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AIDS K. OF C. FUND
Concert nt III?iof1ronio Rfiil-
i7.ps 911000 for Catholic
Ordnr'n New Home.
CARDINAL sits in a BOX
A MH record for em,, ert attendance
aiiii for ttir amount Of tiie receipts wit.--
fBtablished yesterday nf'ernooti t Ihe
Hippodrome when Ihg Ntw TorH Chap
t-r of the Knight of Columbus and their
friniN turned oui to the number of
4,000 anil paid .illn.ist lldOlM) for MM!
to heitr John McCoRitgcli alng,
Tiini.-r superlative, miiciit Yi- font
Tito ulso, Itntsiniirh as the concert, the
crop- racetpts of which s" t. help swell
the hoiiiiinR fund of tin Knights of
Columbus, was held iii tin biggest play
hour" in the world and the alngar is nn
oedeii to hi- tin- me-st aucveaaful concert
singer of the day., Wherefore, all ililn(r-
ooneid red, the committeemen who
had corr.iiici Mr, McCormaeH into
donHtltiK hln own aervlcaa and thoae
of hie assisting performera ahoWed
absolutely no eians of grief ris
their ,-yes wept the tiers of Im
manliy which Riled every one of the
5,264 eeuts "in front." with mora Ihgfl
1,200 mure seated on tiie etaae. stand
ing in the wtngi and every place elae
that Fire CommlMioner Ail.imson'. 1 lur
clad ladf would permit standcea
Of riiirf intaraM in the audience war
Cardinal Farley, who sat With Hit-hop
Hayer. MgT LaVslrS and the I ardlnal'l
eerretary. th- Rev, Pr. Carroll. In a side
bos from Which th" Cardinal's roat of
arms float"l aloft and tin- Oark of
which were sprend the Star ami -iripi-f.
And all alont? the thre grails the bogea
were filled to rapa.,-lty with men and
women prominent In rolbftout, ofltclal
md aortal lite, many of whom were not
Of Oi Catholic faith.
And while superlatives are being con
sidered, a proper appreciation should be
noted of the salesmanship of the ever bo
oham.tna Mlaa OWttl M, Cormaek, nB'-d
bout 6 years, and higgler Cyril ateCor
mark, who aayp ha "It half piifct seben
yearn old." While, they circled aboUl
during the Intermission scllinic auto
graphed phOtOaTBphl of their father to
help swell the building fund they pro-
feBped absolute inability whenever
greenback waa lnuried forth to tunl;,.
ohsvnge.
she KeriM the Bun are.
Tg not old enough to know how to
make Change for a whole dollar ' Miss
Ojwos. MrCormaCB confessed repe; tadly
with proper appreciation of her Blith
meilon.i short com Inga, MABd she
would conclude with unanswerable
finality, ' I don't glvo bach any hsu
so anybody ever."
Getting doilurs for photographe
eeenied ho vaatly more Important than
even the Hi of father tu th heln ":
rite House of McCormeeg that on at
leaat one occasion they kept the singer
waiting upon the stage, tin gr at crowd
nhowlug its arioisement nssanwh.le. Hut
then word reach d the two aaleafolk
that elephants might be seen doamatalra
for the asking, Whereupon both young
Ml'Coi niacliH ilei Ub'd h:ietll to i, jt
a dny and hurry below itaJra toward
Klmer Powera'i elephant italla. Their
laet photottrB.phfl had i,,'.ti eol.l gny
Way; ami beeldea, atthoucti Uia can
hear slng.nff around the houae any da-.
their tat.'ier lieep abeolutt I no ele
pl:ant in his New Yor'; ' in a
Justice Vict-r 1 lulling ndraia'ed to the
aaotlighta during th i concert Intern talon
mo told of the work ol t le Knlghtl of
Oolumbua building oonttnltleemen who
ttre raising a fund f $S00, to erect
u itoine here to house educational, reore
ative. tnoral and aoclal worhera for
Caithoiic youth ''on the genu lluei nh.ch
for many years has o.-en s., mi, i-isssfully
done by the Young Men'- Christian Ak
ewUftUon," ae Justice Dowllng put it.
The fund had topped 1100, before the
reeelpta of yesterday had been added
t It.
"Among the first to respond.'' JUBtlOS
rvnvi.ng continued, "on wis, sent a
lei SB. I BUI to the tlrst meetms- offering
hie servniw. waa that gentleman who
typifies all that is beat n. Irlah gei.iue.
John MoCormaok prolonged applaua i
Needleea to say that With this record
ooncert of the country to-day, his luu
tjeen the largest individual contribution
to the fund " I Applause.
Justice Ikiwling then told of Mr.
