The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1920, Page 13

rerenenimerte tere remem crete _ 7 7 | IS THIS PROFITEERING? SALES OF BROWN SHOE CO. UP 194 PER CENT.; MEANWHILE PROFITS JUMP 524 PER CENT. Figures Disprove That Higher Prices Have Been Consumed in Additional Costs—$82.41 Per Share Surplus in Four Years. ,! With the cost of shoes and other necessities mounting higher and * ) nigher eighteen months after the armistice was declared, The Evening « World today continues a survey of the increased profits of corporations engaged in the manufacturiny and hundling of clothing and food. The attention of Attorney General Palmer especially is called to The Evening World's articles. BROWN SHOE COMPANY., INC. In a recent article of this series there was given a record of earnings of the Endicott-Johnson Corporation, the largest manufacturer of shoes in 1 the world, which showed that since shoe prices have been increased profits have been rising by leaps and bounds. Another big shoe manufac. iver, one of the largest in the country, is the Brown Shoe Company, Ine, ead its expansion in profits since increased shoe prices first began to be seflected in earnings closely rivals that of the Endicott. Johnson Corporation. ‘igures showing the number ctf ii shoes produced by the Brown Shoe| taxes, has earned a surplus avail- hired with previous years are not) fn 1916 and 1916 the company was 1ilable, but official statements show |unble to pay a common dividend, t in spite of the hisher cost of {Ut in 1917, 1918 and 1919 dividends orything entering into the operating | id Brine. Soekoneatonie a4 count the ratio of expenses to sales | | iver last the annual rate was ) 1919 was only 91.5 per cent. com- |i to 7 per cent. pured with 94.5 per cent. in 1918, Back in 1915, when shoe prices were on what may be considered a normal basis, sales of the company \ amouuted to $10,764,000. In the f The big expansion in profits and the dividend balance is shown by the following: ts Bhare of ve “Cotnman Salen Income, Bunk. 1918... 1,338,385 30,825,715 18. year ended Oct. 31 last they totalled | 1919. $31,690,814 $1,508,975 20.46 21 rn 016 $81,690,000, an inc: Lea And during of 194 per | 1917. 21 period income ds rose from | 1 n increase of || 624 per cent : What makes this increase in sur-| Officers of the Brown Shoe Com- 1s available for div pany, Inc, are: Geo. W. Brown, rly significant is the rman of the Board of Directors; . he 1919 surplus E 0,000 w eburt me for Federal id tute taxes. » charge for Federal taxes was cessary in 1915, Increased prosperity that has come to the company since much higher shoe prices first became effective is further shown by an examination of the company's balance sheet. It is disclosed that fnvento at the close oft! 844,000, compared with $3.31 000 at the close of 1915, and the excess of current assets over cur- rent liabilities stood at $9,486,- 000, compared with $3,885,000 at he close of the 1915 fiscal year. n 1913, 1914 and 1915 the company WOMAN DIES UNDER TRAIN. Heart Sufferer May Have Fallen From Subway Platform. The body of a young woman lying across the tracks in front of a south- bound Broadway-Seventh Avenue sub- way train at the 116th Street Station yesterday caused Motorman Frederick Schumacher to bring his train to a stop with a sudden Jar. Interborough employees said the body ned a total surplus available for] probably had been passed over by sev- nmon dividends equal to $10.80 for ns. It was identified by Al- are of common stock. Out of . Urueta of 610 West 116th inplus earned in these tones Birest the company disbursed a total a share re gen Ra stockholders. ove eee eee But in the last four years the The police believe she suffered an 3rown Shoe Company, despite a | attack of heart disease and fell from sigher pay-roll and big Federal ‘the subway platform to the tracks, Urueta’s | New and Original * Fe Smart Women _ Fashion Designs + %ezs: | ~ = By Mildred Lodewick 4 Copyright, 1920, by The Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). 