The evening world. Newspaper, October 31, 1912, Page 24

' | } t Why, Women Never D Or Beautifully as Now! Cries a Reader “Any Fair-Minded Doc- tor Will Say the Co tume of the Modern Woman Is More Hy- gienic Than That of Man,” Declares ‘‘Com- mon Sense.” ¢*Women Who Wear Ear- rings Carry Evidences of Barbarity Around With Them,” Is the Opinion of “Ethnolo- gist.” BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. NivOLaA GREELEY* SMITH eleiiek THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, FNRE [pRASHIONS [gor [[YjomEN [§JaRBAROUS? THIRD ARTICLE OF A SERIES ressed as Sensibly Copyright, 1912, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World.) Nearly everybody has heard the limerick about the young lady from Niger who went for a ride on a tiger and came back from the ride with the Iady inside and a smile on the face of the tigi But when we learned this year that the tiger skin is now the preferred pelt of the fashionable woman wo realized that at last that famous Nigerian damsel has had her revenge. To-day the young lady from Niger makes her new winter coat of the tiger, and comes back from a ride with the tiger outside, but the smile on the lady trom Niger. Is she barbarous for thus turning the tables on her ancient enemy? In other words, may woman properly be indicted for cruelty because she adorns herself with the striped splendor of another member of the feline race? ‘The charge that she arrays herself in the skins of aninials slaughtered before the smoking altars of her beauty is one of the main counts in the indictment of barbarous woman. But it is surely less inhuman to wear a dead tiger than to shut @ live one up in a six-by-cight cage, where he languishes and eventually dies from, worry and unhappiness and lack of ex- ereine. NO LADY WOULD BE 60 CRUEL AS TO CAGE A TIGER. Tat the masculine critic turn his eyes from the menage to the menagerie. For there is real cruelty without the excuse that It makes anybody warmer er happier or more beautiful. And no one pretends that the young lady from > 18a would ever cage » The truth is that woman's so- called barbarity differs not from man’s in degree, but in kind. She ‘will wear proudly a dead animal's ekin, but she would never of her own impulse condemn « lord of the jungle to fe imprisonment and slow disease. A masculine reader of The Evening ‘World contends that women are more barbarous than men because they wear earrings. He writes: ~ BLAMES A GREAT DEAL ON THE EARRINGS. Dear Madam: 6o long as women Pierce their ears and go about with Pendulous bits of Jade, coral or dia- mends hung on either side of their Gece they carry the visible evidences @f barbarity ebout with them. Up to five years ago an optimist mign. Bave believed that the civilizing in- fluence of man had had a real effect upon his more primitive mate, Then came the “revival of earrings and @ashed the hopes of every person _ Who had begun to believe that women were actually reclaimed from savagery. You know ae well as I do ‘at the African matron with a ring fm her nose or lower lip is far more @ensible than her New York sister Who sports @ new pair of earrings. 4 Woman with a ring in her nose can at least be led around by it. Can you say as much for the prac- ica] usefulness of the American weman's so-called ornaments? 1 guess not ETHNOLOGIET. Qn the other hand, a women reader of The Evening Word springs to the Getense of the sisterhood of fashion. She ‘writes: WOMEN’S CLOTHES ARE JUST RIGHT, SAYS THIS WRITER. * Dear Madam: At no time in the his- tory of the word have women Gressed as eensibly, as beautifully and as comfortably as they do to-day. Almost any fairminded physician tell you that the costume of the © modern woman i much more nic than that of her husband or Why are there practically aid women? Because women se yw her, | wear airtight hats. Why don't from constant trita- Us k of the neck? Be- ¢ r wtéff linen col- ey don't w » tendency of women's ay ‘8 to follow and not Jinos of the natural fg- Every now and then eome man Yet the ure. Fises to denounce the corset. corset as it is worn now Js acknowl- edged by doctors to be beneficial rather than harmful. ‘There ds no dis- pute that 1 enhances @ woman's beauty wnd every woman knows that # makes her fee) stronger and bet- ter. We have been reading recently about the vogue of. the corsetiess figure in Paris, Why, French beau- tes @leep im their corsets, and if fashion requires that they present @n uncoraeted appearance for the few hours of parade during the day they make up for i in their supposed hours of relaxation. Eternal corset- ting 1s the price of s good figure. ‘The corset ie woman's best friend and she knows it, and no amount o! cranks can ever persuade her to g'! it up. COMMON SEN: I woukl be glad to hear from other readers of The Evening World as to whether or not the present fashtons, gome of which are illustrated, indicate @ return to barbaniem. In one sense, of course, we must re- member that the law of fashion je a law of nature. In th changes on the bu body calle the dove barbarous for porting a now Easter eult Milton wrote of the