The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1912, Page 6

} | } t J @COMMITTEE WON'T LUNCH TILL * mithes 46. eS ié BOSTERS RAL GROWS KEENER AS NARK NEARS 100 With 780 Members Enlisted, Merchants’ Association Com- mittees Work Still Harder. ARE PRAISED IN VERSE. ‘One New Member Breaks Into Rhyme in His Enthusiasm Over Civic Movement. ‘Three days’ campaigning by the 300 boosters of the Merchants’ Assocation has added 780 members to the cause and assured New York of an additional $60,000 a year for the protection and Promotion of ite business interests. ‘Th@ various committees having in charge the work of securing new mem- berp to the association broke all rec- ordb to-day by actually enlisting 276 new names, and it is expected the 1,000 mack ‘will be passed by noon to- morrow. 4 “The impression seems to have gone about that thé New York business men comprising these membership commit- tees are canvassing the city in duto- tnobles,” said Chairman W. C. Breed, at the luncheon at Delmonico’s down-town restaurant this afternoon, “That ts s0.* Ouf committee are on the 00m to have the entire community on the run for the good of the city.” One new member became #0 enthusias. ite over the’ movement to boost the Mhetropolis, tat’ he broke into verse, Addressing @ letter to John J. Roonny, chairman of Committee No. %, he wrote: To the gallant ‘Their message for New York, 1 am far the Nation, Gediy join the Merhente’ Aasociation, ‘Fows with me, more add mare, IT, GETS MEMBERS. ‘The writer was A. G. Belden of A. G. Beléen & Co., dealers in ols, at No, 145 Maiden Lane. ‘The star committee to-day wag No, 48, headed hy EK. H. Outerbridge, which | seoured thirty new members. This makes a total of sixty-five in three days fer the a: ittee. Next came com- ft whith Hugh M..Wil- eon ig chairman, and which reported eeventeen new members, making a to- tal for the committees of fAfty-in three ays. The other star committeos were Ne. 14, with ten new members, and No. 38, with fourteen new members. Er- nest Flagg and W. L. Fish are the chairmen of ‘Nos, 14 and 38, respect- fn r "Conatdoradty fore enthusiasm was: shewn at the luncheon to-day than at; eny time since the campaign began. J, Rooney, chairman of committee 5, made.a rousing speech, in which irged the boosters to stick en the all of to-morrow and next day. ° want to show the outside world New Yorkers are made of," de- Mr. Rooney, “We've alt heard the Western boosters, but never has © moyement of this kind met such enthusiastic approval by New dusinessmen. The result of our fp the last three days Je a demon- stration to all chat New York men can and do think of their city's Welfare, as well as their own.” Rivalry among the vartous committees ete Hite i hag become so keen that Committee | j, No. §, falling to secure any new mem- Sbershibe, by ‘noon to-day, refused to ‘come to the-luncheon, but kept right gn the job. Half an hour after the posters sat down to eat No. § reported. they had secured one new member; and the members marched into the iyncheon room mid the chéering of thetr asso clates. PRAIGE@ NEWSPAPERS ‘FOR THEIR AID. Chairman Breed took occasion to compliment the press for its co- WOMAN’S SPHERE IS TO BE ORNAMENTAL AND NOT POLITICAL. Mrs. Martha MoCullock Williams | says women are no more fit for the ballot than to be trapeze performers | and bareback riders. ne alder “They neither want men's politics nor pantaloons. “Let's go no further than theshob- ble skirt,” #he sald warninty to the women of the State Association Op- posed to Woman's Suffrage, yester- day at Bherry's. And tho Btate Asno- ciation, which was very fashionably hobbied, applauded to the echo. “Wo- man's whole duty," continued Mrs “le to be delightful, orna- and useful. She can be all these without the vote. If she did have ft, she wouldn't know what to do with it.” operation with the Merchants’ Assocta- thon, “The newspapers of the city have been doing the greatest service in be- | 4, half of the city,’ he said, “and We, as business men, wish to thank them. Without their aid it would have been Aifficult for us to gain the headway we have in this @plendid movement. Our hate are off to the