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FSSfPjfe a fcVV3Jl3v rtf 2j iKps 3 BROGkESSWismlTdJS EDITION OF THR WASHINGTON POST A GHISEILI CO A Film of Merchant Tailors That Has Lcng Been Identified with the City and WhjchHas Made Clothes for Many People of Prominence It would be hard Co remember a time When the firm of Al Ghlselll Co was not closelr Identified with the life of Washington The firm has always maintained Us shop at 1736 Pennsylvania avenue The establishment Is almost in the shadow of the White House and near the Army and 2Cavy Building and other important departments Because of its location it has been stumbled Into by many men of national prominence and the names of not a Jew Presidents may be seen on Its books The management Is somewhat proud of these names and will clandestinely show the list to prospective customers President McKlnley heads the list and bis name Is closely followed by that of Admiral Dewey There la Senator Lodge Hon Bliss Richard Olney and numerous others The wives anddaughters of Cabinet membersappear without limit and not the least of them all Is the name of Mrs Nicholas Longworth Jr and sr A great specialty of the firm Is liveries and daring the past forty years it has made a great many of them and for many and various people who have lived In Washington for greater or less lengths of time during that period Full dress clothes for every manner of occasion are advertised Full dress suits and tuxedos are given careful attention Cutaways are made according to the lat est pattern and Prince Alberts that make the best show on the street Grovannath has been actively connected with the Arm for twenty years He is a son in law of the original proprietor and has grown into membership in the firm Mr Ghlselll has a son who is also actively connected with the buttress in thecapaclty of manager and book keeper This firm is able to handle an order of any proportions It gives every attention to elaborate liveries and they will be furnished and guaranteed to be up to the standard with those turned out by ths largest firms in the largest cities Every effort is being made to meet the demand for suitings for the spring season which is already opening up amJTpreparatlon is being made for the busy season Already a larger stock of materials has been received than the firm has ever ordered for a spring season before in all its history CHARLES HEAL or merchant Washingtons leading tailorsCharies Keal of 815 street northwest easily occupies a leading posi i Ion In business In Washington for three years Mr Keal has more than since be came here SABTORIAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT Expert Tailoring Establishment of Owen Owen One of the Citys Most Modern Washington of all cities In the realm of fashion as ordained for every gentleman has an endless amount of sartorial food for thqught The city boasts of some of the most representative merchant tailors of the country and as quickly as In any place in the world one finds here first ideas in mens dress The rise to leadership and prominence in the tailoring profession of Owen Owen Washingtons well known tailor is of universal Interest because of the reputation he bears of fashioning the garments worn by some of the National Capitals most distinguished residents Before Owen Owen began business in Washington the unconventional modes of dress were enough to make the present high class tailor shed bitter tears To smb menof eminent sartorial ability who have made a lifetime study of making proper clothes for the American gentle man of to day there Is a chapter inter spersed with maiy notable achievements in this high art an art the standard of which has developed in the same proportion to that in other fields of activity Mr Owen is the president of the Washington Tailors1 Exchange and In such capacity has become an active factor In all matters pertaining to the growth of the tailoring business He was a member of the old National Exchange and took a prominent part in the organization of the Merchant Tailors Protective Association The Owen tailor house is one of the most up to date in the National Capital Everything here must be rjewand up to date Nothing but the most improved methods prevail in the management of the store and only the cleverest experts to be employed are retained by Mr Owen His clientele is not only one of the largest in Washington but embraces a most select clientele among men of high station In private and public life All prevailing styles for the spring seasons wear now are to be seen on display and there is a rigid adherence to new ideas Mr Owen Is prominent also In business circles of the Capital and is contributing his share to its progress In many ways He is