New-York Tribune from New York, New York • Page 22

Girl Chained, Bed to Crash If She Moved Bedford Prisoner Tells How, Handcuffed in a Cell for 24 Hours, She Faced Serious Injury Bedlam Marks Inquiry Girl, Beaten With Keys, Lost Hair in Which They Became Entangled Staff Corre.ipondgnea BEDFORD HILLS, N. Dec. Stories of a girl chained in a strained position between the door of her cell and an untilted bed which would crash down upon her at the slightest move? ment, of another girl who was beaten over the head by the assistant super? intendent with a bunch of keys that became tangled in her hair, and of similar incidents at the reformatory for women here were interrupted this afternoon by prisoners who turned their cottage into bedlam as a protest against punishment imposed. John S. Kennedy, vice-president of the State Prison Commission, ad? journed the session of his inquiry into disciplinary methods at the reforma? tory long enough to visit the cottage, accompanied hy members of the board of managers and others at the hearing.

He was invited to do so by Helen Cobb, superintendent of the place. "If you gentlemen want to see for yourselves what difficulties we have to contend with," Miss Cobb said after receiving a telephone message, "you may come over to Lowell Cottage right now." Bedlam in Cottage Lowell Cottage, in which negro pris? oners of the reformatory are housed, was heard before it was seen. The up- roarious din emanating from it smote the ears of the investigators before they got within sight of the building. When it came into view it was seen that almost every window was crowded with negro women who were shouting, crying and laughing hysterically. Within the noise was deafening.

Some of the prisoners had thrown themselves on the floor and were la? menting their lot and what they called the injustice of their keepers at the top of their voices. One of the girls in the cottage, they explained, had lost a piece of neckwear and thought one of her companions had stolen it. The punishment decreed was that no in? mate of cottage should share in the recreation hour until the neckwear had been returned. Philosophy and soothing words had no effect upon the wailing, shrieking chorus, and the investigators returned to the room where the hearings are conducted. Handcuffed to Cell Door Stella Kramer, muffled in furs and sparkling with gems, who entered with the opulent rustle of silks, was the girl who told about being stretched between her cell door and a nicely bal? anced bed.

She was released from the reformatory last February, after serv? ing a three-year term for shoplifting. In a fit of rage at being confined to her room on February 25, 1917, she had broken a window. "They took me to Rebecca Hall," she said, "and laid me flat on the floor on my back with my hands handcuffed behind me. Then they raised me enough to get my hands out and fastened the handcuffs to the door of my cell. My feet were chained to a i ed.

The bed was raised so that if I tried to kick it it would topple over on me. "Miss Minogue i superin t'ndent) vent to the bathroom and pot a piece of soap from one of the tubs which she put into my mouth. Then sr tioil a piece of rag around to hold it there. My lips were cracked and the was dirty. I was left there for twenty-four hours.

Some of the time 1 may have been unconscious. I re menbor water being thrown on me. ttirward they ducked my head in a i of water." Hair Cut Off to Release Keys Quinn, a guard at the refor mator? who previously had testified to seeing at least one hundred girls strung up to their cell doors by manacles, told about the prisoner who was beater, over the head with the bunch of key It wtts Miss Minogue, he said, who the keys and they i became so entangled in the hair of the furious girl that the hair was cut off in order to extricate the keys. The girl was Maizie Rice, who also was a witness to-day. Quinn, who re? marked casually that he had seen eight girls strung up to their cell doors at once, was called because the Rice girl had testified that the beating took place August 1, while the records she was sent to the disciplinary building on July 28.

Quinn agreed that it was August 1, being positive, he said, because it was pay day. There four girls in the punishment cell at the time, he said, three while and one negro. This state? ment also was disputed, records appearing to show that it was July 28 and that the proportion was throe negro and one white. Later in the in? quiry, however, it. developed that the records were in error on this point anil Quinn was right.

