The evening world. Newspaper, November 18, 1913, Page 4

} FAMOUS MARCHES | MELBA'S TEACHER, ENDS LONG CARER Known as “Mamma"™ by the World’s Greatest Song- birds—Is Dead at 87. LONDON, Nov. 18.—Mme. Mathiide Ge Castrone Marchest, whorq Melba, Eames, Sybil Sanderson, Krawes. Gere- ter and Nevada, grateful for het: train- ing of their voices, and loving der al- waye youthful personality, deligit ted to call “Mamma Marchesi,” died here to- day at cighty-seven. Until ray re cently abe continued in her wont of perfecting the voices of young aing ers. Bhe had many American pupile rho ave achieved success abroad witt) the last few years, including Mm Rieger of Kansas City, Miss Frances Reeder of New York and Miss Louim: Mote Aken of Milwaukee. Full of enthusiasm and with » rare Perception of the hidden possibilities of @ new voice, Mine. Marchesi was @rusted by the conductors of opera houses ali over the world when she recommended a pupil to them Bern in Germany, the nieve of Ficid Marebal Baron von Ertmann, she began har awusical career as the student of the @reat Garcia in 1M5. She aang in Covent Garden in 180 and after her marringe to the Marquis de Castrone in isu wang in concerts all over Furope. She was the friend of the composers Massenet, Mey- erbeer, Gounod, Rossini and Rubenstein. Before ahe opened her own conserva- RA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment Their use tends to prevent pore clog- ging, pimples, blackheads, red- ness, roughness and other un- wholesome conditions of the skin. Cutloure Soap and Ointment sold thrvughsut the "Dept. 16K, lication and shampoo with Cutten Goap willAndtt best for akin and ecalp. er Men who abi A Centerpiece in Silver. ever made. (INTERNATIO Sterling Silver P One of the hand- somest things of ite kind singing in the Vienna and Cologne oon- oervatorien. Her husband, Marquts Salvatore Cava- Meri de Castrone, was a famous concert Ginger who created a sensation in con- certs hore in 1M. He asninted her in the training of her famous pupils. Mile Blanche Marehesi, their daughter, has) Visted this country often, singing in| opem and concerts. TO PLEASE HER, MELBA SANG TO SERVANTS. Mme. Marchest, even more than she Gelighted in bringing out the full ponsi- bilities of the voices of thone who went to her loved to talk of their personalt- ties. Especially ‘oltahited in the story of Melba'e moert for the servants of ti vst household, Melba visited hor ou her arrival in Paria, in 190%, as was her invariable custom and eaked what she could do or “my dearest mamma” “Would you let my Gear servants here in the house hear what @ wonder- ful thing I found when you came to me a8 & pupil?’ asked the obt Indy. For an hour, singing, so Mme, Mar- ches! declared, ae she never had at con- cert or opera, Melba gave of the best of her voice to the twelve parsons of the household while they cried and hugged each other for Joy, Gounod once called upon her in deep Gespondency. He needed a Juliet and could not find one to suit Bim in all Burope. “At 11 to-morrow,” eid Mme. Mar- cheal, “I ehall bring to you the young women you need.” FOUND EAMES FOR GOUNOD TO SING JULIET. ‘The next day she introduced Emma Kames at the Gow. | studio, and .ftor wh had sung two aire, though ehe had never appeared in opera, the composer had accepted Jer with the most profues thanks for her unorring teachor, Sybil Sanderson appiled for Mme. Marchos’s teaching and was tokt that her early voice training had been bad hd that ehe would not be accepted un- oes eho was willing to remain two years, fhe went to Massanet, whe two years lager brought her penitently back to ‘Mme. Marchesi for the two years’ schooling which her friende insisted she need and which she was at Ixst glad to undertake Sime. 3.arches! was a stern believer in the doctrine of hard work. Hhe tok her pupils that though God might make the «most wonderful throat in the world, only steady, wearing care and study would bring to it the full beauty of its notes, IMPOSE MAXIMUM FINES FOR ADULTERATING MILK Two fines of 900 each, the biggest ever imposed in the Court af Special Sessions for almilar offenses, were re- corded the McDermott