Arizona republican., 1916-06-25
PHILADELPHIA CREETS AD MEN
 IN CONVENTION
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 PHILADELPHIA, June 24-Between 5000 and 10000 delegates are gathered here tonight for the opening tomorrow of the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World at which purveyors of nearly billion dol lars year in advertising will exchange ideas in business and salesamnship.
 The program for the convention has been divided into thirty departments, whose sessions will continue over four days. Various buildings of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania have been ar ranged for these departmental meetings and in addition there will be two mass meetings for all the delegates in the commercial museum The first of these tomorrow afternoon, will be ad- dressed by Adolph & Ochs, of the New York Times; Cyrus H. K. Curtis. of the Curtis Publishing company, Phila- delpha; R. Goodwin Rhett, president of the National Chamber of Commerce, and N. c. Kingsbury, vice president of the Postal Telegraph company
 Thursday afternoon the second mass meeting will be held when the delegates will sum up the work of the conven- ton. At this session officers will be elected and the city for next years convention will be chosen.
 Elaborate preparations have been made for the convention which leading delegates say will rank as the most important gathering of it's kind in the history of the world. Since early last fall an organized campaign of publicity has been carried on throughout the l country, more than a half million dol lars having been spent in newspaper and magazine advertising, billboards, ! placards and posters calling attention l to the sessions. <
 While this campaign of national pub licity was going on, the Poor Richard club kept the convention before the | Philadelphia public. Business men of the city contributed $3S, 900 to the con- vention fund while the city appropri- ! ated $25,000 more for the entertain ment of the delegates.
 Between sessions the Poor Richard club, members of which will act as hosts for the visitors, will stage a series of pageants. The first will be held 1 Monday night in the form of mon ster parade on Broad street in which floats representing various periods of the caurtry's development will be seen. One division will illus trate the history of advertiseing in America. In this will appear Benjamin Franklin" printing his Pennsylvania Gazette. The Baldwin Locomotive Works will have in line two locomotives, one, "Old Ironsides. . built in 1882 by Matthias Baldwin, and the other the latest type turned out of the factory. The J. G. Brill Car Works will show miniature plant turning out tiny trolley car every few min utes.
 Tuesday night a military and naval display will be staged on Franklin ' Field and on Thursday night a page ant will be held on the Schuylkiu river with a procession of floats and a big display of fireworks. Every day dur ing the convention aeronauts will make flights over the city in dirigible bal looms and band concerts will be held twice day on the university campus.
 The delegates will visit the Philadel- phia Navy Yard on Tuesday afternoon for the first public inspection of the new dreadnaught Pennsylvania, re- gently completed at Newport News The advertising men will be the first visitors to go aboard the new man O. Fwar On Friday. the day after the convention closes, the delegates will gl to Atlantic City as the guests of tn, Poor Richard club.
 Many women accompanied the wis itors who arrived today and program of entertainment is provided for them There will be reception at one of tn, leading hotels on Monday followed by a luncheon with the. delegates at the University of Pennsylvania. Tuesday the women will visit the city's big stores and shops and the Philadelphia Navy Yard On Wednesday they vii be guests of the Curtis Publishing com pany at luncheon in the company. plant and on Thursday they will visi Valley Forge. Out of town clubs vii provide cabarets at the hotels eacf night