The evening world. Newspaper, November 11, 1912, Page 3

FIGHT TO ACQUIRE JEFFERSON'S HOME - HOTTERTHAN EVER Her Home Into “Campaign Headquarters.” LEVY ; MR. 1S WORRIED. | | “T tying to Take My Home,” , SHeSays—‘ Monticello the Na- a tion’s,” She Replies. i % The tisht to recover Monticello, the | home of Thomas Jefferson, is getting hotter every minute, Yesterday Con-/ srossman Jeffergun Mf. Levy, the | Present owner, who acquired th prop: erty by breaking the will of his uncle, | Capt. Uriah Levy, who had bequeathed the perty “to the people of the ‘United States,” called on Mrs, Martin | W. Littleton, who has been at work iver @ vear organizing @ society called | the “Jeftarson Monticello — Society.” | Thore was an exchange of hostilities at the meeting end Mr. Levy withdrew, “They're trying to take my home away from me.” sald Jefferson M. “I understand $50,000 has been Levy. “The public must have aci grave and home of Jefferson,” returns . Littleton, affectionately hnown Peggy O'Brien” and exponent of ft monuments over the Nation's honored | dead, over Washington, Jackson, Lin-! coln, Grant, but the grave of the author of the Declaration of Indepen- dence, a President of the United States for two terms, statesman and the father of Democracy, les inside a little iron rail in the private proporty of Mr. Levy, who allows twenty minutes to visitors on the grounds. 1t is @ national humiliation. “The property is min Jefferson M. Levy. “I s $10,000 for its upkeep. Visitors are welcoms, I see no reason for an organization trying to take from me the home of my forefathers.” “Forefathers nothing!” says Peggy “Brien. Mr, Levy 1s no relation to ‘Thomas Jeffeteon. He objected to my mentioning everywhere that he |s not the grandeon df Jefferson on the ground chat it had nothing to do with ¢he case, 1 only 414 #0 hecause several newspapers took up his aide of the Aght on the sround that he was the heir of Jeffer son.” LEVY'S ONLY A STUMBLING BLOCK, 6HE DECLARES. “Then it is @ fight between you and Jefferson Leyy?” asked an Evening World reporter to-day. “Most emphatically not,” answered Mrs. TAttleton. ‘Mr. Levy fs not an ossential factor in this movement. He 1s only the stumbling blook in tt.”” Mrs. Littleton was standing in the answers | nd yearly dining room of her home, No, 113 East Fifty-seventh treet. Around her were ecattered papers, booklets, petitions and a wilderness of maps and records of Charlottesville, Va, showing how the property of Jefferson came to its present owner, Eight sec- retaries had machines and mailing par- aphernalia on the big dining room table (the Littletons have their me: @t the deal table in the parlor jfet now) and about 5,000 circulars were ready for the mail. Hundreds of let- ters received to-day were being opened. It looked like the headquarters of a big political machine getting ready for the battle of its career. “My husband has given me the money for this campaign,” #aid Mra, Littleton, “and he has brought tue proposal to acquire the property before Congress. It hap already passed the Senate nad comes before a House the very first to inquire into the of the Jeffe’ estate and what nation of owner is, althouga tl: ia under sol already, as every o ne 0,000 pa- trietic to enter the persons who beautiful home of Jott Levy says he will 5 he give the estate to m Knows, Mr, neither will se Nation.” eae a noox or WORORRT TS Free for the coup: World is the bi hook, i pases of the most wonderful world for the fast: ment of ¢: sven. fail to place orders World in ad SEVEN SUGGESTIONS TO MOTHERS ON HOW TO REAR A BOY. LOUIS, Nov. 11.--Prof. Ay.thur shotrmaster of Christ Claurch gives St, Louts ny othe these seven suggestions on Jiow rear a hoy: Let your boys be boys. Don't cram religion down their throats, tut let thm ab- "Don's deny them asi logiti. Don't deny them 7 \e consistent mate sport Yrith their proper physical and /aoral de- ipmens If ao boy has « stv bborn dis- nM, @irect that stubburn- ness into the rigit channels ané he will make a name for himeelf. Tmoulcate habit» of clesnli- mess, for & lealfhy body ie # great help tow/ird @ healthy min4. bbe oko fol eleblebi-biebiiebbiebetiebicbbleibbiseisbibh PaNee (as | pint [POR [jomen [Fjarearovs? ' i a ee a ee eS Ot i te a te tO 9 WELFTH ARTICLE OF A SERIES Women Wh Who Wear Furs Are Not Barbarians, Lvs Marin w.uitetn tins §~But Men Who Kill Dear Little Rabbits Are. Low Neck and Peekaboo Shirtwaists, Open- work Stockings, Pow- dered Faces, &c., Have Bad Effect on the Minds of the Young, and Have Rained Many Homes, Writes ‘‘Charles E.” “The