The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-26
THAT MOORISH ROOM
The Potent Cause of a Great
Excitement.
STRlKINGLY MYSTERIOUS
The Peculiar Merits of the Case Taken
Up and Analysed to Satisfy
the Craving of the Gem
eral Public.

For some days, particularly during
the latter part of last week, strange
sounds have been heard, falling from
the lips of several ladies well known
in Butte. They had evidently seen and
appreciated something out of the COM
mon and were talking it over.
1t seems that the leading business
house in Butte has been making some
vast improvements on the third floor,
where, between the furniture and the
carpet and drapery departments, a fine
Moorish room has been built elegantly
fitted up and finished with lines of
goods unknown until recently except
to the favored few.
This Moorish room is on the Granite
street side of Hennessy's new store by
the wide walls of the elevator, formed
by richly finished oak grill work of
handsome design, showing Moorish
arches and other rich effects in square
and circular work. All this wood work
was done in Butte by the Big Black
FOOT Lumber company and by its
beauty attracts great attention. Then
the decorations: The walls are painted
a deep red with rich designs in bold
contrasting colors and gold forming
valance frieZe of exceptional gorgeous
ness, the ceiling of sky blue, dotted
with silver stars. This work was done
by the Charles Schatzlein Paint COM
pany and is considered the finest piece
of decorative art in Montana.
Then the contents: A large Turkish
canopy formed by draping genuine
Bagdad and kiskelirn rugs over spears
and battle axes. A lounge in the GEN.
ter is draped with similar rugs. while
the background is a rich XVI Bokhara
rug. cosy corner is draped with
genuine Bagdad stripes. lounge and
chairs covered with rugs; some spears,
battle axes and target complete the
pretty effect. A round Turkish divan
with seat and back of tufted tapestry
of rich colorinss encircles one of the
pillars. But what strikes you most on
entering this room is the immense
quantity of Oriental rugs, that cover
the floor, chairs, walls, lounges and
everything that lis out of sight"
These rugs comprise the largest ship
ment of Oriental rugs ever brought to
Butte. Some are antique, some are de-
cidedly new; they are all genuine eX-
amples of work done by the sons of the
deserts. who transmit the art of weav-
ing their own intricate patterns from
one generation to another.
n this assortment are some remark
ably fine Indian rugs, antiques, Tihis,
kurdistan, Shervan and MosSoull,
some choice royal Bokhara, KAYAK.
silky Mecca. royal Iran, Kutatria and
royal Ferahan. Some of these are
worth from S225 to $500 each, others are
marked from SS.75 to S75 each. accord
ing to size and quality. And such rich
draperies. genuine Bagdads, Kiskelirn
couch covers. Persian Kelim covers and
light Turkish table covers and scarfs
in white, silk and gold. Then the ar
NOR and such things as spears, swords,
ba tile axes, shields. targets similar to
those used between the times of the
Romans and Cromwell.
In the large and handsome curtain
and carpet departments adjoining is the
largest assortment of up-to-date fab
RIGS for floor covering and house deco
ration ever shown in the West. Hen
nessy's new store is the Mecca for
shoppers.