pt-vf .-' --'ng - rwry? pftmr-f,K p1ir?w "W7i -.KTft m j" t win rr h 'w'Vi W?wrif3WmHPj EVJGX1KG PUBLIC LEDGKIt PUlLAmCLL illA, MONDAY, .JAXI'AKY 24, 1021 iifiisl soup ova WOMAN Pot Over Res- Man Empties taurant Keeper After Failing to Find Money PROTECTED HER CHILDREN Will left linn'1 Lena lim-lislil Mliiiulilrr it Mil ti'Hi nwl swiitlicil I" liniHlilC"'. Mr". IvmmiU -oiylil .U'lll's olil, iiiiMicfi.sful iittcmiit S. MIL ..l.l tni.nv 111 l' I""' ' . .. . ..!.. l .1. jt lobllfl-. l""r ,n"" ",K"1 " ' llP llllll MPr ihimkiihi. uvi mini, i10 South utii'i'l. .Mr. gclilff wn" ,"1",y s,';i,,l" "'"'" "lr "an" HIT. Uiirant unditrt fit I Jit tlirov ii ))" "filH'iT """P "" ' .... .. ., nli.iiii 1(l:!!f) nVInrk." Ml Mr. idiiT. "ninl w wcro jilHl closinc tlnUicr Mv lm.-lmiul liml ink.-n SHIM) from tin1 mihIi reuiitcr u fjw minutes Wore tills mnn fume in. IIp Mit down ,. the tabic nenrpft tin- kitrliiMi nnil Jrfrrr-d n 'lip "I" coffee. Ax I liirnn.l , in -ft it i nnkril. 'Iiow'h l)iislneV? , Mr'Srlilff sot etiKplrlniis niiil went Into thp' back janl uml Mil Hip money, 1ml tjfforc ho rptiirncii t nnu urni uurncu ,nd the mnn iml ilisnppenrpil. "Hf never toiirlipd tlio roffpp." con tinued Mrs. Schlff. "lint plncetl his fhnlr fo thnt I could not pn him to aeh the front door, lip was n big Bn and I'd know him nRnlii I think. "I went to the KTtcliiu nnd nlinoH t once he wns nftor mo. He picked t)iC pot of soiip off the Btovc, and threw It at me. Most of it went over my rljht shoulder and arm, but I put my lf(t hand up to protect my fnco nnd tbit la why It Is scalded, too. "I was awfully wared, but didn't Kream becnti'c I was afraid my little nrl, Ethel, five years old, would run to me, and she might be hurt. Hlie wts drawing pictures at n table nnd didn't renllro what was taking place. "The man searched the pockets of m- skirt, but I didn't hnvc any money thre, so he went to the cuhIi register, ind finding it empty ran from the mt'urunt. The experience liui loft Mrs. Scliiff Trr nervous, and she wntched the door' continually ns she talked. "My burns hurt pretty badly, but I'm po thankful my little girl was (pared. It is unusual that she was not riitt there, as ulic follows me every where I go. "They treated me nt the hospltnl and then left hip come home, ns I have an infant bahv to look lifter, too. ,ShP naj sleeping last night when this occurred." !rt83-i sues, i-kna scinrr Ilundll.s threw hot soup on (ho unman as Mm ;i I tempted to rail the police tlien lier liushnnd's restau rant was being held up NOT IN BEDF0R30 YEARS Locktender on Schuylkill Prefers a Board On Job 36 Years Wtnfield Ciilc.H, locktender nt the Flat T)nV Jinn nn tin Mfhnvlklll pplelirntpM his hixty-ciglith birtliday today. lie lt been employed at Mis Jon for thirty j'i year and dechires he bus not slept In bed In the last thirty years. Gilci prefers u short nnp on a board or a benrh to a night's rest in a bed. lie has been in tlnr employ of the Krlimltfill N'nvli-nlinn Co fni. fiffw. eight years, or since lie was ten years OIU. ' I Physical efficiency is the basis of every other variety of efficiency. You build on your body. If your body is infirm, all you have and aic is endangered. May we mail our booklet? COLLINS INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE COLUXS hl.Dc. WALNUT HT. AT l.VTIl CHURCH