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Pale Pink Coaxing
to Houses of Hoaxing
-
RETAIL STORKS DISGUISED
AS PRIVATE RESIDENCES
The Evening Telegram Offers Many "Chances
for Newlyweds" at Residences Iveased for
Stage-Setting Purposes?Some Occupants
of Private Dwellings Have Been "Forced
to Sell Out This Week" for Many Con?
secutive Weeks?Some Examples of
Values and a Few Plain Rules.
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS.
Deep in the heart of the average woman lies the conviction that she is
a horn trailer. Stores may rise and fall; geniuses of trade may perfect
systems of selling to the highest degTec of economy and skill; she remains
convinced that she can beat the (rame "on the outside." And as she trips
along this primrose path of happy conceit toward the rainbow's end, where
waits the pot of bargain gold, a larg?. coarse, unknown hand reaches
up from nowhere grabs her by the ankle, dumps her in the gutter, rams a
wad of bunco down her throat, picks her pocket, and leaves her to her
?regrets. The hunter in the dim by-paths of Special Bargain Land has
bought the usual thing, experience at a fancy price.
Some of this ?xperience in the form of furniture I have just been pur
-hasing with The Tribune's money, and my search for it has led me
to the doors of that strange and exotic institution, the furniture ho:;x
houas. A hoax-house is a retail store in the disguise of a re.-idence. It
may be owned by the operator; it may be regularly leased; or it may
bt- held on s sub-rental (the rental money in some cases including the
use of the real householder's name, for a few weeks. Under pretext
Ol being s reside*;?:, forced by financial stress or other exigency to move
shortly, the dealer in the house offers "special bargains to newlyweds" and
wonderful induremt :ts in bulk or in detail to the bargain-loving public.
When it comes he sella it shoddy goods at prices above those of the regular
retail trade.
Most of the furniture hoax-house advertising i? done through the
clasaified columns of that salmon-colored (and in other respects some?
what fishy) medium, "The Evening Telegram." Week after week and
month after month its pages teem with the "immediate" necessities of
"private residence" sales, so that the singular spc-ctocle is often pre
amted of the same house being "forced to sell out this week" for many
tonaecutive weeks or even months. So well recognized is the exotic col?
ored evening newspaper as the characteristic vehicle for these fakes, that
an epigram, more pointed than polite, has arisffi in the legitimate furni?
ture trade about it. Of a house-sale furniture advertisement they say:
"If it's pink, it's punk."
"('hsnee for newlyweds" and "suitable for a bride" are the favorite
catchwords of "The Evening Telegram's" hoax-house patrons. These
phrases are ar indicative, to the expert, of fake as is a red flag of
danger. One of the recently conspicuous examples is the "Elegant chance
for newlyweds." in "The Evening Telegram" advertisement of f>7 East
Ninety-second Street. "Must sell at once almost new furniture of my
four story private house." To outward appearances, the house on East
"3.V- tm .'? -t E-SaTi ^r.-^N--> Ninety-second Street is private
fl.E.jafr CHAM V. !'..K VEV.'LV\\itr>V I . ml.
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bM of pr..a-? fcnj??. p>-r>r r ? I ???
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Ca.i a? o??. "7 ??i?- t>:^_
Surely, never was private residence
furnished thus: Everything from
basement to top was mint-new.
New chairs, new tables, new beds,
new couches, new cabinets, new
statuettes, new piano, new (and
heart-rending) pictures, new side?
boards, new chip? is. i e\\ mirrors, new rugs, new portieres, new disher.
until the eye ached with the rawness of it; all grouped in the stiffest and
most unlivable rigidity of order. Not a touch was there to suggest
human domestication. It was a very bad job of stage setting. In the
bssement front room, for instance, were three sideboards and two crystal
closets fairly reeking of the factory. One might reasonably suppose this
to be enough for the dining-room storage of a single private family. Not
?t all. In the dining-room just above stood two more sideboards and
two more crystal closets, l.est some emergency influx of crystal should
find them lacking, the household had installed two reserve crystal closets
(one not yet fully unwrapped) in the hallway. From so complete and
typical a hoax-house, choice of material was difficult. The investigators
decided upon a couch, described in the advertisement as leather. As to
the real quality of that couch we were somewhat concerned. Was it real
leather:*
"Oh. ye.?, genuine leather." the sale.woman disguised as a hausfrau
??sured us.
Five dollars was paid for the couch and seventy-five cents additional
for delivery, which, of course, would not have been charged by an
avowed store. The receipt was signed Shapiro. The "leather" couch
h??U?n't s grain of !eath?*r in it.
