The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
Bardsn Store Company Opens
New Departments Today
With Splendid Display
STORE SETS A NEW RECORD
partment Stores of Chicago are
Offered to the Shoppers of
Kenosha in New Store

The new Barden Store at the corner
of Wisconsin and Church streets was
opened for the use of the purchasing
people of Kenosha today, and for
the first time in the history of the city
the women of Kenosha had store
second to none on the lake shore be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, and in
fact The Barden Store with it's con-
veniences for the shoppers and its
great stock of goods of all descrip-
tons makes up a merchandise ceuter
which is fit to be rival for any of the
great stores of the Northwest. The
store is declared by all who visited it
today to be q model store. The Bar
den Store Company opened at this To-
cation two years ago, out after q year
it was found that the large building
which had been erected was ali too
small to carry out the ideas of the
proprietors for a great store for
women and work was at once started
to build an annex to the store. This
was completed month ago and the
enlarged store was thrown open to the
public for the first time today.
The opening was an suspicious one.
The store presented a handsome ap-
pearance, the decorations being the
most elaborate ever seen at a store
opening in this city. The walls were
hung with nearly four hundred yards
of silk velour, while from the ceilings
hung great festoons of yellow and
brown. The color scheme was carried
out throughout the entire store. It
was an autumn decoration and the
corn and grasses of the autumn were
mingled with great mass of cat tails.
The effect produced was a decidedly
pleasing one and one of which the
decorators of The Barden Store may
well be proud.
The building itself is worthy of
more than passing note. 1t was built
for the purpose for which it is being
used and every possible thing was
done to make it best fitted for a great
merchandise store. The high ceilings
in the main floors of the building with
the splendid lights make it an ideal
place 20 show goods. The furnishings
for the store are all in Flemish oak
and they add not little to the beauty
of the general effect.
On the first floor of the building the
company is prepared to show dress
goods and notions, and in the rear of
the same room is to be found the uu-
derwear department,
In the rear of the first door a large
gallery has been erected for the use
of the cashiers and wrappers and
perfect carrier system has been in
stalled. In the corner of the new
portion of the building the company
has introduced new thing in the de-
partment stores of Kenosha in the
way of a rest room for women. A
nice large room furnished in the latest
style and equipped with everything
that would add to the comfort of
woman. On the reading tables in the
center of the room are to be found the
latest magazines as we'll as many
other works of intense interest to the
OSGIl
charmingly decorated and the hang
ings are the finest product of the dec
orators art. This room promises to
DE very popular meeting place for
the shoppers of Kenosha.
The basement of the large building
is all used by the company. The en-
tire basement of the annex is used as
duplicate stock room, while the
front portion of the building is for a
sales room, the heavier class of goods
being carried IN this part of the
building.
The annex portion of the second
floor is to be used exclusively for
house furnishings. Special furniture
has been arranged for the proper dis
play of rugs and curtains and the
stock shown is the largest to be found
in the city.
In the very center of the large room
on the second floor a new millinery de-
partment has been installed. It is ar
ranged in most charming manner.
just north of the millinery Depart
ment and occupying large amount
of floor space is the corset and ling.
erie department.
The entire front of the second floor
is given over to the department. of
ready-to-wear clothing for women
and special arrangements have been
made for the showing of ladies' suits,
skirts and cloaks. The entire stock
IN this department is new and con-
ta1ns many of the most exclusive
Paris designs.