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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Business Leases on
East and West Sides

4 The Brett & Goode Company has
leased the eleventh floor in the Print
/ ing Crafts Building, occupying the
block front on the west side OF Eighth
sv. from 33d to oath St, to the Rob
ert l.. Stillson Company. The lease IL
for a term Of fifteen years, at an ag-
gregate rental Of about $225,OOO.
Pease & Gilman have made the fol-
lowing renewals Of leases of Offices IN
the Lords Court Building at William
70. and Exchange Place; 10 the Inter
national Fire and Marine Agency Cor
poration; 70 Birmingham. Montgomery
& Beechcr, TO j. A. Hardiman; 10
Ralph A. Stemm; 10 Mrs. Jean II. Nor
ris; to Edward II. Carpenter; to W.
Gibbes Whaley and Timothy +. Fay; to
A. VI. Becker and Joseph Levy. They
have also renewed the lease on the sec
ond loft at West 9th ST., held By
oscar VI. Geiger and Charles Stein
berg.
The Charles F. Moves Company has
suD-leased for the Remington Type
writer Company the nineteenth floor
OF the East River Savings lnstitutia-.
building TO We'll & Purvin and TO the
+ Hardware Board of Trade, both leases
being for five years; portion OF the
seventh floor Of the billiard Building,
90 John ST.. to Herrick c. Allen. and
the rear portion Of the fifth floor OF
% Pine ST. to Medley Scoyil, Inc.
George K. Read & Co. have leased
for the Saranac Realty Company the
two story and basement garage and
warehouse CIT to Cpl Eleventh av., 75x
100, 10 the Showers Ice Cream Com
pany and the Atlantic importing Com
pany, for a long term Of years.
Shaw & Co. have leased for Cecilia
/. A. Slater the store POI West both
81. to Charles W. Odell.
The Cross & Brown Company has
leased the eighth floor in 70 and IA
East 46th ST. 20 Raymond Almirall,
architect, for a term Of years; at 1890
Broadway space TO Walter A. Tim
mcrmans; at 49, Fifth av the third
lott TO the Manhattan Hair Cloth Com
pany. in conjunction with W. 5. Bur
rows; at GS 70 y Crosby 81. 10000
feet of space, store and basement TO
Robert A. skinner for a term Of years.
William a White & Sons, associated
with the Charles F. Noyes Company.
have rented the second loft al % and
81 Park Place and the first and sec
ond lofts in the adjoining building at
33 Park Place 20 the American District
Telegraph Company.
Samuel H. Martin has leased space
al the southeast corner of Broadway
and 9th ST. 20 the American Rubber
Corporation.
Goodwin Goodwin have leased 10
the Wingood Realty Company the two
five story apartment houses 30 and 81
s. Nicholas Place and 81 and 1913
Edgecombe az.
Van Vliet & Place have rented FOR
the estate Of =. +. Guerino the five
story building 1G IIoratio ST. for a
term Of five years. After alterations
The same will be used for light manu-
featuring.
The Real Estate Management Com
pany has leased for C. C. Tretcl store
and basement at the southeast corner
Of 147th 81. and Broadway to Charles
Lcibenstein for term OF years.
Ewing, Bacon & Henry have rented
space in the Architect Building 20
the ITopewell Self-Cleaning Trap Com
pary and La Montague, Chapman
Company Inc, for n term Of years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22

and has written 20 George r. Brennan
chairman Of the Assembly Committee
on General Laws, 70 state his ooJee-
tons.
This nuisance" he wrote, has IN
creased rather than diminished since
the agitation for its suppression. !
understand that a suit has begun IN
court and that the. defendant com
panies have until next October TO puiI
In an answer, and also understand
that the case on which this Is based
took more than ten years TO bring TO
a conclusion. This. ] suppose, IS the
natural course Of events where II IS
question Of the individual citizen
against the corporation.
IN round numbers we hear OF a
quarter Of million people and q haif
a billion dollars Of property being al.
fected. If it were only question Of
Thousands. il seems TO me that it would
still be reasonable for the Legislature
TO devise a remedy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Charles Scribner's Sons to
Erect Building in East
3Sth Street.
DECATUR AVE. FLAT
BOUGHT BY INVESTOR
House at the Northeast Corner
of 195th Street-Deal for
Lots in Audubon Ave.

