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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

ington street addition. which
has Just been thrown open TO
the public I'm its entirety. ADDS
fully one-third as much again
10 the already immense amount
OF floor space used by this cor
poration.
IL is confidently expected that
the erection OF this splendid
structure will cause boom
In Washington street. as a re-
toll section,
The handsome two-story arch
ed entrance at the corner OF
Washington and Union streets
has attracted much attention
and favorable comment since
the scaffolding was taken
down. some ten days ago. This
entrance leads directly TO the
new grocery nd provision
stores. described fully farther
on in this article. Another en-
trance. I'm about the centre OF
the Washington street front,
enters directly upon q broad
aisle. which lea is straight 70
Westminster str eet. and Is
great convenienc TO those COM
ing into the city BY train. Inn
mediately inside his entrance is
the new store fer men.
The immensity of the struc-
ture as II stands will be more
fully realized upon reading the
facts and figures concerning II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
The BeQlnrinq.

The Beginning.
Twenty-three years ago last
Spring the little store occupy
ing ? floors " the small build
ing at the corner OF Westmin-
ster and Clemence Streets
changed hands. A few days la
ter a new sign was hung over
the door. The East wall OF this
building was nearly one hun
dred feet from Union Street.
and there were two city streets
between its rear wall ana
Washington Street.
But almost from the day the
Shepard sign went up, this store
has been n strong factor in the
retail business OF this commu-
nifty. Its remarkable growth,
gradually broadening It's front.
until stopped by Union Street.
and reaching farther and far
ther In depth TO Washington
Street. finally eliminating In
the enormous structure pic
tured above. covering what
was formerly three solid city
blocks, has been prominent In
the public mind year after year.
Today the completed building
covers nearly an acre and a
quarter Of ground. bounded by
, Westminster. Union. Washing
ton and Clemence streets. IL In
six stories I'm height over the
greater portion. and the Wash
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

oehind the counters. You see IL
all.
Coils of frosted pipes run un-
der the counters. where II IS
necessary to keep things coid,
and the ice used on the nsn
comes from their own plant.
The vegetables are also here
in great array. With all TINS
marble and tile, and the small
need OF ice and the cleanliness
of the place. YOU can easiiy see
how everything Is perfectly
sanitary.
IN will add to its attractiveness'
A Bakery. Also.
Four huge ovens Win a ca
pacity of thousands or loaVes
OF bread day, supply the Dan
cry section OF the grocery az a.
we'll az the Wellington M..n
their delicious bread. CAKES
pies. etc.
Here. too. everything is white
and clean. -,
The accessories would del
light any housekeeper. Think
az sitting -four and kneadins
dough by electricity. That rs
the way 1t Is done here. And
big refrigerator at hand
cooled hy cold air, OF course.
Though I'm the middle of the
building. this bakery Is kept
at a normal temperature by
supply OF cold air brought IN
from the side walls and I'M
mense exhaust fans which con-
stantly draw off the heated air.
The head baker SAYS that ms
speciality IL wedding cakes. Are
you interestedY
A Quarter Of q Million OF Cigars
The liquors and cigars MAKE
an attractive display In the
handsome mahogany nnisheu
room. just of the grocery.
vh,sseys from the distillsrs,
bottiIng on the premises in.
sures absolute purity. OF
course. the standard brands are
also In stock.
The fact that there are about
a quarter OF a million cigars
in the humidor. or maturing
room, In perfect smoking con-
dition, In evidence enough that
the most particular OF smokers
oan be satisfied here.
A Separate Mems store.
A separate store with a sepa-
rate entrance. and just the sort
Of a store that Providence men
have needed for a good many
years. Enter the center WASH
Ingfon street Entrance ana you
are IN the store. no necessity
OF going through tho rest OF
tha gtoro at all
The solid mahogany fixtures
OF the mems hat section arc
not only handsome, but con
venisnt You think you arc I'm
some exclusive metropolitan
shop. And so you are. Knox
hats. French and London hats'
etc.
A mems furnishing store.
with equally high class and eN-
elusive things 10 show, men
clothing and tailoring adjoin-
ing. while Just above on the
second floor. n modern sport
Ing goods store IN being equip
ped.
These Stores Buy from Each
other,
Tho great versatility ~ these
stores ls shown by their pur-
chases from one another. For
example.The linens needed
for the Wellington were pur-
chased from The- Shepard Com
pany linen sfore.-the china and
glassware from the china store.
Third foor. The carpets and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

