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oR Wi RELIEF ON NINTH AVENUE “L” AND SUBWAY Evening World Gets Credit for Putting Through Im- proved Train Service. | O Bed a Bre BE : Frank Hedley, general manager of t Interborough, to-day signed an ement to comply with the Pub- Service Commission order for bet- Yer clevated service on the Ninth gAvenue line and on the Lexington | venue subway. This action follows | } ithe investigation made by The Eve- | t ming World showing oo fend unnecessary changes. } “Mr. Hedley has signed an agree- { ment,” said Deputy Commissioner | { Gienaon, “whereby the disgraceful | Ponditions at the 167th Street Station | fill be removed on Oct. 14, All »Ninth Avenue elevated trains will | Bo through to Woodlawh hereafter, @uring the rush hours, and every, ether Lexington Avenue subway | | ‘rain will go through to Fordham Previously much inconve- bience was brought about because the people had jp change at 167th Btreet and only every third train of the Sth Avenue Elevated system was @ent through to Woodlawn, “With this new agreement paa- #engers from downtown on the sub- | Way can stay on their train through ; to Fordham Road. It was impossible to } bend through every one of those ns, but every other one will go wh until the city finishes its se and terminals, The Evening ; | World first called attention to these hardships and is entitled to the ‘ @redit for successfully putting through the improvements.” ‘ In the agreement are the following Provisions: | Seven-minute interval on the Ninth Avenue Elevated between 167th et and Woodlawn Station south- und in the morning and northbound the evening, the 167th Street Sta- mn to be served with the same num- of 167th Street to and includ- ie the Kingsbridge Road Station to served with about a 10-minute in- 1 between the hours of 7 A. M. 4 9 A. M. and between 6 P. M. 7 P. M. with subway trains, Publi¢ Service Commissioner Nixon a letter to Mayor Hylan called attention for the third time to the Reglect on the Mayor's part to an- ort inverse as £4 the operation of ‘War Veteran ® Suicide, Michael J. Mitchell, thirty years Jerome gress, [J Wain Breet, foun ly to-day by his brother, vranke with sou in his mouth Mitchell was ® machinist in the Long Island Rall- Toad shops at Morris Park. He in June from overseas with the that doapelaed” the steamor Niagi hed Hast f; are due here on Banden te: on morn- ] Talks No. 513 OVING DAY has sone axay Your socde with least iormer! sean ts tien ‘any fey San, gh ‘rvordtearly Yau Inte ineten © (Ne Saat honeatly ns wri 2 NS Eis) terched Irom West Side by Ln f9thS* Crosstown Care Hs aon APART LNT € Briss FRO™ VATU 245 how APANT, fat aan vareg. $375 Se APART. EN, hiwy avon vate 9989 9 THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1919, Three Candy Specials for the Birthday Sale Chocolate Almonds Milk Chocolate Assorted Chocolates - » - GIMBELS—Main Floor and Subway Candy Shop - + « 50c Ib. box > BD, « » + + 50c lb. box Jim 50c Ib box . 33” ST BROADWAY: 33ST, For Other Gimbel News See Page 10 bels Ninth Store Hours: 9 to 5:30 Open All Day Sat Music Salons Open Evenings Until 9 o’Clock During Player-Piano and Phonograph Sales Use Entrance, 33d St. near Broadway. GIMBELS—MUSIC SALON—Eighth Fioor Men! 1,556 Suits and Overcoats, Sale $29.50 Saturday’s Big Feature in the Birthday Sale With its million-dollar clothing stock to back it, the great Gimbel clothing shop delivers this telling blow at the high cost of men’s suits and overcoats. As a special Birthday Sale offering to men and young men we place on sale Tomorrow, Saturday, at 9 A. M. 602 Men’s and Young Men’s Suits 450 Men’s and Young Men’s Fall Overcoats 504 Men’s and Young Men’s Winter Overcoats A Ver Very Worth-While Saving on Each This Extraordinary Sale of $29.50 Not goods bought to hold a sale, but our regular stock— the product of leading makers known for the superiority of their product. This Season’s Styles Superior goods—superior craftsmanship—the kind of reliable mer- chandise that has built up this tremendous clothing business—now specially priced for this most interesting Birthday event. Trade reports are most emphatic about higher prices still to come. We cannot urge too strongly upon our patrons that the time to buy is now. There's a general scarcity of