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® t val 562. Three thousand little laddiée and road interests that the Commission beaver collar; excellen ue . at $62.00 |reasten o¢ the Kehédlo Stub enet their | $ parently was without authority to ; “ 3 sie stich an order, % ig gt ements heist cad g corge Hodges, Secretary of the car | EN’ PORTE VE is morning at the Stran eatre, © of the American . j MEN’S IMPORTED OVERCOATS thoy were the questa of The Evening | 3 Sm g iation, said it O97 && World and the management of the|@ FREDERICK W. WHITRIDGE the committee : for general or motor wear . . $27.50 g $06 © all the authority of the g theatre, nag td had a pte iat hed PEOPEN eT TOT OC eT NETO ee cutives over car distribution, ‘The 4 m ful time, They sang, cheered and| Frederick W. Whitridge, President|Grand Trunk, he sald, had refused to % MEN’S DRESS OVERCOATS (American-made) laughed. Once when the Uttie heroine fof the ‘Third Avenue Ratlrond Com-|D8 bound by tho rules which had tm- bs ‘ in the movie play, “Snow White,” |pany, who underwent a sudden op- oP Fental, tte eald ot shi $ of black or dark gray vicuna, lined with silk seamed in danger from the plotting |eration for appendicitis late lnst!{nspectors were out checking un the ’ 5 icked princess they cried night, was restin, HM thi ing| railroads ‘ with velvet collar . 24.50 — of the wicked p } ght, & well this morning k and finished $ The entertainment was the second |at New York Hospital. He ts not out SPR i 'S IMPORTED SWEATERS (roll collar provided this week under the joint|of danger, but his condition is cox- | f MEN'S _ ) \iiSanan (02 thy Setaba Theatte and |aidatwa. cavorabie 18TH OF PENNSYLVANIA “ of brushed wool of fine, soft quality, in The Evening World and more than| Mr. Whitridge had heen 111 for & Mt made . q ys seven thousand children enjoyed the|week at his homo, No. 16 East DECLINES 10 BE DINED ii Nie gray or heather mixtures © «$7.00 | performances. ‘The first was given|Bleventh Street, Tate yesterday his pratiinienia (i ie i on Tuesday when the children of condition took a turn for the worse) Regiment Does Not Want Any 5 the public schools who are enjoying |@nd hasty arrangements wero made : Adal 7 7 the benefits of the “Penny Lunch” |for his reception at the hospital, Blowouts From Public Who bf plan attended. whither his wife and son accom- Secured Their Reca Even the weather could not dampen | anied him, PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 28.—The 18 B. Altman & Cn. Another Offering of Men’s Overcoats and Sweaters will afford the final opportunity of the present year for obtaining necessary Winter garments at special prices. MEN’S FUR-LINED OVERCOATS made of dark gray cloth, lined with selected muskrat (natural color) and finished with ANumberof Styles in Men’s Shoes THE EBVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, 3,000 KIDDIE KLUB MEMBERS APPLAUD STRAND FAIRY PLAY Evening World Youngsters Also Meet Their Cousin Eleanor for First Time. | LITTLE MOTHERS THERE. | East Side Girls See to It That Guests of Newspaper and THIRD AVENUB HEAD GOES UNDER KNIFE FOR APPENDICITIS Theatre Are Comfortable. } the tnthusiasm of the youngsters | this morning and they were at the theatre long before the performance The operation was performed by Dr. Charles Gibson, who said later that it appeared to have been suc- | COMMERCE COMMISSION | __DEFIED IN CAR SHORTAGE | Some Railroads Deny Federal Board Has Authority to Enforce Drastic Order. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28,—Repro- sentatives of railroads throughout the country to-day appeared before the Interstate Commerce Commission to show cause why the Commission should not take into ite own hands the car shortage situation. The order which the Commission threatens to issue would require the roads te return to connecting lines jall foreign cars on theld tracks after rs |unloading. Heretofore, the ratiroads | have required roads in the east, where 4 | the congestion is greater, to return \to connecting nea monthly # larger number of foreign cars than received. One phase of to-day’s hearing was the claim advanced by certain rall- unanimous decision to accept no fav- 18th Regiment to-day stood pat on its | DEOEMBER 28, MaromayhiMynng 1916. my | cessful. Mr, Whitridge is sixty-two| Fs at the public's hand. : Yi Ch l