The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-28
FEATURES OF THE
DRUMMERS' FAIR
Grand Exhibition to Open 10 Gotham's
Madison Square Garden.
THE BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEAR
Forecast Of Some Of the Attractions
at the Commercial Travellers Home
Fund Benefit Exhibition Which Is
to BE Held in New York Dec. Is
to % Inclusive.

AS has been said heretofore in The
Tribune. the great fair of America for
the season of 1S96-97 will be the Com
mercial Travellers fair, which is to open
at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Dec. Is and to continue until Dec. 20.
Its purpose Is to raise fund Of Sl50,00O
with which to complete the magnili-
cent Commercial Travellers Home at
Binghamton, an institution designed to
shelter incapicated and needy members
of the profession of trade promoting.
The plans already perfected assure an
exhibition full of novelty, instruction
and entertainment. Some promised
features OF the fair are mentioned here
with.
One of these that will make a special
appeal to society will be the show of
the New York Society of Keramio Art
The members of this organization of
three hundred society women have pre-
pared some of the choicest specimens
of work on China ever exhibited. This
exhibit cannot fail to be unique, artis-
tic and novel.
THE CANDY BOOTH.
Because of its relative Importance
the central booth at the Commercial
Travellers fair will be the candy booth.
Several Of the largest manufacturers
in the United States have promised
liberal donations of candy. This candy
booth will be original in its Importance
and extent. II will be a candy eXposi-
tion. representative of the confection-
cry trade from Maine to California. with
examples added of the confectionery
of other nations. Surprising novelties
are being developed for the candy
booth, which will be presided over by
three leading society matrons aided by
a corps of one hundred of the lovellest
misses in New York. The candy VEN
ders will be a collection of society buds
that will form an American beauty
show of unrivalled merit.
Instead of the usua! dickering over
merchandise that has been character
istic of fairs, Director General de Frece
will characterize the Commercial Tray
elers' fair by giving away to the holders
of season tickets the articles donated
after they have been exhibited at and
throughout the fair.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The subscription list has generously
been headed with a check for $4,000 by
II. q. Dun e. Co. An order for season
ticket No. l was received from the Hoff-
man house through J. =. Caddagan,
manager. Mr.. Caddagan's check with
out regard to the price of the ticket
was 800. Ticket No. ., at SlOO also.w
purchased by John II. Fife. proprietor
Of New Metropolitan hotel.
AS q single example of the gener-
osity toward the 'drummers' fair"
that is becoming epidemic in the manu-
featuring and mercantile world, men,
tion is made of a letter received recent
ly by Director-General de Frece from
the Fast Palestine Pottery Co., of East
Palestine. O. 1t states that the COM
pany has In process one of the hand
soonest complete dinner services ever
made in the United States. which will
he the company's donation to the fair.
Merchants are recognizing the import
ance of the fair as a rendezvous for
commercial travellers. merchants and
buyers. and are already anXiously in
Quiring for space and favorable loca-
tions in which to exhibit trade novelties
for 1897.
At the Fourth avenue end of the Gar
den will be fitted up a headquarters for
the commercial travellers during the
fair. This will he a fac-simile repre-
sentation Of the Home, and President
Green will be there to receive visitors
and welcome them.
one of the unique features of the fair
will be the distribution of more than q
score of beautiful and valuable prizes
to members of the Commercial Travel
ers' Home association and their friends
co-laboring with them for the success
of the fair in various lines of effort.
The recipients of prizes will be both
ladies and gentlemen who succeed in
selling the largest number of season
tickets. bringing in the largest dona-
tions of merchandise. and in other COM
petitions, and for pre-eminence in fem
mime beauty and in activity displayed
for the fairs benefit along specified
lines.