an active member of the Board of Trade the Capitals largest and most powerful civic organization arid Is a director of the Traders National Bank one of the strongest financial institutions of Washington I GERACI years doubled his trade from Tennessee Trained at Chattanooga under a firstclass master the veteran tailor Alexander Ayers MrKeal came to this city with ten years experience to serve him So well has he served all patrons by artistic fashionable ana nrst ciass worjt that his establishmentis now the rendezvous for some of Washingtons best dressed men The Neal styles have long since made a record In well dressed circles of the District and speak for themselves as far as Quality perfect fit and general excellence is concerned At the Neal establishment a complete stock of the very best goods can always be found on hand Domestic as well as Imported goods that win please even the most exacting While every garment turned out is under Mr Nealk own personal supervision Every facility and courtesy Is afforded patrons and all orders by telephone to Main 1727 will be promptly attended to tide bearing the Cole Swan label has through many years of activity caused this firm to become strongly intrenched as a reliable concern Nothing hare is mlsrenresented Their assurance and guarantee Is observed to the strictest sense pr we term Not the least attractive feature about the Cole ft Swan business establishment 1 the remarkably low prices that prevail and the firm claims that It can sen its goods to the public considerably lower than they cact be purchased at any other store to Washington and at the isamo timet know thatrthe customer Is get tins goods of strict quality not to be-surpassed anywhere The store of Cole Swan Is well stocked with watches diamonds and Jewelry and there Is amply display of method In everythingeverything pertaining to the concern The repairing department of the store has been made aVspeclalty and experts are LAWRENCE A DOWNE Italian by Birth and an American by Adoption He Has Made His Influence Felt by His Enterprise as a Merchant Tailor and His Fraternalism There are many opportunities offered In America for the adopted citizens who come from abroad and take up their lives on this side of the Atlantic and many millions have come in the past and lent their energies to the making of the great new country ThejTTiave mostly prospered and with them has come the prosperity of the new nation In the making of this prosperity the alien born have played no small part One of those that may be taken as a model of those who come from other lands and who are acquisitions that the Unltea States could ill afford to lose is I Geracl the sturdy merchant tailor whose place of business is at 1235 street northwest Geracl traces his origin back through the wanderings that have been followed to the sunny streets of Termlni Imoroso Italy where he was born in 1862 His youth was full of enterprise and at the age of nineteen he went into business for himself and In two years had saved up sufficient money to buy hls passage America the land of promise He reached the United States and Washington in the somber fall of that year when the bleak winds were sweeping down from the north They were bitter to the warm southern blood but he forgot the chill in industrv for he Immediately went to work for Barr Keen Harold tailors Fc many years he was cutter for George Keen The feeling of independence and confidence that had caused him to emoark in the enterprise of his youth and later to give It up and sail out into the unknown now prompted the expert cutter to leave the table of his employer and to start out on his own responsibility Consequently when he had been in this country for nine years he went Into business for himself with a shop at 1235 street and has remained in business at that address ever since From the beginning he drew a good clientele and the business has increased as his reputation went abroad until now he is a man Independent among his fellows Fifteen years have passed and the Italian tailor from Termini has grown and prospered I Geracl Is a member of the Masonic fraternity He is vice president of the Society of Unlone and Fratellanza He has recently been elected master of practical work of the Cutters Association He is a member of the Society of Victor Email uelle II and of La Trinaeria and is treasurer of the Italian Fishing Club Geracl is proud of his record and proud of the fact that he learned his trade In Italy and France He is proud of his record since coming to America and still more proud of the fact that he Is now an American He Is proud of the work that Is being turned out of his shop and especially doeshls heart swell at the contemplation of the new spring