Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-21
THE INVENTORS DAY.
Men Who are Preparing for the Gen.
tennial Celebration.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
General Program to BE FoIlowed-Many In
Sentor- Coming From All Parts of the Coun-
try-Technisa Societies tn Meet Here at
That Time.
FINDER THE SHADOW OF THE PATENT

TNDER THE SHADOW OF THE PATENT
- Office is appropriately located the head
quarters where the arrangements are being
made for the celebration of the beginning of
the second century OF the American patent
system. The building where the patent Office
has local habitation Is big affair and so is
the patent Office itself and from present in
dications the centennial celebration to be held
here ON April next and succeeding DAYS VIII
be equally "a large and imposing III its way.
just az present Mr.. J. Elfreth Watkins. the sec
rotary of the executive committee. who is the
presiding genius Of the headquarters at
81 q street northwest. i. very busy. The
nimble fingers of a corps of clerks are
kept living over the keys of typewriters or adj
dressing envelopes and attending to the other
details which a large correspondence involves.
There are but few members Of the executive
committee. but they are all workers and some
time during the day one member or perhaps
all drop in to have a talk with Secretary Wat
kins and arrange some detail. Mr.. John Lynch
il the chairman. and associated with him are
Messrs- j. W. BabsOu. George g. Maynard and
Marvin e. Stone. The main pla, has been
blocked ont the readers Of 1HE STAR have
been informed
The PROGRAM.
The principal features of the three DAYS are
public meetings to be held at Lincoln Music
Hall. On the afternoon of the first day. which
ie Wednesday April 5. President Harrison viii
preside over the gathering of inventors and
those interested i'll inventions: then in the
evening the Secretary of the Interior and the
commissioner of patents will give reception
in the Interior Department building On
Thursday there will be two meetings and on
Friday there will be an excursion to Mount
Vernon and meeting IN the. evening. Dis
tiDguished men viii preside at these gath
erings and there will be addresses made which
will be of interest not only for the subject
matter treated. but because of the prominence
of the speakers. Ii il proposed az this time to
organize permanent national association
of inventors and manufacturers. A. has been
stated there L. every indication that this pro-
posed celebration will receive the hearty in
dorsement of inventors and those Interested in
inventions throughout the country Invita-
tiOns have been extended to all whose names
could be procured and responses being re-
ceived- The committee Il gratIfied by the
number and character of the replies coming in
from inventors at distant points stating that
they proposed 10 attend.
COMING FROM EAST AND WEST.
From the beginning the attendance Of in
ventors residing in the eastern part o: the
country has been assured. and now the COM
mittee is pleased TO learn that inventors living
in the west manifesting great deal of in
terest III the proposed celebration. which they
will testify by their presence. During the
period of this celebration it - expected that
there will be meetings Of at least two technical
societies, namely. the Society of Civil Engineers
and the Society of Mining Engineers. The
members of these societies and invited guests
will be entertained ut banquet and in addi-
tion the board of trade of this city will give a
banquet which will be attended by a large
number of the distinguished visitors. There
will be no lack of entertainment as well as
meetings and events that will be suggestive
and instructive.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The executive committee has general charS,
Of the arrangements for this celebration. bu.
many Of the details are in charge o. other com