Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-08


 night like the pit of theater. The magnif-
 icent building itself is an advertisement; and
 it is daily and hourly delight to all classes,
 from artists, critics and connoisseurs, who
 visit the beautiful vestibule, to the street
 crowd, which is forever gazing in upon the
 grand display of art it contains. On the top
 floor of the building, above the Pompeian
 court, is magic-lantern room, where from
 six to nine every night slides are shown,
 taken from the various picture advertise
 ments. These are exhibited to the street in
 very large size, and some of them are auto-
 lnstic; the Dirty Boy, for instance, is actual
 ly scrubbed. The whole street is crowded
 every evening to see this show, and the diff
 fculty is to prevent the crowd from interfer-
 ing with the traffic.
 There is SO much to look at. in the vesti-
 bule that it is hardly possible to describe it
 fairly, and everyone interested in such things should pay it visit. The central feature is sunken bath or tank, very carefully de-
 signed, to be so placed as to be in keeping with the character of the atrium. The floor | of the tank is most exquisite, being an ela- borate piece of mosaic-work of a lustrous blue, which gives to the water most tempt- ing and charming tint. A mosaic-lined niche in the marble wall at the head of the bath holds at present marble replica of
 Thorwaldsen's Venus. This, however, is only temporary figure; and up stairs, in one of the private rooms, is the model for the figures intended to be placed there. A story is told by means of three figures, form ing two groups; and whether this is 1egiti- mate is at present exercising the minds of the various eminent artists who have inspect ed the model. The advice and counsel of specialists of all kinds have helped to make this wonderful building what it is, and con- sequently great interest is felt in it.
 A particularly interesting feature of the Festibule is the lighting models of the boat-shaped Roman lamps having the electric light used in them. This is quite 8 triamph-the union of the most elegant lamp ever produced and the most perfect light. The lighting of the whole building is indeed wonderfully well done, and should l interest those who are proposing to use the electric light. In one of the private rooms up stairs there is charming hanging lamp for reading and writing. It hangs at the side of the desk, and by the least touch can be raised or lowered to any point It is l full, clear light. By this desk-from which all the affairs of this mighty concern are di- rected and controlled-are speaking g-tubes to l every department in the building. The gen. ! eral business is conducted in large offices ! close to this room, and here the tick of the | typewriter is perpetually heard, for no let- | ters are written in this house, short and long | letters are alike dictated to 8 shorthand ' writer and then type-written. The waiting ! room and other private rooms which open \ from it are decorated and furnished in a | most artistic manner. It is exceedingly sim- ! pie and yet admirably elegant. The designs | are chiefly drawn from those of the Brothers | Adam. The waiting-room is made especial ! ly interesting by being in fact picture gall \ lery, where hang the originals of the various | works of art reproduced by this firm as ad- | vertisements. It is surprising to see what 8 \ striking collection they compose. But they \ are both crowned and entirely thrown into \ the shade by "Bubbles," Sir John Millais' \ lovely picture, for which Messrs. Pears have 1 given two thousand two hundred pounds. I The giant advertising of the firm has given | amusement and interest to the mass, and | now it is giving the fine arts. In May we I shall have Bubbles" all over the country, dition to the original picture being a cake of ! soap lying. on the floor beside the child. The pretty figure, the lovely little face, will add ! 8 much needed beauty to our railway sta | tions.
 The show rooms of advertisements and
 show cards are like galleries of pictures, and very interesting and amusing. We are pret- \ ty well used to these wonderful advertise
 ments, but it is curious to see them together,
 and try to measure the amount of ingenuity and brain power that has been lavished or I them. They are sent far aield, to America | Africa, to India and Australia. The DOT ! traits of pretty women, the innumerable de- | vices from the Japanese handkerchief, whicI had such a success in it's day, to Bubbles,
 the last new thing, are placed side by side. In the actual working of the establish ! ment the most modern scientific appliances ! are used, and this is one of the best possi-
 ble places to study how such things should
 be done. The engine room is always 6
 fascinating place where electricity is al ! work; one must visit the familiar demon whe makes the power. Close beside it is the safe room, one of the newest and most elaborate
 kinds; in it dozen people might dine; the opening of the door lights the incandeseent
 burner inside the room. Within it again is
 a doubly secured safe. On this floor the lift
 is worked from the storage of electricity; and
 the men who have charge of it have speaking
 tubes to each floor, so that everything is done ! with the greatest ease and ordsr. The work
 has been well and admirably carried out in it's every detail under the care of the archi-
 tect, MT. W. B. Catherwood of Gower street,
 and it may indeed be safely asserted that g l veritable fairy palace of commerce has been
 erected by Messrs. Pears, which is unexam- pied in splendor in this great metropolis The World, London, England, March 2S, '8S.
 Pears soap is undoubtedly the purest and
 most luxuriant bathing and complexion soap 1 made. It has been established in London
 one hundred years, has received fifteen in 1 ternational awards and is sold in every city I in the world. Ask for it of druggists in
 this vicinity and look out for limitations.