Michigan Artisan; 1906-01-25

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ----- ---- -- .-- ".~ 1 .26th Year---No. 14 JANUARY 25, 1906 One Dollar Per Year fl~"I· '~'~~ II ~ WHO LOOKS NOT BEFORE, FINDS HIMSELF BEHIND! WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT, THAT IN OUR LINE FOR SPRING SEASON 1906 THERE IS VARIETY-DASH AND STYLES WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED TO BRING OUT-THIS BEING MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR IM-PROVED FACILITIES, RE-ARRANGE-MENT OF METHODS AND CON-STRUCTION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANY DEALER WHO HANDLES GOODS OF OUR LINE WILL FIND THEM WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE, QUICK SELLERS AND GOOD PROFIT PRODUCERS. WE HAVE A NEW CATALOGUE MAKING AND A POSTALREQUES'f WILL SURELY PUT YOU ON THE LIST. DINING ROOM SUITES BUFFETS SIDEBOARDS. CASTERED, SECTIONAL BOOK-CASES. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. CRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Very Popular Colonials No. 1831 Top 22 x 16. Mahogany, Carved Edge. Dull or Polished. Price $7.00 Each Handsome Colonial patterns, to meet the latest demands in style are being constantly prepared by our Two Skilled Designers. We guarantee critical inspection of every piece by Two Expert Inspec-tors. Our complete Line shown during January at Chicago, I3 19 Mich. Ave., 7th Floor, in charge of Mr. J. W. Smith, and Mr. H. S. Smith. New York: 428 Lexington Ave., 5th Floor, in charge of Mr. A. Weston Smith. Wolverine Manufacturing Co. DETROIT, MICHIGAN MR. KROLL'S AGREEABLE SURPRISE. 26th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. JANUARY 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. His Visit to the Gral1d Rapids Market an Education. \\'hell 11. D. Shattnck of UU=,tUIl. buyer hw I!Ollghtoll & J)utton':-.;fnrnittt:"c dep;'lrttlH'llt. c;\ll1C to the January exposi- 'i'lll, he was acc\)lllpanied by Charles K~'()ll, the dry goods huyer fur the same C(ltllp:llly. 1t ,vas tbe latter's first visit to the lnarkel-"ma<!c," said he, "jl1st 011t ()f curiosity," After an inspectio11 ot' the market ::'IlL [(.roll expressed his snrprise ;111(\ astonishment at the 11l<lg-llilicCl1cc. the quality ,\1ld the l~()111pldenes,'i (If the exhibits and above all the absence of c'!ll\"elltiollillity. A cumparisun bctvrccll tJJe dry guods 111a~·- kct and the furniture market made by hinl shows that furni- Inre is sold on its merits and not on price alonc, a fact ·which met the great approval of ?vTT. Kroll anti which elicited the wish that in his line of buying husiness might be conducted ,111 the samc basis. Furnishing the Hall. Halls that. are e,lSY to treat are those ·where the stair-case turns ahove <t platform near the base of the stairs. A pretty scheme has white paint, ;\1](:1rcd felt wails, with a cream ceiling. A dado (Ol[ warm Persian design jn paper protects the 100ver \valls. The staircasc winds until it comes opposite the front door, and with a mabogall:r handrail and thin white spindles h;:15an old world appearance. This hall is square and with a sofa and a table makes an attractive reception hall, although it is sm;dl, and only all old house on a stt·eet with no garden in hont. Another hrdl in a l,lrge colonial honse, in the country, possesses a wide staircase with a balcony leading to the second flight. which continues up the othel· side. A large two toned. green foliage p;tper covers the walls broken only by a chair rail. Lots of light comcs from the staircase windows and door windows. and the white woodwork and (lId m;l!lOg;l11Y flrllitl1re <,etchmake the Sl11TOlllHlings;\11([ help \0 make a ple;lsiug- imprcs;;ioll rf the walls of a hall a:·c high, they lLlttst be broken h.v llwulding, and it seems most practicable to have <I dado of hurlap, paper 0,· paint. This should be ill proportion to the height of the \vall on the staircase. One might have the dado rencwed without undue expenditure, whcn (as the eu-tire hall always costs money) expense could be saved. Avoid large figures, also set figures. One rarely sees so-called "hall paper" that is suitable for the purpose. They are mostly badly drawn, and poo:·ly colored, and the poor creatures who are talked into buying them are much to be pitied. There is a Jap811csC chrysanthemum papel·, made in a11 shades, two tonc which is entirely a background paper; it is sold as a bedroom paper, hut it is peculiarly well adapted Ior a ball. It was ncw last spring, and costs twenty cellts: although treated in a Jajl,l11ese manner. it is American in make. Plain felt papc ;; are good, and economical, espec-ially above a stained burlap dado, but they certainly fadc. J.et the halls look inviting lla\"(~ a little table near the door, a mirror, and a chair or settee, but do not !l;n'e comhi-nation scats or painted drain pipe~ for umbrellas, and large p;lttemcd carpds 011 the Boo,s. 'staineu floors and rng.'i which can be ~1Jakell at least twice a ",'cek, {)are stairs, or velvet carpets (If neat Persian designs; sheer wil'Ldow cur-t. ains that let ill all the available ligbt. copper bmvls for cards, ;llld a growing plant llr fern 011 tbe t;\hlc; these are the little deL\ib t!l;lt l11;lke a succes~ft11 hall. Chicago Furniture Dealer's Narrow Escape in BJieaeh of Promise' Suit. A furniture dealer of Chicago n;l111ed\Iax Provll.:'; be~~allLc infatuated with a young lady's photograph and a con-e~pol1- dence ensued \vhich in duc time led to a proposal of mar-nage. Provn5 wished the young lady, ).liss Shafer, who is a Russian. to come to America and she consented. Tn the meantime before her arrival in this country, Provus married a .Miss Schoenberg. \Vben Tvliss Shafer arrived in Chicago, she sued Pronts for breach of promise, and $10,000 damages were asked. Defore the suit \vas tried 1\1iss Shafer met and married Samuel Perlman So the furniture lnan narrow-ly csc[lped the payment of $10,000. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes J,lANurACTURCD DNt-y a y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHINti CO. ZS!I-63 ELSTONA.VEmZ-16 SLOAN ST, CH I CACO. 4 "Cyco" Bearing SWEEPER The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just 85 Good" kind, bot the BEST. The kind that sellsltse1f and always pays the dealer a good profit. Our line for 190h will be the largest. most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi-ence alone can produce) that has ever been offered to the trade. You don't have to waste your time talking the Bissell to sell it, as its reputation is too well known. The advertisements of the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer. BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) BRANCHES: NEW YORI{ (Easteren office, salesroom and export dept.) 25 Warren St. LONDONl,..ENGLAND(Office and warehouse) ~ Wilson St. Finsbury, E. C. TORONTO, CA~.ADA,Office alld fadory, l8'20 Pea,1 St. PARIS, FR'NCE, (Omce and factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigne-rs. All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for Catalogue No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety GUiU"d. Yukon EGonOmiG Refrigerators AND 6hllkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED There are exc-ellent reasons why you should buy the above. The catalog tells you what they are, Send for one. The Michigan Barrel Co. 670 CANAL IT. GRAND R.APIDI. "'Ie". RICIIMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN Smith N... 328 All Iron ~ $3.75 net & Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUIS MAKERS OF Patented July 15, 190~. No. 704702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of. rails answer instead of having two stocks, ODe of regular, the other inverted. Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. \i\Jeight, 67 lbs. METAL BEDS ... WITH STANDARD .-t REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible RaU SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE YOURS FOR THE ASKING A CATALOGUE OF The Estey Standard Line Large and complete and can't be beat. Drop a postal card to ESTEY MANUF ACTURING CO. owosso, MICH. THE BUILDERS OF ====The ==== Northern Line are showing DISTINCT ADV ANT AGES in making Design, Finish and Construction the Important Factors No. 90. BED. Fun Si,.. 74 in. high. Poli,hud Q".""ud Gnlden O.k. GIVING IT Mahogany, Bidsye Maple. PHYSICAL as well as ARTISTIC STRENGTH The Line as it will be shown in January will be WELL BALANCED as to GRADE and PRICE and will STIMULATE DEMAND in the broadest sense of the term. NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN LMannl.ctnre" 01 BED ROOM, DINING ROOM, .nd KITCHEN FURNITURE No. 2090. DRESSER Toy 24x44. Plate 24x30. Full Swell Polished O!!ar-tercd Golden Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SEND FOR CATALOGUE PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETS HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS DRESSERS Princess Dressers Misses' Dressers Manufactured by WRITE FOR CATALOGUE, CHIFFONIERS Liberty Furniture Company Jamestown, N. Y. In Golden, Curley Birch, Golden Oak, Mahogany Veneer and Birdseye Maple. . 8 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND H.APIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO. . . . , , 12.35 Noon Y.uffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun , 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night AT. CHICAGO •.........•........•.... 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping C8.r Pbone Union StatioD for Re•• rvatlons To Grand Rapids [,v. CHICAGO 8:45 A.M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•••••. , ••...•••.•.. 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, i"iihCSt~:~~WEx~.~ Sun.. . . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 5.50 P. M. Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, r:ihcs&~~ti't1E~x. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlnrt Ca.. Lv. CHICAGO, NibCSt~~~~D~aily Il-55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r Phone Mlchlian CeDtl'll. City Ticket Office for Reservations. 119 Adam. Street Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE I, QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE aod CURLY BIRCH CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Cases SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding~HallManufacturing Co. BELDING. MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street,New York, 196 Momoe Sl., Chicago. 10 MATTRESS VALUES. Process of Manufacture Explained. This article is written at the suggestion of a well kllo\VIl retail furniture dealer who made the following statement: "I find on investigati.on that the mattress and bed business is the most profitable branch of our trade, and considering the capital invested, very much t11C best. I am informed that you wefe among the first, if not the first, mattress 111<11111- facttlrer in this country to 'break away' from the old and in-ferior methods. I also remember thn1 the first cotton felt MliPufactured11J.y Ranney Refrilleraror Co .• Greenville, Mich, mattres J ever saw ""as ('xhibitcd hy yOll at Grand Rapids ahout eleven years ago, and T do not remember that any nthcr manufacturer was offering them to the trade at that tinLe. r am seeking information on the subject of mattresses, and shall propound the same qucStiOllS which I now ask you, to other manufacturers before T leave the, market." Different Grades of Cotton F~lt. The first qll(~stion discussed was the relative real value of the different g;'ades of cotton felt. To cover this point it was necessary -to explain as briefly as possible the present llH·~thod of producing cotton felt, which is ,\S follows: The raw cotton is takcn from the bale and passed through an "opener" or beater"~ which loosens it up, in which condition the Just and foreign matter can be cxtractcd by means of air currents, screens, etc. It then goes to the carding engine, where it is carded or combed into thin gauzy sheets of such delicate texture as might be compared with a lady's veil. These sheets are folded back ..v.ard and forward by a special machine, scveral thousand folds forming a "batt" of the de-sired thickness. These "batts" form the layers in a cotton felt mattress. In the handling of the stock through the above process there is an average loss or shrinkage of thir-ty per cent About ten per cent of this loss is absolute, be-ing dust, saud and other foreign matter. Twenty per cent, however, appears in the form of short fibers of pure cotton which have been combed ont by the carding process and are found collected in and around carding engines and the open-er. The long staple has all been carded into the gauzy web which forms the "hatt" ami a certaill percentage of sbort stock as well, but as abo ...e. stated abont twenty per cent of the original amount is lost unless reclaimed. As a method 71R T I >5' JI.J'J' e 7$. of reclaiming this hventy pcr cent of waste, a second and in- (erior grade of feit nnttress was found expedient. Taking advantage of the bet that a certain pe'centage of short staple can be c<lrded into the weh ,'vith the long staple cottOll, manufacturers of felt mattresses have taken the waste from the highest class of cotton manufactured'by them, mixing it with a lower grade of cotton, and producing a lower and less costly grade of felt; ag;:tin taking the waste. rcpeating the process, and each time producing a g;-ade inferior and less costly, It is to be regretted that some manufacturers have carried their ideas of reclaiming this waste beyond the limits of utility, and in many cases to the actual detriment of the business, it being impossible for dealers and consumers to judgc thc valuc_ of a felt mattreSS except by using the article. Tn this OllC can readily see the origin of the many grades of felt mattresses offered in the market by some manufacturers. The comparntive value of the felt nwde in the original or first process withollt the waste, and of the felt 111ilde by the fifth 0;' sixth proccss, in which the -v.'astc has been mixed, can he readlly imagined, f;spec1ally hy one w1w is aware of the Lt-l that the length of the st;ll)le or libel' of cotton contrihutes illlly ninety per cellt to its real value in a cattail felt lrtattress. The h\ea~hing prn~es5 is sonwti\l1cs res')rted to after the third or fourth process of carding. for the purpose of making LIp in appearance whnt the stock lacks in real value, hut the effect of the disillteg--:\ting chemic:tls used ill the bleaching proccss has been found exceedingly dct:-imental to the prac-tical value fn cot1011 felt, as it takes away its resiliency, and \",ill doubtless be abandol1cd altogether for this reason, a1- thOllg\1 m,Uly (lealers (lnd consumexs are deceived hy its ap-pearancc. Tt is to he reg·retted that inferior g;'ades of felt mattresses have b(~en offered by manufactnrers and demanded hy dealers. -in view of the fact that consumers were prepan'd to pay a price for the ;\1 ticle commenSllrate with its callie. The next question was, "\iVhat is the comparative valtH' of curled hair and cotton felt as a filling for mattresses?" T have :dways conceded that curled hair is far superior to cotton felt as a mattress filling, if the 'cost is not to he con-sidered. Curled hair is the most perfect fibre, for mattresses known at the lwesent time, being the most resilient, but good curled hair (long staple) has a high market value. It is true that a good cotton felt mattress is a more satisfactory article at the same cost, than a very low priced hair mattress, but a customer who wants the best regardless of cost will do well to consider the merits of long curled hair. And here I want to refute the charge that all curled hair is obtained from the cilrcassesof -infected beasts. Repl1table manufactluers of curled hair are scrupulously ca:-eful in the cleansing and prep-aration of the product, and it is safe to say that fully ninety per cent of all hair used in mattresses is taken from slaugh-tered or Hve beasts, and not from infected carcasses. Fur-thermore, in the process of curling hair it is subjected to heat of suJlicient intensity to destroy all germs. The next question discussed was the ticking or covering for a mattress and its construction. It was my opinion that the cloth should be sufficiently strong to retain the filling ma-terial, and for commercial reasons should be of cost propor-tionate to the calculated life of the" article. It is, of course, essential that every seam in the COllstructi~n of a mattress tick should be cqually as strong and substantial as the ticking itself. In the fierc.e war of c.ompetiti.on th.e 'double sewed" mattress tick was abandoned many years ago, and fe\V dealers who arc now in the business have ever seen such a thing. To construct a tick by the, "double seam" process, it was first formed and joined "wrong side out," and one seam run all around. It was then turned "right side out," each seam was doubled back and covered with a heavy tape or braid; a sec-ond sealll was then run around it, passing through -and secur-ing the braid while at the same time it gave a double strength to the parts united. Old Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. This process more than doubled the lahor cost oyer the process ]l(l\V in ('onUllOIl use, hut mving- h\ the f~lct th:lt tJ](· rig 1 difference in c011structinn wa;:; 110t apjl;\:-vnt to the casual oh-server it was -abandoned. 