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MAN WHO SHOT PAL
200 Soldiers at Fox Hills
Hospital Bush at Civil
ian Guard.
JAILED TO SAVE HDI
Police Prevent Patients
From Getting at George
Smith.
SELF-DEFENSE IS CLAIM
Bernard Cnrran, Victim of Bul
let, Had Been Shell Shocked;
He Will Recover.
Bernard A. Curran of 4924 Third
?venue, a shell shock and tubercular
patient at the Fox Hills Hospital on
Staten Island, was shot in the left
side and seriously wounded last night
at 6 o'clock by George Smith, a civilian
guard, during an altercation near the
i'ennsylvania avenue entrance to the
hospital.
Immediately afterward almost 200
soldiers poured from the hospital
wards and tried to get at Smith, but
four other civilian guards armed with
lifles locked Smith in the guardhouse
and kept the veterans back until Capt.
James Mclvor and ten policemen ar
rived at the hospital from the Staple
ton police station. Smith was then ar
rested. charged with felonious assault,
and locked up in Stapleton.
Curran. who was a private in the
805th Infantry of the Seventy-seventh
Division during the war, left tlie hos
pital about 4 o'clock in the afternoon
with W illiam Archer, who served in the
same regiment. They got hold of some
!;<<uor. and according to the statements
of Smith were intoxicated when they
r< turned to the hospital. Sniiih said
that lie was on duty at the Pennsylvania
avenue entrance, and that when he saw
the two veterans reeling along he went
to their aid. Intending to help them back
to their ward, 'So. 25.
Guard Aaalnta Veteran*.
The guard said that he slung his rifle
*nd took both Archer and Curran by
the arms, getting between them, and
began helping them through the en
trance. They had reached a point about
3 00 feet past of ward 23. near the Ad
ministration Building, when Curran sud
denly turned on Smith and hit him in
the jaw. knocking him down. Smith
said that Archer then jumped on him
and that when Curran started to hit !
him again he fired one shot in self de
fense Tlx- bullet went Into Curran's
body between two ribs and the veteran
collapsed, unconscious.
The noise of the shot and the yells
of Archer brought soldiers pouring out
of Ward 25. They started for Smith.
One or two got hold of him, but he
shook them off and started to run
around the Administration Building,
followed by the veterans. Smith ran
Into the four other guards, who had '
heard the shots.
These men. armed with rifles, formed I
a cordon around Smith and hustled him I
to the guardhouse. They locked the door !
and then managed to keep the angry '
?oldlers back by threatening to shoot.
The civilian guards, however, saw that
thry would not be able to handle the j
situation, so a telephone call was sent
to thp Stapleton police station, which
brought Capt. Mclvor and the police
men in an automobile. The soldiers fell !
back when they saw the uniforms of the
city policemen, and at the request of
<""apt Mclvor they returned quietly to
the ward.
Firs* Transfers From F?i Hills.
Curran van taken Into the operating
room and operated upon by Dr. William
Fredericks, wlio extracted the bullet.
Dr. Fredericks saM afterward that Cur
ran was seriously hurt and that he was
already weak from the effects of shell
shock and tuberculosis, but that he
probably would recover.
* District Attorney Joseph F. Malloy
of Richmond county was notified and
began an Investigation. This will be
continued today, when the District At
torney will question both Smith and
Archer, the only men who saw the
?hooting.
The I'nited States Public Health au
thorities transferred 15S patients from
th.s Fox Hills Hospital to the Naval
Hospital in Brooklyn yesterday, the
first transfer since the orders abandon
ing the hospital was received from
Washington. Others will he removed
from day to day, and officiate said that
they would close tbj institution on
March 31. as planned.
A letter bearing the signatures of 125
soldiers was sent to President Hardin*:
yesterday asking him to postpone the
abandonment of tho hospital until an
institution can be built in the vicinity of
New York to care for the patients. Th*
soldiers declare that they do not want
to be sent to hospitals In other parts of
the country, when* they would not be
able to see their friends and relatives
as at present.
FIREMEN SAVE HORSES
GRIPPED IN QUICKSAND
Crowds Cheer When Animals
Are Hauled From Peril.
