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3 -IMITCHEL DEFENDS -PUNS TO ERTS Tells Social Workers Who Protest at Stand Schools |! 2 Need Patriotism. PAbout 150 social workers, headed by . John J, Eiliott, called upon Mayor itehel to-day and protested against Bis advocacy of compulsory military taining in the punlic schools. They @lvo filed a protest amoinst the Mayor's announcement that he was @rtain his recent appointees to the Board of Education agreed with his ews on military training fdmed them. The Mayor receive his visitors in © public recep! ngom of City Hull said "To-day is surely appropriat® for thig application. 1 understand that! the purpose of this committes is determine whether appointecs to the} Board of Education believe in the in- | stallation of military training in the! sehools. I had been under the impres- | Nh that the appointing power of the ard of Kducation was conferred! GPon the Mayor and that it was his| ty to select the people best fitted | { Administer the educational bili ' the city SP'The Mayor of New York has a} @rect concern in the question of na-| onal defenses just as every citizen of | United States ought to have. of By Mind that concern is so important 44 fundamental that 1 shall yield Hthing to it. tf you femen feel that | must moral support becuuse tb Veet on military trair i Boodby. 1 do | «and MUhe Mayor told hin hearers they | | J | Gverlooked re bas on Mgatory to ins @ a part of the school course. 1 eing the duty of the fhat all laws are ca plained, lie made « Members of the Board iucation Would carry out the law before ap- pointing them ~ ‘ But there is a larger aspect to Ei this than the mere execution of the Slater jaw,” said the Mayor, “which | ia duty resting on every member € the Board of Education: and ths member of the Board who sbirks that duty ie shirking @ legal duty, which ought to subject him, if he di purposely and without excus ebarges and removal from fice “I understand the point ig that there is no value in mili i training from the educational point of | view, but, on the contrary, it is harm ful from the educational point of view. It is my conviction that mili iary training is one of the most es sential elements in general public ed ucation in the United px for thr upbuilding of good citizenship “It is my belief that the mc spleuous lack in American youth to- | day is a recognition of authority, «| respect for authority, and that that is} one of the things that ought to be | instilled into American youth, and that the recognition of an obligation to the United States of America as an on incident to citizenship is one of the | things that ought to be taugit to the people who come to this country re 1417-1423 THIRD AVENUE NEAR 80" STREET | obligation, At United States as any other single factor that we can have in our life. From the point of view of national defense it is absolutely essential, “The statement that the United States can develop a paid professional to carry these burdens for it! believe that srviee in the is both absurd from a military point of view and contrary genius and spirit of American insti- utions. America has always set its against @ standing arm always set its face against the estab- lishment of a great paid military in. stitution, and has proclaimed the tions.” Bungalow Aprons, « Bungalow Aprons, of f FURNITURE Cash orCredit OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 O'CLUCa Holzwasser Home Talks No. 150 HE comment of customer who of opinion. t their expertence and at SPECT our assort~ re finally deciding? to yourselves, ly Accessiile from West Side SUth or Hith St.Crosstown Cars A 5-Room Apartment Bi Giaraveony SQTD Freight & Railroad THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1917. my conviction that mili- | tary training will mean as much tO}of serviceable a 3 the progress of civilization in the States or any oth i mitting a crime ag a ship If in case of ne r out as a sacrifice If they were not prepared when they Ro, ax no more hazardous than trav to the entire | the subway, | feel confident that que: men who are ov has | front in ‘ope, you would nave ¢ somewhat different verdict as to the ‘garding {8 as an opportunity and no| principle that in a democracy the duty to defend rests on each male “From the educational point of | UNSW fe that duty deen not. reat is as you claim, on every male citizen ® then the United} country is con 1 it sends them is they will be been sufficiently demon by what has taken place in pe. espite the fact that may nks is ing In hat if was submitted upying the w relative dangers of the two oceupa lot No. 88 Catherine Street, Gio Poppolardi of No, and Domi Monroe & and are in Bellevue Hospital Edward Brown of No. 236 Stanhope Street, Brooklyn, was the driver of the truck whi ward in the He says one of th “RUNAWAY AUTO DASHES INTO WORKMEN; KILLS ONE Three-Ton