Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . of convention visitors be-gan on Sunday night. Not a few ex-hibitors put in their appearance at thatearly stage, in order to get a good startat arranging their exhibits on real rush began on Monday, however,when every train carried its quota ofconvention visitors. The evening trainspulled into Peterboro Cull and departedalmost empty, so largely did the bard-waremen monopolize the traffic. In themeantime the hotels were filling rapidlyand the doubling-np process had to be resorted to. By ten oclock it did notsuffice to put two men into one
Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . of convention visitors be-gan on Sunday night. Not a few ex-hibitors put in their appearance at thatearly stage, in order to get a good startat arranging their exhibits on real rush began on Monday, however,when every train carried its quota ofconvention visitors. The evening trainspulled into Peterboro Cull and departedalmost empty, so largely did the bard-waremen monopolize the traffic. In themeantime the hotels were filling rapidlyand the doubling-np process had to be resorted to. By ten oclock it did notsuffice to put two men into one nearly every hotel the average den-sity of population for the night wasabout three heads per room. Cots wereerected in odd corners and nooks andwere gladly accepted by the situation was cheerfully accepted,however, and few complaints were heard. Peterboros Welcome. Visitors who arrived during the even-ing were struck at once by the illumina-tion of the streets. Peterboros businesssection was brilliantly lighted up for. President Cinnamon. the occasion and a good impression wascreated thereby. Civic commit lees mel a number of thetrains and greeted the incoming bard-waremi n most cordially. Big Rush on Tuesday. The flood of visitors was even morepronounced on Tuesday and the demandfor accommodation became much harderto satisfy. The hotel dining rooms wereliterally crowded to the doors at mealhours and a certain knowledge of thefine points oi i be gentle game of Rugbyfoot fall w a . i), < essary it an ( arlv meal was desired. However, the crowds ac-cepted .the situation as inevitable anddid not object to the consequent slow-ness in service, as it gave them time totalk, sing and have a good time gen-erally. Badges were worn by all officially con-nected in any way with the conventionand the unique Gillette badge, suppliedby the Gillette Co. for that purpose, wasseen on all sides. Different-colored rib-bons lielped to distinguish the differentclasses. Officer
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