The evening world. Newspaper, December 27, 1919, Page 5

_ By Roger Batchelder. HERE is to-day in the Essex Market Court district of the east side a young man who has Just come from prison, His name doesn't matter, because when he was)| at Dannemora Prison, in the New York moun tains, Rar not far from the = Canadian border, he had the best record of any pris- oner in the past decade. And Essex Market is inter- ested, because De- tective Smythe, who brings most of his cases to the grand old temple of justice, has just returned with “Joe.” } Next week Joe will come before Judge Crane in the Court of General Seesions'to answer a charge of grand larceny, which he admitted when he Was arrested almost four years ago for burglary. He was convicted then, sentenced to three years and eight hs in Sing Sing Prison, but was ' trunsserrea to Dannemora because the Ossining penitentiary | was overcrowded, But the charge of | grand larceny was held over him, and Judge Crane told him, when he was committed, that on his record would depend his future, If he took his punishment like a man and came out with clean slate, well, perhaps ——If he came out with the black marks of the prison against his rec- ord, it would be another matter, and he might be sent back for several years on the other charge, Joe went to Sing Sing with one idea in his head: To come out with a per- fect record and receive the suspended sentence which was almost promised WOMEN ORGANIZE NATIONAL BODY FOR DEMOCRACY = Will Have National Headquar- ters and Branches in Every State. Initial steps in a national move- ment to organize feminine Democrats in a manner similar to that i1 which men Democratic voters ar¢ unified were taken yestetday afternoon at a/ the Hotel Commodore. ‘The gathering was held under the auspices of the Women’s Democratic Club of New York at the invitatipn of Mrs. George H, Childs, the President; Miss Mar- garet Vale, a niece of President Wil- son, and Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stan- ton. A committee of prominent Demo- cratic women was appointed to con- sider ways and means of organization | and report to a conference to be held at the Commodore on Jan, 3, “The object of this movement,” ex- plained Miss Vale, “is to induce every Democratic woman voter to become actively interested and to do her part in the building of the platform of the National Democratic Party, “The organization is to be modeled the system of the ty, with a national committee in heady some York ha’ been wealthiest city in the country and is the acknowledged Democratic strong hold. There will be divisional head. quarters in every State and subdi jonal headquarters in every county, town and district.” irs. Childs elected temporary Chairman of the movement and chose the following ladies as mem the Consideration Committ Elisabeth Marbury, Mrs. Oliver Harrie J, . John Sherwin Crosby who | an executive of the Women's Dem« cratic League, a ent there was no need for th tion of cratic took exception to that the women Dein e now members of small organizations which al power. , who ting, said that there must be no attempt by the women Demo crats to emulate the men Yoters of | the same party, It is highly important,” she said, * we set the men an example.” t the conclusion of the meeting y said that she would hold this afternoon at the r for the purpose of dis he national campaign, She r meeting has the approval of State Dermocratic Committee and | ‘Tammany w. ing to Caba, on Miss Anna} Adums the W. C, T. Us, has 0} for and burope applies passpi th evidence of a different 1 Mins Gordon would not say whether the Cuban tro fe to plan a temperance canipaign in thas oadis, meeting of representative women at); ters located in | suggested, since it is the largest and | acted as Secretary | | | | 1 . | When he was nora there was inst his name jim by the Judge | transferred to Dani jnot a black mark a |On Christmas Day De tive Smyt | of the East Fifth Stre: Station went | to Dannemora to bring Joe back to |New York. He left last Monday and | went far north to Lake Champlain, where the men are already cutting ice which is two feet thick. At Plattsburg he took the one train that goes into the mountains and went