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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

OF dyes would advance shoe laces, but
they couldn't see just how the war was
increasing the price Of buttons or Of
the little flaps that grandfather runs
his thumb through 10 pull his boots on.
Price lacking up is in the air" one
dealer said, "and every one who makes
anything used in a shoe has seen his
chance 20 make money. In many cases,
I am assured, the price advance is
without actual cause. But il exists, and
so long as il is effective the price Of
shoes will have TO stay up in the skies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
VILLA SEXES 1000 RECRUITS
Bandit Chief Holds Unpaid Soldiers by
Intimidation

chihuahua City, Mexico, Oct. l6.-
villa is in the neighborhood Of Temosa-
chic with about 500 armed and equipped
soldiers and 1000 impressed recruits Of
all ages, who lack arms, ammunition
and mounts, General Trevino stated TO-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

that as early as next spring there
would be hardly any genuine tan shoes
in the shop windows. The few tina.
will appear for sale, it was believed,
will not be genuine, but will be merely
painted or vanished, and Of dura-
bility much inferior TO the real tan
shoe.
In some quarters there was much
complaining about the advance in GER
tain materials. Dealers. for instance.
could see how the price Of steel would
advance steel shanks, or how the price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
GUNMAN ONSTAND
AGAINST ROFRANO
Death House Inmate Says
Ex-OfhCial Gave Him
5000 for Favor"

The death house at Sing Sing fur.
risbed the star witness against Michae
A Rofrano yesterday st his trial fol-
ordering the murder Of Michael Cal
mar, his political foe in the Cd Assem-.
BIZ District. The witness was Gaetano
Youtimacno, known as Little Tommy
the Wop,' an understood, mild man
nsred Sicilisn youth Of twenty-one, who
has been sentenced to the electric chair
for the actual Staying of Gsimari.
The first thing Montimagno was
obliged 10 do after taking the stand
vts 10 make frank admission that he
sho. and killed Gaimsri on March 8,
1915. Through an interpreter he per
formed that duty without hesitation.
Then, beginning as far back as Sep
TENDER. 1918, he told Of his relations
with Rofrano after his introduction to
the former Deputy Street Cleaning
Commissioner by Rox Cornell and
Frank Fennimore, the principal murder
xecomplices, now doing time in prison.
The witness said Rox referred to Ro-
frzno as my boss"
Says He Got 500
Although he was living at 1913 Hamil-
,on Avenue. Brooklyn, at the time. Mon
tinaruo swore he offered 10 bring a lot
AZ bis friends over 70 Rofrano's Home
pris Club. in Madison Street, on Elec-
tor Day. 1918, and Rofrano at the wit
nsss's recuest gave him 5000. de sald
tbe ex-citv official told him he would
s V,a more Il he would do him a favor.
The election over, Montimagno SAID
Ia sgsir met Rofrano in the club few
sSHave you the courage TO stab
.onebody for me- he asked me- the
u aid: Yes. why not?' He then
,s;d 70 ne: All right; here is 5000 Tor
vop. Two hundred are for the debts
Won say YOU have, and $500 is gift to
Wontimagno continued that Rofrano
handed him q big revolver OF Election
Dav and told him TO patrol the nelgn-
borbood Of the clubhouse and use IL
An s-vbodv who tried 20 make trouble
fo- he o-rar;zation. A few days be-
for. Christmas of that year, the wit
ness sad. he met Cornell and Fenni-
more il a saloon. at zlO hamilton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

