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mtLATlVKd of fat 8. P. Oarkar Dla
colnmunlcAta Pox C, l gun-Herald.
LOST AND FOUND.
IiOST-Thurdjr ere., Feb. II. abont
o'clock, on West utb. near llh st,. blMk
beaded bax contatnlnr amall amount or
wotwr. kr and few other thlna. Return
to V11EUNQHUY8EN. U Weal Hth. Ue
artl. aVtST-Unre pUUnnia. dlanm.id anr rtnr,
MomUr mrnilDff 2 A. M. ti ' or ,n
Ttelalt of 1Uj or 110th t. aafl Broadway.
I.ltraJ reward. KLWKLI, 012 West lUta it.
'J eLMomwiMiie 47J0.
lOST-Mnff, brown f; twtwtf (Jrancl
ana jbo it. tune: irri in taiican nnwi
nornlm: llbtrtl reward. Mr. rnEDEKJCK
IIKUCJH. 337 I'ark bt., Pawrson, N. J. Telt-
cnosa liiua raitrson. .
8T CKHTJK1CATK jTp.
for I
ihim of "Mlhanlnr InVFltmsnt Com
pany" stock In nama of Arte I THm.
Kinder plsas notify CIIAItLEB E. NICH
OLM Cataklll. N. y., mltorney for executor.
JUVIII
l-OST-fimill frama IMrtilr of KnflOU 0I
floor. Thur, A..M.. on Broadway between
TM and wth at. J very valuable to owner.
Call Illverslde 7517, lllu Tatlraadst. U
TVeslMth tt.
LOST-Fur pier, on Frldif. January SO, be
tween Ilttrl McAlpin and leDOijIranli Sta
tlon; finder will be handsomely rewarded. Prof.
liiiAB. nuair.ii, jzz ntu ar.
LOUT-Od I be ISti). between 101b at. and Chrli.
tupber, 2t)M and platluum claarette caae.
iirted "C. II. C. P.;" reward. Boom 133, IT
iisuerypriec.
LOST-IYsrl necklace, diamond and platinum
Clasp IxilWBfln Eaat 77tli and Bowllnr
- I VI - , .. ir..... "n V n .t
I r:H , IBTTAIU. MOtUIU RWUCBi IW -
T7in at.
LOSTHlick Kmlll.h trrrler rallir. Pblla-
delphla license, marked A. a P. Liberal
reward, return Apartment A. 13S Esit'38lh.
LOST Seal" collar, llroadwajr aubwar,
Thursday mornlnci reward. ARM
BTHONO. SI7 West 177th.
JLOST Cornell fraternity pin; claaa nam
Hldnay O. Koon on back. Return O.
VATET. 475 tth ar. naward.
tftUT I.MW Pi.Mlh.ln VMIT.
IqIIUIi P. A. C; February 10; reward. Tboaa
tKT-A llasonle CIIAltU, Kolcbt TempUrs;
rewnni. win rinder please return to jtr. j.
B. TltOTMA.V. 33 Lawfs ar Wlnlhml. llsss.
tOST Sum of Italian currncy, near 277 Broad.
way; reward. A. It. PBRPALU HI Broad
trayi 'Phone neelor-1337.
LOST Women' Jewelry wrapped in a whlto
hid irloTe: lareo reward to finder. Return
to A. JOSEPH. a Broadway. Kew York dty.
LOST-Black chow Dot in Tlrinity of New
Hoch.lle. Phone C. J. WgUJlT, 4381 New
rvnene; sju rewam.
LOST-Oold wrist watch, chaml Initial, en-
xTaTCQj rewaro. wnant. m w. iia.
E5i
ST Oold mesb bar containing 111 Pebmarr
18: revard. 29S5 fltnyfesant.
110 reward carmrllan and gold Earrfnr, with
caniellan scarab drop. Please retnrn to 627
I'll ar.
US reward lor rMnrn nt dlnmnnrl atnitHMl
SniUNER'S BUTTON lost between 107thH
Sid linn sis. U11AKLES BECKER, t3J
roadway.
$10 ItEWARD.
Return allver WATCH attached to allrer
flexible bracelet; lost Feb. It, botween
Bast 7Slh and West KM ats. I, II. & B. II.
TTEIN'BERO. ttt 5th av.
