Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . and the machinery issubservient to the goods on sale. D. Bolster, with Peart BrothersHardware Company, Regina, utilized amechanical windmill in one of his holi-day trims a year ago, thepicture showing the wheel re-volving on the side of a tower, at thebase of which is a display of cutlery,silverware and cut glass, with smallprice tickets on each article. On thesides were Gillette safety razors, onshelves, Bissells carpet sweepers, shav-ing strops, and carving sets on cardssuspended on the walls. The windmillwas driven by a fan motor having a foal-
Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . and the machinery issubservient to the goods on sale. D. Bolster, with Peart BrothersHardware Company, Regina, utilized amechanical windmill in one of his holi-day trims a year ago, thepicture showing the wheel re-volving on the side of a tower, at thebase of which is a display of cutlery,silverware and cut glass, with smallprice tickets on each article. On thesides were Gillette safety razors, onshelves, Bissells carpet sweepers, shav-ing strops, and carving sets on cardssuspended on the walls. The windmillwas driven by a fan motor having a foal-foot pulley to reduce the speed from 1,-700 to 22 , to give thespoons shown on the blades of the wheela proper display. The tower of thewindmill, however, occupied too muchvaluable space. White bunting foldedneatly over pink paper gave a neat coloreffect to the entire window. Fred C. Hill, with Watts & Bates, , Ontario, did not have aslarge a window to work upon, and rathertailed to take advantage of the display. Mechanical Windmill Window Display, Arranged for Peart Bros., Regina, Sask., Last Christmas by Donald Bolster. 34 HARDWARE AND METAL space and the wall and backgi-ound. Thegeneral scheme of his mechanical at-traction is excellent, however, and verywell carried out, the buildings being inkeeping with the size of the larger variety of goods could havebeen shown though in the space at thebase of the window. Instead of showingcase goods and flatware exclusively, thewindow would have looked much betterif some cut glass and plated ware werealso shown. The scene is typical of winter. Inone corner was a small four-roomedhouse, designed and constructed by , and alongside is an artificial riverwith an old mill on the opposite river was made of galvanized iron,four feet long, four inches deep, andtwelve inches wide, the banks beingstones covered with snow. A bridge play, or the merchant and clerks maylack the mechanical ingenuity
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