Michigan Artisan; 1908-10-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No.7 OCTOBER 10, 1908 Semi-Monthly To " The amount of work we are diJt1t/rat prese1zt in the space which we occupy we would have found it difficult to find bench room and places for the men to have done this b.p piece work." ). H. Lockey Piano Case Co. P The Sand Belt Machine has proved 'ltot only a labor saver but has also improved the quality of our work." Richardson Piano Case Co. B We find the machine very satisfactory on sanding our falls and veneered edges" Harvard Piano Co. ••The machine we bought of you i.~doing all the work that yott claim it would and is satisfactory. ,. Cable-Nelson Piano Co. !Ii II rs" )To. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. WYSONG« MILES CO., Cedar St. and Son. R. R, GREENSBORO, N. C. Write for Catalog E The Best Truck-- The Strongest Truck This is the famousGillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable maIleable Iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if youwish to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. Gillette Roller Bearing CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN The Lightest Running. Longest Lasting Trut;k , L ' __I j,, II Notice the Thread It's saw Cllt. That's why the Grand Rapids Hand Screw lasts so much longer than other makes, and why the threads on the spindles are so seldom stripped. Worth considering, isn't it? Our catalog tells more abollt this. Let us sendyou one. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company HAND SCREWS, BENCHES, TRUCKS, FURNITURE CLAMPS 918 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...---------_. -----------~ SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and fnrn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. No. 1493 PULL "',"",sfin.e handle for desks in the sqnare effect. s.. ~ different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN '--_. . ..-.-..-----.1 • 'iIICHIGA1\ i\RTISA1\ ~------_._--_._--._-------_.--_._-- III IV .D." P...... ~:d'ffD'.D' IdDd•• Dd.i.': (P",.~d) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Etc., Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the Warld Power Feed Glue Spreading MllChine. Single, Double and Combination. lPatent~d) (Sizes 12 in. to 84 in wide.) ..-----------------_. Hand Feed Clueing Machine (P!Llen1 pending.) Many styles and .izes. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 1 ~--_._-C-HA-S -E,-FR-AN-CIS & BRO" Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind, No. 6 ctD. H•• ,.,_ --------- T"E MARIETTA PAINT s. COLOR COMPANY MIIRIETT II 01110 from Our New factory f ----_._--------~• We are now shipping all goods from our new factory which has just been completed at Marietta, Ohio, and are better prepared than ever to supply our customers with WHITE PRINTING CO. I. 'HIGHGRAD~A~;~~D~;~I~COnPLET~ ~ HIGH GRADE WOOD fiNISHING MATERIALS Our new manufacturing plant is equipped with every modern facility and we shall continue to keep up the standard of our products to the highest mark of perfeCtion. "-------_. --_._------------_. .,.--'-------------- ----------- - - -- I l z MICHIGAN ARTISAN • KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING PEARL, OTTAWA AND LYON STREETS THE ORIGINAL EXHIBITION BUILDING I1T Limited amount of desirable space for 'JJ rent to parties who will apply quickly. I1T One hundred fifty of the foremost fac- 'jJ tories show their lines in this building. Furniture Exhibition Building Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • • GRAND RAPIDS punuc UnRATIY 29th Year-No.7. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 10, 1908. Buyers and Their Peculiarities. Not 011e buyer in twenty accords th(~ traveling )11<\11 proper courtesy. H c3d buyers, department heads, stock-keepers, and even the young rnan who has hut recently been given the buying of a single litle, are equally guilty. They appear to give the -impression t11<1t they occupy a higller plane ill life than the man "'1.'110sells them the goods they <In, paid to buy al1C\ must have in their business. Courtesy pays. It doesn't cost a.nything and is due every-one. It makes friends and holds them. There is no ex-cuse for Inistreatillg the traveling man simply because he is a seller. As long as he conducts himself in a gentlemanly manner, and "vben before their buyers ninety-ninc. per cent of them do, he is entitled to treatment as such. Even the buy-ers will not deny this, though they seldom practice it. There are buyers who can exhibit the greate"t courtesy to customers, ~ll1ile and joke with them, tell tl1em how glad they are to see them, and so on; turn right from them to a trav-eling rnan who has witnessed the entire proceeding with be-coming patience and reverse their manner and looks with an art which would have made a Joseph Jefferson or a Henry Irving blush with shame. All buyers, of course, are not in this class. There arc C011rteous ones, both old a11(l young. There are elderly gen-tlemen, silTery,·haired and spectacled, who ,,,ill rise from their chairs, extend a friendly hand and give the traveling man an opportunity to state the object of his call. There arc mid-elle- aged men who, though busily occlJpied, will nevertheless welcome a salesman and accord him a respectable hearing. There axe some very yOL11lg buyers, tllough these arc mostly inclilled to show their authority, ,,,,ho 'will cordially receive a salesman. There arc buyers who are so pleasant and agree-able that· a snlesrnal1 would rather leave them withOllt an order than to leave with an order from certain other buyers on his route. Occasionally will he found a boy-like buyer, sm,lll enough to be wrapped in the mass of statiou<l,ry on the huge desk from which be tums to greet a traveling man. His pleasant manner, agreeable welcome and gentlemanly treat-ment win the admiration of everyone. and he is generally given everything ill the way of "specials" the salesman may have "up his sleeve:' The majority, however. is ill the other class. Tllerc are 011\ men ••'110 arc ,,0 grouchy and meall that it chills a travel-illg 111a.llto evell look at them. Just the thought of having to call on them makes him shudder. They arc so nervo·us that they canllot sit long enough to learn the salesman's name and the name of his house. If given a card it '.vil1 go on the floor or into the "",,aste-basket after a blank glance, and per-haps without even a glance. They "",,ill not listen to his proposition, look at his samples or talk to him, They clai.m they do not need salesmen to sell them goods, that they can buy by mail, that a salesrnan is a nuisance, and so on, al-though this same man may have d07.ens of men traveling for him and solici.ting Imsines5. "Know-all" buyers are often met with. They know everything. No salesman can tell them anything. They give short, jerky answers, talk very curtly and soon disgust $1.00 per Year. not only the salesman but ,llly one else who happens to over-hear the conversation. This class of buyers think they itn~ press the tra\'cling man "vith their importance, while, as a matter of fact, they only make themselves figures of disgust such as the traveling mall encounters every day. There are some buyers who are naturally courteous. but ,,,ho think it {;smart" to be gruff with traveling men, simply because they kllO\V the skilled salesman is too wise and too prudent to resent it to their faces. Thus, if a stranger calls ,vho at first sigl1t might be taken for a customer instead of a salesman, the buyer is over-pOlite to him until his discovers his mistake, when his manner immediately changes and the stranger is given the traveting man's reception instead of the custoITIer's. Some buyers vlilt Jet a salesman stand for many minutes ,'vithout even recogl1izing him. Then they half-way turn ill thelr chajrs, stick out an unwelcome 'hand, and before the salesman has an opportUllity to present himself, turn back to their desks with the remark, "Go on-I can read my mail and listen to you, too," while the truth of the matter is that they are only feigning. Treatmel1t of this character, though calmly submitted to at the time, is very exasperating to the salesman, and the desire to I'get even" is very strong ,md quite often satisfied in one way or another- A reputcltioll for treating traveling men courteously is good capitat for any house. Every man has more or less in-fluence, and the good will of the traveling men is valuable to hoth the buyer and his housc. Salesmen are frequently given a cert<:lin territory with practically unlimited authority as far as that territory is concerned, c111dthe lines thus as-signed are generally sold to but one man in each town. Tllesc lines are valuable, not ollly for the business which is done OIl them alone, but for the other business which they influence. Naturally, if a territory is open, all things being equal, the line will go to the courteous buyer who is liked by the salesman, and 1I0t to the man ..".h. o takes apparent pleas-ure in abusing the salesman. There arc vast numbers of specialty salesmen, "missionary men," as they are called, men who canvass the retail trade and secure orders to he executed by the: jobber. They Dlay hu\'e illstructions to work independently arid let orders fall where they lnay, but there a,re any number of ways to switch these orders ,vithout straining their instructions. Nitlety-nille times out of a possible hundred if the salesman asks, "\'Vho do you ,,,,-ant this through-Brown & Co.?" the buyer will say "Yes," while he might have given it to Jones & Co_, had the salesrnall qualified their name or simply a.sked the Question without mentioning either name. The result of this is Jolles & Co., seeing they are getting none of these orders, wilt soon be writing to the salesman's house that they are not getting a "fair shake," that the salesman is favoring the "other fellm,\'" and t1.1rnjng all his orders that way. They fail to explain in this letter, however, that their buyers do not give the salesman a respectable hearing when he comes into their office. Very often a salesman will present a new article. It may not appeal to the wholesale buyer as being sa.lable and he will \IICll CA!'\ ARTISA!'\ r---------------·---·--------- ---------~II A Power Veneer Press of Pra&:ically Unlimited Capacity Material lowered on truck. top beam raised, leaving the pre<:s ready for another set of plates. QUICK. POWERFUL. STRONG. Clamps for Every Line of Woodworkin\!. We are always glad to matt iUlls/rated pl'int~d mallet' gir;ing fUll particularll. Black Bros. Machinery CO. MENDOTA, ILL. ------------'--------------- turn it down very coldly. Stimu~ated by the rebuke he has just suffered, that salesman n~ay go out and sell nine out of every ten retailers, but through the "other fellow," who has encouraged hjrn and made capital out of the first man's fail-ing. Tlltts it is shown how easily a house may lose business through discourtesy on the part of its buyers. Salesmen are frequently given "specials" for select cus-tomers. They may be in the shape of confidential rebates or commissions, low p~ices, extra quality, expensive a,dvertising Sketch by K. J. Hoagland. Lit;tle Falls, Minn. matter. gifts or in various other forms. The courteous buyer is always on the ;'select" list and always gets these "specials." The cold-blooded buyer is only thought of in that "get-even" spirit whkh is a part of every human irame. 1IIany valuable bits of information may be gleaned from t"aveling me,n. They go everywhere, know what others afC doing, keep abreast of the times and are in position to give the buyer many "tips" if given the opportunity. A few mo-ments given them, hmvevcr il1~spared, may elicit information 'which will be worth many dollars to the house. Traveling men are human, have human feelings and resent ill-trea.tment just the same as a buyer. It is but natural for them to favor the n:e<1\vho trul.t them respectably, and where they are denied such treatment it not o::ly results in their working against that rouse, but encourages them to work just that much harde;' for the otter man. A house is the victim of its own l1e:slect in not demanding of its buyers the same uniform courtesy which it requires of its salesmen and other employes. All buyers, of course. have old friends among the traveling men whom they treat courteously. This is commendable as far as it goes, but they should extend unifcrm cou~tesy to all, and strangers par-ticularly. A stra.ngcr n:ay be a great deal more influential tJlan he <ippears, and his good will C'.al1 be immediately g:dnec\ by a polite reception. A cordial welcome, a friendly hand-shake and a request to be seated have a very soothing effect. Good results can onl)' l;e obtaieed where everybody and cv-e:' ything is agreeable. It o:ay appear a small matter.' but courtesy is just as essenti"d to business as oil to a machine. ® * ® Death of Julius Berkey. After spending the last five years of his life in ill~health, the spirit of J\l~it~s Berkey passed out October 6, closing a busy and useful life. JVlr. Berkey was seventy-five years of age. TIe was boni. at Seneca, Ohio, and spent his youth in that state. He took up· his residence jn Grand Rapids and comn~enced the n..anufacture of furniture in a small way in 1859, a few simple but useful articles constituting his l1ne. The business grew rapidly and finally, after pa.ssing through many progressive stages, was developed into the great Ber-key & Gay Furniture Company. :'h. Berkey will he be~~t remembered in the furniture trade as a manufacturer. He was ever ready to il~st<!.llin'proved rrachicery and new pro-cesses that would increase' the output of the plant or improve the Quality of the goods. It is said that to him belongs the credit for using machinery more generally in the early days of the furniture manufacturing industry than othen. who were afraid to take chance!'; with the same. :r:vlr.Berkey engaged in other lines of mallUfacture successfully, also in banking, dealing in timber and other occupations that called for the full emplo)'lrent of his ta.lents. As a business ma,n he ranked high in ability, and as a citizen he was greatly es-teemed. His wife passed away but fi\"e weeks earlier ill the year. The funeral was attended by many former busi~ ness associates and employes. • We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your· self) and indexed by Boors or departments. BARLOW BROS .• Gl'lUld Rapid_. Mieb. Write Right Now. • ~IICHIGAN ---_._------ 1 STANDARD SHADES ADOPTED BY THE GRAND RAPIDS II FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION I (jj Unilormity and a definite standard lor all popular finishes will ,oon be possible. The above Association has adopted. aher carefully considering many different shades of the popular finishes, a set. which win be known as llStandard." thus enabling a chair manufac-turer to produce the same Early English as the table manufacturer. The dealer will no longer have the matching dillicuhy. t1I We expect to have board samples ready in another month, and shall forward a set of boards and enough stain powder 01 each shade lor experimental purposes lor $1.00. Thi, we figure will just about cover the expense. Sets will be forwarded in rotation of orders received. Cash must come with orders. The samples. directions. and suggestions for the production of these certainly are worth much more~but we feel in a measure obligated to our patrons, therefore the proposition. Attend to the order now. ......