The evening world. Newspaper, December 30, 1914, Page 3

COURTEDEY MANY |Penny Lunch S. Per Service in Five More Schools MEN IN HIS YEARS Provided by The OF UFEAS AGL Charles Miller, “Soubrette,” , Who:Needs a Shave, Tells of * fils 12 Years’ Masquerade. “GIRLS HAVE A CINCH!” Declares He'll Be a Man When He Comes Out of the Workhouse. ——— ‘Wearing a dress which gave him the appearance of being a working @irl, and holding a black muff over his unshaved f Charles Miller, twenty-eight years old, asked @or a ‘chew of tobacco In the Tombs to-day, and then proceeded to tell how for twelve years he masqueraded as a woman and earned a comfortable liv- ing. “Girls have a cinch,” he exclaimed, “All kinds of presents, ‘invites’ to go out to dinners, It's great! For twelve years | waa on the stage out wi and recently I've been in the movies here; and say, bo, don't be- Neve all this guff you hear about men bersecuting the poor girls on the Take it from one of your own | fo eex—there's nothing to it.” ‘Theatre will likely have capacity in Special Sessions yesterday audiences, The Charles, under the name ot Boy Scouts will Miller, was sentenced to th eo attend in a body ia the Workhouse, to-morrow morn- ing guilty to having morphine jn! ing, headed by | her possession, ‘Then “she,” as the} Mr. Clark of the court offleers and every one elve be- Heved Miller to be, was taken back | t@ the woman's section of the Tombs. | Shortly afterward a woman pris. | oner called out that “May Mil asked for a razor and ed to commi: suicide, Warden } 4) “SOPHIE IRENELOTS ® nile performance | ley began an investigation, with the from “A Midsum- I result that the name “May” was|mer Night's Dream will be pre- | changed to “Charles” on the Tons | sented, } records and the prisoner was put in @ cell by himseis, “Perhaps it may seem strange that | I masqueraded as a girl,” said Charles when Hanley had refused him the chew of tobacco to-day. “I'L explain the circumstances. | am ments etent yours old, My home in| Mamie Concert Party, favorites ail ( pe NY LUNCH BULLETINS in the State of Washington and my] Ver the country ie De, T morning perform: | tives there are well-to-do, My|f'™ & welcome addition to the pro- St Theatre for mother always hod wanted a gin,{&tamme. Mr. Gamble will give hiv = wena | famous “Bandolero” by reque:t and |. Boy Seoute ations’ in a body and when I was 4 little fellow she Miss Verna Page will give some of morrow morning, and their See oe wine LOANS! ONE ace viola simberk) Chia Harlem Bigy: in @ while I'd slip on trousers, but 1 Lined decided to go to work. 1 ran away fram home and, being able to sing and dance, got a job as a with an “Are You a Mason? pany which was showing out West. The company went up the flue in Tacoma and then I went into vaudo- Mle, still as a soubrette, “Did wicked men try to flirt with me? Surest thing, But I'd put ‘em omi- “L used to like to ‘work’ the men just for the fun of it, when they'd » pester me. In Colorado a big stock- man wanted me to marry him. | sald 1 would after he had bousit a ig feod for me; then | skipped town ith the show the next day,” “Where did you get that gold ©) bracelet on’ your lett arm?” he was * asked. “That'a @ stall,” was the reply. “L used it to help give me a feminine appearance, It's « hard job, partner, to keep your face shaved’ and the yunt and powder on and not forget all the time that you're a perfect u ve Peru. welll Tera hed enounh of this life, “When I've served my time Lil face the world like a man and get a fob digging a ditch, But, xee, it's! S an easy life, this here being a gir! ui Money Will Be Used in The three remaining morning per- rmances for children at the Strand The character of Puck will be taken by Miss Sallie EF. Hamlin, Fairy by Margaret Kerr, and Titania by Gladys Conterno, give some impersonations of Harry Lauder, On New Y part of the programme will be an- Ac to the mittee to create lunch service In five more schools fr ceived in The longshoreman side, school will get the benefit of a warm, wholesome mid-day meal. school ia to be selected in the con- schools to be equipped, containing over 10,000 pupils. A check for found not to have the necessary pennies, will be provided through this fund so that they may secure the meal. This will provide 20,000 THE BVENING WORLD, WHEDNMBDAY, DECEMBER 3 et s, CHECKS SENT TO-DAY FOR SCHOOL LUNCH SERVICE FROM EVENING WORLD FUND. Congested Districts and| Reach 10,000 Pupils— Fund Also Provides for 20,000 Who Haven’t Even a Penny for Food ~-Boy Scouts to Aid Work. By Sophie