The evening world. Newspaper, August 5, 1918, Page 7

~ COMMITTEE WANTS SUGGESTIONS NOW en Fund Steadily Increasing and Form of Memorial Will Soon Be Considered. ‘The fifth week of The World’s Fund for a Mitchel Memorial opened to-day with a total of 50, ‘The largest contribution yeste: came from C. C. Burlingham of No, 27 William Street, who sent a check for $100. A Brooklyn group contributed $11 4nd with their gift came a letter say- ing: Gi “This meagre amount was collect- td by myself trom yanious admirers) of Major Mitchel, as shown by the! Attached list. They wished to con- tribute, but were slightly reluctant In forwarding their mite singly.” The letter was unsigned, but was written from No, 1262 Hancock Btreer. The contribution 1s accepted the! fame as the larger ones. Any sum, hegardiess of size, 1s acceptable. All tontributions will be acknowledged through the columns of The World the day following their receipt. As the fund increases, The World fenews fts invitation for suggestion felative to the form of the memorial. The Citizens’ Committee, of which Cleveland H. Dodge is the Chairman and ‘Theodore Roosevelt Honorary Chairman, will, when an adequate fund ts in hand, follow the dictates df what appears to be the popular will in the matter, ived to-day made “Next to the stuff of which he was made, the thing that made John Purroy Mitchel the man he was, in my humble| Spinion, was his education. There-| lore, why not e h a scholarship | Mt his alma mater, Columbia, call it the John Purroy Mitchel Scholarship tnd make the y ; Fred Thoben, $ ihip earn it not only on educational anes but on pe racter and | ) American citize nds, No expense for maintenance there, | to statue that has to be seen to be temembered, and a memorial t vill last an tong as education "A CITY EMPLOY: The contributions received yes lay besides of Mr. Burlingham h I “Save the Pieces” E’RE ‘First Aid to Broken Glasses.”’ } Any lens duplicated exactly “from the pieces’’—while you wait or in a few hours Lenses at 75c, $1.00, $1.25, etc. pEhikick& Sons ~ Established 56 Years INew York: 184 B’way, at John St. 223 Sixth Av., 1th St 350 Sixth Av., aad St. ‘ ior Nassau, at Ann St. 17, West 4ad_ Street Brooklyn: 498 Fulton St.,cor,Bond St 223 Sixth Av., oper until 6 P.M, Ready Cooked Let your K wart In Adolph Gobel’s your meat ooking has been done for and well done, These delicious delicatessen or food st dinner meats, eatable the last ounce Get slices of several kinds—Coc Ham, Liver Sausage, Cooked Ox Tong Slicing Bologna and Cooked Cc Beef. There ts every taste. Try Indorsed by Alfred W. McCann Pledge to Buy W. S. S. Regularly chen days “cold cuts” at y re are whole: them to-day. Morgan Ave. and Rock St. Brooklyn, N. great clean oven: you and nourishing t - WOMAN IN MOURNING A woman, fell or Jumped in front of a} n bound Sea Beach train as| apne Cinna | tay cool through the ur variety enough to plea % URE MEAT PROQULTS U. S. Government Inspected Establishment No. 317. ie ae ward Calvin, man, said that he did not see the woman until after he had started, when she appeared in front of him and toppl MMITCHEL MEMORIAL |STAGE FAVORITES WHO ARE TO BE SE a — pe ang i | PAOLINE | FREDERICK FECORA”. | RIALTO Weseley | John Rogers, — DIES UNDER A TRAN apparestly mesa 22d Avenue, Brook-| 6 7 o'clock this the motor- ning, and on hei th a service sta From Gobel’s Kitchens Frankfurters Bologna Slicing Bologna Liver Sausage Cooked Ox'Tongue Cooked Ham Smoked Ham Bacon Cooked Corned Beef Pure Lard | For sale at all good delicates- senand food stores. tT MR AND OMIAS SIDNEY DRI 7 Ca ree SSMILINGLgASTOMTEATRE, sRRTENS: HOsBAND Ss TRANG TH EAT RR Stern Brothers West 42nd Street Between 5th and 6th Avenues West 43rd Street Pledge to Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly Special Sale Tuesday, on the Second Floor WASHABLE SATINS The most popular silk of the season, in white and flesh color and in an excellent quality and, weight. 