McCurmark's Illness of yesterdaj fore
ftoon, which required the ser ices of
phyeiclans, and added that It was BOlelj
necaus.' of the object of the concert tli t
Mr. MoCormacH and h'a nuvnagcra nad
,"onsenieo to iili appearance .;, ih
uftemoon, Th speaker sjao egpraaaed
far the Kntffhui of ColumbuB their . p
preclatlon Of the :'ree use of the Hippo,
drome, g.ven for the concert by Harry
8. Blank, Charleg Dtlllngham and their
associates, Bnd of the oourteay of
Ckarles I. Wagner and D, f, Mc
Bweeney, lr. McCormsck's managers.
In seelns to ,t that even tiie nocessar)
printing bills were not to lie paid tor
UUl .!' IK" rl e,:.K.
ApptHiiee foe tbe arillnnl.
J. w Mathews, formerlj of the imke
of Vork Theatre, London, now house
manager of the Hlppodroms ami himself
a Catholl . rnanaajed to nni enough
Oathollcg among the brass buttoned
youthful ushers at tiie I lippodrome to
) no them up it, two lows when Car-
oinai Pari1 y anterad by way of the
Sorty-thlrd street side of the' building
j lugs had been laid from the street
ioor to the curb and fastened to the
e.ioulder ic , .,ch of tiie bo ushers w is
a rosette of cardinal hue. Th- audi
ence arose amid appiaus.- .is Cardinal
Parley siltered, the lights were dashed
on full and the big orfun Mared forth
the "Adeate I'loelis."
Mr. Mti'ormack, who was uproar,
loualy racelvadi cams upon the atuge
Immediate!) after Cardinal Parle) had
reached Ids bog, He ttrsl sang "Ah !
Moon Ml Delight," from Lisa Ueh
mannv "in u Peralan Qarden," Hdwln
Bchnalder ompanytni ihe slnsar on
the piano durlnj, lids and SUbSequenl
numbers With his usual distinction.
Whatever tin- throat Indisposition Mr.
Met 'oriiiack was suffering front. It did
i,o Inieiten- with a tone ipialitv, enun-
OUttlon and general UerfSOtl f vocal
art which have OOmblned to make Mr.
MoCermavk the popular singer he is
lso llltiess did not prevent him wl'h
being generous with encores, most of
t lie encores being of the happy go lucky
bind of Irish oarola w-Meh brought forth
daafenlus applause from the Immanae
audience.
The a 'Ck of Donald MSHeaUt,
ltnist, who pbtyad bet wean Mr, Moc'or
roAck'M nuinbarsi also was auUiualua
tiealiy reoeivad, And Ibroughoul the
tliMid til' melody which continued until
fltislt perhaps the happ'est fgcea to be
Hean In tin timing were I,,,:.,- of a
group of nuns seated giong a back r 'w
on Ihe stage gentle faced women who
iOUbtteaa never had had ,t chance ui
tear a MoCormaok concert before md
win, c, r'uiiily hover had expi'ted some
flay to find then. selves seated upon ihe
1 1 ppndl otio- atgye
Among ihe boghoidura ami uthars
wen- Justices Howling and ijott Judge
Cornelius foiling, countess Leer)',
Ueorgs 0 onion Bat t Is, Morgan I
O'Drnm, Nl Itolas K Urady, Thntngs .1.
Hhanlev, c plroller Prendergs I,
John 1 1 1 ' Itninlli . Mrs H I'. Louie -ler),
M Hurks Hot-he. Miss Julia
Wan! Mi
Ualn uii'ii
I'. I. all.:, i
Clara K, Uulrvmple M'sg
rkiward a. Arnold, William
gild Alls. J hn Mci n,
is oei guests Ml and Up,
whu had a.
I rim I. : , i,l. ,1
Mi
ami Mrs Hart,
mere being best
itte Taylor, the
Ii Uuunera, Mrs M
Known n mi-- Lay
M trues,
FUG I 77 VE MINISTER IS
CAPTURED BY WOMAN
H. A. Von Matthosins Nftbbtd
on Tip Given by n
Boy.
is THACKD TO rkooklvn
The HBV. Hermann Allurt oti Mat
bhsaltM, wl o has eluded the pollen of
New York and New Jersey since his
escape from the Ha--kensack Hupltal on
SoVsmbet t", wne arrets;l ytatenlay
afternoon In front of the Hrooklyn Bor-
I OUfh Hall by DeteCtlVS Conslanee Kop-,.
He wn tnken to Police Moadquarters In
Manhattan und placed In the custody uf
I Robert Heatli. Hherlff of Bergen county,
.New .1, rse
The minister was serving u sentence
for assault When he left the Institution
In which he was confined, According to
I the police his escape wan made pOaaible
through the assistance of ids nephi
. The I oang man was arrested, but rein.- d
I disclose th,- whereabjuta of his ancle
I He i- now awaiting trial.