4S0 rewsrd for return of tan colore.! sample
esse lost from watoi In Bronx afternoon Feb
rosry IB: eontalns woman'a clothlnr. C. II.
OSOOOn. 13.14 Broadn-ay.
1200 REWARD
return fancy diamond and platinum brooch
loet February 11, between West Mtb st. and
horplw district. 1IAHCCS & CO., Mb ar.
fluiiiia si,
$300 IIP.WAltD for diamond and onyx tassel,
rcuiuii. ia, iiciwrpn ,-win sr.. uronKiru,
sd 34th st.. New Tork. or on "L" to 110th St.
nPPANY h CO.. Sth aT. an-1 37lh st. r
sy.csv iiiii AUi;
it faro lanre dtatnnnd. lout from ritt Febrnary
4t Tlcinltr of flatvi'i Thrtri. or In nibwsT,
i. if. & n, u, WKixBEno, cat, ath t.
GIRL WON HUSBAftD;
WIFE WlbfS $30,000
Verdict Returned for Mrs.
Seaman in Alienation Case.
A Bherlffa Jury yesterday awenaed nt
830,000 the damages ,of Mrs. Adele G.
Seaman against Miss Willie Maude Cal
lings, a nursft Mrs. Seaman sued for
alienation of the affections of her hus
band, Merrltt Garland Seaman. The de
fendant did not answer the complaint
and her whereabouts lsunknqwTi.
v The Scamans lived In Atlanta, where,
Beaman was. a flour broker. ('We had a
(pood home and I was the, happiest
Wpman In ;he world," Mrs. 8ua:r.an testi
fied yesterday, "and my husbanrj was the
best of husbands. Ho "became ll and
. 9(lss Balllngcr was called as a nurse."
After his recovery, Mrs. Seaman ex
plained, her husband took the nursa au
iomobile riding at different times. Final
ly he left home and sho located him at
distant point with Miss Ualllnger. He
returned 'and was reconciled, but later
departed again. t
. MrJ). Seaman, who has a daughter of
twelve, testified that bho and tho girl
came to New York and found her hus
band and Miss Ualllnger. The plaintiff
hod him summoned to appear In the Do
mestic Ilelatlons Court, but he disap
peared without answering.
GlftL.GETS $20,000
: FOR BLIGHTED LOVE
Miss Eckhart Said Blaheley
Evaded Marriage Promise.
Miss Virginia Eckhart, 22 years old,
rho Is staying at the Hotel Commodore
won a verdict of 120,000 yesterday In
the Supreme Court from 'llugh 7. E.
Blakeley, an officer of a transportation
company at 44 Whitehall street Blake
ley did, not testify. It being said that he
was absent from the State.
Miss Eckhart sued for $50,000 dam
ages. While she was studying music In
this city In May, 1918, ahe Raid, Blake
ley courted her and agrf-ed to marry her.
He announced their engagement at a
dinner party. .
Later she saw, Blakeley with another
woman In the Hotel ,'MCAlpIn. He hur
ried over to her and said: "Go away,
that's my wife. I Intend to get a divorce
rind marry you. Aa soon as I get rid of
her I'll make goodif S,o she went away
and met him later1 at another hotel,
where he again promised to arrange the
matter to her satisfaction. Instead of
marrying her, she said, he left town.
T f tx s tin
MRS.SPANG RATIONAL,
SAY fWO EXECUTORS
Chapin and Wickersham Tes
tify in $2,000,000 Bequest.
, Dr. Henry1 Dwight Chaflln and George)
'W. Wickersham, two of the executors
of the estate of Rosa E. Spang, testified
yesterday In the Surrogate's Court that'
they regarded her'aa rational when sho
signed the will In which she left about
$2,000,000 of her property to charity. Her
daughter, Mabel-Crome-Ancker, Is con
jsstlns h will.
Dr. Chapin admitted , under cross ex
amination that Mrs.. Ancker tried to vlalt
her mother the day before she died and
that he told tho daughter she could not
see her mother. He said Mrs. Spang
Had told him irtio did not want to see
.or aaugntcr If she called.
.Finds Diamond In "Hot Dos;."
" Wien his teeth got fairly Into the
centre of a frankfurter In. William Mar
cus's "place, In Ann street, yesterday,
Frank Flnley, a Jewelry broker of S04
Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, found his
Jaws clamped firmly against a pebbly
sort of obstruction. Ho removed the
morsel for' examination and was keen
enough as an expert of stones to dis
cover at once that his teeth liad found
for him a - diamond of unmistakable
14r TNnlev decided-that tho snarkler
was trip iJiA e5 as proiws.