bins. the dried fruit bins, are
behind slas-. Every thing shows
and everything is attractively
arranged.
The Provision store All Marble.
You like tho provision store
even better n possible. You no
downstairs aud are datzied for
tho momsnt by the glitter. The
mosaic fioor, the white marble
counters. tho white enamel
brick walls. the white ceiling.
the bright lights. startle you for
n moment.
A And there are the great sides
of beef. mutton. etc. hanging
In plain sight In the great re.
frigerators. with the coils OF
frosted pipes AZ the top. keeping
them al absolutely the correct
temperature The butchers 40
their cutting in the roomy space
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

The thing that one realizes
upon entering the grocery II It's
attractivensss. You like IL. You
can't help ~. You say instinct
ively--''Isnt this fnef" Per-
haps you don't realize why you
like Il 30 much better than
other stores OF the same kind,
but you know you like Il never
theless. Let us find out why.
Plenty of lIuht-Everythlns In
pIaln View.
OF course n II new. The high
windows food the place with
daylight. which adds TO the
sense Of satisfaction. The fine
ausrtered oak fixtures are
without = speck of dirt or dust.
And they are 90 constructed
that everything II IN plain view.
The butter. cheese. etc. is IN q
large refrigerator. but in view
because behind elaes. The -epice
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
A UNIQUE FEATURE
The conveyor
An Endless Belt of Shelves

running from basement TO
sixth floor, constantly NOV
ing and carrying packages
from floor 10 floor.
An aid In securing goods
quickly from atock rooms.
An nid in facilitating de-
livery service.
All delivery packages are
automatically deposited on
the shipping room table.
where they are properly
wrapped and sorted. ready
10 be put into wagons for
delivery, with n greater
part OF the element OF
careless handling by men
and boys eliminated.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

The plans Of the manage
ment include "A large coat room
i'm the basement for checking
the outer garments OF en-
ployes. instead OF the usual
method OF having each one
place HIS or her own garments
In a separate locker. Many ad-
vantages are claimed Tor the
new method.
Fur Storage Room.
This will be. OF greater inter-
est next spring. Moth ana our
glar proof, kept at an even
Temperature OF IS degrees D
by the refrigerating sys.em.
The ENLARGED wellington.
Not the sort OF dining rooms
generally seen IN stores, but
equal 10 those of the large
metropolitan hotels. Three sep,
erate rooms. yet so arranged
that they can all be throWn
into one in a moment.
beginning at the Washlnston
street end We enter the lsrse
banquet hall capable OF seating
225 persons. at the Aeaa OF ,ne
stairway leading up from
The style is Renaissance, the
woodwork solid mahogany with
mirror effect. The woodwork
is claborately carved and the
high lights are ornamented
with gold.
This room is 10 be used as
the ladies dining room during
the day and no smoking Will
be permitted there before six
o'clock I'm the evening. En-
trance 20 IL In gained through
the original restaurant. Glenn
ence street side (now used for
other purposes). and the sec
oud floor OF the new building,
as well as direct from the street
by the new Washington street
stairway,
AZ night this room is Ia be
used as a banquet hall. and a
large ventilating apparatus has
been installed "a carry OF
smoke and preserve the purity
of the atmosphere, as II the
case also In the other two
rooms.
The middle room II nnipaed
In dark oak. the walls and cell
ing half timber effect. with
Continued on Page Eight
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
SOM: FACTS
THAT SEEM ALMOST INCREDIBLE
MORE THAN 90 COMPLETE AND SEPA-
RATE STORES ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.

RATE STORES ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.
Area Of FIRST foor--about ia ACRES.
This wOg,d make % store q the average width of
Which would extend from the Board OF Trade
Building to Narragansett Park.
n the other direction
from the Board of Trade Building to Fields Point.
This foot wide would extend
from Providence to point 7 miles beyond Bos-
ton, Mass.
The floor and placed end to end would
from Providence through New York City to New
ark, New Jersey.
The foundation walls is of mile in length.
There are Soc columns in the building
which, placed end to end would make
One column, two miles high
The building itself weighs 33,36o,ooo pounds.
The building with the floors loaded
not TO exceed Goo the OF the building laws woud
There 100000 bricks in the building.
There 2I,ooo square feet of glass
same quantity for display purposes gives practically
$4,000 square feet of glass to keep clean
31o Electric arc lamps-and 1880 incandesoent
lamps
required to light this properly.
or oue sss BEEN installed 70 protect the Building
destruction by nre
There are Sc entrance doors to building
snording ample facilities for the largest crowds
Ample evators and nre provided t
IN the requirements of this great store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
a PRINTING Plant.

