1 (I EVENING LEDUER-PHILADELPHll, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 19lf. E if . fr ,! I s. -. i - APARTMENT HOUSES TO CHANGE ASPECT OFRITTEMOUSESQ. Valuable Sites in Exclusive Residential Section Will Soon Be Improved, Ex perts Belieye. The four titles of nittcnlioune Sqiiate, for two generations tHo hub Of Plillmlel phln's mpst exclusive mul expensive res! donee section, will pnlmbly undergo many changes within the next few yeais. All tho way back to 1832, when the quart was Inclosed With n high Iran" ' paling fence. It was surrounded by line residences and few would have believed that threo generations ahead would work out tho position It occupies In tho real state world Of today. Tho change would have taken a much longer time, but for the aid of tho auto mobile, which enabled many who consid ered this section as home to get colly In and out from their country places. At first, when prlcc3 were shaded on tho sides. of the square, brokers picked up what wero considered bargains. In a short time It became known that a nutn Jjcr were on the market without bills up:n "them, and the nltuatlon assumed dutnrns. Buyers' and Kellers wero 'too far apart, nd that condition more or less prevails today. ' .Apartment houses development Such a locality could not long occupy . a position 6f doubt as to Its usefulness. With an open spaco on Walnut street and 01 3outh Itlttenhouso square of 510 feet; and on 18th street and 19th street KO feet, containing over six and one-half a dies, the finest kind of development in npurt- ment houses was possible. Assessed values In 1907 and 19M wore: 1007. inn. North aide Walnut st 82.IK.OO0 33.S2l,ron Est .M lsih kl j... l.Llixooo 1 .1l4(vri South slIo nmonhouiciq, l,(r2il.(ioo 2,nx,ri00 CHILD DENOUNCES POLICE FOR ARRESTING HER FATHER LCavlto Didn't Tench Her to Steal, Be- clarcs 12-year-old UlrJ. Twelve-year-old Clullda Cavlto, of 1S03 South 13th street, Indignantly denounced the detectives today for the arrest of her father, Ma nro Cavlto, herself and her 8-yoar-old brother Oljarlne, 6n a charge of shoplifting. She declares that In their search of the Cavlto home tho police took articles that had been bought In Italy several years ago, nnd even removed a trunk contain ing the trousse.aU of a young gltl who boards In the house. ' "Mamma Is sick," said the child, "she's worrying about papa, and she's ciylng nnd pulling at her hair. It's n lie, what the police said Papa didn't teach us to steal, nnd wo dsun't stent. We didn't have n chance to explain, Papa can't Under stand English. It cost mamma $23 to get us out." The two children wero released yester day from the House of Detention on bnll for a further hearing. Cavlto was held In 8800 ball for a further hcnrlng by Mag istrate Rcnshaw nt "Central station. Tho man and tho children were arrested by Detectives' darr and Welsh, who sny they found a flour bag under the boy's cont containing 83) worth of toys nnd other articles stolen from department stores. At the Cavlto home tho detectives say they obtained loot that filled two auto mobiles. " Wt aids ID 111 it Totilj I In this estimate 030.000 1.7B0.C ....13.000. 000 88.2S0.C00 tho Wotherlll npart- 'ment Is put In nt .81,300,000 and tho Mo iivaino apartment at iuo,ow. A number of fine apartment sites nro possible, notably, the property at 221 to 225 South 18th street, lot llUH'xM, along Chancellor street, purchased by E. T. Btotesbury on May 31, 1912. from the Philadelphia Trust Company, trustco of the estate of Joseph Harrison, Jr. Tho property, including 1721-23 Locust street, Is assessed nt 83C7.000 and was sold for 1375,000. Other sites around tho square which have all tho needed qualifications are as follows: Southeast corner 