CHINATOWN FINDS ,
NO NEW YEAR, JOY
Fa Ti Kl, Aged ftdiolar,
Monrns Over .Disdain Shown
for . Worship Cpnfacia
LAW BARS RICE .WINE,
Debts Are, Paid as Usual, "but
Spirit of Gayety Is.
Absent.
Whero once they laughed ttom roof
and dragoned balcony tho flags of China
town fluttered In a kind of languid mel
ancholy as tho New Year Day Of tho
year 4 018 shadowed to dusk .last even
ing. Their Hfelessness somewhat
matched, the mood of the old scholar,
Fu Yl Kl, wh,o. was making his way
along Mott street to place before ,the
thrlno of the Great Dog a cup of tea,
three, serpents of twisted scarlet paper
and a sheaf of paper prayers. The head
of Fu Yl Kl was bent so that his chin,
stubbly with scant and wiry hairs, was
sunk Into the collar of mink which
adorned his close padded coat of black
silk.
"Suey'ne fat toy," murmured Mr. Fu
courteously and with a delicate gesture
of a hand yellow and gnarled. "Ho say
kl la. A Happy New Year and good
fortune to you. All happiness. As for
me It Is different, my' friend. There Is
In Chinatown no more respect for the
aged: little but contempt for tho old
ways. It is written In the ninth book
of Kung-fu-tse, whomgomo call Kung
teze, whom you of the West know as
Confucius: ,
" 'Save tho pearls of yesterday's flow
ersfc for In the blooming Sf to-morrow's
flowers we may forget the scent of blos
soms that have passed.'
Tonne Hen Change.
"It Is the New Year only for such as
I of tho old religion and the old ways.
The young men shear their queues, dis
dain the old worship, sit In tho smoke
of cigarettes with their feet, upon table
tops, and tell each other they are new,
made over people, and fall ofttlmes to
offer the sacrifices to ancestors. They
toss In the mire the flowers of yesterday.
There Is no more New Year In China
town. Evil will come of it evil will
come of It""
Fu Yl Kl bowed again, Inclined his
fjght hand upward In a saluto of light
and graceful dignity, and drifted around
tho corner, tils sandals sounding snf-suf.
inf, as It in doleful refrain to his mel
ancholy. With his going disappeared
the only Interesting figure' In the open
streets, for on a day that should have
been noisy with snapping firecrackers,
laughter of children, exchanged greetings
of men folk and all of the pleasant
choruses of everyman's birthday there
was dullness and deadness. depressing
to the spirit even of a Western bar
barian. The law, despoller of happiness, slayer
of delights, has drained ' Chinatown of
the mirth and sparkle of an ancient holi
day. There did not come to Pell and
Mott and Doyers street last night, as In
the old days, streams of slant eyed sons
of Han from uptown and from across
thb two rivers to stake their all at pto
gow and fan tan and to drowse their
souls In the'black smoke. The law for
bids. There wero no feasts of roast pig
and bamboo shoots, with honorable mer
chants bowing their honorable heads to
tho hoard as they sipped rice wine and
repeated the ancient toast:
"Honored among all honest and truth
ful merchants, it is my wish for you. that
your warehouses may multiply like the
stars of the sky, that your goods may
be bought by all men and that your
profits will be as 'ten thousand, to one'
Gone to the Dostheop. '
The law forbids forbids. In Jhat even'
rice wine, the Inconsiderable quantity of
which would bo sufficient for the tem
perate Chinese, would lead to the door
pf a Jail. There were no strings of flre
crackern swinging straight down house
fronts from roof to .sidewalks and pop
ping exuberantly, the day through and
half the night. The blue dragon crawl
ing upon Its field of yellow In pursuit
of the sun has gone to the dust heap and
lives In the memory of old men, while a
new banner of harsh, straight colors re
ceives the. grinning saluto of youths in
derby hats and clothes cut in Chicago
sweatshops.
Fewer New Year's calls were made
than ever before In the history of China
town, for the custom savors of the old
times and Is sneered at by the, young up
holders of New China. Here and there.
an old man carrying flaming red cards
with good luck characters drawn there
upon padded slowly in his best silks to
the house of a friend, and some doors of
houses showed scarlet splotches where
these cards had been pinned in the ab
sence of the householder.
