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181. Michigan Artisan; 1906-07-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and [0 Twenty-sixth Year-No. 26 JULY 10. 1906 Semi-Monthl., WYSONG &. MILES LEE AND JACKSON ST$. CREENSBORO, N. C. I 00 % to 2 0 0 % PROFI T PER lE AR on. this Sand Belt. The investment is a small one. The few months you are getting along withollt it is losing you the entire price of it. HUNDREDS MOSTO~RTo'i.'iNENT FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS using this Sand Belt state that thesedaims fall short of the real merits of the machine. IT HAS THE DESIRED ADJUSTMENTS QUICKLY MADE OUI" claims are that.it will sand with the grain and require no retouch-ing by hana the following: Mirror frames\ found oval, any shape; drawer rails; drawer fronts, base rails, etc., serpentine, agee, round or swell; straight veneered or cross veneered; agee, round, bevel or straight edges of dresser or table tops, of round, square or scrolled patterns; table tops, of round, square or scrolled pat-terns; table rims, dresser postSj veneered rolls or columns; straight, ogee or round-ed mouldings. i raised surfaces of. panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roll-top desks; spindle carvings; French table legs; plumbers' wood workj etc., etc. No. 164 Sand Belt Machine. A MESSAGE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA: Do you wish to lelSen the cost of handling your pro-duct by the use of light running, loqg lasting axles! If so explain to your wagon builder that () Gillette Roller Bearing Axles are inexpensive to buy~ea9Y to install-siinple i:o con-struction and highly effective in reducing the draft-that they can be made a part of YOUR vehicle at OUR risk as we ship on approval to responsible persons. And ask him to write to us-or do so yourselves. IT WILL PAY YOU. Yours for the cheapening of manufacturing costs, THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY Patentees and Sale Manufacturers, GRAND RAPIDS, M.ICHIGAN. WHEELER'S Forms a permanent foundation. Brings out the full life and beauty of tb e wood. Goes further and saves labor and material, hence cheaper than other fillers. The Bridgeport WoodFinishing Co., NewMilfOrd,Conn.;IB Fulton St.• NewYork;70 W. Lake SL Chicago; 4t·43 South 3rd St•• Phila-delphia; 48 Cornhill,Boston. PATENT WOOD FILLER l The Principal Points of Merit Possessed by Our ~ MISSION LIQUID WAX It makes the color uniform where red and white oak is used in the same piece. It does not show white in the corners or on carved work. It colors the white pores left in all finishes that are not filled. It is especially adapted for red oak, overcoming the red cast left by the stain. . It gives a more durable finish than paste wax. We shall be pleased to send Samples. The Marietta Paint &Color Co. MARlETIA, OHIO. USE BENEDICT CLAMPS New Drawer. Revolving. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MaDufacturenof HAND SCREWS, CABINET MAKERS' BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, Etc. For all kinds of Furniture Work Special Section. STRONG. DURABLE and USEFUL Chair Seat, 1 The Universal Automatic CARVING MACHINE ===~ PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ==---~- MADEBY======~ IndianapQU8~ Indiaaa Write for Information. Prices Etc. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUI'ACTURKRS AND JORRERS Of!" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves OUffacilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: extending Also, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALO-37:ilo.4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9Bowker St. BROOKLYN--635 and 037Futton Street. CHICAGO-442-452 Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch and CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUI~-Cor. 7th and Market Streets, DAVENPORT-4IO-416 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-soo-SIO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-149-51-53 Seneca Street. DETROIT-53'55 Larned'Street E. OMAHA...,.I608-lo-I2 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-JoloI03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-5J Minnesota Street. MIL WAUKEE, WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA.-3'!, 32 and 34 S. Pryor Street ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building Main SAVANNAH. GA.-745-749 Wheaton St~t. and Exchange Sts. 'KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandotte S15. HALTIMORE-221-223 W, Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. New York Boston Phll.delphl. Bullalo Cincinnati St. Louis MllllllleapoU. Atlanta Kokomo. Ind. Ford City. Pa. High Point. N. C. DavelllPort Cry.tal City, }do. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Efc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World -::::::-===,=--- - Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for). Single double aDd combination. No. 20 Glue Heater C"AS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO.D Hand Feed Gluelng Machine. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood· Working Macbinel} and Supplies ~i " .