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Craig's Charges
Of Obstruction
Rouse Ettinger
Either "Willful Misrepre?
sentation" or "Naive Ig?
norance" Prompted Ac?
cusations, Is His Reply
Comptroller Is Blame'd
Superintendent Says Delay
in School Program Is
at "Other End of Line"
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Either "willful misrepresentation'? or
"naive ignorance" inspired the
charges made by Comptroller Charles
U Craig^yesterday that Dr. William L.
Ettinger,* Superintendent of Schools,
"has a strangle hold on the school
building program" and "is obstructing
and greatly delaying the completion <of
new schools so urgently needed," the
Superintendent asserted last night in
a statement answering the Comp?
troller.
The statement of allegations against
?the Superintendent was issued by the
Department of Finance early in the
?lay. Tt carried'' Comptroller Craig's
name at the top and was headed: "The
Blight of "F.ttingerism' Obstructs the
Building of New Schools." The Comp?
troller imputed to the Superintendent
activities which "appear to be direct?
ed toward the assumption of autocratic
control over all the persons employed
in the Department of Education" and
declared that " 'Ettingerism' is the
latest flowering of the exploitation of
power claimed by bureaucrats under
the education law."
To the allegations contained in the
Comptroller's statement, Dr.. Ettinger
made the following comment:
"I regret exceedingly that such a
screed should be issued by the Comp?
troller of the City of New York. It is
vindictive in tone and incorrect in its
facts.
Resents Slurs on Finley
"The repeated slurs on the State
Commissioner of Education are in such
bad taste that they need no comment
from me.
"The glaring misinformation con?
tained in the Comptroller's statement
is such that if we are not to assume
wilful misrepresentation on his part,
we must assume naive ignorance of the
statute under which the Board of Edu?
cation must operate.
"After I have read statements of
this character I can always find con?
solation in rereading 'The Taming of
the Shrew,' by one William Shakes?
peare."
The Comptroller's charges that plans
for new buildings had not been forth?
coming with sufficient speed to assure
their fruition; that the order to begin
construction was under the control of
the Superintendent of Schools; that
the requirement of 250 days for the
completion of building is excessive;
that the 250-day linvt on construction
would have to expire before work is
begun on plumbing, electrical and
other equipment contracts, and that the
Superintendent has been granting ex?
tensions of time to contractors, brought
warm replies from Dr. Ettinger.
Takes Up Craig's Charges
Regarding the first allegation?
"plans for new schools have been com?
ing forward slowly"--the superinten?
dent declared that "plans are being
prepared and forwarded by the build?
ing bureau as fast as the inadequate
force in the drafting division permits.
Despite handicaps during January
plans for five new buildings were for?
warded to the Board of iCstimate and
Apportionment for approval and are
listed on its calendar for to-morrow."
The Comptroller credited the super?
intendent with holding down a $10,
000,000 appropriation for new build?
ings in 1919, to one-fourth of that
amount, or $2,512,202.75?the actual
expenditure. On this the superinten?
dent commented as follows:
"The actual appropriation for con?
struction was about $5,000,000, the bal?
ance being for sites, equipment and
other matter. The Board of Education
rushed the plans on new buildings to
the Board of Estimate a*nd Apportion?
ment for approval to the extent of
practically using up the entire appro?
priation for construction so that it I
would seem that the Comptroller was :
forced to hold back the approval of
the plans for one. building from about
November 1 until early this year, when
the new appropriation would become
available."
Dr. Ettinger citfd many instances
in which he said the delay in build?
ing construction was traceable directly
to the Comptroller's office.
"The obstruction is at the other
end of the line," Dr. Ettingor said,
"rather than here."
Teachers Again Insist
On Right to Organize
Members of the Teachers' Council of
the Board of Education reaffirm in a
?eport submitted yesterday to Dr.
William L. Ettinger, Supreintendent of
Schools, their insistence of their right
to organize and to raise funds for
Jiringing about the enactment of leg?
"alation beneficial to thoir profession.
