The evening world. Newspaper, November 6, 1919, Page 12

san Politics, He Says, Should Be Kept From Soldiers’ i fs leaving Saturday for Minneapo- where will attend the Amert- Lagion convention a: New York State, fF delegate tement The the honor last spring. It bout a story that ik: on i with painful slowness,” | i be & calamity for the legion to mine for President naky ee Minemployment | rave it by war regulation in other Me YW ‘Any of its national officers a man in partisan polities, how lean the individual jt urphy to learn if .,in the Men's anged the charge from disorderly conduct to insanity and com. mitted him to the Psychopathic Ward t Court, juent! He Insisted on Consulting Boss Murphy Regarding It and Is and when he returned Thomas F. Smith: Secretary of Tammany, ang then telephoned for Detective Chariea Kane ned i lice, unable to and when pockets a fe to cw ed La. knew Joe Labi at Rellevue for observation. WASHINGTON MARKET MOUNG ROOSEVELT AGA | LABINSKY'S PRESIDENTIAL Will Be “Utopia or Hell’? uth, tion in England’s Industria in| Woman’s his a Utopia for Her Sex. florid.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, | 66 back to hell—there is nm half-way house.” That ts Margaret Bondfleld's strik the industrial sit. World, Says Miss Bondfield, | Ave Marguerite Mooers Marshall. (Staff Correspondent of The Evening i E have got to go on to Uto- pia or we have got to go ing summary of For Great Britain’s Women; Ui| half-hour of the twenty-four, before | was out of bed in the morning. rst I asked her if, as her co-dele- ate, Mary MoArthur, had told me ~ |& Labor Cone! tast ‘spring, industrial conditions of women in England are worse than gress—Will Try to Make It] they have been for years because of unemployment. “Industrial recovery from the war ong women is widespread. It was difled in September, but is again Increasing and is likely to be more acute by the end of the year. The problem is one of shifting women from the war industries back to peace |Jobs. To be, sure, there was a great demand for domestic servants at the close of the war, but the conditions and wages were so bad in this in- .|dustry the girls absolutely refused to enter it. The: Government allowed an unemployment benefit for women and it has been necessary to extend 0 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919. Fe the person who does it. tt Jobs | and ‘ates are both engineers they ‘neers, they too should be paid alike, though sometimes one, sometimes the other, may be slightly superior | “Then we want « flat minimum of the unions, | ¢4T\O English women have the | eight-hour law?” I asked | Mise Bondfield. | “They have it by agreement in| many industries, agreement between | workers and employers, and they occupations,” she explained. “Our) usual arrangement is the forty-eight- hour week with a half day free, Some industries have the forty-four-hour | week, But we are trying to put) through a national law, making it compulsory everywhere. The present Dill is not satisfactory to the Labor | Party, and does not embody the sug- | gestions of the Industrial Parliament | which we had understood the Gov- | requisite care during the period of in- “B be a fiat rate of compensation for all| violent confiscation—but it will come. We have over a million trade union RITISH men and women work- ers," ended Miss Londfeld, no longer concern themselver UZ. “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS Ca T= Oe Ske since the war, that even if they are forced temporarily to go to work at wages below a decent living standard they will organize at once and force England {s the will, the power, bekind i. You might as well try to sweep : probably earn the same pay, though | dustrial incapacity, a rate based on the ‘ back the tides. But even while we @is- 4 REFUSES LEGION OFFICE BOOM CAUSES HIS ARREST | John may be more competent. ‘Then, | needs of mother and baby rather than] Women, and the idea of organization i8| agree, we do not hate each *ther—we ee |when John and Mary are both engi-|on what she iad been earning. so firmly fixed in our women's minds,|do not do things that way!” And 1 thought of a shrewd comment on England in “Pink Roses,” the last novel of that clever young Bngfish- man, Gilbert Cannon; “You will have | . | waxe for each trade, If we could! g e sioner BR Nag h Panraine If One Fails, Other’s Sure ii i ic ee era te Cacey Neh matere meurs andl hny Tnteny therein no heed fo: thas) Ro nice, ao hice and geatiemaniy, pnd | Asexmblyman-elect Theodore Roose- | Joe Labinaky, & Junkman, living at a oO» Y glad to have it the same for Oy ages, oa) rant SS prem There may be a boiling-up hers or| the class war, like everything else un- has issued a statement in reaponse | lodging house at No, 9 Bi ae imo as Feeant a hat Photge 4 control of the industries by the wurk-/there, but the