--_._------_. iIIIIII !III WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY ARTISAN 5 84-88 CANAL STREET GRAND RAPIDS==========MICHIGAN • Equipment of the Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company. Thit"ken 4-40V. 30 c.y. Fairbanks-1Torse induction motors; motors direct connected in middle and at ends of shafts; a.1l motor wiring in steel conduit; all light wiring in steel conduit; 210 h. p. connected load; panel board and six compcllsators; meter in every department; blower system; no steam engine; dry kiln system; steam heating system; perfect ventilation and light. In the asserr;bliJlg room there is one ten h. p. motor di cd connected to shaft, running cylindcr sander, buzz planer, em-e!" y head, two drilL,;, metal clit--off and iron lathe. In the crating room there is one ten b. p. motor direct connected to shaft, on which is planer, rip saw, blower, s,ving . saw, etc. In the g-kss andtinishing department there is one ten b. p. motor belted to shaft, runs freight elevator, emery head and other -wood working machinery. In the main wood working room there 1S one twenty h. p. motor belted to shaH, operating freight elevator, two bo:-ing nl8.chines, two belt sanders, one tumbler, two shapers, three automatic \'\7ood lathes, two 51nal1shapers, one cut-off and two emery heads; one ten h, p. belted to thirty-six-itlch blower; onc ten h. p. direct connected to shaft on which is a. large cylinder sander; one twcnty h. p. direct connected to shaft on which are two boring machine shapers, cut-offs and rip sa,"s; one forty h. Jl. belted to the large blower; one twenty h. p, direct connected to shaft. rnnning one cyl1nder planer, two buzz planers, two rips and aile cut-off sa-w; one twenty h. p. belt connected to shaft on \\'hich are buzz planers, swing saws, two cylinder planers, etc.; one twenty h. p. direct connected in center of shaft, rip saws, cut-offs, three pointers, threc shapers and one double cut-off; one twenty h. p. direct con-nected to sluft on which is molder, shaper, cut~off, jointer, bUZ7:planer, rip, cmery heads and swing saw; one ten h. p. in basement, operating elevator. I L -------------------' The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester ·Company. The Grand Rapids BlOW Pipe and Dust Arrester Company under the new manager, C. B. Newcomb, is flourishing. They luxe added two branches to their business-the manufacture of air separators for cement plants and pneumatic coal C011- veyors. They have also added a stock of ventilating fans amI blowers to their stock of equipments. They are now fit-ting up two large pla.nts at Flint, an addition to the Owosso \lalluIactuiing COl11pallY;an entire llew out6t for the :\1. C. Lilly Company, Columbus, 0.; the Grand Rapids Refriger-ator Company's new plant, th~ largest refrigerator factory \11 GRAND RAPIOS,","'-MICHIGAN the world, besides a large llumber of sma.lIer orders. It will no doubt astonish one ,,.,.ho has not thoroughly investi-gated the subject to learn the great variety of factories that use tbe blow pipe system for collecting dust and shavings. "11r. Kewcomh was surprised himself when going over his diaries 10 find that he had fitted out 110 less tha.n ninety-seven plants operated in the production of different kinds of goods, including wood. metal, leather and cement. There seems to be practically no limit to the uses for which blow piping, ven-tilating and beating apparatus ea.n he applied to advantage. The Graud Rapids Blow Pipe and' Dust Arrester Company has the exclusive right to use the Verrell patents, and every job is put up all? guaranteed to be perfect in every respect. r-------------------- --- 6 MICHIGAN ~<TheUniversity of Hustle." The tr.anag:2r of a large wholesale house sat in his office. He bad started to hustle fOT himself at the age of twelve in a little country store. By hard ..v..ork be had made hin~5cH the a.cting head of a large wholesale firm and held in the vanlt a big slice of the company's stock, juicy in dividends. \"."hell he had to quit school and go to work he was just be-ginning the third part of arithmetic and a simple volume of United States bistory. He ..v..oulcl have had a much luger slice of the fJrlll's sto::k l:<:d he l~()t been a disbeliever in race ANTHONY SEEGEB. Anthony Seeger started hls business career with A. Posselius Brothers in 1884 and worked at wood carving for two years. He left to take a course of bookkeeping at the Detroit Business lilliversity. vVhen A. Po!';selius {<,,; Brothers dissolved he went witll A: PosseHus & Co. in their retail store, and worked as sales-man for two ~'eaT's, but on January 1, 1890, returned to the Pos~ selius Brothers Furniture IVlanufacturing Company as bookkeeper and held that position until BOO, when he became secretary, treasurer and sales manager. He Is married and has the best wIfe and three little girls to be. found anywhere. He is Wor-shipful Master of Kilwlng Lodge, F. & A. M., and a very popUlar gentleman. suicide and had he not felt that all of his sevell sons shou~d have a university education and training for some profession. As the old man read bis n:aiJ, his youngest 30n, John, who only that morning had returned from nine months at the uni-versity, came into the office. The old man was fOlld of hjs children, and epecially loved his YOl1ng'~st S011. Although a 1113U of business, the veteran was gt::nial in his rrakcup; he was democratic; he felt himself as good as a supreme court judge and no better than the elevator boy. John was togged in the latest fash:01~-on each feat a shoe the shape of half a yacht, trouser fre:,hly cre3sed ar,d rolled up at the bottom, straw hat, the band of which emblazoned his Greek letter fraternity colors. In one of his gloved hands he carried a walking stick-in the other his Ph. B. de-gree he had just got at Harvard. The oM man was so glad L ARTISAN to see: John that 11e hugged him l,Vh£rl he came into the office. And this is what foI.lowed: "\Vell, you've got your degree, John?" "Yes, father. Here it is. I'll show it to you." John took an initial ciga.reftc: case out of his pocket, H a coffl11 nail with a wax match, and slipping the bow knot o~ • iB. WALTER & CO. M,nufa,,,,,,,, uj T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT the blue ribbon tied arOUl~d his degree, rolled his sheepski:) out upon the old man"s desk. "H-m, h'rr.-you finally got it, John. Read it to me." John began n:un;bling m'er the Latin words on his Ph. B. de-gree, coming soon to his own name, "Joannis Carolianus \Vitherspooll. " "Oh-hold on there with that stuff, Jol~n; ttis JoanniJ Carolianus business; give rr.e the John-Charley of it! I want you to talk to your old dad in the stra.ight American language. I don't know a11ything about that stuff." Then J oa:1nis b~- gan to stan-;n~er over his translaticn of his Latin sheepskin. He made such a botched job of it that the old man soon blurted oet: "\Ve:l, never mil~d what it is, just so long a:i you've got it." Then, like a busil;ess rr:an, having brought one deal to a head, the old man started in on another and turned to Joannis with the remark: """VeIl, now look here, John; you are a n:an now. You Sketch by K. J. Hoegland, Little Falls, Minn. are twenty-one years old and have this here degree, what arc you going to do?" "\Vell, after I have my vacation, father-" "Vacation h-J! You baven't had anything but vacation since you were born and you haven't given a vacation to your mother and lJ1e since I used to walk you nights to keep you MICHIGAN ARTISAN from howling. :\QW you've been tlHough ScllOOl and got what you \v<lntcc!--you knoVl' Twas killel of half it milHl 110t to give you this last four years, anylto"l,v-now, vd~at arc. you going to do?" "\Vel1, father. T don't know just exactly, but J thought I'd like to take a post-graduate course and g::t a Ph. D. You see, I have only a Ph. B.'.' "Ph. D., umph? \-Vell, there is only one letter between B and D--<]on't you think you've gone about far enough? As it is, yOll c~n't read the one you have. \-Vhat's the use of getting another?" "\Vell. yon see, father, tlle Ph. B. l1o-wadayse is just sort 0: a starter. You l1:11St ]l<LYC the Ph. D.-that is, it doctor of SketeheB by K. J. Hoegland, Little Falle, M.inn.. philosophy degree-the Ph. 13. is only a bachelor of Phllos-ophy degree-before a college man ..viII recognize you as hav-ing done anything." "College nothing. \\That do I C<l,reabout \',,-hat college men think of :YO\1? They aren't going to support you. \Vhy, the poor beggars hardly get enough to eat. I've been out to receptions with them Inysc1f-onc night a couple of young professors got their hands against some fresh pClint before they came into the house \'..,here the reception \vas. \Vhell they took off their spike-tail coats and rolled UJl their sleevcs, why confound it, although it \'..,as twenty-t",·o degrees below zero, those fdlows were wearing minnow seinc underwear. I clon't care what a man who can't \vear flannel next to his hide when snow is on the ground thinks ot yOl\.. I want you 7 to have a stand-in \'\'ith tl1e substantial men of the country. "Now, 1 tell yOu, snll-you've spent eight years in the grade school:,;, four years in the high school, had a special tutor for another year to get you ready, and have put in four years in the university. Of c.ourse, this is an right. You arell't spoiled yet and if you have your head set to it good and bard to take up a profession after a while, all ,vell and goodl but lo~-)kahere-I am just right now sending away-yes, see these checks-a hundred dollars each to two of your brothers. One of them has been pra.ctising Ia-w for four years and Dr. \Vitherspoon has had his sign out for over two year,s. They're both writing to the old man to send them money to pay their house rellt. The only oncs I don't have to put up for right along now are Ked, who took up electricity, and Sam-that's a mining engineer-and neither of them right now is making as much as my av<'.rage travelillg salesman. "Xow, maybe you wot11d like to take up a profession that none of your brothers has strJo]lcd to and become a profcs~ sianal mall. Of course, r say if you .vish to do anyone of these other things and don't agree with me! you shall havc that liberty, and I'll spend a thousand a year on you for four years more. But before you do that I'm going to have my say for just a little while. I want you to spend at least one year in the school that rye been going to for half a cen-tury. I want you to put in a little study in my college-the University of Hustle. "It seems to me that this 50-caHed higher education, which it little more or less than the readiug of good books, should be the pleasure 11icked up in leisure h01:l.rs of the bl:slness man. \A,Thy,I've seen one of my friends here in Chicago get into a talk with a lot of professors on subjects of history, re-ligioll, philosophy and literature and nearly skin them in an 1 • III~-- -----_._---------~ ====-;5EE==== West Michigan Machine &. Tool Co" LId. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "IG" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES argument; and l'm shot if 1 don't believe that he has a better 'education' as you call it, than any professor I ever met. And you know that your old dad himself isn't sueh a slottch when it comes to books-eh, son? '-'But here! This is )"10nday morning and two days' mail to go through. You run along 110Wand see your mother. You call take one day's vacation with her, but tomorrow-moming you show up here with me at 8 o'clock. One of my traveling- men has just told me that the young man who packs his trunks lws got wise and is going to go out on the road on his own hook for another house. He needs a good, live boy to help him along, and I guess 1'11just turn you over to him for a fe\'\' trips.' @ * @ Forbidden by the Police. "Tn Switzerland this summer," said a Philadelphian, "I heard Charlemagne Tower describe the stringent police regu_ lations of Berlill. "ilT!". T()\ver, by way of iltustratiol1, c.oncluded with a little story; 'Schmidt and Krauss met one morning in the park. ;< T~aye yon he';lrd,' says Schmidt, 'the sad news about }Il.1ller?' "'No,' says Kraus. 'What is it?' "'\\Tell, poor ::\'1uller went boating on the river yester- (lay. The boat capsized and he was drO\'vned. The water was ten feet deep.' "'But couldn't be swim?' "'S""im? Don't you know that all -persons are strictly [oTbidden hy the -polk\.'. to swi.m in the river?'" 8 ~l 1 CHI G A N ART I SAN EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, Ind., October 5.-Business with the fur-niture manufacturers of Evan~wjl1e is fair and while it is a trifle hetter than last month, it is far from being what the manufacturers would like to see. l\lanufacturers, as a rule. arc of the opinion that things will pick up' greatly after the presidential election and that by the first of next year trade conditions ought to be normal once again. The manufactur-ers who were inte:"viewed by your correspondent said that more orders had come in this month t11a.nlast and that the general tone of the business world is much better. The average schedule of thefaetories of the city is fifty hours a week Taken as a whole the year has not been a prosper~ DUS one. Local veneering plants are busier nQWthan they have been at any other time this year, most of thte factories being run on full time. Orders are coming in nicely and it looks like the year will close for the veneer manufacturers with a good bal-ance to their side of the ledger. Edward Smith, the hustling manager of the E. Q. Smith Chair Company, says his factory is operated on an average of nine hours a day and that the prospects for fall and winter are very good. "In fact, we have no complaint to n:ake," is the way :vlr. Smith expressed it. Mr. Smith says that within the next thirty days he will have a full line of new box dine:-s on the market that will sell on 'sight. This is something new with the company. Fancy rockers will also be added to the list of goods manufactured. "Gus" Nonweiler of the EVaJ1SvilIe Furniture Company I'------~I 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, Hi, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NE.W DOVE.TAILING GE.AR MACHINE ThIs little machine has done more to perfect the draw~r work of fumiturf! manufacturers than anything else in the furniture trade. For fifteom years it has maoie perfect-fitting, vermin-proof, dove· tailed stocK a possibility. This bas been accomplished at reduced cost, as the ma~hine cuts dove-tailsin gangs of from 9 to 2.1at Onf! operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids. Michigan. Repretented by Scbuehart &: Schutte at Iktlin. Vienna Stockholm and St. PetershuJ¥. ~tativ<':!' by Alfred H. Sc!wlle at Coloane, Bruuds, Lil".!fe, Paris. Milan .nd &1OOa- Reprt'le1lted in Great Britian and (uland by the Oliver Machinery Coo. F, S. Thompson, Mar·, 201-203 Deaoqate, Man~r. Enldand. says they are having a nice run on their new colonial styles and that business is better with the firm than it has been all season. "Business \"ith the Big Six. Carloading Associ:!.tion is ve, y good at the present time," said one of the managers connect-ed with the association. "The Globe -Furniture Company (one of the six.) is running sixty hours a \'leek, while the rest of our factories are operated on the average of fifty hour"> a week. We are enjoying a very nice business and while tn,de is not what we would like to see, we ar'(~holding /fur own \,("ry well and believe \,vc will do a nice bllsi.lless this ""inter." Sketch by K. J. Hoagland, Little Falls, Minn, Benjamin Bosse,the manager of the Gl(l~i" Fltflliture Com-pany and president of the Evansville Board of Public Safety, is ba,ck from New York where he spent several day.