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MAILED TO GIRLS, | __ © ‘sives Call for Action of aan Postal Officials, ¥ ‘SENT FROM NEW YORK. 4 Suspicion Points to Man and $ Woman Who Lived in the Town. That usually calm and peaceful Patchogue, L. 1, ie to-day a ealdron of indignation. ‘Two persons of whose identities have more than @ sus- sMteton, are responsible for the starting BE Ge population of the town on the ‘Warpath. They have done tt with a is letters vary greatly in Some consist morely of attempts at cheap wit at the of the recipients. The really letters are written in a style would make Boccaccio blush a erimson and Rabelais cough be- Bie hand. Em the latter clase of episties there covasionally inclosed pictures would make Anthony Comstock five feet in the air and turn somersaults before alighting. Dlotures ane not remarkable for Bathing Suit _ SR PATHOGLE * / Pypewritten and Unsigned Mis- of typewritten anonymous let- | almost at the samo time as artistic merit, but they more than his supposed ae make up for any such their daring choice of subject and its extremely renlistic treatment. DELUGE OF LETTERS BEGAN TWO WEEKS AGO. The ‘deluge of letters begun a few weeks ago. The thought it more dignified to pa attention to the insulting but as nearly every young womun in town was soqp included in the lst of victims it was not long before the comparing of notes began, Then came appeals to fathers and plaints began to er John Dare, As spired, if ahe did not actually wr nught the man is thetr a 5 extion of responsibility for the tures is still a subject of debate. ither of the suspected persons, when in Patchogue, bore any reputa- at only young women ichable character, excellent family and untversal popularity have been chosen for attack has added to i many _ cases pour in on Postma sneering acntences have been written the letters continued the 1 Of the Post-Office Department was put in motion, and some of the missives taken for examination, The result led to the pointing of suspicion toward both well known in Patchogue society, though neither is For example, Miss Essie Muller of No, 234 Maple avenue about a weok ago recolved a letter bearing in corner, below the address, the sen- “Patchogue's flossy kid, but she’s not & wise one.” 18 letter de- charges ugainst Miss Muller, rill received a let- iss Isabella Ter- but the missive The man of the supporedly guilty couple was long a well-to-do membér of Patchogue's society, a sequence personally acquainted with most of the young women who have objectionable communi tions. Ho left town, however, about a Smithers 0 rill, the terribul kid, ht H a “ was only a meaningless hodge-podge | "™q of words, ‘Others ‘who have recelved| © 2SAIP WPAN IER. letter are Misn Adelaide Tyder, Miss | onare jattie —_——>— 353. Block8"Av.362. Newark, N. J., Store, 49 and 51 Market Street } a latiashaetlislitiehiehit OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK Our Prices Are Always the Lowest WE INVITE COMPARISON “8S 50c Food gy 2ic Union Steel CHOPPER Complete with cutters or knives. Will cut fine, medium or coarse. For vegetables, spices, lock: 1 Yeu may include in | your outfit without + any extra deposit Din- of meats. Every chop- ; tive fully warranted, ‘asily operated and “THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1916.7 —-— s for the Sea Sirens of 19 RUFFLED TIER SHIRT AND B. CORSAGE Bougver TAFFETA wrt PEPLUM AWD FLOWERED Frills, Ribbons, Corsags Bou- quets and Everything 4 but Tunic. When one of the smmor girls arrays ‘herself in one of tho summer, 1914, bathing suits the question will be “to bathe or not to bathe?—for what a ne it will be to wet thit style- ishness! As fetching as any tango frock, as | frilly as any toa-drinking n and with a dash that seems t vo ar- rived on the latest steawer from | Paria come the n athing suits, and }you wonder where all the plain ones have gone. | Everything that is in style at this moment is in stylo in bathing suits! |The peplum and the pannier in their multiplicity of phases and muchness lof puffiness, the tered means ruffles «ll the up and down, will disport themselves on the | sea sands this summer. In French bathing sults there are jregulation trousers just like a little ae not hess of the trifle of a puff or skir above. _ THEIR LOSS BY BURGLAR A GAIN BY LOCKSMITH. WINSTED, Conn., April 24,—Pield- man Bros. of Torrington are rather glad that a burglar broke into thelr market even If he did get away with four hams and a shoulder of meat, In 4rying to open the cash register drawer, which bad been emptied the night before, the robber broke the lock and the Fieldmans employed a lock- smith, He, on opening the drawer, found $109 in bills which apparently had been forced fromy the bill com- partment of the drawer into the small space back of it, They had not been missed, and if the burglar had not broken’ the proprietors might never hi the loss, His loases, and se udiated their to his"place to suggest Hellingham killed him, | the grant that eventually came to | ry Crompton was £5,000, and moat of that fil luck took from him, ‘Thus the man who dowered Lancashire with wealth untold left behind him when he stepped into the grave only Bs, @ week. _TNEW POLICE HEAD 4 | PRIES THE LID OFF | SUNDAY BASEBALL Issues Order to Stop Patrol-| Thomas | dunn to Enlist in Pittabargh, April 24.