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"Melting Pot"
Features City's
Fourth of July
Thousands Throng Stadium
at City College as
Alien Children Portray
American ization Ideal
Cox Cheered at Tammany
Usual Independence Day
Celebration Is. He!d at
Fourteenth St. Wigwani
New York City's observance of Inde?
pendence Day was marked by many
festival*?, chief of'which was the Amer?
icanization jubileo n the stadium of
the College of the Cita of New York
last night. The purpose of this was
to illustrate municipal activities and
typify the assimilation of the spirit of
America by alien residents and new
citizens. Ten thousand persons en?
tered the stadium to see the show, and
il was estimated that almost twice as
many more watched it from the win?
dows of apartment houses and from the
bluff overhanging the stadium.
As dusk fell the great bowl of the
stadium took on the aspect of a cru?
cible to those who were watching from
the heights. Thousands upon thou?
sands o*f electric lights pricked the
gloom like sparks untii their glow lil'.cj
the whole vast hollow, above which the
mist lay like .steam. .More than two
score searchlights began to sweep their
beams through the luminous mist.
The Melting Pot
Down among the glowing electric
bulbs were thousands of flags, those of
the nations allied against Germany
fluttering beside the American flag.
Pillars, railings, seats and every pro?
jection which lent itself to the pur?
pose, were wrapped with red. white and
blue bunting. Children of alien par?
entage, dressed in the brilliant cos?
tumes of their native lands, wound in
symbolic procession across the bottom
of the glowing crucible. Each child
Carried the llower of his native land,
tvhich lie (iropped into the caldron in
the center of the stadium which repre
sented the "melting ?pot.'
For a moment, earlier in the pro?
ceedings, spectators gasped in fear
that the melting pot would receive an
unexpected contribution. The pot
stood beside a three-story structure
of wood which had been erected so
that the tiremen could demonstrate
their rescue work.
Two minutes after Chief Kenlon had
sent in an aiarm a motor-driven en?
gine, followed at regulation distance
by a horse-drawn tender, thundered
through the gateway into the stadium,
the engine drawing up beside the
"house" while the tender's horses gal?
loped on to permit the firemen to drag
out their lengths of hose.
Suddenly a man in a nightshirt ap?
peared on the roof, clasping a big doll
in each arm. He ran to the ed^re and
jumped- apparently straight at the
"melting pot." Firemen were waiting
for him with a life-net, however, and
he landed in that instead of the pot,
to the relief of spectators.
All Departments Represented
The work of the Park Department
was demonstrated in the shrubbery and
trees with which the grounds around
the house had been decorated. The
Department of Plant and Structures had
a riveting crew who made a noise like
a bunch of human firecrackers and got
prolonged applause from the crowd.
The work of other city departments
was illustrated, by motion pictures.
Adolph Lewisohn, from whom the
College of the City of New York "re?
ceived the stadium as a gift, was mas?
ter of ceremonies and delivered a brief
address. Among those who occupied
boxes were *iear Admiral James H.
Glennon, Fire Chief John Kenlon.
G rover A. \V halen. Commissioner of
Plan and Structures; City Chamberlain
Philip Berolzheimer; his predecessor,
Alfred Johnson, and John F. Sinnott,
secretary to the Mayor. Mayor Hylan
was not present.
Tammany's 139th celebration of the
Fourth of July \yas held at the
Wigwam, ami. excepting for the
absence of most of the braves, it dif?
fered little from its annual celebra?
tions during the last.decade or so. The
address of welcome, as in former
years, was made by Commissioner
John R. Voorhis, the grand sachem,
and one of the "long talks" was made
by a visiting Democrat, and there
were the customary number of short
talks. The patriotic songs were sung
as lustily as ever by virtually the same
crowd, and voices were given a rest by
an ambitious band every now and then.
Of course, a Tammany celebration
would he incomplete without the read?
ing of the Declaration of Independence,
and this year this honor fell to Su
nreme Court Justice Edward F. Mc
GoKiiiek.
In welcoming the guests the grand
sachem ?aid that he wr.s g?ad to see so
many present to discharge a duty that
devolved upon all citizens.
"I say duty." said Grand Sachem
Voorhis, "and it is as sacred a duty
as is the saying of our daily prayers.
We don't appreciate tho labor and
sacrifices made by our forefathers."
Telegrams Read
The address of welcome ended, the
Grand Sachem then went into the next
order of business- the reading of let?
ters and telegrams from "distinguished
Democrats and absent brothers." The
first telegram, unsigned, was dated San
Francisco, and read:
"Pifase extend a warm Congression?
al welcome from Thomas F. Smith, a
metropolitan welcome from Charles F.
Murphy, and the whole-souled wel?
come of the Empiie State from Alfred
E: Smith."
Letters of' regret from members of
the President's Cabinet and from Gov?
ernors of states who had been invited
to attend were read nest, but none
received the applause which was ac?
corded a letter from Governor James
M. Cox, of Ohio.
Tho long talks were made by Con?
gressman James O'Connor, of Illinois,
and Assistant District Attorney Alex?
ander I. Rorke. of this city. While the
latter was talking two men in the audi?
ence interrupted him to inquire where
Tammany stood on Irish freedom. They
were silenced by the chair, who warned
that interruptions of the speakers
would not be allowed.
Congressman Herbert C. Pell, Miss
Anna Mathcws, Ferdinand P?cora and
Congressman Henry M. Goldfogle, all
of New York, made the "short talks."
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
all adjourned to the basement, where
refreshments were served. Xo chnm
pagne flowed as in the old days. The
best was one-half of 1 per cent beer.
'l'en thousand persons attended the j
Independence Day celebration of the
University Forum of America at
Grant's Tomb. There were speeches
and a concert by the Fire Department
band.
iS'cw Yorks celebration began _t
5:?0 o'clock yesterday morning, when
?it the historic blockhouse in Central'
Par!; Mrs. C L. Morehouse, a daugh?
ter of C. L. Morehouse, a chaplain of
?the Ancient Washlrgton Colonial ,
I Guards, raised the flag and read the
j Declaration of Indepencencc. A guard
j of honor from the Spanish War Vet
j erans and the American Legion was
! provided for Mrs. Morehouse. Wil
! liam J. Lice, Francis D. Gallatin and
| Justice Robert L. Luce made patri
i otic speeches.
Flag at the Battery
Sunrise saw the flag also raised over
i Battery Park, to the accompaniment
j of an artillery salute.
] Boy Scouts, 300 of them from thirty
i two states, paraded Fifth Avenue yes
! txrday as a part of the celebration.
| The boys have been the guests of the
1 city for three days, prior to their de
! parturc to England, where they will
j take part in the Scouts Jamboree at
I Olympia, London.
The Scouts marched up Fifth Avenue
i to the Sheep Meadow in Central Fark,
' where Major Lorillard Spencer, who
! was in charge of the exercises, intro
i duced Borough President Henry H.
I Curran.
I The Boy Scott motto, "Be Prepared,"
I Mr. Curran said, was the motto which
j America adopted a!rr.G.-,t too late. Scout
! preparedness, he added, was a guaran
? tec that if the time ever again came
I when America should need an army of
! soldiers, such lads as these would be
1 ready on the instant to serve.
Colin H. Livingston and Dr. John H.
' Finley also spoke on the Scout move
1 nient and wished the boys success on
! their trip abroad. Demonstrations of
; Scout tactics and a review followed,
: and the boys went back to town. Last
; night they were entertained at dinner
at the Pennsylvania.
John Straton O'Leary was chairman
of a meeting arranged by the Friends
j of Irish Freedom at Poc Park, 193d
Street and Grand Concourse, the
? Bronx. Dr. Abraham Lefdowitz read
j the Declaration of independence and
! there were speeches by Corporation
? Counsel James A. Donnelly, the Right
? r.ev. J. Gratton Mythen and others.
: About 3,500 persons were in the park.
! Tax Commissioner George H. Payne
! was the principal speaker last night at
the Fourth of July celebration in Mc?
Kinley Square, lii.'ld Street and Boston
Post Road, held by the McKinley Square
Flagpole Association. He spoke of the
advantages offered to the immigrant
I that comes to this country, including
I the one of free speech.
"But freedom of speech,"' he declared
! "should not be confounded with free
' dorn to plot against the republic. Not
| is the strong-iibered national strength
; which they delivered to us at the cost
J of their lives ever to be weakened bj
j the acceptance of the loose ideals ol
j communal marriages and internation?
alism." State Senator Abeles and Pari
Commissioner Hennessey also spoke at
?? the meeting. *?