Irene Loeb. Roy Scout move. ment. At this performance, be- sides the regular Programme an- nounced, a juve- Little Miss Kerr will also ar's morning the Ernest | ——— n wee known as 4 girl and as a girl nounced?’to-morrow. Hl ty will be I grew up. gramme. Sy , ” EVENING WORLD READERS Mothers and ‘After the death of my mother 1 EQUIP FIVE MORE SCHOOLS. attend th 1: k was sent to-day for $1,700 New York School Lunch Com- n contributions re- ening World Penny n Fund, of these schools are to be lo- most congested area of ditionn t, and Supt. Edward F, Brown district on 2,000 children the west open a in this | No. and su) Over The other) Evenin, Deaf hi plemen lents a when establish lunch | plied from the funds col Mary Pickford is well service in 1 schoots,” lunch service in Publte Manhattan, the pervision for wh h i World, kested Harlem district, I, ah PRI oa og fee ton . |lunchroom in the School for This, makes. (five sdditienal | ae aie sesneyan og | Association of the School children urged to ist three perform: inefit of Penny Lunch SALLY & AMUN “PUCK” MARGARET KERR FAIRY” in “Cin five ad- ast side, where the need is very | SPECIAL LUNCH SERVICE aT eg Sousa, the 8CH Beret ieee eer atrae, eellee the. lainen Cormittee will have rene OOL FOR DEAF. fons ‘Johnnies’ behind the scenes, | these made ready as speedily as pos. | 0 Weationties Spanien or and in every well regulated theatre | sible, proved the upplication of the Ng oT ene Tut, Rath "em im signt}) Another necessary school in in the! York “Sehaol picat! Comgiltte of ul ut res vol quipment was sup- ected by The This school con- tains many cripples, tailing a the Deaf Parents’ for the as collected $50, which, sup- ited by a amall fund planned by the Bach child for whieh it re. contrib- uted by the committee, paid for the equipment The 265 pupils in thia xchool are provided each day with a table d' service consisting of an cape prepared dietary mittee’s diett |5 cents a da full dinners, The spirit of the children, the par- rl er his sex been form-| penny portions, nd the school staff here is tines herent apers, pres| Mian Strachan’ and. her committee | nothing short of inspiring. The ne aiding Justice McInerny said to him: | are doing excelient work in this di- {for the hot. noon lunes was long “When you get out of the Work-| rection, recognized by Miss Carrie WaVlace } house you ought to brace up and he) ‘Thus, in providing the lunch aer-|Kearns, the principal, 'f { aman, You have three months, aud! vice for children who have the penny | come from all parte of ti vesults, It would ure of environ. on Receives | WASHINGTO: Dee Wilson to-day received nitty of the Internations! mittee of the Unite ad wrehimen, 40, ‘ with the President in that time you should be able to to Pay and at the same time accomplish good it possi! The Evening World in this campaign | will be carried out, school! | an | ee ben Supt. Brown Tortures of Indigestion Miseries of Constipation Evils of Impure Blood Quickly and Safely Removed by EX-LAX The Chocolate Laxative i _ExeLax Saves Pain and Suffering; makes people healthy and is safe for infants and “ Et-Lax is guaranteed to be efficient, gentle, making © for those without money also procure it, the principle of ‘home. It in: in titut No hungry child in @ public 44 Food first for school children! No child is to be pauperized in hear vo ite a deligh ror | become grown-ups, harmless. ‘Whe. Bou Will Prove This; Try It To-day—All Druggiets, have heretofore subsisted ¥ cold, package lunches brought. from The School for the Deaf i totally deaf, | very loud sou [help to give them an outle | ful y TT [the school are taught print | lunches hi ‘Theodore George, formerly Moral Theology and Church History in| ™ the Catholic Seminary at Iichester, Md., died in a hospital here to-day. Afty-two years old and was one of the of Gibbo: ion, houxing 138 is only pices at close ran nd 7 self-supporting, ore Georne PHIA, — Dec wil on ity, and nth a unique ‘en who 118 who can hear | who can The chief aim of the school in to make the |{¥? Of bie sal puplla a self-supporting group, in. | Spe atead of the old custom of permitting them to become burdens on milies or the city, who are better off, and do nok have to think about working | for wages, the things they tneir work, leather case making, baskctry, sign making and plaster work girls are tunght to cook, & The tlhe, fring The xchool’ pu sa pap "The Voice," the articles for which are written by the pupils. The children are made very happy with the lunch service. Ag it in| the hot Pp to give them whulesume, body buliding food, a thing quite as ingportant ax education Dead. 10.