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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
BIG STORE SYSTEM
QUOTING THE DEPARTMENTS
WHICH ARE EMBRACED
WORK IS WELL DIVIDED

Heads of the Establishment Have
Certain Defined Duties, and Are
Responsible for the Conduct Of
Those Under Them-DeIivery Sys-
tenn Practically Perfect In Opera
ton.
A large department store is the busiest
place IN a busy city. The term depart
ment," however, is an elastic phrase,
which may cover a vast number of sec
lions, or 1t may be confined to only g.
few more or less related departments. In
the larger stores there are many depart
ments, and one may buy anything from a
piano to toothpicx, while another, which
the law places in the same category, has
only dry goods and affiliated departments.
The usual departments embraced in the
comprehensive term are shoes, ribbons,
gloves, hose, embrofderies, corsets, books,
millinery, prints lining, linens, paper pat
terms, clothing, flannels, silks, notions,
cioaks, doHestics, white goods, fans,
black dress goods, dress goods, umbrellas,
handkerchiefs, Iaces. upholstery, under
wear gentlemen's furnishings, house fur
nishings and art goods, making thirty in
all. more or less representative of the de-
partnent store.
To coordinate the work of so many
energies is a great task, and, If 1t were
dependent upon one man would make the
burden greater than he could bear, but
in every we'll regulated store the system
Is so perfect that no one is overburdened
There is, first Of all, the firm, and the
duties of the members are to have super
vision of the buying. to oversee the sell
ing, and to attend to the financial affairs
of the business. The member of the firm
who has general supervision of the buy
ers exercises his authority only so far as
merchandise is concerned. So far as de-
partment salaries and other things Of
such nature is concerned he has no SUI
peryision The financial member of the
firm decides all questions with reference
to credit, collections. discounts and bank
ing.
Under the store manager comes next
in order the superintendent, and his duties
are many. In the first place he engages
help, much of 1t absolutely. At the head
of every department Is the buyer and
as the success of his purchases depends
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

| to some extent upon the character OF
the help he naturally is solIcitous that
only the best should be employed in his
department. He may make suggestions to
the superintendent, and the latter may
ask for his opinion, but nevertheless all
help is finally engaged through the super
intendent and the opinion Of the buyer
is only consulted to a certain extent.
NOT A FUNCTIONARY.
The superintendent also has charge over
the floorwalkers. To the casual observer
the fioorwalker, except as digniffed
functionary, may not appear to be very
important parsonage but the fact of the
matter Is that he Is more likely than not
to have been at one time one Of the buy
ers, who In time the firm found it eX-
pedient to supplant with younger man,
and he IS pretty certain, to be fnan per-
fectly familiar with the workings of the
department to which he Is attached. He
is frequently called upon to assist at the
head especially during the long absences
of the legitimate manager.
AS far as routine Is concerned all en-
ployes are under the superintendent, but
in a way he holds the f1oorwalkers re-
sponsible 1t is astonishing, however, to
note the watchfulness which the general
manager exercises. In most of the large
stores the ability to conduct himself prop
erly is as much a recommendation to q
young man as the ability to sell goods.
One would be inclined to look upon the
buyer as one of the most important per-
sons in the service, as necessarily so
much depends upon him. He is head Of
his department but usually has an as
sistant, who takes his place while he is
with the agents. In many stores the hours
from II to 4 are considered the proper
ones in which to approach the buyer. Ger
tain roomsfn the house are devoted to his
use, and there the agents are received and
their samples left for inspection.
Suppose the buyer is securing his stock
of hosiery. He compares the 50-cent hose
from one mandatory with the same
priced hose from another. and buys
what he decides to be best He may
choose a 75-cent stocking from the man
whose 50-cent article was declined and
so on. The buyers, of course, have carte
blanche in the matter of buying, but il
the purchase does not sell readily they
are very likely to be. very soon called
to account.
The buyers spend sometimes as long
as ten weeks during the year visiting
the mills and meeting the foreign agents
in New York, each man buying only for
himself. Under the buyer in his depart
ment are the clerks and he himself may
have been a foorwalker before he be-
came buyer. The clerks all look forward
to being at the head of department, of
course. In many of the department
stores women buy the corsets, books,
patterns, muslin underwear and art
goods, and do the work quite as we'll as
men.
MANY EMPLOYEES.
When one realizes the fact that there
are no less than 500 employees In the
largest stores, 1t seems strange
that there should be so little delay in
the transmission of goods. One would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
SCHUNEMAN & EVANS.
DRUG DEPT.
ABOUT HATS.