111 Figuc 1 i.'"i hOWll the proC(,!-i~ of "double seaming." Present Common Method of Joining Mattre~s Ticks. Single S.. ~- '~ Tn figure 2 is sho-wn the ordinary method 01: the present day used in the construction of so-called "bound ticks. ' and in Fig 3 • (q,i:-llre 3 is shown the dotlhlc welt, a scam produced hy an Double Welt Seam Improves Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. atlachlllcnt for a sevving machinc which has becn recently in-vented, and which will dOUbtless c(lrne into general use, o\ving to the fact that this seam can he lL'oduced by meaHS of this ,at<ichmcnt at a trilling cost ovn the common method of bind-ing, and is much strong'er than the tick itsclf. The next important point discussed was the comparative value of thc imperial edge finish Of "roll edgc" over the com-mon ~tyc of "bliud stitching" or side stitching. Showing Natural Form of Edge Before Finishing. Referring; tC) the illustrations, rlgure 4 represents a piece cut ont of a mattress with a knife, the same ftS you wOl\ld cnt a cheese, Of in technical phraseology a "sectiour:d view." This mattress has heen brought dowll to a level hy the tufts, and it will be 110te<1 that the edge is round, assuming the form 11 which any bag will assume \vhen filled with rcsilient m<lterial. To produce a square or rectangular form thc edge of a mat-tress 111\1:,t be stiffened and reinrorced by S011le 111eans. and the ordinary blind stitching or ';side stitching'· \Vas used for Blind Stitching. this 1)(1:·po~e. As shown in Ilgue .1 ~tichcs WC1"e pass('d around a portion of the resilient material awl back a~:;-;lill rhHl11gh tIle ticking, d.awing the cflg;e of the mattre~s in and givill:-;- it the desired rCclangn1:tr iurm. line shows the original form. Eff,ect of Service on Blind Stitched Edge. The dotted hgllre 6 show~ the generic defect of this process. It will be observed h.y reference to thi~ ilhlstr~ltion that tht: rcsiliellt materiri.l has become somewhat separated, and that t.he lIiltui"al pressure whi("h ("c,mes by the lIse of a mattress has forced the edge (jut almost to its original imperfect form -,-Olle oj lile r~as()lls \vhy mattresses spread in service :111(\ hecoIlle lon large for the hed which they originally lit. Advantage of Imperial Edge Finish. Fig-me 7 shows the Cllllstnlction of the imperial edge, the l1tility of whieh is obviolls. The stitches pass through the ticking and top of the llUlltrcss as \'V-ell as on the side, awl , , form :l gcolllelrict1 arch which will Hot yield to pressure so long ,IS the cords arc intact. This style of ilnishing, \vhile rcquiring a greater deg1-ee of skill in its pfoper execution, 1."1much more desirable, ;\l1d <'ldds double its cost to the value of a mattress. C. A. FISHER. ~- The Luce Furniture GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Ask the Attention of Furniture Dealers We Manufacture Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture in Mahogany, Oak. Birch and Maple, Century Furniture Co. F ac.tory and Sale",room 153-159 Canal st., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INCREASED FACIUTIES DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF fiNE Parlor and Library Furniture ANEWLINEOF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Exclusive and Pure in D",.il!n LARGER LINE Co. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE, Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids.. . 2:45p. m. 7:05p. m. Ar Philadetphia , 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New York. _.. . 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Rlock. Two Fast Trains C. A, JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. • Lv Gd RapIds 710 am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd Rapids 12 OSIITi Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Raplds 4:25 pm Ar Chicago 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily AT Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Pllr!o:ITcars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TNREE TRI\INS D ET R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:40 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served II. la carte all trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains i seat rate, 25 cents. fOUR TRI\INS TO AND fROM CmCAGO H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSHNGKRAGENT, PHONE: 1168 Grand Rapid_, Mich. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" DOUBLE THE NUMBE.R of Mahogany Patterns and a largely increased number of patterns in Quartered OaK are shown in our Spring Line. Ct:lAMBER SUITES. SIDEBOARDS. Ct:lIFFONIERS. DRESSERS and TOILETS. WRITE FOR NEW CATALOGUE. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibits Chicago, 141 t Michigan Avenue. Fourth Floor, in charge ofF. L, Billings. New York. Furniture Exchange. Fifth Floor. No. 33, inchargenfGeo. C. Dyer. Makers of Library Suites. Library Book Cases, Music Cabinets, Ladies' Parlor Desks. Medicine Cabinets THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WE manufacture the larg-e$ t Hne of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cots. and Cribs in a larg-e variety. . . . Send lor Ca.taloglle R[ld Prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. ASHLAMD. OHIO QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~ OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTR<\ WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figuu preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Valley City Desk Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A most successful sale in the market speaks for it-self. Seeing is believing. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER and STANDING DESKS Irrilt ilt OJUf lor }/(''It' Spring Caft/log. MAiled If) dtdJen only. The Ford en Johnson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF "'Fiber Rush" and "'Malacca" Furniture ALSO Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; alw in Solid Mahogany. SALESR OOMS .. Cl!itdgl), Neu/ l'(Irk, BriSton, ft1dHq Cincinnilti, O.~ Frllllkfort, Ky., Atltmfa, Ga. GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St.. and Indiana Ave., CHICAGO. No. 3jlJ;..f C 2 L. THE EVIL EYE'S SPELL. Anna Eva Fay's Prediction Proved an Unhappy One for Providence Dealers. Tlle merchants of Providcuce cOlllplailL that the last h"liday trade ,vas not up to its usual Inark owing to All11a Eva Fay's malign predicti011 of a boiler explosion, due to take place ill the furniture department of some store. The result was that many would-he pllrch,lsers \",ere influenced awl made IW ]>l1n:hascs. ,\1](1 others went to Bost(IJ\ lor their shopping. Tl\(, s('nsih](- nul'S, of COllrsc. were not influ-enced. oIll' fl,"1l1 \\'Cllt Sll far :l:-' to (Iraw tll(' lires l'om their heating apparattl:-'> aud to SPClut sC\Tral hundred dollars ~1c1- yertising the fact. It migbt he \vell. ,llllJther Chrisllll;\S season to have ~\lllla Eva Fay packed ofT s;tfely tn EW(llH.' :llld ,,0 insl1re a better trade. 1\Teedless to say, the e:\plosioll fnilcd to arrive. Important Ruling in Insurance Case. The supreme court ()f i\!illllt'''ota 1t;ls (lecided that ill ~'ilse of fli·C. !Julieie" arc \i)id llilles," s;lid prllpnly and huild-ing" ane o\ulcd hy the 111Sl1r('(\ The case in (jl1estioll was that ui Parsuns, l:':'ich and Cll111P;lll}', Ill<lIlUfacturers or l\'cw (on. la. 1\1'1'. P;trSOIlS owned ;111(\It'a~ed 1Ji~ IHOpCl-ty to tll!..: el,II1lJlal1y ill which hc had all interest and when the hnildill.~-S \\'cre damag-ed by j-ire: the recei\"er of the bankrupt ill sur-anee cumpany rdl1~e(1 to admit their claim ;IS yalid, The judgc directed tlll' return of the premillms alld g';"'C his \)pillioll ill tile case as fullo\vs: Tbe provision with rc:ierellce to cnvnership alHl title applied tu the existing conditiol1s and not to fnture Cll;lllg,,-,S in title. It \\'<'lS incumbent llpon tile applicant to disclose the natllre of the title.. ~'* .\n insurance company can!lot lake advJntagc of a condition in its Jlolicy to avoid pa}'melLt of a l()ss when the facts, which hy its terms inval itlate the !JlJlicywcrc known to it or its agent, when it issued the policy, * * * \Vhen a policy of insurance ncver atlaches, and no risk is ,lsslnned, the insured may recover back the prel11iu111S, unless he has been guilty of fraud, or tbe contr;\ct is illegal, and he is in part delicto. :I: * * Tbe contract is entire ;lllcl the increase of a moral hazard caused b:r thc COllditiOll oi a title to the land upon which tbe building's stood, affeeled the elltire property, which was destroyed. Entitled to Trade Discount. The Slllith Table C01l1pany sued P. \V. i\ladscn of Salt Like City to recover a balance said to be clue for the salt:: 15 The defendant was to receive a cash if aCCol1l1t was paid within fifteen of ccrtain furniture. disCOll11t of fifteen per cel1t days. The defendant contended th;,!: he was to have \'v·bat IS knO\Vll as a "trade discount," which meallS a discoullt of that ,llllm11lt if paid within ninety days. The amount of the sale less the fifteen per ccnt discoullt was paid by defendant within ninety days, but the company refused to allow the discount ;l1ld gave the defendant credit for the amount: paid <111(1sued him for the balance. The 10we1" court f01111c1 th,lt tbe agrecment \vas that defendant .~holdd have a tratle diSCOlLnt and hellcc rendered a decision 111 hi,:; favor. 1'he company in its appeal cOlltelllleJ that the salesman \\11\l made the sale !J;j(.1 110 al1tllority to give anything l)11t a Manufactured by Cenlury F umiture Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. c<lsh discoullt and hence exceeded his jurisdiction whell he gave defendant a trade discount. The supreme com·t, 11o\\'(':\,cr, holds that the <\g-ent was tbe general agent of the company in charge of its gcneral salesroom at Grand Rapids, :IIH[ that lie had authority to bind the comp,lIly 011 a uade discol1lJt as well <"ISa cash discount. I F..-Y 0 U H AV ENE V E R T R lED 0 U R RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROIT F'ACTORY OF GOODS CANADI"'N FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMOFlE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT. Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINATION, UPRIG"T and MANHL folding Beds Odd Dressers, Princess Dressers, Napoleon Bedsin Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 18 Pratt Street "It "Was "Worth Coming Three Thousand Miles to See" Remarked a buyer from the Pacific Coast. Of course he referred to the SLIGH LINE. Every-thing for the bedroom Wait for our agents. SLIGH FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. make a specialty of distributing pool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpels, linoleum and interior hnish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. M. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Tran,fer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE ·"~M']f]iIG7fN The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) Th, fad i; NOW DEMONSTRATED 'l~eyond a:l doubt ~hal th~ sale ot ONE REX Inner Tuftel~ Mattres~ \vir cause inquiry sulliciellt :0 sell T\VO and so i: goes on growing and enlarging your husiness ag ours has cnlargeJ- () C R BEST TRADE. \Vrite lor o',n DelY book:et "The King at Tufts," and !earn aJ: abO,lt this Sp:cndir. Ma::rcss. v;,! e hlrnish these heal:.,)fll: :i:tle 20 page houkleu to ClHwmers and. licensed agents. Get on terms, pr:ces, etc. \Vrite right now. Don't wait. A card Hil! do. AllY thing to "ho,v your jnteres~. CHARLES A. FISHER & CO. 1302 M;ch;gan Ave .. CHICAGO, ILL. PFORIA, n!.. ST. I.orns, MO. LiNeOl.H, ILL, )'vllNNEAPOLIS, llnNN. Sole ]'v!anu./arturen under Licenst Amtriow Maltre11 ana' CUJbion Company. 17 SUPREME "SIMPLICITY" No. 556 liS a Davenport. BEST SELLING SPECIALTY IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE IN AMERICA, "Simplicity" Davenport SofA Bed. Seal Raised fot Acce~s 10 Bedding. In Thil Position lhe Bed isself-Suslaininll" EVERY DEALER WHO ASPIRES TO DO HIS SHARE OF THE DAVENPORT BED BUSINESS SHOULD CARRY THIS LINE ALWAYS IN STOCK, Ne'n-' Ctltt1!og Prilltillx,. Jamestown Lounge Company, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK "Simplicity" a8 11 Bed. OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906 CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW AND NATTY CON-CEITS IN THAT "A LITTLI': BETTER THAN SEEMS NEC-ESSARY" FURNITURE. Our Salesmen Have Photos. We Mail Catalogues. ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO, ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child's Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY, HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST Every dealer should have one or more of OUf No. 550 MatHess and Spring Display Racks, Write for Booklet illustrating it. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, VISITING THE FURNITURE MARKETS A GREAT EDUCATION. A Buyer From Olney, Ill., Makes First Visit. B. R. Cooksey, of Olney, 111.,visited Chicago and gave his impressions as follows: "This is my first visit to the furni-ture cX-P05itiof1, :1Il(! horn \vh:tt I h;l\-'c seen of it in th~'ee clays [ dOll't want tll miss !lllOthcr one. I believe I could make more by coming here in one day than if T stayed at bome doing business a week. \Vc have jt1st originated tbe Rich-land County C'-edit and Ratil1g System. This assaciat[i)ll ~l'Cll-CS ratinQ;.