The Press., 1920-02-19
FORBES & WALLACE CELEBRATE NEXT WEEK The Occasion of Their 46th
 Anniversary.

Among Springfelds commercial institutions, few have had a more active share in service to the com munity than the Forbes & Wallace store which is celebrating it's 46th Anniversary, beginning Wednesday morning next week and continuing through the week.
 The accomplishments of 46 busy years are unqueStiOnably evident in the great store as it stands to-day, in contrast to the little one-door brick store at the Main and Vernon Street corner in which they first started business as dry goods store, and furthurmore, by the fact that another year will find completed a new eight story Main street building to replace the present four-story brick structure, which combined with the recent mod ern Vernon and Pynchon street build ings will give to Springfield one of the finest department stores in New England.
 The present building will go into the hands of the contractor; on MarcI: ,>t and tine lower floors will e cOn.i;ictely ready for business by Decemt CT 1st Of this year.
 The most modern type of steel frame and freproof construction has been adopted. The outside of the building will be faced with gray brick and | Indiana Limestone, to correspond with the present Vernon and PynchOn street buildings.
 One of the dominating features of | the handsome new store will be a vestit ule entrance at the center front, | faced with green Vermont marble and trOnze. The vestibule will be banked l with display windows and cases and | will afford ideal displays for mer- chandise.
 l Large show windows will occupy the entire Main street front, and eX- tend 200 feet on the Vernon street side of the store.
 The store extension adds four ad- ditional floors to the space now in use, with a total of 10000 additional square feet of floor space. l The reconstruction work will take place without interfering with the convenience of the shopping public Ky building in sections, so that only few departments at time will need to l e moved.
 As a shopping center for Western N store offers ideal advantages and one may comfortably spend whole day in it's many floors of fine merchandise, the rest room and the restaurant. In fact the store tries to extend in a personal way it's liberal cOrdialities and hospitality.
 | Three fine restaurants, an lnfOrma- ton desk, post office and telegram station, public telephone booths and free checking of parcels are modern innovations of shopping service which all Forhes & Wallace patrons may enjoy.
 | The prOgreSSiveneSS of this re markable merchandising institution has cen a leading factor in develop ing many present day policies of ser vice and in establishing shorter hours and more comfortable conditions for employees.
 Forbes & Wallace women employees enjoy a cozy, spacious restroom on the seventh floor, comfortably fur nished with couches, chairs, desks, and magazines and is a most popular recreation center. There is also an employees lunch room adjoining where food is served at cost and where those who wish to bring their own lunches may be served with ad- ditiOnal hot dishes or coffee. The arrangements in the new building will add even further comforts for em- ployees.
 There is also a splendinly equipped doctors office and emergency room where a physician is in attendance every morning for free consultation of employees, and a nurse is always on duty for emergency.
 The store has it's own independen lighting. heating, power and refrig erating plants, it's own fur storage it's own laundries, bakeries, kitchens and workshop.
 Once year, at Anniversary time Forbes & Wallace announce stor' wide sale from basement to top floor in which every department partici
 pates with the best offerings and val ues that months of steady concien cious preparation can possibly bring
 This sale is an appreciation sale, an' is known throughout Western Nev
 England for it's remarkable buyini opportunities.
 The employees share ill the appre citation sale at anniversary time b!
 recieving a one-percent commission on all their sales for the duration o the sale.
 The sale which opens Wednesda.
 morning next week is for four day
 only, and it's values have been par
 ticularly planned to meet the thrif requirements of the times.-Adv.