The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-23
GRAND STORE.
Formal opening of Manson G. Larrabee's
Yesterday.

For years Mr.. Manson G. Larrabee has
been identified with the dry goods bust
ness of this city, building up a fine trade
by his keen business ability, his liberal
advertising and square dealing His
beautiful new store at No. SIS Congress
street, was formally opened yesterday.
The improvements have been SO numer
GUS and the repairs SO thorough that il
is practically a new store The front
walls and ceilings are snowy white. i'm
parting a light which must be appreciat
ed by the thousands who will have oc
casion to inspect goods here. The coun-
tiers and fixtures are Of hard wood, highly
polished and the shelving in white makes
a pretty background for the immense
stock which impresses one with its mag
nitude at once.
AS a guide to the various departments,
whose number must bewilder one not
familiar with them, we append brief
description.
On the left as one enters is the ribbon,
handkerchief, kid glove and worsted de-
partment, in charge of Miss Persis B.
Jordan. with Miss Carrie b. Barter as
assistant.
Next is the linen, white goods blankets
and housekeeping goods department. The
space devoted to these goods would imply
that Mr.. Larrabee considers them pets,
certainly it would be a hard matter to
| find a more complete and varied stock
than is here shown. HI. N. Chaffey,
Hollis Bray, Miss Reed, Miss Devine,
Miss Annie Hardy and Miss Mamie Noyes
will be pleased to show their goods at any
and all times.
The Gentlemen's. Furnishing De,
partment occupies the entire
left of the center counter and ex-
tends to the boys clothing depart
ment in the rear. 1t is a store in itself,
and the man who could not supply his
needs here must be fastidious in the ex-
IRENE. This department. is in charge of
Mr.. f. E. Bickford, with Ernest Haskell,
o. S. Traitor, E. Fl. Minot and Herbert
!, M. Lamabee as assistants.
Tile Stationery and Engraving Depart
ment is located in the front circle facing
the street This is.a new feature, and
everything in this line will be carried
| in stock. Miss Mabel Clark is in charge
and Miss Nellie A. @Iarochelle, assistant
The Department Of Jewelry and Fancy
Goods is located on. first center counter
to the right, and lis in charge ofsMiss
Mamie Courtland. III
Next on the right center counter Is the
Underwear and Hosiery department.
where full line Of ladies, gentlemen's
and children's underwear Will be shown
by Miss Fl. +. Cobb and her assistants,
Miss Maggie Derrah and Miss Lottie
Sturdevant.
The Muslin Underwear department. is
located on the rear center counter to the
right. An immense stock of these
dainty articles that delight the heart OF
every female crowd the shelves and coun-
tiers. This is a speciality in which Mr.
Ilarrabee also leads and nowhere could
YOU get more courteous treatment than
from Miss Bell Tuttle and her assistants,
the Misses Nellie Kenoin and BertieTuttle.
The Small Ware department. is located
at the first circle on the right as you en-
ter. Here also are the umbrellas. Miss
Annie Conley is in charge.
Next on the right is the Lace, Trim
mings and Button department in charge
of Miss A. S. Duncon, with Misses Maba
Owen and S. f. Bonner assistants.
The Lining department is next on the
right, in charge Of Miss Ida e. Reed.
The Dress Goods department is one OF
the largest in the store, and for conyen-
ience sake is divided into two sections,
and extends from the lining department
to the boys clothing department. in the
rear. Foreign and domestic dress goods
are shown in profusion, the colored dress
goods department, being in charge OF
G. NJ. Boynton, with Chas. Brown and
MRS C. S. Brooks assistants. The black
dress goods andSsilk Department. is in
charge of Miss Della Coyne.
All roads lead to Rome, ard every
avenue in this large store leads to this
department., which is new departure in
department. stores in this city. Believing
that women. who buy the greater por-
ton of these goods would delight to find
them in dry goods store, MI. Larrabee
has spared neither pains nor expense to
make the boys clothing department
worthy Of the name. Here everything
that a boy wears, from the age Of four
until he reaches 10, may be found. Mi.
f. f. Bickford, well known to Portland
people as a dealer in clothing, will man
age this department and hopes to meet
his old patrons.
The Cloak department is in the
rear to the left of the boys cloth
ing department, and all the latest
STYLE in ladies', misses, and children's
cloaks and furs are shown. This depart
ment is also in charge of Mr. f. e. Bick-
ford, with Miss Frances f. Finnegan,
Miss Ada Manchester and Miss Maggie
MCGOWAN assistants
The opening was decided success from
every point of view. Large crowds were
in attendance at all hours of the day, and
while no attempt was made to sell goods,
the receipts were very gratifying to Mr.