18th and Walnut streets and 1722 Walnut street, adjoining, lot 82x185 to "Chancellor street, owned by Mrs. Anno W. renflcld and assessed at I27EX00. ' Ncs. 237-39-11-13 South 18th street, lot SSxlBO, owned by the cstato of Ann Thomas, and assessed at 8220,000. The Van Rensselaer property, at tho nqrthwcst corner of 18th and Walnut streets, lot BOx 115, and assessed at $273,000. Itlttenhouso square Is suited In every way for npartment hoUfes, and some of the smaller streets leading to It, where the. ground, can bo obtained ut slightly lower llgures,-are also" likely to have less pretentious ones. Plans have been prepared for a, ten story apartment house at 1717-19-21 Rtt tenliouse street, lot 496G, with small .streets on three sides. This will be only about 100 feet from Rittenhouse Square. A bachelor apartment was planned for this slt In 1U07. At that time Philadel phia had not the faith In the apartment question that plainly exists today, nnd the plan failed for want of financial sup port. SALES IN VICINITY. Eighteenth street from Chestnut street to Walnut street has not been slow In receiving light from the trade conditions which for three years have been getting tronger or) Walnut street. On October 6, 1910, 12( South 18th streot, lot 1Sx97, was sold for $33,099, and on June 1. 19)1, 103 South 18th street, lot 18x67, to&ught $29,000. It Is noted that a number o'"prlvfltc dwellings have been altered into stores. On ' 19th street, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, property. Is strongly held. Tlterel have been no recent sales and no attempt Is noted on this block to convert dwelling houses Into stores. About the last recorded sale on South Rittenhouse square was made March 23, 1913, Dr. Louis Starr selling 1818 to Dr. E. Hoillngsworth S((,eri The property covered lot 20 by 100 ant) la assessed for 1913 at $42,000, The price;' paid was $55,000. - Too much cannot bo said In regard to th. wonders worked for the section by PiuCret and his committee. While the wprlc was going on there were many crltcs who said they much preferred the oldstate of affairs to anything that seemed possible. If;thls fine spot, near the city's centre. Is to. be the site for more apartment v , i i '". ,,wn aiuiiuins upon It, wuiiufla (.an uuura to ruling. , ,- v MORTGAGES-RECORDED. Qoans on mortgages show up very well t o the week, the following are of record, inojudlng Tliursdwy-r ' '. f- LojnVby building souUtles .. 8807.600 i4a, .by tmiivKu!. .......:::::: &!: buy at prices now;. r Tii 40T,6U $t,O5T.00gJ ' 3114111 atrtcts, iiinVkn2?U,r,lS- hWi "lcV, fortn Mtrt. TH&??,,-.c-.Kno Mslnsuy llullJInj and cS&4ta&J!r' n"tbv"'1 S SU.H-.I. c. Khn to Milrutny BuIIdlne sb4 Mtnut"!IuV.0n, nort,,ww" ' W KnUuih ." """-'' "" " J1S.OOO a. CooaeU to n. If tl. ,!,.. SfeM" "r a?t trt end Cvbt OrS $frl" sowawo to 8. Km, eorsu lCff loan, are as follows-: VM1 t3TS9T(i f. Ureltaali toJbU4lpWa Bav !-. runaaocuty. wutJAe eorntr ISih si Frvsll ( IM Juckion atraala. M-W: ? ltST to aMn 8. Hi jttiUMjox tuui (Ma Annotation, aortMircat er. sift.- aios aoa wu V. Mtr to Qtn a. HtiUMji Mr Ilih and Caarry straota. u,iw-n. r MMUcr to Jobs WIUUbu A,nuH.iHwi. mnawtjii osr- Mflljir ti Amtrlca. Bui MW. l IMS bl KM IP ST :. Matra B.C- SH'W WiT. rH &S..