Debts were paid as usual, for, In ac
cordance with custom and tho sterling
honesty of the Chinese, all obligations
of the old year must be wiped out upon
the entrance of the new. When "a man
falls in this it Is time for him to medU
tate the most facile way to journey tt
the side of hlB ancestors. Even In the
days of tho Tong wars, when On Leone
battled viciously against the aspiring;
Hip Sing and Colt revolvers of the blg
jit ever turned out by the factory roared
almost dally In the narrow streets or irf
one or another of the ratholes boring
from them, debts were paid with re
ligious fidelity on tie day of the New
Year, for no man will accept the shame
that goes with debt failure.
Life) nad done Ont.
But the life was'out of the quarter!
Collins, the big detective strolling at
Mott and Pell streets and regarded,
whether he knew It or not, by a thou
sand pair of eyes that peered through
cthutter slats and rents of curtains,
whispered that many of the people had
gone to New Jersey, where, as Collins
put It "they say there is a. I9V more
doing."' It was easy to bill eve that
for Chinatown In Its New Year 4618,
without the lure of gambling, without
the warmth of wjne, without the thick,
vent breath of OPlum. without the old
theatre, without even the flavor and
savor of the old nays, 'was ringing no
bells of gaiety. v
Fu Yl Kl, coming suf-auf-sut around
ihn rnrner of Mott street and into Pell.
rnodn araln that charming gesture of
respectful salutatlo.
"I have spoken "with tho gods," be
said calmly. 'T have asked my fortune
of the gods with the bamboo sticks,
shaking the bowl this way and that
until rry stick alone leaped forth as the
gods willed, It -was evil. I Wished for
no matter what, since It Is refused.
And I think I shall go to my ancestors
In the next moon. It- la of little conse
quence. Suey he fat toy. Ho say kl
la."
And as the last words of Mr. Fu1
gentle wish sounded there arose from
the fourth, or" It majrhave been a higher,
floor of a house In Pell, street the dole
ful tweetllngs of a Chinese flute. The
player, favoring a rpood- as sorrowful as
Mr. Fu's, dwelt upon six notes, sounding
them up scale and down, and with sud
den though ilalntlve variations just
stx notes all 'mournful, all rather.hope-
THIS SDN 'AND NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRPABT 21, 1920.
strvJ"
I. ?. T. System Disrupted by
Faulty Brakes.
Brakes on a Brooklyn bound Lexing
ton avenue subway train Jammed at
several places along the line and finally
stuck altogether at the Bowling Green
station, disrupting tho entire 'Intcrbor
ough system during the rush hours last
night No cast sldo trains ran to Brook
lyji'from 5 to nearly 7 o'clock.
Tho Brooklyn bound crowd made
things hot for a time at the Brooklyn
Brlfige station, many demanding' their
money, back. They received tickets, the
Interborough namo for rain checks, and
used them on the west sideline at Cham
bers street, or crossed to Brooklyn via
tho B n. T.
Tho lack of trains going to Brooklyn
by the cast sldo line caused a lack of
trains going uptown until despatches
thought to switch the downtown ex
presses to tho local tracks and send
them around the loop at City nalL Other
trains Instead of being despatched down
tho east sldo system from the Bronx
were sent down the Seventh avenuo line.
until the west sldo system was con
gested. One train after another piled up
behind tho Stalled express near Bowline
ureen, ana many passengers thus wero
caught between stations for nearly an
hour. The West side trains' lust crawled
along at one-third their usual running
ume. ine stalled train was repaired and
on Ita way again Just beforo 7 o'clock,
but It was several hours beforo schedules
on all lines were returned to normal.
commuters bound from New Jersey to
lower Manhattan had a delay In the
morning. Just after 7 o'clock a Hudson
tube train became derailed at the Ex
change Placo station. For two hours
and a half It prevented direct 'traffic be
tween Cortlandt street. Jersey City and
Newark, passengers reaching Manhattan
by connecting at Erie or Summit avenue
xor uptown trains.
ASKS PERMISSION TO
SELL SHONTS FARM
Guaranty Trust Company Ap
plies to Court.
