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gio AGE SHORTENS HEIGHT. |‘ natural law governing the dectine | 40 THE EVENING WORLD, ‘MH URSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. SAD NEWS TO HUSBANDS; } She had been separated for several “ = Russel! Lowell's story of Methuselah ‘ Foumd Dead in Apartment, and|ttilor, with whom she had tive Te ee TO BE MET BY POLICE BOAT WIFE'S CLOTHES STAY DEAR)"*=!,:°0%,10, variants anal. wi non. om ot Thg Wh Adv ingins Venrs. worthy patriarch ‘pon attain ng his , : nsecctnan mg Mra, Anna Kreiwitz, thirty-seven, wis | Migs “Fithet stein, of No. 141d tom the Lenton Chronicle) housandth year sived ® company y : ce F t a in h tment, No. 1363 | Franklin Avenu n of Mrs. - ey wn » Denton coat absving |e. trier assembled to conitratul “10 KEEP RUTH SHE i Messages Indicate Schooné Onato GIVEN (| BYR R | Makers Say All Materials and Ped peg ha git aad fhe Believed her aunt, Bad’ eee lw UU 1 Was Abandoned at Sea and o Oe Be Are So Costly There Is No | morning. with gas flowing from two Jets. troubles. Was not In hie OX° wm xs tall as in his he replied s -ostly Th Bienes manhood, ii a dasteas settee ein aoa | if Crew Is Aboard the Zirkel, Relief in Sight. my cicree Semeanéiag Bim OF ping in my face! : | PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, — The Some Interesting but unpleasant news ‘Bir Ale —- 3 WEST 37TH ST. ONE DOOR FROM FIFTH A’ Chief VENUE Prison on his hands Insfitutions, Justice Frederic Kernochan of the Court of Special Sessions ad- mitted to-day that he has a problem She is in the Tombs She ts twenty years old. Her wo SO FUL OF PRANKS |Court Baffled by Case of Girl| | Sent Back by T |American steamship Zirkel, due here to-day, has asked that she be met by a police boat and a revenue cutter. According to the American Mercantile Marine, the ship's owners, she had aboard four members of the crew of the British schooner Onato picked up at sea. Wireless messages indicate that the schooner was abandoned several days ago. She is a small vessel, bound from Oporto, Portugal, for Newfoundland, They also reported the death of the Captain and mate of the Onato, and shipping men believe there was a mu- Uny aboard. No particulars were given of the death of the two men or the reason for the request for @ police boat. FAGE BUS RIVALRY Brooklyn City Co, Will Take Back Roads at Midnight Saturday. Following announcement of a new series of talks with holders of all tho street railway properties in the city, Public Service Commissioner Nixon and Transit Commissioner Delaney,| expressed the opinion that a solution of the present tangled condition of for husbands and fathers emanated from the Holland House to-day, where announcement was made by the As- sociated Dress Industries, a national organization of manufdeturers in con- vention there, that the price of women's outergarments would remain about the fame as at present for some time to come. matter of fact no hope was seen for any sort of readjustni@nt that would favor the man who pays the bills. “it was said that the prices of raw materials had gone up to such an ox- tent and the added cost of Inbor had cut down the manufacturers’ prot the smallest in the history of the tri 4 . ~ TIFFANY & Co. Firt AVENUE‘&! 37% STREET PEARLS DIAMONDS JEWELRY SILVER CLocks WATCHES CHINA STATIONERY ‘Women at Bedford Hills. Described ag “quite pretty,” the Carter, girl, whose home is in West New Yiork, appeared in the Court of Special Sessions on Oct. 6, 1917, charget! with appropriating a waist and atpair of sRoes in a department store, It will scarcely be believed to-dayg but the value of waist and shoes twas fixed at $5.84 ‘ Ruth was sent tothe House of thd! TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 16.—Chatrman Good pherd for an indefinite stay.|F. C. Stokes of the Republican State She had been there a short time when | Committee is out for a campaign to be the Bourd of Managers met in solemn | "sed free from personalities, conclave and decided that they| ,"1 have declared it to be tho policy couldift keep her. of the State Committee that no criticisms or attacks should be made, A few days ago Chief Justice Ker-| especially against the President,” he THRIFT name is Ruth Carter, a § oes wae The trouble about Ruth Is that We Ga eee a tel me ee t. 16.