press!” Having stretched their lines to every quarter of Manhattan, the boosters extended their activities to Brooklyn| ( and the Bronx this morning. committee headed by J. C. Juhring invaded the Bush Terminal. Irving T. Bush, President of the terminal com- Firat a pany, took two memberships as a! starter, The announcement was made that the association would move into larger | N: and more commodious quarters down. | fi towa, the first of the year. The ox-| Kral tension of the asnociation’s activities, | it wes said, makes it necessary to pro- vide larger quarters. —____ A LARGE PHOTOGRAVURE FREE, A Photogravure of President. nuect Woodrow Wilson and his family will be given free (for the coupon) with next Gunday’s World. [and ARRESTED HERE ACCUSED OF $1,400 THEFT IN TEXAS. | Ralph H. Steurer, Formerly of} Brooklyn, Had Left There Under Suspicion. Ralph Hewitt Steurér, formerly of Brooklyn, was arrested on tHe street to-day by Detectives Wilber and Staple- ton and arratkned in Centre Street Police Court. He is charged with ateal- ing $1,400 from the gas company of Dallas, Tex., on Oct. 1. Steurer left Brooklyn last March ac- cused of being short in his accounts with the firm by which he was em- ployed. He went to Dallas, where he [became bookkeeper and cashier for the asicompany, On. Oct. 1b he gathered Up all the money) in sight and decamped. The young man said to-day he way drawn North by news that a girl Ro who mbe had been engaged in Brooklyn ‘was golng to marry another man. He tried to persuade her to elope with him, but she refused, @o he journeyed ‘to Detrolt, Chicago and Winniper, Canada, returning to Brooklyn when ‘hig money was all gone. A deputy aherif! is here from Dallas to take Steurer back. FACIAL BLOTCHES GONE AFTER USING POSLAM If you had noticed her a few days ago with face broken out with pimples and fed ests. and could see her to-day with ‘ eae and fair, hi would know ow m acts, . id easily . driving sway ie ot Od kin jane. All skin diseases, including eczema, acne, tetter, salt rheum, itch, etc., are quickly eradicated by Poslam. Itching stopped at once, Common troubles puch ct pi wee Hage Gm a ete. respoud #0 rea at overnight treat- ment is often sufficient. POSLAM SOAP, used daily for toilet and bath, will keep the skin in healthy condition, and improve its color and texture, It offers the healing ica- tion of Poslam in « form particularly beneficial for tender skin. All ists sell Poslam (price 50 cents) and Poslain Soap (price 25 cents). Laboratories, 32 West @5th Street, lew York City. 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Open- Ink sales were slightly lower, but the loses were finally recovered. The on issues that displayed rising power worthy of note were United States Rubber and American Cotton Ol, Bota these features advanced for one-point wains, Subsequent dealings were quiet. Extreme dulines# prevailed in the af ternoon period. What little trading de- veloped waa of a sagging tendency, and prices at closing time were practically below yesterday's finish, een, last prices pt opared Wilh yes follows: et Last Chas, | Pian for Pacific Steamer, | SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. %—Anxtety Was expre ere to-day for the eafety | |of the British steamship Lord lCapt. A.B. Henricton, wh the Orient Oct. 5 with a cargo of wheat. | The Lord Curzon should have arrived at Moji sixteen day ago, but nd word has been received from her, The steamer Lord Derby sailed eleven days after the Lord Curzon and arrivd at Moji several urzon, iled for Do you wear glasses? 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Tim Th 74m i ae UE ES ond Wee Aancts OW alu — 1 ge Bast Bard Be, near Fourth vane i ‘i near Ave VRay weasel ¥/ West 4th St. bt, Gehand 6th Aves, Acqaitted of Woman's Murder. 136th near Lenox Ave, CLAREMORE, Okla, Nov. 20.