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Teachers Issue
S.O. S. to Avert
School Collapse
Tell legislature City's Sys
tem Is in Danger Unless
They Are Allowed Entire
Increase in Pay at Onee
Plead for Lockwood Bill
Rfjienl Dr. Berg's Assertion
That Their ?"Money Grasp
inc" Hurts Soeial Status
f-0"> o Staff Correspondent
SY. Kcb. 24.?With teachers
r^ing the New York City achools at
the rate of '-.000 a year to take up other
uotk. il was declared at n hcarinf here
to-day that irnmediate relief must be
provided to savc the school system
from collapse.
Th3 hearing was before the Senate
?nd. Assembly Education eommittecs
on the Lockwood bill to give the New
York City teachers the i^crense in sal
srits granted them last year now in
<:pad of spreading it over three years.
Miss Maud V. Whitney, a member of
te greater New York delegation of
?.eachers, which was beaded by Miss Is
?bel A. Ennis, said that the situation
had become so serious that it was time
:ora S 0 S signal, which she translated
?5 "save our schools."
"The teachers must liavo relief now
through this bill," said Mi3s Whitney.
"!:' you wa't to have it amended or
combined with some other plan thero
few teachers left to take ad
vantas:" of it."
lir. Urrc ( alls Them "Money Grabbcrs"
Dr. Henry R. Berg. who, with Stew
?: Browi . of the United Real Estate
Owners Association, opposed the bill,
isted that the t< achers of Xew York
were getting more pay than ??ce of
my other city in the country. Dr.
!ierg declared that their "money grasp
mg lowered their dignity and soeial
position in tho community."
Miss Whitney, who announced that
'? er salary is $1,100 a year, in reply
s?.:d that she regretted her landlord
wouldn'1 accept "dignity and soeial po
? tioi " ii lieu of rent.
"My pay increase." sho added. "was
J.1 s week, and the landlord raised my
rent 811. He insists that my soeial
? ?.ti ?: g won't help him pay liis taxes."
01 who spoke in reply to Dr.
Berg leclared that his figures about
pay ^ re two years behind. the time.
They presented data which showod that
tcacher in small towns all over the
Wes1 - ' lore pay than in New York.
Edward Mandell, the principal of an
}?>: : !? school, said that while the
New York Superintendent of Schools
got S10.000 a year. the same position
in.Pittsburgh paid S12.000 and in Chi?
cago ?18,000. He showed that plumb
? :-. carpenters and window c'.eaners
pet more ;-?:,?? than teachers.
"You pay a carpenter $75 a week to
'-'?'-' ' Is into a board." Mr. Mandell
?a.d. ''and give teachers $75 a month to
r '??<? into the minds of your chil?
dren per cent of the teachers
resign because of insufficient pay with
in the first twelve years of service. and
"? otl ? rs are dissatisfied. This shift
;:- ?? :" dangerous, and the only j
:- ' 'P it is to increase salaries.
expect to drive all of this !
and Boishevism out of the
school winr, the teachers themselves I
aredi ontented? Nearly all the teach?
ers an now 'doubling up' and we can- j
i.ot get substitutes. As a result of the
? teachers 70,000 children are
' rcets of New York every j
.acK
(ai
(!hV."
Mr. ?> andell said that the Lockwood I
bill would give temporary relief.' He
thought that permanent "relief would I
come only by a measure being pre- !
pared by ihe State Department of Edu- I
"'?'"'?' ai : which, he declared, is the
?' ever heard of that all the j
Niew York aro agreed on. j
I ? ? ". increase the salaries of !
? get under $2,160 a year,
?' :"" cci . under $4,000, 30 ner cent,!
ar.d n i m $4 000, 20 per cent.
I ' to ( ily $12 000,000
I c ena tmenl of tho Lockwooil bill :
? .' < w Vork City immediatelv 1
" Comptroller (raigr, who
came to Albany to appear at a hearing'
on the bi : oo] budget bill, said that he j
,13 nor opposed to the measure, but I
would like to have it amended so that
the increase could be split up, half to
oe paid in July and the remainder next
January.
