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or THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MARO® 20, 1922, a PSO Sn AS SA — }] but Miss Clark saw it ir tried to re-| young feos led sont lsgnery ging SUSPEND REGISTER, | STE IN MODEL § SUICIDE CLEARED Fetter hsing made her aftirm her| she anpeared gay Wednesday night. | EXAMINE ACCOUNTS Lo adie not to use it until her mother] Miss Clark was divorced in Beptem- BY FINDING (Continued From First Page.) ‘and love on one hand and rich friends ‘end luxury on the other, She chowe Larsen, who admits In one of the let- ters, ‘I had intended to take poison before I met Miss Clark. She was one of the world’s finest women." TELLS WHY HE WRITES TO MEDICAL EAMINER. At the start of his letter to the Medical Examiner Larsen said: "In order that the disgraceful com- BODY OF STUDENT mother came back, She gave her promise end I prepared for her a so- lution, although T did not anticipatr to what end, Neither Mr. —— nor any of the other gentlemen fn the party had any part io Miss Clark's suicide nor had the young lady from Worcester. WHAT HAPPENED IN CLARK APARTMENT WEDNESDAY. ‘What happened Wednesday after- toon and night 1 will shortly describe “I called Mise Clark on the tele- phone about 6 o'clock, she asking me + ame back. A few minutes tater, while 1 was in the hall, I heard Mr, —— cry out forme. Rushing Into the parlor, 1 found Miss Clark dying in » chair. “IT tried to make her throw up the poison, but neither mine nor Mr, ——'g efforts succeeded. It was then I, knowing the effects of the potson, no- tiled by telephone physiclans and then left the opartment, unnecessarily to say, in order to avold questioning by non-understanding policemen.. 1 preferred to wait until my testimony would be of value, then give it and take the rest of the poison, as I in- tended to do ulrcady before f had the privilege of meeting Miss Clark, whom I truly estimated to be one of the world’s finest women."* LETTER CLOSES BY DENYING HE WAS A RIVAL, The letter closed with these words: “LT have never quarrelied with my ber last from Lieut, Commander Wil- liam D. Thomas, U. 8. N,. Acquaint- ances sald she had many admirers and was in the habit of entertaining lavishly. A few days before her death she showed to a young woman friend a bottle which she sald contained poison, remarking that she would use it when she was ‘through with life," Whar- ton said she had shown him two bot- tles, one containing perfume, but had said nothing about the contents of tho other. ONE OF THE GAYEST OF THE UNDERWORLD. Pauline Virginia Clark, or Paulige Herrick, a8 she was sometimes known, had been a Nght in the gayest under- world. Before her public career be- gan she is said to have been the friend of a wealthy Texan. At sev- enteen she fell into the meshes of the Jersey City Water Official Charged With $2,000 Deficiency in Receipts. Water Register Charles J. Hart of Jersey City was to-day suspended from office following the discovery of a $2,000 deficiency in the water- tax receipt books, The suspension was announced after a secret session of the City Commission. The surety company which fur- nished Hart's indemnity bond was no- tified and the certified public ac- countants who discovered the inac- curacy in the ledger account were ordered to inspect all other books of the Water Department. The accountants found that on Feb. 2, 1920, $1,000 had been taken from the amount paid by the Hudson SSS See 642— Sheffield After Coffee Sot Grecian Edge, $20 SECRETS HE secret of Oving- ton’s reputation for always having excellent giftsrests almost as much in what they reject as it does in what they display. OVINGTON’S MeConnection With Any Ofher Establishment in the World WORTH HIRTY-FOURTH STREET “Oh, you must have a suit, my dear,” ; |“ TheGift Shop of Fifth Avenue” she said; ‘‘they are H ment of certain Boston newspapers} to join her and her friends as soon as| friend, Mr. ———~. I know him able|iaw for some minor infraction