Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-05-19
Buffalo Commercial. May 10th.

Words cannot fittingly or adequately
describe the opening of the William
Hengerer Company's new store in the
big steel and stone structure that has
risen on the site of the old Tiff House
on Main street. Business and profess
sional men who visited the store last
evening said that it was simply mag.
nificent. The matrons called it beauti-
full and grand, while the young debut
antes fresh from school said that it was
perfectly lovely and a dream ofbeauty.
Extravaganza of statement is always a
charming fault in charming girl, and
yet of all the different characJerizations
made by those who visited the store
yesterday she undoubtedly came the
nearest to telling the truth. The store
is indeed, from to top to bottoma dream
of beauty. 1t surpasses in loveliness
the anticipations of the friends of the
William hengerer Company. 1t de-
monstrates that art and good taste can
combine with wealth to make a store
in Buffalo not surpassed in all its ap-
pointments by even the great metropo-
Titan stores.
1t is doubtless true that there are big
ger stores in New York and Chicago
John Wanamaker can boast of his im-
mense establishment and Marshall
Fields place in Chicago is the won der
of the west, but it is also true that
there is not to day department store
that is more complete in every line ard
better equipped with every conven-
ience bordering upon luxury than the
Hengerer store In all that goes to
make up first class, modern, up-to-
date establishment catering to the per-
sonal and household necessities of the
human race, this store leaves nothing
to be desired.
The crowds that gathered from early
in the morning until late at digit indi-
Gated the eagerness with which the
public had been waiting for a chance
to inspect the new store People began
to press for admittance before the doors
were open in the morning. They
came in increasing numbers during
the day. Late in the afternoon the es-
tablishment was vertiable human
hive. At night no goods were sold,
but the reception went on. The crowds
kept coming. They listened to the
music OF the Marcus orchestra. They
gathered around the great soda water
fountain. They rendezvoused in and
about the rotunda and spent no little
portion of the time around the railings
on the upper floors gazing down upon
the restless, moving, surging crowds
below. 1t was indeed an inspiring
sight, and it is safe to say that few per-
sons will visit the Hengerer store with.
out stopping for few minutes, at least,
to be caught by the hypnotic spell that
hangs over the rotunda.
THE FLORAL DISPLAY.
Perhaps nothing in the store attracted
so much attention and favorable COM
ment as the fl raj display. 1t was
magnificent. Flowers bloomed and
blossomed on all sides. And such flow.
ers they were, great handsome Ameri
can Beauty rose1, carnations of the
rarest growth, viUlets of the most deli
cate fragrance, palms and ferns that
seemed to have sprung up as in some
tropical garden, lilies Of purest white,
and native and exotic plants of all
kinds, added to the beauty and
splendor of the store.
The most remarkable thing, how
ever, in connection with the floral dis
play is the fact that not one flower was
purchased for use upon the opening
day. Everything was contributed by
admiring friends. Some of these gifts
took fantastic shapes. One well-known
New York house contributed a floral
umbrella. Another concern presented
floral skirt with magnificent train.
Ships, Wreaths, baskets, hOrseshoes
and emblems ofall kinds added variety
to the display. The private offices of
the officers of the company were a
bower of beauty The offerings of their
personal and business friends were so
numerous thqt it was with difficulty
that room could be found in which to
place them.
President William Hengerer was
greatly touched by this display of
friendship and good will. But that
which touched him most were the
floral contributions of some of his COM
petitors. The III. A. Medium Company
and j. N. Adam & Co, presented some
beautiful dcwers to the Hengerer Com
pany, and evidenced that in spite of
business rivalries and stern competi-
tion there is sincere admiration for
those who have honestly earned sue
cess and that not the least among those
who are willing to offer congratulations
upon this evidence of success are the
men who have won similar success in
the same line of business.
THE CAFE AND KITCHEN.
No description of the opening of the
William Hengerer Company would be
complete without mention ofthe cafe on
the sixth floor. This restaurant is
complete in every appointment. There
is separate dining room where men
may smoke their after dinner cigars,
while the apartment for women is
most elegantly furnished. 1t is large,
airy, and from the Main street windows
a glimpse of Lake Erie and the Niagara
river can be obtained.
The caterer in charge of the restaur-
ant is the veteran Cretien Mugel, form
erly of New York, but for the past IA
years one of Buffalo's most celebrated
chefs. Mr.. .Mugel knows the art of cook