It is of white pine, with a thin moulded ash rali, and is covered en?
tirely with imitation leather.
Quite violently new, also, were the "furnishings" of TO East Ninetieth
Ftreet, a hoax-hou.-t- run by an anonymous dealer of the familiar 'Evening
Telegram" type. Looking particularly for the "heavy brass bed com?
plete," advertised at $10, we were led upstairs by a heavy-browed, gruff
salesman, who ?-howed us two beds of surprisingly good appearance con?
sidered in the light of the $10 offer.
"Are these the $10 beds?" the man was asked.
"N'sw. Thirty dollars."
"But you advertise a $10 bed."
(Crossing: the room, he pulled aside a pair of tight-closed portieres
disclosing, not ? "heavy brass bed," but a very light, flashy and flimsy
atructure of cheap design.
Declining without undue difficulty this temptation, the investigators
?slced to aee the mahogany leather library suit advertised in "The Tcle
pram." This was in h ?-mall room.
"Is this leather?" the man was
asked.
"You take it ss you see it."
"Well, is the wood mahogany?"
"You take it as you see it."
Seeing it was enough. It was
not necessary to take it in order to
appreciate the nature of the adver?
tisement or of the "private house."
The next call was at 64 East
Eighty-seventh Street, advertised in
"The Evening Telegram" under the
caption. "At Any Price; No Dealers."
The place looked like a manufactur?
er's warehouse dumped out promiscu?
ously. It was presided over by a
motherly looking CJerman woman and
her fresh-faced daughter. Here there was a mass of cut glass, vases
and pictu-es, besides a collection of cheap furniture trash. How any
intelligent person could have mistaken the place for anything other,
than s hoax-house is difficult to understand. For $9.78 (the seventy-five
cents being tli?' cost of delivery) we purchased an armchair of "solid
quartered oak" upholatored in "genuine leather." Some doubt was ex
sasssssaj ss to the leather.
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SHIFTY MOOSE
AID DEMOCRATS
Forget Hatred of Murphy
and Work, Apparently,
Without Reward.
DISTRICT FIGHTS
SPLIT UP TICKETS
Tammany Confronted by Sev
eral Snarls Internal Strife
Among Progressives.
Progressives are working with the
Democrat? In ?ome of the Assembly
district?, In spite of the fact that the 1
organization is supposed to have a con- i
genital hatred of Charle? F. Murphy !
end the rest of his tribe.
In the 9th Assemhly District, for in?
stance, the Progressives have indorsed
the Democratic candidates both for the
Assemhly and the Roard of Aldermen,
getting nothing in return so far as can
be observed. The Progressive organi?
zation in this district hns filed as th?Mr
d?sign?es Assemblyman Charles D.
Deaohae for the Assembly and Alder?
man John McCourt for the Aldermen.
Hoth are Democrats and candidates for
re-election. One Progressive, dis?
gusted with the action of his organiza?
tion, has filed a petition against Dono
hue in the Progressive primaries. He
is < harles F. M. Reinhardt. ?. M.
Mer.de, a Democrat, has also filed a
pet.lion against Donohue in the pri?
maries of lhnt p.ir'y.
The Republican d?sign?es in the dis?
trict are Frank Weis? for the Assembly
and John T. Cassidy fur Alderma...
Henry Opdyke and Jesse L. Ronner.
Progressives, have captured the or
ganization in the 16th Assembly Dis?
trict from Frederick Parmly, the lead?
er, and entered into a fusion arrange?
ment with the Democrats. Opdyke pu'
himself into the race for the Assemblv
and has obtained the Democratic in
dorsement. In return, it iJ said that
Mr. Honner. designated as the Precres*
sive candidate for the Roard of Alder?
men, will withdraw in favor of Jay
LaFser, the Democratic candidate.
The Republican candidates for re?
election in the 15th are Assemblyman
Abraham Ellenbogen and Alder.na.i
William F. Quinn. Ellenbogen has ob?
tained enough signatures to file s pe
tition for the Progressive primaries
and is counting on the support of all
the members of that party who are re?
volting against the fusion with the
Demoocrats.
A* has been stated, there are fusion
arrangements between the Republicans
and the Progressives in only six dis?
tricts. There would have been les:?, if
some of the more rabid members had
had their way.
In the 31st District, where under a
fusion arrangement, Assemblyman
Aaron A. Feinberg, the only Progres?
sive member of the Assemhly from this
city, has received the indorsement of
ihe Republicans. Jacob Goldstein, the
Democratic candidate for the Assem
? . i i?? ? on to run in the
Progressiv? primaries.
