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r would gontinue to go up for & con-| would have been assured of it under] wike unattainable, just what the city - siderable period after the close of the |'the S-cent fare, but they felt that) thinks Herviee Cominis- _| war, dbut that there would ceme a re-| the public had been unfairly treated | sion fare raising order, which nobody | the react heen unfairly | with any dotive financial interest in action=-and s Pe, Commission im ignoring the plans BW Service Commission receives in} q management and working force public session and considers all the| which had given Philadelphia a mar- wadence on both sides pefove it acts| velously efficient street car system and was willing to continue on a 6- cent fare basis roused fiery resent- The e 4 be here at this time —and advised | treated the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com | |putting by somethinng for the inevi-| Only by quick personal work did) pany asked for ; | table rainy ray. | President Mitten forestall a strike —__—- »| The ntatives of the employ-| which would have tied up every car ‘ lees started a savings fund, which is|in Philadelphia for twenty-four or! DENY BEDFORD IS UNFIT. | contre entirely by a comfnitice of | forty-eight hours as a mark of pro-! ce ate ; opener aes NEW P § COMMISSION emp > employ chip in ai test against the 7-cent fare order,| OMosals of the State Reformatory for ° ' Ve preentage of their pay every month, showed the men that while they Women in Redford d © with the \ ol et 00 Ss and the accumulation is earming in- nned a ike in the public in. ent attribut ¢ Magistrate —.-- terest. When the company got into est the public alone would be tn- | 0 of the Night Court, thia city, } Much Reduce +i @ontiouea ¥ burst’ Be trouble and necded money the fund|conventenved and that it would be|that the institution Is untit for girls . d In Price | 4: pet Be all amounted to $1,000,000, and Mr. Mit-| bad policy to break a record of pub-|neformatory attaches maintained A. A. Vantine’s Sana BETA | ten could have that amount. He re-|lic service extending over a period of terday shat, there is nathing, at feu pen eee Cc the faco tt is up to the people of | fused It at that time. ten years. with Bedford as now conducted. regular 25¢ size ‘ > The action of the Public Service| Althougt. President Mitten stopped |, Speaking of the visit, of Magintrate 4 New York City to see that the Pub- the contemplated atrike there ia every | Mancuso, Mra, Anna Hedges Talbot, the \ Hydrogen Per- Der willow, Bron the forthcoming applications of the Interborough and the B. R. T.;ment among the employ apa other greater city strect car cor-|were assured of thelr inc vorations for permission to increase | under the 7-cent fare just the basic fare in the midst of an era | of falling costs of construction, “equipment and operation, ‘The most powerful factor in main- 9 taning, until Nov. 1, a bas! ive vent car fare in Philadelphia, while y other large city in ‘the east except New York was raising was the personnel of the Philad sed as the Rapid Transit Company working in harmony with President T. ©. Mitten, And the stockholders backed up the management and the workers, bo- cause they had confidence in the organization. N.Y. TRACTION EMPLOYEES NOT LIKE PHILADELPHIA'S. | In New York committees of em. ployees of the Inmerborough have Dublicly endorsed the corporation's demand for increased fares; the en- tire Interborough organization in SUT. delphia street car management and employces with the public in secking to continue the basic five cent fare, | presents an almost revolutionary! state of, affairs. To make the situa- | tion more astonishing the Philadel- phia street railway employees, not watisfied with lending moral support to the management, offered and gave substantial financial support in the fight for a five cent fare. Although traffic on the Philadel- phia street car lines has increased 720 per cent. since the present man- agement took hold in 1910, the num- ber of names on the pu s8 than it was in 1 mution of 16 per force. Of course this could not have been done without the active aid of all the cent employees. The Philadelphia Rapid unsit Company works on_ the j theory that Dusiness is