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Show i Flying Weavers, Butterfly and Archer, Arch-er, opening on the new bill at the Hippodrome Hip-podrome matinee today. ' SUBURBAN DAY' IS : II DECIDED SUCCESS c 1, U Country Shoppers Flock to City to Profit From Special Sales. I, V TRADE IS STIMULATED ,V1anagers of Department Sil i Stores Express Elation S ' Over Results. all , bo t , On Us first observance yesterday, sub-8e sub-8e irban shopping day was a pronouned suc-E suc-E accorlln to reports from tho whole- tv c ale and retail department of the Salt ra ct .ako Commercial club, under t lit patron-th patron-th ge of wnloh th0 midweek shopping day M or the suburbanites was Inaugurated, th Every train from points to the north he 1 8 fnr a' den and from the south flc In eachlng to Payson carried a large num-bu num-bu er or country shoppers, and points on he Oregon short Line were equally well li l. e''r''K''"ted- If yesterday may be taken ji a criterion, suburban Wednesday was lunched with success, and an even ' ;reater Influx of suburban visitors may "u - ie looked lor next Wednesday. , I All of the department stores, as well - I . those carrying Bpecial lined 01 goods, y veru prepared with special sales and ca I 'Jher attractions to Invite the Inspection S? Iff the visitors. It Is conservatively cstl-' cstl-' bailed that more than lumi residents of uburlian towns took advantage of the fPPortunlty to visit Salt Lake and at the lame time participate in tho special 5 ales Increase. CO In all of the si ores there was a marked or ( nerease In the number of shoppers, and H ho opinion was generally voiced thai the B , nnovatlon was one which not only stlmu- U i attd trade, but made friends of the pen-)lo pen-)lo of other towns and villages, an end Oj i Which could not have been attained In any nil thor way. Jl Kven more efaboraie preparations for ?5 I he observance of suburban shopping day 9 j n Salt ljike next Wednesday will be n C Dade by the merchants, in anticipation Tl A hat the habit, will be. general among the bj I suburbanites to visit Salt Lake , v.-rv vVednesday. " f'. H. Ensign, assistant to George S. at Auerbach, in tho management of thill thi-ll uerbach company depa i t men t store, who rave Huburban Wednesday his personal 13 ' itteution. reported that the day had been E ' ixceptionatly satisfaeloiw . J 1 "Wo did a very good business and ob-erved ob-erved a great many new faces In the 1 , itore," said Mr. Knsign. "In addition, we ffig. vere afforded plenty of opportunity to L. ' ;lve palrons from the suburbs every pos-y pos-y llble attention." J! i Trade Stimulated. S H. N. Byrne, managing director of R ; fteith-O'Brien's, reported general stlmuln- w , Ion In trade as the result of suburban , Wedneflduy. ,T , "It has been a good day at the store. L ivith a steady trade of a very favorable C lature," said Mr. Byrne. "As a perma- t . nent feature the special shopping day gives promise of satisfactory development in mid-week shopping. Customers seemed highly satiHlied witn special features everywhere." O. D. Coughlln, assistant to Walter C. Lewis, manager of Walker Bios. Dry Goods store, who was assigned to make a study of trade interest In suburban Wednesday, reported similar satisfaction. "In that suburban Wednesday gives promise of good development the day was very satisfactory," said Mr., Coughlin. "Activity was genera) In the store, and a great many new customers were observed. ob-served. Merchants Give Views. Other merchant expressed themselves as follows: Louis Simon, Paris Millinery "It was quite apparent that suburban Wednesday shopping h;is contributed to the stimulation stimula-tion of mid-week trade. Given sufficient time to develop, It should prove of great value to the shopper as well as the store." , Milton Lipman, Cohn's Dry Goods store "Suburban Wednesday was attended by very satisfactory results at our store. Customers went away thoroughly satisfied. satis-fied. It was a good day. Suburban Wednesday Wed-nesday should have a promising future. The management of Klegel's Clothing Store also reported a good day, with a substantial number of new customers from the suburban districts and general stimulation stimu-lation Of Wednesday trade. Before leaving leav-ing for the corupu ny's Rutte store yesterday yes-terday afternoon, Elian Sicgel expressed much satisfaction. The stores of Schramm-Johnson, Drugs, reported general increases In trade during Suit Lake's that suburban Wednesday. F. C. Schratnm is giving the development of tho day, from the standpoint of mid-woek mid-woek trade features, his personal attention atten-tion and says that yesterday's trial should be indicative of a promising future. |
