Daily Republican., 1889-05-16
HAMBURGER & SONS.
THEIR GREAT CLOTHING ES
TABLIsHMENT.
II Has Become Permanent Fix
ture Of Wiimilgton-The Great
Rush for Clothin.-The
Store u Success.

ahehu OF Hamburger ~ Sons, No. 2O9
Market street True, it has not got much
age upon Its bead, but age is 10 guar
ahtee nowadays for reflection. .iten
the youngest are the best ard this Is The
case with this great mammoth establish
ment. Age revrls iu things psst, youth
pushes Cn with the ambitious determine.
tion 10 win new conquests,
IL was only last fall late when Ham
burger ~ Sons came to this city and |
opened up Crosby IL IIill's old vacated |
store. They invaded Wilmington with |
| an army, but 1t was an army of coats, |
pants and vests sucn as had never before |
come to take the people by ttorm.
Opposition they met with II is true, but
thei conquest was quiet and peaceable.
Instead OF laundering cant on they used
the weapons oil Intelligence aud reason,
and used tho daily papers as TIE means
through which they disseminated their
peaceful principles. This pen proved
mightier than the sword, and the smmu
milton of The cheapest and best clothing
won the day. The feeling of stranReuess
that came over this firm when they
pitched their tents In this city has all
disappeared, and they arc part oi the
enterrrisng moving population OF WIZ
miDg;on that make things 90 with vim.
"Ar other fire sale, is it?" was one of
the cries that greeted their ears when
they were tugRing ih ir goods into their
large s'ere when they arrived In this city,
and were hanging their banners on the
outer wall. Nc, 1t was nothing OF the
kind. and the enterprising II. G. Ward
and James III. Wright went ahead with
their work.
"a Get Of sharrers,' was another un-
friendly salute that greeted them. Wei,
they were sharp, that is true, but not In
the sense In which the term 10 mostly
used. They were sharp enough TO see
that " ilmin ton was place that needed
flst-class clothing store and they came
hers to supply that need. How well they
have ii12e so let the record tell. Queer
fellows these" said passers by as they
halted and locsed Ia the great show
Windows and at the STACKS Of clothirg IN
side, 'but they SEEM determined to sue
coed, and guess I'll call there !, ne day
and get suit" This was the fa'rilIar
talk and these observers kept their word
and they have been going there ever
since and have been taking their friends
with them. To insure success there Ia
nothing like succeeding, and this enter.
prising tdrm has fully rallied it has
succe' ded.
He is poor business observer who will
look at the crowds pushing iLto this great
clothing establishment and sec them com
ing out again carrying away huge bun
dies of clothing, who will say that the
ltiuge OF failure is discernible upon thil
enterprise Their dealings have beer
honest aud their clothing has been of the
best. II this were not So their footholC
in Wilmington would | ave been rendered
very insecure long ere this.
A representative OF the REPUBLICA,
stepping into the store yesterday, was d
once struck with the sight OF the grea
embankments of clothing spread out be
fore him. Talk about prices, SAID MI
II. q. Ward, why, here are the best suit
for $50, and they say they have cut th
prices down from S25, and here are pant
for 81 of the btst stuT that others bra!
about at s..
just look at our array OF cbevlots 70
custom work. There Is Iothing like i
nowhere A whole suit made up for s s
We defy competition. But II is of the
children's department that these gentle
men are the proudest, and well they may
be, for never before was there such a de-
partment so well stocked In Wilmington.
Here are suits for the little tots going
into hilts for the tl,st time, up to the roll
licLi O, jolly bas -baller OF IL aud 10,
and the prices, why they are simply
astounding. Suits anywhere irom Sl.t0
up. A great improvement In the chill
dren's department is the employ ment ol
a lady superintendent. This is very ap-
propiia'e, as ladies always accompany
their boys. Everything is done here to
please and make everybody feel comfort
able and at home while making pur-
chasea, and the same poli,e bow from
polite Clerks that ushcrs In customers
ushers them out, ard THEY are kindly In
vIted 10 call again. They do call and
they call often.
The rush at this store on market days,
especially Saturday. is simply immense.
Last Saturday there was u constant stream
OF people pouring In and out kvery
clerk was kept busy and people stood in
line waiting TO be waited upon. The
rush for the childrtn's department was
beyond all precedent. In desperation
Mr.. Ward telegraphed Mr. Hamburg. I
at Baltimore, to send up some help. Mr..
Hamburger himself came up In the even
ing and assisted until the etore closed be-
tween II and IL o'clock at light, and
rem aimed in The city over Sunday. 1t ID
already well-known that This enterpris
ing firm let's nc holidays pass over with
out some special demonstration. No cost IL
spured in appropriate decorations Tor the
occasions.
If Is election times the returns are
spread out In front Of their building. Il
II is Christmas the Christmas dinner car.
niyal k represented In their big windows.
If II Is WsshiDgtOD's birthday or Eastel
the occasion is honored in some demon
stratiye manner. Should military OF
iiremen's parade pass by they Will re-
ceiye hearty salute from Hamburger 4
sons establishment. They take the lead
in all. The next demonstration Will bt
on Decoration Day. Look out for 1t.
The building Will be bedeckei In flags
from basemept to peak. No halfway
work here. These are whole-souled men
and they tlo everything IN whole souled
:. manner. They do MT do this for tht
sake of getting a little custom either
/ They do It because 1t is In them TO do II
and because they take a pleasure in doini
so. AT any rate their enterprise hal
given them strong icothold In Wilming
ton, ami their mode Of doing business hai
brought TO them an immense patronage
7, A Reading Room.
The property at No. 5l4 East sixtl
street has Teen purchased by st. Nary
I. A. B. Corps, and it is intended TO inr m
nish and dt ii up as reading room. I'M
Rev, Father Flynn is engineering tn'