Tho Guaranty Trust Company, tempo
rary administrator of tho estate of Theo
dore P. Shonls, oPPllOd to tho SurroimtM'
Court'' yesterday for permission to sell
the Shonts farm at Northampton, Pa.,
and tho clothing and personal efTects In
tho Shonts apartment at 930 Paw ave
nue. Tho petitioner says that it will be
for the best Interest of tho estate to
make the alo at this time, as a high
price may be obtained.
Tho report to tho court shows that
Mr. Shonts had sixteen cows on his farm.
The cost of operating the placo Is about
(400 a month and the Income Is about
$250 a month. Tho personal property
in his apartment Includes tho following;
Four Panama hats. 13 night shirts. 12
milts of clothing of English walking style
and 18 sack suits, 45 pairs of shoes, 1
dinner coat.and 3 dress suits, 6 silk um
brellas and 10 canes.
BOMB SUSPECT SEEKS
$100,000 DAMAGES
Discharged Stenographer
Sues Frank C. Crocker.
James Chalmers, a stenographer, filed
a Supreme Court action yesterday for
$100,000 damages against Frank C.
Crocker, head of the law firm of Crocker
&. Wlckes of 5 Nassau street Chalmers
charged tho lawyer with falso arrest
and malicious prosecution.
Chalmers formerly was employed by
Mr. Crocker. After his discharge
Crocker complained that the stenogra
pher sent Mm threatening letters. Later
q ' bomb -came through the mall Aid
Crocker suspected Chalmers. He was
arrested, pdlcted for sending a threatening-
letter and Imprisoned In Mattca
wan State Hospital for tho Insane.
By dint of suing out seventeen writs
of habeas corpus Chalmers obtained his
release. He was locked up In tho Tombs
after Justice Hendrlck had decided he
was sane and remained there until he
was admitted to ball last June. Since
that time the Indictment against him
has been quashed.
UNDERWOOD WINS IN
STATEN FERRY CASE
Court Sets Aside Conviction
and Fine by Magistrate.
Frederick D. Underwood, president of
the Erie Railroad, who was arrested in
August and fined on a charge of disor
derly conduct because he Insisted on
making a' round trip on board 'a Staten
Island ferryboat without breaking his
Journey' at' tho Staten Island terminal,
was declared: Innocent In a decision yes
terday by.1, Judge TIernan of the Rich
mond County Court In a review of the
case.
Mr. Underwood Is held guiltless by
Judge TIernan upon the ground that
while ho disobeyed an order of the De
partment of Plant and Structures re
quiring passengers by the Staten Island
ferry to disembark at the end of each
single trip, the order carried no power
of enforcement since it had not been
properly oromulgated by filing copies In
the' offices of .the clerks of New York
and Richmond counties, and by print
ing In the City Record. The Court also
held that Mr. Underwood's offence, If
any, would, have been of the grade, of
misdemeanor, and that 'the -Magistrate
who convicted him lacked Jurisdiction.
Mr.- Underwood's triumph did not
come to htm without a substantial mone
tary outlay. On the day of bis arrest
he had to pay his and the arresting po
liceman's taxlcab fares In order to avoid
transit by patrol wagon, and- the flrni
name of Stanchfleld & Levy appears on
the brief In which Judge TIernan was,
asked to review the finding of the lower
court.
"LOVE 6 ' MKE DIES
AFTER EXCITING LIFE
Baby Figured in Misfortunes
in Two Families.
The misfortunes of little "Love o'
Mike," whose mother gavo him away
and then fought in the .courts to get.
him back, ended yesterday In death.
For weeks the newspapers printed
stories about missing Arthur Philip
Wentz, two months' old son of Mr. and
Jr. August Wentx, who bad been
stolen from a baby carriage In front of
a Bronx department store. The kid
napping was In August. December 18 a
baby was handed to an employee at the
Grand Central Station which, both Mr.
and Mrs. Wentz Identified, as their son
and took to their home. ,
A few days later a magistrate di
rected the return of the child, then 7
months old, to Mrs. Lena Lisa of 18
Bedford street
The child was 111 In
Bellevue and Wlllard Parker hospitals
after the court troubles ended. Mrs.
Lisa once took the child home and was
ordered to return him to the hospital.
