The evening world. Newspaper, July 21, 1915, Page 6

ty brought to such fine perfection by “Mickey” Shea, who tw In jail in Toledo, O., is practically dead and boob visitors: with money enough to make ‘hem worth while are scarce in our falr olty, but, aeverthelnas, the confidence men and aure-thing men, whore habitat is the Tendgrioin, are wearing fine raiment and eating at the best restaurants and riding in motor cars and showing money at the slightest provocation, They are all engaged in their chosen profession of separating suck- ers from money and they are doing well. Strictly up-to-date, as the man who lives by his wits must be in these parious times, they have ac- commodated themselves to the change of conditions brought about by the GOW MEN GETING RH BY SELLING SSE MUNTIONSOF HAR ter Newest Scheme of Broadway rebundeoce|. Swindlers Is Heavily Mulct- ing Many ‘Boobs.’ ind sham; too much afiah, which ts very as it dries the ecalp and makes best thing to use in mul- cocoanut oil, for ipere and my heap, and or aything clae all to pleces, With Charlie and Fred Gondorf in “_ THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1919. Sunt tptron and all we have to do cash.’ But when the time came for the “boob” to cash in he found his mon had flown. For a long time the game was abso- lutely safe, because the “boob” went into it to aid~-as he thought—in swindling transaction. Not until law was amended were the Gondort 494 business men have gone back to and navy. boys sent to Bing Bing. Soon after thé European war broke | hastened Back to New York to turn. called “Damn the Mollycoddies.” out many hustlers in New York went it over to men who have absolutely |,,To Mant Mr Roosevelt is oxpected FOR LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN? into the war munitions ousiness and large number of them made gre fortunes, One very distinguished ex- politician, whose name was known ‘the confidence man fastens to the) throughout the mation twenty years manufacturers and volunteers to put! ‘o and who retired broke, made the deal across for a certain amount. | between $700,000 in. commissions Aug. 1 and Dec, 31 last year. Naturaly the game o munitions to England, France a. Russia attracted the attention of ail ‘out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff —Advt. = | wire game, travellers on ocean liners Bt World Wants Work Wonders,'40 not play cards or shake dice any the fortune telling _gamo, war and are now engaged in the “war munition” business. “Im a business man now,” one of the cleverest and moat unscrupulous of the old Gondorf workers told a man who knows him to-day. “I've mot an office und a typist and a big safe and a secretary—you'll know my secretary when you see him, Mo and some other reformed ‘con’ mon are now engaged in selling things to the Allies--and say, son, when we think of it, we sell things to the Ger- mans, too,” Of course, this gentleman of pre-) Jail, there is nothing doing in the ONE of us desires to be twin sister to half the world. The style that springs up in a night and blossoms in every shop window and on every other girl you meet is no ‘style at all. Best’s children’s garments have been known for their in- dividuality for 86 years—isn’t it reasonable to suppose that ' ‘we inject the same distinctive style into our women’s cos- tumes? Plan to put this matter to a test, the sooner the better. Bifth Acones, Woe Side, Corner af 35th Street 0B stun * kind are not engaged in the busi- nese of selling war munitions to the; Allies or to anybody else. They have seized upon the situation and have built out of it @ variation of the old wire game. Let us hark back to the wire game, as conducted by the Gon- dorf gang. HOW THE WIRE-TAPPING GAME WAS WORKED. A business man from the provinces was enticed to New York—or it some- times happened that a ripe boob was picked up right here in our enlight- ened city—and was told that an as- sistant manager of the Western Union Telegraph was able to hold up the returns from the race tracks. Tite boob would. want.to know how he was interested. “Why, don’t you see?” the confi- dence man would say. “We get the returns as soon as the race is over, but they are not sent out to the pool- rooms until we give the word. Now, we get the names of the winners from our friend in the Western Union and we bet on the winners in the pootrooms and then ‘our friend sends in the names of the horses we have Women’s Gloves Paris Tevalery Fy) 3,500. via block or whien ‘ Soule fee tgs Men’s:Summer Shirts 33144% to 40% Below Regular Price | PURE Pa eg firm and closely woven sill} 25 Pair single, two-tone and anh bak Po 85c ] aire cuaMsorserre Mtripes'en Cheer thine quads,” Value $500] 2°00 i Seiwa Sm bd rte ainda erica | 7g Be Be tp cteetielectenet lc | | scproveiate for'wear with Palm Booch Mute eg] % | . i (ea “ Women’s Hosiery | | * rime mae furor econo this ea 1.15 son's popular shirting: . FINE SILK Lt Velue $1.75 and $2.00 one Reqularl INEWEST NEGLIGEE SHIRTS—made from light © pre. O00: 6 pre. 1.00) 28C woven of smooth, fine texture, in a ii | 956 