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Peddler Seized In Search for Widow's Slayer Veteran Found Prowling About House Where Mrs. Maier Was Murdered and Caught After Struggle Finger Prints Compared Declared Identical With Ones on Sugar Bowl Where Aged Woman Kept Money MINE?LA, L. I., Nov. 25.?A veteran ?f the World War, said to be a man of many aliases and known in this neighborhood as an itinerant peddler of army clothes, is locked up in the county jail here in connection with the mur? der of Mrs. Elizabeth Maier, eighty two-year-old widow, who was slain in lier home near Hicksville, L. I., last Week. When taken into custody the Wan said his name was Theodore Gct fidgc, and he denied all knowledgo of the murder. According to finger print experts, marks left on articles in the Maier home corresepond to the finger prints of the prisoner. Getridge is the second peddler to be arrested in con? nection with the case. Constable Charles Anderson was told In Mine?la this morning that a stranger was loitering around the house of the slain widow. At the time the constable was seeking a man who had sold a resident of Mine?la a Quantity of fine linen and a revolver for ?7. He went at once to the scene of the murder. Suspect Battles Constable As he approached ihe Maier home he says that he saw Getridge walking around the place and gazing at it from different sides. He approached and was just about to place the suspect under arrest when, it is alleged, the man drew a revolver. Anderson jumped for the weapon and, in the struggle which ensued, both *nen were so badly injured that they required medical attention. The constable finally suc? ceeded in knocking the peddler uncon? scious and handcuffing him. Though weak and in considerable pain, the offi? cer insisted on taking his prisoner to the county courthouse himself. Charles H. Hansen, county finger? print expert, said later that certain of Getridge's fingerprints corresponded with some of the fingerprints found on a sugar bowl, a lamp chimney and the milk jar, whore, it is believed, Mrs. Maier kept her money. Hansen asserted that the print of a right forefinger found on a salad dish in Mrs. Maier's home was identical with the print of Getridge's right forefinger, and two prints on a lamp chimney were exactly the*same as the prints of the right forefinger and the middle finger of the prisoner's right hand. Getridge denied emphatically that he was con? nected in anyway with the murder. Identified As Linen Peddler Some time after leaving his prisoner nt the courthouse, Anderson returned, anc announced that Getridge was the man he was looking for in connection with the s-ile of army linen. He con? fronted the prisoner with a woman whose name was given only as "Miss Wendell," who identified him as the man who had sold her a quantity of the cloth. Hansen said that Getridge had a po? lice record, having served time in a New York penitentiary on a larcenv charge. Getridge said he enlisted in the army in 1917 and went to France with the 13th Infantry, Company F. He was given an honorable discharge, he said, and re-enlisted in 1919. Local authorities assert that they have army circulars in which it is stated that a man answering Getridge's description is wanted for desertion. Woman Who Defied Posse Frightened by Elevator Testifies Before White Plains Jury and Is Discharged With Warning M rs. Ida Meade, who was found in a ramshackle house just over the Con? necticut line more than a week after a dozen armed deputy sheriffs had stormed a cave in Armonk, where she was believed to be hiding; from court process, was brought before the grand j jury in White Plains yesterday to tes- ! tify against Tony Fennick, who, she says, threatened to hit her with a hoe. The cr.owd and the courthouse were strange experiences for the back coun? try woman, but she maintained her equanimity? until the elevator to which she had been'piloted started upward. Then she screamed in terror, but by the time the grand jufy floor had been reached she had mastered her fear of the strange contrivance and seemed scarcely curious about it. After she had giver, her testimony she was taken before County Judge Young, who ordered her discharged ? from custody and warned her that the next time a subpoena was served on her she should obey it. '?I would have," said Mrs. Meade, "if a wagon had been sent to take me to the A>urthouse. I couldn't walk seven miles." One of the unfortunate deputy sher? iffs who engaged in the cave-hunting expedition explained to the woman that an automobile had been sent for her, but that she was not to be found. She did not reply. She wore a gingham dress, a man's leather boots and a ^knitted cap. Her husband and three ?sons accompanied her. ?