Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1909 — MAKES LONDON STEP LIVELY [ARTICLE]

MAKES LONDON STEP LIVELY

Thousands of Women Attend Opening of American Department Store. London. March 16. —The opening in London of Its first American department store a memorable event. The new '‘Yankee" enterprise, as It Is generally called here, has electrified the old firms to frantic efforts to outdo the new competitor. They are resorting to concerts, anniversary celebrations and other entertainments, even employing grand opera singers, military bands and music hall performers. The doors of the American store were opened at 9 o’clock and shortly after the establishment was crowded with thousands, mostly women.