M now being ellminated from stock to make | rors 10" "MUN" aaa Me Whe ve arn om ato Invest Your Christmas Money way for new assortments, will be placed on sale to-morrow (Friday) at prices that should effect a clezrance SIZES INCOMPLETE (Men’s Wear Departments, First Floor) |Scurried into their seats they wero | very much surprised to find that al- though they had left their mothers | there were mothers to care for them. (The “Little Mothers,” the patient {little girls who care for eo many of | thelr younger brothers and sisters on | the east side, had been invited with | thelr President, Mra. Clarence Burns, |and they were only too happy to watch out for the welfare of the Klub members. under the leadership of Mrs. Laura Eliott they expanded, and when they came to “America, I Love You" their *|iusty voltes could be heard out on Broadway. After the singing Winifred Gray Gracie of the Strand management, who has been an able ald to Santa Claus this week, told the children some fairy tales, The Kiddie Klub members were feeling very happy in- deed when on the screen there ap- Pear as though we were glad to get home” sald one officer, to appear as cowards in the eyes of the public. Our treatment on the border was good.” The 18th was finally ordered back from the border after a newspaper campaign to “bring the boys home for Christm had been followed by the personal appeal to President Wil- son of a delegation of Pittsburghers headed by Mayor Armstrong. such honors that would make it ap- | “We refuse | Come to Bloomingdales’ and secure e WALTERS ° so as to make it yield you profit in the form of a lifetime of pleasure. WORLD'S GREATEST PLAYER PIANO VALUE,” our New and Unrivalled Tri-Solo Melodist “THE t . PR iall Theda BASSAI LIBS Gates peared the first of the fairy pictures ———— indus ry ; Fifth Avenue, New Wark the affair, and with thelr errivai| pare ot Princess Snow Waite, = "| AUTO SKIDS INTO CAR. e \ every seat in the theatre was filled.| ‘phe children saw the little princess Pastengers . wr WEP eee With the magnificent Lager Organ! sent away by the wicked Queen and Bratsed, = O e ay er | IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU NEED— eke} Ne ieiphipn Cpe earch: Autanee they ACE she was to Suidding on the slippery asphalt, a| || j larch” and merica, ve You."| be on away forever she appeared | heavily loaded automobile truck driven I A WORLD “WANT” AD. WILL GO AND GET IT | they hesitated @ little at firat, but|in the home of the Seven Dwarfs and|by Charles Weingarten, twenty-four, of | 2% — seen _aienenin was saved. Then they wept at the) So, Ho Gay et Grancae and Montes | ——<———== troubles of Snow White and they felt 7 eth ages Citar Web Aye Mbp No Interest, \No Extras Wy |so deeply that when she was nally |Avenue trolle; e pussen- MY | saved and restored to the Prince who|* Siar Alois ninerocn et Ne. Be Sala | | 4 Y married her thelr applause lasted for| toga Avenue, was picked up uncon & A | several minutes, th fter being attended by D. 7 [| _ And tant, nut surely not least, atiss| Abdallah of St-'catherinen Honpitat foe | Hf s [4 |Schorer, who is the Cousin Bleanor | concuns! | 0 T rms of $2 a Week | to all the Klub embers, d PEC Sia ilps are OE nie jes how much she loved them and ie ty how she appreciated their joining the —_ | ——— eee ee (| ' TEACEYATIDE OCR OR an etc renen” oeaienee cnsend Baeble” FREE: We Give a Beautiful Music Cabinet, Bench, Cover, 12 Rolls of "4 wl i management, through which it was PASO, ‘Ten, Dec. 38—Following * Music (Your Own Selection) and Free Delivery to Your Home is ‘i i y Pee baey enka ontaien oe a renewed investigation into the “round | bs g 6 little fell: led for. thi robin” protest signed by 580 Ohio N, A 4, / Y cheers for Cousin Hleancr and it| tional Guardsmen, General Bell There Ts No Other Player Piano at ‘ Yj started all over again, until Cousin pounced eipiay that the. nen-cornr x { (4 | Kleanor had to run from the stage. sion: officers fies oh ne ae ° 5 thy | j er ape Pilea Seb ati Sane ta uy $395 That Compares With the Walters : J il! Yj GUNMAN GETS 4 YEARS. administered to Robert Dixon, of Akron 2 Y Sc mre eee Oh HES All who have seen and heard the new 1917 Style Walters Player %, . Piano unanimously agree that from every point of excellence by which 4 rf ‘ | rank Reilly, one of the pantial- er Pianos can be judged, THE WALTERS IS SUPREME. 