The evening world. Newspaper, August 2, 1919, Page 5

Noted Impressario Passes Away _ Without Regaining Con- sciousness, WAS 72 YEARS OLD. Body Will Lie in State Until 10 A. M. Monday—Fune- ral Not Arranged. Hundreds wil pay tribute to-day to Oscar Hammerstein. whose body ‘WIR lie in state in the parlors of the Campbell Funeral Church, Broad- way and 66th Street, until 10 A. M. Monday. 7.25 last night at the Lenox Hill Hos- ital from diabetes and a complication of diseases. Arthur Hammerstein, the im- Presario’s son, said that details of the funeral had not been arranged, but would be completed and announced some time to-day, The services will bo held in the Campbell parlors Mon- day morning, and the body will be buried in ‘oodianwn Cemetery tn ‘He afternoon. Mr, Hammerstein had been neat death for mote than a week. He had been conscious but once since last Tuesday, and then only for a brief futerval. His wife, son and daughters, Mrs, Rosa Tostivan and Mrs. Stella Keating, had been almost constantly at his bedside. RECOVERY FROM FORMER AT- TACK GAVE FRIENDS HOPE. He was removed to the hospital from hig home, No, 949 West End fp’ Avenue, a week ago. While it was nown that his condition was entical, it was hoped by his friends that ne would pull through, as he did from a similar attack a year and a half ago. As it was, he lived thirty-six hours longer than the doctors believed pos- sible, The end came suddenly and asside from the doctors and nurses only his wife, son and his friend, Morris Gest, were present, Mr. Hammerstein was seventy-two dears old. His sons, including three now dead, were born to Mr, Ham- mersteinm and his first wife, who died thirty-five years ago. In 1879 Mr. Hammerstein was mar- « rled to Mixg Malvina Jacobi of Selma, Ala., and the two daughters were born to this union, The second Mrs. Ham- +)Merstein obtained a divorce on June 11, 1911, and died Jan. 9, 1912, Mr, Hammerstein again was mar- ried on Dee. $1, 1914, this time to Mrs. Mary Emma Swift, who had been the, wife of Julius Walton Swift, grand- son of Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of the Chicago pgcking house of Swift & Co. During the first half of 1914 Mr.- Hammerstein lost three sons, Harry, the eldest, died of diabetes at New London, Conn., July 28; William, the third son, died of Bright's disease June 10, while Abe, the youngest, , died of dropsy in February. The wons, except Harry, were actively as- ~ sociated with their father in the con- | duct of his theatrical enterprises, MANY SUCCESSES CROWDED IN- TERESTING CAREER, ‘The passing of Oscar Hamenerstein ADVERTISEMENT. Article No. 24 Chiropractic For Health A celebrated American surgeon recently said that “The Drugless Healers constituted one of the best health agencies that ever came into the world.” His opinion is strikingly endorsed by the sixty millions of our people who use drugless methods ex- clusively for their health needs, The science of Chiropractic is the leading drugless system of health practice in this country. It has attained that distinction alone on the merits of good results to the sick and afflicted. #Jt administers a form of health work, hich if it can do no good at least ill do no harm and which has proved of superior benefit to a legion of men, i gvomen and ehildren the country over. This fact alone commends it as @ work well worth investigating by any one interested in recovering health and keeping the body in fit condition to resist disease, Spinal analysis and office consultations are freely granted withbut charge. Any Chiropractor will gladly refer you to scores of cases af his own ob- servation in which Chiropractic has succeeded, where other efforts failed, ‘These are cases of substantial people whose position puts their credibility beyond question, many of whom have scoured the world in search of health and found it only in Chiro- practic, Before consulting a Chiropractor always make inquiry to the Chiro- practic Bureau of Public Tifonition. Address all inquiries to C. Box 50, The Evening World, New York City Chiropractors of Now York & New Jersey (Rights Reserved.) Mr. Hammerstein died at/ takes from the theatrical and operatic world the most picturesque genius the theatre has ever produced. Many managers and producers -have made more money than Oscar Hammerstein, but as a ploneer and in many-sided oMciency he had his