The publishing firm Of Charles Serb
ner's Sons plans to erect a loft building
on a ffty-foot plot at 10 and y Eas;
3Sth ST., adjoining the store OF Bonwlt
Teller q Co. This structure, however,
which IA to have twelve stories, is rot
for manufacturing occupancies, as II Is
TO be devoted exclusively 10 salesroom
and Offices. Plans are being prepared
by Ernest Flagg for the Improvement,
which viii cost, with the land, about
$550,0O0.
The site to be 20 developed is covered
with Mr. Scribner's former home and
the onetime home Of Henry Steers,
from whom Mr. Scribner bought it in
March. 1911, for 1872 500 completing a
plot 50Xl00 feet, diagOnally opposite
the Professional Building. ana two ad-
joining houses which George F. Baker
bought 10 prevent a commercial i'm
provement on that corner The Serb
ner site is just outside the Murray Hill
restricted zone.
Richard II. Scobe has sold for Milt-
ner Brothers. Inc, builders, 10 a client
for investment the northeast corner Of
Decatur av. and l95th St. five and a
half story, twenty family apart
ment house. with two stores on a plot
50H00 feet. This building has just
been completed and was all rented up
before completion. II adjoins a theatre
now in course Of construction on the
northwest corner Of 195th 81. and Web
ster av.
Negotiations have been practically
concluded for the sale of large corner
property on upper Audubon ay., facing
the Isabella Heimath Home, 20 build
er for improvement. The deal affects
the plot of about nine pts at the north
west corner Of Audubon ay. and l90th
ST.. having an avenue frontage Of 1893
feet and measuring 220 feet or the
street, with northerly and westerly
lines of 220 feet and 97.6 feet, respec-
lively. The property : owned by Har-
ry Kitzinger, who acquired 1t three
years ago.
Other sales follow:
19lST ST The John Boyland Com
pany has sold 10 A. Gutfreund 564 and
$50 West l9lst st, five story new law
hathouse. on a plot 5Oxl0l6 feet, about
$50 feet east Of st. Nicholas av.
l15TH ST. The Nartonbert Realty
Company, Herbert r. Snyder, presi-
dent. has purchased III West 10th ST.,
FIVE story double hathouse on a lot
35x1O0.tl feet The property was held
at $4,000. Timme & Knoepke repre-
scented the buyer.
LEXINGTON Az The Isaac Lowen-
field Realty Corporation has purchased
from Gittel Smith 1868 Lexington av.,
northwest corner Of ll5th St. a five
story fathouse, with stores, on a lot
251lx75 feet. II is within short dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
EMPLOYEES TO GET BONUS
General Electric's Lynn Plant lnaugu-
rates System.

Lynn. Mass. March PA plan OF
bonus payments to employees OF hVe
years service with the General Elec-
tric Company, effective throughout Us
system. was announced by W. c. Fish.
General manager OF the local plant, to
night The bonus will amount to o
ner cent Of employees earnings, payable
on the basis of six months periods
the first of which began on January L.
About 1000 of the 1900 employees
Of the Lynn plant will come within
the provisions of the plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
BROOKLYN Sales.

The l.. l.. Waldorf Company has sold
for James F. Henry the four story hat
$40 sth st. to a client for investment.
Louis Arnold sold q Lincoln Place,
four story brick apartment, 2OxllS,
for william B. Doughty. OF Fair Haven,
Y. J.. 70 a Brooklyn investor; 549 At
lantic av.. near Fourth ay., a brick
business property, 2Ox9O for Betty
Schwab 20 the Schumacher Drug Com
pauy. and 400 Grand av., near Gates av..
a three story and basement brick house,
lot 2OxiOO. for ". ". Richards to a
client for occupancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
YECG TACTICS TAME
SAFE BALHY s YEARS
Experts, Unable to Coax Lock,
Cut Door Off.

