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6 THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1 1907 1907BUSINESS 1907BUSINESS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OF G STREET IN REGENT YEARS
TURNS TO TOCOL1EOE TOCOL1EOEU COMMERGE COMMERGEG
G Street Becomes a Grreai GrreaiBusiness GleatBUS GpeatBusjiiess
Business BUS llCSS Thoroughfare ThoroughfareONCE
ONCE FUEL OF RESIDENG RESIDENGBetTTcen RESIDEliGESDetween RESIiYENOESlIetncen
BetTTcen Ninth and nd Fifteenth I IRival It ItRhalll ItRITnII
Rival F Ii i Street and I Fart nm nmParcel nnel nnelParcel anIParcel
Parcel of the Trading Section SectionReal Sectionlteal SectionReal
Real Estate Row Iio Fills Fill tne t c Thir Thlrteen Thirteen Thirteen
teen Hundred Block BlockBetween DlockBetween BlockBetween
Between the Interior and Treasury Tre sury B Bpartment Do Dopnrtment Dopartment <
partment buildings bull lngs G street northwe northwehas northwthas northweSt northweSthas
has become almost completely trans transformed traMformed transformed ¬
formed Into a business thoroughfare thoroughfaroFl thoroughfaroFlt Fit Fitten Fitten
ten t en years Ago and nd more it took up th thoverflow the theoverflow theverflow
overflow < from F street treet and gradually iti itioldfashioned ita itaoJdfashloned lt ltohifashloned
oldfashioned residences were first re remodeled re1110deled remodeled
modeled for shops and offices and then thenthe thenthe thenthe
the old landmarks began to disappear for fornew fornew fornew
new and larger buildings tp accommodate accommodatstores accommodate accommodatestores accommodatestores <
stores and offices offic s which every yeer more moreand moreand moreand
and more intrenched upon the residences residencesuntil residencesuntil residencesunUl
until the latter are re now gone and the thestreet thestreet thestreet
street is given over to the requirements of oftrade oCtrade oftrade
trade supply suppl stores stor and offices real realtate es estate estate ¬
tate insurance Insuran e builders and architects architectspredominating arolt1tectspredominating arohltectspredominating
predominating predominatingIn
In the early days da while Pennsylvania Pennsylvanifavenue Pennsylvaniaavenue Pennsylvaniaavenue
avenue wrfs w 8 yet a dirt road and notorious notoriously ¬
ly muddy In rainy weather G street streetwas streetwas streetwas
was one of the fashionable residence residencestreets residencetreets residencectreets
streets of the Capital Caplt It was lined with withbeautiful withbeautiful withbeautiful
beautiful houses hou es in front of which whichequipages wblchtqulpagf whichquIpagP5
equipages > 8 of f the social contingent and andof andof andof
of official families fam1lfes could be seen drawn drawnup dI11 drawnup wn wnup
up every afternoon waiting slUng upon up n the theparties thepanles theparirles
parties and receptions going on within withinIn withInIn withinIn
In G street in the hoary past dwell dwellsome dwellsome dweltsome
some of the richest and most influential influentialfamilies i InfluenUalfamilies fiuenUl fiuenUlfamities
families of the city In G street Senators Senatorsand Senatorsand Senatorssod
and Representatives lived and many of ofthe oftho ofthe
the Cabinet officers and high officials of ofthe orthe ofthe
the government gov rmnent at one on time and another anotherdwelt anotherdwelt anotherdwelt
dwelt there It was in its day da a noble noblestreet noblestreet noblestreet
street lined with costly homes and many manywas manywas manywas
was the scene of gayety at the oldfash oldfashioned oldfashIQned oldfaultloned ¬
ioned receptions weddings and other so social sO sOcial socml ¬
cial functions which took place there thereSees UWreSeeH thereSees
Sees a Mighty Ught Change ChangeBut Cbi1De Cbi1DeBut ChangeBut
But that is now only something somethln for the theantiquarian theantlquarIan theantiquarian
antiquarian to get enthusiastic about aboutThe abouLThe aboutThe
The man of this generation eneratlon and the trav traveler traveler trayeher ¬
eler from the States now going through throughG througG
G street sees only high buildings buildingssheltering bulldhigssheltering buildingssheltering
sheltering banks real estate tate offices sup supply supply supply ¬
ply stores two of the largest dry goods goodsand lfOOdsand goodsand
and department stores in the city and andthe andthe andthe
the rapid changing of the buildings of ofthe otthe ofthe
the past 1st to new De blocks and offices ot ees to tosuit tosuit tosuit
suit the requirements of twentieth cen century century eontury ¬
tury business bulln methods Three big bigchurches bibchurches bigchurches
churches still cling cll b to G street though thoughtheir thoulhtheIr thoughtheir
their parishioners long since since scattered scatteredfar saatt scatteredfar red redfar
far away aVa in Inthe the northwest section and andother andother andother
other parts of the new city cityStanding clbStandlpg cityStanding
Standing on the curb stones > > which sur surround surround surround ¬
round the west and north aides of the theDepartment theDepartment theDepartment
Department of the Interior building one onesees onesees onesees
sees the traffic of G street sweeping past pastin pastIn pastIn
in an endless string st11I1 each day of the week weekThe weekThe weekThe
The electric car line foe which runs through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the street from this point to Fifteenth Fifteenthstreet Fifteenthstreet Fifteenthstreet
street carries the cars of a large part partof partof partof
of the north and northeast north cut suburban suburbansection suburbanection suburbanoction
section of Washington and ever every two twominutes twominutes twominutes
minutes the cars roll by crowded with withthe withthe withthe
the population of the distant suburbs suburbscoming suburbsomlng suburbscoming
coming down town on shopping trips or orreturning orreturning orreturning
returning to their homes late in the after afternoon lIft lIftnOGD afternoon ¬
noon Every kind of vehicle forms part partof partor partof
of the procession coming and going over overthe overthe overthe
the smooth asphalt pavement vement Delivery Deliverywagons Deliverywagons Deliverywagons
wagons possibly pos tbly are in the tb ascendant ascendantthough ascendantthough ascendantthough
though many automobiles and carriages carriagesuf carrJa carrJauf
uf the rich roll by stopping at the offices officesand officesand officesand
and stores in G street streetTrafflc streetTrnffic streetTraffic
Traffic Goen Goe to Seventh Sev th Street StreetPast StreetPast StreetPast
Past the beholder to the right the tide tideof tideof tideof
of traffic swings about the department departmentbuilding departmentbul1dln departmentbuilding
building bul1dln in to toSeventh Seventh street and is seem seemingly seemingly seemlnghy ¬
ingly lost ost in that busy thoroughfare thoroughfareTurning thoroughfareTurning thoroughfareTurning
Turning westward one passes MISses on the therighthand therIghthand therighthand
righthand corner of Ninth street the thenew thenew thenew
new office building which is being fitted fittedup tlttedup littedup
up by Mr Dodge It is iii a plain brick brickbuilding brickbuUding brickbuilding
building but this year extensive extens V im improvements Improvements improvements ¬
provements have been made and the thebuilding thebuilding thebuilding
building now has three store rooms on onthe ontbe onthe
the ground floor with many lU n offices along alongthe alongtbe alongthe
the corridors above aboveNearly abovcNearly aboveNearly
Nearly opposite is the McGill cGIIl Building Buildingwhich BuildIngwhich Buildingwhich
which but recently recentl has passed p ssed from the thehands theImnds thehands
hands of the architect and contractors contractorsone contractorsone contractorsOfle
one of the finest and most complete bud business bUliness budness ¬
ness and office structures in the city It Itshelters Itshelters Itshelters
shelters real estate firms insurance of offices oflees offices ¬
fices and the whole long list of agencies agenciesrepresenting alenciesrepresenting agenciesrepresenting
representing a a great variety of activities activitieswhich activitieswhich activitieswhich
which Washington in n its metamor metamorphosis metAmorphosis metamorphoels ¬
phosis from a political center to a a com commercial commercial cornmercial ¬
mercial and industrial city has invited to toestablish toestabUsh toestablish