styles that he has just received for the coming season A Tailor Who Caters to the Highest Class of Trade of the National Capital He Began life in Alexandria and Held Many Responsible Positions Before Going Into Business for Himself There Is a shop at 433 Eleventh street northwest that is known to a certain class of custom as is no other tailor shop in Washington These are the people of the best class who Insist on wearing the thlrgs that are correct and that are correctly made The establishment is owned and operated by Lawrence A Downey who has spent Al his life in a study of the manners of fitting the attractive garment to the form be it attractive or not Mr Downey was born in Alexandria Va In 1869 He lived there during his youth and secured his early education In the public schools of the old Virgin town When he was a lad of sixteen he had already mastered his trade and was a cutter holding a position of such responsibility as is rarely gained by one of his ears His trade was learned with the firm of William Murray of Alexandria and he workea witn tuem for many years In tact until be came to Wasnington It vaa sixteen years ago that he came to the Capital City and ne has lived nere steadily during all that time For a number of years he was employed as a cutter with the firm of Tosano bona merchant tailors He gained a reputation while with this firm of being a cutttr ot unusual ability and the garments that came from his shears were of a fit and character that could not be surpassed Beignln his place with this firm ne embarked in buslneS lnJS97 taking a partner and established a business under the firm name of Bennett Downey The firm appealed to a good class oftradeand prospered until 19w0 when Mr Downey bought the share of his partner and has since that time been the sole proprietor of the firm Mr Downey caters only to the elite of Washington having made clothes for some of the prominent people In the puo 11c life of the National Capital He numbers as his patrons Senators and Representatives from the great majority of the States of the Union and his local patrons are the best dressed people of Washington He has taken an active part In the life of the city and in public affairs He is an onthusiast over secret fraternities and is a member of several among them being the Knights of coiumnus tne hiiks ana the Eagles This spring the establishment of Lawrence A Downey tailor and draper is showing the newest and swellest fabrics that are prescribed by the dictates of fashion The fabrics are new and showy and are intended to appeal to that element that strives to keep well abreast of the time in the matter of dress THEqaUB A FASHION CENTER One of the Most Up to date Mens Furnishings Stores in Washington The Citys ElitIts Patrons The Hub Is a household word In the homes of Washingtons well dressed men Furthermore every man of fashion who has the eye of scrutiny focused upon the swellest garments and furnishings of the season is a patron or tne hud The Hub occup es a commanding position at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and In every appointment is modern and ub to date The arrangement of the choice lines of mens furnishings on display show the clever handiwork of Clarence Reizensteln owner and proprietor of the store Particular praise is merited by the Hub in the great taste manifested in its window dressing The show windows have of late become an Important feature of every I representative haberdashery They are the Deacon iignts ipr tne patron wno is bothered about what to buy The show windows of the Hub are not 1 exceuea oy any sinuir iuaee in usiim ton ror tne Deauty and taste ana cleverness which characterize the dressing of the windows From time to time specimens of the different lines carried In stock and the stores specialties are given conspicuous place This feature of the Hub is heartily appreciated by customers and Is the subject for praiseworthy comment During the many years that he has been identified with the business interests of Washington Mr Reizensteln has won a remarkable degree of success By following out a concerted and determined purpose which in short was to give Washington a representative haberdasn ery not one of flagrant pretensions that fall of the mark but a high class up to date establishment with quality as the guiding factor he has bnilt up a pretentious business with the elite of Washington as his customers The Hub is nothing if not un to date Recently the Interior underwent extensive remodeling and repairs The management has fitted the building out with probably the most complete and high class grade of mens furnishings In the clrv The visitor here knows that he Is welcome Courteous clerks are eveready and attentive to