Although v'.ui Mattheaiui waa seen
; sever, ii times in tins city, he . never
arrested. Saturday a hoy who guva bla
! name is lteliil-.ol.lt Dtsta, living In
Hack, nsack. wai appn handed by BherltT
Heath. The boy volunteered to t 1 1
where the mlaslni minister could be
foumt He told Heath that the former
clergyman nnd arranged to meet him at
I the VV'-st Twenty-third str-ei tarty,
The boy was to receive sonn clothing
and take it to Von Mattheelua'a friends
o that it could be laundered
The police Were at fie ferry -iwaltlng
: the escaped prisoner, bul ho failed to
- appear. The poy then t.-ld of Other ar
! rnnaeinent? and Sheriff Heath, acoom
I panled by Miss Kopp. a private deter,.
SANTA GLAUS TO VISIT
CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
i Wilson. Whitman and Sdltchel
Among Those hmtei t
Part OI, Thursday.
Tiie He hoys and girl1 a 'be Clill
,1 en's toclety rooms are going to have
visit from Santa Clans himself, even
:- wome bis policemen thll k they have
been bad .md girle. They are
busily writing letters lu him now and
to their friends and relatives, for the
pnrty on ThiinsdH evening at the so
cie'y'e rooms, S01 Fourth avenue, will
be the first Christinas party a number
of them avei havi had aome of thn
never have seen Santa CI BUS eltlor.
And they wan: BVSrybody to share
tn. partv ai d shake handa will- Mr
Claus and hear him chuckle- "Well,
lure's something for a E'sul boy. ao
they have written t,, the grownup- they
thought would ilka to come, t-ne of
them was President Wllaon, f - ourse
th. PreSldenl wrote the children a let
ter, even If he couldn't I H oukl
ba verj busy about ChrlsUuaa time, be
wrote, but sent Ida "very lies! , wlsjiee
for an enjoyable evening."
Whitman and Mayor Mltchetarg
amiing the othcts who have been Ul
V.ted. , ,
Jual to -how bow anxious the cnti-
dietl are tn please Santa, here is n letter
i., him from in tie Matilda Mink
I know Santa is wa'chli from De-.-ember
1 and has a list of every good
inv si. I rirl. He 'an tell tri m your
face if you an bttd, Ktor.i now on until
Christinas I will try to be good"
Besldeg Sajita there will be a ma
glciat . a Punch and Judy show. mUBtO
an.) catnl and nuts for every body at th
chlldren'a party.
SANTA GOES TO K0HLER PLANT.
a.'tn.ono Will Be IHelrlh.nert
IsBoag g.BOfl Employees,
Twentysflve hundred smploysea of th.
plant o;' the Kol.ler A Campbell llano
Company, Bleventh avenue and Fiftieth
el reel, will participate tills week In the
s.-nib m lUal dlatrlbutloti ot tne memorial
I fund created In 1113 by the eetaie of Itie
late Charleg Koh.ei About Ml.000 will
be distributed Just befote Christmas
Kin I person on the company's payroll
'will sham in the duitrlbutiOU
The oompan) gives Its employees free
medical Bttendunce aid endows free
I wards in tin- Polyclinic Hospital, it has
a free circulating library, a restaurant
Whan meal ure served at lees than ,se-t.
i all orchestra, a safet) II ret soclaty,
which has practically eliminated aoc!
idem . i ihoroughl) drilled are depart
man! and s trade SChOOl,
' George W rMttlns, president of the
company, said ysatsrday that the ,-s of
ne.se features wa far outweighed by the
g,ssl iiccuinnll. he.l.
"It pays a hundredfold In gol will
and goo., fwllowahlp In nil tin- depart
aents," he aald. "It makes eve' mem
ber of our organisation a better work
man and happier it "
SANTA AT LAST FINDS
BABES IN PINEY WOODS
Children of Jersey Forest
Rare ThHr First Real
DiristniHs PHrty.
Vikcbntowk, M. J-. Dae. ii1. Banta
t'iaus discovered a new world laat night
In the heart of the areat New Jeraey
ilne he, i. ten miles hick from Vtnceu-
liiwn, At a little settlement eaiieii John-
i-i.i,- he slid down the ohlmtiey into
. humble dim room schoolhouae, an small
that teacher mat twenty pupila orowd
uti chool days, bul packed last nlglil
ith n hundred men. women anil elill-
Many of them were ifathere.l
tnsrs for tha first Christmas aeisbratlon
In their empty liven. The party was
given by the Presbytsrtan organisation
of New ,lers.