establish here hereBeside hereB08ide hereBeside
Beside the McGill Building stands the thehistoric thehlstorle thehistoric
historic Rifles Armory Armor which long ago agolost ago10st agoiost
lost its particular use as the home of the theRifles theRUles theRUles
RUles and has been in recent years cars one oneof oneoC oneof
of the chief gathering places for the theiity thelity thetlty
iity The entertainments lectures and andpublic1 andpublic andpublic
public public1meetings meetings of the Rifles Armory ArmoryHall ArmoryHall ArmoryHall
Hall have been legion every season se season4or season4or1lany sonAor sonAorIllU1 A or ormany
many IllU1 years Its central location makes makesIt
It popular still and its use as the meet meeting meeting meetlug ¬
ing place of the local lodge of the Mystic MysticShrlners MysticShriner MysticShriners
Shrlners gives it a character which whichmarks whichmarks whichuarks
marks it as one of the grtat landmarks landmarksof
of Washington WashingtonOn hlngton hlngtonOn
On the terrace to the right stands a sfine afine afine
fine row of ancient brick houses into intowhich Intowhich Intowhich
which but recently recentl strode the iron heel of ofbusiness orbusiness ofbusiness
business This row for years withstood withstoodthe wIthstoodthe withstoodtile
the encroachments of the mart and the theoffice theoffice theoffice
office until at last It was obliged to suc succumb 5UCcumbo succumb ¬
cumb cumbo and the old houses are filling up upwith upvith upwith
with various kinds of shops and will willshortly wUlshortly willshortly
shortly become part and parcel of the thenew thenew thenew
new order of things thingsTTTO thingsTwo thingsTo
TTTO Biff Churches Remain RemainFurther RemGinFUlthor RemainFurther
Further on stand on opposite cor corners corlers coriers ¬
ners of Tenth street St Patricks PatricksCatholic PatrlckClthollc PatricksCatholic
Catholic Church and the First Con Congregational CongrpgaUonal Congregatlonal ¬
gregational Church two of the largest largestof
of their respective resp ctive denominations Both Bothbuildings Bothbufldinrs Bothbuildings
buildings are models of their kind St StPatricks StPatrlcks StPatricks
Patricks recently having come into intopossession Intoposs8ssl Intopossession
possession poss8ssl n of its new school building buildingand bUildingand buildingand
and parish parl h house built in gray stone stoneto stoneto stoneto
to match matcih the architecture of the thechurch thechurch thechurch
church making a handsome architec architectural architectural architectural ¬
tural setting amid the business houses housesgrowing housesgrowIng housesgrowing
growing up around The Congrega Congregational Congregatlonal Congregational ¬
tional Church Is a plain redbrick redbrickstructure redbrIckstructure redbrickstructure
structure its fine architectural linos linosand lInosand linesand
and high roof and and its surroundings surroundingssuggesting surroundingssuggesting surroundingssuggesting
suggesting old Trinity which has hasstood hasstood hasstood
stood for so many years years a n grim protest protestto
to the sheering eh erlng of tho lambs in Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet Wallstreet
street New York YorkThe YorkThe YorkThe
The beholder next passes the two de department department dopartment ¬
partment stores of Woodward Lo Lothrop Lothrop Lothrop
throp and the Palais royal Each oc occupies occupies occuples ¬
cupies the square on G street and oach oachcovers oachcovers eachcovers
covers large spaces one reaching through throughto
to F street s et and the other filling about aboutonetourtt aboutonefourth i ionefourth
onefourth the square between G and H Hstreets Hstreets Hstreets
streets Woodward Lothrops store storepresents storapresents storepresents
presents on the G street side the neVer neVerportion nwer nwerportion nworportion
portion built two or three years ago on onthe onthe onthe
the former site of St Vincents Orphan OrphanAsylum OrphanAsylum OrphanAsylum
Asylum The Palais Royal nearly of ofthe ofthe I Ithe
the same ame size as its competitor c tnpetltor is onej onejof one oneDf oneDf
Df the beat b t patronized stores in Washing WuhingI
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WOODWARD lOTHSOPS lOTHSOPSD IOTBitOPSDepartment
Det Department D partaoBt rtD stare wbfc klda nmpics oee pies sqmn txntaded bo Jded by Tenth EteveBtfc E1eweB F and G atoMis
ton and WIts to n an important sense senS the thepioneer thepioneer I Ipioneor
pioneer of the large business interests interestsin Inte alts altsin
in G street streetAt streetAt streetAt
At the corner of Eleventh opposite the thePalais thepalals thePalais
Palais Royal Is the La Fetra Hotel one oneof oneof oneof
of the most popular of the smaller smallercaravansaries smallerctI118nsarles Smallercaravansarles
caravansaries of the Capital It is I fre frequently frequently frequently ¬
quently the headquarters of big excur excursions excurJlons excurslons ¬
sions which come to the city and in inmany It Itman Isninny
many man ways wa s yields ields a large income to its itsenterprising Itaenterprising Itsenterprising
enterprising proprietor proprietorSupply proprtetorSUIpI proprietorSupply
Supply Stores Crowd the Diode DiodeProceeding DIoclProceedIng BlockProceeding
Proceeding westward the observer observerpasses o oPlsses observerpasses
passes one supply suppl store after another anotherranging KJIOtherranging anotherranging
ranging from fr m plumbing fixtures through throughhardware tbroUg tbroUghardware througthardware
hardware mantels paints and oils house housefurnishing housefurnishing houeefurnishing
furnishing goods and numerous forms of ofmerchandising oCmerchandllin ofmechandIstng
merchandising on to Thirteenth street streetAmong streetAmong streetAmong
Among the stores and offices ofilceS are a num number uumber numher ¬
ber of wellpatronized restaurants fruit fruitstands truitstands fruitstands
stands line the sidewalks sl ewalks in several severalplaces severalplaces severalplaces
places real estate men have camped campedthere campedthere campedthere
there and the entire street on both bothsides bothsides bothIiIIdes
sides is busy with Ute growing demands demandsof demandot
of business > Much improvement in the thebuildings theb thebulidinga
buildings b lJdln lien taken place in this part partof partof pertof
of G street within the past two years yearsProperty yearsProperty yearsProperty
Property rates have advanced rapidly rapidlyand raplcllyand rapidlyand
and a location here is coming to be re regarded regarded regarded ¬
garded as the most valuable in Washing Washington Wa Washington hlDc hlDcton ¬
ton At Twelfth street will be located locatedone Jocatedone locatedone
one of the nnew new banks now in process plOee88Of processof processof
of organization organizationBeyond o orgafflzatIonBeyond IZAtlon IZAtlonBeOnd
Beyond Thirteenth one passes into intoReal intoReal intoReal
Real Estate Row la this block lock has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen
been wrought within thln two years yea the moet moetmarked moetmarked mostmarked
marked changes cbans m In the city A great part partof partoC partof
of the north side of the street ha has been beencompletely beeDeompletely beencompletely
completely rebuilt The old residence residencebuildings ratdeaeebulldlngg residencebuhldlngti
buildings have been demolished tlen > > oU led and in intheir latheir intheir
their place now no appear modern struc structures structures structures ¬
tures largely of brick and brown stone stoneand sloneand stoneand
and real estate men builders architects architectsauctioneers a architeetsauctioneers httee htteeaucUoneers
auctioneers and others have moved up uptown uptown uptown
town into that fast growing business sec section Beetlon seerica
rica More lore real estate offices are to be befound befound befound
found in the MOO block In G street than thanin thanIn thanin
in any other part of the Capital within withinthe wUhlnthe withinthe
the same space The new offices are aremodels aremodels aremodels
models of the kind and much m h attention attentionhas attentionbas attendonhas
has been paid to comfort and elegance eleganceas
as well as to larger room for conducting conductingbusiness conduetlngbusiness conductingbusiness
business With the opening ope lng of these theseoffices thetkof theseoffices
