The evening world. Newspaper, November 12, 1912, Page 22

He Fashions the Fashions, | Writes ‘‘Mrs. Elizabeth) -” Who Intimates That the Masculine Critic Ie a Bit of a Coward and Is Overdo- ing the Habit of Charg- i ing the Ladies With Cruelty. | “Women Dress Not Only Beautifully but Sensi- bly,” Says “I. O. W.,” and He Adds: ‘‘If There Is Any Urgent Need of Dress Reform It’s on the Other Side of the | Fence.” BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. ‘We read in yesterday’s newspaper whose talents commanded $15,000 a year and who was driven to suicide by his inability to guess what women will wear next season, } 4 q ! { { NIvOLA GREELEY- SMITH { } men to battle fs the skilful hand of the financier. And at the end the gen- erals get the glory, but the Morgans and the Rothchilds have the profits, All wars are ware for gold—all | q@tests are quests for gold. And Glecover India, and interested Queen Isabella in the stories of the wealth he would bring back. He and all the other discoverere—Pisarro, Cortes, de Boto—were actuated and driven by the lust for gold and jewels. And for ‘what was gold most sought, were jew- @ls most demanded? For the adorn- ment of women, for the sacrifice to barbarous Fashion. ‘WOMAN CAN SMILE AND SMILE AND SMILE. @athroned over all the centuries ig the soldier fight, the wanderer has smiled upon death the jungle, if! i Hi i THE Hi i i H i fd g a) i if Hy it Hi E i : H { ; of every man's desire, For this he ight», for this he has invaded and con- rolled every corner of earth. To obtain and hold these precious possessions he must have money. And when he hae it 4m superfluity there 4s only one thing for him to do with it, and that ts lay it at the feet of Fashion. For Fashion con- trols everything—art, literature, music— all the mediums of immortality. A few years ago ail the miliionaires were buy- ing Bouguereau's pictures. Now no self-respecting collector would be caught with a Bouguereau in his cellar, Mels- sonnler, too, i# in disgrace. In fact, nearly all the men who could draw are fn disgrace. In music, too, the old melo- dists are in hopeless eclipse, They sur- only in the hurdy-gurdies. And It. , (00, bows her head to the Arnold Bennett ® eneer at Dicke: wmitted himself and every now sclior is Leard to exclaim, “But who reads Shakespeare?” or, “Thack- eray was an awirily winded old bag and » rank gentimentalist!” All this is y by way of adding ration that Fashion despot left alive, * both men and taries, the charge of WHEREIN A LADY READER 5 Welle bbleeblbibhicebbiiiele: OR [RYOMEN [EJARBAROUS? Again Man Is Blamed for the Styles, THE EVENING WORLD, 13TH ARTICLE OF A SERIES Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). 8 of a designer for a dry goods house Here is a real victim of “barbarous” fashion. And yet for one man driven to frenzy by the mutable mysteries of the) mode there are hundreds of thou- sands who maintain themselves and their families as the result of | fashion. And if any one of woman's many masculine critics could impose | his will upon her costume and re- duce it to the drab sameness of man’s attire hundreds of factories would shut down, thousands of breadwinners would be deprived of @ means of livelihood. For what have all the great wars been fought, for what have the great wanderers penetrated jungle and ice fields? For fame? Yes, if you want to be sentimental. For money, if you Drefer the facts. Beneath every s0- called “holy” cause which has driven doing; You fashion the fashions which she is pursuing, Her skirt is too tight? Nay, worry not, Howa It is attll wide enough to shield a male fer for the sprinkling of the few over- dressed freaks who are running about? Taken in their entirety, women dress not only beautifully but also sensibly, and if there 1s any urgent need of dress reform, both as to looks and comfort, dt {s on the maxculine side of the fence. Nine-tenths of masculine criticism of women (you can take my word for It) is evoked by the enviable charm and fasci- nation of feminine raimenta charm coward. MRS. ELIZABETH G. Degr Madam: Is nn entire sex to aut- which is deplorably lacking in masculine dress. 