Evening star., 1909-06-13
FINE BUTTON OUTLOOK
Prospect So Good $1,000
More Tokens Are Ordered.
STORES FALL IN LINE
Every Buttonhole Must Pay Trib-
ute June 81.
SIX HUNDRED SALESLADIES
Fair Maidens to Be Guarded by
Chaperons in Their Assault on
Washington's Pocketbook.
K HUNDRED SALESLADIEs

Button. button; why have you no but
ton?"
| That Is the question that 600 pretty
| girls are going to be asking all over
| Washington June II. Those who haven
| the right answer ready are likely to
| find themselves in an embarrassing po-
sition.
| There is but one answGr, by the way,
and that requires no talk at all. If you
| can't show a playground button with
the picture of William Howard Taft on
| it you haven't the answer. The only
thing you can do to save yourself is to
buy a handful of them at once.
At that, a lot of wise men are going
to stand all around town on Button
day without the magic disks Just for
the purpose Of buying them from the
pretty girls Can you blame 'em?
Lot Of Money Must Be Had.
There is another point that must not
be overlooked. The children Of Wash
ington have got to have Fairgrounds.
In order to give Fairgrounds to the lit
tie folks the Washington Fairgrounds
Association must get a lot OF money But
ton day.
So no Cheating on this button busi-
ness. One button Is not enough for a
hole on every mans coat should hold
playground button. II the weather
is cool nobody will be allowed to take
advantage of 1t and wear q sweater in
stead Of q coat.
Yesterday was exceedingly lively at the
headquarters of the button committee"
in the old Metropolitan Bank building on
18th street. To start with, the commit
tee had to raise the limit Of the number
of buttons. 1t started out with an idea
ordered an additional $1,000. and the
chances are that more will be necessary.
The business men and merchants Of
the city are taking the most active in
stores. of which H. B. Campbell is chair
man, has prepared a number of placards
for distribution all over the city.
Slogans on Placards.
They bear such slogans as:
grounds So Are We. And You Should
See Us on Button Day.
For a Most Worthy Cause This
Store Will Be a Booster for Playground
Buttons June 81" and
This is Button Day. Buy Your Play
ground Button Here. If You Have One,
Get Another"
EVERY store In the CITY Will nave
these placards posted in conspicuous
places. Employees of the stores will buy
and wear buttons, so as to set a good
example to shoppers.
Although the members Of the stores
committee were not expected to make
formal report of their progress to the
general committee yesterday. word was
received during the day that every
thing was moving along In the most
successful manner. If any merchant,
1rrc Vxhn hos of och
ed by the committee, desires to get into
the game. all he has to do Is to report
his wishes to the committee headQuar-
ters on 18th street.
In fact, the committee is anxious to
have merchants volunteer. as the stores
committee is composed Of busy men.
Much time will be saved them If every
body comes forward without waiting to
be asked.
Stores in Line.
The following stores have been reached
by the committee and have agreed to
purchase buttons for every one of their
employees:
s. kann, Sons & Co; Palais Royal
Woodward & Lothrop, Sudwarth Printing
Company. Chas. Kaufman & Sons, R.
Harris & Co, w. B. Moses & Sons. Mel
vim Behrends. Phiipsborn, Lansburgh &
Bro, Saks & Co, Parker Bridget & Co.
Store, Goldenberg's Hecht & Co., South
ern Printers Supply Company, Bon
Marche. Lansburgh Furniture Company,
Eiseman Bros. Joyce Engraving Company.
Bros. & Co, O'Donnel's Drug Store,
Kings Palace, ]. G. McCrorey & Co, F..
w. Woolworth & Co.: Campbell-Ryder Co.
Chaperons for the girls who will sell
every hour. There are still many va
cancies. however. James L. West. who Is
In charge of the general headquarters, Or
Mrs. Giles Scott Shafter, vice chairman
of the subcommittee on chaperons. both
of whom may be found in the old Metro
politan Bank building every day. are
anxious for more volunteers to report.
List Of Chaperons.
Those whose names have been handed
in are: Mrs. Justina r. Hill. chairman;
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter fire vice chair
man: Mrs. wallace Radcliffe, Mrs Ben
r. Webster. Mrs. William H. De Lacy,
| Mrs. Eugene E. Stevens. Mrs. Cuno H.
Rudolph. Mrs Philip Gerry. Mrs. Charles
| P. Neill. Mrs. Walter Lorell Gift, Mrs.
Charles Pepper, Mrs. w. b. Trott. Mrs.
| r. D. Hopkins. Mrs. A. r. Wood, Mrs.
Richard Rathbun. Miss Ruth Wilson,
Mrs. E. Dana Durand. Miss Fanny B.
Tuley. Mrs. w. s. Binley. Mrs. Agnes H.
Stewart. Miss Edith C. Wescott. Miss
Rosalie P. Sanderln, Mrs. r. +. Jackson,
| Mrs. L. B. Sauber, Mrs. A. r. Walton,
Miss Mabel r. Towner. Mrs. M
J. Davis. Mrs. Richard E. Gasch,
Miss Anne L. Pierce. Mrs. Luther A.
Conant. jr.: Mrs. Abner Taylor. Miss
Ruth Runyon. Mrs. ]. C. Kelton, Miss
Alberta Walker Mrs. William Knox, Miss
Lily H. Haneke. Miss C. Haneke. Mrs
Vernon Knox, Miss Knox, Mrs Allen D.
Albert. jr.: Mrs. William II. Baldwin
Mrs. d. ]. Callahan. Mrs. John B. Dick
man. Mrs. William H. Hoeke Mrs. B. T.
LanneN Mrs. Otto Luebkert Mrs Arthur