Dery Company of No, 127 West Forty-second wtrect by Justices Balmon, Collins and Forker at a night hearing inet néght. ‘The company was accused of beving admterated muk with water. It tried tory tn Parte tn 10M sho had taught | i i to offer the defense that an employee had committed the offense, The Jus- tices refused to listen, saying ¢hat the Corporation was respunsibie for the acts Of its employees, and adding: “Were an individual cherge@ with this offense the Court would not heal- tate to Impose a jal! acntence. Am the Court powerless to do this, the maxi- mum fine within the power of the |” Court will be imposed." The company was represented by Frederick Albams, tho assistant secre tary, who was summoned to o Health Inspector Michael J. who testified that he examin of milk at the company's plant, No, 16 rook avenue, the Bron, on Nov, 14 of last year and found tt almont half water. On Maren § he found another can in the same condition, Albams was @ummoned to a Police Court on April # and the case sent to Special Sessions The calendar of tls court In so crowded that night sessions have been held, but the case was reached only j iaat night choose from. Store, not stop there. Sterling selection is also showing of the most elaborate and noteworthy pieces, The MERIDEN Co. NAL SILVER Silversmiths 49-51 W. 34th Street, Through to 68-70 W. 35th Street, New York teces of Noteworthy Importance HEN rises selection of a large or really important piece of Silver- ware, it is not enough to have only one or two patterns to That is why in such a case it will pay you to visit the Meriden Variety of design is here not confined to the small and com- paratively commonplace articles. We certainly can show you more of these than you will find at any other store, but we do A generous opportunity for COMPANY, World's Largest Makers of Sterling Silver and Silver Plate THE EVENING WORLD, FIVE-CENT RATE FOR PHONES NOW NED (Continued from Firet Page) service; com of operation; @ eeasenable profit on that investment, usually 6 or § per cent. The United @tates Gevern- mont, through the Interstate Commerce Commission, is moving in this same 4i- rection in fixing ratiroad rates. it hea undertaken already the enormous task of actual valuation of raliread preperty, not the capital stock and bonds tesued, but what the worth. If telephone jw York Ony Were figured out on the value of plant, cost of operation and capital actually invested within the city limits, there would be @ vastly reduced echedule. The present rates afe not based upon any tabulation of plant investment and cost of operation. They are not made ac- cording to any rule of setentific adjuat- ment. On the contrary, they are besed upon that favorite corporation maxim of charging all that ¢he trafilc will bear. New York City telephone rates are just high ae the company can get the public to stand and ¢he Public Service Commission to tolerate. The New York Telephone Company makes no report ef ite eperations in New York City, ee distinet from ite operations carried on elsewhere All figures are lumped tn one general etate- ment that conveys no information of the metropolis pays. The com- Pany’s Oeld of direct operations indudes all the State of New York and the northern part of New Jersey. The ter- fitory it controls, but operates through other companies, embraces the States of Pennsylvania, Southern New Joreey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia and email fections just over the bordere of Ohio and Connecticut. Here are seven great States of the Kast, for which New York City is the mileh cow, ked day and night to eupply cream kim milk regions. For the year 1912 the New York Tele- phone Company reported total net earn- ings of $17,818,170 from ite own operating territory of New York Stete and north- ern New Jersey. Two years previous, in 1910, it reported net earnings of $11,278,718. The tacrease in two yeare ‘was oix miliigne, or nearly © per cent. ‘The Public Bervice Commission once made some inquiries about operation® of the company in New York City, and there was gubmitted by President Bethell what was called an approximate estimate of telephone plant investment in New York City, Deo, 81, 190 This Purported to show « ¢otel investment of $10,000,000, made io ‘Telephone plant (646,000,000 Tangibies: Reprod physical plant, 9 per cent. of 446,000,000 9,000,000 Intangibles: New York City 90,000,900 Going concern value, at teast.. 