The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
just now doing a magnificent stunt
that is in every way worthy of special
notice.
Looking for Big Trade.

Looking for Big Trade.
The committee on retail trade. one
of the largest committees Of the cham
Der, was we'll ware that hundreds of,
people from various parts OF Maryland
Pennsylvania. Virginia, West Virginia,
and other States contiguous would be
visiting Washington next week on the
occasion of the opening of Congress.
The committee believed also that hun
dreds more than usual would come on
to see the many sights OF Washington
If their attention was called to the
varied attractions and some kind of
inducements were offered them to make
the pilgrimage.
claimed that q large part OF the terri
tory of the States named is legitimately
Washington's field of operations. The
modes Of travel and the accommodating
schedules OF the railways put these
people IN easy reach of the retail dis.
tricts of the cnpital city, and so the
retail committee of the chamber. which
is to all intents n purposes a large
trade organization OF itself, went to
work with a vigor to let the people In.
the outlying sections named know
something Of the advantages of Wash
lington as a shopping town. Mr.. George
- q ~
manager OF the Scheme, and he went
to work in vigorous style. True the
time was short, but In that short time
Mr.. Gall has done q great deal OF adj
vertising. and done 1t j~udiciously. Now
all the people In the regions round
about know that washington is a splen-
did town IN which to do shopping. es-
pecially the kind that Is necessary to
be done about Christmas times, and
every man, woman and child who reads
newspapers knows that for the two
weeks from December LIST to December
14th, Inclusive. gay Washington will
afford them all the advantages to see
the sights. to inspect the big buildings.
the monuments, the Libraries. the lnu-
seums. the theatres, the parks and
everything else, and to see the Congress
of the United States In session.
o%ilcialdom's Trade.
The time was. SO / am informed by
lone Of the veteran merchants. when
oMcialdom of the capital sent to Paris
for the gowns the women Wore, the
dress suits the men appeared in. and so
or and so on. Then in time they gave
Paris the shake and did their shopping
III Boston and New York. Gradually
on.cialdom learned that Washington
stores could duplicate anything ohcial-
dom could find in Paris or BOSTON or
New York, and at less money. to say
nnthing Of the avoidance OF correspon-
|ucncc, delays and other annoyances.
Now said this veteran merchant
to me, none Of the officials or their
wives and daughters. from the White
House crowd down. do their shopping
outside Of Washington. OF course
when a new high official gets into
unlce. scspccially II he is rrom New
York or Massachusetts. or even Iii
Nols, he and his wife VIII think a.
nlst that. they can find nothing ut e
wear outside of New York, Eoston ~
Chicago. as the case may he; but gen
orally by the time they ur, ready t.
make a second purchase tney find OIL
differently. And you will lie pleased
to know that the live merchants 70
Washington do not fail to let then
find out this fact MS early as possible
Where They buy.
The retail district Of Washington is
in a sense. pretty much all over tn
city and away out. Where In ordlnnr,
cities, ono would hardly expect to TN,
large retail stores. there may he seel
: here some as handsome as there are II
, the very centre CT many .aM9lttou
) towns; but the Shopping district props
|may be said to be within lire drawl
| f5um sixth to: Fifteenth Stree., nlonl
Pennsylvania Avenue, p, n and :
, Streets, and In that region ronndsa bou'
! Within that terrftory there may !,
found some ms handsome y attraftlS
retail establishments as are to basfpNNl
under the stars. They arc M conlne,
Ito any o IL line. hut cover every Inns
: from the immense department. storss
I the big; dry goods store, the cpMplet
~ furniture store, the mammoth CLOTHING