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gt. Nick Rides
Gale to Reach
Belated liners
t>ltic and Carmania Passen?
ger. M<rr> AlthoughUnable
to Malo- Por? for Christmas
Because of Bad Weather
Gifts Delight Children
3o_* C Geddes, Son of Brit?
ish Envoy, Amona Young?
ster, to Enjoy Celebration
Two belated liners, hard hit by
itorcis and unable to dock here in
t'me for Christmas, arrived yesterday
with merry passengers and children,
who thought that Christmas at sea was
??ir best they had ever know-.
On Friday when the White Star
'mer Celtio from Liverpool was plung?
ing a!or>: through a stiff northwest
^;e< Captain Roberts knew that he
rould not make port in time for Christ?
mas ?nd ?e ? ' formed the passengers.
Soon after pians were under way to
f*!?brati the great holiday at sea.
Purser fc.dwards and Chief Steward
3attrick called a meeting of the pas
f?Dg?rs and within an hour the show
?rai arrange?;!. A big tree, taken aboard
fer such an emergency, was brought
?r? from the hold and with the assist?
ance of the ship's electrician and a
dozen women of the first cabin it was
dteorated with festoon? and colored
?1?. trie lights.
Children of the first and second
?bin were assembled and Informed
that Santa Claus was due to arrt ?? any
siente, aa the wireless operator had
?twtved s message from him. H. S.
Atkinson, of Huddersfield, arrayed as
Iris Kringle, was announced by W. E.
| Toi, s Belfast merchant.
Kris came Into the dining saloon
ihlvering ar.d wet and delivered the
fallowing speech to the children:
A Christmas Sea Tale
"I thought I would never get here.
To? see, I left Liverpool in an airplane
and broke down in mid-Atlantic. It
__ a bad smash. The plane was in
aieees. I found myself heading after
the Celtic on the back of a whale, but
ht swam :o slowly that I gave up hope
of overtaking the ship. Presently n
big albatross came along and I caught
hold of his legs and guided him
straight fcr the Celtic. So here I am.
I'm pretty wei _nd cold and would like
t cup of coffee. I am sorry, but all
the presents I had for you went down
irith my airplane."
As Sa sat down Mrs. S. A.
Deckett, dressed as the fairy god
T.ot.'ur. wared her wand and announced
Ebat Santa was mistaken.
"Another albatross, the mate of the
jni that brought you aboard, Mr.
_H_ Claus, just dropped this bundle,
?nd it's filled with the toys you thought
you lost."
The words of Santa Claus and the
Wfef godmother, which made a deep
?mjiression upon the younger children,
brought, a knowing smile to the face of
flHjbg Ross C. Geddes, the fourteen
fear-old sen ep Sir Auckland Ccddes,
the British Ambassador to Washington.
He thought it was a good joke on the
shildren who were receptive, but the
Thin Voices of City's Tiny Tims'
Bless Feast on Holiday Board
Crippled Children From Welfare Island Sing to
Spirit of Chris!ma?, as Guests at Dinner
in Restaurant
It I? ft long time since that old sons; ?
\ with its chonir. beginning "Jingle bells,
jingle bells," has been sung with much
i enthusiasm in Kotaenwebcr's Restau- ;
i
; rant, nt Fifty-eighth Street and Colum
1 bus Circle. It took one hundred crip
i pled children from Welfare Island to
! revive it successfully. And they didn't
do their best cither, because one can't
sing as well as on? otherwise might
immediately after eating a heavy
dinner.
Even "Grandpa" Bird S. Coler, Com?
missioner of Public Welfare, felt the
strain of the last bit of pantry and j
fell flat on the line, "Oh, what fun it ;
; is to ride in an open one-horse sleigh."
And Doc C'otiley, superintendent of
! Metropolitan Hospital, who cmiio over
! with the children, could do no more
than clash his knife against his fork,
I in imitation of jingling bells. All of
?which was a distinct pleasure to John
! Waconer, Benjamin H. Ueberall and
j Walter Kaftenberg, the proprietors.
?They had gone to particular pains in
I arranging the dinner.
The children arrived about 2 o'clock.
(One would have thought the President
| of the United States was on his way
upstairs as the orchestra was hustled
! into the lobby to greet them with a
; rollicking march. Most of the children
could walk, but those who could not
found willinc arms readv to carrv them.
They were black and white and of all
nationalities. They ranged in age from
five to twelve.
For a moment they were nwed by the
plush draperies, the whiteness of lite
tablecloths and the shining silverware.
Then, with a word here and a word
there, Miss Violet Bristow, who at
other times is hostess of the Paradise
Room, put even the shyest of the young?
sters at his ease. She had bought a
box of candy for each, and when it was
found that there were six children more
than she lit 1 expected, she ran out and
got enough to provide for every one.
