The evening world. Newspaper, October 30, 1912, Page 20

150,000 IN BATTLE AT ADRIANOPLE: BULGARS CHECKED?| 7Aree Gold Balls Worn Turkish Commander-in-Chief Wires of Fight, and Says His Position Is “Favorable.” FOE HAS HEAVY LOSS. Greeks Capture Town of Verria and Cut Off Monastir— Crown Prince Leads Attack. CONTANTINOPLE, Oct. 9, 100 A M.—The Turkish Commander-in-Chief, Nazim Pasha, telegraphs that a dig battle has been in progress near Adri- anople since this morning. The troops engiged on both aides number 160,000. Nazim Pasha says the position of the Ottoman forces ts favorable. Mahmoud Mukhtar's division of the Turkish army repulsed the Bulgarian troppa yesterday, inflicting severe loss en them Teherkesskeu! on the Tchorla River and midway between Constantinople and Adrianople on the ra\ LONDON, Oct. 20.--A big battle, per- haps the decisive one of the war, 1s proceeding somewhere to the east of the Une from Constantinople to Adrianople between the Turkish and Bulgarian armies and heavy fighting also is tak- ing place around Adrianople ttaelf. Beyond the fact that a clash has come, however, the general ataffs of the Turkish and Bulgarian armies are keep- ing the outside world ixnorant as to re going with them. No me through from the scene of action except the despatch from Nazim Pasha, the Turkish Commander- in-Chief, saying: “The pusition ta fa- vorable to the Turks.” ‘The Bulgarian troops have obviously suffered a check in the vicinity of Adrianople, as despatches from Sofa re- Port the arrival there of many wound- ed from the front, and it 1s announced that the Bulgarian plan of storming the great fortress has been delayed until reinforcements arrive. The Bulgarian army was defeated by the Turks at Visa, Remi] and Sera! yes- terday, according to an offictal despatch received by the Ottoman Embassy here. ‘The Turkish loss totalled 800 killed and wounded. ‘ter seizing the Turkish town Of Verria cut the railroad communica- tion with Monastir. The principal Mussulman residents in the district have tendered their sub- Mission to the Crown Prince, ATHENS, Oct. 30.—The Greeks to-day)| captured Verria. They were within a mile vd the town '. strongly fortified desperate Turkish resistance was expected, but to-day's despatches made no men’ = battle. sa ‘erria Je an extremely important town on the Salonika-Monaatir railroad, Jem than fifty miles west of the former elty, It was predicted here that its capture would ocour within a few hours, Speed ts essential to the Greeka, inas- much as thelr invading force 1s poorly provisioned, cannot easily be resupplied by land and must secure possession of @ port like Salonika. where it aan ba Provided for by sea. WASHINGTON, Oct. 90.—Cabdles trom the Greek Foreign OMce to the Lega- tion here to-day announced that the sight wing of the Greek army ye: day occupied Katarina and was in eult of the Turkish forces. The left wing last night occupied Erkalar, ——peeen FALL OF ADRIANOPLE WILL END THE WAR. LONDON, Oct. 31.—In the event of a decisive battle at Adrianople Turkey is gure to sue for peace,” according to George H. Moses, former United States Minister to Greece. In the course of an interview to-day, he said. « “The terms of peace will be dictated Sey by the Balkan allies without hindrance from the powers. T! will agree with those Iaid down in the {@entica! note sent by the Balkan nations fo the Porte before the declaration of ‘war, with the important exceptions that | the Balkan nations will hold all the territory conquered by them and will exercise suzerainty over the other Christian districts of European Turkey. “The Balkan Alliance is not a formal confederation but a permanent agree- ment with more points of cohesion than @re contained in the Triple Alliance. “The Balkan allies are probably mak- ing every effort to capture all the Turk- ish provinces of Macedonia and Albania, @o that they may be in position to en- force their demands for the annexation ny @EB RVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, Tas ae te at eae PNRe [astions [or [fYomen [FJarBarovs? leek SECOND ARTICLE OF A SERIES for Earrings Suggest a Moving (Copyright, 1912, by the Press Publishing Co. “Women Are Not Barba- rians, They Are Merely Vain and Silly,”” Writes “Theophilus F.,"” Who Also Asserts That Women Are in No Sense the Equals of Men, Who in Preserving the Fair Ones From Their Nat- ural Folly Are Real Phi- lanthropists. If a Costume Including Dazzling Stones Be Barbarous, It Is So Be- cause It Is Not Beauti- ful—Beauty Is the Final Flower of Civili- zation. BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. “Stones and hells, bones and claws, plumes and feathers, pelts and fur skins, flower smells and anima! olls"— of such arethe “barbarous fashions” | of woman as they are described by her | latest critic, But no matter how in-/ congruous its elements may be, if a| costume in its entirety conveys an} effect of beauty, the acctisation of bar- | darism may not be brought properly | against it. For beauty is the final | flower of civilization | A beautiful barbarian 1s an impos: sibility. Therefore, if woman's fash- fons are barbarous it 1s because they are not beautiful. Now, just what are our present fash-! fons? We know that drapery has tri- | um phed at last over the scabbard skirt, NIKOLA GREELEY“ SMITH in which oven the slenderest woman looked like @ lone, lean crane with one leg tucked under her wing, or like | the twin sister of her now silk umbrella. | We know that it is essential to be as Oriental as it's possible to appear without creating the suspicion that one hails really from a Persian harem, We know that tailors now shrug|possibly red ips and checks will be thelr shoulders when we suggest that! broken up. ' ¥% te enough to pay for @ plain tallor-| I had the tdea before Arthur String: fap ttedile ar wes tae goad $5 nobody wore the slit skirt which you tiie vend are #0 and G8 & fasdl see in the fashion plates. But this was A.SYMPHONY IN GRAYS Pawnbroker’s Shop (The New York World.) . a ‘ETTICOAT OiAMOND ‘STUDDED “"THE DIAMOND DAZZLEA" | 7vRKs FOUGHT BEHIND BREASTWORK OF CORPSES. BELGRADE, Oct. %.—Six thousand Servian ene and burned by the Servian victors following | ther ectn battle of Kumanova, accord- ing to a message received from the front to- QT ‘was no time to an error. In an hour yesterday I saw STRIPES MUST RUN IN A WAY | two of these extraordinary garments on TO BOX THE COMPASS. Fifth avenue. The first was a We know that on the same gown some | Mure tailored sult of Quaker stripes must run north and south and| skirt elit 40 show @ ailk stocking of a others east and weat—by way of trim-|vivid raspberry color. Neediens to say ming. We know that the price of a| this costume could have only one design ‘hat this year travels inversely in pro- and only one effect—design and effect Portion to Hts slxe—the smaller the hat,| alike barbarous, the jarger the bill. But no one of these| Another and ebill more startling gown things in itself {s proof of @ return to|was of dark blue—midnight blue I think barbarism. i it's called—and the shit effect was pro- But surely # diamond dazzle | duced by having the entire front of the gown is strong evidence for the |ekirt cut away under what looked like a Prosecution. I saw one of these |scparate apron of black astrachan. The fur and the skirt were not Joined at the bottom and every time the wearer touk @ step the fur apron was kicked out af- fording an extensive view of bright freen silk stockings. This, needless to say, waa not barbarous. Mo simple, relatively cloau- minded savage could achieve such @ triumphantly vulgar appeal. ‘But are these instances of indi- vidual folly numerous and general enough to indicate a general con- Gition—and does the barbaric splendor of woman's garments jus- tify the indictment of “Barbarous ‘Woman?’ Personally, 1 think that the clothes of the average woman with common sense are quite as comfortable and much more beautiful than her husband's hideously practical outfit But what do Evening World readers think about 1t? Are fashions for wom- younger. natural ists, extraordinary garments the other Gay. It had a chain of brilliants outlining the low neck, twisted into ‘dbow-knots on the corsage, continu- ing in two lines down the front of the skirt and all the way around a one aspect of the modern woman's beautifying processes which shows a paucity of ideas where the barbarian displays a sound instinct for variety. This is in the ornamentation