TOques Are of Remarkable Beauty
This Seasonal Notably Effective
Creation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
MANY EMPLOYEES

When one realizes the fact that there
are no less than 500 employees In the
largest stores, 1T seems strange
that there should be so little delay in
the transmission of goods. One would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

rup, embroidered in one or several coloru
A monogram that suggests a Chinese
New Years card Is a novelty. This ie
usually embroidered In a fine cotton of
bright Chinese red. AS rule, the most
fashionable designs are small, the letters
being dimlnutive, even when the scroll ia
elaborate. Ribbon decorations, lowers.
spears Of wheat and b0wknots are en-
tfrely out of date. The plain letters are
done In simple over and over stitch. and
the background is filing Of solid
seeds, ST. fine that they can hardly be
distinguished from fiat work. without a
microscope. According to a fashionable
New York haberdasher, it Is a rare thing
for man to send in an order for mark
ing this year without some exnlicft in
structions about tie designs. An original
IDEA and the iuest work are the demand.
ana nearly always man will insist upon
having his cwn idea worked out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

light shade of blue are all considered good
colors, and there is one shade of hello
trope-the pinlkish heliotrope-that may
be included, although 1t is a color that is
thought to be much more appropriate for
women. When used for young girls light
gray looks much better IL unrelieved by
any other color save white. Combining
gray with pink, blue or red seems, Gu
riously enough, to make 1t much older
and takes away from it's dainty fresh
ness.
GREEK STATUE GOWNS.
This first step in the new century of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

So much attention is being paid now to
children's clothes that the dressmakers
find it quite profitable to devote great
part OF their time to planning out cos
tunes for young girls. The day is past
when it was considered necessary for a
girl simply to have any sort OF gown for
any sort of occasion, and made-over
clothes were given to girls q fifteen and
sixteen, without the slightest regard as
to whether the material, coloring or style
were suitable. The freshness of youth
generally can stand good deal in the
way of unbecoming clothes, but the i'm
provement in the appearance of the young
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
GOWNS FOR GIRLS
IN THE FR0CKS FOR LIT
TILE MAIDS
JACKET AND SKIRT SUITS

In Vogue for School Wear, and May
BE Obtained at a Reasonable Cost
I'm Good Material, and Cnt Accord
e. ing to the Newest PRtterns-GOId,
uIar.
The times., 1899-03-12
The Modern "ExceIsior.'
ltrom the Chicaro Tribnne.l


The young man with the mobile chin and
far-reaching voice, stood near prominent
street corner. gazed about him with a mel
ancholy preoccupied air, and intoned the
names Of these popular songs. which ne
was selling in 5-cent form:
Take Your Clothes and Co" That Mig
ger Treated Me All Right" She Was
Bred in Old Kentucky" Why Don't You
Get Lady of Your Own" Always Do
as People Say You Should" Just as the
sun Went Down She is More TO BE
Ptied Than Censured." 20, Ebenezer. ."
"Darktown Is Out Tonight" AT Part
ing" " Mid the Green Fields of Virginia. "
Susie Lee, the Belle of Chattanooga, -
Just One Girl" IF You Were Only by
My Side" Because" Hes Up
runaway horse dragging the remains
OF buggy, tore around the corner banged
into the orator, upset him, rolled him
along the sidewalk and left him amid the
wreckage of an overturned peanut stand
The orator, in a state of general ruin.
and discouragement, to all external ap-
pearance, dragged himself out of the
wreck, limped 10 the edge of the side
walk and, with the same far reaching.
melancholy intoning, resumed exactly
where he had left on
Against the Real Thing Now. -
Break the News to Mother" Get Your
Moneys Worth. how Love My Lou, -
She Suttenly Was Good To Me-"
'There'll Be Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight, An Coons Look Alike to Me. -
"On the Dummy Line. Dat Black Gal -
She Was a Wahm Lady etc, and not
a tremor of his voice indicated that there
had been any disturbance out Of the com
mon
The times., 1899-03-12
A r.cnItnc Dilemma.


