The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-01-10
FRANK McWHORTER'S
FINE NEW STORE
Long Established Business Is Now Wen
Located in the NOrtherly Store
Of the New Blanchard
Block.


Frank McWhorter's clothing store has
been moved from the Granite block
where it has been located for 16 years,
to new and spacious quarters in the
Blanchard building, opposite the park.
The new store is said by commercial
travellers to be one Of the best clothing
stores in New England, aud prob
ably it is one Of the best north
OF Boston. Mr.. McWhorter has
had everything arranged for the
comfort Of his customers and to show
his goods to the greatest advantage.
The store, which is on the northerly
side of the building, is 80 feet
wide and ss feet, six inches deep, and
the basement is 30 feet wide and IS
feet deep. The display window, which
Is built out and separate from the store
proper, is 20 feet six inches wide, the
entrances to the store being on either
side OF it. The display space is fitted
with overhead fixtures and is divided
by plate glass mirrors (which may be
turned and placed in the back Of the
Window into two sections, one being
intended to show suits, overcoats, etc,
and the other gentlemrn's furnishings.
The window il lighted by 20 incandes-
cent lamps in a large reflector.
In side the store the first thing to be
noticed is a row Of glass cases between
the entrances built against the back Of
the window to height Of six feet, six
inches, which are for showing fancy
shirts, and at the ends of these cases
are two smaller ones for showing um
brellas and collars. On the south side
of the store are glass cases with upward
sliding doors for displaying hats. They
extend for about 30 feet. On the other
side are shelves for hose, collars and
cuffs and fine arrangement for show
ing gloves A few feet from these cases
on each side Of the store are three ST.
lent statesmen and on the north side two
long counters for doing op goods; opp
site the counters in an alcove built of
the store is the cashiers desk and doors
opening into four dressing rooms.
ia the center of the store In the best
lighted place there are tables on which
are piled the mems suits; behind these
are the youths clothes and working
trousers and still farther back are the
overcoats. From the cashiers desk TO
the rear Of the store there are shelves
for dress and suit trousers and nice ar
rangements for showing them Under
meath the trousers are frocks and over
aIls. On top Of the racks around the
store are suit cases, boys sweaters, etc,
and on some of the cases as welR as
ON the posts in the middle Of the store
are display brackets.
The rear part OF the store Is seetioned
ofI. one part being the chiIdren's depart
ment and the other Mr.. McWhorteT's 5
private Office. The children's depart
ment is one Of the special features in
that the stock here Is double what it
was in the old store, and there are two
special display tables and chairs for
the comfort of customers and everything
to make it an ideal children's depart
ment. OF this there ID room for
brushing clothes, etc, The basement is
given over to large (and greatly in
creased) stock of trunks, fIlr coats and
rubber clothing. There is also section
for the storage of goods. The store is
finely lighted in the day time by sec
tion of the display window about seven
feet high and by seven side windows
having covering Of prism glass in the
evening it win be lighted by seven arc
lamps and seven gas lamps. The store
lis fitted with the cash carrier system
from each department. The store in-
tends to carry about double the line Of
goods which there was in the old store.
Besides the members Of the firm, Mr.
McWhorter and Mr.. jackson, there is
an efficient corps of clerks, they being
Harold Mather, James Walker, and Will
liam Halvosa and Miss Shorey, the cash
ier.