to sell car ride It has built up the | ‘ great n traffic and revenue | by furnishing the very best possible | accommodations by making street | car riding attractive. The percent- | ny other American | city, and it is the short distance | riders who furnish the surplus earn- | ings. | PHILADELPHIA CAR MEN STUCK OUT FOR BASIC 5 CENT FARE. When it became known to the em- ioyees that President Mitten was! sButistied that he could take care of the growing needs of the company | t! A i | up to help him out. This led to ably the. most remarkable m: ever held between an employer and his emp! on July 21 of this year, wt nt Mitten ad- tives ft call tce of his c fon Hall at i all his car! According to 4 hetween the men ands th an it creased wage effect on onal p: / year. the men F 3k BA nues. that inc ed revenues | sic fare plan he 5: : out would eventually | increase and | plained that the dividend had not] on July 1 because of | d nue | The representatives of the em- ployees informed Mr. Mitten that | they did not want any more than a} fair share of the earnings of the com- pany, Unanim y they agreed to ; forero the © a their in- | creased il such a thme vas added rev s might make the pay- ments possible. Furthermore, the representatives ‘of the men offered to Ioan the com- pany $1,000,000, to be invested in car | equipment bonds. — Alth« | itten had beeg advised that this of- | would be made, it almost over- elmed him when it came in formal “shape. $ | 4 A natural inquiry is, How did the | f men huppen to have $1,000,000 which | they could offer to loan the company? | ‘That is another story, but pertinent | here. During the war, when wages w mounting steadily, President Mi sumgested to a committee of th ployees that the good times would not Just forever. He foresaw that wages BROOKLYN: Selection—Service—Savings I aine the over. RIES in Jewelry Spell E-C-O-N-O-M. HERE. where terms do the work, my BIAMONDS IN PROFUSION. Select to-day and lay aside till ASK FOR BOOK OF GEMS OPEN DAILY TILL 6PM. SATURDAY ADR tt 8 happens to} and New York is steadily working for'an inerease in the basic fare. | In the light of this condition in! ° New York, the alliance of the Phila- OVERCOAT---HEADQUARTERS READY TO WEAR OVERCOATS made by me during this past dull season, in my own daylight work- rooms, on sale at a price as low as. ..-...-.. 118 NASSAU STREET . Between Beekman and Ann Streets 44 FLATBUSH AV. nen’ se ‘THE EVEN SEE set Pim Sn och they had reason to belleve It would have had | Sih aby balding aml the We Ht the unqualified indorsement of the|were then in wae and Philadelptaz public dreds of thousands of Philadelphians | are sorry the strike plan didn't go would As it is hun- | probably refers to. through, because it have Hall, the closed prison where ‘of rules. and the world, with emphasis other- STRICTLY. CUSTOM. TAILORED — a 6 order I buy over 400 ends of materials ‘that were meant to produce $40 to $45 values. These lengths are suffi- cient for 8-piece suits; some are over- coat lengths, others suit and extra trousers,’ and consist of fancy wor- steds, herringbones, tweeds, blues and blacks that come up to from 14 to 16 ounces in weight. My price, irrespec- tive of your size, suit or overcoat to order, including S$] 950 Extra Trousers Ready-to-Wear Suits — 5% I have a num- ber of suits on hand, ready to put on, to go at prices as low as. iy 10) S. Henry Adler} 3 CHURCH STREET Near Liberty St. NEWARK, N. J.: 186 MARKET STREET Open Evenings HELP WANTED—FEMALE. ! Hesitati esitating BOUT starting to work? special training or experience. This is your chance. Because you have no No previous experience required. We want girls (ages 17 to 25) to act as long distance telephone operators, Well paid while fearning, increase 2s soon as you learn. Interesting and refined. APPLY TO Miss A. A. Rice, 2 East 28th Street (Cor. 5th Ave.) or Mrs. G. Wadsworth, 24 Walker St. (two streets below Canal St.) New York City. American Telephone & Telegraph Company NING WORLD, FRIDAY, NO “He saw the dia- which tin What he I think Bedford now is a mighty fine place he class of ighty fi Ince for the cli ‘iris we t here. eine tH" is abandoned Rebecca brought to the notice of the country |Ba (ne MM eT toe inteadtinn HELP WANTED—FEMALI ‘ ee VEMBER 26, 1920, besa 8. P. strength; i ior A Ze for the skin and how A. PRICE, Pree. 1079, Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Promptly Refunded Rise towaes ‘|< our ‘ | ba | West 14th Street—Between 5th and 6th Aves.