sizes, 3 at $5.00—0/ Formerly $6.00 to 10.00. Formerly $27.50 Forte triped Tissues and Waists at $2.75—Soveral hundred Tailored and Lingerie Waists, Formerly $4.00, 5.00 and 6.00, James McCutcheon & Co., ye fas aSajqajaqasasasaasassaesce 7s aes