Out on the south side is a young woman
who is madly searching for a nice, seclud-
ed spot in which she can scream In all
the length and breadth of Chicago there
seems TO be no place for her. She is the
contralto soloist in a comic opera in prog
ress Of amateur rehearsal and one of the
first things the director insisted on was a
good, healthy shrek al certain climax
But | can't scream" she objected II
never scream and don't know how" The
director closed his lips and counted ten
and patiently advised her to practice The
first time she tried to do her duty was one
morning about 10 o'clock AS a piercing
howl surged down the hallway and stairs
there was an avalanche of mother, sister
and servants armed with various instru-
ments OF defence ranging from a silver
buttonhook to carving knife. Il didn't
mean to scare you, she explained humbly
II was just practicing'
Her family didn't say much, but she was
so painfully impressed with the atmosphere
of rigid disapproval which surrounded her
thereafter that she tried it only once more
in the coal cellar on Thursday when the
maids were out, her father downtown. and
her mother and sister out calling Thai
time the policeman on the beat nearly
broke his neck tumbling down the area
stairs to stop the black murder in progress
and since then she has worn gloomy face
and says things about the mpossibilty OF
| the masses ever approaching true dramat-
ic art.
The times., 1899-03-12
KITE-FLYING as a SCIENCE.
Some of the Problems Solved by
Expert Eddy.
From he New YORK Jorrn,Il