of her complexion, | HOW A SAVAGE BRAVE PAINTS | HIS FACE. The savaze brave, who ts of course the savage beauty, has originality enough to put more than one color on his face. centage follows: Dear Madam: Women are not bar- yellowed in imitation of the Chinese! tous ahey are merely vain and deauty. If the craze reaches New York of those districts.” —e one may hape that the monotony of im-| MY. So reat is woman's vanity This is the day that New York takes water. Not Father Kni kerbocker—the | EAB S battleship. “i oath | Sweetens your stomach, clears your head and thoroughly On Thursday, Looks lke a Turkey trot in the Buropean concert, | cleanses your liver and 30 feet of bowels of sour gel, PeteraburE despaton states that the Ceatevieh iy reso , bile, foul gases and clogged-up waste. Juniors’ Coats of Chinchilla i = All those days when you feel miser-| matter is moved on and out of your Oxford Grey. Full length model. In Bumatra jealous man-eating Mons gnawed the automodiie, lef porartly Able, headachy, bilious and dull are] system — no nausea — no atiping — no 16 manage teeter cute’ casat tour of ine ecle, | due to torpid liver and sluggish bowels, | weakness years, There ts now twenty-five tone of truth in Washington, That's the |tMd full of gas, when you have indiges- Weight of a St. Gaudens statue just erected in the National Capital, Stockings stay up. United States Cu Census Bureau estimates that 15,815,000 men and 630,000 women will vote in the |/# such @ pleasant way to overcome it? Preidential election. A comunity mausoleum with an in tions for large families is the latest idea. Yes, Chicago, Albert G. Hall, eighty-one years old, of Washington, will cast his firet vote | for a Presidential ticket next week. He has lived in the District of Columbia! oughly all tl ‘measly all bis life, but swe years age bought a farm ja Pennsyivenia, News Oddities HEADACHY, BILIOUS, |The days when your stomach is sour tion; the nights when your nerves | titel and you are restless and can't sleep could be avoided with a teaspoon- lful of delicious Syrup of Figs. Isn't} ¢ stoms Court declines to lower the duty. i, " * lit foolish to be distressed when the Pos irely Give your inactive liver and ten yards of waste-clogged bowels a thor- jough cleansing thi Ge end dividual niche for $900 and special reduc- | en ngs ‘his time. Put os ond Westeb peng. that one woman died recently from the effects of having the skin re- moved from her face by a so-called beauty doctor. the equals of men, who, in caring for them and preserving them from their The husband who hurries off to his daily lubor thinks his wife has so many household duties that, accord- ing to her story, she ts tired to death when he returns home. return in an hour or so after leaving in the morning he would find his wife absent on her daily round of depart- ment stor fashions, pass the th thing of no real use, thus spending his money. WHY MARRIAGE FAILS BY A CHICAGO JUDGE. Summing up the deductions he has made from his experience in the Domestic cago, Judge William XN, Gemmill has drawn up a table showing the per- unhappy marriages. Young and hasty marriages will | average man, he concludes. SURELY TAKE “SYRUP OF FIGS” IF simply can't have your liver inactive and your thirty feet of bowels constipated with sour, decaying wi matter and feel well laxative is @ natural need, but with ious Syrup of Figs you ere not 0 Ask your druggist for the full name, “Syrup of Figs and Elizir of Senna.” Later, in an attempt to check the er- vians who were following them toward Uskub, it was stated that the Turks fought from behind a@ bdreastwork of OCTOBER 30, 1918, ; SPLIT TO THE KNEE, NEW SKIRT BLOCKS TRAFFIC ON AVENUE Crowds Follow Woman Wear- ing the Latest Mode From Paris. —_ The very newest and most daring di- vided skirt—the skirt that sot oven French women gasping when a Sunday or two back it was first seen at Auteutl —has made its appearance on Fifth ave- nue. It caused @ blook in traffic, ‘This latest of feminine fashions was DIVIDED RIGHT UP TO THE KNEE. It was @ real divide, too. It was no more simulation at the alde or pretty Dretense between the tootsies in front. ‘The police were so staggered they did not know what to do. One of the