The Brookhaven leader., 1885-11-05
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4 bfsnoh Of AdsertIaas which Fur;
nislis. Employment % Many Men.

uhsnes Empfuymeut 20 aeny Mcn-
The trimming Of shop-wIndows has be
come a great feature In advertising
Each large establishment seeks to out
.shine It's neighbors In the display and ar
tistic arrangement Of goods in is win
dows.
nThe system OF window Decoration
has grown up almost altogether withir
the past ten years In tho dress-goods linz
and within three or four years Ia tlis
clothing houses," said eading fnar
chant. 1t is increasing constantly, and
heaven only knows where il viii end.
Every establishment OF any pretension,
employs man especially TO trim win
dows. Smaller houses secure tho sery-
ices Of an individual who ie not con-
nected with Il IN any other capacity than
that OF wind ,S-trimmer and WHO docs
the work for three or four different
stores, Others have a salesman who Is
an artist in the business Ills artistic
capabilities demand far higher salary
than be could expect as a nero salss-
man. Very largo shops hire professional
trimmnrs who do nothing else but deco
rate the windows. They must be con-
stantly studying and endcavoring to de-
viso something new. and startling, and
attractive to draw the attention OF the
public"
Certain forms OF arrangement hare
become fixed and are known ly various
names. There, for instance" pointing
to one window where several shades OF
wash materials were drawn into shape,
! small ut the bottom and spreading out
at tho top like fan. is whit is known as
the rising sum sts,1 Of decoration. This
nianner Of folding" indicating piece Of
embossed velvet drawn out In long fold
ais called tho double loop But the
trimming of windows must be novel or
it is nothing. Consequently every shop
shows two or three times a week some
n.,g arrangement which is due alone to
the ingenuity of tho trimmer"
"ITow long docs it tako man to trim
o wiadowl"
"From four 10 ton hours according tc
Its elaboration. / have known, too, when
winlows wero to be trimmed for some
special occasion or season, OF two OF
three jmen beiay occupied in one window
for couple of days One clothing house
in tho city showed q window during the
holiday timo that it required threo mel
four days to trim"
'.Are many goods damaged by being
exp)sed in windowsln
"No, for tho reason that but small
| quantities are displayed. Wo have dun
mi y so made that o small piece OF clotf
eaa be wrapped around or folded abou
| them and represent an entire bolt. TheI
+ We do not exhibit our very finest lines il
the windows. A trimmer has to use th'
| greatest care in getting up o window
| He must bo able to judge of tho effect i
will have from tho outside, not how !
appears to him where he stands. HI
| m ist be skillful in his blending of tints
| have an eye to tho weather, for SOM
| things tho most attractive in one kind O
| weather will not draw glance in an
other, and above all possess originality
BY tho way, the trimmers are called art
lists now. There arc very few American
trimmers. Tho majority arc Englishmer
or Irishmen. Irishmen arc the most taste
full tl.ygoods men in the world"
.'Are women ever employed as trim
mcrs," .sqa sN
I've never known OF any who were.
IT Is folI of occupation that | think
women have never invaded; but with the
quick feminine eye for color and effects,
there is no reason why they should not bt
eininently successful in it.