Milford chronicle., 1930-09-26
NATIONAL HOME FURNISHINGS
STYLE SHOW In WILMINGTON

One of the largest and most in
teresting cooperative events ever
to be held in Wilmington is the Ma
tiOnal Home Furnishing Style Show,
September 26th to October 4th. The
affair is sponsored by the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce through
its Furniture Dealers Division of
the Mercantile Section, and will be
open night and day during the pc
riod, in the stores of those officially
participating.
The Style Show in Wilmington is
part of great national movement
to bring before the public the latest
styles and trends in home furnish
ings, and to arouse realization of
the lasting charm and comfort that
can be secured from a well-appoint-
ed home.
The event is being held simultan-
eOusly in nearly five hundred COM
munities in all parts of the United
States. Intensive preparation has
been under way for six months for
the Style Show, which is the first
exposition of furniture styles ever to
be held on a national scale.
Thirteen establishments in Will
mington have prepared extensive
displays and program features for
the Style Show. Those officially par
ticipating are: John H. Brand Com
pany, Fifth and Shipley streets; P.
]. Butler Furniture Company, 219
Market street; John T. Feeney, Inc,
7O9 Shipley street; H. Feinberg, Inc,
sos King street; Hurley-Powell Co.,
us King street; Mcmahon Brothers,
Inc, 600 King street; the M. Megary
and Son Company, Sixth and Tatnall
streets; Miller Brothers Company,
Ninth and King streets; Munday
Brothers, S13 King street; Ellwood
Souder and Sons Company, Ninth
and Orange streets; Stern and Com
pany, Seventh and Shipley streets;
Wilmington Furniture Company,
Ninth and King streets, and Bay
nard's, Inc, Fifth and Market
streets, which, although a jewelry
store, is participating by virtue of
its line of china, glassware, and sill
yer appointments for the home.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made
with Radio Station WDEL for the
broadcast of talk by Dorothy Dix,
well-known authority on the home,
on Capturing Charm with Home
Furnishings" A welcome address,
by Mayor George w. K. Forrest, of
Wilmington, officially opening the
Style Show will be broadcast Fri
day evening, September 26th, at 900
O'Clock.
One of the leading features to be
seen in Wilmington stores during
the Style Show will be the modern
room displays, in which furnishings
will be arranged to obtain the
greatest balance and harmony-the
desired interest. Summing up what
constitutes interest" in a room,
will be found proper arrangement,
suitability and usefulness of the
pieces, appropriate wall hangings
and pictures, use of pleasing acces-
sories, and a color scheme that
lends harmony to the entire setting.
Many of the stores will have win
dow exhibits of rare antiques, 9th
ers will feature brilliant Oriental
rugs, and ensemble exhibits of at
tractively furnished in dividua
rooms, and still others will have
miniature factories showing how a
piece of furniture is made.
There will also be speakers in the |
various stores who will tell of the !
advances made in home furnishings,
and the pleasures to be found in in
terror decorating, and who will Of
fer suggestions on how to most
.astefully furnish the home.
The Style Show will be staged in
entirely through the eff
iorts of its local dealers. All par
report that they have
bought the latest merchandise shown
1t the summer markets, and all of
his will be on display at the Show.