offices of ees the real estate business bu lne s in Wash Washington Wa Washington b bJngton ¬
ington has been en put on a vastly higher higherand higherand higherand
and better plane planeColorado planeColornclo planeColorado
Colorado Building DuUcllu a Landmark LandmarkAt
At Fourteenth street the beholder beholdercomes beholdercomes beholdercomes
comes upon the Colorado Building the therightly theslghUy thesightly
rightly structure erected a few years ears earsby ago agoby agoby
by Thomas F Walsh to afford better betterquarters betterquarters betterquarters
quarters for lawyers real estate men menfinanciers monfinanciers menfinanciers
financiers and others who want circum circumscribed clrcumserlbed cireumseribed ¬
scribed space for their business opera operations QJWratlons operations ¬
tions Several builders are in the Colo Colorado Colomoo Coleratio ¬
moo Building Bulldln and It It is well filled with withthe withthe withthe
the most t progressive business men of the thecity thecity thecity
city On the ground floors of course are aremercahits aremercahlts aremercahits
mercahits who have found attractive attractivequarters attI11cUvequarters attractivequarters
quarters quartersIn quartersIn
In the 10 block is also located Io atod the theproperty theproperty theproperty
property of the Epiphany Episcopal EpiscopalChurch EpiscopalChurch EpiscopalChurch
Church one of the oldest parishes pdri hes of ofthe ofthe otthe
the denomination It is thought that thatthis thatthis thatthis
this property will soon yield to the thepressure th thpreesure thcpressure
pressure of business and an < 1 pass to some somepurchaser somepurchaser somepurchaser
purchaser who may desire to make use useof UI5eof uscof
of it similar to that made by Mr Walsh Walshof Walshof ralsh ralshoC
of the former site of the Foundry Meth Methodist MethodlstChurcb Methodist ¬
odlstChurcb odlstChurcbDank odist Church ChurchBankn ChurchBanka
Dank and Office Buildings BuildingsCrossing UullcllugsCros BuildingsCrossing
Crossing Cros lng Fourteenth street one passes passestwo jtIYQStwo passostwo
two of the national banks of the city cityand eft eftand cityand
and two prominent private banks b nks are arealso areal90 arealso
also in this block Brokers offices rail railroad railroad railroad ¬
road offices and other large business businessplaces buslnoStlIPlaces businessplaces
places occupy tho block Real Estate EstateRow EstateRow EstateRow
Row continues into this block and one oneof oneof oneof
of the largest auction houses of the city cityhas cityhas cityhas
has Its home here At the corner of ofFifteenth ofFifteenth ofFifteenth
Fifteenth street opposite oppo lte the Treasury Treasurystands Treftsur Treftsurstands Treasurystands
stands the Home Life Building owned ownedby ownedby ownedby
by the Tyssowski brothers one of the theskyscrapers theBk theskyscrapers
skyscrapers Bk 5Crapers of the uptown section and andthe andthe andthe
the Riggs House owned by Col Staples Stapleswhich Stapleswhich Stapleswhich
which for forty fort years has been one of oftho ottho oftho
tho noted hotels of Washington WashingtonDuring WashingtonDuring WashingtonDuring
During the years je < < rs of its popularity it ithas Ithas Ithas
has been the home of btatesmen diplo diplomats dlplomats diplomats ¬
mats Cabinet officers and in times past pastwas pastwas pastwas
was the scene of some of the most note noteworthy noteworthy noteworthy ¬
worthy political meetings of the Capital CapitalHero CapitalHero CapitalHere
Hero James A Garfield lived during duringpart duringpart duringpart
part of his service In Congress It was wasonce wasonce wasonce
once the home of Roscoe Conkling and andmany andmany andmany
many of the great names of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates
States have been upon Its register registerINVITES registerINVITES registerINVITES
INVITES PICTURE LOVERS LOVEESLane LOVERSLaue LOVERSLane
Lane fc to Co Cling to G Street StreetThrongh StreetThrough StreetThrough
Through Business Changes ChangesThough ChangesThoUSh ChangesThough
Though George S Lane Co art deal dealers doolers dealem ¬
ers have recently occupied their new newplace newPlnee newplace
place of business at 1307 they are not notnew notnew notnew
new to G street For several se tal years ears they theywere theywere theywere
were in business at 1902 and in seeking seekingnew seekingnew eklng eklngnew
new and larger quarters made necessary necessaryby necessar necessarby necessaryby
by the growth of trade would leave leaveneither leaveneither leaveneither
neither G street nor the block where their theirtrade theirtrade theirtrade
trade has been built up Mr Lane has a aconviction aconviction aconviction
conviction that It would not be safe to toleave totleave toleave
leave the locality which has witnessed witnessedsuch wItnessedsuch witnessedsuolt
such growth during the last few years yearsand yearsand yearsand
and which promises so well for the fu future future future ¬
ture tureGeorge tureGoorge tureGeorge
George S Lane Co carry a full line lineof lineof lineof
of picture frames of almost every con conceivable conceivable conceivable ¬
ceivable style of molding Pictures arc arcframed aroframed areframed
framed to suit the taste of the owner ownerand ownerand ownerand
and the work Is done cheaply and andpromptly andpromptiy andpromptly
promptly Special attention is paid to torestoring torestoring torestoring
restoring oil paintings and regilding old oldframes oldframes oldframes
frames The company also has for sale saleall saleall saleall
all kinds of paintings and engravings engravingsand engravIngsand engravingsand
and at the present time has a large and andunique nndunIque andunique
unique collection conect on of water colors This Thiscompany ThiscomJany Thiscompany
company carries the largest collection of ofJapanese ofJl1panCBe ofJgpazicse
Japanese water colors coors to be found In InWashington inWashington inWashington
Washington It is the custom to give givea
a special exhibition of these pictures pictureserery picturesery picturesevery
every erery ery fall which invites generally the art artlovors artloors artlovers
lovers of the city to the rooms roomsMr roomsMr momsMr
Mr Lane has recently purchased In InNew ipNew Ix IxNew
New York 1500 1 OO highclass carbons and andwoodcuts andwoodcuts andwoodcuts
woodcuts which are to be sold old at strict strictly strictly ¬
ly popular prices some of them for a a few fewcents fewcents fewcents
cents but he says there is nothing cheap cheapabout cheapabout cheapabout
about them but the price priceMr priceIr priceMr
Mr Ir Lane started In business several severalyears severalYQars severalyears
years ago In a small way at Fifteenth Fifteenthand Fltteonthand Fifteenthand
and G streets Later he removed to 1302 1302and 1002and 1302and
and finally to his own store at 13W 1 1 where wherehe wherehe whereho
he says he hopes he is located for the therest thercst therest
rest of o bis hL business life lif lifI
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PIANOS SELL IN G STREET STREETHugh STREETHugh STREETffugh
Hugh Worch Thinks He Is in the theEight theRight theRight
Right locality localityStore LocalityStore LocalityStore
Store Recently Rcccutl Built Contains Many ManyInstrument ManyInstrunienis lnl1 lnl1Instruments
Instrument Sow ow and Old OldSelb OldSelbRentl OldSellsItents Sells SellsRentft
Rentft Rentl and Ships Tli Them ThemHuge lhel11Huso cm cmHugo
Hugo Worch orcA is I on one of the piano dealers dealerswho denIerswho dealerswho
who has recently loaded in G street be beHevtag 00JlevtRg behaving
having that this tJd tiI thoroughfare is tho bast bastin bastIII bestIn
in the city far tllr his busin blt8l business M Mr Worch Worchmoved Worchmovec1 Worchmoved
moved into the new ne building at 1110 about aboutfive aboutftye aboutlive
five months ago the store tore four stories storiesand storiesand storiesand
and Abasement uemeftt having been built espe especially 0810cJaJJy ospodaily ¬
daily for him Mr Worch was for many manyyears manyyears manyyear
years in business at 93 F street and andsought andsoutht andsought
sought removal to larger and a d better quar quarters quarters quartels ¬
ters to 0 satisfy ttafy the growing rov1Ja demands of ofhta ofhla ofhis
his trade tradeThe tradeThe tradeThe
The building which he now occupies occupieshas occupiesbaa occupIeshas
has a frontage of S 5 feet by IM 1 feet deop deopand deopalld deepand
