The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-23
FESTIVAL week
BECOMES REALITY
Retail Merchants Adopt Plan
of Home Trade Com
mittee.
MANY WILL ATTEND
inducements to Make Purchases Here
will Be Offered in Wide
Field.

Festival Week." when special induce
ments to buy In Washington will be
offered the inhabitants of the territory
within a radius of one hundred miles,
and when many special features in the
way of entertainment will be offered,
became a reality last night when the
Retail Merchants Association adopted
the plans of the home trade committee
of that organization for such project.
The exact time of the festival has not
been determined, but the last week of
September or the first week of October
is favored The merchants will be asked
to quote special prices during this period
and to display attractive windows. The
railroads. entering Washington during
the week will be asked to give special
rates.
A railroad ticket refunding plan where
by merchants will agree to give the Re
tail Merchants Association a percentage
on all sales made to out-of-town trade
during Festival Week." will be ar
ranged. This percentage is to be reck-
oned on shopping cards which would be
supplied incoming buyers at the Union
Station and other points.
This shopping card is to be brought to
the Office of the association, 1202 F Street
Northwest, when a sum sufhcient 10
cover the railroad fare will be given,
provided the percentage on the shop
ping, and is large enough to cover the
amount of the railroad fare. The COM
mittee is of the opinion that this per-
centage plan will not only pay the rail-
road fares of the visiting shoppers. but
would also leave a large enough sum
TO pay the expenses of Festival Week.
Entertainment Is Planned.
For the Entertainment of the visitors
outdoor attractions for every night in
the week are planned by the commit
tee. On Monday there will he a parade
of business vehicles, which will give the
local merchants an opportunity to dis
play their carriage facilities.
A fireworks display will be arranged
for Tuesday night, and on "wednesday
evening an effort will be made to have
the United States Army flyers, sta
toned at College Park, to give an ex-
hibition.
\ prize or cup will be offered. both for
the fraternal organization from the Dis
trict and out of town, which has the
largest number of men or women in line
in the parade of fraternal organizations
which will be held Thursday night.
The Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls
will have a parade and give a demon
stration of their work on Friday night,
according to the plans of the committee.
\ wonderful showing is expected, since
the new lighting system proposed for
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue will have been
completed. AS a fitting close, an auto
floral parade will take place Oh Sat
urday night. The association last night
decided to incorporate.
l.. J. Robinson, assistant postmaster OF
Washington, gave an instructing talk
on the parcel post. To make the par
eel post a success, he said, extreme care
i'm addressing and wrapping bundles must
be exercised.
The outing committee, composed of
Isaac Cans, chairman: Claude K. Miller,
and Jacob Eisemann, was authorized to
arrange for days trip down the river
in June or July. \ buffet luncheon was
SeT.ed