Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-23
CHRISTMAS
WINDOW
DISPLAYS
Salem Merchants Make Very
Tasty and CreditabIe
Showing.

senting to the public so interesting |
and pleasing show window displays. |
Every store in the city seems to |
have exerted itself to attract the |
attention of the prospective Christ
mas shopper. That they succeeded |
we'll no one will deny. The large |
throngs of people gazing through |
the plate glass at the hundreds of |
desirable Christmas articles, will |
bear the Journal out in this state |
ment.
The Chicago store is a scene of |
busy life at present. McEvoy Bro |
theirs have IL clerks waiting upon
the Christmas shoppers, and from
the amount of business transacted
in that establishment daily, about
forty more people could be advanta
geously employed. The Chicago
store has a beautiful window dis
play which is attracting much at
tention.
"The Toggery" the snappy little
gents clothing house, conducted by
David r. Yantis on Commercial
street, claims the interest of the
public noticeably this year. Mr..
Yantis has an excellent window dis
play of mems furnishings that at
tract the attention of both gentle
men shoppers and the lady Christ
mas gift buyer.
The Commercial book store has
been decorated up nicely by the
proprietor, Billy Evans Mr..
Evans has many original methods of
dressing up his show window, and
the display of stationary, books and
many other desirable Christmas
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lively.
G. w. Johnson's clothing store is
another one of Salem's oldest esab-
lishments which has always OBJ
served the Christmas holiday. The
show window in this store has been
decorated up in a pleasing manner
, with garlands of ivy and Oregon
Grape and the display goods ar
. ranged so that the prospective buy
er can be his own clerk to a certain
| extent
t The Hauser Bros, gun store
show window is fitted up in an ap-
propriate manner. Hauser Bros.
2 has set up a little evergreen fir
, tree in their window upon which
| the usual Christmas glitter has
been placed. Strewn about under
, the limbs are Christmas gifts by the
, score and in all presents a pleasing
5 appearance.
= The Salem Wooden Mill Store has
l also made preparations for the com
S ing holidays by removing the old
window display and installing an
1 entirely new stock of goods. The
4 decorator for this establishment evi-
2 IDENTIFY desired to show the best and
the largest line the store had, and
= the articles are set up in an attrac-
tive and uniform style.
The Spencer Hardware Company
q on State street exerted an effort tC
attract the attention of the passer-
, by and has succeeded remarkably
well, judging from the groups ol
spectators standing about the show
windows every day. The windows
in this establishment are not overly
. large, but the decorator apparently
had no fear of congesting the place
as hundreds of articles handled by
y the Spencer company have beer
placed in the window in a very ar
tistc manner. A white background
: is used for the display of silverwar,
Y and the .glittering articles look yer!
pretty hanging on the background
and lying about on the floor of thu
=. window For other stock such al
= carpenter tools and machine tools
= a black back ground has been used
/ A nice furniture display has beel
L arranged by the decorator in th'
n Buren & Hamilton store. This es
g tablishment's show windows ar
| large and the big plate glass win
dows afford an excellent view. Nu
o. merous sets and single pieces o
= shiny furniture have been distrib
= uted about the display windoV
= which attract much attention.
The Imperial House Furnitur
L. Company is also in line this yea
? with large display. The interio
g of the store can be seen from tn
street, and the decorators hav
placed an extensive collection of sci
Y tees, carpets and many other ad
a miral articles on the lower floor O
a the store in order that the publ
- may stop and examine the stoc
~ from the street should they SO dc
sire
1t The lady shoppers find great sal
isfaction evidently in stopping be
fore the show windows containin
l the pretty bonnets. Every milliner
"A store in town has set up displays G
"A their most desirable and pretties
creations in hats, and the Salem Ii
dy takes much satisfaction in keel
ing pace with the latest in hats.
Patton Bros, are claiming the a
ry tentiOn of the holiday shopper bot
n to their show windows and the MAJ
ne collection of Christmas stock hans
as ing from walls, on the counters an
IN set up in racks inside the stor'
Patton Brothers have a uniqu
method of decorating their store b
l., which customer can see and e,
nj anime every article in the stoI
n without the immediate attention {
Sc the busy clerks.
rs The confectionery stores has
d, come out in sweet array and the
a. show windows assemble a bower