twenty-four miles into the icebound fastnesses. A | "Yes; I've come from New York after Joe," replied the detective. “Let me give you a partner,” said the guard best pris- | oner we've had for years. He's a gen- | Ueman, and I hope you'll try to get him out when he gets back to the big | cit ll see,” said the detective. tective. He walked for perhaps five minutes through the tiny mountain town and came to the gates of the great prison. “I'm after Joe,” he said. “Go right in," said the guard, “and listen, friend, if you can say a good word for him when ju get back to New York, do it. F the finest lad we've had in years ‘We'll see,’ Said the detective He met arden Trombly and asked | tor Joe. | “Let me tell you something, tective,” said the Warden. de- “I want you to give the boy a lift when you get back home with him. ‘There's another charge against him, and he might be convicted on it. Look at this sheet.” The Warden Showed a page at the top of which which was Joe's name. It was un- marked. “Let me explain,” id the Warden. ‘When we find a man smoking cig- arettes, which is against the rules, he gets one mar! when he talks back to a keeper he gets a heavier mark, and if he gets into a fight or commits a serious offense, he gets the black- est mark. Joe has a clean sheet He has stood for things which no m likes to take, He has been struck |the ward, and he has not hit back, because he did not want to blemi his record, He's the best man we've | had here in year ‘ve never had one | Who went out without a mark before. | Joe’s Clean Prison ‘Sheet’ Earns Him Right to Enjoy Life in Li’l Old New York Dannemora’s Model Prisoner Has Warden and! Guards Interceding for Him With Plea That! He Be Given a Chance Because Conduct | Has Proved That He Déserves It. | y a word for him before Promised the detective. Joe was delivered to the New York | officer, who handcuffed ‘him and took | h to the tra And on the way to New | York he told the dectective about his | life there. In winter it was always bitterly cold outsid impossible unless on jthe country all hi jtwo guards on the t s from the moun- nan might get lige the prison enough. But if he tried to escape through .né wood he would soon die of the, cold, come lost in the ‘orest and eventually find that he had |come back to hi ting point. New | York and an honest lite looked good | |to him now; he was coming h |to make ,ood--if only the Jud would suspend sentence Next pek Joe will appear before Judge © who will look at his | record nd hear the story of Dete t He has Essex Mark behind him, and there is no dot |that th will ke« On “Arrival evinbie Mall 0 Address | The Best for Repairing Gleanvare | Burnie mort Williard Cuss, & USE MLR’ CET r md Weather sale | All “Lost and Found" Advertised In The World or to “Lost and Found Bure 103 World Building, wil for thirty day articles 1 he listed ‘These Usts ean Been at any of hie World's Offi “Lost and Found" advertisements. can be left at any of The World's Advertising Agencies. or can b to The med dtrect Word. 000 Beekman, New York, or kiya Office, 4100 Main, _THE EVENING WORLD, _SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, csez~ JOHN WANAMAKER The Down-Stairs Store We Have Reduced 1,007 Pairs of...... Children’s Shoes Not a thing the matter with these good shoes, except that lines are now broken and clearaways are in order. \xk 5 Were $7 09.90. }93.20 | Special }$3.00 Tah or black shoes in Black leather button shoes, ee a to 8. Straight lace | or patent leather with cloth and blucher styles — sturdy | tops—in sizes 11 to 1. little shoes for cold days. Special Were $3.65 for Bo’ $3 40 to $4.25... }$3. 40 al bore |B on shoes Tan lace shoes, black lace | which, if the leather was shoes, or patent leather but- | smoother, would be $5.50 ton shoes—in sizes 814 -to | instead of $3.40. Sizes 9 to 10 Something here for | 1314. Very sturdy. school and dress-up. Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. A Revel in Smocks and Middies Were $3.75 and $3.85, when originally held_ for out-of-town: customers. Now $1.95 because lines are broken. In white and ,Copen—sizes 16 to 44. INCLUD- ING a few white voile waists that many women will be glad to get. All to go at Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. + Last of these Women’s Coats — Coats that have been $33.75 and $39. 