Then the dinner went on, and with it
there was a show. The players who gave
their Bervices were: Lillian Held,
Emma Sichart and her sister Elsie,
Bertha Helfrich, Louise Ritter, Louisa
de Lermn, Sierist and Darro. Bob Cal
vert and Tonv Shane, and Pcpi, the basa
fiddler.
Another festival was given by nugo
Riesenfeld at the Rivoli Theater, when
he provided the first of a week's special
forenoon performances especially
adapted for children. His guests yes?
terday were children from the New
York Catholic Proteetory at Unionport
Road, Wostchester; the New York
Foundling Hospital, at 175 East Sixty
eighth Street; the Orphan Asylum So?
ciety, a* 1435 Atlantic Avenue, Brook?
lyn; the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, at
Amsterdam Avenue and 186th Street;
the United Hebrew Charities and the
Madison House Society, at 21G Madison
Street.
i talk was wasted on him. He said he
! had taken advantage of the holiday
granted at Rugby, where he Is attend
; ing sehool, to spend the holidays with
? his parents in Washington.
Trained Dog Deliver? Gifta
He was met at the pier bv Captain
? H. P. G. Armstrong, the British Con
! sul General at this port, and will en
; train for Washington to-day.
A similar form of holiday entertain
i ment was given aboard the Cunard
, liner Carmania, which arrived in the
forenoon from Southampton and Cher- ;
bourg. J. R. Vokes, the English come-i
; dian, appeared as Santa Claus, and his
; presents to the children were delivered
' by his trained dog Don.
On the Carmania twenty children of
! the first and second cabin and sixty of
?the steerage assembled before the
I Christmas tree in the dining saloon to
! receive their gifts,
Among the saloon passengers who
! arrived on the Carmania were James
Milton Hayes, English composer and
monologist, who will appear in vaude
| ville in this country; Miss Dorothy
Maynard, who will be seen here in
"Bibi of the Boulevards", Mrs. Laddie
| Cliff, and Alexander Siloti, the Russlnn
i pianist.
Suspended Senteuees Xnia?
Gift of Yonkers Judge to Six
YONKERS, Dec. 26.?Judge Morris
L, Rosenwasser presented six men,
who appeared in Yonkers Police Court
to-day on minor charges, Christmas
presents in the form of suspended
sentences. The prisoners were Harry
Walters, Robert McGrath, Thomas Con?
don, Crawford Gilligan, John Kcchan
ami Patrick Dorgan.
Dorgan, who lives at 31 Main Street,
was arrested on a charge of intoxica?
tion. He described himself as an
itinerant stationary engineer. He said
that because it was Christmas every
time he went into a cellar to "coal up"
a furnace he was offered a drink
Killed on Way to See Tree
Newark Girl, 5, Run Over by
Trolley; Mother Faints
Catherine Keen?, Are years old, of
109 Pacific Street, Newark, accom?
panied by her mother and her two
sisters, Anna, seven years old, and
Alice, three, was on her way to see the
city's Christmas tree last night when
she was run over and instantly killed
by a Pacific Street trolley car near her !
home. The crew did not know of the ?
accident. Mrs. Keetia became hys- j
terical Rnd fainted. She and her two
children were carried to her home.
Detectives half an hour later located
the car andquestioncd Edward E. Black, |
of 393 Lincoln Avenue, the motorman, ;
and John Stafford, of 400 Walnut i
Street, the conductor. Both denied all
knowledge of the accident. They were '
arrested pending an inquiry.
Released in Nurse's Death j
No Evidence Found to Hold j
Bay State Physician
WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 2fl.?Dr.
Michael M. Stevens, who was detained
by the police yesterday in connection
with the death of Miss Grace Logue, '
his office nurse, was released to-day. j
No evidence of criminality was pr?s- i
ent, the medical examiner said, in find- !
ing that Miss Logue died as the result j
of an overdose of morphine, adminis- j
tered to relieve toothache.
The young woman's body was found
yesterday in her room in Dr. Stevens'? :
suite in a boarding house. Dr. Ste?
vens said he had given her morphine
in ordinary doses to stop the toothache
and suggested that ?he might have
helped herself to an excessive amount
in his absence from his office.
Z$ 564 * 566 -sos firm Ave . ?.^ at 46^? 5_s__ef
KBVYORK THE PARK SHOP OF AMERICA PARIS
After Jan. 3rd at Fifth Ave., 56th and 57th Sts,
Last Four Days of Removal Sales
Beginning Today everjihing will be arranged for
prompt selling and each of the five floors will offer
its quota of the most marvelous values to be had thus
far during Removal Sales.
Each Sale must be absolute and for CASH?-Much of our equip?
ment is in the process of removal and we beg your indulgence
for any seeming lack of service during these last days?
SUITS?