Stamford, Conn, March 2l.-Eight
years ago the combination on a safe in
Gustav Engelss Office TANNED, and he
was unable TO open the door. lie has
summoned a number Of experts since
that time, but none could open II. As
the safe contained papers Of value,
every time Engel moved the safe was
towed along.
Recently il became necessary 10 use
the papers, and to-day Engels called
in experts from the factory which
made the lock. After several hours Of
boring and cutting, the door was
opened without resort TO nitroglycer-
inc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Auction Bids To Be Dirge
for Landmark of Ger
man America.
WASHINGTON ONCE
FINGERED ON SITE
Bowery Hall Rang with "Hochs
in 81 and Franco-PruSsian
Day of Victory.

Modern New Workers cannot appre-
ciate fully the announcement That Az
lantic Garden. so Bowery. will be sold
at auction on March p unless they turn
hack TO the time when their grandfatn-
ors wore Dundreary whiskers and
talked slavery, states rights and seces-
sion. Really to get the proper setting
they must imagine Bulls Head Tavern
on the Bouwerie in l776, where General
Washington once made his headquar-
tiers. For that is the site which Az
lantic Garden occupies.
The famous resort was founded IN
1858 ny William Kramer, four years
after he came from Germany. Reallz-
ing the need Of a German concert nan
he began with s75 capital to build
Atlantic "Garten," neat Ieutonic
building with dormer windows. mat
was the period Of the great exodus from
the small German states 10 America
and the newcomers patronized this
place. with its atmosphere OF me Fa-
therland. and M Kramer prospered.
Later he purchased from the Grand
Duke of Baden an orchestrion for S2'5oO
and people focked to hear this unique
instrument. Then the resort grew into
great hall extending pack 200 feet
TO Elizabeth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Sales in Auction Market
A. "a yosy ST
By Sarnuel May


BY Samuel Marx
l4lsT ST, s92 ard ga W. g. s25 Bway. looH
90 H. s sy Anton Court spt house; I ID Nc
Caddon at Murray Hill Realty CO 81 al. stod-
dad & VI. attys; due H.3s6.s5; tsSee. &c.
SO IS. prior mtge s22j 900. 10 the plaiAilf
Tor 80 over p.i0r liens
t23D ST, l3l W. % T. aij W Ieror av lAAlo0 II.
ffy dw.g. 7. Wechser agt Bishop and ano
Wechs'eT. atty. due. f.0i1.ls. taxes etc. -
90 the plaintiff FOR $1,000.
~ Joseph T. Day.
seTH ST. 81 W.ss $50 Columbus hV 25Ilo0 II.
sty ,snm, NJ 4 noble Ct al at Chas Foritan
and anO etr. Noble &. sttts; duo. us.
Cli23. tsNos. ETC. So: 20 the paintir fo- $4,000.
A. 3-Os 30
Nv Joseph p. Day.
PARK Az. 1856 s. 1922 ls5th st. IS SSl0l IL
i.reg 3 sly tenmt, G. WenH at MacAe Bog
Corp p, a.. Harold Swain. atty. due. $3.50 10
taxes. etc. .lil72. 10 d Eacobszi for !l5.0z5.
By Daniel W. Greenwald
WpITIocK Az. $50. :. 400 Hunts Poin,
Road 25rl238. sty house. " II Bones and auo.
,Ars and trsts agt Robar Burnett et al. Harold
swain atty. due. 3 305 81 taxes etc. $685. o.
fo the plaintiff Tor $500.
By Samuel Goldsticter
z39TH ST. s. 265 katonah Az. 40Il00: Jennie
Srhezer 81 a. ast T Newell II A.. Edward
Jacobs atty due 81 6760s: taxes. etc. Slis IS
Co. DE plaintiff for $500
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE or TO LET
SEW JERSEY.

ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS OFFERED ny HANK.
ING DEPARTMENT. STATE OF NFW YORK.
20 builders Investors and prospective home,cckers
A lAfgr number ~ vacant lots ~ GNANTM GOD.
Morsomcrc Lcoula RidgrHe.d and T8ane,A New
Jersey al ono hair ~ former owners pricrs Also
larse number ~ two family houses % HUDSON
He.Fhts Cnrsde aud ial!sadcs Paris. New Jersey.
o. about one half n former pfCcs. Al ~ u,
shave proIefties within I've cent fare rore ana
within tiry minutes ~ Manhattan Toe p.op
ef lei. must be- sold quickly 10 ro,o tho bushes. =
tso corporations nov being iquida.ed ~ tho Bank.
iue Department ard offered A. real sscrldrs
prices. Special Inducements ~ contrastors aHd
builders Nho viii purchase a considerable number
Of lots Dor fntner particulars address
bfNI u HAlGHr.
Special Deputy Supf u Banks. co Banking nept
~ Bros1Nay. New lork CITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
HANDLED IS BILLIONS
IN so YEARS SERVICE
Vault Clerk of u. S. Treasury
Celebrates 80th Birthday.

Washington, March 2i.-Alfred K.
Ouaife, vault clerk Of the United
States Treasury, who has handed
somewhere in the neighDorhood o.
S25. 900. 100000 in fifty years OF service
to-day celebrated his eightieth birth
dav.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
VICTOR HERBERT JOINS
ODOR PROTEST CHORUS
Drive Nuisance Has Increased
He Writes Assembly.

Victor Herbert, composer and West
Side property owner, has Joined in the
fight against the odors that are waited
from New Jersey TO Riverside Drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
THE uNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Pr HIIt Lectures ON Some Landmarks
in the History 81 church pollty." by the
Uev AMBROSE w VERNON. H. H. -
thn Harvard church. Nrnoiiiuo dasa
ThufHdat. March 23rd. '"rhr Beginnings -
thr Church" Friday. March 2ith. The
BrginnluFa ~ the National Churches" ~
nye o'ClOck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Godspeed to Recruits.

At that time the audiences were &c
customed TO step into Atlantic Garden
for a sip between acts and for suppes
after the play.
When Bleckner's regiment and the
Garibald Guard were recruited during
the Civil War their departure for the
front was celebrated in the Garden,
and patriotic meetings took place there
throughout those war years. Later,
during the Franco russ ian war, Ger
man victories were celebrated, and
after the treaty Of Versailles a Garden
butcher furnished in three days 2,43O
pounds of Frankfurter sausages, 10 be
washed down with beer
An effort was made to.keep the Gar
den open proftably. but by 1910 the
better element frequented IL no more,
and one Sunday night came the end.
The performance was over, the ladies
orchestra played for the last time and
the charm Of the place was gone for.
ever. Escher broke the baton he used
for a quarter Of century and gave the
fragments TO a few favored patrons. A
farewell dinner was held later in the
gallery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
AUCTION SALES
PEARLS.

The stock ~ HENRY DAVIS and A. u.
j. Davis deceased. trading as -. l.. Davis
a. Bros Of HRtton Garden. London. T.. g..
Amounting AZ cost 20 csO. 900.
Iiy order OF tho Trustee To- Bankrupt
cy WITHOUT RESERVE. DEBEEHAN
STDWH A. sons Itd VIII sell AZ 20. KING
Street. Cotcnt Garden. London W. g., on
Wednesday and Thursday. 9TH and 9Th
ApriL the Valuable stock OF PEARLS.
comprising necklace. houton and drop
pearls for earrings. lunches of pearls fiue
single pearls for studs and pins. also par
c.ls n diamonds. emcraldH. sapphiro..
rurlos. opals oliylnes. and brilliant orna-
mtuf4.
catalogues on application OF tho Auc-
tiour"rs. g. King street. Coyont Garden.
I0udou " q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Manoanese Steel Safe Company's Plant