From the New York JournaI)
William A. Eddy. of Bayonne. n. / .tbe
! King of Kites has issued an interesting
pamphlet detailing the history of his ex-
periments from 1863, when, as 4 boy, he
tied lantern to the tail of an ordinary
kite, TO July 2S, 1898, when, under orders
( from Gen. y. W. Greely, he sent twenty-six
Of his scientific flyers to the War Depart
ment to demonstrate in Porto Rico the
value of kites for photographing the forti-
fications Of the enemy
MIR. Eddy's chief experiments have been
conducted at Blue Hill Observatory. and
his success was such that in 1894 Prof 6.
p. Langley. of the Smithsonian Institution
sent him a grant from the Hodgkins fund
for the purpose of pursuing his investiga-
tions.
That kite flying as a science is far from
/ being an end-Of-the-century development
+ is shown by the fact that Mr.. Eddy discoy-
cred the great disadvantage of the sag
. OF the kite cable in raising d self-recordiug
thermometer, and set about TO right it,
only to learn later that he had been an
| ticipated by the experiments of Wilson and
Melville in I749
At first Mr. Eddy worked with the or
dinary tail kites, but later abandoned them
altogether, and devoted himself to the tall
less Malay kites-although Malay is a
misnomer, as Mr.. Eddy confesses in a note
The first record of a mid-air photograph
by means of a kite Is in 1856. when E.
Douglas Archibald, OF England is said TO
have secured one. the camera pointing
straight downward. The Bayonne inven-
tor has worked on independent lines. and
in all has secured from various attitudes
about 400 kite photographs Of many locali
ties. nearly all of which are perspective
views.
+ As to experiments in atmospheric elec-
tricity Mr.. Eddy secured his first spark
from copper wire festooned TO the kite
string at Bayonne October s. 1892. On No
vember l, 1855, under a clear sky. he sent
an electric collector about 20Q feet above
the surface Of Liberty Island, within Too
feet of the statue. The first spark was
drawn when the collector was about zoo
| feet below the torch of the statue
Mr. Eddy has received the whispers OF
the wind through a telephone attached 10
q kite many hundred feet in air. demon
stratiGs new way TO study the aulibility
Of fog signals, and he has sent many OF
his flyers aloft through heavy rains
In 1897, he attached to kite camera
obsCura, and when it was 500 feet from
the ground persons could lie fiat on the
ground and by means of powerful glasses
see the reflection in the dark cavity of the
camera obscura of houses and the sails OF
moving ships.
FROM MS Kites shOotlnS-Star war signals
have been thrown. and an arrow, burning.
was shot LOCO feet through the night from
cross-bow attached to 4 kite and operated
by cable.
Col W. A Glassford had charge OF the
experiments in Porto Rico His report has
not yet been made, but Mr. Eddy states
that ne has heard indirectly that the ex-
periments were successful and thar tho
possibility OF disclosing the position ana
fortifcatiOns of the enemy by kite came
ras was demonstrated.
The times., 1899-03-12
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Here were found army officers, post trad
ers, Indians, soldiers horse thieves, and
gamblers, all clustered about the gang
plank, anxious TO jump ashore and spread
over the town, some having come for one
thing and some for another. but all lib
orally supplied with red paint. IL was
but a short job to give bright vermil-
lion hue to these frontier points OF civili-
zation, and, with the assistance Of the ma
tives, it was not infreQuent that one or
more tragedies were enacted before the
departure OF the boat on her return trip
up country"
One OF the we'll known characters Of the
early steamboating days was Capt. Grant
Marsh who commanded the Far West on
that exciting trip from the mouth Of the
Little Big Horn. when he brought the news
of the massacre Of General Custer and his
command in 1876 The trip was exciting
and remarkable, for the reason that he
ran his boat down the swift current OF the
Yellowstone and Missouri, lodging hOul
ders, smashing through snags and over
sand bars, in his mad race to Bismarck,
where he brought the news that startled
the world and convinced the Government
that the civilization of the red man was
by no means accomplished. There was not
d mishap and no Stacking OF speed from
the start till the trip was finished
Dave Campbeirs Fight.
The most eccentric character perhaps,
OF the entire river was Dave Campbell,
the veteran pilot, who was known al ev-
cry landing between Fort Benton and s..
Louis He was at this time proprietor Of
variety theatre at Yankton. but spent
his time on the river during the summer
months. He hated Indians
riay he WAS Nest
down the Missouri, and when near Pant d
Woods the passengers on deck were star
tied to see a small band OF Indians CHASING
two white men along the prairie tan pur-
sued and puTsuers being on foot. Camp
bell declared to the captain thar If h
would run the boat ashore he wou'd 20
out and not come back until he brought
an Indian scalp. Campbell had been boast
ing that il he could only get 4 chance at
the Indians he would show what one man
with nerve COULD do, and the captain de-
cided that here was an opportunity TO shut
him up for the remainder Of the s-ason
at least. He ordered the pilot 10 pull in 10
shore, and he gave Campbell just two
hours in which to make good his boast, o
he would go on down the river and leave
him to massacre the entire Indian race.
The boat had hardly touched the bank
when Campbell. Winchester in hand.
jumped ashore ana started on a run over
the hill in pursuit of the Indians. For
half an hour nothing was heard OF him.
and the passengers and crew were betting
on the chances that the pilot would have
his own scalp lifted. when two or three
shots were heard, and they saw the In
dams returning on 4 run, closely followed
by Campbell, who was pumping lead in
their direction at every jump. one OF the
Indians was seen to fall and Campbell
rushed upon him. executed a variance
and then deliberately scalped his victim
before the eyes of the passengers and
crew of the steamboat.
The times., 1899-03-12
BAXTER BREAKS
A WORLDS RECORD
Clears 6 Feet 3 IA Inches in
the High Jump.
Successful Athletic Meet of the
Georgetown University.
Convention Hall Thronged With En-
thusinstic Spectators-Sum-
mary of Events.