•~ J '. (&.,.; LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS 419·421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNI\TI. O. No.6 Glue Heater , ,. 2 Dovetails either straight or swell front drawers without removing or changing any parts HIGHEST speed, absolute accuracy and most con-venient operation combine to make this the ideal machine for furniture factories whether large or small. It is built in the most compact manner possible so that the spindles can revolve at the highest speed without dan-ger of vibration and at the same time the spindles are made readily accessible for sharpening the cutters. The supporting table back of the cutters is formed with an adjustable roller so that any shape of swell front to a maximum of three inches and with one inch from the end to the beginning of the swell, may be held perfectly and successfully worked without removing or changing any part. This feature alone coupled with the the fact that the bits alwavs em the same Slze dovetail until worn out, should ca'mmend this tool to every modern furniture factory everywhere. Send for CIRCULAR and CATALOG. WOodworkinglfochinery. - -- ----- ------ 26th Year-No. 26. GRAND RAPiDS, MICH., JULY 10, 1906. ========~==~== $ 1.00 per Year. Accidents in Mills and Factories. The Hartford Courant recently puhlished accoullts of three accidents, very similar in character, which oCCllrred 011 the same clay in that state, a workman in each instance hav-ing been caught and >vhirlc.d around a rapidly rotating pulley or line shaft. vVhill' no particulars were given as to whcthe;- the casualties were due to carelessness on the part of the victims themselves or caused 'by negligence on the part of others in leaving unguarded dang"crously [ocatc<l helts. puHeys and setscrews. there is no question bm that workmen in machine shops, and factQrit~s generally, are (juite apt to take altogether too many chances, when working around mfl-chillery in operation. Sometimes they take risks through ignorance, but usually the practice in due to carelcssness or to familiarty which breeds contempt even for danger. Millwrights and repair men, 'whose work necessarily takes them aloft among the running shafting and pulleys, arc par-ticularly apt to become insensible to the possibility of being caught and injured. and it is a matter of general observation that they arc inclined to thoughtlessly :lssume unnecessary risks in keeping overheacl apparatus in rlInnillg order, though sometimes the blame for accidellts they med with must be placed on other shoulclers. The w iter rec'!lls distinctly the customary methods of these men in a certain large mannf<lc-turing establishment, ,"v-herehe was one time employed. <llld 'where, owing to the fact that nearly the ''v-hole establishment was driven from one engine, llobody liked to assume the re-sponsibility of having the whole plant tied U\) while S0l11C {lve;- head repair job was going OJl; cCll;;equultly it was not an uncommon thing fOt· wide, heavy belts to be n:n off their pul-leys, taken up aml put back on the pulleys witll the main shaft running at full speed. The writer Ol1ce saw in the department where he worked three men put a tight, 6-inc1l belt on a 36-inch pulley, ml1- ning at 150 revolutions, and was told by the men tbat tbe es-tablishment was never expected to stop dnrillg working; bOll"S, unless the engine broke down or some one was caught in the machinery. As a result of this policy, the millwright; put belts 011 "011 the By," anel where co'_\ntershaft belts were wound up and were cut loose to prevent the counter bcing pulled down, the belt coiled 011 the line shaft was removed without stopping ·the shaft, by one of the men holding a belt shifter against the wound-up belting .vhile the other man caught the free end, dragged it down as far as possible and cut it off. This process. repeated a half dozen times, removed the belt, but it was a dange-rotls performance and anything but pleasant to witness. Shortly after one of these exhibitions of recklessness in the depa: tment referred to, one of the same group of l11e11, while performing some similar operation in another section of the works. was caught in the shafting, whided around fl. number of times and thrown to the floor, with injuries which kept him in the hospital for many week.". A peculiar accident of this type occurred recently in <I New England shop, and, as stated by a friend who witness~ cd the affair, the principal in the occurrence escaped with much slighter 'injuries than one of the men who undertook to help him out of his predicament. \\ihile oiling a shaft which was located at some distance heI"ow the ceiling, the man's arm was caught by the shaft and he was whirled rapid-ly round, although swingi11g clear of the overhead beams at each turn. A fello\v-workman, however, who started to run to the engine room \vas struck in the face by the heels of the mall on the shaft, and, besides losing several teeth, was kuocked senseless, and in fact lald up for several days. Upon the machinery being stopped and the man released, it was discovered that he had recei\'ed no further damage than a had fright, a few bruises and a seve:-e shaking up in general. The courts have made such decisions in these matters as to constitute an insufficient influence toward the provision of wfety devices. Ivren who value their jobs wit] take risks by confo:'ming to the custom of the ptace in which they work. 111 Enrope generally lives of workman are much better pro-tected than here, and we ought to improve. Lumber Plentiful. Lumher is very plentiful in the south at present. The cause of this condition is the high water. The lumber is being stored in large quantities. The Abernathy Furniture ),{allufacturing company of Leavenworth, Kan., have enough hnnher stored to co\'er twelve city lots. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY First Coaters and Varnishes I ,..--- l 4 The Wallace Collection in London. The \Vallace collection "yas bequeathed by the late I.ad), \Vallace to the British nation. It includes armour, paint-ings, bro1Jzes,FreJlcll fl1rniture, enamels, clocks, candelabra. porcelain, marbles, sculptures. carved \'.'nod work, majolicas, coins, ivories--in fad, all the rarest art objects one can think of, gathered together and (/isplnycd ullder 011C maf-that of Hertford House. The collection \\,;15 hrought togeth-er by Francis Charles, third l\Tanillis and Richard, fourth l\1arquis of Hertford. The late Sir H.icbard \V,t!lacc atId;cd largely to it and re-organized jl;, The paintings by Prellch maste:"s of tile eighteenth century as well as those by Span-ish, Italian, Flemish, Dutch and English artists arc of great value and cannot be surpassed in S0111e particulars even by the Louvre. The building itself is said to be th(', original of Gaum !louse in Vanity Fair. It was formedy the residence of Sir Richard and Lady \'Vallace and is vcr.!/ large ana linel)' ar-rangeel. The inner court on the ground noor is very at-tractive, palms and a playing fonntJin lend quite a tropical effect. The grand staircase is of Louis Quatorze style. The marbles busts of the third 1Jarquis of Hertford and those of Sir Richard \Vallace and his wife adorn the landing of the staircase. The upper rooms arc very numerous and con-tain so many interesting objects one cannot hope to see them :dl ill one visit. or a dozen. The furniture is 1110stly of the French style of the Louis Xl V., XV. and XVI. per-iods and I talian of same periods, and is richly gilded, inlaid and has mounts of hrOH:r-e gilded, In the first gallery :Ire several sofas and annchain designed by JC<ln-8aptiste Oudry. The sofas are of wood, carved and gilt. covered with Beau-vais tapestry of the style and period of I.ouis Quinze, the framework of Louis Seize style. The arrnschair corres~ pond in style and all have hunting sce]Jcs for subjects of tap-estry. A stnall cabinet ior medals in marqueterie of 1nttal on tortoise shell has mounts of gilt brnnz(;. cast and chased. A writing table of tulip wood is ill LOllis Quinze style. An Italian mirror of the eighteenth century has a carved and gilt ..v.ood frame, showing foliage and conventional scroll work. intermingled, surmounted by a cupid and swans. In the next room a cabinet of ebony ".Nith marquderie of tortoise shell and white mdal on yellow metal, has g-ildc(] and chased mounts of bronze, in Louis (jllatorze style. bllt .~aid to have been made in T.ouis Seize period by an imitator "I BOlLlle. A console table of gilt \V00(1 thought to be of Ital-ian style, eighteenth century, has a top inlaid witb lalld;;c.apcs and patterns in colored marbles. The supports of wood. carved and gilt, are threc life sized ligures of cnpiJs Ivr(,3t!Icd with garlands of berries and knves. A scrcen of wood carved and gilt, frames a piece of embroidery of Louis Quatorze design, raised in silver thread on a ground of crimson velvet. An oddity was a mirror of polished steel in a frame of walnut-wood, at the base the device of the ;\'ledicis (the balls) are painted on a shield. This is of course, in the Italian Renaissance style, of the sixteenth century. A French table of sixtenth century style is very elaborately carved. It is of oak supported by fJgures of three Fauns, There are many examples of \valnut and oak furniture and a wood called i1l11boyn'l. similar in color to birch. An armoire of carved w;:dnttt in two sections, crowned with a broken pcdiment, adorned with ligures is in a~ldition ctJ:'iched by inlays of green n:ined marble, A rather odd chair of carved oak in Renais-anc\, style has cane bottom and back. An ecclesiastical seat in carvcd walnut is of early 16th century sLy!(:, a panel in the center represents the Annunciation. A very fine ebony cabinet of Louis Quatorze style has panels decorated with l10ral designs in marqueterie of various woods. This cabi-net belongs to the early period of Boutle. The ornamental ba1l<Js amI plaqucs arc ill marqueterie of metal on ehony and tortoise shell on metal. 