Evening star., 1926-02-14
INDUSTRIAL SHOW
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FEATURES VARIED
Virtually Every Activity to Be
/, Included in Exhibit
F This Year.

Inclusion of virtually every type OF
activity in the community is assured
by the cooperation, industrial ana
commercial, Washington Is receiving
from welfare organizations. Govern
ment establishments, art societies and
individuals in staging the second an
nual industrial exposition of the Cham
ber of Commerce. ii was announced at
exposition headquarters yesterday.
Accompanying the announcement
came the statement from the eXposi-
ton management that the rate at
which exhibits are being pledged in
dicates that the civic body behind the
exposition will come closer to achiev-
ing its aim Of presenting a panoramic
view of Washington and its occupa.
tions this year than 1t was able to
accomplish in it's first exhibition.
Manufacturers of many articles
which are essentially local products,
public utility corporations, dairies.
bakeries, ice cream makers, financial
institutions, makers of various food
products and devices used in the home
and in business appear on the list of
exhibitors to date, according to Direc-
tor Alfred l.. Stern.
Report on Progress.
l. A report on the progress of the
plans for the exposition. to be held
March to 13. is. being prepared by
those directly responsible for staging
the affair. This report will be made
to the Chamber of Commerce at the
monthly meeting Tuesday night by
Rudolph Jose, general chairman of the
exposition committees. The report
will outline the proportions of the
industrial show and will contain
complete list Of exhibitors.
Discussing the plans thus far. Mr.
Jose yesterday sketched "a few of the
general features on the program of
the Today exposition.
First of all, 1t Is our purpose to
make the exposition an industrial re-
view of the city" he said, but we
also hope to go further and make it a
general index of some Of the other ac-
tivities of Washingtonians 1t would
be incomplete without representation
Of the Federal and District Govern
ments, SO we asked certain branches of
both to participate. We hope also to
include such special features as eve
ming programs contributed by the
large service bands, which essentially
are Washington institutions. The
general scheme of the exposition also
calls for the setting aside Of nights
for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
the diplomatic corps and members of
Congress.
Navy Yard Exhibit.
Special exhibits will be scattered
throughout the array of displays, to
which the entire Washington Audi
torium will be devoted. One of the
most pretentious exhibits will be
contributed by the Washington Navy
Yard. This will include specimens
of the fine mechanical work per-
formed there and will have all the
Navy atmosphere in the presence of
bluejackets. Offering as it does con.
siderable assistance to Washing.
tonians in its store Of books on in
dustrial topics. the Public Library
will demonstrate it's resources In this
regard in a special exhibit.
Wounded veterans at Government
hospitals will have their work shown
and some may be on hand to demon
strate it in person.
The Society of Washington Artists,
assisted by the X-Painters. the Land
scape Club and Water Color Club, are
preparing an extensive exhibit of
paintings and sculpture, which will
be centered in the third-f1oor assembly
room Of the Auditorium.
1t has been decided to open the ex-
position every afternoon at 2:30 pm.
and close for a two-hour recess from
$50 to 7:3O. when the exhibits again
will be thrown open to view until
10:45 pm.