-?? KeVard Plan for Stolen Autos To Be Resumed System Previously Resulted in Charges and Reorganization of Police Squad Automobile insurance underwriters through their department of detection and investigation, reported yesterday that they would restore an old custom of giving rewards of $50 to $100 to policemen for recovery of stolen cars and arrests of suspects. The policy when in operation some time ago, re? sulted in a scandal and a reorganiza? tion of the automobile squad at police headquarters. It was charged at the time that larceny of cars was conducted for the ?ole purpose, in some instances, of collecting rewards. Detective Ser? geant E. J. Dillon, in charge erf the ?ew automobile squad, sai?? yesterday: "The idea of giving rewards to my tosen does not interest me, excepting it helps the pension fund, for half of all rewards goes to the fund. My men txTQ straight and are doing all they can. regardless of rewards. I am not ifokv.'g for alibis. It would bo easy for me to say that stolen automobiles which are not recovered find their way to the bottom of the bay. Some of them do. All of them don't. We just keep on doing the best we can with the number at men wte have available." i Penciled Note "Gives" $300,000 To Daughter of Woman Recluse Appears Mysteriously in Mail and^ Purports To Be Will of Mrs. Easton Replacing One She Destroyed After Quarrel; Forgery, Says Attorney for Heirs A new mystery cropped up yesterday in connection with Mrs. Margaret Eas ton, an elderly woman, who was found dead October 80 in the rocking chair in which she was accustomed to sit by a window of the house at 90 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, beyond whose walls she never had ventured in the six years that had elapsed since tho death of her husband, who is said to have been presi? dent of an insurance company of this city. In the mail delivered yesterday at the office of. Surrogate Wingatc, or Kings County, was a long envelope which disclosed, when opened by John H. McCooey, chief clerk, what purported to bo tho will of Mrs. Easton. This instrument left the bulk of the $300,000 estate to a daughter, Josephine, explain? ing that Mrs. Easton, having quarreled with her, had torn up a will made by Mr. Easton in 1911, leaving his property to Josephine. ? Forgery, Says Attorney H. A. Vieu, attorney for Allan J. and Mary I. MacDonald, who recently were appointed administrators of the estate of Mrs. Easton, examined the document and pronounced it a forgery. HCwas familiar with Mrs. Easton's signature, he, said, and was certain that she had not written that appended to the will. "I am satisfied that it is a fake," he said, "and was sent to cause trouble." It is set forth in the will, which is written with a pencil in tremulous hand, that the writer was too weak to hold the pencil and that it was held for her by John V. Bacot, her attorney, who is named as administrator. Although Mr. Bacot is described as a New Yrork attorney, the search made for him by attaches of the Surrogate's office was vain. They could not find his name in the directory. They have been unable to find or identify Samuel Clark, whose name is signed as witness, with Ba cot's. Found by "Outsider" The will was dated Juno 3, 1921. In one corner was ?written ?'Tho wil? of Margaret Easton." In another was this note: "Found by an outsider who does not wish to bo mixed in the affair on account of friendship. Found in No. 7709A Putnam Street to-day." There is no such address in the city. The documenkisays in part: "I bequeath my two trunks, with my valise and my jewelry, to my two nieces, Allen and Marie, and my house, which I now live in, at 90 Putnam Street, to go to Aliene and the moncy and deposits to go to my husband's daughter Josephine, who lives some? where in Ohio, residence unknown. This instrument bejng drawn by John V. B?cot, with my hand helping the pencil, for I am not able to write, but I hold the pencil as he moves myfl hand, and this instrument shall re? main in Mr. Bacot's possession until it is probated. I was at ?outs always with Josephine, and my deceased hus? band willed her his money in 1911, and I tore the will up and burned up (cor? rect) and I am sorry for all I did and said, but now I confess it is all wrong, and thero must be no fussing over this will, for what I have done I have done. ' "And, as to