He died In Wlllard , Parker Hospital
Jrofti bronchial pneumonia.
c'EXPECT TO AVERT
TELEPHONE STRIKE
Demands Mado by Girls Tinder
Consideration and Settle
ment Is Loofcod For. ,
FIGIIT FOB $25 A WEEK
Company Satisfied That Only
Small Number Are" Beady
to Walk Out
Notwithstanding tho fact that tele
phone operators in some exchanges have
threatened to go .on strike to-night un
less their demands' for a wt)g rea'di
Justment nro met optimism seemed to
prevail yesterday In the central of flco ,
of the Now York Telephone Company.
It was said thero Is no cause for alarm
and that .matters over which the girls ,
have protested are being taken up and
undoubtedly will be settled by Tuesday. I
It was stated that tho officials had"
heard nothing of a threat to call rvi
general strike to-night and did not think
It at all probable that any such action
would bo taken. As far as Is officially
known. It was said, the glrla have
agreed to await the outcome of the con
ferences that will be held to-day and
Monday and to start nothing mean
while. The statement that a walkout Is Im
minent waa made -by girls who called
some of the newspaper offices on tho
telephone and stated that they- were
doing so at the Instance of the operators
employed at their exchanges. They said
the sVstem, which has been suffering so
much from shortage of girls of late,
would find Itoelf crippled to-morrow un
less tho company agrees to-day to pay
tho experienced operators $25 a week.
Thero was somo speculation at the
central offices as to what tho effect of
such a move would be. Should a'walk
out be attempted to-night It Is bclksvcd
by persons connected with the company,
only a small minority of the girls will
take part In It.
TEACHER IS MARRIED
TO PAROLED CONVICT
Bride Is Cousin of Represen
tative Fair 'child.
Reports that Miss Mary A. Falrchlld.
principal of Public School No. 3.- Forest
Hills, L. I., was married February 6 to
Henry C. Hoppe, a paroled convlot whom
sho met while doing welfare work at
Sing Sing Prison, wero verified last
night by the bride at her homo at 425
Jamaica avenue, Astoria. Mrs. Hoppe,
who is the daughter of a well, known
family and a cousin of Representative
Benjamin Falrchlld of Westchester
County, refused to explain tho pmanco.
further.
It was learned, however, that the
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
B. C. Warren, pastor of the Eighteenth
Street Methodist Church, in this city.
Hoppo's Address was given on ihe mar
riage license as 708 Third avenue and
his business as confectioner.
Hoppe was arrested In hls city Christ
mas eve, 1914. He was charged with
carrying a revolver and received a sen
tence of not mere than six years and six
months and not less than three years
and three months. The police alleged
they found him In an apartment house
trying to'steat Jewelry worth $500.
His wife, then Mary Falrchlld, Sing
Sing welfare worker, became Interested
In him and brought his case to the at.
tentlon of her cousin. Governor Whit
man was appealed to, and In April, 1917,.
he pardoned Hoppe. He waa freed the
following month, but was arrested al
most Immediately on a charge of bur
glary. The young woman was not dis
couraged and finally succeeded In In
fluencing Judgo Rosalsky to parole him
In her custody.
"SHE" WROTE A PLAY;
I WAS HERO NO MORE"
Scheff Answers Wife, Co-
Author of 'Unknown Womani
i
"My wife claims that I am not of suf
ficient social standing and that her pres
ent ambitious are out of my moOe of
living. She says I am old fashioned,
bui tho fact of tho matter Is thai be
cause of her .temporary succeM in life
aa a playwright sho has lost her hero.
"Since tho first production of The Un
known Woman' she has become obsessed
with the Idea that sho Is a playwright,
an authoress, and sho has continually
nnsoclated with met "and women who
are posseaud of the same notions fnd
hli-als."
In these words Jonas Scheff, aged 56,
of 71 East Ninety-sixth street president
of Scheff & Co., etlk manufacturers,
explained to Justice 'Bljur'yesterday his
theory of why his wife, aged 36, left
home. Sho Is suing him for a separa
tion, alleging abandonment and cruelty.
Tho court awarded her $100 a month
alimony.
Mrs. Scheff, collaborating with two
dramatists, produced 'The Unknown
Woman," which had a short run on
Broadway. Sho used tho name "Mar
Jorle Blaine" In her dramatic worst
In her reply1 Mrs. Scheff contradicted
the charges. ,
MAYORAL GUARD .
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Licut Kennel Undergoes Op
eration on Lung.'
Lieut. William Kennel, the personal
bodyguard of many Mayors since ho was
transferred to City Hall by an orderl
Issued by the Police Department during
the administration of Mayor William L.
