The evening world. Newspaper, January 24, 1919, Page 8

* 8) || FLOATING HIPPODROME. detained at Quarantine, at the docks and navel landing stations, Hippo- drome acta that can be presented in the open alr, such as the Hannetord Family of equestrians, the elephants, the Gaudemiths and the Arab troupe Will comprise the enterta! lighter sixteen feet wide and sev- feet long, which will be| t! formed into a floating Hippodrome | f wed to entertain returning house. will Gifferent stations ‘ops are temporarily quartered. The Cammeyer ‘‘Shookids’’ just bubble with joy when dressed in a pair of our Shoes. They have every reason to, and know that when Ma takes them to the CAMMEYER “SHOOKID” SHOP a new pair of shoes feel just as comfortable as their old ones and need no “breaking in.” Children’s Tan or Black Calf Shoes Of finest quality Tan or Black Russia Calf, laced; made on broad, comfortable lasts, with welted leather soles and spring heels. Sizes 6 to 8..........Black, 3.50 Tan, 4.00 Sizes 814 to 11..........Black, 4.00 Tan, 4.85 Girls’ Tan or Black Calf Shoes Of finest quality Tan or Black Russia Calf Inced; made on broad, comfortable with welted leather soles; flat heels. Sizes 1114 to 2...........Black, 4.75 Tan, 5.75 CAMMEYER ‘on a Shoe Means Standard of Merit 34" St. New York. a" LIBERTY Mather 393 EIGHTH AVENUE, Bet. 29th and 30th Sts. LUSTGARTEN & GENTNER, Props. Prime Selected Meats at Surprisingly Low Prices. ‘The tremendous, constantly increasing business we are doing is convincing proof of not only the choice quality of our meats, but that our prices are the lowest in Greater New York. SPECIAL SALE—Friday, Saturday Hindquarters of Mutton 25c| Fresh Jersey Hams... . 35c Short Forequarters of Fresh Shoulders of Mutton ..ncceccces 146] Harm ..50050005 Milk Veal Ribs & Legs.. 24c| Fricassee Chickens ... . 30c Annual Sale _THE EVENING PETAL CUTIN FOOD PRES -ATLAST FOLLOWS REDUCTION ~ MADE BY THE WHOLESALERS ‘ ‘ e| hat prices would jump again, Washington Market Shows | tnd that rH hey. lower a " rand pao Steaks and Chops for Con- | now to conform to the wholesale ey would be compelled ta sumers on the Toboggan. ont, thom a. week or 0, lator, e* Other deale | same misnp! enaion. jPORK AND PORK PRODUCTS | | ‘The “High Cost of Living,” fs | | LEAD IN DECLINE. due for @ big jolt. At the Wash- ington Market this morning meats and’ poultry were being sold r‘ail at prices appreciably and yet dealers are praétically all, rating undor the © with a few exceptions, charging old 4, of vegetables were destroyed last year by frost on the New York and Jersey terminals, while the vegetables coming at the moment are really superior to those produced in the North during the summer season. The large Western packers, who controlled most of the foodstuffs in anticipation of the war conditions ex- tending at least another year, should adjust themselves to the new condi- tions, as the United States: is rapidly approaching an era of overproduc- tion in foods, and regardless of the , the supply avail- tion will be lari 5 i 11d not be maintained under any condition, as our Warehouses are now bulging with foods, and If the increased surplus is not consumed it cannot be preserved for consumption. Another supplementary item on the lst of foods is the great abundance of Kans that are wholesal cents to 60 pounds to a t 10,000,000 pounds this winter It is now up to the housewives, who WORLD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919. SAY FAMINE RELIEF BILL WOULD KEEP LIVING COST UP Senators Resume Attacks, but Ad- ministration Forces Hope for Passage To-Day. WASHINGTON, Jan, %4.—Continuing their attacks on the $100,000,000 famine rellef dill, Senators opposing it to-day charged that it is in the interest not only of pork packers but of food pro- ducers generally, who sec! reduction in prices ahead and unless something is lone to keep the high cost of living on ts present plane. Senator Poindexter, Washington, read \ telegram from a New York of! man who said passage of the bill is vital to tobilize the oil market. He had other messages from food dealers of various kinds, urging enactment of the bill on the ground that it would prevent a ce slump in the United States mator Sherman, Mlinots, said the bill It be amended to keep Rusian Bol- iki from getting food at American of the attacks Administra continued confident of thelr 1 Flight 0; Take Flevator January Clearance Offering Our Entire Stock of Exclusive DRESSES—COATS—SUITS—SKIRTS At Tremendous Price Reductions Dresses | Dresses| Dresses Values to $17.50 Values to $25 Values to $35 $10.95 | $14.