The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-12
BUY Att HOME, IS
Diners SLOGAN
Retail Merchants Pledge Aid
to Movement Supporting
Local Trade.
MEMBERS GET TOGETHER
! They Discover Better Acquaintance Is
; Measurable in Terms of DOL
lars and Cents.

| Mr.. Webster-the one who made the
! dictionary-says that acquaintance means
state N being acquainted. or of having
intimate or more than a slight or superb
! cial knowledge.
| And he ought to know.
The Retail Merchants Association
agrees with him in some details but the
main thing is that-acquantance pays.
That's what they said last night after
| the better acquaintance" dinner at the
Commercial Club.
Now. this sort of thing is great" they
said to each other. These better &C
quaintance' dinners will pay. They will
help our business and they will help the
business of the people of Washington In
general. whether they are at the dinner
or not
Merchants at Dinner.
Among those who sat at the head of
the big table were President r. p. An
drews of the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton. President p T. Moran. of the Cham
Der of Commerce and President L. c.
Brandenburg OF the Board of Trade. T.
c. Graham was POSTMASTER.
one of the features of the dinner was
the appeal of Mr. Andrews for the sup
port of the Buy-In-Washington' move
ment. He proposed a pledge promising
to uphold that movement and the diners
heartily endorsed this pledge.
President Moran. of the Chamber OF
Commerce. and President Brandenburg.
of the Board of Trade spoke. extending
hopes of their organizations for the con-
tinued prosperity of the Retail Mer-
chants. the infant organization-in
way-Of the three trade bodies in Wash
ington.
Just before dinner was announced, a
new kennel of the Independent Order of
the Yellow Dog was installed. 1t is to
be known as the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation kennel and was installed by a
special dispensation of the Potomac ken
mel. the first Of the order to he born in
Washington. The whole attendance at the
dinner was taken into the kennel in
solemn ceremonial session. The ritua,
Of the order Is secret. so don't ask what
was done I'm the session.
Finishes PhOnOgrnphs' song.
There were a lot of pleasant surprises
ut the dinner. X had been announced
that George O'Connor could not be pres
ent. The diners We're forced to worry
along with a photographic record of one
of his popular songs. But just as luck
would have it Mr.. O'Connor turned up
in time to finish the song himself.
The attitude of the retail merchants
on the special discount system was DEM
onstrdted by c. T. Schonerman and Denis
f. Connell. who took occasion to buy
a shirt Of Charles J. Columbus right in
the middle of the dinner
Mr.. Cornell broke into the limelight
again when he seized the floor to cham
pion the hello girl and demand, in
the name of the phone subscribers of
the association. that her working day
be cut down to eight. seven, six, nay
even five hours
Arthur b. Fierce. who is known
among other things for the feeling way
in which he sings of Beans" sang a
number of the songs that have made
them cheer him whenever he shows up
at dinner.
In the following words the member
pledged their support to the 'Buy-in
Washington" movement:
We retail merchants of Washington who's ..Juses
are stanch members of the Retail Merchant AsSo-
citation do hereby pledge ourselves 10 do sDmethinS
reCial every day in the and every year Of our
lives for tine promotion Of our city in all OF its
ramifications.
heartfelt Encouragement and cooperation in the
buy in Washington movement. and in our
personal canscites pledge ourselves to make all #
cur purchases Washington. home city. who's
interests have STipre the hcartstringS Of fore
fathers and WHOSE utilities constitute monument
tn their labors and - sllIrce OF inspiration to
We not only this to forefathers. hut to
The children growing M and TO come that they
NAY more fully enjoy the fruits Of citizenship in
city richly endowed the National CAPITAL
should lie.
The stability of our financial and Commercial
HOUSES and the welfare Of " asnngtOnians generally
demand the cNerCis. of corporation that efaccs
a-lf anil cnmpreherds the development Of Washing
ton commercially.
We appeal to all Of fellow-citizens tn sub
cribe by dccs and voice TO the complete fulfIncnt
II the ideal.