For an hour yesterday aft'moon
Lieut. James S. Flnley and 'lie men of
Flro Truck 149 worked to save the lives
of two truck horses that had sunk to
their haunches In mud and loose sand
In a lot at Bay Ridge and Klghth av ?
nue. South Brooklyn. The anlmala
finally were hauled out of the lot on
skids made of extension ladder* and
boards.
Tony Halvatorr of sflfit Bay Fourteenth
street, Bath Beach, employed lo cart
sand from the bay front to the lot
which was being filled In, drove the
team Into plac without noticing that
the sand and mud had combined to
form a dangerous trap. First on?- horse
began to sink and soon the otheir fol
lowed, Salvatore unhitched them and
tried to make them get out of theVplt,
km they were frlghtenend and refuted
fo hudg ??
The man's shouts and the neighing i?f
the horses drew more than 1.000 school
children and other parseraby lo the\
scene and soon It was necessary to semt
for the pollo-\ A fire alarm tvas rung
next, which brought the truck company.
Acting Battalion Chief Arthur J.
Wright directed the rescue. The horses
were dug loose and then rolled over on
th* ladder skids. Their feet were tied,
and while the thousand watchers
they were hauled into the
BOWERY BREAD LINES
DENOUNCED BY COLER;
BREED PANHANDLERS
City's Almoner Attacks Work of Missions as Unneces
sary, Which Churchmen Deny?New Crop of
Bums May Reach 250,000 Is Salvation Army
View of Unemployment Situation.
Bird S. Coler, Commissioner of Public Welfare, yesterday attacked the
bread lines at St. Mark's Church in the Bouwerie and at the Bowerv
Mission, and the bread line operated by St. Mark's Church at the Doyo '
Street Mission last winter, but since discontinued as undesirable institu
tions because they "develop panhandlers" and upon the ground they are
unnecessary, as the city is fully equipped to handle all cases of destitution.
Mr. Coler's strictures were sharply criticised by officials of the church,
who said the bread line was made up of a far higher grade of men than
was the case a year ago, that men didn't stand in line two hours or more
,?r . roll and a cup <*
lhe ra^?th"? ?Vre.pectlM
^^^-a^o,th?trea,'
?-*?
sss ss t; Si?^?
nresent controversy toy M8erun#
presen RoWery missions were in
some of the ? bus companies
league with sightseeing
7 ? they sent beggars in the
and that the> h ,r work.
streets to arous? interest v
denied himself to reporters ^Tjhe
Z declined further
matter The Salvation Army i98ne
Somen, regarding the danger ttat
!v Minks of criminals would be re
ZZ 'roJ the horde, o< hoss.ra
here.
C.U. City'- F-ellMI- GO?d'
..In the last f?"rnpyr"Kht'se lodg
hasn't refused a". _ Coler after his
ing." said Commi^8 brpad Unes
observations regard^ g hag been too
? No surgical opf?""rfornl nnd there
difficult for us to P haant
isn't a "Ingle destitute ??arefuBe to g0
been taken , f'rteinp house it is be
to the munlctpallodgln^o ,ake baths
cause they don t again, some of
which we re^"1;flC:e<, ^ich cause us. in
them have d?es ^ tf> keep .
the interest of pu?n ^ ^ cure )8
them under trefc*?' , ep \n the parks
effected. Those who sleep pan,mndle.
do so b(K'au?? Missions are good and
"Some of trie rni . from grace.
*ome Of them "'charitable organi- I
There are one or tw narnc9 behind
zatlons with wonaer no
then, who have "giving to a
ftood. 1 believe . Qf h|S own faltb.
charitable organization strect and take
tut. if they *?.? * wjic we should know
money from the P 'and j would like
where the mon** * d' at Albany which
to see a law P* ? Charity Depart
r.SorV'u5^.???t.
"??, "STid - ~ "srJSS
that comment on.^_... ??ter a confer
JSl^bf'SSd by th. president and
iTn.hllh" It; SSTua'panMndler. In
want help and ^ the ^i^ions in
know. A majo'11 ? business lines, j
W.?,t?rvXf.''a"P ?