- mm ;&-.: nm;w site FtL',"1 nkjrlYit Oen-t t dtedy has not prodused a aojtbWMt eomar ih and -V. S". AriI rry irt. Situ and tax on on toe iwrfaae. as many, If not ' appear la tne Ueuurdej's offto. effort to evade ttte tax is vislfela. tfag money seins to be coming tmt irniy. jub oumg r HOOK K- bjm mtd a good aifact uu tha mmY market, an4 the outtoak foi- mpar ttWH bank and trut eomfiiali Is U tiastty better. B4m of tett art uj- .afcuutd Lqsoa. Woman's Purw StoUa on Qt ' il W4Uto1a Frcdw-kOc Stoklay. Ut Wsa t'ontun ittccat, reports to U dm tOMMwa poltoa totlA. th Ut wme, eu teiwsp m n vlMi mtmm w Umu Hm toui CtMMtwtt xm w MM w a.bf. A W4&-4mmA wmgmr whv vicm cieudihip tf W li'je,i3M iraa 1 vstvie4 WORK OH PARKWAY WILL BE RESUMED EARLY IH SPRIH6 $988,000 to Be Expended Soon in Developing Boule vard West From Logan Square. Tho $SOO,000 item in the ',$11,300,000 loan for acquisition of property and Improve ment of tho Parkway will provide work for tho city's unemployed In tho early spring. , ' Tho beginning of actual work depends on Councils' passage of appropriation bills of the loan Items. A balanco of $l$S,OC0 Is now In tho City Treasury from a loan of $200,000 for actual development of the Parkway, nnd not for purchaso of properties. The Mayor's policy will bo to use that amount with tho tSOO.OOO In developing the boulevard west of Logan Square. The city has acquired title to about 73 per cent, of the properties that must bo removed for complete development of the Parkway over Its entire length, from Uroad nnd Filbert streeta to Fatrmount Park. Nearly all tho 101 properties remaining to bo acquired are cast of Logan Square. Purchases of buildings ore made by tho Parkwtiy Commission, consisting of tho Mayor, tho City Solicitor, and City Con troller. It Is planned to havq the pur chase price represent only an amount equal to 10 per cent, over the assessed valuation. How strictly Mayor Blankcnburg has adhered to this princlpld Is evident from the following table, showing purchaso of buildings on lino of the Parkway: Amount AisesseJ l'otil by , Tear. Value. Cltv. 1117 ;ST,8()0 JJK1.7H IWV .1U2.(iOO 7im..Vl7 iooo ;. 1,092.400 l.m.ruo into , sin.ooa 4TT,niio intt M44..1SO 1.K0O.1U2 i:il Boo.ntu cvi.'.-n 10t:t 143.371 1111.74.1 1014 .'. 32.571 SU.1CO Totals .1.r20'.711 83.302.TG7 MILEAGE OF CONGRESSMEN House Votes Actual Traveling' Ex-' penses for Members and Families. WABHINOTON, Dec. 18. The House today adopted, 171 to 159, the Hardy amendment to the legislative appropria tion bill, -providing that members of Congress shall receive for their mileage allowance only actual traveling expenses of tho member and his Immediate family, Tho Appropriations Committee recom mended 5 cents a mile Instead of the 20 cents which has prevailed for many years, but the Hardy amendment superseded the committee recommendation. Autotruck Upsets in Camden An autotruck, belonging to Strawbrldga & Clothier, turned turtle o,t 27th street and Katghn avenue, Camden, this after noon. Andrew Peterson, the chauffeur, was cut nnd bruised, but refused medical attendance. John Sharkey, his helper, bruised and lacerated, was taken to the Cooper Hospital, -2 Thief Tleea When Discovered A;l attempt to break Into the book and candy stand at the Paoll station of the Pennsylvania Railroad waa frustrated this morning by James Ifarrell, the rail road watchman. A man, driving an auto mobile, appeared at the station, saying he wks waiting for his employer to arrive from Philadelphia. Shortly after he Was seen breaking open the door of the stand. He escaped In the machine. I Fete Pictures Copyrighted ' The photographs of the fashion show 'nt tltA THtz.fTArlthn 1T(ill which nnni.4 'in tha UvENlbia Lgdqcr vestardav ail-r. I noon ere taken by Rellly & Way, with R offices In tho Keith Building, and are copyrighted by them. ItEUOlOQg NOTICES JawUb. IXODBPU SIIALQM sk pee,). sVeaa BatunUy 10 a. m. 8. 8. comar Bruii n4 Mt. Vartaw ta. "A Ulnala or HiaUtry," by RahM Iltorjr Oftowtts, Ail Waleora. SCHOOLS AKD COLLliQBS PmLADBLfUIA - Botb. 8es Private Lessons c,u sie, gMrtaaod, Mli. Maaan. 