Identifier: electricalnewsen31donm (find matches)
Title: Electrical news and engineering
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Electrical engineering
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. (etc.) Southam-Maclean Publications
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Have an electric train infront of the tree with a track properly laid out. A cardmight be attached bearing- the words For That Good Boy.To balance the tree, arrange a vacuum cleaner on the righthand side of the window. This also should bear an appro-priate card. Small, daintily wrapped packages should be at-tached to the tree each bearing cards with Christmas greet-ings, addressed to some member of a family. Articles suchas radio set, electric iron or grill, can be grouped around thebottom of the tree. In the other window a large bell or Santa Claus headcan be set at the back centre and tinsel run to a floor lamp,portable lamp, percolator and so on, grouped nicely in thewindow and bearing gift cards with holly decorations.For A Large Window .\nother plan for a store with one large window, wherethe owner feels that he is justified in giving a reasonableamount of attention to the display, consists in dressing upthe whole window to represent the scene in a well-to-do THE ELECTRICAL NEWS
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THE ELECTRICAL NEWS home on Christmas inorniiij;. The backsround has to hewell liuilt up and curtains arc hung to suggest the walls ofa room. A fireplace occupies the left side of the windowand a Christmas tree the right hand side. A table is placedin the centre, and groupings of various electrical gifts arearranged about. A wax figure may be used to advantage,The setting, is somewhat elaborate but the man whose estab-lishment enables him to carry it out will be well repaid. One dealer with a very small window solved the prol)- said a prominent retailer yesterday window looks pretty nice, doesnt it? \V change it again before Christmas, to keep it lookin Youve got to do it if you want business. \iid 1 tell you my 1 am going to fresh. The General Effect The general effect of everybody boosting for Christ-mas business with special windows is to start the publicthinking about electrical gifts—the effect is similar to the

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