Ainl. like Santa ClatlS, the pine bait
liaeoverail a new world, Kor years the
uIiib in has bean sending its Christ.
mil :i Its reil holly herri.e anil Its
llllHtletue to the OUtS'dS WOrld anil the
haul work of getting these holiday lirort
UCtfl of the wooila off to the city markets
IB all that fhrtHtmu haa msanl to the
"pins" children.
They haVB never known the toys and
li oys, the treats anil the "eats'' which
,iit.-i children of thai other world aaao
. ait.- uith Christmas fur a atrangs fate
I'clned t , have placed them beyond Ihe
ken ,,f Santa I laua.
Hut Inst night the OUtBldB WOtifl sent
bacH Its meHt-age of ('hristmaa love for
"even the leasl of thaaa" and the real
spirit of Chrlatmaa entered tlio Itrtle
plno bell fcchoolhouse.
1 I- 1
BBBjgepvM
I I PaTi W
a, VaW
ksBBBBBBsV SbT "' fsl
mlaa t,uiu Uilic c iupp.
Woman detective who helped to cap
ture escaped prisoner.
live, went to Brooklyn Miss Kopp ur
Von Mntthea.ua stand tig near BOTOUgh
Hall. As she approached him the man
recognised her iind ran She pursued
him almost a hlis-k before she caught
film by the collar A struggle - nsued
and lasted until Heath, elm was sta
tioned at another comer, arrived.
Von Matthesius, an ordained minister,
who was practising m- -Heine In the
Panama Canal .one before he w.-ie ac
cused by thris- or htr- employers in uve
Kuthei I'ord Sanitarium, is f,ti years old
and b graduate of Berlin University.
He said be evaded tiie police by chang
ing his lodging house (Very day. He
WM supported by hia friends.
POISONER KILLS CAT,
MASCOT OF FIREMEN
a not her
Prteei
FVf. f t.r
ilt inv.
Death.
Winning
Nenr
Pin i air. i Ho S is m mourning One
or ihe best beloved members of Its force
Is dead murdered, the men wrar -and
another la dying They are only tWO
little kittens, but the) w- the patrol'
masOM and the husky snn,k,- .iters
gathered in the quarters at "41 tvesi
Thirtieth street are Inconsolable,
T.-ck ai d Hodo wen- th- kittens, and
they took the place of old Nigger and
Bounce, who had been wlih the depart
ment f,,i- fifteen cars. until tlu-y were
t,-o old and feeble to walk and It became
u tm-rcy -, ,-ign Uielr death warrants In
B card to the S A. ft,-r Mgg. e
and Bounce Went a friend ,,f u. jr,-.
men. Mrs Dora B perry of 11 iru.g
place, read h story In Tin gt'MPAl Si n
iiust July telling the history of the tw-.
Pets. ihe Is a li ver ,.f cat and she
presented Teck and Uodo, then two help
less, sprawling kittens with their eyes
bareli oben. to take tn.- t.' ,,r the
two that had ci,,f,,t the great divide.
And there never were two kittens like
these, every man from Lieut. John San-'
tiers uowri amrm The) were thorough
breds. In the first phi.,-. Tack wai th,
son of Old King Cole, famous at shorl
halret pr:.- allows, and Hodo was a
daughter of Sunday, a blue ribbon win
ner rr.ey grere pun blank, both of
then-, with . pp.-r hued eyes Thev soon
l.-arn.. I the ways of the DrehOUSS ami
wtv the dellghl of the men. who had
be"Tt used to having klttei 1 play about
tli.tn between calls f,.r more than half
a gem sal 11 n
Thai was last August By the begin
ning ol tin- month till kittens had begun
to slew that the. were .a mvi.1 1.1.....1
When ti.e 1 nrplre c.,t dub opened its j
show at ih.- arand central Palace reek
and Dodo were entered, Thev carried
ft everything, Both won blue ribbons
m the senior kitten is. hestdaa about
eight prize, -hiving cups, ten, i:ler
banded collars .md a sterling silver I
franu for their photographs
On Saturday morning Lieut, Haralers
foiled Teck lying dead on the atalni of.
the grahouaa, It t Coatse, th da
partment veterinary, after an autopsv ,
said that Tack had been poisoned,
Vesterday Hod., became sick. Dr
Conies found that 1 he loo nav I
froni poison,
i.
i are trying to
lye the myn- I ,
tery,
BOY SCOUTS TO AID SANTA.
win lie M eeeeugers for nagiitrl
OrgMalaatloa koelety,
Bo) BooutJ nn act
i Ik 1 hrlty i trgantsatl
lay before Christmas
signed to various
throughout the olty to
i iioiisaniis of needy f
ii.- provided vviii, food
is messengers nfi
a Boeiety on the i
and in b as-1
llstrlct offlcrtg
ii rry ififti to tho
ii.iii- thaj win
aial .-lothlna
Hi out! from the
trOOB time heea a
Wrtuoatlonal Alliance
signed by mish col
oro, Bupennti loent or the district work
r ihe charity Organisation Society, to i
Hie Hudson, Lowell, Jefferson ami j
dreenwlch (ii.trui oft lues in Manhattan.