fill the wants of patrons The latest in fine spring fashions is now on display Mr Reizensteln opened the Hnb at its present location twelve years ago He Is prominently identified in all business pro ects and has great faith in this city being made a commercial center THE BELL STUDIO once conspicuous with the photographs vi pwpie prominent in private anaoa clal life throughout the nation The Bell photo enjoys a reputation second to none The studio has amnle facili ties for prompt and satisfactory work ana a visitor nnas quicxness ana quality the watchwords The management is cordial in Its Invitation to every one to inspect the new quarters AN OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM One of the Natlonaf CapitaTs Most Representative Jewelry and Watch mak Jng Houses Mr John Hansen Pro inietnraMuioCWideix perience and Training Few jewelry firms in Washington have attained wider mention for reliability than senmeaue tsrotners jewelers ana watchmakerswatchmakers whose well stocked establishment Is at 704 Seventh street northwest The concern was first established by the Schmedtie Brothers who came1 to America from Denmark shortly before the outbreak of the clvlUwar Mr August Schmedtie was the prime mover in the establishment of the enterprise making his start in a small store and finally increasing the scope of the business as the reputation of the concers widened and developed In 1S73 the nresent elaborate establish ment ft as built by Mr Schmedtie under his personal direction and after designs devised by him Several veara of nrosDeritv marked the career of the firm in the local field of business and trade and at length the brothers sent to Denmark forMr John Hansen Twenty two years ago Mr Han sen became a member of the firm snaring in all of Its profits The passing of several years witnessed ine reureraenioj the Schmedtie brothers and the purchase or an tne concerns interests oy air nan i I nrnnn Trf tknhirm In Wash sen in 1895 In 0902 the store was great HfiSost every jromaa ash Mr Marthy retired finally and was succeeded byADepollly Ten years ago MrB Poller who xnar nra Airsjv uepouiy fell heir to the mans serpent of tn nt an la now tin active control of Its affairs Subset quant jo assuming tne management tne name of the concern took the style Pollers Ostrich Feather Works The Frenchmans skill and deftness the manipulation of this roost wonderful product linked with sound and businesslike American methods and principles has placed the concern in a class with few equals and no superiors The success ot the business has been steady and gradual the logical result ot workmanship thoroughly up to date and high class The golden ostrich the famous trademark of Mr Pollet Is as every woman of fashion and taste in headgear knows a synonym for expertness and Quality Its own merit has carried it to the front ranK ana lis prestige to day is attribu constantly employed to comply with theltable to the one little word merit so demandsof patrons Jhe flmxInvUes the public to look over its stocK ana uecoine mnvtnoaif nf ths vnlnn of lts croductlons Tta Ttlan nt aerarlnaJinv article in the store on payment of a small deposit has whole the firm has won stsub8tantlalrep utatinn in vv hmnrh of the enterprise andjiasibecome firmly intrenched in tire confidence or tne peopw ui lar section fViV THE Q0LDENOSTRICHV enlarged and remodeled Thlsestabllslw ment probably has the largest repair trade In the city of Washington Nothing is kept in stock that does not bear an absolute guarantee of quality The firm for many ears has borne a hlh reputation for absolute reliability While not the largest Jewelrv establishment In Washington Mr Hansen can boast of one of the most unique and handsomely stocked establishments The furniture and fixtures are of the net mahogany the mirrors of French olale and everything else Is in thorough keeping with these modern appointments Prnbablv Mr Hansen has placed atthe publics service the most comnMcly equipped watch repairing shop In Washington Several experts are employed In this branch and at different seasons It has been found necessary to increase the The optical department Is not theleat Important part of the store and a grad uate in optometry Is engaeeaior rue treatment of the most difficult cases Twelve neonle are constantly employed in the establihmnt to meet tne wants or natron Tn its every department the firm has alwavs enloyed the htsrhest ren ittatlnn for fair nnd sauare detiiiur The man order department Is constantly increasingincreasing in proportion and a handsomely entoelllshd catMcue for the Information of patrons can be had upon application A SQUARE DEAL Principle Upon Which the Firm of Cole Swan Has Poshed to the Front Jewelers of Pronounced