813 Lafayatta BlSa-.. Stajt CBcat. BKSORTg "Tke PeUgkU of Geltlaf WU" YeacuesKatea tin aanwual a sura!acti i AU,VUbr, KwUUJ, VvMsi, et Uutnu U HOTEt, VmiBERLW .y'ff lr ay ""r ' M A Vf jjfrJft t5fffiy iiStwtk "a'-'lt-'"--'1l COUNCILS' BARRIER FAILS TO END WAR ON HOUSING EVILS Civic Workers and Others Renew Efforts When Fi nance Committee Ignores Demand for Appropriation Civic workers todny denounced Councils' Flnanco Committee which yesterday Ignored appropriations for tho new Division of Housing and Sanitation. It was announced by tho Philadelphia Housing Commission, of which Cleorgo V, Js'orrls, Director of the Department of Wharves, Docks and Perries, Is president, that tho light In behalf of cleaner and better tenements would bo continued. Proof of tho condition of hundreds of nlthy tenements In $hc congested section will bo brought forth dally. It Is planned by tho Housing Commission to gather new statistics which will show that scores of deaths and serious ailments nro direct ly duo to the present tenement houso evil. Photographu of unlit houses will bo ex hibited In various parts of tho city, and taxpayers will bo given nn opportunity to sco certnln evils' which the Financo Committee Ignored. , A CAMPAIGN 1SUE. Thcro Is to bo no let-up, '.civic workers declared, In tho movement for hotter homes for tha poor. It Is probable that tho present tenement liotmo. evil will be a fnctor during the next Mnyoralty cam paign. Records of existing conditions nro now being complied by Investigators, and It Is planned to make public tho attitude of every cnndldnto for Councils townrd the new Division of Housing nnd Sanitation. Under the now department, if appropri ations had been granted, the Department of Health and Charities would hnvo had moro power In punishing landlords Who refuse to mnko Improvements. Tho ap propriation asked was 1213,710. This amount would have enabled the Dcnrt mont of Health nnd Charities to employ moro Inspectors to maintain n watcli on landlords. WOMEN GUILTY OF LARCENY Female Prisoners Hecelve Sentence for Thefts. Delia Kelly, 19-year-old, of North Hor ton street, pleaded guilty to stealing a Iiocketbook and ?J7 in cash from Kllza beth Murphy, 631S Vine street, by whom she had been employed as servant girl, and was sentenced by Judge Davis. In Quarter Sessions- Court, to the House of Oood Shepherd. This is tho girl's first nrrest, but since her incarceration the pollco have unearthed other thefts of a similar character. ' Marcella Fullmer, a Negress, of 10th and Lombard streets, was sentenced to nine months In the county prison after her conviction of the larceny of JS from Stalvlle. llattos, of 1021 Carpenter street. LRARY'S Christmas Books Remainders of Editions Call or Write for Catalogue Still moro ex amples of tho hundreds of books listed in our 160 - p a g o catalogue, of which CO pages are second-hand books A New HurrJson Fisher Book "American Belles" Full of clever pwma about siria ana alxtMn.pnse lltiutrstlona In "r 'JV' by llarrlion Klahtr. mounted on aetacn abla r"rd Tina Vuitablo, tor framing. Sua 13Wx0tt Inches, decorative bor dera and' head andjtall piece;. Heavy boarda. cloth baclc. With one pf "Belles on front cover Dodd. Mead t Co price, J3.60 net. Our price, beautifully QKC boxed , I'oMafe, 23o extra. Persia and Its People Dy BUa C. 8yke. glvlnir a clear outllno will remain the atandard on this euDJect .. .k. ........... nnllilfal NnH nrlftl condition of tbla ever-intereatlng, people, A book that vrtca - v-ar- ,n fAma 'Jil llluctratlona. Octavo, art cloth and ornamental back and cover Sillsn In gold. Jlaerolllan Coropanya price. S.B0 net. Our holiday 1.00 I'oatage, He extra. Classic North Africa Tunla, Kalrouan and Carthage, by Ora. bam fclrie. An Impreeiton of tha country and Ita people, with hlitorlcal deacrlptlona. ii rutl-jMre platea In color, of moaquea. street!, catea. bawara. etc., from original illlatn atreeti. cafee. bataara. etc., xrom oru water-color drawing" by tha author. 