FOR WESTVILLE Bishop of Trenton Makes Plans for New Edifice A new Roman Catholic church Is to be built nt Westvllle, N. ,T.. according to the plans of Iiisliop Walsh, of the Trenton diocese'. There Is no' Cath olic church In Westvllle now, the near est being nt Woodbury. Plans for the new edifice, which Is to be built of brick, nre being drawn. A site has been obtained on Highland ave nue. U.'O by lfiO feet In dimension, nnd it Is exported thnt ground will be broken this spring. The Rev. Father MeRoorlson, of St. Patrick's Church, Woodbury, Is thp priest in charge of the parish in which the new church Is included.,. A pinochle nnd dnnco party tonight is ono of the number of benefits being held for the building fund. Escaping Gas Kills Man Detecting an mlor of gas while pass ing a house ut 1027 North Second street last night, Patrolman Riley, of the Fourth and York streets station, broke into the place nnd found Peter Keennn, fifty-four years old, u roomer, unconscious on the bed. The man wan tnken to the Stetson Hospital, but died before the patrol wagon arrived. Ac cording to the police, Kecnnn's death was accidental. While the man was nIocp the end of a tube attached to a je" split and the escaping gas was in linled b. Kecuan. "A Fair Price and Satisfactory Service" Iroir co-oirntlon between architect. Inillder urn) electrical contrnctor meana utmost economy and efficient lighting or power Inutallullon. W or cmillfleit ,y eriw-rlrncn nnil technical knivnlvdirc to cle detnltrd nlaim. host materials and lontlne natls f.irtlon. George Woodward, Jr. r.lrctrlcil Contrnctor 1723 Sansom Street llrll: SpriKP GUI) Krjmtonci Hare 1203 rassmismzsBSja Shoes Reduced Third to Half Men's and Women's high and low shoes. Every pair btandard Nicdcrnian quality. No mail orders. Some as low as 3.90 S. Eighth IEDERMAN 930 Chestnut 203 N. Eighth ttnr I I Hi iffwwriwgHTHm. THIEF USES ETHER ROBBING WOMAN Sprinkles Hor With Fluid and Then Escapes Aftor Taking $10 POLICE HAVE NO CLUES Mrs. Nellie Frank, of 5710' Media street, was h(jld up nnd robbed nt mid night Saturday by a hold-up man who used ether Instead of the. usual high wayman's blackjack, The hold-up was reported to thp no- lice of the SIty-first-iind Thompson streets station early todfty. They found no trace of the ether-thrower when they hurried to the point where the attack was made. Mrn. Frank, according to tho story she told the polico, was walking on Fifty-eighth fctreet near her home, when she noticed n' well-dresved man ap proaching. He hnfi on a dark coat and liar. "I saw the man make a throwing motion with his arm," said Mrs. Frank, "and then I felt something strike my face and lint. It was a litpild of some sort, with n queer odor. Then 1 felt I'l, nnd the man said 'CJivc me your money.' " The hold-up man obtained $10 and lied. DISCUSS "DRY" LAW Enforcement and Civil Service Re form Topic for Monday Conference Knforccracnt of the prohibition amendment nnd its relation to civil service reform was the subject presented nt the second meeting of tlie Monday conference this afternoon in the as sembly room of the Kmergency Aid, U21 South r.lghtcenth street. The subject wns dlt.cused both from n national and n state point of view. Wayne II. Wheeler, attorney nnd gen eral counsel for the Antl-Haloon League of America, spoke on tho national as pect, nnd Dr. Homer Tope, of tho Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon l.engue, pre sent! d the status of prohibition enforce ment in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Frank Miles Day, chairman of the Monday Conference, opent'd the meeting ami turn it over to Mrs. Imo gen I. Onkley, chairman of the civil service reform In th nonnrni v.wIa....