all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real, personal, or mixed, of whatever nature or kind, of whatsoever situate (correct) at the time of my decease, I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath to Josephine Johnson, to satisfy the last will nnci testament of James Easton, deceased." Former Maker of Chemicals Held as Drugs Trafficker Customs Guard Arrests Aged Man Alleged to Have At? tempted to Take Narcotics Ashore From a Steamship Maxwell Shenker, address unknown, once the owner of a prosperous chem? ical business, was arrested yesterday charged with possessing heroin valued at about $20,000. The drug is said to have been purchased on altered per? mits. Internal revende iaiders yester? day also seized $6,000 worth of cocaine, morphine, needles and syringes, charged to have been smuggled into America by members of the crew of the Fabre line steamship, Patria. Shenker was arrested by Narcotic Agent William J. Mellen, of Director Ralph Oyler's staff. Mellen trailed him and says that he obtained 100 ounces of the drug from a legitimate concern on tfie presentation of what is charged to be a fraudulent permit. It is charged by Mellen that among the effects of Shenker he found per? mits evidently left over from a time when the prisoner conducted a chem? ical establishment. He also found, he charged, blank army discharge papers which will be examined to determine whether they are counterfeit. The drugs declared by revenue agents to have, been smuggled in on the Patria were seized when agents arrested Vin cenzo Esposito. The prisoner is 65 years old and says he lives at 28 Car? roll Street. Customs Guard William Gatewood saw Esposito leave the steamship and arrested him. He reported that he found the contraband attached to a belt worn by Esposito under his arm pits. Esposito told H. C. Stewart, Deputy ollector of the port, that he had been promised $200 for carrying the con? traband from the ship to the cornel of Thirty-ninth street and Third Ave? nue. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hcnnessy, ir. Brooklyn charged with smuggling anc violating the Harrison iaw and hele in $7,500 bond for examination on De? cember 2. Dividends Paid by Interborough To Be Subject of Inquiry Transit Commission Will Ex? amine Directors Who Be? fore 1919 Voted for Re? turns to Stockholders! The Transit Commission will resume its investigation of the Interborough Rapid Transit Companny next Tuesday with the examination of directors, who prior to 1919 voted dividends which, it has been contended by the commission, were largely responsible for present difficulties of the corporation. In advance of this phase of the in? vestigation of all the transit lines, the commission will devote Monday to be? ginning an inquiry into the financial conditions of the New Tr*?rk Railways Company, whose stock mainly is held by the Interborough Consolidated Com? pany, also holders of the collateral se? curities of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The New York Rail? ways Company has 150 miles of track? age in Manhattan and the Bronx. With the object of tracing the origin of the troubles of the New York Rail? ways Company, the commission has summoned Job Hedges, the receiver; Fred T. Woods, assistant to the gen? eral manager, and Frank Samuelson, auditor. It is also likely that Frank W. Hedley, president of the Interbor? ough and manager for the receiver of the New York Railways Company, will be recalled. First of the directors who will be examined concerning the financial af? fairs of the Interborough are Edward J. Berwind, chairman of the executive committee; August Belmon't, chairman of the board; General Cornelius Van derbilt and Daniel G. Reid. Boy Kills Sister by Accident FLEMINGTON, N. J., Nov. 25.?Mil? dred C. Buck, twelve-year-old daughtei of Peter Buck, living near cherryville was killed by her brother, seven, wher the latter accidentally discharged hi; I father's shotgun to-day. The gun wai j standing in the kitchen, and it was ' thought the shells had been withdrawn Bedtime Stories Farmer Brown's Boy Is Just in Time By Thornton W. Burgess 'Tis clear to every one with sense That broken laivs have no defense. ?Farmer Brown's Boy. The little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows are quick to learn. After Farmer Brown's Boy had visited the pond of Paddy the Beaver a few times, each time scattering delicious yellow corn in the water along the edge, Mr. and Mrs. Quack understood that he was a friend and they no longer led the young Quacks away in hasty