The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-27

at the same time to fill with gas, and give away
| TO the people, who crowded eagerly around to
| get them. thousands of rubber balloons, beau
tiful roy, upon which was inscribed in apprOpri-
ate letters the legend, "Comniments of the
When Clothing Store" The filing and giving
away of these toy balloons will be continued to-
| day. and The task of distributing them az an i'm
mense crowd of people Will he here will Ger
| tainy be trivial one. As balloon ascensions
are TO he tile feature Of the day, the When
! will SEM M more nondescripts from the
Fair grounds this afternoon, while from
| their well-knOwn establishment on PenDsylva-
| MIA street, in the Bates Block, they WILL aC forty
five minutes past IL o'clock to-day, send up
a mammoth When balloon. To this balloon will
| De attached an order for merchandise amounting
TO $40, which will be paid to the persuu who re-
| turns the balloon Soon after the flight of the
balloon, which will take place FROM the When
! store BALCONY, package Of cards will fall, one
or which will contain an order, on card for So,
which will be paid to whoever returns tine card.
| IN view or these things, every one Will I've forced
TO acknowledge that he When takes the palm (Or
shall we say the cake?) for novelties, and holt
day or festival occasion comes along that this
store Is nor IN the lead in Hospitality furnishing
entertainments for our visitors. On the second
foor of the Exposition building the When Cloth
ing Store has fitted up good and wholesome
display of It's goods, No effort has been made TO
exhibit showcase goods, circus effects in satin
| and velvet, but to display fair ami honest sam
pies OF the goods of this wtll-known house. This
olspav, in consequence of restricted space gives
but a small idea OF the magnitude of the When
and the great lines of goods it carries To do JUS
tlce to itself and TO the thousands who visit
ing the fair, 1t extends TO all hearty invitation
70 call at Nos. 80, 80, 81, SO, 50 and 40 North
pennsylvania street.
The finest showing of practical sewing
machine work ever made at any fair
In Indiana be seen on the
| north side of the upper floor of the Exposition
building. Here are twenty-five women at work
exhibiting the capabilities of the Singer sewing
| machine. Nine young ladies are making pants
and six are at work stitching on Shoes the
| machines are running at a high rate of speed, on
a part of the work making over 1900 stitches
minute The button holes in the shoes are
Inarvelously neat and well made, and as clean
and exact as If done by hand and by tailors The
most wonderful thing to the reporter was the fact
| that the same machines that were nsed for shoe
work were not only used for all ordinary family
sewing, but for light and fine work, embroidery,
( etc, as well. harness pad and other leather
work, also done on this same ma
eIian Of o thu hr'ne renor ese'ted the admir-
| machines in addition to those mentioned, were
shown for line shoe work, six Others for tailor
| shown the latest Singer novelty, which
Is Is 60. called aaI1.1 The crop Cabinet, which
| in machine casing can have no imtator as 50
| is thoroushy covered by patents. The Singer
Manufacturing Company, Nos ~ and IA West
Washington street, this city, may well be proud
\ of this display.
Elder Il Co., of Nos. 237, 239 ana 241 Massa-
chusetts avenue, this city, make frst-class ex.
hibit of Westminster base burners, acorn stoves
and ranges, etc., on the main floor of the EXPOSE.
ton building This enterprising firm in exhibit
| ing the WestmiHsters not only show the hand
soonest line OF stoves ever placed upon the mar
ket; nut IN all respects the hest. The great and
growing popularity OF these stoves ia conclu-
sive evidence OF their superior merit. and the
Westminster to-day represents the best achieve a.
ments in BODYBUILDING.
IN ha fai a.
free sample package of Pye's Pearline, which
| is being gratutously distributed on the south
side, upper floor of the Exposition building.
| The Pearline is the only reliable washing com.
pound IN the market and should be used in every
family for washing clothes, dishes and IN
| h0nse-cleaning Remember and call for sample
package.
The Royal st. John sewfng-machine may he
seen on the second floor of the Exposition bulld-
ing, II is exhibited by +. T.. Brown, agent, No.
/ 81 vIrst<ss avenue, and he shows cohelusvely
tor Allows it to show for itselD that it 10 the