The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1922, Page 15

THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922. STOLE SO MOTHER 1329-1331 4810-4812 BROADWAY FIFTH AVE. Fulton Street Cor. Bridge Street at Hoyt St. Subway Station, Brooklyn Tremendously Reduced 400 Daintily Pretty New Spring Frocks Originally 22.50 to 28.00 LIVE WELL, HE SAYS Minister's Son Held for Taking Bank Funds Though Family |f! Didn’t Need Money. A minister's son who stole from his employer to make the home life of his mother more comfortable and advance the social position of his sister was arraigned before Magis- traty Nolan in Centre Street Police Court to-day and held in $2,900 bail on his plea of guilty. He is John N Lawless jr, nineteen years old, the gon of Rev. John N, Lawless, pastor of the Sumner Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn The Rev. M On Sale Friday Lawless and his wife are divorced. The the cus- | tody of three children. came to! New York from Denver @ year ago and located with her children in Elm- hurst, Queens, where she opened a private tor small children, John Lawless got a job with the Mer- cantile Trust Company, at No. 100 Broadway as a special interest teller, |) handling deposits. | The youth is 6 feet S inches tall and. f} very thin. His mother was clo: by his side throughout the court pro. ceedings and hurried to him when he [ | was sent to the Tombs to await re-|]| lease on bail 1H It would appear from the story told | #} by the boy and his mother tha there | was no necessity for him to stei his mother's account or his sisters account. Mrs. Lawless has an in. come of $250 u month. The boy and) fi} : Py iy school sister worked in Manhattan and | turned in all their pay except bare expenses “We could aion: mitted youny Lawless, “but we wo have had to scrimp. 1 wanted mot to be comfortable and I wanted m) sister to be able to entertain nice | people in a nice way ae “Early last November a deposit slip | and the money came into my hands. 1| tried the experiment of putting the slip and the money in my pocket «nc failing to enter it on the t s. The lft theft was not detected at 1) ime and T tried it again “T rented a good apartment for ms mother and bought good furniture and bought clothing and other things tor| my sister, My mother knew my. pay | wouldn't allow the expenditure, but 1| 9} told her I had been able to borrow | some money. I invested some of the stole in bonds and can re $13 $13 HREE models are illustrated. The group in- cludes as many as forty different styles—in all the new advanced lines, features and trimmings. Made of such beautiful and serviceable fabrics as Canton Crepe—Taffeta— Krepe Knit—Satin Canton Crepe and Lace Combination Frocks for Street, Afternoon and Dinner Wear. We believe you will pronounce this offering of Dresses the best to be brought to your attention in years. . Lawless said she would com- municate with her brother, J. Riley McWilliams, who, she declared, is “one of the biggest men in Indiana” Black Navy Brown Henna and he would make good the sum T, ae Darts stolen) omountine to Tangerine Jade Periwinkle been disposed of. his divorced wife but talked at some length with the boy. Our Club Plan Sale of the New 10-PC. KITCHEN SET 14 CRYSTAL GL, & COMPARTMENT FRE E CONTAINERS AT BOTH SPEAR STORES If you want to take advantage of this opportunity you'll have to act quick FOURTEEN CRYSTAL GLASS CONTAINERS AND FRE —A $7.50 KITCHEN TOOL SET And Built-In Tool Compartment Tray This offer for a few days with America’s Greatest Kitchen Convenience FREE! Tool Set—ten ieces, all of best Carbon ‘ool Steel: Six knives. two kitchen forks and twospat- ulas. We deliver your Iloosier when you e D elive rs Pay. your first dollar. . You pay the alance a little at a time You pay an exceptionally low price for the Hoosier you select during this oO Uu Tr sale, and we give FREE the Kitchen Set } ew and Special Tool-Compertment Tray— the greatest single convenience ore af them in The New ever installed in a kitchen jer. Including Free $7.50 Kitchen Set and Special Tool-Compart- FREE! Fourteen-piece Crystal Glass Container Set, with aluminum tops. ‘as illustrated above, for foods and spices. There There is no kitchen convenience that can compare with the Hoosier A Demonstration Costs You .. $55.75 Nothing. Be sure to see the new apartment style Hoosier also included in this Special Offer cabinet, ment Tray as Low as 22-26 West 6th Ave. at 34th Street ‘lie 16th Street —maSALE AT THREE BROOKLYN STORES=— Telephone 57th A Sale of Women’s Sweaters i $3.85 Tuxedo and Slip-over Models F ASHIONED of pure worsted in the regulation Tuxedo coat style, or slip-over, round or V_ neck inodels. The Tuxedo Sw ers are found in six colors, in- cluding black and navy blue. Sizes 36 to 44. The Slip-over Sweaters present seven smart color-combinations of worsted with fibre silk trimmings. Sizes 34 to 42. A. & &.—Second floor, Central. A Ladies’ Light Weight Suit Case $5.65 W } are emphasizing the fact that these are Light Weight, because thi erage suit case with its own weight, plus the weight when packed with baggage, is often too heavy for a lady to carry. These cases on sale are of an excellent grade of fabrikoid material (exactly the same appearance as leather), over a basswood veneer box, hav- ing sewed edges, two locks, sateen lined inside, and fin- ished with one shirred pocket in lid. 18, 20, 22 and 24 meh sizes in black, cobra grain finish. A, & S.