The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06
Chamber of Commerce Notes

The July meeting of the directors Of
the Chamber of Commerce takes place
next Wednesday at s p. m. The end of
the quarter. as well as the end of the
month and the semi-annuaI period
makes additional accounting and with
the G. A. r. work as we'll. the office Is
unusually busy with details.
In addition to the certificate card OF
membership. a new pocket card Is be-
ing issued. Another of Director Charles
Howser's ideas.
The public health committee, DR..
Battle. chairman. met last Wednesday
at noon and adopted a report for pre-
sentation to the directorate.
On Friday the special committee in
the matter Of Great Falls power and
light discussed Congressional reports
on the subject and named a subcom-
mittee to secure further information.
Messrs. Torch. Buckley. and Claflin
were appointed.
Membership Chairman ". F. GUIDE an
nounees receipt Of applications from c.
c. Leavens, W. T. knight, Hugh
Phillips and Golden Rule.
Chairman A. L. Sinclair has set Tues
day noon for meeting Of the G. A. R
| accommodations committee.
The visit of Adjt Gen. George Newman
from Des Moines and Quartermaster
Gen. Stowitts from Buffalo occupied two
days of time of the chairman and sec
rotary and resulted in clearing UP Of
many minor G. A. R. encampment mat
tiers. The outlook for large attendance
in September is very bright, and the last
of the great G. A. r. conventions in the
Capital promises to surpass all previous
ones in interest and attendance
An invitation to meet here has gone
forward to the National Fraternai So
ciety for the Deaf, which meets this
week in Omaha. This convention has
80 delegates. an attendance of about
100 additional visitors and lasts one
week. Washington is a favored candi-
date and the delegates from this city
are hopeful Of bringing the 1916 meet
to the Capital
Applications for the use of the Cham
Der of Commerce stereopticon slides con-
| tinue to come in. Three sets are in use
now and more could be used. There
should be twenty sets at work through
out the country. and only lack of funds
prevents the Chamber from furnishing
them. Here is a chance for some real
estate and hotel men who. above all
others, are interested in bringing visitors
and residents here.
Seventh street merchants meet regu-
larry In the headquarters at 1902 F street
and the move for better. bigger bust
ness on the old shopping street is as
Stunning proportions that should make F
and G street and Pennsylvania avenue
merchants emulate this ENTERPRISE
President T. r. Moran believes that
with power from Great Falls at a low
figure, the riverside in Georgetown will
be filled with up-to-date smokeless fac
tories and the thousands of young men
and women who now look in vain for en-
ployment on leaving the public schools
of the District will be put in touch with
clean, progressive business. the city's
payroll enlarged and the wealth of tie
city greatly augmented without detract-
ing from the beauties OF the Capital. His
constant argument that Washington can
be the Paris of the United States is be-
ginning to bear fruit and many conserva-
tive citizens have been brought to the
new Washington idea. The records of
the Y. NJ. c. A. the Y. W. c. A.. the
charity organizations and the daily ex-
perience of every business man and bank
er in this city bear testimony to the
fact that there are in Washington
thousands of healthy. intelligent. high
grade young men and women who are
in need of employment and for whom
no opening exists other than small clerk
ships and one chance in a thousand fog
a civil service appointment.