and in its four stories Ron hag ha about 12000 12000square 11000equare 13000square
square feet of floor room The building buildingis buildln buildlnIs
is MPfcially well welIadapted adapted to the piano pianotrade pianotrade pianotrade
trade having been planned with special specialreference specJalreterellee specialreference
reference to that end One of the teA features teAturea teatures ¬
tures is the elevator which of course
Store of Hugo Worchis Worch WorchIs YorchIs
Is larger than in any other kind of a astore astore astore
store being ased both for carrying pas passengers pnssengers passangers ¬
sengers and for lifting and lowering the theheavy theheay theheavy
heavy heay instruments from one floor to an another another another ¬
other The elevator cage on the first firstfloor Orstlloor firstfloor
floor and at the stopping places above aboveis aboveIs aboveIs
is one of the finest in the city The sev several sevenl1 several ¬
eral floors of the building are hand handsomely handsomely bandsoxuely ¬
somely finished adorned with statuary statuaryand statuaryand statuaryand
and potted plants and the salesrooms salesroomsare
are as attractive as the tone of the In Instruments Instruments Instruments ¬
struments is fine fineMr fineMr fineMr
Mr Worch carries in stock about 2CO 2COinstruments 2 200instruments O OInstruments
instruments His specialty is the theWorch theWorch theWorcit
Worch piano made for him in New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York Besides e ldes this he carries in stock stockthe stockthe stockthe
the Biasius Sohmer Cameron Regent RegentBaumeister RegentBaumeister RegentBaumeister
Baumeister Baus Chrlstman Krell KrellCable KrellCable KrellCable
Cable and Nelson Nel on pianos pianosMr pianosdr pianosMr
Mr dr Worch besides selling instru instruments instruments instrumeats ¬
ments in the usual way carries on an anextensive anextensive anextensive
extensive business bu nese in renting pianos pianoshftving pianos1mvin pianoshaving
having 1mvin from 4 46 to SO O pianos for this thispurpose t11l t11lpurp05e thispurpose
purpose He also has abundant facili facilities facUlties facillties ¬
ties for packing shipping and storing storingpianos storingpianos storingpianos
pianos pianosOn pianosOn pianosOn
On the main floor Mr Worch hns a ageneral ageneral ageneral
general music store where he deals dea deals in inmusic Inmusic Inmusic
music supplies sheet music books bookssmall bookssmaIl bookssmall
small musical instruments and any anything anything anything ¬
thing else wanted in the musical line lineMr 1IneMr lineMr
Mr Worch was s found by a reporter reporterof
of TheiWashington ThfjWuhtngton Herald on the thefourth thefourth thefourth
fourth ftoor 11001 of his building where he hehas hehas hehas
has possibly the largest aggregation aggregationof ggregationof
of old square pianos to be found in inWashington InVashhigton InWashington
Washington Here are instruments of ofall otall ofall
all the ancient makes makessome some of them themmore themmore themmore
more than a century old aIdand and Mr MrWorch MrV MrVoreh
Worch V < rcl1 was engaged In finishing up upsix upsix upsix
six of these oldtimers to be sent to tothe totbe tothe
the forthcoming musical exhibition e hbltlon to tobe tobe tobe
be held In In Madison Square Squ re Garden New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York YorkOne YorkOne
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One of these the e old instruments is descry deserving descrvInt descry1ngof ¬
ing Int 1ngof of special mention It was manufac manufactured manufactured inanufactured ¬
tured by W Yo Geib and bears the date of ot1St4
1814 It was wt wth s formerly owned by a George Georgetown Georgetown Georgetown ¬
town family and was in their possession possessionfor possessionfor Possessionfor
for about eighty years Far from being beingmerely beingmerely beingmerely
merely an antique this old Instrument Instrumentlooks Instrumentlooks instrumentlooks
looks fresh and clean bright In its ma mahogany mabogany mahogany ¬
hogany finish of the first year ot Its ex existence existence cxistence ¬
istence and Mr Ir Worch sat so down and andplayed andplaed andplayed
played several tunes upon It among them themShould themShould themShould
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot ForgotThe ForSotThe ForgotThe
The old piano has a wonderfully sweet sweettone sweettone sweettone
tone and It is no stretch s retch of the Imagina Imagination imaglnatlon Imaginatlon ¬
tlon to say that there is more music In It Ityet Ityet t tyet
yet Jhan in many of the nower and more morecostly morecostl3 morecostly
costly instruments instrumentsAnother InstrumentsAnother InstrumentsAnother
Another old one was made in London Londonby LondOnby Londonby
by Charles Gauer in 1766 and Mr Worch Worchpoints Worchpoints Wombpoints
points with pride to two Clementi dementisquare Clementisquare Clementisquare
square pianos manufactured by the great greatcomposer greatcomposer greatcomposer
composer about 1791 1791Coming 1mComJr6 1703Comir
Coming Comir down from the top floor one onesees onesees onesees
sees a great variety of new pianos nearly nearlyall nearlyall nearlyall
all uprights and when not uprights they theyare theyare theyare
are grands They increase in beauty of offinish offinish offinish
finish cost and nd excellence e cellence to the ground
floor where are re found some S me of the show showpianos showpianos showpianos
pianos that will some day fill a corner corn r in insome insome Insome
some of the rich mansions of the city
Worths Is a a vastly interesting Interestln > as well wellas wellaJ wellas
as a a busy pac plac placp placpA
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Junior Partner Reveal Some of tli tliRcanonH Ole OleRenflonJ theReasons
Reasons for Leaving Downtown DovrntovriSection DO1 DowntownSectjon 1tcnn 1tcnnSecHon
Section Twenty Yearn Ajro AJroIJerHoit AJroIJerHoitnUt Agolcrsonulity Person Personality
ality nUt of the Two Men Ien Who Eutau Eutaulinned EKtnbIInhed Established
linned Washington Big Store StoreWoodward StoreWoodward StoreWoodward
Woodward Lothrops storo commonly commonljknown commonlyknown commonlyknown
known as the Boston Store is one o othe of ofthe ofthe
the great structures of > f G 1 street troot as S wo woas w woll wollas ll llas
as one of the most prominent department departmanstores departmontstorCB departmentstores
stores in Washington It occupies nearly nearljthe nearlythe nearlythe
the entire square bounded by TenthEleventh Tenth TcnthElevonth TenthEleventh
Eleventh F and G streets Tho G street streetside stroQtBide streetside
side Is by far the most imposing whenabout whereabout where whereabout
about onehalf of the space covered covored5 Is Isnew a anew anew
new structure standing upon the former formeisite formersite formersite
site of the St 5t Vincents Orphan Asylum AsylumMr AsYlurnMr AsylumMr
Mr Lothrop recently In commenting commentingupon commentlnupon commentingupon
upon the choice of the site for the stare starenow steronow storenow
now about twenty years ago said that hi hiand ho hoand hoand
and his hl partner Mr 1 r Woodward foun founit found foundIt foundit <
it impracticable to secure s cure the accommo accoramodations accommoda1l1ons accommodalions
dations they needed on Pennsylvania ave avenue aonuc nYenuc ¬
nuc He added that in their belief I Istreet F Fstreot Fstreet
street between the Patent Office and thi thiTreasury the theTI8sur thaTreasury
Treasury TI8sur seemed then the most desirablibusiness desirable desirablebuslnoss desirablebusiness
business thoroughfare of Washington WashingtonSinco WashingtonSlnco WashingtonSince
Since then he said ald their prognostication prognosticationhad prognostfcatlonshad
had been more than fulfilled ful lIed for not onl onlhas only onlyhas onlyhas
has F street grown immensely but ha haoverflowed MH MHocrJ1owed hasoverflowed
overflowed Into G street so that It I Idifficult Is IsIfficult Isdifficult
difficult now to toll which will load thi thiother the theotller theother
other in tho years oors to come Furthermore Furthermorehe
he said they seemed to have located locatotright 1008tOOright locatedright
right at the center of things commer commerclally commorcIally commerdaIly
daIly speaking and they had seen grow grovup growup growup
up around them business houses of even evendescription ecrydescription everydescription
description descriptionSontrht descriptionSonJfbt descriptionSought
