Arrange the articles to create continuity. It isn’t necessary that each item be seen from every angle. Avoid over-crowding; it has a tendency to confuse and tire the window-shopper. He may walk away and perhaps miss the essence of your message.
Not until you have had your “dress rehearsal” are you ready to install your display in the store window. The pet peeve of any shopkeeper is to have his store upset while windows are being dressed, especially if the job takes too long. Agree on the time convenient to him, then do the job rapidly and neatly. Don’t send the whole gang over. Pick two or three good workers and let them handle it. A good job done efficiently will undoubtedly get you a return invitation next year.
THE DUST OF THE ROUND-UP SETTLES
★ The Round-Up that started along the Old Scouting Trail three months ago is heading for the biggest event of all—the final “branding,” when the “mavericks,” the new boys brought into Scouting this fall, are formally and officially brought into the corral.
The “branding” ceremony, which should be staged in early December, can be one of the most colorful events your Unit ever held. Put it on with all the spirit and zip of a real western event. Use imagination in the staging—a few corral fence rails in the background, a fire “burning” in front, and the investiture team in cowboy togs. Think in western terms when you write the investiture script. Act out the Round-Up and branding with a nice combination of cowboy color and dignity, and your new boys and your public will remember the night of the “branding” ceremony for a long, long time.
When that final ceremony is staged, the “branding” done, we will have time to lean back against the old corral fence and take stock of the results.
What do we see as the dust of our Round-Up settles? How well did we round up the strays? Are there still boys “out there” who should be getting Scouting, and who could be, if we were really on our toes?