, this year the little West Virginia So
ciety has looked out for 175 of New
York's former prisoners. 100 from Sing
Sing. 20 from Blackwel's Island and so
from Auburn.
The Prisoners Relief Society, which
started life on sl4. has had a hand-to-
mouth existence since the first. Checks
to pay the rent for the three little
rooms which are its headquarters hard
ly ever get there before the dispossess
notices come. and often there are not
enough stamps for the thousands Of
letters that are sent out every day n
the effort 10 get work for "the boys"
This is the reason for Mrs. Dabney's
present visit TO New York. She will
also make a study of the conditions at
Sing Sing, Auburn and Blackwell's Isl
and.
at isn't charity we're asking for the
boys she said. 1--WE just want 70
help them help themselves, and we're
almost the only organization In Amer
lea that tries 10 give them another
chance on a perfectly sane basis. When
our men get work only one member Of
the firm knows they have been con-
victs. and he doesn't care. That's what
makes all the difference in the world.
The result is 80 per cent Of them make
good. We could get them all jobs, if
we only had stamps and stenographers
enough. We have TO raise money be-
cause the boys need it"
Had Never Visited Jail
Despite all her work for convicts,
Mrs. Dabney had never been inside a
jail until Sunday, when she visited the
Maryland prison. She was full Of en-
thusiasm for the methods Of Warden
Leonard.
at isn't like Warden Osborne's plan,'
she said. "He gave them entirely too
much freedom. and Mr.. budding had
told him so. The men in the Maryland
prison looked like soldiers at military
drill when we saw them in their exer-
cises in the prison yard. Conditions
there were absolutely sanitary. | dont
suppose shall see another such prison
in all nv visit
"I'm interested in the ex-conyicts
I've tried to give up the work and
lust can't do it. They're my boys"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

Even the most specuIatlve deaIers
would not estimate where the advance
would stop. But SO was the general
estimate Of the price advance during
the next eight months.
jump in Mems Shoes Less
Mems shoes will remain more nearly
constant, the dealers believe The
average mans shoe is to-day selling
for 81 more than it sold for this time
last year, and the general opinion Is
that another dollar will have been
added generally to the price by this
time next yesr.
Some dealers predicted yesterday
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

fare he loses the larger view OF
national welfare. He is tten not fit.
inadequate. to express The wishes or
the people"
But He Was Anxious.
All this and more did young Mr..
Elliott explain. yearntns the mean
while to be up and away to the matt
nee performance. He looked at
times (and this is really a most ade-
quate description) like an anxious
mother dog. whose puppies have
been taken from her. and every mo-
ment or so he would fret in a s.art-
lingly dog-like manner.
This was really what terminated
the interview. He simply couldn't
stand being away from the theater
another moment And since he was
so frank and courteous. he had 20
explain his anxiousncss and in do
ing so took the first actual rest
since the interview started.
II have so much to do" he laugh
ed. that ! feel as II ] must al
ways be doing something other than
that in which | am engaged. | keep
running ahead to get to the next
thing mentally. Last night ] made
up my mind to drop the whole mat
ter and not think about anything
for a moment or two. / composed
myself with a great EFFORT. and had
lust succeeded in achieving something
bordering on peace. when someone
ran to me saying Did you get that
long distance connection" and one
second l was off again. hopelesslH
on the tran Of business this time
The tenseness which had disap-
ptared during this naive confession
returned as he said Il feel that way
right now. feel as II | ought to be
doing something else" So he was
| allowed to depart.
He had given assurance of his SIN
| cerity Of idea. had paid the highest
compliments to his cola horator. Mar
! ion Creighton, had confessed to hav-
tr- helped write many plavs. but tina
| his name had never before appeared
on the program. and all in all. had
| favored the writer with charming
half hour.
A Prophecy.
What he did not say vas that he
| is going TO be heard from in a bigger
way as the wears 20 by. AS plaN'
wright. and as a leading man. Will
| liam Elliott is going to succeed far
In excess of what he perhaps dreams
His history is short. but. like his act
| inc conVinC cling.
| When ouite a boy at school young
| Elliott became interested IN amateur
| theatricals in Boston AMI Joined th+
| Unity Club, becoming tee leadlns
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
HE distinction between meals OF
refinement and the opposite Is
due not altogether in difference

