New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
JOYS FOR WOMEN.
AN IDEAL SHOPPING PLACE.
TIE STORE OF HILTON. HUGHES co. TO BE IL
| ELIMINATED WITH 1900 LIGHTS-TIE
OPENING THIS WEEK.

OPENING THIS WEEk
Hilton. Hughes & CO.. successors to A. J. stewart
! broadway. Fourth-ave., Ninth and TENN sts'
attracted the attention Of pedestrians in Broadway
on last Friday evening by the striking Illumination
| I'm their show windows At 7:i5 o'clock LOO electric
lights blaAed forth. In less time than 1t takes TO
| tell H. a crowd had gathered, staring with eager
eyes AZ the Apparently intcrmnable lines OF Drill
| ants and goatlng the fine things that shohe
beneath them. In one compartment was a 'a".e
laid for the feast. though, Ike Barrncciues II
had no edbies: In another cabinet that came on
| a wishing carpet straight from Dresden; next Il
| tourists outfit that tempted one TO travel away
forthwith: next, vlses full Of graceful PAINS next
dinner sets and So on. Till the end of the chapter'
beginning with tomorrow, the display VIII be
| shown every evening from 7 till s. Later wheh
Hilton Hughes 4 co.'s own electric pant Is IN
readness-lt cc.t 100000. has 1000 lights, ana IL
um!nltcs twenty five thirty acres of floor space
the show Will last til 10 o'clock. Verify, the scent
| OF Christmas and holidays is in the air.
II one il uclty enough have the inside Of this
| Immense establishment shown 20 him. 10 examine
the mechanism Of this vast AlaIdIn's lamp, there
Is sinl greater cause for wonder. The hash IN the
windows is only fash Of the footlghts before the
play begins. to speak.
Down in the sub-ceIlar. twenty-one feet benea'h
tn, surface OF the street, they are preparing u
put In the new boilers. The walls OF the structure
have been covered wiki asbestos plaster and there
I l. IN IN winch All HlHd4HHii"' b''NN'''' 80"
taken cr the newly arrived commodities. ana into
which no employee on pain Of instant dismissal.
Iares venture with match, a cigar or pipe
sun other workmen fitting the huge glass WIN
dows which open on the engine-room from the
Moorish receptionro room where visitors may SIT d"I
watch the dynamos 20 round
FOR THE OPENING THIS WEEK.
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. the big autumn
opening viii take place An army Of assistants for
in leulf
first place there was an entire Encouragement Oh
counter. 20 be made. humanitarian principles.
Tho shopper AZ Hilton. Hughes n co.'s VIII not
ma one part Of her v"stments in on" pace ara a
contingent part IN another place n'-grariei az
mil. awa,. II al establishments were as '"slby
adjusted as theirs there wou.i be- l'ss frantic hurry
IN the great business OF making purchases. fewer
distracted women tearing round AZ serious FISK ID
themselves ami Others. !ess wakes ~ lost rdic'S
oyer their devious courses, ana less Ju+th'AN'H 'i
;hc common accusation that all American women
wear Themselves out with nervous worry A"d. "a
fhc~ hole. ar ma 10 comfortable their aesthetic
scnsa Will he rratinet also. los tie scenes around
iheu Upstairs ana downstairs. my lady may wan
ley ana not nnI false note any"n.re-'I"W Ue
h.rn,,. on the nrs' floor. 20 tNc antique b"I
brought from the Antwerp Exhibition On the nfin'
from the three acres u toys In he basement 20 IN"
electric carpet making machine under the roof
| from tho cooks too.s below 10 the draw'ng-room
above There is tunnel that dives under the earth
and comes out IN still other shops. at No. - Ninth
st. AMI 80 - Fourth-ave.. fourth floor laid en-
troy in parquci flooring; there is a room fuH OF
Paris gown5 every one 4 triumph. there is furnl-
turc In marquetry AMI old AK. there are beds ami
ruy. and statuary and sim the haY Is not told II
an.h,Iv doesn't believe It. he would better q to
Hilton. Hughes x Co. TINS week ana ma ou' ioF
rchays private ,nsrgei9n T T. the ~ p da1e
Impressive Il IL yak Of NILS 2asi Pa ', ana ana
frlr f0i
ihcrc are luncheon rooms for the employees one
large section on the SAM Moor Is heI MID nunHe
LEANED. another with goods ordered but not yet
delivered. Here also are the manufactures Tor
fnrs and hair mattresses one story lower are the
general stores for furniture and long avenue or
rooms for showing samples.
THE MIDWAY PLAIsANCE."
one long aisle that stretches across the shop has
been dubbed tho Midway Plaisance' and on a
week day must be- about as lively as the famous
original Of liyerting memory. on the next floor
are siiil more storage places. with innumerable
boxes Of handkerchiefs and hose. Next We come
upon the comfortable private offices and the car
pets \ carpet IN this house is cut by diagram Of
the room. and hts 1t as II IT had been made on
tn. spot. Next finds the entire Fourhavc.
std. given No to an upholstery department.. that is
said to be the largest In the worlL toward the
archlprlago of tables chairs and all kinds OF furn
turc. There is \ernis Martin cabinet which an
old artist in Paris H. said 10 have worked on two
whole years before he brought II to the degree Of
perfection that hts artistic soul demanded. and
! there Is more than secretary fun or pigeon
/ holes and occult drawers that exhale the subt"
odor OF bygone letter-writ.ng stil another story
lower the gowns already mentioned. III that
sanctuary OF wOman's heart tn dressmakng de-
partncnt Even man could see that the builders
OF these frocks beyond the ocean, must have burned
with the sacred fire. None but the brain Of a true
genus could have evolved those unheard OF com
binliious OF line and circle and bias, those deft
comm,n gngs ~ silk with cloth and furs with
either one evening gown. with ndmbDvant erect
about the neither skirts. is symphony ~ dream OF
Tn main floor at hst-in the order followed -
rcpletc with china. lamps. and bric-a-brdc enough
to stock art museum besides long counters OF
all IN. most rcccn. stufs for bonnet, waist or
petticodt. Every thing looks reasonable that IL
Invites purchasing. whether needed not, and 10
julg" from the previous history of this house. Is
guaranteed To be- the best OF lts kind The prom
ised opening Is bound to be a biz success All the
world IS progressive nowadays, and Hilton. Hughes
g. 60. have done things which would have aston
ished even the illustriOus Stewart himself.