1 % Ls pants in the battle between the ARE YOU Ki YOu KEPT a fect and simple are the expression devices that o knowledge 11e our oal . Hod has followers of “The” McManus at Man- 0 periect ai aig P psa as eeineat n g hattan Casino Sept. 24, 1916, in which BY sic i uired in order to bring ou e beautiful tone-pictures in : been shrinking KEROSENE cccacetoc sea] FROM WORK |] Say composition, whether popular of classical “ps 3 was convicted"8f felonious assult any . J ; Zh g Wace inate nea seceel ITCHING PIMPLES? The exquisite, sweet singing tone, the responsive action and the with shooting Daniel Tyan, who at- : ere + | rid f thi utmo: t kill d ighly artistic case designs are ample evidence o: e st skill an as stayed the same easter f ARIS Most Set | aw Cutcnre 204 Be Mesied highly art \ electrocuted” fat “October for’ the Try Cuticura and Be Healed. care used in the construction. : ; Coal has been going up—and up! Remtenced to Sing Sing fornot more| Notwithstanding the increase in the cost of all materials entering | than twe'and e haif'yeara, "Ot 10" mete acy ait ee into the construction of pianos, we have not advanced the price. Fs an tw years, jes on my arms and lim! into » . ae papers eay it may jump still higher before the winter Bay Chest and feet. agnen 4 oy ¢ ’ 8 over. BREAK ENGAGEMENT TO WED BD, were and in famed, ] TT) add ] Pi : al eee RD) looked as if it were scald W ‘ Go light on coal—burn Miss Quinby Will Not Hecome Bride WW eh ‘t was really ashamed Our New Sty e F a ters ano 4 ps git anne Murdoelk, 4) of myself. Jeould not sleep ea Fs q ny ment of Miss Con: ht it h j . SOCONY KEROSENE arena PAE ae a sek eee Best Piano Built to tn at G. Quinby of ren Murdock, has been broken Ne blood came. It was impus- mutual consent,” it was learned yes- A gallon of Socony Kerosene costs from 10 to 15 cents. able for me to work many Burned in a Perfection Oil Heater it will warm any ordin- ary room for 10 full hours. 10 or 15 cents worth of coal is about half a souttle-full—and there's small comfort in a scuttle of coal these ays. A Perfection is on when you need it and off when the weather turns mild. You carry it upstairs and downstairs, wherever you want it. But the furnace stays in the cellar, steadily burning up the dollars. 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H, Bostea.” Sold throughout the world ten a a ier spertinent at the Plaza, Mrs. Jquinby sala: "rhe young people “de: |clded to break their engagement. I jeannot give you any further informa- tion." | At Mr. Murdock's home, No, 11 Mont- |gomery Place, Brooklyn, 1t was sald the young man was out of town and that none of the family was at home, i On Se of ‘la — Price includes Stool, Cover and Free Delivery. WIA WA Ww Walters Upright Pianos, $225 to $310 Walters Player Pianos, $395 to $500 Wallers Grand Pianos, $525 to $575 Erhard Upright Pianos, $300 to $400 Erhard Player Pianos, $500 to $600 Erhard Grand Pianos, $625 to $1100 EXCHANGE YOUR OLD PIANO for the beautiful new Walters or Erhard Piano or Player Piano. We will make a liberal allowance and let you pay the balance at the rate of $1 a week on a Piano or $2 a week on a Player Piano. Upon request a representative will call. Send for our 1916 illustrated catalogue. Piano Salesroome, Third Floor, Of second deares murder was and against the weight of evi Hid BINGHAM" Deo, 28.-—An nouncement 18 made to-day of the resignations of Capt. Edwin Moody and First Lieut. Roy Wilber of Company H, Firat Regiment, N. GN. Y, They wili be relieved from duty Jan, 1. The resignations are on account of pres- sure of private busine of NEW YORK Buffalo Breaks upchildren's coughs and colds quickly, Mother's “¢ | dependence for 50 years as @ safe and sure treatment for croup and *hooping cough. Make it your family cough-and-cold doctor, too— it’s the right 1 remedy to have at the Boston | What the Prophets of the Stars Predict for the Coming Year. Interesting Forecasts as to War, Labor, Finance, Ete, See Next Sunday World Magazine 1 Shortly Arter 7 crclock this morning, | Bertram Bridge, forty-seven years old | an engineer, attempted suicide by cut~ | tine big throat Taser, at hie Tight time, right in ur Cig home, home, No. toad, West Reteiaen’ pisten “itlena nile “wae 360 at your druggist, . Vincent's Hospital, a ik i FREE TEST Yirite to. ere Sa] |