Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-01
THE PEOPLES STORE.
A Magnificent Establishment The
Grand Opening Yesterday.

tUE TLOFhE otOHEs
A Magnificent Establishment The
Grand Opening Yesterday.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
bolts shot back, the massive doors,
creaking npon their hinges, and amid the
strains of beautiful music, the portals OF
the Peoples Store swung back and
opened this magnificent establishment to
the Los Angeles public.
Without any flattery. it is the largest
and handsomett dry goods emporium in
Southern California, and one may travel
a long way ere its superior is reached.
1t is another evidence of tho thrift and
prosperity of Los Angeles, and nm orna.
ment that the mercantile community
may well be proud to have rs one OF its
compeers.
The interior arrangement is perfection
indeed, itte up with simplicity and
taste deserving of much praise to the de-
signer OF the plane. The three massive
show windows, the largest in the city,
were handsomely trimmed and decorated
each with representation, respectively,
from the millinery, silk and dress goods
and shoe departments. There are two
entrances to the store, which is forty six
feet wide and one hundred feet deep,
with basement OF the same size. Eu.
terng by the north door one IS immedi.
ately struck with the beauty and sim.
plicity OF the arrangement. On the
north and south walls there is q ter of
shelving below and a balcony, suspended
from tho rafters of tho floor above
by iron rods, upon which is
built another tier of shelving
Along the middle of the store there is a
center tier OF shelving running sixty feet
deep, with shelving facing the north and
south walls. On the shelving facing the
north wall the notions, small wares and
ladies' wear are kept, while on the other,
laces, hosiery, buttons, etc, are to be
found. Between the tier ot shelving is
the cashiers and parcel wrappers desk,
enclosed in q tasty office, with n crown
wire railing, and by the jingle of the
coin and the calls OF cash from all sides,
one would imagine the New York Stock
Exchange in heated session.
Back of the center tier OF shelving are
the millinery pnrlors. They cover
space of 20x30 feet and are enclosed ON
two sides by handsome glass cabinets, in
which are TO be found the handsomest
and nobbiest headgear in town. This
department is filled up with especial
care for beauty and thecomfJrt of its pat.
rons. A handsome Brussels carpet cou-
ceaIs the floor, while punches of elegant
buds and roses, m gnonettcs, heliohopes,
beautiful sprays and luscious cherries
and other fruits, so near natures own
as to mislead many, beautify and adorn
the walls and surroundings. Especial
pains had been taken by the la lies in
charge to make it as beautiful as their
combined tastes and ingenuity would
permit, and we congratulate them upon
their magnificent and unique display.
Passing to the south wall, at the en-
trance, about thirty feet is devoted to
the Japanese and bric-a.brac depart
ment; new feature of the business and
one that is, to say the least, attract We
aud interesting. The remainder OF the
shelving, about seventy feet, is devoted
to the shoe department. 1t is the hand
soonest shoe department in this city.
The stock is placed in such uniform
manner as to make one continuous line
of shoes from end to end. The young
gentlemen in charge deserve especial
mention for the care, precision, exact
ness and neatness in the arrangement of
their stock. Three commodious aud hand
some leather-covered lounges, each eight
feet long are provided for the comfort
of the ladies, and the clerks are in pos
session OF the latest designs in shoe
stools.
Up stairs on the north wall tier of
shelving, 96 feet long, five tiers high,
and encased in u handsome bronzed wire
railing, is the gents furnishing and boys
clothing department, Just crammed,
iammed full to sutfoeation with goods;
aud as we walked aud peered into the
many boxes, and thought of the empty
state OF our wardrobe at home, we invol
UNFAIRLY sighed. The gallery on the
south side is devoted to a reserve stock
OF notions, and from the looks OF it there
Us very lltIlt GtstlNt ltli, IL was mere
that Prof. Engels and his talented mu.
scians held sway and discoursed sweet.
est music to the fair aud charming ladies
below. We need not say that the music
was sweet, The name of Engel alone
would make it so. All the afternoon
crowds of people were coming aud going,
and it taxed the force of the house and
tried the patience OF the customers to get
service.
The Peoples Store is one of the most
deserving establishments in Los Angeles.
Its proprietcrs are energetic, euterpris
ing, faithful, upright aad honest. They
are constantly on the alert aud ever
watching the interests OF the comma.
nifty. They were compelled to move
from their old quarters for lack OF room,
being unable to transact their constantly
growing business in such small space
And now, that they have more room and
greater facilities, the public will marvel
at the extraordinary bargains that they
will constantly offer Ii ever there was
store rightly named it was the Peoples
Store, for eminently in every sense it
is a store of and for the people.
From the number of ladies who were
waiting and anxious to gain admission
before the appointed time and the con-
stant stream OF well wishing patrons, it
eau lily bo concealed that the Peoples
store is the most favored store in Los
Angeles
At the end of the domestic depart.
ment is the country order department, a
branch OF the business which is quite
lucrative and important 1t consists in
the sale and delivery OF goods to persons
{ throughout South California, Arizona
New Mexico and Lower California, by
means OF II printed catalogue or pricelist.
After being inducted into the mysteries
of this department, the manager drew
forth from behind bundle of letters and
papers, bottle of "Pommery Sec, "
which in a moment more was overflow.
ing with its sparkling and delicious con-
tents-the neck was broken, and as it
coursed down through ours, we wished
the Peoples Store and the proprietors q
prosperous and successful journey upon
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