Others who appeared for the bill were
Uonard WallBtem, counsel for the Cit?
izens Union; Abraham Lifkowitz, rep
esenting the teachers' committee of
Stati Fedi ration of Labor; Charles
Kosell, Miss Agnes M. Craig and Rufus
A Uhro, teachers.
Urge Suffrage Rejeetion
Maryland to Send Delegates to
Plead With W. Virginia
ANNAPOLTS, Md., Eeb. 24.?The
house of Delegates to-day voted, 54 to
?4, to si ad a delegation of seven anti
suffragi members of ihe Legislature to
West Virginia to urge the General As
'-?i' ' ' that state to follow the
course of Maryland in rejecting the
federal woman suffrage amendment.
ihe action was taken orr a joint
resolul on which now gocs to the Sen
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Philadelphia Wage Seale
Raised 120 Per Cent in 1918;
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.?Philadel
" "' wage srale incroased 120 per!
cent in lf)l8 over 1917, while the value
?' production in all classos of industry
I 30 per cent, aceordinp to M.
I'oke Gottschair, of the State Depart
|?eni of Internal Affairs. The value of
? hiladelphia's products for 1918 is
I'laced nl $1,013,852,400, as compared
:" $1,559,148,200 in 1917.
9^7?Cryttal Mayonnaiit Bextil
$7 50
"\X7Ehave spokenoft
* ? en of Ovington's as
the preeminent shop for
the purchaseofgoodgifts.
But there are no linuta
tions which prevent you
from buyingmanycharm
ing things for yourself and
for yourself^alone.
OVINGTON'S
"Tho Gift Shop ofFitth A vent/o"
314 Fifth Ave. nr. 32d St.
Russian Workers Hungry
On Pay of $3,000 a Month
At Least $15,000 Needed to Keep Stomachs Filled
for.Thirty Days tft Existing Prices, Reports Cor
respondent; Officers Acquiring Cocainc Habit
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 24.-Conditions
among the Soviet peasantry, cost of
living and scenea at Moscow and tho
other Soviet conters are described by
tho staff correspondent of tho "Han
delsblad," Q. Nypcls. who is just back
j from an cxtended tour through Soviet
: Russia.
> "At the railway station in Saiolcnsk,"
j tho corrcsponderit writes, "there is a
ong row of staTls. in which people sit
! behind little barred windows and sell
i all sorts of merchandise.
"I noticed the prices. One pound of
! salted meat was ,">20 rubles, a pound of
black bread 100 rubles, a little piece
j of potato cake 40 rubles. A little wuter
, glass full of makhorka (tobacco root)
I was 100 rubles. (A ruble nominally is
] 51 cents).
! "On the station platform one sees
the soldiers lying about amid the
dirt which covers the ground. They
roll their cigarettes with bits of paper
torn from newspapers and wait pationt
ly for what will happen next.
Food Only for the Rich
"By the side of a hig cash register
j stands a barmaid selling salted meat,
i cake and pastry to smartly dressed men
I gathered about her. The poor devils
i lying on the ground do not even notice
j it, for they know very well that in the
I new state there are rich men and poor
! nien just as before."
I Although the correspondent had un
[ derstood that in Soviet Russia all trade
; was considered as speculation, and that
j the counter revolutionary-committee
severely punished every man who sinned
jagainstthe law, he tound that "nobody
| seemed to mind,'' and that one could
44-Hour Spirit in
Hen Yards Keeps
Egg Prices Steady
Retail Figures 23 Cents
Higher Than a Year Ago
in Spite of Fact That
Market Is Nearly Bare
The New York market virtually is
barc of eggs. Mrs; Louis Welzmiller,
Deputy Commissioner of Markets, said
yesterday that merchants have had to
draw on their reserve for the last ten
days, and there is only a limited Eup
ply in the warehouses.
