Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1883-10-02

Personal from Mr.. Wanamaker and
personal to-yoH, if you are one of the
thousands passing through Philadelphia,
homeward, from sea or woods, mountain
or springs, stop over a train, or break your
journey for a day and see the store. Come
In and leave your luggage at the checking
places near almost every principal en-
trance look about, rest, and when you
get ready take up your journey with a full
knowledge of where the store is, what is
in it, how it does things. This will graf
lily us and you, and may serve us both.
Perhaps you saw the store during the Cen
tennial year. To have it seen then was
one thing ; indeed, to have seen it any
year since, is quite a different thing, but
to see it now is quite a different thing
still. In the Centennial year it was SIM
ply an o%vergrown clothing store, full of
mems and boys garments, and the work
men who cut and made the goods. Now
the clothing is delegated TO its old quar-
tiers in the big clothing houses of Oak
Hall, at Sixth and Market, and the large
establishment adjoining the Continental
Hotel on Chestnut street, and now only a
small section remains of what was seen
at the Centennial time.
Then there was a single floor, now it is
skirted with galleries on all sides; and
since they have gone up to the third story,
elevators have had to be put in to carry.
the people up. Then there was no open
ing through to Chestnut street, and now
ten stores have been taken in the Chestnut
street end SO that the block from Chestnut
to Market, and from Thirteenth to Tuni-
per, or East Broad, is practically one prop
erty. The basement is worth mentioning
too. While the business was going along
on the main floor we kept up the floors by
stout columns, and for nearly a year dug
away the earth that hundreds of carts were
removing, to make, from the curb line
under the street pavement all around the
three sides of our house, the most per-
feet and commodious lower floor that we
ever saw. 1t is as light as day by the
electric lights which do not heat the air.
It is dry, and cooled by ventilating ma
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chlnery. 1t has eight broad staircases, so
that within a few steps of any portion
there is quick exit. This is one of the
pieasantest parts of the store. The Gen
tlemen's Wash Rooms and Reading Rooms
are here. The new and spacious Toilet
Rooms for Ladies are here, and the new
section for refreshment is lust being COM
pleted here. All this makes up a Depart
ment for Public Comfort quite acceptable
to those who want the conveniences to rest
awhile.
1t would be natural for us to speak of
the growth o. tha store. but to do so lays
US open to apparent Boosting; this is not
our purpose; we grow as Topsy growed
-"Cause she couldn't help it." People
want the service we render, we try to
make the service better and better, and
make them want us more and more.
This is a place where many of the things
are gathered that are wanted in every fam
lily In the city and country round about.
They are gotten from the best makers,
presented for sale fairly, sold without hag-
Cling, sold to be returned if the price or
the goods are wrong. Why shouldn't
such a place grow?
Men work from sunrise to sunset. Ave,
spend their liver In getting money so that
their families can get things. Isn't it
wise to find out the best place to get the
things? sit is the best place." that we
have been building at, and we are build
ing at 1t every day still, and we hope
never to be done while there is anything
to improve.
You must surely come to see us on this
invitation, and then you will know what
to say to your friends.