There are six leadership fights in the
Democratic ranks in New Yor< County
and four in The Bronx, but few pro?
tests against the decision of the pres
enl Ir-aders in designating candidat.?*
There is serious trouble, however, in
the 8d and "0th Assembly districts
In the 3d Patrick H. Sullivan, brother
of "Big Tim," who wrested the leader?
ship away from the faction headed by
Alderman John J. White a year ago,
has decided he wants to take White's
place in the board.
White, deciding that perhaps another
than himself would be stronger against
Sullivan, got Joseph D. Rrande, a law?
yer, to run against him for the nomi?
nation to the Roard of Aldermen. As
rcmblyman Antonio J. Marasco, who
was turned down for renomination by
Sullivan, is helping Brande. The Sul?
livan eandidate for the Assembly is
Ca*?ar Barra.
In the '.'Oth District the trouble has
been fomented against William M.
Shannon, the leader, by Maurice Feth
erston, who was head of the orcaniza
tion there some years ago. Shannon
turned down "Happy Jack" P.eardon.
the "marrying Alderman," for renomi
nation nnd named James F. Daley in
1 - place. Taking advantage of this
? -far-iion. Fetherston has put Kd
ward Caaeidy in the field for the Dem?)
crntie nomination.
DR. KARL E. GUTHE DIES
Was Prof, of Physics and Dean of the
Craduate School at Michigan I'nlverslty
A-hland, Ore. Sen*. 11. Dr. Karl
Fugen Gathe, who for the last six years
had been professor of physics and dean
o the Graduate School at the Uni
versity of Michigan, died at a hospital
here to-day following an operation
Dr. Guttle was born in Hanover, Cer
many, in 1M6, r.m! was educated there.
H came to the United State, in 1892,
entering tho 1'niversity o:" Michigan
faculty. From 1005 to 1909 h? was pro?
fessor of physics at the State uni?
versity of Iowa.
Dr. C-.ith? was a member of the
American Physical Society, the
Deutache Physikalische (ieselischuft.
the Soci?t? Fran?aise de Physique, the
Washington Academy of Sciences and
the Iowa Academy of Scienc . He was
a joint author of textbooks on physics
and made freriuent contributions to sci?
entific journals, especially on the sub?
ject of electricity.
MARKS FOR THE GLAD HAND
Rorough President. Ra< k from West.
Would Have Official Welcomers.
Expressing his delight at the "or liai
niv he had been treated in the Wost.
Rorough Pre.-ulent Marks, of Manhat?
tan, on his return from the Panama ex
potitiot. yesterday said that New York
City could well take lessons in hospi?
tality from other cities.
"I'suallv r.o one is on hand to wel?
come officials from other cities when
they reach here," he ?aid. "When
thev do g.t in touch with the city au?
thorities the first question asked them
ordinarily is: 'When are you going
home ?'
"This is all wrong. There should b.
a special committee to welcome visitors
of prominence to our city. Wherever
we went in the Weit our party was
greeted by the official? of many of the
citie? through which we passed. In :
one Arizona town the officials were at
the station ?oon after 7 o'clock in the j
morning."
-?
Insist on Paving Higher Rents.
Armenians and Syrians living In
henees owned by the Summit Silk Mill.
a' Summit. V J . have refused to ar- ?
cept a reduction in the rents of their
tenements. Recently wage-, at the mill
were cut, and the rent of the employe?
correspordingly, yet the men insist on
paying the old rale.
i
GIVE DANCE AT LENOX
Mr. snd Mr*. 1?. C. French Knterlaln
for Their Daughter.
IB? T?!??*?r*i i? las Tit ? I
Lenox. Ma.?., Sept 11. Th. fnncy
dress dance given by Mr. snd Mrs.
Daniel Chester French for their daugh?
ter, Mi?? Margaret French, at ?hester
wood, in dlendsle, to-night, was the
?rettieet of the dances of September.
The gue?t? were received by Mr. snd
Mrs. French and Miss French, who were
in costume.
Large dinner parties war. given to?
night before the dance at Chesterwood
by Mr. and Mr?. J. Woodward Haven,
Bertram Winthrop, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Astor Bristed, who gave a for?
mal dinner to the Brnrilian Ambassador
to Vienna and Mme. Reg de Oliveira;
Ross T. Whistler, who gave an enter?
tainment in honor of Mis? Klsie Hutton,
of Raltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
I'ea?e, Mrs. M. Dwight Collier. Miss
Kate Cary and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.
( hoate, who entertained for their
guest, Dr. Theodore Bailev.
Miss Mary W. S. Kernorhan is visit?
ing with Mr. and Mrs. William B. O.
