The evening world. Newspaper, July 6, 1917, Page 9

Go NEGRO FIREMAN ~ PROVES AER John Henry Woodson to Be Publicly Commended by * Mayor for Courage. os Henry Woodson, the only in the New ‘York Fire Depart- to-day told with a great deal Petmetance of the courageous per- formance in recognition of which he ‘Will be called trom the ranks of honor me next Saturday and publicly ‘PMalsed by Mayor Mitchel. The long eld the city’s gallant Alkali Makes Soap Bad For Washing Hair soaps and prepared shampoos in too much aX i, which is very lous, as it dries the scalp and the hair brittle. best thing to use is just plain jed cocoanut oil, for this is pure entirely ‘greaseless. It's very | t and beats the most expensive or Les fring else all to pieces. | t ean get this at any drug store, | | and a few ounces will last the whole |! many for months. * Bimply moisten the hair with water | and rub it in, about « teaspoonful is i ¢ that is required. It makes lance of rich, creamy lath } Cotati oa and rinses o ~The hair dries quickly and ‘ and is soft, fresh looking, Brig a, wavy and easy to handle. it loosens and takes out every Bae of dust, dirt and dandruff— FAIN' SILK SWEATERS a Over 3,000 Stylish Boys’ and Girls’ Sweaters at At- tractive Mill Prices. "GET IN THE SVM] Men’s and Boys’ pure wool “Athletic” cut Bath- 95 ing Suits. Special § MAIL ORDERS FILLED $5 value... WRITE FOR BOOKLET FAI KNITTING MILLS 02 PARK AV,, BROOKLYN COR. BROADWAY, N EVENINGS: “Close contact with my fellow fire- morning of Sept. 22 last. Some of the newspapers referred to row of white sleepers out of the cor- the rescue in a perfunctory way at Ter of my eye and doing « lot of that time, but when the full report of n’s pay as a rad Woodson's daring and the great per- fireman ts $1,200, Out of it he mee sonal risk involved reached head- quarters, Commissioner Adamson put a merit mark opposite the black man’ name and decided that when the Proper time arrived big courageous- ness should recelve more appropriate recognition. So it is that next Gat- urday Is to be the biggest day in ‘Woodson’s life, His gratification is shared by bis fellow firemen in Hook | and Ladder Company No, 106, one of the busiest commands in the Green- point section, all of whom have learn- | ed to like and reapect thelr colored comrade, negro in its ranks, This fact will be understood when it becomes known that Woodson is the first black man to serve’ the olty in that capacity since the paid department came into existence fifty-two years ago, physically, ight complexioned, with fine teeth, clean cut features and eyes that never waiver, He is fiye feet ten and three-quarters inches in height, wei fire fighter, the public school speech and manner, no less than his ability to pass the civil service shows he made good use of his time while there, to get into the departm face of tromendous obstac gether with his fine physical make- po od won the admiration of Commis- sion fireman on Sept, 21, 1914. WON HIS PLACE BY MERIT; REC- was shattering the traditions of the department Woodson, but he wouldn’t hear of his being sesiqped to a special de- tall. He said appointment on his merits and would good at regular fire duties regardiess baby Michael were ready to plunge from the fourth floor window at No, And I've also made up my mind that Not many persons have been aware hat the department numbered a ‘Woodson 18 @ fine looking specimen | hs 180 pounds, and has that makes the ideal He was born in Virginia hirty-one years ago, his famtly mov- ing to Jamaica ittle toddler, he atrengt testa, His persistent efforts in th er Adamson, who made him @ OGNITION BY BRAVERY, Commissioner Adamson knew he when ihe oodson had won his be given an honest chance to make The report of Wood- to the Commissioner 108 Dupont Street when Woodson mounted a ladder only to find himself ofe story below them. He urged on, and, with the aid -foot scaling ladder, and passed the baby to another fireman, taking the mother to the street himself. Woodson talks - philosophically about the handicap of his color, and says if attention to duty and square treatment of his associates will min- i it he expects