" SmSof the sight ?^ne ^U^ ref^S
to stop at ourchurc^but w ^ th?
to let them and x*Te d)d The men
drivers arrested if thh^re ^ ^ don.t
are not on exhibition ^ ^ 8lmple ju
regard it a* charity Coler would
tice. I wish c?mmis ^ There arn
say what makes P* 18.000 in New
normally from 1 are 250.000?
York city and ^^^tltude."
largely because of his au^e ^ Em8,
It is the belief Mark's bread
who has charge o connected with
line and who haath.rtpen years, that
the church for thirteen y ^ Mr
published rt^n there a,* rich
Gates, to the effect t' 1
financial rewards for ^ ^ &{ 9mn?
done more to prom fcre(Uj
handling hereabouts than n^
Un-i met a youn, PanhandUr^ t^n
the other day *h? t -{ go(ng into
said, "that he got his Mr.
the business through hadn't
Gates had an? much money
previously any Idea tnai m> the
could be made ?* ?? * Jked for
Joint APPlkaTtl0,"(f references and told
work once. ^ t?do anything They
Srdmm?tobecom%jck .n a
for me.
mind you.
Breadlines Are Fllmrd,
"Believe me. panhandler* don't stand
In a. bread line. No man will stand for
hours', sometimes cold and wet, waiting
for a cup of coffee and a /oil unless he
really needs It. They won't go to The
Dump," as they call the municipal lodg
ing house, because of the brutality of
the system of ordering them about prac
ticed there. Then their clothe* sre
steamed and come back with an unmis
takable stamp when their wearers ap
pear In the streets. A resident of New
York city can only ro there five days In
a month nr.d an outsider but one day.'
"A new crop of bums and hoboes,
vagrant* unwilling to work wh*n they
can live hy beRging and likely to flip
at any moment from the class of va
grancy Into the ranks of criminals. Is
certain to follow the present period of
Industrial deprewilon and compulsory
unemployment," according to Major
Knderwood of the Salvation Army, head
of the Mayor's Committee on Housing
nnd Relief. He bases his belief upon
the fact that many of the applicants for
aid at Army shelters are under 18 and
fully a fourth under 25 years old.
"In many cases they have made their
lofs of a Job an excuse for starting out,
| le;ivlnu their home towns and home In
fluence." said the major.
"The tramp problem In the I'nlted
States Is goltiR to be a serious tine for
the next ten years. We will feel the
effects of the unemployment situation
we have faced this winter for a lonjr
time, and one of the chief reminders will
be the number of men riding on freight
I cars and begging a handout at the back
door or whining their plea for a nickel
j to get a cup of coffee."
Kugene O'Brien, motion picture actor,
I was host to the St. Mark's breadliners
yesterday. He had Riven enough money
i to pay for a week's provender and was
on hand lo pass a tin cup of coffee,
rjunrter of a loaf of bread and a coffee
ring to the men nt the head of the line.
Two of them told him they had acted
with him as extra0, whereupon O'Rrlen
clipped them several bills and bade them
buy shoes. A movie camera man photo
graphed the icene, then O'Brien and hid
|friend* went back uptown.
V The f<ed at St. Mark's normally begins
aK.fi P. M. It began three hours earlier
yemorday, but all the regulars had tele
pat Mo notice and weir* there. About
4R0 Ven- an average dally number this
wlnt'V?gathered along th? ? ,trb of
Stwvve^ant |iin<e and Second aventi' I
and molted slowly 'pasl the church from
back to front. The food Is handed out
at a spot right over the vault where
lies the dust of Peter Stuyvesant.
A reporter for The New York Herald
went along the1 line and asked the men
If they had anything against the Muni
cipal Lodging House and If so what it
was. They said without exception that
the food, the beds and the treatment
were all right there, hut that the fumi
gating system ruined their clothes. Sev
eral men pointed to large holes, mostly
In the lining of their coats. They said
these resulted from a rotting of the cloth
after It was subjected to chemical fumi
gation In the lodging house for a few
nights.
One young man said his coat was a
wreck after two nights In the lodging
house. Another near him remarked:
"When a feller's only got one suit, or
mayhe half a suit, he's got to be careful
and he naoherly stays away from placcs
that put hie clothes on the bum."