There are few fine storage egg3 on
hand and what there are are of un
certain quaiity. Only for the great
demand for eggs they would be almost
unsalable.
Retail prices for eggs yesterday were
quoted at 80 to So cents a dozen. This
price is 23 cents higher than at this
time last year, so Mrs. Welzmiller
said. Fresh eggs are hard to get, partlv
because of the uncertainty of trans
portation and partlyi because of a
forty-four-hour spirit on the part of
the hens.
Mrs. Welzmiller said next week's
supply was uncertain. Western farm?
ers have decided, so a report coming
from St. Louis says, to rlsk lndeflmte
delay rather than chance a cut in
prices. This inclination on the part
of the farmers affects other food&tuffs
besides eggs, and Mrs. Welzmiller sees
in it the explanation of the rise in
meats, which was noticeable yesterday.
Fresh hams went up two cents a
poubd in retail stores. Lions of pork
went up four cents. All beef cut?
added a cent to their price, as did
bacon.' Legs of lamb took on two cents
i% pound.
These prices averaged four cents
lower than those of last year for the
same items. But when the. vrhoiesale
prices on meat. have been cut, they are
not so low as they should be.
The Department ot' .lustice in Wash?
ington is investigating the reason for '
this, and agents are seeking evidence
against retail meat proliteers. Mrs.
Welzmiller is ?f the opinion that agents
might be able to iind something of
interest to them here, even though the
office of the Federal Food Administrator
for New York had nothing to repori
yesterday.
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France Won't Cede Islands
Premicr Denies U. S. Will Get
Martinque and Guadeloupe
TARIS, Feb. 24.?Premier Millerand,
according to the "Temps," has written
a letter to Senator Henry Berencer, of
Guadeloupe, declaring that the gov
ernment has never contemplated ced
ing the islands of Mart.inique and Guade?
loupe te any country, for any reason
whatever.
M. Millerand's letter is in reply to
one from Senator Berenger, quot ing a ;
morning newspaner as stating that not
only were the French tobacco and match j
monopolies to be farmed out to Amer
icans, but that Martinique and Gaude
loupe were to be ceded to the United
States in ret?irn for a loan.
Washington
Threw A Dollar
across the Potomac.
Today emulating his
cxample in a more
practical manner,
many men of affairs
are taking their dol
lars across the East
River and depositing
them in the First
National Bank of
Brooklyn.
This is a convenient and
farsighted thing to do,
particularly if you live
in Brooklyn.
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
?IN BROOKLYN
Established 1852
Broadway &. Havemcyer St.
OFFICERS
JOSEPH HUBKR.rrenidont
JOHN W. WEBER . . . Viw-Praident
WILLIAM S. IRISH . . . Vice-Prcsldent
ANSEl. P. VERITY.Cashirr
KRBDERICK W. KRUEGER,A??'t C?shirr
RUSSELLC. IRISH . A?iietant C??hier
AU8TIN TOBEY. Jr. . AB?i?t?nt Cwhter
get almost anything without tickets or
coupons, but at exorbitant prices.
"I aftcrward found the same thing
in Moscow," hc declarcs. "It was on a
greater scale. The Communistic labor
er cannot get fifty grams of brcad
a day, but the farmers come into town
all the same with their sacRs of corn,
selling their stufT at fancy prices.
"The Communist government pa
its skilled labo*rs 6,000 rubles ..
month, and the unskillcd at least 11,000
rubles. But hc who wants to keep his
stomach filled needs at least 30,000
rubles a month."
Cocaine Habit Spreads
The correspondent found much vodka
(some of it deadly stufT) and jrreat
luxury in the Bolshevik commissary
messcs, and asserts that many of the
Russian officers have formed the co?
caine habit. This drug is so expen
sive, he declares, that it costs the ad
dicts "100 rubles a day to sniff their
cocaine."