SUI IL ~ TN AtRtS ullING
n<rat y ~,
" y
buildings hH ' i,'i 'l"f power plant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22

Ry samuel Gold.tlcker
New Building Plans.
Manhattan

iST Az Do ~ cor 81 81. Tor a ~ ieumt and store.
II 61b43. " aui " Freedman. 80 Grand ,t.
owners. VI J Harrison Word Blls archltec,
900.
The Bronx.
BEACH Az " 20 Mansion -. f0r Z sos
h-lrk garage. - Gr.l o.. n Ircellc.f 1921 Beacl
o. owner. II Stelumetz. 1907 East ls0th 81.
architect. $500
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Old Hall Bleak and Dreary.

Yesterday il was difficult 20 conjure
up the music, laughter and song "hlCh
filled the place fifty years ago. for the
great hall was cold and bleak, the
stained glass windows in the rear were
broken. the sun could scarcely pene-
;rate the dust in the long skyhght ana
the orchestrion. aged with damp ana
rust. leaned forlornly against the wall.
Elevated and surface cars rumbled
threateningly outside and the sound
reverberated a warning that the place
was doomed A quiet old caretaHer
and two men playing cards IN the as
mantled bar were the only LIE wlthln.
The uptown growth Of New York has
left Atlantic Garden so far behind tnat
II became surrounded by Halls Hole"
THE Billy Goat" The Inferno and
Bowery gangs. The place then became
a boxing club. but even that element
mas moved further north. and now At
lantic Garden is merely four tattered
walls and roof.
But those who still remember the
gala days will not forget its onetime
popularity, when as children they were
taken by thrifty German parents 20
see the negro Ministries, the variety
and to sip cool beer from mugs. In
1884 Charles Escher became musical
director Of the Atlantic and instituted
the first ladies' orchestra, which re-
NAMED a special feature for twenty
six years.
Mr.. Kramer purchased the old Bow
cry Theatre in 1879, which - next
door. and renamed it the Thalia The
atre. For years the greatest German
actors played there before crowded
houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
EJizahe,bnort. N. j., Plant

VI fo IN th 'ndisl near plant
1FST AMOR MNRnI.T. STORY lRlt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Detroit. Michigan

MILWAUKEE ANENuEPLtNI or "
located IN Detroit. Mich. rom :
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SfhS
Pow ERPLA>T: KAtLkOADNiDi'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Connecticut Factory

mi o nc heart ol
Plant presen
SPRINKLER sYsTEI electric lights EXCELLENT POWER PLANT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
PIainfieId, N. j., Plant
'IdNs

of Ei. Rab
Tho bu ings D.
hayin g
rs IMMfDINTE OtlIrNNtN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
improved East River Waterfront

ENITKt Bn.i.N MATING coMPANYs proper between
runuu b al
PomiK r. ,Bi ahStfitn KING srOf,CI rEMSi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
Factory Properties for Sale
Bridgeport, Connecticut

tbliIi Inr't E,1Is ~ iS5X52: 70 900
CARRYING, CtPACITX OF $50 LBS. per
& Hartford RAILROAD SIDING; rNcsH
plant: trolley passes door. tNiNt VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-22
Schaubtjcoke Wooden Mills

on GIIIICOkE \. li--ls MlLt' ~ y" n !
idghIS2y,yi.ie ~ y: 'S,aet Il, ,- a.i...
Brick hu..dings 100 900 SQUARE ftci 10 - -Lt
system: electric lights ENCFLIENI MEL PRoi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
To The Voters oil Vermont

