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AR yee 5 pg enc ay 2 I eh ep ‘WHE EVENING WORLD, WED eonditions among the cheaper “movies” @f the olty, said other isgisiation wes pending which would (end to improve mattera “A greet part of the present fault Mes with the glaring, renmational and fraudulent posters,” sail Mr, Bannon. -DNE MAN BLAMED FOR HOLDING UP + MOVIE ORDNANCE ¢ Alderman “Johnny” White Charged ‘With Blocking the Measure, “T venture to say that a great majority of the email picture houses have dis played outside of their promtacs posters whioh fraudulently represent the pictures that are advertised, ‘The porter ts made eensational and excites curtoaity and Tepresente deeds that are not scourate description of the original. “I would recommend an ontinance be | Daseed making it @ misdemeanor for | any person or corporation to #ell or offer for aale or give away or rent for | the purposes of advertising of diaplay | outside er inside the premises of any | moving or vaudeville house in the City of New York, any poster, sheet, mdver- | tisement, ploture or lithograph which does not correctly represent the original Of the ploture dinplayed or advertised.” ‘Mr. Bannon said the lithographs now « , NOT A TAMMANY FIGHT. Thomas J. Bannon Says White] used by the cheaper shows and which have come in for @ great deal of criti- Is Prompted by His Vaude- clem are owned and issuet by one of two firms, He sald these pictures were rented to the email show houses by the week. BAULKED BY THE USE OF ONE WORD, Th conviction Monday of Philip Mera, the proprietor of a moving picture the- atre at No, 148 Hast Fourteenth street, who was fined, and has since appeniod, by Magistrate Murphy in the Iasex Market Court for displaying a litho- graph Wepicting the commission of a criminal act, was at Oret thought to be a welcome legal weapon for the authorities, but @ careful reading and analysia of the ontinance, as inter- preted by Magistrate Murphy to an Kve- ning World reporter, shows that the usefulness of the ordinance a applied to motion pictures is made nil by one “advertisement.” Merz's offense was exhibiting @ picture outside of his theatre, depicting @ woman in the act of shooting a man. It was an old litho- sraph from “The Lights of London,” that thrilled Third avenue yeare ago ‘The harmful act as alleged under the ordinance was not committed by the showing of his film within the theatre. ‘The orlinance under which Mers was convicted reads: ville Interests. “No persons ¢hall paste, nati, post, maintain or display upon any billboard, fence, building, frame or ctructure, and ia any manner expose to public view, as an advertisement of any show, play or performance, any indecent print or any _ EPFORTS TO MAKE PICTURE SHOW PLACES SAFE. picture of cut( tending to represent the money to spend. Uf Going of a oriminal act, of representing Court and wa indecently the Imbs or other parts of ralgned the human body, or the position of per-| will pe fona in relation to each other, tending] youth. He to deprave the morale of individuads, or | had, In the beginning, the proper kin shocking the sense of decency or tend-!of amusement they Would not hav ing to Incite the mind to acts of im=/ fallen in with evil companions. morality or crime or to famflarize and) Who aré ar costitution, yo: pa if with the same," . “I believe the conviction of Mera was the firat conviction under that ordin- | op ance, which by no means Is a new 9 It war amended in 1906," said Mag trate Murphy In hia office In the Market Court to-day, “ tend- ing to represent the doing of a criminal | act’ was inserted to control the fery, excitable type of picture, 1 don't think | that the higher courts would affirm con- victions under that ordinance if the of-| fense was committed by the moving film, because it f# not an advertisement, wever, the enforcement by the of this ordinance exactly as it