Truck, Beyond Control, nst its citizen-| Tracks—Three Injured. three-ton auto truck belonging to the Heckgr-Jones-Jewell Company and laden with 8,000 pounds of flour inmanageable work i aWay the steering gear w u Alf he could do w The truck ran to side of Avenue of commission of seventee f seventeen Men | shut off the power, T jthe curb on the eas ) Monroe Street was|C before it stopped, dragging along | hos Salvatore Tamonico | Lapart x ec come entangled in the running gear. lat work re | Percedo of No ‘instantly killed Cover-All APRONS for diligent housewives Quick to © slip on, practical, comfortable house dress and apron in one —what more could one desire in the way of convenience? Special Prices stout per ye medium in neat light ed patterns, Ou but. } in front, as illustrated; fr with cap to match, but in back Special, 46c 2 ging- hum in checks or stripes of pink blue, lavender or black and white: bunded and trimmed with bands of solid color to match, Also per- cales in neat designs trimmed in contrasting colors, or piped with white 69¢ tonee Semi-fitted Cover-All Ap f superior quality percale in 1 or small neat des trimmed with pipings or bands of contrast- ing colors and tick-rack braid 94c Batya —Phird Moor, Rear Freedom Clothes for Little Tots 69c That's what the little shavers need — clothes that allow un- hindered, unim peded play—Good creepers and dresses at this little price. Creepers in one, two and three year sizes. Made of _ striped gingham, or madras all white or striped, trimmed in contrast- ing colors; neatly scalloped em- broidery at neck and cuffs: high or square necks, short sleeves, rte envelope buttoning, as tilustrated, 69c of pink and white or blue ite striped gingham with trimming of solid calor chambray to match; silk lace ties in front. @ to 6 years, 69c of Superior Quality $1.98 Verified price elsewhere No need to cite to wide- awake women the pres- ent condition of the glove market. These smart gloves of perfect, selected French kid will prove an uncommon purchase for these times WOMEN’S REAL FRENCH KID GLACE GLOVES; full pique sewn; two large pearl clasps; six rows of silk chain embroid ery; tops banded with '\-inch fold of con- trasting color kid. White or black, self embroid- ered; black with black and white embroidery; tan with black and self embroidery; white with green or helio embroidery. Women with foresight will avail themselves of this opportunity by providing for Spring needs NOW. The gloves will sell quickly at this price, $1.98 Aeeya—Main Moor, Front The Midwinter Furniture Sale Will Begin Next Monday Sunday's papers will contain details of this event. Dependable Merchandise are always “Lowest-in-the-Cily * MAYS Sixth Floor: | | Women’s New FROCKS Unfold Themselves Clad in such pleasant frocks as these even a gray winter afternoon will take on an air of cheerful gaiety. A Dress of Taffeta has sleeves and a deep sailor collar of G gette crepe, collar elaborately em- broide: in heavy silk and silver thread touched here and there with beads. White Georgette vestee, draped girdle and full skirt with apron front finished with « cuff of self material. Navy, black, brown and gray, at $24.74 Another Dress has a bodice and of Georgette, with a bib and cuffs of taffeta embroid- ered with gold, Vestee and collar of xray Georgette, Skirt’ with pointed tunic of taffeta. Navy, black and brown $19.74 MPS — Third Poor. Browdway Charming Negligees for Leisure Hours ‘Thoughtfully chosen fabries contribute to their grace, and lightsome trimming to their daintiness cial values are added features Two styles of fine dotted hie or lavender satin ribl deep cape collar, has shire and neck ulustrated, of fine ar an frill edge. Pink ender, wistarin Chall floral patterns; elastic waistline model, slightly Empire, with tr ming of satin ribbo bows. Shades of pinks, blues lavenders. $5.74 —— Mes — Third Vloor, mart Women Are Wearing Spring Suits NOW Well dressed women like to w first appear—and these wou spring suit Many of the new making them comfortable for immediate wear. A more youthful belted nch serge has a detachable collar of white Pleats and two hang- s show below the A two-button tailored suit of French serge has_ silk braid pipings as the only trimming. Two tiny pock- ets, ‘The sleeve is snugly tailored, too. $43.75 Two straps extending to the under-arm trim a third suit of French serge—-sleeves also are finished with straps of self material. Detachable gray silk collar Meys— Ti We Have No Monopoly of good. styles we cannot co ble quality; there are other rel store which combines quality and for the same grade of goods Trustworthy FURS Prices Are At Low Ebb Buy Now Women’s Coats Scotch Mole with self collar Hudson Seal (dyed musk rat), collar and border of natural skunk $79.75 Hudson Seal (dyed musk rat), collar, cuffs aud border of natural skunk $98.75 Hudson Seal (dyed mus! rat), ¢ eulfs