The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-18
WINDOW DRESSING IN
CITY Of HONOLULU
Wonderful Progress IN
the Artistic Dis
plays Here.
SOME VERY ATTRACTIVE WORK
MERCHANTS ALSO BELIEVE Is
ARTISTIC ADS IN TIE
REPUBLICAN.
These Go Hand in Hand WIKI
SNOWY Windows in Attracting
the Attention OF Gus
toners

The ar Of show window trimming Wa
,i.valo,..-J in America. Ii i seen-at IFS
t.ssr IN rhe merchandise palaces OF New
Work. Philadelphia and Chicago Inc
80 has yassed from experiment to per
t-,rjon in the space Of twenty Yeas \
--.rare nom tins practical school OF me
.--. has a4eD summoned from John Wa.
nsmaker'. store 10 serve as expert in Judz-
ing installations at the Paris exposition
III. an was perfected in America IT
was no accident that the best wIndo"
-rir,n.r ID America was found in Wan
ns,aaL.r-. store. The logical seeker TO-
q uasr.r ;u this line VIII 90 10 establish
ueur- rna- are prominent in the adVer-
rising ua-es Of the newspapers. Wan
nanak.r has peerless show windows ana
= without a peer as a newspaper adyer-
tiser.
This much merely to substantiate the
statement that the show window and the
newspaper advertisement are twin sisters
in rba domain of business promotion ana
pubIciry. and are the fairest maidens
that have been impressed into service since
the advent OF business probity. which
was in the early English twilight.
The show window in Honolulu has
lately come to the front with great
strides. For years it had been neglected
along with other modern methods OF eA-
iploitjug the stock of Honolulu merchants
Here. as everywhere else, the evolution
of the show window has been hand IL
hand with the growth of newspaper al
varrisinc. \ close observer will nave
noticed that an improvement IN one
branch of publicity in turn is reflected
II, a ike improvement in the other.
Influence of The Republican.
When The Republican entered tn
field as an advertising medium and sc
the pace for advanced. up-to-the-m'nut
artistic displayed advertisements, it va
not long before an improvement va
noted in the windows of the merchant
carving space in The Republican.
The merchant who places big ad i
The Republican turns TO his show VIII
dow and displays to the best advantas
,be special line he may be pushing a
ltha time When he is advertising grea
drive on handkerchiefs in the paper L
does not dress his show window wit
hosiery. When his window is ar'aye
with bicycle lamps he does not adverti'
walking sticks.
-ol -brorcb the business porto
of Honolulu gives an excellent opportui
| tv 70 study the growing art OF wlndo
! d,oss;ng in city where II is more or ie
!, an innovation of cutie recent da-e- o.
:, observes the same variety of taste tn
3 is 70 be found on the long. crowded stree
s of larger cities. There are reasons WI
Z the shop windows of Honolulu shouli
. rho most attractive in the world. l
& modern buildings with their deep. WI
Z nlate glass windows. offer plenty OF roc
: for the most elaborate designs L
s goods on the shelves are the nnest Il
Z richest that are handled in the marts
: trade, and the buying public in Honoir
& has money and the proper appreciati
:, of ANYTHING when it is shown up prettl
: Then, besides. there are accessories III
( for use hy the window artist that ma
z his fellow worker in Chicago mao W
Z envy. These accessories are the now
!, and ferns and palms that are so anu
(, ant on every hand. They are good he
Z ars in attaining beautiful effects in W
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