Ability A square deal absolute guarantee and low prices are the guiding stars which have lighted the pathway of Cole Swan jewelers of 1514 Fourteenth street northwest to deserved success And prominence Cole Swan are not only forging to the front as leading Jewelers and watchmakers but they have also branched out extensively Into manufacturing and have a finely equipped plant at 21 street Its success has been thoroughly in keeping with the evolution In municipal Improvements and the financial and com merclal growth of the city The absolute guarantee upon every ar ComWning French Skill with American r4u PollePOirrichfFeather i Worksi Controlled Sy BPoUet Enjoys Great Prestigei Tfirough the 5 Ment of Its Productions Washington boasts of one of the best grade ostrich feather houses In the United States The Pollet ostrich feather works whose products of quality are known to almost every woman of fashion in Washington and in other ciUes or the United States is an up to date establishment at Cll Thirteenth street The fine feathers of this finest of birds has been the main product of the Pollet establishment for thirty years The works were founded by Marthy and were located many years ago on street be tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets thoroughly exemplified lm every product of the Pollet establishments une reamer works embrace modern equipment for the repairing dyeing and curling of ostrich nlumes Eirerv mi tomer nas an assurance at once of prompt and up to date service as well as handiwork of experts in this business There Is no branch of the Pollet works In this clKvana has no competitors la a field which it has made its own by adherin uuuat mi auanuuufwuru JKinapieS Phenomenal Success of a Washington Woman Object of Pride and Emulation Mrs A Haines one oi the most successful women in America Twenty one years ceaseless work in the development of the great Fifty stores in one 4 Hf4rH HH4 Great pring Is a pure drinking water sold rin glass only From springs to consumer the greatest Spnng Water is used more thaxrany other table water GREAT BEAR SPRING COMPANY 704 Eleventh Street WASHINGTON Offices New York Philadelphia 4 Albany A 2 Boston A ATaatatAaTaaAsTajTaeTafTsisysYaat WILSON MAYERS Going going gone The musical ring of the auctioneers voice in a strictly Urst clasa furnlture store is heard At only one place in Washington the house of Wilson Mayers general auctioneers and ap prasers 1227 1229 street northwest The custom of auctioneering home furnishings ot unquestioned quality is an Innovation The second hand store sinks into insignificance before an undertaking such as Wilson Mayers have most admirably accomplished The problem of Introducing Into a cosmopolitan community a thoroughly up to date furniture and home furnishings department store beyond criticism in every appointment combating the prestige and patronage of old established houses and through the application Of sauare deallnc In the minutest transac tion has become lodged in public esteem and confidence is a rare feat In business affairs But this is the regard of this firm and its place Is secure among the hearts of buyers Nothing misrepresented Can every business house exemplify that rulet In the scope of their extensive advertising the firm of Wilson Mayers place stress upon this short motto and the firm attributes Its rapid progress to a sincere belief in fairness and square dealing with the public When the firm entered Washingtons commercial field five years ago they confronted a great task and to withstand close competition from the start demanded the highest type of ability and perseverance Treat the people right was the initial principle upon whlchthe firm bean business in a small room upon the site of the present imposing structure New goods and goods of only the best quality were bandied and from the first this house began to attract attention The attendance at the auction sales on set davs and the consequent large sales Increased the scope of the business from month to month People were Immediately surprised that new goods direct from the manufacturer could be bo Jght at auction at lower prices ttan those prevailing elsewhere It was easy to observe however by the discriminating housekeeper that the profits of the retailer and manufacturer were alike eliminated by purchasing from the auction establishment where all goods before passing over their floors must bear the mark of quality A customer visiting the large salesrooms of the establishment Is first Impressed with the up to dateness of things first to greet the eye Here the home can be furnished with everything from top to bottom with goods that carry an absolute jand Irrevocable guarantee This long list includes hanlsome