| |} ‘i 460 | ¥,, 25 Men’s and Prices Drop On & Clothes. Men’s Suits & O’Coats wot nv aines been Offered tn Special at Boys’ 2-Pants Suits, ' Mackinaws &O’Coats: $ REGULAR § ALL NEW, oe ; $10.98 WANTED > a GARMENTS e MODELS ; A special purchase of well tailored garments, in» the old reliable materials .o4 you were familiar with in pre-war days. Fash- % ioned in the very latest '’” Winter styles at a dis“ tinetively notable sav-_/" ing. Suits of rich mix-..,, tures, in many neat cole... orings. Sizes 8 to 17 yrs. Mackinaws of heavy warm plaids, in a dozen. * fh handsome color com’ binations. Sizes 8 to 17" years. AlsoJunior Over~ coats of rick mixtures, for little men of 3 to 10 years. : Sale of Unbreakable Character Dolls — Suits and Overcoats of the Quality and Styles That Other Shops Are Selling at $25 to $30. Gites Overcoats, many three-quarter lined, at about half what they would have sold for a month or so back. Muff or flap pockets. Very latest models; new belted backs; convertible collars. Sizes 32 to 42. Also a big lot of Suits of the latest style, in handsome mixtures; all sizes, but not in all colors. oo No Thrifty Mother Should Miss This Sale of Girls’ Coats ‘|. All Are Superior Values; Many Full Jointed Character Dolls, Samples in nthe Lot; Priced at will mand. the . al sor About the Cost of Materials pe roaeget ie! for dressing. 66c Roly Auto Like picture at right, well con- structed, good and 5 98 e 9.19 ' Large Collars of Furtex or Self Material Collars Full flare back; materials are wool cheviot, yelour plush, zibelines and silvertone, in green, brown, navy and burgundy; belt and buckle trimmed; sizes 8 to 14 years, strong and_nicel; painted.......... if Girls’ Better Winter Coats Metal Doll a | Some fur flmmed, well $ 1 3 15 Perambulator 1 | tailored, in heavier, better All metal body, © folding “" f des of , Wool, Velour, . * is Slivertone ‘and Bolo Cloths; all lined; full jeatheroid 3.50 flare backs; 8 to 14 years. pel? Another Extraordinary Purchase » and Sale of Handsome : WAISTS “ Values Up to $6.98 Wonderful Values in Sturdy School Shoes For Boys, Youths and Children Special $ Regular All $ Satur. For This \ $4.00 go on ot, ; Event e Values sale a e | Black calf Blucher lace shoes in sizes 1124 to 2 and 2% to 5, for boys and youths; and tan ard black lace calf, syes 844 to 1034 for children. Misses’ School Shoes Tan and black calf lace shoes, Many beautiful styles to choose from in Georgettes, Tricolettes, Crepe de Chine, etc.—Beaded, Hemstitched, and Embroidered Models. They are such unusual value i¢ might invite criticism to say what they . « would have sold for a few weeks ago, Sizes 11to 2. Special at Two of so we leave it to your judgment. ‘ the Many Long and short sleeve models, waists Models at and overblouse effects—slightly $2.94. mussed from being shown as e samples and in show cases—all sizes, Women’s and Misses Untrimmed and vs. Hats: Less Than Original Wholesale Prices for These Superb And Silk ur Collar Coats A N this varied assemblage of superb gar- G ments are coats that were selling at almost double this price a few weeks "818.88 Mark Down Price Coats with generously large cape collars of self material or with great storm collars of Sealine or Coney Fur fashioned in the most workmanlike, car to- Wear At a Very Special Price ful manner de o the smallest detail EV, Positively the BEST values you've scen, no aye Velvet and Lyons matter how widely you have shopped (made in America) Velvet Silk Plushes, Kitten’s Kar, Silk Purtex, Sil vertones, Velours, Chamoisettes, Polo Cloths in navy, burgundy, beaver, black, brown and Copen, 16 to 20 year sizes for es and 86 to +4 bust for Sty ish stout sizes 41 to 53 1.00 | About 26 attractive and becoming « from, one pictured mi women, Coats for the Slender Miss, the Matronly Woman, or the Woman of More Generous Proportions, Beau- tifully Lined with Flowered Silk, Some Interlined Store Hours: 9 A. M. to 5:30 P.M. ‘k, brown, and other + * not all colors in every style, © ‘ge assortment in all colors, oa er ere =