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poors Close in jjidst of Rush I ?tWanamakerV ?wit?.?? Announcing Death pot*.'*- I hrouphout >. Y. (kuhlisbntent nuil lloli ??iv Patron* Turne?! Away UJ Emploveet* in Tears .ftfffJ,a Who Know Found?. jrCrkve; Biff Deltgation fill Attend the Funeral v., 3 Iahe Wana-, T*??*** t??ror?c?*>1 aith a.ri?rtmat I*?* T\fst?r.iHX morning. On all ?arss{t??'Sr**t m.rc-.ntll? ?sUb . taaM were ?canos o? ?oscnal WS?*) ?JLur Th'n- Ju,t ?? *???! ?*??, '??a ??aad i?ii"ly rot und??r way. ?Uf? ?^taa ?svsr.1 ?mall placards ? S'.tssia w?lkH ******* ihr. ?sa?"" , 4k. ?jsro ?tor. buildings to S?r??rt ?IjTil ninth Street. Cloelni? *rr^r??t**'<* ? ?lecsTd o? on. IS* ??*-*? "JJ. ?V W?ra .'?ker Store 1 ./mi Until Further N'otlce ! ?jMBtt s? th? Il.ath of f ?r John Wtn?msker i iiowfnt lst*r a hu?h fell over m isuhlislitsBt. Th.r? were little i MS? ?f constsrnstiin. Holiday smile? ?an transformed into expressions of | Mjgttfcv, and h? i?? and there ??murg th?; *C .?ployer?, proud of their a?-1 i^^Kl ma. years with Mr. Warnt mtat, t.k- 9? rorrow. a?tVt smra .lr*?v?i in all the windows, St ?laeaM? soon appeared at all th?* ' MS?! floor entrances, thousands <?'. ustaalas shoppers read an?i turned t*v> S? man customers were permitted .rter the vtor. during the rest of St tay, but those wae bad been In ?i ?ttaMishment when th. news ar? tet? from Philadelphia wer?? allowed i??ish their purchasing. The (in ?jytt wer? di?mis?i?d for the rr?.? of a Isv and until the More is re mtri after the funeral, to which the fet York ?tore will send a Urge dele? s' * fctprte the f?ct that tha ?tore .v ajthss ?nd employes jrenetHlly were ,n?f of Mr. Wunamaker'a illness, the l?*t ff hi? death came as both a laiek and n surprise. ]att night, because of the ? : j!t fir.amak.r's family the plccnrds is'Ja ?tor- window were chang-d ??> 1 Sritftr form of expression to the ??.ix taan was contained in the Srst onli ?tit up. Th? new cards read: TV*. Honorable John Wanamaker Died Yesterday Morning at 8 o'clock |-..-. 1*04^ .. Bn7wji** tongres?? Speech Budget Bilk at Record Rate - IfalBSGTON. Dfc. 12 '"?? 1 . Pm? Anoth.i .. cord in tmA'a? si?ropri?.tii?n bill? the ?Tt?4si MlMa of Congre*,, wa? mad? ttatsry irk? ttt Senat. p>. litrt Ms!? lie $115.000,0 neasur? bills, whir -_.?, Ian s?*Jsts?.r?rii?iti'??i bill for 1! tarta?at.f Sut. i?n<l Iu0ic?2 currying1 wOjm tor ir.-.. if??cu tM? ?f wir fraud cases, was passed a*? ?Hay by the Hou^e without a rafcrs" ?-..i? and with less than fifty ssastri in attendance. Tt tkt section carrying " ???Baner.t of anti-trust iuws, tne lesa adopted an amendment by Rert rsstsattr e Denison, Kepublican, Uli? ni?, stipulating that no part of the fadsWuld be used for prosecution of ant and farm organisation:? see king UWtttr their conditions. 1*n**?fTam? 5?t?t?tsila, ^??1140?, ^mtseaiZ ?mm cu, IN di >CSON? City a Half-Mile High _1 winds of winter penetrate the balmy late of this lovely Arizona city, set on bateau over 2000 feet above the sea. Bita Catalina and all sides. The lof invigorat ighout the year, ilth, it is indeed and tennis, there the mysterious ?up.rd i and a lofty ^^^^^ Towering mcruntainsi Sierre Tuca? air is clear and sparkling ing power. Flowers bloom thi For the seeker of pleasure or ' an ideal resort. Beside? ( are delightful rid?* oul?^ _ desert, or in the <x?ol depths of the mountain forests .Nearby are interesting old Spanish Missions and vast nrchistoric ruins. All well wcsTtinBsYijit on yoj?T trip via the ^OHeana "?ft ?Antonio SUNSET Tuci San Francis??? Los Angeles ?->-?rv?U?>n C?r^Wpugh Dining ??*. StaxrSard Keeping Ca? ?*- other comfort? ?^Wfcrn travel D?ily Tourist Sleeping C?r ^eeo W?ihiiKtoo ii-?