Educational Alliance Fete
Two celebrations were held yester
? day under the auspices of the Educa
! tional Alliance, at the Alliance Build
I ing, 197 East Broadway. In the after
noon the children were entertained
and at ni?jht patriotic exercises wert
conducted by the mothers' department
Two thousand mothers attended th<
evening session, when Dr. Henrj
?? Fleischman ami M. Padve, officers o
, the alliance, addressed them ot
patriotic subjects. There was a bi?
music program, and the affair con
eluded with patriotic community sing
ing.
Fourth of July was observed yester
day in the Flatbush section of Brook
lyn. There were forty block parties
Bands played and there were speeches
Small boys lighted firecrackers. Ther
were field snorts and a ball game a
Vanderveer Park and another ball gain
at the Legion Oval. Informal game
were played by small boys when thei
stores of firecrackers were exhaustet
Three city parks in Jersey City wer
| the scenes of Fourth of July celebra
tions yesterday. In addition, man
parades were held throughout the citj
In Hamilton Park about 15,000 pel
sons attended the exercises, which wer
conducted by sixty Polish societies. I
Van Vorst Park United States Ror
resentative James P. Hamill delivere
the chief address. Celebrations als
were held in Hoboken, West Ne?
York, North Bergen and Union Hill.
New Rochelle's Fourth
Resident.-' of New Rochelle gave
purse of 51,000 to the former Chit
of Police -f that City, Edward J. Tin
nions, at Fourth of July exercises i
Hudson Park, New Rochelle. The Ne
Rochell police band added $500 to tt
; gift. Mr. Timmons was chief of th
1 department for more than twenty-foi
years, having attained that office witl
in a few months of his appointmei
to the force. He was retired at h
own request July 1.
The model of a statue, which tl
village of Chanpaqua intends to ere
i r.s a war memorial, was unveiled at tl
' Fourth of July exercises there.
Six Dead, Scores
Injured, Toll
Of Holiday Here
Two Young Girls Burned
to Death as Result of
Fireworks; 3 Persons
Drowned at the Beaches
Boy Killed by an Auto
Six Occupants of Car on
Scenic Railway Sent to
Hospital After Accident
Two young girls were burned to
death yesterday in New York City't
"safe and sane" Independence Day eel
1 ebration. More than a dozen other.per
I sons were injured by fireworks 01
! wounded by stray bullets. *
I Three drownings were reported ano
I one death to an automobile accident
' Six persons were severely injured in ar
?accident on a Midland Beach, Stater
: Island, scenic railway.
While playing with a "sparkler" ir
j front of her home, 428 Fifteenth Street
! Brooklyn, Martha Finkeldey, eight
j years old, set her clothing afire. Th(
? flames were extinguished by her father
| but the little errl died later in Metho
! dist Episcopal Hospital.
Grace Hanson, six, of 125 Wadswort!
' Avenue, was playing in the area of hei
home when some one from the roof 01
a window threw out a lire cracker
which exploded as it struck her, setting
! her dress on fire. Patrolman Heidler
of the Haven Avenue station, heard hei
scream, and, rushing into the area
rolled the child on the ground unti
the flames were extinguished. Thi
clothing was almost entirely burnet
from her' body, and she died shortly
after being taken to St. Lawrence Hos
pital.
Lad Accidentally Shoots Self
No one knows where Eugene Pan
dello, thirteen, of 204 East ThirtieU
Street, got the ,22-caliber revolver witl
which he was playing. None of hi:
family knew he had it, in fact, unti
he appeared at home with his hant
bandaged. On being questioned he ad
mitted that he had shot himself througl
the left palm, had gone of his owi
accord to Bellcvue Hospital to bi
treated, but couldn't remember wheri
the revolver had come from.
When firecrackers he had put in ;
can (iidn't go off quickly enough to sui
him, Harold Carney, fourteen, of ?0
East Twenty-sixth Street, peered in t?
see what the trouble was. lie didn'
find out, for the explosion which fol
lowed destroyed his right eye and se
verely injured the other.
Jennie Do Luca, fifty, of 25 Oa
Street, was shot in the arm by a pisto
bullet fired, presum? bly, by a cek
bra tor.
Another revolver bullet struck Los
ter Warlicld, four, in the arm as h
was playing in front of his home, 11
Essex Street.