> Qn busi ness. He is of the opinion that business_ conditions in the east are picking up greatly and trade is bound to get better from time to time. The mother of Charles Frisse, manager of the \Vorld Fur-niture Company, who was accidentally shot while standing in the rear of her yard several weeks ago, is I~OW out of dan-ger. She had a close call for her life. W. A. Koch of the Evansvil1~ Metal Bed Company and at the head of the Advance Stove \-Vorks, has returned from a trip through tbe east. lIe was accompanied by bis wife al1d they went to :\'lilbrook, N. Y., where they placed their daugh-ter Eloise in the Bennett school for the year. Before re-turning hon~e Mr. and Mrs. Koch visited points of interest at y."rashington, Philadelphia and New York. A few days ago on the Ohio river the gasoline launch Elsie was rUll down by the steamer Evansville a few mi:es above the city and Harris Mo~r:s" aged 26, employed by the Spiegel Purniture Company, was thrown from the launch a.rd drowned. His body was recovered. The deceased is sur-vived by a widow and two children. Five other men in the launch \vere thrown into the river, but managed to swim ashore in safety. The branch retail store of the Volilliam Heyns Furniture Camp an)' on Third street has been closed and the stock re-moved to the company's big store on Franklin street. Wil-liam \Va1ker, who was the manager of the branch store, is now connected with the West Franklin street store. VoJ". D. Ha.rdy, son-in-law of \Villiam I-Ieyns, the well known furniture and vcneer man, is a candidate for prosecut-ing attorney on the Democratic ticket, and has started out to make a vigorous canvass. He is onc of the rising young at-torneys of this section. :Many of the furniture and desk factories at Jasper, Ind.,. were affected by the drouth which prevailed over southern Indiana for forty-nine days and which was broken by a hard rain a week or so ago. During the drouth the Patoka river, which flows by Jasper, was almost dry and the numerous fa.c-tories at Jasper had a difficult problem in getting water to -~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN !fi !:Ii 9 BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH Iy; made from strictly pure Shellac Gum cut III Specially Denatured or Wood Alcohol. The results of 25 years' experience in the importa-tion of gums, in the use of solvents, and in the manufacture of varnish embodied in "Barrett's Prime." Ask for samples and prices. !:Ii !:Fi !:Ii y; !:Ii M. L. BARRETT &. CO., 219 LAKE ST.. CHICAGO ·fun their plants. If the drouth had continued several days longer, many of the factories would have been forced to close dmvn for a while. Jasper is one of the he.;t fu:"niture citi25 of its si.ze in this section of the country. Osca,r Klamer of the Schelosky Table Company and A. A. Rbiel of the Rhiel Furniture Company have returned from St. Louis, 'where they spent a few days seeing the sights of the TVfound City. \Villiam Heyns of the Heyne, J'urniture Compa11Y, who has been seriously ill of rheumatism at his home at vVest Heights near the city for several weeks, is much improved, much to the gratifLcation of his 11lur.erous friends. John Shu1te, who, for many years, was one of the clerks in the local postofGce, is nmo, engaged in tlle retail turniturc. business in Evansville and is doing a nice business. His store is located 01) Fourth street, commonly known aCi the "~Iarket." H. J. Rusche of the Specialty Furniture Company says his plant is operated fifty-four hours a \'leek :omdthe company -is getting" out their fall styles. The firm is enjoying a vcry nice business just now :lnd rvTr. Rusche says he believes that trade will get better right along. Mr. Rusche is one of the most progressive furniture manufacturers in the city. The Buehner Chair Company, with the exceptton of the short time they were dosed down because of their boiler room being repaired, has been run O,l steady tin-::e all se:l- SOll. Mr. Kc"vekerdes says the company has just issued their annual catalogue which is a thing of beauty. It has been sent out to the trade. One of t\1e substntial firms of the city is the Stalldard Cha.ir COlrpany; it has done a very nice business all SCHOll. The. compallY "vas incorporated in July, 1899. F. J. FJaney is president of the company and Robert A. l~eitz is secretary and treasurer. The Evansville catalogue showing on the market. Furniture Company have is:3ued a new the fine colonial styles they have placed C, W, B. @ .... @ Important Contracts. The following important contracts \vere booked by the American Blower Company, Detroit, l\Tich., within the past thirty days: rorcerl draft equipment! Anlt & VV'iborg Com-pany, Cincinnati, 0.; Hocking Valley railroad, south shoV';', Columbus, 0.; \V. \V. Rice Leather Company, Petoskey, :Mich.; Empress Hotd, Victoria, B. c.; vVhite Haven (Pa.) Sanitarium; :'I1edfield ("'f\/la5s.) insane asylum; Glucy Realty Company, Xiagara Fa.lls, ~. Y; Centn.l] Vnion Gas Co.; Gar-field, Utah, Smelting Company; salt dryer, \-Vorce-stcr Sa\.t Company, Ecorse, :~..1ich.;round house ventilating· equipment, ='Iorthcrn Pacific railroad, Paradise, l'vfont.; N. Y. C. & H. R. ra-ilroad, Avis, Pa.; brick dryer, Berlin Height (0.) Brick & Tile Company; heating and ventilating apparatus, \Vcstern !:fi State Normal school, Kalamazoo, J.Iich.; 1-1. E. 'church, Phila-delphia, Pa.; Philips (\Vis.) school; Ea,stern Michigan asy-lum, Pontiac, l\Jich.; Abington (POl.) school; Crystal Springs Bleacher)' Compally, Chickamauga, Ga.; High 5choo1, Siste s-ville, \V. Va.; CcUllloid Company, Newark Y J., (Evans-Ad-miral Co., contractors); State homeopMhic hospital for insane, Allentown, Fa.; Mahoning court house, Youngstown, 0.; Ford City (Pa.) High school; Dollar Savings Bank, Youngstown, 0; electric light pl~lct. G. Roene. Dougla$, Ariz.; soap dryer. I " , Sketch by K. J. Hoagland. Little Falls, Minn. Summit City Soap Company, Fort \Vayne, Ind ..:' heating and ventila.ting paper mill, four sets of apparatus, Anglo-New-foundland Development Company, Grand Falls, N. F.; Car-negie Science Hall, Wittenberg College, Springfield, 0.; First Bapttst chnrch, Dallas, Tex.; LaPorte, (Ind.) county jail; Tucson High school; special g·as exhauster, Lincoln, (Neb.) Gas & Electric Light Company; ship ventilation and induced draft, Collinwood (Ont.) Shipbuilding Company; moist air dry kiln, Flint. (1'dich.) Body Company. --------------------------- -- - 10 MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED 1880 ,"U8I.lSHED liT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH Ot' EACH MONTH OFFICE-lOB, 110, 112 NORTH DIVISION ST •• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. EI4TER'liD M MHl"~R Of Tl-IE SECOND CLMS Tl:c retailers of Virginia, in convention rcct':ntly, resolved: "That we condemn tte practice of printing the prices in the catalogue, either with or without trade discounts, and that we respectfully reCiuest that aH prices be printed separately from the catalogue, and that we further condemn the showing of prices to cllstorr:ers, believing this practice to be demoraliz-ing and unreasonable." The resolution fails to condemn the manufacturers who print the prices of goods in their cat-alogues with from forty to fifty per cent added for the benefit of retailers handling the lines-a plan that seems to satis:y all concerned. It helps the shifty retailers when they pro-duce a catalogue and with its aid convince a customer that the goods offered are priced by the n:anufacturer and that there is "cot1ling in- it" for themselves. The world is waking up to the value of industrial and art education. The word i:-.; passed along by the industrial na-tions that the only way to win is through industrial train-ing. More attention is paid to school work than ever in the past and development in industrial art has reached a higher plane than was thought possible. ,The Artisan has given considerable space in recent issues to the work of the industrial schools, particularly at Saginaw, Muskegon and Grand Rapids, and will continue its studies of the problem for the purpose of informing readers of the p:ogress of the movement from time to time. It is predicted that eventual-ly teachers will be able to guide scholars into trades and IHe occupations. °to °to Unwa,rned by the ill-luck of a manufacturer of furniture in Indiana who foolishly advertised his furnitl1~e as peaches, plums, pea~s, tomatoes and other vegetable products, a chair maker in Dalton, Ga., advertises his chairs as "Georgia peaches." The name may not prove a hoodoo but the Hoos:er was put out of business as the re3ult of his indiscre-tion in advertising "Roods" th<.t he did not make or d:::al in. °to °to The Basic City (Va.) Furniture Company js under the charge, preferre.d by the retaile:-s' association of Virginia, of selling goods by mail to consumers, During the past year many manufacturers were compelled to dispose of their pro-duct in any way that offered in order to avoid bankruptcy, and the Virginians should not bear down too ha.rd on them. °to °t" ~larked improvement in the furniture manufacturing busi-ness is reported at High Point, Chattanooga and Atlanta. The product of the factories at these centers are largely low-priced, such as the installment dealers handle and supplies evidence that wage earners throughout the country are again employed and able to purchase the goods they need. "t' 't" Hugh T. l'lman, who owns a large part of the city lanta, Ga., has purchased the '\oVare-Hatcher factories. of At- If his ARTISAN success as a manufacturer shall be nO greater tha.n was that of the Ware-Hatcher bunch, Mr. Inman will not so powerful financially at the close of next year as he was when he pur-chased the plant!;;. "Bill," the nationa.1 cabinet maker, is assembling his drawing too)s preparatory to commencing work on "that cabinet.' @ * @ New Precess Fu::ning Liquid. The Adams & Elting Company of Chicago are offering a new lahor saver-New Process Fuming Liquid, ;a material which produces on oak that peculiarly b~autiful brownish ef-fect which has hcretoiore been -possible -only by the tedious and expensive actual fuming process. Popular taste in wood finishes thi3 fall demands fumed oak. The Adams & Elting Company set competent chem-ists to work to see if there was not a way to lessen the labor nnd expense and at the same time produce identical results. Thi::; research and untiring effort produced "New Proc=ss Fuming Liquid." The old fashioned process necessitated the wood remain-ing in the fuming box from twelve to twenty-four hours, and put rather a limit on deliveries, whereas with tJlis New Pro-cess Fuming Liquid workmen can finish up a lot of wor;{ every half day. This preparation has a tendency to strike into the wood, but does not change color in the pores, all high lights being retained in the rich, dark shades, Nothing affects the finish and it may be thoroughly sandpapered with-out fear of cutting through. It is interesting to note how eagerly new materials are sought and taken up by the trade. The Adarrs & Elting Compally are continually at work in an effort to perfect acd place upon the market materials of benefit to those who use its gocds, and the success of this last product is substantial evidence of the efficiency of the compctny's efforts.-Review. lID * @ Improvements in the Furniture Exhibition Bll.i1ding, A numbe_r of improvements have been made in the Kling-man building, preparatory for the coming furniture Se8S:::ln. The ever-progres3ive Phil Klingman is always on the alert to do something for the comfort and benefit of his tenants. One of the most important of these imp:ovements is the in-stallation of a thoroughly up-tO-date passenger elevator; still retaining the OI~efOTn:erly used and installing this in a loca-tion which is easy of acceSs, for reserve use in case (as often occurs) the reg-ular elevator should get out of order in any way, the tenants would not be discommoded. The re-ar-rangement of the nrst floor is also a decided improverrent. Two walls have been removed and the entire floor b2autifully rcdecoratc(l; all of which shows the progressiveness of the management and makes space in this building so desirable. @ * @ Hardwood Lumber. The 1'Iontgomery Hardwood Lumber Company, located at Crawfordsville, lnd., extensively manufacture hardwood fur-niture lumber. Every kind of hardwood that grows in In~ diana is manufactured by the company. E, S. Sterzik, the presidellt of the company, was for years the manager of the Edenburg Cabinet Company and knows the needs of furniture manufacturers and is prepared to meet those needs. Better get in touch with the company and partake of the good thing.:; they have to offer. @) * @ A. J. Hicks has purchased the stock of the Wise Company at Heppner, Idaho. Furniture ---~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~------------------------ -------------_. 11 JACK M. BROWER JOHN E. BROWEH JOHN E. BROWER Designer for The Grand Ledge Chair Co. Holland Furniture Co. Chas. P. Limbert Co. JACK M. BROWER "Dad',' Assistant. EVERELL S. BROWER Furniture Department, Gimbel Bros., Milwaukee. EVE~ELL s. BROWER >--_._-_._-------_. ._---------------------------~ An Interesting Plate Glass Exhibit. The Pittsburg Plate Glass COlnpany contributed an illte" esting feature to the parade gi"ven in Philadelphia October 1 in honor of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city A. local newspaper mentioned it .as fol-lows: "Beauty in the arts was again demonstrated in the float of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. Here was the symbol of the industry in all its many features. The Glass King was seated on a throne of glass over which extended a ('anopy composed of various articles of glass in many color:;. From an oYer-turned fUT11acemolten glass was flowing in a "tream, while the j-inished product was represented by a quad of magnificent mirrors, before which stood, clad in classic Greek costume, the eternal feminine." @ * @ All Space in the Blodgett BUilding Taken. ::'\1r. Van Etten, the manager of the Blodgett buijding-. Grand Rapids, informs the Artisan that all space in that very desirable exposition building has beel1 leased and tha.t the exhibit ill January will ue fully as strong as in the );ears of the past. 1I !II IIIIIIIIi I,III II , ,--- - 12 ),{ICIIIGAN ARTISAN THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE ----~------~ I Bldg. II LYON II Furniture Agency I ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager I I The CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office,_41 2-413 Houseman GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Couusel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS ~ • -i COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTL¥- REUABL ¥ Frederick Leeser & Coo's New Building, The solid old mercantile firm of Frederick ,Loeser & Co. Brooklyn, K. Y., have commenced the erection of a store building ten storics (1\vo of which will be below ground) high of concrete, in the rear of the building now occupied by the firm. The first floor and first basemen-:: will be de-voted to the delivery section, which will be removed from the main floor of the present store, permitting largely increased space there for the display of goods. The purchases of cus-tamers will be conveyed under the street from the store to the delivery room through two large tunne.ls, and will there be arranged for distribution. /\. h'vo-story cold air storage plant is planned to occupy the greater part of the second and third floors. The main stor-age c.hamber will be twenty-fwe feet high, divided into three stories by iron balconies so constructed as to allow a free cir-culation of air through their skeleton floors. The chamber will contain more than 158,000 cubic feet in the -clear, making it one of the largest plants of the kind in the country. Here will be stored each summer n:any million dollars' worth of furs, rugs and fme hangings. Still another feature of the ne'V building will be the bakery: The baking of cakes and othe, delicacies is 110\'\' done in the main store building, and has become one of the special feat-ures of the Loeser establishment. In the new building a still larger ba.kery-will be arranged with facilities for carrying the finished produrt to the sales spa.ce in the basement through the tunnels under Livingston street. Another announcement just made concerns' the erection of , L, a new Loeser stable and distributing depot in the Bath Beach section. Three years ago the concern put up a three story structure of this character on Ocean boulevard, believing it would be sufficient to care for the territory south of Flat-bush for ten years to come; Today they find that the facil-ties of that building are greatly overtaxed. The new onc is to be three stories high, of the same size as the other and goods intended for delivery in Bath Beach, Bensonhurst and contiguous territory will be shipped to it in bulk and distrib-uted from therc in wagons. The construetionof this new building is to be begun at oncc. 1\1r. "Gus" Helm of this firm is well known as the manager of the furniture department. @ * @ New Woodworking Plants. Jackson, r...Iiss.