Sought Another Location LocationMr LocationMr LocationMx
Mr Lothrop said they at fink decide decideto decldeto decidedto
to locate on the northeast corner of Thlr Thlrteonth Thlrteonth Thirteonth
teonth and F streets stre ts but were unable t tobtain to toobtain toobtain <
obtain the site they required from th thThome the theThorne theTheme <
Theme property pro pert adjoining the corner cornerThe cornaroTha cornerThe
The delay that tba t ensued spurred the late laUCalderon lateCn1deron lateCaldoron
Calderon Carlisle to otter to bond fotthem for torthem forthem
them on the northeast corner of Eleven Eleventh Eloventhand Eleventhand li liand
and F streets Mr Lothrop said kl they theyhad the thehad theyhad
had a good many well wishers wl bers who whcwere whowero whowere
were certain the they had made ma e a vast mis mistake mistake mistahe ¬
take in moving away from the business busingscenter bustn bustncenter businesscenter
center on Pennsylvania avenue bat such snclpersons suehperBOns suchpersons
persons he said have all disappeared disappearedHe
He thought nobody then fully appreciated appreciatedthe appreelatedthe
the tendency tendonc of ofbusinohe buataobe bu8ln to push uptown uptownwhich uptownwhich uptownwhich
which it has since done Of course Mr MrLothrop MrLothrop MrLothrop
Lothrop is satisfied that events have haveproved bIlvcproved haveproved
proved the wisdom of their choice choiceFrom eb choiceFrom lce lceFrom
From the small beginning at the corner corneiof COlM1of cornerof
of Eleventh and F strets the store has hasgrown Augrown hasgrown
grown by b accretion purchase and re rebuilding rebuilding rebuilding ¬
building until it occupies occupies the dimension dimensionnoted dlmenslOfUilnoted dimensionsnoted
noted The store is large substantial substantialwell Bub substantialwell tantlal tantlalwell
well arranged for the purposes purp SeS of trade tradeand tradeand tradeand
and long ago became one of the sights sightstoward sthtstoward sightstoward
toward which tourists in Washington Washingtonvend Washingtonrend Washingtonrend
rend their way alike for the purpose o oinspection or orInspection ofinspection
inspection and for their necessary shop shopping shopping shopping ¬
ping pingThe pingThe pingThe
The new portion of the store on the G Gstreet G Gstreet Gstreet
street side is eight stories high fireproof fireproofand fireproofand fireproofand
and In planning the structure and accent accommodating accentmodating ccom ccommodatlng ¬
modating it to the purposes purJOS S of merchan merchandise melchandIse merchandine ¬
dise not a square foot of space is wasted wastedafter Wll wastedafter ted tedaCter
after providing for cases counters dis display dfsplay display ¬
play windows and broad and ample ampleaisles amploaisles ampleaisles
aisles for patrons patronsPersonality patronsPer patronsPersonality
Personality Per onaUtT of tIle Partners PartnersNot PartnerNot PartnersNot
Not more interesting Is the big bl depart department department department ¬
ment store over which they preside than thanis thnnIs thanis
is the personality of the men who have havtcreated havecreated havecreated
created the business and carried It for forward forw forward ¬
ward w rd to such large success successS sueoeasR
S R W Yo Woodward senior enlor partner in the thecompany thecompany thecompany
company Is a native of Maine He was wasborn wasborn wasborn
born in DamariQcotta Lincoln Lf n County Countyabout Countyabout Countyabout
about fiftyfive years 88rs ago His first yen venture yenturo on onturo ¬
turo In business busln H was with Cushing CushlngAmes CushlnSAmes CushingAmes
Ames dry goods merchants of Boston BostonHo BostonHe BostonHo
Ho entered upon his apprenticeship for forhis torhis forhis
his life work with characteristic energy enorgyand onorSand energyand
and with the large hopes and ambitions ambitionsof
of youth outll He quickly learned th the details detailsof detailsof detailsof
of the dry dr goods trade as it was as then thenin thenIn thenIn
in the center of New England While Whilewith Whilewith Whilewith
with the Boston firm he received several severalmerited soeralmerfted severalmerited
merited promotions and became an influ influential Influential Influential ¬
ential factor in their large and increasing increasingtrade IncreMlngtrade Increasingtrade
trade tradeAbout tradeAbout tradeAbout
About 1873 be formed a partnership with withAlvin withAlvIn withAlvin
Alvin M l Lothrop who joined the forces forcesof forcesof forcesof
of CushIng Ames in 1878 The two twoyoung twoyoung twoyoung
young men had formed a close friendship friendshipand friendshipnnd friendshipand
and they graduated from the Boston busi business busness business ¬
ness to set up for themselves themselvesat at Chelsea ChelseaMass ChelseaMass ChelseaMass
Mass under the name which the com company company cornpany ¬
pany still bears In seven years they theybuilt theybuilt theybuilt
built up a large business but soon ar arrived arrlcd arrlved ¬
rived at the conclusion that Chelsea did didnot didnot didnot
not offer n t large enough field to satisfy satisfytheir satIsytheir satisfytheir
their ambition Their attention att ntlon was di directed dlrected dirooted ¬
rected toward tho South aa a an Inviting Invitingfield Invitingfield Invitingfield
field for merchandise Tney came to toWashington toWashington toWashIngton
Washington and formed the nucleus of olthe oftbe ofthe
the present large department store The Thefirm Thefirm Thefirm
firm first located at 705 Market Space SpaceLater SpaceLater SpaceLater
Later they secured larger quarters at 821 821Pennsylvania 921Pennsylvania 021Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania avenue and in 1S37 estab established estabUshed estabilshed ¬
lished their store upon Its present site siteMr site3Ir siteMr
Mr Woodward Does Things ThinffsMr Thlnl ThlnlMr ThingsWoodward
Mr Woodward is an excellent example exampleof
of the activA and forceful American He Hehas Hehas Hehas
has largo ambitions large capacity and andlargo andlargo andlarge
largo charity He does things as well as astoplan astoPlan astOplan
toplan them He once said that every everyminute everyminute everyminute
minute of his time was demanded by the thedetails thedetaUs thedetails
details of business at his office yet he hefinds hefinds hefinds
finds time to be one of the most promi prominent prominent prornlnent ¬
nent charity managers of the the city Ho Hohas Hehas Hohas
has long been president of the Young YoungMens YoungMens Young1sIens
Mens Christian Association and has hasgiven hasgiven hasgiven
given much time and attention to the theworking theworking theworking
working out of tho big problems there thereSome thereSome thereSome
Some of his time Is also given to educa educational educatfonal educational ¬
tional work and he Is identified with withmany withmany withmany
many of the financial institutions of the thecapital thecapital thecapital
capital He Hes is s a consistent member of the theCalvary theCalvary theCalvary
Calvary Baptist Ba Bat1st t1st Church and a regular at attendant attendant attondant ¬
tendant upon the meetings of the South Southern Southcrn Southera ¬
era Baptist convention where he Is one of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the forces of the denomination denominationAlvin dcnomlnotlonAlln denominationAlvin
Alvin M Lothrop junior partner Is a anative anative anative
native of Massachusetts having been beenborn beenborn beenborn
born at Acton July 3 1847 As stated he heentered heentered heentered
entered mercantile life in the store of ofCushlng ofCus11lng ofCashing
Cashing Ames In Boston and since sinceIS73 since1g73
IS73 his career has been associated at atevery ateVer atevery
eVer every step with that of Mr Woodward WoodwardMr WoodwardMr WoodwardMr
Mr Lothrop Is a large and forceful man mana mana mana
a a true yolkfellow yolktell ow of his partner and dur during durIng durIng ¬
ing the years of their association together togetherhas togetherhas togetherhas
has been abreast of him in business lifo lifoas Uteas lifeas
as in every good work Mr Lothrop Is a aconsistant aconslstant aconsistsnt
consistant churchman being a n member of ofthe ofthe otthe
the First Congregational Church l mem member member memher ¬
ber and active worker In the Young Mens MensChristian MensChristian MensChristian
Christian Association a n distinguished Ma Mason Mason Mason ¬