10. BROTHERS SUE SISTERS FOR $10,000, BRINGING CHARGES OF FRAUD Declare They Were Duped . Into Signing Away Half of An Estate. Two brothers were arrayed against their two sisters in Justice McCall's part of the Supreme Court to-day in the trial of @ sult over the division of an estate said to be worth $20,000, Edwayd Birmingham, @ retired policeman fiving in the Bronx, and Richard Birmingham, @ detective attached to the Lenox ave- nue station, suing Miss Ella BI mingham of 145 Eigecombe avent and Miss Annie Birmingham, now known as Sister Andrea, of St. Mary's Seminary, Providence, R. 1. ‘Mhe plaintiffs charge conspirac; and false representation. Th $10,000, or one-half of the estate, The Rev. William J. Birmingham, @ Catholic priest and a brother of the Principais in the suit, died in Wilming- ton, Del., on Dec. 12, 191, There was no will, The Delaware law provides that a resident administrator shall be appointed in such ctses, and the broth- ers and sisters agreed on Daniel P. to New York on Jan. tain papers. Buc! charged, told the brother: was an error in the Papers they signed, and ask signatures. The new papers, t plaint states, turned out to be releases of their share of the estate to Misa Ella Birmingham. It is charged , 1908, with cer- that the administrator's attorney false- ly represented that the priest's estate was of little value and might in fact show & deficiency when the debts were paid. Later the brothers started an investixa tion which they say disclosed that the Wilmington clergyman left $20,000. They maid they tried to make a settlement with the sisters and failed. Sidney H. Stuart and Henry C, Ken- nedy represented the plaintiff in court to-day, Mr, Kennedy said that shortly after the administrator waa appointed three ‘8 Were donated to St. Mary’ Seminary, and that Sister And: Jetter in which she said that “it would be better to have the altars given in ‘tre name of their father.” Edward Birmingham retired from the Police Department five years ago after Teoetving Dermanent injuries while on uty, -——— 4 BOOK OF WoNDZRFUN. Free for the coupon in next Sunday's World is the Kinderavience System book, sixteen pages of pictures, one of the most wonderful things in the world for the instruction and amuae- ment of children, Parents ehould not fall to place orders for next Sunday's World in advance. ic et RN Scene Painter Dies on Trata. Harry €, Aiken, a acentc artist, thir- ty-five years old, of No. 4% Mott ave- nue, Bronx, became {il while on his way to tho Grand Central Station on the 7.2 train from Mott Haven this morning. On arrival at the terminal Buckley, a Uquor dealer of Wilmington, we brothers allege that Buckley came mu in down pains In re, the day begin yin that condit inks to DROPS INTO POETRY. ‘Men, take care you are overdoing, Charging with cruelty the girl you are wooing. Her charms, you claim, are false and distressing; oppressing. # Mer drese is “barbaric’—she is cruel, r Aiken was taken to the emergency hospital, but died while being attended by Dr, Gillette. 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MEN’S WEAR EXTRAORDINARY VALUES { On Wednesday, November the 13th 600 Overcoats of Plain and Fancy Worsted,—correct models in medium and heavy weights. 18.00 values 25.00 and 35.00 Automobile and Storm Coats in various materials and models. values 40.00 and 50.00, 27.50 Mackinaw Coats of Plain and Fancy Plaid Cloths, value 7.50, 5.2 Raincoats of Grey Mixed Tweeds with velvet or self collar, also Tan in single or double Texture Cloth. values 18,00 ind 20.00, 12.00 23rd Street 34th Street ie ne | kM fiom she Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street. WINTER COATS by the yard for children and their mothers—every weave and color imaginable. Scarce chinchilla in the English tweed coat lengths, scarcest navy blue and brown, $4.50 yard, #2.50 yard, and gray #8 yard. Velour de laine for Labs wraps in pale blue, rose an : Double face soft wool mater- ther delicate shades, 98.50 ials, plain one side, tartan or yard. check the other, 54 inches Fur Cloths—Mohair ler wide, $2.50 