Panhandlers Bay Own Pond.
Mr. Ellis Insisted the men were not
panhandlers. The men agreed with him.
They said that panhandlers scorned
tread lines and made it a point of honor
to buy their own food, which they had
plenty money to do. One of the men ques
tioned by the reporter said he was a
chef's helper, another a bridge worker,
another a porter, and so on. Most of
them were unskilled at anything?odd
job men, day laborers. All averred that
they conscientiously got out and hunted
jobs every morning, but found It impos
sible to gpt anything in the winter time
lasting more than a day or two.
"The fact Is." one of them said, "that
we spend a big part of the day in the
bread line. We have to do that to get
enough to carry us along. At noon
we're at the Catholic Sisters Mission at
Cherry and Market. They hand out a
bowl of soup. At half past twelve we're
up in Sixth street. The Little Sisters
of the Pocr hand out bread and coffee
there. It takes a long time to feed
everybody and we may be In line two or
three hours, so we aim to get to St.
Mark's around 4 or 5 o'clock for the 6
o'clock handout here.
"Then there's a midnight lunch at the
Bowery Mission and a lot of us stays up
for that. Tt it's cold we aim to get a
bed In a mission or one of the munic
ipal lodging houses. Otherwise a truck
or a doorway is all right. The only
trouble with the mission* and free lodg
ing houses Is that they make you stay
around and clean up the place In the
rtorning, so by the time you get out
some other fellers have grabbed all the
Jobs." /
To-day's Radio Program
(Tune to 360 Meters)
V I_ /
Station WJZ, Newark.
(Musical program every hour from 11
A. M. to 6 P. M. on the hour.
Weather forecast, 11 A. M., 12 M., 5
and 10 :01 P. M. aharp.
Shipping news, 2 :05 P. M.
Official Arlington time. 3 :52 P. M.
Agricultural reports, 12 (M.
Program will be announced dally by
radio phone at 7 :4K P. AC.
7 P. M.?Animal stories, by Florence
Smith Vincent, New York Evening
Tfleijrarn.
7:30 P. M.?Mozart's musical comedy,
the "Impresario" (Krehblel's English
version) will be broadcasted under the
personal direction of William Wade
Hinshaw, president of the Society of
American fMngers of New York. Percy
Heraus, celebrated American barytone,
wtl be supported by famous all Amer
ican cast. The entire opera will be
produced. The cast of characters Is
as follows: Kmawiirl BchAvkamrder,
director Vienna Opera House, Percy
Hemus: PMlip, his nephew, a young
ban-tone, Francis Tyler: Mowart, the
composer, Thomas McGranahan;
Madam JTofer, Mozart"* sl*ter-ln-law,
prima donna. Rcglna Vlearlno: Milt.
Dorothea Uhllc, singer of L>ln*, TTarel
Huntington: accompanist to Schicka
neder, fJladys Craven.
9:20 P. Af.?lx>tta Madden. American
soprano soloist, of Goldman's Concert
Band of New York and well known In
the concert field. Her program fol
lows: A pastoral from the opera
".Rosalinda," Veraclnl; Che Flero Cos
tume (Arietta). Legranzl: Air de
Salome, Herodiade. Massenet: "Exal
tation." B^och : "The Brooklet." Bur
leigh : 'The Living God," O'Hara : Old
English Taillaby. Hill: "I Shall
Awake." Kramer.
Station KDKA, Plttnlinrah,
8 P. M.- Message from the National
Safety Council.
8 P. M.?"The Golden Pule of Business,"
by Harry W. Neely, vice-president
Pittsburgh T>ry Goods Company and
chairman of the Golden Rule Trade
Tour Committor of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce.
8 :30 P. M.?Instrumental and vocal se
lections by the Lincoln Trio (Walter
Schmucker. accordion : Josephine Ott,
violin : Joseph Ott, cornet, assisted by
D. H. MrGIII, concert barytone).
Station Wit/.. Springfield, Mass.
8 P. M.?Mr?. VVoodworth, soprano of
St. Thomas's Church, Irene Changnon.
pianist.
Station WOI, Weilford Hillside.