5 Taffeta Is Prettily Combined With Georgette a the spring a young man's faney lightly to thoughts of * but a woman's ns to clothes. When trees begin to tothe their bare anches with bright s and the ground up with green ss and gay flowers Jesire for new and tty clothes is so ‘tural and impelling t women do not en try to resist it. hops that specialize » women’s ,wear do biggest business the year at this ne, while the shops hat display materials re busier than ever, for there are more omen making clothes ‘ ¢ © ‘home this year than r before. Styles ‘e nple, but there i nirit of Jollity about them that differenti- s them from the nter models. Floating crisp drapery, puffings and * and embroidery colors lend toward ve general effective- Less, The frock ¥ have de- signed for to-day is nuthful, and especial- appropriate for the ung bride. Dark ne taffeta forms the .in portion, with color chiffon or jeorgette. The taffeta 8 made into @ plain, ather close fitting bodice, with a rolling stand-up collar of the same guarding the dge of a dainty gath A YOUTHFUL AFTERNOON FROCK, ered yoke of chiffon, In delightful| the skirt 1s not a difficult one to mas varmony with this composition is the|nipulate, the main consideration being thered chiffon which forms the|in the diagonal cut of the front por- »wer portion of the skirt, and the | tions which lap one over the other, ffeta upper portion which drops over| The back may eross in the eame man- t with @ cuffed edge, The chiffon|ner, or be plain and in ome piece, A tion tg confined by a taffeta cord- | bow of the taffeta at the waistline ro- \ vos OF aggro band. The drapery of iieves the plainnows of the bac. THE EVENING WORLD, HERE TO WED NURSE Sengt. Jack Fitzpatrick Engaged to Girl He Saved After Upset tn Canoe, 4 chikthood and war romance fea- tures has resulted in the engagement of Gergt. Jack J. Fitzpatrick of the Medical Corps and Miss Katherine Sweeney, a has norse at the Jersey City Hospital, Fitzpatrick is the son of the late John Fitzpatrick, a wealthy copper broker of East Orange. Miss Sweeney is the daughter of the late James Sweeney, formerly connected with the Jersey City Post Office. Her felatives reside at No, 236 Coles Street, Jersey City. ‘The couple met at Bloomings»burg, N. Y., five years ago. Fitzpatrick, who was a medical student at Syracuse Uni- versity, administered first ald treatment to Miss Sweeney after sho had nar- rowly escaped being drowned in an up- set canoe. While overseas Fitzpatrick was cited for bravery, and upon his return he was assigned to the Port of Embarkation, where he again met Miss Sweeney. CREW HAD LIQUOR; S. 0. S. Four From Cuba Arrested When Ship Reaches Boston. BOSTON, March 29.—Four members of the crew of the steamer Lake Yel- verton from Cuba were locked up on charges of drunkenness early to-day after @ wireless call had been sent out for police assistance. was relayed by the Naval Communicutions Office to the ‘harbor police, who went to the vessel expecting to quell a mutiny. They brought the men ashore without dif- ficulty. CITY NOW SELLING FLOWERS Municipal flower booths were opened at Columbus Circle and at Union Square this morning under the direc- tion of Commissioner of Parks Gallatin, ‘They will be open each Monday and Wednesday from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M. and on Saturday afternoons for a month for the benefit of those unable to buy them often and the product of small growers and surplus stocks are to be sold. 100 pairs 100 pairs : 60 pairs . very special Figured sateen; x MONDAY, MAROH THIS ONE IS NOT IN WAR NAR ROMANCE| OF APRIL 1 VARIETY| FREE ON EAST SIDE Phones of Subway Accident and | Jewtsh Aid Society Aiso Distributing Calls Bmergency and Pul- motor Crews. ‘The police are seeking @ practical Joker who rushed the season tast night by spreading an alarm of an accident in the subway at 721 Street