Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-02
WINDOW DRESSING is an art

WINDOW DRESSING is an art
and a most pleasing one. An at
tractive window is a drawing card,
and it is a we'll established fact
that the stores with the attractive
window displays, enjoy a greater
proportion of trade than those
stores where little or no effort is
made at attractive display. The re-
suits speak for the character of the
stores. There is originality in de-
sign and due effect to color COM
binations, graceful draperies and
other artistic appointments. In the
past year especially have the stores
of Milford made wonderful advance
in the windows and store fronts in
the business section of this town.
Entire fronts have been rebuilt, and
the results have been so marked
that the entire cost of making the
change, has been repaid to the
merchants long before the current
year has ended. A beautiful Win
dow, handsomely trimmed, sells any
kind of merchandise, from meats
and groceries to the most handsome
and costly wearing apparel. The
five and ten cent stores rely upon
an open display of goods for their
sales. Clerks and salespersons are
only the mediums of serving the
customer with the articles to the
buyer. Never did the stores of Mil
ford open the holiday season with
more attractive fronts to attract and
please, as we'll as help the people in
their shopping. While smaller in
number in proportion to the large
city windows, the Milford stores
show window displays, which are
pictures of beauty and good taste,
equal to those in larger cities. The
interiors will be pleasure to the
early shoppers especially, but it is
to the great improvement in window
displays that attention is especially
called. Visit Milford and be helped
in your holiday shopping.
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THE TURKEY GOBBLER.
The great American bird is not
the hen nor the eagle, but the tur-
key gobbler. The gobbler is lord
of the barnyard and field marshal
among the fowls. See him strut in
the fullness of his pride, tail feath-
ers spreading, head up, wings trail
ing, but not ingloriously! His
crimson comb and purplish wattles
give him the appearance of a red
faced and important gentleman who
is ENORMOUSLY concerned in every
thing going on about him. Such
pomposity, dignity and swagger is
rare. His irritable "Gobble, gobble,
gobble," strikes terror into the
hearts of little children, but is mu-
sic in the ears of the more sophisti-
who envision him trussed up
in a rooster and stewing in his own
juice.
The turkey has been closely as
sociated with American history
from the beginning. 1t will be re-
membered that at the famous
Thanksgiving feast of the Pilgrim
Fathers in November, 1921, in
which the friendly Indians partici-
pated, wild turkey was the chief
delicacy. Once this elusive bird
was plentiful, but now the wild
species is all but extinct. In only
a few sections of the country the
wild turkey may be found. 1t be-
gins to look as though the domestic
turkey is destined to go the way
Of it's progenitor. Young turkeys
are hard to raise and the Thanks
giving and Christmas demand ex-
ceeds the supply. No one wants to
see the day when the turkey has
from the land and the
proud gobbler struts and fumes no
more.
There is no substitute for the tur-
key gobbler in sight. AS compared |
with him, the rooster is plebian, and
the gander "a lesser breed without
the law" The gobbler is symbol
Of prosperity and a token of hospi-
tality as well.
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FAMILY LIFE NOT GOING.