AN INTERNATIONAL SHOP.
/An-enormous, .emporium was,to be opened in:: London ' last ..'month,';wliieli offers many novelties,'; and, ; ; is ; making:•» decided : bid . for colonial custom." A grievance, 'a - small one certainly;- but- still a' "grievance ■to -Australians, is-that it is- almost impossible tci get gloves 'tried on before purchase; in - London. ahisVnewvplace tries on; gloves, does; away l- ' extent with''the too assiduous -'shopwalker, and 'is up-to-datp with : .every kind of convenience;-. one -particularly . attractive feature lying in the foreign, and colonial . club-rpoms.. ; There, ia > an -American room, an Australian and Canadian room, a .trench ,room, ; and a Gentian room. In these.; visitors may 'rest,' meet their, friends, ; -? Te . ..addre's'ses,,;and/, feel-" wolcome., This without fee of any kind, for tips aio abso-' ilntely forbidden. ': There is a library, an' accident. ward, a post-offico, a huge lun-cheon-room, a .roof-warden, , and a silence room.v-. Below are all the novelties of the : season. -'1 ho experiment' is an interesting °no. It lV a piece of/America transported to Oxford Street, and it probably will prove exceedingly popular. ; An- Appeal to,'Ladies.—Beware of the unhealthy -hiir' pid,;, full - of microbes, which meani death to We hair.' Call-for advice, free, i» tb» Utost London success in the hygienio natural hiiir-pafl: It is ''featherweight and cool.'-Ladies and gentlomen .tfeated {and taught h«*d massage, the only means of possessing healthy,' thick ".-hair; 'Face: massage, delightful shampooing, clipping, manicuring, electrolysis, hair-dressing, hair-; Work. of,: every description. Miss Mi Isom,' King's Chambers (next Empire Street. .' Telephone 811 .-
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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243AN INTERNATIONAL SHOP. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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