The report criticizes Mayor Hylan
.fer his remarks concerning the cam?
paign insittuted by the teachers for
?ligner pay. Anning S. Prall, president
of the Board of Education, is likewise
taken to task. The report, which was
adopted on February 13 as a reply to
a communication from Dr. Ettinger of
?January 10, in which he asked that the
council consider certain questions
raised in a letter to the teachers' or?
ganization by Mr. Prall, says, in part:
"The Teachers Council maintains
that it is the inalienable right of any
teacher to contribute money or to de?
vote as much of his own time as he
may see fit in procuring legislative ac?
tion favorable to his professional inter?
ests and in protecting those interests
in the courts, provided, bpwever, that
the time and money thus expended are
expended in a legitimate manner.
"Until the present time, as far as"
we know, that right has never been
questioned. Even when the teaching '
force was divided on an issue the right
of each and every faction to raise |
funds and to campaign for its cause
was no: questioned. The equal pay
and pension campaigns are cases in
point.
"Assuming, however, that the school
and municipal authorities d onot ques?
tion this right as a general proposi?
tion, statements made by the Mayor
and by the president of the Board of
Education clearly indicate that they
are opposed to the exercise of such
right by the teachers at the present
tima on the ground that such action is
unnecessary.
"The Teacher? Council challenges the
statsitiH.t that there is no discipline
in the educational system. The teach?
ers are earnest, loyal and devoted to
their work. This is true, despite the
fact that, in view of the high cost of
living and their meager salaries, they
are weighted down with worry and dis?
couragement. In the opinion of the
Teachers' Council the discipline in the
educational system of this city has
nerer been better than it is to-day."
When Dr. Ettinger was asked yester?
day for an opinion on the report of the
?aaehers' Council he remarked that
stands for Itself. Any
sajr would not improve i*/*
Son Ordered Deported,
Mother Becomes Gtizen
Russian, Held Five Years on
Ellis Island as Defective,
May Yet Enter U. S.
An unusual d?portation case, which
came up for a hearing yesterday, re?
vealed the fact that a Hebrew boy,
seventeen years old, held to be men?
tally deficient, had been kept on ElUa
Island nearly five years. The European
war, which prevented immediate de?
portation at the time of his arrival,
has given the boy*? mother a chano*
to become an American citizen, and
as such she may be enabled to keep
her son in this country. .
The detained ?lien is Israel Rothen
berg, a native of Russia, who came
here on the last westward trip of the
lost Cunarder Lusitania. The medical
examiners of the immigration bureau
decided he was mentally defective and
as such he was automatically ordered
deported.
As the passenger service to Russia
was then sv-*oended, the United StateB
could not deport him to the port of
origin, and he waB held at Ellis Island,
spending in the mean time a few months
at a sanitarium in Philadelphia. Mean?
while Mrs. Rothenberg took out first
papers of citizenship and will soon
take her second 'papen.
If the boy is held here until his
mother is admitted to full citizenship
he cannot be deported, as he, too, be?
comes an American citizen.
Time of Signing
Of Harkness Will
Still an Enigma
Attorney for Widow Calls
Reports Document Was
Drawn When Sportsman
Was in Coma 'Fairy Tales' j
Outerbridge "Horsey, of the firm of ,
Nicoll, Anable, Fuller & Sullivan, at- ';
torneys for the widow of Harry S. [
Harkness, declared yesterday that re- j
ports that the wealthy sportsman was
semi-conscious when he signed a will
leaving his $25,000,000 estate to his
widow are "fairy tales."
The question came up in connection
with the two suits being pressed by
Mrs. Kennett Cowan, the divorced wife
of Harkness, attacking the validity of
| the will which he signed a few hours
before his death on January 23, 1919. ?
and claiming a right to the property i
by virtue of a mutual contract which
she says was entered into seven years i
before their divorce, and which she I
holds should supersede the will.
Will Called Valid
"The will was duly probated accord?
ing to law and proved and sworn to by
three witnesses, in which they spe?
cifically stated that Mr. Harkness was
conscious, said Mr. Horsey. "And if
he wasnt conscious, this is a mighty
queer time to find it out."
