Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-21
RECEPTION OF SHOPPERS
CHAMBER OF C0M1ERC1
MAKES PROGRESS.
Booklet to Be Issued Giving Details
Of Interest to Christmas
Goods Purchasers.

COHllIlS tO-W SIOPpLh6 "SCAo
was reported to the. retail trade commit
tee Of the Chamber Of Commerce at its
meeting last evening by Manager George
H. Gall. The statement was made that
the details of the plans have been COM
pleted. and the committee discussed the
proposition of advertising the event In the
newspapers of the nearby states.
A sketch of the booklet proposed to be
published was presented to the committee
by Mr.. Gall. This publication will set
forth the several features of the holiday
shopping excursions to this city. 1t was
said that the repaying of the railroad fare
to the visiting shoppers Is placed on a
simple basis, which amounts to about 5
per cent of the price of the goods pur-
chased by the shoppers while in the city.
Arrangements were also completed with
reference to the headquarters for the
shoppers, and plans discussed for getting
the visitors from the station to the shop
ping district and back again to their
trains. One feature of the plan is to
have comfortable rooms at the headquar-
tiers of the committee, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 18th street, where the visitors
can rest. leave their packa ges, have goods
sent f:om the stores prior to the shop
pers leaving for their homes, have sta
tionery for writing letters and other things
calculated to make the visiting shoppers
reel welcome ana at ease.
The plans of the committee are now
far advanced, and next week will 50 COM
plete arrangements that Secretary Gall
will be free to deal with the shoppers and
carry the carefully matured plan into
execution.
List of Contributors.
Chairman Gall submitted the following
list Of firms and individuals whose con-
tributions have made the coming-to-
Washington shopping tours possible:
Arlington Bottling Company, 9th and
X streets; Dublin & Martin, 1215 F street;
d. ]. Kaufman, 1905 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; Saks & Co.. 9TH street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue: Petit & Co.. 7th and l
street; Bieber-Kaufman Company. 901 9Th
street southeast; H. F-tedlandeG &
Bro, 9th and E streets; Sultan &
Eiseman, 617621 7th street; Cherry &
Herman, 600 7th street; Smoot. Golfer &
McCalley, 1916 F street; Goldenberg's, 912
7th street; Palais, Royal, 18th and G
streets; s. Kann. Sons & Co., Sth street
and Market place; Woodward & Lothrop,
F, G, 10th and 18th streets; Lansburgh &
Brother, -42O-426 7th street: Kings Pal
ace, $40 7th street; The Bon Marche, 314
It'll street: Hecht G. Co.. 513 7th street;
Hafnes, Pennsylvania avenue and 9Th
street southeast; A. siemund Bro.
F street; w. B. Moses & Sons. 18th and
F streets; House & Hermann, 7th
and 1 streets: Hub Furniture Company,
7th end D streets: Jackson Bros,
aI5-925. 7th street; stumph & Lyford,
631-639 Massachusetts, avenue; Mayer &
Co., 415 It'll street; Lansburgh Furniture
Company. 512 9th street; B. H. Stinemetz,
1901 F street; G. G. Cornwell & Sons,
1412 Pennsylvania avenue; Elphonzo
Youngs Company, 42S 9th street; ]. H.
a. nd Z
street; Sem mes-Kelly Company: 614 Penn
sylvania avenue; N. L. Burchell, 1925 F
street; r. w. 81. B. Henderson, HOO F
street; Joseph Auerbach, 623 Pennsylva-
MIA avenue; Dreyfuss Bros, 617 Pennsyl-
vania avenue: Louis Hirsh, 912 F street;
Loeb & Co., 621 Pennsylvania avenue; c.
H. Reizenstein, 14th street and New York
avenue; Sidney Reizenstein, 18th and F
streets; Sidney West. 18th and g streets;
Calf & Bro. 18th street and Pennsylvania
streets; George w. Spier, 80 9th street;
M. Goldsmith & Son, 1905 F. street;
Schmedtie Bros, 704 7th street; r. Har-
ris & Co., 400 7th street; Castelberg's, 935
Pennsylvania avenue; Henry c. Karr,
1436 New York avenue; A. Kahn, 935 F
street: William Ramsay. 1921 F street:
L. Callisher, 917 Pennsylvania avenue;
Lewis Kahn, 434 7th street; Selinger's,
$50 F street; Thomas w. Smith, LIST street
and Indiana avenue: s. N. Meyer, 1881
Il.
zoos G street; Sanders & Stay
man. 1927 F street; F. g. Smith
Piano Company, 1925 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; e. F. Droop & Sons Company, 923-
925 Pennsylvania avenue; byron 8.
Adams. 612 18th street; Dwight Ander-
son. 526 18th street; Ralph ". Lee,
14OO G street; Moore & Hill 1Inc J, 1888
g street; William H. Saunders, 14O7
F street: William Hahn & Sons. $50
7th street; Joseph Strasburger, 80 7th
street; Rich's, 1901 F street; Robert
Berberich & Co, 111S 7th street; Ed
monston & Co.. 1884 F street; g. A.
Thornton, 700 7th street: John F. Jar
Wis, 11th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; d. N. Walford, 300 Pennsylvania
avenue; A. G. Spalding & Bro, TOO
18th street; ]. Shapiro, 9O1 ID street;
E. H Snyder & Co., I'LL Pennsylvania
avenue; julius Garfinkle & Co.. 1925 F
street; Lauman Bros, 4O2 7th street:
M Philipsborn & Co., 61O 18th street;
William McKnew Company, 333 Penn
sylvania avenue; ]. G. Pattee Company,
1881 G street: American Security and
Trust Company, 18th street and Penn
sylvania avenue; Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company, and B. F.
Barnes, postmaster.
The booklet committee held d meet
ing yesterday afternoon. Its members
are Charles w. Claggett, William Hahn.
Albert Schulteis and r. y. Harper.
Special Sale New Rugs,