field to himself. He was a fighter and a gambler and suffered many defeats, but he always went down with his colors flying, and ‘until il] health compelled him to cease his activittes he always bobbed up serenely in some new spot where his inevitable high hat soon became tho centre of a variety of disturbances, for he was so constituted that he thrived on trouble, Mr. Hammerstein was born in Ger- many and came to New York penni- legs and unable to speak the English language in 1865. He apprenticed him- | 000, self to a cigar maker,-obtained lodg- ings in a water front sallors’ boarding house, taught himself English, went into the cigar making business, started to invent cigar making devices, be- came editor of the United States Leaf Tobacco Journal and went into bank- ruptcy—all in five years. Cleared of his debts in the bankruptcy court, he | went into business again on borrowed capital and pald he owed. Having vision, Mr, Hammerstein foresaw the development of New York northward and bought up real Jestate in Harlem, His cigar making and real estate businesses were protit- able and he began to devote some of bis spare time and money to theat- ical enterprises. His mechanical cigar making*devices, on which he ob- tained 168 patents, were always profit- able and frequently furnished him capital after ho had gone broke in theatrical ventures, Mr. Hammerstein started his career as @ builder of theatres by putting up ,the Harlem Opera House, the first ‘regular theatre in that section of the city, The project was successful, and he built the Columbus Theatre and the Harlem Music Hall- G At that period he felt himself finan- cially able to undertake (he produc- tion of grand opera, which bad been his dream from the start) of- his theatrical activities. He built the {first Manhattan Opera House and | tatiea most thoroughly. This theatre afterward became Koster & Bial's Music Hall under Mr, Hammerstein's management, It was in Sth Street, west of Broadway and the site is now covered by part of Macy's store. ASTONISHES NEW YORK WITH THE OLYMPIA. While still the center of things theatrical in New York was located about Madison Square Oscar Ham- | sums pioneered northward anu as- toniah building the Olympia, covering the block front on Broadway between {44th and 40th Streets and sheltering under one roof the Criterion Tueaire, the largest music hall In New York un to that time, a smaller music bail, a@ restaurant and offices. was New York's first amusement roof garden of any pretensions. This was | in_ 1896, Longacre Square was then in the outskirts of night lie, and the Olyin- pia, called “Hammerstein's Folly,” Toomea above everything in the neighborhood. ‘The indomitable Ham- merstein said he would force the public to follow him and he made extraordinary efforts to do so, It was at this stage of his career that, on a wager, he locked himself in a room and wrote a complete operetta in twenty-four hours, For a Ume the Olympia was a novelty, but New York was an L road, cable and horse car and han- som cab town in those days and a visit to Longacre Square was a jour- hey. ‘The Olympia up all Hammerstein's capital and was he: ily mortgaged and eventually the mortgage was foreclosed. — ‘To-day there are more theatres within five minutes’ walk of “Hammerstein's Folly" than there were in all Man- hattan and Brooklyn when it was built. Oscar Hammerstein might have been the inspiratoin for the Salvation Army slogan, “A man may be dowh but he's never out.” He turned to cigar making machine inventions and cigar making business and It wasn't long before there was a hole in the ground at the northwest corner of 42d Street and Seventh Avenue, and Oscar Hammerstein placed therein the foundations of the Victoria Musle Hall, now the Rialto moving picture theatre, which was for many years a veritable gold mine, Hammerstein, |was again in the saddle. As he ac- cumulated money he built the Re- public, and the theatre now known as the Hafris, in West #24 Street. FIVE YEARS OF OPERA SUCCESS AND STRAIN. In 1905 he began the construction of the imme Manhattan Opera House in. West Sth Street, near ” Mint Avenue, He first announced that he would use this building as a the city by planning and | And on top | Communications addressed to this,column in order to be an- | swered must be signed and give the address of the sender. Pre- te how