~ fo" the deale:'s in our county and they have agents who g-et the past records ;\11(.1 make special reporLs on any ClIst0111cr we m;ly want to know ahollt. The expense PQr ye;lr, to the dcaln, is $15.00. The organization is a pll:"e!y ]I.)cal one and its rules and regubtiollS arc copied from othe: similar organizations. \Vc have lots of competition of the worst kind. The country is wcd<cd to death hy thesc cata-logue houses, which i8 l:lrg-cly due to the fact that Olney is so Hcar Chicagu. To countc)·act this competition we lldver-tise extcnsively to the effect that we will meet the advertising 19 price of anybody. \Ve formed a Merchants' association ahmlt a year ago {o, the ptl'."pose of inducing factories to lo-cate in 01H tmvn. The organization has a secretary, and a la1·gc planing rnill I1mv loc01ted there is one of the best in-stitutions we bllVC landed. Other things in a smallel· way wc have secnred, and negotiations aTe now in progress ,."ith a llumber of other manufacturing eonccrns, some one of which we expect to secure for our eity. \,Ve arc raising mOlley tn cari·y on the wo.k of this associatiull by assessing eve:·y mell1bc;· a ce tain amonnt each month. The member-ship- is faT fln: years. \Ve have no retail (h::ale~s' association in Olney. but 1 have ,since coming to Chicago, joined the Illi-nois Retail Dealers' Associatioll." "Big Lcuie" \11{ ants A Bed. l.(1uis I\foi1aucu. belt!:'r known as ;'Big Louie," who travel-ed \vith Ringling B.os.' ci CllS last summer. but who is now a saloonkeeper, has gin'll ;111 order for a bed suited to his slature and proportiolls. The oilicers ;lncl committees of the piallo dealers associa-tion arc making arrangements for the nation,l1 convention to be beJd ill \Vashington in IVby. l C. F. SCHMOE & CO., Manufacturers of Kitchen Furniture, Shelbyville, Ind, No. 25. f. Plam Oak front, Ash ends HeIght 6 feet 6 Inches. Base 4Rxz6 Pop-lar top Zinc Drain Pan 8lCr6,So lb Flour bl1l; 25 lb Meal bin. RIg cup-board ~pace I drawer and 4 spIce callS Top h illrhes deep Three small drawers. two sugar tlltmg bins, one small cupboard space, one long cupboard space with shelf and glass doors. Finish, Golden Oak, two coat gloss varnish or wax I'1nish, Brass Trimmings. A full alld up.to-date line exhibited on the Eighth Flnor of Mann-facturers' Exhibition Building, 13r? Michigan Ave., Chicago, F. G. Clark and A. G. Su:wart in ch:uge. 1%6 CATALOGUE NOW OUT. EVERYBODY ABOUT OUR PLACE Tries to Make the STARLiNE Better Than Ever No, 95. Made of Selecl Quartered White Oak, One of man)'. Ask fOr the other stwenteen. We have :se-cured the ser-vices of several Gnmd Rapids finbhers of many years ex-peri. ence ill furniture finish-iug. and we :are httter prepared than ever to meet competi· tion of tbe old-est and keenest }illd. {I, sample will convinl:e yo U that aUf goods are as good as th~ best. A postaL card brings you our catalogue with our compli-ments. WRITE FOR JT. SUR fURNITURE COMPANY, Zeeland, Mich. Michigan Central LEAVE Aug. 13, 1905 ARRJVE 7:00 am Toledo & Detroit .. * 6:20 am *11:10 am Toledo Detroit & New York'" 1:00 pm 4:00 pm lacks~n & Inter!:!lediate P'ts 9:30 am 5"20 pm Toledo, Detr?lt & East·.··,·S:1S pm lL30 pm Toledo, DetrOit & East ... ,10:45 pm *Daily. AU other trains daily except Sunday. New York sleeper. fine cafe coach and through Toledo coach on n:lo a. m. train. Thledo coach on 7:00 a. m. tra:n, Detroit and Toledo parlor car 011 5:15 p. m. tra~·w. RUGGLES. G P. & T. A. E. W COVERT, C. P. A. H1E NIAGARA FALLS 1I0\JTE. ------"T"[ ------ YEAGER fURNITURE CO. ALLENTOWN, PA. Upholstered Parlor furniture and Novelties A Large New Line of Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats C"ICAGO 4' We Make Out' Own Frames" EXHIBITS NEW YORK Manufacturers' Exhibition Bldg. 1]19 Michigan Ave. 7th Flour 333 to 1'P Fourth Ave., Corner 25th St. :ld Floor "Rotar~ Sble" for Drop Car~ing5. Embossed Mouldina. Panels, Etc. EmOossinu and DrOD Garvinu MaGhin6S Machines for a II purposes, and al prices wit h i n the reach of all, EveryMachine ~as our guar· antee against breakage for one year UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral Style" for Large Calt8city Heavy Carvings and Deep Embossino.s We have the Machine you wallt at a satisfactory price \Vrite for descriptive circulars. Shelbyville DesK Company MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAHOGANY AND IMITATION QUARTERED OAK, PLAIN OAK In Three Gra.des A full Line, Up-to-Date. Exhibited EIGHTH FLOOR. 1519 Michigan Avenue ~ CHICAGO ~ Write for Lau: Catalogut. Shelbyville. Ind. Morton House Rates $2.50 and Up American ......Plan Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. Robbins Table Co. OWOSSO, MICHIGAN Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other \Voodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agenl, WASHINGTON, D, C. CHAS. S. CHASE, Allent, M. A. HAYS. Agent. 622 Chemical Building. St. Louis, Mo. 225 Dearborn St, Chi cae.. III. No. 286 Improved Extension Table Leaves stored in top Center column does not divide CATALOG AND PRICES TO DEALERS ON REQUEST 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators at RIGHT PRICES Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Sendfor new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRANDHAYEN, MICH., U. S. A. 22 ESTA!3LISHED 1880 F'U6LISHED BY M ICH IGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OF"FICE-2-2Q LYON ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENUIiED ~8 MAT1ER O~ THE 8fCO'lD CLASS l{eal \\'0;t1l di"jlell:-ie:-; with a hra~.:-; 1><111<1. It san'" a 1nt (Ii" word ~attery 1(1 simply lLCSl'llt her with a mirror. An exchalliF' :\H':'" that {in!y a (j(ICI,)!' 'II" :1 (I,'llti,;t Gill re]lair :-;0111etypew:iter,;. OL1, we. don't knuw; :l nc\\, ri.bhon alld <In attachment have been kll()Wll to \\"ork \\,ollde:--i. The clo:-iing of the markets fOj" the ."caSU]) dep:-in's the publishers of the Furniture Journal of the plea:'iures they de-rived daily from their effort .;; to l){1ost Chicago and de"trny the Grnnd Rapids market. The people of St. Louis are united ill a ll1i"l\'Clllcnt III hreak the bridge mOllopoly. For yc"rs tile bridgc O\\'nCTS have exacte<l toll fruUl eve:-y pcrSOIl cllte,-ing- "I' lea\"illg the city over the rivcr and a bnrdCll:,01lH~ l:lX hilS ])eell I('\·i('d ;111(1 collected 011 ('vcry pound of fr{~ight carried over the lrirlges The lIl<\lltlf"cturero; (,f furniture in that city illallg-ur:lted the moyeIlH"llt that has nn;llly resulte([ in the ()i'ganil:lti('I\ (,f Ih" "\[al1t1factuI'crs' Railway enmp;\llY tll carl'y Il11t a ncw lermi-nal and rail!'oad p"(,jc:et. The \ris.~i:-i .;ippi ri\'er will be eithe' bridged with a $3.000/1CO bridge Tnr which land h;lc; beCl] hought, nr a tU\1nel built under till' :-itrcam. It will he a ti'r-minal ,~ystcrn purl' :\lld simJll('. On(' of the many freaks exhibited at the exposition at: Sl. Louis in 1904 was poody-designed, badly-prop(-,j·tioned and faultily constructed chamber suite, furnished by the republic of Cuba. It contained six varieties of ".·.o. od native to the island, and, like ~tllsuch combinations, the colors were in-harmonious, and shocking to the artistic senses. Carv-ing of nO particular sigl1iflcancc ;111(1 " varnish finish on shellac rendered the ensemble offensive tn t:he eye of the he\1olde:' It was stated that the collection ,vas v;lined :It. 525,000. al-though for prac:t.ical purposes, t,venty-livc cellt:-; would be tCl() mllch to pay for it. Effort:-; to sell the lot were 111l.successful and weary of paying" storage charges, it is IJOW propos cd, in vie ..v. of the approaching rnarriage of t.hat Illost popular and altogether charming young lady, l\Iiss Roosevelt, to Con~ gressmail Longworth, to make that y',)nng lady the unwill-ing custodian of the collection. It is stated that the picces are 50 large that nOlle of the rooms in the congressman':-; happy home could contain them and that it \vould be nccess"ry to erect an allnex to the stnlcture in order to house them. If ~liss /\1ice and he cong-ressman were permitted to follow their inclinations they would prohably send it to the back yard to be cut into stove \\'00([, hnt as such a proceeding" would offend the donors and is not to be thought of hy the estimable young lady, the Artis<-ln suggesb that th('. stuff he disposed of by storing it in the )rational 1\TuscU111 at \Vash-ing" ton, with a lot of cxpcnsiYe hut useless furniture ,\-,hich was presented to General Grant du:-ing- his t!'ip arouud the world. It is scarcely worth \",hile t(l express the hope tint the people of the world will cease to make such u"eless stllff as the Cuban chamber suite The 11\.1111bc'·of lines exhibited in ;111 cxposition of furui-t! t C i:-i oi 1ittlc ('(lllSe'lUCIlC(', The quality of the goods cx-p<'~ l'd t,) \·iew and the ,;izc (JI' the lines is iL11Jlu rant. Thl' C:hic~\g-o FllrnitllC J(11Irll:1I, eyer persistent in the pursuit of it,; \l()lic)' III l',,-,tlting' Chicagn alld helittling G:·alldRapids. declare,; that while fOll,. hUlldred lines \\'cre placed on :-iak h~l munth i1\ Chicago, ('Illy two hundred were e:.:posed for c_';\lnination ;111(1 sale ill Grand Rapid,;;. Pe:'haps the JourJnl ila" 11"t 1e:l;'lle(] the fact that no fwnitnre exposition huildin~ f1ul,;irlc '"if G:'a1\d Rapid,; is capable of holding the lincs cf ,;i'i: i1.l.-lliture mallufac1l1:'ers of G,-and Rapids, The sample .; "I' the following cnrp():"atinll.s would t1l0;'C than lill any (JIll' of [he fllrlliture ('xpnsition hl1ildillg.~ of Chicago, 1\C\I' York or St. Loui,,' Berkey & Gay Furniture company, Nc1so11-:\latter !,'u'1llttne ('(It1lp:lny, Sligh Furnitl1:'c compatl}', O;'iel Cabillet company, Lht' Jnhn \Viddicomh company and thc :\lichigan Chait- company. Or the toll()wing combinations v.·'ould '-;('1"\-(' the same llurpnsc: \\'iddicomh Furniture comllan)', Ph'-'CIlix Furniture company, the Grand Rapids Chair C01ll- V~\lly, 1"11ee Furniture cumpany, \Villiam A. Berkey Furnitnre c"mpal1.Y and the Royal Fnrnitl1;'c company. \:() exposition hnil(ling' contains snflicieIlL 1100r space to h'I\I:"(' the fUll(HVil1g lines: Gunn Fllnliture company, Grand R,\pids Fancy Fn:'nitn:'c (ompallY, Imperial Furnitu,e C0111- ]I;\11y. Valley City DC:-ik company, Rettiug Furniture com-pany, Stickley Brothers, Celltury Furniture company, Charle:-i S, Paine company, Central FurlliLure company, and :\'1e11er & Slack company. One thnnsand three-piec(' lines, such as the buyer see:-i in Chic:\g'o, :':-c\V York allil St. Louis would appear in:'>ignifl-- cant whetl compared with several of the big' line:" of G;'alld Rapids, DENVER GROWING RAPIDLY. Mail Order Competition Not NoticeabLe. II. J Schwartz, (,f the Standard Furniturc C(lmpal1y. 1)eI1- \'t'r. \\'llile ill Chicago .. qid: "I have hOllghl my g(I()(L" till:=; J;llI1.1il'-y j1.lsl the same a~ if therc wc:"c no ~\(lvancl'. I think it. w()l1.ld be \'e;''y foolish of furniture dealers to h()ld back in placing bllsinc.~s bl'eause o[ the advance. The dealer cannot Ilx prices inr the manufacturer and the latter is ec,·tainly cn-tilled to raise prices if therc has bCCll ;\11 advance in the cost of materials, There is considerable building going on in Grand Rapid~ this year and our city is g'·owing very rapidly. Yes, there is possibly s0111email order competition in Denvcr, but we don't notice it and T think that probably affects the country dealer outside of Denver. \Vc have a credit associa-ri(' I], hut so far as strangers are concerned who come in to huy goods, we dealers o1.lrselves, will have to decide whether to let th('m have the guods or Bot hy siLing them np as tll hOtlC:-it~l, appearances and ability to pay. The ratings es-tahlished by our credit <lssociation apply more to people \\'ho h,lve ')('en residing in Denver who have establishcd for tl1C11l.sdves a reputation for willingness and ability- to pay. The fnrnitnre expositions suit me and T believe ought to be continued. T have been coming here since 1897, and I have found the expositions have helped me materially." The salesman should remember that his employer !l;JS itl\-e.~ted his money in the store, that he has been engaged ill business fo'- a long time, and that he probably knows more about how mattcrs should be conducted than the salaried em-ploye. Tf he ha" i<1ea:-i which he helieves to be of value he SI'Oll\{1 offn tht:111 i)l a humble: ,-pi.r\t and not with that arro-gant: air which bespeaks superiority, If he knows more than the bas,,;;, why is he nnt bnss?-Ex. ThCf(~ i.;;; mllc.h in merit. Two stores of equal merit :-ihould do the same amount of business, but the store which has merit and advertises is the one which forges ahead .. NEW CHAIR SEAT CLAMP This clamp is adapted for every kind of seat. It is also made in a larger size for other work as Mitre Ftames, etc. Manufactured UQOO the BENEDICT PATENTS ! I. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW co. 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES COOD'TYLE' CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WglTE JTOR CATALOGUE KARQr~ fUKnnUK[ ( O. EVANSVillE INDIANA MABErIN GLOBE SIDEBOARpS III wnting mention Mkhil':atl Artball Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE tor the money GET OUR CATALOG, Mention Michigan Artisan when writing QlOD[ Furniture Company E~annille. Indiana BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TAblE. TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers of the "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and library Tables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE WANSVIL1B ~ , -- 1858 1905 E. Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEAT"ER AND VENEER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.H5 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Fmished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------EVANSVILLE.IND •-.----- MAKE MONEY MR· DEALER BY SELLING THE KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods Lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "Ell" fOLDING BEDS mfr,.Rw,~.m No Stock complete without the Eli Reds in Mantd and Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co Evan.vltl., IndIana . .• • \\Trite for cuts amI prices hansYille Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIFFONIERS ODD DRESSERS~ .<><1 WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Something Entire[~ New Goods shown in January ex-hibil at Chica-go. 1lI., at No. 1319·Michigan Ave., ';ld floor and also at our factory sal es-room at Evans-ville, Ind. New Catalogue ,just issued. 2(, HOW TO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS WHO PATRON-IZE CATALOGUE HOUSES. A Buyer From Columbus Tells His Way. F. A. Clove:' genc;'al111all;lg<:~I' of the ::\orth 1':11<1l,'urnitllre compan.y and the YVest Side FWlliture comp<:ll)', Columhus. 0., was seen ill Chicagoo last week. "Our trade has he('11 very fair," said I\fr. Clovn. "<Ill ing- 1905 alHl we ;11'(' looking for a \'ery g'ood ycar in 190h. 'I'he :\nrtlI E,11(\ hlrtlitLll"l:' company \vas established fnllr 1l1nl1ths ,\g'O ;-llId tile \\" e.~t Side Furniture company OIW year ago. Yes. we have CUl\l-petitioll from the -cataloguc !louses and the only thing \ve call do is to sell to Cl1StOIl1Ci"S who dOll't buy 11'0111 such establish-ments. \\' e have to buck ag'ain;;t the prize (listributillR houses very often. \\'c can't do 111uch ag"ainSl such COlll[H:ti-lion; the only thing that is left for l1S to do is to show the customers \v1l0 cleal more or less with them that we <Ire gi\'- illg them better value for their money than they are g'etLillg' f!