Evening journal., 1897-10-06

ing structure will be a credit to Will
mingtOn.
Viewing the building from Sixth
street, one sees five stories of dark
pressed brick and dark mortar, with
elaborate trimmings Of Warsaw stone
The great arch over the front en-
trance reaches to the second story and
the big vestibule opens under it, being
enclosed by big plate glass windows,
which light the first and second floors.
The big building takes up nearly one
third Of the block in which il stands, il
fronting rs feet On Sixth street, and
running back 100 feet.
The greatest plate glass windows in
Wilmington permit the sunlight to en-
ter the big store from Sixth street front.
Another large plate glass front on Tat
nall street affords much brightness for
the first floor clerks.
INSIDE THE EMPORIUM.
In the new building and the Tatnall
street store the firm has over As, 200
Square feet OF store room, and never in
the same space has so much beautiful
furniture, Dric-a-brac carpets, mat
tings, rugs and similar articles been as
sembled in Delaware, even at an expo
sition.
Entering from Sixth street the Wis
| itor finds a mammoth salesroOm de
voted TO the spacious display Of bizarre
and fancy furniture. Parlor and draw
| ing-room ornaments of every descrip
| tion and for every class, abound on al
sides. Tapestry displays here are wort
| going a long distance to see. In tn
midst of all the wares so artistically
exhibited one can see the office force a
work, as the private offices Of the firm
are just to the right of the Sixth stree
( entrance, separated by carved oak par
titions and plate glass.
SOMETHING FOR EVERY CUSTOMER
AS patrons approach the front en-
| trance an obliging usher inquiries their
wants and they are quietly escorted tc
the part of the big warehouse that con-
tains the desired goods.
If one wishes to purchase office fur
niure he takes the passenger elevator
in the rear of the store and is whisked
up to the fifth floor. The elevator is q
new one, just constructed, the old one
! having been relegated to the position ot
freight elevator. Reaching the highes
floor the visitor finds it stocked witt
every article of furniture needed in ol
| about an office, the Whole being ar
/ ranged in a very attractive manner, 81
as best to display the various pieces.
/ THE DISPLAY OF CARPE1s.
i Coming down from the cosy fftl
floor by q broad stairway one comes I,
the fourth story, which is the finest car
pet show room in the city, and in th'
| opinion Of all who have visited it, on
! of the finest rooms for that purpos
anywhere. Formerly the firm carried
its line Of carpets on the first floor
where it was somewhat cramped TO
\ space. II was also necessary to us
i artificial light for the proper display o
1 the goods, but now in the great shOv
/ room provided on the fourth floor an.
/ number of samples may be unrolled a
lonce and the prospective purchaser ha
the opportunity TO inspect the stock a
/ carefully as he wishes. On this foo
Is also carried the firms handsome lin
of rugs OF foreign and domestic manu-
fracture.
FITTINGS FOR DINING-RO0M.
/ Bedroom and dining-room furnish
ings occupy the third floor and tn
luxuriant hooks and arrangement
here are worth not only visit, bu
most careful scrutiny. Many have bu
Y a faint idea of what a little money, cou
pied with modern genius, can do 70
these two most important rooms of tn
house. The dining-room chairs, side
boards, refrigerators, divans and ever
i new invention for convenience and COST
ness are here.
j THE FIRMS OWN MANUFACTURE
4 On the second floor is displayed
Il stock OF drapery and parlOr work O
the firms own manufacture that is sec
ond to none The finest woods and tn
most careful workmanship by Whining
4 tens artistic workmen are combined &
render each article the best of its kind
and one must be indeed hard to pleas
If from this stock he cannot selec
something to ft his idea Of the correc
thing. The Tatnan street store is
workroom, and it will be continued 3
be used as such and for the storage o
goods The first floor Of the Tatnal
: street store which was formerly use
as a salesroom. will hereafter be use
as a cabinet finishing and shipping
room
In the annex TO the large store on Tat
nall street Is the shipping department