Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-17
THE GREAT SHOW WINDOW
The First living Exhibit In Town ana
What Has Followed IL Since.

Tue first Living ENhtDit IN Town ana
What Has Followed IL Since.
Within the past lew years there have
been some notable changes In the man
ner OF carrying on certain Industries in
this city aud to a great extent the
show window has taken the place Of
the interior and secluded apartments Of
the shop Perhaps the example was
set fifteen or twenty years ago. when a
well known painter of scenes in the
arctic regions exhibited one Of his
picturrs within a store IN Broadway.
and. H- au advertisement Of IL, caused
a little l-,Muau rugged out IN EskimB
tog.ery tu 40 all day long incoming in
the store window. where he attracted
the gaze Of the multitude
lna-Iuuch n, the Irishman had not
command Of a single word in the Eski-
mo language. he was forbidden t.
speak to any stranger while on duty
under penalty Of instantly being dis
charged. This was probably the EARL.
est use Of man "a an advertisement in
the show window in this town
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city there are hundreds of places in
winch Industries are actually piled in
the show windows much 70 the delight
and possibly TO the instruction of the
crowds that gather TO observe what il
going on. The men who advertise in this
way can always count on the idle curl
osity Of the passerby. although il is
not likely that they make much money
through their device. since mere curl
osity seldom pans out in cash. the idle
Razer being generally sadly impecuni-
ouA
There was q time when tradesmen
used their show windows exclusively
for the display Of such wares as they
had TO sell The manufactured article
was there. but not the article in the
process of making. Now the show win
dow is the workshop. and all along the
business streets Of New York en- may
be seen through plate glass ieaving
great skeins of incipient mOlasses candy
over iron hooks and catching them on
their elbows with a skill that would be
the despair Of the handiest country
man that ever went to a village candy
bee
Laundryiug is done under the puDlie
eye with such care as makes a man
wonder how il Is that his new collars
generally come back 20 him hopele,sly =
cracked and nangled beyond recogzi
ton and the possibility of further wear
ing. Men sit IN show windows all over
town Illustrating the way in which
cigars are made. but il is noticeable
that they never stick the small end OF
"A cigar into their mouths just before
giving the final twist TO it. as is the
constant practice Of men who twist be-
hind back windows where they suppose
they are unobserved
So. also. hats are ironed. and the
ironing thereof excites unbounded en-
thusiasm in the breasts o. the crowd
that gathers 20 see the process. and
even the public mending Of boots and
shoes Is a source of delight TO the mul-
titude TailOrs sit in their show win
dows making and repairing clothes;
toothsOine griddle cakes become brown
under the eyes of all who pass; artih-
cial teeth are made where all can see
the work done
When the lst day Of January draws
near the show window explains how
skillful penmen write New Years cards,
and It is not long since. In an up town
street, seven enthusiastically sister
stood 10 full view brushing their long
and wavy tfesses as a sign and token oi
the wonderful power Of a certain hail
Invigorator Also. in a show window in
Broadway. a man might be seen, NOT
long ago. rowing away for dear life,
while another pulled for all he wal
worth at a contrivance for making
SaInsons of the weakest of mOrtals.
Great Is the show window. New
York Sun.