merchandise which is steadily forcing prices up. But we, on the other hand, have the greatest clothing stocks in our history, bought at long-ago prices—and we offer this extraordinary sale as a proof of what Gimbel three-store merchandising can do. The Sulte—Wall and | The Fal! Overcoats—| The Winter ever- si ne ; Winter Weight—Plain PLHUGLEE > te ll Goneaae atthe Blues, Greys, Browns catertitid. Models reasted Models, hrough — Models, ys, Browns an and many Fancy Pat- terns; Striped Ef- fects. r Length Collars, y Browns and Greens. GIMBELS. Fe ‘ourth Floor Blouse in 1,000 Suit-Shade BLOUSES of Superior Georgette Crepe at $3.95 Mordore brown, spruce, green, taupe navy, plum, rouge de Bresil, peanut, faisan, copper, fog gray. “What that is much desired . and give extraordinary value?” . Shall we offer in this October Sale. . . “Suit-shade Blouse of course!” And regardless of the price at which they were marked—of the fact that they could not be re-ord sell at even the same price—they will be $3.95 tomorrow. wish ily One “love of a blouse” after another. Autumn suits. In all the new shades to match or blend with GIMBELS—BLOUSE SALON--Third Floor Miss 6 to 16—Her apa Clothes and Her More Elaborate Apparel Well Chosen Varieties at Ao |e High Price (A) A Sturdy Coat of Tinsel Polo Cloth with raglan sleeves and a capelet collar edged in, mole fur fabric. Belted would wish. Serviceably Green, brown, Burgundy, navy. (B) A Dress of Velveteen and Plaid Silk on lines that achieve charm for the little lady of Glowing shades of navy blue, ed brown that blend with the plaid. Sizes “awkward age.” 12 to and pocketed as she (C) A Coat of Fine Twill-back Velveteen $25 The back shirred cape-fashion and a draped cape collar of course. Then smartly braid trimmed. Serviceably lined throughout. The colors—black, navy, taupe. Sizes 12 to 16. (D) A Dress of Wool Jersey $18.50 So warm and soft and so serviceable! With touches of wool embroidery worked by hand in colors to blend with the navy or beige of the Jersey. Sizes 8 to 14 years. lined _ throughout. Sizes 8 to 14. GIMBE LS—GIRLS' FASHION SALON—Third Floor at $32. 50 Women’s Coats of Tinseltone, Silvertone, Velour or year, \ws taupe. Polo Cloth . With Luxurious Shaw] or Muffler Collars of Skunk opossum! Nearseal (dyed coney) Natural raccoon Also Several Smartly Distinctive Models without Fur —Just 100 Coats— More extraordinary at this price than any coats we have seen even last The maker co-operated to make this a long-to-be-remembered October Sale Offering. Ten Individually Attractive Models So Smart in Fashion That They Could Never Be Associated With This Little Price. Painstakingl. to the Smallest Detail Linings of charmingly patterned Japan- ese silks; cozily interlined. The heavier ma: terials half lined. These are the colorings— mordore brown, dragonfly, reindeer, oxford, Sizes 34 to 44 in the group. Tailored GIMBELS—WOMEN’S COAT SALON—Third Floor Birthday Briefs Handkerchiefs Men's Pure Irish Linen The New Fur Coats in Their Most Luxurious Expressions —The new and accepted silhou- eltes for daytime or evening. —The artistry of fur combina- tions. . . in the play of color and marking. —The originalities of peliry ar- rangement. —The craftsmanship of fur working are qualities that com- bine to make the Gim- bel fur showing most in- teresting—particularly when prices are based on most advantageous buy- ing conditions. Every fashionable fur and fur combination is embraced in the collec- tion. Hudson Seal Coats......$225 to $975 Moleskin Coats . $275 to $895 Caracal Coats . $245 to $495 Mink Coats $455 to $2250 French Seal Coats . $145 to $365 Marmot Coats . $115 to $175 Nutria Coats . $195 to $525 Raccoon Coats......... $185 to $375 GIMBELS—FUR SALON—Third Floor Gimbels Are Determined to Keep the Price of Shoes Down As a feature of the Birthday Events, We Place on Sale Two Specially Priced Groups of Misses’ and Women’s Shoes $5.90 and $7.45 Handkerchiefs, Sturdy, serviceable footwear with welted soles and walking heels, for Fal) and 6 for $2.50 Winter wear. nites Lori AG esa The $5.90 Lot The $7.45 Lot quality and price. consists of consists of Men's Cotton Hand- kerchiefs, 6 for 72c Colored borders. Women's Colored Novelty Handkerchiefs, 6 for 48c Gay printed borders, Ribbons Loom Ends of Ribbons, Mahogany Tan