An examination of the records in the
Surrogate's Court show that the
document was admitted to probate on j
March 27, 1919, and that citations for '
objections had appeai-ed in an evening j
newspaper and a law journal for four j
weeks. Accompanying affidavits show i
that Dr. Joseph A. O'Conor, of 272
West Seventy-ninth Street, swore that
the will was subscribed by Harkness
in his presence and in the presence of
the other two witnesses, Leo F. Wanner
and A. Marie Allen, a nurse. He also
swore that he signed the will at the
request of the decedent, who was of
sound mind and understanding and in
every respect competent to make a will.
An affidavit of A. Marie Miller, the
nurse to the will, was to the same
effect.
At just what time the document was
signed, however, has not been made
clear. Dr. William R. Williams says
that from 8 a. m. to shortly before
noon Harkness had not signed any
papers, other persons say that he was
delirious from 2:80 p. m. up to the
moment of his death at 8 p. m., and
that no papers were signed during this |
Interval. Whether the will was signed I
between noon and 2:30 p. m. could not i
be learned.
? Lawyer Identifies Writing
I Frank Trenholme, an attorney of 141 I
Broadway, who was personal counsel
for Harkness, and who was said to
have drawn the document, when asked
yesterday if it was in his handwriting,
replied, "Well, I can't deny that."
Attorneys for Mrs. Cowan refused
yesterday to go into details as to the
nature of the mutual contract which
they say was entered into between Mrs.
Cowan and Harkness seven years be?
fore their divorce, and which they
claim supersedes the will. The com?
plaint on this phase of the fight for
the estate will probably be filed to?
day.
The nature of the second suit which
attacks the will from another angle is
also kept secret, although it is said
to be of a more personal nature.
Charles T. Lark, attorney for Mrs.
Cowan, said yesterday that the com?
plaint in this suit is still in a nebulous
state and would be filed probably Mon?
day. " j
Two Policemen Held in Bail
Magistrate Discharges Prisoner
Who Acenses Them of Assault
Patrolman Joseph I. Murphy and |
Charles Homolka, a probationary pa- i
trolman, both of the East Fifty-first ?'
Street police station, were held in $500 i
bail each yesterday in the Yorkville I
police court, charged with felonious j
assault. The charge was made by their '
erstwhile prisoner, William J. Leader, !
of 143 East Fifty-fifth Street, whom ',
they charged with felonious assault '.
and whom Magistrate Ten Eyck dis- ?
charged.
According to the story of Murphy,
he was in plain clothes February 14,
when leader marched up to him, called I
him a stool-pigeon, kicked him and i
knocked him down. Murphy said that j
Homolka came to his rescue and the !
two of them subdued Leader. Leader j
.weighs about 100 pounds. Murphy
weighs 180 and Homolka got a good :
rating on his physical examination, j
Leader was discharged yesterday from '
the hospital to which he was taken
after his arrest.
Preston Resigns as Dean
I Trustees Silent on Reports of ,
Flower Hospital Dissensions
Thomas J. Preston jr., whose wife was
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has resigned as |
Dean of tho New York Homeopathic
Medical College and Flower Hospital.
The trustees will accept his resignation
! at their meeting on Wednesday. Frank
I S. Hastings, president of the board of
; trustees, was executor of the estate of
! Grover Cleveland.
Although reports of dissension be?
tween Mr. Prat-ton and the trustees have
been current, no member of the bo?i;<!
would discuss them last night, and Mr.
Preston was not to be found.
In his letter of resignation Mr. Pres?
ton sai (Ithat funds for the maintenance
of the hospital and college were insuf?
ficient, and he did not wish to assume
further responsibility for them. He
added that his health demanded recup?
eration, reminding the trustees that he
had tried to resign last fall, and made
it plain that this tima his dneWon wu
it revoca ole.
Police to Malee
Snow Removal
Gangs Do Duty
K?nlon Says He Will Use His
Brains Instead of Shovel
to Clear City; Firemen Aid
Patrolmen as Overseers
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Contractors Get Blame
Street Cleaning Department
on Own Resources; Mac
Stay Not Found at Office
Fire Chief John Kenlon assumed the
r?le of general in command of the
city's army of snow fighters yesterday
in the reorganized campaign to make
the streets passable to traffic.