Officers* pay, he says, may seem high
at 3,200 to 6,000 rubles a month, but
an officers' tobaeco will cost him 2,000
rubles a month, and every sheet out of
an old copy book from which hc may
cut a dozen cigarette papers costs him
two rubles.
About 80 per cent of the "Red" army
in Russia is not "Red" at all, but is
neutral, according to the correspond?
ent. He says about 60 per cent of the
officers, who are drawn largely from
the trained military men of the old
upper class, are "Czarist" in inclina
tion. This leaves only about 20 per
cent of the soldiers and 40 per cent of
the officers thoroughly attached to the
Soviet regime, the rest being neutral
or Czarist.
Three Belgian Girls. Wed
Members of A. E. F. Here
Romances of War Culminate in
Marriages by Alderman
at City Hall
Three more war romances born dur?
ing the overseas campaign of American
troops have had their happy ending on j
this side of the Atlantic. This was re- I
vealed yesterday when dupiicatc mar- !
riage certiticates were filod in the of
ficial records at Eillis Island shcrftung
that three Belgian girls had become
bides of Yankee doughboys. The c?re
monies took place in City Hall last
Saturday, an alderman ofiiciating. Tho
brides were:
Marie Sylvie Navez, twenty-five years j
old, of Brussels, who married Sergeant
Richard P. Stence, of Fort Mott, N. J.
Marie Lanckpaep, eighteen years old, !
who married Sergeant John McDonald, j
of Camp Meritt, N. J.
Lucille Van Oelst, eighteen, of Ant
werp, th"e bride of Henry F. J. Kittel,
of Owens Mills, Md.
The three brides arrived last week on
the liner Lapland, but were detained at
Ellir, Island until their hu-bands-to-be :
could be notified. When the two sol- j
ciers and the ex-doughboy arrived j
the young women were released in cus
tody of the Ilebrew Sheltering and Im- \
migrant Aid Society and taken to the |
Hanna Lavanburg Home for Girls, j
where they were received by Mrs. Oscar j
S. Straus and other prominent patron
esses of the home. After they were
married they aecompanied their hus- j
bands to their new homes.
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New Method Diagnoses
Typhoid in 10 Minutes
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.?What was de
scribed as a new method of diagnosing
typhoid fever, which could be per
formed, it was assertcd, in ten minutes
at the bedside, was announced to-day
at the meeting of the American Con?
gress of /Internal Medicine. The test
waa discovered by Professor E. C.
Rass, of Tulane University, New
Orleans. who will give a practical
demonstration of the' method.
"The present method of determining
typhoid fever," naid Dr. Frank Smith
ies, secretary-general of the congress,
"usually takes from twelve to twenty
four hours. A bacterial culturo is
made and a laboratory examination is
required. Dr. Bass performs a hlood
test at.the bedside which can be done
in ten minutes. Such a rapid method
would not only permit earlier treat
ment but would serve to check ma
terially the spread of the disease."
Allies Warn
Bolsheviki to
End Horrors
Continued from pag-e 1
plunge. That is tho only interpreta?
tion which can be placed on ^he state?
ment issued after the session of tho
Supreme Council in Downing Street
that tho Allies will not now open
diplomatic relations with tho Soviet
government.
As I reported two days ago in these
dispatches, tho peace conference has
decided to send n mission to Russia
before linally shaking hands officially
with Lenine nnd Trotzky. In an effort
to avoid direct negotiations, tho Su?
preme Council has asked tho council
of the leaguo of nations to nppoint
tho members of the commission. The
British, French and Italian leaders, by
their announcement to-day, give evi
dence that they have gono more than
half way toward peace with the Bol?
sheviki, although they have still to
recognize Soviet Russia and open diplo?
matic relations.