Favor Buses for Broadway Association Believes Motor Ser? vice Would Relieve Congestion Directors of the Broadway Associa? tion voted yesterday at a meeting at the Hotel Astor in favor of introducing motor 'buses to relieve transportation congestion on Broadway. It wns de? cided to have the transportation com? mittee make a report on conditions in Broadway and submit the problem to the entire membership of the associa? tion. Changes were made in the bylaws of the organization which the general membership will vote on January 16. UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE TODAY, DECEMBER 13 Beginning 9:30 r. M.

In the NEW GALLERIES OF ROBERT C. GRAHAM, Inc. 128 West 49th St. (near 7th Are.) AN UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF Bronzes, Porcelains, Statuary, Fur? niture, Oriental Rugs, Rare Prints, Etchings, Paintings, etc. Sheffield Plate and Silverware.

BY ORDER OF THRO. BAUER 1 belonging to Other Katai Mid l'rlviue Owner? ON VIEW TIME OF SALE. Robert C. ham, Auctioneer, Oallorletr 128 WtSt 49th Street Address Formerly 924-926 Broadway. Police Squelch Radical Meeting Communists Turned Back FromHqty Where Gitlou and Larkin Were Billed Members of the Communist party who set out last night to attend the advertised mass meeting of their organization at London Casino, 3861 Third Avenue, found that police re? serves had got there first.

The police, under Inspector Savage and Captain Mahoney, were called upon to intervene by District Attorney Francis Martin of the Bronx, after ho had been apprised that the speakers at the projected meeting were to be Jim Larkin and Benjamin Gitlow, both out on bail charged with criminal anarchy, and Morris Zucker, who is facing a twenty-year sentence in At? lanta. None of these appeared at the cordon the police threw around the building at 6 o'clock. Several attempts made by the thwarted communists to conduct open air meetings in the neighborhood were broken up by the police. District Attorney Martin announced last night that he intended to call a meeting of all dance and meeting hall proprietors in the Bronx and request them to give him- their support in closing all halls to the communists. If he is unable to obtain their coopera? tion, he says that he will ask the po? lice to arrest all proprietors who rent their halls to the members of the party.

He bases his action on the re ce'nt declaration of Chief Magistrate McAdoo, that the tenets of communism violate the law. Family to Fight Benjamin for Adopting Daughter Lawyer's Children to Attack Legality of Proceedings; Wife, 111 in Sanitarium, Unaware of Husband's Act The sons and daughters of Park Benjamin, the lawyer, intend to con? test the legality of his recent adoption of Miss Anna Bolchi, former governess to the Benjamin family and more lately companion to their seventy-year old father. Miss Bolchi, Italian by birth, became Mr. Benjamin's legal daughter at Wilkes-Barre, Wednesday. Yes? terday Park Benjamin announced here that he and his brothers and sisters intend to fight the adoption.

"We are absolutely agreed on this matter my brother, my sisters and he said. "Wo all stand together and if we can possibly do anything we will do it. Of course we are not going to chase my father all over the United i States." Trip tclCalifornia One of the reasons given day before yesterday for the action of the elder Benjamin was that he desired Miss Bol? chi to accompany him to California this winter and took this step as the best way of avoiding any unpleasantness. Mr. Benjamin jr.

said yesterday knowledge of his father's action had been kept from Mrs. Benjamin, the young man's stepmother, who is in a sanitarium at, Goshen, N. Y. "She has been ill for more than ten years," he said, "and while thoroughly competent might suffer serious conse? quences if the news of.my father's ac? tion was broken to her." In speaking of his father's earlier attempt to adopt Miss Bolchi in New York, Mr. Benjamin told of the protest that he and his brother and sisters made on this occasion.

"The hearing was held in Surrogate Cohalan's chambers," he said, "and my father gave his reason for wanting to adopt the woman. Then we put her on the stand. She blew up in wrath un? der examination and flew out of the room. Surrogate Cohalan gave us three weeks in which to produce evi? dence. My father dropped the action." Mr.

Benjamin's brother is Romeyn Benjamin. His sisters are Mrs. Enrico Caruso, Mrs. Frederick Goddard and Mrs. William Glenny.

"To Avoid Scandal" WILKES-BARRE, Dec. Judge John M. Garman, of the Luzerne court, granted the decree of adoption to Park Benjamin hew last Wednesday. The lawyer and Miss Bolchi came here Tuesday and left twenty-four hours later as father and daughter. W.

Alfred Valentine appeared as at? torney for Mr. Benjamin, presenting affidavits and petitions and citing nu merous Supreme Court decisions to show that a decree of adoption might be granted "to temporary residents or sojourners." Mr. Valentine said to-day: "It was not the purpose of Mr. Benjamin to secure the decree to give Miss Bolchi any money or his estate. She has been in his family several years.

"To avoid scandal and silence the gossipers he decided the only way she could go was as a member of his family. That meant he must adopt her, and that is just why he did it. I do not know i when they will leave." Arrested as Blackmailer, Youth Pleads Duress Real Culprit Threatened to Ex? pose Him for Aecidental Fire, Prisoner Says John K. Richardson, sixteen years old, who said he lived at 665 Sumner Avenue, Newark, was held for exami nation yesterday by United States i Commissioner McGoldrick in Brooklyn I on a charge of attempting to blackmail a business man of Manhattan. The name of the alleged victim was not disclosed.

He is said to be a man who served four years in prison twenty five years ago and who since his dis 1 charge hns led an exemplary life. His immediate family, it was said, knew of his imprisonment, but many of the friends he had made in the last twenty-five years did not. A few days ago he got a letter demanding fifty $100 bills, with the threat of exposing his old offense if he failed to pay. He was instructed to insert an advertise? ment in a designated newspaper if he agreed. On the advice of the police he in? serted the advertisement and got an other letter telling him how to ad? dress the package of money.

He mailed a package according to directions, but 1 it contained no money. Richardson is said to have been ar? rested when he called for the package at a branch postofriee in Brooklyn. Ac? cording to the detectives who arrested him he admitted sending the letter, but said he hajl done so for a man who threatened, unless he did so, to expose him as one of several boys who acci? dentally set fire to a barn several weeks Jury Rejects Olive Branch From Swann District Attorney's Offer to Assign Two of His Assist? ants, Both Republicans, to Aid Panel Is Declined Would Publish Minutes Both Sides Favor Publicity for Traction Testimony of Hylan, but Do Not Act A District Attorney Swann yesterday extended the olive branch to the extraordinary grand jury, and met with a rebuff for his efforts. Assuring the jury of his readiness to "put aside matters of personal dif-'j ference in the advancement of the pub? lic business," Mr. Swann offered the panel services of two of his assistants, Olcott and George N.

Brothers. Both are Republicans, appointed by former Governor Whitman when Dis? trict Attorney. Olcott is the son of former Judge W. M. K.

Olcott. Raymond F. Almirall, foreman of the grand jury, which is officially pilotless, refused the District Attorney's peace offer. He declared that the jury's po? sition was fully explained in its letter, dated November 20 last, to Governor Smith. In this letter the jury asked the services of the Attorney General of the state.

Swann Criticizes Jury Mr. Swann said the jury's declina? tion of his offer showed it placed "per? sonal antagonisms above the public in? "I suggested these two members of my staff, who would proceed in lawyer? like fashion, without regard to any? thing but the legal aspects of the case," said he. "It simply represented my desire to put the public interests before any? thing else, to submerge all personali? ties and to advance the public interest solely. The public is not interested in personal differences between officials. "For the sixth time I have requested the grand jury to stop their bickering, their constant wrangling and get down to the business of the county, to let the dead past bury its dead, to let there be a new day, and they declined to do it." Raises Constitutional Point The constitutional rights of citizens are being invaded because the jury has no legal adviser, Mr.

