Daily Republican., 1890-04-12
FOURTH EDITION
GREAT SHOE STORE.

Hambureers' spring Opening of Thsir
Mammath, shoe store. No. sqp Market
s,rsst=lsuaic. Crowds of I'd pis and
Lsssss'essa aa'nor.
The great shos store of the enterprising
hamburgers, under the management Of
y. a. Fuld, opened for the spring aud
summer trade amidst the music Of
Hyatts Military Band and the greatest
cnthusissm Last nisht. The store, one
Of the largest and handsomest IN this
city, extending from Market back to
Shipley street, was beautifully arranged
for the occasion. Ths eutirs front had
been painted . pure white and the in
teriof . handsome pale blue, which
showed with great effect under the glare
Of the colored incandescent lights. Fro IN
the front Of the building depended .
beautiful align inlaid with evergreen. The
windows we're splendidly dressed and re-
ceived the highest comment from every
one.
This trimming was done under the gu
pervision OF Jonas A. Fuld. the manager
Of the house. The old cobbler OF 100,
with lspstone and hammer, swl aud wax.
eud. busily engaged In msnding soles
crested especial amutement for al. The
interior OF the store was tastefully deco
rated with rcd, white aud blue bunting
suspended from silver bars. In the
centre Of the store and directly under
the skylight WAS = Spanish arch, under
which stood cluster of ferns and beau-
tIful p0tted pants, reminding ono of
oriental scenes. Brilliant japanese Ian
terms were scattered here aud there
which added lustre TO the occasion. The
entire decorations were under the super
vision Of Mt. Harry A. Fuld, of Baltl.
more. The crowd commenced coming
early In the afternoon, hut waa then
principally composed of ladies, and as
the evening hours came on the crowd
increased to an enormous extent.
Tie lighting OF the electric and gps
lamps made tho building look like an
illuminated palace. The bright fash OF
the electric lights blended In perfect har-
mony with the redder and softer gas
lights and brought every object out in
perfect relief
To any person passing down Market
etreet below Third, about o'clock last
night, the depse crowd that lined the
street would have led him 10 believe that
. great connagration was In progress.
T, d. strlans were forced to accept the
of the streets and TO elbow their
way through the crowd, as tie sidewalks
were impossible. The great crowd OF
children assembled embraced 10 the ranks
hundreds Of maturer years, all drawn
together to witness the Spring Opening
Of Hamburger mammoth shoe store.
Never before WAS such q crowd o! chill
dren seen upon such an occasion. and 1t
may safely be said that the success OF
this fitm stands Unprecedented.
Promptly att O'Clock the strains of
Hystts Military brass band, specially
engaged for..the Occnss!oc, could he heard
coming down Market street. 1t looked
40 II the whole city was at the heels OF
The band. They marched down TO Sec
ond street, along second TO Shipley, up
SIMPLIFY to the rear door of the store
which entering they proceeded to the
portico on the second story from whence
beautiful concert music was dispensed to
.he coDgregated multitude below. A
lew minutes later the trent doors, whic b
were guarded by three good men, to
whom the management owe many
thanks, were thrown open and the crowd
was permitted to enter IN single fle
through the store, departing by the Ship
ICY street sp'rance. Each lady was
presented as souvenirs with handsome
maIol.cA wall ornaments and the chill
dren with school companion. and slate..
1t Is estimated that at least six thou-
sand people passed through the store.
Before the crowd got through the stock
OF souvenirs gave out, and tho etook on
hand OF several other storcs was pro-
cured and s,ill tho supply was short.
The management had no idea that there
would BIZ su:h rush Of people. The
store has been open about eight mouths,
aud the brightest antIcipsiions OF tho
have been nor. than real.
lied. Mr. j. A. Fuld, the manager. IL
delighted with tho success of the store.
He attributes this success to this large
and splendid stock OF goods he carries
and to the Reasonable prices charged.
lie is grateful, TO the people Of Whining
ton for their liberal patronage. lie
spares no paine to please and accommo-
date, and his assistants, Mr.. Wesley
Pyle aud Mr.. Frank DeValenyer. with
the lady clerks. Misses Anna LOTHIAN.
Laura Draper and Clara Sullivan, are
ever ready and polite to wait upon Gus.
toners. Even II half the great crowd
that visited the store last night never
comes back again. Mr.. Fuld 10 happy at
the thought OF ahcrdiDg them . pleasant
evening.