-om the catalogue hOl1ses. I think the expositions are a very g(Hid thing" alld give yO'l a liIlt' 011 all gn(lds in the m,l' keto They fl1rnish you Ht'W ideas and a pei .SOIl call see a gn~at deal of new stuff. Columbus has a pupuiatiull oj 175,000, and is getting many new factories." Lathrop Company's Warehouse. BelolV is a cut of a new warehousc nccupic(l hy the Lathrop company since January 1, 1906. The huilding is ADVANTAGES OF A PERSONAL INSPECTION OF GOODS. How a Southern Furniture Dealer Prevented a Skip. Charles Dietzel, a fll:'llitnr(' dealer of Union City, Tenn., IS nnl' of t1le 1mye,s who \vas in the Chlcago market last \\·et'k. ··T ban' be('11 established in the fu '11itu,"e business for tilt;' p'l:c.l lin' years," s;lid i\Tr. Dietze1. ··:tnd succeeded my 1'at1l(';'",who had heen in the same husiness iOi' three or four years :\ year ago 1 made s('.v(':·;11 improvement.~ in Ollr e,s-labli";\ l1ll('nt which included the putting in of a new plate ~l;ISS frnnt. Our building occupies one of the most promi- 11cnt cn:-nc:-s in the city. Last July was my ilrsL visit to Lhe l"u:-nit\1re expositions. I think the fmuiture expositions are an excellent thing- because the dealer can see the goods on the floor and the:'e note the finish, the shapes, the desig'us and the p,'opnrliotls of all goods. .It is my expetience that ph,,[()s Shl'W all iU:'niture about the same way. The best \Va,Y i_sto \-isit the expositions and then you call make no mis-tak( ·. To b"y ll1flliture from photos is like buying a horse willl'lllt sceillg him. allcl yOU may be liable to jJu_chase a horse willi all of his b1<'mishes if Y'-JU don't see him when yOll are making thc purchase. J intend coming hvice a year to the eXl'()sitiolls and :1111 now 011 my way to Grand Rapids to see the show there. Yes, we have mail order competition, but \ve don't dn anything vei'y llltlch to C01l11teract this evil, be-cause we 1111dit a hard p;·oposition. People \vho buy from Warehol1le of the Lathrop Company, Chicago. located at the corner of Twenty-second and Halsted st:·cets. and ill it the Lathrop cOlllpany will carry a full stock of the li.nes thcy ",ell. 11r. Lathrop has ma(le lIse of the \VarehOllse plan during the past year and found it proved sllccessful, es-pecialty so in dealillg with the western trade The Wertheimer-Hurst Theater Party-Fun at Furniture Men's Expense. A theater ])arty in Chicag;o pbllned hy llarry \\Tertheimcr and Billy Hurst was attended by many fUn1iturc people no\\- in Chicago. It took place J;Ll1nary 17 at the T.aSalle the-ater. A number of men ill the audiellce were honored by the performers. Parodies all "You Look Good to Father'," and other songs being applied to Charles G. \Vhite and others, The song for 11r. \"/hite's lwndit was :\s follows' "The buyer looks good to the seller, Both look g'ood to Charlie \Vhite; \\Then they c')t1le to thirteen nilldeell, It Jllls them with delight. Chicago is the Great Central :\larket, As you can plainly see; I hate to tell, but I Inight as well- III you boys look good to me." Before the performance was (lyeI'. the audience became participallts in the fun, joining in the singing and giving the Michigan and Chicago Vniyersity yells. The affair was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. 'lleh houses a;'c inexperienced and whell they look at a cata- 111g-lIC thq' think they are seeing just as good a5 your own g'llods. In regard to credits, our plan is, regarding a !:itranger who want_", to buy, ii he cannot give references, to make bim g-ive ,I contract and Jlay one-third in cash down, the bal-ailce to be paid in installments of $l.00 weekly. This is the .';;l1ne as an installment lea!:ie and enables us to retain our ownership in the goods. \Vc have had some "skips," Our method of dealing with such cases may be illustrated by the f,ollowillg; SCl\11ctill1e ago a negro woman hought a lot of iurniture on contract and on account of getting out of work we let her off from paying ior some time. One day when I wcnt down t<J the boat to look after a shipmcnt of furniture T .";1\'" a \-vag-0Il hacked up to the hoat dOCK and recognized some Lurnitu:'(' of ours that was being unloaded by a dray-man. \VI1('.111 asked him about it, he said it belonged to this negro womall, who was going to ship the same to St. T"ouis. I told him the goods \vere ours and not to ship them, hut leave them in the warehouse, which he did, The woman ar-rived late,- Lo see me, saying she undcrstood 1 was going to take the goods away from her. T told her no, I am not going to do .-:0. bltt "he couud not h;'(\'e the goods, ulltil she paid for them. She leit without getting the furniture. Every col-ored per"ou iu Union City heard of this case <llld the moral effect of it did our concern a great deal oi good, because it edtlcated the colored people into knol,','ing what our' rnles are in such cases." - 27 OUf Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES A'e Best Made, Best Finished, Best Values. All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slack No. 435 Dining Table Top 54x54. Made ill Quartered Oak and Maholl8ny. tull Pol_ ished. Nickel Calters . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN A PERFECT DAVENPORT OF ELEGANT APPEARANCE NOT NECESSARY TO MOVE FROM WALL THE BACK SIMPLY ROLLS FORWARD NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE BEDDING SIMPLE; CANNOT GET OUT OF ORDER CUSHION AUTOMATICALLY TURNS INSIDE OUT MAKING A PERFECT BED I THE KINDEL SOMERSAUL TIC DAVENPORT BED THE GREATEST Household Invention of the Age TH IS is the NEW DAVEN-PORT that is creating all the turor, and the only one which is FREE FROM FAULTS. Must be seen to be appreciated. When your customer sees this handsome piece of furniture and tries with what ease it can instantly he convected into a full sized bed, with bedding in place ready for use, and tests the luxurious double «me springs, with the restful, felted cushions, held in place by our invis-ible clasp, and, in addition to all these advantages, learns that it costs no more than the ordinary or anti-quated Davenpoct, they will con-sider no oth~r, as it is very apparent to anyone that "No Other is Just as Good" EXHIBITED Sec. 20. 6th Floor, 1319 Michifl" Ave CHICAGO, ILL. C, J. KINDEL BEDDING COMPANY Eighth and Hickory Sts. ST LOUIS JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain a1Jd §(tjartered OaR, Mahogany ilnd Birdu),t Maple. PERMANENT EXHIBITS ~-- ·-AT Chicago and New York This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE 'THE ONLY TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTR UCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT 'TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NO'T No. 340 FAIL TO ORDER ONE Price, .. .. .. $19.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. 29 THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Cster Cup, a Furniture Protector and II Rest We guarantee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfect ca~ter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes as fonowa: 2iJ.{ inch and J inch: and we use -the cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.60 per 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and he convinced. F O. B, Grand Rapids. Our Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the Bur-face. but upon the rim, permit-ting a circulation of air under the blm::k thereby preventin~ moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kind on the market. Price $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo., • Parkwood A.e •• Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE. 111-113 Lake St., Chicavo CABINET MAI1ERS BARNE.S' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No. 4 Tb~ strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cuttlng, boring and grooving. In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Roch.ford. Ill. SOME QF OUR. NEW DRESSERS-Made In Quart.r'~Sawed Oak. OvaloI' Square Gl... HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St., CHICAGO.ILL. MANUFACTUItERS OF Chamber SUites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers UDIES' DRESSING T4BLES to match Made in Golden 0a.I.::, Genuirle Mahogany Vellured, BJrdse}'e Maple, White Enamel Highly Polish~ or Dull Finish. We also make 8 line of PRINCESSDRfSSERSfrom $13.00 up, in QUillrter-8awed Oak, MahOgany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. ~:;::,::.'o':::~'.:;~;~~,':',,;[:':~',l~'~"i::::~"::,;::,:'~:;:,;";~"""'":tL<~,I~""\~,I;'e;~"I,'',i, ..".:,. "'" ""',, •.... 1 ,n, "o~" ,-n I ~ •.,,, .. " 1>'-"" ,'e.., 'c,: ....:, ...., ".,~',' w "','" rr....~' TJ" II, ',,,h~lo 1-:, •• "',,,' -.. I', d, ;," ,"u-,' PAY LATER. The verdict:- No divorce 00 home! Let tlARTMt\N feather ne.st. Specimens 01 Good Advertising 31 The Accommodating Merchant. There aremallyaccoml11odat.:;.gmerchants.Illfact. nearly all of them are anxious to have the name for accom-modation. They are too much so for their own good some-times. Quite frequently when a man asks £0)" extension of time on payments of account, when he asks unreasonable thing;; along the line of exchanging goods, brings back goods after they have been worn or used, the merchant submits to the wrong for fear he will not be considered accommodating if he refuses. The result is often failure ill business after a struggle with adverse circumstances. "You ShOllld be accommodating in OllC sense, remarks au exchallRe." "For instance, you should establish a reputation for handling guod goods, reliable goods which pcople depend Manufactured by Nel5on-Matter Furniture Co" Grand Rapids. UpOlL. You should accommodate by prompt deliveries, by procuring for customers what they want, by having a store of whicl1 Hot only you, but the whole neighborhood is proud, and for heing ready always to do what is right when a mistake is made." It is lIot nccessary for a merchant to prove himself "easy" in his efforts to be accommodating. The traue such a course brings never pays a cent if it can help it. If you have the reputation of being a "ma:-k," you will discover plenty who are willing to take advantage of you. The dead-heats will swarm about you, begging for favo;"s which should never be graHted. It may gratify you to know that people speak of yOU as all "accommodating merchant," but the mall who is not so easy with his ~lccounts is the man who collects the money and who handles the tr(ldc that pays and does not need to ask so m;tll.y favors.-Ex. Manufactured by Nelson~Matter Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. I The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING co. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Casel! SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding-Hall Manufacturing Co. BELDING, MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street, New York. 196 Monroe St., Chicago. THE LEXINGTON Michigan Blvd. & 22<1 St. CHICAGO. Ill. Refurnished and re-litted throughout. New Management. The fumiture dealers' head-quarters. Most COD-t'eniently situated to t b e furniture display houses. Inter-Slale Holel CO. OWNER & PROPRIETOR E. K. eriley. Pres.; T. M. eriley, V. Pres.; L. H. Firey, See-Treas. The Jallll:try' seaSUIl, just c]o:-iing", has proved a vcry satis-factory one VI the exhibitors notwithstanding adverse condi-tions at the olltset. The lateness of many exhibitors in getting" tl1{'ir displays ready and the fact that many dealers anticipatinR ;\11 advance had placed good sized orders befote January, while many other dealers retrained from placing or-ders during' the season, preferrillg to 'wait thirty or sixty days after the season closed, expecting at such a time to g"et goods (lg:lin p~-actically <It the old prices, \vere good and ~uniciellt reasons for cxpcctill.Q: a backward season. Yet -('ports heard L"om many exhibitors h:1VC h(:ell vct·y cneou:-- ;\gltlg. President Juseph S. }'1cyer, of the .:\lanufacturcrs' Exhihi-cion Building" company, is spending a week in 'Roche.stc:-, 1\-. Y., \'lith his motheL who has just hall ;1 hirthday annivCt"sary. T\Tr. \f eyer's mother is over 70_ R. .A, Forc1. general sales manager and purchasing agent lor the Ford & Johnson company, has been laid up for five weeks witll all altack of pleurisy. .:\1r, Fo:-cl is nuw im-proving rapidly and is e""!.H.'cted tt) be out again very SOOIL A. J DeVries of tl1c Gr,\ce Fnrnilnre company. Gr'\lld \bpid."i, visited tbc Chicag"u Itlrnit\11-e exhibilion Oil llle 24th illst, The Grace FU:'niturc company is <tuing- a l11ail order business and when questiuncd about this branch of the tr,loe, .:\Ir. DeVriC6 ~aid: "\,Vc arc still doing business. 1'lwy havcn't dri\'l:n us om yet. [belicve the mail urder busincss is going tn be gTcater than cver." 1\1r, Catun of the 1"01111t:1in Dry Couds cumpany. Cllsl1oc-tUll, 0., ,V;lS one of the buyers visiting' this marktt durillg" tile present week. .\[r. Caroll \V,\S accompanied by ?lTr, Davis. buyer for thc 11. 1T. G:-jggs company, Cleveland. The Foun-tain Dry Goods COI11]lauy are putting in ;1 department of fur-llitl1re wbich will he cnnw1dc in itself. Coshocton is one ()f the geratcst towns in the country for the manufacture of ad-ve; ·tising llovelties. Thc death of .:\liss Ella Oberbeck, d,nll1;llter of manager Ernest Obe:"beck uf the Oberbeck Bratllers ~lallufactl1ring compallY, occurred on lhe 20th ult., at her home at Grand Rapids, \Vis.The young lady was 17 years of aRe. Besides the parents, two sisters and two brothers are left to mourn her loss. 33 Expressions as to the results obtained this January sea-son were secured by the I\lIichigan Artisan eor;-espondent from well known furniture men .as follows: ]. \V_ Smith, vice president and sales manager of the Vlol-n: rine-Caelillac companies. "So far as the \Volverine-Cad-iliac and the \Vidman end of the seventh floor is concerned, the Januar.y season has been very satisfactory. Our old custut1lers have averaged better on the si7.e of their orders ill comp.arisotl with those of a year <lg-o, and we have many ncw eonve,'ls to all three lines. They thank their old CttS-t0111ers for lnany new ones." Lee Davis, of Conrey & Davis IVlanufacturing company: "]'his week has heen the best week in the history of the Con-r('. y-Davis Tvlanllfacturing compan,y_ The season is ahead of a YC:lr ago." \V. F. JOh11S011, treasurer of the Fonl & Johnsc)Jl compallY: "The Janllary SCC\SOl1 has been ~l very good one_ V'll c have had some pretty good ordel-s, and the volume of business up to this time has been very sati5factory. I have not figured up 0:- made comparisons, but r believe it will compare very \\,('11. indeed, with a year ago_" C. J Kindel, the Kindel Bedding compallY: "'>/I/e are vcry much g:"atil"ied with the results obtained, and even if we do 110t ,,,ell another davenport here, we know our factory is going to be crowded tq the utmost. \Ve already have out-grown our 11ew plant, into ,vhich we moved September last, and now have installed addition.al machinery to take care of the increased demand." II. A.. S\VanSOll, Skandia Furnitme cotU})any: "Th\s season het5 been the best January season we have ever had, inasmuch as our sales exceed those of any preceding season. \Ve can say that it has been a perfectly satisfactory one." FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your Stock I I at a good profit or sell en· tire stock at cost. "rUE NEW.IDEAMEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TERMS. TValter Langley, Hen:og Art Furniture company: "\Ve hm'e had a satisfactory business this January season, and .a1- thoug"h our line is a full line, our January sales are equal to the July sale,,;, which we attribute to the fact that our line b,lS more r;-l1lgc. Our table ami desk lines are larger than they \vere six montlls ago." Lyru;lll Lathrop, of tlle Lathrop company: "\i'Vith us the Jalluary seaSOll has been pretty good. Somc lines have nul been coming along ;15 fast as the rest, but this January nevertheless, is ahead of last season, and will be the biggest we evcr had, \Vc account for this because \'le have strength-ened our cheap and medium case g'uuds lines." Ed illersman, Lcnn;lTtz & l\Jersman: "The January sea-son llas been a g'ood one. vVe have had a nice business, es,· pecially in the east, west and northwest. \,Vc have just pUl out Ollr catalogue showing all the new patterns 111 our lines, and will be glad to furnish them to the trade." Al Stewart, salesman for the. Shelhy>'il1e lines: "I've got a year ago beat right now. \Vhat do you think of that? I've got some big buyers :yet to sec. I'm g-oing out of here this season in 'i1ice shape. All of my business, personally, has been during the last ten days_" '\1lClrcv\" \JcAnsh, }lcAnsh, Dwyer and company: season has been a. very good one, and is way ahead of :Iry a year :lg0. \Ve have never had such a business history." "The Janu- In our 34 Ed Plimptoll, Plilllplon and company: "\Ve haH~ dOlle a good busincs.'"i right straight through the season. \Vc could have sold even morc goods if we h~ld ClIt prices, but we adhered to our determination from the .