to attain that end, Many people laughed at me for taking the examinations for fireman," appointed | Sod, \ it 4 't meant for an: . It was @ reg- CANDY PARLOR CANARY, it wae there for @ long time I was looking thinking, 'Woodso: his own needs and looks efter his ther and a widowed sister with four ohikiren. No more @han he mot seoond should do, he argues, the will enter at $1 $20,000, Bekerson, Sergt. Wheeler master’s to report birthday. Robert said Woodson, “but I just kept plu: ging away, They told me I was bul ting against a stone wall. while it looked that way. thing came out fine, though. FIRST DAYS ON FORCE WERE LONESOME. “Te been on the fprce three years nearly and I've never asked a man for his friendship or association. I made up my mind that I wouldn't thrust myself on anybody, If they don't Uke my skin, all right. I've de- termined to stay down in a hole by yself for twenty years if necessary oner than try and force myself on iy. companior in the department. I'm not going to get sore if anybody shows an aversion to me. I will own up that the first night I came to this firehouse I was lonesome—I certainly was lonesome. I felt my race, “But they have treated me square. I come and go like the rest of the firemen here. I see now that I am in the department, more of what a tre- mendous undertaking It was to get in it—I mean for a man of my color, I don’t think it could be done under another Commissioner or any other City Administration, HOW BLACK MAN RESENTS IN- SULT. “I have been insulted several times while wearing the Fire Department uniform. I have spirit enough and strength eno these in- sults, but I 1 from doing 80, uniform that means law, orde the preservation of peace. lived up to my uniform. I have made it clear, however, that I have just cs much contempt for a white man who insults me as that white man has for me. 219, 221, 223, 225, 227 Grand Street Cor. Driggs Ave. BROOK! GOODS DEL.VERED ANYWHERE IN GREATEk NEW YORK No Deposit, 50c. Weekly $125 Worth of Furnitare Opens a New Clothing Account| No Deposit—$i Weekly 164, 166, 168 and 170 Smith Street LYN Cor. Wyckoff St. LA CMM WU unt NIERS / 44h F We Weekly ALTERATIONS 4 FREE, OPEN MONDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING: I ie This Advertl.ement With You and Get Your TEN Per Cent. count Off Your Credit Purchase When Opening A sgl | Warm Weather (China Cioset: v4 Np) OO \ mer Suits mer Frocks > Up| Clothing Se or Men's amd Young Men’s Sum- i} be Well M | W omen's & Misses f Best Styl ie Up to Date and Ww one for. .... ell Cut, WMO Le) docks price te $! 00, and is said ‘The trustees claim they are ‘willing to accept the $9,000 to close the estate, William Purdy, Charles Adams, WESTCHESTER NOTES. Three hundred grammar schoo! ‘graduates will enter the New Ro- chelle High School next fall, Because the addition which is being built on the high schoo! will not be ready, the first year class will be sent to the Stephenson Park School, whigh will continue to be used as an annex to high school. Yorty-four high school graduates of New colleges in the fall, ‘The City Council of New Rochelle has decided to purchase Bonneville estate on the Road to enlarge the city yard, where are being constructed, upon for 217 feet @ property (s assessed to be worth Crandall Cloys, Orvil Kavanaugh and James Morrison of Mount Vernon are ‘at Camp Dudley, Lake Champlain, Walter Francis Wheeler, son of Mr. andé Mra. Willlam B. who en- listed in the United States Quarter- Corps on May 117, the date of the silver anniversary of his par- ents’ marriage, has received orders own of New Rochelle, for duty on July 9, hi He will be twenty- S,, Eugene, Robert 8. i Arthur and Iroino Baer of Mount Vernon have gone to the Catskills for the summer, Clothes For Men Ready for You Now, at the Brill Stores— Ready to Wear Summer Suits of fine featherweight woolen fabrics and of cool, tropical cloths of every kind and description in the most attractive models dis- played this season, all “tailored to a turn” and with the Brill standard of maximum value-giving. Cool Kuppenheimer Suits They offer you real summer comfort insurance—lightweight skeleton