New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-08-02
BUSINESS IS. Places! 2 AZ IS J.
Are Improved

goods belonging to the business. This
department is located on the second floor
of the former Citizens Bank Building
and faces on Minnesota Street.
In these days of elaborate burial pre-:
parations, it is something of a wonder,
to one who is not familiar with the BUSH
ness to view the display Of caskets and:
their costly beauty. Few living beings
find themselves surrounded with the
luxury that accompanies them to the
grave. Beautiful polished woods,
cypress and oak, fittings of satin and lace
and silver, velvets of hues of such beauty
as to take away the gloomy aspect that
formerly marked the last resting place of
weary mortals. All these maybe seen
among the assortment that Mr.. Forster
keeps in stock for his trade. :.~,r ~.
The display room is large and light.
On each side running lengthwise of the
room are seven large compartments
made of plate glass and Early English
finish woodwork. Each compartment.
has space for three full size caskets,
making display of forty-two caskets in
all. The length of the room is approx
mately 60 feet and this allows space at
each end for other purposes. It is quite
likely that a little later small chapel will
be arranged for 50 that burials taking
place from the undertaking rooms will
lack none of the surroundings deemed
fitting for the last attentions to the de-
ceased. -
Mr.. Forster has always been man of
generous ideas in business and his efforts
to improve the service he renders will
meet with the approval of those who
patronize him in this line.
Never before has New Ulm been so we'll
provided with eating places as is the case
at the present time for the Berndt
Restaurant has just moved into it's COM
modious new quarters in the Bastian
block which has recently been COM
pleted. Not only does the new building
furnish the restaurant with eating space
a plenty but it also provides for rooms
for transients to the number of twenty
which will give the Berndt's accommoda-
lions to take care of the frequent over
flow from the hotels as we'll as their own
regular transient trade. ~
The new location of the restaurant is
very favorable as it is next door to the
old location, near to the hotels which
makes it possible for the .travelhng]
public to- secure meals at hours when
the hotel dining rooms are closed, and
is in the heart of the trading district
so that people from the farming COM
munities can secure meal when in
town for the day without going out of
their way.
The floor space occupied by the eating
and cooking rooms is approximately
25x80 feet. This is divided into lunch
room in front, middle room for ladies'
and others who do not care to eat in the
more public front room, and smaller
room at the rear which will be fitted
up for private parties. The lunch room
is fitted with three tables and lunch
counter and has two large display
windows. The middle room has six
tables with a seating capacity of twenty.
four persons without crowding at all
and the small room will contain when
completed a long banquet table. In all,
the restaurant can seat sixty persons at
one time without taxing it's capacity.
The rooms for the preparation of the
food are on the same floor and at the
rear of the lunch room and at the side |
of the dining rooms.
Altho the building has but two ex-
posures, the front and the rear, the place
is exceedingly light due to the large front
windows and the light finish. The
walls have not yet been decorated but
they will be kept light in tone. The
ceiling is white steel, the floor hardwood
in light color. The furnishings in the
lunch room are cherry as is the partition
which separates the middle room. In
this middle room, the tables are oak
with the white Sani-onyx tops. The
third room is not yet supplied with it's
fittings.
The Berndt Restaurant is quite a
busy place these days. The regular
force consists of the proprietors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Berndt, and three employees. At
present quite a number of extra people
are employed. A large custom is en-
joyed at all times.