Swann went on, adding: "The jury declines to let any mem? ber of the District Attorney's staff enter the grand jury room, except in anarchy cases. Both the state and Federal constitutions provide certain privileges to all citizens charged with I crime. These rights are being invaded I right now unwittingly by the jury, which refused to receive advice from the District Attorney." The District Attorney also said Mr. AlmiralPfi reply to his peace offering was printed on a letter headed "Extraordinary Grand Jury, 12 East Forty-Bixth Street, New York," the ad- dress of Foreman Almirall's private office. Swann Knows of No Dictaphones In the letter offering the services of I the two assistants Mr.

Swann com- mented on reports that the jury be- lieved dictaphones had been installed in its room and the telephone wires of certain jurors were tapped, saying he had no knowlege of any such practice. If any one was spying he would be prosecuted, Mr. Swann said. Both sides in the controversy yester- day expressed eagerness to have the jury minutes made public, hut neither took any step. The grand jury, it was stated, would consent, if Mr.

Swann it, to have the minutes dealing with the examination of Mayor Hylan, Frank H. Hedley and others in the In terborough conspiracy inquiry made public. "I accept the challenge," Mr, Swann said, "but I want the whole and not a part of the minutes made public." Regarding the jury's action in order? ing Fishburg, official stenographer, not to transcribe his notes in the Gaston B. Means hearings, because Assistant, District Attorney John T. Dooling fig ured in the testimony, Mr.

Swann said he would refrain from having the min utes transcribed, so the jury would have no cause for criticism. Governor Smith made no comment on Mr. Battle's request that he be relieved as special counsel. Seven Jurors Settle Death Suit by Junket Unusual Procedure Bring? About Payment of $3,000 by Railway Seven earnest jurors in the Queens i Supreme Court yesterday caused the abrupt termination of the suit for $10,000 brought by Mrs. Margaret Vernava against the Long Island Rail? road for the death of her son Rocco.

They blandly announced to the court that they had visited the scene of the accident, talked to persons who witnessed it and had come to a definite decision among themselves. When the case was brought to trial Justice Fawcett asked the jury if they desired to be sent to the scene of the i accident in a body. They said they i When it was brought out how the boy had been crossing the tracks at Corona and had been wedged in be tween them and killed by a passing i train seven of the jurors became more interested. "We have gained impressions that will aid us in coming to a conclusion," I they told Justice Fawcett yesterday. I The jtastice immediately court proceedings and suggested that attorneys for the plaintiff and defend ant see if they could not reach an agreement out of court.

After a con ference the railroad settled for "I have no doubt," said Justice Faw cett to the ambitious jurymen, "that i you acted with the very best inten? tions, but you have created a situation here where either attorney could have asked for the withdrawal of a juror and had the case declared a mistrial. It would have been better had you accepted the suggestion of the court and viewed the scene as a body." Aim Poor, Suicide Lonely since the death of hurt- mother, and out of work, Miss Stin nere, a former subway ticket agent, tired a shot at her head in her room at 1111 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, yesterday. Her aim was poor. The bullet struck a glancing blow, fracturing her skull above the right eye, and she was taken to the Jewish hospital charged with vio i Ution of the Sullivan law. Order Sought to Sell Mrs.

Woolworth's Home Proceeds From Fifth Av. Resi? dence Needed to Pay Taxes, Parson Tells Court Hubert T. Parson, committee of Mrs. Jennie Woolworth, widow of Frank W. Woolworth, applied to the Supreme Court yesterday for permission to sell the residence of Mrs.

Woolworth nt 990 Fifth Avenue, at Eightieth Street. Mr. Parson said that a fair value of the property is $460,000. Mr. Parson explained his request by saying that the estate of Mr.

Wool worth, of which Mrp. Woolworth was the sole beneficiary, had certain obli? gations and liabilities which it was necessary to meet. Perhaps the two heaviest of these liabilities are the Federal tax on the estate, amounting to $6,800,000, and the state transfer tax of $1,050,000, both of which are personal liabilities of Mrs. Woolworth and must be paid out of her estate. Mrs.

Woolworth also is the owner of other property, the most valuable being her country place at Glen Cove, L. where she is now living and which is valued at the Wool worth Building, Lancaster, 000 and a property in Philadelphia, $800,000. Mr. Parson said that out of Mrs. Woolworth's income, he is paying out $10,000 a month for her living ex? penses and the upkeep of her home.