50 } | in our regular stock this season. Pea | silvertones and wool velours—many with seal- | 2 ed coney collars. Women who know how | difficult is to get a good coat for $25 will figure this saving quickly... $1.95 Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. Girls’ Dresses | Go Out at $6.95 | 65 of them—in navy, brown, wine and green, with just enough wool embroidery trimming to add to their prettiness. Sizes 6 to 12 years. Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. | Close to Half for Men’s Cashmere Socks Cashmere socks—cotton and wool mixed—are al- ) arm and durable. These slightly irregular 60c f 35c Down-Stairs Store, Old Bldg. 8, black only. ‘Take them on Monday at. | fabries—fine for parity and | waists—and the prices be- | gin at 55c a yard, Other weaves —1n new patterns and colorings include soft, dainty crepes— Fine ginghams colorful plaids; in the rich, Silk and cotton crepes, which resemble Georgettes very closely | and serve the same purpose; The Newest | note in cotton dress fab- rics/for Spring is voile in | Silk and cotton tussahs; Georgette patterns— | | Some in large figured pat- And many pretty white weaves | terns; others with silk stripes | that always suggest the coming or plaids, of Spring. These are very attractive Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. 1919, Store Hours— 9toS Women’s Sumptuous Fur-Trimmed Wraps--- a purchase at about average half, Monday $45,000 worth, based on manufacturer’s prices, to be sold for $22,000 ; EVENING WRAPS $82.50 to $425 for $165 to $850 grades Reproductions of Parisien models created for this season by DOUCET, JENNY, DRECOLL, CHERUIT, PAQUIN, WORTH. STREET WRAPS $63.75 to $330 for $128 to $675 grades Reproductions of Parisien models created for this season by MARTIAL et AR- MAND, GEORGETTE, PREMET, DOUCET, DRECOLL, CHERUIT, JENNY. These wraps combine desirable quality of material, design, workmanship, fur, and—now—very moderate prices. Perfection of detail is complete! ing and wrap is carried to an exquisitely artistic point. kolinsky dyed squirrel collar and cuffs. Materials in the evening wraps Gorgeous beyond description and of a very fine quality—metal or velvet brocades, satin, or chiffon velvet. Linings are of the best crepe de chine, radium taffeta or satin—many veiled with Georgette crepe. Collars of furs Generously deep, and many are furred on both sides—some shaw! collars are carried to the bot- tom of the wrap. Furs are kolinsky dyed squir- rel, Hudson seal (dyed muskrat), squirrel, monkey (both white and black), except ionally long—and the season's favorite—monoglie—in black, whit. or cinnamon. An interesting com- bination is an unusually deep collar of squirrel and monkey fur. Colors of the evening wraps Blues and greens of various shades—burnt orange, purple, black, magenta; many of them combined with metal. dyed squirrel. brown. dyed nutria, natural Wanamaker Diary, 10c A little red book of 508 pages, including automobile road, map of New York and vicinity, in- teresting information, diary, cash, expense, address and telephone pages, etc. A lot for little. Commercial Stationery Store, Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. Also Burlington Arcade floor, New Building Hats for the South Make their debut in the Wanamaker Millinery Salons | Feathers too-- fipd a wise vogue in the hats which are so strongly influenced by the turban of the Moor and were $11.50 to $14 pair.. The time has come when those who can, plan to fly to Florida — the Carolinas and thes islands of the pat Turk. Hubell breast, ostrich Caribbean—to escape tooth- pompons and quills are used in edged winter. | myriad fashions Small Hats | Other Shapes tend to turn from the face at the side, front or all around—or have more softly rolling brims. | —always so comfortable and | chic for traveiling wear—are | conceived in numberless ways and materials, |. Lisere straw is widely used— | in one case it 1; faced with Georgette crepe and trimmed | witha fan of cut ostrich feather. Most Welcome of all are the sports hats—wide | of brim and light of color. Most. of these hats