- tion of Women's Clubs, who nrpsiileil. ANOTHER BANDJJ VICTIM Moores Man Held Up and Robbed of Cash and Watch Harrv Castle, of Moorcs, Pa., wns held up and robbed nt 1 o'clock this morning nt Locust nnd Pine streets, Camden. . .... Castle was returning to this city niter visiting friends In South Camden, when thrco Negroes halted him. While two held him and told him to mnke no out cry or he would be killed, the third man searched his pocket. The bandits csenped with $10 In money, n gold wnteh and chain and ni gold-mounted penknife. i U. S. ALCOHOL STOLEN A quantity of goVCTiimcnt alcohol wns stolen from n storehouse nt the navy yard several nights ?igo. Ofliciiils at the vard followed tip the theft im mediately and hnvc succeeded In recov ering most of the loot. Severnl nr reft!( nmong enlisted men at thu yard have been mntle. IS SADDER BUDWEISER THIEF A thlpf who entered the lludwelser rnloon, Fifteenth street below Market, early Sunday morning, obtained only eighty-two cents from the cash register for his trouble. Attaches of the saloon forgot to close a rear window, through which the thief entered. ACADEMY BALLJ0NIGHT Original Opening of House In 1857 to Be Commemorated Thn opening of the Academy of Mitslc. which took pluce In .Inuary, 1857, Is to be commemorated tonight with a large ball, given at tho Academy under the auspices of tho women's committee of the Philadelphia Orches tra. The proceeds will bo for the chorus of the orchehtrn. In the matter of decorations, music, Costumes nnd dnncing, the ball will be in keeping with the orlginn), which wns called the "Orand Inuugnrnl Hall." Similarity being the keynote, guesses have been hazarded as to the possibility of Mayor Moore personally putrollngthc streets, ns his predecessor did slrtv four years ago. Tradition snys: "The Mayor and his marshal policed the street In front of the Academy nil night, to preserve order, nnd obviate con fusion caused by the congestion of sev ernl hundred carriages." FAMILY SAVED FROM GAS Falrvlew. N. J.. Home Filled With Fumes From Cellar Stove A family of six persons escaped death by suffcotlon from coal gas in Falrvlew Village, near (iloucester, early today. They were Thomas Callahan, his wife and tiielr four rhlldren, the oldest of whom Is nbout ten years of nge. The yonngest Is three jours old. Callahan, awakened at 0 o'clock thic morning to lin-1 tin liOU-p where t lived. In ronstlliiilmi r-ml, filled with fumes from n stun- in the cellar. Although tilnuiit Mupclled. he made hN uny In the bed- occupied by bis wife nnd child! en. but could not nwnketi them. Callnhnn wa able in iciicli the first Moor and admit Mi. Margaret Wilkin son before he I'dlluped. Willie the ttomnn gave first-iild measure In all sl pi i "nn. after windows uetp thrown "pen, n ine-ctiger meed to Uloucesler nnd brought !i- W. I). Itlnkc, Jr., to I'.iiiiicvt. f Lucky Strike cigarette Its toasted -.tfrfoeArGZ: t, Polished