-The Perry-Davis Lumber Company will begin at Ollce the erection of a sawmill. About 100 men ""ill be en,ployecl. Fa:--mer, Ky.-The Licking River Lumbe:: Company will build a l1'il1to replacc the one recently destrcyed by fire. Ge:~eva, Ill.-The Cannon Box Company are pr~paring to l:~ake a number of in,provements and additions to their plant. ,:vIel~oP'jtlee,IVlicl1.-The Peninsular Box & Lumber Com-pany of ths city hlS been inco;-porated with a capital stock of $10,000 by E. P. Gould and others, fo, general manufacturing purposes. 1'o.IcAlestCT.Okla.-The Newstate LUri,bcr Company of HartshoTlle, Okla., will erect a $25,000 plant in this city, i:l the near future. Houston. Tex.-The South Houston Lumber Company will establish a snvmill at this place. 1{:-Lchi:lerywill be pur~ chased soon. @ * @ To Manufacture Filing Devices. The International Manufacturing Company, Ann Arbor, :I,Jieh., has been incorporated with a capital stock of $60,000. This company has p1.1.fchasedthe old Wei&s Company, and will manufacture filing devices and other knock down office furniture. F. B. Riley, C. G. Quaekenbilsh and others com-pose the company. @ * @ To Manufacture Sectional Bookcases. The \Veis Manufacturing Company has been organized at II;Ionroe, l'Iich., to manufacture sectional bookcases and other officc furniture. They are building a factory 180 x 60 feetl two stories and basement. Electricity will be used fo:- power and everything will be the very best in equipment. There. are five brothers in the company and aU are experts in their lines. \IICHIGA:-J ARTISAN .-----------------------_. j II 13 II II1 f ! II I Grand Dapids Dlow Pipe I an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ II !II I EXHAUST FANS SURE BLOTVERS STOCK AND PRES-ALWAYS IN Office and Fa.ctory: 201">-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Cftlz6n. Phone 1282 14 MICHIGAN A Noted Designer of Furniture. JOh11 E. Brower, whost? portrait ap'Pears below, is one of the noted designers in the furniture trade. During i~s ar-tistic career he has tilled engagements with. the Grand Rapids John E. Brower, Designer of Furniture, Grand Rapids. ARTISAN Chair Company, the ;{elsoll-},'htter Furniture Compa,ny, the MidJigan Chair Company, the Sli:gh Furniture Company and th<2 GT<'ll.dLedge Chair Company. Recently he concluded an e.ngagement of thirteen years with the Sligh Furniture Com-par: y ::l.,ndis no.v under contract with the Holland Furniture Company, the- Grand Ledge Chair Company and C. P. Lim-be~ t & Co. In his long career, Mr. Brower has designed every article needed in the hunishing of private homes, offices,- cafes, dub, lodges and hotels, introducing a great variety of designs and novelties. Mr. 'Brower's skill and taste has been thoroughly tested and his reputation rests upon a foun-dation of accompli.shments. NI r. Brower has taken office'~ in the Blodgett building alld called his talented son, "Jack" :\1. Brower, to his assistance. Another son, Everell S. Brow-er, is assistant buyer in the furniture department of Gimbel Brothers, "Milwaukee. @ * @ Unit Rule for Tree Growth. An inch in four years is the swiftest growth known in the race of the trees. Farmers and fruit growers a,re said to have 110 reliable unit rule to govern them in knowing how long it takes for a tree to grow an inch, but some carriage makers have found out. They asked about forty of the country's pron::inent ve-l1icle aud wheel manufacturers lira,wing their stock from terri-tory ow} ere hickory, white oak, ash alld tulip trees grow to sr:1ect nnd expres:, to them short cross sections of th~se woods from the odds and ct,ds about their SllOj:::S. These were to ;~,----------,-----------~. I! NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER .: ._C.rawfordsville,• Indiana. , ..i Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Co. Ma"ufaclurers (,f all killds of E. S. STERZIK. Pres • be selected for the· averaw~ width of growtl1, and the si:t.'.,,)f each block was to be about olle inch lengthwise, one inch across and a fourth of an inch thick. They examined these blocks carefully and rrarkeJ on each hlock a Ol-:e-inch space across the average size of growths of the annular rings. They then counted the number of rings within the inch space on each block and registered the total in ink tht:r?On, Then they counted these totals on all the samples of each of the several killds of timber submitted and in the usual way thus ascertained the average number of years for each kind of tree to grow one inch. An inch growth on one side repre-sented, of conr.se, two inches growth to the tree. They submitted the count, process a.nd resLtH to unques-tionable scientific authority. Their general conclusion was that it takes from four to five years for a tree to inc~ease one ir:c:h in diameter. Hickory trees varied from 4.87 years to 5.83, according to their location east or west of the Alleghall-ies. Oak requlreo 4.68 years for the inch, ash 4.91, and pop-lar four years. @ * @ Improvements in Exhibition Rooms. C. P. Limbert & Co. of HoIland) who occupy one-half of the ground floor of the Blodgett bui1dillg, Grand Rapids, with samples of their line, have commenced redecorating and refitting the same. \Vhen completed the rooms will be very attractive. The arts and crafts motive is introduced h the decorations, harmonizing with the products cif the compJ.ll)'. J ohl1 E. Brower is the designer of the improvements. @> * @l At Paterson, ~~. l, the Reliable Furniture Company was chartered recently to engage in the manufacture of furniture. The corporation is capitalized to the amount of $100;000. MICHIGAN ARTISAN r ---------~ I !I TO MANUFACTURERS Does it take the explosion of a dynamite bomb inside your office to make you sit up and take notice? If you are a live one, it don't. Mull this over. Also this. A new Company has taken over the big Furniture Exhibition Building at 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago. The name of this new Company is "The Fourteen- Eleven Co." An odd name for a corporation? Maybe, but it stands for this particular Furniture Exhibition Building, one of the biggest, finest, and best equipped buildings ever erected for the exhibition and sale of furniture at wholesale, The new management have inaugurated an active, progressive policy, spending large sums for improvements, advertising, etc., and propose to make this the highest class, and most popular Furniture Exhibition in the U. S. Here you can exhibit and sell your line the year round to the largest numbers of wholesale Furniture buyers, visiting any building in any market. . There is an immense amount of space in the Exhibition most of which is already occupied by big hustling Manufacturers. We have one or two large and several smaller very desirable spaces open for January. Exhibit space in Chicago is going up--the demand is so great. By coming in with us quick you can get under cover at forty cents, the old price. It's your move. ,,, ,,I I~._------------------------._--_._-- THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN CO. Returned From New York. A. S. Goodn:an. secretary of the Luce Furniture Co:npany, Grand Rapid:i, and R.i\. Barna:-d, an interior decorator and furnisher, spent a week in New York recently, Mr. Good-man visiting the trade and 1\1r. Barnard the stuelios of decor- <ttors. Together they inspected the famous drawing rooms, banquet halls, dining roorlS and chambe:-s of the great hotels, Philadelphia Furniture Truck with Open Side and Built-up Top. examining the color and fitmcnts. A great deat of pleasure was derived when their time was so occupied. @ * @ Acting President. \Villard Barnhart, president of the ::Je1son-MatterFurhi-ture Company, is acting president of the Old ::-.rational Bank, filling a vacancy caused by the death of James M. Barnett. ._----~-----I-~ " ., '",1"'",,·, " I,j' " SketCh by Charles De Lana, Studldnt in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Designing. 15 1(, ~[ I CHI GA N ART I SAN • ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH i Wbite-tbe Emblem of Purity--our Wbite Maple Polisbing Varnish is Pure-and the WHITEST GOODS on the market. It dries to recoat every other day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask for testing sample. ROYAL VARNISH COMPANY TOLEDO, OHIO Make Money far the Hou~e. The con: pany fo:- which you work will some day need a Hew superintendect or dcpartrr.ent head, or perhaps a mana-ger. How do your superiors know whom to select'? They don't. All they ha,ve to go on is the ability for making money displayed by the prospects. The man who has the best record for being 011 the alert to make money for the house stands flrst in line for promotion. Herein lies the 'whole secret of promotion. It is based on the taw of humanity which makes self-interest paramount. 1Jake money for the bouse and the boss will put you where -Y0'.1 can make trore n:oney fo:' him. A salcsn:an in a paid and varnish factory, while riding to 'work one n:01"l1irg, heard two mcn talking about a proposed r..e.w building in which their conversation indicated they were interested. The sa1esm8,n became interested, and when the two rren left the car he follOWEdthem, and did not leave their t.ail uctil he hul discovered who they were and that they were soon to let contr:tcts for the erection of a luge office hui:ding. He ar. ived at the ofnce late, and stopped on the way to his desk to'repert to the n:;lnager what he had done and wh;~t he l:ad le;Hned. The n:anager thanked him and said he would look after it. A few weeks later the manager cas-ually stopped at the scdesman's desk and remarked that they had got the contract of finishing the interior of that ncw office building for $8,000. The salesman expressed his pleasure and thought nothing more of the matter. About three t"r.onths later the. 111anageragain stopped at the sales-man's desk, to tell him that the sales nwnager wished to see him; that there was to be a vacancy and that he wa.nted to promote a man in the sa.les de.partment who knew enough to act on a cue when one eame to his notice. That was about four years ago, and a few weeks ago a notice appeared in Olle of the local papers in that city rn,e11ti0111ngthat this forn,cr salesn:an had been made sales manager of the paillt and var-nish factory. )Jow, it was 110t the mere fa.et that he had fo1- lmved two men and had almost directly been respons'ble for the firm's gettillg in on tl:e ground floor alld landing a large and profitable order, that attracted the manager's attention, but the n:anager saw that the young man had business in-stinct; that he bad it in him to do things to make money for the house. Not long since I read in a newspaper an a11l101111Cement of the promotion of a m::ll1 to the position of general manager of a large furniture house. I took the trouble to look him up, and here is what I found out. That man cntered tJ--.at store five ycars ago as a, salesman. Like most department stores, it had p\enty of' rules, and one of them was that a salesman should 110t leave his department to go to another department, bnt should call ;:L floor walker to direct a cus-tomer to whatever other department he wished to go. While making a sale to an aged couple, the salesman overheard the man say something to his wife about going back to "that • otl~er store to look at that d:ning table." The saLsman liT> mediately pricked up his ears aed tak:ng advantage of an epening, he politely remarkcD that "we have a splendid fur-citure departlT.e.nt on our fourth floor. I think it would pay you to visit it, It's quite a sight whether you buy or not." The old man looked at his wife and said he guessed they 'would rather go hack to the store whe.ethey sold only fur-nture, as it was difficult for old people to get arour.d in a hi?," department store. The salesman stayed right with them t111tiltheir change came, and while he was delivering it he cheerfully invited the old couple to come along with him and he would show them their big furniture department, and assured tllem that it would only take a couple of n:inutes. He took the old lady's ann and off they went to an elevator. Tn a few minutes they were on the furniture floor, and the s;J.1csrran hEckol:ed another and asked him to show the visi-tors his dining tables and also to show them about the place, • • OROOVINO SAWS 1 A. L. HOLCOMB C4CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE ____ . up to 5-16 thick, ---- Repalrlng....S.Usfaction guaranteed. Citizens' Phone 1239. 21 N. Market St.• Grand Rapids. Mich, He then graciously withdrew. In due course of time the salesman was reported to the Old 1ian for having left his de-partment to go with customers to another and he was called on to explain. On his way to the private office he went to the furniture salesman he had turned the old couple over to and learned that a sale had been made amounting to $84.50. He reported all the circumstances to the Old Man, who lis-tened to his explan3tion, and ,then told him to go back to his department and they would let the mattcr drop. A few months later that young man W;J.S promoted to thc position of department man<lger; a fe\\' months later he was made a.s-sistant for the buyer and so he was unceremoniously moved around from one department to another for four yea.rs until ope day out came the announcement that he had been made general manager. It wa_<;not the fact th;l.t the salesman had steered a cus-tomer, who was abollt to leave the store, to the furniturc de-partment, where a sale was made, that started him on his way to promotion. \Vhat made a hit with the Old 1\-1anwas simply that here was a salesman who was keen for making money for the store, and that is the kind of young man the boss was consta.ntlY,looking out for. They are so scarce that when a good boss scents one he takes no chances on letting hm get away.-]. R. Bowen in Modern Methods. "vIICHIGAN ARTISAN 17 , ----------------- ----------_.~I CARVINO MACHINE The Universal Automatic II ,,,,I I,,, ,, I,IiI I I~----------------- ==~= PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS I MADE BY I UnIon [MDOSSINa MACUlnr (0. !I • And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand Indianapolis. Indiana Write for Information. Prices Etc. ._---------------,------ ,----' -------., II West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, =...:........ Gleason Palent Sectional Feed Roll, ~cc:c==--=~=-_'MJ\"WFACTURRD BY____ I WEST SIDE IRON WORKS: CRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A· • II. tV. Petrie, o'ur agen/,g f01' Uan(}.