~t;lrt to do no culting. The advance in prices is pcricd1y legitimate \\"11('11 the condition of the markets on lumber. ~'lass, etc., is ulkcll into consideration." A. E. Seaver, Valentine-Seaver comp;\IlY": been all rig-ht. \Ve have no kick coming. considerably ahead of a year ago." \-fanager Teal. Yeager FllrniltlfC comp;\llY \VI.: h;ru: dOlle up to this lime (January 26th) a very tair business and han: SOlne very large orders tllat will ('(1111(' 111 ltJlllUrrl.l\Y and llc~l week." E. A. Fabian. of Koenig & Gamer: "The SeaSl.lll 11,15 ;1\"- craged up well this January. not\\'ith~tallding the bet that the advance 011 case goods has had a tendency to check buy-ing in our department q[ the furniture trade." John Horn, Horn Brothers 11anufacturillg UJlllp,-'.IlY· ··The January season is ,1S good ;IS any other time the cxpll.sition season has been 011. \Vith us. it will he bellci than a y('(\1' "J,llllt;\r.Y' h;lei The season iei ago. C1ns. A. Fisber, (has. ,\. Fi:dl('r CUlllpan)· "I COlls;d('l" the January m,\rket, ur r'lther the lll1silless r!"I11' at the 1;l1r-nintH' Exhibiiiun during' .Tal111:-lry, to llan° be("11 the m'lst ill-tcrestillg in my per sun a; expericnee. Tl' hegin with, tlJe Il:·st week was a hitter disappointmellt tu ;1 great tHany sales-men and manufacturers. \Iutterings deep and lut1r! \\"ere heard ill every gj·oup of salesmen, \\·ho were criticiziI1;2,' \11,111\1- facturers and manage'·s. and offering pkney (If advice about the compilation of price lists. [presume l am an optimist. for [ neycx at <tlly time during the. 111umh felt in the least doubtful ahout the linal outcome of the ,~e;lS()n's business, arrivinf( at lny conclusioll largely by comparison of the 11I.1t1l-ber of huyers who we:'e visiting' the market, rather than by their movements during- the first f<~\V days after arr;\';I1. Tu me, the relucta11ce or rather the deliberate action of the fur-niture dealers when conf;·nnted by adcHlceuprices all along; the line, ",·as an indication of business wisdom. To a friend of mine. a manl1factlln;r, who is l1eryotls and prone to Juok npon the dark side of things, I said, suppose you had scen a shirt ad\'ertised ~ltsome store down tuwn. and knowing that it was the kind and style of shirt yO\1 wanted, yon wOI1I,l set out the following week t!l buy it. 011 arri\'ing at the store \'ou ,,,,oulJ find the same shirt marked $2.50. l'\uw ym1 ab- ~oltltcly Heed a shij-t and you want that style. hut wouldl1't yUl1 walk around the block. twu or three blocks, wbere y'I11 ('(l1lld find some similar st\'le if I1nt the :;ame. to see whether "r uol other dealers were asking," the adyanc('(l price III·· the goods. That would occasion a delay in the jlu;-c\nse (IT the .~hirt, but would ultimately result 111 its s;dv .-\t the same time ,you would have acted as a prudent mall, and \vould have ollly ex('xcised ordinary bnsiness caution Fur-niture dealers tbrougholtt the United States, have, 111 Illy Opl11iOIl, exercised that excellent degree of caution. hal-ing bonght prudently on ~l high market, and so far as \\'e art' concerned, our sales of our specialty, the Rex illnCl'-tllftc([ mattress, are 20 per cent beyond Ol1r expect~lti(JllS. "Another' thing (luite lloticc:lble to me is tlJe e[fect. in ;;11 educational way, the furniture exhibitions arc h,n'ing Oil the lurniture dealers. 1t seem;; to me that the wide ,l\y;\k .... P"" gressive and aggressive manufacturers ,He forging 'lheld LOlpidly. more rapidly tha11 in former d<l)'s. while the nld houses 'who are trying" to make money on their repLtulticlll. and who insist that old metllods arc the best. ;lre beginning to complain that the furniture dealers do not seem I'll know anything." Superintendent Ed DeGroot uf the Udell \Vorks, 11;\s been spending a portion of the January season bet~ ....eetl the Chicago and Grand Rapids markets. C. H. DennstedL formerly ,,,,ith George L Lamb, wilt han-d1c the litH'S hctwecll i;CaS01J.'i of the Fremont Fnrl1ittlre company. ]. /\. Kelly & Brothers and A. E, Palmer in Chi-cago. John .\. Flick, of tl1e Buckeye Cllaij' company, ,,,,ho has been ,.;!)('nding the season ,vith the Buckeye exhibit at 1319 \liehig-all ;I\·elwe. left Friday for his h0111e in Ravenna. Dur-ing Ille p:-esellt week there has been a great poultry show on ill Cllicag(). the ,.;huw being that of the National Fanciers and Hrecdcj·s a~,-;ociation at Tattersall's. corner of Sixteenth and 1)carbnnl ,.;t-el't,.; The show was probahly the h1rgcst eVCl" held ill the United SLiie:,;. Thc!·c were several {lIrll;- tllre lllen I\-ho had ]loultry un exhibition in the sho''''. Among [lIell\ W;lS \lr. Flil~k. wbu sllo\ved t\VO pcns of golden and siln \\"yand"tte,.;. 111". Flick ";('cured prizes all both, al\ll be,.;ides 011 individnal bird,;. ITe ha,; shown his poultry at the (',l:->te1'n Ohio p(Hlltry show at Kewtoll Falls and at Ravelllla c;lptnrillg fir,.;t prizes. ~\Ir. F'lick showed cleven birds in all at the Chicago sho\v. \V. C. Standish, traveling- representative for the \Volverinc \Ja11ufacturing company :md the Cadillac Cabinet company, has left for his home in Detroit and ill a few (lays starts I'll hi,.; spring trip for his territory 111 upper ).lichigan; \Visconsin .. \Jinnesota <11\(1the Dako1;ls. Uncle J),\I1 \Villiams of the l:t\ell \Vorh. llldi;UI<ljJolis, left fur his home Friday and will start ont somc time next week ,-,n the road for his regular spring trip. J. C F. Ott of the L. \\ .. Ott 1\Janufacturillg company, was ill Chicago for :l day going from hcre for his spring trip through Indiana, Kentuck.y and a part of Ohio. \11'. Ott has a most 111JiiJuc idea for :;howing thc samples oj coverings. Ask him to tell you the time and whcn he opens up his coat you will disco\·cr a vest entirely nude lip fro mthe samp1c,~ lbCd by the Ort. \lanufactl1ring company. Tbe n:st is cer-tainly a \"(;ry attr<\ctive piece of Kods. ..\V. L Day, of Smith, Day and company, \v<\s in Chicago the last wcek of the January season. "\\-'e have had a go()(l business during the year," said :'.11'. Day, ;'alld things arc op-ening" up yevry satisfactorily this year. \Ve arc now putting l1p a four-story building at IndianajJolis, which will g'ivc us 90,COO ::iqU<lrc Jeet of a(Tditiollal floor space, the building to be completed by June 1st." \Villiam P. Keeney, the well known travelil1g man through tile sot1th for the ]\luskef(oll Valley Furnitu\-e company, \Vis-e( Jllsin Chair company. and a llumber of other 1videly ktlOvdl lines, leaves today for EVilTlsvil1c, his home. \1r. Keeney will start on his spring trip very soon, going to Lotlis\'il1e, then to ~ashville, ,llld so forth ;llld ,vill he gone about six weeks. Eli D. 1\1iller of Eli Miller and company, who have had an exhibit in Chicag-o fur the first time this Januar:y seaSOll, at 1319 :Vliehigan aveuue, left fur his home in Evansville la:5t Saturday. Tile .Miller space Oil the sixth floor, during the past ~veek, has been displaying the follO\ving sign: ';The Eli Folding Bends, Sold Up. Gone Home to Evansville, Ind. You can see Eli here .Tuly 10-t." f\Ianager Sell our of the Shelbyville \Vardrobe C0I.11P~U1y, who have been exhibiting- on tbe eighth l1uo:- 01: the \1anufac-tl11' ers' Exibbitiol1 building, left 101' his hOllle in Shelbyville, today. SIc Sell our rejl();-b a very eiatisfncto:y business this J ,11111ary for his company. E. i\L Hulse of tbe E. \1. Hulse cOlllpany, arrived in Clli- C~lgO January 17th, and remained here the balance of the furni-ture season. \1r. Hulse said the past year was the best ill the history of their COHcerll. and they have cng"ng-ed 1.800 IlH)l"e feet of floor space for the coming' July season, or a liital of 5,700 square. feet. Hulse and company have bee II .~h(lwing thei;· Koods this season Oil the fifth floor, 1319 \Iichigan avenue. A deal has been closed 1131McAnsh, Dwyer a.nd company for the erection of a furniture faetory--.the largest in the snuth~aIld to be operated for the manufacture of case goods. It witt be four stories and the dimensions to be 180x310 feet. The latest and most up-to-date machinery ·will be installed. The annual output ,,,,ill bc from five to six hundrcd dotlars and it is expected to have the factory all ready for husines~ early in March. Lew \;\J('.il and "Hank" Johnson ,,,,ill take charge of the eastern business and will go to New York to secure a sample room alld oUice quarters. One of thc spccial events of the January ("06) scason took place on the 17th inst., at the LaSalle theaer, tbe oc-casion heing "Furniture Kight," fully fn·e hundred repr,;> sentatives of the trade being in attendance. The anair was planned <Iud carried to ~l successful issue by \V. H. Hurst and Harry '\/crtheimcr, to whoI11 belong the credit lor the evening's pleasure. ;\11 of the boxes and the most desirable seats in the hOllse were rc:~crvcd for the furniture me11. Among those who occupied hoxes ·wcre ]. \V. Smith and H. S. Smith and \vife, Secretary Charles G. ',,-,ihite and wife of the Manufacl1trers' Exhibition Building company; P. D. Francis of the Furniture Journal, and. wife, l\;[1'. and l\frs. Clarence Bro",'"n, Arthur Cllshnwll, Mr. and 1VIrs. Adolph Karpen and :Mrs. c. A Adon, \Villiam R. Yeager and wife, Charles Teall, George Corley, Al Cleveland, and George :\1iller and a number of others. The play, "The Umpire"- still running at the LaSalle··- "vas on the boards and wilh just a little coaching of the :lctorS on the part of ~.1essrs, Hurst aud \iVertheimer a day or two in advance, the players were all loaded and primed, and as a result some telling hits were scored Oil several of the Inure prominent furniture men. For a starter 11iss Florence Holbrook sang the fo1tmving im-p:' ovisation: Other hits were scored by Cecil Lean, (an old friend of l~arry \Vertheimer and "Chuck" \Vidman), Olive Vail and other members of the company. Much fun and merriment \vas aroused by the number of "roasts" handed out and at the conclusion the play the social feeling between the players and the visitors ran decidedly strong. After the show a large number repaired to "The States" restaurant, where a bountiful supply of goods things was handed out by Manag'ei' \\leaver. Impromptu speeches ,vcre called for and re-sponses made by 1\fcssrs. Hurst and \iVertheimer, Charles G. \-Vhite, J. \V. and 1-1. S. Smith ;{Bd a number of others. At Owosso Mich. Trade is fine with the vVoodward Furniture company. The slight advance in prices made by this company had no effect on sales, unless it was to increase them, as the goods are just what the leaders want. Their exhibit in Grand Rapids was much admired and appreciated by the buyers, who left generous orders. A ncw catalogue will be ready for mailil,lg early in Fehruary. The Robbins Table company arc cnjoying a good t.rade in dining extension tables. The Rohhins patent table, with receptacles for leaves uJ](]er the top is still a great favorite with the dealers. Their catalougnc for 1906 is out. Send for it. The Estey Manufa<""turillg cOlnpany did not exhibit in G 'and Rapid;,; in January, but they did get out a lot of llew chamber suites, and gentlemen's chiffoniers, and the boys un the road are sending in plenty of orders, The "Estcy com-pany will probably show in July in their space in the Blodgett building, Grand Rapids. Retail Prices are Maintained in England on Bissell Sweepers, "Owing to ille ingenuity of our subscriber, the p;'oprietor of Holmes' Ironmollgery stores, Lutham Road,Blackpool, and the enterprise of the Bissell Carpet Sweepe,' company of LOll-don, a very fine advertisement for both is at present to be seen in that popular seaside resort. ~Tolmes' Ironmongery stores count themselves amoIlg the most cnterprising of ironmongers, and it is their custom to fight the draper on his O\'ln lines alld hold an annual sale. In the windows of the 35 stores at the present moment are to be seen bold announce-mcnts to the effect that a special discount of 2d in the Is will be allowed during the continuance of the sale. In the cen-ter 01 the window, however, thcre is one jarring note in the shape of n poster, tastelully printed, ""hich reads as follows: "'These Bissell Carpet Sweepers are the main curiosities of Holmes' great sale. They are the only goods ill this window which arc not beil1g offered at a discount of 2d in the Is. \Ve would offer you that advantage if we could, but the nukers won't allow it. Positively ·won·t allow it. And tberefore we can only point to the Bissell carpet sweepers as being the remarkable exception to our very genuine dis-count. "'But despite the (:xception, the Rissell cparet sweeper is <.t bargain at its full price. \\i(: guarantec satisfaction and will replace any machine fonnd other than satisfactory, even after a month's tria1.' "\Ve congTatulate 1v1r.Holmes upon his enterprise in the matter of his annual sale, a plan which we have frequcntly recommended. V.,.ie congratulate the Bissell company upon the ingenious way in which they have ove~come the diffi-culty of t.he: di"count and turned what at fIrst sight would appear to he a disadvantage into a vc~y fine advertisement. The incident raise's some sorry reflections for the advocates of price maintcllance. Here we have the ironmongery store stocking- many hUlldreds of different lines, boldly announcing a rehat.e of over 10 per cent on the whole 01 their stock, and the only article to which they cannot apply this rule is the Bissell carpet sweeper. They give the discount on gas rires, dolly tubs, knife machines, i1rallght preventers, wringing machines, and a long list of other articles, all of which might be pi-ice mailltained. \Ve are aware that. there is a considerable list of articles connected with hardware to which the principle of price maimenance has been applied, but the inadequacy of the ,...h.ole thing is shown at a glance when one finds a representative trader in a town like Black-ponl stocking· only one line that is the subject of price mainte-nance."