Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-11-11
FORGET BUSINESS
!. F0RENTERTA|NkENT
Retail Merchants Enjoy
Splendid Program
Last Night
FOLLOWS BUSINESS
Voted Most Successful AHair-Plan
To Have Similar Program Dur
ing Winter Months.

Lets have another one tomorrow
might"
/ With roar that fairly shook the
i,raftcrs CT the ceiling and rever-
berated from one end Of the suite of
rooms to the other, this was the an
swer that greeted the chairman OF the
Retail Merchants Bureau. when he
asked the Is business men that were
in attendance at the get-together seq
sion that w:ss held in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms, how they had en-
joyed the efforts of the entertain
mcnt committee.
The session produced an almost
startling amount of comradeship and
frendineSs on tine part Of the entire
body of mem present and the talent
that had been provided for their en-
| tertainment was Of the very best TO
! be obtained.
The entertainment was preceded By
/! a short business session of the bureau
which was held in the Red Cross
rooms ard at which time scVera!
questions Of Importance were taken
up hut which were later left to the
various committees for their action.
The question Of signs. urging shop
! ping in Alexandria, to be placed on
the various roads leading to the city,
was taken up ar<l referred to the com
mittce IN charge with power to act.
After the business session, the
members of The bureau and the visit
! ing mena0crS of the Chamber Of Com
merce listened TO some excellent
music after which Business Manager
! Evans presented the first Offering on
the program CT entertainments. This
was THE Gold Dust Twins" other
wise known as Solomon and Larmon
! Reyrrlds, opponents of the art OF
clog and jig dan~ing and they were
followed by Jack MuiiAnc, Il well
known Washington entertainer in
sorgs and comedy pattcr.
brennan, the magician followed Mr..
Mullane and he mysi:fied his audi
ence for perhaps haF hour, much to
the an!usemem; Of the various mem
bers who tried to follow the move
mcnts of his hands. after wE:ch the
bi" act Of the program was staged
and every member present was loa;h
10 allow the principals TO retire when
their part Of, the entertainment was
complete.
They were MullaEe and MontgGm-
cry, in comedy songs, patter and
dancing and they received a great
ovation from the audience and were
especially rendered q vote of thanks
for their Efforts. The committee III
charge of the entertainments also re-
ccivcd rising vote of thanks and the
cha :rman stated that !t was the aim
Of the bureau to have Il similar get
torc;hcr session about once each
mon.a in the future.
The success Of the initial attempt
has shown the members of the Re-
tail Merchants Bureau and the Cham
her of Commerce as whole what
can be accomplished with a little adj
d:tiona,' effort on the part Of the or
ran;Zat;on and these meetings are
being planned as regular affairs in
the future.
The entire success of the affair is
due 20 the efforts Of the chairman.
Claude w. Fletcher and the members
of the committee McS$ss. Fletcher
ard w. c. Drury spent the greater
portion Of Tuesday in arranging for
the talent that appeared last night
Land tha members of the Chamber of
Commerce present expressed thci: ap
prevail cf their efforts in no Uncertain
terms.
Following the conclusion Of the
program. short but interesting talks
were made BY Julian \; Williams,
president Of the Chamber OF Com
merce, Carroll. Pierce. who explain
cd The part the Chamber Ct Commcrc"
had taken in the securing Of proms-
g en- the part of he state az regard
TO LILLE River Turnpike AMI OTTER
Local. reads, and Fred Birre!l. WHO re
certify returned to this city and who
, is connected with the U. $. Revenue
Office.