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New York Times (Newspaper) - December 13, 1912, New York, New York A Iyo -1 a a _ a a 1-.a a of a a the new York times. Friday. December it a i Ltd actual maw 89 Regent Street goods purchased in London charged to Home account at English prices. Cross guarantees the truth of this n advertisement to the times who in turn guarantees it to its readers. There Are two types of Christmas buyers a the Well in time and the last minute Folk. Both Are delightful. Cross motor Case for ladies newest thing for the motor made of coloured Morocco moire silk lined�?9 inches Long x 5 inches deep when Case is folded a supplied with Shell comb goggles in leather Case leather backed Mirror 2 Gold plated Salve jars 1 scent bottle hairpin Box jewel studded veil pin and Long Chiffon Veijo very compact and completed fastens with % Gilt snaps and handle on top .$28.75 motor pillows tan whip Ord with piping of pig skin Down filling jul do pigskin Monogram a for above a any 3 initials 9 Vlade to order. The last minute buyers with their reckless unpreparedness their cheerful toleration of jostling crowds a make the Christmas atmosphere. Cross English gloves for men or women combination Box for ladies containing 1 pair 16-Button White kid gloves 1 pair tan Black or White kid 2-clasp, Complete in Box.$5.00 combination Box for men i pair tan Cape skin Chamois lined 1 pair Gray mocha dress gloves 1 pair White kid dress gloves a All Complete in Box. $6.25 catalogue sent upon request prompt attention to mail order. Repairs a specially first floor leather goods. Luggage. Gloves. Second floor stationer a trunks motor ties. Glass and Metal novelties. Saddlery. Mark Cross world a greatest leather stores v 210 fifth Avenue near 26th streets town downtown�?>253 Broadway opposite City Hall boston�?145 Tremont Street s agencies throughout the world endow new work among defectives wealthy women at meeting raise a fund for or. Schlappy a plan to record mental delinquents. Surgeons to be employed mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt mrs. August Belmont mrs. Hewitt and mrs. Seligman among those interested. The new Clearing House for defectives which was established in connection with the department of charities since the shooting of col. Roosevelt at Chicago was made the beneficiary of a Money contribution yesterday which was Large enough to insure its permanency and enable it to open All necessary records and make is the purpose of those in charge of the Clearing House to give a careful examination to All Cranks brought to its attention and to see that those in need of restraint Are sent to the proper institutions while those who can be relieved without institutional care Are to receive immediate medical Aid from competent specialists. An important part of the work will be the creation for the first time in this country of a systematic and continuous record of All defectives known to be at Large. The organization of the Clearing House was brought about by or. Max g. Schlapp before whom cases of defective children have been sent by the children a court and the charities department of late years. After the shooting of col. Roosevelt so much Public sentiment was created in favor of such a Clearing House that charitable organizations settlement workers and women a clubs United in giving it the support necessary to make a beginning. _. Until yesterday the work was done by Volunteer surgeons associated with or. Schlapp in the clinic at the Post graduate Hospital. The announcement of the fund to make the Clearing House permanent was made at a meeting of the women a municipal league at its clubhouse 46 East Twenty ninth Street yesterday morning. Charities commissioner Drummond was there to outline the need that always had existed Here for systematic work among the City a defectives. Or. Schlapp who told of the Hopes he had for developing his plans for a Clearing House also addressed the after commissioner Drummond and or. Schlapp had retired mrs. E. R. Hewitt president of the league Learned from some of those Quot present that Money would be forthcoming for the proposed work. Not All the women there represented the women a municipal league As women came from several charitable organizations. Among them were mrs. William k. Vanderbilt mrs. Henry Seligman and mrs. August Belmont mrs. Hewitt did tzmx1 not make Public the amount of the contributions or the names of the contributors but it was said afterwards that enough was pledged to assure the Success of the undertaking. When or. Schlapp was asked if he would say How much had been provided he replied that he was not prepared make any announcements. Commissioner Drummond said he knew of the fund but was not at Liberty to give the details. A you can say this said or. Schlapp. Quot we have a fund Large enough to guarantee the work and we Are going to see our plans through. But the fund is As yet far from Complete and much More than has been offered to us will be needed. A a we Are not going to Stop until we have made a record of All mentally defective persons and spec ally of the