ndx will do @ lot to improving mov- ing picture houses. Most of them, par- ticularly the cheaper ones, have these flaring, Inciting posters out front to attract the passer-by, which in most cases In the child, ALDERMEN COULD EASILY AMEND THE LAW TO 8UIT. “The Board of Aldermen, if they wantd to, could very easity amend that ordinance to govern the moving picture filma by simply etriking out the word “advertisement.” It could be done in twenty-four hours and de much to sterilize the motion pletures until @ full and complete list of erdinances could be parsed. “I believe in moving ploture shows. ‘They are the cheapest form of amuse- with the motios }to deal specific itt me Court dectsto lyn, motion picture theatres have bee classified ax common ing of licenses is given solely license from the Police Department necessary, each license. the Heense to his discretion. ent we have to-day and the most pop~ ular with the masses. They have great power for good if properly controlled, ‘They could be @ God-send to the poor working girl, who wants to be amused after the day's work and haa little B. Altman & Co. have, in their various departments, extensive assortments of ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS at attractive prices. BRIC-A-BRAC, comprising ornamental clocks, clock sets, photograph frames, bronzes, carved ee ee Cae the present taw any duiKiing seating | { Jeng than & persons may be used for & moving gloture show. Aiéeratan |¢ Forks sought to make the namber 600, but provides for stringent laws on we subject of aisles a exita, per D0 nie, commer? “tae, al shoe QUIVERING, tilting, shaky cea wtitae te yeontes te ween ter | evenlasees do more harm Koad egg, hears gett lr Big pd Even the BEST glasses are a < Qxclen "Savtared rpg tee HARM, instead of a HELP, 7 Tate epnncotion, vaudevitie| if they tilt out of focus fo prohibited strictly in euch places, but everlastingly pinch, 1a aadd to te Gus to fear that improve- * ment ‘of conditions m-eweight moving} will keep them in place— [angel ves gag gt res bad Weed perfectly, easily and firmly. who now go to the better una of Fitted to your glasses for 85 cts. udeville houses would (a " o ° | Sold only at our eight stores if it was certain the places wouki be sanitary, safe and \prgshon the ae Kans fncluded om thelr, iia and Opticians WILL CARRY OUT €VENING petiod WORLD'S SUGGESTION. i vat bu Et irae yt shims Pants sedans pea] Whaat ak revived following the oor, Wplongtiy. 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Hahes’s_ Newark Bonwir TELLER & Co. —_ 4 ' SPECIAL FOR THURSDAY ( Sale of Waists and Blouses ‘ _ USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS © Lingerie Waists a: Seeeaets eee 00 French Hand-Made Blouses Basie bancensce of French batiste and hand Value 6.50. ...oscmessecsereree Crepe de Chine Shirts Bary cult , with satin stripe, © ) Pe ee 3.50 5.00 Dressy Waists t Made of chiffon, shadow lace, meteor and brocades smart models.........ecessseeeees anode 5.00 & Dressy Waists ‘ de of crepe de chine and silk chiffon, trimmed ghee Ba hauaoateypnae jog AM) Reproductions of French Blouses DReM Stine: 1278 Greatly Reduced Prices IN WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ Suits, Coats, Dresses, ‘Gowns & Wraps { ivories, French miniatures, electric lamps, lamp and candle shades, smokers’ outfits, etc. JEWELRY NOVELTIES, including necklaces, bracelets, lorgnettes, sautoirs, bow - knot brooches, hat pins, jeweled hair ornaments, scarf pins, vest sets, cuff links, etc. SILVERWARE in an attractive collection of Sterling Silver boudoir mirrors, picture frames, toilet sets, bowls and sandwich trays; Silver Deposit plateaux, decanters, liqueur sets, tea and coffee sets, pitchers, etc.; and Dutch Silver bon-bon baskets, cream and sugar sets, candlesticks, tea caddies, tea strainers, vases, cigarette boxes, fancy spoons, etc. The following interesting sales