The Washington times., 1916-04-03
NEARLY ALL STORES
IN WINDOW DISPLAY
Curtains Go Up on Finest Ex-
hibition Of Easter Goods in
Times Contest.
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be given readers OF The Times whose
Judgment would he shown 10 be as good
~ that OF the judges selected to award
the prizes to the merchants themselves.
The prizes offered by the Information
al Correspondence School through the
Chamber of Commerce are to be given'
therefore, by The Times under the same
conditions. The cash prizes to readers
OF The Times are entirely separate ana
distinct This Is how these prizes can
be won:
Coupons In Each Issue.
In each issue OF The Times during
the dava OF the contest there Will be
published a coupon. Every reader OF
The Times is entitled to fill out cou.
Don with his ideas OF what Is the pest
dressed window. These coupons VIII De
submitted to the three artists selected 70
Judge tho contest. and the three readers
whose list Of prize winners IL nearest
the list that already had been selected
by the artists. will be awarded prizes
OF $40 each.
Divided In Five Classes.
The Times has endeavored to make It
easv for the reader CONTESTANTS to make
up their lists by dividing tho windo"
display contestants into five classes.
This fact must be borne In mind py all
persons submitting lists.
The five classes are created solely Tor
the purpose of giving every merchant In
Washington an opportunity to win
prize--those whose wares are not euaP-
ted to as artistic window display as
those who have goods that are easiy
made into attractive features lhat 10
one OF the great features OF this contest
that DISTINGUISHES It from the majority
OF zach affairs.
The Ave classes arc:
CLASS A-Depnrtmept. Dry
Goods, Millinery, md LadieF
shops.
CLASS B-CIothing. Mems Fur
nishipE, Hats. shoe. and Tailor
Shops.
CLASS C-Drug, stationery.
Hook. Music, Art. Jc'veiry. China.
Cigar. Confectionery. PhotoEra-
piers studios.
CLASS D-Hnrdwnre. Carriage
Leather. Automobile, Furniture,
Will Paper. Paint. Electrical. and
Plumbing.
CLASS E-Grocery and Provision
stores. Bakeries, Meat Markets,
and Florists shops.
Three Judges To Decide.
The judging OF the window displays
, is not to be left to the tuste OF ANY
individual. The three artists will make
very careful inspection OF each OF
the windows in the contest.
And they will Judge the window pure
ly on It's merits as a display OF the
goods the merchant had to sell in
the mos tertlHtic and attractive
way, The business quality Of the
| sideration as the artistic feature:
| There are four features tho board OF
Judges will be asked to consider particu-
| larry. The Times has established a
basis for tho calculation Of the points
| OF excellence and has fixed the number
OF points each of the four principal fea-
lures will count.
establishing lOG points rs perfect. the
gwen nifty Joints. the artistic. effect
| twenty, the originality of the idea for
the display, twenty. and the extra COST
! trouble and labor involved In making up
| the display. ten points. -
| The Judges viii be absolutely guided
| as to these markings and the windows
will be given exactly the number oil
points they deserve.
These figures arc given TO guide the
readers of The Times who enter the
| contest for the so prize, although II is
not nece ssary for the readers To give 'he
number OF points gained by each win
The COUPON which will he found on
another PAGE. has line for the winner
in each class according to the readers
| judymont All IN II required to do Il
to mi out the coupon with the name ot
the establishment he thinks has the
1 best dressed window IN every class.
Open To 7 P. NJ. Wednesday.
The contest will he omen until
o'clock Wednesday evening. An
coupons will be received at The Time
office up to that time.
Practically every merchant In Wash
ington is an entrant in the display con
test. And every reader of The Times 4
an entrant in the contest for the 81
rrizes. There are not classes of mer
chants barred. The little store in tn
suburbs stands the same chance as tn
big department stores.
That is the difference between thi
contest and most OF the window dispIa,
contests that have been held before
The division of the displays into classe
puts every merchant on an equal basis