The question of what the attitude
of the Bolsheviki will be toward such
a mission probably was answered be?
fore the conferees by Jnmes O'Grady,
M. P., who had been representing the
British government in negotiations
relativc to prisoners with Maxim Lit
vinoff, the Bolshevik plenipotentiary
at Copenhagen, before his recail to
London last week.
Thomas to Head Commission
The commission is expected to be
headed by Albcrt Thomas, the French
Socialist leader, who is the permanent
secretary of the labor committee of tho
league of nations. He will start to Rus?
sia soon, and it is now reasonable to
expect that he and his fellow commis?
sioners will be clothed with power to
r.egotiate anything short, of a treaty
with the Soviet government.
Premier Lloyd George and Lenine
share the honors in the decision of the
Supreme Council, though it is difficult
lo say which won the greater victory.
The British Prime Minister succeeded
in converting the attitude of Premier
Millerand, while Lenine forced virtual
recognition of his dictatorship by the
very men who branded the Bolsheviki
as murderers.
It is not difficult to foreenst the posi?
tion to be taken by Poland or any of
the other border states which are still
virtually at war with the Bolsheviki.
They must one and all implore Lenine
to preparc treaties for their signaturc.
Thi:; is true of the Ukraine and Ru
mania as well as the Baltic states on
the north.
Although the council announces defi
nitcly that there will be no peace with
the Bolsheviki until "the. Moscow gov?
ernment will rcnlly conform to the
methods ? of civilizcd govcrnmonts,"
there is nothing definite in the an?
nouncement to tix a border line of civ
ilization when it comes to commercial
relations.
Rostov Again Captured
By the 'Reds,' h Report
LONDON, Feb. 24.?The hold of the
anti-Bolshevik forces upon Rostov-on
the-Don, yesterday reported recaptured
from the Bolsheviki, was short-livcd,
according to an official communique re?
ceived from Moscow to-day by wire
less. The statement announces that
Rostov has again been taken by the
"U< d" forces.
The capture of ice-breaking and
other naval crai't by the "Red" forces,
which "are overrunning the Archanpc!
and Murmansk sections in North Rus?
sia, is reported in a Soviet communique
received from Moscow to-day. The
statement roads:
"According to supplementary infor
mation from Archangel, our troops
captured a warship of the Chesnia
River flotilla and two heavy and live
light ice-breakers.
"The enemy is bombarding Ghenit
chisk (Sea of Azov) from the sea.
"Fierce fighting is continuing around
Rostov and Nakhitchovan (on the
Don).
" 'Red' troops have captured the for
tificationa of Gulitch."
Kollarsky Gives Rccital
Young Violinist Displays Good
Tone and Technique
Serge Kotlarsky, a former mem?
ber of the Berkshirc Quartet, gave his
tirr-t recital at Aeolian Hall last even?
ing. He is a serious young violinist,
with a good tone which, however. is
not drenched in temperament. Assist
ed by his brother, Max, he played Bee
thoven's Kreutzer Sonata with a good
deal of musical understanding. This
was followed by Saint-Saens's concerto
No. 3 in B minor.
At the same moment, Jascha Bron,
another young violinist, was playing
Russian WarLoss
16 Bill ion Dollars
UBAU, Lettonia, Feb. 14?Rus
sian Soviet newspapers received
here estimatc the Russian losses
through the war at 32 billion
rubles ($16,000,000,000). Russia,
the newspapers say, is unable to
export anything at the present
time, but, on the other hand, finds
it necessary to import provisions
valucd at one billion rubles
($500,000,000).
tho same concerto at Carnegia Hall.
I his young man appeared one Sunday
evening about ten years ago at Oscar
Hammerstcin's Manhattan Opera House,
where Sunday evening conccrts were a
feature oT the season. Mr. Bron's
chief characteristic is a sensuous tonc,
which was pleasantly exhibited in the
concerto, Handel's sonata in A major,
and a group of shorter pieces by
rschaikowsky, Sarasate, Handel-Hubay
and Paganini-Auer. His intonation was
pure, his teehnique smooth, his bowing
easy, but; in the Saint-Saens number
his playing lacked poisc and tho last
two movements were unduly hurried.