eeason of the Nativity: “Nature in awe of Him Had doffed her gaudy trim.” And old Lady Nature is gaudy. She wears the most striking color combina- thons, the most unusual shepes and she never wears the same dress twice. In tact she is the world’s leader of bar- barous fashion. CAR RAGS GL CAUGHT W BOYS NOOSE OF WIRE Held Fast in Loop, She ts Yanked Three Blocks by Speeding Trolley. Mischievous boys slipped up to rear of @ north-bound Amsterdam enue car last night somewhere al Bixtieth street and tled @ coll of copper wire to the rear step. At the end of tho wire was a loop that rattled along the pavement as the car went on. ‘At Sixty-fourth street the car stopped the feet. car gained speed behind the vehicle. ‘Tie screaming girl managed to rine to @ sitting position, but was quickly flung on her back, ‘The car went all the faster, neither motorman, conductor nor passengers knowing the shrieks they heard came from a pereon being dragged by thelr car, A crowd took up the chase, but the car went on. It slowed up in crossing Sixty-fifth street and the girl got to her feet and seized the wire in her hands, but aa the motorman put on fresh power "T™ “ LAUeH 1s ON Tee TIGER FN SEAMTURES OF WOMAN FORGED PASTORLOSES SU The Rev. Dr. W. M. Ritchie Had Demanded $4,000 of Mrs. Lottie Palmer’s Estate. The Rev. Dr. William M. Ritchie, a Presbyterian minister of No. 105 St. James place, Brooklyn, suffered a re- verse this morning at the hands of a Jury in Justice Bennet's branch of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Dr. Ritchie recently brought sult against Mrs, Winl- fred J. Shepard, as eXecutor of the will of Mrs. Lottle Palmer, who died a year ago, aged seventy-five years, to recover 4,000 on two notes alleged to have been made by Mrs, Palmer tn his favor in 1907 and 199 for services he said he ren- dered as her agent. The minister asserted thet these notes were the only payment he re- ceived for attending to the affairs of the women for eight years prior to her death, to take up which work, he teatified, he had given up a charge in a New Jersey town. Several complications entered into the hearing of the case. Gen. Horatio Cc. King, who had been the legal ad- viser of Mrs, Palmer for a number of years, testified that two years ago Mrs. Palmer had him draw up a will im which she left her estate, valued ince her death at $10,000, to her “de- voted agent and manager for eight years,” the Rev. Dr. Ritchia Another will drawn three months before Mrs. Palmer's death had been produced, however, after her death and had been admitted to probate, In this the textatrix bequeathed $3,000 to Miss Grace Hunter and $1,000 to her sister, Miss Elizabeth Hunter, with whom Mrs, Palmer had boarded at No. 128 South Oxford street for a number of WINGED HAT years. Both the beneficiaries are over seventy years of The will then a ed that the res!- due of the estate, except for a few other small bequests, be divided among her relatives, according to law. Thqugh Gen. King testified that there were no 1912. News Oddilics Philadeiphia pastor calls women's clubs “instruments of the devil.” Sixty women in New South Wales go to Jali rather dhan give up long hat- pins, Talking machine took the place of a clergyman at a Melrose (Mass.) man’s funeral. Biz Lake Forest (Tl,.) University students walked seventy-five miles to eee a| football game, Tired of being cailed Figs,” Max Figaezewski got permission to change his mame to Grams. Willie Nutt, the ugiiest English actor, is het by the immigration authorities, This ‘6 no press agent story. GROUNDS FOR pivorés.—august Sletel, Chicago lawyer, says his wife broke his nose with a gaspipe. Sentenced to thirty-four years in prison, the Westchester County “Whisper- ing Burglar’ whispered “I thank you" to the Judge. ; Because her name was White, a New London bride insisted on having noth- | ing but white at her wedding. Even the bridegroom wore white. Co-eds cannot sit hereafter with the Northwestern University boys at foot- ball games. The cheering squad was disrupted by the girls eating choc en. Because the Pullman porter neglected to call him, Charles Moyer of New York left a train at Sudbury, Pa., in his pajamas and dressed in the waiting- room, New York Chinaman married a Washington Chinese girl after a courtship conducted by their parents, after the Oriental fashion. Bridegroom, however, was sufficiently Americanized to insist upon seeing bride before the ceremony. James McCreary & Co. 23rd Street 34th Street MEN’S WEAR. SPECIAL VALUES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 2,000 Overcoats and Raincoats, manufacturers’ samples. English Overcoats, made of plain and fancy Worsted. The latest models. 18.00 values 25.00 and 35.00 Raincoats of Plain Colored Gabardine Cloth and Fancy English Tweed. value 22.50. 