He said the income from the real estate and personal property is in? sufficient to pay all debts and obliga? tions and the interests of Mrs. Wool worth will be promoted by the sale of her city house. He says he desires to preserve the income producing assets, so that after the payment of the obli? gations the committee can provide for the maintenance of Mrs. Woolworth in the comfort, to which she is ac- customed. Justice Newburger appointed Abra? ham Stern as referee to pass upon the application of Mr.

Parson. Skyscraper Fire Halts Traffic in Street and Tube Rush Hour Crowds Barred From Broadway and Sixth Av. as 42d Street Building Burns; Shuttle Congested Forty-second Street, between Broad- way and Sixth Avenue, was closed to I traffic during the height of the rush hour last evening by a tire that burned! out the eighth floor of the thirty-story Bush Terminal Building, at 130 West' Forty-second Street. The blaze was caused by candles used for illumination in obedience to the coal conservation order, and was fed by the exhibit of furniture and houso furnishings that occupies the entire eighth floor. So hot were the flames that window glass melted.

Fire Chief Kenlon said that if the building had not been a modern fireproof structure ii must inevitably have been demol? ished. The fire seems to have gathered great headway before it set, off the au? tomatic alarms in the building. W. I McConeghy, a house detective, was re- I turning from supper about 5 o'clock, when the alarms began to sound. He immediately sent in a box alarm.

On the arrival of Kenlon a second alarm was turned in. The halls and elevator shafts of the structure tilled rapidly with smoke. Two elevator runners, William Burns! and James Moore, braved the choking clouds and kept their cars in action, carrying hundreds from the building. Others escaped by way of the fireproof stairways. No one was injured.

the arrival of firemen the stand pipes on the eighth floor were called into service, and in addition a water tower attacked the blaze from the out? side. Police reserves, aided by several mounted men, fought to stem the late afternoon crowd that pours across Forty-second Street, and finally man? aged to sweep the block between Sixth Avenue and Broadway clear. In consequence Broadway and Forty second Street, crosstown cars were stalled by the score. The shuttle ser? vice, always inadequate during the rush hour, was unable to handle the crowd that fought for the opportunity I to get across town. Diverted auto- traffic caused several bad jams i on Sixth and Fifth avenues.

Although the fireproof walls and ceilings kept tile fire penned in one floor, it blazed so fiercely that it took the linemen more than an hour to get' it under control. Fire Chief Kenlon that it was one of the hottest fires that he has ever fought. Common Law Wife Sues i "Diamond Estate1 'Hall'Promised to Leave $150, 000 to Her, She Says, When Another Was Revealed It appears from a bill of particulars lii(d in the Supreme Coort yesterday that Augustus II. Hall, known as "Dia mond Cus," had two common law wives. The bill was filed by'Mrs.

Jean L. Ryder in lier action against the Lin coin Trust Company, as exesutor of Hall's estate. She Is suing for $150,000, which she alleges Hall said he would, leave to her in his will in considera-; tion of her promise not to sue for damages when she discovered he had i another common law wife. Hall, using the name of Sherwood, 1 according to Mrs. Ryder, entered into a common law marriage with the plain- i tiff and for two years they lived to i gether as husband and wife.

Then she discovered that the name of her: husband was Hall and that he had an other wife. In the presence of four witnesses, Mrs. Ryder says, Hall promised to leave her $150,000 in his will. It is alleged he even showed her a will containing this provision, but the document has not come to light. Mrs.

Ryder says she is entitled to the money from i Hall's estate. Mrs. F.mma Hall, the other wife of "Diamond Gus," sued him for a sepa ration. He set up the common law marriage, contending she could not sue him for a separation under such a marriage. The court decided against Hall, awarding a decree to the wife.

