Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

years-longer than the average lifetime
The business which in 1900 required four
statesmen now calls for twelve statesmen
pie.
Was Opened in 1855.
The small store that was opened in 1855
has grown until it now occupies two four
story buildings. with separate shipping
department and three warehouses. and
but recently it was found necessary to
convert the easements of the main build
ings into sa.esrooms, thus adding two
immense departments, covering 5000
square feet, to meet, the requirements of
increasing trade. In. these departments
are to be found a splendid display of steel
ranges, stoves, satin-wainut kitchen cab
inets, oak kitchen cupboards, Office fur
niture. bookcases. childrens cribs, wash
ing machines. extension tables chairs and
sanitary couches. And here, as elsewhere
through the great establishment. 1t is
claimed. one's selection is unlimited as
far as style and price are concerned.
The kitchen cabinets are described as a
dream of joy TO the modern housewife.
and must be seen to be appreciated. And,
best of all, they are within the reach OF
every one. AS excellent as are the
ranges that are now built in the modern
house. there are those who wisely prefer
to rely for perfect baking upon the ranges
of the earlier days. Here are all sorts
gested by experience or known to the
art of modern stove building. Here, too.
will be found a splendid assortment Of
modern Office furniture and every kind
of chair that can bring rest to the weary.
with tables that are fit to bear the BAN
quets of the rich or the humble meals OF
the poor. This is only the basement floor.
A short flight of stairs leads to the first
floor display of handsome sideboards,
plain and ornate. with and without mir
rors, beveled or sheet glass. Incompatible
In their beauty. or chaste in their simple
plainness. Bullets and china closets. with
swell or fiat fronts, plat and ornate. at
all sorts OF prices are here in evidence.
Here also are all kinds of creations in
baby carriages and perambulatOrS wicker
and wood. with sunsflades and every APP
pliance for comfort, and go-carts galore.
There isn't tot in town that cannot be
accommodated
Quaint and Curious.
Then. too, comes the novelty furniture,
quaint and curious, the acme of artistic
design, suitable for single presents or to
complete the artistic furnishing of an es-
thetic home. Its range is wide and won-
derful Rerrigerators. those Indispensable
things that make for the preservation OF
meat, butter, milk and other foodstuffs
when the summer days grow warm and
when it's SO easy for things to spOil-re-
frigeratOrs and ice boxes are found In
this floor in the greatest pro. usiOn and of
every conceivable make and design.
And hampshire fancy kind, that burn
low and beautifully. while the sweetheart
tells his old tale of love-lamps that bless
the eyes with their mellow light on the
library table, and lamps that illumine
the darkness of parIor, sitting room or
bedchambers: oh, there are lamps here
in abundance. Here, too, will be found
art statuettes. pictures. looking-glasses
and mirrors, in great variety. The sewing
machine room is in the rear. on the first
floor, which means tina. one may find
here machines. wOman's greatest help
meet. with every attachment known In the
dressmaker's art. 1t will pay to look them
over. Under the policy of the store. it
may be that you will find exactly what
you want in this line at less than cost and
on better terms than elsewhere. At any
rate. it Is claimed you will find what will
suit all your needs in the way of a me-
chanical sewing companion, and you will
not have much difficulty in arranging
terms to secure it.
The second spacious floor o. this great
esta bishment is devoted to iron beds
touches that it is guaranteed are always
clean and productive of sleep. tired ma
lures sweet restorer": carpets o" every
make, grade. texture: and coloring: rugs
those Indispensable acces series in the fur
nishing of d house: Oilcloths and mat
ungs of all Kinds and qualities. There
are dressers on this floor to suit every
taste from the llumblest to the most fas-
tidiOus.
Bedchamber Furniture.
The third floor display deals with the
articles necessary to a comfortable bed
chamber There is bedroom furniture of
every description, some of it marve!ously
cheap, some of it marvelously beautiful,
all of it useful, strong and satisfactory in
every particular Bedroom chairs, rock
ers. dressing tables and wardrobes, and
thcs. up-to-date ''stowaways,' the mod
ern chiffoniers, in all sizes. shapes and
stages of development, from the plain
chest of drawers to the art model fit to
adorn the palace of a queen. There are
mattresses, too, of hair. cotton, felt and
shuck, large and small. hard and soft
and every one Of them as comfortable as
can be expected or desired.
The other adjuncts of a rcstful bed are
there too--springs that make rest easy
good durable, non-sagging springs with
out which bed loses its greatest charm;
and pillows-there are pillows of every