Boots, welted sols, and walking heels. Mahogany Tan _ Boots, Tan Calf Boots with buck and cravenette cloth tops, welfed soles and walking heels. Black Kid Boots with welted soles and Cuban with winged tips, with straight tips, welted soles and Cuban heels. heels. Brown Kid Lace Boots, wit! soles and Cuban heels. Brown Kid Lace Boots, welted soles and walking heels. h plain toes, welted Black Calf Boots, with grey cloth tops, welted soles and Cuban heéls. Patent Colt Boots, with imitation winged tips, with straight tips, welted soles and walking heels. GIMBELS—WOMEN'S SHOE SHOP—Second Floor Soft-Brim Untrimmed 35, Yard ° rhonda ot vata ot | Hats of Fine of ribbons just arrived for the Birthday Month. Brill- jant in color—splendid in quality—and sult for counties ribbon u: them now for Fancy Work, Satin Taffeta and Moire Taffeta in the lot. A variety of lengths. Veils “Birthday” Veils, 39¢ Both square and circular vella — in the wanted meshes and the favored Autumn colorings. You'll want several at this Little price. Neckthings Sample Neckwear, 50c to $1.50 A lovely group of Vestees, Collars, Collar and Curt Sets, which bring you sav- of Half—and More. nets and organdies ‘make them charm- Most individual neck- things—because there are only one or two of a kind in the lot. GIMBELS—Main Floor (Made in America) All inaR Ready for the touch of color in trimming. charge if materials are also purchased at Gimbels. GIMBELS—MILLINERY SALON—Third Floor Lyons Silk Velvet in a score of the new wonderfully becoming fashions $5 and $6.95 We are being told it was not thought pos- sible to obtain hats in velvets of this quality S at such prices—let alone the delightful, true-to- fashion chatm of each in- dividually varied model. Sale of 1,224 Velvet Hand Bags $2.95 A Birthday Sale special whose low price makes further necessary. Three Styles Now in Fashion Superior quality velvet, Fancy metal frames; mercer- ized lining inner frame. Black, navy, brown and taupe. GIMBELS—Main Floor comment un- Several are also com- bined with panne velvet. ich, Deep Black— Trimmed without Downstairs at Gimbels—A Dozen Saturday Birthday Specials Men’s Nightshirts, $1.48 Seconds—put their wearing qualities are not im- aired. They are made ot Fruit of the Loom Juslin, Cambrie or Heavy Twill Muslin. ‘They | are all cut full and well made, all sizes in the lot, | but not in all styles, GIMBELS Sebupy Stores—-Baleony Men’s Felt and Tweed Hats, $1.95 Men’s and Boys’ Caps, $1.00 Two Birthday Bargains that men will be quick Lo appreciate, GIMBELS—Subway Stores—-Balcony Men’s Socks, 22¢ Seconds Men's Lisle Mereerized Socks; these seconds are almost as good as firsts. | GIMBELS—Subway Stores—Balcony | grouped ribbon a very desirable Women’s Hosiery, 58 Seconds Clearance of broken lines of from our regular stocks of bett together with some of GIMBELS Envelope Chemise, $1.25 Of white nainsook, prettily trimmed with em- broidery and lace insertions, ribbon run, Camisoles, $1.00 of flesh color satin, slip over models, daintily trimmed with lace and colored novelty embroidery, shoulder GIMBELS—Subway Stores—Balcony Brooklyn, New Jersey and Long island Customers Direct to Gimbels via Tubes and Subways straps. sortment of colors. Subway Stores Balcony Toilet Articles Gimbéls Extract of Witch Hazel, ‘ Gimbels Castor Oil, 8 02., Hay’s Hair Health, GIMBELS—Subway Stores —Balcony Silk Stockings er grades and our regulars, quart 45¢ 39¢ For Saturday Only Wolf Fur Scarf, $12.59 T5e A large animal scar! of soft dark gray Wolf Fur, well finished and silk fur lined, GIMBELS—Subway Stores—Balcony Leather Goods geen pa ~ Calfskin Combination -ocketbook, $1.25, ; or - Teather Envelope purses, top strap handle, black Birt hday Special only, $1.65. GIMBELS—Subway Stores—Balcony 5e and 10c Yd. trimming coats, decorative articles. GIMLELS—Subway Stores—Balcony Fancy Braids and Bandings A varied collection of trimmings, braids and bandings in black and colors, suitable widths for dresses, waists and many other Kimonos, $1.69 Seconds of much higher priced grades, good quality crepe, flowered and figured effects, aso plain colors; empire or straight line models, some hand, embroidered, others ribbon trimmed. They are slightly imperfect, but the wearing quality is not impaired. GIMBELS—Subway Stores—Balcony