Owing to the large expense in hold.
ing a delegate convention it has been
deemed best by the Executive State
Committee of the Progressive Party to
cali Mass Convention OF the Progress
siye voters OF Vermont to be held at
Hotel Vermont, Burlington, May oath,
at one o'clock p. m. for the purpose Of
electlng delegates and altenates to the
Progressive National Convention. to
be held in Chicago June 7th. 1t is
the desire of the committee that all
Progressiyes OF Vermont who are in.
terested in the success OF the princi
pies and platform of the Progressive
party attend this meeting and every
Progressive in Vermont will have a
voice In the election of such dele
gates and alternates.
DR.. II. Nelson Jackson, Chairman,
Il. w. Gibson
DIR. j. w. Blodgett,
Ernest l.. Kelley,
Ernest H. Russell,
o. A. RiXtord,
March N. Wilson,
w II. Nichols,
Jeanette S. Pease,
Mrs. Guy Il. Horton,
NJ, c. Loyeioy,
d. Il. Martin.
o. IL. RiXford,
p. c. Skinner
w. A. Soule,
j. Richardson, Jr.
a, n. Parlin.
+. IL, Edwards,
State Committee.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
being removed from the tracks near

being removed from the tracks near
Nottingham.
The heavy rains loosened a quantity
of earth on the upper side of the rails
near the stauon and 1t slid onto the
tracks, blocking traffic. As the en-.
gineer of the passenger train approach
ed the place he saw what had happen
ed and stopped the train.
He reported the matter to hoadquar'
ters and was instructed to have the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
Alexander Drysdale & Son

passengers taken back to Readsboro,
where they were guests of the rail-
road company at the Cottage hotel UNI
til midnight, when the landslide was
removed from the track.
The passengers were given places
aboard the train at the Readsboro
station and taken to Wilmington, ar
irving there well after midnight, but
not without the advantage of a thrill
ing experience with supper thrown in.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
GUESTS OF RAILROAD
Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington r. r.
Was the Host.

Passengers on the northbound train
on the Hoosac Tunnel 4 Wilmington
railroad Wednesday evening sot tho
advantage OF the company's generosity
which included supper and hotel &C
commodations while tons of earth and
rock in the form of landslide were
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
THE DRYSDALE STORE
THE STORE OF SERVICE TO HoUSEKEEPERS
we've BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY

WE'VE BEEN VEkY, VERY BUSY several days past
arranging large quantities newly arriving Spring
merchandise for almost department Necwe Uudermu
Inns Ribbons Toilet Articles Summer Dresses Skirts
Dress Fabrics Lac and Embodees Rugs and Curtains
of the seasons productions COME TO SEE THE NEWER
THINGS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-22
There Are Other Good Cigarettes


In fact, some other
good cigarette may just
happen to please YOUR
particular taste better
than Fatifnas. We don't
know.
What we 90 know IS
that Fatimas please most
men so wei that they CUT
sell every other cigarette
costing over SC
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-20
CIVIC LEAGUE PLANS
FOR A NEW LIBRARY
Women Hope to Raise the
Money by a Continuous
Campaign in 1917.
$40 GIFT TO Y. Nj. c. A.
Mrs. Ingels Leads Meeting
on "Christmas Spirit" at
H.O. Severance Home.

The Women's Civic League will di-
rect its efforts during the next year
to obtain a public library for Colum-
bia. The aim of the league is to raise
all the necessary money during 1917.
A continuous campaign will go on.
The regular meeting Of the league
was held yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. H. o. Severance. 116
Edgewood avenue. Christmas Spirit
was the subject of the meeting, which
was led by Mrs. r. R. Ingels. Miss
Louise Nardin gave reading.
Reports of the friendly visiting.
health, and better moving pictures,
committees were heard, but no action
was taken on these reports. 1t was
decided to take no active part in the
sale of Red Cross seals this year, but
aid will be given in some other way,
not yet decided.
A donation of $40 will be given by
the club to the Y. NJ. c. A. as appre-
citation for the use of rooms for meet
ings during the last year. In previous
years IS has been given. This money
will go for new furnishings for the
rooms.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-20

he will compete. 1t is probable, how
ever, that he will. He also received
an invitation to compete in a meet
given by the Boston Athletic Club In
Boston, February 8, but will not enter.