The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-14
THE NEW HOME OF "THE HOME"

The Result OF Sound Business Ideas Car
ried Out By Memphis Artists and Mem
phls Workmen=A Marked Improve
ment and Step Forward.
There are some shrewd business men
who realize the fact that not only will peo-
pie who have business TO transact seek
those offices and rooms that are cosy and
pleasant, well and lastly furnished, but
that officers aud clerks will do more and
better work IN neat and well appointed Of
fees. The companies and corporations
which recognize this fact are always pros
perous and their stock increasing in value
and popularity.
An instance OF this is the Home Insur.
ancc Company of this city. They have
always made their office bright and pleas.
ant, and business has so increased rs TO
warrant the directors in fitting up and oc-
cupying the daintiest, cosicsi and best APP
pointed office Of any insurance company
in the South, and 1t is, too, all the work OF
home mechanics and artisans. TheirrOoms
are in the ground floor or basement OF the
new building, southwest corner Union and
Main streets, and their exterior appear
ance would at once attract n stranger and
tempt him down the easy steps 10 the
beautiful rooms below.
The space occupied by the house Is GA
feet by q in the clear First you enter the
front room, 81 feet in length, back 10 the
vault This space Is occupied by the bust
ness Office, and as the working room; II Is
elegantly finished in ash, carefully select.
ed aud oiled and vanished In the highest
style OF the art. The counter II solid ash,
most ariislically handcarvcd. This gives
inside % feet desk room, every foot Of
which is utilized aud fitted above and UNI
derneath with all possible accommodations
and c0nveniences 10 facilitate business, and
Is the result OF years OF experience and
business taste OF the secretary. Between
the counter and the glass front OF the room
Is ample space for visitors aud patrons,
with i solid tiled floor OF elegant pattern.
Running alongside the counter Is u walk
four feet In width, giving access 10 tho
counter and accommodation 10 customers;
the outer wall Of this Is beautifully wains-
coited in selected ash finished 10 match
the counter. Within the counter
area is a beautiful Brussels rug 10 by 20
feet covering the marble floor. There stands
the elegant and commOdiOus roller desk
made expressly for the Secretary. large
antique arm chairs, hat rack with heavy
French plate glass mirror, a fine mirror II
over the elegant fire place. superb gas fix
lures and all In keeping with the finishing.
Opening from this Is the solid steel fire aud
burglar proof vault s by IL In the clear. n
double vault with all known devices for
safety; on one side Of this isarrayed 100 steel
safety deposit boxes which are 10 be rented
NJ q small price per year NJ n place for
safely keeping bonds and yaluablcs; these
boxes are unoponable by any one aside
from the renter, and iil need that has
long existed here, an absolutely safe place
Of depost under the control Of the renter.
Beyond this Is the directors room,
reached by means Of thepassago alougtho
counter and through handsome glass
door with beautiful carved panels. This
Is a gem Of n room, lix2l. A lovely
Smyrna rug Oxl2 covers the center Of the
tiled iloor with a deep piled Turkish rug
before the fireplace. A handsomely carved
and massive extension table occupies the
center with solid high.backed arm chairs.
On one side u a recess just large enough 10
contain a handsome antique sofia. All this
furniture was made NJ Grand Rapids,
Mich, on n special order aud on designs
furnished by the committee and matching
the furnishings Of the front room. At
tached 10 this Is a lavaiofy aud all needed
conyenionccs. These rooms aru the best
lighted OF any Office rooms In the country,
having platc.glass windows giving I'm
abundance Of light on the darkest day.
They are heated by hot water system,
the only one In the city, giving perfect
satisfaction and most mild and hcalthlul
warmth. II was put In by J. w. y.
Browne.
The committee, whose work has been 20
well accomplished, and whose designs have
been 20 arlislically and daintily carried out,
were 4. !. McGowan, John X. land
Henry Luehrmann. The oiliccn and di-
rcctors OF this prosperous and successful
company are l.. l.. McGowan, president;
John X. Speed, vicc.presidcnii Bun y.
Price, secretary. II. u. snowdon. Napoleon
Hill, w. ID. Bethel, Guo. Schmalzricd. ).
II. Brooks, Louis Erb, Henry Luehrmann,
Jas. longe, 7. Mcintyre, A. Vaccaro, u.
q. Craig all Of thom well known aud
honored citizens aud business men Of
Memphis.
The directors and officers Of the Home
cordially and heartily invite the public
10 visit their artistic and elegant rooms
and see what good taste and good work
can produce. II u 10 be hoped that some
othon 81 the wealthy corporations Of Mem.
phis will follow the sound business ex-
ample set by the Home. KALAKAuA.
1SfuRE your gin.houscs In tho Citizens