-— Officers | aes xe of the navy and marine corps | In ig offloos here were flooded with | prices as would be asked under sim- faguin to-day, | ilar conditions on a weekday to spec- of twenty an|tators inside the grounds and seated! posed of, Many | the police are instructed not to make One’ squad Sere ee ey | the facts and present it to the court. | i men Interfering When Law Isn’t Being Violated. The views of the city administration on Sunday baseball were reflected to- day in an orfer issued to the Police Department by Commissioner Woods. The Commissioner explained that he| insued it “so that policemen may not he exposed to the temptation of ex- ploiting their own interpretation of the law.” It permite Sunday baseball un- der conditions to be observed by the police. There i» @ strict law against San- day baseball as a commercial proposi- tion or if the peace of the day fs dis- turbed. Only a small percentage of the citizens of New York is in favor of strict observance of the law, but mem- bers of the Legislature from rural dis- tricts, fearfyl of the resentment of church voters, always stand in the way of a revision of the statute that will permit reasonable enjoyment on sun. day. ‘ “As interpreted by the courts,” says the order of Commissioner Woods, “the law is quite clear. Baseball played in an enclosed field, where there is no disturbance of the peace of tho day and where no admission is charged directly or indirectly and i no magazines or substitutes for tickets are nold Is iecal to sell programmes or score cards to and seated. If such programmes or tence and at the same range of arrests, but to take evidence as to Where an ad jon fee Is charged | j j i i ? ty JAMES S. COWARD *“Ziveca* NEW YORK) li tlh fi Hh 3 j 5 ! L# j i iu Seats Seana eae i i ies ma [ ‘A Coward S What Abraham Lincoln Said About the Tariff Secretary Stanton once asked Abraham Lincoln what he thought of a Protective Tariff. Ar. Lincoln replied: “I don’t know'much about the Tariff, but I do know that if my wife buya her cloak in America, we get the money and the cloak:, and that American labor is paid for producing tty if she buys her cloak abroad, we get only the cloak, the other country gets the monay, and foreign labor recetves the benefit.” “L have been asked if It ts Hiegal) © Cowagd Shoes areAmerican made,through and through spectators after they are in the field! “made from American leathers, in an American ecards are sold without undue! Factory, by workmen paid by American capital. Coward-Home-made Shoes for Patriotic People Furs and Draperies Stored in Dry Cold Air = Lord & Taylor Founded Fifth Avenue, 88th Street, 39th Street 1826 | Magnificent V alues in Women’s Fancy Tailored Suits Made according to the directions of, and especially for, Lord & Taylor The models are distinctive and mostly exclusive, being reproductions of the later foreign suits) A.wide range of materials and colors for selection, which includes Wool Crepe 00] Poplin 4 Chiffon Taffetav Men's Wear Serges Imported Gabardines At Special Prices, as Follows: $22.50, $25.00, $29.50, $35.00, $39.50, $45.00, $50.00 Usual prices $35.00 to $85.00 Women's Wash Skirts In the newest Summer fabrics $2.00 to $10.50 Women's Separate Skirts Of silks and all the new wool materials $5.00 to $10.5 O—According to materials Balmacaan Coats For Street & Touring Wear In a large selection of imported Donegal mixtures at the special price of $ I 2.5 OQ—Usually $20.00 Balmacaan, Street, Touring & Steamer Coats Attractive models of imported Scotch and Donegal mixtures at the following special prices. .00, .50, $19.50, $25.00 $15 00,316. $0.5 iy sei 4 Country Club Coats aa If cords and worumbo chinchillas in c tashionable Aclsruae- the olf cords are $79.50 $16.50, £79.50, $22.50, $25.00 to $35.00 handsomely lined. Black Satin Charmeuse Coats and the New Paquin Capes Reproductions of fore! Exceptiovally fine quality, trimmed with velvet $76.508 $19.50—Vsually $29.50 aud 35.00 Jaually $80.00. The Store Opens at 9 A, M. Closes pt 6 P. M. For Golf, Tennis and General Out-Door Wear Marabout Trimmed Coats . For dressy afternoon and evening es, of Yor dr ieee ones She, poles, Bil sr0.50 $7.50, $10.50, $12.50, $16.50, $19.50 Ot moire silk, chiffon taffe ‘checks ph rhc feta, wool eponge, wool poplin, fancy materials, $50.00 to $1 50.00—Usually 875.00 to 9288.00 Third Floor Hair-line Stripes Sith Poplin Novelty Checks Moire Sil Silk Bengalines Women's Country Club Shirts Made of Imported Donegal Mixtures $8.50 Usual Price $15.00 Crualy 688 Women's Raincoat: Usually $14.50 to 925.00 Women's Fancy Coats Usually $25.00 to $50.00 Evening Wraps ign models in a variety of the newest