Evening journal., 1919-03-11
SHOW DEVICES FOR
BUSINESS OFFICES
Time and Labor Saving
Articles on Display at
Foord Store
WILL BE. MADE AN
ANNUAL FEATURE

The business. professional man or
manufacturer who needs a steel letter
fle, II he be lucky I'm guessing, may get
one that doesn't cost him "a cent by at
tending the first annual Wilmington
Business show on the roomy first floor
Of the r. l.. Foord Furniture Company
building, March IS TO p, inclusive.
During that exhibition there is 10 be
a guessing contest A steel safe in the
show. containing filing section. viii be
illled with papers and cards. II he
guesses the correct weight OF tho safe
and contents, he wins the steel letter
flea good one. too. made By the Cen
eral Firepro0nng Company. Youngs-
town. o.
This contest IS only one or the many
attractive and novel features OF the bus
mess show. The real purpose Of which
Is TO show time-saving. lahor-saving
and money-saylng ofilce equipment Of
approved, tried and proved Kind. The
exhibition IS 10 be held on the days
mentioned from ~ noon 10 . o'clock,
and the Foord building, where IL will
hold forth IS located at the northwest
corner OF Seventh and Shipley streets.
This Is tho first exhibition Of is kind
which business and professional men
and manufacturers have ever had the
privilege 10 enjoy I'm Wilmington yet
Il IS to he on a scope that will be sur-
prising 10 everyone except those who
are in closest touch with the arrange
ments. That 10 viii be met with en-
lhusiasiic appreciation and support is
rot doubted IN the least for every bus
mess man TO whom the purposes Of
the show have been explained has en-
Unused about it.
While the show IS for the purpose Of
permitting men engaged in all kinds OF
business and industry 20 inspect ONCE
equipment that viii promote efficiency
In their Establishments, 70 Is not to be
2 dry, lifeless exhibition. Far from
hat There viii he music TO liven mp
The show, and there will be novel and
entertaining things for them 90 see and
do while visiting the show.
The show visitors will have a chance
20 see the largest office chair in the
world. made by one Of the exhibitors.
beneath which an ordinary Office chair
looks like a narrow guage locomotive
compared TO the monsters that haul
passengers or freight across this big
country Of ours. Antique typewriters
will be shown that look as odd COM
pared 20 the present typewriter as does
the first automobile, compared 20 the
1919 model. other interesting and novel
exhibits will include steel files operated
by electricity, completely equipped di-
q al
Makers OF Office supplies scattered all
over the country will send their pro-
ducts and their representatives 10 VIII
mlngton to make this business show a
success. Neither expense. time or ef-
fort will be spared by the promoter OF
the show, George W. Rodgers, in max
ing the exhibit one that viii interest
every business man.
The advantage Of this show 10 busi-
ness men Is that 30 VIII give them the
opportunity 20 study at flrst hand every
Kind of Office equipment needed 10 run
a modern, efficient establishment aud
an 90 be shown under one roof I'm $500
square feet Of floor space where there
will be ample room for the eXhibi-
ton.
Il is intended that. with the fine start
t0 DE maze lnls year. eucu tAliinluuh1
will be held annually and on a larger
scale. IL possible, in future years, pro-
yidmg that "a convention hall or some
other place larger than the Foord Fur
niture Company building, can be had
in which 60 hold 20.
The complete list Of exhibitors viii
he announced later this week. Already
about % different exhibitors have Sc
cured the privilege Of entering the eX-
hibition 90 show three times as many
direrent lines Of goods but surprises
arS promised concerning the displays
Of other exhibitors still TO plan for en-
tering the show.