The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-14
1T WAS \ GREAT AFFAIR.
Wichita's Dry Goods Prince Scores
Great Success.

Great Success.
Cash Henderson's was the mecca of
all the fair ladies of Wichita and of fif-
" miles of surrounding country yes
terday and last night.
The dry goods prince Of Kansas add
ed new laurelS to his fame and it is not
/ eNageration to say that he was the
! most talked about man in Sedgwick
county on Easter eve.
Yesterday was opening day in his
vast dry goods and carpet emporium.
now the largest, he claims in the state
of Kansas.
People who have been reading his ad-
| VertisementS in the Eagle for fifty
miles around commenced to crowd the
store early in the morning and from
that till 10 O'Clock last night the three
immense rooms were damned full Of
delighted women.
During the day the attendance was
made up mostly of ladies from the coun-
try and surrounding towns. 1t makes
no difference who they are Cash Hen
derSon knows how TO treat them right.
Some say he is as smart as a whip,
others say he is a wonderful judge Of
human nature and others still say
that he kissed the Barney stone. 1t is
neither of these things that makes
Cash Henderson popular. II Is his
great big heart and spontaneous nature
pie. There is sympathy running all
through human nature and it reaches
its highest type in Cash Henderson.
He had thousand pretty things 10
say to the country ladies who, he says.
he loves because they are the mothers
OF the future great men of this coUn-
try. And the babies he tiCkled under
the chins and took them around to see
the big hen laying Easter eggs. one Il
minute. until the little fellows would
burst their sides almost laughing. That
hen developed more baby dimples yes
terday than a circus and Cash was
pleased because he made them happy.
one stranger in the city watched
him all day with establishment ma 10 q
reporter for the Eagle he said. If
that man was in politics with the facul
~ he has nothing could stop him from
being president"
Last night he took his stand near
the counting room with a smile and
happy Countenance that was as re-
spiendent as the fine diamond that
sparkled in his scarf. He dealt out
ported flowers and Easter eggs To 1900
ladies and everyone Of them we're hap
~. He had q pleasant word, witty
saying or some refreshing joke for
each enc Of them ana how he was able
to keep up his good hUmor in such 4
throng was z. mystery TO everybody.
Tor actually the people nearly C uSnvu
the life out of one another TO get 10
him and receive 4 flower and and a
souvenir egg. They We're there from
every walk Of life. the rich. the poor
the young and the old. all attracted il
would look, by the human magnet
that dispensed flowers, eggs. smiles
End good nature. When he got q Little
breathing spell the Eagle reporter con-
graduated him on the success % the
opening as well as his ability 20 make
il Il great event. Il always like 70 set
my customers and friends around me
once year. said he. and have q
good time That i the secret Of sue
cess in business. II you treat your
patrons right they VIII treat you right
Tonight / have a larger floor space than
any dry goods house in Kansas AMI
that * the reason why. Seven years
ago / had sixty feet of fioor space.
That was about he period that times
began To get dun. Since then business
houses have coiapSedGH over the cosR-
try and around me. There Vas a bank
in my middle room there. I; failed. 7
took the room. added forty feet more
10 it and stocked il Up with goods. My