The western sentinel., 1900-07-26
COMPLETENESS ITSELF.
Winston takes Pride i'm the
Fact of Having one of
THE FINEST DRY GOODS HOUSES IN
THE STATE.

IL goes w
ston excels in most things. The
energy of Its people-the win" and
business "snap" displayed is char
acteristic of the city, and we are
proud of the fact. Here and there
we find notable illustrations of en-
terprise-of business foresight and
business energy, and in no instance
Is this more marked than in the case
of Ryttenberg Bros, whose metro
politan establishment is the pride Of
the Twin Cities.
The house in question is not an
old established concern-its history
is familiar to most of our readers,
and yet we feel that we can inpart
some Information relative to it in
this review that will be in keeping
with our purpose of showing what
manner of place Winston is.
The noted Gray Block" upon
Third Street, is headquarters for the
house Here two salesrooms are
occupied, having frontage of 81 feet.
This front is seritahle glimmer of
plate glass which affords unsurpass-
ed opportunities for displaying sta
pie articles and novelties, and who
ever s'dfesses" these show windows
displays real artistic taste. Equal
taste in display characterizes the en-
tire premises, and the average mas
culine is fairly bewildered as he
passes from department to depart
nent, noticing the harmonious
groupings Of colors and taking has
ty glances at the ten thousand things
that he scarcely knows the names or
uses of.
The SENTINEL reporter recently
snade Il tour of observation of the
premises Mr.. A. Ryttenherg, the
resident partner, kindly officiated as
guide, philosopher and friend, he
explained the arrangement OF de-
partncnts. gave us a brief insight
into the methods adopted aud alto
4cthcr made our visit very pleasant.
From our note book we gather the
following memoranda, briefly de-
Scripti.c OF the hou>e. Beginning
with the east salcs-room we find
departments devoted to silks and
dress goods, housekeeping goods
aud hannels, gentlcrnen's fine suit
ing>, hats, blankets and shawls, la
dies and gentlemen's fine shoes and
an extensive carpet, curtain and oil
cloth department. Between the east
and west rooms is the cloak depart
ment, which also extends into por-
ton Of the west sales-room proper.
This west sales-room is also the
field for a number of departments,
each Of consequence. but which we
can only name. They are, upon one
side: Gentlemen's furnishing goods,
notions, laces, ETC., upon the other
are ladies' and misses underwear,
knit goods, woods, Zephyrs ,embroid-
cries, etc. In this west room, also,
we find the famous Butterick pat
terms, of which not less than $500
worth are carried all the time.
In the rear of the west room is
the millinery department and it is
quite needless to rfainind our lady
.s. deisa5tmens, a-5i.1 ,sn III ff1 xays s,.s
the charge of rtin, OF balti-
more, All accor artste. AL
Joining the mi -.y4s the dress
making department, under the
charge Of Mrs. Smith, also of Balti-
anore, and who has the deserved
reputation Of being a skilled uo6tste.
AS a matter OF course, a full corps
of competent assistants is employed
i'm these departments. In other
words, the house in all of its aP-
pointments, its resources. its desire
and ability to cater satisfactorily 10
ahe trade of town and country calls
Tor naught but commendatory men
ton al the hands of our loca. press
and for naught but kindly feeling
and liberal patronage from our
people.
AS we have intimatesl.a full corps
,of assistants is employed. There
are twelve clerks and a cashier, and
of these clerks five are Ladies'. We
.often have occasion to visit the store
.and in all justice TO these ladies and
gentlemen we must say that no
Notts-re and in no establishment is
.7Oae courteous attention shown tl
VISITORS whether Patrons or not
They prove them selves ladies and
gentlemen in the truest sense of the
term, and we cannot hut inter thai
their relation with Mr.. Rvtten berg
are Of the pleasantest possible char
acter. It certainly is a satisfaction
TO a customer to enter house an.
nneet with prompt attention---to fee
and know that he or she 10 welcome
and that there il at least degree O
srutbfsIness at times underlying the
l,ackneyed expression "It is nc
trouble 10 show goods" it someI,o "
strengthens ones faith in human
u 9ture,
AS we have said, Mr.. A. Ryttsp
berg is the Irnss''egiHg f1artn4r- sinrs
his advent I'm Winston business
circles he has introduced a numbe
ofinnovations-has established new
features To illustrate: When h.
opened the house he determined up
ON making specially of fine good
and he did SO. Many prophec,
syas made ehaI the business woult
- die the death within six months
If it has died. for Il corpse it is al
exceedingly lively 6,se, He has mad
4lae house n1etEopojitas, sad, wher
fh,0tlsan nds Sf dollars used to be sen
from here To- New York, Baltimore
. Philadelphia and elsewhere fo
goods a. retail, now the hulk of tina
arlele Is retained here He was tht
first merchant in town to employ la
Sly clerks, and that has proved a pop
xilar feature. In other words he ha
s,tsn "A Iix-ess fa,tSinHSS man
The firm of Ryttenberg Bros
comprises three co-partners A,
M. @. and !. E. Ryttenberg. Hi