The Washington times., 1911-10-23

THE first milestone IN 1ts second ndli-
century is turned today by the Lans-
burgh Brothers store. where the happy
birthday anniversary-the fifty-f1rst, Is
being celebrated in a festive manner.
Hundreds Of American flags have been
used to carry out a patriotic decora-
tive scheme. in which chrysanthemums
and autumn foliage have been also been
utilized. Graceful palms have been
placed between the supporting pillars
| ind on pedestals in the body of the
store, and Southern smilax has been
twined wherever possible. The entire
effect Is of a bower of greenery.
Throughout the store the visitor Is in
troduced to bargains and souvenir
prices at every turn. each department
seeming to vie with its neighbor in
Its Offering for this especial OCCASION,
end what Is still more attractive, tho
bargain prices will prevail during the
entire week.
The dress goods department Is show
ing some OF the most beautiful fabrics
that have ever been brought to WASH
1ngtor, ard offers 50 many bargains
that it is hardly possible to begin talk
Ing about them. The silk department is
well known to every buyer In Washing
ton, and 1t Is only necessary to say that
the bargains offered in this section are
more than usually attractive The
slogan OF the store of Lansburgh &
Brothers has been for the past flfty-one
years, DRY goods, and dry goods only"
and It lives UP to it's motto. The store has
never branched out into q department
store, but has confined its efforts en-
tirely toward supplying the women of
washington with the newest and hest
in this line that is to be bound In any
establishment in the Capital City. Dress
goods, linens, silks, white goods, velvets,
domestic and imported wooiens are
cial needs Of the army of buyers to
whom the name of Lansburgh &
Brothers means all that is reliable and
economical.
Every ,employe Of the 8. Kann. Sons
& Companys store today is wearing a
bink carnation and a broad smile. Rea-
Son: the store is observing its eighteenth
anniversary. Almost buried beneath a
f0rest of foliage and flowers, the big
store Is thronged with customers who
are assisting this firm in a celebration
most fitting. Upon entering the store
the eye Is greeted with a profuson Of
flowers, chief among them being a
mammoth hamper of American Beauty
roses, chrysanthemums and ferns, the
Joint gift of the thousand or more en-
ployes Of the store, many Of whom have
been connected with the establishment
since 1t first opened it's doors to the
Washington public.
On October. %. 1898. the firm Of s.
Kann, Sons & Company began busi-
ness at III Market Space. a modest lit
tie store occupying a frontage OF less
than thirty feet, and three stories high.
Through honest dealing and pursuing a
liberal and conscientious policy, this
modest beginning has branched into one
of the leading drygoods establishments
of the city, now occupying almost the
entire square. 1t Is the same old loca-
ton, however the same liberal policy
the same guarantee of satisfaction
and the same service, only grown
larger. and more firmly established
in the hearts Of Washingtonians,
From the beginning of the FIRMS his
tory, the attractive values and the in
novations In business methods have held
the public. =.
So rapid has been the growth that II
now takes fifty delivery wagons and au-
tomobiles. 142 'teleph ones. and more than
1000 employees to attend to the huge vol
ume OF business that Is transacted daily
In the forty-nine departments main
tained by this busy store. Besides Its
Washington store, the firm Is represent
ed In New York, and has pretentious
store in Paris, and II keeps corps OF
competent buyers In all the large mer.
camille centers OF the world throughout
the year. For this reason the store u