The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-01
WINDOW DRESSING.
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 way. Those roundedglass corners re- fleet all sorts of queer lights, and it is next to impossible to make goods show off in them or even look as good as or dinary The interference of outside objects is another stumbling block to the window-dresser I mean lamp posts and street-stands and signs re- fiected in the front glass. Awnings are another trouble-often a greater nui- sance than anything the decorator has to contend with, Would you like to see my tooIs-my implements?" he added. Come up on the top floor and I'll show you what answers to me for painters tubes and brushes, and I keep school for my boys besides. There is big, airy workshop on the top floor, and there are half-a- dozen boys learning to plait and shirr and pucker white cheesecloth on to plain surfaces. There are long shelves piled with metal rods, certain kinds of lights and crystals for brilliant effects, and fixtures of all de- scriptions. Some of the boys are cov- ering half-moons and octagonal blocks with black velvet. These are to show off fans and jewelry upon. In a room to themselves girls are making apple blossoms and paper Bermuda lilies. There are curved-necked swans and cu- pids, and all sorts of figures being draped and clothed with semblance of reality.
 "That woman in black crepe? O. she is for the mourning window to show off the quality of black Henriettas. That Iinen-gowned figure is to sit by the spinning wheel wonder in display of a certain brand of linen household goods. Sometimes she sits by a handloom in- stead. We have these tennis racquets and golf sticks to be used in setting off our outing or recreation window, that will come in about June. In all the dark, rainy winter days ' study to make my windows cheerful and com fortable- looking; blankets and comfort ables and rich rugs are delightful goods to work with; in summer I try to have the displays look refreshing and invi- ting.
 'The conscientious window dresser sometimes works up into a better pay ing business. II was legitimate win dow dresser who got the contract for the decoration of the inauguration ball. room. The scope for the window-dr CT is growing wider every day, and in the best business houses he has even a better chance in the interior of the store than on the windows themselves, for there are a hundred departments needing special attractions. The ideal window for display, one that will soon be introduced, does away with back ground altogether. The base of the window is seven feet wide and the goods are arranged on it in the best possible light, but there is drapery at the back, parted like an ordinary home window curtain, and through the part ed curtains glimpse is obtained of the counters within, with people buying and busy salesmen and women moving about The use of mirrors in window dressing is apt to create confusion, and unless placed judciously they do more harm than good, except in cases where it is necessary to amplify space. Win dow-dressing in the largest sense is a field of employment not yet invaded by women. possibly because the. reaching and lifting is too hard work and be- sides there is a good deal of climbing to be done in the draping of ceilings and walls. There is no reason though why g woman could not be a window dress CT with men to carry out her plans, and do the heavy work.
 "There is much economy to be con- sidered' in window-dressing. When window decoration was first becoming popular in America it was understood as matter of course that the display must cost the enterprising firm consid- erabIe money A certain Boston house once had thousands of dollars worth of