FTfUGWH F'eNts
Again-A complete JOB print
Ing office for small work. fitted
up with n press OF modern type.
operated by electricity and the
necessary equipment, takes care
of the numerous slips, tickets,
circulars, menus. etc, that are
constantly being used In great
numbers. Everything quickly
done and we'll done. All aiding
I'm giving prompt and aatisfac-
tory service TO the buying pub
lie.
The Grocery and Provision
Stores.
Perhaps the most startling in
-ov7 ticn just thrown open 20
the public. In the installation Of
u,e - the best equipped grocery
and provision stores In the
world There is nothing. In
deed. 20 compare with N in
this section ~ the country
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
OUR city claim
THE LARGEST RETAIL STORE IN NEW
ENGLAND
ENGLAND

roof.
The addition of The Shepard Company
ius to immense
add than 3 to the former large area
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19

draperies needed in various
parts OF the store are pur-
chased from time TO time from
their carpet and drapery stores,
and the hundreds OF window
shades were put up by their dra-
perry store and charged TO the
general store expense.
Getting down to small things,
we find the provision store GO
ing TO the hardware store for
its knives. cleavers, etc. the
bakery and kitchen securing
their utensils from the firms
complete housefurnishing store.
The harness for the delivery
service IN made By the firm :
harness store in their own
workshop on the premises. and
we might go on almost M
definitely to quote unusual fea-
lures OF this character.
convenlenees for Employees.
The well-lighted and venti-
lated lunch and recreation
rooms for employees are htted
in a simple, but attra ctive,style,
and are literally used.
There are separate lunch rooms
for men and women. which ere
connected by dumb walter
with the wellington kitchen,
and a varied menu Is served
each day at prices estimated to
simply cover the cost OF opera
tlon.
The large recreation room is
furnished with easy chairs and
couches and magazines are pro-
vidsd for those who wish TO
read.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
A Social Secretary.

The social secretary IL not a
} now institution In this store.
and the good work accom-
plished by her I'm visiting the
click. and looking after the well
fare Of the employees. has been
often spoken Of In these col
umns.
Under her direction q free IL
brary ~ standard llteratur and
Action N operated for the sole
use of the employees
Checking Room for Garments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-19
OPENING OF THE SHEPARD
COMPANY ENLARGED STORES.
A Summary Of Their Remarkable Growth. Soma
Uncommon Facs About This Wonderful
Retail BUSINESS HOusa.
SHOPPING MADE A PLEASURE.

Now Possible for Man, Woman or Child to Secure
Everything Needed in Wearing Appeared, for
Furnishing House or Building OF Any Sort, as
Well as Everything to Eat and Drink. from
This Great Combination of Stores.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
A FAIRY TALE OF INDUSTRY.
Interesting Facts About the Great
Transformation Scene to
SauIt Ste. Marie.

Few people have any notion of the
stupendous operations going on at
Sault Ste. Marie, the little Canadian
village on the shores of Lake Supe-
rior, where an industrial center of
enormous magnitude is now being
created by the energies of one man.
"Harnessing Lake Superior is the
title of an article in Pearson's, which
gives this remarkable story: Give
years ago the sleepy little Canadian
town of Sault Ste. Marie numbered
$500 inha bitants. Past it's doors the
surplus waters of Lake Superior,
mightiest of inland oceans, emptied
into Lake Huron. Untold millions of
horse power energy lay latent in
their idly flowing eddies, but only
The slow-turning wheels of a few old
-four mills stood to mark their com.
mercial usefulness, while but an oc-
casional steamer or a paddle pro-
PEELED canoe disturbed the tranquil
surface. Almost as in a night a
metamorphosis has taken place.
"Where once was a scattered group
Of village dwellings,, great stone
buildings, with towers and shafts
and connecting passageways, now
stand, and at their base deep-dug
canals wind in and out, spanned by
bridges of massive stone Nine thou
sand workmen now earn their liv-
ings in the shops at Sault Ste. Marie,
beside the site where five years ago
the total population was but quar-
ter of that number. It is a truly
wonderful story. this story of the
growth of the little frontier town
into great industrial centre; and
it's story is the history of the career
of one man-Francis II. Clergue."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
AMMONIA FOR BURGLARS.
brooklyn DruEgfst's Encounter
Suggests a Weapon Which Be-
comes Popular.

