The evening world. Newspaper, January 10, 1913, Page 24

PETROPOLTIN SEI IPENS FAKE ART EXHIBIT AS SCHOOL ‘Suggestion by J. P. Morgan “Expert Welcomed by Director Robinson. ia a & wa AMERICANS OWN THOUSANDS OF FAKES, ART EXPERTS SAY. The Marquis de Castellane said: “There are 50,000 bogus Corote in America.” is Henry W. Pike, picture expert i. Ho Harriman was «winded. Many of J. P. Morgan's early pur- chases are merely copies.” Renyon Cox, painter and critio: “Nine-tenths of the works of old SHOW BOGUS ANTIQUES. ; t i Copies of Famous Paintings to Be Hung Near Originals masters were not aigned.” , a as Object Lesson. prandte in America are absolute forgeries, I have an American friend who paid $160,000 for a col- lection in which there was not « genuine painting.” W. G. Mensios, Londom art oritic: "The Charles T. Yerkes collection meluded several apurious master. dieces.” Jacques Seligman, Parin, suggests “There ought to be a room in he Metropolitan Museum of Art levoted to the exhibition of cona- erfelt works of art, @ gallery of kos.” ° The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened n gallery for the display Of fake pictures and antiques for the pedpose of showing the public, and, | ineldentally, the gullible rich who Persist in paying fortunes for worth. legm imitation: Paked antiques, spurious paintings, Bogus ecarads are included in a lony list @ Purchases both here and abroad, Jesgiies Scliginan, J. Pierpont Morgan's Ottacipai art agent, suggests that ex- ‘of these awizdles be got together @xbibifed in the Metropolitan Mu- Seti of Art to help educate the Amer- - je to Gerect the fraud from the fai in art. suggestion has much to reeom- 1," aald Director Daward Robin- ee8 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art te,an Evening World reporter to-day. <impreaw'on is that it 13 being done @@ @ small soate now in some of the foreign galleries and muneums. We have hed. the Sea in mind for the Metropoll- tan for some time and eventually it ‘hall be put Into operation. “The proper way would be to hang the spurious paintings in the eame room with the genuine ones, This woul five the public opportunity to judge the wonderful qualities of the genuine Paintings. The benefit would be edu- etal. ‘ QANF PORGERIES CHOWN IN MUSEUM NOW. “We tave already started the a Mibition of fake antiquities, in fect, 4a”ene corner of the room where we ahew genuine examples of Greek terra ‘work we have a emall case filled forgeries. The latter are ‘marked forgeries, a0 the visit- P }ean compare the forgeries with the art dealer of fs, each has a pleture, and if one is genuine, the other must be @ fake. MILLIONAIRES LEND Mrs. Gardner pasd 980,000 for her Bot- ticelli, and Mr, Widener paid much more. Posstvly the artist painted the same Ploture twice, but this ie open to doubt. ‘There are Ruvens, Frans Hals, Van Dyoka and Rembrandts galore throu. out the country in the collections of such experts as Oharlen H. Schwab, Benstor’ William A, Clarke, John A. Drake and Richard Canfield, Maybe these gentlemen will be willing to lend examples from their collections to the Metropolitan Museum wa? YONKERS IS WALKING ARILE MAYOR ASKS STATE TO END STRIKE Board of Mediation Postpones Meeting Until To-Morrow at Request of Strikers. Whe car ¢ranaportation end no re (m aight. Mayor Lennon end Cor a Of the Attorney <leneral avast move the clow and orderly way presortbed daw. the meeting to-day in the City Council Chamber at Yonkers of the State Board jof Mediation and Arbitration, Subpoenas had been tesued compelling the attend- ance at the meeting of persons repre- senting the strikers and the rafiroad company, and some action wae looked under the leafership of the president of Butherland, vice-president and general manager of the Yonkers Railroad, rep- Tesented the corporation. ‘The three mediators, W. C. Rogers, M. J. Regan and James MoManus, were in their places, and the meeting had been called to order when Assemblyman ‘Tracy Madden, who has been acting as counsel for the strikers, requested an adjournment until to-morrow. He said ‘his legislative duties would prevent a continuance of his services as attorney to the strikers and that new counsel had not been engaged. Max Cohen, Assistant Corporation Counwel, objected to the delay, but the Board decided that the request of the strikers was reasonable, The adjourn- ment subjects Yonkers to twenty-four fhoura more of auspension of atreet car wervice and aroused angry comments from the aitizena who had amembled, Dut there was nothing to be done but get out and walk, President Whitridge of the Yonkers Ratlroad has been subpoenaed to appear before the Board of Mediation and