flight. In fact, they began to watch for him, and when he drew back a little way would swim over and eagerly hunt j for that scattered corn while he looked on in plain sight. He loved to see them tip up and appear to be standing on their heads as they reached for the corn on the bottom of the pond. They had become the best of friends, had the Quacks and Farmer Brown's Boy. Then one day Farmer Brown's Boy was a little late. Walking noise? lessly as usual, he drew near the pond and looked eagerly for his friends. He saw them swimming about near the place where he was in the habit of feeding them and heard several low, impatient "quacks." He smiled as he guessed that^they were waiting for him. And then he caught sight of something that n ado that smile vanish and brought a look of anger to his face instead. Creeping on hands and knees, tak? ing care not to rustle a leaf and keeping a pile of brush between him and the Quack family, was a man, and he carried a gun, a terrible gun. Farmer Brown's B?ry knew him in? stantly. It was the hunter who had tried so hard to kill Dusky the Black Duck over on the Big River. "Hi, there!" yelled Farmer Brown's Boy, running forward as fast as he could. At the sound of that yeli up went the Quack family into the air and away over the treetops befone the hunter could shoot. He scrambled to his feet and faced Farmer Brown's Boy, and his face was dark v<ith rage. "I'll make you pay for this, you young scamp:" he roared, and rushed at Farmer Brown's Boy. Fanner Brown's Boy dodged, and his face was as angry as that of the hunter. "Oiet out of here and get out of here quick!" he snapped. "Do you see that sign over on that tree? It f ) It xvas the hunter who liad tried so hard to kill Dusky the Black Duck says that no hunting is allowed here. If you- hunt where there is a sign like that you break the law and you know it. This is my father's land and* it is# a sanctuary for all birds and animals. I could have you arrested, and if I ever find you here again 1 will. Now take your gun and go, and be quick about it!" Grumbling and muttering, the hunt? er picked up his 'gun and started off. He had seen that sign and he knew that Farmer Brown's Boy could do just what he said he could do, have him arrested. He had known that that sign was there and that he wa3 trespassing, which means going where he had no right to. But he had thought that that pond was so deep in the Green Forest that no one would, catch him. there. Now that he had been caught there was nothing to do but to slink away, and this he did. ? With a scowl on his usually good natured freckled face Farmer Brown's Boy watched him out of sight. Then he opened a bag and scattered yel? low corn for Mr. and Mrs. Quack and their children. "I was just in time," said he as he sat down to wait for the Quacks to return. "Yes, sir, I was just in time. It is lucky I got here when I did." (Copyright, 1921. by T. W. Burgess) The next story: "The Quacks Leave for the Sunny South." Broker Is Held Ih $1,500,000 Bond Swindle St. Louis Financier Arrested After J. P. Morgan & Co. Begin Investigation of Spurious French Issue PoliceGiveOut Confession Prisoner Accused of Destroy? ing Bogus Paper After Passing $63,000 Worth ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.?George V. Hal llday, bankrupt broker, with liabilities listed in excess of the hundred thou? sand mark, is declared by the police to have admitted to-day that he counter? feited $1,500,000 in French government bond certificates, llalliday was arrested last night with Harry Turner, editor of "Much Ado," a semi-monthly publi? cation, and Faul Murphy, an advertis? ing solicitor for tho nnigazinc. Ho is said to have confessed that lie passed $63,000 of tho bogus bonds on St. Louis banks as security for loans, in an effort to recoup losses, and it was charged that he had burned the rest of the spurious paper. Murphv was released without bond and Haliiday and Turner to-night were liberated on bonds of $15,000 each. Haliiday was arrested after certifi? cates had been sent to J. P. Morgan & Co., in New York, which floated a $100,000,000 issue of French bonds last June, for exchange into coupon bonds. The New York bankers noticed errors in the bonds and started an investiga? tion. A Federal warrant charging Haliiday and Turner with counterfeiting obliga? tions of the French government was issued The arrests were precipitated when Frank P. McGill, head of a printing company here which printed the cer? tificates, read the New York dispatch in a St. Louis newspaper. McGill