The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, his niece He drilled and safe Mrs. Heber, in er thoroughly on whil thinking it She tried to to make his e steadfastly re finance Niece and Nephew Get $800,000 |: Made and Kept Close Secret by |: Penurious Recluse Till Death r his deat ie niece found a will drawn in 1873 by Parsons He aah had written it on a Meet of busines: ] er and tt was drawn as legally as | Pleading Constant Dread of Poverty, Hoboken Eccen- |?) 2 \cuyer could make it. One | tric Hid Fortune Even While Teaching | [rit oie Ste proment elt i f Sister’s Daughter Finance. smefourth in trust to. his father, f Jabez Parsons, and the remaining i) After lving their entire lifetime in very moderate circumstances, | fourth in trust to the Episcopal dio fk Guise A. McMillan of No. 172 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, travelling sales-|ceses of New York and Brooklyn to be t ‘wan for a match company, and his sister, Mre. Bertha M. Heber of Chip-| used for the benefit of feeble parishes i paqna, N. Y., find themselves to-day heirs to nearly $1,000,000, throug patent ined bo 4 Z being the only living rel s of an uncle, George W. Parsons, aged | jsrooklyn 1921, in Hoboken. t Orang recluse, wlho died on su Ea sessed of any wealth. He was penuri ous to the nth degree; lived in a solitary bedroom in a cheap boarding house in Hobeken; wore clothing and hoes that were patched like a Nut Wills tramp make-up; spoke of his constant dread of poverty—yet during all this time he was nearly a million aire. A conservative estimate of the old man’s wealth is made at $800,000 Of this amount, he left $87,000 in cash and the remainder in gilt-edged securities. Adi cre was graduated from Cit xe at the age of fourteen, his rela tives say, and got a job as office boy in the New England Mutual Life In- surance Company. At thirty, he was a bookkeeper with this firm, earning $4,000 2 year. A Mr. Dunham, man- ager of the company, died and Par- ons was turned down when hegip- plied for the position. He was dis- gruntied and quit, starting in the in we cal Pari surance brokerage bisiness for him-] abi Although the elderly Parsons was) ioe with desk room in lower Brond-] ma * most frugal in his mode of living way | offioes ( pre i wore his clothing just as long it Nliy jocated &t Noy 1- Broad § was Wearable, his relatives say he dif ses remair iiding ¥ fered! from many recluses in that he personally kept himself immaculately clean. Another trait was that when he bought any new clothing he pur- chased the very best and most ex- pensive, Those who knew him say he startled the neighborhood when he did make his appearance in a new sult, on the rare occasions that he bought one. A short time before his death at elghty-three years, Parsons started y, wher din ac dness until ten ago Parsons never married. The only persons he is said to have shown any real affection for during his later years were the son and daughter of his dead sister, who now find such good fortune in his eccentricities. There have been court battles over Parsons’s will because of a revocation of the church trust fund, HE delicate, deinty appeal of Hor- ton’s Ice Cream is not a matter of chance. We have been making Ice Cream for nearly three-quarters of a century. The Horton’s Ice Cream of today is the result of knowing how to produce a “Quality Product” and the ability and determination to do it. HORTON’s dee Cream 851 - J.M. HORTON ICE CREAM CO. - 1922 ‘ LOOTS A-MEMOLIAN Their good fortune comes like a golden shower from a cloudless sky. During the lifetime of their uncle they had not an inkling that he was pos- AUGUST SALE of KELLNER FURNITURE SAprice °195 A brief list of Featured Values The Suite illustrated is a— A brief list of Featured Values Low Prices— Yes, But 7$ BEDROOM sue of XVI. design, in Imper- tes xyt enn hone, PPECES Sue pe ss ka aina cosinor ce KELLNER Quality, As Well combination; bow-end bed. Construction comparable ¢0 higher priced suites, 4 sicaailbydied #196. ELLNER'S always have so much more to offer than low price that $385 DINING ROOM sue when a Sale such as this takes place of Chippendale design, in. American Walnut combine- ion; exceptionall : : . : $278 LIVING ROOM sui tonviuaton, 10 FECES. there is no mistaking the incomparable Of Queen Anne deni, ton. ce 9245. . values offered. We venture to say that shall tering esi Spy ' $975. DINING ROOM ouite furniture of such high character, of such PIECES. "stle Price 818s, i of Florentine design, in an- s . KE thaveWatnce Portree, known quality has never been priced so . m eaceptio oeaes } vu! funished. 10 i i 7: JIN 0) E suite exauisialy Solabad._ 10 low. The reductions are startling, but $415 LIVING ROOM gute . consider, too, the surety you enjoy of Sera can er Wes ae pom : . ba exceeding!y graceful pro- suco pi eis obtaining genuine worth—lasting satis ort 3, eo HECES. Baie tinh tome mate faction. sere ee Sale Price $850. 