Reading Observer 03-1920

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,TH.E ' READING OBSERVER, ·
SATURDAY, MARCH 20,

BOROUGH BENCH;
SATURIlAY._BefOT& .Mr. F. ·B. P&rfitt ~ in

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PABRICS
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AN IUN'F ORTUN ATE SL IP,
Ma. r;Ila.reJ St.ra ngc, or '161j Cranbury-road. was
with being · drut:l!l; ill RWI!I ell-8 t.roet. on
Friday night in l ast. v,:e~k.
The defe ndant WM
appa.rellti ..,. 8. very rei~table married y,.~man and
hadr-llot.hing against. hell. She W8.& fined '5s.
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1 I eRU EL'fY TO .~ HORSE . .
Wall:.c\ ROCVC1. of 28, An8l-;:oy-road, Reading, \US
, sulIlmor,ied I a.L t.he inst igation of Inspcl:tor J_ H.
Sims, of tho a.S.p.C.A., for cruelt.y to a horse by
wor k.ing it l while. in a.n ' unlit oond lt.ion . . .
Tbfl d efendant. a dmitted t he offe n a.lld wu; H.ned
405. . or 21 jda.ytl, and wa.s a, lowed
week in which
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FOOTBALL IN '!'HE S~, ETS,
Soveral 1~d3 wore 8UlTI monoo for 'pllLying f oot.ba il
in ubo l!t.rQct&, and were dealt with lenIent.ly, the
CMOS beiu 4 ills.m issed Oil pay m ont of c~ts t4s .).
P.S. Ho~on and P.C. ~lUjt.b &ta.tcd the f ad~ .

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A. HOLIDAY.

The (CllIowinc is a partiAlliu of the YfeU·l.;qown P60ple who have
written, ua to . ~)' the~
ALKIA Sf'LTRATRS and ha.ve
foun4 It t.O hllb.l,. .... nsfactory Lhat tboy r.oc;tmmencl it te _II .
their . friend. :" We tearet tbu.!paoo. Umit'-Ilens . FfftJlnt CUI"
F.ubJlshinlJ thl! leuen ·Jn rull. Tbe!.e and Ih~ ds af cUl er
IU!lIlar letten are open t e n&min&i:ioll "Y A.Dyou. GIllinc at our

P ta_ H enry Bu r ton, of the Roya.l &ofs
Fusiliers. &rd6n Camp, WIU charged with bein g
dr~U1.k.,li11 Chea.psldc on .)londay. 'l'ne p risoncl", wh1?
g~d he ha.d been 0 11 holiday •• was fined 53. .

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Thomas Griffin. of lsf>, Kl ng·s-roa.d) was sUm ·
monod. for IlSSll.ult.ing Ar thw' ba.ul , of 138, King II ·
roa.dJ,_OIl Ma.rch 8t.h . .Mr. Y. J. l<.a.tcll(fc appea.red
rdl' tkl.ul 'and Mr. A. F . Clar k rO!' t.he defendant.
In opening the Cli.'!O, MI' ..R atcliffe. c); pla.inoo thal
,B llul was ~oremall watcHmall lit.. M essrs . Huntley
a.nd Palmetli' factory and dillt vrdflu """as empJoyc.d
thero as a.s&lsta.nt. n.r('mall. In t!hu course of hll!
du ty Baul lh a.d. occasion to eOl·o.Jt to' t.h e defendanL
for going to & beet-holls() uurlll8- working hours.
H a told hUn to a.coomIHU,J'" him ·(wit.ncs!) to w e:'
umc office t.o see !l1I'. t"oatl)5.. Defendant remained
i ll tho waiLiug-room Whil04 "\'I tuess sOH~hL . lir.
Coat.~. who had not. t.hen rc Irnc u_ Hil.yin:; wa.it.od
fo r t\.I':O or three m i nu t es l1(t(:l' .HA.ul's ret.UI'Il ~
Gritlill gO\'I tIP and Stud ho l"~ going ' back t.o h IS
workshop, ' b ut wltueas touch ed fllm on tho aJ"m
and asked him to wa lt. Wit,nout. ally .provocatlon
whate\'Ol' Griffin stnK'k ' 1lim III the faco wit.l'! 'Co
heavy ' t.in '0{ m etal polisb, cut Ling h is nose a mi
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It Iwas by lIO me ans ocn a.iu, addoo .MI".
k.atoJi1fo, th8lt Ba:ul wo uld r egain the sirrhL of hi!>
lofJ. c ..·o. I A.ft nr s triking 111m t\S above, Gri.ltili

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All ehe-miStl5 bave ALK[A SALTRA TES in !lK>Ck. Prioe, ~19 a. I.rge bolt!.,. Sati. faction lUannteed
or money txu.k wltho!;! iI word. A liberallrial M" . _I v . .ill be Stn! post pilid"n reedpt or 6d..lusl<Imps by
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Mr. C . E. H DW~t.. Mr. ·W. lL Smit.h. Mr, E. A.
Sllorjca.n~ 1 and Mr. B. Russcll.

