The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
SOUVENIR Is HANDSOME BOOK
Marks Forty-seventh Anniversary of
Lansburgh & Bro.'s Store.
Contains Much Information About
known In washington.

Lansburgh & Bro. have issued a hand
some souvenir book. which. like their big
dry goods stores in Seventh street is in
the nature Of "a JOY forever" It is pri-
marily a book OF jingles," but contains
several announcements which embOdy in
formation about this business not gen
orally known in Washington. The sOuve-
mir is published 10 mark the fOTty-seventh
anniversary Of the establishment Of the
business, and viii be presented TO pur-
chasers Of goods at the anniversary sale,
which begins tomorrow.
Il represents the efforts Of Mr.. Samuel
Hart. manager OF the big store Mr..
Hart has been identified with the firm
since 1SS3. Starting in as cash boy, he
has by MS persistent attention TO duty
risen % his present position.
In contest started by one Of the daily
papers OF washington, Lansburgh & Bro
received more than Ice unsolicited Gin
giles" OF p0eticaI advertisements Of their
business. They came from all parts OF
Washington and regions beyond, little
original poems. some good, some bad, and
not a few lighted with the unmistakable
fire Of true poetic genius The souvenir
book contains about 200 Of the best Of
these rhymes. with the names Of the
authors
A glance at the book suggests an
answer TO the question sometimes asked
in literary quarters. Why is there no
distinctively American pOet?'' Il must be
because poetry is now every mans talent
and no monopoly Of the art can longer
be enjoyed by a single great man or
woman.
Lausburgh & Bro. state that they
have published the jingles out Of graft
tude for the voluntary testimonials Of
confidence and good feeling they contain,
and the souvenir book, they say, Is their
method Of expressing thanks TO their
many good friends.
The prOprietors announce near the end
of the book that they have been IN business
since the autumn Of 1860. and that IN all
the years of their business activity they
have kept one thing in view-to maintain
the best dry goods establishment in
Washington and keep it distinctively in
that line On this point they say:
while we see at every turn merchants
OF the present day gathering under one
roof everything needed by mankind, the
house Of Lans burgh & Bro. has
steadily adhered % a principle adopted
when we launched out in quest Of busi-
ness: To live and let live While the
pressure brought TO bear upon US has
been tremendous at times, we have re-
fused absolutely every proposition to
change this splendid dry goods business,
carried 10 its present enviable position
by forty-seven years of honest effort, to
a department store.
1--WE sell dry goods exclusively now
and always. and as long as this house
stands We have never carried, nor will
we carry. shoes, cTOCkeTy. tinwaTe, mil
linery. groceries, candies, and the like
That we can supply your needs satisfac-
torily when they relate TO dry goods, we
stand upon our record.
The souvenir contains reference to the
fact that the firm has IN its employ forty
seven persons who have been in constant
service for twelve years or more. The
oldest Of these is Louis Goldsmith. who
entered the store in April, 1870, and has
been upon the payroll since that time.
John Kelly started in September, ISL, and
is in harness still. The oldest woman
employe is Annie O'Brien, who started in
October, 1873
Some Of the colored help has been long
In the employ Of the firm Among them
is William Robinson, who drew his first
pay envelope in April. 1860 Charles Lively
is another "old timer" who has taken
orders from the firm since May. 1875.