He called the first meeting of the
newly appointed Snow Removal Board,
of which he is head, and, after admit?
ting that conditions in the city were
"intolerable," set about devising means
of remedying them. His main task, he
said, would be to direct the work of
the fighters, obtain additional men and
see that they were kept on the job
during the hours for which they were
paid. Policemen and firemen will be
used as monitors for this purpose.
Arnold B. MacStay. Commissioner of
Streets, took part in the conference j
and indicated that the regular work of
the department would be carried on
as usual. Chief Kenlon denied that
he had officially supersede? the Street
Cleaning Commissioner, bit repeatedly
said he would command t.e mon who
are expected to serve in the present
crisis,
MacStay Had Nothing to Say
"I would prefer to have it said that
I had brought up reinforcements," he
said.
Commissioner MacStay could not be
reached at his office during the after?
noon. When inquiries were made at
the hour appointed by him for seeing
interviewers, his secretary said he
would be out indefinitely and referred
inquirers to Chief Kenlon.
One of the first moves of the snow
directing body will be to call upon
city contractors to provide more men
and accomplish more or give up their
contracts, ft was charged that the snow
contractors who in years past had har?
vested big returns jon every snowfall
had shown little energy this winter,
with the result that the Street Cleaning
Department had been forced to rely
upon its own resources almost ex?
clusively.
The men at work in the streets yes?
terday were distributed as follows:
Manhattan . 5,357
Bronx . 1,109
Brooklyn . 3,805
Contractors . 840
Regular street sweepers. 2,500
Total .13,111
Yesterday's figures were pointed to
as justification of the statements of
official snow removers that the con?
tractors were falling down on their
jobs. The 840 men they used in all the
boroughs was the smallest number em?
ployed by them since the blizzard of
February 4, and far fewer than ordi?
narily had been used in fighting a snow
storm in the past.
Directing Energy Needed
Following Fire Chief Kenlon's theory
that the snow removers had lacked
directing energy, firemen and police?
men, he said, would be assigned to
gangs, if necessary, to keep workers
keyed up and working during the erttire
period they are on duty.
"Firemen can work within one thou?
sand feet of their fire houses and ac?
complish much," he said. "Of course,
they have to keep within easy reach of
their stations, but I think they will
prove invaluable in this sort of work.
Policemen, too, have accomplished
much, and wil be similarly used.
"SewerB have not been used with suf?
ficient freedom, and it must be ad- I
mitted that conditions are intolerable.
We simply cannot permit New York to ?
be paralyzed again by a snow storm ;
like this. I am going to bend all my j
efforts to clean up the present snow
first, then we will consider ways of '
preventing such a situation in future/
"No," said the Fire Department head
when asked il he would ;;o out with a
pick, "I think I could do that if 1 cared
to, but I feel that 1 will be of more
value in the work if I use my brains
for directing it, and that is just what I
expect to do. I will work in the ca?
pacity of general in command of the
snow fighters."
The slight snow flurries that whitened
the streets of the city that were not bo
covered in the morning and the heavier
snow storms that impeded traffic up
state did not prevent the delivery of
the city's normal milk supply during
the day. Representatives of the big
milk distributors said that they ex?
pected to serve all of their customers
this morning.
Girl's Father Shoots
Veteran Twice Cited
Daughter's Refusal to Quit the j
Home of Ex-Soldier's Par- \
ents Causes Trouble
Special Diapatoh to The Tribune
MORRISVILLE, Vt., Feb. 19.?Robert
Whittemore, twenty-two, a member of
the Yankee Division and twice cited for
bravery by General Edwards, was shot ?
twice to-day by Henry Gagnon father ;
of eighteen-year-old Isabel Gagnon,
following a quarrel caused by the girl's !
refusal to leave the home of Whitte?
more's parents. Whittemore was in a
serious condition to-night. He is mar?
ried, but is not living with his wife.
Gagnon went to the Whittemore \
home, four miles from thN -illage, af- j
ter he learned that his daughter had i
left her place of employment in Mor- j
risrille last Saturday, saying she was j
going to her father's home. She went ;
instead to the home of Whittemore's
parents.