Arbi- tration to-morrow. Although the Yon- kere strike has been completely su ful in tying up the car line, th some talk of impressing Mr. Wihitridge @ little more forcitly by calling @ strike ‘on the ‘Phird avenue surface 1 is under ‘his direction. —_————_—_ HOSPITALS USE CHEAP MILK. "Phe erertest light that can be shed OB bom article of veiue is | MWorld “Lost & Found” Ad. ® for Uniform City Supply. The majority of hospitals in thie city buy the cheapest milk they can find on the market, it was stated yesterday by & clreulation in New York City, DF. Charles BE, North of the New York ‘and Sundays greater than the MK Committee, The excuse of the : fae a hospitals, he added, ix “dimMeulty in rais- Himes, Sun, Tribune and Press) ing money to pay expenses.” All public | hospitals, he asserted, ought to be pro- B Always printed § {hibited by law from using any but \6 pasteurized, a conspicuous a8 A mi page oy Editorial page) w York Milk Committee, he and on first pags of Want] going to try to compel New ¢ da ie to ut this, ‘The x committee this by : “Los 7 | getting the ct ‘oO prohibit tie So. Lost & Found”) te as very es a 2 OD g York of raw A, Which few New Yorkers can afford FOR RICH DUPES ee Oriental Styles of Hats Includi G ’ ’ y, ng ‘the Indian Princess and Question Mark { | BONNET, ORIENTA L IN SUGGESTION. THER NEw QUESTION MARK TOQUE, CONVENTIONAL DAP: OF THE ON INQIAN PRINceEss STye. INDIAN NEZEOLUR ORNAMENT OF srercite TONES. INDIAN PRGES HAT THE LATEST PARAN IE Pronounced Fancy for Harem Modes Transplanted to Fifth Avenue. 4 Oriental styles have swept over Paris ‘Turkish isque,” trousers, metallic colffures “a front a @ ‘needle made of rhinestones and emanating from a filegree orne- ment of silver set with rhinestones and &n emerald colored stone. The spark- Ung rhinestone “needle” riges against a quill of wired black tulle an@ the crown of the hat, made of metallic brocade in green and silver, is veiled with dra- perles of the black tulle, The brim is of white horsehair. This ts a particu- larly dainty and chic tufban and will be worn with Southlar{& costumes of embroidery and lingerle fabric, Another Indian Princess turban has the front. Thi in the true rm. Baggy draperies simulating | Regt Indian red color, and the low YOdal-| crown hugs the top of the head closely, trimmings, imitation | while the brim encircles face and hair Jewels, gilttering hat ornaments—and|much like a draped Oriental turban. Moet of all this new Indian Princess chapeau, which js the cry of the mo- ment — demonstrate the pronounced clinging, richly subdued yet colorful East, transplanted io the Place Ven- dome, the Rue de la Paix and, incl-| dentally, to Fifth avenue. The Indian Princess turban is a tre- mendously chic and piquant affair, though Its tremendousness myle, for ite mix Gome of those nute that if and the turba: distance she appears to be wearing no hat at all save that the pert, upstand- ing ornament at the front betrays the Presence of a headdress of some kind. This audacious, front ornament is the feature of the Indi&n Princess turban; the whole hat seems to be arranged with a view to a culmination in the chic, upstanding feather quill, algrette or whatever the ornament may be. Oth- erwise, the turban is a close-fitting af- fair, rather elongated in line from front to back, and {t may or may not have a brim. The straw hat ls never very # ceastul without @ brim of some kind, as the edge je all tn & dozen and one materials besides straw in fact, straw does not figure as largely in the early spring milAnery as it has in previous seasons, When there be of some woven fabric, and straw crawns are often accompanied by brims of stitched silk, velvet or braid. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR AP- PEARANCE IN FIFTH AVENUE, Already in Fifth avenue these chic Indian Princess turbans are making their appearance, and the fad of tho moment ie the turban of alry black stuff, a draped crown of tulle being hed 4 lace trimming to give the elon- gated turban lines, At the front is the Inevitable upstanding ornament, A ture |ban noted in the Plaza tea room the other afternoon was of the faddish black | tulle and jet, and at the front rose a an imitation of the Hast Indian “needle” ornament, Four types of the new turban de- wider field for the buy, on leavi; signed for Southland wear are pictured. dp one instance the omgmant at the is a straw brim, the hat crown ts apt toy | six-inch spike of jet, which looked like | |@ long, sharp nail protruding from the {cloudy tulle crown, This jet spike is thelr union, Charles Lang. Lealle|@arb of the languorous and sensuous) Traian red. shad of straw ts usually rather | il