% | $19.9 In Serge, Velveteen, Jersey, Velour, Satin, Georgette, Taffeta, Crepe Meteor, Crepe de Chine. 36 West 34th St. orpeitiat'tame . lower than those charged in shops in most parts of the city. Porterhouse steaks were quot- od at 42 to 45 cents, Pork loins and pork chops sold at 35 cents, Shoulder of veal was 22 cents. Mutton chops were 34 cents. Geese were quoted at Wash. ington Markt at 37 cents, and the best roasting chickens sold at 40 cents. By P. Q. Foy, Special Market Representative of The Evening Wo! ‘The immense collaps operation for the last ten days, has brought foodstuffs to a lower level of prices than has obtained for over & year, or sinoe our entrance into tho war, The housewife i# not benefiting to any great extent by this abnormal decline in values, as the dealers and distributors in foodstuffs that catered to the consuming element are treating with the good housewife at the regu- lar war time prices. This was proved by an extended trip to the various markets in the uptown and Bronx districts, where the dealers refused to share the benefits they are realizing from the lower wholesale values with thelr patrons. When the rules of the Federal Food Administration were in existence there was a limit to the profits, but ‘0 limits were placed on the original prices, and the consumer was at all times compelled to pay the very Inst penny that could be heaped on the service. The abnormal profits renl- values In during the war enabled them to do only one-half their usual volume of business and make undreamed of profits. One of the large meat markets in the Harlem district informed th: of FRANKLIN SIMON Boys’ Overcoats 10 to 18 years Liberal Reductions on Liberal Boys’ Overcoats | Selections! reduced to s7 Se Formerly $18.75 to $33.00 Boys’ Overcoats $Qo0 reduced to a> Formerly $12.75 to $17.00 HE range of choice embraces belted back models, with clever ic ets, tailored in substantial gray, heather fabrics and flannel or w to give extra warmth. slip-on and leas in pock- brown, and orsted lined Sale of Sweaters for YOUTHS and BOYS Sizes 28 to 36°chest $450 Reduced to 4> Were $7.95 Pure worsted heavy shaker knit sweater coats, in navy, Oxford, maroon and green heather, with shaw] roll collar. BOYS’ SHOPS —Fifth Floor Franklin Simon & Co. tod by the food markets! ~?Ut with over 40,000 of the garment prices. 28 to 24 cents a week ago. Lamb has the finest leg of lamb should not cost over 38 to 40 cents per pound and the loin chops should retail at 36 to 38 | cents, The wholesale market is glutted with all grades of beef, with cattle pound, against 28 to 82 cents a week Jago. ‘The finest sirloin steak can be | sold at a profit at 38 to 40 cents and | rib roast at about same price, while desirable cheap’ meats used by most butchers make a profit on roasts at 35 to 38 cents retail. | Butter a weck ago was selling at 68 |cents and same grade ts rn whole- | saling at 56 to 66 cents, and the con- | sumer should riot pay over 65 cents for the finest table butter, and good butter can be retailed profijably at 60 cents, | Eggs aro following butter rapidly tn the downward path, and fresh W | ern, known by the commercial’ grade as firsts, are wholesuling at 58 to 59 cents, and average grades should not cost over 65 conts in the retail stores, and the selected large ones would make @ profit for the dealer at 70 | cents, Veal hag fallen 10 cents a pound in the last week, and the wholesale mar- | ket is glutted with ch ock well- ing at 18 to 20 cents, same grade that brought 20 to 33 cents a week ago. PACKERS SURE TO FAIL IN KEEPING UP POULTRY PRICES. Enormous quantities of live poultry Jare bought weekly in New York by | the Hebrew element—a moderate es- timate would place the amount of live} poultry bought weekly at $900,000] workers on strike, their purchasing | power has been impaired, and this ts seen in the lower pric vith ohick- ens selling against Bo to a5 ro under |the same y. He- brew house wiv 2 for th ° to 80c on the} dresged,, , Most of the frevh dressed poultry is in the hands of the large packers, but there is an enormous amount of poultry on the farms of the United States, the basic atock being esti- mated at nearly 700,000,000 birds last April, and the present efforts of the packers to maintain pr will fall flat and values will gradually gravi- tate to the pre-war time prices, MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF EX- CESS FOOD HELD IN FREEZE Tho freezers in the United States show a surplus of 40,000,000 pounds more poultry on Jun. 1 than a year ago, while the holdings of lamb and