The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
Grand Holiday Opening at the PalRe
Stores of the Great Atlantic and Pa
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Grand Holiday Opening at the Palace
Stores of the Great Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company.
Seventh street was never so crowded with
people as it was last Tuesday evening. The
occasion Of the throng was the annual holiday
opening Of the palace stores Of the Great At
lantic and Pacific Tea Company. The forty
nine clerks who were in attendance were kept
busy as bees in harvest time, taking orders
for Teas, Coffees, Sugars and Baking Powders,
also between times, the large corps Of pleas
ant clerks were presenting handsome flowers
and the beautiful "Home Guard Christmas
Panel' to each visitor who honored this grand
opening with their presence. The Home
Guard is entirely original-it is superb pic
ture-representing the happy face Of g.
year-old boy, in full uniform, with toy gun,
bugle, sword, drum, and little helmet on his
head, and he seems to be the happiest little
Home Guard in all Christendom. This panel
picture is handsome enough to adorn any
family parlor in the National Capital
This company controls 225 stores through
out the United States, representing So, ,O00-
600, having their headquarters at 35 and 81
Vesey street, New York City. During the
opening, the ladies and others received
through the courtesy of The genial manager,
over l., 1000 fresh cut and fragrant flowers, and
5000 of the "Home Guard Panels" The
stores, sol and SOB (Which are the main es-
tablishments), are centrally located at the cor
ner Of Seventh and E streets, northwest. The
two large and well-arranged stores were
beautifully Illuminated, there being $50 in
candescent and two very large electric lights,
with $50 gas jets in all, it was grand and
magnificent spectacle, far surprising any
thing of the kind that has ever been wit
messed in the Capital city, and far
eclipsing any of their former openings.
The stores were elegantly decorated with
also handsome French plate mirrors, Chinese
and japanese lanterns, all of an elaborate
character. Taking in the whole situation at
glance one would almost imagine that they
were In the Orient where these excellent
teas came from. The flowers and plants were
furnished by the well-known florists, Messrs
Strauss & Co., ana the draperies and hangiDgs
were kindly loaned for the occasion by Mr..
Thomas d. Singleton, the prominent Seventh
street merchant. The draperies and other
hangings were artistically arranged by one Of
Mr.. Singleton's skilled workmen, and take
1t all together it presented an unique
and Oriental appearance. There was con-
stant throng of people early in the day wend-
ing their way to the grand holiday opening
and it lasted until late in the night. AS an
opening and q business enterprise 1t was
surely grand success. All the details were
under the immediate supervision of the enter
| prising business manager, Mr.. n. ii. Bowman,
| to whom it reflects great deal OF credit, not
| only for the satisfactory termination OF Fri.
| days opening enterprise, but for his bus1
ness sagacity as manager ever since their first
opening in this city years ago. 1t might be
truthfully said that these three large
stores with branches in every market
| are 'sthe Queen Bees" In their line o1
| goods In the National Capital because theii
business in Teas, Coffees, and Baking Powders
have grown to immense proportions on &C
count of excellent management, fair dealings
and selling pure, straight goods. His corps o.
| obligng statesmen We'd with each other to as
sist their manager In carrying out the minute
details, and the pretty young lady cashier wa
busy during the entire opening taking In th'
cash and giving the correct change Th'
opening was happy termination OF well
planned system OF details by the manager
| Mr. Newton H. Bowman.