TIME, distinction between meals OF
refinement and the opposite Is
due not altogether in difference
in quality of the food. but in the
kind Of service. Elaborate decoration.
high coored china and ornate silver are
never in good taste. The table should
not appear overcrowded. but should
Articles OF food. china. and silver
must all combine In harmony Of line.
avoid ali feeling OF careless. unsvm-
metrical arrangement.
No one detail Of table refinement is
so important as the stvle of silverware
used. 1t is accepted that the love OF
fine linen and beautiful silver betokcns
the breeding and culture of the hostess.
Likewise the simplicity of the pattern,
silver indicate the last point in success
fut tab lc serving. namely. that silver
which is hitting and harmonious with
the hostess every need
The increased elaborateneSs Of present
dav table service has created a new de-
mand for articles for table use. Each
course from appetizer to dessert neces-
states the right and fitting table serv-
beautiful in inc and pattern. but 1t
must be the right piece for the special
service required. 1t il no longer nossible
TO correctly. eat formal dinner with
the same size knife. fork and spoon
The guest cannot gracefully dispose
OF his portions II the silver at his cover
is OF a door, awkward shape
Again. the hostess skill in serv-
ing Is also determined largely by the
shape and efficiency Of the silver scrv.
ing tools she uses Who does not know
how awkward It is to dairtiIy serve as,
paraxus. for instance. with the usua'
cuD-shaped spoon. But how convenient.
" even this vegetable can be served
with a paddle or blade-shaped piece
especially for this use.
Recently. the writer was a guest in .
home where large plate OF SOUP wa,
served for the first course. The SOUP
spoon was not over four inches II
length. and she experienced real annoy
ance I'm disposine OF the soup. Thi,
soupspoon WAS intended to be useC
merely with a cup OF bouillon. and wa!
entirely out OF place.
In forks too there IL infinite variety
and practice has proved that it is mucl
rlOrc convenient to use a blunt. four
tined fork for eating salad or cuttinI
through some formal entree In which
= knife Il not used at all than il is 4
te the old type, narrow. three-tinet
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
SEEN IN THE SHOPS
Bv THE SHOPPER.

skirt boots. white from the sole to
the topmost lacing of snowy shoe
string. For s. and s. are boots not
quite as lofty, and with tan soles.
What about making your plans
now for new SPORT suit OF
corduroy? A narroY vale weave that
gives the sturdinst service Is
selling for 50 cents yard at sn
Eighth street store. And oh. the
variety. Deep wistaria. rich green.
deep cardinal, warm mouse gray and
cream ~hite-isn't il temptation to
order enough for a whole new suit
when the cost Is only about $3.50?
Telephone M0in $3.50 for inJornlu-
tion regarding the r'Lmcs Of the
embellishments in Which the articles
mentioned above may BE- purchased.
Inquiries concerning HsDs Of the
shops should be addressed 10 The
Shopper, this offCe,)
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

To Health
Questions
BY DIR. L. X. HIRSHBERG.

BY Dh. IL. N. hlhSh DEH1.
r. G. P.-Until the last three weeks
I always slept soundly, tyt since thcn
dream and wake W. two or three tnies
every night. Kindly advise me what to
do.
Dreams ccme from some irritation
os the nose. throat. teeth, head, stom-
ach ard skir. Find the cause and have
II remop ed and tho dreams. Will cease
Take hot bath and drink a glassfl:l OF
take trinle cffervcsccnt bromide tab
lold in a glassful of water before bel
time.
II. L. T.-What is the correct weight
OF q girl OF eighteen who is FIVE feet
six inches tall? 2 What can she, 40 to
bright. healthy look to the skin?
About If pounds Int lishter weight
is not indicative cf i'll health.
.. Eat plenty Of cereals. sweets,
cream. eggs. rork and hutter;
quarts distilled water and a pure car
Donate water daily, lots of oliye tll,
whey. butterniiek,. fluids. green veg.
tables without much starch. unsea5Gnei
Faria tablet with your meals. Avoid
tea. coffee constipa ton and inactivity.
Live in the open air more than you co.
J. Al am troubled with perpetual
and uncomfortable feeling in. my left
side. 1t is always worse in the morn
ing I generally feel better at might
Just before bedtime. than ! do at any
other time. I never eat before retir-
ing LIy appetite is good 1 do not
sleep as we'll as I might. am trou-
lied with shortness Of breath. What
will you advise?
Have the kidneys, heart. lungs, and
other structures examined by eome
ihoroughly efficient and competent
physician. be outdoors in the sunlight
and fresh air as much as possible. take
an active interest in the sports ana eH-
oxide of magnesia about half an hour
before meals, and half a dozen bone
charcoal tablets about half IN holl
after meals in a wineglassful OF Olive
oil.
| tCopy't 1916 by Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

