Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-13

gotten their duty a. 70 attempt such a
disgrscefaI outrage, and we hope that
the report may turn outio be vi hcui
foundation or greatly exaggerated.
EvAxsuLLE ESTEEPRiss-A MODEL
BUSINESS sE-while passing along
Main street day or two ago our attsn-
ton was attracted By crowd collected /
10 front Of scbapker & BassiDgs Dry /
Goods Store, We stopped TO see shat |
was the object Of curiosity, when, for
the frst time, we noticed that these
enterprising gentleman had completed |
the lower story OF their establishment,
bad arranged their show windows, aud
we're ready to proceed to business IN
order Stepping inside We were politely
me, BY one Of the proprietors, who kind
" volunteered to show as through the
entire establishment, and We were sur
prised TO end so much magnifeenee
displayed In this modest city OF Evans
vile.
The building is handsome stone
front, three stories high, and about forty
feet vide. running back one hundred
and ffty feet to the alley, and eontain-
ing an area Of over SIX thousand square
feel on each loor.
The admirable manner in which the
storeroom is lighted ia an evidence that
the propristors design thai their Gus
toners shall have fair chance to in.
speet their goods
Ia addition to the unusually large
front and rear windows, an extensive
skJlighi has been constructed, which in
creases the light 50 that the finest lab
RIGS may be carefully examined n aay
part OF the room.
Three spacious show.wiadows adoru
the front, all arranged with eonsummats
taste and in such style as to give Fair
index. to the stock within.
Among the elegancies 10 the central
show.windoE is a self moving cloak
form, well calculated to attract great
attention and excite mach curiosity
1t il the purpose Of the proprietors
within the year 70 arrange their large
retail room--lhe frs, foor-into distinct
and separate departments, with sales
men assigned TO each particular depart
meni, and each department so clearly
designated that ladies, upon entering
the store, can proceed al once to exam
inc the particular kind of goods they
may desire to purchase.
A dry and we'll ventilated cellar ex-
teuds beneath the entire building which
shen finished, will be ten feet 10 the
clear, and will be used as wholesale
or carpet room
| In this cellar is the heating apparatus
which, in connection with the admirable
system OF ventilation employed, renders
the several apartments above extremely
pleasant and healthy In the cellar, or
basement, also, is found the machinery
that keeps in motion the cloak form in
the show window, and is an extremely
ingenious device-the sole invention OF
Mr. Schapker, and the inception mani
tests inventive genius of no mean ca
pacisy.
By another ingenious arrangement
the cellar, or basement, can be rendered
almost as light as the store-room above.
A wide and easy fight Of stairs lead
from the first to the second floor, with q
broad landing When half way up, from
Nhich can be had fine view of the ex-
teusive store-room on the first floor,
with the vast piles of elegant goods be-
meath which the counters grosn, iogeth-
or with the small army of courteous, In
dustrious and attentive statesmen ard
the large crowds OF elegant ladies eon-
stantly thrOpging this spacious AID al
traetive room. The second door is as
extensive as the FIRST, and viii be used
in part as a wholesale room, as also viii
be the third floor
A part of these rooms will be used for
the Millinary and Matchmaking de.
; par.ments, which is another st,ractivs
feature Of this mammoth establishment,
and in which will be employed the most
skiIlful MilKners and MantusmAkers il
, the country. ea r
The entire establishment, with its ex.
eellent arrangements, is high eompli
nent to the enterprise, energy and good
taste of the prOpristors, and is beyond
question one Of the most extensive, bes'
| regulated and most handsome retail dry
goods stores in the State
Mr.. Schapksr leaves for the east this
morning to commence the parehase Of
a stock of goods to ELL this mammoth
! establishment, which viii be labor OF
no small magnitude, when il is taken
, into consideration that il is the design
, to make the Wholesale department sec
ond to none in the city or ia the State.
3 After being shown through the estab-
), hshusnL We we're not surprised to see
/ 4hs.crowds Of elegant ladies that con
& ssantly throng this exsenaive and really
no4sl ssors Of sshaPks- : BGssing.