Richard Hagemnn was tho pianist. *,
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Polish Demands Include
Indemnities From Soviet
Diet Examines Peace Terms To
Be Submitted to Russian
Government
WARSAW, Feb. 24.-The govern
ment's note to the Allies. setting forth
tho peace terms Poland proposes to
submit to the Russian Soviet govern?
ment, is being cxamined by the For?
eign Affaira Committee of the Diet.
The Polish demands include renun
ciation by Russia of the tarritory west
of Poland':; frontier of 1772 and Rus?
sian recogirition of the independence
i>f the Ralt.ic states.
Poland declares her interest in the
Ukraine, asks guarantees against Bol?
shevik propaganda and demands war
indemnities i'rom the soviet govern?
ment.
Galli-Curci Only Star
In "Barber of Seville"
Voice of Songstress Redeems
Performance of Chicago
Opera Company
' The Barbcr of Seville" was sung
last night at the Lexington Theater,
with Mme. Galli-Curci as Rosina and
Carlo GalcfTi as Figaro. Mme. Galli
Curci was charming both, in song and
action, and, while not one of the most
brilliant of Rosinas, she' is one of the
mest ingratiating.
Mr. Galeffi was a barber who actcd
like a toreador, and Mr. Schipa a
grandee who?acted like a barber. Both
have line voices, though roupjh ones,
and neither showed the slightest
knowledge of the music of Rossini. Mr.
Cotreuil was amusing as Basilio and
Mr. Trevisan moderately so as Bartolo.
Mr. Marinuzzi conducted, but the
score was not champagne. It seemed
beer, very small beer. ln short, it was
only Mme. Galli-Curci who raised the
performance above the provincial.
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$70, $65, $60.?0, $52.50
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Swiss Envoy Here
Reports on Safes
Held for Germans
"I Found Nothing," Consul
Says After Examination;
Refuses to Comment on
Documents Taken by U.S.
Louis H. Junod, Swiss Consul here,
made a minutc examination yesterday
of the German safes left in his custody
when diplomatic relations between the
l'nited States and Germany were scv
ered in 1917. His purpose was to
verify the story printcd in The Trib?
une last Sunday, which told how five
adventurous Americans had "robbed"
the safes of about a ton of documents.
Mr. Junod refused to tell what his
scrutiny of the dust-covered recep
taclea revealed. However, he embodied
everything he learned in a report for
warded last night to the Swiss Min?
ister at Washington. One of the things
ho had established was that at the
time The Tribune storv said the "rob
bery" occurred, Department of Justice
apents were guarding the former Ger?
man Consulate.
"I found nothing," was all that Mr.
Junod would say when pressed for a
statement on the eondition of the
safes. "The matter is now in the hands
of the Swiss Minister. I can say noth?
ing more. I examined tho safes. I
found nothing."
The safes,?wrapped with red, white
and black tape that is splotched with
sealing wax, bearing the impression of
the imperial German Consulate, are
in the offices on the ninth floor of 11
Broadway, in what formerly was the
German Consulate. The sign on the
door now reads: "Downtown office, !
Consulate of Switzerland." An em- '
ployeo of the Swiss Consul 13 in charge
there and spends his time recciving
applications for passports- from Gcr
mans wishing to return to tho fathcr
land.
The offices of Mr. Junod are at 100
Fifth Avenue. Thero the affairs of his
embroidery business and of the Swiss
Consulate are transnetcd.
Man Ends Life Aboard
Ship by Slashing Wrists
Former Baltimorc Lire Insur
ance Agent Commits Suicide
While Returning From llavana
Announccment was mad? yesterday
by the ship's surgeon of the Ward
linerr*torro Castle, which arrived her"
from Cuba, that William A. Danner. of
Baltimore, a passenger, had eommit'ted
suicide February 21 and that his bodv
was buried at sea.
