Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23
BIG E STORE E
View Wanamaker Building Opens To
Day.

John Waaama&eT's new S3.e0eye0
store was formally thrown open to the
public to-day. The building, which oe-
sapies a whole block, EXTENDS from
&road,say to Fourth avenue, and frpn
Afghth to Ninthsstreet-
The ne~ sbsiidings is fourteen stories
high, with a basement and sub basemeHt,
and the total floor area Is twenty-twol
and a halt acres. The old and the new
stores, taken together contain thirty
two and a half a~eressof ffnprsspsce. The
euhding is made ofostee4, with al .gIreersi
and uprights eneased in tiles OF con-
crete. and is absolutely freprnof.
Tire different floors are servedsby eigh-
teen plunger elevators f-orfpszsengers and
nine for freight To-day five floors and
IN addition to the basement. which has
been open for some time were put int
commission.
The main floor, which is deVeEeu Sda
firely to mems wear, is, lighted by the
skyiight of a hdye rotunda in the 1ta{ian
Renaissance style, which extends sheer
up TO the roof. In one corner of the
iosr is a picturesque little Dutch; house,
containing sofas, cosey eernezs szd easy
chairs, in winch are sold the higher
priced shoes.
The second is perhaps the show floor
of the new building. 1t is devoted ex-
clusively to pianos and is divided into
several halls and a number of small
rooms, each decorated IN a distinctive
style. The large grand piano hail is in
the Greek style, with elaborate inf2sd
wood decorations and eefiHg entirely
covered with gold leaf.
of the smaller rooms three are in the
free Olenial style. Other rooms are in
Flemish. the ItalnAn. Renaissance. Empire,
Louis XIV. and Lotis XVI. styles. On the
music f1eer is an Angelus Library contain
ing 100000 rolls.
The walls, pillars and every piece of
furniture IN the third floor, which is Civ
en- over to china and glass, are OF solid
mahogany. As on the music floor. the
china and kindred ware is exhibited in
separate rooms. each devoted to q par
ticular grade or style. There is a brio
a-hac room, a marble room, a. bronze
room and others known as the Royal
Venetian and the RDrstsand. On the
fourth floor is displayed the finest range
OF uPholsteries, etc, in the world. and
the fifth floor is given over to a magni-|
dcently equipped carpet, rug and feurl
covering department.
One of TIM attractions ~of the nee.
building will be the aud1eEzaan. which,
viii seat l,5Se persons. 1t is GA thu,
second toor aad4S two sscries high. The
weisht OF the ten fooFs above is borne,
by four huge pillars CONNECTED with one
another by celr>alsd steel sirser 43r
arches. The Austin ryan. in the and
teriun is the fhGEcs' sell -r&ayas organ
that shas ever bee. Fgasie- ut has sixty =
two speaSinssst1e ~aod@h
 a~nsarTsage-
ment BY wlsch@a sG4oscan sbe m.ae t.
automatically stSEft cut from the accom-
Paninent.
Another feature OF the +oEgan sis that,
is possible to Grange ftbe 1pis1Aytos sad
the vocalist There is also an. xsrsslxe-
Asert attached to the ipst runent b~l
Winch perforated records can be taken.
OF any improvisation PLAYED on It. On
special OCCASIONS perfH-aaedlres~rds tax
"a in this way viii be Oh sale at the
Seors Of the auditorium at the corcha
~ Al q -ecital.