The evening world. Newspaper, June 7, 1922, Page 5

j THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE married Jane Compton in 1847. After { fleiress to $1,000,000 at 80, at Tope 2 West 40 Mrs. Ellis Tells of Plans to Aid Charities That Have Helped Her |". s eee. co conn FINAL CLEARANCE her and the fifth cousins of her father who now enjoy the estate. The story began in Gretna Green, Scotland, where George Chapman FIFTH AVENUE James McCreery & Co. 34th STREET . with his wife and entertained no Happier to Win Fight for Name Than to Get] (imu ‘ne aesine te’ poaseca unetee Money, She Says—Thinks Beer Is baer ¢ aGood Tonic. Reed Furniture Wyeth. He went to live with her in 1865, abandoning his first wife and Mrs, Louis. C. Ellis, who at etghty 1s likely to become heiress to $1,000,- 000, told to-day of her plans to spend ft. She will give practically all she els to charity—it she lives to get it. » he thinks it almost too late to do any- ‘thing else. “You know," she eid, “all things come to those who walt—until they don't want it." Mrs. Ellis, who lives at the Ar- Iington Hotel in West 25th Street, started her fight to establish her right to be buried in the same plot in Greenwood Cemetery with her par- ents, and to extablishythat they were her parents in law as well as in fact. @nre cays winning that point means more to her than the prospect of money, “The money comes almost too late,” She said. “Some years ago I could have used it to good advantage, but there gre remaining for me but a few mote years, and all that I can do with the money is to give it to charity.” Among the institutions she wants to help are the Memorial Hospital at 106th Street and Central Park West, the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Madison Avenue, and the Legal Ald Soclety. All have helped her, and she hopes to show her gratitude in a substantial way. Mrs, Ellis is not a Prohibitionist. She thinks beer is a &od tonic and has done her a lot of 00d. “Of course,” she said, “if there are @ lot of people who want to kill themselves drinking, I say let them 8 kill themselves, but that Is no reason he privilege of drinking what one pleases should be taken from the rest of the people.” Mrs. Ellis won her fight when Jus- tice Burr of the Supreme Court de- clared her the sole heir of George M. Chapman, wealthy realty owner, who died in 1887. His estate Is said to be very nearly $1,000,000. It was the discovery that she could . not be buried by the side of her par- & aa in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook- yn, that determined Mrs, Ellis to make a late struggie for her rights, she said. She went to the cemetery to ar- range about the headstones and was told “we only allow legitimate heirs + around here.” “Iam not primarily interested in Cfor «Madame 72 shadow-proof. and Mademoiselle the money," she declared, “but 1 wanted it clearly established that my father was lawfully married to my mother and that the money he left haa been wrostgfully appropriated by the trustees of the estéte. “One of the firet things I shall do with It 1s to provide for proper care of Hawley Chapman, son of my father’s second wife, who was rall- roaded into an insane asylum thirty years ago and Kept there by these trustees without proper examination. There are plenty of other good uses for the money, too. “But as 9 that, I believe in tue old saying of the famous cook-book writer, who was giving a recipe for hare pie: ‘First catch your hare and then start building your fire.’ “I fully expect that C. hh. Kelsey and the Title Guarantee and Trust Company will appeal the case, and then I shall die before it is settled.” Her tone was one of disgusted resig- nation, « Dreased in a very modern looking black hat with pompons and a black ilk sweater, Mrs. Ellis sat In the lobby of the hotel and talked with great spirit of her troubles with law- yers and milliners. t “They won't make old-fashioned bonnets and so one is foréed to be up to date. But I have always kept my Interest in the affairs of the day. I go to the theatre and the moving pictures; particularly the pictures, because I am growing a little deaf. T have seen all the famous film actors except Arbuckle. And I follow Eu- ropean politics regularly.” She referred to the earlier and happier days of travelling abroad with her parents. The went to Russia. “I believe the Czar really wished to be democratic but his advisers would not permit it,” she said. “As. an example of the red tape we found there is the story of young man !n the nobility who, ag a baby, required a wet nurse. The necessary applica- tion was put in. At last when the young man was twenty-one and in the army an answer came permitting him to be put out to nurse!” Mrs. Ellis, who speaks several lan- guages and once was an accomplished pianist, has all the legal facts of her case at finger tips. Her mind was Precise upon even the most compli- cated aspects of the contest between FUR STORAGE—Remodeling and Repairing Phone 6900 Fitz Roy Franklin Simon 8 Co. cA Store of Individual Shops FIFTH AVENUE, 37th and 38th STS. The Sheer Summer Mode Takes Cfor Its Cfoundation COSTUME SLIPS OF RADIUM SILK WITH HIP-DEPTH SHADOW-PROOF HEMS Soft graceful slips of fine radium silk —fashioned to bestow the desired slender silhouette and made with hip-depth hems that render the sheerest of summer frocks In white, black or flesh color Feminine Unperwear SuHor—First Floor This second woman was Louise ALL WOOL & WORSTED JERSEY SUITS A Few Tweeds Included Navy Tricotine, crepe lined. Semt-Hand Tailored, crepe lined. AFTERNOON DRESSES their child, This fact caused Mrs Ellis to hesitate in suing for proper settlement, she sald. “I did not want} “ee to wash our dirty linen in court, but at last I was persuaded that it was my duty to remove the stain from my own and my mother's names." Mrs, Louise Wyeth Chapman di- rected that the money left her by Mr. Chapman should go to maintain her son Hatley in comfort, and after that be distributed among her hus- band’s hetrs. ‘These, according to Mrs. Ellis, were nieces and néphews living in the West and herself, The nieces and nephews were bought off with a payment of $10,000 by Mr. elaby, she charwes, Conton and Georgette Crepea~Potret Twill. and she was offered $3,000 not to make trouble. This offer she ignored. Medina & Sherpick of No. 84 Nas- sau Street were the lawyers In charge ot the case when it was won. Mr. Medina said yesterday he felt there was no chance of reversal of Justice Burr's decision. Mr. Kelsey sald: ‘The company will undoubtedly appeal in order to protect itself. Mrs. Bilis has waited fifteen years for some reason we don't understand, We can’t help It if a few more years elapse before the thing Is settled.” Harold Swain, counsel for the Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Inti- mated that Mrs. Ellis's reason for not taking up the fight as soon as Louise Wyeth Chapman died was to walt for the death of other material witnesses. Satin, Moire, Canton Crepe. HATS $5—10—15 ENTIRE STOCK . Our regular guarantee is not affected by sales pricese-the merchandise must satisfy or money will be cheerfully refunded, $10.00 TAILORED SUITS vatues to $125.00 $65.00 TWEED SPORT SUITS vatues to s6s $25.00 $15.00-25.00-35.00-50.00-75.00 EVENING DRESSES $50.00 & $75.00 eae nn Gfheftiene B¥ASEREET — Broadway On Sale Thursday SPECIAL PURCHASE enables us to offer this unusual group of summer dresses at an extremely low price. The frocks are of imported gingham, and they are as taste- fully designed as they are carefully made. The hand-drawn work is usually observed in dresses of much higher cost. You should get several of them. Sizes for Women and Misses. rkin’s—Third Floor: Continuing the Sale of Extraordinarily Priced at 113.50 For summer wear, for vacation wear, for all the times that you want to look your best, you may choose with confidence from this large and tasteful group: The models are new, in- dividual and correct in style. Of soft and cool materials, they are just the thing for indoor and outdoor occasions— town or country. Irkin’s—Third Floor ’ For Absolute Clearance At Phenomenal Reductions Were to 51 Tweed and Sport Suits. . . 