6q deml-octavoi silt cloths gilt top. Wll llelnemann'a (London) price, t.OQ c net. Our holiday price. I'oatage, le extra. $1.50 Call or Wrlle for Catalogue A Different Gift Book Stories for I'leturea Eight -wonderfully colored pUiea by Dugald Stewari Walker sad alorftt-ior tha picture by Helen Maekay. A coU teflon of what toe Ffeoch eaJi "Poems la Proae." oo tba,oler of the drcamlnta of Baudelaire and Csppet or it Po'a "tSiadow." Heavy per, aquara oo. tavo. cloth back and board coven, with oxigiaai aeenjrn on ironi oover. v,tu4H Co.'a price, fz.su net. t-ur tuuwa Site rpetage, 15o extra. 45c Chronicles of the Court of Napoleon III FraOarte Lailee. TrasiUtad y Jl Irvbjx. A btUliaBt and iateftMIs c4ttalalBC a vreaJtb of rare '.'tc txrlad. A baaK ami atudaaU of war wouM Bart U uaeu tatMM. ooa full-ja ItflOIW j-aae price ii vmtHi (Loayion) at liens' ar John IS. roaUg, Ho extra. A FascWating Love Story leu $1.25 AH Vou,- by Kau tSi sHEftLTlflJL naiaa Uen wM t Vn K 35c TlaJl.tla.fT luiriavtbuui Ra.. A ck Hoe, saatly Ms4T tUr tat glvlag Call or Write Far Catalogue Learys Book Store hWk 8Ut, Ikkw Mrit sesi jW wm- 'ffmWKIV Store Opens 8:80 A. itf. WANAMAICER'S Store Closes 6 P. IL All Ready for ChristmasWith the Goods and the 'Best Good Will in the World to Serve You Well and Royally o Tomorrow morning, Grand Organ Concert will start at 9 o'clock Christmas Notes They're building fierce bat tleships of Peg Lock construction blocks on Fourth Floor, Market. (p-Thc Southern mountaineers make pretty little baskets. For sale in the Basket Section, Sub way Floor, Central. Christmas wreaths arc well named tho woman who gets one ia wreathed in smiles. Garden Section, Subway Floor, Central. Chicago women time their knitting by the symphony con ductor's baton ; here they can knit in threee-quarter time or any time in Art Needlework Store. Second Floor, Central. Watch Pocket Carbine Cameras are as useful as the watch itself pretty nearly. Prist atari at $18. livery other kind of fine eajaira, foreign ajad donifitis, to be had in the Camera Shon, bf.(i photo gliUte guppliea and a great variety of albunm. IMU Jfloor, CcaUM) lef You Order the Christmas Candy Today you'll have one less thing to bother you next -week. So, to make your mind easy, why not step down at the Candy Store while you are in the store today. It's a long, long wait to all the youngsters; for the oldsters tho time does fly I Daily demonstrations of the Pathcscopo, the motion picturo machine approved by firo and safety authorities. Toy Store, Fourth Floor, Market. As the cold strengthens the cnll for Thermos bottles length ens; keep liquids hot or cold as you wish for 48 hours; fine for n sick room. Subway Gallery, Chestnut. All your college boy's favor ite colors are here in fifty-cent cashmere socks; extremely novel in wool and at the price. Maii( Floor, Market. Fresh and delicious mixtures, ?1.25" for 5 pounds. Chocolates in 1-pound boxes, 25c, 40c, GOc and 80c; 5-pound boxes, $1.25, $2, $3 and $4. The Christmas Surprise Candy Uox is a wonderfully attractive assortment; $1 complete. Caramels, 50c pound; 5-pound boxes, $2.50. Large tin boxes filled with hard candies, $1. Favors for tho stockings or tho table from 5c up. Jack Horner pies with twelve favors, $5 to $12. Trimmed trees for the tabic, $3.50 to ?C50. Cocoanut pillows, 2uc pound. Scafoam kisses, 30c pound. (Sultivny Floor, Chestnut) One Item in the Treasure Corner js the electric lamps in fine and uncommon shapes. Here is one like a red and white toadstool; there's another of milky white and blue or red and white. One tall, straight lamp, with three lights and a silk shade, is Wedgwood, in a sort of warm gray. Then there are the "hidden lights" shining through bowls full of translucent acacia blossoms or grapes. Laces and hand-carved mantelpieces, brocades and porcelains, iron work and Sheflleld w,are the Corner is full of delightful instances of all of them. (Fifth Floor, Chestnut) You're Thinking of an Umbrella at $5.00 . we have ready for you to see. the most interesting assort ment of $5 umbrellas in Philadelphia. e ,.