and Lex- ington Avenue and requesting the United Electrio Light and Power Com- pany and the Edison Company by phone to send pulmotor and emer- gency*erews. The joker, who used the name of Dr. Riley and represented him- self as being on the medical staff of the Knickerbocker Hospital, had em- ployees of the two concerns, the police and newspapermen on the hop for sev- eral hours, There is no Dr. Riley at the Knickerbocker howpital, it was said. At about 9.25 o'clock, when the mes- sage from Dr. Riley was received, emer- gency crews were hurried to the sub- way station, but could find no accident. POST corn in Pin-dot mull, in Figured silk tussah; a Itmnited qua Figured silkoline . . . . At Grocers The Grocery Boy Me The Best Eaters Among § His Trade-buy TOASTIES gs66y No corn flakes aj proach these rid substantial bits of flavor. PASSOVER BREAD Meat to Poor Families for Holy Days. In anticipation of the Jewish holy days of the Passover season, which begins next Friday evening, distribu. tion of free matzoth (the unleavened bread which is eaten during the sol- emn perfod) began to-day for the poor Jews of the east side. Like everything else, matzoth have increased in price. Formerly 12 cents @ pound, they are now from 17 to 20 cents, and in many cases the very poor ate unable ¢o purchase the aaa essary quantity for family use. Through the Maske! El- Det (Ald. to” the Poor), at No, 225 East Broadway, 75,000 pounds of matzoth and 6,000 pounds of meat will be distributed, beginning this morning. There also will be a considerable supply of tea and sugar for the poor, $5,000 in cash has been eet aside for aiding the unfortunate ones, Tells everywhere. The Store is closed at 5 P. M. daily B. Altman & Co. MADISON AVENUE = FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK y-fourth Street An End-of-the-Month Sale Blankets, Bedspreads, Comfortables and Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases will afford an advantageous purchasing oppore tunity for to-morrow and Wednesday Included in the “Specials” will be White Blankets Cut and bound separately White Satin-finish Bedspreads Scalloped edges Size 2 x234 yards O A A ‘ Size 214x234 yards . . . ‘ Comfortables Wool filled a limited quantity, Cotton-filled Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases at most attractive prices (Madison Avenue section, Fourth Floor) colors; 200 pieces; each $3.75 & 5.65 Thirty-fifth Street of per pair $7.75 ; per pair 13.50 ; per pair 17.50 F - each $6.50 " each 7.50 each $19.50 each 13.50 18.50 each 29, 1920. Athletic Union Suits OPPENHEIM.GLUNS & G 34th Street—New York Special Underwear Sale Tuesday Offering Extraordinary Values 4395 Glove Silk Vests Batiste and French Voile. Tailored Model Tailored, Bodice top Model. Flesh and White. Special 1 = 65 Special 3 ° 75 Envelope Chemises Glove Silk Glove Silk Union Suits Embroidered and lace edged Fully reinforced model. models. Bodice top, ribbon Straps. Flesh only. der straps. Flesh only. Special 4,65 Speciat 4,95 Sweater Department—Special Sale Tuesday 275 Jersey . Sport Coats For Women and Misses pockets. Sweater Department—Main Floor. Fifth Avenue at 35th Street Established 1879 TUESDA Y—A Remarkable Sale 1500 Pairs WOMEN’S EASTER PUMPS 9.65 regular 11,00 to 11.50 grades ATENT leather or black calfskin made over the slim, graceful last pictured. High French heels. The patent leather may also be had with low French heels. Appropriate for dress or street wear. CHARGE PURCH S MADE THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH WILL APPEAR ON BILLS RENDERED MAY FIRST You N. in Flesh“ only. Extra length. Bodice top. Ribbon shoulder straps Bodice top. Ribbon shoul- Pure Worsted close knitted Sport Coat in Tuxedo Model (as illustrated), Tucked back, patch Buttoned Belt of self material. Brown, Sand, Rose, Pekin, Purple and Navy. Sale Price 8 00 Remarkable Value cen cree F Pio taiaktt on M3 Pay More at Kost semanas: SS See ae ane SN Sian aa eee oe —_--.