Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-10-13
A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY.

iectS dart, In this CITY, ms uiuiU-piie1
wonderfully within the past few years,
and this popular appreciation OF the
beautiful is in a very great measure due
&c the systematic efforts OF Mr.. l. 81.
Dillon. Year after year he has caused
TO brought to this city the finest exam
pies of American and foreign efforts n
the lines dealt in by his house, ana the
result has been the awakening Of the
local love for the beautiful among all
classes, until to-day no community can
be found which contains larger pro
portion of competent critics IN line
jewelry, pottery, bronzes, art furniture,
cut glass. br.c-a-brac, and all the collat-
eral lines of human endeavor. Much S
due, as has been said, for this existing
condition, to the policy of Mr.. Dillon
and the old establishment OF l. G. Dill
lon & Co., but it has been reserved for
the newly-formed Dillon, Wheat Sc
HanCher Company to surpass the past,
and TO present, in the sumptuous and
magnificent establishment occupied by
the corporation named, such an array
of fine goods-such bewildering va
riety-such a range in qualities and
prices as cannot be surpassed in any
city on the American continent, no mat
| ter what its size There may be larger
stocks, in the aggregate, in the metro
pclitan cities, but none choicer as TO Sc
lection, or more representative Of mod
ern art in its most attractive forms.
Immediately following the formation
| of the existing firm, orders were given
for the entire remOdeling and charging
OF the old store room at No. 1928 Market
street, for the decoration of the interior,
! and for the substitution OF thoroughly
up-tO-date front upon the street. These
ideas have been carried out literally re-
gardlesS of expense, and the result is
an establishment which of itself ap-
peals strongly to discriminating lovers
of the beautiful. The effect from the
street IS q splendid one, and during the
past.few days, and particularly Friday
evening and last evening. there was a
continuous throng in front of the store.
the individuals composing It reveling
in the combined effects of the artistic
ally designed windows, The mahogany
door, the cut and beveled glass. the elec-
trio lights and the choice examples of
stock displayed to the passers-by,
While this work was going on
at the store, Mr.. l. G. Dillon
and Mr. Charles HancherF were in
the East, selecting from the stocks
of the leading New York dealers and
importers, and from the samples dis
tplayed by the agents of the best foreign
houses, a line of goods, never before apIi
preached in this city, in the State, or
within three hundred miles of Wheel
ing, in any State embraced IN that
radius. These goods, both domestic
and imported, are now arriving, and
chose which have come to hand are noE
on view and for sale. Others will be
here in few days, and within the ensu-
ing week there will be 4 display such ast
will afford a liberal education in art
matters to the average reader, while tho
better informed in such matteres will
be delighted and aston!shed at the COM
prehensive exhibit.
To even attempt to enumerate the
leading features of this matchless stock
would be futile within the limits of a
newspaper article. The display must
be seen and examined to be properly
appreciated Nevertheless, we cannot
refrain from referring to a few of the
more striking examples of goods car
ried by the Company, and in doing so
we wish to impress one fact upon the
reader While it IS true that the stock
as 4 whole is a most exceptional one in
its character, this, as matter Of course,
implying that many things, while
offered at close figures, call for q con-
siderable outlay in the purchase, it must
be remembered that peculiar advantages
are offered those of comparatively I'm
can command beautiful things, as sold
by the Dillon, Wheat & Hancher Com
pany. A splendid Haviland china
plate for example, can be had as low
as $3.50. Many fine samples of the
finest pottery come under 50, meat sets,
chop dishes, and scores of other things,
of the best makes, are cheap beyond be-
lief, and the same thing is true through
all the various lines of jewelry, glass,
china, silver, ETC. Don't get the idea
that because it is the finest jewelry
store in America that only the rich can
deal there. No matter how modest your
ideas or how small your purse, you can
be accommodated.
One Of the most attractive depart
ments of this mammoth establishment
is that given over to art furniture, in
SOLD mahogany and other fine woods.
The best results of the cabinet-makers'
art are here to be seen, in such things
as music cabinets, tables, secretaries,
and similar articles, in Louis XIV. and
Empire designs In workmanship, in
design, and in delicacy of finish and
taS.e Of decoration, these goods are not
to be excelled anywhere. A type of
this class of goods is q magnificent Ia
BILE, of Empire design. in solid mahog-
any. The top bears III the centre
half life-size portrait of the Empress
Josephine, painted on porcelain by cell
ebrated artist, and surrounding it are
porcelain miniatures Of Nine. Recam.er,
Queen Hortense, Elsie Bonaparte, the
Duchess de Montebello, Caroline Murat,
the infant King of Rome Pauline
BOnapart, etc. Each portrait is
in itself a work of art of decided
merit, and the article IS illustra-
tive of the class of goods embraced in
this department.
Then we have art reproductions of
the most celebrated paintings, a sumpt-
uouS l.ne of French bronzes, by the
best artists, CaraTa busts of historic
personages in music, art and general
history thoroughly representative
line of the most celebrated pottery. in
Royal Vienna, Haviland, and the other
French and Continental makes, the fin
eS. English pottery. Wedgewood ware
N its most attractive forms, delft
plaques and br.c-a-brac, rare old Jap
anese wares, the finest and most deli
cate Of china, in all the celebrated
disnlaY of ieWelry. silver. cut glass. brio