com? municated with his law-yer, who noti? fied United States District Attorney Carroll. Tho certificates were for $1,000 each, and it was explained, tho police said, that of the 1,500 printed 1.000 were destroyed because they con? tained an error more detectable than the others. In his confession, as given out by the police, Haliiday says: "I alone am guilty of the entire af? fair. Turner and Murphy are merely incidental figures and never had any knowledge of my transactions. I had the bonds printed and thought it would ! be easy to include these in a $100,-1 000,000 issue which J. P. Morgan & ! Co. had floated in June for the French j government." Police say Turner had the plate made for a border for the bonds at llalli-1 day's suggestion and at a cost of $1,000. ; It was an aunt of Halliday's, Mrs. j Robert E. Ranken, who toll to-day of seeing Haliiday burn $1,437,000 of tho certificates Wednesday in an open grate j in her home, which the Hallidaya oc- ! cupied Tuesday night after the auction ! sale of the furniture in their home. Mr. i Ranken is president of the St. Louia j Bible Society. Haliiday is declared to have told de? tectives that a first group of $1,000, 000 in certificates which he had printed were not good. Of a second group of $500,000, he piedad $43,000 worth with the Night and Day Bank, from which he obtained a loan of $17,500 through I E. M. Kidder, a friend, and left $20,000 ! in certificates with the Lowell bank in j anticipation of obtaining another loan. Stephen A. Carroll, Secret Service operator, explained the method by which the fraudulent certificates were printed. Holliday got Turner to take a sample border to a shop here, he said., where a plate of the scroll border and background was made and the 1,500 blank forms printed. The lettering for $1,000 bends was then printed in by the McGill company. With a spurious name stamp of the Morgan company, made from a copy of the name furnished by Haliiday to a stamping company, Haliiday then stamped a signature on the certificates. Still another printing company printed the interest coupons, which were in error, in that they specified the semi? annual interest as $32.75 instead of $37.50. ? Chicago Bids for Proposed Miller-Allen Canal Debate CHICAGO, Nov. 25. ? The Illinois Manufacturers' Association to-day sent invitations to. Governor Nathan L. Miller of New York and Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas asking them to hold the proposed public debate on the merits of the Great Lakes-St. Law? rence deep water project in Chicago. The association asks that the debate be held under its auspices. m Weather Report Sunrises... 6:55a.m.|Sun setB... 4:31p.m. Moon rises.. 3:37 a.m.|Moon sets.. 2:52 p.m. TiOcal Forecast.?Increasing cloudiness ?to-day; to-morrow unsettled, probably rain and warmer; moderate east and southeast winds. Local Official Record.?The following of? ficial record shows temperatures during the last twenty-four hour.-j, in comparison with the corresponding date ot last year: 1921. 1?20.I 1921. 1920. 11 a. m... 38 39| 3 p. m... 51 39 6 a. m... 38 33| 6 p. vac... 48 37 9 a. m... 40 35 0 p. m... 45 34 12 noon... 47 :i8]ll p. in... 44 37 Highest, 51 degrees (at 2:45 p. m.) ? lowest, 36 (at 6 a. m.); average, 44; aver ago same date last year, 36; average sama date for thirty-three years, 40. Humidity 8 a. m... 56 | 1 p. m... 42 J 8 p. m... 41 Iiarometer Headings S a. m. .30.22 | 1 p. m. .30.22 |8 p. m, .30.29 General Weather Conditions WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.?Pressure was low to-night over the Canadian maritime provinces and over the Mississippi Valley, the plains states and the Northwest, and high in the Atlantic states and the Far .Southwest. Disturbances of marked Inten? sity had their centers over Newfoundland and British Columbia. There have been local rains in the Caro? linas, Florida, Tennessee and over the AVestern plateau and north Pacific states, and there have been rains and snows in the northern Rocky Mountain region and New England. Temperatures have fallen In the middle Atlantic and south Atlantic states, and they have risen over the great central val? leys, the plains states and the Northwest. Temperatures may continue much above the normal in the Gulf states, the southern plains states and the central Rocky Moun? tain region. In New England and the middle Atlantic states the weather will become overcast to-morrow and be followed by unsettled and warmer weather Sunday, with proba? bly rains In New England and New York. In the south Atlantic and east Gulf states and Tennessee the weather will be gen? erally fair to-morrow and Sunday, with higher temperatures In the Carolinas. ^In the Ohio Valley there will be local rains and warmer weather to-morrow and cloudy weather and moderate temperatures on Sunday. In the region of the Great Lakes the weather will be unsettled, with rain, except in the vicinity of Lake Superior, where there will be snow. District Forecasts.?Eastern New Tork. Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware?Cloudy Saturday; Sunday un? settled and warmer. New England?Fair Saturday; Sunday unsettled and warmer, with probably rain. Western Pennsylvania ? Cloudy and warmer, probably local rainn Saturday; Sunday cloudy, with moderate tempera? tures. Western New York?Cloudy Saturday. probably followed by rain; Sunday unset? tled, with moderate temperatures. Broadway at Ninth, New York Telephone 4700 Stuyvesant Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co To Love Manhood and Womanhood is better than loving and spending time and money on dogs and horses, much as we may care for them. Walking down the street a few days ago in a Southern city, a fine-looking old lady was seen watching a big cat, which she was leading by a string on the top of a garden wall. She said it was an old pet which she had kept for five years. It is not unlikely that three meals a day for the cat, and the time and concern in caring for her, would count up as much as the cost of taking care of a poor, motherless child? with no lack of affection for a good cat. To be awakened in the morning by the patter of little feet coming to your bedside would bring a blessing on the whole day. (Signed) November 26, 1921. Toy World Pageant This morning at 10:30 ALADDIN and the Won? derful Lamp SANTA CLAUS on his throne No other place in the whole world just like it. Third Gallery, New Bldg. ?rnttt A Group of French Prints In the Balloon Room AU QUATRIEME Among them are half a dozen fine examples of prints from the Bon Genre in excellent con? dition. Other eighteenth cen? tury prints of the Direc? toire and Louis XVI periods are in this little collection just arrived from France. Fourth floor, Old Building. The GIFT OF DIAMONDS A rare investment is available noxv in DIAMONDS of high quality DIAMOND RINGS. DIAMOND BROOCHES. DIAMOND BAR-PINS. DIAMOND SCARF-PINS. DIAMOND LINK-BUTTONS. We re-priced recently every piece of diamond jewelry in our stocks, on a basis of today's replace? ment costs?20 to 28 per cent, less?accepting a very severe loss of profit. This applies to all our gem prices, even to the favorite "MARQUISE" and "EMERALD" cut stones in very artistic settings We have aiso acquired, from one of the largest diamond cutters, a number of stones perfect in shape, cutting and color. * of our standard quality?Top Wesseltons These stones range in size from a quarter to ? full carat and a half, with specimens of exceptional brilliancy in larger sizes. And their prices ?re 25 to 30 per cent, below current retail prices With particular attention to their intrinsic value, we have mounted a majority of these diamonds in simple form ?platinum top and gold shank?to insure to those who re? ceive them the freedom of re-mounting the stones at some future date in accordance with their own fancy, safeguarding the original investment. The Jewelry Store, Street floor, Stewart Building. IPi AN ANNUAL EVENT Girls' and Juniors' Coats $25 $2950 A Great English Oak Table IN BELMAISON Has Been Reproduced at Less Than Half Ib> Price The massive proportions, the great length, the thick? ness 'of the *op, the heavy carvings, all tell the story of this great table's ances? try. Its model must have originated in the days of the baronial hall. Itself, it is full of history. Its top was a very old piece of thick English oak, with a brilliant patine to its sur? face, which had probably been the enduring; top of some other table, at a time long gone by. This was set on carved legs and stretch? ers made from oak taken from the belfry of an old English church, no doubt a century or two in years. Now this reproduction, having come to Belmaison from Soho Square, London, has been reproduced by Belmaison's faithful cabi? net-makers. Its likeness to the generation just preced? ing is so very accurate that the cabinet-maker from Soho Square, recently visit? ing Belmaison, could not tell this reproduction from the one he had made from the oak from the old church belfry and the ancient table top. Three generations o f tables?the first one quite lost sight of, but living