The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-03
A Letter On Art and a Public
Need From Stems.
April L. 1909,

NccQ from Stems.
April l, 1909. =
= ear friends .
In calling attention in last .
= nights issue to our completed .
= Easter situation to care for your =
= wants as never have we before, =
y We did not sufficiently mention =
. the hair goods department. .
So important has become the .
. requirement of artificial hair in =
= the head dress OF today, that in =
placing a superior line of Pomp, =
. adour Puffs, Switches, Rosettes .
= and Hair Rolls before you, it has .
= been done with the same D&1ut- .
= inizing attention to quality ane =
= price as is characteristic OF our .
. millinery. .
We are offering the Keokuk .
= public our line at practically .
= wholesale figures; if you have =
= not inspected the line, we write .
. you to do so. q
Mr.. Merchant-Don't you feel =
. its time to look to Main street in =
= terests more earnestly, or shall .
= we quietly submit to the snail .
= like, sleepy methods that seem to .
= creep on US? We refer to last =
Saturday nights darkness on =
= Main street. Be it moonlight in .
= Philadelphia, or otherwise,-It .
= was dark-Pitch dark, on Main =
= street last Saturday night and .
= business could not help but suf- .
Ter. Let's buy some light and see =
that the goods are delivered, .
Philadelphia moonlight to the .
= contrary Notwithstanding We .
= don't know who's at fault. but in .
= wide-awake retail centers. in ad- .
= dition to the regular city light .
= Ing, system of novelty lamp .
. lighting is in vogue. .
. A business street should be .
= brilliant, sparkling daylight at .
= any cost-Stern's Store always .
. is. =
= In the name of progression, let =
= US begin to see what's holding =
= back the growth of the Retailer. =
= True-our institutions grow, but .
not IN proportion to live institu- =
tons In other cities. If we are .
= becoming lethargic because we .
= have too much Water Power. .
= it's remember-Water Power or .
no alter Power-there is no ex- =
= cuse for darkness on Main street .
= the third Saturday before Easter, .
= when everything in a retail =
. way should be awake-much =
= awake. believe we pay taxes y
y for light. .
NOW, dear reader, a word to .
you as to our superior Millinery. .
We still maintain that as hereto .
= fore quoted, an ordinary painter .
= and Rembrandt may use the .
same pigments, yet Rembrandt's .
= art, in all the ages, has stood in =
class of its own. It's so with .
= Stern's Millinery It's true. too. =
= you yourself, dear reader. have =
taste. You can put together a .
= hat and its trimmings, yet you .
= come to us-for what? For what .
We huoH --dDOuI Millinery.
And its Millinery intelligence .
= and Millinery art, associated in .
= higher ideals for forty-six years .
= in your interests that we offer .
= you at our store. Its not sur .
= prising that Sterns enjoy the .
y reputation for Correct Mil .
y linery." We feel we merit it .
and above all years, do we today .
. merit it. .
= Its a pleasure, he assures .
you, to serve you. and .
= serving you with the line of .
Patterns as We do this season. .
. at low prices, practically whole .
sale fguresl rs our ambition to =
see that 662-3 per cent of Keo- .
= kuk's Easter paraders will be =
= hated" correctly in Stern's Mil =
linery.-No, we are not grasping, =
but believe that "merit brings its q
= own reward" 4
= thank you for your time. your Z
patronage, your good will and .
= support, and hope to merit your .
. Easter purchase. 9
Very truly, Z