high or low a will net be made. Q. I have some Cosden & Co. which Cost me $$ a share. Its present mar- ket value would allow me to get out at a fair profit, but I hesitate in doing #0 a8 I hear that the concern owns a tremendous acreage in Texas and that {ts production should greatly increase. Can you tell me how mach land they own in Texas and the company’s present earnings? C. WAINWRIGHT. A. Cosden & Co. is said to hold leases on 350,000 acres in the North Central Texas field. Its recent mar- ket strength, while predicated princt- Pally on Texas development, appears to be warranted by Oklahoma-Kan- 848 operations, where there has been no let-up in new drilling and its earning position. Earnings for the first quar- ter of this year established a new record, being at an anual rate oi close to $3 per share on the common ar and are on an ascending scale, jue ia considered one of the |p bent speculative purchases among the low-priced oils, Q. At what price did ‘the shares of the Endicott-Johnson Company make their appearance to public trading? 1 understand that the concern has had a tremendous expansion in buginess, ts this true? NEW HAVEN. A. When Endicott-Johnson was list- ed on the New York curb market it was selling at $50 a share and its Present quotation of 116, therefore, shows a gain of 66 points, The busi- ness of this company was originally started in Boston forty-five years ago with @ cash capital of only $2,800. is said that in the first year a Paste neas of $90,000 was done in the tan- ning of leather and the manufacture and sale of shoes. The business has since grown enormously and in 1918 net ‘shipments were valued at $62,- Q. I have heard a great deal about the new Texas oil field and am curious to know whether its popular~ ity is founded on intrinsic or pros- pective value. Does its production compare favorable with other on fields and are the securities of the Various companies operating there regarded as good investments? LONG BRANCH. A. It is estimated that during the current year the State of Texas will Produce about 90,000,000 barrels of oil, which: compares with a production for the entire country in 1918 of 345,000,000 barrels. Vigorous drillin, music hall, but before it was com: | pleted he threw @ bompshell into the | Metropolitan Opera House manage- ment by the announcement that he was about to present grai.t opera on an extensive scale, in the belief that New York was large enough .» sup- port two grand opera companies, The aunouncement was greeted with ridicui but Oscar Hammer- sicin opened the Manhattan Opera House in 1906 aud conducted the Manhattan Opera Company for five years, extending his o:ganization to Philadelphia and Chicago. in the conduct of this enterprise he evi- denced rare managerial and artigtic ability, He introduced new operis, popularized French opera and brought out many new singers who have since taken rank with the foremost artists of the world. But the finan- cial strain told in 1910, when he gold out all his operatic interests in this country to Metropolitan interests for $1.200,000—most of which he owed— and agreed to remain out of opera in New York for ten years. In the mean time he had begun the construction in London of the London Opera House in Kingsway. and he opened that house. in compe tition with Covent Garden, The venture was an and a financtal failure merstein returned to New ‘York and invented some more cigarmaking contrivances and engaged in arious theatrical enterprises with his sons. CONTRACT PUT END TO HIS LATEST OPERA VENTURE. On the theory that the bulk of grand opera patrons live east of Fifth “venue, Mr. Hammersiein, backed by English capital, and in the face of his contract with the Metropolitan inter- ests, built the Lexington Opera House at Lexington Avenue aud dist Street. He started to produce operas there, but the Metropolitan enjoined him |@nd the courts ordered him to keep out of things operatic until the Met- Topolitan contract expired. From that time until death closed his in- teresting care: Mr. Hammerstein was only passively interested tm things theatrical, although, acting under his guidance, his son Arthur became one of the leading light opera and musical comedy producers of the country. BOY FALLS TO DEATH FROM SECOND AVENUE “L” Tumbles Off Structure and. Hits! Pavement at No, 253 Pearl Street; Was Working During