son and he is affiliated with many of the thebusiness thebusiness thebusiness
business affairs of the th city He is a mem member member mernber ¬
ber of the Board of Trade and nd has de devoted devoted devoted ¬
voted some of his time for several years yearsto yearsto yearsto
to the affairs of the National Geographic GeographicSociety GeographIcSociety GeographicSociety
Society He Is a member of the Sons of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Revolution and of the Mayflower So Society Society Society ¬
cietyTamestown cietyJamestown ciety cietyJamestown
Jamestown visitors are arriving dailY dallynd dailYand dailyand
and nd looking for furnished rooms An n ad adn a aIn adin
In n Tho Herald will got them The Herald Heraldlas Heraldhas Heraldhas
has las the largest circulation at Norfolk and andJamestown andJmcatoWIl andJamestown
Jamestown of any an Washington paper
THE PALAIS ROYAL EOYAIOne
One of f the largest department del > Utmen stores of the National Capita
FIRST IN THE FIELD FIEL1A FIELDA
A Lisner a Business Pioneer Pioneerin Pjol1eerin Pioneerin
in Sleepy G Street StreetLEFT StreetLEFT StreetLEFT
LEFT AVENUE BACK IN 1893 189rReasons 1893n 1893Rnsons
Reasons n 11110nll Actuating Removal Did Ufa UfaAppeal Not Xotppeal NotAppeal
Appeal ppeal to the Merchants Friends FriendsHe Frlenllslie FriendsHe
He Stood Almost Alone In Ills DC DCtermination DetermlnnUonVl1y DcterminationWhy
termination termlnnUonVl1y Why This ThlllThoroJlgb ThlllThoroJlgbfare Thorough Thoroughfare Thoropghfare
fare Invites a Stream of Trade TradeThe TradeThe TradeThe
The metamorphosis of G street into a athriving athrh1ng athriving
thriving business thoroughfare may ba bachiefly 00cblefly bechifly
chiefly credited to A Lfsner proprietor proprietorof
of tho Palais Royal In his view Jew the thepresent thepresent thepresent
present development of this street and andthe aDdthe andthe
the indications IndiOlltiODs of still In more rapid pk1 growth growthin
in the future make it seem quite logical logicalthat I logicalthat l lthat
that G street str et must be geographically geographicallyand eographlcanaoo
and rightfully one of the main arteries arteriecfrom arlenMfrom arteriesfrom
from the new Union Station to the up uptown uptown ¬ II
town district as it is already the short shortcut sMrtcut shortcut
cut between the great et government build buildilngs bulk11 bulk11Yery buildlags
lags ilngsVery lagsVery I
Very different vas the U opinion oph oa when whenMr whenMr I
Mr LieDer determined about fifteen fifteenyears ftfteenoors fifteenyears
years oors ago to change his place of btisl btislI buslnoss busifloss
I ness from Pennsylvania avenue to the thepresent theprosent thepresent
present site Formerly Mr Lisner occu occupied occupIed occupied ¬
pied the entire building once used by the thaPension theP thePension
Pension P nslon Office now the site of the Ba Baleigh Raleigh Haleigh
leigh Hotel His best friends told Mr MrLisner MrLisner lr lrLlsner
Lisner In 1SB that it watt suicide to teforsake toforsake toforsake
forsake the historic Pennsylvania avenue avenuefor avenueCor avenuefor
for sleepy sloep G street Some of thorn went wentso wentso
so far as to suggest in a halfindignant halfindignantmanner haltlndlg halfindignantmanner llI1t llI1tmannor
manner that he might as well 011 move out outto outto
to the suburbs and start a department departmentstore departmentstore departmentstore I
store where there th re was plenty of room roomHad roomfind I
Had Courage to Go Ahead AheadBut AheadBut
I
But Mr Ir Lisner had the courage to sup support support support
port his theories with deeds and the thePalais thePalllis thePalals
Palais Royal at the northeast corner of ofG oCG ofG
G and Eleventh streets was the outcome outcomeThe outcomeThe outcomeThe
The land and the building bulJ ln cost ce t within a afraction afraction afraction
fraction of half a million dollars G Gstreet Gstreet Gstreet
street came to life as a business thor thori thoroughtare thoroughfare
i oughfarc with tho opening of the Paints PalaisRoyal PalilisROliI PaintsRoyal
Royal October 1 1801 1801It 1l1liIt IMIt
It soon became apparent that the vast vasti vastnumber ast astnumber
i number of residents in the northwest northwestsection northestsection northwestsection
section of o the district favored the change changein
in the location and the new Palals Royal Royalwas Royalwas Royalwas
was a demonstrated success from the thebeginning tbebeginning thebeginnIng
beginning Women engaged e gaged In the gov goveminent government government
ernment offices also found this G street streetestablishment streetestablishment streetestablishment
establishment the most convenient for forthem forthem forthem
them them Sleepy G street was fully awak awakened awakened awaitened ¬
ened never to sleep again Today the thePalais thePalais thePalate
Palais Royal corner Is one of the busiest busiestin busiestIn
in town townSo townSo townSo
So great is Ute traffic at the intersec intersection Intersection intersection ¬
tion of Eleventh and G streets that a aspecial flspecIal aspecial
special police officer is permanently sta stationed stationed stationed ¬
tioned to control the street traffic and see seeto seeto seeto
to tho safety of pedestrians p destrians It is when whenth whenthe hen henth
th the great offices of the government set setfree setfree setfree
free their army of attaches that G street streetswarms streetswarms streetswarms
swarms with 1th humanity It is then the thepopularity th thpopularity thepopularity
popularity of the Palais Royal is made madeconspicuously madeconsplcuoush madeconspiquously
conspicuously evident That the en entrances entranceS entrances ¬
trances tranceS of both Eleventh and G streets streetsare str streetsare ts tsare
are amply large Is true but It Is gen generally generally genemily
erally well known tftat txat the building it itself itsol Itself ¬
self sol has grown consderably too small for forIts torIts forIts
Its vast nat patronage patronageInvites patronageIn1tes patronageInvites
Invites Enormous Trade TradeThose TradeThose TradeThose
Those conversant with department departmentstores department5tores departmentstores
stores credit the Palais Royal wfth the thelargest thelarglst thelargest
largest business in proportion to its size sizea sIzea sizea
a business greater than in many larger largerestablishments largerestablishments largerestablishments
establishments of bigger cities Some Someidea SomeIdea Someidea
idea of its volume Is gleaned from the theinvestigation theInvestigation theInvestigation
investigation of The Herald reporter reporterwho reporterwho reporterwho
who learned that tho sales of womens womenswaists womenswaists womenswaists
waists in one day amounted to 51500 51500sold 1500 1500sold 1500sold
sold only from a comparatively small smalltable smalltable smalltable
table occupying a space measuring but
6 by 10 feet When it IP considered that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the Paints Royal Building is 140 by 100 100feet 100feet 100feet
feet and that every Inch of its five e floors floorsis floorsIs floorsis
is utilized some idea is realized of the thevast thevast thevast
vast business concentrated there thereMr therelIr thereMr
Mr Lisner Lisners s success s ccess did not begin and andend andend andend
end with the selection of a location that thathas thathas thathas
has developed so marvelously One little littlestraw 1lttlestrawthose littlestrawthose
straw strawthose those waists walstswoves proves it We men menwho menwho menwho
who have mothers wives and sisters sistersknow sistersknow Jlstersknow
know that the home talk of late has been beennothing beennothing beennothing
nothing bni waslts We Ve have all heard hearduntil hearduntil hearduntil
until we are tired that the th Palais Royal Royalis
is s having a wonderful sale and that thatdreams thatdreams thatdreams
dreams of waists are to be had for a asong asong asong
song Ifjt IC It Is not waists it is this gar garment garment garment ¬
ment or that which Is a bargain so that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the Palate Royal becomes b comes a household householdword householdword householdword
word Women V omen know and If their verdict verdictis
is that this G street establishment is the thebeat thebest thebest
best and most economical economcai shopping place placeone placeon placeone
one on can be very cry certain that it is really reallyso