8 P. M.?Boston police reports ; popu
lar music concerts.
Station WVC'B, Slitnal Corps,
Redloe'a Island.
(Tune to 1460 Meters.)
!? P. M.?Musical numbers.
9:18 P. M.?The radio audience will be
entertained with a program of old
fashioned melodies by the Burrowes
Quartet fR W, Gammon, tenor: R.
W. McQueaten, **<-*>nd tenor; C. t*
Wood, barytone; A. Krug, bass; iMIss
(Marlon Wood, ar <omnanlst),
POST \I# SCII HOI'I.F A V \ ll.4RI.fC.
The New York Post OfTlce has com
pile! a table showing tlie time of transit
of tetter malls for many plnce<s In the
United State* ;md Canada, anil the clos
ing and leaving time of the principal
afternoon and ev^nltit* mall trains. This
Information Is of value to business con
cerns, and Postmaster Morgan an
nounces that copies will he furnl?hed on
request. Requests may He left at any
station or r*ent to the Postmaster by
mall.
Doctor's Automobile Struck
Twice in Traffic at Brook
lyn Corner.
ONE IS MINUS HIS GUN
Drink From Stranger's Bot
tle and Bluecoat Booze
Partly Blamed.
SUSPENSIONS ORDERED
One Man's Firearm Has Empty
Shell?Neither of Two Tg
Able to Talk.
Patrolmen Johrt J. Bullivan of the
Rndge precinct. Brooklyn, and Charles
H. Rail of the Glendale precinct were I
suspended late yesterday afternoon by
order of John A. Leach, Deputy Com-!
mlssloner, after one or both of them'
had fired several shots at Raymond!
and Tillary streets, Brooklyn. Two of I
the bullets hit the automobile of Dr.
John G. Senese of 225 High street.
According to John L. Falconer, Dep
uty Inspector. It has not been possible
to get a clear account of what hap
pened because both Rail and Sullivan
were too intoxicated to talk intelli
gently.
Inspector Falconer was. In the Classon I
avenue station about 3:30 o'clock when'
word was received there that two police
men were shooting at each other at
Raymond and Tillary streets. He went
8 In his automobile and found Rail
In uniform but not on duty, beln* led
away by a sergeant and a patrolman.
Inspector Falconer had Rail taken to
the police station, where Police Surgeon
McGoldrick said he was highly intoxi
cated. Rail told Inspector Falconer
that he had been with another pollce
woulrtinnP?a'n clothes- wh?>8e name he
"ot_ reveal, and that the other
an had done the shooting. Rail was
suspended and sent to his home at 131S
Halsey street. Brooklyn.
I'atrolman Sullivan was to have re
Ported for duty at 4 o'clock but did not
appear at the Bridge precinct until after
7 He was examined by Police Sergeant
f^nn' *5? said he was under the Iri
tru*'? Hcjuor. Inspector Falconer
tried to question the man, but he was
not able to tell clearly what had hap
CWt' In .t Sald h? ^ been to Traffic
Court In the morning and that later he
? i?" a 8tranger who had given him
a drink out of a bottle. Still later, he
said, he met a uniformed policeman
whose name he did not remember, and
Jh7 v.. u sev?ral drinks together In
the vicinity of Raymond and Tillary
streets. He said he did not remember
that any one had done any shooting.
Bullivan went to work without his
Pistol, so it could not be examined.
Rail s gun had one empty cartridge
in the cylinder, but this indicated
nothing as It Is the custom of police
men to have an empty cartridge In their
guns for the hammer to rest on. This
lessens the danger of accidents, as the
cylinder must be twirled or the trigger
pulled before the gun can be discharged
but V,8lt*d the Precinct,
nut said he could not Identify Sullivan
as the man who had fired the shots
One of these hit the windshield of the
Physician's car and the other hit the
body of the machine.
J"rf;:?r Ka!c"ne,r SR|<J that as soon
as Sullhan and Hall are sober they will
Hnn 5 k" p? Headquarters and ques
tionedby Commissioner Leach. It will
then be determined what charges are
to be made against them.
LA SALLE ST. STATION
PROTEST WITHDRAWN
Enright Satisfies Harlem Men
?Flanigan Not Identified.