15.50 Hving relatives, a number of second and third cousins appeared from various sections of the United States, During the trial of Dr. Ritchie's auit David N. Carvalho, handwriting ex- pert, was called to the stand as a wit- ness for Mra, Shepard. He asserted that one of the notes plainly bore « simulated signature, but that he was uncertain as to whether the second was genuine. Henry Thompson a real estate deal- er, who had had business dealings with Mrs, Palmer for a number of years, declared that the signature of which Mr. Carvalho was uncertain undoubtedly was that of Mrs, Palm while he expressed himself as dubto regarding the signature which the »x- pert had pronounced es not that of Mra. Palmer. When the jury had retired this morn- ing Dr. Ritchie remarked to his at- torney, Belon McCurley, that iif the jury gave him a verdict on one of the notes he desired that the case be appealed as, if one of the notes was hed to be not genuine, he would re- gard it in the lght of an ac¢usation of forgery against him. The jury held that neither of the notes bore the signature of Mrs. Palmer. oe Orchard Worth $275,000. the Baltimore American.) “What do you think of an chard selling for $276,0007" Mr. H.C. Mi at the Stafford, ‘That is the price lately famous orchard in the Wil- ple or- queried Valley, In my State, owned by named own fruit . The property 300 acres of bearing trees a: that much more ground equally good for growing the fruit, and it is sald on good authority to be the greatest apple orchard in the world. There were included in the sale @ fine water system giving 50,000 gallons a day, in- suring a sufficient supply for spraying, and packing ho ith the most com- plete and up-to-date machinery for handling the crop that has ever been put in operation in America. “The sale was made to a company of Oregon capitalists, and the man who built up the magnificent property will continue to be at the head of the busi- ness, but he will be relieved of all de- tail and the hard work of twenty la- in which he tolled so ad- ad been torn off, some of her hair had from & score of bruises and cuts. Dr,| pital, where she was revived. She said coe thane willfully with nercotics, @he was Miss Kate McDonough, nine- | Castorta, wo narcotics if | teen, living with her parents at No, 50 Weat Sixty-seventh street. Though h: condition was bad, the doctors sald would recover. i and the druggist should not be ©, pasty te i. Jarmel took her to the Polyclinic Hos-| meed the ettention of @ physician, and % is nothing less than o oxime t took a lot of courage 0, for it wes not until year of his ownership that Mr. Lownsdale was le to make his venture @ financial success, Fashion Magasine Free Next Sus- day. ‘The November tare of May Manton's Itus- trated Fashion Magazing, eight pages, in color, showing all the latest, styles, will be given free with next Gunday's World, cll Figuring the Cost. (From the Boston Transcript.) Guoest—That's a beautiful rug. May I ask how much it cost you? Host—Five ‘hundred dollars, A hun- (t and the rest for the furniture to match. H ie 5 a ef E F a thi ad again, h dosing with opiates or naroctics te keep children es . way and aga the was drueeed E ets int 4 che Tule among oa fs thas calldees should never along. oo Soe SE, he UL GME Pts awe than © aay ot o time, Und administration of Anodynes, Cordini, Soothing ond Been’ pubs” put ant she wes maering| gag act fo children by aby Teh plysicien banact be tao aed mre weird | anes Od nected neta enmp CD em A AND I Raincoats of Gray Mixed Tweed with velvet or self collar, also Tan in single and double texture cloth. values 18.00 and 20.00, 12.00 Raincoats of Canton Cloth in a variety of weights, colors and models. 9.75 values 15.00 and 17.50 MEN’S UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY. Gray Merino Union Suits in medium and heavy weights. value 3.50, 2.50 Sea Island Cotton Underwear, medium weight, —shirts with long sleeves; drawers in regular and stout sizes. value 1.00, 75c each 200 dozen Black Silk Half Hose with lisle soles. values 1.00 and 1.50, 65c pair 150 dozen Silk Half Hose with lisle toes and heels. Black, Tan, Navy Blue and Gray. value 38c, 25c a pair “McCREERY SILKS.” Famous over half a Century. On Friday and Saturday In Both Stores, 5,000 yards of Satin Charmeuse in Ivory or Black. 40 in. wide. value 2.25, 1.35 a yd. Black Dress Velvet. 40 in. wide. .2.25 a yd. value 3.50 DRESS GOODS. m Both stores, $,000 yards of two-toned Corduroy Velveteen in a large variety of colors. value 1.50, 95c a yd. Imported Black Dress Velveteen, fast pile. 27 in. wide. value 2.25, 1.35 ayd. 2,500 yards Superior quality Black Broad- cloth,—satin finish, sponged and shrunk. 55 in. wide. values.o0, 1.85 ayd. CORSETS. tm Both stores, Models for every type of figure, made of plain and fancy materials. : 3.00, 4.00, 5.00 to 10.00 W. B, Reduso Corsets for stout figures....... 