thing that will drivo| pleasant, will melt away under your many inquiries in which he said he Tested !n Tammany Hall yesterd le ain, ; > = | tor certain ecupations and thes [crs _t will come gradually, not with|the jabor movement to succers in| hands.” hot be & candidate for any oMce|hag Rung ‘shout the piace ait There Is No Half-Way Sta-|Gonanea with whom I talked at raise the legal minimum in other and |= = = the American Legion. Col. Roose-| before in an effort to get to the inader, Wardham Park Ina in her only free worse-paid | stries by the action uation in Great|this for another six months, But it|¢™ment would accept. It leaves out | You can heahdadlaa’s tad / by wearin; Nhl me argo nest wear v — Fulton — Waehington— West— Streete Britain. Mian|is only $50 a week and, of course, «lange groups of women workers, nota-| known shoes in the world. Sold by 106 W. L. Douglas own ‘aba ith Hondfield ts one |? Me can live on It.” bly domestic servants. We quite ad-| stores and over 9000 shoe dealers. W.L. Douglas name and of the most inter- RE British women going to| mit that there are special conditions * . 4 euting delegates rahe . © insist on keeping up the| demanding special arrangements in the retail pricestam) be sr ne my pce sk en dn ng 35) the Women’s La-| war standard of wages?” 1|doméstic service, but we feel they| imstyle,comfort and service that can be produced for the price. Wd Z. also serves as| “They must,” returned Miss Bond- Ti ROL Ae cepioved a t the s! are always worth price paid for them. i} » “= technical adviser| field, “so long aa the cost of living “How do English working women Prices are the same everywhere—they cost no more 3 ‘ ‘ ; “ane ot the Interna-|remains up. That has to go down! feei about special protective legisla- in San than they do in New York. In spite of the butchers’ strike it will tlonal Labor Conference of the League| before wages are lowered.” Then she| tion for their sex, such as the prohi- W. L. Douglas shoes are sold through our own stores direct bition of night work?” I inquired. “We must have such legisiation for told me of two interesting wage re- forms for which trade union women! tne protection, particularly, of the in England are working, unorganized women, who have not “Instead of asking for equal pay|the experience to look after thom- for equal work," she sald, “we now|8elves and who are exploited by em- ployers as no men are exploited,” she answered. “We are opposed to night | Job. With the other formula it is too] work for both men and women, and easy for the employer to argue that| are working to have it abolished ex- the woman's work is not equal to|ePt when absolutely necessary. But it is easier first to get night work |that of a man. He may claim, the! prohibited for women, because we jquality of her product is inferio?, or}can use the argument for race de- that it costs him more because he has| generation if the energies of our to pay for a welfare worker for her. mothers are sapped. | So what we ask is a fixed rate of pay| “Most night work 1s poorly paid, and for the job without regard to the sex of Nations. Last summer she was Britivh delegate to the A. F. of L., Convention at Atlantic City, and at} home sh a member of the Par- Namentary Committee of the British Trades Union Congress and Secretary| demand the same pay for the same of the National Federation of Women Workers. By trade she is a shop as- sistant, or, as we say in this country, saleswoman, A little person with a smooth, lovely English voice, a softly rounded English face and burning brown eyes, almost a childish figure in her rone- pink kimono—that was the Margaret to the wearer at one profit. All middlemen’s and manufac- turing profits are eliminated. By this method of market- ing our shoes, W. L. jas gives the wearer shoes at the lowest possible cost. wl. las $7.00 and best shoe values for remain open and will continue to ren- der to the people that important service which it has rendered without interruption for more than 100 years. Best im the World = $4.00 $4.80 $5.00 |— Insist upon Lf CAUTION possisren having it mameand price stamped on the bottom, Td Rew jae shows , ee Scoied Gotsog snowing bow’ te ard ¥y Weiraglm Se r New York: JERSEY CITY—18 Newark Avenue, *xHOBOKEN—120 Washington Street, ornton St.| UNION HILL—276 Bergenline Ave, _ #1367 Broadway, co tes Avenue.