Lighted Cracker Burns Hand
Joseph Bernstein, sixteen, of i!8
Cherry Street, attempted to remove
lighted firecracker that an lndepor
dencc Day enthusiast had dropped i
his coat pocket. He was unable to d
so before he was badly burned on th
right hand.
Three-year-old Abie Feinman, of 28
Madison Street, was burned about th
neck and shoulders when a firecrackc
thrown at him dropped down insid
his collar.
George Rouch, fourteen, of 66 Willct
street, was -burned on the left hand b
the premature explosion of a blan
cartridge pistol.
Rita Mallon, six, of .TOI West 113t
Street, set her dress afire with a lin
cracker and was racing up the stree
all aflame, when Charles McDevitt, <
306 West 122d Street, and Willia:
Bothe, of 302 Eighth Avenue, caugi
her and smothered the flames in the
coats. She was taken to Harlem Hosp
tal. Her condition is serious.
looses Life, to Save Boy
Archie Brown, ten, of 23 Bedfoi
Avenue, Brooklyn, ventured out b
yond his depth at Rockaway Point ar
' began to sink. Hallock Cowles, twent;
one, a drug clerk, of 3440 Broadwa
Manhattan, could only swim a littl
i but he. started after the lad. He reachc
the spot where Archie had gone dow
Bedtime Stones
Old Man Coyote Postpones Dining
By Thornton W. Burgess
Don't win a battle 'til you've fought it,
Or eat a dinner 'til you've caught it.
?Old Man Coyote.
To postpone is to put over to an
. other time. Old Man Coyote hadn't
the least intention of postponing his
dinner, but he did postpone it. He
postponed it bccauscf?-well, if the
truth be known, he ]?>stponed it be?
cause he had to.
You remembered how shrewdly he
? dad guessed that if Peter Rabbit left
liis hiding place he would go up tho
bank of the Laughing Brook, and how
artfully he had circled around and hid?
den to wait for Peter. Peter had done
exactly as Old Man Coyote had thought
? he would. He had kept still just as
long as he could and then he had
: started to steal away up the bank of
the Laughing Brook. Though Peter
had tiptoed very carefully Old Man
Coyote's keen ears had caught faint
sounds that had warned him of Peter's
, appaoach and he had begun to grin.
When at last Peter hopped out from
? a clump of ferns just a few feet away
j and right in front of him Old Man
. Coyote was grinning so that he showed
all his long, sharp teeth.
No wonder he grinned. Here was the
' nicest kind of a dinner actually hop?
ping right into his mouth. Anyway,
; that is how it seemed. Old Man Coyote
| saw the fear and horror that leaped
into Peter's eyes as he discovered
those two rows of grinning teeth just
a few feet away.
Old Man Coyote chuckled to him?
self. "He'll dodge and run, but I'll
have him in three jumps," thought he.
"He is too badly scared to use his
, wits. It will be no work at all to
? catch him."
Just imagine how surprised Old Man
Coyote was when, instead of dodging,
Peter made a long jump straight
towards him. Old Man Coyote blinked
and his grin grew broader than ever.
"He is so scared he doesn't know
what he is doing. It looks as if I will
have to watch out that he doesn't jump
right down my throat and choke me,"
thought Old Man Coyote.
Then as Peter again jumped towards
him Old Man Coyote sprang to meet
him, his jaws set to seize Peter in
those long, sharp teeth and make an
end ?f him. But when those jaws
came together Peter wasn't between
them. No, sir, Peter wasn't between
them. They snapped together on noth?
ing at all. And Old Man Coyote's paws
came down on nothing. That Is they
He had gone head first down that
hole as Old Man Coyote's jaxcs
snapped togetlur just too late
came down on nothing but the ground.
1 Peter Rabbit had vanished. Yes, sit,
Peter Rabbit had disappeared as com?
pletely as if some good fairy had sud
? denly made him invisible.
Of course nothing of this kind had
happened. Such things never do hap?
pen outside of stones. Peter had dis?
appeared, but the only fairies that
had had anything to do with it were
his own quick wits Frightened as he
was when he had discovered Old Man
Coyote lying in wait for him. he had
seen in the same instant n hole in the
ground just a little in front of Old
Man Coyote, and his wits had told him
that there was the only place where
he could hope to find safety. He hadn't
hesitated a second. It had looked as
if he was jumping straight into Old
Man Coyote's mouth when' really he
was jumping out of it. ?