new Picture Patroimen, Fifth Avenue'e Own, felt all round the eiges of his spick-and-span uniform and, finding no pins there, rushed into the store of ono of the most exclusive Im- porters of creations and caused a com- motion by shouting for a cent’s worth of pine. He felt sure the divide was due to an unhappy accident that called for sympathy and assistance. For the ekirt was divided behind from hem to knee and as the wearer moved along the view that was caught of the— er—well, according to some of those who looked hardest and longest, she had nothing to be ashamed of in that re- spect and could got into the front row any time, Some of those who sald they were judges declared the woman had pretty taste in openwork. But a man who suggested that to his fair companion got for his pains only the angry ejaculation: “Brazen hussy, she ought to be arrested! ‘The dress was purple, 90 wae the hat and the silk affairs that were almost as visible. yh, do look!’ shrieked one woman; “she is wearing: those new long Rus- sian purple kid boots!”* “And purple stik—!" gasped her friend. And both women turned their heads. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ye hy Not Have a CLEAR, ROSYSKIN? No. need to have Pimples, Blotches. Blackheads ‘or other eruptions. They RAD? ORD'S”” Blood Purifying Pills Purely, Venetable, juarantesd Under Pu Wood & Drums kot.) waa tt caranse’ cleanes, the impurities" and tall drug stores or by mai: She wanted to look heaped-up corpses, mowing the Servians But women are in no sense down with their fire until the latter! climbed the ghastly barrier ond routed its defenders in PED ARE EL ISMN Re 400 West 23d St.,N.Y. folly, are rea! philanthrop- It he should the foolish or buy some Just to 23rd street THEOPHILUS F, Relations Court at Chi- On Thursday, of the various causes of ‘The table is as Per Cent, Knickerbocker trousers. od diseases He may have three blue streaks on the}en barbarous? And do they set the|| Interference of mothers-in-law. right cheek, « fascinating yellow apot on| pace for the general extravagance of |{ EmteEference of children tn see- * 9,00 to 11.50 his forehead and a red star on the left|modern American life? Here 48 one Gnaeven co ay OS A nn ry rr | side of his chin, We read the other day| man's opinion, He writes: ‘Whiskey and drags 12.00 15.00. that in Paris the Oriental craze has ex-! WOMEN NOT BARBAROUS, ONLY|] He says that while tended to the complexion and that fash- VAIN, SAYS THIS READER, Ottan Bole feom troubl Fancy Pole Coats of jonable women are having their faces woman is better than the years. Size 11 to 18 years. SPECIAL CONSTIPATED. The need of » ourself, luscious {i it cannot injure, jeing composed senna and to con: milena F Betsey with SCD ony of the onful of Syrup of Figs| called Fig Syrup imitations, rs to-night, sure, and just se ie your-| meant to deceive you, Look on the| 23rd Street self by morning how gently but thor-| label. The genuine, old reliable, bears he sour bile, undi the name, Coliforsia Fig Syrup Com- usual prices 7.50 and 8.50 James McCreery & Co. 34th Sireet IMPORTANT SALE. BOYS’ SUITS OF HIGH GRADE FABRICS. Odd sizes between 8 and 17 years. October 31st. Norfolk and Double Breasted Jacket Suits with 5.50 votee CeO +++..10,.50 Cheviot. Size 214 to 10 usual price 7.50, 5.50 Students’ Overcoats of Fancy Mixed Cheviot. usual price 7.00, 5.00 VALUES. JUNIORS’ & GIRLS’ COATS AND DRESSES, October 3ist. avy Blue and Sizes 14 and 12.50 value 16.50, Girls’ Coats of Cheviot,—full length model buttoned to neck, belted back. Size 6 to 14 years. value 10.80. 7.50 Girls’ Wool School Dresses of Navy Blue Serge, one-piece or regulation model. Size 6 to 14 years, value 5.95 to 7.50. 4.75 and 5.75 34th Street a a Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co. Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street Unique Opportunity to Get Pretty $5 to $8 Hats for $3.50 It ought to be a wonderfully happy day tomorrow! Many women are going to find just the hats for which they have been looking all season. Not often can one get moire, velvet and plush hats—some with ostrich feathers—for $3.50! : These are samples from workrooms in which many of our ready-to-wear hats are made or are taken from our own tables of higher-priced millinery because they have been here'a few weeks. Plenty of black, plenty of taupe color, plenty dark blue and other colors—some with white crowns. Many small and medium sized shapes. Among them all the season’s very popular trimmings—wide bows of picot edged taffeta, cerise or white ostrich fantasies, tam crowns, draped brims, faille crown. / Three hundred hats altogether—every one fresh: First Hor, Old Building. Economy Days in the Underwear Store for Men, Women and Children It just happens that some particularly good “seconds” have come to us lately. Slight faults do ! not keep them out of the service-giving class, however. These “seconds” and some specially priced first quality items will make Thursday a good time to buy underwear. For Women 78c, ‘‘seconds” of $1.50 and $2 quality—Combination suits of white medium merino, medium weight. 70c, *“‘seconds” of $1 qual- ity — Combination suits of heavy white ribbed cotton. 50c, “seconds” of $1 qual- ity — Combination suits of medium weight, white ribbed cotton. 35c each, “seconds” of 50c quality—Vest or drawers of medium or heavy weight ribbed cotton. 25c each—Vests, drawers and tights of medium weight ribbed cotton. For Children 40c, “seconds” of 50c ai 60c quality — Combinatior, suits of heavy white ribbed cotton. Sizes 2 to 16 years. For Men $1.25, regularly $2—Com- bination suits of ecru ribbed cotton, medium or heavy 34 to 46. Perfect fi splendid quality ished, all perfect. 70c each, “firsts” and “seconds” of $1 qualities— Shirts or drawers of ecru rib- bed cotton, shirts or drawers of light weight natural color merino or heavy weight nat- ural color ribbed merine: Subway floor, Old Building. ing, nicely fin- Moderate-Price ,Coats for Women $12.75 Coats at $6.75 “Ever so many women are wearing that coat,” remarked an observing customer who noticed one of these new coats. Yes, they are favorites with people who dress well—and this is the first time the price has dropped below $12.75. Diagonal striped all wool boucle in the soft gray—always becoming—bound with black braid—big storm collar of velvet—cutaway in front—three-quarter length—imagine this, splendidly tailored, for $4.75. But one always finds surprising qualities in this store. In this same special purchase are plaid back cheviot coats, braid bound, plain mixed gray coats and effective checked coats that are different—all $6.75, instead of $12.75. All sizes. Subway floor, Old Building. e e e New Pianos, Specially Price Opportunities Which Will Pass With Tomorrow $550 Frederick Doll Player-Pianos, $375 $275 Frederick Doll Piayer-Pianos, $175 $625 Lindeman-Angelus Player-Pianos, $495 There is but one reason for these lower prices. In October, 1911, we marked the Golden Jubilee of the Wana- maker Stcre with an offering of pianos surpassing any previous offer. A few months ago our friends asked us when we were ing to give them something more along the same lines, & we set to work to try and arrange it. , There was a standard of quality to be met, and settled prices to be overcome, The makers met us half way. We both compromised our profits. And this is the result—the best offering of the year. The response has been so generous that, for the greater choosing of those who could not avail of the offerings duri the first four days, we have added the following specially. priced instruments. These have been used for demonstration purposes—on the floor of the Salons—and for that reason cannot be classed as new, Chickering Panos Emerson Pianos vere Now i Were Now 1 Grand, Circassian 1Grand, mahogany 600 alnut $800 8395) Upright $450 1 Grand, Louie XV., Pright, mahogany 850 945 Circassian walnut = 950-775 Knabe Pia Schomacker Pianos pas Wore ‘ere Now 1 Grand, rosewood 9950 | Uprights, mahogany $000 8405 1 Grand, ebony 850 @ Uprights, mahogany 585 375 1 Grand, ebony 750 One 1Grand, mahogany 800585 1Grand, mahogany 450 ond SBchomackerAngelus 850 505 1 Upright, mahogany 900 ond 5 Schomacker-Angelus 1,000 775 1 Upright, mission 025 ogy Any of these instruments m be purchased on terms. A small first payment will bring the i; easy selected to your home, ig the instrument This is the last announcement of these apecial off Plano Salons, First Gallery, New Bullding,