Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1897-10-07
THE GREATER OAK HALL,
News About the New Outfitting Store for
Women and Men. Oak Hall Now
Store for Everybody.


Store for Every body.
we make no apology for borrowing a
half column of city news for this issue on
the new move of our old business friends.
Wanamaker d Brown.
Nobody ever thought of the old corner
at 9th and Market, except as the house
that had been head and front of the cloth
ing trade for men and boys, for over
thirty six years.
Ihey have gone into the clothing busi-
ness as big as ever this season, but bv
pushing the tables little closer all
around, and gathering little room here
and there, they have got almost two big
hoors empty and filled again with new
clothing for women, misses and little
girls.
1t is an entirely new thing for the house.
There is one whole floor filled with
women's cloaks, suits, wraps, opera
cloaks, tea gowns, and all the other goods
for outer wear for ladies'; and as part of
that business they have cloths for maxi
ing ladies' gowns and wraps to measure,
just as desired. These are to be made by
men tailors, thereby giving them the
highest stamp of skill and finished work.
manship.
At least one-fourth of the stock has
been imported and just brought through
the custom House-fresh from the Paris.
London and Berlin makers.
While Mr.. J. A. Hudson, the manager
of this new department., was abroad. he
ordered stock of hats, bonnets, toaues
and other new conceits in ladies' headgear
made expressly to the order of Wana-
maker d Brown, and these make the first
show of millinery.
These two-the ladies cloak and suit
room and millinery room-have been
commodiously arranged on the second
floor.
Immediately underneath the ladies'
cloaks on the first floor is the room for
misses and children's cloaks and suits.
In another part of the first floor de-
partment for the sale of women's and
misses, mems and boys shoes, has been
opened, and alongside of it-men's and
boys hats.
The building alterations to accomplish
the needed selling space have almost
transformed the old store. The familiar
old broad stairway to the second floor has
disappeared, and the large transom space
has been fioored over Ia modest stairway
replacing the old one), and an unbroken
second floor secured thereby. Some of
the old skylight spaces have been closed
with heavy green glass, turning the space
into selling room; the old picture gallery
front wall on 9th street front, and the
whole long side of the store make an
unbroken range of glass in window and
door.
The opening day, Wednesday, Septem-
Der 20, was study in multitudes and
comments The hours passed in med
ley OF sight seeing and buying. Not
withstanding the very broad invitation
to make the day day of nothing but
seeing the new things. many were ire
pressibly bent on buying, and spent their
money in opening day purchases.
The store was in holiday garb for the
opening-palms in corners of rooms or
perched on tables or window sills, re-
lieved here and there with the sparkle of
dahlia and asters and roses.
From the earliest business hour the
store was thronged with sight seers OF
the city and suburbs and country towns,
admiring and trying on and commenting
on the new sights of beautiful goods and
the many changes that had come over
the store.
There is no doubt that this new move
of Wanamaker q Brown will bring the
store new glory to add to it's old fame
as clothing house. The women and
misses will be as eager now to go to it as
the men always have been.
Success to the new storekeepers for us
all.