Ktronir. Is seriously 111 In Mount Slnal
Hn1mlt.1l. following an oberatlon on his'
left lung. Attending physicians - said '
last night he was In a dangerous condi
tion, but that developments yesterday
were slightly more encouraging.
The operation was performed WednejtJ
day by Dr. Albert A. Berg.
Lieut Kennel has beeh the foo of
cranks and tho friend of Visiting Ameri
can and European celebrities since hts
appointment to the City Hall post He
waa appointed a patrolman In the Police
Department In 1890 and seventeen years
lntr rrihehed his present tirade. Tho
Kennel home Is at 57 Grove street
Brooklyn, only a stone's throw from the -
Mayors. .
MAYOR HYLAN OFF'
FOR PALM BEACH
Length of Stay Depends Upon
Wife's Health.
Mavor Hvlan left the city last nlth't
for a vacation' at Palm Beach. The du
ration of his stay thero, he said, will de-
1 pend upon the health of Mrs. Hylan,
who accompanied him. If her condition
permits he expects t6 return at the end
of next weeit. ,
In the absenco of the Mayor, F. H.
La Guardia, President pf the Board of
AlaersMSj will jw actios Mayorr
Store Closes at S o'clock.
WEATHER TO-DAY CLOUDY.
CONSEIL
Proclaim Liberty
Throughout ,the
Land Unto All
the inhabitants
Our own buildings, stor
age houses, factories and
work rooms in'and out of, but
in unison with, tho premises
nt Broadway and Tenth next
to Grace Church.will bo
Closed from 5 P. M.
today to Tuesday,
Feb. 24, 9 A. M.
also our offices and ware
houses in Philadelphia, and
?n London and Paris will be
closed, and notices posted
stating publicly the reasons
therefor.
A very happy day to the
thousands of families for the
holiday on the Birthday of
Washington.
(Signed)
February 22, 1920.
France Honors
who made the
Supreme Sacrifice
In the Auditorium
Today at 2:30
of Freraclhi
to the next-of-kin of the 10
menibcrs of the A. E. F. who
went out from the Wana
maker organization in New
York and gave up their lives
for their country.
M. GASTON LIEBERT
Consul-General of France, will
present the diplomas.
Lieut-General BULLARD
Maior-General WEIGEL
Admiral GLENNON
Bishop BURCH
will be present
Thomas B. Wnnamaker Post
No. 413, American Legion,
invites you to this occasion.
First Gallery, New Building.
Faat-or
is the
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THE JOHN WANAMAKER STORE '
Today9 Certain Furniture at
Halt Closle the Fehruary. Sale
It is our custom, in the
marking at HALF PRICE
Suites and incomplete suites, of which one piece or two have been sold (not
many of these). Separate 'chairs, tables, divans, rockers, bureaus, chiffoniers, china
closets, buffets, serving tables, a great variety of small novelty furniture, etc.
The Bedroom and Dining-room Furniture at HALF will be assembled west of the
Rotunda on the Sixth Gallery. The Living-room and Library pieces at HALF
in the same location on the Fifth Gallery.
AU the rest off the Furniture will he at reductions of 10 tov33 per cent.
today and for the following five davs off the February Sale,
"How's furniture gojng?" wc
facturer yesterday.
"It isn't," he replied
"Prices up or down?" wc asked.
"Not taking orders," he said.
"What is the trend "of prices?"
sistcd.
"Up," was his laconic response.
And there you are,
Fourth.
Featmnrtag Two 'Ctormtag'Blonises
Today at Lowered Prices'
The tailored blouse on the right is $9.75, reduced from $12.75.
The dainty filet-collared blouse on the left is $11.50, reduced from $14.50.
Other Blouises PartScimflarly
Blouses of striped dimity have gained decided favor
for wear with the tailored suit or sweater. They don't
crumple as easily as linen and have a distinct dainty
charm.
The Blouse Shop features a well-made, well-cut dimity
blouse at as low as (3. It has a becoming Tuxedo col
lar fastened with one large button and edged with rick
rack braid.
slow, softly or loud, always
wonderful dance hiusic played by the
Reprodoiicilinig.
IT IS PLAYED for.theMPICO by experts in the playing of dance
music. It is inspirational, rhythmical, gladdening. And, no mat
ter how many encores you demand, you will get them without any
falling away of the fire of the music the same early in the morning as-'
it was early in the eyning. - .. r.