It had been a close call. He Had
started that second jump just a wee
bit before Old Man Coyote had sprung,
and that wee bit had been just enough
and no more; he had gone headfirst
down that hoTe as Old Man Coyote's
jaws had snapped together just too
late.
(Copyright, 1930, by T. W. Burse??)
The Next Story: "Old Man Coyote
Decides to wait."
dived for him and did not reappear.
The little boy was rescued by others, I
but the body of Cowlcs has not been
recovered.
James Markowitz, twenty-eight, of |
610 Park Avenue, Brooklyn, ignored I
the advice of friends und went in buth- ]
ing off the foot of West Thirty-sixth j
Street, after eating a heavy meal. He !
was taken with cm mot. and drowned.
The body was recovered.
It is believed that a man named
Epstein, who lived nt 142 Somerset!
Street, Newark, was drowned 'at Coney
Island late Sunday. Employees of Mar
golies Buths found the man's clothes
in a br.th house yesterday morning and
turned them over to the police.
Joseph Williams, fourteen, of 1893
First Avenue, was run down at Ninety
seventh Street and First Avenue bv an
automobile owned and driven by
George Costoldi, of 321 West Sixty
seventh Street. The lad was thrown
fifteen feet and died a few hours later
in Reception Hospital. Costoldi was
hold in $5,000 bail, charged with homi?
cide.
Charles Deerheads, thirty-two, of
3035 Perry Avenue, the Bronx, suf?
fered bruises of the left hip when the
car in which he wns riding collided
with another at 216th Street and
Jerome Avenue.
^ Ten-year-old Louis Pontisello, of 337
East 121st Street, was bruised about
the face in an automobile accident on
the Willis Avenue Bridge, the Bronx.
He was taken to Lincoln Hospital.
While off duty, Patrolman Rosario
Micciacio, of the East 126th Street sta?
tion, wns injured while riding with
friends in an automobile that ran into
nnother car at 117th Street and First
Avenue. He was thrown to the street
and severely bruised.
Car Bruises Nine-Year-Old
Robert H?user, nine, of 71 East 119th
Street, was struck by an automobile at
119th Street and Madison Avenue. He
was bruised and his right hand was
cut.
A car driven by Rudolph Kantrowitz,
of 1115 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn,
ran into a Bark Avenue, Brooklyn,
streetcar at. Greene and Central ave?
nues. Rudolph's father, Morris, forty,
and William Kruger, forty-six, of 139
Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, both pas?
sengers in the automobile, were thrown
out. Each suffered a fractured leg,
and they were taken to Wyckoff
Heights Hospital.
Bernard Kroland, fourteen, of 269
Stockton Street, Brooklyn, was run
over by an unidentified motorist who
put on speed and escaped. The boy
was taken to St. John's Hospital with
abdominal injuries.
Joseph Schwartz, seven years old,
was playing in front of his home, 2520
| Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island, when
he was run down by an automobile
driven by William Cohen, of 675 West
Street, Brooklyn. The boy received
cuts and bruises on the legs and body.
Three Hurt in Auto Wreck
A. U. D'nnebiel, of Bogota. N. J., his
j wife and five-year-old daughter, Ruth,
! were taken to Paterson General Hos
; pital after their automobile had over?
turned at. a sharp curvo in the road
near Hohokus. Two other children
\?er thrown clear and were not hurt.
Dinncbiel nnd his wife are suffering
from internal injuries and the little
girl from a fractured skull.
j A car on the Midland Beach scenic
railway, operated by Harry Schaum?
berg, was derailed while going at a
I high speed some twenty feet above the
ground and hurled its six occupants
out, injuring them all. At Staten Isl?
and Hospital they said they were:
Mrs. Robert M?ller, thirty-five, of 73
Lochman Avenue, Mariners Harbor,
fr'ictured right arm and nose and
bruise.-; of the face and body.
Mrs. Augusta Michel, thirty-seven
years old, of 27 Jellian Street, New
Brunswick, N. J., fracture of the right
arm, lacerated scaln and bruises of the
body.
Miss Myrtlo M?ller, sixty-five yeurs
old, of 73 Lochman Avenue, Mariner's
Harbor, bruises and lacerations of the
scalp, arms and legs.
Roy Anthony, twenty-seven years old,
of 94 Paterson Avenue, New Bruns?
wick, N. J., fracture of the left knee
and bruises i>f the body.
