The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-02-13

/ Tuesday was big busy day for tn,
Iowa Clothiers, assembled in nintl
Idnnual convention in Oskaloosa ant
to-day, the second day of the conven
ltion has been as big and as busy
by every train Tuesday, but to-day
"Wednesday, the big day of the con
vention has brought many more froI
Iall parts of the state and the city has
been crowded with those in attend
lance at the meeting. The convention
lcloses tomorrow, Thursday afternoon
lin the concluding session which will
Ielect officers for the ensuring year
make selection of the next place OF
annual meeting and take up any unfin
ished business that may have been left
over by the other sessions.
That the clothing men are having
Ian enjoyable meeting in Oskaloosa is
gathered from personal expressions,
complimentary to Oskaloosa and in
appreciation of the hospitality tend
erred by our people. The welcome ex'
tended the visitors on the part of the
people of Oskaloosa was at once
whole-souled and impressive and the
events and the treatment received
during the first day of the meeting
bore out the statements made at the
beginning, that 0skaloosa welcomed
the clothing men and expected them
to have good time.
The Smoker.
! The Smoker held at the X. of p.
Hall which constituted the evenings
program of the first day of the Iowa
Retail Clothiers Convention, was in
the opinion of all the best smokers
that ever had been held at one OF
their conventions. This is the. first
time that the X. of p. rooms have
been turned over to any outside body
and in addition to this fact the boys
showed how royalty they could enter
tain Every minute of the evening
was thoroughly ENJOYABLE from start
to finish. Herbert NJ HARDWOOD as the
beginning of the evenings program
showed the people living ia this state
more facts about Iowa in the hour of
his talk than could be CLEANED from
other methods in years study,
Statistics proving Iowa to be the pre-
.nier state of the Union were shown
and every one present cannot help but
think more of the old state than ever
after hearing his dissertation. Presi-
dent KEN, of the Missouri Retail
Clothiers stated that he did not want
HARDWOOD to come to Missouri and de-
liver his address for he did not want
to lose all his customers.
Candies, apples and cigars were
passed around after this address and
the real enjoyable part of the evening
began. The Pythian chorus under
the leadership of Claire B. Gordon,
rendered the first part of the program
in a very pleasing way. Several Sc
lections were offered by the chorus in
the course of the evenings entertain
ment and all were roundly applauded
The slight of hand king, T. Nelson
Downs then entertained the COM
pany for some time. Downs Is an
/ owa product, being a Marshalltown
boy, and has advanced in his profes-
sion until he is surpassed by none.
He has exhibited before many of the
crowned heads of Europe and has
been all over this country. His work
last night was some of the best that
has ever been seen in this city.
Alfred w. Powers, who is a travel
ing salesman for the Colonial Cravat
Co, but whose side line is story tell
ing, amused the audience by his dia.
lect stories. He is very versatile, CIV
ing German, Irish, Italian and south.
ern dialects that bring down the
house.
! Last but not least was the buffet
luncheon. The menu included wide
range of edible subjects, which were
duly appreciated and enjoyed. There
was an abundance for all present and
everyone was very much taken with
the informality of the affair. After
the luncheon, cigars and cards and
talks with one another were INDUCED.
The hour was near midnight when the
company thought of Tesigning the
pleasures of the occasion. Many
members Of the association who have
been to many of the conventions de-
clared that the smoker features of the
Oskaloosa convention will mark the
meeting held here as head and shout
ders above previous events held by
the State Clothing men.
Exhibits at Convention.
The manufacturing concerns over
the country are also taking quite an
interest in the Iowa State Retail
Clothiers' convention. Special repre-
sentatives have been sent out by
number of the factories with exhibits.
Oskaloosa has two factories repre-
scented, the Hanna and the Oskaloosa
Glove Co. The list of those whose
exhibits can be seen are as follows:
The NJ. e. Lilly Co.. Columbus, o..
p. II. Delhlips, Rep.
ROsenwald d Werl Co., Cnicago, ILL.,,
w. Z. Harris, Rep. .-. ...- e..
Penn Overall Co., Oskaloosa.
Oskaloosa Glove Co, Oskaloosa.
McKibbin, Drescol1 & Dorsey, st.
Paul, w. T. Ryres. Rep.
Curlee Clothes, st. Louis, Mo-, W.
II. Beyler, Rep.
United Shirt & Collar Co., Troy, N.
Y, Maurice Laner. Rep.
Monarch Underwear Co., Bowling
Green, o.. Bowling Green Union Suits,
Edgar Wyckoff and E. G. Wyckoff,
Reps.
The WEIGH Clothing Wardrobe.
J. II. Rice 4 Friedman Co., Milwau-
kee, Wis, Guy X. White. Rep.
David Older & Sons, Milwaukee,
Wis, Gus Scurlock, Rep.
Gordon Ferguson, St Paul, NJ. J.
Brown. Rep.
Bradley Knitting Co. Delevar, Wis,