lines of bedroom furniture bureau chiffoniers dieslng tables solid mahogany extension tables dining chairs buffets china cabinets parlor and library chairs music cabinets stands and tables quartered oak Among the fine cabinet woods may be classified mahogany birds eye maple tcona mahogany and curly birch Among the miscellaneous lines may be mentioned briefly heavy brass beds spring mattresses sofa davenports library and hall furniture and a choice line of carpets embracing axmlnsters velvets brussels reversible brussels art squares all regularly made by standard manufacturers Ornamental furnishings for every home are also to be purchased Mr Mayers has been a resident of Washington for seventeen years He Is a native of Fairmont a and was fonrerjv connected in ap important capacity with the Coal and Iron Company of this city He Is a graduate of the normal school ofhS State and is a member of Commbia Lodge No 3 A A this city Mr Wilson is a native of Mary1 land and a graduate of the Western Maryland Colleee He began business In a small war and has worked his way to a place In business affairs solely through 1 his own enrorts and energy He is prominently identified with local business or grnlzatlons Walter Roberts CAMERON MILLS iSfWfe KiMsSrft iiS JL2f Km to1 1 FlourMill Feed Corn Meal Hay and Grain i ALEXANDRIA VA Office 106 Union Street r44Hf HHM4FHS In business affairs a woman of remarkable ability and energy Socially a type of the highest womanly graces and virtues woman Is due to her unflagging Industry children such as sewing pastry baking She Is a worker such as you seldom meet It might be said of her that when awake One of Mrs Haines strong character she la perpetual motion Never idle lstlcs her will power and she never even tn conversation In office or about the loses the strength of her convictions do store her hands always find something lng what she believes and knows to be to da right regardless ofcot She does not Employes under Mrs Haines are also claim to bera Jndge of character and her expected to be workers and they usually varied experience does not shake her are Those that are not of the right faith In humanltr On the other hand stripe are not congenial Mrs Haines she always sees the good rather than the guaras tne interests oi ner employes ana pad even though confidence has been mis offers them the largest opportunities and placed Mrs Haines possesses a wonder advantages of developing into valuable ful memory She knows more about members of the community goods in stock their cost location and Economy Is the secret of Mrs Haines selling price than any employe No one wonderful career It Is a powerful and thinks of disputing If she says an article practical lesson to others She never is in stock She Is an excellent Judge of spends money foolishly She rests con merchandise and her memory of prices tenfwith Just the necessities of life with and qualities as to previous buying often out any of Its extravagances To her startles the keenest salesman Mrs many proteges she admonishes with thifc Haines always displays a bright and warning Take care of your money you cheery personality she never complains will need It when yon are old and never grumbles She has a pleasaJU The business of the Hainest Fifty stores smlla ana a rati word fair all in one is conducted strictly upon the casa Do not find fault unless you iMr a Mankind generallr natterns its works basis Thls Is one of the cardinal prta remedy Is a quotation which Mrar cracte UvLtedeala whlS d158 ot Mr Halnes snccess and she Haines originality has evolved She a thehaatiJ imA urP others to avold debt sft 1 ex an ardent worker InTchurtlx affairs and tney have selected to emulate ceUent financier and knows how to ma is a devout Methodist She is not how The young man starting ouUinto the nlpulate a dollar to the best advantage ever narrow In her religious views She world looks searchlngly upon those who1 This Is demonstrated In the construction believes that every one should belong to have attained success in the calling to of the mammoth building and business some church and attend it regularly On ward which he is by nature bent and he enterprise which will endure many years Sundays her mind is absolutely free from attempts to do and be all that they aro to come as a monument to her Industry business cares A remarkable tribute to in their dally walks It is for this rea and enterprise her industry and endurance Is the fact son that the characteristics ot successful Mrs Haines Is charitable and never that she has never been absent from her men and women are so much under the fails to respond to a needy cause Many store ten days during lifetime on ac microscopio searchlight of her most beneficent acts never