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a ae i 4 ) OPENS MAY 15FOR Bodies, but Plans Wait 5 on Funds. Federatized wational Guard camps| 1) ,o'clook | Thursday | morning | from for Now York City organizations have| that Ringling Rrothers and Barnum & been approved by Major Gen. Bullard, | pe Gemmanding the 34 Corps Area, and auton Hearst, Chairman of, the Mayor's z aie Rw snari fairy @ay camps se etrecinn for ios TRY TO STOP FIGHT; artillery and cavalry, at = Ga any 18 to May 29; Afteen-aay; ATTACKED BY 8 MEN May 39June 12; Mth Infantry, June When Six Others Mysteriously ' Quesnie, the oldest elephant tn the United States, celebrated her eeventy- firet birthday yesterday at her quarters ee in the Madison Square Garden. On the QUEENIE, 71,GLAD_. TO SEE OLD KEEPER Cake Adorned With Peanut for Bach Year Gift to Country’s Oldest Elephant. whole Ht was a quiet celebration, the only guest being an old keeper who left the circus twelve years ago, and It was je how she greetnd her old seventy- one upright peanuts, wae iaid in # corner before Queenie, out of sight of the other pets. ‘The circus parade, an almost forgot- ten event in New York, i coming back. The grand parade will start at Madison Square Garden, and the beet Bailey havé in their organisation will laplayed for the benefit of | the tk Fund drive, Mrs, William Ran- THE svenine Ww ,|Policeman and Relative Beaten Join Battlers. Yet Machine Gun Battalions| Policeman John J. Feeny, twenty- three, of the Old Sitp Station, was in companios of the/ civitian clothes on bis way to his Bay ana oon ‘Yeh, 334, Oth and Tist Infantry, July) Ridge nome at 1 A. M. to-day, accom- Arullery, Ang. 1-21 and Aug. 4: 44 Field Artillery, July July M-Aug. 7. At Fort ‘Allen, Vt: 1st Cavalry and uadron A, Aug. 1-16. At Fort H. G, Wright (Fisher's Island): 9th Coast Defense Command, July 23- Aug, 6; 12th Coast Defense Com- i eavairy at Fort Ethan Alen, June $-11; Geld ariliery, at Montauk Point, Jane 1-35; qoast artillery at Fort Hancock @andy Hook), June 12-18, and for 1h Infantry at Peekskill July 4 to Aux 1, The Sth Coast Defense Command will not camp thie year. pe SaaS “OLDEST POILU” IS DEAD. Re-Ratered French Army in 1915 at Age of TT Years, PARIS, April 24.—Charies Surugue, “the oldest pollu of France," veteran of both the Franco-Prussian and the World War, died bere to-day, aged elghty-two years, Suruque, who served as a volunteer throughout the war of 1870-71, volun- feered again in 1915 at the age of sev- enty-seven, and was assigned to duty es, sabper, So joined the army at : ches and was in conmant service He was ctted in orders three times, ‘was made a Second Lieutenant after the in campaign, was awarded the Taston ot lonor and di Ti a . taro the tegion in 1919, 0" *" ° GB. Altman & Cn. | The Hosiery ~| panied by his brother-in-law, when he “ | saw two men fighting with milk bottles 12-26 At Montauk Point: ist/at 3ist Street and Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. He went over to stop the fight and six other men appeared from doorways. All eight attacked the policeman and his relative and beat them with bottles, Before the policeman could defend hitn- self his assailants had vanished as mys- teriously as they came. Feeny was attended for cuts and bruises by an am- ulance surgeon. His brother-in-law escaped Injury. « | M°Creery For Fur Storage Absolute Protection Phone: Fitzroy 3400 | Department devotes a large section of its space 0.1 the First Floor to Hosiery for Misses Children and Infants the assortment comprising every wanted style, fabric and color in plain and ribbed stockings and plain and novelty socks (the latter in half or three-quarter length). Golf Hose for the Younger Set is aiso an important feature, the imported wool hose with novelty tops specialty. (First Floor) Little Children’s All=wool (sizes 2 to 5 years) to-morrow at the $1 ' Decided concessions prices of Little Children's High-cost Coats, as well as of many of the remaini imported and American-made. 34th aud 35th Streets (Second Floor) being an_ interesting Coats will be placed on sale very special price of 1.50 have been made in the ing Hats, Madieon Avriine - Fifth Avenue New York ¥ , Me iss boar a * J i S {4 i e . English Cretonnes —55c IT IS rarely our privilege to offer cretonnes of such charm as these at a price that is so small as to be almost insignificant. The minute you feel the quality you express surprise because it is the heavy, durable kind that is usually found only in much higher-priced fabrics. Then too, the designs and colors are so skilfully printed