are fashioned of Faille ribbon gains pre- eminence due to its adaptabil- ity—to unusual and attractive s and means of flutings, puting and draping it intoa | turban--when combined with straw it is particularly fascinat- ing. f | Georgette crepe—some of them Satin and straw, Georgette | trimmed with crewel-work done crepe and pineapp straw, in wool. tulle and straw are combined. | straw and tulle turban Another attractive sport hat is snug and narrow of brim,made of suede cloth and trimmed with a narrow blue mbbon. First floor, Old Building TwentySewing Machines floor samples, reduced All are in perfect working order—wood work slightly marred, but for this we have taken from $3 to $15 off the pri Every machine guaranteed, just the same as our new machines are guaranteed. Standard sewing machines, rotary shuttle the tulle to veil the fruit or the crown and as a long searf which may be thrown about the neck. | One $80 machine, mahogany cabinet, for. . $65 One $80 machine, bird's-eye maple, for €5 One $80 machin 65 One $80 machin baee 65 One $65 automate lift drop-head cabinet... 55 One $65 automatic lift drop-head cabinet. . e 57 One $50 automatic lift drop-head cabinet... Aer | ‘Two $57 hand lift drop-head cabinet 50 Wanamaker sewing machines, ood Aneaih 2 Wanamaker Specials, $32 $29 Automatic chain stitch; drop-head, in mahegany, oak or walnut; three were $57—- Monday 50 2 Wanamaker, drop-head, were $41.75, for 35 2 Wanamaker, drop-h d) were $43.75, for 37 1 Wanamaker, drop-head, $44.50, f 38.50 1 Wanamaker, cabinet of oak, $56, 48 Seventh Gallery, New Bidg. Special stocks of tablecloths, napkins, prices will be announced in a few days. For instance— —a lining of peach colored radium taffeta is used in a peacock blue brocade wrap which has The street wraps Richly warm of material, and color—so beau- tiful that’ they could be worn as evening wraps for all but the most formal occasions. designed on coat, dolman and cape lines—one of the capes of tete de negre wool duvetyn being trimmed with collar, cuffs and strips of kolinsky Materials are wool duvetyn, ve- lours de laine, wool melton, peachbloom, velve- teen in such shades as beaver, brown, midnight blue, beige, sand, brick, tete de negre, tobacco Furs used on the great enveloping col- lars and cuffs are Australian opossum, taupe- squirrel, squirrel and Hudson seal (dyed muskrat). Women’s Coat and Wrap Second floor, Old Ppuilding 526 pairs of Blankets, reduced Several groups not complete in border color schemes And they cannot be filled in at anywhere near old prices 309 pairs, wool and cotton filling on cotton warp; single, ¢ double and extra large bed sizes in white, and double bed sizes in gray; were $9 to $11 pair.... 158 pairs, white blankets in single and double bed sizes; 59 pairs, double bed size in gray and in white blankets; were $16.50 to $18....... eh Monday—Fourth Gallery, New Building towels, toweling and decorative linens, at very low prices. | Harmony of lin- They are kolinsky-dyed $7.75 pair "$9.75 pair '} $13.75 pair ~an investment that pays BIG dividends MUSIC—the music of a good piano, plozer-piano or reproducing piano. Each Christmas many people put part of their bonuses into music, and thus get increasing dividends, They KEEP the gladness and the joy that came with the Christmas bonus, with them all through the year, and the years to come, by investing a part of their bonus in’a GOOD piano for the home. If you can not play the piano, get a player-piano, or an AMPICO Reproducing piano. ‘The player-piano will play any kind of music you like, and you give the playing your own expression through the expression devices. THE AMPICO will play for you music as played by more than 100 great living masters of the pianoforte—-Godowsky, Levitski, Rubinstein, Ornstein, and Russia’s genius Rachmaninoff. OTHER NEW INSTRUMENTS — the largest selection of good pianos, player-pianos and Repro- ducing pianos under any one roof in America. USED INSTRUMENTS.~taken in exchange and put into good condition; uprights, $195 and upward, Always some ready. Terms on these, too. Convenient terms on all purchases First Gallery, New Bldg. January Sale of LINENS is being made ready Details and Cr eres a Sees rea. ee ee 8