The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26

the chamber OF commerce, and several
members OF the committee on entertaiH-
ment. President Quarter welcomed
the guests with few brief but appTo-
PIRATE remarks. as follows:
AS president Of the chamber Of COM
merce and one OF the fraternity OF mer-
chants, ! extend 10 each OF You a most
cordial welcome, The sight OF so many
familiar faces and Of others who have
Joined the vast throng Of the mercantile
community Is a most pleasing one, and
to those Of us who recall the Olden time
when II was the rule rather than the ex-
ceptlon for merchants TO visit the mar
kets at least twice yeah, and fire.
quently much oftener, 20 make their
purchases, It Is particularly gratifying.
In my judgment the old way had many
advantages over the new II brought
the buyer and seller Into closer con-
tact, 1t gave opportunities OF a per-
s0nal acqualntanceshlp, for Il Is always
satisfactory TO both the buyer and seller
to know personally those with whom
they are trading II put the visiting
merchant In touch with the outsld
world, 1t does not matter how pleasing
his surroundings may be at home.
II think much can be gained by az
least semi-annual visits To the markets.
More can be said in a few moments
conversation than can be written on
many pages, and said In much more
satisfactory manner, and then you
know business Is not altogether for
gain, there are other considerations.
Some of the strongest friendships
have sprung from casual business ao-
qualDtances, and / doubt not but what
Tsg ta so And fOl-
lowing this same subject little fur
Their, would like to say that II is my
cordial hope, now that the ice Is bro-
ken, that each OF you will make II a
point to visit us oftener. Come down at
least twice year You can always rest
assured OF receiving most hearty well
come, After what you have seen to-
day think may be pardoned for say
ing that we have a market here equal
to that of most cities and far exceed
ing n number OF more pretentlous ones
There Is no city In the land OF us
size that distributes as much general
merchandise or which turns out in GER
tain lines as large n manufactured
product The mills that we were for
tunate enough TO go through to-day are
in magnitude equal to those of any OF
a similar class within the borders OF the
United States, and in some of their spe-
cIalties far exceed Others. We stand
ready at all times to meet any legiti-
mate competition, and do not ask odds
Of any market. The stocks carried are
large and all your wants can be Wen
and quickly supplied. All we ask OF
you is the opportunity OF showing you
what we have so that comparison can
be made. We viii be perfectly salts
fled with the result. We all feel CRATE
full to you for your hearty response TO
our invitation, and we want you 10 en-
joy to the full your visit"
The dinner was informal but was ele-
gantly served. The Grove was so large,
larger, in fact, than had been expected
that further speech-maklng was out OF
the question.
AT the conclusion of the dinner. and
as soon as the tables could he cleared
away the doors of the Casino were
thrown open for the performance OF the
opera 1892" and the great crowd rap
idly flied the big auditorium. Never
before did the Casino contain so large
or so representative an audience. IL
was wholly an audience Of business
men. Ladies' were comparatively rev,
and were mostly those from abroad VINO
had accompanied their husbands ana
fathers on the visit to the city. The
performance lasted from to 1880, ana
the twenty-five hundred people who
were packed In the Casino were enthu-
slastlc from start to finish. During It's
entire season Kennedy's splendid com
pany will have no more appreciatiye
audience anywhere In the country. AS
on Tuesday night, the play was rem,
dered without hitch and the delighted
audience greeted almost every part
with an encore. Mr.. Stewart as Queen
Isabella, Zelma Rawlston as Johanna,
MIR Byrnc, Master Tommy Meade, Miss
Conchlta. Frank Gardiner, all came IN
for the largest share, Mr.. Stewart ana
Miss Rawlston being the especial IA
vorltes. MIR. Stewart has o wonderfully
pure soprano voice and fully rs per cent.
of the audience believed he was
woman. AS Queen Isabella he could
not be improved upon.
II was long after midnight before the
last OF the big crowd reached the city
at the conclusion Of the performance