Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . ron bar which shows inthe photo, which made a splendid back-ground for the window, but as thephotographer couldnt photograph the THE CANADIAN GROCER a ferris wheel, which, however, did notstrike the .iudges so favorably as theone shown. While thej- sent no de-tailed discription of this window thephoto pretty well explains it. The py-ramid idea has been carried out to forman attractive display and cer-tainly Christmas goods are wellput forward. The display, like manyof the others, might have been mademuch more effective by the use of well-written price ticke
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . ron bar which shows inthe photo, which made a splendid back-ground for the window, but as thephotographer couldnt photograph the THE CANADIAN GROCER a ferris wheel, which, however, did notstrike the .iudges so favorably as theone shown. While thej- sent no de-tailed discription of this window thephoto pretty well explains it. The py-ramid idea has been carried out to forman attractive display and cer-tainly Christmas goods are wellput forward. The display, like manyof the others, might have been mademuch more effective by the use of well-written price tickets. a number which, while not prize-winners,were not far behind them. A window sent by E. A. Reed, clerkwith W. Dowling & Co., Brandon, Man.,who, by the way, was one of the prize-winners last year, shows a novel ar-rangement of Christmas goods andconfectionery, with an arched back-ground of latticework and canned goodstrimmed with Christmas stockings andbells to give a pleasing effect. A mir-ror in the side of the window bearing. WINDOW DRESSING COMPETITION—1ST PRIZE WINDOW, CLASS II. window until after Xmas, the turkeyswith one exception had to go and I feelit would iiave helped the appearanceof the window very considerably hadllicy appeared in the photo. Kirk Bros., Bracebridge, whose win-dow, chiefly a fruit display, carried offthe second prize in Class II., is repro-duced herewith, sent another windowwhich .was rather novel, in the Some of the Other Entries. While the above are the features ofthe prize-winners, which, of course, de-serve to be treated at some length, thereare besides these a large number ofwindows which are worthy of specialmention, some of .which will be repro-duced in various, issues throughout theyear. From the city .grocers there were46 words of greeting was an added fea-ture. A window from White ? & Gillespie,Peterboro, also came well up in thisclass. In this the floor was covered withdried fruits and a diamond-shaped dis-play in the centre
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