The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1919, Page 9

195 es ag igh Bah, RENT PROFITEERS ToaewvestgattD| Spring Gladness--Pictured and Suggested by March Events at a eT il THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAROH 11, 1919. BY LEGSLATURE Bronx Senator Will Try to Remedy Intolerable Con- (Special From Stait Corremondent of The Eve ning World.) ALBANY, March 11.—A resolution calling for a $10,000 appropriation for & joint legislative investigation of rent profiteering, partioularly in New York City, was introduced last night by Senator Peter A. Abeles of the Bronx. The investigators would cou- sist of two Senators and three As- semblymen, ‘heir duty would be to “ascertain the causes for the con- tinuous increase in rents charged to tenants of apartments, flats and dwelling places and to report and disolose the facts showing whether such increases are justified and to formulate such legislative plan as the committee deem practicable and effective to prevent the exaction of excessive rents from such tenants.” The committee would have tho power to subpoena landlords or their agents and all records and books deemed necessary in the probe, “The abuses of landlords are simply becoming intolerwble,” said Senator Abeles, “This is particularly so io the Twenty-second District, which I represent, It is agyparent to every one that the ofiending landlords, many of them lessees, who are not even citizens, are taking advantage of @ situation unprecedented in the city of New York. “I think it is time the Legislature woke up and considered something vitally important to the people in- stead of matters that are reiatively insignificant. Renis touch the very Ife and health of the great masses of the ople and a proper curb of heartless profiteers should be given serious consideration by thosq who are sent here to make protective laws, 1 have tried to introduce bills effec ing @ remedy, but it is difficult to! enact legislation that does not in- fringe on the constitutional rights of property owners without an inves- Ligatio the Legish ture s ification by facts and fi The only way to ob- tain them Is investigate,” | Senator Abeles’s resolution will be considered by the Senate Finance Conumittee, | pcliniaalghiopanaiesbe { HELD ON SON’S CHARGE. Ratkowsky, 4 Fifth Avenue Furrter, Abraham Ratkowsky, a wealthy Man- hattan furrier, who lives at No. 526 East 19th Street, Platbush, charged with beating his thirteen-year-old son, | George, with a leather belt,-was held yesterday for the action of the Court of Special Sessions by Magistrate Rey- nolds in the Flatbush Court, | Ratkowsky’s place of business in at No, 435 Fifth Avenue, and not at No, 30 West 34th Street, as was stated in The World March 1, eusell of Beating, Is Arme) | BUENOS AYRAS, March 11,—The port workers still insist on payment of wages for time lost as a condition of resuming work. Fourteen thousand men have been out sixty-two days, | thelr average daily wane being 4. The Nota! Teaches about 98,500,000 owners and shipping agents refuse to pay this amount 1417-1423 THIRD AVENUE NEAR GOS TREET FURNITURE CashorCredit Ovee Kveuives Til ¥ w'Oleck, Holzwasser Home Talks No. 432 #y Keached sin or SMe SR | own Cary. As-Koom Apartment Wak ae $245 Sta alla of A4-KoomaApartment on Va New You eo ary rue ‘our’ Boor, rested oo $14,000 “Gold Me dal’’ Linens With Prices Averaging Third Less “Gold Medal” linens are known for their very fine quality. able abroad. We took his entire stock of these patterns which vary considerably— at a discount that enables us to offer them Wednesday at a saving of 3314 per cent. from regular prices. “Gold Medal’’ Linen Tablecloths 2x2 yards $9, $12 and $16 2x 2% yards $11.50, $15 and $20 2x8 yards $13.50, $18 and $24 2% x2 yards $12.50, $16.50, $25 2 x24 yards $18 and $27.50 214 x8 yards $22 and $32.50 214 x 2% yards $22 atid $32 214x 8 yards $26 and $38 2 4x 3% yards $30 and $45 2% x4 yards $35 and $50 The manufacturer had on hand a large stock ot tablecloths and napkins—but in patterns which he