New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1921, Page 2

GLOVES W, Mitts A-Glo.y na prive Now withdrawn buy now w. #fall MS n, has moved ooth's Block, nducts n tall- Kast Main ade the de- or $350. M sued for §150 ich for $2 served the e writs are eourt on the ot band, Ly- h next., Get & Co.—Advt. g to W. T h figured in hight on West @ was done. hus mo 1 Booth's Block, to n the Polish 13-year from the of late hool G ve ange “lass NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY JANU ELAN DOUGLAS BESSE LELAND CO. RN =S New Store Ready for Business on Friday of This Week The company Louls of audience that overflowing | eyen fon being the annual Burns annive concert of Clan Douglas, A. 8 A quartet and a pair of dancers f nished the program which, needless say, was typically Scotch throujhout. Following the concert dancing was in order The Ross company the following singers and specialists, faces are famliar to audiences, as they have ippeared here upon pre.lous occ | lons: Gertrude Thomson, soprano; French, contralto: Paul Thayer, Harry Newcombe, barifone; lL.onergon, character artist; Sister Scottish dancers Ross Scottish Boston, filled the city's newest en- Besse-Leland company “Bigger, Better Store™ ushering in one of the most modern and complete business hou of its kind in Ne England. !l 1nvitations have been extended to the business men and other prominent people of the city to inspect the firm's home and the public in general be welcomed on that evening, the formal opening will take Introducing terprise: The ! will open the Friday night, (‘On(‘l‘rl’ entertained Turner hall to ing, the occas- an new will when place. The company will occupy three floors and the fement of its new building two doors north of the old store on Main street, and will employ between 50 and 60 clerks regularly. Is composed of | rome of whose New Dritain J ensle tenor; Thomas Irvine Amandsn Varne William Miller | °d bagpipe muste Phe program was | Overture, Scottish Alrs.8cot | The Star Spangled Bannet Quartet, * Wha Ha | M las Thomson, Miss Thay Mr Newcombe “Ca liring to me a Pint o' . Burns . pianist of this city, furnish- lancers and for the \ solo Orchestra Burns Mr ots Wrench, Mr. Ne wecombe. ‘omin Thro' the Rye' Miss Thomson Highlana FI Iry Rtstors 5 he Alrts Wing Mr O Whistle u My La Miss Sketch Mr. Lonergon Quartet. “Hail to the Chier” Scott-Bishop rnch, Mr. veom be Thayer and I'tl Come to Burns Thomson | Character Selected W \|| elaborate lig m.n;: system has been installed throughout the building augmented by a system whereby sun- light may reach three floors through- out the day. The fixtures are finished in oak. Each department has a special display arrangement, well lighted, by means of which articles for sale in that particular department may be shown. In the LELAND. Thomson, Miss F Tha Mr, Ne Selection—Selecteds Mr. Miller. Sonz. “Hurrah (% Hig Miss Pipe he hlands' Flucher Mr. Newcombe “Scottish Blue Bells”. . Miss Thomson. “Sailor's Hornpipe.” Irvine Sisters. “Battle of Stirling J. Martin Chisholm ) Rfong, Baker Dance, sement, to be known as in basement,” overalls, blue, gray and flannel shirts, socks of Mr. Thayer V:u\ thrn);-‘orh '.:‘r:uh‘, n:ld 'I’(:,l:se::i{. Athl Foixa Lemon | hoes, and the inexpensive grades Song, Song, My | | A “L il Lmui':(fl’ i T NEW HOME OF BESSE—LELAND COMPANY ON MAIN STREET WOMENS WEARHG APPARE ¥ = . hats and caps are offered for the mea; fiss French X o for the women, house dresses, rib- bons, notions and odds and ends are 011 Jacobite Afr = i Thomeon. Miss ¥riach offered. In addition, there is a com- 4 e plete drug and toilet articles depart- racter Sketcl Selected ment, and a section #det off for the Mr. Lonergon display and sale of pots, pans, ete. Quar ““Annie Laurie On the main floor of the building, Miss Thomeon, Miss gentlemen’s furnishings are featured. Thayer, Mr »weombe To the right of the cntrance a cigar ‘Auld Lang Syne" and candy case has been fitted out, Company and Audience carrying all the leading brands of The Scot orchestra of this city smokes and candies, featuring Shraft's nished music for a program of and Park & Tilford's chocolates. Tn dances and extras with Prof. M the hat department, Mallory hats are Conway prompting. Those In cha featured. A complete line of hats and for the clan were caps will be carried in stock at all Committoe of times, allowing an abundance of ma- Chairman, John Drummond; terial from which to choose. tary, Robert Miller: treasurer. The men's suit department will Miller; David Morrison. W. W. | carry the Society Brand and Bessc- John Thomson Littlejohn, John | System 1i Complete stocks of Grant, J. Law, F Mackay, A. C. |bathrobes, raincoats, top-coats, over- Ptolmey. John Pattison s, odd trousers, neckties, gloves, Aldes — Robert Middlemass, W. [ socks, collars, etc., are to be carried. Dougall, H. Miller, D. Miller. The second floor is devoted to the Floor Director, Alex Gordon shoe department and the children’s Duet, “Loch Finale, . Burns fur- 11 P Arrangements— 3 LEGION BONUS BILL Calls for $100 for All Ex-Service Men S0 Framed to Keep State Fund W \ W \ Qi in Existence. The American Legion bonus bill was presented in the legislature to- I day. 1t ealls for $100 flat for all who were in the service during war time. The $6,000,000 is to raised by bond issue. A provision is also in |the bill for reverting the unclaimed