institution
Siou & Co.
also: Сиу и К°, Siou and Co.
A real Moscow manufacturer of confectionery, perfume, and stationery founded by the French entrepreneur Adolphe Siou, prominent in the 1880s.
Reading notes
- Mixed-Up Announcements §4 the firm of Siou & Co.
A real Moscow manufacturer of confectionery, perfume, and stationery founded by the French entrepreneur Adolphe Siou, prominent enough in the 1880s that its name alone signals a respectable commercial notice -- here reduced to advertising a runaway poodle.