8 7 ar “The Twenty-five Rooms” will aid : Se ee Wenn ene, ar materially in selection. You are Seed ia pew apa hesved Piece eae Price 113: cordially invited to see them. SRECES Be ice 3455; KELLNER BROS. Thirty One years selling Good Furniture Southeast Corner 15th Street_& Gth Avenue MILLER TO CALL LEGISLATURE 10 ACT IN COAL CRISIS To Meet Probably Aug. 22; power }{ tion will be vested in the State Fuel the Legislature, to be convoked by Gov. Nathan L. Miller within three with whom the Governor has dis cussed his fuel conservation and dis- tribution programme. Asked if any other legislation than the creation of the State Fuel Admin< istration would be presente a SS H lished by its immediate acceptance among \ Of Renee Crepe Silk Miller, at his Lake George summer home, replied: “IT shall not submit anything else to the Legislature.” The Governor is determined not only that there shall be fair price fixing and ‘distribution of coal throughout the State, but that there shall be no) profiteering without swift and stern punishment, The act he has in mind creating) the State Fuel Administrator will have real teeth in it. Heavy prison sentences, along with fines that will mean something, are known to be in- cluded in the Governor's proposal. Wants Laws With Teeth in Them. Owners of industries dependent on ————- coal will be assured of a square deal ALBANY, Aug. 9.—The widest |!” 1s allocation, as the Governor hes suid he belleves that keeping the wage earners at work is almost as big a! phase of the whole-coal problem as insuring heat in the homes of New York's millions of coal burners. “Tt is tmperattve thet the Legiste- ture be summoned without delay in extraordinary session,”” sald the Gov- ernor in announcing the extra eension. “The State Coal Commission, which I recently appointed to aid in the pres- ent situation, ts without any real pow- ers and only an act of the Legisla- ture can create a Fuel Administra- tor clothed with the necessary au- thority to deal with the situation. “The Fuel Administrator must be) empowered not only to fix prices, but, to control distribution, so that there possible under the Constitu ministrator, whose office is to be pated by an extraordinary session of eks, according to State officers here The Governor's extra session will prob- y be issued this week and the law kers, under present plans, will ybably convene about Aug. 22. The sion is expected to be short 1 for the Gov. BONWIT-TELLER & CO. he Spacally Shop of Criphalions FIFTH AVENUE AT 38™ STREET OF SATIN-SURFACE SILKS The Premier Mode of Autumn for the Woman of Elegance “3200 JX this price we present two distinguishea models that typify the distinction of the draped vogue—originated by Callot, in- troduced by Bonwit Teller & Co., and estab- women of fashion. Two Gracefully Draped Gowns of Crepe Back Satin, in Black or the New Suave Browns S A DINNER GOWN 49.50 4 A charmingly simple model on the Vionnet ™ type with fluttering flanges and flat latticed irdle, in black, taupe, carmel, orchidie or Maseene blue. WOMEN'S GOWNS—Second Floor ONS Brothers —and— Stern West 42nd Street West 43rd Street Most Exceptional Values in MEN’S OXFORDS Full grain, soft, light-weight tan or black calfskins. Smart, unusually well-made and perfectly finished footwear for this low price of $5.35 iat sue 1922. shall be a fair and equitable appor- tionment of the coal supply in this State."’ BUT THREE CABLES TO EUROPE OPEN tees of Trish insurgents. Joth the “The station has been occupied ,by| mercial Cab! At the executive offices here to- day it was aid the Governor had de- cided that an extra session would Belen apred HUAN bad We Bre fot al necessary when lie returned from as Washington nen tly and that the only | Owed to transact business," was the Dhave not yet setticd in his mind is{Substance of the last message re-} cables to Ireland, the exact date on which to convoke ceived by the Western Union Com-'ern Union cables linking pany officials here from the operators and Penzanc land. « to the British ndied,, since th the Legislature. © Valentia, Ireland, Cable Sta« seized early Monday morning by, stern Union and Com- companies report no shange in the situation to-day. Busi- Isles is being tie-up of the nine ia the three West- this country THIS SALE IS IN PROGRESS AT ALL THREE, STORES STILL $ 5 95 Women’s NOVELTY STRAP EFFECTS SANDALS AND OXFORDS IN.ALL LEATHERS (All this Spring and Summer Models— formerly selling at prices up to $12.00 7 WHITES 65 -we find ourselves with more com- plete lines of White Shoes than ’ the lateness of the season justifies. CAMMEYER ‘Stamped on s Shoe Means Standard of Merit 47 West 34th St., New York BROOKLYN ~ 390 FULTON 6T. NEWARK — 649 BROAD ST. STORES WILL BE CLOSED “SATURDAYS DURING AUGUST FRANKLIN SIMON MEN'S SHOPS Final Reductions Thursday Men’s Tropical Suits Reduced from regular prices not from so-called valuations 67 Tropical Worsted Suits -. Reduced from $40.00 78 Mohair Suits ... . Reduced from $25.00 85 Palm Beach Suits. . . Reduced from $18.00 34 Shantung Silk Suits . . Reduved from $32.00 11 Gabardine Suits ... Reduced from $30.00 $2.5,00 Jb a 112.00 $2.0,00 $20.0 $30.00 “17 Linen Suits (Coat, Pants and Knickers) Reduced from $40.00 72 Sport Coats ...... Reduced from $22.00 130 White Flannel Pants . . Reduced from $10.00 118 Irish Linen Knickers . Reduced from $6.50 ee 94 Hand Tailored Suits | (Coat, Vest and Trousers) Suitable for Fall Wear Reduced to ®2, 5,00 SMALL CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS $1 5,00 $800 $500 Formerly $43.00 and $50.00 —==~ To SS 8 as