Field.
Mrs. Paul Bartlett. of Washington, is
visiting with Professor snd Mr?.
George F. Booker in Tyringhnm.
Miss Margaret K*mp, of New York,
has arived to visit with Mr. and Mr?.
John Hutton, in Tyringham.
Forsythe Wickes, of New York, ha?
joined Mr?. Wickes. who is visiting her
mother, Mrs. George Griswold Haven.
Arriving at the tied Linn Inn to-day
were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bryce and
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bncon, of New York.
William Turnbull, Miss Alice Turn
bull, Miss Hope Butler, of New York,
and Miss N. T Frick, of Baltimore,
are touring in the Berkshires.
Rodman ?ampbell, of the British Em?
bassy, who ha? been a guest of Fred?
eric Schenck, has gon to Manchester,
Mass.
Miss Lydia S. Chapin. of Erie, Penn.,
nnd Mr. and Mr?. William Sloane are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William E.
S. Griswold.
Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Cross ha? arrived .
at Hotel Aapinwnll from Rar Harbor.
Professor and Mrs. Charles F. Chand?
ler, of New York, arrived at Curti?
Hot-].
NICHOLS SLAYERS
GOT $16,500 GEMS
Deposit Box Contained Only
Two Brooches. Worth $350
?Secret Vaults Bare.
Up to last night, seventy-two hour?
after the crime was committed, the
police had no trace of the three rob- '
her? who are wanted for murdering i
Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs Nichols in her
home. 4 East Seventy-ninth Street.
"There is no mystery about the
murder," said Second Deputy Police
("nmmissioner Lord, ju't before he left
for his vacation yesterday. "Onni
Talas, now locked up in the Tombs,
has told us who the men are, and we
have done everything in our power
to get them. If Arthur Waltonen, the
former Nichols servant, is caught, the
case will soon be cleared up."
Acting under authority from Surro?
gate Fowler, Haitian?. F. Gngg?,
nephew of Mrs. Nichols, yesterday
opened her safety deposit box, in the
vaults of the Guaranty Safe Deposit
Company, 612 Fifth Avenue. Accord?
ing to Acting Captain Jones, of the i
'!d Branch Detective Rureau, a large I
quantity of jewelry was found in the :
vault. Of the itemized list of jewels
supposed to have been stolen, only
two small diamond brooches worth $350
each were found. It appears that
Waltonen, "Eddie" and the Italian
charged with the murder made away
with jewelry valued at $16.000. Secret
vaults discovered yesterday in the resi?
dence contained a few personal jewel?,
owned by the late James Edwin Nichols,
and some miscellaneous papers.
Indictments will be brought to-mor- !
row by As*is?ant District Attorney
Skinner apainst Onni Talas, Waltonen,
"Eddie" Roe and John Doe, the last
two representing the members of the
trio with names not known to the '
police.
The body of Mrs. Nichols was at
William J. Minor's undertaking rooms,
at 405 Fourth Avenue, last night.
While no announcement of the funeral
is to he made, it is expected a private
service, attended by a few relatives '
and friends, will be held at the home
to-day. Rurial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
TO SIFT BUYING PROBLEMS
Purchasing Agents Will Open Fall
Meeting Here, September 21. |
The Purchasing Ab?tit.*' As?oeiation ?
of New York will hold its fir.U fall
meeting at the Hotel Breslin. on Sep?
tember 21, at ?? p. m. After dinner the
members will view a three reel motion
pictur. on pipe making, shown by the
National Tuhe Company, of Pittsburgh
The questions, "Would the uniformity
or elimination of discounts be advan?
tageous to purchasing agents?" and
"What is the best method of handling
small and miscellaneous supplies ?" w ill
be discussed by an open forum.
Informat ion about th<' as-oeiation1
will be supplied by E. B. Hendricks, i
secretary, 12.- Lafayette Street.
Undertakers Praise Wilson.
The New Jersey State Funeral Di?
rectors' Association, at Lake Hopateong
yesterday, adopted a resolution com- ;
mending President Wilson for hi? at- !
titude toward the European sifuation. ]
HERMIT WENDEL'S
$50,000,000 FADE
Appraisal by Fistatc's At?
torney Shows Valuation
of Only $2,979*933.
MAD TRANSFFaRRED
WEALTH TO SISTERS!
State to Charge That Gifts Were
Made Before Death in Kffort
to Escape Tax.