- The covers are silk; there "are sizes for men or women, and as to handles! well, it will take your own two eyes to appreciate all the handsome things in the collection. Plain or fancy handles metal, wood, enamel, pearly all' are represented. amin Floor, chestnut) Some Imported Manicure Sets ' We Didn't Expect turned up the other day on a late steamer. They are handy and well-arranged little affairs, and you may have any one of a number of styles from a compact case with five pieces at $1.50 up to a very fine set at 42. In the same section is an unusually fine assortment of quadruple-plated silver sets brush, comb and mirror at $4,50 to $6,50 each. (Main Floor, Cheatnut) Mens Low Priced Suits and Overcoats to Wear or to Give The gift of a big, double-breasted, blue chinchilla j overcoat would please any man with alot of outdoor work to do; especially good for a chauffeur, coachman, a gardener or a man-about-the-house. We have a number of these specials at $12. Other good overcoats, $10 to $14.50. And a large selection of suits specially priced at $0.50 tO $11.75. (Stilmny Floor, Market) 100 Sugar and Cream Sets, Gut Glass, at $1.85 will have a short stay here, unless we are much mistaken. There are two designs floral and miter cutting and the pieces are of good size. They're exceptional for the price. Think how well they'd look on somebody's tea table I (Subway Floor, Chestnut) Tool Chests Are Usually Among the Belated Purchases they cannot be hidden in closets- so readily as smaller gifts ; in fact, one merit of a chest is that it saves the tools from being hidden or mislaid. We have them in all sizes and at a complete price range, running from $2.50 to $125, and whatever the price, the tools can be trusted to do honest jobbing in a workmanlike manner. (Hardware, Suliuaf Floor, Central) . '' Warm Scotch Wool Sweaters for Young People "Young people" is a broad term in this instance, for we have the sweaters in all sizes from 6 to 18 years. They are very soft and warm and woolly, and there are many effective colors, from the pretty browns to rose pinks, shrimp shades and emerald green, as well as two-tpned com binations; $3.50 to $7.50 each. Domestic sweaters, too, $2.50 and $5 ; 28 to 84 inch -v Size, (Third Floor, 'ciie.t nut) Still More of Those Famous Tea Wagons at $1,7.50 Each are rea'dy to be wheeled away. This is the first season at which they have ever been offered for so low a price. Made by the Cowan people, makers of the famous "Martha Washington" sewing table, and made in the same way, of solid mahogany, 18 inches widef 24 inches long; each equipped with a removable glass tray. It is just one item in the geattt shQW of gift furniture Philadelphia has yet seen. nun moon FineXeather Work N Boxes , TJiing beautiful leathers and djioty ftttiDgi, the makam Qfthaee practloal work boxes have, tamed out same esesfi. . ,tignally attractive cases. 'Jfte price start at $0 for a pnooth leather case of gen rpuWze and man? aecte. It has a lock and kty, is Hk iinad and-flntaJifd with fitajfl lusted fittings. . Othr bo, even ftne Hfl, $12 and up to g for a big ease of dull mottle aBjfcbp, nuarw lined an oi- JOHN WANAMAKEE h IWp mmqmmmtmimmmmtiiommmmm itaMNrnMoawm I V. i -JUU3i-!fl5. J-'