—The Uru- - ' none af the institutions she is sent nto had been taken aboard Pike decision of the Public aeaeet of Representatives r Economy*is the wisdom of the day and hour. to wants to keep her, Firat, it was |the, Sarcoxic, expected in New | Veta | ths puaaras guaretenebe @1rk tu Ooms day, voted | approval of, | the i the Hiouse the Good Shepherd.! ferred at sea and will be taken to 3 ko he When necessity ropes buy where quality Now, it ia the Refannaterr for |Philadelphia' instead of New York. ‘°| panies as a group which had been Rations and Germany, is a cardiual principle. ‘ — planned, Owners of each line will be = called before the Commissioner in turn and asked what concessions they fre willing to make to the city and whether or not they will agree to a Programme along the lines of that already mapped out by Commissioner Nixon calling for a movable scale of fares and changes in the original con- tracts to the companies. t The first hearing will be next Mon- day, when the receiver, the officers and representatives of the bondhold- ers of the New York Railways Com- pany have beep asked to attend. Federal Judge Mayer announced after a hearing yesterday that he would file to-day his order turning back the twenty-six Brooklyn surface REPUBLICAN CHIEF TELLS PARTY TO RESPECT WILSO Declares President Has Sympathy of Nation and Must Not Be Assailed. aot SMART FURNITURE Slipper Chairs Sofas Wing Chairs é ' The Store is closed at 5 P. M. daily ' - B. Altman & Co, | Arm »Chairs ‘ in our own shops by upholsterers who aes. beet selected for their ability as furni- ture builders. Store Oven 9 A. M, to 5.30 P.M. Da McGIBBON ron QUALITY, hochan recelved a letter from Supt.|said to-day. “The policies and|lines to the Brooklyn City Railroad MADISON AVENUE» FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK (Helen A. Cobb of Bedford Reform-|measures of the Democratic party are|Company, The surrender, according ° satory to the effect that at a meeting | legitimate topics for discussion and de-|t® @n announcement of Carl M. Owens, attorney for Receiver Garri- son, will be made at midnight Satur- Thirty-fourth Street Thirty-fifth Street |bate, but our President is tn the sick room and he has the sympathy of every| day. Moést of the lines will be re- patriotic, warm-hearted American and| routed and will have to face the com- We aeae arate Tor Gur weeasera «5 | Petilon of he, buses. which Alayor ave mi r o\ Hylan is planning to run. PAC treat him with the consideration and re- xpect due to thé head of the nation, as| A, protest against the action was becomes a dignified campaign. he | made by the city, through Edgar J. Republicans can win this campaign on| Kobler, representing Corporation principles and without stooping to per-/ Counsel Burr. sonalities. Mr. Kohler said the act of turning | back the lines to the former owner by Receiver Garrison of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company would be| inimical to public interest, and would | enable that company to split up the transfer system, thus charging Brook- lyn passengers 10, 15, and even 20 cents for a ride which formerly cost 6 cents, ‘ Mr. Kohler said the city reserved the right to appeal trom the order ‘lot Judge Mayer, and that Receiver | to the jer Wain noreas’ x¢| Garrison can be prosecuted for con- sof the Board of Managers on Oct. 10 res@lution was adopted directing the Superintendent to return Ruth to the court as a “young person mentally tn- capable of being benefited by the dis- ne of the institution.” , along came Ruth, and Justice Ketnochan doesn't know what to do with her. Prybation oMcers report that the complaint of the institutions cannot be that the young woman corrupts the morals of those ubout her, because in that Jreport, they say, thelr inquiries tend to show that she ts irreproach- able.’ On the other hand, they declare the girl has always been as full of pranks as a young kitten and Ruth and {Disckpline have never been able Button Boots Three New Models,,each at Fine Black Kid with i Button Boots are enormously this season’ This model is one o! | tional exclusiveness—And 80 Price!| Our merchandising ability and large output has enabled us to hold prices down. All the best Fall and Win- ter Fashions are here at 6.85, 7.85 and 8.85—No higher than last year! Rich Tan Calf with Tan Cloth Top to match. Dressy Pattern Leathers with Gray Cloth Tops. gta ELEVATOR KILLS PORTER. hea to Death tn Ht MAGNIFICENT GOWNS 1 %, for Va ; Antonia De Blaza, head porter in the Hilliard Bullding, No. 65 John Street, was aught in the elevator of the building between the ground and frst floor at 6.80 o'clock this mornin crushed to death. Eden occurred ts not knot Afternoon and Evening Ready for wear or made to order error Was, by Mrs. Mary Win-| senting to it. the Cian Shoe G to live in, peace under the same roof. tora, of No644 West 126th Street, who| Curl M. Owens, attorney for the " } eo ed for receiver, told Judge Mayer the Brook- buted away’ the wood and’ meta went |1yn Rapid ‘Transit Company is pre- in the AT ALL OUR STORES of the lift and got the body out.” De| Dared to turn back the lines Satur- - _——— By -yote of the’ stockholders at the|Blaza was twenty-seven years old and| day night, ao they may run Sunday | On Saturday, October 18th, we open annual’ meeting, the name of Borden's|!'¥ed at No. 139 Bast 18th’ Street under the new owners. Department for Imported and Special Costumes Henry L. 8, Stimson, counsel for Receiver Hedges of the New York Railways Company, said he is prepar- | Ing papers, to be submitted to Judge | Condermed Milk Company has been changed to the Borden Company. The reason given {# that the business 1s of A more #xtensive character than tndi- OUR 8TH STORE AT 1052-4 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, Ballet Smas Train Window, When an Erte train on its way to Caldwell was between the Newark City onthe Third Floor Mayer soon, asking that the Fourth | NEW FORE: astede BREN: cated by the old name. Professor H.|tegturday a taller shoe Tony Hospital |and Madison Avenue surface line be} Filth Ave. & 42nd St. 1831 Broadwey C. Sherroan and ¥. D. shove of the woods broke a window at whicn | wascrambled from the so-called Met- ropolitan Street Railway system, | “The only three surface car Mnes! which are now paying their own way are the crosstown lines on Fourteenth, Twenty-third and ‘Thirty-fourth Streets,” Col. Stimson said. “The stoppage of transfers on the Fourth and Mudison Avenue line means that only the Lexington Avenue surface Une remains as a transfer trunk line on the east side.” Mg After being informed of Mr, Stim- son's ¥ announcement, Corporation Counsel Burr said that this should be sufficient justification for Public Ser- lected to the Board of Directors, which hag been increased from eight to nine members. The other members, except John J. Miltchell, who retired, were re- electe two women school teachers of Caldwell Were sitting, but nelther was injured, David Hawthorne, tne conductor, ro- ported the shooting on reaching Verona, ‘The poll AUL BERNARD 55 West 42d St. at Hancock BUSINESS HOURS 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. AEARN rease = -- & see at) Noc.0. Ds NO C. 0. D.'S ioe, Gomiiesloner Nixon ao revoke 4 OR CREDITS OR CREDITS his 2-cent transfer order. . DURING THIS % DURING THI mare be psa ene rat is wm, Fourteenth Street West of Fifth Avenue sf i SALB ‘he Women's Shop for Values ‘ tale tnreat ‘of lose ail surface nos ot ig q a : “a Salat iii deine see or, Vers calcere sale Nehet _ Friday and Saturday a ' Q2East S4™S1, ALTMAN'S . would'be Fequred to handle the 0 - 4 en 4 \ im areess Stunning New APPARE j » | \ ACCUSES DU PONT MANAGER. g L For Women and Misses Fo gyrmnnin and Suits specially priced for Friday and Saturday present unusual opportunities to save money. Women’s and Misses’ Women’s and Misses’ Serge Dresses Serge and Tricotine 2! Seactal 17 Dresses Special 26.75 ; i