The retail grocers' advocate . mer-cial Travelers Association and theProtective Travelers Associationbrought up the number to at least members of the association allwore big red, white nnd blue badgessurmounted by mlnature sample United Travelers wore traveling• (]>. embroidered with their they made a striking andremarkable an assemblage of Intelli-gent, wide-awake men as could begathered together. Under the skillful direction of P. JayBuckley of Gets Bros., the drummerswere Boon In line. Then they startedfor the pavilion with three coal-blackplcannlnles I
The retail grocers' advocate . mer-cial Travelers Association and theProtective Travelers Associationbrought up the number to at least members of the association allwore big red, white nnd blue badgessurmounted by mlnature sample United Travelers wore traveling• (]>. embroidered with their they made a striking andremarkable an assemblage of Intelli-gent, wide-awake men as could begathered together. Under the skillful direction of P. JayBuckley of Gets Bros., the drummerswere Boon In line. Then they startedfor the pavilion with three coal-blackplcannlnles In the lead. One attiredas a drum major strutted along at theI • he procession In a great bearskin cap almost as big aa himself. Twosmaller youngsters, one In a splke-tallcoat and high hat with all the otherembellishments qf evening dress andthe other In an exceedingly louu checknnd ii white cork helmet, carried drum-mers sample cases with an air of as-surance that usually comes only afteryears of experience. They were very. Blake, District Attorney W. S. Baroe*I and other dlgnlturlea as a body guard,! took posesslon of a platform and abrief but luioi-CBilng programme fol-I lowed. The Press Club Quartette sang. one of their cheeriest songs and were warmly applauded. They gave placeto Mr. Bloke, who spoke briefly of hispleasure at seeing so many of the reeentalive salesmen of the Coast act-ing In harmony and expressed hispride and gratification at ihavlng beenchosen as the representative of such asplendidly representative body of then Introduced William S. Barnes. The hundsome young district attor-ney showed how the prosperity of thecity was dependent on Its trade andhow, by making trade, the Commer-cial Travelers benefitted San expatiated upon the value of theSan Francisco Commercial TravelersAssociation, which, he said, could notbut result In the centralization of theefforts of the salesmen and the lessen-ing of many of the dangers of sa
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