Generous Broad- Minded, Loyal Husband Makes No Objection When His Wife Dresses in the Latest Fashion and He Likes to Have Others Admire Her Finery,’’ Says ‘Helen Ss.” ‘ BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). OM" ASHAMED” TO} \THE SELFISH HUSBAND, & GaReaRnn, And now it appears that women’s fashipns are barbarous for another reason, “Man,” writes an ingenuous contributor, “ is attracted by every Passing beauty, and under the most favorable conditions has all he cn do Nr “OLA GREELEY: SMITH to remain true to the one woman at home.” Therefore the woman who is really interested in the preserva- tion of the home will not throw the switch of man’s easily derailed affec- tions by appearing in public in an openwork shirtwaist or a short skirt. Hence, all ye vdin delights of fash- fon and beauty parlor! You imperil further the precarious probity of the masculine world. Would it not be well if all women appearing npon the street were compelled to wear a uni- form chosen for its general unbecom- ingness? Would it not be better for them never to leave the seclusion of their homes without being veiled? The Turk thinks so and Moslem civ- ilization is affording us at present a fair example of what is bound to hap- pen in an all-masculine world—a world which deliberately bars from all usefulness the phagocytes of the social order. characterization of women as tho destroyers of the toxic elements of boca T hope no one objects to the ety, for men may be the red corpuscles—and they will all like that. regard for the opinion ef decent persons. It is practically impos- sible to escape comment from the Other kind, though @ great many of us dodge it as much as we can. And unfortunately « great many more of us produce the effect of having made a life study of how to attract the maximam of attention with the minimum of clothes, A woman reader whose letter appears to-day says that husbands are of two types—the mean, narrow-minded variety that says when his wife asks “What do you want You're good enough And the gen- to dress up for? for me as you are. from other men, CLOSE VIEW OF THE FIRST MENTIONED TYPE. I don't quite know about that, The first type we all recognise as the man who lodks upon his home merely as the’ storm-ccllar of his life, @ piace into which he may crawl when cyclones threaten and of which his wife should be the perpetual custodian. He's the + that doesn’t shave on Sunday. “Why shouldn't he look as awful as h sin his own home?” And as World reader says, his personal carelessness helps out his atinginess by enabling iim to say to his wife: “What do you want to dress up for? You are good enough for me as you are!” THE OTHER FELLOW MUCH BETTER. t.the husband who revels in the fe's beauty attracts Is ad:nirable, If he knows ost men do-he should n ho respects #howld ne Liven is NOT rgonal appearanco ‘a sho prefers it. has many strange forms, of which perhaps the most barbarous is that of the husband who finds his wife most admirable when she is most ed- ized by other men. Here are the letters on “barbarous fashion" to which these remarks re! SAV8 WOMEN DRESS TO PLEASE VANITY OF MEN. Dear Madam: Men desire to see thelr wives and daughters dress well, Women dress to pleate the y of men, What right have we to criticl#e women? farhloned derbies and caps, samo style #ults year in and out, tsht, high collars that We with our old- our ring ancient and mod- observe that wo It Is true of womep tles? that a great 31 ie sometiv’ oe ‘one teas a boy gn nor. *° Blow then, o all times to think for ‘themselves, with guarded sup srvision, and teach thes the right of reason, ——e — Helle! What Kind? Bring Red Cross cts Cons “Drege, every time, Se pit dex, ‘0° t the low: and peekaboo siirt waists, skirts, openwork stockings, ered faces, &¢., have a bad effect on the minds of the young and they have broken many hearts and ruined many homes. Man 1s so constituted that every passing beauty attracts bhm and under the most fa- dress to excess and that neck nt and discussion | vorable contdtions has all he can do to remain true to the one woman at home. I believe that the time fs not distant when women will wear ‘bloomers, have the vote, brush thelr halr back simply and naturally exposing a broad forehead that Indicates intelligence, CHARLES E. SOME MEN LIKE TO HAVE THEIR! WIVES’ FINERY ADMIRED. Dear fadam: Fashion {s a product of the \ mes in which the live women who wear skins of dead animals are not barbarous, but men who shoot dear little rabbits and ducks just for the fun of it are, Tho generous, broad-minded, loyal