The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-03-13
GREENS OPENING.
Elegant New Candy and Ice
Cream Parlors Dedicated.

of the finest places of the sort to be
found any place in the west. The
new location is on the north side in
the Rev. Harrison building that was
formerly occupied by the s.. j. Dat
ton grocery and crockery house.
Greens have secured the room for a
term of years and it was made over
expressly for them and their factory
by the owner. Added to this Greens
have placed in the room some of the
handsomest shelving and the finest
soda fountain that is to be seen any
where in the state. Oskaloosa is to
be congratulated upon having SO
handsome and metropolitan a place
and it is freely predicted that it will
be favorite resort. Greens will oc-
cupy the basement and the fret and
second floors of the building with
their factory and their fine staple
candies, ice creams, lunches, etc.
The parlors on the first floor repre-
sent room that has been wholly
made over. A new front with side
entrance, handsome tile floor the en-
tire length of the room, partitions al
tered and removed, handsome new
paper and paint, aud everything that
the owner could do to refit and re-
pair the building for the new lesees.
They took their room and proceeded
to furnish it with lavishness and
an elegance that has been the won
der and admiration of all. Every one
in the city, so it appeared, turned out
Friday afternoon and evening to at
tend the opening and to visit the
place. A great crowd passed through
the new place and the souvenirs of
candy that we're given away at the
beginning of the afternoon did not
last couple of hours. Cocoa and
whipped cream were served during
the afternoon and evening from the
soda fountain and thousands of wish
tors came to be treated with the
dainty refreshment. In the evening
the scenes of the afternoon we're re-
peated. Great crowds of people
came to the place. An effort had
been made by the factory to get out
a supply of souvenirs for the evening
rush but they could not reach the de-
mand by number of thousand of
boxes. 1t seemed as If every man
and child in town had come to the
opening.
The parlors were furnished in
simple but very elegant manner and
style. The elegant new Twentieth
Century Sanitary Soda Fountain"
stands well at the front on the east
side of the room 1t is a handsome
piece of work of golden oak, mahog-
any and marble onyx. 1t has mar
BILE base and copper bar surmounted
by marble counter.
The fountain is sixteen feet in
length and the ornamental work
reaches to the ceiling. The fountain
is known as the Twentieth Century"
sanitarium fountain for the reason
that the syrups and the favors are
placed in glass holders that are
placed in front of the fountain. The
fountain is double one and admits
two or four operators so that any
rush may be cared for with the
greatest ease. The furniture of the
fountain is. most complete. Ice
chambers and refrigerators seem to
be built on every corner for the &C
commodation OF the requirements of
the trade of the fountain and moth
ing is omitted that is required in the
operating of great fount of this
character. The fountain is twenty
five hundred dollar piece of furniture
and is one of the finest that has ever
come into The state of Iowa.
On the west side of the front part
of the room opposite from the fount-
ain is the shelving and part of the
cases containing the candies made
and sold by the house. The shelving
is backed by solid plate glass mir
ror that made very pretty effect
with its.nickle and metal trimmings
and glass candy jars. The wall cab
met and chocolate case are north of
the soda fountain. The remainder
of the room is given to the tables and
quite a good size crowd can be ac-
commodated in the place at one time
At the extreme north end of the
building is situated room that is
somewhat separated from the others
and is sort,of private dining room
or "cosy corner" as it might be
called. IT is furnished in different
manner from the other parts of the
room and is indeed most inviting.
The wall paper of the main part OF
the room is plain with a figured CELL
ing and tapestry wains-coting. The
furniture lis of mahogany and the
cases and counters are of oak. The
appearance of the entire place is
one of elegance and magnificance
that will attract attention anywhere.
The kitchen is situated in the north
end Of the place and is complete in
all of its furnishings. The second
floor is devoted to the candy furnaces
and the cooling stones and in the
south half of this floor the whole sale
stock is kept. The chocolate dipping
and ice cream departments are re-
moved to the basement part of the