The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-27
OUT
FOR BIG DINNER
Chamber Declares Every Rlch-
monl Salesman Within the
Gates Is Its Guest.
DRESS SUITS ARE BARRED
Arrangements Committee hes
Can to Clawhammer and Re
quests Business Garb.

Letters Of invitation were mailed
yesterday TO a large number Of Ken
mond statesmen by T. Peyton Giles.
chairman OF the committee on ar
rangemen,s in charge Of the Die
Chamber Of Commerce dinner at the
jefferson Hotel tomorrow night the
invitation list was prepared from
names submitted 10 the committee ny
the various local ioboers and manu-
facturcrs with representation on the
road.
An effort viii I've made to reach
every salesman in the city who travels
for a Richmond firm. The place o.
residence does not matter. If he Is
a member OF the road army or any
local firm and is in the city to-mor-
row night he is ipso facto the guest
If the chamber. and a place has been
reserved for him
The jefferson Hotel Auditorium
where the dinner will be served. viii
accommodate approximately SEQ The
fact that this is the maximum mum
her that can be entertained has mad"
necessary the restricting OF the guest
list 10 the travelling men. the speakers
Of the evening the City Council. the
committee on angements and the
reception committee Mayor Ainshe
and city Attorney Pollard will be
present TO represent the city.
Speakers and Their subjects.
President Darlington. OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce. Will De master oi
ceremonies and will speak on the Re
Iation OF the Chamber TO the Travel
ing Men" Mayor Ainslie will speak
for the city President W L
Reed. Of the Chamber OF Commerce.
will have an address on What Sales
men Can Do For Richmond.
The other speakers an6 their SUB
iec,s will be: Horace r. Smith. presi-
dent Of the Richmond Advertisers
club. The Salesman AS an Adver-
tiser": Thomas p Bryan, president OF
the Business Mems Club. The Travel
ing Salesman Why Let Him come
Home?": Julius c. Levitt. of the Re
.ail Merchants Association, The TRAY
cling Salesman and the Retailer .
George |. Reed. OF the United Com
nercial Travellers. The Travelling
Salesman. and W. T Dabney. busi-
ness manager OF the Chamber OF com
r,erce what the other Speakers Dld
Not say
Old Planet Leaning This way.
According to Cha rman Giles's letter
of invitation 10 the travelling men, the
old planet is leaning this way. and the
dinner will afford an opportunity LOT
everybody to get together and ZIP IL
over-presumably so that its riches
may fall in a shower upon hlch'H"hu'
The letter reads in part,
The board Of directors of the Cham-
Der of Commerce. recognizing the OBJ
LEGATION Of the business community TO
YOU individually. have handed rms
committee your name. with insiruc-
tions to go as far as We like IN eA-
pressing the chambers appreciation OF
your services to Richmond.
Your committee feels that under
the boards instructions its duties sie
very simple and We should just hand
YOU the earth and the fUllness thereon.
as what the rest Of Us get OF II
largely due TO the travelling salesman
Richmond. however. while absorb
ing the earth at marvellous ssit'
will not be in a position 20 deliver
il All until possibly about CHRISTMAS
after next. so this Christmas We ask
Won to dine with us 20 help decide
what to do with the world when II IS
ours.
We have got the old planet leaning
our way right now. Let's every BODY
pull together and tip her over. We can
do it"
No Dress suits.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS mas
decided to outlaw the dress SUN; an"
makes the request that the guests as
well as the speakers wear their ofol-
nary buiness garb. The feeling pre-
walls and apparently with good reason
that the boiled shirt and swaIlow-ta'l
would add a formal stiffness. which II
| is the earnest desire to avoid 20
the dictur reads: Wear the same
: clothes YOU would wear If you were
going after a big order
The dinner will be served punctuails
At : O'Clock tomorrow evening IN the
Jecerson Hotel Auditorium Guests
are advised TO note carefully the time
I and the place Rev. Russell Cecii- y.
d. Of the Second Presbyterian Church