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Show ODDEST HOTEL TO BE CLOSED Many Working Girls Made Unhappy When Hostelry Company Announces An-nounces Decision r"n New York, Aug. 0. Warning that I tho oddest hotel in New York will ' bo closed on August 28, when more ' than fifty working girls aro to bo 1 sent ashore from tho ship Jacob A. Stamlor today caused much unhappl- ncss among tho occupants of the floating hotel. A notice posted on tho bulletin board, on tho Stamlor's deck, read that Arbuckle's deep sea ' hotel company has decided to retire from tho hotel business nnd v. ill I sorvo no meals after August 2S. I For years tho Stamler has been a homo for girls employed in shops auu stores ai a cost to mom varying from $2.80 to $3.50 a week. Jinny of them earned only $4 n week rnd fourteen of tho girls aro now unemployed. unem-ployed. Tho city flro denprtment had ordered or-dered changes to bo mado In tho Stamler nnd It was snld that tho com- J pany did not wish to go to tho ex- J penso of making them. Tho old ship, built in 18G7, was purchased by John Arbucklo in 1901 nnd for sovcral years has been moored at a plor In tho East river as n homo for girls. |