The evening world. Newspaper, December 19, 1918, Page 17

B.A. T, MUST PUT ON 250 STEEL OARS BY NOV 1, 1919 Justice Benedict Issues Order Outcome of Mandamus Requir- ing Purchase. Supreme Court Justice Benedict ay issued an order directing the Brook- lyn Rapid Transit Company to have 250 New steel cars in operation by Nov. 1, 1919. ‘The order was the outcome of a Writ of mandamus Justice Renediot {s- qed recently requiring the company to Purchase the care, Tt was learned that the B. Tt. T. has consented not to appeal from the order, which means the company has capitue y.ted after almost two years of firhting @gainst enforcement of the Public Ser- vice Commission's order for the new cars, The B. R. T. is eald to have 250 {dle cars, owing to Inability to obtain sufficient help. BREAK A CHILD'S COLD BY GIVANG SYRUP OF FIGS Look, Mother! Is tongue coated, breath feverish and stomach sour? Cleanse the little liver and bowels. and they get well quickly, When your child suffers from a cold, don’t wait; give the little stom- ach, liver and bowels a gentle, thor- ough cleansing at once. When cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, cat or act naturally; if breath is bad, stomach sour, give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs.” and in a few hours all the clogged-up, constt- pated waste, sour bile and undigested food will gently move child again, If your child coughs, snuffles and has caught cold or is rish or has a re throat, ea gf of “California > of Figs” to evacu- ate the howe » no difference other treatment is given. Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless “fruit laxative.” Millions of mothers keep it handy be- | to produce socks, all nicely filled with Christmas out of the! bowels, and you have a well, playful } what | leadership of Miss Ann Iitida Spong, Miss Ld LJ For a Soldier or a Sailor; ’ Make Boys Feel ‘‘at Home’”’ A Well-Filled Sock in the Hospital Will Cheer Speeches in World. AVE you filled that sock yet? Just six more days for 10,000 gratetul New Yorkers to prove have to spend a cheerless Christmas many miles away from their families. ‘Tho Evening World, with the assistance of tho War Camp Community Service, sends this appeal to ali its readers, urging them to let the-boys ia Christmas since the three wiso men followed the gleaming Star of Beth- lehem. FILL A SOCK FOR A SOLDIER OR SAILOR! which could be crowded into a single programme for the anmusement of the erstwhile fighting inen whoxe orders will not permit them to leave New York to spend Christmas with their own folk, 1 socks have been pouring into the headquarters of the War nity Service at No, 15 East 40th Street, where scores of volun- workers are engaged in distributing them to the various military hos- Actors and actresss, whove tirolere efforts in behalf of Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross campaigns and United War Work subscriptions put them in such high favor, have organized to scour tio city for socks, Their drive which have been gent to the War Camp headquarters in tho last three days. atton theatrical folk have organised under the Irish, and is composed of Mrs. Sam Harris, Miss that none of the heroes within our gates shal! The Lambs and Friars have gone into this their usual headlong fashion. Members of both clubs wi Fill a Christmas Stocking Wounded Men More Than All Formal H their thankfulness to the soldiers and sailors who otherwise would khaki and navy togs share with them the high spirits of the most glorious MAT will turn the trick better than all the speeches and entertainments Ever since this plan was announced in The Bvening World on Mon- pitals, barracks and naval stations. Kas met with immediate success, Judging from the number of filled rocks Marion Kirby and Mrs. Thomas A. Wixe, Bach t “fixin's’ be. ld they have that appeal most Huge sackw will be put under the club bulletin to the men in uniform. boards and in these they will deposit their socks. emptied every day and the socks sent to the War Camp, plead Rev. Dr, Manning, rector of old Trinity Church, notified the Camp through The Evening World yesterday that he will personally suppiy the War Camp unit of his parish with the Christmas socks. eral women telephoned yesterday that they would give $50 cach to go toward buying socks, If you have not heard already, fill your socks with the following: Two packages of cigarettes. One stick of shaving soap, or tube of shaving paste. Two handkerchiofs. One package of chewing gum. One-half pound of candy. This represents an expenditure of about $1.50, and nobody should let | that much keep them from making a soldier or sailor happy at Christmas, The Evening World intends that every man who spends Qhristmas Eve Jin the War Camp units shall ake in the morning to find a Merry Christmas in the shape of a well-filled sock hanging at the head of his bed. Then the “boys” will feel that Christmas Isn't so cheerloss after ull, even if the not go home to mingle with their families, The sacks will be War cause they know non ey stomach, | and sure. child ‘te hepa you? druggist for a bottle of “Cyifornia Syrup of Figs which contains directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups plainly on the bot Beware of counterfes here. Get the genuine, made by fornia vie! Syrup Compan sold ‘ali- Advt Open Evenings Until Xmas | Expert Marksman. ‘yesterday Stock Fxchange, There har been Ww t 3 atecked the guard |ateady liquidation of thie parucular he fired, hitting each on between the! Issue over e it was listed « few eyes, {weeks ago. The maximum price was 9, ier |. The selling of these bond is attrib: Removing Submarine Xet, Nuted in part to the n 8 of bor- rowers in the ruther t money ‘Healys 468-470 Hulton St. wear Elim Plar P, Brooklyn Remember, New Yorkers, only six days left! ‘SHOTS “BETWEEN THE EYES” | ILL NEGRO GONVIGTS |=" est Trying to Escape Georgia County | LIBERTY BONDS | DROP AGAIN. | Farm They Attack Guard, submarine net across the west pas- sage of Narragansett Bay {s being removed. It was put tn position oon after the United States entered .he war, 44 Insc Reaches New Low Record | of 05 in Wall Street. » Des. 19.—Guard! ourth Liberty 414 per cent. bonds pe front the Boodtur | a0 fell to the new low record of { BAINBRIDGE, ' NEWPORT, R. 1, Dec. 19.—-The mark Diamond Merchant—Jeweler—Silveramith | at his home n “BUSES” OR “BUSSES?” | QUERY BREEDS A POEM Company’s Chief Then Lapsing Into Prose Uses Words “Buss,” “Fuss” and “Mu: Theodore P. Bhonts, P the Interborough Rapid Tran: pany, has @ rival in the fleld of rea letter writing. MMe ts John A. Richie, President of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. | CG W. Dennison Washington Heights wrote Mr, Richie, complain ing that the Coach Company's signs on Fifth Avenue reading, “Buses Stop Here,” should spell the first word this way, “Busse: Mr. Richie be- came poetical In his reply, writing: ee feasoned Hy? thas; | one's in buat | cone dent of Com. | erma of wh, And declared. that tt Gnatdn't. be gusa, Switching into prose, Mr. Richie concluded: “Russ! Look at it. It hobnobs with auch words as ‘musa’ ‘fuss’ and ‘cuss’ But we, thank heaven, are an omnibusa--a thoroughly respectable Knickerbocker omnibus. Our first name is ‘Ail—all to be desired in a} bus.” . — ‘SILK’ O'LOUGHLIN MAY DIE. Umpire Dangere 7 mm With Double Paeamonta. ROSTON. 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