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and slened by the Board of Batimate WO GENERAL REVISION [re.icrt oy mrs ot mee OF PAYROLL OF GITY|sa?% ities tine Mayor. “In so far as stand FOILED AMBITION LED MRS. MARCH rates are to affect men and wor v Ci Sal-| not now receiving the standard »: payor ig eho gay fries for the schedules agreed upon, aries During they will apply only as the incumb- Will Be Few. ents aro promoted to positions cre- ated by resignations, removals or| MRS. JULIA S. MARCH, WHO KILLED SELF AFTER FAILURE ON THE STAGE. OLD MEMBERS OF THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. y ‘was in century, test, in which his closest rivals were Patrick White and Frank O'Kane er., both of whom have lived in the parish for more than fit AND THE The poHticians were strongly repre- sented, ler Charles Culkin of the a story telling oon-|HER FIFTEENTH CHILD BORN. fifteenth child, a girl, was born ‘day to Mrs, Charles Current of Germany Flats, near Sparta, N. J. Thirteen of her children are boys, and the oldest is nineteen. there were no twins or tripl Her ye ty years. LADIES! MY! District was there, loner (From the Indianapolis @ter, Shopper—Have you eh attra My bammered Mayor Mitohei announced to-day | deths.” @hat there would be no general re- vigion of salaries in the city depart. ments when the Board of Estimate goes over the estimates for the budget of 1917, The Mayor directed the heads of departments to prepare their estimates so that the sub-com- mittee on budget could begin to re- view «hem by June 1, as, under the new law, the budget must be passed New Yorks Lead: an 4 Stores 563 Sth Ave 427 SthAve. DUST RAISED FULL OF DISEASE GERMS _Dust te the home of disease germs, @ad every time you spread this dust by sweeping they fill the air. Much sick- Mess is caused in this way. z There is a new wa; oo ouee bomreyer, without, ‘tals aust and doctors who know it endorse it. You simply spread a powder called pokey across the room, then sweep obeed oh yee me ree Om Not a particle of dust will aris, No need for @ dusting cap with No- mordust—no need of Sarees Sed Gise gents—in fact, you can dust them You sweep, den leave them exposed | painter, died reently and he has been {in Cincinnat! for several weeks. | _A third note was addressed to Mrs, |N. L. Singleton, Mrs, March's mother, ner Hellenstein sent Mr: nt telegram and she re- would reach New Yor row. A fourth letter in the stody is one addressed to | Mrs. March and found unopened just “*Means just what it cays” Get the Green Can at All Grocers—10c & 25¢ Perolin Nomordust Co., Jersey City. Tea, Coffee Children as well as adults need an invigorating, warm drink, and in a growing number of homes it has been found that the most wholesome table beverage is Don't Delay! Victrola X, $75 With 6 Records (12 Selections), Total 979.50, 9 ] ,Balance in Small Weekly or Monthly Payment: 5 Down On 465 Bet OPEN EVENINGS AT BY SWEEPING It would be difficult for any parent to find a physician of modern education who would contend that coffee and tea are not harmful, especially to growing children. The fact remains, however, that many parents give these beverages to their little folks and allow their use in older children at a time when physical and mental development is the most rapid The drug, caffeine, in coffee and tea retards growth and interferes with school progress. Disturbances of eye tion and other ills appear in many, seemingly without cause, and the damage often occurs at the most impressionable period of life. No parent should permit the use of coffee and tea in the growing young; for the men and women of to-morrow wil! be what the parent of to-day makes the children by wise upbringing. es Wrote “Forgive M Then Saleide, Mrs. Mary Balzer, forty-five years TOEND HERLFE her apartment, No. 542 West One! Too Proud to Admit to Hus Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, om n Ute afternoon. She had a tube from| a aon Win ‘ame on Stage. the gas stove in her mouth On + MYSTERY IN HER LETTER. Uny plece of cardboard she had writ- ten “Forgive me.” Her ‘husband, Gustave Balzar, is in the automobile supply business at No, 1777 Broadway. Woman Tried to Die Before, but Was Saved by Actress Friend. Failure to make good as an actress is said to be the reason why Mrs. Julia Singleton