. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. complished much inthis linCj but Canadians were not sIoavto show their appreciation of such work. Space in the new hall devoted to hor-ticulture and fioraculture was taxed toits limit. The products of the Canadian factorywere shown to advantage in Manufac-turers building. It was amazing to seethe number of lines of the immense manufacturingwhich will be carried on in Canada, say,at the close of the present century, ex- be denied the Weir Wardrobe Co., ofCanada, whose head office is in MountForest, Ontario, and whose fine exhibitof sto
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. complished much inthis linCj but Canadians were not sIoavto show their appreciation of such work. Space in the new hall devoted to hor-ticulture and fioraculture was taxed toits limit. The products of the Canadian factorywere shown to advantage in Manufac-turers building. It was amazing to seethe number of lines of the immense manufacturingwhich will be carried on in Canada, say,at the close of the present century, ex- be denied the Weir Wardrobe Co., ofCanada, whose head office is in MountForest, Ontario, and whose fine exhibitof store and house wardrobes in theProcess building attracted much atten-tion. Mr. Roderick Weir, managing direc-tor of the company, made a thoroughstudy of the handling of ready-to-weargarments. The custom of piling themon tables in the middle of stores was agreat handicap to the merchant. It re-quired a large amount of floor space,which was not always available, at thesame time rendering it impossible forthe salesman to show the goods to ad-. The Mclntyre Ideal Silent Salesman. claimed a visitor. Who would not wishto have a forecast of life in this coun-try a hundred years hence, when all theCanadian resources will be developed?But the mind of the Exhibition visitorwas taken up with the progress madeduring the last century. The Weir Wardrobe Co. One of the greatest innovations instore fixtures is the wardrobe system. Afew years ago this system would havebeen considered a luxury instead of anecessity, but its introduction has solvedthe problem of successfully handlingand selling ready-to-wear stocks. Thecredit of solving this problem cannot vantage. The average store hand wasinclined to show only the fresher goods,leaving the other stock at the bottom ofthe pile. This resulted often in leavingstock on the merchants hands whichhe could not dispose of. By using the Weir Wardrobe, goodscan be hung and classified, according totheir sizes. The salesman, in drawingout the extension slide,
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