. HAD tea with the woman of the
world and the club man yester-
day.
It was a beautiful tea. The
mullins were toasted to exactly the
right brown, the butter was sweet
and fresh, and there was plenty or
il; the tea was neither as strong as
I've nor as weak as water, and the
sandwiches were perfection in the
sandwich line.
The woman of the world saw to that.
The waiter was a paragon of all the
virtues in the walters class ne
didn't shuttle and he didn't strut. and
he neither slung nor sidled. He was
not there when you didn't want him.
and he was there when you did want
him. He didn't rattle the dishes or
tinkle the silver, and he was neither
insolently veiled of eye nor obsequi-
ously supple of person.
Oh, n perfect waiter! The club man
saw to that.
And then the conversational vas
so interesting!
We began with the new dresses and
how short they were, and the club man
told a story that was meant to be funny
and was only rather disagreeable. the
woman of the world told him that he
was shocking and tried to blush, and
the club man straightened himself and
settled his collar and looked particu-
larry wicked and outrageously wise, and
I--stirred my tea.
Then we spoke Of the new kinds OF
boots with fur around the top. and the
woman of the world told a story. Some
one had told il to her, she said, and
she pretended that she didn't know
what 1t meant. l really didn't know,
but the club man did and l could see
him committing it to memory for the
next tea.
Then we arrived at the last new play.
and the flrst new novel OF the season.
Oh, such very frank novel-one OF
the sort they call daring-and you Keep
wondering how the woman who wrote
IT Is ever going to explain where she got
all the detailed information. And. by
easy stages, we came-quite as mat
ter of course-to the bov and the girl
Il can't think" said the woman OF
the world, Il really can't even try to
Ethel. .-....
She has q lovely home. two fine
brothers and q father who lies down
and let's her walk on him. and two men
about her. One Of them is poor. but
he's in the army and It's rather smart
for an army officer to be poor and the
other Is simply made of money. and
here she is determined to marry that
idiot Of a boy
He hasn't cent to his name, and
he'll have to work for his living. And
they're going West-way out West-and
live In hut or a tent. or something
He won't even stay here and go into
the business with his uncle.
"Of course. he's awfully nice and
rather good looking and dead in love
with her. What difference do thing:
like that make, really?
ITO be sure, | know he's your nephew
Mr.. Club Man. but you're too much o
man OF the world not to understand
my point of view. What on earth dc
YOU make of it all? Can't you do some
thing to stop it,"
Hell Come To His Senses"
DO something!" The man Of the
world fairly purpled. he was so in
dignant. why. I'd do anything tc
put stop to such nonsense. I've hat
him up to the club three times.
promised to get him in. and do yol
know the poor fool said he had nc
use for a club. and I'll tell you plain
ly. ~ he is my nephew, the club hat
no use for him. All he did was to si
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
SilUer Aids to the Hostess
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

fork which is intended to be used al
wavs with a knife.
Such a simple silver article as a pie
server or triangular spatula greatly
facilitates the serving not only Of pie
but of cake. cold meats and many other
foods. Yet too often the same dishes
are served with the ordinary fork or
narrow knife. thus resulting in awk-
ward serving. While solid silver Is OF
course. the most desirable 1t Ia better
II our purse does not permit to have
an extensive varied service in plated
ware rather than lust few pieces OF
genuine silver. The hostess who cares
that her service IL correct will prefer to
invest more in pieces for various uses
SO that she may serve a larger number
OF dishes correctly than to struggle
through a dinner with Inadequate ser
vice.
lCopyt. 1916. by Mrs. Christine Frederick ,
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