Hall's nickname came from his fad of collecting and wearing diamonds. One gem in his collection was valued at $250,000. Loral Church Seeks Basilica St. Jean Baptiste Congregation to Petition Pope for Privilege Petitions addressed to the Pope, ask? ing for the establishment of a basilica at the Church of St. Jean Seventy-sixth Street and Lexington Avenue, will be presented to Arch? bishop Patrick J.

Hayes to-morrow aft moon. The Rev. Joseph H. Mc Mahon, of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, will deliver the petitions which have thousands signatures, i The cereivjny will take place at 4, i o'clock the Church St. Jean Baptiste, Store WANAMAKER Formerly A.

T. Skrvarl Co. Broadway at Ninth. Nelv York Store Hours, 9 lo 5:30 Good morning! This is December 13! The weather today will prob? ably be rainy. Before the doors open these morn? ings there are waiting to get into these comfort? able and beautiful big houses to enjoy the sights and to join in tho songs.

There are thirty-six (36) passen? ger elevators on the go all the time. There are ten more elevators in operation every day, receiving and delivering merchandise on every floor, and some on the sidewalk. The straight, well-lighted aisles on every floor, nearness of ele? vators, abundant exits, add greatly to the satisfaction of taking proper care of all comers. With our large sales these days there is no appreciable reduction in our assortments, and there will not be any so long as the delivery of our long-placed orders continues. Of course, the taking off of freight trains would affect incom? ing supplies.

You may trust us to give you our best endeavors. (Signed) fur? 25 per cent, less Women's Coats A quarter less Plain black pony coats, 36 in. long, $75. Pony coats, trimmed with Australian opossum or taupe nutria, $187.50. marmot coats with taupe nutria collar and cuffs, $125.

Dyed coney coats with Jap mink collar and cuffs, $215. Mole coats, $375. Alaskan seal, untrimmed (government skins, St. Louis dyed), $900. With skunk collar and cuffs, $900.

Hudson seal (dyed musk rat), trimmed with squirrel, $300 and $375. Trimmed with beaver, $375. Trimmed with mink, $625. Caracul coats, trimmed with taupe wolf, $375. Natural squirrel coats, $600.

Natural nutria coats, $375. Natural beaver coats, $540. Scarfs and Muffs quarter less SCARFS Skunk, $48 to $64. Natural gray fox, $16.50. Taupe opossum, $15.75.

Skunk dyed opossum, $16.50. Australian opossum, $15 to $45. Ermine, $40, $60 and $75. Stone marten, $45. Taupe fox, $35, $45, $50, $64.

Taupe wolf, $24, $30, $40, $45 and $52. MUFFS Skunk. S40. $50 and $60. Natural gray fox, $17.50.

Taupe opossum, $15.75. Skunk dyed opossum, $16.50. Australian opossum, $32.50 to $50. Natural squirrel, $48. Ermine, $30.

Children's Fur Sets Sets of moufiar fox a quar? ter less, and coney, $5 to $15. Separate muffs, $5 and $15. Second floor, Old Building. December 13, 1919. Evening wraps, $125 Sample wraps of $225 to $300 grade Of luxurious chiffon vel? vet, metal brocades and satin.

Trimmed with ko? linsky, dyed squirrel, nutria, wolf, beaver and natural squirrel. In orange, jade green, sapphire blue, black and cerise. Second floor, Old Building. Women's frocks, $31.50 Were $35 to $49.50 and tricot i nc, quite a variety of tailored models? chemise models with extended hip line; tunic frocks with inser- tion of floss; bloused frocks overskirts and panels; em- i broidery, braid, pin tucks are used as trimmings. Sizes 34 to 42 included, but not every size in every model.

Second floor, Old Building. Ninth Street Side. Silk stockings Very fine arc the plain stock? ings with mercerized cotton flare top, sole and heel. Colors are black, white, brown, light and dark gray, Russian calf, cordo? van; $2.50 (5c tax). Very very much in all-silk stock? ings with a reinforced flare top, double toe and high spliced heel; $3.50 (15c tax).