You will care nothing for the weather if but a few friends can get '
to your home and there is a CHICKERING-AMPICO reproducing
piano in your living room. Artd you'll find' they 1U1 ways be glad to .-.
come, no matter what the weather, if the AMPICO is there.
t"
I
.. .yAnd After the Daimce. ' ' ' 1..
to have GODOWSKY play f or" you, or MOISEUfVlTSCH, or ORN
STEIN, or the great Russian composer-pianist, RACHMANINOFF 1 '
Crowning the evening, as a glorious sunset crowns the day. Only the
AMPICO can do this for yoii. ,
Come to the Piano Salons and hear this great producer of MUIC -(Wnwnt
terms will be arranged if you shall ,dccidc::thayou would ;
like a CHi.CKERING-AMPICO in your home. " V . !
First Gallery, New Building, ,
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PRATIQUES
Yes. Furalture at 'Half !
last days of these Half-Yearly Sales, to adjust stocks by
all odd pieces that arenot going to be, or cannot be
l1RfTin the Half-Piice Days To-day.
A few years
asked a,manu
'
wore solicitinc
other foot
furniture to
Wise people
This sale has
--which means
wc per- SERVICE.
Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New Building.
The Tailored Blouse
is of heavy white shirting silk, abso
lutely correct in cut, with excellent nar
row "shoulders, and a well-fitting yoke.
The lines of the collar, the few simple
tucks, the smart cuffs make it pre-eminently
a blouse to be worn with the
tailored suit; $9.75.
.The Other Blouse
is of fine batiste, entirely hand-made,
with tucked front and trimmed with a
collar of fine hand-made filet. The cuffs
are banded with filet lace to match;
$11.50.
at (8.75 and (0.75.
One with a fioo
collar and cuQs,
(11.50.
Blouse
"peppy"
TO
Broadway at Ninth Street, New lotk,
Formerly A. T. Stewart
ago manufacturers of furniture
business. The shoe is on the
now. There's not enough good
go around.
are buying furniture now.
topped all February records
that we have given a greater
Well, there never was a time
when service of the kind we give in the Feb
ruary Sale was so needed.
Have YOU sharcdJn jt?
of DinmSty
A striped dimity blouse with a finely pleated "shirt"
front" and well-cut straight collar, h $3.95. Otheri
hand-made filet lace edging around
and with a finely tucked front, .is
Shop Second floor, Old Building.
For Miss
Fourteen to Twenty
Scores of New
' Fsashions very
Moderate Prices
Before telling about the
fashions specialized at very
low prices, we shall quote
What a critic says
about Wanamaker fashions
for Miss 14 to 20. This is the
opinion of one of our own
critics, who at all times is se
vere, but just.
"A more tasteful, more
beautiful stock of up-to-the-tnoment
clothes is not in New '
York than I found in the
Misses Section at Wana
maker's. I cannot possibly ex
aggerate my enthusiasm over
this place; with all the nice ex
pressionstn my vocabulary ap
plied to the service. I found
there all the things a girl needs
for her wardrobe the pret
tiest of things in a stock boiled
down so that selection was
easy."
Although wc have new
suits and frocks at $29.50 to
$165, we shall feature Sat
urday Suits at$39.50 and $55
At (30.50 suits of wool jersey,
two smart models beautifully tail
ored. In new blue, navy blue,
brown and heather tones. Aw-"
tweed suits, which were painstak
ingly tailored in our own work
"rooms. In blues, grays and browns.
At (55 navy blue SERGE suits.
We print serge in capitals because
Paris prefers kerge, and because It
is generally only used in more ei-
Eensive suits. One model has
raid-bound coat, and the thirt
style is also severely tailored and
has tic 22S2rt iach-beU that ties.
Frocks at
$39.75 and $49.50
At (39.50 trotteur frocks of
SERGE with either box or accordion-pleated
skirt. Also-stunning
little taffeta frocks in dsrit
brown, black or navy blue.
At (49 JO dance frocks of lscj
black silk net. with foundation ot
oft black satin. Wee touch" l
French blue give a dehghuw ;
youthful note. We were able to ge
only 18 of these much desircil lrocM
to sell at this very htimble price
Second floor. Old Building.
Tenth Street-
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