3.00 and 5.00 23rd Street 34th Street IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU NESD— A WORLD “WANT” WILL GO GET W. cumini anmactesitisa einstein on I The New A. T. Stewart Store Inside of the First Great Iron Building at 10th Street and the ‘‘Steeple’’ us People Used to Say Exterior _ The exterior is much the sare, rave ‘the eplencid new windows along Broadway and the tuking cewn cf tLe cid steps. Traditions R The records of the unravelling of Mr. Stewart's mindsin 1825, ee aren years ago, are about all that remains his life. There was nothing small or narrow in that even! beginning of the young Irish merchant, except the narrow, building at 288 Broadway which contained great things. The Stamp of Uprightness A just, but low, fized price A Linen Store that was not part cotton A Constant Growth and Betterment Seen Outstepping Stewart’s outstepping in 1848 carried the retail store to the main floor of the Bui ing at Chambers street and Broadway with the wholesale business in the upper floors, but soon the business required the space from street to street along Broadway. This building is still to be seen. < Stewart's next enlargement was to separate the retail and wholesale businesses and build the “mammoth store” at Tenth street and Broadway for the retail trade. It was a far look ahead. Many New Yorkers even as late as 1870 called him a fool, doubting the success of a store so far uptown. i But buildings and locations are secondary to business success. The real thing in Mr. Stewart’s enterprise was theman. For a long time, Stewart's was the “curiosity” of New York, . It was not a department store. That term was not then known. The new Stewart store of today began when this sign went up, sixteen years ago° JOHN WANAMAKER formerly A. T. STEWART & CO. The present owners have never heen satisfied with the store. except with the generous patre ¢ of the New York people, Year by year, the closest study has heen given to making thi: store such as New York could put in the first rank, if not in the very first place. Almost unnoticed, after the removal of the carpets, decorations, and the like to the Wanamaker building the street. the entire Stewart House has been given ov fabrics and fashions for ladies. Exclusivity On the ground of the Old Stewart establishment has grow: a set of exclusive stores which are duplicates of the st row: in the countries from whose shores come so many of the dis tinguished of the fashion articles. It must be understood that this has not been done in on: year, nor in two, nor has it been done without mistakes, dis- appointments to ourselves ne to the people. It has taken us half a lifetime to come to the pain where we have a Paris Millinery Shop which can be said to contain the only really exclusive hats in America. It has taken half a lifetime, too, to build up a Book Store which contains the greatest number of curious, rare, and finely bound books that are imported from England to this country, and which is generally aekanalediged by the publishers at home and abroad to do the largest volume of business of any retail book store. A While we are ready to show our friends trenty-ste distinct- ive installations in the Stewart Store with all the features usual to exclusiveness, we have just begun working out a plas that will always make this shopping place different from gny _, other. Specializing The study that we are making of the finer New York will rove itself in the new goods and the new placements of tl in the following Wanamaker Specialty Shops contained wit the Stewart Store. 1, The new Winter furs of highest uality in the Fur Salons. (Second loor.) 2. The new mourning ft owns and millinery, in the Salons . Deiul. (Second floor.) $8, Winter fashions for the debu- “pittle ray Salons, Second 14. French peignoirs, saut-de-tite- ned nea ass: (French Shops, Third loor.. : 15. Ditelets and srxbroldered pov- elties in pillows, pincushions, the French Needlework Shep Flat oor. 16. Bijouterie de Paris in the little shop called “Au Tresor de Paris." (Jewelry Store.) 17. Exposition of La Perle Rapa (exclusive), the finest artificial pearl, in the Petit Salon Bleu. Jewelry Store, Main floor.) 18. A notable collection of thou- sands of finely bound books, just arrived from England. (The Londop Book Shop, Main floor.) 19 and 20. Boots and shoes of distinction in new Winter models for women, (Main floor.) é 21. Finest Camee bon-bons and chocolates, made exclusively for this store and shown with favors and novelties imported from Paris in the Camee Shop at the Ninth Street Carriage Entrance. Outside of these specialt . there cre in the Glove 10 and 11. Paris baby clothes. WHI Sins the Perfumery, Salone (French Shops, Third floor.) and the Salons of Women's Dress, 12 and 18. Specially designed and — exhibitions of distinctive and ex. imported kimonos and matinees from — clusive merchandise of the highest Japan, (French Shops, Third floor.) — cluss, which are worthy ef inspection 4. New Marcelle Demay millinery, evening coiffures and lingerie furs from Paris, (Marcelle. Demay Salons, Second floor.) 5, New models in the Marcelle Demay Dressmaking Salons. (Second floor.) 6, Paris models of the corsets on the lines of the Winter ns. (Paris Corset Salons, Third floor.) 7. The latest Paris models of h made blouses. (French Shops, Third floor.) 8 and 9. Newly-arrived Lingerie de Paris and hand-made or hand- embroidered Irish lingerie. (French Shops, Third floor.) shop» Salon, the Will you take time to see this new development in specializing that is well under way, not for a season nor for a sensation, but rmanently here, to meet the wanis of the best New York?