and $3 yard; spec- in ie color and black, 85 i ‘ yard. ia Ones, fully two yards wide, "Finer plush, black only, 87, flee " $8 and 810 yard. Heather coatings make no- Persian lamb cloth, black ticeably smart motorand sports only, 85 to $15 yard. All 560 coats, $1.50 to $3 yard. ise he 7 Boucle coating for children Fabric Salons, comes in navy and scarlet, 83. Stewart Building. First floor, New ’ Dressmaker Waists, so Crepe at $1.50 Same kinds as we sold earlier in the season at $2, $2.50 and stops. designing and Voile Waists the remaining stock and there- fore $1.50 for any of these $2.75. three grades. A pretty touch of color in All white and easily wash- a jabot, a charming lace or a able. fine fabric. Women like just such blouses as this to give for Christmas or to wear all through the winter with their tailored suits. They were designed by a dressmaker who is now so busy making dresses that he cannot devote any time to waists. The Wanamaker store took Flannel and Other Waists —Gray Shaker flannel waist« are very popular this season— and these will be especially in demand when you see them at 81. Flannelette, white madras and black cotton poplin waists also $1 and much better than usual. LARGE JEWELRY PUR- CHASE on sale tomorrow at 50c an article—a mere fraction of their worth. 10,000 pieces of gold-filled and sterling silver jewelry, combining large purchases from several makers, will be placed on sale at the even price of 50c each. A few pieces in the collection are mia 85c. The majority we regularly sell for $1, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.25, $2.50 and $3. Women’s Jewelry will fill one table with dainty slipper-pins, bar - pins, _chatelaine - pins, brooches and lavallieres. paaey of the pins sparkle with Frenc! rhinestones. Men's Jewelry will fill anoth- er table. Watch fobs with safety clasp, tie-clasps, sets of scarf pins and cuff links, sep- arate pins and links. Each piece or set in the sale will be 50c, in many instances but one-sizth of its value. Opportunities for dainty gifts are hundredfold. Main Aisle, Main floor, New Stewart Building. « Mothers of Babies might easily use the follow- ing for a shopping list. for everything mentioned will be needed by baby this winter: Soft nainsook bishop slips with “baby” lace on wrist and throat, 50c. Fi |-pinning blankets and petti- 0c. Girls’ Sweaters Ready for skating days—and one of the best is a coat sweater with collar that rolls up about the neck in a fashion decidedly becoming. White or tan, $5. Sizes 12 to 14 years. Sensible high-neck sweaters for sizes 6 to 14 years, $3.50. Oxford, cardinal and tan. “Ruff neck” sweaters with two pockets are for 6 to,14 year girls and are $2. Cardinal and Oxford, Needless to say these sweaters are coats, 50c, Dainty flannelette kimonos, white and colored and prettily hemstitched and embroidered, 50c. Pretty crocheted sacques, 50c to $1.50, Bootees, 1£c and 25c. Quilted crib pads, 20c and 85c. Subway floor, New Stewart Building. ‘Third floor, New Stewart Building, Simple Piano Truths— There are no pianos that excel the Chickering, the Scho- macker and the celebrated Knabe in quality of construc- tion of pianos and players of highest grade as in the. ; Chickering-Angelus Schomacker-Angelus E ei tion and tone. One other Fale ed alone approaches them. and the celebrated There are no moderate- Knabe-Angefas priced pianos so widely and favorably known as the Emer- son, the Kurtzmann, the Mar- shall & Wendell. There is no popular-priced iano that can compare at 9) with the Lindeman & Sons. ‘There is no player-piano like the Angelus—the first of all player-pianos. There is no such combina- There is no player-piano at the little price of $395 to compare with the Lindeman Player-Piano. _ There is no such choice of instruments as that offered in the Wanamaker Piano Salons. In fact, as our friends say: “Anyone wanting a piano is unfair to himself without seeing what the Wanamaker Salons have to offer.” First Gallery, New Building. " Special Purchase Women’s Chinchilla Coats Subway floor, New Stewart Building, Subway floor, New Stewart Building.