Tailored, Sport and
Costume Styles.
COATS?
Rich fur - trimmed
effect, for all man?
ner of daytime
wear.
DRESSES?
Street, Afternoon
*nd Evening styles.
NOTES
FROM THE NEW STORE
FIFTH AVENUE BELOW
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET
"HPHE further up the street
X you go," she said, "the
nicer it is; and we live in the
lastest house."
On the 3rd of January the
new Gidding store will be the
very last store on the Park side
of Fifth Avenue,
Just above comes the beauti?
ful house built by the great
Richard Hunt for Commodore
Vanderbilt.
Then?the Park.
It is in every sense?"about
the nicest*' part of town there
is for a store.
And
so near.
FURS?
Coats ?- Capes ?
Wraps ? Scarfs
and Separate Pieces
in the most desir?
able pelts of the
season.
HATS?
Street, Sport and
Dressy effects suit?
able for all manner
of occasions.
BLOUSES?
Tailored and Cos?
tume style??.
?. S. to Demand 3 Million
Faxes in Liquor Seizures
Revenue Department to Pro
reed Against Philadelphia
Distillers nml Bootleggers
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26. Payment
of more than $,1,000,000 in revenue
taxes will be demanded by the Inter?
nal Revenue Department at Washing?
ton from the owners of four distilleries
and their agents in thin city, Hcized by
the government, and from an organized
gang of bootleggers, including two
former prohibition officers now under
arrest, on charges of dumping more
than 2,500,000 gallons of alcohol in
this city in the. last three inonthB. i
Notice of this demand by the govern?
ment against the owners to pay the
$3,000,000 taxes due, or face, legul liti?
gation compelling them to settle, was
announced to-night bv Harvey L. Dun?
can, assistant associate Stato Prohi?
bition Director.
Report of the illegal withdrawals of
alcohol by the four concerns and the
organized gang of alleged bootleggers
was compiled by Mr. Duncan, as a re?
sult of the seizure, lii?t Saturday, of
the Burlington Industrial Alcohol Com?
pany, Burlington, N. J. The figures,
amounting into millions, spoko for
themselves and represent a fortune ofi
$1(50,000,000 spent for booze in this)
city at present bootleg prices, Duncan I
said. )
Woman Saved From Leap
Into Subway After Boy
Police Restrain Hysterical By?
stander; Motorman Halts
Train Few Feet From Lad
Patrolman Frederick Schade, of
Morrisania police station, and other
police summoned to his aid, fought
desperately yesterday y.ftemoon to re?
strain a faahionubly gowned woman
wearing a sealskin coat, who left her
limousin? at 149th Street and Bergen
Avenue, the Bronx, and tried to
clamber down the retaining wall to the
West Farms subway tracks in aid of
nine-year-old Raymond Brady, whom
she saw fall.
Young Urady, with half a dozen
otlter boys, was playing "follow my
leader." He clambered through the
picket fence which guards the sub?
way opening, followed by the others.
The leader stumbled and fell 200 feet
to tho track. The motorman of a
northbound train brought it to a stop
thi ee feet from the unconscious lad. At.
Lincoln Hospital surgeons s:iid young
Brady's skull had been fractured.
Two women In a limousine sasv the
accident. One of them screamed for
help and the other tried to crawl
through the fence, but was prevented
by the police.
Before Brady could bo removed from
tho track several trains were stalled
north and south bound, and a crowd of
several thousand lined the subway
fence. Reserven were summoned to
restore order.
-?
Shooting Renewed in Belfast
BELFAST, Dec. 20..Further dis?
orders occurred here to-day. A dozen
shots were fired in Louis Street this
afternoon, but so far as is known no
one was injured. Soldier?, were hur?
ried to the locti?ty and restored order.
Hol ?day Celebration
To Continue All
Week at Bellevue
-.- j
Abandon Routine for Hound
of Visits ami Concerts;'
Children's Ward Gay
With Greens and Toys.
Man. generous impulses have con- :
spired to make the city's sick poor for?
got temporarily the greyness of their
lot. Christmas at. Bellevue Hospital la
n full week's round of celebrations. Be?
ginning on Saturday with carols, the
distribution of gifts, a concert and a
holiday dinner on Sunday and a pro?
longed afternoon of visiting on Monday,
the hospital has abandoned for a week
Its institutional routine. j
The chief festivities are for the chil?
dren. The children's wards are bril?
liant. With abundant greens and crepe
paper; with a splendid tree In each
room and a basket of toys in each
child's crib, the warmth and bustle and
stir of real life has entered. A phono?
graph was grinding out Mother Goose
records at a side table, yesterday. The
children were chattering across the
cribs. A gay parakeet looks (?own from
the crib of every child on such a wealth
of possession as any youngster would j
thrill to.