Joseph Friedlander, twenty-nine years
old, of 116 Siblcy Avenue, Ardone, Pa.,
fractures of the right leg, scalp wounds
and contusions.
The police are investigating the
cause of the accident.
Witnesses, the police say, insist that
Frederick Arnold, seventy, of 2600
Marion Avenue, the Bronx, leaped from
the southbound subway station at
Mott Avenue yesterday afternoon in
j the path of a train in charge of Motor
man Charles Martin, of 1263 Jerome
Avenue, the Bronx.
Arnold, when he reached Lincoln
Hospital, insisted that he had fallen.
Martin was able to check his train in
time, and the first car only knocked
the aged man down, and did not run
over him. He was bruised and
scrutched, but not seriously injured.
Woman Shot by Son Dies
Mrs. Anna Cannella, of ??G Third
I Avenue, Brooklyn, who was shot acci
! dentally by her nineteen-year-old son
! Alphonse on Sunday night, while he was
j cleaning a pistol in preparation for the ,
Fourth, died from her wound yesterday .
in Holy Family Hospital. Alphonse was
held in the Fifth Avenue police court,
Brooklyn, for further examination on a ,
charge of having a pistol without a :
permit.
Weather Report
Sun r!s?s. . 4:?.1a. m.lSun sets.. .7:30 p. m.
Moon rises. 10:15 p. m.lMoon Bets. .9:40 a. m.
time and not New York State time
Note?Tho above, figures at,; standard
Local Foreras!.?Kalr to-day: to-morrow
showers; gentle to moderate shifting
winds.
Local Offlclnl Record.?The following of?
ficial record shown temperatures during
? tho last twenty-four hours In comparison
with tho corresponding date of last year:
1920. l'J19.? 1920. 1919.
3 a. m.. . liO 8 1 H p. m.. . ":?> 95
6 a. m... 59 81 6 p.m... T5 94
9 a. m.. . 04 85 9 p. ni.. . 72 8.
12 noon.. 69 94 10 p.m... 72 85 i
Highest temperature yesterday, ~<\ de-|
grecs (at 4:"0 p. in.): lowest. 59 degrees
; (at ti a. in); average, 6S degrees; average
! same dato Inst year, SS degrees; average
I same date for thirty-three years, 73 de
? grees.
Humidity
8 a. m.... 8 6 1 p, m.... 418 p. m.,.. ?,>;
Iiiiroiutter Readings
8 a. m.. 29.SS 1 p. m.. 29.8318 p. m.. 29.3C
General Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, July 5.?Pressure is
falling generally over the central valleys, t
tho upper lake region and the Southwest,
with a principal center of disturbance over :
northwestern Missouri and u secondary one
over northwestern Texas. In the North
. west pressure is rising rapidly and falling
, lu the extreme West. There were general
showers over the plains states, the western
upper lake region, the Mississippi and Mis
? souri and lower Ohio valleys and local
thunder showers in the Gulf states. ?Ilse- !
where the weather was generally fair.
Temperatures are generally iower over '
the districts where showers occurred and I
. slightly higher eisewhere, except in the ]
south Atl.'-ntlc states.
There will be showers Tuesday and
Wednesday In the \ipper lake and western j
lower lake region, the Ohio Valley, T"n- '
nessee and the east (Juif stateo, extending
during Wednesday and Wednesday rjght
through the eastern lower lake region and
the Atlantic states. It will be cooler
Wednesday in the upper lake and western '
lower lake regions, the Ohio Valley and
Tennessee.
Distric! Forecasts.?Eastern New York ?
Fair to-day. warmer in extreme *vest por?
tion; to-morrow showers.
Southern New England?Fair to-day; to?
morrow partly cloudy, probably showers
by night, cooler on the Massachusetts
coast.
New Jersey, Delaware and eastern Penn
U'lvanla?Fair to-day; to-morrow prob?
ably fair; little change In temperature
Broadway at Ninth, New York
Telephone Stuyvesant 4700
Store Hours
Good morning!
This is July 6!
The weather today will prob?
ably be fair.
We Closed the Doors of Our
New York and Philadelphia
Stores Last Week
on what some people derisively called
"a thunderbolt of commerce."
As owners of 20 millions of mer?
chandise, it was quite within our right
to do what we desired with our own
property.