mentally defective children in this City and eventually in the state with the states co operation. A a it is not our Hope to cure Many Ide a festive children through gaining Early knowledge of their condition. We Hope to protect the Community from them. If a child is defective because brain cells have been destroyed there is no known Way of helping the child. The cells cannot be restored and the child will remain a defective. But if some secretion in the brain has made an abnormal pressure then we can bring Relief through the restoration of the Normal conditions. A a one of the things i Hope for As a result of the establishment of this Clearing House will be such a thorough and continuous study of defectives on the part of so Many surgeons that perhaps we will learn much More than we now know about the causes and the cure. A a the defectives will be received and examined from whatever source they come. Already the Charity organization society the association for improving the condition of the poor the society for the prevention of cruelty to children the children s court a number of churches and Many settlement workers Are referring defectives to us for charities commissioner Drummond explained that under the Laws of the state he had general charge of defectives and so had the authority to establish and maintain the new Clearing House As part of the work of his department. For administrative purposes the Clearing House is in charge of Angus p. Thorne superintendent of the Bureau of dependents. He is working in co operation with or. Schlapp. There were six defectives at the first examination. Commissioner Drummond explained while yesterday morning forty appeared on references from associations and settlement workers. Plans 21-Story hotel. Alexander Smith Cochran to build it in West fifty ninth Street. Alexander Smith Cochran of this City announced yesterday that he would build a Twenty one Story apartment hotel in fifty ninth Street Twenty five feet West of the Plaza hotel. The building will be the highest apartment hotel in the City. The plot to be improved has a frontage of seventy five feet and is now occupied by the vacant and partially burned apartments known As the Alhambra arid the fifth Avenue. The first or ground floor of the new hotel will cover the entire plot which is 100 feet deep and it will be chiefly devoted to the Entrance and store. The Twenty stories above this will be fifty nine feet wide by ninety two feet in depth leaving a space on All four sides for Light and air thus providing open rooms on every Side of the building. Brick and Marble will be used for the facade. The total height of the building will be 276 feet giving a View Over Central Park on the fifty ninth Street Side. Four elevators will be installed. There is nothing that is More appreciated by men than a pair of House slippers for Christmas. Menus Black and tan opera slippers. Menus Black and tan Goat Everett slippers. Menus tan Alligator opera slippers. We also have numerous styles in menus kid Cavalier Romeo and Faust slippers Felt Romeos and slippers and coloured worsted slippers with lambs Wool soles. And $1 $2,s0 and $4,0� cat Meyer stamped on a shoe Means Standard Merit 6thave.&20t�?ost. The gift of Good taste that saves time and trouble in attractive Xmas Boses fanning Trade met from All the Best stores l. L Waterman company 173 Broadway new yank the times Square subway. Or. Opdyke a plan provide Mezzanine Al cars with free Access. Henry g. Opdyke Laid yesterday before the Broadway association at its regular monthly meeting in the hotel Imperial the plans he has drawn for the proposed express stations at times Square and Greeley Square in the new b. R. T. Broadway subway. They were referred to the special committee. The plans for times Square showed a series of Mezzanine floors which would allow free transit Between any of the subway stations at this most important traffic Point. Entrances would be provided from the Street at every Corner from forty second to forty fourth Street in Broadway and seventh Avenue and larger entrances at the times Square Plaza. The mezzanines would be so contrived that in no Case would any one have to descend More than two stairways to reach any station or platform. A the Greeley Square plans provided in much the same Way for the needs there from thirty second to thirty fifth Street. The mezzanines proposed would also allow direct Access to the Mcadoo tubes and to All the Large department stores and hotels in the neighbourhood order to carry on successfully its important work. Or. Marble is vice president of the merchants association which has just gained 1,500 members in a for cays canvass and he suggested that the most effective work was accomplished by the personal a Pulca it it a of the old members. 1 his ideas were referred to the executive committee for consideration. 