20,000,000 Investment in securities of Em- pire City @ubway Compan; 20,000,000 ‘Working capital 8,000,000 Nemen N een sttowbied © th fw @ide oF by mi RADWAY & CO., New York, the occasion for the fitting offered in our SUCCESSOR) | aurea out that the ver cont. of mot] THAW IS “REARRESTED.” earning from telephone tolls to invest~ ment was a little less than 10 per cent. | To.Day'e Action, However, In Mere At which the Publle Service Commission \ laughed and promptly 000,00), representing fran cern value and tan claim, remarking: | "No evidence haw been eutmitted that jany sum whatever has been invested |1n the special franchiae, which t* valued | wt $20,000,000, nor is it intimated that any | expenes has been incurred im obtaining #0 the franchise, which has not been charged either to expense or to plant account, upon the assumption that this sum of 830,000,000 represents no act payments by the company, the ence of this mim as a part of the @ amount upon which the company ts on titled to @ return would have to be ‘based upon the preposition that the people of New York City ought to pay tals company annually, at its present rate of net earnings, eomething like $3,000,000 because they have given to the company the right to occupy the streets with its wires and construction.” ‘The other itema of tangibles, 99,000,000 and going concern value $10,000,080, were 0 groundiess that the commission sald “no comments are necessary.” Throw. ing out these items left the company earning about 17 per cent. out of New York City in 1910, on ite own showing. Applying the eame ratio to the enor- mowsly increased earnings of 19%, the telephone company must have made last year somewhere near % per cent. profits out of the peuple of New York City. ‘This enormous profit was accumulated through two kinds of charges. One ts the imposition of an extra five-cent tax on each message between Manhat- tan and other boroughs. The second and largest revere producer ts the comtract rate for subscribers, which 1 higher than that of any other oity. The average New Yorker who has the cheap- est form of yearly contract, namely (43 for 600 mesages, pays at the rate of eight cents per message. The basic rate of New York is eight cents. The basic rate of Chicago is five canta New Yorkers are taxed five cents for each message over and above the con- tract quota. Chtoago rates are three centa for additional messuges. Chicago tnoludes an ares larger than New York in {te focal service without imposing an additional toll charge. | ‘The policy of the New York Telephone | Company 1a to keep rates above a five- | cent basis and to erect artificial toll gates at every borough line. | It fs time to tear down the toll gates | and have a five-cent rate for all New York City. Get Ready for Thanksgiving by ordering NOW © sunvly of need old de court on cerain technicalities. Ae. ost Honalble vel U.S. Upholstery Co.. 6th and \éth Sts, | | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1918, -| CONCORD, N. 1 Production Edgar Aldrich In the Federal ( Thaw on the Kony Oe the antcedl: Coming to Lamberts for Christmas Jewelry you may expect tion Warrant imued recently Gov many surprises, chief of which is the surprise of low prices, Felker, record, The new arrest, ‘Thaw's lewal ence In the limited freedom he hi ved since his arrest at Colebrook Rev- ‘al weeks nso as a fugitive from jum om Gov, Felker granted the extradi« tion on the ground that Thaw had been indicted in New York County for con- spiracy to escape from the Matteawan Insane Asylum, and the rearrest was necessary #0 that the court could deal with his case without facing endiens | ®* legal complications. Andrew Alexander Women’s fine patent leather;Women’s satin slippers with Sixth Avenue At Nineteenth St. Breaks a Cold in a Day And Cures Any Cough That Ty Car- able, Noted Doctorta Formal CHRISTMAS SURPRISES AT