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Tllo defe nce was t ha.t... the blow W8.S not skuck
dc-lioerall'lJ; and wit·h no U1t(:n tIOU io Ju jllre Mr.
.Baui. lL 'Vas strtlck aCClue llt a..l ly Whl lo the d~ feu '
da.nt w"a t.urning sudden ly 1"01i1ld to geL away hom
.13&ul's ,Iil"ripJ Mr. Clal"k ~ ur t.her s ubnllt\1!d U,a.t, t.h e:
oomp la lll ant. ha.d exccNllid llls duty in d c taiulng
tho defendr' nt, ._ ~
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demeanour, said M.r. Clark, Gratin had been dlf'imissed fro~ tho factory and was now out of employment. JH o .h ad & wife and threo children depcn.d.ont. upon him a.nd ha.d. hun &iven not.ice to
<luiL tb,~ fia.t he l!y,'as residing in by the firm, who
ownod It ({'It&t Was su1ficl e nt: punishmen t if : t.hl:
(.k' fclldant. Had 'donn wl·on ~.
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consider tho caso., a nnounced that the m·agal:.rat.<.-:s

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"A restaurant to suit every man and woman
.wllo likes good food cooked it%. homely fashion ,
daj"tily served
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h~ unaniniously comc 'to ~J I C conclUSiOn .to con-

as t.h<:y ,",om co n\"in~ tha.t. the blows w~rc
Ji~t. sLruok n.ccid enla.lly. '.rhey, however, wou ld deal
With t ho case ¥cry lenicntly , and impose 8. fi ne oj
£5,. 01', in defa.1I1L, one inollth's Imprisonment.
Griffin paid the fin e.
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. SOME SPEOIALITtES:
High class Luncheons.
Dainty Tea. (Louni'e). '
Evening Snaoks.

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A MATTER OF WA GES AND WORK.
J o hn Sha.ilcs, of Emmer- (.h~n, was summoned
by H cn ry Flol{;e, of Albert-road, Caversbam fOl
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(Sh .. d es h ad b een gardehe r to oomplai nBnt) had a'
bit or di1Tcrcnco a.bout. bho '&mount of moncy tha.t
tJbe dcieuda.n·L should receivo as wages and t he
a moun t , of work he hal:! done fbr 9d. p c r- h ou r .
Th~ d efollda n;t. lcft &nd took with him' a broom
"!.hlC~ h e. aUeKc.d was llG!. Floiso tried to provent
linn from ~& V I11« th e premi&cs;. wJier~upon thc
d efond,an t. aun~" blow at. him with tho broom
, but. h e managod to dodge the blow_
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~ QUI6K LUN!;'H BAR FOR THOSE WHO .
ElAVEl APPOINTMENTS TO KEEP.

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ORCHESTRA DAILY. 4-6. , 8-10.
Un:der the direction of Mr, G, Pettellll'~lt-

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every particlo (If du,t !tnd 'dirt a nd reat.ore fa ded colours, so thllt· the floor
covering of
Tl~ Rending lind CA.vcr"ham

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FURNITURE.
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4 S.ewar1 ISWt is. Dot ' a.'