that they resemble hand-blocked fabrics. The Designs The Price * ‘ SO MANY different kinds and color combinations, LAST year this time, only the most inferior fabrics that almost any plan you have in-mind can be carried could be marked at this low price. So this is really out, The trellis design is especially charming and a most unusual opportunity to buy tasteful: designs appropriate for summer. Other attractive groups of inexpensively. See the lovely new scrims for curtains . cretonnes, 65¢, 80c, $1.15 and $1.35 yard. plain, striped or block designs, at 30c yard. Setting One’s House In Order With A New Piece Or Two Of Furniture SPRING and summer are invariably accompanied by a revived interest in everything that goes into making a house a comfortable, attractive home. OFTEN just a piece or two of new furniture is needed to complete a room. Our entire sixth floor has any number of small pieces as inexpensive as they are charming. Mahogany Spinet Desk $45.00 Mahogany Wing Chair $22.50 Maneater rop Leaf 36.00 Windsor Arm Chair . 28.50 ea Wagon... 36, Mahogany End Table. 12.75 Willow Arm ) Chairy Mahogany Panel Post . * ae | 1 full size... 37.50. Windsor Side Chairs . 19.50 jal Mahogany Colonial Day Mahogany Gate Leg UJ Beal, amt 2250 Table, 35 2°48. . 38.00 SIXTH FLOOR Fine Linens Reduced Sheets and Cases TABLE Linens—of “Gold Medal” linen damask. of a splendid quality of muslin, have been re Cloths, 2 x 2 yards, $8.75——a x 234 yards, $11 duced to the following low prices: Napkins, adogn 4. 2. 2 ys) 12 Sheets, Table Damask—z2 yards wide, very much as $0.85 gars. 2 9135 eeduced ts vated 2.25 63x 90. . 1.15 8ix go. . 135 sd OR OCI 63x99. . 12 8x99... LSS Exquisite Tray Cloths—bhand-embroidered 63x 18. . 1.35 8rx108 . . 165 and edged with filetlace . . . . . 2.25 ’ SECOND FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Just Like Grandmother's \ Quaint Rag Rugs CAREFULLY woven of colorful ginghams and cretonnes, and copies of round designs just like Grandmother used to make, are our Hit-and-Miss rag rugs. How charming, yet how inexpensive they are, end lightweighttoo. Machine or hand-woven, Sizes Lange from 4 x 7 feetto gx 12 feet, $12.75 to $82.50 Other rag rugs are equally attractive, with borders in flower designs. Many colors and sizes, $12 to $48.50 c FIFTH FLOOR Eng! an A Smart Kit Bag For Men’ $39.50 THIS bag of black walrus owes its design to the lish kit bags, and is therefore both smart-looking spacious. It is splendidly made, hand-sewed throughout with leather lining, three pockets, and straps all around, Three sizes 22, 24 or 26 inches, This price which includes the tax is much lower than it was three months ago. SEVENTH FLOOR \ Coffee And Coffee Making HUNDREDS of years ago in Abyssinia,’ little greenish yellow bean. The use of coffee has spread to all countries today, and it is the national beverage in the United States, A demonstration of coffee-making and ing-Bowman percolators is now be- ment, and we are sure you will find it of unusual interest. “We carry a complete « line of percolators in all sizes and styles, electric and otherwise. . Hear Miss Barber of Columbia University, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock in this department. Her subject will be - “Pies and Pastry.” SEVENTH FLOOR Spring Sale Of Housefurnishings SPRING housecleaning! What a busy, time! Many things needed quickly! A brief time spent in this large Depattment, so complete in its assortments will solve your problems. Prices are lower now than Yor some time. “Mirro” *Preserving Kettle, a heavy grade of aluminum, 8 quarts $2.65 Mixing bowls, 134, 2 and ‘ 3 3 quarts. Set of 3 $1.85 Casserole, with nickle plated frame and Pyrex insert, 7 inch size $2.75 B inch size. . . $3.50 “Mirro” Tea Kettle, of t fine aluminum, 5 quart “Vollrath” Seamless The “Superior” Steam Cooker; bottom vessel all copper, cooks four vege- tables at a time over one gas burner, saves cooks an entire meal in thirty minutes. The food cannot burn . $3.75 Fireproof * Glats Set, consisting of 6 ramekins, 6 custard cups, one oblong bread pan, one round cov efed casserole (2 qt. size), one round pie plate (1g inch size) . . . Set $4.50 Porcelain Tub Covers made of heavy gauge Armco Iron, white enamelled. : Size 22 x24 inches . . $6.50 pair Two Fine Refrigerators «Asbestone” Lined Apartment House Style, oak outside case, width 25 inches; depth 19 inches; height 53 inches. Ice capacity 100 Ibs. $39.95 3 Door Side Icer Style, oak outside case, width 32 inches; depth 19 inches; height 45 in- ches. Ice capacity 102 Ibs. $39.95 SEVENTH FLOOR