According to an appraisal of the es?
tate of John Gottlieb Wendel, known as i
the "millionaire hermit" of Fifth Ave
nue, Manhattan, filed yesterday with
State Transfer Tax Appraiser William
C. Clark, of Mount Vernon, bv B F
Rabell, of 38 Park Row, Manhattan, at-j
torney for the estate, Mr. Wendel'?. \
property I? worth only ft,9TO,MS. j
Thi? is somewhat of a surprise to the ?
state appraiser?, as it had be-*n fre- j
quently reported that Mr. Werdel j
owned property in New York nnd West
ehester Count jr. worth between $50,000,?
000 and $80,000,000.
Now that the attorney for the es- !
t?te ha* fixed its value, it will be up to
Franela A. Winelow, attorney foe the
Stu'e Controller, and his assistent.
Chnrles ? . Fenno, of White Plain?, to
prove that the property is worth more
than the attorney'? estimate.
The appraisal shows that Mr.. Wen
del, who .lied on November 30, 1914,
previous to his death made convey?
ances o<f real ?state valued in the mill?
ions to his four sisters, Mary K. A.:
Wendel, Rebecca A. I). Swope, F.iin V.
Yon !.. Wendel and Gcorgianna G R.
Wend.!.
Properly in New York CHj
The location of the property 1? not
given, bul it consisted of more the.'.
twenty-two parcels in New York O'--.
The ?tut?, appraiser will have to de
termine whether Mr. Wendel made the
transfer in anticipation of death and to
escape the state tax, which would have
mounted in the millions.
The appraisal shows, among other
things, thftt Mr. Wendel, though he had
bank deposits aggregating more than
$270,000, yet nt the time of bis death
htc wearing apparel was valued at ?l'i.
Mr. Fenno said to-day that a legal
1 point never before passed upon in a
transfer tax proceeding will come up
at the Wendel hearing before Ap
pr?:ser Clark. John D. Wendel, the
father of John G. Wendel, died in 187<\
leaving his son valuable property in
New York to hold during his life for
his own use. He also authorized John
G. Wendel to transfer laid real estate
to hi*, sisters for their estates on such
condition as he might think tit by deed
rr will. John (i. exercised that ap?
pointment, and deeded in 1910 certain
property to bis sisters.
"The State Controller." said Mr.
Fenno, "will try to show that these
were taxable transfers in the estate of
John G. Wendel, and he, having exer?
cised by deed the right imposed upon
him, made the transfers taxable by the
state."
Will Resist Paying Tav
Il is said any attempt of the state to
tax property that Mr. Wendel deeded to
his sisters before hi? death ".-ill be
strongly contested before Mi. C si .
The ?ebedule tiled with the appraiser
shows ?hat Mr. Wendel osrneJ forty
seven parcels in New York and an ut.
(?ivided one-half in te real in tho ti.-op
erty at 1K1 Broadway. He also owned
property at Tarrytown valued at $40,
ROO, land at Pobhs Ferry valued at $2,*
400, and real e-tate at Quogue, ?Suf?
folk County, worth $16,660. The total
value of the realty is fixed at $2,616,*
??0, and the personalty at $463,983,
Vr. Wi rd.l did not own nn auto?
mobile, and his tive horses sold for $805
and one carriage brought only $.10.
HOTEL
ENDICOTT
Columbua Ave. & 81st St.,
New York City.
A "Home Hotel" of superior ap?
pointment. The spacious dining
rooms and 400 sleeping rooms
have been reopened alter an ex?
penditure of an enormous sum
in remodeling, redecorating and
refurnishing.
Cuisine and service of the hig-h
eM standard. Average charge
per entree thirty-five cents.
Restaurant prices fifty per cent
less than elsewhere.
RATES
Room with use of Bath. . .$1.00
Room with Privat-? Bath. . 1.50
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath. 2.50
Do You Want a Quiet, Central Location for
Your Winter Home?
We have hotels that appeal to people of refinement and who like the
atmosphere of a neighborhood where artists, sculptors, authors and old
New York families make their homes.
\?Ve offer accommodations of one, two. three or four rooms, and we
invite discriminating, particular people to see the conveniences we can
give them.
Four neighboring, all well located, convenient and homey
hotel? from which to choose. Traniportation?you can go any
direction on ?urface car?, and the Sixth Avenue "L" and the
Fifth Avenue Bu* Line are hut a hloclc away. Garage con?
venient. Single or double room?, with or without private bath.
Rate?, American plan, $15 to $20 per week, for one perion; or
parlor, bedroom and bath for two perton?, $30 to $50 per week.
Three and four room ?uite?, equally well located, at reaaon*
able rate?.
The Van Rcosselaer, The Farle. The Hollev, The Judson,
15 Hast lltb II IUJ V??verity Place. Jo Washinxton Sq.W. || \\ashln*,ton Sq. S.
DAVID H. KNOTT. WM. J. KNOTT.
