The evening world. Newspaper, May 8, 1913, Page 24

RICH BACHELOR OF 72 TO MARRY HIS WARD OF 27 Bentley Found He Was Loved by Suggesting She Think of Marriage. A REPROACHFUL LOOK. That's All the Romance of It, Declares Brooklyn War Veteran. George . Bentiey, a bachelor seventy- two years old, who keeps a drug store at ‘Me. 179 Adame street, Brooktya, and tives tm an apartment beck of the shop, will marry to-night Mise Josie Mabel Mills, fio ward, who ts twentf-seven, The @eremony will be performed by the The Bosses Have to Shave Three Different Victims at a Time Now. HAIR CUT AU BUCKET. tam Mr. Bentley is o veteran of the His bride ts a distant rele- Lawn Mowers, Garden Hoes and Potato Scrapers Used by Self-Shavers. or 10 o'clock at night, @ brief little trick of something like fourteen or fif- teen hours. For this they receive in the better grade establishments, the kind that are dubbed “tonsorial parlors,” as much week, sometimes. Some- times ¢ t. Unfeeling things! They thought they worked too long each day. So Saturday they struck— 0 of ‘em. They didn't demand more money, because @ good Darber’s tips each week reach far more than the atipend patd him by the shop. But they did demand shorter hours. ‘Twelve hours, they argued, was ample time to remove ail the whiskers that ought to be taken off in Brooklyn. If it had been New York—well, that would have deen different. But Brooklyn! And 00 they #truck. It was only on ‘Tuesday, however, that things got to @eing good. Some of them who sought to reap @ golden harvest by working while their fellows idied learned ¢hat that wasn't considered at all chubby in Good barbering circles, Gcattering ¢hemeelves into groups of a and] dundred or more, striking barbers wen- dered all over Brookiyn, Bast New York and Willameburg, “urging” ¢he workers tomecome drones, Their urging in some few instances along Fulton street war splendidly effective. In fact, so ungent Were the urgings in @ tew estabdlish- her sister, living with Mr. Bentley, then she has mede her home with etore, Her| Let a boss barber (there te no other ‘kind just now) In Brooklyn, East New York, Williamsburg or Bay Ridge emit @ weary “next!” and the charge of the Light Brigade becomes as tame as & cir ous Hon. Halt shaven men to the right of him, Jong haired men to the left of him, de- whiskered individuals from behind him, volley and thunder: “T’m next!" Pity the poor boss barber im that sec- ‘well, she decided to accept the proposal then made.” “I am very happy to think I will be- I ell my parenta? No, But what of |¢ifio that?” Mr. Bentley ie wealthy. Besides own- ments that the working barbers walked out, leaving half asleep customers and halt shaved customers. More than one prominent citizen of East New York was geen wandering along Fulton street yes- terday and to-day ruefully displaying One side of his face clean shaven, while the stubble that grew on the other side of his face resembled @ sugar cane field after the machetes had done ¢helr fatal nothing of Bay Ridge. And within the antiseptic walls (#0 ‘ordered jealth) there are—or than 20,000 And now only the boss barbers are ‘working over the river. It's a splendid sight in intensification of industry to ‘witness a boss barber in @ three chair establishment in East New York et work. He will have hot ela on the face of one customer, second and applying the Jather ¢o the face of a third, and all at one time. The ‘boss barbers are going some, but they @re not keeping within seventeen jumps Jerusalem, but wh! News Oddilics (BIGHT GCILZION hogs arvives in Chicago last year, SSEDANEO curviver hes been cent to prison in Paris as on army deserter. — JUDGMEN? Geter in this city, pleading poverty, declared that hie only (peepeasion wes em automobile. DUEL was tought in Parte, and teed actually Sowed. — JULZUS MARBURGER was baled af © innee in dis honor as the best eherift Mow York County has got. demand, and all the lawn mowers aren't being used on