Gagnon demanded that his daughter j
return to her home. She refused and !
Whittemore ordered the father from
the house. He went into the yard, it is
said, young Whittemore following. A
fight started there, Gagnon drawing a
revolver and firing twice. Both shots
took effect in Whittemore's breast.
Whittemore was able to assist in
binding Gagnon to a chair with a
clothesline. Whittemore's mother noti?
fied the police and Gagnon was taken
to the county jail.
Shortly before going overseas Whitte- j
more married a Miss Bentley, of
Jericho but since his return they have
not lived together.
LeaVitt No Bacon Hoarder
A jury in the United States Court in
Brooklyn required only twenty nitn- ;
utes yesterday to decide that Louis
Leavitt was no! guilty of hoarding
bacon he had bouf?h! from the govern*
ment to sell ai an unlawful profit.
Leavitt, who ?s :i manufacturer of
white lead, testified that he had bought
2,493,000 pounds of the bacon. He
paid about 29 cents a pound for it and
thought that he ought to get from 31
to 86 cente a pound for it. He de?
clared he had offered it to at least
fifty peraon? at a profit of only 2 cente
s>t??nd? ?u*.*ea+<rf them wyrald fear M?
Maine Guide's Wife Sues
Mrs. Cornelia J. Nelson
New York Woman Charged
With Alienating Affections of
Hushand of Complainant
?"pecio/ Dispatch to The Tribune
DOVER, Me., Feb. 19, Mrs. Cornelia
,f. Nelson, wife of a former Mayor of
Peekakill, N. Y? and residing until re?
cently at 609 West. 118th Street, New
York, has been sued for $40,000 by Mrs.
Peter Turcott, who alleges Mrs. Nelson
alienated the affections of her husband,
a Maine woods guide. She sets forth
that endeavors to have Mrs. Nelson's
husband take a hand in the matter
w?re of no avail.
Mrs. Turcott avers that her spouse
served as guide for Mrs. Nelson on
tramps through the woods and on fish?
ing trips the. last few summers, and
that during the winter months he has
: been employed in the Nelsons' New
York homo. One winter, she says, when
Turcott did not go to New York he
kept a large photograph of Mrs. Nelson
in his bedroom.
The Nelsons aro now residing in
Peekskill.
7 Norwood Heirs
Involved in Fight
For $500,000 Fund
Children and Grandchildren
of New York Lawyer in
Litigation; Both Son and
Daughter Are Plaintiffs
Five children and two grandchildren
of Carlisle Norwood, lawyer, former
president of the St. Nicholas Society
and member of the Metropolitan Club,
aro involved in litigation begun in tho
Supreme Court over a $500,000 trust
established by Mrs. Ethel Josephine
Norwood, wife of Mr. Norwood, who
died in 1918.
The plaintiffs in the action are Car?
lisle Norwood jr., globe trotter and
Boer War veteran, and his sister, Mrs.
Eugenie Norwood Cox, widow of Theo?
dore Cox, a broker, who in her girlhood
entered a convent and took the veil,
later returning to secular life and go?
ing on the stage.
The defendants are Mrs. Louisa Nor?
wood Slade, the New York Trust Com?
pany, Eugene Norwood, Mrs. Josephine
Norwood Rathbone, the three individ-,
uals being children of Carlisle Nor?
wood, and Jackson Norwood and Car?
lisle N. Rathbone, grandchildren.
The plaintiffs allege the wish of Mrs.
Norwood that her children receive the
income from the trust after her death
has not been carried out. An alleged
agreement made between Mr. Norwood
and his daughter, Mrs. Cox. will figure
in the case. This agreement referred to
says that the payments of money to
her "are upon the condition that the
said Eugenio N. Cox shall not behave
herself in any manner which I may dis?
approve." These conditions were laid
down in the agreement:
"If you apply to any member of the
family or any friends of the family for
money or assistance; if you ever make
or intimate any threats against me or
any of the family, I will consider it
misbehavior."
Under a family agreement, Mrs. Cox
was receiving $1,050 a year.