(l(~. I O.ffiCt'8,Tot'onto, ilfontrml and VanC0ll11et', l ~--- --------------- II Any Practical Mechanic I appreciates the importance of simplicity ill machillery. ilOur No. 5 Table Leg Machine is far superior in simplicity of COllstructioll over any other make of machine, yet embodies all the latest improvements, special attention being called to the Culterhead. the Variable Friction Feed and the Oseillating Carriage. Consider the above, and i/leu hear in mind that this rna.chille lum~ round, octagon, hexagon, square or any other shape, all ·with the same cutterhead. Also, that one man with it can do the work of six or eight hand lurners-aud we guarantee the work to be satisfQetory. Don't you need such a machine? Theil wrile C. Mattison Machine Works 863 Fifth St, •• t. BELOIT. WISCONSIN. ....._-- ._-------- --------------.--------, If your DESIGNS are tight, peQplewant the Goods. I That makes PRICES right. (t[arence 1R.bfIIs DOES IT 1163 Madi"n Av,nu'-Cit;z,", Phoo, 1983, GRAND RAPIDS_ MICH, . -------------_ .!. ,~---- ---------- 1Loufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. ----------------_._--- -., ! I I~---- IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt. Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Pow~rfor Furnitur~ Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAll BROS. CO" 1067 N;R'h St" Council Bluffs, la, Kimball Elevator Co., 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; , 108 11th St., Omaha, Neb.; 12()Cedar St., New York City. •• • 18 MICHIGA:N ARTISAN t,---_._----------_._--_._----------------. THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator' and a couple l,f boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so-called machine or pads on the market. That'. Why It'. a Money Maker_ It Imitates Perfectly. 50 Machines Sold Last Year I I More II Satisfied I' Manufacturers III ,, ,, ! 50 Plain or Quartered Oak. Mahogany, Walnut, Elm, Ash or any other wood with open grain. Write the Posselius Bros. Fumiture Manufacturing Co. For Prices and Full Particulars. Mention the Michigan Artisan. Detroit, Mich. ..._._-_._--_._---------~--------------------- A New School for Salesmen. A unique department was opened last week in the New York Evening High School, on Forty-first street, near Third avenue. T11e class is under the management of lI.liss Diana Hirschler, who explciined to a reportcr the obje~ts of this new branch of education. "The unde.rlyil1g motive," 1'liss Hirschler said, "'is to in-still ill girls and young women a genuine desire to be of ser-vice to the customer-to develop all faculties which will aid them to this end and to inculcate an earnestne3S to take the place of the indifference of today. The c12S3 will be taught how to analyze goods sa that they may b~con:e exp2:'t ad-visers to the purchasing public. Doctors and lawyers give expert advice, why should l~Ot saleswomen? "\Ve will also teach the class how to gain the attention of a customer, and bow to hold it. The observation \vill be r - (!. 18.(tbatfielb, 'IDeetgner ,I Working drawings furnished for fine and medium Furniture, Chairs and fanty arrides in modern and classic styles. GuarantetdSd!~rs. • Blodgett BJdQ.• Graad Rapids, MicL. trained by exercises in observing. For example, the class will be given a certain time to look at a, boxful of things, and will then be required to tell what the box contains. This ex-ercise will be increased in speed as the lessons progress. "The minds of the young women will be dcvelopedin the direction of concentration. Phrases quickly spoken l\'ill be given and the class required to repea.t- them verbatim. An effort' wilt also be made to develop the sense of touch. The students will be required to handle goods with eyes closed and to tell the texture and quality ot the goods. "A CQ~lr~C in the study of human nature will be included in the instruction. In this the observation will be trained in noting facial expression, tone of voice, etC. The aim is to teach the stl1dents to better ur.derstand the custon:er and to more readily satisfy )lis needs. "Principles of elen:enta.ry law will be taken up, as it is '...e.ll for salespeople to understand the nature of a contract. They will also be taught how to better protect the merchatlt, to realize responsibility and the importance of protecting their employers from theft. "We will also take up store organization, and will show the development from the early trader to the great establish-ments of the present time. In this way the saleswoman will gain a clear perception of the work and will be brol1ght to regard her own status as one of dignity and worth. "Very little, if any, theory will enter into the teaching. On the contrary, it will be so adapted to the understanding that the students can immediately apply- the lessons that are given them, 1\10st in:portant of all, the principles of abso-lute honesty, whicb every employer valee!; so highly, will be emphasized."- Exchange. @ * @l Miss Three-Year-Old. 'Tis very strange her table talk Of words should be so chary. For cvery meal she gravely sits Upon the dictionary. @l * @ Many traveling salesmen gain success through the friend-ship of the men on the floors. In one department of the Marshall Field establishment in Chicago forty S3.)esrr.en are employed. A traveling salesman boasts that he is on friendly terms with twenty-five of their number and states that the goods he handles move easily in la.rge volume because of the interest of these men in the same. MICHIGAN ARTISAN !') fII I j MorrisWood3N~~~;lin~l~~dcO.lue Joinl Cullers II FOR THERE ARE NO OTHERS llJUST AS COOD." I I IIII II I,I -----' They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn ow-ing to the gradual clearance (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a: pair- anri oe eonI'iflCfd. Oatalog1le No. 10and ]iritG8 on application. I• MORRIS WOOD & SONS, 2714-2716 W. Lake St" Chica,go, IlL r-·----------·---· I Mr. Manufacturer: Do you e\ler cDnsi£kr what joint ,gluing CDtls? The sepilfators and wooden ~dlles. if you ure lhem and many do, are a large item of expense accounts; but this ~ small compared to walle account5 of workmen who wear them out wilh a. halllmer. and lhen a large per cent of the j()illts aTe faillllC. by the insecurity o! thia mean!. RESULT, it has 10be done over again, if possible. If You UllC independenlllCfew damps Ihe resull i5 beller. but .'ower. alloliClher 100.Iow, leI us lell you of something better. PALMER'S CLAMPS. All stetl and iron. No wedllt's, no 5eparall'>l's.ad;\Ut to any width. clamp in$fantly yd securely. releases even faster. POlitively one·thirdmore work. with one·third lei\Shell:>. In l;even size. up 10 60 inches, any thiclrness up 10 2 inches. 200 factories in 1906. Why not you in 1908? Although told by deale,. everywhere leI lIS send you particulars. 1\. E. Pdlmcr &: Sons. Owosso, MiGh. FOREIGN AGENTS: ProjocnleCo.. Landan, England, Schuchardt & SchUlte, Berlin. Germany, '--._-------- • •I I rI III I II I• ,I III I 'I---------,--_._-----_._-_._--_._-' • ROLLS The "RELIABLE" Kind. THE FEllWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. •I PETER COOPER'S GLUE is the best in all kinds of weather. When other manufacturers or agents tell you their glue is as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his prodl1ct by comparing it with an inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standard of excellence. With it all experiment begins, all comparison continues, and aU test ends. Sold continuously since 1820. Its reputation, like itself, STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock, carefully pre~ pared, No bones or pig stock enter into its composition. In strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of I glue that is in every other batrel of the same grade. ! ORIN A. WARD GRANDRAPIDSAGENT 403 Ashton 8ldg. • CITIZENS F='HONE: 933:3 I~,--------,-----------~ ., ----- IIIII!II I, I III I!"---_._- II Prop. I ---------_ ..•. ----_._--- -,., Housel I Morton ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (Eu(opean PJan) Rates $1.00 and Up_ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Th. Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 50e IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND. ~i , FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE: GR.EATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBL£. PERFECT SAFETY IWe-'U gladly teU you all about It. II~ Ph.l<.." ...... c,f'jT ECQNOMV 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapids. Mieh Atao Machine Knive.... Miter Macblm~s. Etc. FOX MACHIN Eo CO. 20 MICHIGAN ARTISAN .. ---- . i ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN OUR I Poplar and Birch Crossbandins CUT TO NET SIZES IF REQUIRED. NO DELAYS IN DELIVERING THE GOODS. "WalterClarK Veneer Company 535 Michigan Trnst Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mirrors and Novelty Furniture. Changing fashion has again brought mirrors in a modified form to the drawing rOODl. For a good many years she has busied herself to bring about the downfall of p,ier glasses be-twee, n the windows and mirrors over the mantels, and of course she succeeded. Of latc years to include either onc Or the other in a drawing room was to confess oneself hope1ess1y old fashioned. Now it is different. The drawing room mirror is coming in again, acc.ording to a decorator, although not by way of the walls or the' mantel. Sustaining her reputation for vari-ableness, fashioll chooses the doors as a means for rein-stating it. Of cqHrse, tbis does not mean that mirror doors Two Horse Furniture Truck Used in Work Borse Para.de, New York, of the pattern nO\v instaJled in bedroon:s and bathrooms are seen in dra,ving rooms. The preferred design for the latter shows three panel mir-rors, each panel from six to ten inches wide, which start at ahout eight inches from the top of the door af'.d end about two feet from the bottom, the woodwork at either end of the panel instead of being finished across 10 a straight line de-scribing an uneven scallop_ The alternating panels of wood are quite plain and smoothly finished, as is-the lower part of the door. White wood lends itself better to this form of decoration than dark wood, and Louis XVI. is oftenest the period selected for re-production in furniture and hangings. This need not scare the housekeeper of moderate means at all, Louis XVI. be- 1ng a question of stralght and simple lines and more or less plain effects which may be reproduced at comparatively small expense a.s -...vellas by the outlay of thousands of dollars. The decorator referred to said that a white trimmed room, meaning white woodwork in conjunction with panelled walt paper and plain tinted eeling, harmonized with panelled mir-ror doors and Louis XVI. furniture quite as well as a cost-lier wood trim, hrocaded walls and richly decorated ceiling. Preferably in this style of room, he added, the gas or electric light fixtures should show as much crystal as possible. The furniture for tr,is style of room, he said, could very well be selected from the new designs in which sections of cane and sections of upholstery alternate, the frames of sofa and chairs being of powdered gold or Circassian walnut. The suites he showed in illustration were among the most artistic and novel manufactured in some time. Unlike the one-time cane seated and backed va.rieties fitted with mov-able cushions, the newer cane designs are upholstered herE'. and there with plain or figu:,ed satin damask or brocade or less expensive fabrics. One of the best examples showed segments of damask following an irregular design to ahollt half way down the back of the sofa and chairs, the front hal£ of the seat showing an upholstered design to match. In one suite the sections of cane were gilded to match the frame; in another, which had a Circ3.ssian walnut frame, the cane ,vas gilded; in a third, of "v'alnut, the cane was of nat-ural color, and the upholstering materials were respectively yale gray and rose damask, nile green aed ecru brocade, and soft two-toned red brocade. The same style suite is made also 'with white frames and white or gilded cant', with 11;Jho1- stery of 'various degrees of cost. The drawing room suite made aln:ost entirely of wood, either plain or gilded, is a rival to the desi:sns just described. The hack and arms are plain; the upholstery i_, confined to the seat, which is rrere\y a removable eushlon, tufted or plain, of brocade or damask, and the cost is away below that of solidly upholstered furniture. Very quiet tones and small patterns have the lead in up-holstering fabrics, and in order to complete the harmony in a room where the mirror doors ;;!.TIdthe sort of furniture men-tioned are preferred the windows should be finished with a top valance and straight, narrow side curtains falling from the valance to the floor, of a material to matcb the furniture, or at least harmonize with it, and finished on the edge prefer-ably with a band of metal applique, eitheir of gold or silver. If the door portieres -are used they should be of the same ma-terial as the window drapery. Just now, tIle decorator explained, plain effects a.nd U11- carved woods are in vogue. Solid mahogany and ma.hogany finished wood in Sheraton and Adam designs are in demand, for drawing rooms, living rooms, sleeping rooms and dining rooms, the plainest designs leading in point of style. The variety of drawing room tables as seen in one place indicates that the centre table of ordinary make has had its day. The newcomers have straight spindle legs and are oc-tagonal and oblong. Some of the most fetching have hinges and six or eight inch wide drop leaves at either side. Others have gate legs, which means that the table may he folded up, enlarged or reduced ill size and triad'e to answer for more than one pUTpose. A va,riety built with,a shallow drawer . -"11 CHI G A N ,..