A druggist in Brooklyn was held nm
in his store and happened to have q
glass of ammonia on the counter
which he dashed into the visitors face
and the fellow ran, smashing tbronob
a glass door, doing himself great mis-
chief. He had companion so amazed
he hesitated when a second glass of
the elixir hit him squarely in the nose
with another dose of the aromatic
fluid and paralyzed him with pain and
terror on the spot, so that he was
taken helpless prisoner. The drug.
gist advertised bottles of LIQUID fire
prepared for burglars, and the med
icine became fashionable, saws a re-
cent report. The holdfast robbers
were for awhile discouraged, The
burglar bomb ought Ia be prepared
for action by an enterprising firm, the
bottles of assorted sizes and used ar.
cording to directions, which might be
blown into the glass. The banks
should be equipped with the bomb.
They are at short range much more
certain to go to the right spot than
pistol shots.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
WASH THE BANK NOTES.
Treasury Omcial Advises Bankers to
Clean Them with Soap
and Water.

eff the bankers of the country
only knew the great difference lit
tie soap and water makes in a dirty
bank note there would be more clean
money in circulation" said treas
ury official recently. eff you have
never seen the operation, just spread
a soiled note out upon a marble slab
and use small brush that has been
well soaped, and go to work scrub
bling, lightly, of course. But a few
strokes is necessary to secure clean
note. I give my personal attention to
all the paper money brought into nv
household, and I tell you 1 feel re-
paid for the little work 1t causes.
II can see every reason why there
should be person employed in the
banking houses for this particular
duty continued the official. accord.
ing to the New York Mail and FIX.
press. Certainly the neglect in do.
ing so gives ample cause for com.
plants from the patrons concerning
the dirty, oily notes that are too fire.,
quently handed to them. They NAV
be full OF germs, which, of course
are dangerous; and this risk could
be easily eliminated by the simnle
use Of soap and water"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
SAxONY's ECCENTRIC KING.
Interesting Stories Are Told Of the
Peculiar Habits of the Former
Ruler.

The newspapers have lately been
full OF incident of the life Of the de-
ceased king of Saxony, but they are
mostly connected with his public mil
itary career. OF his private life little
is told except that in it's extreme sim
plicity it resembled closely that Of
Emperor William I.
It is reported that. King Albert had
q rooted objection to exchanging his
old clothes for new ones, and it was
only with great difficulty that his
groom of the chamber could persuade
him to have a new coat tried on. One
day when he had just undergone the
torment Of having clothes tried on,
the king happened to pass through the
famous hall of the knights, in the
Dresden palace. Looking up at the fig.
ures of the mail-clad knights, he said,
with deep sigh: "What good time
the old Knights had in their iron
armor; they were troubled with no
creases."
A retired captain Of the Saxony
army, whom everybody knew as being
under his wife's thumb, applied for
permission to wear his old uniform
on special occasions. The king wrote
on the margin Of the applica ton: 81
am quite willing, if his wife per.
mits It,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
GOOD FOR JEWELERS..
Ping-Pong IL Said to Be Hard or
Watches and the Repairer
WEI Profit

"Ping- pong is a fine game" said a
jeweler, who does lot of repairing,
to Sun man. 'No outdoor or in
door sport has ever given us so much
to do. It is surprising how many
persons have broken their watches
since the game became a. fad, says
the New York Sun. :
"You see, people play the game
without removing their coats or
waistcoats. In the excitement they
forget about their watches, and the
first thing man knows his time
piece bounds out. of his pocket.
Sometimes it strikes the table, but
wherever it does fall the watch is
damaged.
"That is not all. A player may tie
his watch to his pocket, but still it
gets out of gear. The constant Jump
ing around and the swinging of the
arms disturbs the works so the watch
has to be brought to us to be regu.
lated.
II have had as many women's
watches as mems to repair. The
women are even more careless than
the men, Their watches dangle from
their shirt waists, and a. a result
the watch jumps around like a wealth
ercock in gale of wind.
surprising as it may seem, my in
come from repairing watches has al
most tripled since the craze Of ping
pong began
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
She Il Adaptable to an Asst mis- In 3
Degree and Is Unframed by
Self-COns G O usn eSs.