Before this agreement was made Mr.
Norwood wrote his daughter a letter
referring to one she sent him. He said
that her addressing him "Dear Papa,"
and signing herself "your affectionate
daughter," was "arrant hypocrisy."
On October 28, 1008, Mrs. Cox was
arraigned before Magistrate Crane in
the Yorkville Court, charged by her
mother with disorderly conduct. After
the magistrate had rebuked her for re?
marks she made about her mother, Mrs.
Cox was placed on two months' proba?
tion.
"I am afraid they wan to send me to
an asylum," said Mrs. Cox. "They have
threatened to do that, but I am not
crazy."
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Hippodrome Sued by City
Violation of Sunday Observance
Ordinance Is Charged
The New York Hippodrome Corpora?
tion was made the defendant in the
Supreme Court yesterday in an action
brought by the City of New York for
alleged violation of the Sunday observ?
ance ordinance. The suit is based on a
performance given at the Hippodrome
on the evening of Sunday, January 18,
which, according to Corporation Counsel
Burr, was neither sacred nor educa?
tional.
The penalty for the violation
charged against the defendant is $500
and, upon being fined, it is within the
power of the Commissioner of Licenses
to revoke the license of the playhouse.
Similar suits were brought a few
years ago, but no licenses were re?
voked.
Weather Report
Sun rises.. 6 :45 a, m.jSun seta... 5:35 p. m
Moon rises. 6 :45 a. m IMoon sets.. 6:45 p.m.
Local Forecast.?Fair and continued cold
to-day and to-morrow : fresh northwest
winds.
Local Official Record.?The following- of?
ficial record ?hows temperature? during the
last twenty-four hours in comparison with
the corresponding- date of last year:
1920. 1919.1 1920. 3919.
3 a. m. .. 39 241 3 p. m... 30 88
fi a. m. .. 33 22! 8 p.m... 25 .13
9 a. m... 26 25' 9 p. m... 20 28
12 noon.. 26 32|10 p.m... 18 27
Highest temperature yesterday, 41 degreese
fat 12:01 a. m.) ; lowest, 18 degrees (at 10
p. m.) ; average, 30 degrees: average same
date last year. 30 degrees ; average same
date for thirty-three years, 31 degrees.
Humidity
8 a. m.... 9511 p. m. . . . 6518 p. m_ 36
Barometer Reading*
8 a. m,. 29.4811 p. m.. 29.46!? p. n... 29.78
General Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.?The storm
?which developed Wednesday night southeast
of Long Island ha? reached eastern Maine
and increased greatly in intensity. Pressure '.
over the Rocky Mountains and plateau re?
gions is low for the season, and a storm '
appeared to be developing in that part of
tin- country. A strong area of high pr?s- ;
sure, with snow and low temperature, is
advancing southward from the Canadian
Northwest.
The precipitation of the last twenty-four
hours in the East was confined to New Eng?
land, Eastern New York, New Jersey and
locally in the south Atlantic states. Rain '
has also fallen in California and in scat- i
tered localities throughout the plateau re- ?
glon.
The temperature has fallen sharply tn the
middle Atlantic states and the upper Mis- I
?ourl Valley.
Generally fair weather Is indicated for the ,
Washington forecast district, except that
local rains are probable Saturday in the
Gulf states. Tennessee and the lower Ohio
Valley.
The temperature will continue below the
seasonal average in northeastern districts
ind will change but slightly in the South.
Forera? t.? for Special Districts.?Eastern
New Yorli - Fair, continued cold. Friday and
Saturday.
Southern New F'ngland Fair, somewhat
cooler Friday : Saturday, fair, continued cold.
Northern New England?Fair, colder Fri?
day ; Saturday fair.
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware?Fair Friday and Saturday : con- i
tinued cold.
Western New York?Fair Friday, soma- I
what wanna? in Weefcj Satnrdny tmtt and
I WM"U*TA,
TOHN~WANAMAKElT
Broadway at Ninth, Nexo York Formerly A. T. STEWART & CO. Store hours?g to $
We have ONLY 72 hours more of
Good morning !
This is February 20 !