and border of | $119.00 Sets—Correctly Matched Poiret Fox, $19.74 ‘Taupe Fox, $2975 Separate Pieces Scarf, Mut, $1474 Taupe lox $13.49 $6.49 Sea’ Dyed Muskrat $14.74 Battleship $29.75 Gray Fox ‘$29.75 HEE —Thied Ho. Recs Prices for New Hats rimmed with pink One with very 1 satin ribbon around waist House Gown in all-over Crepe de Chine Negligee with r the new things when they oming to us now ve interlinings, Floor, Broadway no monopoly of relin= 1 cannot find another as low as we charge Hudson Seal Mole, collar der of taupe fox cults and bor 30 Hamilton paruba of No were ser as moving no: hi struck an obstruction as the was passing the x of w of were sitting down ndling and the st wheel was jerked out of his ha The truck headed into the cre en, Brown claims, and as he ned the wheel and t RO Mech Gos Mtractions Are Prices AGES B'dway, 34th to 35th St Herald Square price; al $4.96 and our high) stands s elsewhere. Our Mo Maximum of Style Most of the new nats are in tailored styles or satin, some all straw, 5.04 Hundreds of other Hats in distinctive styles at 88.50 to #25.50 nacre Floor, Bi ope Awaiting "ay ° The Opening Every business day, at least a half hour before this store opens, the early morning crowd of thrifty shoppers begins to gather at our main entrance. When the nine o'clock chimes sound and the doors are opened a small army of women and men_ starts its uying tour of Meas. THIS USUAL MORNING SCENE HERE is the unus ual at other stores. Not only is it a barometer of business, it is the stethoscope on the pulse of a thinking cople. Teis proof positive of ed confidence of people who believe store, its service and its a merit- INCRE, SAVING A SELLING FORC It is a human demonstration by prudent buyers of their confidence in the time tested olicy of which FOR’ FIFTY-NINE. YEARS HAS BOUGHT AND SOLD DEPENDABLE MER. CHANDISE ON ‘A’ CASI BASIS ONLY. When you buy AMMGYS Own Merchon thorough dependability in every particular, Lut of prices far below those of branded gcos of similar quality mean ip the Shore Bag of Silver Mesh and Paisley Pattern Silk A unique and delightful embodiment of the paisley fad is interpreted in a bag of fine silver mesh with top of paisley silk, [tis drawn with ribbon of @ dull blue shade an with tlowered silk Main Floor Richness Qualilies this Suit soft pile duvetyn of finest quality y black satu forming jumpe Sport Frock with Shetland Knit shpover silk printed with rose and bla shetland knitted wool in a warm of rose fashions the slip-over coat, ¥ has collar, cuffs and wide rash wil heavily fringed ends of the sport silk Third Hloor, til it is almost cireula’ d loose panels at the sid Hhird Hloor ‘DINNER OF REAL FOOD FOR DIETERS T0-NIGHT Rookies Who Grew Stout on Three! Among the guests were Health |Commiasioner Emerson, Dr. Morris | King, Frederick Lynch of the Carne- gio Institute, Hamilton Holt, editor As an aftermath of the diet test,| of The Independent; Byron Holt, Miss the police rookies who for three weeks Reed, editor of MeCall’a M lived on 26 cents a day under the dl- | pr, Wiliam Snow, George F. Kuna, rection of the Life Extension Inatitute Vice President of Tiffany's and head | of the American Museum of Safety; Dr. Louis R, Welzmiller, physical dt | rector of the West Sido Y, M. C. A. Dr. George J. Fisher and Miss Mil- hen yesterday to a small group, 4red Mattox of the Life Extension included | Institute. isly injured und car trac front whee tru rkmen, Weeks of Calories Also to Have Theatre Party. ring d of honor guests to-night at @ special dinner de luxe, followed by a theatre party, luncheon, containing 750 calories, was served diet [cream of corn soup, a broiled chop, baked potato, roll and butter, apple and lettuce salad with French drese- | ing, grapefruit with a cherry, | cracker and a cup of coffee, Quality — Service of CHARM $4.96 and $5.94 You'll be amazed at really charming hats that we can show you at these very moderate True, the cost of materials has risen considerably, but you will agree that this season’s collections 5.94 measure up to very way. are as carefully made sold at much ds in ¢ Our Trimmed Hats at these prices and finished, as distineti higher pric ein styl imum of Cost straws combined with silk Correct in every detail for February wear. The Models ///usirated are indicative of ‘the 200 hats to be seen here at $4.96 and wany, Athy SE Exams are over! Coat Frock for girls of 10 to 16 years shows effective combination of plaid gingham pleated skirt and French linen separate coat of solid color; collar, cuffs and vestee of white linen; velvet Green, rose, leather or Belgium Girls’ Washable Frocks of gingham, zephyr, or ds or plain colors; pleated skirts; touches of hand stitehing. 