s Our Regular $29,75 and $33.75 Practical, good looking dresses Braided-over-blouse models, frocks with for the college and business girl are extra deep hip pockets, and one-piece attractively trimmed with braid, and sirelaiine give a worthwhile selection of ‘ t styles at this v i come inl burgundy, navy, bluesbcown smart styles at this very reasonable price, and black. Colors include“havy blue, taupe, brown and black. ’ * ’ Women’s and Misses’ Velveteen Dresses Very much in Vogue ‘ Velveteen is so rich and warm for Winter and extremely fashion- able as well that one of these dresses is a necessity not to be overlooked. Our selection is most extensive. There are over-blouse models, draped styles, straightline and other types, beautifully embroidered send them in and there is no room—so we will clean out our Coat stock at about c & '* §0% of Regular Prices Mrs, Eva de Cordero, who alleges that \ ing $500 a month and has in addition | e terday by Supreme Court Justice 650 Fur Trimmed COATS gee gag ll . leges that she married Conrad de Cor- Cc fli M I and when her husband was deprived of e large interes: she alleges she sang at spending money. was employed and blaswened both her food or drink for thirty-six hours, For opening a can of sardines she had in staying ‘at the Waldorf-Astoria last Mra, De Co Charges Husband her husband, as export manager for, R } to that an income of $1,000 a month. gan pending the outcome of her suit cruelty. i dero Gept, 25, 1917, at Juares, Mexico, @ means of support by the unsettled ® concerts in New York and supported In return, she alleges, he came into eyes, and on another occasion kept her ten weeks last sumper, she alleges, he some way destroyed the contents, May she alleges her husband paid $11 har A | A Tremendous Reduction Sale Tomorrow eee ee es the du Pont Powder Company is earn: | . was awarded $21 week alimony In her complaint Mrs, de Cordero al- conditions of Mexico, where he had nd Continued warm weather has caused an unusual oyerstock of fine Coats; our tailors continue to spatiale money. in Nan lokhing a restaurant on 48th Street, where she bound to a chair in her room without refused to speak ‘Yo her because in While she and her husband were y for their room and that their dinner check each night amounted to ‘ ; . e says her husban: i A t le | MA’ Ss $200 Coats Reduced to 100.00 FURS Her asbaind, nh crt My now Lvl with braid and tinsel au have ; | bg pointed lace collars ' Evora i pa iain Is i . H Frost Glo $160 Coats Redueedo 80.00 Squirrel DINNER TO SEYMOUR MORK " F N dinky ° % ’ . , . :|- Bolivia $150 Coats Reducedto ‘75.00 cell Ns OTS Women’s and Misses’ Suits 35.50 | Silvertone $120 Coats Reducedto 60.00 Jap Mink pre ne a ete: ~ Regular $42.75 i Vv = tant District Atorney of Bronx County, Misses’ suits of silvertone, wool velour, cheviot and broadcloth distinctively tailore: j | elour $100 Coats Reduced to 50.00 Hudson Seal will be. the guest of ve ny 4 Sineee and ee inte eras of interesting ae "They paren gr eiteylle mata alone | ag Pat bpp gellyate Mat eset ox blood, brown and other shades, No charge for alterations. , 2 a his private practice, A ! Supreme “Court Juntee Richard 3 Smart Winter Hats, 7.75 Mitchell, who was a colleague of Mork in District Attorney Francis Martin's office, will act as toastmaster, The speakers will be County Judge iis D. Gibbs, Surrogate George M. 8. nd District Attorney Martin Frederi.k Wurabach {8 Chairman and John J, MeConologue Treasurer of tho committee in charge of the dinner, which will be the Ne 200 Heavy Winter Coats Regulay Price $35, $40, $45 Velour, Silvertone, Duvet de Laine, richly lined, warmly interlined............... Our Regular $10.00 Beautiful silk velvet hats that are copies of famous designers, Artistically trimmed with ostrich feathers, wings and hand-made novelties, 140 Fur Trimmed Coats Regular Price $35, $40, $45 In a variety of desirable materials with deep fur collars, splendidly tailored, lined ——— See our regular 4-col. Friday As Usual Bargain Day advt. on page 31. Also Start of Season Sale of Misses’ Coats. im °28