HOTEL SEVILLE
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES
HALF A BLOCK FROM FIFTH AV.,
AT MADISON AV. AND 29TH ST.
Centre of everything; jutt away from the noi?e.
Parlor, Bedroom & Bath, $1,200 Per Year Up.
Rooms with Bath,for Two, S3.00 Per Day Up.
Single Rooms, Running Water, $1.50 Per Day.
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14th Semi-Annual ) One Week Only!
Dressmakers'Sale S Open to All!
NEW Silks, Dress Goods,.Wash Dress Fabrics,
NEW Notions, Linings, Shears, Scissors,
NEW Trimmings, Buttons, Ribbons, Laces,
NEW Chiffons, Chiffon Cloth and Nets
at Sale Pricea Made Poaaible by Our Great Caah Purchaaing Powtr
$1.49 CREPE METEORS 4n ?n.-Sate\.10
Soft finish fine clos? weave new assortment of leading Fall shade?
street and evening a fabric in demand all s??aaoni of the year.
! 40-IN-. RADIUM TAFFETAS 1
.58 Btift, draping quality high
lustre regularly $L19
3,*?-I\. STRIPFD SATINS
White and colored ?tripes on
black ami colored ground? -
reg. .79.Sale
88-IN'. CRFPE DF (HINK?
Fashionable light and dark
colors also black fall
crepe finish reg. OS.. Sale
36-IN. BLACK MESSALINES
Soft finish deep black
reg. .79 .Sale
Sale
' 36-ISTH MESSALINES
.74 Desirable light and dark
colors; regularly .79 . .Sale
1 40-INCH CHARMECSF
.57 i Dull finish lea ing fashion
1 able shades reg. ?1.25. Sale
for
.95
.58
Large New Stocka of Unmatched Value? in:
VanI wide Striped Taffetas
I.?!.'... 1.4.V
Yard wide Satin Plaid Taffetas
1.28..1.4ft..1.75.
Yard wide Plaid Taffetas -
evening colors .
35-inch Taffetas new color?
.70 . .08.
1 .SO
1.98
1.4.".
1 .Sft
41-inch Black Chiffon Velvets
:t.::.v .t.i.">. :\.rn. 8.96..
41-inch Colored < hiffon Velvets
2??-inch Corduroys
new colors .
others .
1.00
4.4.1
8.48
.OS
.88
Colored Trimming Velvets
plain or paon.
BLACK SILKS?
35-inch Black Satin Duchess
.o?. I.S8.. i..".o.
38-inch Black Messalines
.70.. .08.
36-inch Blaek Chiffon Taffetas
.08.. 1.8ft..
40-inch Crepe de Chines
fancy stripes .1.48
40-jnrh Crepe He Chines
evening and street colors,
also black .I .ft?
40-inch Crepe Meteor?
new Fall colors, also evening
shades an?l black.1 ?7."?
Yard wide Brocaded ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Satins- light and dark colors... t .38 36-inch Moire Velours -
35-inch Dress Satins desirable .08.. l.SS..
light weight new light and 36.inch Petu de Soi?.
dark colors .08 ^m 1 ,i?.">
35-inch Satin Ducheas - . , _. , ? ... _
white and ivorv.1.2? U^neh Black Faille Fran?aise
._ ._. ?... _ I ..VI la 4 B
"n-inch Satm Fran?aise -
white and ivory.1.7."? 24-ineh Bengalines.70.
40-ineh Bridal Satins.l.O? I 40-inch Peau de Cygnes.
2.00
i .zx
1.80
1 aftjO
1 ..'O
1,88
.08
.0*
Clark's Cotton and Notion
for Dressmakers' Sale.
N'o Mail or Telephone Ordert.
Clark's O. N. T. Cotton 200 yd.
spools black and whit? . a??U
be?t numbers, doz. special
Rtf. M
Silk Featherbone dot. yd?., ij .77
Girdle Foundation yd , .10 ft .12 ffe
Hooka with invisible eyes
gross .tO .lf|
Dressmakers' Pin? -
'?-lb. box .19 .21 12-,
Dress Shield? double
covered and silk.124 ft .1", f)
Garment Dress Shield?
adjustable .24 .2.1
Sawing Silk 50-yd. spools
black and coiors doz.29 ?*J
Black Sewing Silk
large spools each .19 .11
Sewing Silk 100-yd. ?pools
black doz.tV* .4?