reach count of sickness and during twetyane While the young man ambitious to sue the public ear for she is not a woman years of continuous business success she ceed in his chosen calling has successful seeking notoriety She is careful in her has had but few vacations men to select from for his Ideals womerr charities saying It is much easier to htb Haines la always informed on ear entering the same paths have had com give indiscriminately but the danger of rent topics and enters into a discussion paratively a small yet proportionately making dependents Is serious Prln of the questions of he moment with xat successful number in their own sex after cipally the aged and afflicted enlist her and understanding ever giving an opin whlch they may safely pattern sympathy She believes tn giving oppor jon unless she is Informed on a given sub The phenomenal success ot a Washing tunlty to work as the greatest benefac ject She Is a good conversationalist and ton woman therefore and hert unchal tlon to the needy quick at repartee and has the happy fao lenged place In her particular sphere has The popularity which an employer en uity of saying the right thing at the right made her characteristics an object of Joys in relation to an employe was never time One of her frequent sayings is study emulation and pride She has more pleasingly demonstrated than in the There are two Mrs Haines one you succeeded where Wis fortunate creatures case of Mrs Haines She Interests herself meet at the store the other you meet at have fallen by the wayside In despair deeply in the welfare of her clerks Some church affairs or socially Thia rpmarkable woman is Mrs SI A times she has employed clerks and was ThMB a few of the characteristics Haines proprietor of Haines Fifty stores told they were no good but she has al 0f a remarkable woman To know her in one and her name Is not unfamiliar to ways replied Well give them a chance rightly means to study and to emulate a larger part of the citys population The anyway and this charitable spirit has Mrs Haines to day Is one of the most re beglnnlng and wonderful success of this been the means ot many unnecessary markably successful women In active business has been told before but few losses Mrs Haines spends much of her business In America and yet hers is a perhaps know about the motive power time giving aavice 10 mose arouna ner personality or tne most aencate renne nrctiini eniiis who controls dom in business life as to the best Plans for ment and culture Her womanly and gn lnates and plans the workings of this self support She always adheres to the tie graces have attracted to her a large vast enterprises machinery principle that mothers should do the following of personal friends and she is Much of the success of this wonderful work that keeps them at home with their loved and admired GEORGE MMRELL Founder and Owner of One of Citys Representative Grocery Establishments te sv H5WteCjl feui f7bilkiPl vV 4 Sv fTti TCgJsK tw3 wlOrA9v1l JlLim TIIMaaaWHaIIE iM I 1 88Vf iSim wswTsgg SPISaaa MaBfaMM rag tWa Hi iMHi tCP5SapHn vSuS4vTri vl OTsivlr33Hf aZa34 0 7 2 9 rssTrv Wrll S8lyL 1 Mfit jMM BBBSWk vtX Wmim VB afedCr il 9aVfSBal fell 4 mw rSHH wmm iv5B jma MB BlE I Maff ftf fScf afe Harris A Ivlsg Ptotx CARL A POUBET Shining Example of Success and the Forceful Qualities by Which It Was Reached Two Yeats Re markable Growth in Jewelry Trade George Harrell wholesale and retail dealer in groceries teas coffees meats at 1816 Fourteenth street northwest tlon since June 13 1900 From year to year the size of the place has been increased toadd new departments Mr Harrell lays particular stress upon the importance of his own blend of coffees and teas Nearly all of Mr Har has been established at his present loca I rells goods are purchased direct from the packers and importers The motto of the Harrell store Is Cleanliness promptness and politeness A S5lJ2 CLEANING ALTERING Telephone 1517 REPAIRING JOSEPH COSTINETT ENGLISH LIVERIES TAILOR AND IMPORTER 607 13th St WASHINGTON St One of Washingtons Oldest and Best known Photographic EstablishmentsFounded in 1872 The Bell Photo Cpmpany is one of the oldest and best known photographic establishments In Washington Every piece of work bearing the name of Bell has the element of fine workmanshipworkmanship The high quality of the Bell photos has given It a reputation among the leading photographic establishments of the country and occasioned favorable comment from notable people throughout the United States The company was organized In 1872 under the management of Bell Fur many years it was located on Pennsylvania avenue between Third and Foprth streets Its great expansion however prompted plans for a change In location and it