The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-01
TEN THOUSAND GUESTS
AT THIS BIG PARTY
DAVIS-DAVIDSON co. HELP BET.
TY WALES CELEBRATE BUS
INESS BIRTHDAY"

Nineteen members of the Davis
Davidson Co. participated yesterday
afternoon in a mammoth birthday
party. This party" was held stimuli
taneously in six hundred different cit
les, large and small, from Canada to
Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc.
At least ten thousand guests are
estimated to have been present, all
connected in some way or other with
selling the famous line of dresses
called after the hostess of the occa-
sion, Betty Wales.
The same program was carried out
in all the agencies, the object of the
occasion being to celebrate the sec
ond anniversary of this phenominally
successful young woman in the dress
business.
The local celebration was held in
the ready-to-wear parlor, with Mr..
Clarence Thornton presiding as mas
ter of ceremonies.
As soon as the guests had assem-
bled Mr.. Thornton opened the ''mys-
terry box which had been sent from
New York. From it he took a black
scull cap and goggles, which he i'm
mediately assumed along with the at
titude of schoolmaster.
Sales People as School Children.
With a gavel he raped for order,
and after appointing Miss Minnie
Hatcher as monitor to distribute
| song books school was opened by
Justify singing "The Star Spangled
Banner"
From then on the children" en-
tered into the spirit of the occasion
The first 'lesson" of the day was a
picture puzzle originated especially
for the occasion by Sam Lloyd, the
world famous puzzle Man"
Each picture represented some
item found in a Betty Wales. dress.
The correct solution was first turn
ed in by Miss Mamie Crowell, who
received an appropriate prize, "The
Sam Lloyd Encyclopedia of 5000 Puz-
zles."
At recess the teacher taught the
"boys and girls" new game based
on trying to look as near as possible
like Betty Wales Ploshzin, the fun
ny, freakish little God of Good Luck,
guaranteed to make one laugh just to
look at it. The object in a school, of
course, was not to laugh, which only
added to the hilarity.
A consolation prize for the loud
/ est laughter was given to Miss Alice
| Statham.
Betty Wales Dress Game
Another fascinating "lesson" was
that in dress designing, where each
/ one was provided with small samples
of materials such as are used in max
ing Betty Wales dresses. From these
pieces each designed a dress over a
cut-out figure of Betty Wales herself
An exhibit of the various designs
was most interesting. That of Miss
Belle Leverette was decided the best.
In addition to receiving an appro-
pirate prize Miss Leverette's design
will be sent to New York to compete
for a grand prize to be given to the
best design from among 900 prize
winners from all the other agencies
participating in the celebration.
Much spirited fun characterized
the entire "school session." Mr..
Thornton adding a great deal to the
success and gayety by getting every
one to enter fully into each number
of the program.
Souvenirs to ALL
Souvenirs were distributed to all.
These consisted of boxed copies Of
the little cloth bound volume called
Betty Wales, Business Woman, -
that gives the interesting story of
Betty Wales entrance into the dress
business after college days were over
and she had settled down as Mrs.
James Watson.
Additional souvenirs comprised
booklets in imitation of leather pock-
etbooks overflowing with suggestions
on "How to Fill Your Pocketbook.
Announcements were also made of
two contests with cash prizes, one for
the best slogan for Betty Wales
dresses, and the other for the best
letters on "Why Women Buy Betty
Wales Dresses"
List of Guests.
Among the "boys and girls" pres
ent at this happy affair, were: Mr..
and Mrs. B. M. Davidson, Mrs. M.
B. Lunday, James T. Grimes, J. C.
Gammage, j. C. Helton, Ed Stewart,
C. C. Thornton, j. E. Stewart, Misses
Minnie Hatcher, Belle Leverette,
Ethel Leverette, Ruth Mathis, Ruby
Proctor, Marjorie Rushton, Mamie