Basting Cotton dozen .55 ?Is
Collar Supports snd
Foundation?.10 8 for .IS
Inside Dress Beltings
1 4 td l?i inch
piece 10 yd?.60 to .90 M
Canvas Coat Fronts.19 .14
Long Coat Front?.69 ?i?
Ma.-hire and Sewing
Needles . 4 ea., -i pap?n ,1a
Roll Tape- 24 yd. pes.10 ?
Wide Black snd White Silk
Seam Binding .15 .11
To benefit those taking the court?
in Dresamaking
Following Specials in
BUST and DRESS FORMS
1.22
64-inch ALL-WOOL BROADCLOTHS
Chiffon finish?usually $1.69.Sale
Sponged and Shrunk Delft, French and Artillery Blues, Beaver. Mouse, Lynx,
Steel. Cornflower, Pansy, Currant, Mask, Seal and African Browns, Myrtle
and Forest Creen?, Marine, Men's Wear Blue and Black.
Other Equally Great Sale Value?!
40-I\'CH SOLEILS _ I ALL-WOOL PLAIDS
Value .89.Sale." ,50 ' 48 in. usually ; 1.19. .Sale.' ???
All wool Satin finish high lustre--1 Pins French Serge weave-best ?70m
binations of green and blue and brown
and blue with blaek small, medium
Bust Forms
sizes 34 to 42.
Reg
.98
Acme Collapsible Dress
Forms sizes 34 to H..$275
Adjustable Dress Form?
four sections can be adjuste
to sizes 34 to 48.4.89
Large Assortment of Others
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Ft* b Blu.
Otrnst,
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rfe-an rlr^wn Prona
^^^^^^^^^^ ? ni?rk
WHIPCORDSAGARARDINKS 1
48-inch reg. $1.29.Sale '
All wool following leading shade?:
Afft.-an Bm?rn
.94
Ta-ii??
Meal
Pt-Sftetl Bin?
Sral Bmaii
I.?
Manna
VlfT
B:?h
and large designs. ^^^^^^
40-INCH CREPE POPLINS "1
reg. .98 .Sale/ '74
Silk and Wool- ?oft silky lustre ?
good weight.
Mini?
ALL WOOL POPLINS
42 in. value .98.Sale/
Small raised cord weave one of the
season's favorite weave??
rr.?in
l.t Hlu?
II: K
aos?
Arm? Blu?
Turounla?
11. -. i
.72
M?-r1!a K.iJ Hr~?n
lir??n Qtiakar Or?.
Tain?? Marin?
Pruna Bolsn IVaceeTi
.80
M"U?a I'r.ine
ll,?v?r Currant
Tuirx? Sea! trawtl
rranefe Bin? Myrtle C,r?*n
Arllllery Blu? PoetaS <;rr?-n
CREAM CHINCHILLA'S
All wool reg. $3.49. .
54 inch.
(?amer
Marna
Mso'a W?ar Blu?
illark
Sale I 2-44
N??7
MIXTURES AMD TWEEDS
54 inch reg. .98.Sale
All Wool mottled, check anil plr*-:
effects gray?, tans, greens and brown
colorings.
FRENCH SERGES
reg. $1.19 .Sale." 92
54 inch All wool firm, close weave
Marine, Navy, Men's Wear Blue, Black.
35-in. Silk Mixed CREPE DE CHINES
Reg. .39. Dressmakers' St
.27
Soft fabrics that arc? in great demand f
cU.aely resemble all ?Ilk excellent a?
pink, cadet, Belgian and light blues,
resedu, brown, navy and black?
.15
Silk Mixed Chiffonettes?
usually .19 .Sale
Splendi?? new Fall showing of leading
??hades for street and evening- lus?
trous and of fine texture they make
up char-ningly i?.to gowns for var ou?.
occasions.
or evening and party frocks, they ??o
?orttnent of new Tall shade? of rose,
mais, lilac, helio, grey, nile, peach,
Hairline Silk Stripe Poplins? < -
L'sual 19 ct. value....Sale *15
! Navy and black ground? - suitable fo**
suits and dresses a? well a? children's
' >chool wear.
Jf
.35
Silk Mixed Floral No-, eitle?-.?
.'iS-inch 50 ct. value..Sale.,
Exquisite fabrics, in all the leading
Fall shades and e?.cr.ing tints, with
floral spravs in effective contrasts on
light or dark grounds-scattered or
close designs.
.35
Silk Mixed Marquisettes?
49 ct. value.Sale.
Daintiest fabrics imaginable in excel?
lent display of white snd tinted
grounds, with attractive floral overlays
in pale tintings make delightful danc?
ing dresses.
Our New FALL RUGS
Phenomenal Assortments?Matchless Price Saving?