- r1ard\'lare Trade, London, England. An Advertising Trick, One of the most amusing- incidents relative to sleek ad-vcrtisillg was a trick on the Chicago newspapers several ye~lrs ago. One of the partners 01 a firm went into court and filed a bill for injunction to restrain the other partner from sacrificing the goods in their store at figures far below first cost. The plaintiff set forth in detail that his partner had \'lith some insane desire marked all the goods in the store down below cost. Then he w·ent into details and showed how different articles werc being sacrified notwithstanding his jll"otest, and asked the court to issuc an injunction and restrain his fractious partner. It was a strange fight and the lle\VSpa]lers took it up and devoted columns to the novel case. The result was that people on the lookout for bargains flocked to the store and purchased goods. Day by day the hearing for an illjunction was delayed, and finally, when the free. ad had been worked to its end, the suit was dismissed without prosecutiun, the whole cost to the firm for thousands of dollars' worth of advertising being about $25.-Ex. Valuable Paintings to be Confiscated. David S0111mc:'s, jvcsident of the D. Sommers Furlliture comp,ll1}', of St. LOllis, has been studying the internal revenue laws with the aid of the cllstoms officers of the city of St. Louis. Th:'ee years ago three paintings were imported from Europe by him fa;' wedding gifts and the government found that the appulised value was not one-half of the real value of one of the paintings, consequently has brought suit against ),[1'. Sommers to confiscate the paintings. Small salaries. it 1S discovered, require an elastic cur-rency to make then~ go round. 36 Old Furniture and Modern Copies. Genuine <lntiqtw furniture of tlh' ad}' art periucls i~ h~'- coming so rare that few of the shops pretend to offer rdic,; of the l1a,;L contenting themselves with c-"-ccl\c:nt copi(':c, of wen-known pieces of furniture by artists who in tllcir clay es-tablished a stall(];lrd of ~'"cellem'(' r;Hely rc'lcllcd before (1'- ~incc. There afC ,I 11t 1(i\1l' furnishing articles. prc:-'>l'lltcrl \11 large Cjllantitic,; ill second h81l(j ,;tnre,;, hut it should be re-membered that these. for the most part, possess \lonc of the characteristics of beanty, \yit!lout which an article: i5 of little Y;lll1e. There were period,; in uur own history, and in that of France and Eng·land. when art was ;[t;{ 10~Y ebb. Cn-scrupulous dealers may dispose of snch g·ood~ to thc llll:'ll:"- epecting, but in the cye of a COlilloi"seur they \uHl1d bc ([llick ly condemmcd. 1t is due to the scarcity of gCllllillc colonial fllrnitLtI'\' to-day tbal mannt<lcturc,":, h~l\·(' set tbclllseh·cs t11e dinlcllit t:l:;k of rCl1roelllcillg- ill ,~olid we)lld the best examples of tl1is peroid. 1\"ot ouly this" bul the old Fnglis11 tllrnitnre. from which the carly colonial lll~\ker:, drew a good deal 01 their in,~[.lir:ttinn. is being copied, Hn(\ reproduced ill ;dl particll1<lrs. as perfect as the originals. The re\"i\";)\ IIf thc fnrllitl1rc-l1icCCS (Ii .such styles founded by Sheraton. llejJp!cwhitc. all<\ C:llipPclldal~' dates part1y from the time of the coronatiol\ of King Edw:Hd. That ceremOllY stirred all the old families to ralls;\ckiug garrcls ;llld ccllars for antique ;:\rticles of orll:mlt::lll all(l ]1"e A gTeat m;my exqnisite pieces of 01(1 furniture wcre broughl to light and cxhihited f()r the fir"t time in a celLttlry A fc\\ (if the Sheralon and Chippendale pieces ('xhibited at t1)(' cOi"ullation wcre man·eluus productions (ll t11(':-ie l\yO 111;ISt<'·, artists in woud. Copies of them have since becn made. which will serve to cstahlish a new popularity ior this style oi furniture. Tmitaliull ;l1ltiql1e furniture is shoddy. and i.-; (J{ little V;dllC. Perfect copic.-i of antique articl('s, made with the S:\I11\; care and effort, in solid wood, even to the millutesl carvings, arc fully <IS \\,ol·thy of Ollr admiration as thc originals 1n fact. it is the unly way that 1I1OSt of tlS (';\11 cnjuy thl>~e exquisit(' pieces of furniture. and we must re~t content with sll('ll re-productions. There can he no question ahout lhe artislic and utilitarian valllc of tbe modenl copies of the o](l-fashil)l1cd hall-clock, which to-day :-iell as high as $500 ;\n(\ $1.000_ Tlte Inechanical movements ()f the clock" ;\r(' ,.;;upnior t(, the ancient time-piece.-i. \\·hile the WO(I(\work is c(lpied l'x,\ctly from the original lHeces Tbcy arc made ill ,~lllid mah(,g-allY. oak, or rosewood, and they l}(l:-iSC:-iSthe cll:\radnistic-, III tilt· old pieces. Likewise, the carving ()I the modernizc(l En.~-lish :,tyles lie furnilure i~as perfectly done as ;l1lJ-'·ShOl·\·lJ {Ill the i{:\y pjt'Cl'_" of thc original Chippendale Ilr Sheratl_H\ The l'ssl'\1ti;d lYlill( to ohserve, however, is that the cupics arc gc1ltlillt:: lmit:\- tion of the old furniture will not CUUtll, for snch \\"lIrk call be done by inferior wl-lod-workcr:-; wilh()ut catching ill :IllY (kgre,· the spirit nf the f'l\l1Hlers. 1t requires 11(:,\r1y a" mueh t;l"le and skill to make a mod(:rn copy of an old Chippendale (,r Sber;ttol1 ck\ir as it did for the orig·in;d. fl is \)Willl; "I thl· genuine merit that the modernized ;l1ltitltlC I"ltrllitllre ,I;" the classical English types filHLs among t!l'lSe \\"11'1 :lppr('ciat~' tasteful environments ill the hOl11c. The rcvival of these e;\rly Engli,~h scholll,.; Ilf furllitnrt· carrie.-i with il ;t kuuwledge uf :lrtistic ";UtTlltllldillgS. ;\1](1 so;ne l:;\slC in disposing of the \-ariotl:-i ;\rtic1es in a rllOlll. To carry out the effect properly, it is necessary th;\t there _~hou)d he harmon)' 111 deL\il and environment. \ r,10l11 fllrnished with Chippendale tablcs, Hepplewhite chair,.;. :l1ld Sheraton. rockillg-c11<lirs, \vith a nearly c,,1rll1ial _~idcb, ';I"-(] would hardly jJl"odllce ,\ pleasing effect 1t is bettu t" tnl nisll each room wilh the furniture of one period, carrying out ,he ,.;theme of decoratillil so far ;\:-i possible in every detail This elll f()r \lhlncy. and a g'HHI deal wurk in cullCCtillg I t is j)(lt po"sib1e to go t'l ,lLl}' store ,llld select all uf the apprllpri;\te articles for .";I\cll ]"i)!>Ill.S, hut \vith a little p'ltietlcc. ";Indy. and JL"Oper ,.;ekctil)l1, ;Ill (lid i':tlglish be(lro()]\l, ;\ Fll'llli:-.h dinillg-ruolll, and a lilw:\'-y Ol" parlor II:· colllilial furni-ture \1\a)' bc reproduced Chippcn(];de furniture i:-i hest suited for the parl,lr alld (Jill' \1;" 11110; e ))edrl)OITIS. Cilpies of the u~'ig-ill<tl pieces aholllHI in e:uJuisite liatte:-lls in C;\l'I'e([ WOOl\. sug-g-e:;tilq2: '·C·y stnlllg1y the dec(lratiol\."; ,If Ln\li,:; XV {llrniture. Thumas Chippendale. the bthn Ilf tll(' style I,vhich hears his nalllt', was grl~atly ill- Ih1t'llced by the French sdj()ul of decorah:!'"s of that and prc\·j,n1.-i ])(,l"io(L,.; lIe ',\':1"; ;1 CllllSl1mm,\te ;\rti,c;t and work- 1ll:\11. alld instead (If mcrel:y retleering- 1'1·encll influellcc 111 his Wi-,rk, 11(' f()\.lurled a distinct school of dcsig-ll ant! crafts-llla1hhip. Thcre was ;l delicHey in his work which \VOll gelll1ill~' admiratio1l. .\ gO(Jtl deal of the s(l-ccdled modern Chippcndale lliece~ ;1·;-(' -t';lr fr(\111 !)(Is:-iessing; ;ll1y of lhe original cl1araeteri...tics uf the ,.;tyll'. ;tl1d tl]('y· ;Ire Ilot even attemped copies of tilt.' gT11l111lC. E"cel1t"l\( ~·(llJ;l·~ 'If ClJippelldak e11:\;:-", can he nb-t:\ ilU:d tll-day· from $20 tel S50 upward, and wilen the room is l'lItirely d('c'lr:lted with <Ipprop:"i;\te fn:·lli:-ihiligs of th;\t pe_icHI. tbe effect is e:-:cdlcl1t. The fl1ruiture harmo1lizes Wl'1\ with 1l1urlcrIl \I-all-papcrs ;\1111 dec(,rati'llls sugg-esti\"e ()f the FI·ellcb Sdl(j\)1. 1,:>-cl1 the uphol,.;tercd seats in tapestl'y effects. if rigllLl.y seJected. CITry out the ,Itllloshpcre pf the Chi1-1pendale period. Shnatoll hHlliturc i:, (:I-el) lTlOre difticult to ohtain Lhan Chippcndale. :wd many designCt"s uf modern furnitlre a1-e j'lrced to study rcprodnctiolls ()f the articles published in <l leI\' ho01,s ;111([ periodil~;d:-i ot Sheraton's timt'. There arc ,s('H;'al c!abilrate boc,ks \\'I.lll cxCellelit clllo·cd plates, dc;dillg· with Sheratllll furniture, hul the:-ie bunks are ;l1most ;\S costly ;h some of the ;lrtic1('s of furniturc. 0111y a tel\' c()pie:, 'If these rare edition:, ;Ire ill e.:-:istcIlCc, <lnd some oj the hl:st Il1Ul!crn copie" of Sheral,jt1 chairs and tablcswcrc Blade f:"Ul1l tl1(' desigl\s thllS ftlrni:,hed ill hook plates. Shcr;\icdl wa:-i 1'[ a little later period than Cbippendalc. hut he rep:·csented :1 di:-itiucl school of his 0\\11 11i:-i ftlrnitllrc is made prillcip:dly Ilf l1l:lhogally ;ll)(1 s;ltin \VO()<.!, :llId inlaid work disting;l1isl1l'd l)l[lSt of it. ::\e<trly;111 of lbe inbid work is of lighter col(Jl"ecl wpods. ,1J1d not of iVI)l".Y 01" other material whic11 the o-ielltals tlse f(lt" thi,.; work. The \vooc1 \vas carefuly :;electc.d and cured hehll"e being tlsed ior furniture :\11(1 OJn:-iC(lllel1tly it seldom ,S\1II\VS :\11y \\-arpillg ()1' cracking tit rough year:; (If e,jllstallt ]1,,('. The :-il11all11icces of IVlJod \.I:-;ed for inlaying \1·C]"e also th()r'lug-ht]y cured, ;\nd lltey havc showu tlll'l1l,sch-e~ hi be prllDf againsttinlc and Wl'C1tl!CI". In the Sheraton furniture wc li1Jcl the decorations rending tll\vard delicatc lyre-like and tlYi,:;tcd Hntl" desigll::;, witli lite 1cg-s (,{ tables and chairs tllrned and can'ed. ;\ peculiarty ()f hoth the Sheratoll and Cbippcndalc fnrnit1ll"el1 i::; the 11l111lher 11f :,ecret drawers and "hc1\"c:," lll<tlly ~·'Irnp;\rtmellls being- separate([ hy duubk \Vill1S. \,,-ith illgclli- I>\l" pbces betwecn for hiding ;ntic]es of \,;tluc. Steet .springs and c;nc!les hold these faJ,.;e si([cs tug-ether. FDr centuries, \",dH-ahle V(ls~essions b;n·c heen held in these ,secret c1ra\ver:-i, ;\111:1 llh' ;trticlcs of furnitlll"e ha-..-(' passed fr(}111 olle family to anolllerwith 1111snspicioll 01 the existel1<::c of the .'~"I"eat Clllll-partt11l'LltS. "\Tat.erial for many guoc1 rotTIanc('s has thus been 1111car1hed by the unexpected disco\"ery in a secret (lrawer ()f a Sh~':-,ltl)ll de.sk OJ" burC;\ll of SU11le will or y;·dnable llapn d'll'll11H'lll "rite modern sideboard \o\a,.; t10t in existellcc ill the day,s 'If Chippendale, and tl1o,.;e said to be of tbis schoul \vere made ill I:lter timc:-i. The ~id('1J().1rJs (If that period were simply r:lhle~ intel1l!c([ for holding a few g-lasse~ and pbtes. Sheratoll prOlhably designed the lirst o[ tbe m()d~rn English style of AN OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND PARLOR. One Seen by Mr. Bi1ltops as He Listened to the Ticking of a Clock .. ",Funny thing to see lItre in \Yew York in I90()," said \'fr. Billtops, "an old (a,,1Iion(:<\ "'\ew Englalld parlor, wi.th ~'tn in-g- rain carpet, mostly of a chn(:obtc color and \""ith a great big leaf pattern in it, on the Aoor. A cylinder sterl/c, pcrtec"t- 1)' blac1<(:'"(l and polished :\nd,vith an urn on top of it, and with a pipe that ran back it little ways and then dropped vertically a foot from an elhow, and then, from another el-bow, nl11 straight again and so through the hole it! the [)re-board into the chimlley. ,; Haircloth \lIrnitn:·c. mostly. For one item a baire'loth sofa long enongh For anybody to lie down 011, with a hack funning perfectly straight from end to cnd, hut high enough for comfort. and with end :::ectiolls o[ the same height that cnmc squ:\r-e t!l the f:"()llt. \\'oJl(lerfnl and s'lfe. Manufac1ureQ by The Uclell Wool<., luoianapolis. indo ;;Horsech;lil· chain;, really graceful in desig-n as to their [ranles, and these of solid mahogany. and carved; halldso111e old chairs, architecturally and in finish but ""ith rounded up, smooth, horsehair covered sd:as. "'1\'\'o yellow maple chairs with cane seats; simple but at the salTIe time quaint in design, these chairs, are sedate and firm, but pleasing chairs, nevertheless, and S01l1fortabk to sit ill, an(l with their light color and conlparatively light con-struction, the brightest and lightest pieces of furniture in the fOOlll. "One morc chair here. a deep scated ]"()cker. with a hig;h hulgy ont hack and high curving" arms, a11(\ with a soft cllsh-ion in it covered \vith patchwork or silk. /-\ very comfmtahlc chair to sit in. :yuu [ound this old rocker. if it chanced to fall to you whe11 :Vnll came visiting, "Between t\\·'o windolvs at the front of the room a L-rhlc \',"ith foLding top. raIded, this top has an oblong area rluing over the oblollg' 1'I";lme 011 which it rests. Unfolded and swung around, yiltl have a t,lble with f\ top square 111 shape ,tnd of twice the folded si:te. "A mahogany table this, supported by a single heavy column, rising from an oblong shaped plaform base, with a 37 heavy. scroll foot at each corner. Good thing, this olrl fashion-ed folding- top mahogany tahle. You don't find many like it to-{!.:Ly, It is folded now, as it is commonly kept, and has a h:·OW11 chenille cover on it. upon which rest au album two or three books and some old time daguerreotypes in their old f'lshiolled C;lse.s, "On the mantel, one at either end, two stuffed hints. perched 011 moss-tlecked little brancbes, under glass shields; \vith a miniature sheaf of wheat, a piece of coral. hvo conch shells <l11(1some curious bits of bric-a-brac strung along- be-t ween. ;'011 the walts old-time framed engravings, with the lIgun:s in them in queer old time costumes, and at the windows, painted shades, with a broad gold bor~ler and with a hasket of flowers paillted in the middle; these shades being-raised and lowered by a cord runnillg over a grooved wheel fastened to one elld of the roller and rUlllling down to and around a kllob set in a little ratcheted slide tacked to the side of the \vindow frame; cord always stretching a little ~ITld' getting loose, so that you have to preSS the knob down another ratchet to tighten it. ';And strange as it all did seem now, it did seem pleasant. indeed, to see this old Nel,v England parlor, here in New York, in 1906; and--Zip! Zip! Br-r- Crackety-bing-- bang! Gluck! Gluck! Gloo-k! Gurgle-gtugle.-bangl' and I open my eyes and look over at the radiator-heat COIl1~ ing up [oe the tirst time to-day-and the old New England parlor had gone, and there art' very htmiliar present day, city surroundings that T see ,tbout me now "But presently the radiator gets calmer and quieter. and hegins to purr and sing, gently and pleasantly, and the warmtb begins to steal comfortingly through the room, and then I hear again. the slow and measured and musically monotonous ticking of all old time clock. "Our Aunt l\:fary, who lives IIp invVlndham county, wrote to us about three weeks ago that she had come across, up in the ~ttic an old clock t11;:lt she thought we might like to have; ;.t1ldwe wrote to her that we'd he, glad to get it, and she sent it along. "It's a shelf clock, but a big one,ill a tall ~<Jtlare cornered, mahogany veneered case. Looking glass in the lower part of the door-the clock face of painted wood,· with a little painted ornamentation on it in the corners, around the dial; paint WOl"ll off acrOSS the face of the dail, between the key-holes, where the ,vinding key has been swept across it from 11O\C to hole, in innumerable successive windings in days gone by. "A clock with \veights, old time clock weights, and \-vith a pendUlum; and there's a soothingness in the ticking of an old time clock that you don't get in these nervous modern dock", that ail: actuated by springs. "i\nd we took the old clock to the clock repairer and had it put in order and then we brought it home and set it UJl-a line old clock, it is! And we WOt11ld up those weights and set the pendulum swinging, and the old clock found it voice and sf/oke to us long ago; as it has been doing daily since. "And this day I had been listening to it and dreamin'; that',;; all, just dre<lmin'.