—Third floor, Central, Three Models $2.95 Regularly $4.45 and $5.95 HLESE are all eacellent corsets—so aside from savin) to almost ahy figure. At $2.95 —Reg. $4.45 and $5.95 STOUT FIGURE MODEL—cleverly de- | signed to both support and mould the | figure; low bust, elastic section, back | well boned, made of strong pink coutil. | WELL DEVELOPED FIGURE MODEL -Made with long flat back i | boned, low bust, straight hip line | section in skirt. | AVERAGE FIGURE MODEL—Low | bust, elastic at Lop, flat hack, well boned. boned. FOR FRIDAY’S SELLIN ABRAHAMSTRAUS x. BROOKLYN ANNIVERSARY SALES . || 1,680 Better Grade Corsets In a Special Purchase Sale Two Models $1.95 Regularly $3.45 an otpreaable amount of money on any one of them, you will be getting a corset that wil 1 We bought 1,680 of them in a remarkable special purchase, and there is a model adapted — At BL. D5 —Reg. 53.45 REDUCING MODEL—A model design- ed to reduce the diaphragm, section of elastic at top, long straight hip line, well WELL DEVELOPED FIGURE MODEL With low bust, elastic section at waist, reinforced at abdomen. Hours 9 to 5:30 Main 6100 : ¢ Fine White Blankets, Special At $6.75 Pair INE and soft, these full sized white blankets— 70 by 80 in—80% wool. They have slight mill imper- fections, so slight in fact that you can hardly tell them, and these bring the price about a third under regular. Dainty pink or blue borders add to their attractiveness. A. & 8.—Third floor, Central. ——— Two Special Offer- ings for «The Lady Who Sews” ITTLE touches of hand- work about a home or about a frock are always delightfully effective, and these two specials from the art needlework departments are unusually pretty and ever so easy to do. . $2.05 give you splendid service. Stamped Luncheon Cloths, 98¢ Stamped for cross stitch embroidery on unbleached muslin, 54 by 54 in. Nap- kins to match 15¢ each, Stamped House- dresses, $1.98 The pretty kimono style in rose and blue, with large patch pockets, and all fin- A. & 8.~Becond floor, Bast. ished except the embroidery. A. & 8.—Third floor, Contral. Heralding a New Opportunity for Young Men to Save Students’ Long Trouser Suits With 2 Pairs At $29.75 of Trousers E XCELLENTLY tuilored suits that will give the youag chap that grown-up, awannish appearance that he so mach de- With but one pair of irousers the price on th sires. suits is re ar! ble—so with two pairs of trousers with e an readily see the extreme lowness of the price: ‘ Single Breasted and Double Breasted Models in Plain and Sports Effects The fabrics embrace pure worsted blue serges and finely milled ali-wool cassimeres in colorful spring shades of grays and tans, as well as blue pencil stipes. Sizes for boys from 15 to 20 years and with 31 to 86 chest. suit you A. & B.—Street floor, Hoyt Stivet It Is Just Such Values As These That Are Making the Half-Yearly Sale So Great HE A. & S. Half-Yearly Sale of Furniture enters the “homestretch” of a most successful event with offerings that will prove the sensation of the furniture world. We planned and figured with prominent makers to produce these pieces in a manner characteristic of A. & S. furniture. Then the sale prices were made so low that the remarkable values are apparent to all. These three special offerings demonstrate what a great money-saving event this Half-Yearly sale really is. , Vassar” Upholstered Chairs ; With Loose Floss-Filled Cushion aif One ip) $19.75 i (Gee the excellent finish and workinanship if Waa wd you would understand why this chair is such splen- rhe }did value. These chairs are covered with velours, | tapestries and damasks that originally sell at $4.00 to $15.00 a yard. | Mahogany- | Finish | Windsor” Chairs | $8.75 Roomy, confortable chairs in a dull-rubbed — // 1. finish fr 4 Fo \\ Rocker to match at 1) : \ beautiful piece that finds a myriad of uses in any home. 4 Made in graceful lines with shaped top. $9.75. A #8 —Fourth tou and Bo ° \ Below Manufacturer's Cost Women’s Smart Three-Strap Low Shoes, $3.60 Pair LACK suede or black satin Pumps with their 3 slender straps fastening with small buckles, The black suede shoes have self covered baby Louis heels—the black satin shoes have self covered low heels. Sizes 314 to 7-AA, A and B widths. AL & S—tlecond Moor, Wert Delicately Colored and Daintily Trimmed Evening Petticoats GROUP of the loveliest of Petticoats in flounced and straightline styles—cunningly trimmed with Valenciennes laces, with medallions of Oriental laces, with shirrings and ruffles of their own lovely materials—Satin, Crepe de Chine or Radium, Vlesh, white or orchid $3.94 to $15.98 A, & B.—Becond floor, East. * Women’s Handkerchiefs Decidedly Underpriced HERE are about 10,000 handkerchiefs in this selection and all of them are far below their regular price. Some styles are the sort girls prefer, with color touches, others are all white—and all of them are quite out of the ordinary 6 for 59ce— mull, embroidered in white or colors, with woven cords; and Swiss tissue, with printed designs. Of Swiss mull, with dainty lace edges, embroi- At 15c0—jrred'in white even Irish hand-blocked prints, all linen, in various styles. Many of these at 15c have been marked down from their regular price of 25¢ to meet this sale figure. Street Moor, Centrat Children’s Delivery Truck, Special at $2.98 Reduced from $5.98 Heo the kiddies love these little auto trucks. They are so easy to operate and go like the wind. This most attractive platform truck has open side racks, is driven by pedals, and is something different for the children. ‘The track is mounted on a steel running gear, has a steering wheel. } exceptional gifts for children from 3 to 6 years. As quantity is limited early selections are advisable. wee ae eee ee