The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-06-09
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Surely one unfaIlinR delight Of .
great city" said stranger, must be
/ its WfudoFsB. should think goa would
never get tired OF looking ct them"
The stranger Haa right; they are q
delight and people never do tire Of
them and the city dwelier pauses to
] look ne the novel and varied and beau
tiful displays with even greater frank
ness than the visitor does. He wants to
see these things, and he has no hesita-
ton about stopping TO look at them;
net the slightest fear that anybody viii
think him gaWky. These things are
put into the windows to be looked at,
20 invite attention, and If they interest
him he stops and looks
Putting out Of the question the dis
plays Of articles Of feminine apparel
and Of goods for such use, which es-
pecially attract the attention Of WON
en-, II may be said that, taking one time
with another, many men Hnger In front
Of the sporting goods window, where
guns and hshing rods and that sort Of
thing are seen, 70 scan the things there
displayed and 70 dream Of vacation
times and days when they shall ex-
change work and the crowded, roaring
streets Of the city for woods and fields
and BPlashing brooks. There are
many lovers Of nature people OF all
ages, gTOwn-uP men IS well as children
who stop IN front OF the bird store
windows to look at the birds, and they
stand and regard them earnestly; there
IL something about the birds that draws
them; they love to look at them.
There are few windows that attract
more observers than those Of the pic
ture stores, and your elbow neighbOr
may have better or 3 poorer coat than
your own, for the pictures draw al
kinds Of men, Tieh and poor, and these
free small. picture galleries present
often pictures Of interest, and the dis
plays are frequently changed.
Il would cost lot Of money to buy
the flowers Of which one may enjoy the
sight for nothing by simply looking in
az the windows Of the flower shops. He
may not get the Odor Of them through
the plate glass window, but he can
stand within foot Of the most gor-
geOus blossoms and feast his eyes, at
least, upon their beauty; and many PeO-
pie do just this; and Il wouldn't follow
that they were not able to buy them II
they wanted to. Perhaps the greater
number Of those who stop could not
buy the eOstIier ones, anyhow; but they
ali stop TO look because the flowers are
beautiful; and e may be observed that
The specimens That are thus placed IN
the window 10 attract attention for this
free display are likely to be choice spec
linens, 20 make the attraction the more
striking, which means that the passer-
By who pauses to look gets not only a
free view Of this thing Of beauty, but
the things that he is thus enabled 70
see free are the best OF their kind.
There are windows for the young as
well a. for the old dolls and toys and
that sort OF thing; wondrous displays
that are fascinating to the youthful be-
holder. There are displays Of fruit and
Of food IN many forms that must graft
~ the ePicure and delight the eye Of
all; and as for various articles Of con
Tenience and Of comfort and luxury,
for all the wants Of man, these are to
be seen on every hand. Among articles
Of luxury come especially those dis
played In the windows Of the jewelry
establishments, and particularly the
diamonds, which attract attention al
ways, and more than ever at night,
when they Bcintillste so brilliantly IN
der artificial light, and when people out
70 stroll OF bent on pleasure have time
to stop and look. There is one familiar
stretch Of the eity's greatest thorough
fare in which there may always be seen
at night people looking in at the win /
dow displays there made Of flowers, /
fruits and diamonds.-N. Y. Sun.