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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Tis not in mortals to COMMAND success, but we'll do more, Semproniup, we'll DESERVE IT 



— Addison: Cato 



The Development of a Big Store. 



All over the southern part of Fair- 

 field County The C. O. Miller Com- 

 pany store of Stamford has for many 

 decades been a household word. Prob- 

 ably in no other locality has any other 

 store had so nearly one hundred per 

 cent, of the patronage of a community. 

 But this community is growing and 

 has been growing rapidly. This neces- 

 sarily has had an effect on the store. 

 To meet the greater Stamford and the 

 rapidly increasing needs of this part of 

 the county, this famous dry goods es- 

 tablishment has been forced to increase 

 its floor space by more than six thous- 

 and square feet and completely to re- 

 model and change the building. It 

 always has been a model of its kind. 

 It now is a model on a larger scale with 

 more than double its former capacity. 

 As we enter the front door we shall see 

 a magnificent new cabinet for kid 

 gloves and a special counter where 

 ladies may with every possible advan- 

 tage and ease make a selection. On 

 the other side will stand the latest 

 forms of cabinets for laces, veilings, 

 trimmings, objects in which women de- 

 light. The hosiery department is en- 

 tirely remodeled and fitted with magni- 

 ficent mahogany cases in which the 

 goods will be displayed. The dress 

 goods department has been forced into 

 a larger and more commodious part 

 of the store. 



The men's department will be espec- 

 ially well supplied with the latest 

 styles of shirts, neckties, underwear, 

 objects in which men delight. An at- 

 tractive feature will be a large case 

 in which umbrellas for men, women, 

 boys and girls will be advantageously 

 displayed. In the rear part of the en- 

 larged store will be an attractive de- 

 partment for wash goods, domestics 

 and bedding. This alone covers about 



three thousand square feet of space. 

 On the floor above is a similar space 

 for the exhibition of carpets. A new 

 department for linens and other white 

 goods occupies about one thousand 

 square feet. The new offices alone oc- 

 cupy about nine hundred square feet. 

 The old office will be converted into 

 an art department furnished with cabi- 

 nets having disappearing doors and the 

 entire back of glass. In what was for- 

 merly the old art department will be 

 new cases for the display of Butterick 

 patterns. There will also be a new rib- 

 bon department with convenient cases 

 in the middle of the store as hereto- 

 fore. The basement contains a large 

 stock room and a new boiler room. A 

 departtnent also in the basement has 

 been provided for upholstery and all 

 sorts of work pertaining to carpet 

 forming and laying. A new cash sys- 

 tem of the Lamson style has been in- 

 stalled on the ceiling, having stations 

 at all the departments, with rapid tran- 

 sit movements to the new cash desk. 

 Customers will not be kept waiting for 

 change as the action of the system is 

 practically instantaneous. 



The store's standard has always been 

 high in quality of goods at reasonable 

 prices. It is famed throughout Stam- 

 ford and the adjoining towns for the 

 invariable courtesy and cordial good 

 will that the customer experiences in 

 every nook and corner of the place. 

 The proprietors' long step ahead is 

 therefore not merely a matter of con- 

 gratulation to them, but an index of 

 community growth and an attraction 

 for residences in this part of a county 

 that is literallv a Fair Field. 



City and Country. 



How refreshing tn come from the city's 

 crowds 

 To a rainbow tangled in sunset clouds ! 



— Emma Peirce. 