-_._------------- ,I II: ARTISAN 21 ._----------_. --_._-----, I (TRA.DE: MARK REGISTERED) I Paint and Varnish Remover •!II IIIt IIt II II Things don't grow without nourishment· Manufacturers do not increase their facilities unless there is a growing demand to supply. In point of sales, Ad-el-ite Paint and Varnish Remover is tar ahead of any similar preparation on the market and our new, thoroughly equipped plant enables us to give better service than ever before. You will find that Ad-el-ite contains more energy to the gallon, has fewer dis-agreeable features and brings better results than anything you can get. Eats down through any number of old coats of hard paint, varnish, wax, shellac or enamel leaving the surface in perfect condition for refinishing_ Send for Free Sample. IIII •I• STA.E ~._-_._----------- -_._-------------------' CHICAGO and also with a deep pocket tit either end under a folding-lid n~ay be used ior afternoon tea, bric-abrac or books. "Undoubtedly," said the dealer, "these tables arc among the most ac:.ceptable furniture offerings of the season," In furnishing sleeping rooms persons who call't afford a full smte of mahogany furniture compromise on three pieces. Tbese arc a small hUH'D.u, a chiffonier and a small 11ight table placed near the bedstead, "irhich in this case ought to be of satin or dull finished brass. Chair~ and couch and windmv draperies in a room of this description include usually a good deal of cretonne or furniture damask of conventional or noral desiglls in yellmv5 and browns, although there are pur-chasers \"..ho prefer gayer effects. Glazed cretonne for the window hangings sUll finds favor \ovith Nnv Yorkers "\\'ho have traveled much in Europe and visited ill English country houses. Bedroom Sllites of white enamel arc among the luxuries provided for those with long vocketbaoh. The genuine white enamel suites are not made of soft \vood painted white a.nd then coated with enamel, but have a foundation of costly" white hard\'v"ood treated by many processes till brought to the highest state of brilliancy and durability. "A bedroom suite of this sort," said 8., dealer, "costs far up in the hundreds, and it l:ertainly is a thing of beauty, well \w)rtlJ the price. In this as ill nearly all the higher priced woods the tops of dresser, chiffonier and table are protected by beveled glass." Also in the lnxury class arc bedtooll1 suites of Circassian walnut. To spe;lk of a walnnt bedstead brings up a vision of the old fashioned mournful type no longer prized even by country folks. The l1e"v fashioned walnut type is a thing- of beauty, Incide!1tally it costs ten times as much as the best of the old-time walnuts evcr bought For instance, one example, made "\'v"itb<1, moderately high Jleadboard al1d a sorne"vhnt lower footbo<lrd, both perfectly plain, is made entirely of strips of walnut about 10 inches wjde, some lighter, some darker in grain, all finished in the natural dull effect. These slrips arc carefully put together, lighter and darker alternating to form a bias and a pointed effect, tl,e lJOi!1ts meetil1g in the centre of the head Rnd the footboard and in the middle of the side supports. The same idea is carried out in the dresser and chiffonier. In some of the b.test designs of dining room .furniture English oak is a good second to mahogany, The finish of this wood is if anything darker than ever, d..ud none but an expert T1/ould dream tbat it was a llear relation to ordinary or golden oak, which just no"v gets the cold shoulder. III sideboards, \vllich, by the way, are lower than ever, and in tables, which are square preferaby, and in chairs, the most 1)oplllar design of \vhich has a medium high rather than a very tall back and almost square seats, the flllish is distinctly plain, althongh the angularity of the mission design has given place to curves and rounded edges.-Sull. @ * @ Teaching Ladies to Sell Goods. For the first time in public school history a course in saleswoman ship, designed for retail and department stores, has been incorporated in the curriculum of the evening schools for women in New York city. The course, which extends over two years, includes lectures, practical talks and scientiilc: instruction in the art of selling, store organization, commercial arithmetic, elementary law and manufacture of commercial products. l\S many yotmg' women may be pre-vented from completing the two years' work, it ha.s been planl1ed that certificates be issued to all pupils crediting them with the periods of work performed. There are 30,000 \vomen clerks in New York city, none of whom has had pre-liminary scientific training in the responsibilities of this Ser-vjre, Z2 :YllCHIGAN High Class Sanding Machinery. The possibilities 01 the sand belt machine have gradua11y increased until it has become a neCCss1ty on almost every class of wood work. The machine we illustrate is another creation patenteu and manufactured by the vVysong & 11i1<:;; Company, who aTe obtaining extraordinary results on sand-ing ".·.h. at has heretofore been thought impossible to sand. These people have evidently given a great deal of thought to this subject of sandi11g not only :flat swrtaces, but also ir-regular shapes. It is now a recogni;o:ed fact that a better polish can be obtained by these belt machines and with greater rapidity than on drnms, disks or spindks and shapes can be sa.nded that cannot be sanded by disks, drums or spindles. It simply means that one must abandon disks, drums and spi.ndles. The first machine. built by these panies was designed more especially for the needs of chamber fur-niture rnanuactL1rers, but the machine proved to be such a great sncceSs on thi.s work that they went further into the ARTISAN It is pointed out that in Japah logs are kept in brackish ponds for several years before being worked up. To this treatment is ascribed the peculiar freedom from warpi.ng found ill wood work from ]npaIl, ;t11d especially in the wood carvings which are common in that country. The ..t.a..rping of wood work is due to a change in dimen-sion caused by the wood adjusting itself to the moisture con-dition of the ,surrounding a.ir. In damp air wood swellS but shrinks <,-gainas the air becon1es drier. This property of wood cannot be ove~eon:e entirely, but the search continues for methods of reducing it and retarding it so as to lessen its damage. Soaking does decrease the tendency to warp but by nO means ovcrcon:es it entirely. The effect of soaking a.s a remedy for warping, however, is less than call reasonably be expected from some methods of steaming. As a comme:-cial practice, the soaking of logs or lumber to remedy warping of the finished product is not to be re-subject and ada.pted the. machine to the manufacture of chairs and tables and it W;IS as great a success on these lines of work as on chamber suites. Notwithstanding the succeSs the machine_s met with on these three lines of wo,k, the man-ufacturers did not desist In their efforts, but believillg that t]le belt sander could be applied to a still greater variety of \vork, they have so iml1roved on the first machine and brougbt out other machines that they bave now introduced their ma-chines into every line of \vood wo;·k and the machines con-tinue to meet with the same big restllts that characterized the appearance of the fir3t machine. For further information in regard to these sand belt ma· chines, address the manufac.tllrers, \Vysong & Mi.les Com-pany, Cedar street and Southern railroad, Greensboro, N. C. @ * @ Dces Water Soaking Before Seas.oning Increase or Decrease Warping? Various writers on the work of wood seasoning have called attention to the merits of lumber sawed from logs long submerged. They do this by speaking of the distinct advantages gained by soaking the logs or the sa,wed lumber in water as a preliminary step to the air seasoning. commended exce))t when it can be done during storage or tra.nsportation because of the time required to produce results that f..LiI far short of what is usually claimed.-Exchange. @ * @ A Lucky Cast. She was a freckled country maid, She did her mother's duty; A city fellow married her To get a speckled beauty. @ * @ Legislatures of several states will be asked to pass bills to prevent the use of fictitious names in business. Had such a law been in force in California the notorious Kragen fail-ure and robbery of creditors could not have been planned and executed. WHITE PRINTING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PRINTERS OF CATALOGUES and everything needed by businesa men ,,.----'----_._-- III YIICHIGAI\ ARTISAI\ --------,----------_._-----, I The leonard Exhibition Buildings Ottawa, louis and Market Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. 200,000 square feet of floor space. Railroad siding to save cartage, auto· matic sprinklers, reducing insurance and preventing loss by fire, steam heat, elec-tric light, elevator and janitor service, all at one-half the rates usually charged in Grand Rapids. The location is central, viz. on Ottawa St. next the Blodgett Hlock. lVIanufacturers requiring large space on one floor can now obtain it. Manufacturers who have been kept out of Grand Rapids on account of t"xpense can now aHord to come The opening of these bUildings for Furn:ture Exhibition Purposes assures Grand Rapids' suprem- :,cy as the furniture market of the \\"orld for many years to corne. ~-----_._---------_._-- --_._--------~ •II I .---_._---_._---------- Reservalions Should Be Made Early, Floor Plan Senl On Application, ORAnD RAPIDS RftDlOtDA lOR =======(OnPAnl======= Cabinet Makers In these clays of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in BARNES' === HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. Our [New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw NQ. 4. The stron,g-est, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cutting, boring and grooving. w. P. & John Barnes Co. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford. III. ,--_._------------ 23 I•III,• I• ~._- 24 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY AT BARGAIN PRICES. Having PUl'ehued thd entire Elkhart, Ind., plant of the Humphrey Bookc.ue Co•• we are oHering at bara-ain pneea the following A~l woodworking tool.: Band u.w. 32 in.. Cfow.:ent. Jcil\\ilt, S in. band with 4.mcled bead. Rip ~:lIwtah\e. with couulenhah snd saw. Saw table. 30x4& in. with ll1iding page. Band saw, 36 in. Crescent. Knife grinde!. 32 in. Buffalo automatic. Rounder. two·~pindle wilh C<lUDtelshaft. Shapero sioille-spilldle, table .37%42 in·, Handsaw, 26 in. Silver, iton tilting table. Lathe. Whitney back-knife with counter- Rod, pia and dowel machine No.2, E4lan. Back-knife lathe. Whilney. shaft. Snrith, with heads Sander, Youna's new edge. iron frame Boriall' Irulchine. 72n B.spindle Andrew9. Lathe, Trevor Iluoomatie 4' 2" between Rod and dowel machine No.2, EllUl and lop. Boring mehine, 34Jlindk horizontal. cenlers. poweI feed Stave boll equalizer wilh two 30" iIllWS. Borer, No. 21 bench, Slater & Mar&ien. Lathe, 14 in. cabinetmaker'l Egan. Shaper. ainlde .pind. CoDaday with frb Truck., 38 iniaceIlaneoUI factory truck •• Bocinlil.machine, No.2li Clement haci- Moulde.r, 14 in. Hermance, 4~ded.· bon e. i. T enoner, American double end. zonlal Molder. Rn~ hd. Smith F.6 with 4 in. Swin!il saw, comPkte with law and reg. Teooner, aing)e head Cordeaman & £San Carver, 3-~pindle, with counlershaft. 4·sl'td hd. equip. Wilh cut-01l' altadunent. Cabinetmakers' laW, double cut-olf, Moulder, sly!e F·6 Smilh, one Ilide with Sander, two_spindle with counlershafl. Tenoner, seH.feed blind 61at.J, A. Fay, Chair bendi~ pr_, Swarll:. cap ~llshhead. Sander, 36 in. Colllll1bia triple-drum. T enoner, 6'J douhle bead, H. B. Smith. Chamfer ,utter with iron frame, table 43 Mortirer and borer, double-ead autoillatic. Sander, 42 in. Columbia tripJe-drum, Tenoner. hand-feed blind slat, J A. Fay. Jt30 Latison. Mortiser aDd borer, Colburn imp. blind Sticker. 14 ' Hermance with regular equip, T enoner, self.feed adju&ble blind dat. Edsing law. 361]: 181 with law arbor, uYle. Se.nd&l 30 in three..omm Epu. T ri ma.dnne, SbaW)'eT, 28 in, cent., Cut-off law machine. Clement double. Planer. 30 in. Clement single cylinder. Saw table, 38x63 in. wood top, 10 i"" swg, Glue joinaer, Myers, with c<lunler.haft. Planer and matcherl 24" single cylinder Saw table. 29x30 in. cut-off, rip and 8 in Woodworker, Parks combined lathe, rip Jill saw. complete with regular equjprnent. 4-roU, matches 141 J. A, Fay, saw. and cut-olf .aw. shaper, etc. Jointer, Myers !due, Planer, gntz. eyl. suna,e 20xO to 6 in. ScrolJlaw, ilon fro wood fop, Cord'$/tl'n Jointer, 20in, Porter hand. Con'l & D. & Ei!lll' ~J'd=.io':'~~":::'p\";'~~~ C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98West WoodbridgeSt., Detroit,Mich. i I UNIFORM BILL OF LADING. New Document Will Go Into Effect Throughout the Country on November 1. Upon the recommendation of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which "I;as made .after public hearing Upon the matter, at which all interests were afforded an opportunity to be heard, the carriers "1,'ill,on November 1, 1908, adopt a new uniform bill of lading combined with a new shipping order. This combined blll of lading and shipping order was prepared by a representative committee of shippers and car-riers after many confe.'rences with ba,nkers :md other in-terests. On and after November 1, the shipper may have the op-tion of shippillg property either subject to the terms and cou-ditions of the uniform hill of lading or ucder the liability imposed upon common carriers by the common law and the federal or state statutes applicable thereto. If the shipper elects to ship under the terms and conditions of the uniform bill of lading and shipping orders, the rate provided in the official classification and tariffs will apply. If the shipper elects not to accept the conditions of the new uni-form bill of lading and shipping order, the property so carried will be at carrier's liability, limited only as provided by com-mon htw and by the laws of the United States and of the sev-eral states in so far as they apply, but subject to the terms and conditions of the uniform bill of lading in so far as they are not inconsistent ,""jth such common carriers' liability, and the charge therefor will be ten per cent higl1er (subject to a minimum increa.se of one per cent per 100 pounds) than the rate charged fDr property shipped to all the terms and condi-tions of the uniform bill of lading and shipping order. @ * @ A Bride's Courage Rewarded. At Denver all September 26, in the presence of several thousand people at Collseum Hall, while the labor fair was in progress, Miss Margaret Parks promised to love, honor and cherish-not obey-Clarence Cnx, and received for her courage furniture for a house. \iVhen a committee of the state federation offered to give the young couple furniture for their new home if they would consent to a public wedding at the Coliseum, both agreed in-stantly. But when the time for the event drew near the bridegroom's courage failed. He had not anticipated that there would he such a. crowd of speetators~and-and-and- But the bride had the courage of two· and for two_ "I'm going through with it," she said, "because I have promised." That left nothing for Mr. Cox to do but follow the le<ld if he wanted the bride, and he did. To the strains of the wedding march the two ?-scended the platform while the crowd at the fair gathered around. • At It Again. I'\\-'hen the manufacturers of brass beds engage in a sense-less warfare in prices, the retailer is left floating in the air with 110tso much as the frame of a flying sky scraper to eling to," remarked a reb.iler of furniture. "He is not able to determine, when placing orders for beds, whether he is buying at as low prices as his competitors. If he orders a bed today to cost $9.00, tomorrow he may have an opportun-ity to pu;,chase 011eequally as good for $7.00_ The market is quite demoralized just now and there seems to be no pros-pects for the resumption of stability in prices. If the man-dacturers would benefit themselves and their customers they Standard Uniform Colors .We are producing- the standard uniform colors recently adopted by the l\.lanufacturers' Association of Grand Rapids. These colors are produced with our Golden Oak-Oil Stain No. 1909 and Filler No. 736, Early English-Oil Stain No. 81 a.nd Filkl' No. 36, Mahogany - Powder No, 9. - Weath.ered Oak Oil Stain No. 281. Fumed Oak -Add Stain No, 45. Place your orders with us and get the correct shades. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. 55-59 EIlllworth Ave., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, • should stop the cutting of prices immediately. A trust agreement is not advisable. Goods should be marketed for a fair margin of p:'ofIt, based upon style 2..ndquality." @ * @ "White" Treatment. A mistaken idea \'vhich some merchants have is that a traveling salesman is of no use unless he wishes to buy goods from him. If the store is stocked fully in the traveler's line he is given scant eourtesy_ There a~e merchants who do not follow such a liee of conduct, V\r e saw one not long ago. He met a salesman, shook hands with him cordially, asked him about conditions in general, told him he didn't need any goods, but looked over his stock. He stuck to his "no buy" statements, but he treated the traveler white and, as a result, got some information of considerable value to him.