found were no longer obtain- “Gold Medal’’ Linen Napkins 22-inch napkins $ 7.75, $13.75, $16.50 doz. 24-inch napkins $13.50, $16.50, $19 doz, 27-inch napkins—$21, $22, $25 doz. yourself Wednesday. At $6 Dozen 300 Doz. Linen Towels Hemmed ends, taped borders; 17x35 inches and 18x36 inches a latter with colored bor- ers. At $12 Dozen 150 Doz. Linen Towels Heavy huckaback, large size —22x38 inches, hemstitched; another of very fine quality— 18x34 inches. At $18 Dozen 142 Doz. Linen Towels Satin finished linen, five de- signs—some with satin stripe; some with place for monogram, some with jacquard border. ats, $7.50 hi ent povere that are going to ma! is Spring so ga: are seen to the best aie ee vantage on these little close-fit- ting hats, Watteau effects and straight sailors which we have had ially trimmed and priced for Wednaatay) Wings and cuills, s0 much ap- proved by the well-tailored woman, are combined with wide shoe-polish ribbon to make hats of lisere straw up to the height of smartness. very notable group for $7.50. First floor, Old Building. A_QUICK CLEAN-UP Brooms, Brushes, Dusters Bristles and feathers for brooms and brushes are mostly imported. War con- ditions abroad have made them very scarce. An em- bargo, too, has been in force for a long time on shipments from South America. Yet this March Sale of House- wares has all kinds of house- hold brooms and brushes At Savings of 25 to 30 Per Cent. of mixed bi 5 7c; 9-in., 85e; 10-in., $1.15. r dust brushes, 7-in., 35¢; 8-in., 450; 9-in., 550. : tair-carpet brushes, bristle, 7-in., Dust brushes, bristle, round end, 9-in., $1.10. Floor brooms, bristle, 12-inc! $2.10: 14-in., $2.80; 16-in., $ Floor brooms, bristle, 12-ii $1.60; 14-in., $2.40. Floor brooms, bair, 12-in., $1.50; 14-in., $1.75, Despen brushes, long handle, Ceiling brushes, round end, $2. Scrub brushes, solid block fibre and Tampico, 5c, 26r, 30c. Tampico bath brushes, 18¢. Waxing brushes, weighted, 30-Ib. iron base, $3.75. Wool dusters, long handle— small, 75¢; medium, 90c; large, a 35. Turkey feather dusters, 16-in., $1.20; 14-in., 60c; 12-in., 50c. Ostrich parlor dusters, 10-in., $1.80; 14-in., $2.25, Ost ieture dusters, 9-in., ri $1.20; 14-in., $2.40. Seventh Gallery, New Bldg. Exceptional Offering of LINEN Towels All-linen towels are now at a premium. are offering them in large quantities at prices which mahy good stores are asking for cotton-and-linen towels. See for Still we At $7.20 Dozen 200 Doz. Linen Towels Soft-finished, all white hucka- back, taped borders, 18x37 inches. At $6 Dozen Kitchen Towels “Typed.” — All linen crash of excellent quality, hemmed ends, loop for hanging, 24x32 in. At $5 Dozen Linen Dish Towels Extra heavy linen crash— 17x36 inches—-a grade we sell regularly by the piece at 60c yd.; 160 dozen at a saving of $1 on a dozen. 50c Yard All Linen Huckaback 2500 yards of soft linen hucka- back, for roller or hand towels, | First floor, Old Building, Dinner Sets Fancy China Glassware —all our regular stocks and large special purchases are included in the March Sale 10 to 40 per cent. less. Everything first quality. Second Gallery, New Bldg. Great Days for Roller-Skating We have 100 pairs of roller skates in The Sport Shop, at $2 pair. Burlington Arcade floor, New Building 261 Oriental Rugs A Total Saving of $9,615 on Their Original Prices £5 of the rugs are room size—fine, large, handsome rugs in weaves that have been famous for generations These have been in our stocks for one to two years. ir original prices were about 20 per cent. below current prices. Now a further reduction of from 20 to 30 per cent. makes We list some of them below. The smaller rugs are new lots bought at a concession in price, and some of our own stocks, them exceptionally desirable. reduced. Name Size Anatolian 11.1x8 ft. Mahal 12x7.4 ft. Laristan 2 Mahal 8.7 ft. Mahal 12.4x7.7 ft. Mahal 12.7x9.10 ft. Laristan 12,10x9,10 ft. Anatolian 10,11x8.4 ft. Anatolian 12.2x8,11 ft. Anetolian 12x9.1 ft. Anatolian 18.10x10.1 ft. Anatolian 12.79.1 ft. Mahal 12x8.10 ft. Anatolian 12,7x9.8 ft. Cashmere 1 ft, Mahal 16.2x10.6 {t. 25 Daghestans and $18.50 for $30 grades, average size x 4.9 foet. 40 Beloochistans $29.50 for $39.50 grades; average size 2.6x4.6 feet. 66 Mats and Small Rugs— Cashmere, for $15 to $40 grades, Grade Sale Price | Name $198 | Meias 165 | Melas 195 | Melas 195 | Melas 195 | Melas 150 | Melas 198 | Serapi 210 | Sarouk 225 Laristan 225 | Melas 250 | Tabrez 198 | Melas 232 | Melas 275 | Sarouk 375 250 | Serapi 18.6x13.9 ft . 