A thin, unbelievably pale, little girl |
lay nnd looked out on the villa and
grounds, the piano, the automobile and
the prim family of dolls ?die was newly
the mistress of lay beside her. She
looked at them dully, but every now
and then her hand went out to touch
them. Shaven-headed little boys sud?
denly were the plethoric owners of
railroads nnd fleets, yachts and auto?
mobiles. Even the tiny children in the
infants' wards were being coaxed out
of their look of wizened resignation
by a gay rattle dangled before them
on a pink ribbon.
Yesterday, forty children, patients
of the clinic, visited the Capitol The?
ater. On Wednesday, forty more will
go to the Hippodrome, and on Friday,
sixty more will be taken.
The New York City Visiting Associa
Mon, the Salvation Army, the Middle
Collegiate Church, the Fifth Avenue
Dank Employees Association, and
many others have co-operated under
tho Social Service "Bureau in Bellevue.
to keep Christmas actively In swing as
long as the Christmas greens are up.
The choir of St. Bartholomew's Church
will sing in the adult wards on Thurs?
day afternoon. There will be an en?
tertainment by the Salvation Army on
Wednesday afternoon.
?
Soldiers and Sailors
Have Jolly Christinas
Christmas was celebrated yesterday
in all hospitals and institutions on
Staten Island. There was a separate
?ree for each ward in all tho hospital:?
arid every patient was remembered with
a gift.
At Fox Hills Hospital 800 former
service men were entertained by the
hospital staff and by friends who
brought gifts. In the courtyard of the
administration building was a huge
tree lighted with colored bulbs. Last
night the officers' cUih gave a. farewell
reception tvnd dance for Dr. .Julius O.
Cobb, commanding officer, who has been
transferred and who leaves the hospital
next week.
Two hundred patients at Marine Hos?
pital, Stapleton, also received gifts and
liad their own Christmas trees. The
entertainment there was under Red
. Cross auspices. A turKcy dinner was
followed by a vaudeville entertainment.
At Sea View Hospital and the New
1 York Farm Colony more than 1,000
patients participated in a jollification
that lasted all day. Mother Davidson
arranged several trees and ther? wer?
presents for all.
Sailors at Snug Harbor, New Brigh?
ton, also had a turkey dinner and en?
tertainment. Nine hundred attended
the vaudeville show there last night.
Charge Purchase? Mao? thb Remainder op this Month Wax Appea? on Ban Rendered Fed. 1st
e?t $c Co.
Fifth Avenue, at 35th Street?N. Y.
Established 1879
\ BEGINNING TODAY
A Clearance of Men's &
Young Men's Clothing
Winter Suits and Overcoats REDUCED TO
*35 and $40 * $30
*45 and $50 . $40
* $50
'60 & ?65 O'coats 1
*6o f? *7o Suits \
SUITS in cheviots, cashmeres, pencil stripes,
herringbones, and overplaids. Long, short,
stout and regular sizes.
OVERCOATS in box or ulsterette models
'??gray or brown tweeds or overplaids, and
heather mixtures. r
MEN'S SHOP FIFTH FLOOR
Broadway at 34th St.
aks $c(?mu\iiin\\
Specialists in Apparel
Three Very Important Sales for Men
3600
Alen''s Very Fif?c
Skirls
Regularly 2.50 to 3.50
At /? ?O
VERY fine silk-striped madras and woven madras
shirts in designs so varied and so uncommon that
a man's chief difficulty in choosing will be in decid?
ing which to take?ALL are so unusually smart. The
majority represent a special purchase ? the balance
are 2.50 and 3.50 shirts slightly creased from handling
during the holiday rush.
Street
2400
Men^s Dornet
Fla?i?iel
Pajamas
At /,tJ
?a price which com?
pletely fails to reveal
their splendid quality
THESE pajamas are in Winter weight, and so care?
fully made that they must give good service. The
patterns are in smart striped effects, in colorings that
have an unusual appeal because of their perfect ?blend?
ing. Trimmed with mercerized frogs or severely
plain. Small, medium and large sizes.
Floot
TO BEGIN THIS TUESDAY MORNING AN EXTRAORDINARY
Sale of Mens Winter Underwear
? each garment is perfect and thoroughly up to that
high standard which Saks &* Company always maintain
Men's Ribbed Union Suits? in
medium and heavy weights, made of
part wool, over measurements that as?
sure very satisfactory service. Each is
finished with the greatest of care, down
to the very smallest detail. Sizes 34
to 46. Special
Regularly 3.50 and 4.00
'2.55
Men's Wool Shirts and Drawers
made of the purest wool, in a weight
ideally suited to the man who spends ^ ^
much time outdoors. Only nine hun- ? 7^
dred garments, which prompts us to
advise immediate selection. Sizes 32
ta 46. Special
Regularly 4.00