mutton are 85 per cent, in excess of last year and 65 per cent. more frozen pork was reported than a year ago. No food product will fall to such a low level of prices as pork, owing to the unprecedent raised in the past regular farmers but by composed of children the United es. T! clubs were ced by the local banks, and the eaks for itself, » have over 350,000,000 pounds of n and cured meats in the ware- which is 41 per cent. greater than a year ago, The of winter conditions has indiree! upply fowls, and ntcr fowls, kosher inereased our food to no small extent, as our abun ly that amount last year was frozen in |transit and not available for con- sumption, » suffered more and made more Finest country pigs are now sacrifices to win the war than.any wholesaling at 16 to 18 cents, against others, to demand fair treatment from their dealers, and those wh t their short supply and high sand the rest of the war talk | jr ld be supplanted by the fa declined 6 to 6 cents per pound, and f who wi cheaper cuts at 25 to 26 cents, while tha naw | selling at from 18 to 25 cents per, Nearly one million dollars’ worth Douglas Oil | aie 7 Wonderful Kasily Quickly Surely Governor's Son tn G ALBANY, Jan, %.—Alfred & , will become a member of the New York Guard, it was learned to-day. and progressive merchant | Ho ix subject to military training under give them the advantages of ‘the State Law, and proposes to get it as existing conditions. an active member of the guard tell them COATS, $ Vathes Wi ea EB, In Broadcloth, Wool Velour, ete. in all the leading shades. ‘All lined and many fur trimmed. 1 died SUITS, $ 1 _" That sold op to 829.75, Tn oll materials, sill lined and warmly interlined. — Franklin Simon 8 Co. A Store of Individual Shops Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets Fashions for Misses, Juniors and Girls That Anticipate Springtime Silk Dresses for Spring For Misses, 14 to 20 years New model dresses of taffeta, satin, crepe de chine, foulard, plain or flowered Georgette, fibre silk tricolette or Fan-ta-si silk; ruchings, pleated frills, self ruffles, silk floss fringe, embroidered designs or beads are distinctive embellishments. 29.50 to 98.50 Wool Dresses for Spring : For Misses, 14 to 20 years Preference is given to serge, tricotine, Poiret twill or Jersey: buttons, braid, silk or wool embroidery are extensively used; very new are string belts that vaguely suggest a regulation or lengthened waistline. 14 to 20 years. 18.50 to 98.50 Girls’ and Juniors’ Dresses Spring models, fabrics and colors Dresses especially designed for young people, 6 to J7 years of age, include new models of taffeta silk, Japanese foulard silk, plain or figured Georgette, challis, pongee, or serge; many washable dresses are embroidered or hand smocked. 4.75 to 49.50 Misses’ Spring Suits Exlusive Franklin Simon & Co, models Almost invariably the silhouette of the new wool or silk suits is slender. There are varying types Of box coats many with panel vests or mannish waistcoats, also belted or semi-fitted coats; ankle length skirts. J4 to 20 years. 39.50 to 125.00 Fr Will Close Out Saturday Misses’ Winter Coats Fur trimmed or without Fur 35.00 Heretofore $45.00 to $59.50 Belted models of all wool Pom Pom Bolivia or wool velour, this season's models in de- sirable colorings; large shawl collars are of various fashionable furs or collars of self material. 14 to 20 years, New Modes Typical of Youth NEW Spring fashions are here! Scores and scores ofattractive models. Picturesque frocks are fashioned of Georgette crepe, pastel tinted and in darker tones, or garlanded with tiny flowers or with futurist designs In fact, every new weave is shown in wool, silk or cotton fabrics, comprising countless original designs. As for the Spring Suits, Capes, Coats and Wraps, they have a smartness of cut, individuality of style, graceful swing and dash that reflect the spirit of youth and have a style exclusiveness characteris- ticofFranklinSimon& Co, Spring Capes and Coats Jaunty short and long lengths New capes for Misses are of fibre silk weaves, silk duvetyn, wool velour, serge, Poiret twill, woo! tricotine or Jersey. Tailored or dressy coats of wool fabrics in new shades, also velveteen sport coats. 14 to 20 years, 29.50 to 145.00 A New Winter Model Misses’ Tailored Suit Of wool velour with detachable vest 29.50 An Unusually Good Value Box coat suit with narrow shoulders, snug fitting sleeves and high stock collar, in Navy, bison, African brown or black; detachable broadcloth vest is in a contrasting ankle length skirt. 14 to 20 years, color; ees STS