Over) membei of Tro p No i. Brook
lyn, hai voluntaarad for ihe work The'
scouts will mil he It, uniform and only
the nhler hoya u 111 1 Hen I out with
ins tne-MHBos 'I u i .heer In order
that the attention if thi curious may
iot im drawn to the recipients of the
iiifi-
Three hundred scouts in uniform will
be gtgtionad at the busiest corners in
Manhattan to ,?-!-t shoppers on ami otr
'ars and help them win, th, r bundles
at transfer points
Tin- Boy Seoul oamDalm to r.-iise
tO,6M for th, continual. ' foOUt I
work In New N ork for the t ext three1
years is rapidly drawing to a close and
by Christmas it is expected thai thai
ii eded amount will h-.e been raised.
At a luncheon given in ih,- Machinery
Club last Thursday li was announced!
thai 100,SI2 4'i had heen niise.l.
Mldnlahl Mallei OpiH.seil.
No "nildnlgl,! maas, a" will he awid
Chrtatmag momma; In tiie dliM-oe of
Brooklyn, The diocesan ioaii of ron-
BUltOfg has daoldad ugHltjst them, al
thOUgh such services will he aung In
other illoceHea.
5TARW00:
MEN Of COOD
TASTE AND
REFINEMENT
WILL WEAR.
THIS SSW
UD- MAN
2 roa. 2BC
rwar'S hit
SBOBWCT
J r 1
THE SUN, MONDAY,
GASOLENE DEMAND
EXCEEDING SUPPLY
fAportx Sy aO.000.000 Bar-
rels Will He ronHimieil in
V. S. in 1ftl.
SHORTAOK RAISKS PBICS
The Heady rise In HM prlc
lenc Is due to the fa,t trial
oT ga--o- 1
whll- Its ;
rxmsumptlotl hue increased by
leaps and j
hounda th" euppiy hs PIOl kept pace
Witt) the demand. The expansion of the '
automobile Industry, the general use I
of gasoline engines and trnctorti by
fiirmera nnd the Increase In the number
of BAOtOrboatl are all lmportnnt factors j
In causing the rise ,ti price.
The price of crude petroleum has
mounted Steadily because the supply le
not enough for the visible demand, and ,
It was only last Saturday that announce- '
mOM was made that all grades of I'enn- t
sylvnnla petroleum bad advanced five 1
cent a barrel. The following figures '
obtained yesti-eday from various oil re.
nneries ana gasolene proauosrs cen
trlng la Hayonne, N, J , throw much light
on the gasolene situation:
la IM'.is t i,e quantity of gasolene use-l
in th's country for all purposes sgg S -
11,000 barrel- llv It 04 the smount had
only Increased to 5,111,000 barrels Hut
by 1109, five years Inter, the oongumptlor
had Increased to in,Hft6.noo Isarrela,
That Is, the Increase during the five
years before 1001 Waa only 300,000 bai-
re,
but in . ,,- five years after I004
was 1,000,000 barrele. The huge
CPS BSSJ kept pace erlth the Ini-reaaed
of automobiles
In-
ure
ao.non.nno Barrels In 1MB,
In Itl 4, another nve year perltsl, th
consumption
tan increased
io.oon.ooo,
barrels, or an In
re,ue of T.llOO.OftO har-
I rels. And now exper's In the Induatrv
believe that t0,000,000 barrela of gaso
lene will be ,ynsumed next jear.
The bulk of thla will be used by motor
cars of all classes. Including motor trac
tors on farms.
In ItMli approximately "UI.dOA auto
mobiles were bulll In this country. For
the year ended Jure 3", HMS. the niim
lier of rare built Was 410,1 an and in 1014
lie mim'ier had risen to B1S.0OO, For
;:.e year ended Jutn sii, the
builders turned out f 10,000 motor cars,
grhleh added to those alreai y in use
made a grand total of 1,1(0,000 motor
cars of ail , lasses.