The first indoor meet of the Georgetown
University Athletic Association was held
ct Convention Hall last night, il was a
carnival of sport, and was attended by as
great and as enthusiastic crowd as has
ever been attracted in Washington by any
event of a sporting character. Several
thousand persons were present. Thousands
OF foot tons of human energy was used
up; thousands Of wild yells and frantic
cheers were uttered; thousands of hand
kerchiefs and ribbons luttered The throng
raved at the climax of each event. Under
the mighty pounding and stamping of
excited feet, the stout flooring irembled.
One record was broken. l. X Baxter
representing the University Of Pennsylva-
nit, in the running high jump handicap
put himself over the bar al six feet three
and one-quarter inches. Everybody shout
ed and beat their feet against the flooring
I'LL the great hall doomed with the thunder
of acclaim. There were nine entries in
this event. They were: Edward Mccarthy
ir., of Georgetown University; Ray F. SAT-
fold, OF the Central High School W. p.
Remington, OF the University Of Pennsyl-
yenia; I. X. Baxter. Of the University Of
Pennsylvania; George Starr, of Georgetown
University; ]. E. Sheridan. of Georgetown
University; John Keans. Georgetown Uni-
yersity; W. NJ. A. O'Neill, Georgetown Uni
yersity and A. G. Kranzeline of the Uni
rersity Of Pennsylvania. One by one the
Contestants dropped out of the lists til at
six feet only Baxter and KTanzeline re-
tnained. Baxter then cleared the bar at
Elk feet one inch and Kranzeline an
bounced bis withdrawal Then, ii was
founded through the megaphone that the
winner would make an attempt TO break
the worlds record FOR running high jumps
indoors. This record is set down in the
text books OF sport at six feet three inches.
At the fpst attempt Baxter did not clear
the bar. At the second attempt. though,
he cleared the bar with his feet, yet his
hand knocked il out of place. The third
effort was successful. Baxter was deaf
tned with plaudits and almost smothered
with congratulations and caresses by the
throng of admirers that surged around him.
This was the only record that sustained
Sny injury during the evening.
Spectators began to gather around the
closed doors Of Convention Hall before 7
O'clock. Groups OF demonstrative college
The times., 1899-03-12
Officials of the Meet.
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS.
Cherry Leaf Wins the Trolley Hnndi.
cap i'm n Drive.

New Orleans, March 1.-THE Trolley
Handicap at one mile was the interesting
event on the card this afternoon. Cherry
Leaf was the favorite and the winner, but
ii took all she could do to keep OFF the rush
in the stretch. The Texas contingent
turned loose a good thing in the fifth In
K. c. His opening price was skies, but
al post time to ! was the best obtainable.
X. c. was practically left at the post and
after trailing for a half mile was let down
and shot by his field as if it was standing
still. winning in a canter. Summaries
First race-One mile. King Barleycorn.
3 to /, won; Gold Fox, second; Elmer S,
third. Time, 1:41 "a.
Second race-Half mile. Jack Willis. 3
TO /, won; Pan Jette, second Contessa,
third. Time, O,50 3 4
Third race-Six furlongs Bright Night,
to 10, won; Sheik, second; Colonel Eads.
third. Time, l:l6 I-2
Fourth race-one mile. Cherry Leaf.
even. won; Al Fresco, second; Eva Rice,
third. Time. 40 ga
Fifth race-Six and half furlongs. X.
c., TO /, won; Prince Zeno. second; You
No See third. Time 122 l-2
Sixth race-Seven furlongs. Lillian Belle
TO !, won; Tom Kingsley, second Morde-
cal, third Time, l:2S IA
The times., 1899-03-12
A New swindiing Gnme.

Swindlers have been at work in Wash
ington with a new scheme and the police
will probably be called upon to apprehend
them. The compIainants are NJ Stein d
Co, merchant tailors, doing business at il3
Eleventh Street northwest Several un-
known men have been canvassing the bus
iness districts Of the city, soliciting orders
for custom made clothing and directing
their victims to the Stein establishment.
representing that the clothes will be made
at ridiculously low prices. These swindlers
display samples of spring cloth upon
which they take their orders and NJ. Stein
& Co. have been besieged for several days
with the people from whom orders have
been secured under false pretences. Fifty
dollars reward has been offered for the ar
rest and conviction of these swndlers.
The times., 1899-03-12

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The times., 1899-03-12

II takes a woman TO overcome obstacles.
Mrs Charles ". Harry, 500 York St, New
port, KY, had for years patiently borne
the disgrace, suffering, misery. and priva-
ton due TO her husbands drinking habits.
Learning there was a cure for drunken
ness which she could give her husband
secretly she decided TO try 1t. She mixed
II in his food and coffee and as the remedy
is odorless and tasteless he never knew
what il was that quickly relieved the
craving for liquor. He soon began TO pick
up in flesh, his appetite for solid food re-
turned, he stnek TO his work regularly, and
they now have happy home. Mr.. Harry
was tejd about his Nife's experiment and
he gives her the credit of having restored
him To his senses IL IS certainly a re-
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