Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
"SUFFRAGETTE NIGHT"
Pure Food Show Has limo
walton on Program.
SPEECHES ARE TO BE MADE
Girl Students of Vicinity Invited to
Participate.
EXHIBITORS ARE GRATIFIED
Big Attendance Pleasing Also to
the officials-Program
of the Week.
SPEECHES ARE TO BE MADE
EXHIBITORS ARE GRATIFIED

Tomorrow night will he "Suffragette
Night. at the food show. The Equal
Suffrage Association OF the District or
Columbia has set up a booth. where the
ladies are carrying on their campaign.
They, too. are pleased with the results
Accomplished the first week, and proudly
exhibit a long list OF names as testimony
of the progress made. The ladies are
securing signatures to a monster petition
10 be presented to Congress and the Presi-
dent next winter.
The MANAGEMENT OF the food SHOW,
therefore. decided to allow the SUI
fragettes a night for their very own
washingtonians have never had the
pleasure Of seeing these estimable ladies'
in action. and the issue should prove
unusually interesting.
The College women's Suffrage League
will have charge of the demonstration
Five minute speeches will he made from
the booth throughout the evening. lnvl-
tations have been extended TO every
female college and seminary In W ASH
ington. with the request that the stunehts
be allowed a night OF.
II is the expectation that the notably
beautiful students of Mount vernon
Seminary, Trinity College and many other
institutions will be present IL ,, VIII De .ha
lady politicians making their appeals from
the hustings.
Exhibitors Are Interested.
II won't be the fault OF the ladies OF
The local suffragette movement and the
management Of the food show II every
nerson in the capital Is not thoroughly
conyersant with every phase OF this
ouestion which is now absorbing Eng
land.
When the Bennison Company Of Bos-
ton, Mass. exhibitors at the 1000 snow.
heard of the preparations to receive the
suffrazettes, II requested an announce
ment that every suffragette calling at It's
booth Monday evening wearing page
will receive a large box OF fairy 1ioss
cand. and the other exhibitors oe
clared themselves as dead anxious 10
make suffragette night memorable TOT
the number of samples distributed.
These tradesfolk are interested In every
movement that the housekeepers take an
interest In The suffragettes say that
they come under that heading. Hence
they are exhibiting jellies and other good
les, la suffragette.
Fancy dancing and the Pontical S'u s
Club Will be among the features Tor
Tuesday evening.
White House Day.
Wednesday afternoon will be Wmte
House day. The Dwinell-Wright Com
ticular hosts. Charles E Greeley OF
Boston, who Is representing the firm at
the food show, says that he had the
Measure of entertaining President Taft
In Boston
II Is expected that there will be a dele
CATION from the White House to enjoy
the food sh1T' The DW,ne SIS "r iens
and coffees. There Will be special
program in the evening.
Thursday afternoon the orphans OF the
city will be the guests of the Retail Gro
GERS Protective Association at Convention
Hall. From the inception OF the food
show the grocers have had II IN mind to
do something handsome by the orphans.
and the demonstrators stated to the man
agement that they desired TO help out.
The afternoon for the orphans will be one
of the very large occasions In the history
of the show.
great big program Is in course of
preparation for the grownups Thursday
night. The details will be announced
later.
day afternoon. Everybody with a baby
must bring II to Convention Hall Friday
afternoon. Interested as are the grocers
In the mothers. they desire to curry favor
also with the little ones.
They are going to have some elaborate
prizes for the babies that are strong on
looks, weight, "cuteness" and other quail
ifications of a we'll organized infant. The
than a year old. The names of the three
prominent judges will be announced in a
couple of days.
Last Day Of Show.
Saturday is the last day OF the show
but Washingtonians do not want to think
of that. They are having too much fun
out of il to entertain the thought of its
not continuing indefinitely.
All through the week a hundred-odd fea-
lures OF entertainment and Of an educa-
tonal nature will be introduced. 1t will
be well 10 drop in every night. The show
grows more attractive all the time.
The music of the Pistorio Band has been
so good that many young people have
attempted TO dance in spite Of the crowds
IL is quite likely that an arrangement
will be made whereby dancing will be in
troduced late each evening.
me food show given by the Retail
Grocers Protective Association of the
District of Columbia. which opens for
It's second and final week tomorrow
night will live in the memories OF those
who have had part in its evolution.
or who have visited the big hall during
the past week
Hundreds perambulating Convention
Hall stop at the office Of the associa-
ton To offer congratulations to Presi-
dent H. I. Meader or to the manager
and secretary. Perry p. Patrick.
Big Attendance Records.
The show has made some notable at
tendance records for Convention Hall
and the story is only half told On the
opening night the attendance was re-
garded as fattering to the grocers' as
sociation. Every night since T. F.. Fish
er. the hard-working treasurer Of the
grocers' association. has reported an in
crease in box Office receipts.
Listen To what W. ]. Henry, repre-
sentative OF the Martin Wagner Com
pany of Baltimore, has to say about
the show:
AS the business representative of the
Martin Wagner Company Of Baltimore.
Gamers and purVeyors OF condiments,
have participated in all the big food
shows from New York 10 Chicago. My
firm is delighted with the Washington
show. We have never experienced such
crowds as have called at our booth at
Convention Hail.
And. best Of all. IL has been a dis
eliminating audience. We have been
especially pleased to note the critical
and analytical note in the conversation
of those for whom We have demon
strated our goods. regard IL an in
dication that the show and our goods
appeal to the Washington public. The
erocers' association has every reason TO
feel proud OF the interest the public
10 N he show