El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-23

I suppose most OF the women in e.
! PasO know just how far the building
/ has gone. but for the benefit of my out
Of-town readers thought I had better
put something about il in my letter
this week. for / know you are all in
tel ested in this fine new store. which
will rank among the best ia the United
/ States when il is completed
] The Annex IS finished and we have
six floors and two mezzanines TO wan
der through on our shopping tours.
None OF the fixtures for the different
departments have arrived yet. but they
are on their way and will change the
| appearances Of the store a great deal.
| When the entire building is finished
II will stand out strikingly from the
/ smaller surrounding structures and the
| white glazed terra Gotta will glisten all
day in your Texas sunshine. You know
! the modern shops in the East are all
! being built Of this material and I'm
sure it viii prove a beacon for visiting
{ shoppers
The contractors are using reinforced
concrete which makes il fire-prOOf and
| earthquake proof. and six Standard
/ PIunger elevators the same kind that
are used in the Wanamaker stores in
New York and Philadelphia. will be in
I stalled There are two in operation now
/ IN the Annex and they are the safest
/ that are made.
/ understand that the windows. first
| floor and basement of the unfinished
/ part viii be completed and opened FOR
J use some time in October. and when the
! last bit Of work is done. FL Paso can
I boast Of a shop. with six floors. two
mezzanines and a basement. Isn't that
/ a valuable asset TO a city,
I School shoes Are Sturdy and Made with
Smart Lines.
Boys and girls-isn't IL fun when fall
l comes and you can discard your scuffed
shoes and pumps and get into a brand
new pair2 L thought your mothers
would like TO know something about
I the new school shoes. so I went around
TO the Guarantee shoe store yesterday
and found out all 1 could about them
I They have very large stock this year
ana the sizes and lasts vary so that
any boy or girl can be easily fitted
It used 10 be-in the days when
went 10 schOOl-that II YOU bought a
shoe made Of sturdy leather it had such
clumsy lines and was so bulky YOU
would be ashamed TO wear it-but now
. the shoe manufacturers have given a
great deal Of thought to the lines and
YOU can buy a pair for hard wear that
VIII look well on your feet
In spite OF all the talk about shoes
advancing 80 and so percent in price.
found the Guarantee shoes are moder-
ately marked
They carry the Hop-Skip shoe. which
6as a leather covered copper toe and
fine for the hard wear a rgowine- boy
or girl demands. Laird q Schober, YOU
world and they are the exclusive agents
for the southwest. also for John Kramer
< Sons junior shoes.
Peggy Interviews Mrs. SfOIarOff
spent most delightful afternoon
visiting with Mrs StOlaroff yesterday.
She has just returned from New York
where she has been buying some Of the
dresses and blOuses for the Boston
store She showed me some Of the
things she brought back and surely we
nave much 10 look forward to-
gorgeous evening gowns OF metallic {
cIoth and maline over draperies; panne !
velvet combined with net and bead ana
metal laces and duchesse satins deco
Idteu IN steel and gold. are the combs ]
NATIONS We will wear this winter.
Goats are made OF Bolivia cloth in
maroon. turquoise and green shades.
ana are attractively trimmed in seal !
ana fur- Dresses Of serge are elabo- /
rately embroidered and beaded and
combined with Georgette creme. and the
suits are everything that one could de- i
sire or that practical garment Truly
the Boston store has valuable adjunct !
in the person OF Mrs Stolaroff. who
knows so wei what we would like 10 (
have back here in Texas
Militia officer VIII Make His Home in
FL PasO.
There's one thing certain" said a
Nauonai Guard otttcer 10 me the other ]
day. anyone who buys a lot in Morn
insside Heights isn't taking anv !
chances. You know I've decided TO /
M Se Fl Paso my home and I've invest
ed IN business already. so / thought the
next best thing TO do would be 10 buy
a lot and build house and surprise nv
Vile when she comes down
know just what she'll say when I
take her up there-it's the kind OF a
place she's been dreaming about and
: ~ Ill
we have to pass on the yyav tbere-a1J
that view. Why dyou qnow I thought
we'd nave 10 go TO California 10 get
sc2ner5 that's worth looking at. but Pu
be able TO sit on my porch pretty soon
ana see almost TO Chihuahua Cftv-
tnd these mountains-they are never
me same m awfully glad. Miss Peggy
you wrote that little story about me
reuse OF Happiness-thst's why I went
9ut mere 10 look at those lots. And IL
won be many months until they'll he
North twice what they are selling for