The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-29
WANAMAKER GOLDEN JUBILEE
1900 EMPLOYEES By HIS
BIRTHPLACE FOR HIN.
Pageant OF Historicai Characters Greets
Him in His Philadelphia Store--spe.
cial Train Takes New York Cont In.
gent Down with 9Th Regiment Band.

cial Train Takes New York COnt,u.
gent Down With sth Regiment Band.
| PHILADELPHIA. Oct. PA great out
pouring OF New Workers. Pennsylvanians
and citizens generally. including 1900
! employees. united tonight in q demon
-tration to commemorate John Wana-
makers fifty years in active and con-
| tinuous business. Ii was Mr. Wana-
makers golden jubilee as q merchant
prince.
President Taft sent this telegram to Mr.
Wana,naker:
Il congratulate you on your completion
OF period OF fifty years OF useful and sue
cessful life in American commerce. and on
the further fact that you have found time
during your business career to play an
important and conspicuous part in our
public Affairs
The celebration took place in the
Philadelphia store. Late in the afternoon
a special train was run from New York
| bearing platoon or two of MIR Wana-
makers = newspaper friends and regiment
and more of those connected with the
New York cstabli-hne Among the
New Yorxer- was Robert c. ogden. for
rnerly Mr.. WanamaSer's partner. who re-
tired vera years ago.
The Seventh Regiment band OF New
I YORK came along to contribute 10 the
festivities Of the occasion. They were
oined here 10y the J " e. |. band. named
in honor Of Mr.. Wanamaker. and a bat
talon bearing the same title and the
BOYS and Girls Buge Corps.
In the pageant which confronted Mr.
Wanamaker on the main floor OF the
establishment were historic characters
representing the North American Indian.
William Penn George Washington. Ben
iamin Franklin. Ulysses S Grant. George
| W. Childs. Father Knickerbocker. Alex
ander +. Stewart. who said shortly before
his death. There ia a young man in
Philadelphia who will one day be a greater
merchant than l.. and Peter Cooper.
At the reception which followed Mr.
wanamaker greeted his store family
and personal guests. and then came the
singing of the national anthem by a
chorus Of loo with organ. the bands
and bugle corps swelling the thunderous
melody
The real purpose Of the golden jubilee
of Mr.. Wahamaker's business career was
then disclosed when Jo-eph Appel,
intimately identified with the affairs
of the New York establishment. presented
MIR Wanamaker in the name OF his 1900
employees q deed of gift for Mr. Wana-
maker birthplace.
This was a plain two story dwellin 3
on the outskirts of Philadelphia. where
II was there that Mr. Wanamaker's par
ents reared him. and il was there that
MIR Wanemaker. as lad Of IA. on he
death Of his father. became the main
support OF his mother Practically his
frs, employment wes in the bookstore
, owned by Barclay Lippincott on Market
street az salary OF 81 % week His
mother lived 10 see her son famous and
wealthy and only a few years after her
death he became Postmast ar General
Of the United States in President Ha-
rison q Cabinet Before that time he had
native city The firm name was simply
John Wanamaker. In New York city
Mr.. Wanamaker practically succeeded
Alexander r Stewart, who had been
. regarded as the great merchant prince
of the world Mr. Nananaker as young
business man met Mr. Stewart on numer-
Ous occasions
Mr., Appel in his presentation speech
said in part
| We are here for single purpose to com
! plete the tribute which began last March
| at the opening OF your jubilee. when at that
historic breakfast in Egyptian Hall YOU 20,
us ny, so early in the morning and We turned
the tables bv handing YOU sealed envelope
which We asked YOU TO put in the safe and
keep sealed until this meeting
| BY your leave have taken that envelope
from the safe and will let orI' 'he secret to-
night
Mr. Appel alluded 10 single red rose
which al the March breakfast was HANDED
TO Mr.. Wanamaker as mark OF love and
affection Mr. Appel. continuing spoke
of the time when a boy MIR WanamaSer &
, of the Quaker City. along old Buck road
and Dunh's lane, near Gray's Ferry
bridge. across which Washington jour
neyed Oh his way from Mount Vernon to
New York 10 assume the Presidency
Mr.. Appel added,
We have purchased your birthplace, not
the house, for 'ha, is no more. but some OF
the ground on which YOUR home stood
! We are going TO give YOU this home TO 40
with as YOU viii The legal deed is here in
my hand. We all wanted to sign that dee d -
nearly IL. coo OF ~ for the gift comes from
. us all. from the newest baby in your busi-
ness family w 70 your second self. Rodma T
Wunamaker. Bu, the registry off'ce said
no il will block all real estate business 70
record these names. so We have done tbs
next thing. We have written our names ID
this Jubilee book, which goes with the deed
bearing our congratulations, and recording
our love
Part OF the inscription in the Jubilee
book is as follows:
In gratitude for the high example ot
; courage. courtesy and principle. for MI
. afIectionate interest and the watchful car'
and sympathy which for half century have
ma rked your relations with your employees
We who have had the privilege OF coopera'
, ing under vonr leadership for the reaIi7s'ioi
Of your ideals subscrib our names in this
1 book OF the golden Jubilee to stand a. an in
deibie record Of our deep appreciation, on
answering loyalty and wholehsarted con
= gratularions on the business building. IN
store building and the man building fha
You have so memorablv accomplished
Mr. Wenamaker's response in accept
ing the gift Of his commercial family wa
: in the tersa sentences which were one o
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