The protest of Harlem business men
against the abolishing of the La Salle
street police station melted last night
under the explanation of Police Com
missioner Enright and resulted in the
Harlem Board of Commerce, before
whom he spoke, extending to him a
vote of thanks and a pledge of support.
Charles Frledgen. proprietor of the drug
!=tore at Amsterdam avenue and 120th
street, where Samuel Hadas, the clerk,
wu shot and killed Sunday night during
I an attempted holdup, was among those
who listened to Mr. Enrlght's explana
tion that the station house was abolished
because it had outlived Its usefulness.
He said It would have been economically
unsound to have continued it. Dr. J.
Gardiner Smith, chairman of the board,
who headed the committee that recently
carried 2.300 protests to Mr. Enright
against abolishing the precinct, presided.
It wa? a member of this committee who
nsked for a rising vote of thanks when
the Commissioner had finished. H. I*
Norrls. superintendent of grounds and
buildings at Columbia TTnlverslty, repre
sented Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler at the
meeting.
William Carroll and Leon Cook, clerks
In Frledgen's drug store, who witnessed
the slaying of Hadas, tried again yester
day to Identify Thomas Flanigan, the
ex-oonvlot, as one of the holdup men, but
could not. The homicide charge that was
preferred against Flanigan Monday nlgbt
was consequently dropped and he was
sent to the Tombs as a ball defaulter on
the warrant charging that he Jumped his
$15,000 ball bond when released after his
arrest on a larceny charge In connection
with the rohbing last August of a pay
master of the Horton Ice Cream Com
pany.
CALLED FROM PULPIT
FINDS BABY AT HOME
Dr. Seagle's Ten Pound Boy
Adopted by the 'Lions.*
The Rev. Dr. Nathan Seagle. rector
of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal
Ohurch, 120 West Sixty-ninth street., was
the guest of honof yesterday at a lunch
eon given by tlhe Lions, an organisation
of business men, at the Hotel Marie
Antoinette.
Dr. Seagle, who Is slxly years old,
speaking on "Life." announce.1 that
while preaching on Sunday morning at
his church, he had been summoned
home. He found on arriving that lie
was the father of a ten pound hoy. Dr.
Seagle was married a year ago to MIsh
Marie Louise Plckhnm The . J.it>ns
adopted the b?by as their mgniot Dr.
Seagle was also informed that the
Daughters of the Amerlenf, Revolution,
of Which he is chaplain, And ulsa UUten
the baby under th?lr^?mg.
A Treasury Department rep
resentative, at the Information
Bureau, urill assist our cus
tomers in making out Incom?
Tax returns.
Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co.
Broadway at Ninth, New York
Telephone Stuyvesant 1*700
Store Hours?9 to 5.80
There is Nothing
Artificialized
within or without this busi
ness; it is real, genuine, of
natural quality in its meth
ods and conduct.
There is no need to at
tempt to magnify thia great
6tone structure of thirty-two
acres of floors and galleries,
street vaults based under
water in natural, solidified
gravel to the tiled roof, all
of which in many respects
has no parallel in this or
any country.
There is a good deal more
than mere feet and inches in
the men and women who
captain and form the crew,
engineering and sailing this
big ship, who have grown,
developed and are still pro
gressing, and each year en
courages us to increase our
energies and endeavors.
[Signed]
March 15, 1922.
Ribbon Watches
$16.50 to $38
For $25 to $52 watches
Small, dependable.
Special purchase from a
long-established importer.
The quality of the watches,
and their time-keeping, are
guaranteed.
15 jewel (lever escape
ment). Some in 14 karat
gold cases; some in gold
filled cases.
? * *
Various styles and sizes?
round, octagonal, oval, cushion,
square and diamond shapes.
Street Floor, Old Building
200 Candle Shades
and Shields?85c
Were $2 and $3
Imported French shades of
silk?silk daintily made with
gold braid and galloon, French
metal ribbon and tiny medal
lion trimmings.
Odd, attractive shapes.
Second Gallery, Now Building
Imported
Scotch Gingham
?38c
Special purchase of 1,500
yards
48 cents a yard is the
least we have been able to
sell the same gingham at
before.