under Lae Pagel one nc Company, 114) Fifth Avenue at 39th Street A h “ i] th of Miss Clark may be « i and myself unable to marry Miss] hor real name of Herrick. a Marc fe same year uite the smartest {| upon the death o : { could. The two gentlemen teft] tnd monet vetore never knowingly]; ater sie was friendly at various}$1,000 had been taken (rom the sum —s— Se q given a chance to come to comple-| shortly after my arrival to procure a appeared to be his rival, : “ in canes gai tonae Rae ate pald by Colgate & Co. ian am 5 thing this season— tion, I take the liberty jm this way! pint of whiskey, with which they re-]/ "Sir——-, I wish It would be possible] j.iq a beautiful apartment on News ~— —- to tell what I know about thel appeared about 7 o'clock, At 10 o'clock | to stop the scandul-mongery of the Street and had an expensive car and awfully reason- tragedy.” Mr. —— went to the auto snow and] Newsrane a + luxuries, But she seemed ble.” H In the r to the editor of a " t fer tl able. HA portion of the letter follows: | came back about 11.80. Shortly before] 19 the lettr to, the editor. years to prefer the younger that Miss Clark had telephoned Mr. yh as attend various colleges “Miss Clark was not a ‘society) wo came to the apartment|,YoUr Insatiable desire for sean-| around Boston, and she wan a great elle’ of the pleasure secking type. | shortly after. Ce ae) oe ne. deo: Lal favorite among them, As her popu- Mor charming parties were given to] ‘All this time muslo had been| Whenever yo meni diserest people. Viarity waned with the others, she saw vat a change from her mode of livin, kiN the moroseness her life had pre-| Played. We had danced and conversed potent Nenen your lntariority bec | tat a change from D de of living 0 aviz.. 1 WAS wer Cosiing vely’ wells too consclous in your mind cit] VAS inevitable. ° y 7 ° sipitated im her. Denant of society: !not having bad dinner, and thereforel yoy nave one), Take my advice, Mit] ter car, which she often drove her- Fifth Ave. at 35th St.—N. Y. Smart? Reasonable Rather / too stfong to ask for help or 8YM-/ayked the ladies’ permission to go for Editor, discharge the man or’ men] Sel/, was familiar to all tra fe police. : . oe a pathy, she had long ago decided upon] tinner. ee Clark, ee aane ans that wrote about the latest ‘Back ann bal pels Beas. Fepputed Established 1879 ally made up some sandwiches an ‘undat.’ Neither to y to| twenty-three yea F si ° = . B ew the end should be when her many | rok herself in the mes! Bay seundal they give anything bur| have been nearer thirty-three, Fler . 1 uuld dl | PM ; the public can they give anything but ‘ } @evoted friends no longer cor “Around 1.80 Mr. reclined on|an after dinner digesting agent} b¢dy |x in a mortuary awaiting tho vores her from the misery of her own), couch, Mr. ——— was conversing | And for that purjose cyanide of po-| arrival of her,mother, who was In Ja- — Saagect Sa SRE thonghts. Knowing me to be a chemist, she asked me to get her some poison, | agreed, extracting from her the prom- fee that she would not use it until her with Miss Clark and I with the lady from Worcester. "1 had a suspicion that Miss Clark had told her friend about the poison, und also that she contemplated to break her promise, I took the phial, tassiuin is better and sweeter than the venom of your columns,"’ Bayard Wharton of Philadelphia, a Harvard student, who also was at the] s party, sald that Larsen was of a mor- bid Boba Ao He said also that the maica when notified of her death, Larsen was the son of a wealthy hant of Christiania. His in this country have been and his family expected a future in his native country. FUR SCARFS B. Altman & Co. Another Special Sale of Semi-made Lace Tunics at $14.50 & 19.50 will take place to-morrow (Tuesday) This Sale is made possible by the purchase of an additional selection of these attractive tunics, which—as before—are made of im- _ ported-laces, rich in quality and design, and may be obtained in black, white