Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-02-28
Will EndeavOr to Have Store
Ready to Open to Public
on Saturday.
WILL RETAIN OLD LOCATION
Store One of the Finest to Be Found
in Any Small City in
Michigan.

ment store OF State street VIII be
opened TO the public either Saturday
or the fore part OF next week, accord
ing to Mr.. Robinson. The exact time
cannot be given owing to the amount
of work still TO be done to get the
store in readiness for business.
The new store is easily the finest
Of the kind in this section of the
state, and fine thing for the city OF
Alma, to which it adds greatly
In the ready to-wear portion Of the
new store, large dustproof cabinets
are used for these goods. This keeps
all such goods clean and neat, keeps
them from being exposed to the light,
and will not confuse the customers
with the great variety of styles and
shades, and showing of too many
different garments. Over one thous-
and new garments are now placed in
the cabinets in the new store, ready
for the spring trade. These consist
OF silk costumes, suits and coats.
The floor of this portion of the
new store will be covered with an
old blue Wilton Velvet colored rug,
as will the millinery section of the
store.
! The new millinery section of the
department store will be located in
the. south room to the front. This
department will be in charge of May
Jones, who comes to the Robinson
store from Gage Brothers of Chicago.
Mr.. Robinson has arranged so that
Gage Brothers will have supervision
of the millinery department of the
store, which he feels will insure it's
success from the style standpoint,
this firm, being regardly highly in
this line over the entire country.
This department will handle Gage
hats almost exclusively. A large
stock is now ready for the opening.
A number of new show cases are in
this department, as we'll as "A French
fitting room with triple mirrors.
To the rear is the shoe department
Of this store, which will have up
wards of three thousand pairs of
shoes at all times. Henry Murray of
Grand Rapids, formerly with the Bos-
ton Store of this city, will have charge
of this department. Dorothy Dodge
shoes for women and children will BE-
handled.
Between the departments is a
commodious rest room, fitted up with
wicker furniture. In each department
are to be found chairs which best
answer the needs of the department
in which they have been placed
Every effort has been made
throughout to give Alma the finest
store possible. In the rear of the
ready-to-wear department. are two
large fitting rooms, with triple mir
rors, markers, etc, and next TO these
is found large working room. A
large toilet has been fitted up in the
basement of the store. for the use Of
the public, giving Alma something
which it has been in need of for "a
long period.
The store is to be fitted up with
the newest designs and styles of
lighting, following suggestions picked
up from the larger Detroit and Chi
cago stores. A drinking fountain
will be another feature of the store.
The large display windows of the
new store will furnish great amount
of space in which to properly display
the merchandise of the stores and in
addition display case has been
erected in front Large signs of
Clipped glass Of the latest design
have been procured, which are to be
placed in front of the stores. The
front will rank favorably with any in
the state.
The old store will be given over to
the piece goods and TO the carpet
and drapery department. This store
is now being redecorated throughout
; and being put in readiness. The
carpet and drapery department to be
where the ready to wear department
was formerly located, will be in charge
of Mr.. Campbell, for ten years asso-
,, ciated with the Tanner store in Sagi.
nav.
! When interviewed by the reporter
yesterday Mr.. Robinson stated that
the sale has disposed of the greater
, part Of the old stock from the present
store, and that less than one thousand
dollars worth would be moved to the
new departments, insuring practi.
cally new stock throughout the