The Washington herald., 1908-02-16
new HOME IS READY
Chamber of Commerce Opens
Quarters This Week.
IN THE BRENTANO BUILDING
February Meeting of Organization
VIII Serve as H0use-warming Next
Friday Night-Trsde Bodies Pre-
pairing to Celebrate Completion
of Municipal Building.

| of Municipal Building.
! Extensive preparations are under way
/ for the February meeting of the Cham
/ her Of Commerce, which will be held next
/ Friday night in the new headquarters Of
/ the chamber, at Twelfth and F streets,
on the third floor of the Brentano build
ing. Invitations OF pretty design were
printed yesterday for the event. and will
/ be distributed tomorrow by Secretary
Guide Not only will the members of the
Chamber OF Commerce receive a card Of
invitation. but many Of the members Of
the Board Of Trade and other prominent
business men of the city.
The furnishing and equipment of the
rooms for the use OF the Chambes Of
Commerce is about completed and lhc
committee in charge of the house have
arranged that the new quarters shall be
open for the inspection of members Of
the chamber next Wednesday and Thurs
day during the day and evening up TO
9 o'clock
Furnished Like "A Club.
The third floor Of the Brentano build
| ing comprises a single large room, which
has been furnished and equipped for
comfortable club room. The color scheme
/ is a cOmbiI ton of white. bSff, green.
and mahogany. The ceiling Is white, with
/ the side walls and supports light bun.
The carpet is green and the furniture is
mahogany. chairs and lounges being COW
cred with leather Of a dark green shade.
/ Just about matching the darker figures
/ in the floor covering. The whole har-
monies with the empire green shades
at the windows. ten in number which
/ look out upon Twelfth and F streets.
/ A large elevator carries one 10 the third
/ floor, on the street side. In the main
room the Office desks Of the chamber are
separated from the clubroom By the use
| Of screens. and the room can be quickly
lmetamorphosed into "a large hall for the
meeting OF the chamber by the iRtroduc-
I ton Of chairs 10 seat the gathering
/ Arrangements for Luncheon.
/ On the floor below is the Tea Cup Inn.
/ and arrangements have been made with
/ the proprietor temporarily for the lunch
con service for the chambers members,
until the club Of the chamber shall have
/ been better organized. If sufficient
number Of the members shall assemble at
lunch time to warrant it, the NTH floor
of the building will later be arranged as
/ a special dining-room for the members
+ Of the chambers club.
/ As stated the February meeting Of the
/ chamber will be held IN the new quarters
next Friday night
! Both the Chamber Of Commerce and
/ the Board OF Trade are looking forward
/ TO the completion Of the new municipal
/ building. and committees of both-b bodies
/ have been appointed to formulate plans
/ for the proper celebration OF the moving
of the District government from rented
quarters into its own permanent building
/ Capt William Kelly. L. s. a. superin-
/ tendent Of construction. and James /.
/ Parsons. the contractor who erected the
municipal building, both promise the COM
pletion Of the structure by July !.
Anniversary Of Organic Act.
On that date is the thirtieth anniversary
/ Of the establishment Of the present form
of government OF the city. and it is now
! expected that the celebration Of this event
and the louise warming may he conducted
at the same time. With this in vieWN
the Chamber Of Commerce has appointed
/ the following committee to cooperate
with a similar committee Of the Board
Of Trade as general committee Of ar
! rangements for the event, 10 be held on
| July 1. or as near that date as circum-
/ stances viii allow:
/ Charles J. Bell. a. Lisner, ". II. Saun-
| ders. W. f. GUIDE, T. d. Shaw. A. D.
Marks Chaplin Brown. \. L. Burchell
/ George H. Judd. William Ramsey
/ The committee appointed by the presi-
4 dent Of the Board Of Trade consists Of
/ John joy Edison. Scott c. Bone. Gen.
/ George II. Harries, F. S. Hight. Hon.
/ George +. Huff, Thomas c. Noyes. Col.
/ NJ NJ Parker Thomas W Smith. Dr.
William Tindall, and ". p. Van Wickle
/ President r. \. Harper. of the Cham
/ ber Of Commerce. and President CunO H.
Rudolph, Of the Board Of Trade. will be
ex-officiO members Of the joint committee
! President Rudolph, Of the Board OF
/ Trade, yesterday appointed the additional
members Of the committee 10 represent
the board in its opposition TO the pending
| legislation on the public schools. Presi-
/ dent Rudolph appointed Judge Charles S.
/ Bundy, Ernest H. Daniel NJ. / Weller,
and Edgar d. Shaw. These additional
members 20 the committee of hree for
merly appointed were authorized at the
| general meeting Of the Board OF Trade
| last Thursday evening.