still in its descendants in Bel? maison. The English reproduction is for sale at $925. The Bel? maison reproduction at just half that price, $450. Fourth Gallery, New Bldg. Our $32.50 to $37.50 grades Materials in $25 Coats Wool Velours Our $39.50 to $65 grades Materials in $29.50 Coats Silvertip Bolivia Silvertip Bolivia Plain Bolivias Plain Bolivia Wool Velours Rivoli Cloth Camel's Hair Heather Coalings Belaire All the coats have large fur collars?of raccoon, ringtail opos? sum, Australian opossum, nutria, badger or caracul. Box coats. Belted coats. Flaring coats. Cape coats. Topcoats. Silk and Venetian lined throughout; and all ate warmly interlined. The linings in the coats in the smaller sizes are all loose at the hem. Sizes 6 to 16 in both groups. Third floor, Old Building. Brother's and Sister's Coats, $25 Smartly trimmed ivith caraculs goal fur Bolivia cloth in exquisite shades of Turkish red, Sorrento blue, and reindeer. They are lined throughout with gray satin; and interlined. Sizes 2 to 6 years. ? London-made clothes Of wool jersey. Practical for cold weather. Launder perfectly. Scarlet, saxe blue, brown, tan, white or gray. FROCKS for LITTLE GIRLS -?$9.50 to $11.50. Several charming models, all with saucy pleated skirts and bloom? ers. Different necklines. Sizes 2 to 6 years. The GIFT BOOKS The Christmas Book Store is richly ready with the special Christ? mas editions for grown? ups, young people, and children. Make your selections early, while the shelves and tables are filled and before the rush that comes later. Main floor, Old Building. * The GIFT of FURS Fine Far Coats and Wraps at prices that are amazingly low The new silhouettes, in beautifully matched and graded skins. Interesting uses of well-marked skins in 45-in. Mink Coats and Wraps.$795 Skunk collars'and cuffs on 40-in. Broadtail Persian Lamb Coats.$450 Short capes over the sleeves; . Moused backs, or hood collars, trimmings of kolinsky, skunk or squirrel are unusual features of 45-in. Moleskin Coats and Wraps.$450 Squirrel, kolinsky, skunk or fitch trim 45-in. Hudson Seal Coals and Wraps.$395r (Dyed mUSkrat) Second floor, Old Building. The UNIVERSAL GIFT Silk Stockings Imported SHEER silk stockings, with mercerized cotton soles and tops, black, $3 pair?tax 10c. Black medium weight in grain thread silk stockings, re? inforced with mercerized cotton tops tipped with French blue, $2.50 pair?tax 5c. Black and three shades of brown reinforced with mer? cerized cotton top and sole silk stockings at $1.95 a pair. THE GIFT OF PERFUME Q?lnay - Par?s Perfumes of Distinction A new shipment has been re? ceived from VOLNAY, the fa? mous maker of exquisite per? fumes. Scented with the fra? grance of many flowers, alone and in bouquet. Encased in * delicately modeled bottles, some from BACCARAT?many designed by LALIQUE. Extracts MAONI, chypre, violette, in tall graceful bottles, $5.20. LILAS, oeillet, rose, muguet. in Baccarat bottles, $5.20 and $8.32. * FIREFLY, a bouquet scent in small flask-shaped clear s'lass bottles, $6.25?in red leather case for traveling, $8.84. FLEURS VIVES in charm? ing column-shaped bottles, $7.70. GRI-GRI in heart shaoed bottles, $7.80. YAPANA, lilas, violette, rose, muguet, irv square frosted bottles, $8.58. IRIS Neige, mimeomai, rose brumier, mousse ambre, in cir? cular bottles, frosted and tinted the color of the flower, $9.88. AMBRE INDIAN, Chypre Ambre in .circular bottles cov? ered with apple blossoms in re? lief, $12.48. EAU DE COLOGNE, in clear, square bottles, four sizes, $1.04 to $6.50. TOILETTE WATER, in two really exquisite bottles by La? uque, one shaped like a gourd, $35; the other a large, circular bottle with a charming design in relief, $70. FACE POWDER, perfumed with Yapana, $1.56. SACHET, in glass jars, $1.56; in silk envelopes, 89c. BRILLIANTINE, crvstal lized, $1.56; liquid, $1.56. Perfums Shop?Main floor, Old Building. Men's $55 to $65 Suits~$39.50 This season's $55 to $65, please note. And this price applies only to 220, which are new, and have not been marked or offered at $39.50 before. Hair-lines, herringbones, invisible stripes, fancy mixtures?the patterns and colorings men like best are well represented in this group, in smooth, unfinished and rough weaves. Single and double-breasted models. Sizes 35 to 46. Special Lot of Men s Ulster $,$42.50 Made for us?to be sold for more. But we had an understanding with the manufacturer, and in they go at $42.50. Town ulsters. Dress ulsters. Storm ulsters. Grays and browns. Plaid or plain backs. Quarter lined with silk satin.