Without consultation with the
nabobs of statesmanship, banking or
manufacturing, one man alone pre?
pared the statement published Mon?
day, May 3rd, 1920, and not ten per?
sons had any idea of it until they read
it over his signature on Monday
morning, May 3rd.
It was a clean cut from existing
figure values as they stood in their
place for months previous.
It was also the stroke of a bigger
hammer than any in the Baldwin
Vauclain Locomotive Works.
It struck the same ringing stroke
heavily for 60 days against the formi?
dable structure of a million of manu?
facturers, speculators and organizers
to maintain in the United States war
prices almost two years after the end
of the war.
0 It was met by the opposition of
neighbors, trade jealousies, monthly
and other newspapers, supported by
certain tradesmen to exploit certain
lines of merchandise.
What we denominated a Patriotic
Movement to overthrow a besieging
enemy of fair trade and reasonable
prices and in the interest of public
good was ridiculed and misrepre?
sented.
We had counted the cost and took
the chances and kept on bombarding
big prices with powder at our own
cost, and kept it up for two months
instead of the two weeks we intended.
We not only let our good goods go
at one-fifth less than current value, but
we put into circulation during the two
months
$13,511,000
which we dealt out in new purchases,
relieving, to some extent, manufac?
turers turned down by their banks in
several cities.
What Has Been
Gained by It?
Much everywhere.
1. A grateful public who bought our
merchandise says so.
2. Many merchants besides ourselves
have served notice on makers of fab?
rics, wearing apparel and household
wares, silver and glasswares and floor
coverings, that no orders will be given
at advanced prices,
3. We believe, from messages from
all over the United^ States, that the
commercial world agrees and approves
of our plan.
4. We have evidence in offers of
manufacturers, during the past month,
that the desire of the people for lower
prices will be met little by little by
taking less profit at first hands and by
efforts to shave down expenses of
storekeeping.
It is too large a thing to be done in
two months, but by working together
for the common end we can accom?
plish what we need.
With lower prices, we can sell larger
quantities and thereby increase our
orders to the manufacturer.
5. In restoring old prices that were
all right with but moderate and right
profits, the people who bought of us
what they wanted were greatly bene?
fited and nobody was hurt but our?
selves.
6. And particularly?quite a lot of
our goods that came in during the
past three weeks are marked at the
lower cost and are very desirable at
the prices.
With high hopes we start afresh
with fresh strength to help to better
the start forced upon all storekeepers
to aid the people to come into their
rights for lower prices.
Horace Greeley. after the Civil War,
said, in relation to resuming specie
payments:
"The way to resume
is to resume.'*
(Signed)
The Passing of the Fourth
Marks the Beginning of the
Summer Holiday Season
ton suits of wool jersey made in sev?
eral smart models featuring patch
pockets, narrow belts, notch or Tux?
edo collars, or the becoming shawl
collars that so many women prefer.
J
One of the missions in life of the
Women's Fashion Salons, just at
present, is to help you solve the prob?
lem of the summer vacation and
sports wardrobe. Whole costumes
have been planned for you, and any
amount of suggestions are made for
you. Some of them are on this page.
Others may be had by making a visit
to the Fashion Salons where you may
buy in cool and unruffled calm prac?
tically all of your smart outside ward?
robe without leaving the one floor.
Sports Suits
that may be used for travel and for
days in town, if one cares to wear
them then. They are absolutely cor?
rect in their tailored lines and beau?
tifully tailored. There are Dumbar
These suits have the decided advan?
tage of not losing their shape and of
being capable of standing a severe
and trying trip rolled up in a bag or
packed* in a trunk, and enier^in.u" un
wrinkled and unhurt. 1m tan and
lapin shade.;', besides heather mix?
tures and dark blue and Copenhagen
blue. Price $39.75.
The ever-smart Shantung suit is
more smart than ever this season.
The most discriminating of well
gowned women are wearing beauti?
fully tailored Shantung suits for both
sports and street wear. The mate?
rial holds its .tailoring well and al?
ways has . an immaculate, well
groomed air. In several models this
type of suit is featured in the Suit
Salons; in the notch collar and patch
pocket model, and in the model that
has the long Tuxedo or shawl collar.
Several models feature new pockets.
The tailoring is exquisite, the mate?
rial beyond reproach.
Bathing Suits of All Types
If you are a strenuous swimmer,
who does, not hesitate at the strong?
est surf, or if you are addicted to
only the milder pleasures of sand and
sea, there is a suit for you in the
Bathing Suit Corner.