husband makes No objection when his wife dresses in the latest fashion, but what is the answer of the jealous, narrow. minded, selfish man when his wife asks him for @ new hat or sult or coat: “What do you want to dress up for? You are good enough for me.” The same man resents the looks other men give to every fi jonabdle woman on the street. right sort of man enjoys the tribute of other men's admiration of his wife's appearance. HELEN 8. Ree eee WOMAN WITNESS FAINTS. Mrs, Zimmerman Collapses as She Accuses *. Adam Zimmerman fainied on the Witness stand in Justice Gtegerich part of the Supreme Court to-day, wh! she wan being examined tn her sult against Mrs. Clare B, Konselman, her 1 dau; 000 for the allen- Jation of her husband's affections, Mra, Zimmerman had deen telling of seeing her husband with Mrs, Konsel- jman at-an entertainment at the Palm | Garden, on Pifty-eighth street, near | Lexington avenue, when, she said, they yocedp! da box together and had several rved to them. thls was in the presence of many both gey husband declared Mrs, Zimmen, @ lull {a the examination, Mrs. Zimmerman'’s — lawyer ; searched through his notes, Suddenly she collapsed, Several court attendants rushed to her and it was some minutes defor the plaintltt could he revived. | WED SEVEN | WEEKS EARLY. Lawyer Walted Long for Rride, but Murried at End, Frauk you Briesen, patent lawyer and several timos President of the Arion So- ciety, 19 on his to Hot Springs with his bride to-day, and German-Aiwercans ara sending congratulations chasing af ter the honeymooning pair. ‘Che wede which was celebrated Saturday at thy home of Dr. Solomon Baruch, at No, 133 Kaat eyth street, took r than had been ken Mr. Brivsen ten t Cupld, not Plato, 80, when at last ected. It had years to prove ¢ | wos bis philosopher. jhe won consent he we Mrs. Briesen was Miss Agnes W. & protege of the Baruchs, Briesen firs met her at Dr. Baruch's tn 192, and he tad been fending her flowers and candy ever since, but could never persuade her to say “Yes” until three weeks ago, ‘Then # the burryin; i} | \ | ‘SNOT, 8, Tal THE UNSELFISH HUSBAND INDULGES THE BARBARIC SPIRIT, /YOU NEEDN'T PAY RENT (BRIDE WITH APHASIA WHEN LANDLORD WON'T LOOKING FOR HUSBAND | HEAT YOUR APARTMENT; FORGOT HER OWN NAME Lease Inv: Mark, ye frozen apar Here's a balm for all itors, take notice! Justice Guy, writing the Appell Court, reversed to- Court decision which Mary A. Ollwerter tw against Franklin Escher was sued for month, besides $29 of another month. Escher testified at the the month of January hi #o that he from the he returned, whe | duced but again eral witn evidence was conclual {ses were uninhabitable. he said, to a conatructt ai ant, “It was the duty of appliances,” sald th ing apparatus deing tn: furniahing t which the landord agre was his duty to reconat ot ; He cannot avold the ob! by him under the lease the apparatus was wo he made ineffectual eff fit for service. The Jud fore plaint demiseed with In this opinion, whic! every lease holder and York City, J concurred. |e First Sw, oh te 1892 resulted Stock Exchange Clearin, 125 and came to New in the early '€0s, After eral banking houses he the brokerage house of was made @ member committee of the Stock of the ervicn in 159 the he retired from act! always active in Brook daughter, Mrs. rims, survives hire, Court Decides That Lack of} But Initials “J. Hot Water Also Makes ye landiords and coal-congerving jan e Division of the her, The court holds that @ landlord who falls to maintain ade- quate heating and hot water appliances can not recover on a leaue. came uninhabitable by rea t, wi of the landlord to provide sult the apartment was c Janitor of the building, who admitted the unheated condition of the bulding. Justice Guy held that the weight of maintain proper heating and Court, * quantity |introduce a new steam everned wth costs and tl tices Bjur and Beabury ee FRANCIS L. EAMES DIES. Francta L. Hames, who: in the founding of Miss Sarah Brooklyn four years la clearing house idea a0 ple: ‘Change they gave He wa xchange from 1894 to 189 business, wife of the pastor of the Chu to V, B” Furnished Clue for John Hoff- man and Now She alid. ’s Safe, When Jo! heart felt as empty as the flat at No, M4 Willow place, Brooklyn, into which he moved with his seventeen-year-old bride last August, Wifle had not come home up to the time he had sunk into the sleep of exhaustion, and a swift glance through the rodm, pret y rh . Hoffman went to the home of Mra, Bassford, his mother-in-law, several doors away, and told her of the calame