The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

New carpets so soon. Sub
stantially all the styles of next
fall and winter are here and
ready.
1t is a new notion in Phila-
delphia to have them SO early
but it isn't new in the quicker
cities. The carpets are made.
People are in and out OF town.
They are thinking of carpets.
Why shouldn't they see them
and be turning the subject
over in their minds.
So, when we say the carpets
are ready, we mean they are
here to be looked at. Be free
to look and go away. There's
a great deal of looking to be
done. Take your convenient
time.
But now is the time to throw
out this hint. By and by you
will want your carpets at just
such a time; and we shall be
busy then very likely. AS
soon as you know exactly
what you want then is the time
to buy and give us plenty of
time to make and lay. There's
a great deal in our having
plenty of time. We can do
much work in a little time, and
we mean to do it well; but we
can do it better slowly. Give
US the time if you can.
We want to say a word to
those who do not know very
closely what we are doing in
carpets.
You think of us as buying
and selling ten-thousand diff
ferent things; and when it
comes to any specially, no mat
ter what, there are some who
say: Lets go to somebody
who knows nothing about any
thing else but carpets or
whatever else they are going
to be unusually careful about.
Let's have a word on that.
In the first place it doesn't
follow that a man who knows
nothing about anything else
but carpets is wise about car
pets and, if he is wise, he may
not have the carpets; and ifhe
has them, he may not be able
to sell so advantageously. The
profitable time in the carpet
business is rather short. Ii we
had nothing to sell but carpets
we should think we had plenty
of time for exploring the polar
region OF central Africa. But
rent goes on ; and wages I; all
sorts of expenses, The man
who sells nothing but carpets
has got to have big floors and
plenty Of people to help-with
a very short year in which to
make his money to keep things
going
Who can sell carpets to bet
ter advantage, he who has no
other business, or he who has
a steady stream of business all
the year round''
So much for the can part.
Now for the amX.
DO you think Of a store in
town that has dealt more gen
erousiy than we for the last ten
years and a half? You have
answered already. Your an
swer is only our growth put
into words,
We can then. We have the
70X. Have we the carpets!
That is all there is left to talk
out. unless we should touch
some tender spots in carpet
practice-this is hardly the time
Of year for that.
What have we to see then?
We have our pick of the
whole American carpet mar
ket and a week from now we
shall have ready our pick of
the English market.
We had to struggle under
some disadvantages so long as
our trade was second in vol
ume here. We are done with
that, There is nothing in our
way at present. II we haven't
the best and prettiest carpets,
the fault is our own. We have
had our choice. Then. to pre-
ventour carpets becoming com
mon, we arrange whenever it
is worth while to have our
styles kept out OF other stores.
JOHN WANAMAkER,
Chestnut. Thirteentn and Market streets.
and CitS-hall square,
HENRY RApRER