Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-05-11

recent issue Of the London World con
taius an article describing the magnificent
new bulding which has been erected by
the Messrs Pears in New OXford street,
London 10 contain their home business Of
lices The text for this article its writer
finds in the statement, which none will dis
pute, that commerce is king in this nine
teenth century, at all events with English
speaking nations commerce fullils all the
old kingy functions il is the patron of
art, the builder Of architectural wonders
the beneiactor Of the working masses, the
friend Of the inventor, of the designer, Of
the clever handcraftsman. Continuing
the World says
"These are large statements, but let any one
who IL inclined to dispute them first visit the pal
ace Of Messrs Pears In New oxford street, which
is one Of the finest Of the pieces NJ work finished
In honor of the Jubilee year In paying this Visit
try the experiment at first Of removing the i'm
mediate associations Of the building aud its oh
jrcts. Suppose yourself In the future well into
the next century. and imagine that you are Wis
itur to London, exploring It's shows for the first
time. Entering II to % New oxford street, you
M19'i W' ulule uh'A 70 lilislu' guu' ~" " Wv
hall Of a royal palace than anywhere else. Keep
ing to the present day aud pcturing yourself as
"A modern Gulliyrr wandering uninstruCted in a
strange country would you not suppose you were
with Alice In Wonderland. IT, when You had en-
tered the gorgeous humpeiAn court Of which tins
hall consists, you were told that this was nothing
makers office, True, the soap Is the most won
derful soap in the world aud this is the great cen
tral depot for business which has It's branches
aud rainncatiuus all over he surface uf the glObe
Nevertheless II is strange to survey these statues
th,--,' many coured marbles and exluisitrly pat
termed musaics, and realize that you are in, per
haps, the finest reproduction Of Ponpeiah
court in existence, aud that such an every day ne
c'ssity ~ soap has supplied the giant fortune
which has accomplished all this. MesAS Pears
should be louked upon as benetacturS To the race
for their colossal system of advertising involving
the stuppndutis outlay Of tu.UOW., and sometimes
approaching iuWW year affords endless
amusement and pleasure to the mass Of persons
almost all over the world. The Dirty Boy has
been as good as "A play for the million, and the
great windows In New oxford Street, where stand
the statuettes ot the Dirty Boy and the Clean
Boy, aud other pieces Of sculpture, are crowded
every night. like the pit Of IA theatre. The mag
uihctnt building itself is an advertisement; and it
is daily aud hourly delight to all classes, from
artists. critics aud ruuuuiSseurs, who visit the
beautiful vc,tbule, to the street crowd, which Is
forever gazing in upon Tia" grand display ui art II
contains.
Their. Is sn much to look at in the yestibulr
that il Is hardly possible 10 describe II fairly. The
central feature Is a suukcn bath or tank, very
carefully designed to be- 50 placed as to be ia
keeping with the character ut the atrtuu The
floor Of the tank is must exquisite being an elab
urate piece Of muSaic-wUrk Of "A lustrOus blue,
which gives to the water a most tempting and
charming tint muSalc.lined niche ~ the mar
bic wall at the head Of the bath holds atprrs,nt u
marble replica Of ThurwHldsens Venus par
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Tia" shade 10y 'Buh,I-s Sir John MillaiS lovely
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mrnt aud interest To- the mas, aud now it is gi,
igg the tine arts In May We shall have Bubbles
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ing a cake of sap Wing un the fiour beside thu.