The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-03-21
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LETTER FROM JOHN wANAMAKER

LETTER FROM JOHN wANAMAKER.
To-th> Editor Of The Cambria Freeman:
To-day begins the thivd year OF the Grand
Depot Dry Goods H8use.
Though its career has been so short. It IS now
almost universally Acknowledged to be tHc
faVor!te Ehopplng-plOce OF Philadelphia. WitH-
out prctensiOns in its building, O.sy a aimUIs
structure covering two acres snG more of Dry
Goods, IL relies solely on the quality and cheap
of its goods and its own original system OF
business to win and hold the approval and pa
tronage OF the people.
That the Grand Depot meihod Of business ia
good one. Is proven BY its introduction, in
parts, here and there, by busincss houses
throughout the city and country, who some
times g so far As to copy, word for word our
forms Of guarantees, bundle pspers- etc.
To all this make objection. whatever
others DO, we always endCEyur TO do something
hetter. and the people may rely on us as ever
in ;hc advance not only with the better CLASSES
OF merchandise, bat III best accommodations
Tor the people.
This We are encouraged TO do by the wonder
ful patronage bestowed On Us, for which We
The conspicuous Improvements OF the year
will repay careful notice:
First.--A higher grade oc goods throughout
the house.
second.-Bettcr trained clerks.
Third COny unieuCC in arrangement or stocks.
FOUT Electric helis to cal cash boys. avoid
ing noise and confusion This. and the saving
of time 10 customers when syiffn.- COR uarr.Is
i5eU unspeakabie satisfaction. Customers wait
on An average not over three minutes for bun
dies, and sometimes one minute is sufficient.
Fifth Every department has been i'm mprOy ed D.,
particularly The ribbons and millinery, the
glovcs, the snHTls. the childrens suits, the
ing, the lace and embroideries, the white goods
SiXtn.-The new departments are china and
goods, and lunch room for our customers only.
Many OF the other departments have been en-
merchandise under one roof is a wonder to
macy isltors always welcome. There are
thirty-i Tour departments. The great increase
in our business this year fills Us with hope that
the better days have come a last.
certain II IS that goods of all kinds can hardly
be cheaper than they ure this spring of 1879.
. Reiylns upon our s!lill In buying goods hav.
ing the outlet TO handle large quantities, and
thus getting advantages ia buying; determined
not 10 De underbtd in prices, nor outdone or
outworked confident that the people believe
IN US ana the advantages OF such place ~ the
Grand Depot, where very large business is
Hanlzdiion',-we believe the people viii sustain
us. and lend rs their influence to build up the
best dry-ROOds house in the United States.
we are ready IN all departments for the
Spring business. JOHN WANAHAKER.
March l3, 1879.
THE CATHOLIC WORLD.-The April Catholic
World contains some unpleasant reading for
Nj. Clarence Cook, who recently undertook TO
enliRhten the readers Of the EtIIHiic n JutIIy
on the new st. PatriCk's Cathedral or New Y Ork
CITY Mr.. Cook was very vehement and. IS it
now turns out, unRuardcd in his expressions
tie condemned the Cathedral aud every body
and everything connected with it. He made
loud complaint OF the manner in which New
York City had been "j0ckeyed QUIZ of its finest
piece of land at the bidding or "a crafty and
unscrupulous priest" uhs hate Archbishop
Hughes, hy the creadfully wicked set Of men
same sort. Mr.. John R. G. Hassard correctsd
Mr.. Cook and bis note was published in the
March 4 Atlantic. Nr. Cook confessed tEEt he
was utterly mistaken rs regards the Cathe dral;
but ia the course OF his painful !GyCstisatiOns
as 10 the possible origin OF the wholesale and
utterly false charges nc had made. he lit upon
the Tact thst the ground OF the New Ork Cal b.
olic Orphan Asylum, adjoining the Cathedral,
had teen given 20 the Catholics by the City FOR
qiz-d for the Cathedrai Mr. Cook traTsTarrrd
AL his original charges to the Orphan Asylum.
This has reused the Catholic VOiif, which in the
article Private Charities aud Public Lands
goes into the whole question Of grants or this
nature. and oveT~ helms poor Mr.. Cook by
showing that free donations o. land for char
liable purposes are common enough in New
York city and elsewher II takes up the list. d.
and, as an Offset to the three grants to Cstbo-
lies, shows sixteen to ether distinct denOnjna-
tous, without counting grants for public char
tiles at all Il promises In future article to
examine the donations in money by the State
to the same Institutions which, it says, are in Il
similar proportion. Mr. Cook, though he has
raised a hornets nest about his own ears. Is to
be thanked FOR having created public Interest
in most important matter concerning the
public 1T large.