and a num- ' ber of the leading colors. They are so nearly ‘ completed that but a few deftly-placed . stitches here and there will be required to transform them into fashionable gowns. Women’s Silk Taffeta Umbrellas at $3.85 will be'a Sale feature of special and seasonable interest for to-morrow. These umbrellas are made of excellent quality silk taffeta, in black, navy blue, green, brown, garnet and purple; and are attractively mounted with the handles most in demand, some having caps and rings of bakelite or wrist-straps of silk cord or leather. Both Sales on the First Floor The New Vogue Patterns for Spring and Summer are on sele on the Fourth Floor Thirty-fourth Street The NoveltyJewelry Section of the Jewelry Department has ready for the opening season a most fas- cinating assemblage of the latest and most popular movelties in Earrings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Pendants and other interesting articles of feminine adornment; the semi- barbaric effects im design and coloring so greatly im demand for artistic costuming being especially featured. Particularly charming, piquant and youth- ful are the following, in regular stock at the low prices quoted: Cord Bracelets, with bead tassel of jade, coral, or jet combined with pearls, each $2.50 Sterling Silver (French gilt) Rings, set with genuine semi-precious stomes, each $2.25 Pendant Earrings, in effects of jade, pearl, e mounted on sterling silver, perpair . . . . . w $2.25 (First Floor; Madison Avenue section) Little Children’s Spring Hats and Coats The new selections mow assembled on the Second Floor are very dainty and appealing —and quite as smart as anything that Fashion has designed for grown-up folk. Many of these lovely coats and hats for small maidens have recently arrived from Paris, and among them are a number of charming novelties. Especially attractive are the coats and hats en suite, which are coming more and more into favor with every season. One of these would make an exquisite Easter gift for a tiny girl. Madison Avenue- Fifth Avenue, New Pork CThirty-fifth Street for Spring Wear SPECIALLY PRICED Dark Gray Squirrel 15.00 Japanese Marten . 19.00 _ Natural Mink ‘ 19.50 Gray Wolf 25.00 Taupe or brown Fox 25.00 Kolinsky scarfs 29.00 Stone Marten (dark) . 35.00 Mink scarfs (two-skins) . 29.00 Hudson Bay Sables A 45.00 Natural Baum Marten : 45.00 White Fox scarfs, dyed the new shades of blue or gray 75.00 and 85.00 Special — Fox Scarfs A limited number of silky.—full furred scarfs —in a new shade of brown 29.00 Best & Co. Fifth Avenue at 35th Street Established 1879 ‘TODAY AND TUESDAY Fancy Silk Vests and Bloomers Specially Priced Embroidered Glove Silk Vests 1.95 A good quality of glove silk, daintily sevividares across the front. Flesh only Drop-Stitch Vests 1.95 Firm silk, with drop-stitch stripe, well reinforced under the arms. In flesh or orchid, with ribbon shoulder straps. Drop-Stitch Bloomers 2.75 Full-sizes bloomers, well Flesh or orchid, reinforced. Main, Floor. « 25.00 . x QUITE EXTRAORDINARY VALUES, IN FACT! Describing the left hand Suit Payine its debts to Fashion by checks, this trimly-belted model lists its assets as notched collar, triangular pockets, su- perior tailoring and silk lining. Ir this smart tweed suit with its lhow—notched collar were to executearightabout manoeuver, you would find the new plaited Oh, yes, for back as smart as what you see both here. This, too, is fully lined Women and well tailored. and Misses . As to the Suit on the right Re Connection With Any Other Establishment in the World THINTY-FOURTH STRCCT Spring Brings Frocks Great in Smartness —Slight in Price Extraordinary Value at 25° Frocks for Women— frocks for Misses. Frocks that are actually copies, many of them, of Paris models for the Spring —at only twenty-five dollars! Crepe de chine and Canton crepe— two favorite materials in the most exclusive creations, are developed in gracious low-waisted modes, with beads, embroidery and soft girdles, 4