March took her life by gas yesterday at her apartment, No, 140 Weet Fifty-fitth Street. Mra, three weeks ago yesterday and re- pentedly said she would die by her own hand. Although Mra. March waa entranced from hor husband, Forrest O. Maren, owing to her ambition to become a star, she hid plenty of money and was in the best of health, The police are making an investigution as to the location of a black handbag said to | have contained many thousand dol- lars of jewelry that has disappeared from the March apartment following Mrs. March's death, Eugene 8. Newbold, to whom Mrs. March left a note, called to eee Mra. March on Tuesday evening. Forrest O, Maroh, the dead wom- an’s husband, from whom she ob- tained @ separation recently because he refused to countenance her ambi- tion to become an actress, remained away from his brokerage offices at No. 71 Broadway to-day. At Me home at the Alpha Delta Phi Club in Vorty-fourth Street, he stated he had j heard from a girl friend of his former wife that Mrs, March thad lost a Victrola Stores” a 23wAendSt 27 w 34thSt ET SROAVES — BET SRG AVES. 5 23 W. 42ND Si. March tried to end her iife by gas) good deal of money invested in the- atrical ventures in which @ dramatic opportunity was promised her, Wil- elinina Austin told the police yes- terday that within a few days Mra, March had tak her various stage costu from the closet and laid them out and talked ¢despatringly over them, Mr. March, who settled a substan- tial part of a $240,000 EE and they'll be es clean ds before 7’ you | Nomordust is @, great time and labor /°" Mr*. March In his effort to keep Peles dps phe iy her from the stage, said tthe time it now takes and you only have | would married her at any time to sweep half an often, because you get ,#ho hud ceased to insist that he ap- inheritance ave ‘our rooms so much cleaner cach time, rove of her theatrical . plans. He Makes rugs look like new—equally good | waid jie jiad hoard last night that whe for wood floors and linoleums. had discussed returning to him but had asserted she could not humiliate Take the advice of physicians, collect the dust—don't spread n—particularly if you have children, for they are most | "erself by ucknowledging her failure. easily affected Lege { P. J. Uhl of No. 10 West Forty- Get @ 1c can of Nomordust to-day | eighth Street, for whom Mrs. March and try it. Money beck if not more’ ieft a sealed note, was her singing than pleased, teacher and a close friend of her hus- | band, Hix father, 8. Jerome Uhl, tho inside the door sill of her apartment, | it will be turned over to Mrs, Single. ton. None of the notes will be opened }by the Coroner; he holds that thei; Phone, Bergen 807! (intents are not neceasary to estab. anc Children ight, headaches, nervousness, irritability, indiges- from his father, a Cleveland banker, that he |‘ INSTANT POSTUM| This pure food-drink, made of prime wheat and a bit of wholesome molasses, is readily prepared at the table, a cup at a time. A level teaspoonful of Instant Postum in a cup of hot water, with cream and sugar added, makes an attractive, healthful drink, and its pleasant flavor wins children and usually the parents. “There’s a Reason” Grocers everywhere sell Instant Postum. The Old and New of Lower) West Side Meet in “Get Together Party.” ; | fin {|STORY TELLERS ALL. aay {| And the Yarns They Spun $] and the Games They | " Played—Well! ' The old and the new of West Six. teenth Street and the section of the oity just north of Greenwich Village | came together last night tn a great | and grand reunion. From far and || near the parishtoners and the former ||parishtoners of the Church of Bt. {| Francie Xavier, for more than sixty- | || five years the predominating Catholic | ‘1 |{nfluence on the lower west side, went to the Grand Central Palace to meet old friends and talk over old times, { The gathering in the large ball- room of the Palace was indeed unique. The affair was called a reunion, and if a reunion is a get-together party, that is the wom. There was nothing formal, no set programme; everybody ‘was just to meet everybody else and do anything he pleased. dancing for the dancers, euchre for the euchre players, pinochle for the Pinocholists, pok—Oh, no! not poker, but everything else with conversation starting with a “Do you