Mr. Danner, who formerly was a
representative of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society in Baltimore, went
to Cuba three weeks ngo on a pleasure
trip. Passengers said he appearcd to
be in good health and spirits when the
vessel left'Havana. Shortlv before
midnight, February 21, Robert C. Ros
scr, of the Royal Bank of Canada, who
knew Danner and oecupied a room next
to him, heard his body fall. He called
several stewards, who broke into t)T>
room and found him dying. The ship's
surgeon was called at once, but Dan?
ner did not respond to treatment. He
had slashed both wrists. Danner's bag
gage was Iargely filled with souvenirs
that he was bringing North for bis
family.
Among the passengers on the Morro
Castle was Captain John MacDougsll,
of Brooklyn, who took the steamship
Bavaria to Havana and delivered her
to the Cuban government. She was in
Cuban waters when Cuba declared war
upon Germany and was seized.
She had been used as a relief ship
in carrying cargoes to Armenia and
sailed under the Cuban flag.
Two Die in Shipyard Blast
Eigbt Others Injured When Gas
Tank Explodes
DETROIT, Feb. 24.?Two men were
killed and eight others injured by the
explosion of an acetylene gas tank on
the deck of a vessel being built in the
yards of the Great Lakes Engineering
Works at Ecorse, a suburb, at noon
to-day.
All the victims were workmen em
ployed in the shipyards. The force '
of tho explosion was so great that win
dows in the shipyard offices two blocks
away were shattcred.
Out-"Tracie& Tracy" is
what they say about the
new dctcctive story by
that master of hair
breadth adventure and
mystery,
Louis Tracy
Read
The Strange
Caseof ?
Mortimer
Fenley
Edw?rd J. Clode New York
Substantial Savings Are To Be Made
Wednesday In An Important
Special Sale of
Handsome Fur Coats,
Scarfs and Muffs
At Greatly Reduced Prices
AT the recent fur auction sales raw pelts sold as high as 65%
*"*? over October figures. You may judge for yourself what
kind of an increase to expect next oeason on furs of every
kind. Any garment you eelect in this sale is marked far below
its actual worth to-day, to which you may add a saving of at least
50% on what you must pay for the same garment next seasoo.
A Deposit of Only One-Third Now
will secure any fur coat, scarf or muft you (fesire, the balance to
become due when you take your furs from our modern storage
vaults next Fall. Action on your part now will avoid regret later!
Hudson Seal Coats , . Forraerly 8325 ? Now $275
Hudson Seal Coats with large collar and cuffs of
Skunk or Beaver .JForroerly $375 s Now 335
Hudson Seal Coats with. Beaver collar
and cuffs Formerly 8475 . Now 395
French Seal Coats with collar and cuffs of Beaver,
Squirrel or Skunk , '.,, Formerly $325 . Now 265
French Seal Coats /. . * Formerly $425 . Now 365
Black Pony Coats ^. , ? Formerly $195 P Now 150
Moleskin Coats with collar and. cuffs of choice
quaiity Squirrel . Formerly $435 ?. Now 385
Natural Black Muskrat Coats ..-. Formerly $260 % Now 225
Hudson Seal Dolman, Australian Opossum col?
lar, cuffs and border Formerly $650 . Now 495
Hudson Seal Coat large collar and cuffs and deep
border of Beaver . Fo'nnerly $800 . Now 695
Mole Dolman large Squirrel collar and cuffs and
extra deep border , . Formerly $950 ., Now 795
Natural Mink Dolman . $ Forraerly $2,450 , Now 1,975
Natural Mink Cape ? ? Formerly $750 . Now 650
Furs Listcd as Hudson Seal are Dycd Muskrat
Furs Listed as French Seal are Dyed Concy
ALL SALES F1NAL ?
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STORE HOUKS 9.0D A- M. to 5.30 P M -SIXTH FLOOR