lined, heat-resisting and breeze-inviting fabrics—made by the House of Kuppenheimer, as only Kuppenheimer Clothes can be made, with quality and thoroughness in every line and seam, and in the smartest styles shown this season—$20.00, $25.00, $30.00, $35.00 and $40.00, Brill Summer Suits at $15 Cool as a sea breeze, light as a feather —Suits of a kind that are most uausual, indeed, in these days of high woolen prices at $15.00 —smart snappy models, quarter and skeleton lined, and a really choice assortment Rochelle Bronson Purdy, lack Adams, Edward vy a Good Cook, parlor eanary” or for assistance in finding a wife, his letter that The Evening Wor! sary qualifications will severe, “Dear Mayor: I know you are le York, and I thought that you mig! opposite sex. “I am of Engifsh birth, thirty-t years old, and the world and came to this couat: in 1910, principal occupation and have do considerab| eb work. I expect go over to ind in August to tal ry PARED IN WE HUNT William Bettens ‘of New Jer- sey Asks Mayor Mitchel for Some girl who has had experience in housework and is not a “oandy- “prightelight beauty fond of midnight strolls,” and who knows how to cook a plain work- ingman’s meal, has a chance to marry William Bettens of Haskell, N. J. who has written to Mayor Mitchel Wiliam has some pretty definite Ideas as to the kind of wife he wants, and so impressed is the Mayor with has been asked to publish tt with the hope that some girl with the neces- prove to William bis requirements are not Hearken to William's letter, girls: very busy gentleman, holding @ very high, honorable position of trust for the benefit of the great City of New possibly have some applicants of the ave traveled all over I bave made farming my y ae my er an brother have been killed In the war, I have my first citizenship papers o 1 to return to ie, Deties ee hy a farm, my ie in this war my wife would inherit my property, I have some cash in & Pall preter fot my wife @ gid whe ir my has had experience at housework of the ‘old-fashioned sort—none of these vacuum cleaning doll babies or iaun- ay — = sg & wook , ent candy-parlor canary or light beauty fond of midnight strolls. jaybe you will know of a good, sen American girl, age twenty-five to thirty, nice, attractive looking, and who has no objection to country life. She must know how to cook plain workingman’s meals and Lond oid clean and not rum around wi ith gossips. he cpa to hear from you, I am, MWILTTAM BEeTTENS, “Haskell, N. J.” ——— ee O14 Man’s Gift te Crontes Upheld im Will Fight. Surrogate Sawyer, in White Plains, ordered yesterday a verdict admitting to probate the will of Lemus! Mart of Hartedals, A contest was brought by Joseph Hart, @ brother, who wae cut! off from tho estate of $100,000, Lemuel Hart was in hie sighty- seventh year when he died several years a He je to a te Organization Making In response to a t ing the best show: id left his he hfs housekeeper, aX ‘ire 006 to ack and 1,4 to eg my) ht ve ry DEFENSE LEAGUERS HAVE A PRIZE TEST ing to Be Designated the 4 “Honor Company.” Police Headquarters yesterday 8,258 Of the 16,000 Home Defense Leaguers reported at their precinct stations last night. The precinct league " be designated the Ta! empany” for the next three months. The award will'not be made until to- Saturday Until 1 P. M. When informed of the returns inet night A. M, ite bead of the Greater New York Home Dofenso Leagues, said he was woll pleased with the result. He pointed out that many of the men were on ther vacations. Best Show- est call from Malted Milk Upbuilds and sustains the body No Cooking or> Mila required Used for 4 of a Century Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price, EEE SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS rewell,” a special serv- foe for men who are departing for the, war, will be held at Cornell Memoriaf Church Wast Seventy-sixth Street near Second Avenue, next Sunday ft the young men lames H. Lockwood, composed a hymn for the occasion soldiers, sailors, veterans and their friends are especially invite: an follows: |; Man- High-class Panamas offered now, at the height of the season, at