··-Kew York SUIl. Trading Stamp Bill Before New York Legislature. [n the. New York legislature a bin has been introduced to regulate the trading stamp business. It provides that a de-posit of $25.000 shall he made with the city treasurer in the large cities, before stamps can be issued, to be given away v"ith purchases, The stamps are used for the purpose of collecting premiums, and if this hitt passes it wi.\l regulat~. the giving of all articles of merchalldise with pl1 rchases. III the secondary cities $15,000 wilt be the charge and so do' ....n to sma\1er amounts in smaller cities of the state. The pen-alty will be a tine of not more than $1,000 or six months' imprisonment. 38 The "Jlrill~< ,;t'''~'('ll open:" \\,{.':I a/hi the jl:n.~p('ch {IJI- :1 prospC"OtlS YC~l'- are lllanifc,;ted q;·11llgly. F.arl:y :::llipnH:']l\o' of gOO(!s ill lllO.:-:t line:, ur manufacture arc called f"r, :1 condition our manutaclurn:-; C(J1l1CI1111blC with plC~I-;l1r(' By the etection of ne\\' f,lcloric-; and the l'llbrgclllVllt "I old ones dnrillg the p:r,-:( year, gi\'ing" Clllploj'IllCllt to :1 Llft')y increased ll11tllber uf 11len, the illlpl'rtallcc ()f 1'~\',Ul:-:\'iI1,l' ;1:' a fUfuiturl' manufacturing' ccut,,'" ;" 11111dl 1<1'-';",'('1"than ill the years past. Onr m;\Ill1fadurcr,; du ll(lL a:-:pirc' In l11~lrked r\i,;tillC-tion in the i11<1t1,"try. They \\iou\rl l1ur care tll llCl\'c {Ilir city known as the "great (~elHfal Jllad.:cb oi the greal "('('I1I:al west" Hor as the "Grand Rapids ol tl1(' Ohio Valley," Tileir aim is !Ofllrnish the nineteen th(J\lS,llld dC;lh'l"s "I the United Stat(':-; with good meditll1l ;llHI I,)\\, priced fnl niture, the fu,"niturt that the COlllmon people want, thelllr11i-ture lh<lt is iu dem:t1Jd eyery day. )'Ianag-erl\Iillcr of the 1Iiller Folding Be.d eump;II1Y i-; well satisned \vith !lis 11r::;t experience as an o:hibitor ill the Chicago exposition. 1I;t\-iI1:S had it great sal,' (If "Eli" l()lding heds. The Karges Furniture CiJJJlpany arc mailing ;\ c;lta[ogll<'. illustrating and descl'ihing- their ne\-"\' line of chamber furniture a11<1 wardr,)!le". i\lanagcr Ilal!. \If [11(' r':vallsviik Huokc;ls(' and Tabk company. has ret11rlled frum Chicago, where he 'ipent ,I few d:tys meeting blJp:r,-i ;It Ihe expositiolL. 'rhe Specially 1,'tlrlli[ure company will have a Hew f;ICtOl'Y and rC:,U!llC the l1lal111tactureof furniture shortly. The Fellwock l;:'ol[ and FaLlet company i,; rapidly pIT par;l1~ tu resuml' hu,;il1ei',S with ,\ we1\ equipped faclory. S('crl't:lry-trt'Il"tlr,'r Ploeger., of tile 130"<;(:,F,Hllitufe CI)1I1- pany visited tIll' Chicago Furniture market. .\lthou.tdl the Bosse line was 1I<)t 1)11 exhihition. Mr. T'1c,eger did a rille IHl:-ii-ne3S while \11 Chil'a~·". Brief Mention, The Nc\son C1rpd campau)' arc adding- l11rniturc to their lHlsilless in La Crll';sc, \Vi!". E. L. Grey bas purcahsed the il11:t'rest uf ,-\. T. ;\hln~lY III the rlrm of (;'os:" & ~Jtlrray, Plainwell, ).lich, The 'standard Furnitul'c company stlccccdH. [1. Ln11111(:' and company ;It·\ltoOIl:l, Pa. Fifty tllOlts<llld ciollars capital is invc,;ted. The :,lock of the cOlllpany will be sold out at 01lce and a llCW ;'itock purchased. Tn a recent [-ire ill Ru"sctlyillc, Ark., damages -were heavy. two furllito;'e sture.:; sllffel"ed. ThC)' Ivere X.:lllkin Brothers and l{obert l-l:.ag-sdale. Vl'ry little insurance \vas carried. G. A. Chatllcld has suld (jut hi;; furniture "ture in Bel-mond, TZl. Geo, i\1. Schaefer succu[,:; _\, J. Sehwinghamlller III .'\1- h:wy, ?\.Tillll. Jos. Hopson',; fl1rllitnrc store ill _'dart. Tex., wa.~ des[r')red by fire recently. The Eastern Furniture company \vill deZl( ill fut'niture in New York City. Their capital is $5.00n Birmingb ..1m, \l;;L, \vil1 soon JliIssess ~\llother furniture store. that of the Crook f'urniture ;llld Loan company. It was recently organized 'Nth a capital of $3,900 Clayton lleath ,;uccceds C. R, \\'arincT in Cincillllalt!", 1'\ C\'V York. The Elgin (Ill.) Furniture and Carpet company has 1>e<'11 sold to S. Feuchtwang-n, furmerly of Pittsburg. Pa. Brastcd & Vlilhelm. Hartley, la., have sold out to \11'. and 1.frs, T.H Berne and 1\.Tl-S. Broc1ers. The Thur,;to11 & L8ngl111 Furniture company are ne\vly (I"gani2ed in Anoka, 1\1inl1, E. C. JncobsoJ) Jus sold Ullt in Gary, ),lin11. \\"111. IIHlllphn'Y, .:I.lora, ;\filln., lias bought \V. A. Day's lurniture stat'\.'. Thc Sl~UHlard Furniture company of Spokane, \Vash., !l"c; heel! ille<,rpOratl'<1 \vith $,55,OCO capital. O. I" l\Ie~v(']" 'J! Xew- \'ork buys a half intcl'esL The PC,)p!c',-i ()ulhttillg C((mjlany (If Chicag,) has sold um 1,) thcllartm;\ll Furllitu,e and C;\rjlet company. The llZlrt-lll< J.1l c,nnpuny obtainc([ 1t'a~e Oil the building' occupied hy ihe People's Outfitting c()\npan.v ami lakes over the stock, li_'dur(·s. hook :lccotlJlL; ,'PH) h]J,-iinc.-;,; o[ the retiring cornpany. The Gabay Furniture and ;\'! l'rcanlilc ('()\ilvany, illco~por- ~Ited with $10,()CO eapiL,1. will do hllsines,; in .l\:[empbis, Tenn. S;lle blowers succeeded in making away with $58.31 Ir(Itn the safe of the D;\llvil\e (lU.) Furniture company. The TVanI Furniture and \nctinn company, \'lith $10,- noo capital, witl do busilles6 inf)el1Yer. Colo. The Glohe Furllitun: cnmpaLly, Fort. \Vnrth, Tex" is ballk~ rllPt. Liabilities $3(i()(). a:,seL; $2400. A $2,000 loss resulted frOlTL a tire ill the Schmidt Furni-rlJre store in Vcnligris, \Ieb. Ben T. Smith will add a rille fmlliture depat"tment to his .~tore in ~i.\iles Cty, 1\lollL The: Hopc (Ark,) Caniage and Furniture company have had a fire, the loss reaches $12,500. The Palace Furniture company, Vv'heeling, \V. Va., has become a stock ~ompat1y with $80,000 capital. _\. H. Albrecht has pnrchZlsed /\. 11oc.hsprung's furniture store' in Stewal·t, )'-linn. Cox & Leek, Knoxyille, 1'("n11" :11'(' slIcceeded by E. \1. Andre\vs, who has another store in Greensboro, N, C. Eggert & Sons, lTi\waukcc, furnitllre dcalers, wilt erect ;1 $20,000 building fot' me as sales, display and storag'e r,)(Jll1S, to be of hrick 50.\:125 feet in dimellsion:", three stories high. The CrU(I\':' 1o'11rnit\.1I·(' C()l1ip,llly, Be,;sel11Cr. Ala_, has been rt:nrg-anizc,1 with $5,000 capital. The stockholders 3nd t'IlW1oytS of the \Vinegar Fmniture CI)lllpany Clrjoycd a banqoet ;It thc Hntel Pal1t1ind, Grand R.Zlpids, January 25. The Greotzinger Carpet and Fl1r1liWrc cOl1ipaily will dn business in Newark, N. J. l C. \Iatland has opened a furniture store in Corona, Cal. 'the Jenkins Furniture and Auction e.ompany have en-n; tO'<.:d in businc~s in Berkeley, Cat CO> ""Cr,ystal Brothers, Vacaville, Cat, have a new furnitl1re store. \Tr. Baldwin has opened a furniture store at Jvlerced, Cal. C H, Burdick has moy(,d his furniture store from I,os Angeles to Ely, l\ev. F. B. \\'harton, Oakland, Cat., has made an assignment :n favor of J. L. Lyon. The 11. A. Bricr company. Lodi, Cal., have a,ided turni- III 1"" :~nd cZlrpds. Creditors of t~le Decatm ~fll.) Chair l'()Hlpany have asked f'll- -the appointment !If a receiver. The [iabilities ~\rc said tll bc $15.000 Zlnd the ,tssct:-i $50,()OO. \1, _M. \lacQl.1een has sold hi,; stock of furniture ill Oeolltt), \Vis., tn the Reynolds company. Thc l--'oc.atel1o (Utah) Furniture company has made an ,lssignment to L. ;VI. 11obson. The Globe City Furnitl.1l·(, company of rocatel1o will buy the stock. El1zcb Sanctuary has openc(l a furniture store in Hines-bnrgh. VL ]. \. Arnold, a fmnitn]"e dealer of I.otlisville, Ky., has left tlle c.ity. taking with him funds belonging to the Carnahan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which be lvas treasurer-, The Idaho Furnitme company, of Pocatello, Idaho, have made an assignment. No. S26. THIS TRADE MARK GUARANTEES THE BEST No· S2S. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. OWOSSO, MICH. WOODARD FURNITURE COM PANY Schultz & Hirsch Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Manufacturers of Medium priced Bedroom Furniture in all the Faney woods and Finishes Full Line of 400 Pieces shown in Grand Rapid, during January. New Catalogue will be ready sooo. Write for one FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPPLIES 260 and 262 South DespJaines Slreet Yours Truly CHICAGO WOOD~RD FURNITURE CO. 40 Pioneer MfS. Co ... DETROIT. MICH. Reed furniture Babu Garriages Go-Garts Our goods will be shown with Palmer Mfg. Co. on the second 110m of the Furniture Manufacturers' Exhibi. tion Building, I 3 19 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, _ ILL. lkt'"it is pl,c.;pnil1g ;',IHI ill the t!nitc'd St:ll,',,; Ct'll~ll:; ,.j 1910. n'cry I'Jdrll;lc' pr"plws;c,,; th'IL ill ""l\Il! \\-i1", sh,.\\;\ h,\1f millio1! illkllJit:lllts. Then- I" u·: Llill'i:, 111\\('11 t" l'l1- c{)urap;c the helid that the city is r:ljlitlly lll';lr;lll! that 11I:lrk, ,\11(\ t11c fll'nituf\' mell, lllallllbclU1"l'L'; <llld 1l1,'r('h:1I1Ls alike :IH' doing their Tllli sh:lrl' \1-" bring" it ,1])<ll1t The 1l1:l11ui;ICLu ,'LS il:-e ;dl hns}': >"1111(.' (ll rhl'1ll with 11lUI'l" orders 1111 tbl'ir !J'loks thall (','n hc!p!"e ;,t rhi .; se:ISIlll (,I tltl' year, while the lIlerchallL~ :trv carrying: ~t()d,:-i t1l<'.\ l'.'ll1pt their custlll1Wr:-i to huy eyen !1lorc tklll they :lctll:t1ly nced Tl1c Ilc\ve:.;t :\11(1 \vhat prUlJlises tu b!:' l'Ill' ,,( thc li!lc~t fur-niture store ill tbe city, i:-i being hlli1t hy \\ .. I~. n;lrh·' ,11 1fichig,1lL al·c .. I1car third:-it. II IS a Il;\I1(1:-;"l\le thrcc' ~uwy builclillg, SI) l1ear compleLioll that it will he "pelletl up \\·ith all entire ne\\' :-itock early in ,\p:·i1. Tllis will hc a hr:llh.:h of the "\Voodw:trrl ,1\"(:" .• sto:-c of \Y. E. Harker ~'V.. Clllllll~lny. and will be :1 great aC([l1isiti('11 Ul th(' fl1rnil\1rC il1dl1:-itr .... of .\lichigan ave., w11ich ;llr~·<ldy 11:\:-imore lnrllitu'·(· st(l;'(':-' tb,ln :lny nther street jl] the city. The Po~selitls Driltht:1'''; Fur11itllH' \ral111f,\'~tl1rillg- C(\111 KOOK WOOD alLd a general line of FANGY TABLES \VTite fUT Cuts and PTice, PALMER Manufacluring Co. 1015 to 1035 P:llmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Will exhibit during January on second Aoor, South Furniture Exhi-bition Bldg" l31q Michigan Ave,. Chicago, W. pall) :)td a lille lHOSlH.'(C~ i'r,r as !;!T-g-c ;1 husiness: ill 1906 as ill 190\ :\J1d that was :l r,·c{)rd hreak~',. Their un·\, C;lt:t\ogtk \\·ill hl' out early ;11 1·'('!Jrll'lry Thi,.; COlllP;llly 11;1:-; hrOtlg!ll 1)11t :l llew r'llll1d jahle wi[11 a 45 inch tr,p wl1i,.'1J 11lay 1)(' c\:· tended to 64 i11cl](> :\1ld "till be a flll1ll(1 table, The exteIlS;()11 lC:I\'cs ;\re tlilder the top. ;llHl it is (k:-;igned f()r a !l;U\([Lld t;\111(', l"t is jll'cside11t \fllllZ·S l;ltcS!". and patellts haH' IWCll :l\Jphed fl.r \\"hicll will ]]<1 doubt he .::.>;:':tllted. Spcaking- uf patent,.;, mally pe(J]/,e are 11llde: \11l' illlpr,::<.-.;i.jll [hat the Cni\ed Stat,:,.; gii\"(':·llIllcnt i:-isltCS p;ltellb tt) all ,\1)- plic;\]lts wilh !HI ide;\ of p:'(ltecting' them, and th:n tberl'io,e th,~'y may be infringc(1 \vilh il11punit}, hy ~Iny one who Illay ,.;cc lit to do ,,0, This is ]ll)l the Ch(', as tllc reader may sel' hy turning to thc ad\'erti~elllellt of t.hi,.; company 1111 ;l1lothn page o[ tl1i,.; paper. The PiOlH'l'r :\f:lIlliLtnt1"ing ClIllljlally 11l(l(k a Illle ,d)ll\\' "f reed rockers. chil([rl'Il',~ clniages and gn-carb ill Chicag-o, :uld h:-id tlJe best ];llJuary trade .since they JJ;n'e been in bl1:-,i-llCS~ T!ley \\·ill S(lil1l mail <In illll~Uatcd .,.;heet of folding, g-o-cart,.;, :-i!J(J\ving- liyc ,.;mall 01le,-" tWll mcdil1111 :Iud seven t11ree-quarter si;cc Fuldillg· :llld reclining carts The Pall11('r \LlllttfaClt11'ing- c01l1pany had tbe large.,.;t trade ill Cl1icagn they ha\'c eU:T had. \\'hen they sell a CU:-itumC1" "uce tbey !l;\':e 11,1 lrO\:./)I(, ill g"l:ttillg duplicate orders. 1:'". D. j;reem<lll, whl) forme ly rq)'c,.;cnterl the \\'olvcr;ne Reed COlll, pany, uf rhi,.; city. \o\"ill C,\ ['y tbe Palmer and P;oIH~cr lilies in Indian;\ :l1ld [llill()i:-,: R. C \rc:\liII'\1l in ~Iichigan, and C. r...::. S'llH.kr,.; in 01Jiu. The beautiful ruolnvuod finished Llbll',~ 1ll;I(.k hy this C()lllpally ClllltilJue to gTOW ;11 popularity. They !J;lVC brotlg\lL uut a l1umhcj' {If 11,'\0\" oak and rnahogally library anrl parlur Llb\l''';, :t1,;() all illlllatHlil quartered oak tlt;lt i,.; 1nllCll S(lllghl after. The Jcnk:-i &: .\Illi,- c<otl1pally an-' "lI·i~lrgillg their brass awl ir"ll bed bet'!ry, whic1\ alteady i,~ ()lle IJt the largest. J C. \\"idm;l\I & company b:\d a (1:l11d,Y (r;\(l(' ill ClJi(~agll; 111\1ch 1:lrg·cr tl!;lll c\·e~· berore. The \\',J1n:rilh' \1;111l1iaClu;illg· e"lllp,\lly :tllrl th,· Cadilbc Caliill('[ cumpany cuuld nul help but h:l\c rille 3;dt',~. fur rhi' display they Pilt IIp ill ChieaglJ \\'inlld ll'1111lt (,'\'ery()IlC hut a 1Jlill(l man. and 11' he werc a r\1rnitll:~' mcrclt,ult, he would be pedectly· ",(lie ill bU.rillg them. Smith, Day & compallY have c!(lsecl Ullt thi" Detruit house al1d l1luve tu llldiallapolis. TlJe r;lil;·oa([" having' ptt:·- ch;lsed the [arg-~' live story hrick facuJry occupied hy t!J(:m at Sixth al1([ CongTess ,~trect::;. and their hl1sil1eS:-i b;lving gr()\\,n ,.;{) rapidly ill [he ]-hH):-i;('r capital, they dCl',idcd to c()llsolid;\tc both of t!leir western lFancl!es in the 18tter city. The \Voh'erill(' H.ecd cOlllpany. havillp; tired rlf prison Ctl!1l-pditioll, have moyed over to \V:dkerville, Ontario., where llnrl,'r L!le protectiug c;\rc 'jt the British lion and thirty-five l1Cr C(:llt protectioll, they' h"jJc to huild \1P a heter busiue::;::; t1l:111 they \\·('re ,lble to d'l in Detroit. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH A COMPLETE LINE 41 We Would Like to Get Closer~~toYou Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little -closer. 'Wellnow suppose you do-we will teHyou how. Buya pair of our S pound Genuine All Geese Feather PillOws, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen Tick, any color, for $1.85. You will get closer to us and we wl11to you. Terms .