The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21
NEED SEED WHEAT IT'S A HARD JOB
Record Breaking Acreage VIII Being Window Trimmer
In Oklahoma. Work Hours.
Defense Coun of Palace Tells
ell To Furnish Grain of His Work.
BANKERS HELP FINANCE CROP MUST ATTRACT ATTENTION
100000 Bu All Windows in the
More They Raised. "Wee Sma Hours.
Expect Parr Has Patent Necktie Dis
Seed Fund To Help Out. plav Device of Own.
Being a Window Trimmer
Means Long Work Hours.
Ernest ID. Parr of Palace Tells
of His Work.
MUST ATTRACT ATTENTION
All Windows Decorated in the
"Wee Sma'- Hours.
Parr Has Patent Necktie. Dis
play Device of His Own.

"a 1vindovv trimmer must know
little bit about almost everything
Tbis is the idea of Ernest D. Parr.
window decorator for the Palace
Clothing company. In him must COM
bine the abilities of an artist. sign
painter, a Ietterer. an aoNer e.S-ns
manager, a salesman, ana an ihNen-
tor.
is talking about for he has worked
fo- one firm for more than tWsntS
years, and now keeps over one nun
dred feet of window space IN sue
cessfuI esta bliShment. constantly uHeo
with tempting and attractive displays
ain the BEGINNING" said he. The win
dows were small, and required less at
tention, and a great part OF my uIne
was taken up with going about the
country adjacent t. Topeka, painting
the firms signs on roadside FENCES
but things have changed
Works Long Hours.
PARIS work requires many hours OF
hard thinking and preparation. down
in his little basement studio. during
the day, and after that. the battle.
there planned, must be fought out m
the front of the store. during the
hours when the rest of US are enjoy
ing the movies or snoozing in our
downy beds Mostly while We are
snoozing for as long as there are peo-
{
down, these must be kept IN a tempt
ing condition.
+. A cali comes from the boss-''we're
| going to have a special sale Of Palm
Beach suits, straw hats. and canvas
| shoes tomorrow. I want you to clean
out that north window tonight, and
put in something real snappy- Sec"
| '.AH right says the trimmer. Then
| he goes back to his shop and thinks
| for while Then he takes his card
4 IT, -
| up some scenes, showing q "Cholly
boy" arrayed in the cool and COM
| Portable, slipping lemonade on the YER
andah of a summer hotel, and of a
| smart fellow tripping down a shady
| lane, with his baby mine" and 80 on.
Next. he neatly letters half a hundred
price cards; the goods for display are
next selected, and all is ready for the
nights work.
Has Patent Displayer.
In "the wee sma'" hours the goods
are moved up to the front of the
store, the window is cleared of its
present contents, and with the COM
bined skill of an artist and a veteran
advertising man, the window is ar
ranged and re-arranged with many a
a trip to the street for a look. until all
seems satisfactory. But whether the
boss will be satisfied when he sees il
IN the morning, is another thing
Because of the long, uncertain
hours Of service, and of the lengthy
period necessary to get the REQUESTS
experience, few enter the profession
of window trimmer, and good trim-
mers are always in demand 1T is a
good profession for those willing to
put up with its drawbacks" said
Parr.
Il Parr has recently invented a device
. for the displaying of necktfes on
: which he has applied for a patent A
sketch Of this device appears below