ready.madel . "finished to
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Qot only IU-fO'Und ed, b ut likely. .~ do
a. R'roat. de~l of ,h.a.rm l~ tho world .
Some ~ple thlllk that. Ute world requ ires a
cort.a.in quantity of godos or service« qf any particular kmq , and 'Wl&t it. will inSist on ha\"lIlg tha.t
qua.ntlty o~ U,oso· gO()(lsl and serVIces, neither motu
nor less, no matLer- wliat. t.ho price is.
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lit is cqu'alJy lia.ble to be hekl by people who
make boots Qt- pok-en Ic)r ehlna C\l'PfI. &nd .. peopl e
... ho do no~ make t h in gs, but rivo valu&'Qle ser'v-ICe
! t.hat enables good:>! to bo properly. made lind dtsLributed, ~ple who dean bulldwgs. ooUeot raiL
way t ickots'_or keep aCCOUnts:.
I am SUI"O m y ~~den will forgivc ' rn o if, in dis OIl4Sing thjs theory , I I peak pn.rt.Jctl lal'ly "of the
one bus iness 1 know best.. 1 find it. eaS1C'r to test
every idea :th Dt wa. ...·, u , I fl'cl sllre, my rcaders
wi ll ·tcl.t .t.h ~ things I say by c:ompa.l·ison with what.ever bW;lll\'!is t,h cy know b~t.
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I ha ve stknt. my whO-lo life in the show indul!try.
I act¢ in the s!J!lkon drama. as a ohi lcl , ~lId ha"e
exportcncod j t he wondelifu.l change!! bl'ought about
"by the a.doJ:ltion of .cine.-photography.
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I\ctors and ~CtrCS3CS wc; c to be .well paid). Instead
.of an avcl"ltgo of, ' ncdlilTu. 2s: - 6d. 35 in ~ha blg
thea.t re, t.hd avcNlgc- a.~l:n i~s io n 'i.n t.he small t heat.ro
would ha\'c 1<0 be £1 1 5~ . But the priCe wo-uld

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WhAlev\,t you hAye over each week. or ·~ch I
in,Savirlss Certific.I... Th,en: when :vbur
.avinS> will have grown to meet them:

mo

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holtJ ing
spe<:t.a.t.ors
or re
course!
the two
pricethousand
Qi admission
would. h .... e to
b"e hj~hc r
& sma.11 theatre ' (Il.t. any r&le, it the

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been t r ue of t he show inclu8try.
Suppose t.hat a
cert&in proportion of t.he people iu the wor ld
neit.her m'ore nor less had wan ted to iO a certain
lIumi])er of times neither more nor less to a. theatre.
\vhc re they ,co~ld sit and wiu eh euacted. various
dra.ma.'1 and comod.iCs t-bat. e nte rt.ained t h C!rn_
If that. had hct: n ,tho- Qa.!c ; t.he s m a ller tho
thea.tres, ~he more cmplo'ym cnt t.J~e l"e wou ld be for
actors and ' act.rC9806. The larger ·the theatres, t~o
lese. employmen t tliere Iwou1til be . for a.ctors and
actress ea.
tt would , r~ul[c , a.a many 'actors and
ao ~ r~ee t.6 prool.JOC Il. jplay ~ . be seen once ~Q a
t..hClLtre holding byo ~undreQ spectators a.s 10 a.

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!.tho Heims and a ct.rcssd! ..... oold lie bet.ter oft'.
u .But tJ1at's abs u rd'" you sa.y":
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people oou rd atrord to IN' a.t a.1I at t hat rate • .'1'h<,y
wou!d ' just h.uve to st:l.Y " l1wlt.'.'. So 'the acto r~. and
a.ct·rcsses wouLd 00 worso -off 1II t.ho Ion!: rUD.

Of colm;c they would. We know thH t · the 10"01".
the price. th:tt 'has t.o be chug-cd for tbe s how&,
the moro people go, tlhe m Ol"a m(lncy is taken, and
the mora enmloymcnt there is f~1" actors And
actresses. W e' know that, Il Ot. by I'eli.ion aloue, but
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A man called Edison bu ilt . as it .. wore. the biggest
theatre 911 earth . . H o ill,"~ntcd ~l1~ \' i n g- p~ cturel­
tran sformed t'he Lrlca of n ·r.hlld 5 loy In to th e
m ach.ille t hat has revolutionised toe s h ow industrJ.
By means of t.hc" in vention olle 6ompan y .of aetor,.
and a ct.re$$OS co ul d givr:; a. show, " not once ~o two
hundred Oil two t.housand spectators, but an Jnfi Dlt.e
nlllllber of tirncs to millions of spect.a.tors •._ J)id U1i!
jnore36oo prooltctian th row acton and' act~c.
out of employment or red uce tit.eir wages? It had
. j U$ t t.he opposite ,effect..
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modorate and .inolude l
collection and
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your r eliidenoe_ We ",·ill gladly eend you Hilt of our ohtt.rges au. •.p~cat.iO,n, or
if YOll ring "UP 237 on the telephone ~ courtt.'Ous I.lt~D.dant will 81TllIumtdJate
heed Lo your illsttuetions.
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MODey cannot buy goods of pre-war quality to-day, tlI~~fore t~t y?ur old and
. vu.lmlble Carpel! have the care they d el!erve. Our SerTloo provldell thil.