Vacation. Pedestrians at Pearl and Fulton Streets at 8.10 this morning saw a boy fall from the Sevond Avenue elevated structure and strike the pave- ment at No, 253 Pearl Street, Patrol- man O'Shea of the Old Slip Station summoned an ambulance from the Vol- unteer Hospital and the boy dled there of a broken neck An envelope ring the name of G. D. Kuper & Bros,, truckmen, No, 167 Christopber Street, Was found on the + Who was Wdentined | as William Whitely” fifteen, an office boy, whose home was at No. 1003 Washington Ave- nue, the Bronx. His stepfather, James Fogarty, also is employed by the Kupers, The boy had been working during his school vacation, The police are seeking witnesses who can tell whether Whitely fell or was pushed from the train. Policem: y Girl in Ky Vestibule. Policeman Martin Sullivan took Bellevue Hospital early to-day a six- months-old girl baby which he found in the vestibule at No. 1334 Third Avenue. The youngster was neatly dressed, all in white, So far as the policeman’ could learn she had been left in the vestibule between 10 and 11 o'clock iast might. | stolen campaigns are on in the new North Cer and West Texas fields, par- in the Burkburness and 8 Nida ehetee barre Fese is said to be ae barrels per day. of the aren Cochnge | go are blessed with honest and capable Managements and stockholders in such companies have a fair chance of making substantial profits, On the other hand many get rich quick pro- motors have capitalized the jane obtained by these companies and are Keeping their printers busy grinding out jurid literature. Investments ip oll stocks, particularly in a new field, requires a great deal of consideration and dne should make an earnest effort to pick the chaff from the wheat before making a visit to his broker. Q. Would mi advise me to hold Lad Cconsoiidatead Ph pe How uction runnin, eagle ERENT INTON. A juction off co ate aal Coppermines in 1918 was pounds which cothpares with pounds for 1917. In view of th resources, which are officially ostl- mated in terms of ore reserves Poy erin to 19,653,034 tons, equiva- lent to 610 pounds of copper for each share of stock outstanding, and tho operating progress made, if is pro- posed to further extend the company’s operations in the instailativn of a re- duction plant having an initial capa- city of 2,000 tons of ore daily, which can be further enlarged to a capacity of 6,000 tons daily, the total cost of which will amount to approximately $5,000,000, ‘ Q. The other day I bought fifty shares of stock through an outsit broker at a price above the high sale for the di I objected to the execu- tion of the order and demanded proof of the price he paid for my stock. Hi showed me a piece of paper called comparison, which purported to be a confirmation of the tran; fon with the selling broker. Is this sufficient proof? ! A. A comparison, as its name im- plies, a confirmation of a transaction between two brokers. At the end of the day's market the brokers turn in ® report of their day's work to clerks in their offices, who check up the day's | executions with the other parties to the various transactions by “comp: ing” with them. This is done by send. ing out comparisons which are in du- plicate, and if @ trade is as reported the broxer who receives the, compari- son keéps one copy, stamps the other and returns it. You would have had better proof if you had seen the sell- ing broker's delivery ticket or as it might be called bill of sale with the State and Federal tax stamps attached. it you are dealing with a reputable house, that is, members of a recognized exchange, this is unnecessary, as they seldom if eves resort to the methods hinted at in your inquiry. PETITIONS FILED FOR NEWBURGER IN PRIMARY RACE Bar Association and Republi- can Signatures for Justice Exceed 4,000. Petitions renominating Supreme Court Justice Joseph E. Newburger, | who was turned down by Tammany Hall to make way for Irwin Unter- myer, were filed to-day with the| Board of Elections by the Joint com- | mittee representing the bar associa- tions of Manhattan and the Repub- | lean County Committee, The pett- | tions bear more than 4,000 signatures | divided between Republicans and Democrats and place Justice New- burger in the primaries of both par- ties, Secretary Fay of the Republican committee said he would file another petition Monday. Justics Newburger