large assortment of unusually neat patterns. —ongilengcani aaa Value $1.50 and $1.65 viceable and smart; un- et pve only. 450 Women’s ook tilarly 35 pair 3g Newest Silk Petticoats ERED In the styles essential to the correct fit of the latest frocks PURE SILK, Sizes 8/;, Ws, in black enly. eghlasediAl + 50 EXTRA QUALITY 2.95 _Resulr Vale $575 xe ; > Rai Sak Mcky “hand on Roseberry” Raincoats "Reg 8450 toBd 00 Br.» 99 Priestley Baronet, Sikes vc. “cl ean gota alad In All Sizes for Women and Misses %, ly wi a i Women’s Union | [Mas wert smactin me) 8,75 | its ] ideal for motor and travelling; ing more { Regularly ] WHITE RIBBED GAUZE practical for and Tan. J §/2.50 —Summer wei: = —>== oe. elastic w. Ww or , omen’s omen’s knee seamless at side. 3 Regularly $1.00 Bathing Dresses Silk Sweaters | Another adv: purchase eo ion- Women’s Knit cl new Suammor motel of superior Ph gsKove Fr BA fw Vests quality lustrous Black Satin, trim-|est plain shades, blazer stripes and med with the art blag and white plain colors with novelty facings SWISS RIBBED GAUZE silks or in all b and belt. eM a Regularly up to $9.00 Very spectally priced a teien B3c 3.95 5.75 (@ for one; 6 oii (says Keeley wk vg Special Thursday and Friday sorts of men who are looking for easy money and New York was soon ove: run with “agents” willing to buy or sell anything under the sun. of them realy did succeed in nego-| good thick English accent is a great ; ‘fieath tlating quite profitable deals on com-| asset to a swindler representing him- | special De age at and mission. self as an agent of France or Eng- long training of Optome- HOW “BooBs” FALL FoR THE|'*4{; trists. before they are al- MUNITIONS GAME. But there was one thing about the game-—which is considered by con- servative and conscientious business men as more or less shady—which didn't suit the confidence men at all. That was pM bd buying and selling something. They couldn't collect a commission unless|4 variation of the old wire-tapping | they had purchased from somebody | "Ch¢me which appears to have scared datory instinots and others of his! something wanted by an agent of | England or France, Italy, and sold that something to Many deals fell through, the agent. Profits were siow in atriving. Shrewd | ax crooked minds looked over the field | Bags and figured out a sure thing. It is simple enough. A great many manufacturers, wholesalers and others anxious to sell goods to the allies flock tq New York and try to get touch with agents of the foreign gov- ernments. These business men and others, who are spotted out in their own communities and “steered” New York by the same old steerers that used to bring boobs to the wire- rooms, are the prey of the less new idea confidence men. For instance, a man owns a shi factory somewhere around New York. | He comes here to enter into a deal to sell a lot of shoes. The confidence men spot him almost as soon as is off the traip, and they are soon touch with him. He Is taken to hotel or an apartment and introduced to men who represent themselves be agents of one or another of t! governments at war. They are in the market for shoes and they lose time in entering into a contract with the manufacturer for all the shoes can turn out for two or three year VICTIMS AFRAID TO COMPLA' TO POLICE. But—and here is wh comes in—what guaran Men’s Furnishings SUMMER RAINCOATS made from the new- est tan gabardine in plain and mixed weaves, with silk yoke and sleeve lining. Ideal coat for vacation or summer travel. Value $19.50 13.50 PAJAMAS of mereer- i plain colored ée Pongee, the softest, best wearing and most com- fortable Pajama fabric; liberal sizes. 95c PANAMA SILK NECK- WEAR—Bat Ties and. Four-in-hs made from naturel raw dilk, with printed and woven stripes and figures, Values 75¢ and $1.00 PEARL GREY HOS- IERY, an entirely new lot of silk and fibre ixed, mp Regularly 39¢ pair @ prs. 70¢} 6 pre. 1.38) PURE SILK HOSIERY in ionable new shades of » with re- inforeed lise Feet Regularly 50c pair (9 prs. 1.10; 6 prs. 2.00) SUMMER UNION SUITS—Fine bleached balbriggan in, athletic tiyle only. oy Value $1.00 75¢ 50c 25c 39c Women’s Blouses Regularly $1.50 A variety fabrics, of daint combined new mad- with lace els in Or- and em- Voile and mid-sum- other fine merstyles White Corduroy WHITE WASHABLE CORDUROY, 36 im selling war Home or Russia or is eager representatives that the manu- | THI . facturer will be gbie to execute tne | ROOSEVELT DAY AT E FAIR order? Shall the soldiers go barefoot | while his factory, perhaps, lies idle! SAN FRANCISCO, July 21.