lawns, either. It's really funny, the Brooklynites declare, to see @ Mat dweller Who couldn't grow even an onlon on his fire escape borrowing hie more fortunaté neighbor cutting machine In the hope of geting the underbrush off his own fertile chin. And the hair-cuts! Back on the farm, they used to put a bucket over the beads of father and eon, and cut off all the hair that showed under the lower end of the bucket. In that way a THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY Bewhiskered Brooklyn Mourns for 20,000 Barbers; Strike Raises Crop of Stubble, Cuts, Safety-Razors ing the! , ZOD PER CENT IN exe ~— LASTTEN YEARS those undet Cage loving «sre. cular are: Frank H. Piatt, George R. Read, Walter Stabler, Newbold Morris, William G. DeWitt, Henry 8. Harper, William R. Stewart, Joseph P. Day, Bradish John- son, William A. White & Sons, H. &, Biack, Henry Morgenthau, Douglas Rob- [oss Morgan J. O'Brien, Robert A. ers and firms that have signed the cir- M4 | {Property Owners Alarmed by the Rapid Increase of Bur- den on Real Estate. Edger A. Treadwell, B. Aymar John D. Crimmins, Robert BE. All leigh Thorne, B. Ciifford Potter, Will- jam E. Harmon, Bryan L. Kennelly, Frederick G. Hobbs, Harry C. Hi John N, Golding, Robert W. DeFor Goorge R. Sheldon, William F. Ha meyer, Lawrence B. Stoddard, United Provement Co., Company, Amer! pany, Allied Re Nance Realty Compa: Company, Wood, | NEW LEAGUE IS FORMED | that tickle the fickle. * utter, sup mains ‘Wry tne batter tate the Rell gently on bourd dusted with Breetovent email, Bake 12 to 15 minutes, Bend a hurry-up order to your grocer. Recipes in and on every Members Pledged to Vote for Men Who Will Give City What It Pays For. Alarmed by an increase in the in- debtedness of the olty of more than 260 per cent. in ten years compared with @ population increase of only 40 |per cent. and by the pyramiding of arsensments of real estate to meet the enormous budget demands of the municipal government, owners, mort- wagees, lessces, agents, ‘brokers and others interested in real estate have banded themselves into a non-partisan organization pledged to support in the coming campaign only such candidates as are qualified by performance or character to give the city a dollar in value for each dollar pald out. Back of the movement are ull the important | real estate interests of Greater New York. Real estate. the projectors of the ‘movement point out, now tears % per cent. of a@ll taxes raised for operating the city's government and has reached the Hmit of its burden bearing power. ‘The debt of the cith ts close to $1,00- 000,000 and {s leaping upward. Soon the constitutional limit must be reached \if the extravagance of the past Is to continue, and wise financiers anticipate the time, in the not distant future, when the credit of the city shall be seriously impaired and no market for the city’s ‘bond can be found, | PLEDGE MADE TO 8UPPORT ONLY COMPETENT MEN. | dames McCreery. & Co. 34th Street 23rd Sireet On Friday and Saturday. Very Important Sale WOMEN'S FINE NECKWEAR Importers’ and Manufacturers’ Samples of this round contour was maintained. ‘The Season's and Summer Styles and Patterns. game principle has been applied, with more or less (mostly leas) success, in certain domiciles of Brooklyn since the ent on atrike. aiting Ines" in the shops the barbers have struck resemble & Bowery bread line, In more ways than Bome of th ‘ooklynites are as unshaven—through no fault of their own —as the veriest bum in the Bowery, and some of them have been heard to 33!3% and 50% Less than regular prices. Neckpieces of hand-embroidered Linen, Batiste and Plain Net; also Shadow Lace and Novelty com- binations in many shapes, showing the latest Paris KILLS HER TWO BABIES WHILE THEY SLEEP. NM Circulars setting forth the condition ideas, Sree hes taal ah (ea acre ie PHILADELPHIA, May 8—Arising| described have been sent all over the | é " r ime that has elapsed betw the en- city for signatures. lowing | oe) Co t tap een from the bed in which she, her hus) city for signat The follows Coat Collars and Sets. 68c to 1.95 (ance late. the barber Wmep ahd thelr band and two infant daughters were | oieage is incorporated: “ igi sleeping at thoir home in the southern nau Ghd ebtidenl Saamebel oivea~ D Coll d Frill 45c¢ 1.65 entrance into the tolls of the weary boss tan. ress Collars an THIS. ee coves to I. barter section of this city, Mrs. Mary Kulesa,| ion we demand that the ‘i twenty-four years old, early to-day ob-| ghait laneh ta aemiad x s a alnsing trom (el cesteonted 800 - Rnsd © Nine Ueleeec MAIL Ata. Gul ee oepageeeoed Fichus and Guimpes........ .... 85¢ to 2.95 acca seen wandering along Fulton| the babies’ throats, accomplishing the) hip om the Board of Metimate aud Yok d Frill 38c to 1.35 atrest. today—apparently looking for | (4 #0 quietly that the slumbering man | Apportionment shall be of the high- okes and Prills..........+ssse ss to hospitals or sticking plasters—some was not aroused. eat character and integrity and pos- The woman ha’ been fl, and it is sup- Stocks and Jabots..... fete Hrooldynites have had the temerity 25c to 1.10 to try to shave themselves with the old-| Posed became suddenly insane. In a/ tions and practical Guancial ability fashioned hoes that father used before raeaiad een wank Lesice) fey oe ae to render them capable of han- the 4 ya and kept murmuring that ehe| dling the financial problems which + But this terrible condition will prob- | #0"s- “This is hel pgtongges a os: ably not long continue, The 4,850 boss gaa EES litical moveme: we shall ae , barbere—or a committee of them, at|BAREFOOT BURGLARS BUSY.| vort oniy auch men as nave siresdy 1, 12 and Less Than !2, Regular Prices. least—will meet the strikers to-night at Tt 4 peps.2ayAsiy by psraneget de besa the Labor Lycoum Hall, at Myrtle avenue @ om Carpets am only i ie. . and Willoughby street, Brooklyn, and it aie teatat nih the m seer Fequiremente, and Comprising Real Bruge Lace, Real Milan Lace, we itisens irrespeo- . . . sae ue ees pregad qtr oatad Dobbs Ferry. tive of party affiliations to ald us in Real Bohemian Lace, Real Irish Crochet Lace, Real accomplishing this result, “As an Indication of our approval GETTING GRAY? How to Restore Youthful Color of Your Hair. longer any need of being or faded hair and feeling express a perfect willingness to cut the working hours down to twelve per day, providing the men will agree to work in shifts, wo that early and late comers may receive attention, jal AT 96 DIES IN BELLEVUE. Barefoot burglars broke into three Dobbs Ferry homes last night and at- tempted to enter a fourth. The Dobbs Ferry police to-day are looking for tramp The home of Harty Secor, a village trustee, was first entered, Clothing val- ued at #0 and $18 in cash was taken. ‘The reald of Archibald Nackerso: next to that of Mr. Secor on Fieki at nue, was the second the burglars ited, Ten dollars in cash was tal there and burned matches in large num. bers left lying on the floor. > In going from the Neckerson home to that of James Sullivan, two blocks away on Ashfond avenue, the burglars passed through mud. In the Sullivan home they left the print of bere feet | Deck! on carpets, but got only twenty cents, Russian Lace and Princess Lace. Small or Large Collars of various shapes in one or more of the above Laces. 50c, 95c. 1.75 to 5.95 regularly 1.25 to 12.00 Qldeet Patient Broke a Extraordinary Sale of Laces and Robes continued on Friday and Saturday. WOMEN’S HOUSE GOWNS - ‘The oldest patient ever admitted to Bellevue Hospital died there last night from the effecta of w fall downstairs, in which her lex was broken. @he was Mre. Katharine O’Lind:, ninety-six years old, for more than sev- enty-five years a resident of old Green- wich Village, Her home was at No. +i Charles street. @he had outlived all her family and was cared for by Mrs, Grace ickly restore the natural color of the Anyone can use the Queen