Girdle Diamonds Qualify Supremo Available enr from his Establishment fiuaiaauHiai yjjl It amazing how quickly your savings will grow, if added to regularly. Start a Savings Account Today! We pay 4 Interest "(id tlic Sarina Habit" West end trust COMPANY Broad Street. atSouti Ponn Square. m&0M m "TWO NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS WHICH NO vnc cain AJt-f UKD TO MISS SEEING" FORTHmiWINr. A ox rvPNTc OF EXTRAORDINARY IMPORTANCE The American Art Galleries Madbon Square South, New York NOW ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW, 9 A. M. TO 6 P. M. AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DATE OF THE SALE THURSDAY EVENING OF THIS WEEK JANUARY 27TH, AT 8:15 O'CLOCK In the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel (AdmlMton bx Card to be had frr of the murmefrs) THE NOTABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS AND PASTELS BY THE GREAT FRENCH MASTER DEGAS FORMED BY THE WIDELY KNOWN ANTIQUARIAN JACQUES SELIGMANN OF PARIS rrofuiHj Illuntratrd Catnlue .Mallei oll tfc-rclnt of llnr lhllu. ALSO The Exceedingly Valuable and NOTEWORTHY GATHERING OF GOTHIC AND OTHER ANCIENT ART COLLECTED BY THE WELL-KNOWN CONNOISSEUR Mr. Henry C. Lawrence, New York WHICH INCLUDES A MOST REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF STAINED GLASS PANELS 1' THK 13TII. UT1I AM) IBTII rKNTIUIKN "Undoubtedly the moat important private collection in fir Unifd State:" EXCEEDINGLY RARE TAPESTRIES Extraordinary Hammered Brass, Ecclesiastical Dishes, Furniture, French and Flemish Polychrome Carvings, Stuccos, Textiles and other Rare Objects of Interest to Connoisseurs and Amateurs. TO BE SOLD At the American Art Galleries THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY AFTERNOONS OF THIS WEEK, AT 2 O'CLOCK BY THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTRICF.S DftcrliiUic t iitalnctic, urlltfti hr Mr Harnr Tnunt.n.i .... m . . h.Hton. rronduillou.. lll bi' mailed iLZmJZTXrit 'IhuVioTi!,, The Sales Will Be Conducted by Mr. THOMAS E. KIRBY rw. nail til ..i.t.i. - A ....-.. . AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MuiaSe ... .m nn, o.uai. Murium mm rltrrcl. Nw York B m i 1 1 -!i ,i. i i ill Perry's WILL SELL This Week In an Epoch-Making Lot Number Sale 1000 OVERCOATS At Prices so Low that there's cjoing to be a Stock-Market Rush to Get In at the Bottom! What was said of the stock market in mid-December, can be said of this remarkable offering now: You can buy them with your eyes shut and you can't go wron The bottom is out of the prices ! Note that specifications, quantities, former prices, and reductions are indicated by Lot Numbers. Cut out this Advertisement and bring it with you. Ask to see the Lot Number you are interested in. This is a gen uine step-lively selling movement, and you've got to act quick to connect! Lot 10,808. BLACK CROMBIE MON TAGNAC. 6 left. Originally $125.00. Will sell this week for $85.00. Lot 10,870. CROMBIE BEAVER UL STER. 13 left. Originally $120.00. Will sell this week for $78.00. Lot 10,869. ULSTER OF IRISH CHEV IOT. 10 left. Originally $115.00. Will sell this week for $73.00 Lot y),839. CROMBIE BEAVER UL STER. 5 left. Originally $115.00. Will sell this week for $78.00. Lot 10,864. CROMBIE BEAVER UL STER. 3 left. Originally $115.00. Will sell this week for $82.00. Lot 3320. OXFORD CHEVIOT UL STER. 11 left. Originally $110 00. Will sell this week for $72.00. Lot 10,868. CROMBIE BEAVER UL STER. 14 left. Originally $110.00. Will sell this week for $74.00. Lot 10,842. CROMBIE ELYSIAN UL STER. 4 left. Originally $125.00. Will sell this week for $85.00 Lot 10,857. WORUMBO BEAVER UL STER. 3 left. Originally $110.00. Will sell this week for $82.00. Lot 10,829. IRISH CHEVIOT ULSTER. 