lowed season OF stock at Elitch's
Gardens in Denver. after which lie
returned to Boston to play leads IN
the Castle Squire. where his suc-
cess eventually led to New YORK
stock engagement.
Taken Up BY BelascO.
II was while playing a juvenile
role in this New York sock com
pany that David Belasco first saw
Mr. Elliott and cnga ged him for the.
role of the young lieutennn. i'm THE
Rose Of the Rancho" That was in
the fall of 1906 4 year later Ee-
lasco transferred Elliot. to David
Wariield's company to create the
boy part in The Grand Army
Man" 4 year later found him in
Henry w. Savage's company playing
the young lawyer and son N
Madame X" with Dorothy Donel-
ly. Despite the hit scored by Mr..
Elliott in this play. whicn brought
him far into the front ranks of the
Legitimate" young actors, he chose
TO prove his versatility by going. irto
musical COMEDY. playing the lend
ing juvenile in Klaw & Erlanger
The Pink Lady"
1t was after this engagement that
he gave up the stage to devote his
time to his invalid wife. Augusta
f1elaSCO, daughter VI 'iie iliuSl iou'
David. The year after her death.
Mr.: Elliott took his first plunge into
the producing field bringing out, in
conjunction with Belasco. The Gov
ernor's Lady" Encouraged by the
success Of this first venture. in 1913
the young producer presented kitty
Mackay," with great success.
But nothing could demonstrate Mr..
Elliott's business acumen better
than his experience with Expert
ence." At the annual Lambs House
Gambol in 1914. the number on the
program that created the biggest
sensation, was one-act modern
morality play by George V. Hobart
in which Mr.. Elliott played the pr!n.
cipal part of youth. in which he was
eminently successful.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

At s. a pair of stunning short
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

.~ Ut - really. doesn't that
seem the only sensible
u way. to let the kings, and
the ministers and other
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

The Young Man Who COL
laborated With Marian
Creighton, to Write The
Greatest Nation the
New Play at the Belasco
This Week, Thinks That
If the Interested Parties
Had to Do the Fighting
There Would Be None.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

spirit in all its activities and win
ming such applause as an actor that
he soon organized his own travelling
stock company and toured New
England. playing juvenile roles in
some twenty-odd plays. Then fol-
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
Half and Half.

Timothy came last, looking half
scared, half sheepish and half
amused. "-YounE's Magazine. Timothy
must have been big chap, at least
New York Tribune.
The Washington times., 1916-01-29
THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE
"Why Not Let the Kings Do the Fighting?'
Asks William Elliott, Actor-PlayWright

In the Stress of a First Week
With His First Play, He
Manages to Find Time for
an Interview, But Like a
Mother With Her First
Child He Cannot Talk of
Anything Else, and Is So
Sincere and Interesting
That He Entertains In
Spite of Himself.s
The Washington times., 1916-01-29

kVx flourish. Didn't it seem
strange last summer to
omit this dainty material from the
list of approved fabrics' Now it is
returning in a bewildering series of
dsguises to tilt for popularity
against voile-a time honored vet
eran. For p cents a yard are as
many pretty patterns as the most
capricious taste could desire.
Noiles are rising nobly to the
charge. appearing intermingled with
other materials and fiecked with al
Turing little nubs of white and colors.
So far the influence of Bakst, loudly
claimed by New York shops as a re-
suit of the Russian ballet. has not
made itself evident, and the Colors
are of subdued Dresden variety.
Flowers. too. rather than cnnNen-
tionsl designs. are much in evidence.
with punches OF gay posies scattered
laVishly,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-05
THEY WILL Do IT.

We all know that the good people OF
Brooks county are not responsible for
the dynamiting outrages recently com
mitted down there, still it will devolve
upon the good people of the county to
see to it that the perpetrators of
these outrages are hunted down and
made to suffer for their unlawful acts.
The sooner this is done, the sooner
will Grand Old Brooks, as she has
been affectionately called, have re-
moved the blot that has been placed on
her escutcheon by these indescribable
marauders.
That this will be done, 10 one has
reason to doubt, for in Brooks county
live some of the best men the country
affords, and they will see to it that law
and order prevail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-05
WILSON'S WISDOM RECOGNIZED.

Louis D. Brandeis has been con-
firmed as member of the United
States Supreme court. The confirma-
ton was made by the senate by vote
of AZ to %.
Mr.. Brandeis is a Boston lawyer
and was nominated by President Will
son months ago, and while the &C,
ton of the senate has been extremely
dilatory and uncalled for, still it is
gratifying to know that the senate has
at last come to their senses and done
the thing they should have done long
ago.
The action of the senate is a justi-
fication of the wisdom of the appoint
ment, and a recognition of the inf1exi-
bility of the presidents policy, in that
he stands by his guns to the last ditch,
and only after the most careful con-
.sideration and elaboration does he
make appointments.
The people throughout the whole
country will be pleased that the senate
has at last recognized the wisdom of
President Wilson in appointing Mr..
Brandeis to this position.