The chronicle=news., 1913-04-19


parrn,ly 10 limit New York-rs as to
Ia" quantity or quality OF their dane
ing l. the one thiug ih-y will no,
stand FOR. aud tn" turkey irOt haitl"
is likely TO go down Ia history as
one OF New Works. n"rs.st.
N.w Npr. j. In fair way soon
to watch real trst of THE strength
ur the .uffTaE. movement. which
whil. II viii not as-um" militant
I form In the sense In which IL IT,
, known In England will b" uf far
greater Nuiu" In afforhiug the net
nal strength or the movement. tlon
It, the sutirpg"tt.S claim, viii de
I.ui the fate Of til" greatest avenue
I In America tn" situation arises
from til" attempt of the merchants
along Fifth hN"nu" to have passed nr
ordlnanc" i1rLidding paTad. On iha;
'horuughfarc which would NJ course
Include suffras. paradcE For mauy
y-nrF uYw Firth Nv"nu" has been
the parHG. ground. but 80 rapids
have these parad"s Increased both In
number and -iz" that the merchants
90 mplaiu that ON many days tn"
Hy-nu" is 20 cUugcst"i as 10 make
| Ii extremely difficult Tor shoppers 10
get from on" stor" To another. Sc-
lcoriingly thrN hlv. asked that
Fifth Avenue u" closed TO pHradcrs
and som. other street selected for
their Use. As puridcs along Fifth
Avenue attract NOR" attention than
Z they would anywhere else, however.
tn. suffraE.ttcs are strongly oppos-
ed TO any change. Accordingly they
hav. taken defensive measures by
announcing that IT the ordinance Is
passed they Will. to the number OF
somcthing lik. 100000 boycott Filth
avenue stores and In addition they
will attempt to enlist the support of
as many out of town suifragctt.s az
possible. tndoubtcilv to take 11o.-
400 feminine shoppers from Firth
Avenue would De II serious blow. hut
I II" question remains rs to whether
| II the boycott Is attempted ale
glance to the suffrage movement
would prove stronger than the lure
OF the great Fifth avenue shops. As
| there Is no doubt that the great pa
rahcs along the avenue do cause
considerable Inconvenience. the mat
ter is likely TO be strongly contested
| on both sides and tn" outcome
watched with more than ordinary
| Interest.
For weird and unusual forms OF
lrobbcry. the year 1913 is already
setting record here. with organ
| i1od taSicab rObbcrius little more
than u wear old. they are already
being looked upon as out of date and
uiG-,ashicn.d rs compared to the
strange methods which have sprung
up since the first of the year. For
instance the city is now enjoying
quite little epidemic of Il form be-
licved to be absolutely new. known
rs slipper snatching," or course
foGtgoar has been stolen ever since
it was invented. hut the novelty Of
he new form lies in the fact that
the slipper or pump is appropriated
| by tn. thief from the foot Of the
wcarer herself. While this might
seem at first thought difficult
! task it Is not So hard after all since
only low shoes are snatchcd and
hcsc in the crush on the subway
stairs which the wearcr is descend
ing. II is really simple matter
Tor the thief to follow behind the
victim. grab the slipper, pocket 1t
and lose himself in the crowd before
| its owner realizes what has happen
cd. Needless to say the thefts are
committed not for the pump itself
but for the valuable silver. gold or
iewcled buckle which adorns II. The
ancient hanson cab is another in
strumcut for robbery which is gain
ing favor and the more decrepit the
vehicle and horse the better it seems
TO work. Experts have attempted
to explain this by saying that as
tutc robbers realize the necessity of
using some means which the police.
grown suspicious of taXis and other
automobiles. will disregard with
contempt Meanwhile 1t is worth
while to note that old-tashioned