460 295 | Serapi 18.3x11.7 ft 600 448 . *. * Shirvans 25 Heavy Quality Mosouls 3.6 $29.50 for $47.50 grades; size 3x4 to 3.8 x 6.9 feet. feet. Senna, Kugdis 50 Extra Fine Quality Mosouls $47.50 for $75 vrades; sizes 3x5 WwW 4x7 tan and Hamadan—$10 to §25 Third Gallery, New Building. Satin, Serge, Tricolette | All Three Have Entered the Fashion Salons in the Form of New Frocks A satin frock made with a beaded Georgette crepe over-dress (illustrated), a new note in the Fashion Salons In henna color beads with black jet over black satin. In other colors, too. Soft and charming for after- noon wear; $47.50. At $47.50, also, are two models in tricolette. One very simple and piped with contrasting color. The other boasts an embroidered bodice and girdle. In blue, beige and other colors, Two Satin Frocks that do something quite unusual and very, Bad smart. One has the straight ‘skirt crossed-tucked in the form of little squares, the other has the bodice and a “cuff” trimming on the slim skirt croas- tucked. Both frocks are abso- lutely straight in line; $37.60. A Serge Frock with a Vestee of tricolette, is made to look exactly like a smart little suit; $29.00. DOWN-STAIRS A taffeta frock with a smart Me) and trimming of cording is $29.50. A Moire Frock is featured at $27.50—and the quality of the silk is a distinct surprise, In black and mid- night blue only, At $27.50, too, is a little taffeta frock made with an over-tunic. Second floor, Old Building. 3000 Undergarments 25c, were 40c and 50c 75c, were 85c to $1.50 $1, were $1.15 to $1.35 $1.35, were $1.50 to $2 Hundreds of fresh, new garments held until now for out-of-town orders. Made of surprisingly good white nainsook or pink batiste, some combined with silk. 25¢ for Corset Covers —tight fitting and blouse style, trimmed with embroidery. 75e for envelope chemises —long petticoats, corset covers, drawers and nightgowns. Many are quite elaborately trimmed with lace. Numbers of the en- velope chemises are of pink ba- tiste with lace or satin tops. Drawers are of »ptionally good cotton with attractive lace. $1 for envelope chemises —high neck nightgowns and pink batiste one-piece pajamas. | $1.35 envelope chemises one-piece pajamas elaborately lace trimmed, Ly petticoats with exceptional embroidery and round neck or V neck nightgowns of voile or durable cotton, Not every size in each garment, but plenty of all sizes in the group. Practically the entire Rotunda, Down-Stairs, will be devoted to this sale Wednesday. | Rotunda, Down-Stairs Store, Old Building. These Serge Dresses Are $12.75---For Women Eel Down-Stairs Store, Old Building Down-Stairs Store feels itself fortunate to offer dresses of this sort at such a wonderful price. Yes, they are all wool serge in the best shade of navy blue-—and they are braided interestingly, as the pictures show. Any one could wear dresses as nice as these-—and save a lot of her spring dress allow- ance for another hat or something. Another Shipment of Misses’ Serge Dresses $12.75 Selling out as fast as we can get them in, Another new lot just opened ready for Wednesday. Six styles. All of all-wool serge. Sizes 14 to 20 years. Double Brim Sport Hats Specially P Because we took just what the maker had on hand these _ good-looking ribbon braided hats are a dollar less. Sailors, mushrooms, roll brim hats, long front hats and regula- riced, $3.95 tion yeo-women hats. Included are milan, pineapple braid and split in pur cherry, ck, navy and combinations of colors. The milan hats have double brims, the pineapple braid hats have single brims. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg, Only One String Now To the Overcoat Bow— --oLeC-O-Ml-0-lI-Y... The old tale retrimmed TOO MANY overcoats. Do men want them price? The Men who ce their N under- If you could see to buy 'S over- coat, you wouldn't ask that question, ‘The wisdom is here: $15.50 For Overcoat $18.50 to $ that were 25.50 $19.50 For Overcoats that were $25.50 to $27.60 Broadway Corner Eighth Street . is the best description possible of these ‘ on growing feet--and economical, 100,000 Yards of New Summer Dress Cottons This stock stands on the four great corners of the ” world’s cotton goods producers—United States, Great " Soft, dainty muslins. Sturdy ginghams and linens. Printed and woven designs. Printed voiles,chiffon and crepe Georgette designs 45¢ to $1.25 yd. Printed voiles, many designs and colors, special 38e, 46e yd. Dark and light foulard effects in silk-and-cotton 8c yd. ginghams, plaids, checks, stripes 35¢ to $1.36 yd. Fiber silk madras, smart stripes, special... . 25e yd. Fine novelty dreas cot $1.50 to $3 yd. Plain organdies 85e to $1.25 yd. 2 25 pA Main floor, Old Building And Still the New Blouses Troop In % They need to. So many go out every day. This means fresh stocks to choose from. But it also means that you may miss some blouses which you would like, if you don’t make a pane of visiting the Blouse Shop frequently. A few of the most popular models we are able to duplicate. But the majority are limited in quantity. Voile, batiste, madras. Slip-on id ‘ont models in whi . Charmin, checks in rose, lavender, o1 and blue, on white madras, wit white pique collars and cuffs. Corded voiles in rose, lavender and blue at $3.85. Pin tucking: and Valenciennes lace (not too, much) in batiste blouses at $4.60, Wide pleats back and front, narrow lace insertions, in batiste.. blouses 75. Long pointed — shawl collar, with narrow rows of “} insertion and pin tucks, in bat tiste blouses at $7.50. Third floor, Old Building,” DOWN-STAIRS Women’s Dolmans at $19.75, $25, $29.75 Maximum of style, minimum of price, dolmans. Our experts have searched the market far and wide for them. Qualities of materials are above criticism. Majority are made of all- wool serge. One style at $29.60 is of all-wool GABARDINE. One style at $29.75 is lined throughout with plain taffeta. One style at is lined throughout with printed satin. The VICTORY dolman has red collar, i ci api and is lined to the waist with red silk. Next to the furore for dolmans, is the craze for capes—women’s all-wool capes are here at $14.75 upward. Down-Stairs Store, Old Building. For That Little Girl Serge coats, $3.85 1 All silk taffeta coats, $7.50 Cunning straw hats, $2 . Low priced clothes for children whose mothers have good taste. The serge coats at $3.85 are of navy blue serge with) poplin collars and cuffs. i The taffeta coats are very good looking, tan, rose or copenhages| blue, with durable cotton lining. The $2 straw hats are of soft flexi straw with rose and blue ribbons and colored buttons. } ' Down-Stairs Store, Old Building} 2 satel, Women’s Union Suits, 65c es Ma knit union suits of the every day de- in 8) nesta le Crocheted neck and finished with shell stitching or lace knee. Regular sizes, 65c. Extra sizes, T5e. Down-Stairs Store, New Building “Economy” Shoes for a Boys and Girls What are they? b Shoes that don't mind | 4 rain-and mud--and skip- | ing rope and playing 7, basaballe and goin’ fishin’. . - gn made of soft We Bought and sturdy goatskin. One Hs mother told us the uppers lasted so long that she had 800 pairs of Scout shoes for boys a long, long time ago-—when a cer- tain maker wanted money more | than he wanted the shoes. three half-soles put on them. § We kept the shoes iv the Good-looking, too. room, waiting for the first days 4 spring sunshine. Now, when ies Sizes 6 to 8 $2.20 & boys need new shoes, we offer ; ; thom at these prices. "| Sizes 814 to 1013. 2.70 Sizes 3 to 5)9 $3.65 Sizes 11 tp 2 3.20 fs \. Light in weigh' 3,70 | ee | Larger sizes..... Down-Stairs Store, New — Cad AAU