| ¢NEWARK-—8381 Broad Street. Fifth Avenue, cor. Lith Street. | » pa TERSON—192MarketSt.,cor.Clack rly viol a #TRENTON-—29 East State Street, $2:00.shoes are abeotutely . ‘ here, We, L.Do jas $9.00 Washington Market Merchants Ass’n employers ask women to do it be- cause men will not. For exaniple, had one man with a legitimats busi- ness who discovered his machines could be used for another product. So he decided to have them run at tight by women at fourpence un hour. The work was disagreeable, too, and there was absolutely no reason why it should be done at night except that it was & source of extra profit to the em- ployer. We said that it was too late to exploit women like that!” Thero | was indignation in Miss jondfeld's quiet voice, “Qur mothers,” she replied to another question, “are now kept out of industry for four weeks after the baby’s birth, and receive maternity payment. But we think the timo should be longer—the ideal would be the length of time required tor nurs- ing the baby. Of course, there should Stern Brothers West 42nd Street Between Fifth and Sixth Acenue West 43rd Street W. L. Douglas Stor ‘85 Nassau Street. | 706 Broadway, near A Sale of Odd Suites and Single Pieces Another Demonstration That LEE BROS. Are REVOLUTIONIZING Present Day Methods of Selling Fine, New Furniture You Can Buy This “ i 9 You Can Buy This Furniture While it Lasts The One of a Kind Sale Furniture While it Lasts LEE BROS. adopted the Morris Plan on the Morris Plan on the Morris Plan of Selling New Furniture at Cash Prices Rasertean weiner i and extending credit accommodations Rimerfean rain, Quer, Ates;| less than three months ago. Yet the ‘Arm Chal ’ demands on our stocks have been so Dining Table, Colonial, large that we now find ourselves with nigel lig any number of suites and individual pieces of furniture for every room in the house of which there are no duplicates and none are obtainable. Therefore we Snes”. $8.00 Colonial Library Tab! any finish, as low as Overstuffed Tape: Living Room Suite, finished in mahogan: Sulte pleces—Sofa, ry Upholstery Women’s Luxurious Fur Wraps Four Remarkable Items featured below Reproductions of these Wraps would cost from er, Chiffonier and ful Redstead. Well : . constructed and Yoder Plandia. beautiful nant-~ 1 have decided tomark thematprices that | "4% ew designing 149.00 font condition .. . Six-Plece Colonial Dining Room will demand their immediate clearance. Remember, we (and you) enjoy the Suite in golden oak. Large com- modious Buffet, 42-inch Dining Ta ble which extends to 6 ft. and Four Genuine anish Leather Up- manne ‘berioderss , privileges of the Morris Plan because | }wizred™“cnalra”” “he” She 25% to 50% More sed ath Sorin their management found that we mark Ing Chairs and Rock. ey aii entath 00 jeninnss all our merchandise at one price, a low tae cash price. Also, keep in mind, that even at this sale you may pay on the Morris Plan. Just come in, select the furniture you want at our Special Sale Price. Make a first payment and tell us how you pre-: fer to pay the balance. You will then be asked to pay us—just once—interest at the rate of 6% per annum on this balance, but no higher price. No endorsers and No Red Tape. The interest tar Pit aed 4 you pay us we tum over to The Morris Plan, Seiden® ak Tana” PP nh hn. low as seeeeeee % And we are the only New York Furniture Store . 8.50 that offers this service. Metal and Brass Beds as low Russian Sable Wrap, as illustra- ted; 48 inches long; a garment of regal elegance; very rare skins of dark and silky splendor; attractively priced at $25,000.00 fitted 19.75 “The Special” Davenport, opens to full “sige bed nnd ‘holds’ mattress and bedding. Upholstered in Imi tation Brown Spanish Leather and finished tn mahogany, An addi- tlonal charge for mattress, 3§,75 Queen Anne Library Suite, up- holatered in Damask or Velour, with cane backs and sides: Set- tee, Arm Chair & Rocker,. 184,75 Genuine Leather Davenport Suite in mahogany finish, consisting of Davenport, Arm Chair and Rock- er, covered in Brown Genuine Spanish Leather, The Davenport opens to @ full sized bed. 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Chiffoniers in various period de- signs and finishes, as low as.. 32,00 tvery Enamel Royal Ermine Wrap, 48 inches long; very choice Russian skins of unusual fine quality—-a model of rare beauty, $2,750.00 Broadtail Wrap, 45 inches long; selected skins of exceptional lustre and marking; large muffler collar of blended Sable, $3,250.00, Real Chinchilla Wrap, 48 inches long; perfectly matched Blue-Grey skins of great density of fur—really remarkable value, $12,500.00 Bed Springs, up from Mattresses, up from.. Queen Anne aT The articles listed have been taken at random from our four stores. There are hundreds of other ‘tone of a kind” articles and suites included in this sale. Bedroom Rockers in various period jigne and finishes........ 4,75 Bed Room Side Chairs in various period designs and finishes.... 4.50 87xS4 In, Axminster Rug.... 4 n 6 genuine leather covered Chairs ...s... 395.00 Mahogany Tea Wa: Golden Oak Colonial Buffer China Closets as low as.... Golden Oak Dining Table: leaves, Oe OW AB. .sseeeeees Dinner Sets, 100 piece, rated, up from Dinner Sets, 50 pi up from deco. | decorated, reese 6,75 “MORRIS PLAN” 25th Street Park Ave. 105 East 1 Corner