bonuses to the state fund for needed ex-service men | b articles offered and for which com- plete departments have been devoted are: Dresses of all kinds, coats, suits, umbrellas, silk underwear, tailored GIVES CONGERT. PLANS BIG OPENING Scotch Smgers and Dancers En-!l ‘ I | l | tertain—Miller on Pipes llho woman buyer. W. W. T.land, who is the local member of the firm, has been con- nected with the clothing business in this city for 17 years and is one of the city’s most successful merchants. At Newbhuryport, Mas: he became identified with Mr. Besse's enterprises at an early age, accepting a place in one of the clothier's stores at $6 a week, In 1915 he purchased an in- terest in the local store of th~ Besse- chain, changing the name from the Besse-Brown to the Besse-Leland company. The business rapidly grew under his guidance until recently it was seen that the old store was no | “NO GAMBLING ALLOWED" | An unusual stipulation is made in | the le of a hall in the rear of 168 | Arch street by Henry H. Hall to Andrew Peterson, which provides that the permitting of gambling or immorality In the hall will automati- cally terminate the lease. The rental |is to be $1256 a months for a six months period e LYMAN W. BESSE. wearing apparel departments. Stet- son, Knox and Besse-Sytem shoes for men will be offered with Stetson and Bess stem lines featured for the women, An entire department has longer large enough to accommodate the ever increasing business. Accord- ingly is was found advisable to branch out and plans were laid for the pres- ent building. Mr. Leland is veteran of the Spanish-American war, and offered his serv in the recent unpleasant- ness. Two days before the signing of the armistice, he received a commission which was , can- celled on account of the. con- clusion ef hostilities. During the war he came to the fore as chaffman of the Home Service section “of the Red Cross: chairman of the civiljan relief work of the Red Cross: the tobacco fund: canteen during the “flu” epidemic and a member of the War Bureau. He was also instrumental in bringing the famous; French band to this city. At one time he was acting president a chairman of the chairman of | of the <hamber of commerce. Lyman Waterman Besse, founder of the Besse-System, is a native of Warham, Mass. He is pre-eminently the most successful clothier in the eastern section of the country. With a number of other clothiers, he is identified with several mercantile es- tablishments having direct bearing upon the clothing industry. H. E. Johnson, head salesman for the local firm, will continue in that capacity in the new store. Mr. John- son has been with the company prior to and after his return from the serv- ice. The grand, formal take place Friday evening when the place will be open from 7 until 10 o'clock for the purpose of inspection by the public. Saturday morning the store will begin an its regular schedule of business. opening at 8:30 in the been set aside on this floor for rub- bers, etc. Seventy-two chairs are pro- vided for customers desiring to try on shoes or examine stock. Children’, wash suits, rompers, overcoats, dresses, ctc., are offered and a separ- ate line of odd trousers is provided. The main office is also situated there. Through a specially constructed s tem of Lampson carriers, the moneys will be conveyed to that office and business transacted at this point. Tha ier system has been so installed 0 it abaglutely noiseless. Prominent Speakers Will Take Part in Affair—Meet- ing January 21. ‘homination MISSIONARY CONFERENCES OF STATE BATISTS TO BE HELD IN CITY of romotion, with a team of speakers which will include some of the bhest known men and women of the de- and missionaries from home and foreign fields. These meetings will be a part of the gen- eral series of mlssionary conferences RL between Janu- Connecticut where 'similar confar- ences will be held. At the head of the team of speakers for the state is Dr. John Y. Aitchison, general di- rector of the General Board of Pro- motion of the Northern Baptist Con- vention, and leader of the New World Movement of Northern Baptists, probably the best known Baptist in' the United States. growing success of the $100,000,000 campaign which the Northern Bap- | every evening with the excepf Saturday when the closing ho be 9 o’clock. i In constructing the buildi record was made for speed, the work haVing been completed warking' days. The first she of dirt was taken out May 10 all 2,000 cubic yvards of earth moved. The foundations of tire building adjoining were mined and rebuilt in con , With the Besse-Leland store. T! opening will | i lowing materials were used: 487,000; building stone, 6,51 131 tons; plaster, 65 tons, 460 tons; crushed stone, 358 Superintendent Brown who charge of H. Wales Lines con gang on the building will reng the employ of Mr. Leland as m and buyer in the bargain b Home Mission society, wife pastor of the Madison Aven church in New York, and on most prominent church an service workers in-.that city’ as a speaker of unusual ~ el and wide repute; Dr. - Wil Ferguson, the missiona of South India, in full chd To Dr. Aitchi- | mission station at Madras son's leadership is due much of the, French, formerly a missi Yokchoma, Japan, and more a social service worker am tists expect to complete by the end ot ] J.panege of Seattle, Wash., ~ morning and closing at 6 o R