tty that ‘tment dwellers! ‘our illat Also, “awarded montis’ @ tenant rent at $5 @ unpaid rent of subway etation at half past fly Mrs. Bassford, She was on the verge of hysterics, und Hoffman ran to the drug | to get something for her, “ thing about that girl, tan't the by way of a he showed yer which toll of how rl who Wore a pony cout and a i pat with a willow plume, had ap- trial that during is apartinent be- n of insum. was obliged to house with it?" ask making « left Including the | ed a policeman at Fulton and streets last evening and asked to nm to @& hospital because she t nat the prem | ain't know who she or wher she This amounted. | jive." Alxo the story mentioned a 6 eviction of the t with the initials ‘J. HH." to the landlord tof ot water e heal- to the of heat phe newsp el to furnial | that | Way down at the bottom of the col- umn, with Inter 8 and para- graphs tn be information kiyn Hospital T was such Kood medicine. teal Mrs, Bassford didn't adequate ruct the sam h «plant, gation assumed proving that) rthless and that! jorts to render it! dxment is there- at LOSS OF h of moment to tenant in New the Stock Ex- | | | | is suggestion tn purify @ the It is a perfect Laxe- i Honse, t9 dead tive Blood Purifier Remsen street, ht years old ‘orn Fall Riv cleriing in # formed, in 187 FE bi phipitea @ trial, fisted sso, st book 9, | Wright of and in 197 the governing xchange. Hin! sed members, mm & silver | as President of n 1998 | He was | oharitios, A | TM Sanderson, | of Pub | a lyn aud il Yee — _— - isd . a SE Gi! ) Hoffinan awoke to-day tte | 4, tinted him she had | \ makes one grouchy, mean and unbearable even in the will quickly cleanse the system, put the stomach in fine workin order, restore the appetite, cleanse and e blood and make life worth living again, THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, “NOVEMBER 11, 1912. NINE-DAY WIDOWER, B2-YEAR CURTIS, ISGETTINGFOGETY He Has Time, Place and Girl, but Not the Bishop’s Dispensation, 1 O14 Bam Curtis of Brooklyn t# stil) a widower, He has been @ widower ning days now, and he doesn't like it. His Predicament is made all the harder bee cause of the fact that he has @ flancee, A marriage license and everything iso ready for the wedding. Old Bam, who Is elghty-two, {8 a Prot. estant. Mrs. Mary McGowan, the forty- year-old widow who {sto be his bride, 1s a Catholic, Application was mado for @ dispensation permitting her marriage to old Sam, but the disper has not yet been granted. Samuel and Mrs, McGowan are voth getting fidgety over the long delay. “I wish they'd hurry this thing up,” fd he, “It's: getting on our nerves. Here, the third wife died last Saturday in the hospital and a few days later we t our marriage license, but our speed doesn't count for much. ‘ou are right, Sammy, darling, claimed Mra. McGowan, ‘The olf man proudly displayed the newly furnished bridal chamber. ‘The bed is draped with large American flags. On the wall, just above the head of the bed, are three photographs. ‘hey are my three former wive he explained. ‘They all were widow: The firat of there was Mrs Port Jefferson, L, 1. later, And then came Mrs, Amelin Watson. She was a fine vite, but, like the others, she was called to her Maker, and that only last Satur- It ts believed that all obstacles to the wedding will be removéd to-day, If they are, Father John Nash of the Churah of the Sacred Heart, Park and ues, Will perform the cere- —_— LOOK OUT FOR THE Coupon which will be printed in next Sunday's World good for a Kindersclence book, a wonderful thing for the Instruction and amuse- ment of children. Sixteen pages of pictures that develop the mind. Free for the coypon in next Sun- day's World. 01 in advance, ‘Thomas Kane, to-day by Jumping from the roof of her to-day to answ sister and went to the roof and leaped 3,000 0, OFP. STUDENTS STRIKE T0 CELEBRATE FOOTBALL VicTORY Faculty Helpless to Prevent 24-Hour Tie-up as Pigskin Warriors Are Lionized~ ALDERMEN WILL CANVASS | COUNTY VOTE TO-MORROW. Progressives Hope to Reverse the Resull in Two Assembly Districts, Beginning to-morrow the Aldermen of Manhattan and the Bronx, sitting as county canvassers, will start to make @ complete canvass of the vote cast at Inst Tuesday's election for every office on the National, State and local tickets, ‘The Progressive orgunization tw to be represented by several lawyers who are to watch clorely the returns from two Assembly districts. ‘These are the Sixth, In which Jacob Stlveratein, Democrat, has an indicated plurality over Albert Geisler, Progressive, of 118 for Assemblyman, and the Twenty- first, fh which the Tammany man, had a plurality of 193 Horace W. Palmer, Progressive, | | PHILADIs PHIA, Nov, thousand st.