to the buyer pass through this department, and these make up
about ninety per cent. of the day's business. The purchases are sent
here by the salesmen with a ticket affixed to each, stating the quantity
and quality of the article bought, the amount paid, and the address of
the buyer. The goods are then remeasured, and if an error has been made
either in favor of or against the house, it is rectified. The goods are
then made up in secure parcels, each of which is plainly marked with the
address of the purchaser. These parcels are then turned over to the
drivers of the wagons used by the house for delivering purchases. The
drivers are furnished with bills for the amounts to be collected on the
parcels, and they are held to a rigid accountability for the delivery of
every parcel entrusted to them, and the collection of all moneys due on
them.

The ground floor is the principal salesroom. It is a simple, but elegant
apartment, and its chief ornaments are the goods for sale, which are
displayed in the most attractive and tasteful manner. The room is 300 by
200 feet in size. It contains 100 counters, with an aggregate length of
5000 feet. Behind these counters are low shelves on which the goods are
kept. In the centre is the immense rotunda, and at various points are
the little wooden pens enclosed with lattice work used by the cashiers.
Each article for sale has its separate department, and there are thirty
ushers on duty to direct purchasers where to find the articles they seek.
The display of goods is magnificent, and includes everything used for the
clothing of ladies and children, either in the piece or ready made.
There is also a department in which ladies and children may have all
their clothing of every description made to order.

The second floor is used for the sale of ready-made clothing, suits,
upholstery, etc., and the third floor is the carpet salesroom. The other
floors are closed to visitors, and are used as workshops, laundries, etc.

The convenience of having all these things, and in such great variety,
under one roof is very great, and saves purchasers many a weary walk
through the city. The immense capital employed by Mr. Stewart, and his
great facilities of all kinds, enable him to control the markets in which
he makes his purchases and to buy on terms which render it easy for him
to undersell all his competitors. The smaller houses complain bitterly
of this, and declare that he is ruining t