Kxports In tiie automobile industry
with whom the oil men have conferred
say hat tin nun bar of cars in operation
it. Kit, including mo'or tractors, win
i,e 1,000,000 these consumers of
gaeolene mttgt If ai'ded the Inert load
number of motxwboeta, gas ettgiT.ee,
giiSOleno Tamps and similar gasolene
consumers whose use has beooma general
In the last f,-w years
The exp.-rts su t'.at t;. " .nOO.POo
motor cars will require ghoul 10.000.000
barrels of gasolene daring 1 9 Id and that
the other gasolene OOPSUmeri will need
about half as much, so the United Sta'es
win probably consume 10,000,000 bar
rels of gasobnc next year, at compared
with 10,000,000 ;n 1014 and 5,016,000 In
lift.
The tola! production "f crude pe
troleum In Ihll country 'alls Just short
of 100,000,000 liarreis About one-third
of this, notably certain r looses of Can
fomlfl and Texr.- crude, nrrid-ic-s --erv
little s.sotene.
Blocks I. aid t .
situation somewhat similar Bras
faced two years ago, Th- rapid incrseas
In consumptlo an the -a production
paused fear f .. 4 isolene famine, nut the
situation wiu r. !,'.-.! by two Important
factors. On, was that Pr, Burton, a
Standard or. chemist, Invented the pres.
Mir,, still ;
to ge: mil
pelrol mm,
addition t
Micess, wi
l mole g.
and the
etianle,l refinei
rrtc out of crtl'l
raetor wai lit
upply of , ru i
the svallabU
if lot ,000 barral da) by the are.,
ishi-g rM,i .:, Oklahoma That ft.
; has now fall ff to leal than 10,00
J barrels a d a y
Most of the relners, even the large,-1
bu their orude oil The unprooedeutet
demand for crude I as cause, in pr.
to eoar I". August, ifii. Oklahomi
: cnioe was quoted ,t to cents Baturds
It tva It.td, Pennaylvanla crjie wa
lis., in Aug i--. ifM, naturilay II ws
12. It
The Bayonns refinsrlss uauall) atot,
t:,, gaaoiope for tn,- summer demai -i a
' this time i
i refineries
mani ha
NO relie
a'nr from
I Itelde.
year, bul BO 'ar none of the
,ai Uhl up a Stock, thi de.
been so great,
cun be sgpectsd dufiug the
the Knsslat: or Ttinnanlan
How about your present
to Santa Claus?
For the man of the house
what could be cosier than a
warm dressing gown and a
pair of soft slippers?
Add a pipe and a nest of
ash trays and we warrant his
Christmas will be merry.
Other suggestions:
--ilk iimhretlae. staunch stilt oaaBS band
some silk scarfs, M-arf pins (Irean iiuiffters,
eomhtnatlon stud anil link sets for TussdO
and full dress
Sportina Hoods for the txi; and tiie man
who I" still a good sport
Ire skates, shoe and everything elee for
New York's latest crate.
An order on us for a Win
ter overcoat may strike
home-gift forms ready 'at
SITU T lilt si m
I ain ! MI m w vokk vTOKLD'a
ROOERs PEET COMPANY - - , in. hum. i iiiam i
I 'ON TIM ill M PROM II M 'I'll HM
Broadway ( Broadway sjQTBUI AJrp KErTAPMAVTB "d v"'-
at !3thSt. "The at 34th St. i 1 iiiilsl IIIKATHK, mi Kl mh'ak
our g. sBfivis Phone (ton (Ireeley, Kvsa. lilA
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ava. atgt ;i.,. ,. Halurdsi lj-t season'" ueees,
mt Warrrn at 41al Q lM aa, -Bl sw jj. . "lilt HI 1 1 I II s alili It.-I.'i.,
at warren IF al9 Ba?T tftaW A 'r,,,"", ,,rr" 'nil'r.n.n
' S0LIJMB1A " W"1 Twlre tlaljv i
uabuv BMt Fouru Amu v Au.." m Kill N 0 III LI I
I 1
DECEMBER 20, 1915.
PRIEST BRAVES FIRE
i IN SAVING A CHURCH
( onrnpo of Father Kcttfthotl
Preventn Destrnetion of SI.
Vlneent de Panl.
ClfECKS Ri sn OF FLAMEfl
A few
hud left
Paui, at
mlnUtM after 450 worshippers
thf Church of Ht. Vincent de
12? West Twei.ty-thir l ntreet.
yesterday aftemnoi , WtMfg
had been he'd In honor of the
som of Its parishioners saw
McMahon run from the door
church with fragment of a
service
Virgin.
Tather
of the
burned
caasock fluttering from tils shoulders.
He turned In an alarm from the bo
at the Hlxth avenue comer nnd then
hurried back Into the building, oniiing
to the crowd that fire had bndtcn out
In the church.