LAMBERTS Legal Techntcality. This was dona to They are all expressed in plain figures, which look you squarely ed in an meRUMeNt over the custody in the eye, as if challenging you to match them at any other he prisoner and the new arrest was | I jewelry store in town. -_ javed pending the deciston of the i | Lam! prices for all Diamond and Solid Gold Jewelry, Diamond and Solid Gold Rings, Solid Gold, Gold-Filled and Sterling Silver Watches, and Sterling Silverware in all forms and fashions are explainable in a paragraph: We are large manufacturers and spot cash buyers of what- erer we do not make. We are direct importers of Diamonds, Opera Glasses and other foreign products. We never deal with middlemen. By sticking to a neighborhood where rents are low, we avoid the need of swelling prices with the costs of an expensive store. e ° e Diamond Surprises Explained — Despite all we have said to p tomers for low prices for Christmas including those in the Solid 14-Kara' Karat Gold Engagement Rings here we hear words of astonishment every but counsel tmmediately en- while {t changed status, makes no differ-| soa ene For twdieeation— cee 1 two ounces FefeR ounces “Syrup of, GI meals, Tailored Suits, *5.95 New Fall Styles. Warm Coats, $5.50 Ladies’ Hats, 25c,50c, $1.50 Every one of these Tailored Suits was made to measure for some one by the National Cloak and Suit Co. In some cases a mistake was made, or maybe the measure was taken wrong—and the suit was a little big or a trifle small. Women are very partic- ular when a suit is made to order. Anyway, we have 90 of these new Fall Tailored Suits. There are nearly all sizes. You are almost sure to find one in your size, and if you do that is your good fortune. These suits originally cost $10.50 to $15. Bargain price, $5.9. And there are Ladies’ and Misses’ Hats and Children’s Hats, trimmed and untrimmed. All very stylish, Every hat was originally priced at $2.98 to $5.98. Bargain prices, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.50. Remember, everything sold in this store is a real bargain. The surplus stocks, odd lots and sizes of the Big Mail Order House, the National Cloak & Suit Co,, are sent here and sold at these prices because this is the quickest way to dispose of them. The saving is all YOURS. Come and See Real Bargains 90 New Fall Made-to-Measure Tailored Suits for Ladies and Mi Long coat effects and popular Fall colors. Regular price, $10.50 to $15.00. Bargain price, $5.95. 60 New Fall Made-to-Measure Suits for Ladies and Misses. Good styles and desirable colors. Regular price, $16.50 to $25.00. Bargain price, $8.95. Coats for Ladies and Misses. Odd lots and surplus stock of coats of Broadcloth, Kere sey, Cheviot, Stylish Mixtures, etc.. etc, Catalogue price, $11.00 to $16.98. These coats were carried over from last Winter, therefore the low price. Bargain price, $5.50. 90 Ladies’ and Misses’ Raincoats. styles and materials. Worth $7.98. Bargain price, $3.25. 60 Raincoats for Boys and Girls from 4 to 10 years. Worth 83.50. Bargain price, $1.40. 300 Ladies’ Untrimmed Hats end 250 Chil- dren’s Hats. Some of these were slightly damaged in shipping; others are perfect. All at about one-fourth th original cost. Regular price. $2.98 to $5.93. Bargain price, 25c, 80c, 75c and $1.50, Ladies Shoes that have slight imperfections which prevent our selling them at the regular prices. Regular prices, $1.75 to $3.50. Bargain price 85c to $1.75. Children’s Shoes. Also slightly imperfect, offered here at one-half regular price. Bargain price, S0c to $1.25, Warm Sweaters for Ladies and Misses. Regular price, $1.98 Regular price, $2.98 Regular price, $3.50 Regular price, $3.98 Many other bargains in Ladies’ and Misses’ Cloth Dresses, Ladies’ and Misses’ Silk Dresses, Ladies’ Shirtwaists, House Dresses, Fur Sc Fur Muffs and Fur Coats. arts, We sell nothing but bargains. Almost every article in this store ts iced below cost. Come tomorrow and see for yourself the savings here . _ If you cannot come tomorrow, cut out this advertisement and come the first time you can. The store is open from 9 to § and until 6 P. M. on Saturday, and every day it offers