The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-14
PLANS SECOND WINDOW DISPLAY CONTEST
Keokuk Retailers Decide on
Feature for This Fall
Rules to be Changed
by New Committee.
ACTION WAS. POPULAR

lASllVN WAo FOTULAh
! Merchants ALI Seem to be in
Favor Of Plan Large Num-
Der Announce They Will
Enter New Contest.
| Tho Keokuk Retailers, league is go
Ing to have another window display
contest this fall. This was decided at
the monthly banquet Of the body held
at the Riverview club house, Hamilton,
nrst ono being the incentive that
drove the merchants to action
! It is possible that the rules an !
regulations will be changed In some
respects and committee will shortly
be appointed by President NJ. E. JUS
| tice to consider plans for the coming
event. There WILL be only three con-
tests this fall instead Of four. Thay
will be held either In October or
November.
when the window display idea was
broached last evening 1t was followed
by q warm and interesting discussion
and many new and valuable ideas we're
advanced by the merchants as to thu
conducting Of the three contests. It
will be up to the new committee. when
appointed, to make the recommends
lions and probably formulate new
set OF rules to govern the coming
event.
! More on Sales Value.
For instance. This feeling seemed to
prevail that the windows should be
Judged more strictly on the sale value
and not their beauty, although 1t was
the thought that beauty should enter
to some degree.
There was also quite a warm dis
cussion on the propriety Of hiring win
dow dressers for the occasion and the
using Of articles in the window not
carried in stock or bought or borrow
ed for the occasion. There seemed tn
sition and it will be decidedDlater,
probably by the new window display
committee, Just how much the mer-
chants will be limited in this respect.
Several new ideas were expressed.
| H. G.. Duncan. who was the one to
breach the window display contest
Thought that It would be well to have
the sweepstakes prize in money. say
500 in gold. and Jacob Schouten ad-
lvised the merchants to hire brass
band to play on the days of the dis
play.
! Or. Armentrout Speaks
Dr. Armentrcut, one of the new
members of the league and also n
Judge at the last contest, gave an I'M
teresting talk. in which he told the
merchants that the window display
contest was one OF the best things that
the merchants of Keoluk had ever
pulled of. He said that he had MOTEL
ia great improvement in the stores
since that time, attesting its lasting
value. He too, recommended that the
point of sales value be emphasized
more in the coming contests than
beauty or other considerations, and
his remarks seemed to meet with the
approval OF all OF the merchants.
After an interesting discussion on
1.-THE various phases Of the contest. Sam
! Younker moved that another series
be arranged for the fall. This was
later amended to read a series OF three
ICOiilcbto dA0 R0ocOu@Os Ok oA"A 'osSs
Some present seemed to think that
lit would be a good idea to have the
old contest committee serve again
but members of this body thought
! that the good thing should be passed
lalong and James Mccarthy moved
i that the chair and board Of director:
be given power to appoint new con-.
lmittee Of five to arrange the details
OF the contest This committee will
be appointed right away, SO that no
time will be wasted in making ar
Irangements for the fall event.
i Those Price Cards Again.
T. N. Conner brought up an interest
ling point following the decision made
on this matter; that OF placing price
cards In the window. He seemed to
think, with several others present,
( that in some cases price cards we're
good things and in others not, and
that there was possibility of the
! Judges penalizing a window for not
having price cards when in reality
none were intended to go In. This will
he another matter for the new window
! display committee to decide. 1t may
be recommended that the price tags
be left In or out or either and the
JUICES Will w uOtllleut dSCOiuuSiy.
Just what the prizes will be at the
coming contest Is not known as yet
: Some were Of the opinion that a mer.
chant should only be allowed to win
one cash prize, although his average
; should be counted in on the grand
!. sweepstakes. This met with some ap
iproval. The feeling seemed to prevail
;, that the merchants were not after thu
money so much as a high place in the
rating and that IL they got the forme-
once, that afterwards the latter wouru
be acceptable. BY this plan the prize:
: would be distributed over greataz
, area
. May be Money Prize.
; Whether the sweepstakes prize vii
~ be cup or a money award is MOI
known yet. Some present seemed I,
90 80 40 LOT Mr. I)urNa !.