so It can be taken for granted that G Gstreet Gstreet Gstreet
street is the right location and the thePajals thePalals thePJa1s
Pajals Royal the right store storeThe storeThe storeThe
The growth of G street since the ad advent advent advent ¬
vent of the Lisner Building is perhaps perhapsthe perhapsthe erhaps erhapsthe
the mot marked In the obliteration of ofSt otSt ofSt
St Patricks Orphan Asylum on the site siteof siteof siteof
of which now flourishes the Boston BostonHouse BostonHouse BostonHouse
House It would only need the erection erectionof
of another great department store on the thenorthwest thenorthwest thenorthwest
northwest corner to make G street a ashopping ashopplnS ashopping
shopping center unequaled in many much muchgreater muchgreater muchgreater
greater cities citiesLargest citiesLnrgeat citiesLargest
Largest Morning Circulation CirculationAll CirculationAll CirculationAll
All advertising contracts made by byThe byThe byThe
The Washington Herald ore based basedupon basedupon basedupon
upon its sworn circulation clrculatlona a circula circulation c1rculatton circulatlon ¬
tion In Washington larger by thou thousands thousands thousands ¬
sands than was ever before attained attainedby attainedby attainedby
by any morning newspaper at tjxa tjxaCapital thaCapltal tbaCapitaL
Capital Its It books are open
SELLS RAILROAD TICKETS TICKETSB
B tt O City Office Seeks New ie Loca Location LoenHon Localion ¬
Hon in G Street StreetAmong StreetAmong StreetAmong
Among the recent business offices officesbe to tobe tobe
be established in G street none nonei5 te more morecertain mot motc morecertain
certain c rtain of success than the local ticket ticketoflic ticketoGIee ticketoffice
oflic office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad RailroadFor FallroadFor RailroadFor
For several S verl years S B Hege district districtpassenger districtpaS5 districtpassenger
passenger paS5 ger agent and his associates H HP HP Hp
P Baldwin nald 1n and E A Baughman had hadtheir hadtheir hadtheir
their oy oes s open for a suitable location locationin
in the le 1400 block They were sure that thatan tootan thatan
an office located there would not not only onlycatch onlyeatch onlycatch
catch the tide of travel but would ulJl be sub subject subJect subject ¬
ject to less confusion confuslonaDel and noise than in inthe inthe Inthe
the former location on Fifteenth street streetSeveral streetSeveral streetSeveral
Several months ago the local represen representatives reprtsentaUves representatives ¬
tatives of the company had an oppor opportunity opportunlt opportunity ¬
tunity tunlt to get possession of the quarters quartersat
at 17 f17 and there the office was as estab established estabDahell estabhalted ¬
halted and is just now passing through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the most active summer summ r business in the thehistory theb18tory thehistory
history of the company COmPAny in Washington WashingtonMr
Mr 1r H Hege ge and his associates are well sat satisfied satIsftod satIsfied ¬
isfied with with the change and anda all 1 express expressconfidence expresscolUWe expressconildence
confidence colUWe ce in G street as the coming heel business buslne heelziess ¬
ness ne s thoroughfare of the city and as one oneof oneof oneof
of the main arteries of traffic between the thenew thenew thenew
new Union Station and the uptown bust business buslDe bustnose ¬
ness De a district districtSpeaking dt districtSpeaking trtct trtctsptlAklng
Speaking of their business yesterday yesterdayMr yesterdayMr yesterdayMr
Mr Baldwin said At our city ticket of office office offlee ¬
fice tickets are sold to all parts of th thworld the thfworld theworld
world in addition to those for trips all allaround allaround allaround
around the world We have had a most mostwonderful JlHStwonderf mostwonderful
wonderful l business during the present presentsummer presentsummer presentsummer
summer season the individual and or organized Ofganlzed organized
ganized body movements being larger largerthan larserthq largerthaa
than ever before beforeSTANDS beforeSTANDS beforeSTANDS
STANDS IN BEAR HEART OF CITY CITIPennsylvania CITYPenD5ylvania CITYPennsylvania
Pennsylvania Ticket Office OfficeConven Conven Convenient Convenlent ¬
ient to Everybody EverybodyV EverybodyWhere
Where V herc Transportation Can Be Ob Obtnined ObtlLined Obtallied
tallied to Any nT Available Point Pointin Pointin Pointin
in Civilized World WorldWhen WorldWhen VorldWhen
When tho Pennsylvania Railroad and andother andother andother
other systems entering Washington take takepossession takepessesston takepossession
possession of the almost completed Union UnionStation UnionStation
Station and G street as one of the main mainthoroughfares mainthoroughfares mainthoroughfares
thoroughfares between it and the uptown uptownbusiness uptownbusiness uptownbusiness
business section takes on the full tide of ofits ofits
its growth One of the prominent land landmarks landmarks landmarks ¬ I
marks of the street will be the city ticket ticketoffice ticketoffice I Ioffice
office of the Pennsylvania Railroad RailroadThis RallrodThis RailroadThis
This office fine In Its appointments and andmanned andmanned andmanned
manned by b a capable CP ble and obliging force forceof forceor forceof
of clerks Is located at the northeast cor corner corncr or orner ¬
ner of Fifteenth and G streets right in inthe inthe inthe
the heart of official Washington and con convenient coovenlent convenient ¬
venient to the resident and hotel section sectionand sectionand sectionand
and to every important government goernment office officeand officeand officeand
and to the While House At this office officeopposite offieeopposite officeopposite
opposite the Treasury Building may be beobtained beobtained beobtained
obtained tickets to any an Inown I nown country of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the globe The agent has constantly constantl on onhand onhand onhand
hand tickets to all parts of the United
Pennsylvania Ticket Office Ofce Home nomeLUDuIdlnS RomeLifeIhuIlding HomeStates
LUDuIdlnS LifeIhuIlding i iStates iStates
States and Canada Canadato to the North South SouthEast SouthEast SouthEast
East and West Wet Here one may also re reserve r rserve yeserve ¬
serve Pullman Pulman accommodations accommodatons secure secureMrnptahte secu seculrfth1 secureIiTutshle
Mrnptahte + lrfth1 fnfrmJton tvtrmptIon nf rmptlon to Ill 1 11 section Ret0P rind nndmay nnr rindmay
may arrange for the transfer trfer of baggage baggageKuiit baggge bagggev baggageI1
Kuiit I1 v aIt no LItft i 40 C O o iSviiiauoa OSJItftUOflAt iSviiiauoaAt SI8UOU SI8UOUAt
At the same se place Is located Ioc ted the office of ofthe otthe ofthe
the passenger pasenger agent of the Southeastern Southeasterndistrict Santhensterndistrict
district lstrct of the te Pennsylvania Railroad RailroadThis RailroadThis RailroadThis
This official ofcial has hs charge of the details detais of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the passenger pasenger business centering in Wash Washingtoni WashIngton Yah YahIneon
ingtoni ingtoniEvery Ineon IneonEvery IngtonEvery
Every convenience is i afforded aforcod patrons patronsof
of the Pennslyvanla Railroad RaUro through throughthese throughthee throughthese
these thee offices In making maing short or long longtrips longtrIps longtrips
trips and the personnel peronnel of the offices ofce is isalways isahva3 Isalways
always ahva3 at the command of the public publicThe publc publicThe
The occupation occupton of the new Union Sta Station St8 Statlon ¬
tion ton by the Pennsylvania Railroad Rairodd will willmark wi willmark
mark nn epoch in the railroad riroad history of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the National Natonal Capital Capitl Beautiful Beautfl In ex exterior e cxtenor ¬
terior and interior decoration decortion the new newterminal newtermin newterminal
terminal termin l Is a a model modeloC of convenience and andwill andwi andwilt
will wi become the pride not only of the thecity theciY thecity
city ciY of Washington Wahington but of the whole na nation naton pation ¬
tion tionThe ton
tonTe The Te train tran service serIco of the Pennsylvania PennsylvaniaRailroad PennSlvanla PennSlvanlaRiroad PennslvaniaRailroad
Railroad Riroad Is on a par with the new sta station st station ¬
