The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-03
RAILWAYS TO HELP
FASHION SHOW WEEK
Will Offer Special inducements
to Out-of-Town
People.
MERCHANTS IN UNISON
Are Determined to Show the
Very Latest in Quality
and Styles.
MERcHANTs IN UNISON

When any particular class of Rich
mond people get truly interested In
anything looking to the general good
Of the city. all other classes very quick
| ~ get interested and each and every
class gets right down to business to
| help the particular class work out to
| n successful end the particular thing
| 1t has in hand
That Is what is called in latter day
| language team work"
Richmond Is some on team work.
The Retail Merchants Association
only a few days ago decided to do some
team work this year, and in all of the
years to come, perhaps. The announce
lIent has already been made In these
columns of plans made and adopted for
the United Fashion Show or tho Uni
form Opening. The announcement was
not day old before the retail mer-
chants were assured of the cooperation
of all the other twentieth century
classes OF business men and orGaniza-
tons. The newspapers, the wholesale
merchants, the manufacturers. the
Chamber of Commerce, the Business
Mems Association, and last, but not
least. the railroads centring in Rich
mond have signaled "hurrah" to the
retail merchants, and they are all com
ing in to help along the movement.
which will attract to Richmond in the
week bearing the dates September IS.
"a, % and IS throngs of people from
al of the country surrounding. AS has
already been explained, the retail mer-
chants propose to make the days above
recorded the uniform fall opening time,
and during that week the retail mer-
chants of all kinds will have their
openings in unison instead of in the
haphazard way that has heretofore pre-
vailed.
Railways to Help.
The railroads were quick to catch on,
and yesterday the local representatives
g the lines centring in Richmond were
discussing the matter. OF course, no
definite action has yet been taken, but
it is safe to predict that within a week
the roads will be announcing special
inducements to out-of- town people to
come to Richmond on September %, "a,
% and 20, get better acquainted. and
do their shopping on the great fall
opening days.
Just what will be the exact character
of these inducements do not yet appear.
IT may be that reduced round trip rates
Will be offered on some of the roads.
perhaps all of them On others it may
be that special excursion trains will
be run, but it is certain that all of
them will exert themselves in one way
and another to accommodate the peo-
ile who will be nockng to Richmond
during the four days commencing Sep
TENDER 80. The commuters trains and
the regular passenger trains Will have
the necessary additional accommoda-
tons in the way of extra coaches to
hold the people, and extra engines to
pull the crowds, il necessary. The rail-
road officials are looking into the mat
ter. and it is an assured fact that they
will do their part to make the United
Fashion Show a success.
The officials of the Retail Merchants
Association yesterday received addi-
tional assurances from the retail mer-
chants Of hearty cooperation in the
Fashion Show work. and already the
merchants are making their arrange
ments for decorations and for TWEEN
tieth century displays of all kinds of
goods.
Fashion" is not confined to the dry
goods, millinery and notion stores.
Fashion has sway in the shoe stores.
the hat stores, the mems clothing
stores, the hardware stores. the furni-
ture stores. the house furnishing stores
and in fact in all of the stores Some
body has said that fashion is some
! thing of a tyrant Maybe SO. but he
is. a pleasing old tyrant that all rev
erence and pay obedience to.