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them ro llinA' off. the eggs were 80 sh a.pod t.bat they
.....ou ld roll In a,. very sma ll e~rele .
· MI", "Rowu t reo' briefly dC3ori~ t.he nests of. t.he
warblers, built in reeds, of the ' -y.·~pccker8 11\
trees , and ;ga.ve illUstrations of n c-sts hung froz]}
treC6. These were not com moQ. tbo only Britisb
bird t.ha.t ;wpended its IlOS~ bei~i" .t~c g~den­
CTOSted wren.
One very intereswng bnd ot UllS
t:rpe w a." the 4 ilor bird, wb.l eb ~OInOO two leaves
toKether wit.h throad made of CObwebs· From th'i(
eggs the lect.urer pas5cd on l ~ t'he young ;.birds,
d cscrihillg their ha.bit.3 and he manner in wbich
t.b-oy wero protect-ed , The o~ IYi b!rd in which the
Ibother in st ll! ~t ~~ ent.ir~ly a bsent W&6 the euck60.
Afk r several l JlLU8tratl ~J of" th e young - , of
8.n;mals, t he lectu.ror said 1i ~ \w¥ goin, td take .
audience a. Iitt. lo furher into s{Jlc nce. and OOglU
wit.h f..b e t.ree of life. ' T h e f' r cptilcs \\·e rc. at the
.b ottom ; then tbe amphibious a:nimals: then the
A\lstralia.n mammals , .Ahch laid' eggs but · were
w.arm-blooded animals; t.hen Itho J:(luc.bed " anima:is,
: sU()h as t.ho kangaroo.
Ncxt came tlle whales,
!~l1owed by th~ boofed. a.nim:a.lsl & v.ery' largo sccLi OQ_
Th o I blLl)l OS of the hoofoo animate; · had, If!
their wild" state, to bo a.lwa.S ~ on the mo\'e , 80 they
were able to move a.bowt SOOu er- th.an any other
chi ldre n. The noxt. on the tree of ' Ijfe were ,the
rodents, who ' bui lt nests. like l'b1rd s; ba.ts, foUowed
b:t tpCl mopkeys, a.nd las t.ly man , who ..... as olosely
rela.ted to .t he monkeys.
MookeYll nursed their
chilql'en '\'~ry . much ·like huril al~ beings. '
MI'. Rowh t:.rec ga.ve sever al i1Justra.t.ions · of ahima.1k at Jli~y , remarking iha.~
~us opi~ion pla.y
was! t. he ammal m etbod of ~ucaWllg their youog.
The le ngth l of childhood varied grea.tly in va.rioUs
~peoies . E!ophant6 wel'e stili ebHdr en at 25, but
ze bras a.t that age, if t.h-ey rckchf!d it at all, wouJd
bo ;r ery dcercnit, B ~ gavo it BS his oDinion that
Lho history ot the r&cc was l!epea.ted in- eaoh ba.by
animal Oi." bird . In Lhc Zoo l SOme· liUle time agO
tbCi:C ' was a. . btr.by elephan t partly rovercd WIth
blll.ok h,\ir" Now to-day elephan ts \l'ero qwto ba.i.rl~ , but. the ma.mmot.h. t h e l a nbe"tor o[ the olepha.nts. 'W~ de..,ict.cl as 8. 11 an &Dld covered wIth
~Nir as R. kro tcot.ion aga ins-t. t hb iCe in which it
h"'-cd:
P erfect tipeci:men!> had I been d isCOVered.
The coloua,' of various anima.l s wtfrc ' to be expla.lned
;n this v,'ay: tho you ng of liOn! W('I"O svoHed at
t hch· b i rih ~ but the flPOts qm te dj!!iPl'c a.red when
t he}" grew "p. Tlho !iowans in jAuttr:wa. w-erc·bla.ck,
.Jut. thoso of Europe wcre white, r hereas t he j'o ung
of bot h \\" ~re af a. dirt.y w~ite colou r"
In h IS
ooinion t.ha;t was th.o original rol9ur, but th e s. a ns
vf Auslt"aillL bad grown darl{cr and t he European
lwa.ns lig ~el" . The birds of Ipr(!~istoric. tImes ha:d
Ila nds Ot· rat.her a thum b and two fin gers, on thetr
win/fs: . '
a I-)ird .wall e\'c n jno" toO be \ound in
.\.lrtca. ·
~u ld · oli mb 1:-y fll~ nll of a c1a.w on
it4 w:in
"hIS iwa8 an ~_~ t.Rnce or .th~ rR Co. being
s hown
' ind ividual.
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tpcn' went OD ~ d l!S crib~ the- fla.t
fiah, "
. on("e' heen the simla as o ther fish.
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ba~. E"en , no~ the young were
borlL
mo . ahape as other- fis b, but they
;{ra.dua.lly ... tidte"ncd out, a nd qne" eye. travelled
n,g: ht. over to tJie ' oth er side.
H e a-av6 ,it a.a hili
opi nion that Ole' flat fi sh ha.d · b een originally Lbe
aRoma .. ~~er fish, but thiLt l they found tha.t by
ly ing on -t.lifl bottom of l.h e sed they eould live
as ' ')cll aa l]Jy swimming a~ut ; ! w they stayed
Utere, an d revellt JlaUy the CYiIG on , the under &Ide
worked ovet to Uhc top. J.h_ Rclwnt ree co Qchrded
by d elJCri bn;.g· t.he blrth 8ond ' ca.r~r of
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wluch startoo as a.n £1ii, turn~1 Into a
e nded-- a.s aD amphLbioul! II.nunah Tho iRev. l H" M. W&l ter prope ed .farty vote
of t han ks
tho lectu'rer, wlh oh wa.a. e ned ' a.nll d
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laid iheir elri:{s on ledges o~ rocks.
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Walter Root. Clcment.,, ' of Oxford , ~a.!I ~um­
moned for fa il ing to have t.he laru!ls of hl~ motor
cycle alight· nft or sunset...
P .C. lia.r man st.aled t.he fa ctJ, and thif d c:fcn.
dant., y;ho did not.. Ilppca. r , was fined lOs.