95 6 lo 14 years. Three New Models in Regulation Dresses, $9.74 cbhambray, in Regulation sailor suit, Rus: all of men’s wear braid, hand embroid SWEATERS for Misses and Children Cold days are happy days for children who are bundled up rs, scarfs and caps of light and woolly warmth, ‘These are attractively priced: and Children’s in faney weave; collars; pockets; gray or Copenha trimmed with white Fashion brings into flower the women, even before Spring has put forth her first buds. ‘Taf- feta and serge claim renewed favor as youthful fabrics. le of old gobelin blue, combined , white Georgette collar, Popular street shade Flaring is a Miss’ Coat “ Hlustratian B. tal is a neutral shade of & with lining and deep squa isley silk poplin. uff is as deep forearm “Third Floor, 5th Stre Making the ‘“‘Graflex” More Popular The use of the “Graflex” Cameras was limited because of the high price of the fast Anastigmat lenses with which they were fitted. with Mega Reflex Special Lenses, speed F. 4.5, and sell them at popular Size S'yxtly in, (Elsewhere $85.00), PITS —Fitth Floor, 25th St, Cente SKIRTS Are Anticipating Spring In Their Own Way A Pleated Skirt has great confidence in its big, per- fectly matched plaids. In blue and green, gold and black, black and white and some striking color com- hinations in which red or violet predominates. Wide separate girdle. $13.74 A Taffeta Skirt has a double share of — fullness—pleats at the sides and shirring across the back. Navy or black. $14.74 A Yoke of original cut, with self covered buttons, dis- tinguishesa skirt which may he had in poplin or satin, Separate belt. $10.74 BOATS — Third Ploor, Contre = GIRLS!—New Frocks to Start the Spring Term ‘To every schoolgirl that means the begin- ning of anew term—and new clothes. ‘These clever models i regulation dresses and ‘wash frocks will help you to start the term with added enthusiasm, $1.96 1 dress, two piece middy dress vy serge; pleated skirts; trimmings of silk ed embleins Ik ties. 6to 14 years, Misses’ and Children’s Sweat Sets plain straight weave; roll collars button high at necks; roomy pockets; all around belts. Solid colors of rose, Copen- lagen or gray. Set, $5.49 Misses’ Sweater Sets of brushed woo! in rose or Copenhagen with white sailor collar, cuffs and all around belt. Hat has side pompons, Set, $5 SMI — hind Floor, S4th Street Se Misses’ Frocks Anticipate the New Season se charming new modes for young Two Effective Interpretations of the Bolero Smart Frock of black or navy serge in Empire effect; bolero and hem trimmed with silk braid; white col- lary bone button trimming; horn shaped pockets; tasseled ornament at neck, Illustration A $12.74 C* Taffeta Frock in surplice has vest; collar and undevecutf of tan taffeta in smact contrast; full, shirred shirt with two pockets, artistically embroidered, Nav, reseda, black. $24.74 This Taffeta Frock has cordings on » gobelin blue, points of the bolero and oddly 1 pockets; Georgette sleeve $19.74 Empire Frock of taffeta—has full, shirred skirt with three , Georgette sleeves; while Georgette collar, blouse effee- Navy, Copenhagen, brown, pearl, $16.74 9 “he Tonic Laxative. Quickens the action of the LIVER renews the appetite. Tones uw; the muscles of the bowels and prevents constipation, bilioue- ness, nervousness and tick headache. NOT A_CATHARTIC— AFR YOR CHILDREN RG PILLS | WORLD WANTS WORK WONDERS. a We fit them Borys price, $65.25. BLOUSES Gain Charm Through Simplicity Tailored models and unpreten- worked in soft v7 these instances, is either vivid or very delicate. Fine cordings give a touch of smartness to the blouse Superior quality ne; novel shaped yocket effect; white pearl buttons; bound buttonholes. White, flesh, maize. A_ Group Blouses of crepe de chine or lustre silk; trimmings of silk stitching, hemstitching, pearl buttons, folds of con- trastingcolors. High shades or soft colorings. ORSETS For Stout Figures ‘The stout woman has a cor- set problem Helping her solve it is a specialty with Dasys. Here are four MARCHIONESS MODELS Carefully Designed for Larg waz uy White coutil in preted straight lines and long hips; Ir of elastic at lower edge as- ~—suitable for tall, full figures. At $2.44—Strong white coutil in medium or low bust style with long or medium length skirt; decided incurve at the i Sizes 26 to 36, suitable foe the curved fig- At $4,89—Of flesh color bro- cades in low bust, long hip Sizes 25 to 30, At $5,94—Flesh color bro- cades; broad elastic bands at the back hold the tigure tirm- ly and give freedom when sitting. 3 pairs of hose sup- Sizes 25 to 30, Bacze —third PL, B5th st, Rear. Word from the South is to the effect that North- ern golfers are coming in by every train. If you intend to go, it will that better equipments are found in New igen ene te Tete eo eT And MME prices cannot ed in New York for clubs, and bags and golf balls of equal quality. ned Hickory Shafts, Gibson's Irons, Slazenger's Drivers and Br Horn’s Imp'd Irons, Golf balls, ineludin “Lowest-in-the-City” prices, Fifth Floor, Center ces