Large checks, small
checks, and checks both
narrow and wide. In the
new Spring colors.
Dress Good* Salon,
First Floor, Old Building
85c to $1.50
Cretonnes?for 50c
?Less than today's
wholesale prices
Yard wide. Tub-fast.
? * ?
500 yards in each of
many of the different pat
terns. Many other pat
terns in smaller quantities.
Fourth Gallery, Now Building
The
Handkerchief
Shop announces
A ONE-THIRD re
duction on all orders
received for embroid
ering and monograms
from March i$th to
March 22nd, inclusive.
Block, Old English, Script
and Japanese; from the
j small block initial regularly
priced 8c a letter to clabo
j rate monograms regularly
priced $2 each.
Street Floor, Old Building
$67,578 NEW Bedroom and
Dining-room Furniture
?at HALF Price
? * ?
The outstanding offer of the year
not likely to be matched in years?if ever
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55 bedroolm suites, 31 dining-room suites, and many odd pieces for the
bedroom, just out of the railroad cars direct from Grand Rapids, from the
(hops of one o? America's best furniture makers.
Of the millions of dollars of furniture we have sold, none has more close
ly approached the Wanamaker ideals of quality and finish. It is a remarkable
thing that such high-grade furniture should be available today at half estab
lished prices.
We planned this event months ago?the taking-over of the end of the
reason's run of goods of a leading maker. And waited. Hoped there would
l>e plenty of the furniture, and that it would get here at a convenient time
For our customers?for Easter brides?for new homes opening up in the
Spring. And everything has gone just as we had hoped.
The furniture is on the floors this morning, in front of the Ninth St.
elevators, and1 to the west?
$67J578 worth?to sell for $33,789
First time on sale
BEDROOM SUITES, of 4 to 10 pieces lowered from the established price,
is follows:
$230 ? from $460
$324 ?from' $648
. $369 ? from $738
$419 ? from $838
$500 ? from $1000
$290 ? from $580
$299 ? from $598
$334 ? from $668
$386 ?from $772
$450 ? from $900
$684 ? from $1368
$286 ?from $572
$377 ?from $754
$318 ? from $636
$470 ?from $940
DINING-ROOM SUITES of 8 to 10 pieces?which include the chairs to
match?are lowered from the established price, as follows:
$280 ? from $560 $305 ? from $610 $326 ? from $652
$347 ? from $694 $366 ? from $732 $372 ? from $744
$390 ? from.$780 $433 ? from $866 $535*?from $1070
Fifth Gallery, New Bldg.
AM PIC O-in-the-Mar shall -"Wendell A MPIC 0-iH-th e-Mars 7m 11 '& Wendell
$1,050 $1,975
f Upright) (Small Grand)
The Incomparable AMPICO
a boon at any price?
may now be had at the prices quoted above
The AMPICO does something no other pianoforte can do?it
brings into the home a faithful reproduction of the actual playing
of RACHMANINOFF, the great Russian composer and pianist,
and of many other masters of the pianoforte, who have recorded
their playing exclusively for the AMPICO.
It brings into the home a vast library of the best music?not
merely conversation as expressed in the lighter selections and in
dance music, but THOUGHTS expressed in music as in Rachmani
off's compositions, the etudes of Liszt, and other great composers. Won
derful inspiration for routine-ridden workers, and for growing children.
And, of course, whenever you wish, you may play the AMPICO
yourself, for the inclusion of the AMPICO structure within the piano,
in no wise interferes with the use of the instrument as a pianoforte
only.
AMPICO Uprights are now $1,050 to $1,800
AMPICO Grands are now $1,975 to $3,500
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Immediate delivery. Convenient terms
Used pianos taken in part exchange, at fair valuation.
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You are invited to an AMPICO Recital, to he given in the Wana
maker Auditorium, this afternoon at 2.30. Fifteenth Recital of the
aeries Ampico in the Chickering .... Pianist ? Charles Cooper. ...
Soprano?Edna Bloom.... Organ?J. Thurston Noe.... First Gallery,
New Building. Piano Salon*, Firtt Gallery, New Building