The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-02

Richmond is going to have a char
fty as well as a society day at the
automobile show this month. The
men who are are promoting the az
fair say that they are going to prove
that If charity does begin at home it
is not obliged to stay there and they
have voted to give percentage OF the
receipts on. Tuesday. February 18th,
to the most popular charity In Rich
mond.
In order to determine which is the
most popular charity in Richmond
the people who attend the show on
that day will be given a ballot in
which they will write the name OF
their pet, particular charity: this will
be deposited in a ballot box and when
the polls close with the show that
night the ballots will be counted and
the one having the largest vote will
be awarded the prize money. 1t will
not be necessary to have a majority.
Plurality wins in this contest.
Start Campaign Early.
Those who wish to enrich their
special charity beyond the dreams OF
avarice. or the statistics of Manager
Hutchinson. should begin their cam
palgn early and instruct their friends
to vote early and late, for each ono
sion entities the adrnittee to a vote
and that is all. ANY one caught vot-
ing twice will have to pay a fine
equal to four votes for an opposition
charity. The purity of the ballet
must be kept inviolate, or words to
that effect.
Anyway. that is, in brief. the main
line OF the speech made by Chairman
b. A. Bienner at meeting of the
show committee yesterday evening In
the Jefferson hotel. Manager Hutchi-
son followed with another address,,
He declared that charity covered a
multitude of sins and that the per-
sons who said three hundred and
sixty-three days in the year, that the
lmotorist was road hog, and was
otherwise a rather reprehensible per-
son, would, on the three hundredth
and sixty-fourth, supposinE 1t fell on
the 18th of February, 1913. declare
that the Richmond Automobiles had
some show.
Robert b. Airport refused to quote
the classics as the other speakers had
been prone to do. but he made 1t very
plain that he believed in practical
charity. So when 1T was proposed
that the percentage given to the win
ming charitable institution should be
from the profits Mr.. Airport objected.
Make it receipts, ne said, and when
he had pointed out the vast differences
that might show between receipts and
profits his motion carried.
House Committee Named.
A house committee consisting OF
President L. NJ. Foster, Manager
Hutchinson, Chairman Bienner, sof the
show committee, Ashby Jones and w.
Y. Smith was appointed to take care
of the horse show building the week
of the show Robert b. Airport Was
appointed q special committee to in-s
.rtfn Ia nd ia m ~
attend on society day and to make
this grand affair. He will choose
his own assistants
Word was received that the Pull
man, National and Worth Electric
Vehicle companies had requested
space. D. w. Richard; OF the Worth
company, was notified that space
thirty-one had been allotted to him.
the Pullman company will also nea
awarded vacancy, and the NATIONAL
car will be exhibited by Coleman
Cutchins, so Mr.. Ferguson. the rep
resentative OF that company states
Coleman Cutchins will have his
new agency at 423 East Main street.
and he certainly has got record-
breaker in the National car. Mr..
Cutchins has been connected with
the automobile business here for tha
past nine years. and he is regarded
as a hustler.
Goes 60 CnlcagO.
Mr. Richard, Of the Worth CONS
pany. will exhibit two Baker cars.
just about the last work in high
priced electrics. He will leave to-
morrow for Chicago, where he will
attend the big Chicago show. and
incidentally arrange for the shipp
OF his cars here The Bakers VIII
come directly to Richmond from thu
Chicago show.
With a charity day and society
day, which will also be a State and
city affair. the automobile show Wall
not want for midweek attractions.
but the greatest of all will be the
cabaret show. That is going to be
sizzling, according 40 the tourisf9
from New York.
Well, February has been known to
be q cold month. and a cabaret show
in a bower of beauty. such as the
Horse Show building, will be whon.I
transformed by the decorator. nax
not be amIss.
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