Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-23
equal 1t even in Denver.

/ 'H'"s - VI reu pressed brick
win red stone trimmings and layer
OF white sandstone on the ton of the
front The front contains two-incb
bevei edge plate glass, and the front
woodwork Is black.
The south side is occupied by Helm
a Sihroyers barber shop and the
north side by Herman Berndrs cigar
store.
The wall between the two is plas-
tered. and the TWO departments are
connected by door which swings Ell
ther way, so that customers may go
from the barber shop 10 the cigar
store or vice versa without going out
on the street. The walls are all Mas
tered with white. The floors are ali
Of tile, the pattern being OF little
squares OF Two colors. Every inner
door in the building is fitted with a
double beyel-edse mirror
In keeping with the style of the
rooms the occupants have fitted them
with the most elegant furnishings TO
be mad The barber shop has a mir
rur which almost covers the south
side OF the room. II is 10 feet long
and stands above the marble shelf
and cabinet 90 inches 1t is in i've
sections. and is Joined by heavy bey-
el"d strips of glass. This mirror
rests ON white marble shelf. which
IN turn rests on beautiful oak cab
met. In front uf the mirror are three
diamond-back chairs, which are mod
els OF elegance aud comfort The
woodwork on these chairs is oak and
the trimmings are oxidized brass The
three Grated lacked only a5 pounds
OF weighing half a ton. On The north
side OF the shop are Two mirrors six
feet high. Between them are placed
4 marble washstand and a cabinet for
holding shaving mugs The west end
pf the front room contains heavy
mirror tour feet square. placed in di-
amund shape When ontcring the
iront door one sees himself in this
glass at first glance. Between this
and the door leading to the bath
rooms is the chair where the darkcy
shines shoes
Five square mirrors are set in the
ceiling diamond fashion, aud. from
the center of each one hangs an cleo
rric light
There are three bath rooms, the par
titions separating them being of soft
pine, with "A hard oil finish. Each
room is fitted with brand new porce-
lain Tub. and brushes. towels and soap
are all within convenient reach A
small seat that may be adjusted to
ihe tub or removed as easy as pick
Ing mp brush and putting it bacil,
permits the bathcr to sit in the water
without sitting in the bottom of the
tub. An electric button may be press
ed. which sounds an alarm in the
barber shop and registers the number
Of the bathroom. SO the porter may
know which room to go to in order
TO answer the call
The basement contains the furnace
for heating water and for heating the
rooms Here also is a brick vault in
which Mr. Berndt keeps his cigars to
keep them moist. The vault has
soft brick floor, which is kept water
soaked.
Giles T. Vandergrift is the man who
did all the handsome cabinet wOrl~in
this shop. II is admired by all who
see it, and is certainly a great credit
to Mr. Vandergrift, for a more hand
some job cannot be seen anywhere In
the country. The painting of the cab
met work was done by George Good
man
So It will be seen that everything
in the place is new, up-todate and
modern. Even a new barber pole has
been put up.
Mr. Berndrs store is also a beauty.
The whole front is opened, there be-
ing three doors which are folded when
open. This is the California style.
where they have no winter and is a
new thing in Durango The painting
and grainiug on this side was done By
Frank Goodman.
Mr. Borndts furniture and fixtures
are also way up" He has beau
tiful cabinet on the north wall filed
with pipes, tobacco etc. At the front
end is a large mirror. The counter
is rounded at the corner, and the
showcases contain an elegant line of
cigars. The cabinet and counter are
made of golden oak finished in Hun
garian ash. and are the finest things
of the kind ever brought to town.
Here also the ceiling contains mirrors,
from which are suspended electric
lights He has also the electric regis
ters. which enables one sitting at a
table in a rear room TO give the sig
nal that he wants something
There are two rooms back OF
the main room The first one
contains counter IN the corner where
sor drinks are kept There are tables
in each room. where patrons can play
seyen.up for the drinks or cigars. EV-
erything here. as in the barber shop,
Is a model of style and beauty.
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