— Rev. Professor of He was ns. The asa Sg Db G MOTHER ACCUSED OF BURNING CHILD ~—IGRELDBY COURT Mrs. Moore Admits to Magis- | trate She Did Nothing to Relieve Girl’s Pain. Charged with holding her thirteen ye yid daughter, Churlotte leat on a stove, after beating met jlessiy, Mrs. Margaret Moore of West One Hundred and Twenty sixth Street, was held in $500 bail in| West Side Court to-day for trial for felonious aseault by Magistrate Mc- Quaid, | The little girl said she Was in the kitchen of her home, partly dresse Monday morning, when her mother, ;mueh excited, ran in from the apart: | jment across the hall, erying: t h you to make trouble with the | children in this house,” scrues | tedly about the head and knocked down, sald the ehild, “she put me the stove and held me there waile amed. When she let me got to the bedroom. She followed and tried to drag mo back into the Kitchen, but £ fougit and kicked th door shut and neighbors came in and re iN put anything on your vurns or try to help you in any way ?? sked the Magistr: nd when harlotte shook her head he added That seems to settly it.” Anna Whittle, a little girl who lives across the hall, said Mrs, Moore, who is the janitress of the into the Whittle Mond: She had been drinkin was not drunk, She sent A tell Charlotte to get up, Was cross and threatened to flight with An Anna reported this to Mra, Mo who Anna said, Jumped up, ran into the other room and struck Anna and they both fell on the stove, did not think, she said, Mrs. ® meant to burn her daughter. Kut whe did not see Mrs. Moore dress Charlotte's burns or pay any atten. tion to the Mra, Moor nothing ted she he had done rls pain and dhe did not Witnesses for ry care to hear any more the defense, Three Sente ry on MeCauley's don ©. MeCauley of No. iii Max holla Avenue, Philadelphin, known to the | ‘dope squad’ of the Detective Bureau wt King of the Heroin Sellers” and re eonyieted 1 Sessi MeCauley, in whi ond Street, Dete mM) heroin tablets, four p drug in powder and « div for makin tablets, Wax sent to the penitentia fined $00. Alfred ‘ le oman, Whe With Meciul y und sent for «rand ward Hin, penitentiary for only six he in eons | sideration of aid given to the detective i of Albany, wies If You Keep House necessary for mont of the children to | —you know that dishwashing and work Ing around the house plays havoc with || your hands, But it Is possible to do your own housework and atili have beautiful hands. VELOGEN f le the housewite’s best Rub Into your hands after when going out of the improve. of your skin, wind make your rough ‘Apply | a wi tort and emoeth, At all eryepiots, Ate @ tues, | : ¢ out of doore, |||! d"feas | | HARRISON GREY FISKE, THEATRICAL PRODUCER, BECOMES ABANKRUPT Players in “Just Herself” Learn of It When They Find Stage Door Locked. Harrison y Fiske, the husband of Minnie Maddern Fiske, and one of the best known theatrical managers And producers in this country, to-day fled a voluntary petition in bank- ruptey, He stated his Habilities to be 198.41, with assets amounting to $78,794.77, A premonition of this action was given lust night when the score or more players supporting Lydia Lopo- kova in “Just Herseit” at William \. Brady's Playhouse, a produotion by which Mr. Fi had kreat store, were contr 1 with a closed door and @ notice that the produc. tion was at an end after a week's run, In Mr e's petition in bank- ruptey a number of the principal tors are n d with the amounts of his indebtedness to th are, with the sums owe Anglin, for roya Martingale," $661; ward Knob- lauch, the playwright, for money Klaw & Erlanger, the- managers, for mo ad- Minnie Maddern a loan, $5,674 ward Shal- on, the playwright, for reyalties on alvatio $4,335; John Lathe: playwright, for’ royalties on High Roud,"'§2, In th Fisk im They Margaret “Lady Betty's t of principal asneta Property and plays owned and 0, und a half inter- "in which Otis Skin «l, “not estimated.” Harrison Grey Fiske has been for a number of years @ leading figure in the theatrical world, ‘The announce- ment of his marriage to Minnie Mad dern was made in March, 1890, the ceremony having been performed at Larchmont a few days before tho made. Will continue, To- Four smart models, of broac Women’s Dancing Frocks at $22.50 made of the most favored Women’s Coats at $14.50, 22.50 Of zibeline, chinchill straight and belted designs; Values $25.00 to $7.50 Stern Brothers 42nd and F3rd Streets, West of FAh