Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13

Tventy-four cities in all parts OF the
..,,ntrv have sent products to the first
snn,,ai Philadelphia Business Show. which
!, snaned al 1 o'clock today in the list Regi-
ment Armory Broad and Callowhill
streets -.
<cuInnnent has been placed in the 100
hooths at the exhibit through the efforts
/, n Frank Il. Tupper, president, and Nathan
~ T,Ipper, vice president of the Annual
tnslness Show. The exhibit will be open
until 10 o'clock Saturday night
This afternoon at o'clock one OF the
largest speed typewriter contests ever held
IN Philadelphia will take place at the
Tnisihess Snow in connection with the
Commercial Students day celebration.
Any typewriter experts. amateurs or
noyices from any of the % States east of
the Mississippi are eligible to entn:' the
three contests, and until now there have
been about 40 entries.
Those who never used a typewriter
pror to September, 1915. are eligible to
the novice contest those who have never
been in a contest before can enter the
amateur contest, and those who have
already been in one are eligible for the
professional contest. j. M. kimball. New
York known as "the Judge of Contests"
\ who has acted as official judge at all the
International contests for the worlds type
writing championship. will act as judge
this afternoon. Gold. silver and bronze
medals will be given the three winners in
each Of the contests
ARMORY DECORATED.
The armory is blaze of gold and blue
today. Pergolas of white strung with
electric lights have been made to form
the booths Music by the D'Auquin Mill
tary Band will be heard during the Busi-
ness Show
The "a cities which have exhibits in the
100 booths are: Philadelphia. New York,
Chicago. Cleveland, Wilmington, Del.
Newark. N. j.; Kalamazoo. Mich. (; Detroit,
Mich; Brooklyn n. Y: Orange, N. j..
Harrisburg ;>Boston; Belleville, I'll. Terre
Haute, Ind; Ilion, N. Y; Rochester,
N. y. Hartford. Conn; Indianapolis,
lnd providence, r. l.; Syracuse. n. Y;
St Louis; Landesville. Pa. North Tona-
wanda, N. Y, and Rockford, Ill.
The aim of the Business Show is TO
bring the manufacturer of the labor-say-
ing devices of the Goth century in touch
with the business men of the city of Phila-
delphia and vicinity. This is the first
time such an exhibit has ever been held
IN Philadelphia-the first time that busi-
ness men here have ever had the oppor-
tunity of seeing all the modern office de-
vices they have read about in newspapers
The following list of exhibitors at the
Business Show will give a general idea of
the varied exhibits. Each concern will
have experts at its booth to explain the
mechanism of the products shown:
THE EXHIBITORS.
Addressograph Company, Chicago
W H. Alexander PHILADELPHIA
"A Aamabherg ahrg File and Index Company. Chicago
American Clip Company. New York
american Electric Company. Chicago.
land. e' SO''iP"'S' Nie'e-
mington. Del. We
Autoeall Company. New York
cago. ES' ''P""'' ~'-
Beg Telephone Company, Philadelphia.
pha. ''S' No'iipahS' fhliaue''
Brstow Radical Distributor. Newark. N. J.
LOUIS Buehn, Philadelphia
tn dpuIroushs Adding Machine Company, De-
nnorTona Typewriting Company, New York.
.pbaalton Adding Machine. Cleveland.
BrocriI,inn erniIinlhator Adding Machine Company.
me-, bhe ,DletaPhone Company New York.
TThhpneator Manufacturing Company Chicago
psndGGnas q. Edison. Inc, Orange, ". j.
Yarit addressing Machine Company. New
Elliott Fisher Company. Harrisburg,