Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-30

With the completion during the hes'
two or three weeks of the new Woodward
K Lothrop building on + street, the most
important business development of the
season will have ended
This is the second renodeling and en-
Iargine operation Woodward & Lothrop
have completed within the past year. and
the buildings were made to conform The
first of the additions measures about 80
by 100 feet, and fronts on 10th street.
The newest addition is exactly 100 feet
square. and fronts on street.
The building contains several features
that are uncommon even in department
stores that have been built within the
past few years The fur vault, two
stories high. is said TO be the last word
in the development of storing furs. 1t
is so arranged that not only VIII furs
be preserved from insects and mold. but
there is said TO be positively no danger
Of escaping ammonia that has been the
dread of the fur storer in the past.
Another feature is the spiral bundle
chute 1t is claimed that a box of eggs
can be sent down this chute from top
TO bottom. without single one DeinS
broken. gent.e is the slope. At the
bottom IL is met by a travelling belt which
carries the package direct to the shipping
room.
Roof Garden for Employees.
Another feature of the ui,ding that
will be of no service to the general pub
lie but is certain to be appreciated by
the clerks. is the roof garden for the
use of the employees only. An attractive
pergola, red tile roofing and all the ma
terial employed in the most up-to-date
roof gardens are used. and il is expected
the employees will find this comfortable
and attractive place to spend their spare
hours.
The new addition is eight stories high.
the top floor being devoted largely to an
auditorium with seating capacity of
40. Free use of this auditorium VIII be
allowed to entertainments that will in
terest and instruct the patrons of the
store. but definite plans for Its manage
ment have not yet been announced.
In addition to the auditorium the
eighth floor will contain a telephone ex-
change-which is a feature of no small
Importance in the big department store
of today-and the rest of the top story
will be devoted to the cod storage plant
for furs. which also extends down
through the seventh story.
The rest OF the seventh floor will be
devoted to the private offices of the pres
ident, vice president, secretary and other
officials of the company. The general
0lIlCeS Will De MAINTAINED IN the Ola
building.
On the sixth floor will be an enlarged
cafe and the furniture department. The
fifth floor will contain house furnishings
and refrigerators.
Toys on Fourth Floor.
The fourth floor is as high as the lit
tie folks will want to go. for here they
will find the full stock of toys; and such
a stock it will be that little or no room
will be left for anything else.
The third floor will contain the jul
venile and baby shops, the French lin
gerie department and the millinery de-
partmen,. The mems department is to
be on the second floor and in addition
to the usual line of mems clothing
Woodward 4 Lothrop have added line
of mems shoes.
On the first floor will be hosiery, sta
tionery, knitted underwear, jewelry, en-
cravings and notions.
The building is strictly freproof. The
exterior Of the first two stories is faced
in marble. From there to the eighth
story the material is buff pressed brick.
and the top story is to be finished en-
tirely Of ornamental terra Gotta, with the
Grecian effect predominating.
The architecture is the work of c. l..
Harding and the construction the work
of F. T. Nesbit & Co. The contract