Wool jersey suits for the athletic
woman and for the woman who de?
sires a becoming and a serviceable
suit at the same time are in the
Bathing Suit Corner at several very
conservative prices in a variety of
conservative and attractive models.
Every suit is the type that the most
smartly gowned and discriminating
woman would choose for a bathing
costume.
Tn dark color banded with vivid sports
color*, such as turquoise blue or green or
rose. Also in all black or in two tones of
green or blue. Small trunks are knitted
onto these suit?, so that the necessity of
lights underneath them is obviated; pnces
$8.95 to $12.95.
Taffeta and satin suits are specialized at
the small price of $16.50, in a model that
is straight-handing and made with a "V"
or square neck. This is, to be had in black,
piped with white, and in dark brown and
green piped with white or color. Other taf?
feta and satin bathing suits to be had at
higher prices for more elaborate wear. AU
the small original things that distinguish
this season's bathing suits from those of
other seasons are featured.
Sports Skirts
The material known as satinette
has been most successful this season.
Its charming surface, so satiny and
lustrous, imitates sports satin aston?
ishingly. The extremely attractive
detail about this material is that it
tubs excellently. Skirts of. satinette,
plain tailored and smart for golf and
tennis, are to be had at $7.75.
Skirts of the immaculate-looking
smart white flannel are at their best
when crisply knife-pleated. They
look so very well with dark sports
coats and sweaters. Also in plain
' and box-pleated models, $12.7-5 to
$16.50.
Crepe de Chine skirts in various
knife-pleated and box-pleated models
at $11.75 to $22.50. In white and
flesh colored, midnight blue and black.
An unusually good collection of
khaki sports skirts such as one usual?
ly associates only with a smart out?
fitter for exclusive sports costumes
may be had in several very practical
models in many sizes. For camping
and mountain climbing these are par
ticularlv good; prices $5 and $5.75.
Belts 26 in. to 40 in.
Wool plaids for smart sports wear, or to
be worn on days in town with the suit coat,
are in a wide collection of lovely colors and
attractive models. Prices $ 16.75 to $27.00.
A most attractive collection of sports
silk skirts are at $18.75. These in li??ht
blue, white, oversea* blue, orange, green
and orchid. Sizes 25 in. to 34 in.
The Blouse Shop
For the summer season, the Blouse
Shop has made a specialty of the
smartest blouses that have been de?
signed for sports wear. Ail those lit?
tle, tailored blouses that look so very
well with sports suits and sweater-,
the sort that one feels absolutely cor?
rect and well-groomed in for golf and
for tennis, or for country wear, are
to be had in all sorts of materials.
Shirts of silk with flat, tailor..] ,?..
and cuffs made to be worn with cuff links,
; -* :"^.
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are edged with fine self-pleating. In heavy
India silk and pongee; prices range from
$7.50 to $13.75.
Little blouses of dotted Swiss and dimity
are in flat and roll-back collar models. The
dimity are to be had in cross striped and
cross barred material and the Swiss is
either all white or dotted with color; prices
$5.95 to $14.50.
Sport blouses in other materials and
more elaborate, sports wear in voile, linen,
sports silk and other materials, in a vade
range of prices. ?&S??&?
English Steamer Coat*
Redleaf coats, imported from Eng?
land, are in three very swagger styles.
In Harris tweeds they are developed
in the Inverness cape model, a model
with raglan sleeves and one with set
in sleeves for those to whom they are
most becoming. The colors are those
wonderful heathery green and brown
and blue invisible plaids that char?
acterize the Harris tweeds. The In?
verness capes are in the lighter grays
and greens and in black and white
and gray checks.
All three models $85.
Sweaters
For those who are going where it is
very cooi, such places as the moun?
tains or the seaside on the Eastern
coast, there can never be too many
sweaters.
Sweaters that are really new,
sweaters that are made for warmth
as well as smartness, little slip-on
sweaters that finish the sports cos?
tume, sweaters of silk, wool, alpaca
and camel's hair, in the newest of
modes and most desired of colors are
in the collection now in the Sweater
Shop.
The prices range from $4.75 to
$42.50.
Second floor, Old Building.
The Sphinx Answers
Three large silk houses let go of $442,294 of Fine Silks. We
offer them, Wednesday, for $295,262. Watch tonight's news?
papers for the story.