Avenue the Extraordinary Sale of Women’s Tailored Suits, Dancing Frocks and | Street At the following incomparable price inducements Women’s Tailored Suits at $16.50 plush and broadtail cloth, in | 1 via, ‘SAYS SHE FORGED | Evening World’s Fund CHECK 10 BUY HER B. Altima & Ca. BRIDAL TROUSSEAU) Special Offerings for toemorrow(T hursday): Hendrickson’ Admits Her Story of Secret Marriage Was Fairy Tale. NEVER SAW “HUSBAND.” Bay Shore Girl Used Name of Harold Bames Because It “Sounded Good.” Miaa Mildred Hendrickson, nineteon years old, of Bayshore, L. 1, was held in $2,080 bat! this morning by Magis- trate L. W, Young to answer before the Grand Jury to a charge of forgery, She was arrested yesterday after she tried to cash a check for $700, aigned “George King,” at the Mrst National Bank of Amityville, L. I. To account for her possession of the check she told a most romantic tale, including her alleged marriage to a man whom, as & matter of fact, she had never @eon, George King is a well-known physician of Bayshore. Mian Hendrickson's father is a mason and builder. She is unusually pretty, with dark hair and eyes and regwar features, After her arrest yesterday #he told District Attorney 1. M. Young sho had received the check from her husband, Harold Barnes, to whom ehe declared she had been married in Florida three yeara ago. She suid her “husband” had just sold his boat, the Nancy H., guna, ete,, to & man named George’ King and was coming North to claim her, The chack wea drawn to the order of "Mra, i jd Rarnen.”" when Misa Hendrickson was | confronted this morning by District Attorney Young before Magistrate Young in the private office of her sel she took this entire etory back. “L had heard there was a man named Harold Barnes in the neigh- borhood,” she nal “and I just used his name in my atory because it sounded nice, L never saw him. 1 bet he'll be some cussed mad, as thoy say, when he hears about it.’ She admitted she had passed other checks, and told of her trip in taxicab from Bayshore to Amityville und hér efforts to get the bank to cash the $700 check. hadn't the least idea of the ser- joustiess of the thing or I never would have done it,” she continued. “It appeared to be y simple. I'm Roing to ba married to Henry Hearn of Bayshore, He gave ine a lovely diamond ring for Christmas, avd 1 needed the money to get a tr for myself and furniture fo: home. But ['m dreadfully sorry 1 did such @ thing.” “The Magistrate let Mina Handrick- aon go to the home of Constable Rhodes and walt while her father looks for $2,000 bail, He and Mra | Hendrick’ tat the hear ing, whic vately morrow, Thursday, Coats i deloth; Actual Value 939.50 silks; Actual Value €89,50 lined and interlined; Actual | Cloth Brushes . Combs . 12,000 Yards of Choice Black Dress Silks at unusual concessions from ordinary prices; will comprise 54-inch Black Crepe de Chine usually $4.50 per yard ‘ 4% at $1.85 42¢inch Black Bengaline usually $3.50 per yard Ss at $1.55 40-inch Black Dress Satin usually $2.50 per yard + at $1.35 40-inch Black Dress Taffeta usually $2.00 per yard fae at $1.30 40-inch Black Silk Crepon usually $2.00 & $2.50 per yard . at 95c. A Sale of English Celluloid Toilet Articles (tortoise-shell effect) at these very attractive prices: Mirrors $1.35 & 1.65|Nail Files, Button Hooks Hair Brushes . 1.75 and Soap Boxes Military Brushes each . ‘ - 38c. per pair $3.00 & 3.50|/Puff Boxes 75c. & 98c. 1.75|Trinket Boxes . 35 Hat Brushes . 95c. Trays . 25c. & 1.65 20c. & 35c.!Salve Boxes. 20c. A number of other articles have been marked at correspondingly low prices, as follows: Imported Hair Brushes|Nail Brushes . (wood back) . 65c.|Tooth Brushes . Whisk Brooms . 15c. Women’s Ready-to-wear Department (Third Floor) Evening and Afternoon Gowns embodying the latest ideas in fashion, are now being offered at attractively low Prices. Inspection is cordially invited. 'B, Altman & Ca, have in course of preparation the following important Sales: The Great January Sale of Guaranteed Oriental Rugs comprising over 15,000 Rugs, sepa ly selected in the Rug marts of the Orient by B. Altman & Co.'s New York buyers, and . now to be offered at tremendous concessions from the usual prices. An Especially Important Sale of Women’s Muslin Underwear Also Important Annual Sales of Household and Decorative Linens, Blankets, Bedspreads, Comfortabies, Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases and White Fabrics. Details of the above Sales will be announced shortly. Fit Avenue - Madtann Avenue : 34th and 35th Streets