=; per cent for cash 10 days. H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Double daily train aeyVie~ to N~w Orleans. Send for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC MaR., CHICAGO. S, a. HATCH, GENERAL PASS. AOENT, CHlc ...ao. fRANK NETSCNERT CO :>4 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK DECORATIVE FLOWER PLANT TREES HANGING BASKETS ELECTRIC DISPLAYS ETC. Ask us fOl our llIustraterl Catalogue No. 10. fRANK NETSCNERT CO 34 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Office, Dining >oJ Directors' Tables are OUT sp~ciahy Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for Catalollue. Getsarnpleoof BANQUET TABLE TOP DON'T READ THIS unless you are a MANUFAC'l'URER. MILL-MAN or BUSINESS MAN, in which case you would dQ well tQ carefully comider the following facts. The St. Louis K. San francisco R. R. bettc:r known as the has built, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroo.d during tne past five yean and an traversing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to locate your tactory-or mill in this most prosperous section. It will repay you to wlite 'TODAY for full particulars regarding ind1,lcements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent markets, etc Illustratd booklet" Opportuniti~s" semfree. M. SCItUL TEla. Industria. Commissioner, Frisco Bldg. st. Loafs, Mo. No. 51 The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT. 20. 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection in the line of Folding Chairs. P~:RFHCT COMPACTNESS whcm folded. Ha'l"d maple. uatural finish. \\TRITE "OR PRICRS. oh. PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana 42 I The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator 1S JUST1FIED BY 1TS MERITS ONLY Economy, simplieilYand durabJity are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in 'he market let us hear from you and we will be pleased to mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Wanen St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN Muskegon Letter. llolders ()r :-;b-lCk ill t11l' Alaska I'(drig-n;lt<Jr ~"'lllpallj- :Lr~' very we'll sati:died with tIll' ht1.'iinc:-is t:-an:-i:\cted by tIll' ll\111- 11a11Y1<lst .year and the l'1I11tf()ILlhk dleckc.; di:-:trilH1lt'd C!J\"l'r-ing t11e dividell(L C,)mJll~\illts are often heard {,r Ilw Ull-prolitahl(' ncss III' the 1"clrigatoj" malll\facturiug hU.'iilles,;, lml Sl'lCkllOlr\crs ,)f the \bska ;[1'(' llot :lllllltlg the g-ulllhlt'l":'i. \L-Iliager [~ord ha,; hl'l'n :\ mUllt"y maker ror hi:' ('1llpl'jYl'r.;,;. The biR fact":"y was !le\'e,' 1\](1fe cr()w(led wilh h\1~ilH'''S tll:lIl al.' prescnt. Thos\: (,f "111" 11l:11lU\acture,'s \\'1111 e:-.:hi1Jited lilll'S at G:-and Rapids dl1ring' the past 1I1"l1th are \"<'1".\- \vell satisl'll'd \\·ith thc orders takell. The hig line of (/la1ll1ll'r lnl"Jlitun' {r"lll th{; factory of the lV[ll."kegoll Vallc}' F\11"l1itl1rc company \\":1-; l)l1e of the stellar att:",lctl()llS of tlle s(';[.'"'II11. The (\r<in Llkcll \Vere lafRc, sh"willR the high appreci:nioll ill \\-lli(h tile (:'\111- !lallY's grlods afC 11<.'1\1hy the hest cIa",,> IIf trade The Sargent i\Ltllttl'al't11:-ing c"Lllpan)' 'lilH III parl'lr desks, hall racks, ho(,].;:-ca.-;es, magaZine :,11<1jarrlinier '"'\:uld" and cahillt'l.'i fllr hac-hol"I's altral'L{'d gClh'CIl ;ltlenti'lll The rHllnhcl' of ol-,krs takcn shows 111:)1 the S,lrgel1t j)l"fldlin ;-.(,11.-; The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKECON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------- Al!lO Manufaclul\"I1 and Eltporten< of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street uge, OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM I':lstly and tit,1t the line i.'" a prnrltahle 01lC f{w dealers tll !tawlle. A cOlllplete change in tllt-' patterns of the l\loon Desk C0111- P,lll}' was 1)11('of the pleasant s"lrprises of th(· market. Ever_y appliance llcccssaq-' {()!' the cnmfo[·t .:tnd ('o(J\·'enience of the <1e.-;k \V(Jrker \vas supplied awl the stlyes were materially improved. :\Ianager Stephen;;; \vil\ lnail a catalogue to dealers who would pnst themselves in regard to the new line. The .\llas FI1rnitl1rc Cntllll',lly. the Shaw \Valker com-pany and the Grand Kapids Desk company are fully employed (\11 ()rdt:>rs. The Postal Authorities Were Particular. .\ lllcmher Ilf thc national house or representatives ha.-; had trouble with tlH~ postal antllorities through his attempt tn put a frank 011 a bookcase containing; JHlblic docutnent,s :ll1d ilrlier things and tc sCIHl it thrOll,Kh the mails from his 11(I11H: to \V!lshington. The posto!tice authorities of the capital held lip the bonkca~e, claiming it was not frankabl~, ;11111 the nwm\)cr \-vas obligc:(1 to p!ly $72 postage.', Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. --- ,MUSKEGON, MICH. -------- Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... 43 A MO(O)N-EY MAKING LINE Has raised panels all around and be-tween pedestals, wide pedestal drawers. center drawer with flat keyed lock; double writing bed, heavy pilasters and roll top arms, drawers varnished inside, have mov-able partitions, deep drawer partitioned for books. Overhanging or bracket front. golden oak finished. rubbed and polished. Desk is supplied with 13 all wood pigeon hole boxes, 41etteJ file drawers with index, one card index drawer with foHow block attachmenc, private compartment with Rat keyed lock. This desk is also supplied with space for books at each end of the pigeon hole case. MOON DESK CO. Muskegon, Mich. II ~. Crutchley and company of Albany, N, Y., have become bankrupt. Liabilities are $19.928 and nominal assets $3,175. Washington B. \iVilliams of \iVashington, n. c., a promi-nent business man, long identified \'\'ith the furniture trade, died recently. He conducted a large furniture and carpet establishment until four years ag-o, when he sold Ollt to the Hub Furniture company. M. J. Cowles, son of E. E. Cowles of the B. T.. 1'larble Chair company, is now representing the following manufac-ories; The B. L. Marble Chair company, Bedford, 0; C. D. \iVidman and company. Detroit, and the Crawford Chair company of Grand Ledge, 11icl1. Newell M. Cook, for a long time an undertaker and furni-tllrc dealer ill St. Louis, \lo., died recently. The Lyon Furniture company's store in Milwaukee was damaged by fire recently, the loss is $4,000. The Delehouse Furniture company have increased their capital stock to $30,000. Dewitt \V. Needham of Mankato, Minn., is a bankrupt. F. S. Harmon and company's new building in Portland, Ore., is nearing completion. Tt \\-'itt be one of the hest equipped and modern wholesale and manufacturing hl1ilding;s in the city. E. M. Brown, Cedar Falls, la., has purchased the interest of Mrs. S. 1. Thomas in the firm of Bro\'vn & Thomas and wil1 continue the business. The furniture business of i\kers & Smysor, Lincoln, [11., has been sold to F. E. alle] F .. 1:-1.Avery of Peoria, Ill. :\lr. Smysor will continue in the management until a new maua-ger is appointed. )iTatt F. :\lart1' bas removed from New GIants to \Tol1- tia1to, \iVis. S. IT. Bark, a furniture dealer of of $25 from a forgny perpetrated merchants suffered as wet!. George l'vr. Lawrence, a furniture dealer and undertaker of \Varsaw, Tnd., died recently. The Nebraska Furnitttre company, organized with capital, will conduct a furniture business in Salt Lake C. Black1er has opened a new funliture store in N. D. w.;. stock of Milwaukee, was by a deaf man. the loscr Othcr $25,000 City. Cando, Winkie, Lake City, la., has purchased \Vedin Brothers of Luverne, Minn_ the furniture Jacob Tamble sLlccecds Ole Steenberg in Brandon, rvlinll. S. 1. :\'.1anby and company, organized with $25,OCO capital, will conduct a furniture store in 1\ ew York. Antique fur-niture and bric-a-brac will be a part of the stock. Dunham & CassIe! of Cadillac, Mich., have sold out to Geo. \Vebber and \A/alter Savery. H. ]. \Vendclken will open a wholesale and retail furni-tu, e store in Portsmouth, 0., as soon as a location IS se-cured. The Fish Furniture company wilt con;:;truct a new build-ing at 219-221 North "venuc, Chicago, on p;'operty leased to them [or a term of ten years. The ft11"Tliture de:alers of Peoria are wroth because. the furniture lor the new Peoria city hall was purchased in Chi-cago. They declare their goods could have been furnished at the same rates as those of Chicago merchants. Japanese Looking-Glasses. Looking-glasses and mirrors of small size are being sold 11l China, in great quantities hy the Japanese makers. Glasses of all sizes from the small hand mirror abollt the size of an American silver dollar up to the full length cheval mirrors are madc by the Japanese for that market. A popular variety of glass is mounted upon ;l metal stand made of heavy wire, nickel-plated. so as to sVv·ing upon pivots inserted in the framework mounting. These arc almost entirely of Japa-nese make. and ill sizes I-ange from 6 by 3 up to 8 by 12 or 9 by 12 inches, with bevel edge, rounded COlncrs, or oval shapes, are laid down here, including freight and insurance, at front 70 cents to $1.25 each, United States currency. Bcvel g-bss mirro:-s mOUllted on wooden backs with adjustable wire brace at back, 4 by () inches, sell at 45 ceuts, (Mexican) each and $4 (Mexican) pe;- dozen. Larger siLes, 8 by 6 inchcs, sell nt 85 cents each al1d $8 per doze11 Uv1exican), about 4Z;4 cents and $4 respectively, American. A Valuable Old Bed. Mlle. Cecil Sorel, the beautiful French actres.s, is the \)os.sessor of an antique bed which dates from the time of the French renaissance. Nredtess to say, it is her most cherished possession. The value of the bed is said to be $30,000, and it is in a. state of perfect preservation. The Grand Rapids Exhibition from the Inside. Directly after Chric;tl1u,,; olle (!ll the in:-iidv (II 111rni[\11 anair,.; ill Grand H.:lpid,.: detect:-; a enlaill rl'sllc":";llo.:"-. I",\,;d sale";l1wll C1l1crgc fl"lm tlH' h(),.;()lll"; III' rl,cil' t;ulliliv,.;, ,'1' hdli:"; lip the ,.;hot g"UU, and ",h'l\\' their [ac('s ,n 11ll' lHl'.C!" 111 111· vicinity (IT the cxhihiti()l1 11l1ildi11!.!,'''; , mOlr" ]la; tll'lI,;L:'I) tlL' hig building, passer,.:lJy may he "n'n CiCC;I"j'J1LL1\\ Cr;lll1'li~ their necks, ;1,.; if wakhing a p;lrac!1ut,' 1111ll]). hut a ~el",.;cr l:X- ;Lmil1,ni'lll reveaL" the prc:-icl1,'<.' 1'1' C(I,'11 "I' 1<::111,'i1\:1 nig;gn,.; Idling da:ylig'hl lhruugh the UPllV:' !lu(" \\';!",I!(\\\"". clinging to dangerCJlIs stnrc ledges with IllJC hand ;\1\(1 giving a vig-nrolh rubhing to the glass 'with the other 11}' this Lime t\\"I' ()r l!l:"Cc I)f th~' ()l.Ibi(k lillt,,;. m'll lltll n[ llw adYa1l1,lgl''; ()j: lL~· l'ar'I)' hird 1I,\\,C arrivcd "lH1 a: Il<.'ing: ,;d up. Thl' n\.lt..;ide ,;ah:,;llIeu lJe;.611 tu ,lPlicar \\'iL\I (rl' \\".,1! <,I Dexter line. John Goldell of the llnbh:nd & Eldridge, and <::1'-- ]0,1(1 :\lor!ey yvhn is illv<triabl,Y :lLllOtlg' the Ilr,;L rOllh':'~ .. Alt],ot1r4h the datc of the opening ill J:llltlar) b ';!lPl"h\,d to he the (,rst. the loud tact(l1'ies arc seldmll all H,:t(ly at tlwL cbte and vcry il~\V or the outside lill(:s :11'(', The castenl hUy('r,; hegil1 to arrive dirl.:'cll)' ,lite' CI'I :,;t 111as, expericllce having taught some (II them that ,I,n" ,11''-.' mallY clll,'ie out pltlll1S to he fOl\lHl ;\t g('lle:""llS di";C!lllJ1t·; which they promptly absorb TUj' their Fchrn;l1'y and ~l~I'ch "al('s. By the til11(' t11(' outside lines are in [lH.' mid"t or \JI < paraliull, the I",al ,;aleSlllCll arv ready (or bu,;i'k';S ~Ill(l tilt· hotel lohbivs lwcol11c hee-hiu·s. Il is :t uCl1h'ndtltl,; vlto,.t L(l turn the C1t,l(l~ I)i ;lrnV111g car]'l;ld:c. ill!u th,· rcgllb1'ly [l1;I('ed sample: liue. Thc hlhit'sl man ill l{".Ylll'rUlll Clnislma,; tu the Ill'tll of J:rlluary is undouhtedly Frank I'J"tul1, nuklltOWl1 t,) lleal-er", hut \'l':'Y lllllCh kllO\Vll to vxllihitl)l'~, ~\nd \'cry 111\\el1 de-pended up by ouc~idt, tacli"l:'ics ,lllc1 :c.;deslllcil 011 him. ill a 1;'l1'.2"e llle;h,He, dl'\·11h'e.~. tlh' rb[Ji'l1sibilty 'If rcceiving, tracing- car,,:;, l\n~ackillg and (ldin'rill~' tt", ,heir :c.paccs the variuu:c. lil]1;':-; with thVll' dlOl\,;al1t!,; (JI ,~;\tllpl~':,> pflnrillg daily into the cit:y. [t is a herculean t:t:->k. whi,:ll rcqlllreS :\ C'''J[ head ,\lid exact knowledge Ill' rhc Inc;llion 01' cyery expcrt !u;·niLllr..: h'11Hllcr. .\11.ywhere f 'nlll SCI'Clllyli\'(' tu (lI1C llundr<'d car- ItJa.ds (It :-iample:'> jJ~\S:-itlln1llgh hi,,,; 11(l11(ls in the ';Vacc ,il' lVll days, eve:"y 'l\\'l1cr 101' re]Jrt'scnt~lti\'e ..;alesman clamoring' {or instant action. This llle;1l1" ~I iur('e o[ furniture packer,;, and ll1I,\'iuf2; van", \\'{Fking day and night alH\ yn tht'l"c is ne\"~'r ;\11 ;ll,ticl( lost, and .:;('\(Inn) 1,Ile llli,;placc(l. Add lo th(' lWlllt: p,"udl.lu about lih:y car!pa(b h:\n(l1nl 1)y the exhibiting iaculrics 1.11'utlte;> 1,lleal lllljlat:kcr,; :Illd yillt have the out;;idc p,l,'t (){ the exhihililJll The raise in price,;. Ilf ap\lroxiIl1~\tl'ly l10t ()\"er 5 per ('clIl (lelay('d the hl1yillg tbis L\st SC:lc'Ull and CI\15cd 1I1;ll1y to take lllemnra11(\<t r,\ther th;l1l le;\ve or{\(~rs, hut ,\,..; a rttk Ja11uary, hllying- j" pl'ompL. al1(l s[lccdy, ~'r()\\'(ling tht' ';l'a~'III'; hlhi-ne."',':; int() threc :c;cal1t weck:;, thereby dinnil1~ ',:u.'!:cly ('"'\111 the IOl1g (\r;l\y\1 (Jul S111ll1l\tr s("lsun. The must notablc change il1 J;.ll1l1ary wa..; Ih(" el1ti;'(' ab- :;cnce of retailing in the K,lillg1ll~11l buil(lilig, the cntirc :",'tail l':c.tahlislllll(,l1t, h:l\>illg ltlUH'd tl\ th "I) calkd .\11111.':". l!lu,; Ilpcning up n1llro: :..;pac(' ill LI1(' hig lJlliltling' \\·hiclJ ill thi: ll1;lin \vas 'H.::ntpicd by prt"\'il'u,,,, <'.,hihitl,r,; in the \1111ex The .~ew Cli"llpl'raLi\:e 11l1ildill.~ I,f .\le..;e;~·,..;,(;~',,JJili"t:h :1111! SkillllCl' i" \\-'('11 1111der \\":IY, ,11](1 it:.:; ~.t"\'t'll r1,,,,:',':; will. he rl'ad:- in July. It will dr~l\\ Ir')111 the \l1"d!2,l"lt htl';!dill~' (; ,hil;",'I' ;;l;d Croshy, Carrol1tlll1 1,'ul"ltitlll"C C<ltTquny, S11c';t<>n ~11H1Snytkr, hU1ll the Shepard huilding O.!' \\·IH·t·I"ck \\'itll hi" nUllH'rlollS linc,;, tr<01u th(' _\fasll1lic huildinf!: :-:-;ki11l1"r ;lIlI! Slel"l11~'\11 ,lIltl "'\];' ,ht' 1"li11g:m;lll buildill~' l';1< \llt,j'l'!!;"I\ Vall-::/ ["'urnitl1r "I'!p,llly and will 1:1 ('"q.;,."jU' jlt~~' lrl!:<' Y 71R T 1.s7I.l'l s ...:..,.k -) $ ft $* 11l~·r, [,;~' LI1<.';\\';111 ll,:l' ,;p:lce. II' the pa,;t is :Lll}' criL<"l·inn, tl1i~ nH~allS that July will find 11\<,re e::--:hibitors than l'VC" ,;\flec ftlr tIle la"t 11ve }'('<lI'S then' 11:1<; !Jel'll practically 1101 de.:;il ,\llie l1110ccnpicd Sp;I(',(' tll he hac] in Lhie; lll:lrket. _\Il(lther lllJtice:tblc lad \\"as dIe absence ot S(Tel',ll prOI11I- 111\:11tJilles, Ivlltl:-'>e ~]J:Il'!:S \\vre occupi('<l hy otherc'. 5('\'(';'al new linc ..; m:llk their debuL thi,,:; ';(',\'i()ll beino' The i<';\~\b Cll:til" cOlllpany {Jt Gr;lud kapids ;nakcrs (It' high g-;'ade malwg;ulY work, t11e Cr;nvfnrd Chair company ()f GratHI Ledgc ill che:tp and lTleclil1!ll buX" :c.eat diners and the Old Co;ouy Chair cIJmpany, lit l<'oche ..;tcl" ill mahogany n:pt"UdllC-I11Jns uf tllC <lId makcrs. Thl' valuc ()f the Grand I{alli(!:o; e:\.hibits is mostl\' a nutler tI( t·,~till1;lle :dthnugll the uutside litH's wer"e ()(lce "polled iOI" ;1 \·:tllle of (JIlC hundred ,\nt! si:\.ty thOllsaud dollals by a larg(' ,~;\11lple huy'cr. The lines i)l the loc,l! facb)ries \vill casilv rc:\c!t ]nl1' a minion dol1;(I"". The :-lctnal lltul1bel' of sanljJl('~.;; cxhihilc(] in Grand Rapids was placed at about forty eight tllou,;alL (ully half of which \vere case goods. \\'hat dH' ~'t",l:>(!ll costs S01l1e of the exhibitor,,;; will llc,'el hI.: knuwn h'lt we can put 0111' linger on scyeral oUlside 1,\t:!i11'ic,; IVhIIS~' freigltl. rellt balldliug>, hotel and incidental I'Xllt'llS~':; \vill 1l1:1kc :1 two L1H!us~{nd dollar clN(l'g\~ lIot to mCll-ti" u the

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