will announce to-morrow whether or not he will run 4s a Republican and independent can- @idate, Should he decide to with- draw it will be necessary, now that the petitions have been filed, for him to file a formal declination with the Board 5.0% Blections on- or before Aug. 1 Willham F, Schneider, leader of the | Cleveland Democracy, who is organ- ‘zing a primary fight for Justice Newburger among the Democrats, sent the following telegram to him yesterday at Bluff Point, N. Y.: | “Violation of the principle and in-| tegrity of the Supreme Court involved in refusing you renomination is of greater moment to the people of this judicial department than is the in- justice you personally suffer, “fam speaking for scores of men and women deeply concerned as to the inviolability of the courts in urg- ing you, regardless of any personal Inclinations, to allow your name to be designated in the Democratic pri- mary election for the place you have so long and ably filled upon the Su- preme Court bench,” ———. MUC;! ADO ABOUT A FIDDLE. Dealer Declares He Was Hit and Makes Robbery Charge. | Alexanders Szaley, forty-six years old, @ musician, of No, 189 Adame Street, New Haven, Conn, was prisoner in the oYrkville Court this morning on a char; of robbery. ; Henry Lowey, sixty-two, @ jeweller! and musical instrument dealer, of No. 778% Sixth Avenue, Manhattan, was the complainant, Szaley asked for an adjournment until Monday to | summon witnesses and he was held in $8,000 ball after his requei Lowey claims the prisoner cntered his. shop day afternoc looked at which he 200 years old. | According to the jews eller, aa he iurned AS ack he was | ad an iron bar, | er a a aa that he w: y the jeweller who claimed made 4 motion toward his Thinking he had a g: jeweller with a piece of declared nothing was charge. despite the robbery ays is | =<=—Monday at / “Will it pay me to buy Panta] Down- Stairs Store Eye co these, there will features, not mentioned price tickets throughou' news for Monday tells ig fh Monda; many er Mon cd here but indicated by t the store, aid addition to to Don’t overlook these wash frocks at $3 Te dollars for work fi time is at hand. us, 400 of will go Monday at $3. Voile, misses’ sizes—and in a Rotunda, Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. women’s and terns and of pretty summer pat- Vendome—our own corsets, $3 . Pe oh gs are magn sandy in the world that these will be the the last of their kind at $3. The black boning is guaranteed, and the coutil is a very sub- stantial quality. In flesh color, with dainty lace. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. Crepe kimonos going at $3 Happy were we to get these pec kimonos under- price; and maker was lad to close his season's usiness and get ready for fall. Plain pink, light blue or m; and one style of figured crepe. Nicely made— some with silk embroidery, Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. 10 yds. percale té make up, $3 something + make—or something that should be made, and here is the pereale that can be used for many things from house dresses to kiddies’ frocks. 15 patterns to choose Tireeat and you may take the 10 yards im more than one pattern if you wish. * Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. . . Corcuroy skirts invite you, $3 Early in the season we had dittieulty in getting enough white cord skirts to supply the aoaed: Even now the quantity 4 small, bot the quality is . These are in misses’ sizes and typical misses’ styles—less tl regular at Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. Children’s frocks happily priced, $3 Happily Rees for mother, surely; and these are the dainty voile qualities in lain colors and fascinating jittle tigures. Half price and less—at $3. 6 to 14 yrs. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. Velvet tams come in again, $3 Practical—very; and the delightful sauciness of a vel- vet tam makes it the more attractive. These are the new styles—ready to wear now and later. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. eee Wash suits for little boys, $3 4 posse—delighttu} little Laaie of ingham and chambray combined with white, Oliver Twists and other styles. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg eee Women’s white skirts down to $3 Save $1, or $2, or more, perhaps. These are the ‘ood white skirts that have en a part of our regular summer stock; and most women know how particular we are in choosing styles and qualities. Choose Mon- dav at $3. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. Sizes 2 Special Misses’ frocks unusual at $3 A close-out group of sum- mer dresses—mostly voi oe Taken from our stock and reduced ote for qaek wa-Stalee | Store, Old Bidg. Tots’ dresses vey at $3 Sort & round-up of fine frocks i kiddies’ of 3 to 6 years, Dainty white lawns, dimities and ; sturdy chambrays and ginghams. good white Pil lins, some a pretty ing. Wh good time mother wii have Po from these! Down-Stairs be Old Bidg. . Bedspreads you’ve wanted, $3 Just the eberen ts substan- pC Bie peceocests i that on coer other ‘ands pte 76x84 inches. Special. Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. eee Tablecloths made for us, $3 How? We took man yard” of fine cotton demeat and had the cloths made as we wanted them—some with scalloped edges, others hem- stitched. T! ey are 70 in, in inpaped in the popular round designs, Very low at $3. Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. art Children’s summer shoes, $3 Many kinds in this spe- cial group—all good. White canvas shoes, patent leather or dull ther pumps. Sizes 11 to 2—for children 7 to 12 years. A good buy. Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. eee Women’s white low shoes, $3 White canvas with rubber we oe oe have itary ie pumps have Louis heels. Most women need a new pair of white low shoes to finish out the season, and here’s the chance. Down-Stairs Store, New Bidg. Women’s bathing suits, $3 A lower price for burf satin bathing suits—in which misses’ sizes are as well provided as women's, Good choosing. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bidg. oe Semi- made ratine capes, $3 Ratine makes practical summer capes—especially good for seashore and va- cation wear. These are in blue, Copen, pink and rose, Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. $3 takes 12 Turkish towels Regularly 30c, each. Plain white, ample in size, and a good absorbent quality. Down-Stairs Store, New Bidg. furniture-buyin; careful and skil in which there isn’t always ‘round, and which is at all pitfalls to be avoidet: ; avs nd by of furniture, lor Ce; in wrong place; wae es or paying an exorb tant You mts note’ ot ek ides things if you come to Wanamaker’s— and the sooner the better, for the fur- ture is | baie ore Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New BuilJing. « Monday, August 4th, will be a Day of Courtesy preceding the Advance Autumn Sale ot Oriental Rugs — The: sale will Tuesday, Selec.” tions may be made Monday fom the fll stock, of Pa Ig and Chinese rugs, Sale, S ee ag oe be At prices below today's “delivered on and after Ti Dos povehaserh tone aoa Third Gallery, New Building, New gowns introduce two silhouettes The very ide li chemise line and the wider line at the sides Tiers of black lace accordion-| pene skirt of atin |S dls inctive note of a dance ms Mog ae of an enhances its dignified faped ines. Flt agd frock of blue taffeta fea- wide and slanting over- aire, dged with ostrich feathers, ‘Trotteur costume of soft mouse- tre duvetyn extends into ucy drapery at the sides. The charm of this frock is its bare be gr and exquisite lines. makes 1 poate foe Se chemise silhou- sent a j atte is foun ge the knee-len velvet at afte a pe te tunie a black or navy bl front. Black or satin dress treated at the bottom orch’ aly of the skirt and tunic with stun- Second floor, Old Building, The Girls’ Shop Blouses Lingerie Negligees Every girl in New York should know of our little shop devoted to youthful blouses, pretty negligees and dainty lingerie, because it works out ig things at prices conformative to a school girl’s Brest yf iy piouses a Sateen e endless slip-over blouses ry certain girlis! Nish simplicity petti- that makes them very appeal- coats ing. A delightful o: inely Service tucked, of batiste, with quaint able and cotton styl A perfectly worked-out be- sears sport or tailored skirt, i lace, slip-over pre fuss. Charming Negligees The Girl specalty. A pretty slip-over peasant blouse is made of sand voile and trimmed with fascinating ti voile bands and sash. ated — cleverly, $12.95, Many others, Hard-to-find guimpes Fine, sheer, PY ddoied ones at $1.25 and $2.21 Middy blouses Ever so many styles, i 3 ye prize from $1.86 fo