—This is *Y because of a strike or is burned “Roosevelt Day” at the Panama-Pacific dom nt Were the game varies, Firat,|EXPosition. Col. Roosevelt made*two a » rat, ic! 1 - the confidence men try to persuade Sddresses. participated in a tree-plant m , ing ceremony and was the guest of their “come-on” to put wp a cash [Nf ceremony itn © guarantee, Strange as it may seem, \"“Nir Roosevelt's first address dt the & many apparently sane manufacturers aay was to the members of the army His second was on "War thelr home towns, drawn large sums and Peace,” which he said on arriving of money from their banks and here lest night mint Just as well be B. Altman & Co. Advance Styles in Hats 4 no connection with any Kurdpean $f) at government. — The cash guarantee failing, ane of |” Optometry Is the Profession depicted in fireworks are now being shown in the Millinery De= ) partment on the First Floor. Here may be & seen some of the newest fancies in Velvet, Fi | Silk and Satin Hats, trimmed and untrimmed, ¢ This brings results very often, Not only are the old high grade con- fidence men of New York engaged in| ‘1 the “war munitions” game, but pol- | |ished confidence men from Europe f Specialists on indicati Jare here busy at the same pastime. | o indicating not only the mode of the present aah nel Atnerlean rcmncon ce. || Eyesight and Eye Strain but also the trend of fashion for the future. guile. A knowledge of French or a Optometry Laws require Although the operations of the sure thing men have been remarkably | bold, there have been no arrests thus far, Frequently the victim, before giving up his money, is led into an Agreement in which he is to figure as the beneficiary in a acheme to de- | fraud the government to which he expects to sell his wares, and here 1s Decided Price Reductions in Bathing Costumes { for Women and Misses will go into effect ; to-morrow (Thursday), and will cover prac<i- i cally the entire assortments now remaining. lowed to Examine Eyes and Apply Glasses for the Re- lief of Vision. Get a complete Scientific Examination of your Eyes by a Registered Optome- trist if glasses are needed. off a lot of boobs who would othtre| wise have gone to Police Headquar- Brothers and and 43rd Streets, West of Fifth Avenue The July Clearance Sale of Men’s Summer Clothing At the following extremely low prices: in to Another Special Offering of Men’s Outing Wear has been arranged for to-morrow (Thursday) and Friday. It will consist of Men’s Outing Trousers, Belts, Bathing Suits and Dusters, all of which will be marked at decidedly less than the prices usually asked for merchandise of equal qualities. MEN'S OUTING TROUSERS ae Of striped serge or plain white or striped Ys flannel - $3.75 | he in a | $22.00 Suits | $25.00 Suits | $30 & $35 Suits are now are now $15.00 | $17.50 | $21.50 The models are all from regular stock, made of cheviots, cassi- meres, worsteds, flannels and serges; in sizes 33 to 46 chest. Cravenetted Mohair Suits, sizes from 35 to 40 inches; Value $15.00, at $8.50 Students’ Suits, with long trousers, to he no he 8. in sizes from 14 to 17 years; Value $15.00, at 10.00 Of gray flannel . " ; . | : . 3.50 ee The New “Breezeweave” Suits, “ ° washable and non-shrinkable, . . at 10.00 MEN’S LEATHER BELTS : g Viyella Flannel Suits, _ pa intanorblackk .,;. . . . . « SS. — oa non-shrinkable, at 11 MEN’S MOTOR DU RS i Men’s Outing Trousers, 6 : Ri! of white or striped flannel, 9... . at 3.76 oflinenorgraymohair. . . . .. $400 a Auto Dusters, of linen or mohair, at $1.50 to 10.00 MEN'S BATHING OR SWIMMING SUITS of worsted, in the new heather mixtures as well as in plain colors with striped borders, - per suit . ‘ $2.50 A Special Clearance Sale ‘of Men’s High Class Shoes At very emphatic reductions $5.00 and $6.00 Values, Now, $3.50 Oxfords and High Shoes, in tan caliskin, patent teather, black calfskin; sizes incomplete. $11.00 Values, . Now $5.95 Bench-made Shoes, constructed on custom lasts, in tan, black and patent calfskin; sizes incomplete. Patent Leather Shoes, at $2.95 that were formerly priced up to $9.00; sizes incomplete. Young Men's Clothing Department. Two-piece Flannel Suits in plain colors and neat stripes, with silke lined sleeves, are now being closed out at the greatly reduced price of $12.50 Also the remaining stock of Young Men's ” Fancy Woolen Suits, the greater number of | which have been reduced to $16.50 & 19.50 (No additional charge for alterations) An Exceptional Trunk Offering To-morrow, at special price advantages: Full Size Wardrobe Trunks, - at $15.00 Extremely we!l-made trunks, cov- ered with canvas and bound with # hard fibre. Interiors have five drawers and twelve garment hang- Wardrobe Trunks, $35.00 Fibre covered; new “Round Edge” models, with the following features: Yale Paracentric Locks, Spring Compresser Boards, Lock-on-top Drawer, Shoe Compartment, etc. Rawhide Bound Wardrobe Trunks, at $50.00 Fifth Avenue -Madtaon Avrme, Vacation Sale of Dress Trunks, Mth and 35th Strerta New York | All fibre covered and with two trays, a) at $9.75, 11.75, 15.00 & 16.50 i |You Should Worry. {f = it difficult to find a safe and reliable remedy for ailments due to irregular or Aefective action of the liver or bowels. These ailments are likely to anyone; likely, too, to lead to worse sickness if not COUNS Pill are famous the Tord, guys, fog thelr pow, to, cartert Gage . Bae aoe Seem Were Not On Hand The remaining stock of Men’s Straw Hats has been subjected to final and drastic price reductions. The WORLD Selle 100,000 Copies More | in New York City Eaoh Weekday Than ANY OTHER Morning Newepaper |