The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-16

Jennie June, the sprightly- fashion writer
and one OF tho lights of the New York Sorosis,
concludes her last letter with tn: following
very readable batch OF gossip for Ito ladies':
" Stopping into Ste sart's on my wa homo, the
othar afternoon, it suddenly grxy dark and
help torit, Was weather bound; could not
ride across town las no cars 80 in that direc-
tion, and the luxury, OF carnage on the occa-
be thought Of. the loss o. one hour or more
OF my time was the great source OF my regret
until ono OF the gentlemen present suggested
that should utilize it by taking Journey
through the establishment.
10 this assented, ana We took our seats in
carpeted, handsomely niirrored and cushion
cd car, and were rapidly, but with little per-
coptible motion, landed on what 1 conceived
to be the top floor, until found there we're
two more above us.
am not going TO either weary or entertain
my readers with the exact number OF feet coz
tanned in this enormous pile, nor the size of
py when Goupil's former art gallery (now in
process OF demoition) has disappeared, and
the structure is completed. Measurement
convey ideas to my mind ONLY by comparison
and it will, therefore, be sufficient to Iny that
each floor would contain dozen ordinary
farm houses-barns, pouilry-houses and ALL
and that there arc eight floors, including the
basement.
IL ie now altOBeLnCr tDC largest anu mOBG
complete commercial house in the world
What 1t will be when the area oil several more
large stores Is addeI to it, it tires one TO think
My object, however, in writing this paragraph
is not to eulogize Mr.. Stewart or his enter
prise, but simply note him as ono OF the ex-
traordiEary facts OF the day, and give some
idea OF his aims. and what he is doing TO bring
about their accomplishment.
Eighteen years ago. when lie was about en-
larging his downtown store, q gcntlerG al, q
merchant, snid to him:
"Is it safe to 20 this, Mr.. Stewart Don't
you know that you are very unpopular
YES" said Mr. Stewart, 81 am aware of
that; but dont do business on that basis.
My methcd ,s not to obtain popularity, but to
compel people TO buy OF me-"
until few days ago, and then looking around
at the vast result. he remiuded him OF this
conversation OF eighteen years before, and ac-
knoWledSed that The principle must have been
sound.
AS man, Mr.. Stewart is not whit more
popular to-day than he was eighteen years ago.
he is the terror OF all the small dealers whom
he undersells and out-buys. He is also the
fact that ladies will appreciate that il AIR. Stew
art should die tomorrow, pieces OF dry goods
would go up twenty-five per cent.
OF course he has recognized the modern
idea OF ready-made clothing for women and
children, aud within the small township OF
space which success has placed at his disposal,
he aims to supply not only the material for oil
Kinds OF garments, but the garments them
selves, OF every kind md grade, adapted to
everybody's wants and everybody's purse. The
floor, By ono Of the windows OF which VIC are
still standing, looking down upon tho sttics Of
the houses opposite, is devoted to the manu-
facture OF ladies' and children's outfits. From
four to Elk hundred girls and women arc en-
ployed IN this department., and tue demand
would be such that tho number night be
trebled, il the work was properly superint end
ed and the primary idea fully carried out.
But this requires q woman rs we'll as man.
1t requires woman of great natural capacity,
with tho experience OF II mother, the taste of a
lady, the perception OF an artist, the tact and
judgment OF q hnanoicr, aud the enorgy OF
Susan Is. Anthony. Some such woman is per-
haps ACQUIRING knives iu her little kitchen, but
tho world and Mr.. Stewart knows nothing OF
ing all the women in tho world with woll-made
and wel-hshng garmente, at reasonable cost,
iB marred and rendered. imperfect by being in
trusted to half a dozen incompetent superin-
tendents.
1t Is true. however, that even now a lady can
foot. and can supply family Of children With
many us sful articles. But the departments are
not properly systematized, aud tho lines OF
goods ERE not complete; the garments ore not
VOL graded, and thero are no complete outfits
| tor ladies', children and infants, OF different
styles and prices, which would represent at
once to tho purchaser what could be obtained
for given sum.
ltis aheretiosl opinion to advance. know.
but must say Il: the. daya OF family sewlne
family at homo as 1t is snow for them to spin
the linen. There is no reason why manutac-
turing houses shSnid dbl supply. .syery .sticie
~orp, at the cost OF material and 1abJr, LABOR
peins gauged, NOT by the old method, but by