35.00 48 Coatsand Capes. . . . . . 49.50 42 Wrapsand Capes... . . 59.75 91 Exclusive Capes . . . . . 95.00 500 GINGHAM FROCKS a | Silk Summer Frocks Coats, Suits & Wraps at Half the Usual Prices This is a special purchase of exceedingly attractive Reed Suites and Separate Pieces, all perfectly constructed. The prices listed below are just half our regular prices for this sale. Suites Separate Pieces Four-piece Suite in Burnt Orange; cre- 100 separate Chairs Rockers, Settees, tonne seat and back cushions. 80.00 Tables, etc., also at Half Price. Four-piece Suite, French Gray and Reed Arm Chairs, with cushions, ea., 25.00 a aohan e ie ap neg ee Reed Arm Rockers, with cushions, ea.,15.00 four-piece Suite in re 7 ; = . : tonne eat SaEiGhiG 137.50 ie hihi with cushions..... ea., 30.00 Four-piece Suite in Tango and Black; paced hal OT TORE Ga, 12-60 cretonne seat and back cushions. 100.00 Five-piece Blue and Gold Suite, with velour seat cushions. 187.50 Also a quantity of odd reed pieces, in- cluding Day Beds, from our own stock re- duced one-third to one-half for clearance. There are several other suites also included (Fifth Floor) Chamber Furniture Every Piece ‘‘Master-Made” Marked Reductions for 3 Days Four-piece Queen Anne Model Suite, i/- lustrated, in combination Mahogany; 50- combination Walnut, with black marble inch Dresser, Chifforobe, Vanity Case and tops; 50-inch Dresser, Chifforobe, Vanity Bow-end Bed. formerly 450.00 337.50 Case, Bow-end Bed, Night Stand, Chair and Bench. formerly 850.00 595.00 Four-piece Louis « model suite in Mahogany; 50-inch Dresser, Chifforobe, Vanity Case and Bow-end Bed. 395.00 forfherly 495.00 Seven-piece Louis XVI. Model Suite, in Four-piece suite, in combination Ma- hogany; 50-inch Dresser, Chifforobe, Van- ity Case and Bow-end Bed. 437.50 formerly 595.00 (Seventh Floor) June Sale of McCreery Beds and Bedding So well and carefully are these beds constructed for long use and comfort that we warrant every piece to give satisfaction. Square tube Bed in all wood fin- ishes, with solid or metal cane panels, as illustrated, right. Special, 22.50 Colonial square-post Bed, as il- lustrated, left, in all wood finishes, with metal cane panel. All sizes. Special, 20.50 Elastic Felt Mattresses, with French French upholstered Box Springs, 72 roll edges. 12.50 spirals, tufted top. 30.00 (Seventh Floor) Real Madeira Linens Hand-Scalloped and Hand-Embroidered Much Below the Regular Prices Luncheon€Sets, 13 pieces...... OR AOO NAN ETIKS Sparse sie ee set, 4.75 and 5.75 Tea Napkins, Hand-Embroidered Corners...............doz., 5.75 and 6.75 Center Pieces..... ea, 1.50, 1.90 Guests’ Towels............ea., 1.25, 1.75 Luncheon Cloth: ca., 8.50, 10.50 Bread Tray Covers.. ..ea., 35¢, 50c Dinner Cloths.... ea., 19,50, 25.00 Boudoir Pillow Covers ea., 1.50, 1.95 Buffet and Dresser Scarfs, ea., 3.50, 4.50 (Second Floor) ———— a SS | Dress Shields and Dress Linings | || At Special Prices “Naiad” Dress Shields, White Nain- | sook covered. | Naiad Dress Linings made of fine | quality nainsook. Sizes 34 to 48. ..formerly 34¢ pr, -27¢ 4 formerly 40¢, 30c formerly 39c¢ pr., 32c | CET? ieeanicn formerly 43c pr., 36¢ “McCreery Special” Dress Shields, i Dress Linings made of silk mull. flesh nainsook covered. Sizes 2, 3 and 4. formerly 956 70c | formerly 35¢ pr. 22c “Reliable” Dress Shields, white nain- sook covered. Sizes 2, 3 and 4 Dress Linings made of net. formerly 45¢, pair 25¢ Sizes 94 to 48..formerly 6oc., 45c | (Main Floor) a