36 inches wide We advise a careful consideration of future needs as we doubt if thé value can be duplicated again. Women’s Glove Silk Underwear At Special Prices—Main Floor. Glove Silk Vests H lity; tailored t Hey OS a ee ae $1.95 Regularly sold at $2.25 Glove Silk Bloomers Good quality, well sgetese $1. 79 in pink or white Regularly sold Pi ip Glove Silk Combinations Bodice top and ribbon should iapiekewiiaaips SOOO Regularly sold at $4.25 Also Lisle Combinations Sheer quality made with tight 65 Cc or lace trimmed knees. ..... at Sizes from 26 to 44 Vacation Luggage and Hand Bags Specially Priced on the Main Floor: Week-end Suitcases With tray and reinforced corners, all sizes; with short straps; value $5.95, regular value $6.50, at $4.85 at $4.85 o Week-end Suit Cases with straps all around; value $6.50, at $5.95 Traveling Bags Made of Enamel Duck; in all sizes; Of special interest is the Initial Showing of New Velvet and Moire Hand Bags In black moderately priced, at $2.95, 3.95 and 5.00 and colors; —$__—_- $30.00 Wardrobe Trunks at $24.50 Well made trunks with plenty of room for everything needed during the ation trip. Designed to carry the garments without wrinkles and to be used as a wardrobe at the end of the journey, $35.00 Wardrobe Trunks | $48.00 Wardrobe Trunks at $29.75 at $39.75 RITE HITE"; open top model; “ DUSTPROOF” covered and bound with hard fibre. ance; Size 40x22x22 inches. proof. Other Wardrobe Trunks at $50.00 to 140,00 handsome in appear absolutely ‘dustproof and water- Our Special Half Yearly Sales of FURNITURE AND RUGS Now in progress on the Fifth and Sixth Floors, provide very pronounced price advantages. The Furniture Reductions range from 10 to 50 per cent. | looms will be taken over. E EVENING WORLD, MUNDAX, AUGUsY 0, 1918, ' EN IN WEEK'S PLAYS’ vn Store Open 9tos —WANAMAKER’ Ninth, New York Is Now Nearer to One Million More People---by Subway THE new Lexington Avenue Subway, the new Jerome Avenue Subway, the new White Plains extension, all lead directly into ° Wanamaker’s—Subway Station within the Store. The new Brooklyn Subway—also station within the Store—renders great service to Brooklyn and taps Broadway up to 42nd Street. The old West Side Subway upto 242nd Street, the Lenox Avenue line and the old West Farms branch also reach Wanamaker’s under normal conditions. At present, by changing to Brooklyn Subway at Times Square, one may come all the way under cover. Wanamaker’s is the only store with + both Interborough and Brooklyn Subway stations within the Store. In the August FURNITURE Sale—| A Brand-New Offer Tuesday $38,786 Grand Rapids Furniture to Sell for $25,857 Just arrived in complete assortment and shown on our floors for the first time. Purchased months ago at special prices for the August Sale. Matched Suites and separate pieces— mostly for the dining room. Antique finish mahogany and American walnut in a soft nut brown. Classical designs so much in favor now. From one of the best makers in Grand Rapids, with whom we have been dealing for years. His best product. Wanamaker furniture through and through. Wanamaker quality. At One-third Less than Winaniaier prices! $638.50 Dining-room Suite for $422.75 $428 Dining-room Suite for $300 10-piece antique mahogany suite of William and 10-piece antique walnut suite of Louis XVI. design. Mary design. $304 Dining-room Suite for $202.50 $582.50 Dining-room Suite for $367 4-piece antique walnut suite of Queen Anne design. 