—H, 0. $42 Columbus Ave., 61st and 82nd Sta, Jeffries, editor of the Nowata Adver-| T0 Nassau St., near John St, tiser, was juitted to-day of the| 1009 Broadway, near Bklyn harge of murdering Mra. I . M Goheen, an advertising eolicitor “ome | €80 Fulton St, opp. A. & 8, Ukiya ployed by him. A Treasure House of Handkerchiefs For Christmas Gifts Under your feet, as you stand at our Handkerchief counter, is a spacious treasure room full of dainty Hand- kerchiefs—thousands upon thousands of dozens are kept in reserve, so that we rarely need say, “We're out, of that style.” The Christmas demand exhausts that supply. On our shelves and counters now 4 ‘chief productions of seven nations, each supplying the particular sort in which it excels. Irish Handkerchiefs, plain Hemstitched and Machine are the Handker Embroidered, 25¢ and 50c. $1.00 each. Hand Embroidered, 25c, 50c to $1.50 each. Swiss Hemstitched and $1.00 to $10.00 each. Turkish Lace Handkerchiefs, with the lace hand- made on the Handkerchief—not sewed on in the usual way—S0c, 7Sc and $1.00 each. _ Belgian Real Valenciennes Lace Trimmed Handker- chiefs, $1.00 to $10.00 each. Madeira Handkerchiefs with Hand Embroidered Scallops and Eyelets, 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. ..., French Sheer Handkerchiefs with elaborate em- broidery or lace trimming, $2.00 to $10.00 each, Spanish Handkefchiefs, showing dainty hand em- broidery, 50c to $2.00 each. James McCutcheon & Co., Sth Ave. & 34th St. watehttfors SJjaaaesasreasee2 Piano Sale Franklin $3'753 regularly $450 on Sth Avenue Fully Guaranteed by the Reliable House of Fischer Special Terms $15 Down; Balance in Monthly Sums J. & C. Fischer Factory Salesroom, 417 West 28th Street, Near 9th Avenue. Oldest Piano Makers in New York Established Half a Century makes vast inroads, but never ce Trimmed, 25c, 50c and Hand Embroidered, 50c, 75c, Stern Brothers To-morrow, a Very Important Offering of seasonable Women’s Coats At the following Specially Reduced Prices: Blanket Cloth Coats, Actual Value $19.75, at #1 1.50 Bianket Broadcloth Coats, Full lined, Value $32.50, at 21.50 _ Chinchilla and Boucle Cloth Coats, with Civet Cat, French Seal or Mole Coney collars, Value $39.75, High Pile Silk Piush Coats, heavily lined and interlined, Actual Value $49.75, Biack Silk Brocade Velvet Coats, plain and fur trimmed, Actual Values $59.50, 26.75 at 29.50 at 37.50 at Imported Dress Trimmings will be placed on Sale To-morrow, Thursday, At Very Large Reductions Gold, Silver, Persian and Bulgarian effects, Jet and Black Silk Embroidered Bandings, from 5Q¢ to 9.75 Formerly from 75¢ to $12.75 Yard One Row Rhinestone Trimming, on black, white and silver braid, from 30° to 1.95 Waist Garnitures, in Gold, Silver, Pearl, Persian and Pompadour colorings, from 35° to 12.75 from $14.95 to 58.50 Tunic Garnitures, Women’s Neckwear Large assortments are being shown of Real Duchesse, Point Ap- plique, Venise, Rosaline and Irish Lace and Hand Embroidered Collars and Jabots, Embroidered and -Lace Combination Collars, Shadow Lace and Chiffon Jabots. Also for To-morrow, the following Unusual Offerings: Real Irish Collars and Coat Sets, at $2.25, 2.75, 4.25 to 12.75 Actual Values from $2.95 to 16.50 Hand Embroidered Batiste Collars, at 45c, 75c, 1.28 to 2.50: Shadow Lace and Chiffon Jabots, some with Stocks, at 50c, 75c, 95c, to 2.45 Also Exceptional Values in Lace, Crepe and Chiffon Scarfs many of which are feather trimmed. Stern Brothers have in preparation for Friday and Saturday, a Very Important Sale of Men’s Furnishings, Young Men’s and Boys’ Clothing At Exceptionally Low Prices Details will appear in Thursday evening’s papers, West 23d and 22d Streets 10 TO 15 MINUTES FROM ANYWHERE UM AN N’S ‘At 149th St. Entrance of Subway or Elevated Delivers (ha ty C be, Wet Mor” ee OC MAIL ORDERS Carefully and Promptly Filled. | ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Very Special Sale of Men’s Silk Neckwear The Latest Styles and Colors of the Season—Most A; jate Holiday Gifts PURE SILK FOUR IN HANDS— ” ACCORDEON ENITTED NECKWEAR—Pure silk, plain colors; neat stripes, hobble and lace stripes. Regularly $2.50 ACCORDEON KNITTED NECKWEAR—Pure silk, hand frame made, neat, fancy and novel stripes. Regularly $2.00 CROCHET FOUR IN HANDS—Pure silk, colors, college stripes, two tone designs. Regularly $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Droadway cG Iob B. Altman & Co. will hold to-morrow (Thursday) a Sale of -. 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