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WedneedlLY I -evcning ill last. w.cek. to h-ear a n ~!lus­
traAed Icc't.ore by Mr. Wll1tcd. S. ·Ro ..... ntrcc. B.Sc"
F .L.S., P.Z, S., 0\1 '.' The Gb ~l dhood of Animals."
Tha chair "'-as t a'ken by Mr. ' H. Farington Evans,
C.B.! '.: j'l'.; '.
M.r.' ROllf:ntrco remarked hat childhood was
somct hing ~e ' all Kn ew of; sclru e of us wer-e there
8tlill, II;nd so me might. get .tllere a.gai n. H e commenCed with., &Il intereslin~ description of I.Jlc
ehi.ldbood. of b iros, il1us.tr4ti ng the prote<:tl\'e
colouring~ .eto.• of their eggs} and tbe manner lU
which wn~e of the n ~ t6 w.efe" !ll:otecte<l, partic~­
I&rly in oount.nes where snll.ket; a bOundOO .
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etlt)tlod. ;Th e r e-mal1(J was granted in order that
tho police might. obtain lhe n n ct ion of. t.bc oom-

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Ro.'r: a l Bcrhh iro RC~I"cut . to W,hl c h he Wag not.

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PRETEND ING TO BE A SOLDIER.
J ohn H enry Pearce, of t be • .Modc.J Lodging
Holt~e, Mill.lanc,· ~eading , was remanded lOr 8.

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5d ., 9<1. and Is. '3d. for & r how t.han could: b a~e
aft'orded h a l f~-erow n. that . he vcry ·fact of their
prociucing s uch cheap ~ howsl. meant more empleyment for a.ot.ol1' IUld actresses, and a.t. b'~hcr
sa.lal'ics.. And nobod y .uood bcgru,dgc. Mr .. Ed150n
the vut money he ma.de· out of hiS im.'en tiOn_

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THE FIRM THAT HAS A FI~T CLASS

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You ' soe, there WB.&O ' t a d~ma.nd f~1' a n encs
number of sbOwl!.-a.s BOOD ... tho prtcc of 'ho .... s
went. d own, because abe coat. of prOduction had
gone dowll , the d~llllUlfi went.. up by Jeape a n~
bounds. Thcn there w8:s of oourse ever so mucH
man,. money ill the pr~auct.ioD of. sbo~s. incre&Sed
production loweroo prlOO8_ . It lnorea.soo tb:c real.
buyini' d~and-tl) ~e ri' no end to tho desires .of
hwna.n bei n~8. It. m crC'aScd t-he numb er o~ people
employed. It raised ~eir 8a1arietl. It did g~
': f,O everybody, ~d ~ to nobody. . What ]~­
or~Med produ~on did l .f or ".he sho.,.- mdustrII J\
will surely ~ (or &!'y
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