The weather today will
probably be fair.
Next Sunday
Is the Anniversary of
Washington's Birthday
Let us begin to think at once of
the best way to celebrate it.
By the laws of every State in the
Union, government officea every?
where are closed un the birthday
of the Father of the Country.
It is customary, as when the
Fourth of July comes on Sunday,
to observe the duty of the occasion
on the following day.
Were New York to pause and
think over the days of Valley
Forge, of Fraunces Tavern, where
Washington bade farewell to his
officers after all his hard campaigns
were over, and that week in April,
1789, when Washington lived near
Franklin Square prior to his in?
auguration as President, it would
surely quicken our regard for the
memory of George Washington.
New York will always honor
George Washington
(Signed)
February 20,1920.
In the Auditorium
Thursday and Friday
at 2:30 p. m.
First public appearance in
New York City of the
J. L. Hudson
Male Quartette
Harry E. Parker, first tenor.
Thomas C. Muir, second tenon
Harry A. Leiter, first bass.
Alfred S. Cowperthwaite,
second bass.
J. L. Hudson
Female Quartette
Miss Isobel Hunt, first soprano.
Mrs. C. O. Brown, 2d soprano.
Miss N. Schelling, first alto.
Mrs. H. G. Newell, second alto.
Appearing through the cour?
tesy of the J. L. Hudson Co., of
Detroit, Mich.
First Gallery, New Bldg.
From Scotland
Golf Stockings
for men
New shipment of sturdy
woolen stockings, with plain
and fancy tops, to sell at $6
and $7 pair.
Also, newly arrived?
Humidors, $2 to $45.
Smoking stands, $2.75.
In the Sport Shop?
Burlington Arcade floor,
New Building.
A special group of
Women's Spring Suits
at $42.50
Because we could get the j
remaining seventy-five suits
of a manufacturer's Spring
line, we are able to offer these
that would regularly sell for
$69.50 to $79.50 at the small
price of $42.50.
The collection includes sev?
eral models that have already
achieved success, and in?
cludes suits in fine serge, wool
velours, and light wool mix?
tures.
The Serge Suits
are either braid bound or plain,
in both straight and belted models.
One model features a tucked nor
folk back that is very good.
Checked ivt
in that smart ?shade of cafe au lait i
and black and in cafe au lait and j
brown appear in two simple well-1
cut models, one featuring- bias I
jol velours
bands on pockets. Illustrated also
is a suit of light gray wool mix?
ture?important in the collection.
Second floor, Old Building.
Warm light top coats
for women at $50
Last=of~the=season purchase
25 coats of cheviot, wool ve?
lours, and heavy wool jersey. All
without fur, all excellently cut.
For the tailored woman is a top?
coat of cheviot in sparrow brown
i
made with an adjustable collar
and patch pockets.
Another model in wool velours
has a throw-scarf attached to the
collai-. In midnight blue.
Second floor, Old Building.
Luncheon and informal
dinner gowns
of chiffon and georgette crepe
Now that the Lenten sea-,
son has come, the smart
woman desires soft little
?frocks that she can wear to
luncheon and the less formal
dinners.
Delightful frocks of chiffon
and georgette crepe, made ac?
cording to the newest smart
whims of fashion and in the
most lovely colors of the sea?
son, are being featured by the
Women's Fashion Salons for
immediate wear.
Of cocoa-colored chiffon
are two gowns at two prices. One
at $125 is very simply made,
beaded with gold and bronze in a
French motif and made with th?
loose French silhouette.
The other frock is entirely j
hand-made and is of cocoa colored
chiffon over filet lace, beautifully
draped and made with the loose
crushed girdle at a rather low
waist-line; $295.
Organdie and brocade
A very soft alluring frock of
tomato-colored velvet brocade
chiffon is trimmed with a fichu
and girdle of tomato-colored or?
gandie. This frock is also hand?
made; $165.
Of fine Elizabeth crepe is a
frock of decided French influence,
made with the long waist-line,
round neck, short sleeves, and the
favored "harem" dr?pod skirt.
The bodice, and narrow ribbon
like bands with which the skirt is
covered, are beaded with frosted
1 white beads} $175.