Gray Restorer, @ liquid preparation that oe oe Unusually attractive stock of House Gowns, caoey Ane, Wee caren See Wy 2 a the Goad RG A. agen wort, aus sauuly that tte taed Negligees and House Dresses at the following special ‘The little old woman was the most the family heard the thieves ie to rices, bers of iy favored patient with doctors and nurses ever at Bellevue, @he was remarkably cheerful and winsome in her ways and seemed to be rapidly recovering trom trying to get in and frightened them away. Jewelry was within easy reach in the three houses entered, but the thieves Imported White Cotton Voile and: Batiste House Gowns trimmed with hand embroidery and CAPITOL FOLSCEMAS ewatted the Human Fly, Rotman Law, when he tated to ecale the dome et Washingtes. UNCLE JOB CANNONS poker table brought £16 at an auction sale of hle- household effects in Weshington. Cen GAN ANTONIO, Tex. mam hes Bought @ Mexican ranch comprising 1,000,000 acres, SCHOOL OF WHALES was reported off Gandy Mook, but when hunted up seemed to have gone on strike. JAPANESE sulphur ts te be admitted free of Guty—mot competing with California tulminations, BCE FIELD 100 miles long 1s floating about Lake Guperior. BOSTON GIRL died from ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating pickles, AVIATOR sentenced to life imprisonment in Dee Moines, Ia, gete three months’ liberty before beginning his sentence, to carry out aviation contracts, the proceeds of which will go to his family. BULLET fired at @ Cambridge woman lodged in her psyche knot, thereby saving her life. ‘VENUS OF MILO PUNCHES A MAN IN THE BYE. He was James McAlester, and he wes unpacking a case of statuettes in the art store at No. % yn avenue. A ladder broke and a Venus of Milo about to be put on a top shelf Iiterally etruck him in the eye The goddess has not lost her punch, either, for McAlester was taken to Belle- vue Hospital. FINDING 4,000 in an uptown hotel, man wee offered @ highball by the grateful owner in reward, HEALTH OFFICER of Frederick, Md., holds that the law againat common drinking cups in public places applies to the communion cup in @ church, WOMEN are to be appointed white wings inspectors in Philadelphis. BASEBALL NOTES—Culebra cut tg sliding te ite base THE REDS have been put down at Paterson and the Polo Grounds. FASHION NOTE—Miss Civic Virtue, on top of the Municipe! building, | her wooden winter wraps and now appeare in her apring sult of ~~ iis Mach of te ecsient bt lag laht|apparentiy| wanted only <lothing OF 4 MNOEMUETO LET YOM a gegen | Ince. value 10.80 t0 14.80, . 6.50 to 10,50 rrr Py seer EN en eal ical Imported Wool Challie House Gowns ‘with oe DoT ile, gentien contains mpitely value 9.50, 5.00 Negligees of Albatross in a variety of models, value 9.50, 6.75 Negligees of Figured Cotton Voile, —lace and ribbon trimmed. 2.95 and 5.75 values 3.95 and f.75 Negligees of White Dotted Swiss,—lace and ribbon trimmed. , 2.95, 3.50 and 4.60 value 4.50 to 6.50. Persian border. be hed a’ 3 bos, oF 109, tra! in oped 4. pring’ tonis—ask oe PATOL chs 100 34 “The very last minute” for|z* that old derby. Shake it today! a ee World Ads. Young Straws are stylish—and Should Worry! they fit. $2. $3 and $4. They —_ 136,421 strong last Kimonos of Sy Cpe ee ma dels. . and A full assortment of 4,906 stronger than in April meee é value 2.25 to 8.80 Panamas at lar prices. last year— House and Porch Dresses of Washable Fabrics popu: 61,244 stronger than the 75,207 ads, published in the Herald, the World’s nearest and really ONLY competitor. And they had a circulation in New York City, Mornings and Sundays, greater than the Herald, Times, Swn, Tribune ‘and Press COM- embroidery and self trimmed, value 2.25 to 3.75 1.50, 1.05 and 2.28 " FUR STORAGE Fur Garments, Muffs, Neckpieces, Suits, Dresses, Rugs, Curtains, etc., insured against loss BINED. or damage. , : So Who Moderate Rates | Should Worry? ae ‘ ae * Broadway, hear 28:h Sires. Woolworth Building. Broadway,