The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-15
LAUhORYMAN NOT
ALWAYS TO BLAME
President of Association Imparts
Wholesome Information About
His Business.
READY FOR CONVENTION
Important Topics to be Discussed
at Meeting Which Opens
Here Monday.
READY FOR CONVENTION

''If your clothes don't wear well IN
wash. don't always blame the laun-
dryman," remarked President Edwin
s. Purdy. of the Landowners Ma
tional Association. when seen at the
Jefferson soon after his arrival in
Richmond Saturday. preliminary to
the twenty-seventh annual convention
of the association which opens there
Monday morning.
For 1t Is entirely possible, he con-
tinued, that the fault may lay with
the manufacturer who makes the
goods. For instance. 1t 10 not always
the laundryman's fault when a shirt
fades. That may be due to poor
grade Of dye used by the shirt maker
And II q shirt or collar tears, that
may be due to the poor quality of ma
terial used by the manufacturer and
not to rough treatment on the part
OF the laundryman."
Comes AZ Advance Guard.
These and similar sentiments re-
gardMg the laundry business were
expressed BY President purdy who
came down from his home in Jer-
sey City as one OF the advance guard
of the conventioners. At the Jeffer-
son, he Joined Secretary C. A. Wer-
ner who reached Richmond Friday
from Chicago. The two spent the bet
ter part of Saturday morning discus
sing plans for the convention in Sc
cretary. 'Werners room at the hotel.
Both men are exceedingly pleased
with Richmond's facilities as a con
Sention city and they do not hesitate
TO express themselves in compliment
tary terms. Secretary Werner says the
Jefferson is one of the best equipped
hotels In the country for conventions
Brings Mastot Along.
Along with him 10 Richmond Sc
cretary Werner brought his little son.
Adrian C., ten years old, who has at
tended every national convention OF
the laundrymen since he was three
years old and knows many points of
the business, despite his youthful
years
He is our mascot" said Mr. Wer-
ner proudly. while discussing conv-n-
ton plans.
The lad smiled his acknowledge
mcnts and at times volunteered bits
Of information which his father failed
TO have on his finger tips
Ono Of the promised features OF the
convention viii be an address by Mr..
George r. Crawford. Of Bridgeport.
Conn, who Will discuss the .Laun-
derer or Bteacher." Mr.. Crawford
is said t. have devoted more than a
years time to this paper, and 1t is
expected to he bristiing With inter
estLng facts about the business.
Urge More Advertising.
Another paper of interest Will be
Advertising lndestruetibIe AS
set. By MIR. Robert rockingham ed
itpr OF a leading laundry publication
In New York city, who will urge a
q iff.rrnf f,,Iy
that the public may become better
acquainted with the iaundrymen' s
methods of doing business.
Inc TACT that Virginia was the first
state to pass law regulating the
sanitary condition OF laundries has
aroused interest throughout the coun
try. according To Secretary Werner
who says that Chicago. New Orleans
and other big cities have aireaoy
taken steps looking % the passage of
ordinances based on the Virginia stat
ute. The law only went into effect
the early part of last summer. bur its
beneficial effects have been far-reacn-
ing II was aimed directly at the Chi
nese, VINO have rather Anticipated ideas
as 10 the modern sanitary rules
Chinaman Not Factor.
The Chinaman will likely receive
share OF the discussion at the CON
Nehtlon, although the members do not
class him as competitor worthy
OF serious attention. In most In
stances they say the Chinese laundry
man of to-day is patronized only wnc N
people find il inconvenient to give
their business to a regular steam
laundry.
More than 1900 laundrymen and
those allied with the association are
expected to be in attendance durfrc
the session in Richmond. Several
hundred will come down from New
York sunday morning by the boat
route, stopping off at Old Point. and
then coming up To Richmond by rail
Others from Baltimore. Washington
and adjacent points VIII probably
choose the boat route. too. unless the
storm predicted on the coast inter-
feres with their plans. Sunday after
noon special train full Of laundry.
men Will arrive from Chicago.
The convention opens Monday
morning at 10 A. NJ Mayor Rich
ardson viii welcome the visitors. and
Mr.. William Long, OF Norfolk. will
respond on behalf of the association
The convention will come to a close
Wednesday afternoon with an oysrer
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