tion tonI It leads leds to all al the important Imprtant centers centersof centersof
of Interest North East Eat and West Vet New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York York Boston Buffalo BU1ao Chicago St St Louis LouisCleveland Lut LouisCleveland
Cleveland and Cincinnati Cincinnat are all within withineasy wldn wldneny withineasy
easy eny access by its it splendidly equipped equippedexpress equippedexpres equippedexpress
express expres trains trainsThe trIns trInsThe trainsThe
The Pennsylvania Pen6ylvo Limited LiUed and nd Pennsyl
SELLS LADTER PLAYERS PLAYERSCharles PLAYERSCharles PLAYERSCharles
Charles J 3 Turner Ter Succeeds Succeeds to Juleg JulegMusic Jnlegusic ueg uegUic
Music Uic usic Store StoreInstrument Storelustrilent StoreInstrument
Instrument lustrilent Which Is Both Bothand a PIano PIanoand Pianoand
and a a Mechanical MechanicalMusic JIecbnnlcalJIunlc MechanicalMusIc
Music Box BoxOne Box BoxOle BoxOne
One Ole of the Jare large and ad important imprat music mualcstores muic muicSrC musicsWre
stores SrC sWre of et G street stret is that tt of et CJerles CresJ CresJTumer MrIes J JTurner 1 1Turner
Turner at 1205 10 This Thlf store is on the site siteof st siteof
of o the old Juleg music mulc store stoe which whi was wasburned wasburned a
burned burn In Int 1WB j30 Mr Turner Tlre ws W an 1 em employe empy employe ¬
ploye py of Mr Juleg for fo several sverl years yearswhere yer yerwhere yearswhere
where he learned lerned the business bne When Whenthe Whenthe Shenthe
the old od place plae met with wit disaster die Mr MrTurner MrTure MrTurner
Turner Ture determined deterine to start str in I badness 1n besinessfor badnessfor
for forhlIlf himself and leased lee a small sml place pce on onF o onF
F street > tret where wbre he h remained rele about allt a ayear 8 ayear
year yearIn yearIn er erIn
In the th meantime meaJtme the old o site ste had been beenhullt ben benbuit beenbuilt
built buit up with wih a fine new fourstory fourstorystructure fortor fourstorystructure
structure stnture well wel adapted adapte to the purposes purposesof prS prSot purposesof
of Mr Turners business busints3 and he took tk
Store of Charles ChrleJ J 1 Turner Turnerthe Turnerthe Turnerthe
the first frst and second floors fors of o the te build buildIng bu building
Ing a few months mont ago ag Mr Turner Turer took tookover tok tokover tookover
over the business of the Juleg establish establishment etblsh etblshmt establishmast ¬
mast mt and is now building buiding up a large largetrade lage lagetrde largetrade
trade trde n his special speal lines HnesMr Hn linestr
Mr tr r Turner Tuer carries cre as his h main feature featurethe feture feturethe featurethe
the Lauter Luter pianos panos one OD of ofthe the eldest odot in inthe Int inthe
the t trade They hey tie mufactured manufactured in inNewark InNewrk inNewark
Newark Newrk N J T where vbre the t factory factr has hasbeen hs hsbeen hasbeen
been in active operation oprto since sne ISC 1 There Thereare Thee Theeare Thereare
are seventeen see teen styles style of this thi piano pn and andMr andMr andMr
Mr Turner stated state yesterday estray that he b had hadbeen hd hdbeen badbeen
been quite quie successful succeful in InIntruclnS Introducing them themto themto themto
to the music lovers of Washington WashingtonMr Vahlngton Vahlngtonr
Mr r Turners Turers store is handsomely handsomoY fitted fittedup fte fittedup
up with elegant eent offices ofe and a show showroom shw shwroom showroom
room on the first frt floor for and a 8 larger largershow largr largrshow largershow
show room on tho second sn floor for Here Heraare Hea Heaare Hereare
are more than thn 100 1 10 Instruments Instrments constantly constantlyin cntntb
in n stock stok and Ute most mst captious cptu buyer buyerwould buyerwould buyerwould
would not fail fai to be suited suit with wih some somestyle somestyle me mestyle
style of piano pianoThe piao piaoTh pianoThe
The Th crowning feature feture of o Mr Turners Turnersbusiness Turners Turnersbusines Turnersbusiness
business busines is what lie terms the te sale se of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the PlayerPiano Pla erPlnno This Tis is I a combina embina embinaton eornbination combination ¬
tion ton instrument which adapts aapt Itself Ucf to tothe tothe tothe
the regular rglar player pl er and an has b a mechanical mechanicalapparatus mehule mechanicalapparatus
apparatus appartu which hleh transforms tmnsform It In h a a mo moment moment ¬ j jmeat
ment of time tme to a selfplaying se1p8 inb piano pan By Bysliding Bysldlng Bysliding
sliding sldlng a small smal door in the upper uper part prt of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the frame and by opening opning a trap In the thelower th thlower thelower
lower part of the case casethe the instrument iotumet be becomes b becomes ¬
comes a mechanical meanicl player which wblh any anyone ay ayone anyone
one can ca operate operte without being beng able to toread tored toread
read a n note or knowing the differencfi qlerenc be between b between ¬
tween a major maor or minor minr chord Indeed IndeedMr Indee IndeedMr
Mr Turner Trer remarked as a he started stte tho thomechanism thomechanism themechanism
mechanism for the entertainment entertinment of a aWashington a aWashington
Washington Wahington Herald reporter rprter that the thaLauter thehLuterPlayer theLauter
hLuterPlayer Lauter Player could culd easily eiy find the thalost tholost thelost
lost chord chordThe chordThe t tThe
The PianoPlayer PanoPlayer Is operated operted in a amanner a amanner
manner mnner quite similar simiar to t the mechanical mechanicalplayers mehanicl mehaniclpla mechanicalplayers
players pla ers with which most persons axe ae fa familiar f fmiarthe famlliarthe ¬
miliar miarthe mlliarthe the large and unsightly unsighty box boxthat box boxthat
that is sometimes placed in front of the thoinstrument tboInstument theinstmment
instrument and ad worked worke by the player pae paecept playerox playeroxcept ex except ¬
cept that the mechanism mccnlsm is all n placed place in inalde Inlide intide
tide the piano piSno case taking akng up no tddi tddiional ddl ddlvional ddlIonnl
vional space in the room and when whenclosed whenclose whenclosed
closed close leaving the Instrument ready redy for forordinary forordinary forordinary
ordinary playing playingIn
In connection cnnecUon with the sale se of the thePlayerPiano thePlayerPlano thePiayerPIauo
PlayerPiano PlayerPlano Mr Turner has hn started starteda strtd strtda
a circulating circulating library lbrar of music rolls rols so sothat sothQt sotht
that thQt the owner of an instrument has the theprivilege theprlIege theprtrilege
privilege prlIege of trying tr ng out and using for a abrief abref abrief
bref brief space of time tme all al the new music mustcar mustcarraged ar arranged arranged ¬
raged ranged for the te piano piao If I purchased purhae the thepieces thepIece thepieces
pieces pIece cost 60 5 cents to 150 S each Through Throughthe Throughthe Throughthe
the libraryarrangement Ibrarrrangcment the buyer bu er can cn try trythe trythe trythe
the music mu lc and ad purchase his private prhqte col collection 01 01lecton ccllection ¬
lection lecton br b degee degrees taking what he likes likesIn lko iikouIn
In selling selmg one of the Lauter pianos piu the thecompany Ue Ueompany thecompany
company issues isues a guarantee garantee to supply any anydefect anydefect y ydefect
defect in the te Instrument Instrment within wthin five 10 years yearsof Yers Yersof yexirsof
of the date da e of sale salevanla sale salevania salevanla
vanla Special Speal service to Chicago Cicag the St StLouis St StLouis
Luis Louis limited Limied to the banks baks of the Mis Mississippi Mssissippl Mississippi ¬
sissippi and through trains tins to Boston B Btojiby Btojibythe ton by bythe bythe
the Steamer Steaer Maryland route rute are all MIwell MIwellknown lweJ well wellknown
known knownBetween know knownBetween
Between Washington and d New York YorkPhiladelphia YorkPlUadelpha YorkPhiladelphia
PlUadelpha Philadelphia and Baltimore Balmore the service serlce1 la laadequate isadequate
adequate and an dmalnf maintained > h1ed upon upn the th e 11ghstafldard high highstandard h h hstandard
I standard which has ha made mae the te Pennsyl Pennsylvania Pennyl Pennylvania Pcnnsyiyenta ¬
highest vania Railroad Rairoad excellence excelence synonymous s nonymQus with lh fs fshlbost ha hehighest hahighest