. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . -ployed in the mailing and ex-press department alone, andthe sales amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars wholesale department was established in 1880, and its chiefbusiness is in silk and dress goods, and within recent years it hasdealt largely with imported fabrics. It has now from forty tofifty men on the road, and their buyers are all over the world. In this great establishment there are dressing rooms and lunchrooms for the employees. The lunch rooms are comfortablyfurnished, and here the clerks can eat their own meals which the
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . -ployed in the mailing and ex-press department alone, andthe sales amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars wholesale department was established in 1880, and its chiefbusiness is in silk and dress goods, and within recent years it hasdealt largely with imported fabrics. It has now from forty tofifty men on the road, and their buyers are all over the world. In this great establishment there are dressing rooms and lunchrooms for the employees. The lunch rooms are comfortablyfurnished, and here the clerks can eat their own meals which theyhave brought with them, and where, if desired, tea, milk andcoffee and a good lunch is served at a nominal price. The employees of Strawbridge & Clothier participate in theprofits of the firm, while liberal salaries are paid to all. The firmfurther contribute to the beneficial association of their urges and encourages its employees to form associations for thesaving of money, and The Strawbridge & Clothier Saving Fund. Isaac H. Clothier has been for several years a marked success. One of the mostpleasant features of the management is the free entertainmentsgiven frequently at the Academy of Music. Every employee whowishes a seat is supplied, and can invite a friend. There ispositively no favoritism in the distribution of tickets, as thepasteboards are thoroughly mixed up before being given entire seating capacity of the Academy is always filled andin addition as many admission tickets as the regulations alloware distributed. Justus C. Strawbridge was born near Reading, Pa., in is a son of Dr. George F. Strawbridge, a graduate of the medi-cal department of the University of Pennsylvania. When youngStrawbridge was ten years of age his father died, when his motherremoved to Philadelphia,bringing the child with her,Mrs. Strawbridge having beenborn in this city. When butsixteen years of age youngJustus entered a wholesale silkhouse at a salary of $50 a
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