Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-20
SHOWCASES.

SHOWCASES.
Ussd In Many Businesses, Sold In Large
Number and Many Exported.
The largest consumers Of show.
cases are the cigar dealers and next
to them the druggists. Dry goods
dealers Use more showcases now
than ever before, and large mum
bers Of showcases are used for mems
furnishing goods and for millinery.
and manyars used by hatters, espe-
cdally for outside display. In some
oddes outside showcases are not
permitted, but In many cities they
are, and large numbers of showcases
for outside display are sold not only
for matters, but for florists and for
dealers'in many other trades.
There Is hardly a business In
xRadh Indoor showcases ShSWyasse sSSsesSet
used more or less. Confectioner,
use many showcases; many ar,
used in bakeries, and they are us !
IN grocery stores. Many are u-ed
IN notion stores es well as in 10y
shops. They are commonly used in
hardware stores for the diesplay OF
the hner cutlery. Un~derta,iers use
them to show the costly modern
burial cofans. stationers ,-se show
eses; so do jewellers for tue display
'ewelry and silverware
great many small showcases
are given away by manufacturers
Of various articles, ss thread or sew
ing silks or perf,.mery and various
other things, s.or the better and
more convenient display Of their
own goods. showcases were never
60 cheap as now. Good modern
Showcases can be bought at what
seem raarvelously low prices, and
the inner showcases were never, so
andsome or 80 well fitted up and
perfectly adapted TO their several
uses as now. The old style show
case had a vertical face and a level
top. Then came showcases with
beveled fronts and cases with the
front panel Of bent glass, making a
rounded front. Now the old style
has come back aagin, and there are
sold at present more showcases with
square fronts. Showcases have a
greater variety Of style than ever
before, upright OF otherwise, for
canes,f for corsets and for many other
special lines Of goods. The show
case Of the moment, made by all
manufacturers and called in the
trade "the silent salesman" is a
case made to take the place Of both
counter and showcase. The top Of
this case is at the same height as
the top Of a showcase on a counter
would be, but the case reaches down
nearly to the floor, where it rests
upon a platform OF base perhe lSx
or eight inches high. This is reg s
q showcase three or four feet in
height extending practically from
the floor upward, with a fat face
and q fat top. tits made any length
six feet. ten feet or any other
length to fit spaces. It lie provided
with glass shelves for the display
Of goods or with drawers terraced
back 30 that at least a part of their
contents can be seen.
Showcases are made with wood
rames In various fine woods and
18th metal frames, and there are
ow made, including cases of the
cry largest sizes, showcases with
either wood nor metal upon the
edges, the plates of glass being ce-
mented together and the case being
further secured by a steel rod run
ming through it just within the an
gle at the corners.
The newer styles of cigar cases
have moistening trays, which slide
under the case and are out Of sight.
They are very shallow trays, with
. metal lining and containing a
sheet Of felt, which can be moisten-
ed, the moisture remaining for days.
This Is In place of the cup and
sponge within the case among the
cigars. Many cases, both upright
and horizontal, designed for one
purpose and another, are equipped
with brackets or with notched up
rights to hold the ends Of rods, by
means Of which the glass shelves in
them can be adjusted to any height,
according to the requirements of
the goods 1t may be desired to. dis
play in them
The introduction Of the incandes.
cent electric light made possible the
convenient lighting of outdoor show
cases with fixtures thet could be
moved with the case, and now in
side showcases are frequently pro.
vided with appliances for electric
Elimination.
There are made folding showcases,
.ich can be folded up to occupy
space in shipment, and there are
sde showcases that can be knocked
wn, like furniture, SO as to take
s space In shipment. The greater
mber Of cases, however, are ship.
d completely set up.
Many American showcases are ex-
rted. We send showcases to the
est Indies, to Mexico, Central
nerica and South America and tc