. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . ive of party, and thenlet the people feel ye ! Everybody felt pretty good after thisspeech, given in Mr. Gurneys character-istically cool and deliberate manner, andthey listened with appreciation whileMaster Wilfrid Morrison, the boy so- 34 prano, climbed on a chair on the raisedplatform and sang a couple of solos ina particularly pleasing way. Tom McQuillan proposed the nexttoast, Wholesale Mercantile Inter-ests, in a bright and brief way, andthe three cheers and a tiger which werehanded out for him showed what a placethe past-president has in t
. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . ive of party, and thenlet the people feel ye ! Everybody felt pretty good after thisspeech, given in Mr. Gurneys character-istically cool and deliberate manner, andthey listened with appreciation whileMaster Wilfrid Morrison, the boy so- 34 prano, climbed on a chair on the raisedplatform and sang a couple of solos ina particularly pleasing way. Tom McQuillan proposed the nexttoast, Wholesale Mercantile Inter-ests, in a bright and brief way, andthe three cheers and a tiger which werehanded out for him showed what a placethe past-president has in the hearts ofhis brother travelers. Jas. P. Murray, president of the To-ronto Carpet Company, who responded,said that perhaps if he had stayed longeron the road he might have obtained abetter grasp of the gift of gab, and,speaking to the toast, proceeded to tellsomething of the position of the woollenindustry of Canada. Mr. Murray citeda host of facts and figures, touchingprincipally on the disadvantages whichCanadian woollen manufacturers have. BILLY COLVILLE, Who Responded to the Toast to theLadies. to contend with, and which are placingthe industry in a serious position. After fJhis Brother Donald Mc-Gregor, always popular with the tra-velers, stepped up and sang a couple ofstirring songs in a way that broughtclown the house. Ex-Alderman Joseph Oliver smiled asif he were perfectly sure of electionwhen he rose to propose the toast, OurAssociation, and well he might, for asa past president of the andfor himself he was given a mighty en-couraging reception. He modestly andwisely refrained from any reference tomunicipal politics, and getting down tobusiness at once, made a neat speech,remarking that Mr. Ellis and his asso-ciates had built better than they knewwhen they had organized the the financial status and the numberof members the body was now able toboast, it could justly be called a big andgrowing success. HARDWARE AND METAL E. Fielding, the ass
Size: 1448px × 1724px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectimplementsutensilset
