The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-27
WINNERS OF PRIZES
,onsisfed of a Christmas scene fllustra-
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| consisted Of a Christmas scene Ilustra-
| ting the mythical story Of Santa Claus
There was a very realistic chimney
| scene in which a glowing fire burned
| in the CRATE. Santa Claus has just
| come down and is arranging presents
on the chairs, when the two children,
represented in wax, discover him ana
are leaning on their elbows watching
the old fellow. The expression on their
| faces is very realistic and during the
past week throngs of people crowded
the sidewalk watching the window with
admiration.
The prize winner at Neff's shoe store
was the window decorated by Mrs
Neff It represented a winter scene
The floor of the window was covered
with a partly frosted mirror plate to
represent q tiny little stream frozen.
The curves and angles of the stream
are formed from the outlines of snow
represented by salt. Dead timber is
profnse and yet entirely in proportion
This scene is continued in q very large
canvas background that extends the
entire width and nearly the entire
height of the window on which is paint
ed a scene so like the one on the floor
Of the window that one seems to be a
continuation of the other and 1T re-
quires a sharp eye to see where the two
meet.
While the display Of Munson &, Co.
was not a prize winner yet II was very
beautiful and during the entire week
the attention of passersby was fixed
on II. 1t consisted of a fine array of
Christmas goods in great variety. While
perhaps, il would not catch the eye of
the critic as readily as other window
displays it would very readily catch
the eye Of the shopper, for the line Of
fancy goods was very complete and
people saw nearly everything there that
they wanted. The entire front of Nc
Namara & Co.'S building was, as a
whole, decidedly interesting to seekers
after presents.
Edward Wallis display was almost
entirely made of jewelry and plate.
There was a grand line of goods in the
windows and goods that represented an
investment of great deal Of money.
1t is very hard matter to put a dis
play Of jewelry IN competition with a
display of any other kind of merchan-
disc for it's character is such that there
is not much room for the exhibition of
artistic taste in its arrangement. Mr..
Vail had fine goods on display and
variety to suit everybody.
F1nlay Ross has a beautiful front to
play Of furniture and house ornamental
tion. Some beautiful pieces were on
exhibition as were also some very valu-
able rugs, curtains, etc. His display
accomplished one thing If it did not
win q premium, and that was it at
tracted a great many buyers to his
store and swelled his Golfers proper
tionately.
Mr.. Howe, like Mr.. Vail. had a mag
nificent line of plate and jewelry on
display. 1t was much admired and
enticed a. great many people to enter
his store and purchase.
Mr. Emo has store fronts on both prin
cipal streets and had them well filed
with beautiful pieces of furniture suit
able for the holiday trade. Next in
value to judicious advertising comes
pretty store displays and Mr.. Eno's
Christmas sales are evidence of this
fact.
The artistic display of carp & Wick
ersham the well known and popular
shoe firm was the subject of a great
deal of admiration and comment from
everybody who saw ft and that meant
everybody who passed. 1t was quite
attractive and doubly repaid the enter
prtsing shoe men for the work Incl
dent to making it.
There WAS but one candidate for the
premiums among the grocery men and
that was the Baker Grocer Company.
They had a fine display of everything
usually kept in a first class grocery
house and had it presented tastily and
attractively.
Taking everything into consideration
the Eagles premium offer was mighty
good thing and profitable to all the
candidates for nv their extra efforts TO
present nice display they made their
places very attractive and their bust
ness was much larger than if no effort
had been made to make people stop at
their places of business and see what
they carried for sale.