\i FniiKisco. Trisreekly Sleeping Car b***^New0rlee-4a andiC?lW'or the 120-mile deto-or by auto tt*ile over th* AVPACHE TP?WL H OHWAY; also between *** Orlen, ?uxj S?n D?er o vl? tbcWiDiego 6? aVisona Railway tbj*<?r>theCARR:SOOOROB. ^?V 1*0/ information and llimrar\?mddrama 30UTHERN PACIFIC LINES L15 l^^-iar* p"?"t?. ? am John Wanamaker Frank L. Hall, Lawyer, Die? Frank Lorcnio Hall, veteran corpora? tion lawyer formerly in partnership , with Robert W. A Henry W, De ''?rest, died suddenly yesterday at hie ?home, 19 West Fifty-fourth Street, il? , w.? one of the organizer? of the Uni | versity Club here in 1K79 and later [ I took a leading part in the formation I of the Psi Upsilon Club. He was at one time a member of the executive "f Pst Upsilon. Mr. Hall was born in Bridgeport in: 1850. r descendant of one of the oldest fnmilie?. He wan gtad? ?afed friMii Yule in l?71 and frei ?umbin Law School in 1874. He turned to corporation law a? i-oon as he was d to the bar snd becsme a mem the law department of th* Jer iiA-l soon afterward, 'nmed his con? nection with the ts and with mson, firmer Chan celior'of New .lei Fun? ? br held in St. Church, Kfth Avenue and! Fifty?tard St?eet, at 10 o'clock to-mor tow morninK. Funeral of John E. Donahue The fLr?cr?l sei vice tor John Etlgar Donahue, who d ?<! ?n December Hi Bt his home, 601 West Kf.th I took place ?festardsy si Holy : ? ?:hurch, Fe : is anil |7StB .-tiff G. A. Carstensen offieiatin:?. Military honor? were ac? corded by the Richs'rd .T. McNsliy Post. Am?*ricafi Leffion, o' ?thich he had been ? vice-command? i. The body lay In st-at?; | in the pott house last night ?md inier I ???ent is to b? made to-day in the Water , :ord Kural Cemetery, !.:) r.icuse. Mr. Donahue w?. t'.-rty-two years old. He wus s irraduatr 0? the Fordham Law School, war. admitted to the bar j in 1914 ?nd practised law In ?asocia i tion wjjh the Urn. of Coudert Broth? ? I He ? ,:ice with the A. K. F. Harding Voices High Regard for Wanamaker WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.? of the Ho.ith of John Wana? maker was heard with many cx prosMons of regret in ington. "I think I eatfl express what y one who knew Mr. Wana? maker and knew of hi? public ice and his incalculable con? tribution to American mercantile efficiency would say," said Presi? dent Hardim?. "I think he was a grand man. I had it high per ?1 repaid for him and for his contribution to American ad? vancement." Man;. paid simi lar tribal amnker. ?tor Ptppar, o" ?V-'in-ylvania, nkd ?t form;: t (it-clar ? . >? served ? nd their nattai more faithfi _.-:-1 M<d held the runk of fir t licu'^-nant. Mr. Donahu? wa? prominent I ?ay work of the Epweopal Chore! wa? particularly active in Holy Rood Pnrieh. \s. THE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MODERN TIMES The Dunn-Pen ! 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Wanamaker's Life Philosophy Revealed in Crisp Anecdotes "Thinking, Trying. Toiling and Trusting in 0od I? All of M> ll-ogrupliy." II<- Oner Wrote; Terse Tales (me Sidelights on Character When tha newa of the death of John 'Wanamaker reach??! New York | e*a fri?nd? and asaociat?? recalled nu maroua anecdotaa, published ?.ml un? published, which ?erre aa illuminating; ?idellght? on his character and hi? eareer as merchant and publicist. Seme af the??, gathered by reporters for The Tribun?, are as follows: A srlrl accused of ?hoplifting wa? .nee brought to hi? private ?flice and the ?toten food? found on her. ??he wa? defiant, would aot give her name or eonfeea her guilt. A clergyman hap? pened to be In the ofnee. A moment'? thought and John Wanamaker knew the way out of the trouble. He and the minister knelt in prayer. The girl broke down, cried and eonfexed; said ?he wa? a ?trang?r in the eity and a Midden temptation had moved her to eteal the sort of thing? that a girl Initead of ?ending her to priion Mr. Wanamaker sent her to the home of s woman acquaintance and he offered her a place in his store, where she .-"uld esm the pretty thing? ?he crave 1. The girl I? now a superior settlement vorker, attending also to many of Mr Wanamaker'? privat? charities. ees On one occasion the BrirJ,? Young Men'? ? ^s?ociation Mr. Wanamaker a?king for a ?ketch of his 111 telegram a? follows: "Thinking, ' toiling and trusting in God I? all biography." ? ? ? ?i finer than the tributo* pi. Wanamaker by ?talesmen, te? business men and customers vas a heartfelt act ??f an old employe*. ThN man, finishing a lifetime of Wana? maker ?rrvirr, was about to sign a pa? per which granted him a pension from the Wanamaker Foundation for the re?t of hi? days. The director of the foundation, handing him the r?en, re? marked: 'This i? the pen with which Mr Wanamaker signed the chapter of the foundation." The eye? of the old man lit up, then filled with t?ar? of jo,- and gratitude a? he mutimrrd. "God bless him " and reverently, ?pon tnneo'i?!)