The American girl is admired and
liked at home and abroad, because she
is the happiest, healthiest and friend
Hest of girls. Usually unframed by
any self-consciousness, she is not apol-
ogetic and morbidly sensitive, as are
many girls brought up in the close,
conventional air of European civiliza-
ton. She likes the world, and is alive
to everything beautiful and good in
existence. She is easily pleased, and
her unstudied, fresh enjoyment of SIM
pie pleasures gives happiness to every
one around her by it's simple, whole
some expression through her face, fig
ure and voice, says Woman's Home
Companion.
American girls, when you study
them critically, are not more beautiful
than English or French girls, but some
how an American girl always con-
trives to make pretty picture of her.
self, and neither she nor anyone else
can explain how she does it. She is
adaptable to an astonishing degree,
and she can dress for walk, an out
door game, a dinner or ball so as to
make the impression that in each par
ticular garb she is at her best. This
power to change her appearance SO as
to look almost Like another person is
one Of the American girls chief charms,
and she owes it to her keen apprecia-
ton of the people and circumstances
around her. She has Imagination and
intuition, and genius for fitting her.
self to the hour
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23

WHEN INDIANS FEASTED.
They Had Meat and Vegetables In
Great Variety in Aboriginal
Times.

What did the Indians eat? Gabriel
Thomas writing in 1896 tells up that
"they live chiefly on Maze or Indian
Corn roasted in Ashes sometimes beat
en- boyd with Water, called Hominie.
They have cakes, not unpleasant; also
Beans and Pease, which nourish much,
but the Woods and Rivers afford them
their provision; they eat morning and
evening, their Seats and Tables on the
ground" Mr. C. c. Abbott tells in
travels in Tree-Top' of other veg
etable foods known to the Indians;
the roots of the golden club, arrowleaf
and ground nut, besides various ber-
berries and nuts.
1t is well known, says Youths Com
panion. that extensive orchards were
planted by these people. It may be
added that, in all proba bility, the tu-
bers of that noble plant, the lotus, were
used as food
1t is clear that the Delawares were
meat-eaters. 1t needs but little dig
ging on any village site to prove this,
and from single fireplace deep down
III Tie SOIL nave Deen taken bones OF the
elk, deer, bear, beaver, raccoon, musk
rat and gray squirrel.
The remains of deer were largely in
excess, and as this statement holds
good of every village site of the In
dians, doubtless they depended more
largely upon the deer than upon ali
the others.
If individual tastes varied as they do
among us, we have certainly sufficient
variety here to have met every fancy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23

Any one interested in farming and
gardening should come up and look at
that book we are offering with oM
paper and the Farmers Sentinel.
The combined priceis only 81 and the
book alone is worth the price. Come
up and see it anyway; we have them
here for inspection.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
What is Life :?

In the last analysis nobody knows
ut we do know that is under strict law.
Abuse that law even slightly, pain re-
suls. Irregular living means derange-
ment OF the organs, resulting in Consti-
patton, Headache or Liver troubles. DR..
Kings New Life Pills quickly re-adjusts
this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only
25c at Brennecke & Berkmann's Drug
Store.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
Dancing School.

Paul Thom's beginners dancing class
will open at Turner Opera house, Fri;
day evening, October g.. All of the
new up to date dances taught. Terms
of tuition payable in advances: Ladies
II lessons So, single lesson 80 cents
gentlemen IL lessons 81. single lesson
so cents; per couple. II lessons Sc.
Hours of instruction from to 10 p. NJ.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23

The School Milwaukee Made Famous,
Hoffmann's College, Largest In Wis
copsin. English, business, shorthand
All students employed. Begin now.
Write for catalogue Third and State
SITS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
Massachusetts, Smallest Town.

Gosnold, the smallest town in Massa.
chusetts, comprises those little specks
of land which, beginning at Woods
Holl, at the shoulder of old Cape Gods
right arm, extend seward till they
terminate in that fatal reef of the Sow
Ind pigs.