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New-York Tribune from New York, New York • Page 10

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New-York Tribunei
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New York, New York
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10
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Fifty-Acre Gift of John D. Rockefeller, to People Scene of One of Country's First Fights for Liberty I and Now Dedicated to Recrea- lion Bristled with Ramparts hen Soldiers I ought the I lesbians in De ienr.e of N'rw York-Higheal Point in Manhattan-Natural Gateway Park -Vmss the Hudson. and com? bined to n. 1: tly of Lore bway h'lr: adven! irera from the ry fal I high? lands, when the Ai tion nd aroui.ii from the main ga ti view of the land offered to rl? purk by Jonh Rockefeller, jr. The view is taken from thi looking acr Broadway, turn on one of the shady roads the park.

V.L.- be the main entrance, at Fort Washington and Northern Aves. Hall, the jrreat house that C. K. G. Billing's built upon his estnte, ia a raggei ellfl surmounted by a hum? 's: of earth.

This is the site of Fort Tryon, a reminder of tho change that carno over the rugged country when Washington and his Continentals wen- ht for liber'y. The acres that have now beer, dedi bristled with rampart? and the Manoa Ila, and from the top of which cuts Ave? nue. I ute a pla him as a I i a boy lilli Ti pei Waal Mai out TKe weatei wi the I'n and the Jet to tne liarlen the grounds, and 1er away a glimpse of the of Long Soond. this sottiai law rears ago carno a I with maj." ideas of an ead work them ant, Billinga wus eraglaally attrael the for trotting but ha The r.ili only Ineidental to his whola alda Das ai tia aotab.a faaturaa of the which Mr. Billings is said to have spent in developing, is a Koman road which winds gently up from the Hudson, dipping under a great Koman arch, to the house on the Its aweep aoggeati one uf engineering works of ancient ar.d fc.nct as substantially built it should last as It is fuel long, ascends feet area at a grade af about eent Mr.

Billinga wanted that eould di ira his er it at much time ever the ucted 1 ryon built ins of Guj ton, ia the style rai a'ld ii tower then ai hardly I ion. the hou? ii ed 1 pon the porpei liculei a wall it ia the i intained ai ra I i from Tryon Ball I Lil Norman bieh tin? as a red heed there fur a time, hut B4 tel, and I I for the fa ra lal The by Bl io arid ha? irne since. Abbey Irin, now was rfj. Abbei i gift thi fanoua I itoi Th? rg Peanaylean and, look na I an dtrnloij that ha cou.ein do better than buy ng doam i I Wi I Avenue toward the Billing Mansion. Tork real eetate.

Be bought far to thal north, thinkipf I be ilth In the lull Mr. rea ara Inelnd? I Mf 'I he lal trun: te La from the Hud to I Mr Rex kef el 1er Km? Washington bv pur? chase ol Intervening property, li thil Il done, New York will have a riv? nari extending from Pyckman Si Mr that the es Corni the mon? Th' ox plain? pon the I already connected by the' Lackman Street ferry, MASSIVE BUILDINGS VM1D PICTURESQUE AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY MARK THE PARK WHICH JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR I IAS OFFERED TO PEOPLE OF NEW YORK. THE CROWNS A HILL OVERLOOK ING THE HUDSON, AND IS FULL Ol' SHADY NOOKS AND OFFERS MAN BEAU I I LI. I EWS.

Price of Women's Shoes To Be Less in Fall, Manufacturers Plan Styles To Be Simplified at Request of National Defence Council to Conserve Leather Supply and Release Labor for Other Industries By JOHN J. LEARY. JR. Lynn, June the manu? facturers of this city, the (argea! manufacturing centre in the world, have their way, women's ihoei arill not only be simpler in design and fewer pat? tern this fall than in any season for years, but lower in price. The im? pelling reason for the change is request from the National Council of Jit-fence that the manufacturers lim? plify styles generally, reduce the num? il, of laata and pattern? ao thal national supply of leather may 1 conserved, labor freed for other in? dustries and prieea lowered to the public.

The reqneat at a time when the manufacturi are la a highly r.ervoua frame of mind, eonditiona, 'banks to the competition for the mort having ihown mar.u faetureri little oi the comfortable ti that were i i line wera ataple and before the foi fancy ahoea had developed, was then pe ibla with compani amall lina of to BO place thal torlea could be full time, rhia baa been impoeeible erith styles changing light, and overhead exp? i mounted to prieea thal WOald have a few yeal I patterna and laata, ti cancellation dei i after thee had been lace in demand, and the lot has no1 Mun- recently maa ia off the have reportad a tendency the part of women rob? prie? for simes. tronaj these perta boon thal auiny manufacturera i and ni prior to the i. council. plain pur: fords, high cul penaive a the i. ii a ictui however, ii way reapoi for ti i in Borne manufactu ihoei, no mattet the I connection I I told New win? dow that looked familiar, 'lio to bo allow? ut a pair marke 1 II al "At.I you iel I tliat shoe for and Iced up?" he asked the managt of thi I aaked the manager, "what's that?" the maker, 'Vx pt that 1 nade that shoe and dehv Boston for If that is I do no1 know what la." laid the manager, have to live.