remember lish tho fact that Mrs, March com-| When.” as the favorite indoor sport, mitted suicide. ‘The famous church is now in one “Oh, [ knew Mrs, Juliet Singleton| of the bustest sections of the city, March would kill herself following her failure to make good on the stage and | Surrounded by office buildings, ware- prompted by jealous motives,” said] houses and factories; but less than Misa Nancy Grecly, who was Mra.) twenty-five years ago It wgs reganied larch's most Intimate friend. “Mra, March Was in love with the|“8 one of the most fashionable and the pliy nd she seemed to fail with continued Miss Greely, “On ‘Tuesday she sent for me and T went to her apartment, and then she told me that life held nothing for her, und that she was about to depart by her own hand. She declared that she would die rather than have her friends mock at her failure to become & stage sta “To show you just woman she was, I si tuking her life thre was in her apartment and Mra, March excused herself and said she was going into the kitchen to prepare evening dress, She was there residence section in which many of the wealthies and oldest Catholic families lived. Many of the old fam- Miles still retain their pews, and they were either in attendance or eent messages of good cheer to the gather- ing of parishioners, HE'D SACRIFICE HIMSELF TO HELP OUT THE PRESIDENT? Father Thomas F, White, 8. J., the pastor of the church, met the reuntt- ing parishioners as they came in and he was assisted by a hard working out half an hour when Tl esmeiled |committce charged with the task of I found the kitchen door locked | making everybody comfortable, Rich- called to Mra. March, She told} ard Delaney, who is endeavoring at} je that all would soon be over for] the mo: it to settle the differances of| 6 Was Koing to die, President Wilson and “I begged Mra, March to open the| the — postmastership, vhat kind of a pped her from weeks ago. I Tammany on was Father door, At first sho refused, but when | White's firet aid, and if good wishes T told her that her pet dog, Togo, was | Could ald him he would soon be close iil she oper or and fainted, | to a setiement. Mr. Delaney's method Even after th lared that she | of settling the difficulty is to have nd it ihe President appoint him to the $10,- nia Austin, the maid in the| 000 @ year Job. March house, said’ to-day that her} Ruaning Mr. Delaney a close second mistress made preparations to give up| @& & handshaker was little Jimmy her costly apartment-on_ May 1 ana| Smith, who established a record of Was to Move to a hotel. She also said | Welcoming sixty guests a minute, and that of late hor mistress and My | he had @ salutation and a handshake x i Ste for every one. Others were former March phoned more frequently, and ’ t - wo) State Senator W. J. A. Caffery, that rumor was rife that a reconcilia- “ jor Ginshi y tion was about to take place, Lawyer John uneen, Joseph would Withe! trip. Try this easy way to heal your skin with Resinol If you are suffering {rom eczema, ringworm or similar itching, red, unsightly skin affection, bathe the sore places with Resinol Soap and hot water, then gently apply a little Resinol Ointment, You will probably be astonished how promptly the itching stops and healing begins, In most cases the sick skin quickly becomes clear ’ and healthy again, at very little cost Retinol Ointment and Resinol Soap are sold by all druggiste; for trial free, write to Resinol, Dept. 5K, Baltimore, Md. : fargin, W he church in all When asked about the mysterious | Fargis. who a 2 ¢ . black bag, Miss Austin said that it| [emal matters: James 1. Ramsey, the ward J. Talent, the wealthy real Jewels in It when she went on a long] twtate dealer who holds, undisputed, the title of “Mayor of Sixteenth - oF Street” (west side only). CANT FIND A SITE FOR One of the most prominent of the White, the biscuit man, who has taken SUNDAY’S “TRAIL”? an active part in every church cele- bration for many years. John H. Halloran, who has kept a restaurant on Sixth Avenue, near Fourteenth mission to Use Jasper Oval— Chicago May Lure Him. Billy Sunday has agreed to spend January 1917 in New York City and give the large body of local sinners a but the committee which has ar- ranged for his presence has been un- able so far to find a location for the trail, The