10-piece antique walnut suite of Louis XVI. design. $326 Dining-room Suite for $217.25 $684.50 Dining-room Suite for $456.25 4-piece antique’ mahogany suite of Louis XVI. 10-piece antique mahogany suite of William and design. Mary design, with inlaid panels, $630 Dining-room Suite for $420 10-piece antique mahogany suite of Louis XIV. design. y $304 Dining-room Suite for $203.25 $816 Dining-room Suite for $544 10-piece antique mahogany suite of Sheraton de- 4-piece antique mahogany suite of Louis XVI. sign. Sixth Gall New Bulldi: th Gallery, New Building. The August Sale of BEDDING E are in a position to hold down W mattresses longer than any other store be- cause (1)—of our large dealings with the hair market, and (2)—because we make our own mattresses on the premises, BUT—the advance prices we shall have to pay, beginning in September, Jor hair end ticking and labor, make it tecessary for us to give the WARNING that the prices we have been holding on the Wanamaker rades ‘of hair mattresses (which are 10 to 26 per cent. igher than our August Sale prices) cannot be main- tained. From present expectations the advances beginning September will be as listed here— $288 Dining-room Suite for $192.75 4-piece antique mahogany suite of William and tins dees. a jogany rices of hair Grade price based on old wholesale cowt Prices to-day im the Auguat Sale - $42 + $36 Eight other grades in the sale are also expected to be advanced in proportion in Septemb@. They are 10 per cent. under their former prices in the August Sale. Eapeoted retail price tn September BB ccae, NOTE jese prices are for Box Springs The largest size is 27 x 30 inches. M1 ittresses, 4 ft. Gin. ver nwelghing 40 Our $28.75 grade, tufted top, | It isin the August Sale at $2.47 for pounds each, made in one for $23. our $2. 2.75 grade, up to $11.76 for part, covered with the best Our $23.75 grade, plain top,| our $13.07 grade. tickings we use, Smaller | $19.50. : : sizes “show proportionate Full size, Smaller sizes,at pro-| Woven Wire Springs savings portionate savings, 19 kinds in all sizes, from the 8 ft. x6 ft. 2 in. spring to the 4 ft. 6 in. x6 ft, 2 in, Down Pillows 9 grades; 8 sizes in each grade. ‘The smallest size is 16 x 24 inches, It is in the August Sale at 99¢ for our $1.10 grade up to $2.30 for our $2.56 grade, In Addition we are selling in the August Sale 14 grades of mattresses From the e: ior with soft jute top at $6, to the all-cotton felt laid in layers at $23.60. grade, up to $14.50 for our $16.15 grade Sixth Gallery, New Building. Blankets Join the August Sale A year ago this month 40 per cent. of the blanket looms in the U; nited States were taken over for Government work. ‘This year, beginning four weeks from now, 75 to 85 per cent. of the HAVE YOU GOT YOUR WINTER BLANKETS SAFELY TUCKED AWAY? We have taken care of your interests. We have the blankets—biggest actual stock in the country. And because there are 80 many householders in New York just now from all parts of the country buying furniture in the August Sale, these have been made ready for tomorrow— $12.50 double bed size plaid blankets for $9.50 $10.50 double bed size white blankets for $7.50 $10.50 single bed size white blankets for $7.50 $9.50 double bed size white blankets for $7.50 The plaid blankets (we never sold so many plaid blankets as we are selling now) are wool and cotton filling on cotton warp, pink, blue, tan and gray effects......The white blankets are wool and cotton dilling on cotton warp, with pink or blue borders, 1,000 Bedspreads Go In, Too 736 white crochet, very wearable, at $2.18 each. Today’s mill cost would compel a retail | price of 150 satin-finished white spreads, scalloped and cut corners, for double bed, $5 grade, for $4. And 106 hemmed white spreads, $5 grade, for $4. And 272 Wool-filled Comforters Our $8.50 grade, for $6.50; extra large sizes covered with fine cambric tops, in a variety of py designs. Tuesday—Fourth Gallery, New Building Priced from $5.50 for our $6.15 |