The Church of si. vin, MM de Paul
is lmif a century old and is constructed
entirety of wood. The tire begun In an
oak locker used by the gRar boys, ed
iolnlng one ui-d by the priests, and
looated to the rear of a small altar In
honor of Ht. Joseph, which stands to
the right of the main altar, It is be
lieved that ofie of the altar Isiys dropped
.-me burning ashes from the Inotngi
burner he carried during tie service.
Pather McMahon, who was asa feting
the Rev, Thomas Wucher, t ie pastor
In tne sen le-. was pas-lng through tin
j church when ii- amelled smoke He
' iliened the doo:- ot the hs-ker ,ihd a
i great cloud of smoke came out, Taking
, ceseoi-k from those banging on a
1 lire of hOOka, he wound II about hi
- :
dwr back of the alia' leading to the
church to fir vent tiie flames from I
spreading throjgh the building The-,
ho made his way out. closing the door
bl the priests' Micrlaty and penning In 1
the fire. Hut the cass-ock was In flan es
end hla hair was almost burned off
BbSfl he turned In the alarm.
When he reentered thi onuroh he mi
his way to th- io--ker ag.un. it seemed
that th,- wooden church sgg ,1, omcu,
00 he opal ed the taoerniu'ie and totik
out Ihe golden vessc' containing tie
Blessed Sacra ma nt, which he
safely into the rectory.
carried
Meanwhile the firemen
Chief Pmoky Joe Marti'
and stretched a i're (a
were f.vre-d in rip out a
i" -id oarved walls and
the) eoutd subdue the
damage was estimated a'
Th? lira caused great ego
undar
had
h"c
Deputy
arrived
The
urge part of
catting before
flame-- The
about 11,000.
temeni ., not:.:
tic parish! ciers. who docked about hk-
doors, fearn g tt. at the ,!hur.-h WBS lost
until the reserves were called oul
s.ep them back.
STEPS INTO EMPTY SHAFT.
) harle, ( lark, Afvhlteet, Hart
le Fall.
hsries ' Clark, 13 fOa
eigiith str, -1, member f the
'lai-k A Arms, architects, at
Forty-fifth street, last tight
ntn at, empty elevator ihafi
hullillng trhere t.lsj office Is
Tbtrt -ft
nn nf
1 West
stepped
In the
- looated,
I'lng, and
The fail
thinking 'he elevator was
fell two floors to the baten
Wai see,, by In.-, thinner John T Ajpsngol
Hi Henry street. Brooklyn, who ru-he.
iii ills a--slethncrt.
Mr i 'lark waa tHken tr th, Polyclinic
lipltal, where ft was eabl he wag suf
fering from possible Internal nines of
. erlOUl natnrs
Browning.Kind
& company
Most women
like to shop in
a man s store
for men's things.
Here are a few
Chr istmas hints
as to things here
Scarf Pins
Cuff Links
Links and Studs.
Handkerchiefs
50c to
0c to
$3.00 to
$l.50to
$3.50
$3.50
$7.50
$3.00
$2.50
$1.50
$7.50
(' odoz.. with initial)
Suspenders
50c to
Fancv Half Host
Mufflers ( jloves
Shirts
Neckwear
, Fancy Vests . .
Full Dress Vests.
Sweaters
Smoking Jacket s
Bath Robes
Pajamas
!5c to
$1.00 to
$1.00 to
$1.50 to
50c to
$3.50 to
$3.00 to
MM
Ip. W j
$7.50'
$3.l0 to $7.50'
$5.00 to $20.00
$3.50 to $25.00
$1.15 to $7.50'
Canes. l.'mbrellns.$l .00 to $M50
Hand Bays
$5.50 to $15.00
Suit Cases
$5.50 to $10,001
it- 1 " ei . ,i in '
Sack Suits
I3.UU 10 5-tU.UU
$15.00 to $50.00
Overcoats
For the Children
we have a
perfect bazar
of fancy suits
and furnishings.
tBQT
WW
Broadway al gig gL
Caapar Sejsusre at ath ai
rsdssai t- at De italai Av.
Fifteen Definite Suggestions
To the Puzzled MAN
Selecting a Gift for a Woman
1.
3.
4.
5.
6.
sewing cases, motor cases, vanity boxes,
7. An upright wicker sewing case,
8.
0.
10.
11.
12.
l:i.
14.
15.
Fleurs
extract. $1.50 bottle.
All in the
JOHN WANAMAKER
Broadvvav at Ninth Street, New York
(Ml st Mt M.