@ents of the U Pennsylvania walked out on strike to- day in celebration of their football vie+ over The Progressives will request that the|tory over Michigan Saturday. ‘The tn void and protested ballots tn each of |stitution Is clesed ‘and the uty is) the districts be opened, helpless to the demonstration As the canvasn will take place in! being held on Franklin Mieki, the scene the Aldermante chamber, the Curran | OP vetury Police Investigating Committees will be A band of hundred’ lads startet required to seek the walkout, With cellege flags and Too Late tor a Jo! colors they deacended on the class rooms calling to fellow classmen to Join them. 4 EmilyHrabe of No, 43 East Seventy: | gtoadily they increased thelr numbers first street, a cigarmaker, killed herael¢ and finally forcibly caused every atud- ent in sight to leave his studies. tirewa aside, desks and the home, six stories to the sklewalk of Avenue A. The woman had heen out of work for some time. Sho went out early n advertisement, but was too Inte to get the work. She re- turned home, kissed ber mother and and chatrs upset on their should: wad paraded to Franklin Field to celebrate. They an- houneed that they woult remain on atrike for twenty-four hours, to the atreat, For Every Woman—Everywhere Former Values $20.00 French Boucle Coats, $10 $17.50T wo-toneCheviot Coats,$10 $20 English Chinchilla Coats, $10 it <i alban FOUR WOMGN HURT AS AUTO GOES DOWN EMBANKMENT. Accident Occurs When Driver Turns Sharply to Avoid Pedes- trian in Road, Miss Gertruc. Balley of 7 Park avenue, Paterson, was reported to be In Ja precarious condition at the Paterson General Hospital to-day. She was in- Jured in an automobile accident near Greenwood Lake on the Paterson road late last night. Three other women who $17.50 BrightonZ ibelineCoats,$10 $25 English Mixture Coats, $10 $22.50 French Cheviot Coats, $10 $20.00 Stunning Ulster, Coats, $10, $25 English Travel Coats, $10 $20 Dressy Black Coats, $10 $22.50 Plaid Trimmed Coats, $10. FREE Alterations were in the same machine, Mra, Mar- garet Searles of No, WG Mill street, and and and her daughters, Margaret were badly scratched William Garrison of No, the owner of the car, driving, was not hurt, Mr, Garrison, who was driving at a rapld pace, had swerved to the side of tho road, which runs along a steep embankment, to pass gan automobile coming from the other direction, As he turned back toward the middle of the road his headlights shone full on a mac king toward him, directly in front of chine, Mr. Garrison made a quick turn and the car plunged ovea.the om- bankment, turning @ half som it fell. watt. Garelaon was hurled out grass and the four women were caught under the car and pinned down, — Mr. Garrison could not budge the auto un- alded. ‘The sides of the overturned car had dug #0 deeply into the mud that he was afraid the women tight be sinoth- ered and he began digging a tunnel to give them alr. The screams of the women as the car was going over were heard by the pi ar they had passe o r Minnie, brulsed. ank aves who was Searles, who is M mother-in-law and the others could be Ufted out. The people in second car at once offered thelr services in Ket- ting the injured women to the hospital need any other. Hoffman's employers— Park & Tiford—are sticklers for punc- tuality, so he hurried to Yhe office while nother went to the hospital to tell Viola who #he was and to show where sie Nved, APPETITE $17.50, $20 and $25 Now 510. continued regardless of these stu- pendous reductions. Tuesday’s Sale s AT ALL FOUR STORES Registered Trade Mark Estathisked Half a Ceniury Ladies’ Neckwear Shadow Lace and Net Guimpes, special at 50c. Value 85c to $1 each. Real Irish Crochet Collars and Sets, special at $2.00 to $7.75. Regular values $3.00 to $10.50. We also display hand-embroidered Coat Collars and Sets, Robespierre Collars with Frills, Jabots of Net, Lace and Linen, etc., in the very newest modes. Holiday Handkerchiefs There are four facts regardir’ our Holiday Handkerchief stock whichsh¢ Id be noted—- Ist. It's ready for inspf sion now. 2nd. It's as full and y ied in assort- ment as usu. 3rd. It's. composed of only absolutely Pure Linen Goods. 4th. Selections can be made from it now with much greater come fort and satisfaction than in December. James McCutcheon & Co., Sth Ave. & 34th st, wii cela IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU NE A WORLD “WANT” WILL GO GaT ff,