Second floor, Old Building,
Special Service
to give to you who need furniture for -
your homes. Seven selling days more
and the great February Sale of Furni?
ture ends. During these seven day?
any furniture we have that you want
?more than a million dollars' worth
to choose from?is yours at a saving
of 10 to 33 per cent.
NOTE?Antiques and furniture Au Quatri?me
are not included in the February Sale.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New BuI1c1Ib|.
Real Filet
Lace
Maintains its position an?
other season
Not only in the narrow
widths, but in the new wider j
varieties? which are being j
used with so much success to ;
make the smart new lace
blouses. The sleeves are
short?made also of filet.
A charming variety of un- !
usually lovely designs comes j
in widths from % of an inc-1 !
to 9 in., 65c to $6.95 yard.
Main floor, Old Building.
Women's Shoes
$12.50
Smart in appearance.
Good in quality. And?
moderate in price.
Calfskin?brown and black is j
made in a laced shoe. Modish long i
vamp and Cuban heel are two j
good points.
Kidskin?is black and comes in \
laced or buttoned shoes; brown,
laced only; two models, made es-:
sentially for comfort; two primar
ily for dress wear.
Black patent leather?is used for ]
the bottom of a buttoned dress !
shoe whose top is the unusually
good "Worumba" cloth in gray.
Gray cloth?is the top of a
pretty black kidskin laced shoe
with a French heel.
First floor, Old Building.
Salon for
Miss 6 to 14
has moved to the Third floor, Old
Building, Broadway front?between !
the Baby Shop and the Section for '
the Young Boys' Apparel.
The New Fashions
are presented ip this new Salon.
We wish that there were ad?
jectives to describe them, be- :
cause we think that the dresses !
are quite the most attractive we ?
have ever seen.
New, quaint and artistic?and
very practical?is a frock with
bloomers, fashioned of "English
Print" in red-and-white, or navy
blue-and-whitc. There is an?
other style with bloomers which
is equally smart.
Be-ruffled frocks of paste) col
ored organdies?
The collection is fascinating.
Third floor, Old Building.
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Children's Hose
FANCY SOCKS?35c. Of mer?
cerized cotton, with fancy turn- !
over tops. A nice selection of
colors; white with colored tops
and brown with white stripes. '
Sizes 6% to S--..
GOLF SOCKS. Of wide ribbed
cotton. These three-quarter hose !
are in black with fancy turnover
tops?a green or white stripe.
Size 8 to 10, $1.25.
Main floor, Old Building.
Fast or slow, softly or
loud, always "peppy,"
is the wonderful da?a
music played by the
Reproducing
Piano
It is played for the AM
PICO by experts in the play?
ing of dance music. It is in?
spirational, rhythmical,
gladdening. And, no matter
how many encores you de?
mand, you will get them
without any falling away of
the fire of the music?the
same early in the morning
as it was early in the eve?
ning.
You will care nothing for
the weather if but a fev
friends can get to your home
and there is a CHICKER
ING-AMPICO reproducing
piano in vour living-room.
And you'll find they'll al?
ways be glad to come, no
matter wh..t the weather, if
the AMPICO is there.
And after the dance
to have GODOWSKY play
for you, or MOISEI
WITSCH, or ORNSTEIN.
or the great Russian com?
poser-pianist, RACHMANI?
NOFF ! Crowning the eve?
ning as a glorious sunset
crowns the dav. Only the I
AMPICO can 'do this for)
you.
* * *
Come to the Piano Salon?
and hear this great producer
of MUSIC. Convenient term;
will be arranged if you shall
decide that vou would like ?
CHICKERI?G-AMPICO ?
your home.
Third Gallery, New Building.
9
es
Four-in-hands in a variety of handsome de?
signs, and coloring enough for the satisfaction of
every good taste. Rich, durable silks, and silk
with a strengthening warp of cotton. Finer fabrics
than we can regularly give in four-in-hands at 85ft
60 all- wool vests reduced to
$7.50
Heathers and olive browns were $10. ?H
sizes.
Burlington Arcade floor, New Bu!kK?fr