harsh, but these turbans are made of! The Oriental effect is enhanced by the pleated drapery of silk at the base of the tall feather spike, which is white with red bandings. ‘This smart little for, All the 965 strikers were on hand, | fancy for harem modes—the glittering, hat accompanies a travelling coat of ratine with molre collar in the id loops and glass 3 of the e color, Patent ather boots with huttoned top of gray suede match the travelling coat. * Though suggestive of the Indian Prin- cess idea, the turban with an ostrich feather at the front 1s less strikingly Ortental and more conventional in de- sign, This hat is of smoke gray chip with a white brim facing of lace straw. ‘The wired white. plume rises from a very smartly pleated bow of white picot- edged ribbon. This hat matches a new tailored suit of smoke gray serge with one of the ultra smart short coats open- ing over a net blouse, Revers and a deep collar of machine embroidery. turn butt Just now Paris has a special millinery hobby—the new question mark hat. One of these hats ts shown among to-day's illustrations, The question mark is not presented by the hat itself, but by the imming thereof, which may be a long, curling quill, @ metal ornament or @ wired ribbon, as in the case of the hat lustrated here. This turban, a new wated shape which rests low on hair, has a draped cnown of tobacco wn straw and a brim of fine whi chip, The question mark. which rf The Road to Tomorrow will be smoother and more generously strewn with roses if you keep your good looks of today. jear, youthful complexion can be kept beyond ite allotted A ck time by eternal vigilance’ and “BEAUTY'S ‘The fragrant, soothing emolli cleansing, whitening and refining One application mi a wee! BETTER THAN COLD CREAM—USED THE SAME WAY. At Your Druggistsin 6 INF SOs VELOGEN Inquiringly at the front is made of brown velvet ribbon with rise picot double wire. at the base and tip and the ornament is twisted and sewed fast to the hat tn the effect indicated, There ts @ veritable eraze for these hats in Paris | just now and they are worn also at| Palm Beach with tailored costumes like | the one pictured—a smart little s! it of golden brown Ia upple silk and worsted weave | couturiers are using for early tumes. | The aeroplane hat is still another Paris hat craze. This hat ts a tipy affair with a crown that fits over the! head lke @ skull. cap and a pert little brim hugging the crown ciowety all around, except at the back, where it shoots out in a point. The trimming is polsed on this point at the back, and the line of the hat auggests an aero- Plane with an exaggerated propeller. por» issn -~toa4 bit $4,000 FIRE DRIVES j MANY INTO STREETS. Big Blaze on Twelfth Street Rouses Guests at Trowbridge Inn, 7 A mpectacular fire in a three-story building at No. 48 West Twelfth street early to-day caused the residents of nement houses on either side to sram- to the street in response to warn- by policemen, and roused the in- of the Trowbridge Inn at Twelfth who came down mat and Greenwich street | into the street and watched the fire. ‘The firat floor of the building 1s occu- ‘plea by Char!.s Winter, a manufacturer of cornices and skylights, and the two upper floors by the Knickerbocker Foundry Company, manufacturers of bronge and aluminum fixtures. The blaze was discovered by Police- {man Johnson of the Charles stroet station, who sent |r. an alarm from \ Twelfth and Greenwich streets. Bat- talion Chief Devanney turned in a second alarm when he arrived. The damage done by the fire Cid not exzeed $4,000, pate 2 Ee JAPAN NOT TO INCREASE EITHER HER ARMY OR NAVY. New Cabinet So Decides and Will Otherwise Put in Effect a Policy of Economy. TOKIO, 10.~The new Japane: Cabinet has decided to abandon the project of increasing the army by two divisions, Which brought about the cent political crisis, It will Hmit its naval programme to the normal etand- ard. The new budget will be similar to that of last year, as the Ministers have not had time to effect retrenchments. No Government loan will be issued dur- ing the year and $25,000,000 of the out- standing debt is to be redeemed, The Cabinet is determined to adhere to the Anglo. anese alliance, GUARDIAN” lent that sinks Into each tiny pore, the akin to @ beautiful transparency. Improvement; atic use, transformation, Collapsible Tubes, 2c. ANUARY 10, 1018.