Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
BUSINESS
SnOW WILL OPEN HERE
MONDAY AFTERNOON
-. Exhibit of It's Kind Ever
tIold in City Promises to
Attract Thousands
to Armory
IA PROGRAM ARRANGED

8 m~s# ,,.hto,s first annual Business
he a. fhlauseiph will omen in a blaze of blue
tbs NJ ShoF ", 20 the strains of D'Auquin s
1851 snd sV' ~. rand. Monday afternoon at l
vt,f NBsN IN the First Regiment Armory,
...d and Callowhill streets promises 80 10
In ~ Pmau saH s standard for exhibits in this
difss n p'"
= Rail tp ~, y, the show is to bring to-
thstH The su" n r,er who make the twentieth
,lon giher 'ae aeBce labor-saving and time-sav-
'vvQa# ahl..lyy, and the business men OF the
at ht r.d vicinity who use these devices
cent tV u,t,lIon dollars worth OF supplies,
nnon# VsI,d which decrease expenditure or
i +" ", and lessen hours OF labor' are pelhs
= aon, ~ tbe 100 exhibit booths today,
q u ptceo ~ ,nr,, IN the opening on Monday
na sssa M .vhIbit is to last one week
\. ~ l w .-.,or,, has been transformed into n
lns lnshihItion hall for the occasion. The
c,i.aN ~. srs festoons Of blue and gold, Phla-
"a, 4 Fls,siS Fls roIors one hundred booths have
u M t'pn .sscted White columns from which
oh.N ~. electric lights separate the various
~ fins Artistic gold and white signs
n ~ ~ ~. ZACH booth will tell visitors OF the
u IN s p,ns, N the respective exhibits.
actos ~. last october Nathan w. Tupper,
I telk s n-osident of the Annual Business
rr. les yron,nanv has been arranging to oh.
snuV 49, yarIotIs exhibits. Mr.. Tupper and
u.tro,her Frank II. Tupper, president of
~ v.nonv are at the armory today put.
ny. an the finishing touches for the big
AIpk svening.
nlctaphones typewrters, all the latest
E,,,sleaf devices, bookkeeping time-saV-
eVMk 4, special index appliances, card cata-
", adding machines, check writer's, in
y, sverythlng which goes to make for
otcsH ,Hciency in the houeTh O'''ee Will Oe
hrrN aovn at the show
ishsF Men will have the opportunity of per
nlredA ssnv investigating the things which
Aia1A ,l,s have seen advertised in the maga-
h a. lnss and newspapers.
needI This is the first time in the history of
wi1 Philadelphia that such an exhibit Is to
van h held.
,s,cal Students Day. on that day stu
Fin,f s,nts NJ all business colleges and the COM
seH r.roal departments of the local schools
4 viii attend the show.
IL II, AIS o'clock there will be typewriting
MI ueed contest under the auspices of the
obe, 4 show There will be three classes of stu
thai a,uts In the contests. the novice class.
buN composed of those who never did type
d tk writing before September 1915 the ANA
con- i,ur class. which will be open to all who
i have never been in a contest before and
An ,s professional class. open to any one
msh no wishes to enter 1t. Gold silver and
NIL bronze medals will be given the first Sec
I ond and third winners in each contest
| Each contestant can use his or her own
i ~ al Machine.
it'll On Tuesday all city officials will he in !
Igii5 risd to the show. The public will he ad- |
! III mltted too, however.
2AI On Wednesday and Friday afternoons, !
u between and o'clock, will be the only |
hours during which the public will not !
be admitted This will be done in order |
!, that executives Of the thousands of local |
WI business concerns may have an oppOr- |
!. tunity to ask questions unmolested. Ex-
I Derts from each of the 100 concerns ex-
aah klbfng will explain their products
AL On Thursday several thousand out-of-
town merchants and business men have
y Been invited to come to the Business
i i show