.TgTHiriHjLVI
PRINCESS ;U',r"' Fri. E. SSi'
,1 ,, VERY 800D EDDIE
BOOTH
ol It 1
, 1
LORD UUNDRtARY
Maiine Elliott's
IT' i fi v. ill ' LlLitfA: 1
Sill's I UllKS iiiinM I
39TH ST. J?3j V,
I VIII I SI I II NS
i , K i
A De
CASINO ?..;
tfTTi,n;TTimi
W'fi
CECIL
LEAN
Alter the Theatre .V,"1
mm
Hupprf A l
lliltv lllfet W it ill
i 4 in W I
I hjtlipliMi I
ritttM luu-t
Ina r Tn i i i
I mm Bup ri
i SKlrr
51 . and
tie-r A lup r
Ha. Br) ant.
i!iii rrw to t.it.K
METROPOLITAN "r,,?,s,
i,,.,,luhi tat - I lilienartti
n
in
t rtus w eii. itriin. s.-na-K,-! i onn iioqsosb)
Wed. ai s fi liuilaia. Ileinpel; liatru.
in-i ios lis', a: it.--, rood Bsvaannll,
lliurs ais Baniaon el llallla. Mil eeauer;
i arusa loisto Bolhlef Behleeei i ', n,i I'olacro.
t'rl Mat. SI -' " Prl' "- " '" "' '
Haensel u llretel Msson, Maltfeld neua
l orn. I.ill.l II c i' t'-l ! '. Ballet,
l-alll. llolllWllnsii.H 'oriiKle Itallet I md Brtiri,
I rl. a' - I- rrlStan II Isolde. Kurt.Ober;
f riu- llmui,. Weil, le -h i and Bodsnsky.
si Mai , 11.1a. llsallna, Mat
nsuer Msrlloelll. Menu aeott md Polscco,
Ne,i Men. si - Maria. Ileinpel Obee;
CaruM i--l iui iv.. Cnod Bavsgnoll,
I IIIM III Hill
gal ktt 'an. I, at llM
7 . sols, 75 ots, to
tJ.OaiSt Jtrjgl"t
Nov, at Bo OHire
KREISLER
Dtreetleg I ' A BU
atelaesy I'len-i ITss
Hit 1
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III Ml HI II
CITAl I I.J I
SCHKOLNIK
rickets M en 10 at U01 uairo,
I arnegle Hall, Wed i ie. ai ?
PADEREWSKI
'
. fl :.o to $2
1 iireetton '
Hoi
KIMs
s f I ,-Sl
t.i e, n w
ll.it
RllO.
nrtl,
leoUaa itaii. mis m ti iimiov.
Man'p'i
let Hidnn
1 h.i'ift.n
lUmlln
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CLARA
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8
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Mil
Sat.
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Al l I I lll l. nil I IM... .11.111.
PARK , ,
ami Col flr.le
! A to II I1 M
15c to 50c
GERMANY
i
I III
FIRING LINE
tatf Mil, I l.-uire-
-i V
,i the Plana rw fJN
L,ss-"iTi imtavr: HB 11 raetcista sl
Velvet handbags, $5 to $25.
Paris draw-string handbags, $12.
Opera bags of brocades, $10 to $1H.50.
Hand-made bead bags, $15 to $50.
Velvet bags with tortoise shell frame, $20.
Group of imported finest leather writing cases.
Motor case of black seal, sterling silver fittings. $85
Overnight cases with gold and white fittings, $25.
Dressing cases with eight fittings. $5.
Crushed morocco address book. $1.50.
Exquisite crushed morocco desk set, $50.
New French perfume Nuit de Chine, So". 50 bottle.
Melisande, an Oriental fragrance, $8.50 bottle.
d'Autres Jours, a potpouri toilet watei
Leather and Perfumery Shop
Main floor, Old B'jiMin.
AMI'sr.MENT.
PLAYHOUSE
4th F.
Matlnei
af ll'wnv. Eves. 1
, Weil A si j I ',
MAJOR BARBARA
GRACE GEORGE
IN
Thegl
il l- N
44th ST.
THURS.EVE
IN
M
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KATINKA
dflTII T Theatre I or B eat En .
mill Matinees Th.irs a Bat. 20
I Hl h iernal magdalenl
Hllh Jt 114 tHrill It.
COMEDY USe&Sz&
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III 'Si l mil 111 l I n N
I ', i,l til Ssins of g, l.enrge N-'tl
SHUBERT
) nmn I ' Mai.
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BUEnOS AIRES AND ARGENTINA
Poputai Prices 60c, $1 oo d j- 41
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ALSO TO-MORROW TUBS.
THE SOUL MACHINE
NATIONAL
ACADEMY
OF DESIGN
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liXiV HIP HIP HOrtRiv
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$11.25 up.
leather lined, $25.
or
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Mr,;;''" OTIS SKINNER
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