5 left. Originally $100.00. Will sell this week for $67.00. Lot 10,867 HEAVY CHEVIOT UL STER. 4 left. Originally $100.00. Will sell this week for $68.00. Lot 10,878 CROMBIE BEAVER UL STER. 5 left. Originally $95.05. Will sell this week for $.,.00. Lot 10,813. IRISH CHEVIOT BOX COAT. 6 left. Originally $90.00. Will sell tiis week for $66.00. ' Lot 8534. Lot 10,846 Mil I WII LT T T m T T T K a I T;;,i,n,'":?,.1'.inLi'.u- oxford beaver ul innnn w-ii .. . Ur,&inally STER. 6 left. Originally Si 10.00 $56.00 "" th'S WCCk f0f I Wil1 sel1 this week f $78.00 Lot 10,662. ! Lot 8598 ttt.XXRD.H??RGBONE ! a?,1H.-. .e!i,.S5na"y ! $56.00. "v" ""S WCeK lor Lot 10,667. HERRINGROMP" rrr crtro 9 ,'.efV. Originally $75.00. Will j sen uus wceic for $52.00. BOX MODEL OXFORD OVERCOAT. 8 left. Originally 360.00. Will sell this week fo- S31.00. Lot 9603. CHEVIOT aLlP.ON OVER COAT. 7 left Originally $70.00 Will sell this week for $51 00 Lot 5050. IRISH FRIEZE ULSTER, i...: Ornally $90.00. Will sell this week for $48,00. Lot 9701 OLIVE MIXTURE SLI? , ON COAT. 4 left. Originally $80.00. Will sell this week fo-S56.00. Lot 10,863. 1 PLAID - BACK BEAVER. 7 ! Lot S01 left. Originally $110.00. Will sell ' OXFORD CHEVIOT nr this week for $76.00. STER. ,I?f t OKSyVo'o'. I Will sell this week for $47.00. Lot 8961-31 BLUISH BROWN MODEL OVERCOAT. Originally 65.00. Will week for $38.00. BOX 5 left ell tins Lot 8672. ULSTER IN BROWNISH MIXTURE. 11 left. Originally $60.00. Will sell this week for $31.00. Lot 10,669. OVERPLAID ULSTER. 9 left. Originally $75.00. Will sell this week for $51.00. Lot 10,865. BROWN CHEVIOT UL. STER. 8 left. Originally $75.00. Will sell this week for $49.00 Lot 5054. OXFORD ULSTER. 14 left. Originally $85.00. Will sell this week for $47.00. Lot 6002. BROWN CHEVIOT UL-?T.ER- 1 left. Originally $80.00. Will sell this week for $46.00. i Lot 6001. I OXFORD ULSTER. 20 left. Originally $80.00. Will sell this week for $46.00. Lot 8952. BROWN CHEVIOT UL. S.T. ,S left- Originally $75.00. Will sell this week for $39.00.1 Lot 8737 OXFORD GRAY ULSTER 3 left. Originally $65.00. Wil' sell this week for $36 On Lot 873 TrRp.Nf Cf-VI01 u' ,.!. 5 Ieft- Originally 6s.00 Will sell this week for $o5 1, I Lot 8950. BROWN MIXED CHEVIOT BOX MODEL OVERCOAT 16,.le(t: "KnalIy $65.00. Will sell this week for $38.00. Lot 8524. I Lot 5598. OXFORD GRAY UiEVIO" ULSTER. 23 left. Originally $65.00. W.ll sell this week fir $J JtUv, t Lot 9700 OXFORD CHEVIOT OVER-!rolTV7?7.SkIP'ONOVri COAT. 4 left. OriEinallv S9000 'SSttT. ,? '' Originally $80 00 Will sell this week for 4nnl " '" buu lnls Weel r $56.UU Lot 5017. SILK-LINED CONSERVA TIVE OVERCOAT. 57 left Originally $80.00. Will sell this A-eek for $46.00. Lot 8958. Lot 10,881. ""OWN BEAVU. UL.loVF.ScOA-" offi.On SS 'ft Perry & Co. Sixteenth and Chestnut s greets i lV !., K-Pl V1 V hf cam yiHEi
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