-Trades-man. @ * @ McCargar a Manufacturer. J. R. McCargar, eastern representative of the Ne1son- Matter Furniture Company for many years, has purchased an interest in the- Commercial Desk Company of Chicago and has been elected president. MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. PROMPT DELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT WORK ., Right Prices GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 25 r---- 26 MICHIGAN , CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the fir co5l 01 which is considerable, but which will make more profit lor eac dollar invested than any 01 the cheap machines Hood-ing the country. "OliveT" New Ve.ri.ety Saw Te.bl~ N().11. Will take a saw liP to 20~ diametn. Arbor bell i. 6" wide. S~ndfor Catalog uBOJ fOf ddla on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders. Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches. Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters,etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO Works and General OfficeS at 1 to 51 Claney St. G.RAND RAPIDS; MICH., U. S. A. I BRANCH OFFICES Oliver Machinery Co., HudGOll Terminal. 50 Church 51., New Yort· Olivet Mad'.inery Co., FirSt Natiolllli Bank Building. Chicago, Ill.; Oliver Machinery Co.' Pacinc Buildlhi. Seaulc. W !lSil,; Oliver Machinery Co .201-203 Deansgale. Manche.rter. Eng' ~----. ARTISAN Save Labor •• Time Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 mebel. Made with O[ without motor d,ive Met a I tabl", 36":1;30"'. Will take 18'" under the auU:l.e Ill" 45 degrees -one way ami 1~ the otheF way. Car~ I riesa$llwuPto lUll ! wU:l.e· Outlide bearing to lower wheel shl1h when not motor driven. I Weighl'l 1800Jbs when ready to ship. II! .. Tempers .. Co.st --------------_._--------------"" I• Headquarters at Cincinnati. TIle Ford &, Johnson Company 'will move their c.entral office from' Chicago to Cincinnati in the near future. The company operates factories located in several sta.tes and dis- Sketcb by Otto Jlranek, Grand Ra.pids, Mich. tributes its products from many warehouses. The manufac~ ture of furniture in addition to chairs, is an important depart-ment of their business. @ * @ Argument by a Mirror Maker. It \V-Quldbe a blessing if every home had at least two mirrors to a room. The residence of a famous architect decorator recclltly deceased, had an average of three. They are quite as important for cheerfulness as are windows. ¥lho can retain the frown that the mirror shows is disfiguring his brow: \Vho does not sometimes smile ,involulltarily at her reflected face? \Vho is not interested to see friends from several points of view? @ * @ To Incorporate. Articles of incorporation for the Johnson Brothers Fu:ni-ture Compa.ny are in the course of preparation. The com-pany will engage in the manufacture of fine and medium dining room furniture in Grand Rapids. @ * @ ., Perpetual Principles. The principles evolved by thc French, English and ital-ian decorators of the Renaissance are perpetual, but their adaptation to modern 'conditions requires great skill. The safe way is the easiest one. Don't try to be too original. Get ideas wherever you can. @ * @ Nothing reflects so larg'e a proportion of light as a mir-ror. At the head of stairways, at the end of hans, wherever walls are too dark or too solid, a mirror is the great eheer bringer. The mirror over the fireplace in the hall is its most important feature as regards cheerfulness. @ * @ A schcme to tax Larkin soap clubs has been started in a number of Missouri towns. In the city of Columbia (a university town) organizers of clubs are taxed $25.00 per an-num. Such ordinances ought to prove effective, when en~ forced. MICHIGAN ~ ------------_._-_._---, ! MANUFACTURERS OF I I HARDWOOD ~~~~i~~! I SPECIAL TIES: ! ! ~t'fEfE'I1QUAR.OAK VENEERS ! I MAHOGANY VENEERS I I I! II I / I : I~---------------I ~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA " ·'U.otary Style" (<J£ J)NP Ca£vibp, Emboswd Mouldings, Panels, "ra<'lljne~ 1&1' an pltrpOljeB. nod nt prices within Ule rel1rlt of nil. Every lTlltcltine haM our gunrrmt("l,'J against breakage for one Yl.'"lIr. "Lateral StYle" lor large cl;tpu.city beavy ea.nlU8S and Deep EmL68siog8. "We have the l\Iachine yOll WIlOt at a l!iallsb.<'tory pl'ice. Write tOT descl'iptlve circular... Also make dies for all m[fkes ot Ma-chtuetl. UNION EMBOSSING M4CNINE CO., Indianapolis. Ind. ARTISAN 27 •I II IIII j I~------~-- Wood T umings_ Tmned Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. I Cl'llalOg~"='=lo='='a='=>U=f.=,.= ...!1 tlJfers 011 Apptirntion. ~-----._----------- .. ! These saws are II ~ made from No. 1 I Steel and we war~ I rant every blade. I We also carry a t If full stock of Bev- teled Ba.ck Scroll l ! Saws, any length! and gauge. I l I I I 1 Write us for Prl ...e },1st and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS ~' -----_... ---., , I I BOYNTON &~~ I I Turbed Mould- 1 i ngs, Ernbou .. I SEND FOR edandSpindle Carvinze. a. n d Automatic • Turnings, I CAT A LOG U E We al50 man\!- , : f"dure a liUge line 1 I of Emb.oaeed I O~ .. '" .. fa' I I Couch Work. I 419·421 W. Fifteenth St.. CNlC4GO. ILL. I "'---------------- .. ~._---------------.. I VVood ! Forming I Cutters 1 We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Wa.y Cutters for Single and Double Spin- I dIe Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. I SA~~C~V~i~. t~~elc~r~; ;OO~~I~S I MilTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. . .~I Arthur 'lV. Fulton and together they hastened to the office of Captain O'Brien, at detective headquarters. Here the real excitement began. \Vhile detectives rushed to the ft1TT1iture house to locate and search the couch- \vhich they did without finding the gems-Esther was quizzed. She answered everything il1a frank rnanner except an inquiry as to which s.v..e. etheart had given her the diamonds, which consisted of two earrings, one solitaire ring and oue ring set with two stones, Perhaps Es.ther doesn't wish to or perhaps she isn't quite ready to Try as he might, Ca.ptain O'Brien man's naule. "\\lhy didn't you wear the diamonds?" asked the captain. "I was afraid of- robbers," was the reply. Then, with all the appearance of innocence that he could command, the captain asked: "\Vhy didn't yOll. carry them in your stocking, then?" Esther blushed a bit and then blurted out: ! "Because I know a woman 'who lost her ring through the open work that way." Soon the detectives came back with a report that they were unable to locate the dian:onds, nnd straightway they 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN A GEM-LADEN DAVENPORT. The Hartman Furniture Company's Uncommon Experience. A davenport couch, an ardent wooer, and $500 worth of diamonds.form a combination that is likely to keep the police awake for a night or two. TIle puzzle is: "Vilho has tlle gems and who is Esther Roscll going to marry?" The _Hartman Furniture Company, 221 \-Vabash avellue, Chicago, which advertises the advice to "feather your nest," has been requested to "produce the gems" cl.l1d Esther, who "feathered her nest" with the gems, though frequently re-quested, has refused to name the giver of the jewels. He-w-ever, it was a sweetheart; which one nobody but Esther and the donor know. She is a diplomat. Getting down to the facts right quickly, Esther owned the diamonds and also the couch. She hid the diamonds in the couch and then the Hartman people sent three unsympathetic fellows to cart the couch away 11Ilder the false impression that she llad not paid the full amount due, while, as a matter of fa.ct, she holds a receipt from a second hand furniture deal-er for that particular piece of fLUuiture. \-Vhen the case is thoroughly sifted it will probably turn out that the original purchaser bought the couch from Hartman, but before it was entirely paid for disposed of it to the second hand man, who sold it to Esther in good faith, .and she perh<:l,.psnever knew that it \vas second~ hanel. At all)' rate, ,""hen she caught up \",ith the couch again the diamonds were gone. Esther, fair, fat and shy two years of forty, has bad several beaux, who re'cogni:ze her as a "good business woman.''' She owns a suit making fac-tory in the rear of 231 Maxwell street, in the heart of the Ghetto, and has in her employ a dozen men and nearly that many women. From the business she derives a good income. Esther has not been in Chicago many years. She. brought with her from Russia a husband in the person of "Jake" Blumenthal, but three or four months ago she procured a divorce and re-ceived permission to resume. her maide.n name of Rose.n. }~rom that time on Esther began growing pop-ular with the sterner sex. There has been great rivalry for her hand, it is said, and, realizing that her old slee.ping quarters 10 the building in front of the shop were not exactly suitable for "social functions," she moved to more sumptuous quarters at 704 South California avenue. \Vhile stiU at the old place she purchased $130 worth of goods, paying cash, from the J. G. Brunz Furniture Company, 287 West Madison street. In the lot were the davenport, a Morris chair and a library table. They were de1i\'ered at the old address and a few days ago moved to the ncw address. A "tracer" for the Hartman Company traced the daven-port to the old addre5s and then to the new, and last Monday called at thc residence while Esther was at her place of busi-ness and wanted to take the davenport away. But Esther's sister, Mrs. Dina Laposky, who recently came from Russia, knows a thing or two, and sat down on the cOl1ch, and the tracer's plans were frustrated. That was on Monday. 011 Tuesday Esther went to the Hartman store and told a clerk ~he bought the couch from another, but she avers the clerk intimated that she had got it there under an assumed name. Perhaps Esther didn't understand him perfectly, for she continued to allow her diamonds to repose between the back and the bed of the couch. She was at her shop again yesterday when the tracer and two others arrived at her home. Dina tried her former tactics, but the men carried her to the stree.t and dumped her off the couch. Then Dina ran to the shop and Esther rushed to the office of Alderman offend the other suitors, reveal her heart's secret. could not get the lucky Made by Charlottll'! Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, Mich. were sent to Harrison street to procure "John Doe" warrants charging larceny of the gems against the "movers." Judge Gemmill, however, refused to issue warrants be-cause "intent'" could not be shown, and pointed out that the diamonds might have dropped from their hiding -place while the men were handling the couch and the men not be aware of it. The court advised that civil action be brought, and Alderman Fulton immediately notified the Hartman people they must "produce" the davenport and the $500 worth of diamonds or stand suit. John Barnes, a salesman for the second-hand dea.lers, told the police he sold Esther the. davenport with the other things and wrote the receipt for $60, Esther returned home instead of going back to her shop, and her brother, Abraham Rosen, said "She was awful sick and could not besecll."-Exchange. @ @ * Matrimonial. Three Germans were sitting at luncheon recently, and were overheard discussing the second marriage of a mutual friend, when one of them remarked: ;"1 tell you vhat. A man vhat marries de second dime don't deserve to have lost his first vUe." ------------~~--- - :VIICHIGAN ARTISAN 29 ..--------------------------------, ! ! I I I lOG. 110. IIZ norl~Diyision St. I ~~ Qran~«api~s ! ....-L-~. I 10G.110.IIZ I nort~Diyision St. ~,~ ~ II Qran~na~i~s I PRINT E RS BINo ERS E N G ~ I ~I! II Michigan Engraving Company :: White Printing CompanyI, Michigan Artisan Company ! ~ . . 1 ) I ~ I ~ I ¢ I E I ~ I, p I, RI l N ,I ~ I ~ I B IND ER S OUR BUILDING Erected by White Printing Company. Grand Rapids, 1907. 30 MICHIGAN ~--'----- • II, I, ARTISAN OUR SPECIALTV BIRD'S EYE MAPLE ( Made and dried right, and white. Samples furnished on application.) 500,000 ft, 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar crossbal1ding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK, FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY, WALNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. II• CO.j ________ ---1 HENRY s. HOLDEN VENEER 23 SCRIBNER ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ---------------_. ------ The Swinging Settee. Conccming the swinging settee, now quite popular with bouse fumishers, a writer for a newspaper published in New York says: "There has come into fas]llOI1 a c:-uddy made settee that docs not rest on the floor, but swings from the wall. It has been considercd an ideal resting place for years by many lux-urious women. Some of the artistic r_om~s have these swing-ing couches in the living rooms or private sittit,g room in-stead of the ordinary divan. ''The fashion has come about through the importation of a few wonderfully carved ones from the East, which are up-holstered "..'ith glowing oriental fabrics alld embroideries. "They are suspended from the wall by :ron links, and are used in the middle of the Toom i\~stead of t\-.e corner. "So lovely is one that belongs to a lite."ary woman who had it swung in the middle of ber library, then covered \'lith yellow satin embroidered in gold, \-vhich ha.d come from Chilta via an army officer, that many inferior ones have been made. "Athough these atter are not expel1sive and are not carved they are quite as luxurious as the other kind. They are 111<.'>o.f(lcheavy wood, stained black and jointed together in the mission style, without nails. There is a woven wire spring inserted, and above this a small hair mattre5S. "\¥hatevcr one can afford in the way of ornamental drap-ery is laid over the n,attre3s, ,.,nd at both ends are he3pecl cushions, many of wh:ch a e stuffed with sweet-smelling l:erbs, spices and n~ict leaves. "One can get any number of these cushions at a small price now sir,ce such wonderful cotton fabrics at slight cost have teen cOl)ied from the harbaric EastcTn ones." . @ * @ Light and Color. Cheerfulness depends more on light and color than on shapes or sizes or ornament, or even pictorial suggestion. No r00111 dressed in blaek could possibly be cheerful. Nor is there anything cheerful about absolute darkness. On the other hand, the glare of noonday ha.s its inconvenience, and there is no light more discouraging than the whiteness re-flected from fields of snow or saud. The makers of artificial light had no sooner 5uc-eeeded, after repeated effort, in pro~ ducing a white light, than they were obliged to tone it with color. An absolutely pure 'white cannot, of course, be at~ tained with paint. But even the whites that can be obtained should be used with caution. Ivories and crealYS are pre-ferable. The room with ivory ceiling and cream woodwork takes less light than any other to make it cheerfully bright. @ * @ The manufacturers of Philadelphia will not hold an expo-sition in January, but will make preparations for showing their lines jointly in that city in July. Bill Nye's Simple Life. This is the reply that the late Bin Nye s£:nt to an in-quiry as to his personal habin: dWhel1 the weather is such that I C,l,l1notexercise in the open air 1 have a heavy pair of dumbbells at try lodgings, which I use for holding the door open. I also belong to an athletic club and use a pair of Indian clubs with red handles. 