For evening are gold and silver all-silk stock? ings with a fine open-work drop stitch; $7.50 (55c tax). Extreme and fantastic are glove silk stockings with all-over open-work designs; sohl conven? tional, some floral, some with all open mesh and fancy stripes; $8 (60c tax). Main floor, Old Building. Cijriatma? home happiest people are those whose joys center in the home. How puny and poor is the superficial life of public gathering places, compared with the deep riches of the life in a thoughtfully planned home.

In such a home there is always a piano, a player piano, an AMPICO Reproducing ducer of good MUSIC for family and friends. A piano for the home without one A better piano for a poor piano is the service the Wanamaker Store is prepared to render to all the people this Christmas-time. And, in order that we may do it well, satisfying the different individual tastes, we have assembled in the Piano Sa? lons the largest collection of GOOD pianos, player-pianos and Reproducing Pianos under any one roof? 70 different makes, styles, sizes, grades Upright pianos, 24 choices, $340 to $850. Small grand pianos, 12 choices, $650 to $1,550. Player-pianos, upright, 25 choices, $575 to $1,050.

Reproducing pianos, upright, 5 choices, $900 to $1,950. Reproducing pianos, grand, 4 choices, $1,650 to $3,500. Good-will Terms Any one who wants a piano for Christmas, or who wants to give a piano for Christmas, may have any one of the 70 different instruments in our lons on special, convenient and confidential terms. Delivery when desired. Choice had better be early.

First Gallery, New Building. V'-' Young women 100 coats, $39.75 Our $49.75 to grades Our most advantageous purchase of the season. Correct 0f the coats are adaptations successful Paris models. Fine materials Yala cloth, wool velours, Venel cloth, Burra cloth, cloth and heavy rating Smart colors. 100 frocks.

$19.75, $25 OrUftnally $29.75 to $50 A few were even mow than $50. Tailleur models jn serg? wool velours, jersey and tricoi Sizes are collection is made up of th? "broken sizes" of our bes models. Second floor (Tenth street) Old Building. Young girls Coats at $9.75, and 16.50 Cheviot, a boyish model, for school and play wear. Navy blue or brown.

Velveteen, lined and inter-l lined. Dark brown, color, green or navy blue! Sizes to 10 years. Frocks at $9.75, were SI 1.75 to S19.75 Dressy frocks taffeta ill plain colors and little checks.1 Frocks of green and narf blue crossbarred serge, win I white washable guimpes wool jersey dresses (Pekin. navy blue or taupe) with pongee guimpes. Sizes 6 to 1 I years in eluded, but not all sizes in each model.

Frocks at $5 Copies of $13.75, $18 and $23.50 dresses in ham bray. I Simple, artistic and fined describes them in a feW words. Porcelain blue, rose pink, yellow, violet, green. Fine modern French terra cotta groups for Christmas gifts Au Newly arrived, Au are some very fine modern French terra-cotta groups made after the old Louis XV terra-cotta sculpture. Fine enough to be used in a room with French antiques.

Groups are beautifully modelled and on gay and amusing themes. There are bacchantes in action swirled in dra? peries and crowned with vine leaves. There are young loves playing with doves, and bearing flowers. A more charming Christmas gift than these groups could scarcely be found. Fourth floor, Old Budding.

Women's gloves, $1.95 We wish to emphasize the fact that the gloves are made of French lambskin, which if softer and finer than that ot any other country. Of course, the gloves were made in France. In gray and tan. We can? not duplicate these gloves to sell at this low price. Washable capeskin, $1.95 American made very commendably made.

Tan or gray smart spear point embroidery. Main floor, Oid Building Yes, you are right, this is hardly picnic weather, but then Luncheon sets andrunning board trunks make ideal presents for your motoring friends even it' the season for caterpillars, daddy-long-legs, red ants and week-end excursions is closed. Parties of two, four, hix ami eight can own and operate their own restaurant at prices ranging from $20 to $37.50. Running Board Trunk? containing two handsome well made enamel leather suit cases, $35. Motor Shop, Burlington Arcade floor, New Building..