And, anyway, are lell more of ti. es at 1 I ian we could If we ottered them at I the women wonld think there waa ng with them and refuse to boy IF YOU CANT FIGHT nara YOUR TALK WOIOT BEAT GERMANY MEN III MONEY WILL MINIMI SufascrQs ta ti ti? Pat-iotjc ftnj iii mm mum MIL wivac TBC? urns WHAT ARE YOU MR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM? JTOHT-KPAY iiwta ta tile fund Care of Dependents of Soldiers in Canada Furnishes Guide for U.S. Assistance Graded According to Cost or LhOtlg In Different Provinces-Wife Receives $30 a Month, of $1 5 Assigned from Husbands GLADSTONE PBBXV, f. C1. win al war beg cara af August, 1914, thia promiae eenie a leientlj deal! Ith from the out levelopmenl of eved hen serieua thiJ I iva become without or How Canada mi ii ia one of the moa! ting ehan tmenta I contingent for I al -um.

eenti i nationa ran irai care for the needj di pei la, neglect or di te the fad ii continued i men on then- iii or fferent eitiea made rarioua I'o need the irganised i royal bighi the ai incorporated Kugv 191 i. "to but? i fund aaaiatan lildren ami me rita i who, during the be Creal Britain Scope of the Fund Widened in I 0 I 5 ruary, 1916, to invalid? aold in action. As the Pati I ind me ia until The Gov? K- M. v. I' Mil ter of Pit Fra er, 1 tor Gc presei all of the Di denon bl in reliel commltt? i i remunera! i i of the "uni in iranch all nous wherever aaul in, and di hai with the milii I I to ted bri etc one broad pi inciple upon which tting i FOR THE BOYS WHEN THEY COMB HOME IF YOU HAVE NEITHER HI I i Sobante Now to tie Canadian FitritJc hsa ing on the central organization for actual "Pay what you can, draw what you need," wa? a slogan largely used i-i l'ranch Tgsnization.

Funds have been received from pro rincial, county ar.d municipal grants, large grants hy the more important ni rial and financial institutions, local ligna, grants of a pay a month," etc. The local campaign? wherever carried out have been revela? tions in the generosity of the Canadian people. The actual canvass is preceded by an extensive advertising campaign, making bannen, ltdewalk carda, picture ihow la) from the ti und advertiaing and reading notices in the local press, followed up by leaflets or circulars addreaaod through the mail to a carefully prepared list of every one cal releed, taken by a painstaking compilation of the records of voters' lista, factory payrolls and telephone and city directories These circulars, calculat-d to give all essential informa? tion and to answer the usual abjections, do much to pave the way for the can raSSSr. who follows with the personal approach. Generally two or three days are Bet aaida for the cellectiona, and the results have in practically every eaae exceeded the i pectationi of tteea Towns there are which have put a leeond ar.d even a third year cam? paign, an 1 in almost every trv te each succeeding appeal itdone the ones ihe payments are extended ovei period of nine to twelve month i 'ken.

and the eolleetioni hai through the local These i to. around mu 11 hour, lou curing local I ramil see I. wife in ita jui fund aids alike lha family of the Canadian volunteer, and the Helgian. Italian. Serbian ard lumanian recen ata who have ra urned to fight for their count! ol' Graded by Schedule ihe ameunl te arhich easistence mr I aria accoiiiing to tin? de or" the leeal branch, the relative of living In pnrt? of the country, al graded from a central maximum sched? ule, known as the Kastern City Maxi? mum.

It is amumed that the 1 rece FI I three Iren, i icca form the i in the i the Smitl iiiif a nHaltMMIKI The ri i much mon rill)) re tun debt dren or the home, I able a di hand the i chil drea care. Salvation Ai eea ef gn at in narai keep augmi The better eonditioi are ence re pel aasigned pay, wou le ted ternity and I mtdi cal advice at ten I furniture, etc Encourage Saving Among Dependents At all brai tion log depend? a amount for a eran a ccr'ain amount account, only to be of real need or pn Ilnlp advice ha i naurai b. Bg premiumi lapse ti laness. I might fill the in citing committees, larg best any town, have toward ii to the prnment departs ingly in the nd and Wea perssnsl go oar itead, ai I ti eannot bi ted by the government. The future sf'tSS through el influenced by the oldier'a ehifdri BOW, care of our Planderi and tem of i a mon than an) ideal thal ata a nd pati ic work for bul cannot, pnrtu All thia work women ami ha-? i direct infl nee reuses Bifl fa'! orne bout $15,.,000, with a monthly uraemenl iheet of al out i re In ikort, Canada tem organisatloi rhi Jj 1.1 thoroughly equipped to ork Immediate.

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