money for the tabernacle has been subseribed, but choice sites with skyscrapers and such things. The committee on location, J. M. Spears, President of James MeCuteh- eon & Co.; Eben EF. Olcott, President of the Albany Day ™e, and Attorney Mayor Mitchel for permission to use Jasper Oval, City ollege's athletic fleld, which would be a fine place for the 20,000 capacity tabernacle, The Mayor isn’t sure he has the right to and the Corporation Counsel is inves- trating, Mr. Olcott says unless a decision is reached within a few days, we'll lose Sunday, Chicago is trying to coax was Mrs March's habit to place hee] Popular Appraiser of Taxes, and’ Ed- old timers in attendance was Thomas Committee Asks Mayor for Per-] Street. for more than a quarter of a chance to march up the sawdust trail, in Manhattan are already covered n Nicolson, has finally appealed to grant iis use for religious purposes, him away oe LOGICAL CONCLE From the Kansas Cit A Kansas man wrote to his newspaper and asked: "What's the matter with my hens? Every morning when I go to feed them I of them have keeled over to rise no more.” ‘ BLACKBEADS GO QUICKLY ven} mMen ee oti eulels “2™") "BY THIS SIMPLE METHOD Blackhoads—big ones of little ones-aoft Jones or hard ones--on any part of the body, go quick by @ simple method that Just dindolves them, To do thia, cet about r ) sa er blew inte town the other day and" Don't use slang Say he arrived in| druggist, town."* #4 im not using slang. Thore was a ey- and his house came with him. wonder where th Tho powdered neroxin and the hot ve just disrolved Pinching ueezing blackhead "1 eall on the morning to father frat thing in| his consent too and soft they whtie th wedding, dearest finple application of neroxin and water Lave a hatter Call t ives them right out, leaving the ekin I think yo! ercall hinvon yoft and the pores in their natural condi. | the phone jet powdered nero “Just as you say, darling. ‘and If you “And, honey, you might make it al with these unsightly blemish long-distance while you are at it) nly try thie simple met! Fifth Assembly oorpe” Gnas, Fire Commi Dy, | Han if —— {Mrs she took part in|Churches and was in the centre of a|~ Alderman Joseph isemblyman Maurice Mc- State Senator James J. Walker, Congressman Micnael Farley could not attend, but he telegraphed hig best wishes to his many old friends, Patrick Brennan and Sam- uel G. Dooley, who expect to be aids to Mr. Delaney #f the President whould agree to his plan of settling the Post Office difficulty, were busy sounding sentiment for Mr. Delaney Lei is_neighbors. And now for the real important Persons, the ladi Yos, they were there in angelic h . All the beauty of the lower west side was under one roof for at least this occasion. Among the patronesses were: ._ Eugene Mrs. Flora M. Barstow, James Wall Finn, irs, Edward B. Gethin, Mrs. Outerbridge Horsey, Miss Jarvis, Mrs. George P. | Labatut, the Misses Lynch, Mrs. John A. Linherr, Mrs. A. M. Livingston, Mre. Thomas P. McKenna, Miss Maben, Mrs. James Mitchell, Mra. L. M. Mooney, Mrs. N. M. Munoz, Mrs. Archibald Murray, Mra. M. J. O'Con- nor, Mra. W. P. O'Connor, the Miss Padian, Mrs. Francis J. Quinlan, Mrs. Matthew Rath, Mrs. Herbert D. Rob- bina, Mrs. Casanova Schroen, M David Smith, Mrs. John J. Sweene, Miles ‘Tierney, Mrs. H. T, ‘Thomas, Mre. 8. H. Wakeman and Mra. Cabot Ward. —_—_—_—_——— ‘White Aske a Jury Trial, When Bouck White, pastor of the) Cmurch of the Social Revolution, was arraigned in Special Sessions yesterday, Pleading to a charge of having dese- crated the American flag was deferred until May 3 at his gwn request. Im- mediately afterward he went before Judge Crain in General Sessions and Moved for a jury trial. Judge Crain took the motion under advisement. HIS BIG MISTAKE. (rom the Pittstnegh Post.) ‘What's the matter?” ho asked of the bridegroom, "min bad. My wife in me is hopelessly shattered. “What terrible thing have you «one? “It didn’t seem so terrible at the start I broke a dish and tried to blame it on my wife's pet c her faith ‘46 ment to the home. art. The tured, eight inches. apace than an upright. t Pianista, 38th Street Easy Payments $12.50 a Month HO in all this wide world that loves music, has not had a desire to own a Baby Grand Piano? 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