will take place to-morrow (Thursday): MOROCCO HAND BAGS AND PURSES at very special prices, as follows: Women’s Hand Bags, | Women’s Hand Bags, regularly $3.00, at $1.65 | and Envelope Purses, + + + + $2.65 Women’s Hand Bags, | ®t ° 85 Regularly $4.00 regularly $6.00, at $3, WOMEN’S IMPORTED LINGERIE BLOUSES hand-made, hand-embroidered and lace-trimmed, at unusually low prices: $3.78, $500 & $6.50 SHAWLS, SCARFS AND VEILS at unusually attractive prices. White Wool Veils White Shawls with col- at. + 65c. | ored borders. at $1.00 Silk Knit Veils White Shetland Scarfs at. + 85c, | at. + 50c. & 75c. White Shetland Shawls at. 65c, $1.00 & 2.00 A large and attractive variety of shawls, scarfs and veils, suitable for holiday gifts, will be found in the regular stock, at moder- ate prices. Fitth Avenue, 34th end 35th Streets, Nem York. ou Will RO to Night to Jearn their 1 C. Whitfield Charged With Stenl- ese young women “1 shail do ali f can to cleanse the wag this morning held in §3,00 dati by | accustom the minds of young persons motion picture theatres. Ali the Magis- ' Magistrate O'Connor tn the Harlem trates In the city will do the same, but Cour no permanent cure will be effected ex-, ‘t on a charge of grand larceny. pt by the passage of proper ordinance: ir \ handed down by Justice Crane In Brook- | @rrtty And thelr Josses are: Max Marks, shows. The tasu- to the Commissioner of Licenses, No theatre Commissioner of Licenses Wallace, although not requited by law, | Inainta that the various clty departments | the rents for Ootober and November, with the exception of the Police De- | The landiords aay that when they tried | partment investigate the application of This, however, ts not | § mandatory, and leaves the issuing of Buy the best hat and) the most style that a, reasonable price com-! mands—that means NESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 19 ACCUSE NEGRO COLLECTOR. Tq, t ut ing Rents He Received. Louis C, Whitfield, a negro collector | Of rents among the negroes of Harlem, | a © | Assistant Distriot-Atterney Macdou- | 11 Bell, also @ negro, sald that the amount of the collector’e peculations would | be te You can bake well as At a, jreuon the sum of $5,000, ‘The complain: | n No. 18% Broadway, $1; Mra Pauline Levy, No. 10 West One Hundred and | Twenty-first street, $200; Henry Groh. | man, No, 611 Lenox avenue, #00, and | Tenry Mattinson, No. 477 Lenox avenue, | | M70. ‘The amounts are said to be due | u if to force the money out of Whitfield he | gave them checks, w! Stern Brothers: To-morrow, a Specially Prepared Sale of Women’s Kid Gloves Very Appropriate for Holiday Gifts Women’s Two Clasp Glace Kid, overseam sewn, with heavy embroidered backs, Regularly sold for $1.50 Pair ' Women's Sixteen Button Length, $ Glace, In white, Regularly sold for $2.50 Pair, at 1.85 Women’s Cape Gloves, | lined: with wool, Regular price $2.00 Pair, ft. 1.68 Attention is also directed to large assortments of Furand Fur-lined Gloves for Men, WomenandChildren. at =95¢ Also To-morrow, a Very Exceptional Offering of . Silk Hosiery ‘Women’s Pure Thread Silk Hose, in black, white and tan, double Bo: Z ailk tops and cotton soles, Palr 75°, choke Suid Actual Value $1.25 Pair Women's Black and Colored 03¢ Box of < Silk Hose, extra quality, Pair 3° Three Pairs Actual Values $1.75 and 2.00 Pair $2.15 2.65 if , » Bo: le, $1.80 RE, 4.35 Actual Value $2.75 Pair Men’s Colored Silk Half Hose, Box of with self or contrasting 9O5¢ colored stripes, Pair Three Pairs Actual Value $1.50 Pair 2.75 Thursday, an Unusually Attractive Salé of Women’s Swiss Ribbed Underwear At Greatly Reduced Prices Swiss Ribbed Cotton and Lisle Vests, plain and fancy yokes, * Value 45¢c, ‘at Swiss Ribbed Cotton and Lisle Vests, 28° hand crochet fronts, Value $9, at 43¢ Swiss Ribbed Pure Silk Vests, Value 8%, at 59° Swiss Ribbed Cotton Combination Suits, c high neck and long sleeves, Value 