Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-07

EXPECT 5000 VISITORS.
Elaborate Plan of Entertainment for
Five Days Mapped Out-Excur-
sion to jamestown.

Richmond. Va. Oct. PLANS fo!
! the entertainment Of those vEo al
tend the annual convention Of the
American Bankers Association here
commencing next Monday and last
ing five day have been comrlcte'A
matured by Richmond bankers ard
the city authorities. The Virginia
city, well known for its hospi1,!it.
and methods OF entertainment is
prepared to put forth the sreatc5t
effort of it's history for the apprc%th
ing convention.
The program which has been pre-
pared offers the utmost in variety
and amount. The people of Rich.
mond. to a man, have joined in the
plans Tor the entertainment of the
visitors and delegates, and they may
safely look forward 10 carrying away
from Richmond something more thar
they have ever taken from other
conventions.
The gratuitous entertainments run
The samut from steamer trips to c!a
jamestown Island, visits to histori.
cal points OF interest. golf tourna-
mems. and balls. 10 concerts by
grand opera stars.
Preparations for the reception and
care of the bankers convention wero
undertaken with thoroughness in
Richmond which woGid De difficult
to surpass. The city government
bankers, and private citizens joined
in contributing 20 huge fund from
which the entertainment features
are Ic be provided. The most renrc
sentative men in the municipal gov
ernment. in the banks, in the in
dustrial concerns were organized in
to committee which was in turn
split up into sdh-committees c
handle the countless details Of the
convention with systematic precision
While the convention proper does
not begin until Monday October -.
many delegates will reach Richmond
on Sunday. For them there will be a
special lay service. to be conducted
BY men we'll known in financial cir
cles. at s O'Clock on Sunday night
in the new Second Baptist Church.
adj. j: ing the jefferson Hotel wi:irh
is 10 be convention headquarters.
The real entertainment begins on
Monday, October -. At 10 o'clock
on that morning automobiles will
begin leaving the jefferson Hotel on
! tours of the multitudnous points Of
interest around old Richmond. IL
o'clock visiting Rotarians will be
the guests of the Richmond Rotary
Club at luncheon on the roof garden
of Reuger's Hotel. Tea for the lad
les is scheduled at ! o'clock in the
Commonwealth Club.
AT 10 o'clock, Tuesday morning
October 13, special street cars will
leave the Main Street entrance OF
the Jefferson Hotel for 4 visit to the
plants OF the Southern Manufacture
ing Company and the Standard Pap
er Company, two large and vastly in
teresting establishments. Automobile
tours for those who so inclined arc
also planned for the morning. The
| ernnt colf tournament, TO decide
the financial golf champion Of Am
erica, will begin on Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock on the links OF the
| Country Club, OF Virginia. The
| Governors Ball" at which Govern.
or Henry Carter Stuart will receive
is on the program for Tuesday night
in the magnificent new armcry Of
the Richmond Greys.
On Wednesday morning. at lC
O'Clock, special street cars will leave
the Jefferson Hotel for trips to the
factories of the Richmond Cedar
Works, the Richmond Branch OF tht
American Locomotive Works, ant
the Liggett e Meyers Tobacco Co.
three industries supreme in thei'
fields. Automobile tours are schedul
ed for this morning also. At :%'