- edge, this ribbon being shirred over a| The wires are separated | 'TWO CHILDREN SEE POLICEMAN SHOOT WIFE AND HNSEL Special Officer Fires Two Bul-|« lets Into Woman’s Body and One Into Own Head. Eéward Burke, twenty-eight years old, of No, 8 Bergen street, Newark, were asicep in bed. They were awakened by the shooting and saw the Dodies of their dead parents tying on the floor. Patrolman William R. Thomas was atanding at the corner of Hunterdon atreet and Washington avenue, shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, when he | Ne Jum special poltceman, shot and eaw Burke going home. A few minutes Killed his wife early this morning at their home. He then put a bullet into i ! hie right temple, dying instantly. Burke fired two bullets into his wife. One struok in the neck and the other tn the cheek. ‘The shooting took place in the bed- room, where the elz-year-old daughter, Hasel, and three-year-old son, Ormon, On March Ist, Mr. Georges, Sr., retires from the Georges bus- iness, which he found- away back in 1879, and I take over com- plete ownership. MY FINAL REORGANIZATION EFFORT! E first week of this, su- preme' cash - raising effort of my career, and the second so far, have dem- onstrated, by an enor- mous volume of busi- ness in all my five stores, that the. Public appreciates my \- tion, my aim my values. I'm fighting for cash. The deepest price cuts in the history of Georges are my batteries, the greatest clothes valuesin the history of New York my ammuni: tion, and ‘‘complete owner- ship of this business” is my battle cry. | am count- ing on capturing thou- sands of new customers and thus increasing my patronage army as a for the expansion ideas I have in mind. $15, $18 & $20 Suits &Overcoats, New 410 $20, $22.50 & $25 Suits &Overcoats, Now 12 $28 & $30 eco mtessts, New 15 $30, $32.50 & $35 Suits & Overcoats, Now 18 And sth tired sults wad ver. conte, formerly $85 to $75, now in Reorgenization, $20, $22.50, $25, $30 & $35 mus todel clothes, Tay own creations built by custom tailors in dull seasons; distinctive from ready-mades. NEW YORK 42 West 34th Bet. Broadway & 5th Ave. ——_—_— ALSO STORES AT PHILADELPHIA 15th & Chestnut BUFFALO 857 Mate BOSTON 884 Washington PROVIDENCE 360 Westminster ami that the couple appeared to happy. ‘The Burke family formerly tives No. 842 Bergen street. Sohmelling, a neighbor, dee! couple were constantly q declared that Burke drank oo and was Jeglous of his wife cused_her_of wrongdoing. later be heard a woman scream “Don't! Don't!” ana heard three pistol shets. Thomas ran to the Rouse, He heard the little trl crying inside, Thomas Pounded on the door and it was finally opened by Hasel. Burke lay in the Goorway between the bedroom and din- ing reom. His wife's body lay on the bedroom floor, The little Yey Was oi ting up in bed and looking dowa on the ‘body of his dead mother. IAttle Hasel was too excited to tell the policsman how the shooting ocoured or what caused way wae that “papa NEIGHBORS HEARD NO SOUND OF QUARRELLING. Arttvr Guenther, who owne the ho and lives acrons the hail from Burke family, mid he heard no quar- relling, and that, as far as he knew, the couple lived happily togethe: Mrs. Guenther said th the Burke apartment at 6 night when the husband came home Malf-Cent a Dish. James McCreery & Co: 34th Street 23rd Street SEMI-ANNUAL SALES Are Now Being Held in The Following Departments. The Remaining Stocks of Wearing Apparel forWomen,Misses, Juniors & Little Children. Also Waists, French and Domestic Under- wear, Silk and Merino Underwear, Silk Skirts, Sweaters, Linens, Blankets and Comfortables. At Pronounced Reductions FINE FURNITURE & RUGS |} °¢ Furniture from 10 to 50% less than usual prices. Rugs at Greatly Reduced Prices. On Saturday, January 11th. BOYS’ SUITS AND OVERCOATS. Exceptional Values. Norfolk and Double Breasted Suits, with one or two pairs of trousers. Made of Mixed Cheviot. Sizes between 8 and 17 years. 4.00 Formerly 5.00 to 7.50 Polo Overcoats,—incomplete sizes, between 8 and 10 years. reduced from 6.50 to 9. 5.00 Washable Suits. Made of latest fabrics,—Russian blouse, size $3 to 7 years. Sailor blouse, size 6 to 10 years. Value 1.75 to 2.25..............1.35 ** 2.50 to 3.00. . 1.65 3.25 to 4.50. - 2.25 WOMEN’S LINGERIE NECK WEAR Lace Importation of N Southern wear. Hand Embroidered Net Collars with Revers, i 5.95 to 12.75 Hand Embroidered Linen Collars with Revers, 4.50 to 6.75 Hand Embroidered Flat Collars, neatly trime med with Irish or Valenciennes Lace. 4.75 to: 16.50 Lace Collars. Irish Crochet, in round styles 1.95 to 6.75 Round Cluny Collars........75c¢ to 4.95 A variety of new styles in Lace Stocks and Tabots. value 95c to 1.50, 5Oc, 75c and 956 To® AT $3.50 Notwithstanding the advance in the cost of material and labor, we continue to offer the same Sorosis value in WOMEN’S 3.50 SHOES In addition to the large range of Standard Models, several new Spring Styles are now on sealed 34th Street 23rd Streep * velti suitable for aoe ncn ma =