Is now located at 1321 street one of the cftys new buildings of handsome architecture and construction They have been at their present quarters since lsst September The interior of the studio is of surpassing beauty It is handsomelv finished in olive ereen and is modeled after the panel effect The gallery Is at 1L eM m4SH fftf4 rl Showing what the application of clever business methods backed by energy and push will accomplish finds a demonstra tion of merited success In the brief business career of Carl A Doubet watchmaker and Jeweler of 1402 Fourteenth street northwest The young man Is forging his way to rank Mr Doubet is a shining example of success among the younger men In trade and Industry Starting in business two years ago at his present location with a small capiial except his own latent abilities Mr Doubet has Jumped by rapid strides among the leaders of the trade Among the Fourteenth street business men none rank higher for business abil ity and Integrity and few have wan a more gratifying measure of confidence from the trading public Mr Doubet is now but twenty eight years old and confronts a future full of bright possibilities The Doubet establishment Is run and maintained upon the most Improved lines A complete stock of diamonds watches Jewelry sliver and cut glass wilt bear the closest inspection of the critical public The engraving department is of a high class The store Uthe only olace in jits Immediate section carrying a complete partment is also of a high order A competent corps ot courteous and attentive clerks is employed to attend the wants of patrons LEADING ART GALLERIES From a Small Beginning to a Position of Leading Prominence in Four Years INTERIOR VIEW OF THE SHARON DAIRY MILK ROOM Established 1875 i John Waldman MERCHANT TAILOR AND IMPORTER HB BHSlBH 1 2 mHP Mi JMs TMs TlisWTlf i II HBiSHQI Ti assssiifelliePiBslw sSMSMERBBMswWwfcy3 ZJWBSBlfllfEsL ZiZjZrJhM ijgasSeB aa a i 4 fMwsMWdtisMm Jl i 609 Seventh Street Wt WASHINGTON Telephone Main 2543 Jl HarrltvSirlBJX Ftiota ONE OP AMERICAS FOREMOST DErfifeD9e 01 bW Wy LEATHER GOODS STORES 1324 1326 Street Northwest fi44Mf Hot Water in Two Minutes 2 Baths 2 Cents Ask Your Plumber The Peer Water Heating Co Chicago yww rr a i i i at Kt BBrP9534SB SssRsiejsnBBMa 2f sssssssssssssssVssVaiE 1 Among the prominent factors that have contributed to the development and stead progress of Business Washington none have achieved the Initial and conunaea success that has attended the upbuilding of the well known Washington art sallerles and auction rooms under the proprietorship ot Messrs Brown Tol son who formed a partnership in Decem DerjxsJor tne purpose oz conducting a general auction and storage business at H09 Jew York avenue and by perseverance and Judicious business methods have established for themselves a business that stands well in the front rank of the business institutions of the Capital City It became evident from the beginning that there was a growing demand for a thoroughly modern auction gallery The firm vas obliged to lease the old Jefferson Club bulldlnc at 1413 for the minwuv of conducting catalogue sales until more commodious Quarters could ne secured and within one year after beglnnlnn bust ness were conducting some ot the most important an sales aver held in Washington Neeotlations were besun the fol lowing year tor the erection of the new uuiiininc iKrcv now occupied oy them and known the Washington JU Galleries which are considered the most up to date exhibition and auction rooms in this part of the country and have be 1 come a ooint of Interest fox all visitors 1 to the National Capital who are espe i dally interested In Olden Time Fur i nishlngs of their forefathers as the spe I clal feature of the business as conducted by tils flrm is actmsr as agents for the sale i of all kinds of antique furnishings and art goods on commission thus enabling them to keep a continuous exhibition of I rare furnishings until sufficient goods have been received to Justify a catalogue i sale 1 Here may be found originals utd the 1 most faithful cosies of the masterpieces In antique furniture the delicately carved and superbly molded patterns of Chlp 1 pendaler the tastefully Inlaid serpentine and convex carcass workof shearer the famous heart shield and oval shanes of Heppelwhlte the exquisite patterned piain ana aecoratrre styles of Adams and Sheraton The early Etorllsh and sub stantial emnire Colonial natterns at sn arranged in the first floor galleries as to mu one grand exnusuon wnien the students of art in furniture have learned to look upon as the leading point of interest in Washington where an visitors are cordially welcomed and truthfuDy to formed as to the merttsof the tadhriftaal exhibits A.