69c, at 48 Swiss Ribbed Cotton Combination Suits, low neck, short sleeves or no sleeves, Value $1.50, at WOMEN’S SILK UNDERWEAR Milanese Silk Vests, reinforced, white and pink, Value $1.50, at 1.25 Milanese Silk Vests, ' handsomely embroidered and reinforced, Vatie $2.25, 1 75 Milanese Silk Combination Suits, embroidered and fully reinforced, Value $3.50, at 2.95 Stern. Brothers’ To-morrow, in their Shoe Departments, Third?Floor, A Special Sale of Brilliant Cut Steel and Rhinestone Slipper Buckles {na vartety of effective designs, in satin lined boxes, Actual Value $3.00, at $2.00 Pair SLIPPERS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS Men’s Slippers, . 5 of Black and Tan Vici Kid, s $2.00, 2.25, 2.50 Tan Seal and Suede, ’ Slippers, if be ties and Tan Kid, at 1 .25, 1,35; 1.50 Girls’ Worsted and Felt Slippers, 75°, O5¢,'.1.10 Women’s Boudoir Slippers, j of Satin, Kid, Felt and Worsted, in a variety of colors, at Women's Satin Mules, Brocaded, Embroidered and Quilted, 95¢, 1.45, 1.75 2.65, 4.50, 6.00 West 23d and 22d: Streets just as nt Delia Se 73° ORR | Lace Stock and Jabot ae Sn i yranklin Simon & Co. Fifth Avenue Useful Christmas Gifts Spqial Sale ‘Thursday Women’s Neckwear and Flowers 95 1.45 1.95 4.49 Offine shadow Val. lace and net Regular price $1.50 Double Lace Jabot Of fine shadow lace and net. Imported Lace Jabot Of fine shadow lace, picot edge ribbon band and bow Lace Stock and Jabot ‘Of fine lace and net. Regular price $2.25 Regular price $2.95 Regular price $2/95 { French Bouquets e Pretty combination of flowers and leaves, 15 packed in miniature bandbox. Value $1.25 French Bouquets Pretty combination of flowers and leaves, packed in miniature bandbox. Value $1.75 1 25 ’ * Sale of Women’s Silk Underwear Kayser's Italian Silk Combinations ‘ White silk top, with ribbed mercerized drawer, 1 95 reinforced. Value $3.25 4 “Parfait” Glove Silk Vests - : vaiues2.00 1.25 “Parfait” Glove Silk Combinations Fd 2 65 In white, pink or blue, fully reinforced. Value $3.75 Ue ‘Parfait’? Glove Silk Knickerbockers 2.45 In white, pink or blue, crochet top, In black, white, pink or blue, reinforced. Value $3.25 reinforced. FOR THURSDAY ONLY sone Misses’ and Girls’ Japanese Quilted Silk Robes — In all colors; soft down interlinthg. abe 3 4, 6 and 8 years, 3.95 10 and 12 years, 4,95 Heretofore $5.95 to $8.95 14, 16 ead 18 years, 5.95 Sale of Women’s Silk Hosiery “Onyx,” “McCallum,” and “Parfait” Brands, Pure Thread Silk Hose Extra quality pure thread silk; black, white, tan and all shades; silk or tisle séle and garter top; also Embroidered Silk Hose; all weights. Value $1.35 to $1.50 Superior Quality Silk Hose Pure thread silk; black, white and colors, silk or lisle sole Value $1.65 and Dub-L silk garter welt; all weights. Hand Emb’d Silk Hose Extra qualjty pure thread black silk, hand embroidered in self,or colors; also self or white hand, embroidered clox; lisle sole and top. Value $1.75 to $2.00 Hand Emb’'d Silk Hose Of pure thread black silk, self or white hand emb'd clox; also black, white, sky or pink, self hand-emb'd. Value $2.50 to $3.95 Sale of Women’s Gloves Two Clasp Overseam Glace In black, white or colors, One Clasp Capeskin P. X. M. sewn, in black, white or tan, 12-Button Length French Kid Value $1.25 Value $1.25 ‘ In white only. Value $2.25 1.75 16-Button Length French Kid ed In white ae Value $3.00 2.10 Sale of Fancy Aprons’ Maids’ Aprons (with bibs) Of linen or dotted Swiss, lace and embroidery trimmed, 55 95 110 1.45. 1.95 Fancy Aprons (without bibs) Of linen or dotted Swiss, lace or embroidery trimmed, 35 .55 1.25 175 Women’s Boudoir Gloves | | of crepe de chine, Swansdown trimmed Kimono model in rose, Copenhagen, maize, gray, pink or violet silk crepe de chine, neck and sleeves trimmed with swansdown, 4.50: Value $6.75 FIFTH A To appreciate the convenience and great value of the Sunday World’s Want Directory+READ IT,