1,145,404 fares in a Day. W a. Marble vice president of the Broadway association brought before the meeting the urgent need of enlarging its membership and increasing its income in average for a week in december for All lines was 2,792,014 a Day. Both the subway and Street cars of the new York railways company and the elevated railroads have been doing a record breaking business. Theodore p. Shonts president of the inter Borough said yesterday a a week ago i called attention to the business in the subway for the six Days ending november 23. This was exceeded in the six Days ending saturday december 7. The subway carried More than a million passengers each Day monday december 2, being the biggest Day of the week with a record of 1,145,404. For the six Days the average was 1,000,007. A during the same week the Riding was heavy on the elevated division and also on the lines of the new York railways company. The a total number of paying passengers carried on our elevated sub Way and surface lines on monday december 2, was 2,989,092. We averaged for the six Days 2,792,014 passengers paying on the three roads Broka Brothers men s amp boys�?Tclothin0.hats amp furnishings we have added several Hundred suits in fancy mixed patterns to the menus sack suits reduced to $25 from $30, $32, $35 and $38� excellent styles Quality and value. Astor place amp. Fourth Avenue subway at the door one Block prom Broadway m i Teodore r Starr. Inc established id62 Pearl necklaces the utmost Confidence May be placed in any Pearl necklace we offer. We Deal Only in Indian pearls and pay Especial attention to Quality and Matching. Prices never higher than prevail elsewhere for equal Quality. 5th Avenue and 47th Street new York a a a Rii a a be Christmas i a a nobody Ever caught held and imprisoned in print so successfully As Eugene Field the Christmas spirit. But Florence Storer has duplicated his feat of the pen with one of the Brush. These eight full Page drawings not to mention innumerable pen and Ink sketches of which the Santa Claus above is one form a perfect complement to the text a Beautiful Cut Risemas present. Illustrated in colors Charles Scribner $1.50 net by mail $1.65 a 153 fifth ave., new York Diamond jewelry we invite inspection and comparison of our Diamond Stock the largest and most varied in downtown new York. Oppenheim. Linss a we carry the better Grade of stones Only mounted in exquisite original Gold or Platinum designs of Superior workmanship. 34th Street a remarkable Sale of women a tailored suits Diamond Scarf pins $5 up. Diamond bracelets $25 up. Diamond rings $10 up. I Diamond cuff buttons $10 up. Diamond pendants All Platinum $40 up. A being in business since 1845�?means georgewwelshs50n taken from regular Stock High class tailored suits comprising this seasons Best models superbly lined and tailored. Choice of two tone diagonals whip cords Cheviot and various fancy materials in All prevailing colors and sizes for women and misses this offer holds Good at f. G. Smith Bradbury piano Ware roots 5th ave. Amp 19th St., new York. 60 Flatbush ave., Brooklyn. Regularly $35, $40 and $50 15.00 none altered none credited investigate this Liberal offer and examine the Complete line of Columbia Gra Foolas at Sale Friday and saturday december 13th and 14th Pease piano co., 128 West 42nd St., new York. 34 Flatbush ave., Brooklyn. 10 new St., Newark n. J. Holiday cheer goes with you on the Lehigh Valley the Black Diamond express new York to Buffalo Niagara Falls and beyond has always been the expression of the utmost in luxurious travel accommodations. Whether you travel at any time during the holidays from necessity or whether your Holiday plans dude a pleasure trip for afew Days you la appreciate the unusual comforts and attentive service aboard this wonderful All parlor car train. The Black Diamond express is aglow with Good cheer. It radiates warmth and cosiness. Outside the Switzerland of America in All the gorgeous Beauty of Winter swiftly flashes by. And the dining services Here truly lives the spirit of Holiday hospitality. Spotless Linen shining Silver and delicious things to eat the equal of the finest hotels. The enjoyment of your Holiday commences when you Purchase your Lehigh Valley reservation. Hew York Railroad and Pullman tickets delivered at Home or office on request 11aa near 42nd St Telephone 4212 Bryant 1238 Broadway near 31st St Telephone 3593 Madison squad 401broadway,Corner Walker St Telephone 1601 Franklin. 52broadway Corner Wall St. Telephone 3434 Rector. Hudson tubes 33d St. And Broadway Telephone 8869 Madison so. Hudson tubes. Cortlandt and Church its. Telephone 4209 Cortland Ikolyn 30 Flatbush ave., Telephone 97 main. 211 Market St Telephone 287 Market Columbia Graf Onola Mignonette $100. A pay for it during next year if More convenient a a. Delivered for Xmas Columbi Graf Onola is the one incomparable instrument of music the one incomparable gift for Christmas morning Delight and continuous All the year Long appreciation. Fourteen styles from $17.50 to $250 one Small payment puts your Home. One to a specially selected Christmas so re it of Columbia double disc records now on Sale. Call write or a phone any Colora dealer or Columbia phonograph co. 85-87 West 23d St 39 Wert 135th m. 89 chamber St. New York. Brooklyn-is73 Broadway

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