Vou will do well to remember that this Rug Store is Economy Headquarter.?,
whether you want to spend much or little for Rugs.
Makers represented In our abundant stocks are
Hartford, Art-Loom, Sanford & Sons, Alex. T. Smith & Sobs, etc.
Let This List Help You
Seamless Axminister Ruga?
tall ft. Sanford and Smith makes?
reproductions of Chinese,
Daghestan. Bokhara, Gagea and
Persian rugs also dair.ty, light
toned small florals, suitable for
boudoir and reception room -
exceptionally fine values
84.88 and attS.98
Fine Axminister Ruga?
staple colorings, including wood
tones 10.6x13.? ft.
Opening Season Valu?..*.?.O0
11.3x16 ft. best make? -
Opening Season Value.1?O.OO
Seamless Wilton Velvet Rug??
9x12 ft. richest patterns
ask $2?V00 for this rug
?ipening Season Value.11?..IM
Finest Worsted Wilton Luga?
seamless reproductions of finest
Orientals, also rich medallions
?Xll ft. value $42.00..14.?14?
Wool Velvet Rugs 9x11 feet
Oriental and medallion designs
worth $17.00.tflJtR
Same quality 6x9 ft..N.li.H
Seamless Wool Brussels Rugs?
Hartford make small allover or
medallion patterns large variety
8.3x10.6 ft.I I.OS
9x12 ft.l.'MK.
Axmlnster Hsll Runner? best
colorings in tones to harmoniie
with any furnishing?
27 in?, x 9 ft....:i.4f> worth $4.9?
27 ins. x 12 ft.. tl.UH worth $6.9??
27 in?, x 15 ft ..?.ON worth $8.9?.
| x 9.f..?N -worth $6.9??
.1 x 10.6.7.41? worth $8.1"
| x 12.T.tiH worth $8.9/4
Wilton Velvet Rugs 27x64 inch
elsewhere $2.19.1.7!?
RIBBONS
For Dressmakers' Sale
BLACK SATIN-BACK VELVET
One of the best makes.
Reg. St'.t
lVinch.23 .IT
lVinch.29 .2?
2Vi-inch.35 .24
2S-inch.39 .2?
Millinery anil Aa?h TUhhos?
?Satins, Taffetas (plain and muir?
i Dresden, Striped, Checked and P!akI
Taffetas also Messalines ? Wsdisfl
Fall shades, White, Blsck snd at?[
combinations.
Reg. 23 & 25 ct. vals -Rale .1*
Reg. 19 ?ft 21 <t. vals- Sale .!??
Regular 17 ct. values Sale .12?.
Regular 15 ct. values Sale ?II
SHEARS AND SCISSORS
for Dressmakers' Sale
H Br.ker & Co'.? la* Steel"
Shears and Se.?sors for en J
tailors and dressmakers? j
regularly .79 and -98.J
Imported Steel Scissors -34
to 6 inch extra hollow
ground also Embroidery *?
and Buttonhole Scissors ?
regularly .49 ; nd .69.j
Dressmakers' Shears and"!
Scissors highest grsd? ? Qtjfl
steel nickel finish ?.v-"?
reg. $1.39.
Steel Scissors and Shears -
reliable make 11a to 7
inch reg. .29 and .39.
Henckel's Shears fine ?tee!-i 0g\
elsewhere $1.00 .
Henckel's Scissors highest ?
grade steel reg. .89.I
CHIFFON CLOTH
for Dressmakers' Sale
Double width Chiffon ?loth -
full assortment of new Fall
shades for day or evening
in demand for I
dres-?e-i and trimmings
reg. .69 Sale.
Double width Chiffon C'.o'h -
full line of color?, black
and white for dresse?, f
blouse? and accessorie?
reg. .98 Sale .
NEW LININGS
for Dressmakers' Sale
3fl-inch ?ilk finisn Moire Percsli??'*'Jj
staple and up-to-date .
ahades reg. .24 .?>*??*?
afl
Mercerized Lining Sateen? -
black, white and fashionable 1 j
shades to match Fall dress J
fabrics reg. 24.?"?
36-inch Percalines 1-ght and dais
shades in splendid assort- Jl
ment reg. .12.anas
Yard wide Satins
for coat linings
Tan. Copenhagen. Wistaria.
Trune, Brov?n. Green, N?vjf,
various ..hades of ???"?)''
White. Black reg. ?9 t?l*
-?um |w.w..-..a... uai?.?... ??m.-...- ......... - ---
Se?, Other Sunday Papers for Twenty-one Morning Specials?On Sai? Until 1 P. ??*
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