-. kissed the pen. ? . . In all his addretse? and interview? rm business matter? and qurvtierrs of public interest, many of which i.ad im fiortant effect? on the molding of pub? ic opinion, Mr. Wanamaker found no larger nor more appreciative an audi than the hundreds of thousand? who daily followed his r-xprcs-ion? of ?rill and helpfulness appearing a? .ti the newspaper n?lvertl?e ment? of his stor?-v in Ncc York ?r.d Philadelphia. Some glimpses at 11f??-. | a? viewed through Mr. Wanamaker'? ;-ye? and thui set down by him, arc a* follow?: "A great ?hip or a great ?torr mu?t ?j?t Ro ?'. ne.d do great thing? and get I by good service end never too correct it? faults." e are not the nnre automata of .-??. We arc men and women i- MSt hand and heart to make - and to make the world er." I have tried to get a* much land a? ?14 nn?l build the greatest building ' could, hut I have always been willing that rvery other men ??Mould do the ?ame.'1 "Puii-es?, to my mind, is the mean? to ?zchanrr. tsnowl.dgt, labor or skill for a IIrina." "Service It not ?o much a thing to talk abn-i? a? It I? . thing to perform." .'irte.y ?a ? coin that w. can n.v.r hav. too mtith of nor ever b. ttingy with." 'I can forgive a man who does me wrong, but not until he makts the ut mott restitution possible." "The art of -(.?turning a woman may nrht y be rlass.d at on. of the fine artt." "Kv.ry time that a woman bak.t gingerbread it ought to be a better gingerbread than the on. that cam. out of the oren the time bef?ra. ' "I believe it i? true that every baby Is bom with a song in Its mouth." "1 never look at the ?unrne that It does not give me a sunrise feeling." "The ?', ranf.h at men and ?t.irea and S ivarnmer.ts most be in adherence to :es." ? ? ? (?n Julj 11 ?f thi? year, hi? eighty-] fourth h.rthda.., .Mr. Wanamaker was ??led for a met ?agit to tha busine?? men of the country. 'My ma ?age." he ?aid, "would b. to n r?"at what an old friend of mine said: 'Never la? ? I look up; n.vsr 'look backward, hut look forward; la no*, do much looking In, but look out ' "I have great sympathy with the merchant? I hav?? known. Thsy ar. all ' leaked upot. Stasis as money-mak.rs, ! t.t If mon? y were the only psy In huai ness; where.? many of us sr? bringing together li.?. wmtk of the world, not rt our own country, but the wbol? ~.g employment, hnpe, cour efe and life *o Urn?'?. Thcr? are a many business men that I have n that have had largor -vi?lons t; an aimply counting up the profits of ?nr." > I s KRAI, TBTTOKf laOMDON, Dae, It ? General Tetton!, of th. Italian army, who distinguished hlmtelf in the wsr In Tripoli, is de?d.? ?sys ? dispatch to "Th. London Tim.."1 from H' Sectional Bookcases The Globe-Wernicke Co wiginaied, developed and made auiL al ^^^^^^^ and o pr three-fourths rspctior il eases in use Globe- Ytrrnicke. _ Th? p irrhaaer of a Glob??-Wer nicke ase secures the best in sec tional fcnstnKtion and in assured of fettilg additions when wanted. We Invite your Inspection of the line?or, send for illustrated ca? talog. ionol DookcaaM DESKS CHAIRS. SECTIONAL FILING CABINETS BQfTH WOOO AND STEEL, QLOSE ?AFCS. OFFICE SUPPLIES, SECCIONAL BOOKCASES, ??HONK: CANAL 8)400 Qtobe^mek' 451 Bttoadwsy n?ar Grand Street 60 Broadway-Standard Acceda. 30 Church Street, Hudson Term. 6 East 39th Street. New days! Modern methods have made silk hosiery an economy? Modern dress has made it a requisite o? refined appearance. There is whole? some pride to us as manufac turers in the coftainty Ith we hava been/an th twi ? LlCJ >nly Ith^j poi?rant ! rfold ad^ as givCTil a better factor i; vancem( the worlll not o stocking,fcut a betteillooking # stocking?! Phoenix \ today | the accented standard ?oj/\ \ men, womfen and childrtii, because of its loi^mileagV economy and refined elegance^ j ?two new^laya??i^yements? Iphoem I HOSIEIY