1 owe much of my robust health to this. I do most of my writing in a sitting posture or in an autograph album. \Vhcn I am not engaged in thought I am employed in recovering from its effects. I am very A Swiss Wood Carver. genial and pleasant to be thrown amongst. sively, but not so as to attract attention. I wear rr::otning dress, a,nd in the evening dress and at night night dress." I dress expen- In the morning I wear evening @ * @ Manufacturers of chairs and upholstered furniture report a. steadily growing demand for goods and in many instances the facto res are in operation to fuUcapacity. Case makers are adding workmen and increasing the hours of the work day. With the near-by election out of the way, there will be nothing to claim the interest of the American people ex-cept business. The olltlook could not be ~tter. :.vII CHI GA N ARTISAN 31 ~---_. ----------- Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set 50c. OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACK VISES IN USE 2,') doz. Clamp Fixtures boug-ht by OTle mi1l last )"ear. We ship on approval to rated firms, and RUaralJtee our g-oods uncondi-lionalh'. Write for list oj SleetI1ar Clamps, Vises, Bench Sto]Js, etc. II I_@,. Ih • _ E.". S"ElDON &. CO. 283 Madison St., Chicago. ---_._----~ •II I I ~ THE: Wellin~lon nolel Cor. Wabash Ave & Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO Remodeled at a cost of $150,000 Hot and eold l'unning water and 10.. di$- tance 'phones in all rooms. I 200 rooms. 100 with bath, Sinlfle or en suite. I Rates $1 00 and upward." One of the mod uniQue dininll roOIJUl in the country, I Our famous Indian Cafe. NOIcO COR 'ERYiCE ,N' ,"'".( I McClintock and Bayfield I • PROPS • I• h WHBN IN DBTROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller New and Ahlolutely Firepl'Oof COl:'. Adams Ave. and Padi; St. In the Centet at the Theatre, Shop-ping, and Busineu District. A la Carte Cafe Newed and Fined Grill Room in the City. Ouh B[eakfast - 40c up Lunchean - _ _ SOc Table d'hCJte Dinnels 75c Musi<.dmm 6 P. M.II> 12 P. M. Every room haa a private ba,h. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates: $1.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER, Prop. M. A. SHAW. Mgr. ..---._----- • ----., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Jobbers and Dealers in Company Plate Glass. Mirrors. Window Glass. Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, the Great Fire Retardant. CARRARA GLASS. a New Product Like Polished White Marbie. Sole dlstrlbuter8 of PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS. "r-------.----------------------------- I ._--------_._--------------------------. OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Plekerlng Building. NEW YORK--316 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CIUCAGO--134 Van Buren St. GRAND RAPIDS~-Hougeman 8ldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Cha.d"koln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--Slanton_Welch Siock. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE. CARPET. COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing "ouae System." Collection Service Unsurpassed -Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANHOF. Mic;:higanManager. 347..348 Houseman Sulldln,. Grand Rapids. Mich• • 32 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Credit Granted by Careless Manufacturers. A case which shows how lax manufacturers often are in granting credit, without thorough investigation, to people claiming to be dealers has just been brought to a con,summa-tion through the indictment and conviction of a man whose real name is Martin J. Muinch, and who under various aliases put in stocks of goods at Norborne, Braymer and Cowgill, Mo., Louisburg, Kan., Sweet Springs, 110" and Valley Falls, Kan. It appears that the fatber of Muinch 'was a reputable man who was in good credit, on 'which reputation the 5011, to some extent, traded. At different times written statements were made to the Furniture Commercial Agency concerning the resources of 1\'1uinch acd his standing. These statements formed an important link in the successful prosecution of such goods as he had left to Kansas City, and was preparing to open a store at Sweet Springs, Mo., as Jake Muinch. When the trail of the man was finally secured Muinch had al-ready left Sweet Springs. Mr. Richmond of the adjustment burea.u personally visited Sweet Springs and gathered enough information to justify the employment of detectives. lIrs. Muinch was located in Kansas City and the indications were that Muinch was about to open a rooming house in Excelsior Springs with some of the furniture he had purchased osten-sibly for a retail stock It later developed that he was op-ening up at Valley Falls, Kan., where he was located and ar- Jested. He was taken to Paola and jailed, and after a con-fession sentenced to Leallenwarth prison far an indetermi-nate sel1tence of from one to five years. :rvluinch told abollt his operations freely, and turned over the furniture, which was found in a brick cot-tage in Kansas City. At each point where Muinch did business his methods were pr~\ctically the same. A store was opened and go~:ds sold at any price, very oftcn to the utter demoralization of other merchants doing ]n:siness at that place. The money was pocketed and be-fore the bills matured arrangements were made to open at another point to which the unsold stock wa.s shipped, although in the last case part of the g00ds were put in a rooming house and a vacant house in Kan- SetS City. The goods located in these two places had had the labels and marks of idell-tification removed. These goods were later sold for the benefit of the creditors. It is believed that when Muinch oper-ated at Valley Falls, Kan., and probably Sweet Springs, he had a confederate, the confederate being a relative of Muinch's wife. An effort is being made to secure definite information which will lead to the conviction of this confederate. Mr. Richmond of the adjustment bureau started on the final trip in search of his man on June 14 and on June 20 had 1o.1uinchunder arrest and on June 25 he was sentenced to the penitentiary. The complaint on which he pleaded guilty, that of the Holtgrewe-Vornbrock Furniture Company! was for goods which had been sold him under the name of J o11n Martin, and which went to Louisburg, Kan. :Muinch em-ployed an attorney, and at first decided to make a contest. Four additional complaints were then filed against him, which decided him to plead guilty to the first charge. Besides the goods recovered in Kansas City other ship-ments were found in the depot of the Missouri Pacific rail-road at Sweet Springs. This case illttstra.tes what can be done through co-operative efforts and by concentrating claims agcJinst a debtor. The adjustment btreau prosecution work ot the associattotl3 is going to make it more and morc difficult for the crook to make a comfortable living in the pursuit of his calling. Made by Chadotte Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, Mich. Muinch, which was brought to a conclusion in co-operation with the Furniture Commercia! Agency, by the adjustment bureau of the St. Louis. Credit )''1cn's Association. Muinch had asked for credit at different times under the name of John Martin, Jake ::yruinch, which latter was the name of the father, who was originally engaged in the furniture business, John \Vi1son and John 1l'filler. The criminal career of the man has extended over a considerable period, but he bought goods under false pretenses during the past fifteen m.onths for stores which he established at Cowgill, Kan., Louisville, Kan., Sweet Springs, 1'10., and Valley Falls, Kall. Under the name of John Martin, Muinc.h bought a bill of goods of Holtgrewe- Vroubrock Furniture Company at St. Louis, who shipped the bill of goods to Louisburg, Kan, The claim of the firm named amounted to but $69.25, but the St. Louis manufacturers named were so convinced that Muinch or Martin was engaged in swindling operations that they de-termined to use every effort to put the man behind the prison bars. . Their c1aim was placed in the hands of the <lcljust-ment bureau of the St. Louis Credit 1-1en's Association, with which the Holtgrewe-Vornbrock Furniture Company is af-filiated, with a.n added sum of mocny to push the case to a conclusion. The credit for the final apprehension and COI1- viction of this fellow therefore belongs to the Holtgrewe~ Vornbrock Furniture Company, which had the courage to undertake to put an end to his operations, even though it cost them in excesS of their claim. If there were other manufac-turers who would pursue the same course there would be fewer of these cases, and fewer loses from sales of this sort. "Vhen the claim \vas placed in the hands of the adjustment bureau, Muinch or Martin had left Louisburg and shipped @) * Increased Capital Stock. The Pacific Furniture Company, North Yakima, Wash., of which E. B. Jones, H. H. Lombard, C. L. Owen, R. S. Martin! W. E. Coumbe and Frank Ho;s1ey are leading stock-holders, has made an arrangement for increasing its capital stock from $:10,000 to $30,000. @ * @ Will Resume in Grand Rapids. The Gale Chair Company, burned out recently in ville, Mich., is preparing to resume in Grand Rapids. Grand- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 33 MUSKEGON, MICH. The Famous Hackley Manual Training School. Muskegon is justly proud of its rar-famed "Hackley ~Jan~ u;-d Training School," <lod its founder, the late HOll Charles H. Hackley is revered by not only the citizens of that enter-prising town, but by the "...bole county. It is a 1110lllll11cnt that will last, not SI) much becau:,e of his estahlishment of the school, but rather from the f"ct that he made it possible for the municipality to keeJl it open so tl1<1t;111who wished to could attend with srnall expense. This is more remarkable, lmo\ving of the many other public benefactions of hirnsdf ,11ld his esteemed wife. This school is unique in 1ll,l1ly particu-lars. From an cxpcrin'.cntal ::;c11001having only rour teach-ers, is ha,s grown to b~'a lar::;'(' ;ll,cl nourishing institutio:l, having an attendance of gOO pupils, o( which number forty-most improved method, using both direct and indirect radia-tion. In the north "ving an Otis automatic push-botton electric elcvator hns been instn.1led at an expense of $3,OCO. On thc first floor are the forge, foundry, mill room, pattern and machine shops; there is in the north wing, besides, a large lumber r00111, a room equipped for working in steel metal, leather, pottery and clay modeling.: In this room are eight-een Inetal ,,,'orking benches "\vith vises, gas connections for burners or hlO\vpipe a.ncl individual tools, many of which have been made by the students in the forge or machine shop, there ,1re (1lso vats for acid baths and etching various metals, a band forge <Iud anvils for heavy work. The forge nlld machine shops 3re located in the central part o( the building-. The forge is equipped with twenty SturteY3nt downdr3(t forges, a bar shear for cutting stock, a 200-pound steam ha111l11er,3 post drill, an emery grinder and HACKLEY MAl';UAL TRAINIX(; SCHOOL AND GV::VINASIl..:,\,f nine per cent are boys and under the supervision of ti.fteell of the best illstructors in the state. Mr. Hackley's requeit that it should be n::ide the best manual training school in the country is being- ca.rried out in every respect, he having made it possible to have the best of everything by providing" an anl1ual income of $30,500 for the support of the school. This amount is the interest on the $6IO,OCO gi-ven by :'1r. Hackley rind held in trust hy the :rvIichigan Trust Company. The school building and gymnasium. which arc loc,itcd in the southeastern part of the city on Jefferson street, between V<lashington and Gr3nd avenues, were built at an expense of $226,163.69, including the equipment for each, which sum was furnished by 1\-'f r. Hackley. These buildings occupy an entire block, the school build-ing having a frontage of 254 feet: it being a magnificcnt four-story structure of dark rcd brick with terra cotta trimmings, deep windows and a beautiful arched doorw3y. ThrouRh this doorw3Y you pass up wide staircases to the uppe.r floors, The furniture and woodwork are of natura.! finish, floors smooth and solid. The heating and ventilating arc by the anvils, vises, benches, ,~wing and hand hammers, fullers, s""-ages, punches, chisels, tOllgS and all tools nceded in forg· mg. The blast is supplied by a twenty-four-inch blower <l1ld the exhaust drav'r!1 by a sixty-inch stecl fan. Power for these is supplied by a len-horse-power electric motor in the power room. The machine shop is equipped with a great variety of hald. and machine tools. There are engine lathes, a planer. a drill press, a shaper, a milling machine, wet grinders, benc11e::. 311([ vises for hand work and drawers for individual tools. The tool room connected with this is fu]~y supplied ,vitb all necessnry measuring, 1113rking and testing tools_ Although the machine shop bas a complete equipment it is bellil1d tbe times on power, one big motor with the necessary shafting furnishing the needed po"ver. Arrangements are 110W being made to instaJl individual motol·s, this doing away with practically all shafting and at the same time adopting a more ('.c.onomical me,tl1od. The pattern shop is located in the southeast wing and is equipped with eighteen 4 x to-inch Vl. R. and R. wood lathes, 34 MICHIGAN ARTISAN one large lathe, a 36-inch- band saw, jig saw, two trimmers and all the individual tools r:eeded for general use in pattern making. In this department patterns ,Ire I11~Ldefrom working draw-ings which arc made in the mechanical drav"ing department, these patterns afe later used in the foundry and machine shop. The ''v'ork is te::hnical in i~s nat'..lre, but it:-; i'ea.! value educa-tionally lies in the fact that each pattern made has a p11:-p05e, Only the most accurate kind of workmanship will produce the required results. The pattern l11ust be studied from the po~nt of vie'''' of hO\ .....best to avoid shrinka.ge and warping. MILL ROOM H~CKLEY MANUAL TRAll"lNG SCHOOL. how best to mould and dravv' from sand and to compute shrinkage and to finish the metal after casting. The course of instruction covers the wood turning, tools and machinery, selection of stock, finishing, fastening, simple problems embodying e1em~ntary principles, drafts, shrinkage, finish, building up, cores and core boxes, patterns for simple machine parts, pulleys, pipe connections, valves, etc., two and three-part flasks. The patterns for several gas engines have been produced and the engines have been completed. In the la.st year twelve of these gas engines have been built by the schoo!. The fot11ldry occupies a oe-story basement wing in the rear of the forge and machine shop. Its equipment consists of a two-ton cupola. a brass furnace, core oven, and moulders' benches anel the necess:I.ry riddles, rammerS, slicks, sbovels, WOOD TURN1NG HACKLEY MAKUAL TRA1NING SCHOOL trowels and tbe like. The blast for the cupola is furnLhed by an eighteen-inch cupola fan driven by a five-horse-power motor in the power plant. In the foundry there is a large 18 x 18 x 33-inch special Revelation kiln for firing pieces of pottery and experimental work with glazes undertaken in can- !lection ·with the drawing and applied art work of the third and fifth year. The mill room adjoins the pattern shop and is equipped with a universal cut-off and rip circular saw, 36-inch planer, l2~inch buzz planer, surfacer and grindstone. Power for this room, as well as the pattern room, is furnished by a tcn-horse-power electric motor. Adjoining the mill room is a fireproof paint room, where all the paints, oils and varnishes are kept. YllCHIGA1'\ The power plant in the rear of the machine shop contains the switch board", motors, blower and exhaust fans for the forge shops, (~ngincs, heating and ventilating system_s, and two 150-horse-ll()\Ver hoilers with automatic stokers. It fl1f-ni,:; hes hot

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