prices which would be considered remarkably low juring the middle of August. * BEVERY PANAMA HAT IN STOCK HAS BEEN REPRICED, No reservations—your choice tomorrow as follows: Every Sesion sed "3 G5) sree] sited 07 5G At Your —Extra Special for Saturday Morni Service! $1.50 & §2 Sennit Straw Hats at $1 of new seasonable fabrics and designs. Specially Genuine Palm For Men, Specially Priced Gesu $6.50 THe GENUINE CLOTH 0, BY OOODALL WORBTED CO! Norfolk and Pinch Boys’ Military Suits Khaki Coat and Knee Pants; sizes Cool Outing Clothes for Men Specially Priced Cool-cloth Suits, consisting of coat and trousers, with the coats in Nor- folk, plain and full-belted models. priced at $10.00. Beach Suits plain color In Plain, | chief effects. Back Models. arate collars 5 to 10, Special at $2.50 Scout Suits, including Coat, pants, leggings and hat; sizes to 18; at $6.98 47 Cortlandt Street 125th Street, at 3rd Ave. 279 Broadway, Flannel Outing Suits White Flannel Trousers....at $5.50 White Duck Trousers. . Khaki Trousers... Men’s Furnishing Specials Fibre Silk Shirts, new summer color. Choice Summer Neckwear, foulards, Woven Madras Shirts and plain color pebble weave fabrics Fibre Silk Hose, plein colors, all sizes. Special at 39c—6 for $2.25, Straw Hats for Men Now Reduced to $1.65 Brill Brothers Exclustoe Kuppenhetmer Dealers in New York and Brooklyn 44 East 14th Street Broadway, at 49th Street 1456 Broadwa: ing, Package 1 Kuppechelone priced in accordance Men’s lent we tons. ng gray oe at $15.00 Girls’ $1 $1.25 & $1.75 $1.25 & $1.75 Sa turday $1 Middies at 79¢ Nicely made of Galatea, in coat, slip-on and regula- tion styles. 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Double gage Stamps Till 12 o'Clock; Hundreds upon hundreds of hats in this lot in all sizes. Aneror” Beautiful Bathing Caps In Saturday Morning’s Wonderful Sale Bathing Caps, reg- jathing Caps, reg- lai iced lari wee ® 10e) sh 24e binations. (TI défects are not pe Also a Sample Line of W: 's Bat! Shoes, Only in Mek Limited bree Bi onting”y $i. { " Be Four-Hour Sales in the Men’s Store! $10 Only One to Three Suits of a Kind from Our Higher Priced Lines Splendid suits for town, seashore and country wear, Excellently tailored of such popular materials as WOR- STEDS, CASSIMERES AND ALL-WOOL BLUB SERGES. The Worsted and Cassimere Suits are in new and ex- ceedingly smart patterns, chiefly in stripes and neat mixtures. z ® NEWEST TWO- AND THREE-BUTTON MODELS. Plain and belt backs. Sizes from 32 to 46 chest measure. Your aving in this sale is from $2 to $5, according to your seleo- tion, There is sure to be # rush—so come eatly. For Saturday Morning We Also Feature Men's Genuine Palm Beach Suits at $6.25 These suits are becoming more popular daily, Men everywhere appreciate what sensible Summer rrraeate they are. Not will they keep you cool, but also stylish, for these suits are faultless! tailored of genuine Palm Beach fabrics, which are cold-water shrunk and guaranteed not to shrink, Buy a Palm Beach Suit at once—you will like ft immensely. THE BIGGEST SUIT BARGAIN IN TOWN, FOR OUR SELL- ING PRICK IS NEAR WHOLESALE. All sizes. An Extra Pair of Trousers To Go With Your Blue Serge Coat ‘Trousers of striped and I siz 53.70 Dusters at $3.95 fabric. d with pearl but up to Middy Blouses ALE A Tam | pes eet Women’s and Misses’ Dusters Excellent for travel- ling, motori: sports and ge Morning, rices. All of these coats are 52 Inches long, generously cut, and feature mew convert- ible collars, fancy pockets, tab trimming, etc. One model illus- trated. Natural Color Linene Dusters— ar$i50 § and ‘ 2.50 Natural Color Linen Dusters—at $3.75, and Khaki Trench Coats natural color; 55 Ber reresvcves Mohair Dusters — gray, black and blue; Fates 19.75 $7.95 and for $2.50 Worth of Merchandioe 'm Ary Department or for Ask for Them. Dress, 700, Middy, 7 D0, ith Blazer stripes, others of ings id chambrays. Sizes 8 to 14 rtly trimmed and feature novelty ppings, etc.; and have full pleated styles for your choice. This Linen Duster, $5 Gold Stamps Are Redeemabl for Single ave Stamps Thereafter, jold Stamps All Day Single heme G Spee 2 =lInfants—Mothere-—