bargains like those listed above. THE “NATIONAL” OUTLET STORE 119 West 24th St. (Between Sixth and Seventh Aves.) The Big White Building. one Pde uying largely in anticipa- ion of increased duty, pay- ing spot cash for large quan- tities of Diamonds and mounting them in our own factory. The economy thus attained gives unequalled talues in diamonds. Engagement Rings from $10.00 to $1,500, and in two stone, three stone and cluster rings, and in combination rings, wherein the diamonds unite their beauty with that ofgsapphires, | J emeralds and other precious stones. Fashionable Pendants & Lavallieres Introducing you to three fine Lambert Lavallieres and you can make the acquaintance of a brilliant company of others at the Lambert store. Possession of any one would cost you far more than we ask if middleman’s profit were to pay, but it never is to pay at Lamberts. The Lavalliere in the extreme left is a stylish arrangement in Platinum, original Lambert design, with 21 monds, and $ square cut sapphires, and we let you have it for $136—and a rare value it is. Next to the Platinum Lavalliere is one in solid 14 karat gold with 8 sap- phires and 3 pearls ice $10.50, and _ , the Mores fashioned one on the right, solid 14 karat gold with 1 diamond, 1 sapphire © und 5 whole pearls and sells for $10.00. Solid gold neck chains, $2.00 up; Platinum Neck Chains, $6.00 up. For full information of Christmas Jewelry possibilities and economies get the 1914 edition of the Lambert catalog, 64 pages full of pictures. It is free, handed to you at our store, or mailed. Lambert Seamless Wedding Rings : | f= B The brilliancy of Christmas S> —S> Jewelry does not outshine the l4-karat, $3.30 upli¢-karat, $4.40 up fame of Lambert Solid Gold Werkarat $:00 uPil8-karat, §.80 up Seamless Wedding Rings in all | *P shapes, styles, widths and thick- nesses, We illustrate a few, but we have many others in guaran- rer up teed solid 14, 18 and 22-karat 22-karet, 8.75 up/¢2-karat, 10.50 up gold. Nocharge for engraving. Pick Out Your Christmas Rings Christmas Rings in hundreds are among the delightful surprises of the season at Lamberts, Solid 14-karat gold Signet Rings shown here for mea, men and children, Plain as you please for people of quiet taste, rich with fantastic or realistic carving for others; floral designs, animals, birds, kes or finely fanciful forms, Signet Ring prices from $2.00 up. No rge for engraving. WVV ! 96.75 $10 $15 $16.78 Solid gold fancy stone Rings, from $7.80 up; set with such stones as ame thyats, M kieed bloodstones, topazes, sardonyx, tourmalines, They look well and are as acceptable an costlier Christmas gifts. Doubly Guaranteed Watches Ourcatalog tells, Sram ether interesting things, of Christmas Watches, every one backed by a team of guarantees—the maker's and our own. All from manu- facturers of the highest reput Such names as Waltham, Elgin, Hamilton, Howard set all doubts of reliability at rest. Solid Gold, Gold Filled, Sterling Silver Cases, hunting and open face. We illustrate here a lady's watch in solid 14karat gold hunting case; choiceof Waltham, Elgin or Lambert works, $22.50. Also a man’s hunting case, solid 14-karat gold, engine Desirable lé-karat, $5.50 upliek 18-karat, 6.75 up|18-kurat, Women’s Boots and Slippers At Special Prices Tuesday and Wednesday Only walking boots with cloth or|chiffon rosettes—white, pink, |, with i kid tops—smart new lasts in|blue and black; Louis XV heels; nurs $50.00. anDd * cneeee” of all sizes. smart lines, Order Christmas wel ateton o there ma, lent; $4.75 $3.25 et tine for eee. iain Noel a pale Solid 14-karat Gold Vest AT SIXTH AVENUE STORE ONLY Chains, $9 up; Solid Gold Guard Chains, 48 inches long, $9 up. Let us take your orders for engraving and keep your Christmas Jewelry securely our vaults You need not pay until you call for your purchase. Purchases exchangeable after Christmas unless they have been engraved. LAMBERT BROTHERS WATCHES—DIAMONDS— JEWELRY Third Avenue, Cor. 58th Street Store Open Daily Until 6. Saturday Nights Until 10, 548 Fifth Avenue IE Gunday World’s Want Directory makes more “Offers of Positions” than any other two mediums im the universe.