1\ prominent featnre is the crown-ing decoration of gilt bronze, consisting of a milit<lry trophy, in the ceIltre of which is [i medallion of Lows Quatorze in early manhood. A large bllffet, shaped like a commode, is of mahogany with mounts and ornaments of Kilt bronze, ~igncd ]. F. Lelcll. ;'\ beautiful mitTo" is Ot Inarqueterie of metal 011 tortoise shell. \vlth [{iIt bronze mounts, style of Bcrain. A French eighteenth century table is magniticent, of eholly and gilt metal~ covered with marquclerie in tortoise shell, coppcr and white mctal, on yellow metal. A pedestal cabinet of ebony has inlays of metal on 'l"c<l tortoise shell with the usual gilt bron7:e mounts, A novelty 'was a barom-eter of tulip wood with bronze mounts, of L0Uis Quinze style. \ hUI"CClUUlb1c of ebolly attributed to HouJle has marqueterje of tnetal on tortoise shell. A rose,;vood commode is of Louis Quin;'l' style, A writing table of prirple \vood ill 1;;;:::=-17~-- -="'T'" ="11 Louis Quatorze style has decorations of gilt bronze. A wall mirror of wood carved and gilt is of Italian early eighteenth century style, the main features of the decoration are the dragon at the top and winged sirens at the sides. A large ebony cabinet is in three sections, vv·ith marquctcrie of metal on tortoise shell and mounts of gilt bronze, cast and chased, in the style of Louis Quatorze, but period of Louis Seize. A Boulle armoire in ebony, with marqueterie of metal on tor-toise shell, and gilt bronze mounts is ornamented with an un-usually high relief of a nymph and a young satyr. Placques at the sides, in low relief, symbolize Summer and Autumn. A sofa, part of a suite, is elaborately carved wood with gilt decoration and brocade covering. The subjects of the dec-oration are love's quiver, a guitar and other emblems, g-rouped with garlands of flowers, branches of foliage and birds. Twelve armchairs accompany this sofa and a second one. The latter is a companion piece to the Jlrst sofa. The chairs arc cO'7ered \vith modern brocade in style of Louis Seize. .il.. buffet of amboyna wood and mahogany is inlaid with stained woods. There are mounts, pbc(jues and ornaments of gilt bronze. This is of the style and period of Louis Seize. The late Frederick Davis purchased this, together with a com-panion piece and a secretary, in the year 1865 from a Rus-sian count and sold them to the ~'1arquis of Hertford. A marriage chest of ebony has a decoration in marqncterie of tortoise shell and white metal all yello\'I" metal', made for the marriage of a French prince, made in imitation of 'Roulle's style. A large table of satin wood and purple ·wood \,,;ith gilt mounts and ornaments has rich decorations of oak leaves and acorns. This is in the style of J. Dubois. A large bureau in marqucterie of various woods was ordered by the king of Poland, Stanislaus Leczinski, who died in 1766. It once belonged to the cro·wn of France. Th;s is in the late Louis Quinze style, signed Riesener. A table in red Egyp-tian pO:'phyry mounted in gilt bronze has a base of wood carved and gilt in the very elaborate 1talian Renaissance style. A small latIy's bureau of mahogany, has }t1lTee drawers, a frieze and mounts of gilt bronze in the late Louis Seize style. An upright secretaire in amboyna ,',;ood with purple wood bands is by Riesener. The gilt bronze mounts, placqncs and ornaments are ascribed to Thomire. This is in Louis Seize style. ./\ table of dark woods with a slab of red Egyptian porphyry, contains three drawers of satin wood. The delicate frieze and mounts, the capitals and flutings of the columns which form the legs are of bronze, cast and chased. This is in Gouthiere's style but probably a late work of J. F. Le1eu. A work table of mahogany made in late Louis Quinze styl'e has mounts of gilt bronze, cast and chased. A cabinet of tulip wood with marquetcrie of box- 7IR'T' I.5'.7I.L"I 2 T F 1* 5 wood and purple wood has Sevres porcelain placques painted ',vith flowers, of the Louis Seiz.c style by Martin Carlin. An ebony commode popularly described as the marriage chest of lI.'1arie Antoinette, has panels of Japanese lacquer framed in mounts and ornaments of gilt bronze. It rests upon legs formed by the fLgures of sea-nymphs or sirens bear-ing cushions on their heads. The panels of lacquer are half covered with zigzags and circular wreaths of roses in gilt bronze. Ovcr the lmvcr part of the central panel is a group in low relief of doves pecking, as they rest on cupid's quive'r. The edges are enriched with hangmg garlands of roses and other flowers in gilt bronze. It is signed J. Du-bois and is in Louis Seize sty Ie. An armchair of carved and gilt wood, covered with silk brocade, bears a monogram of "11" and "T" interlaced. It belonged to the Empress Marie Theresa of Austria, mother of Queen llarie Antoinette. A secretaire of mahogany of Louis Seize style is inlaid with geometrical patterns in box-wood and ebony. The mounts of gilt bronze, cast and chased, enclose p1acques of Sevres porcelain, painted with a farmyard scene and small landscapcs. A console table of wood, Louis Seize style, has carving and gilt throughout, "vith a frieze and decoration of pierced and detached work. A small bookcase is of pale green lacquer and gilt bronze, cast and chased. At the summit mounted on a circular ped-estal of classic type, is a group of Cupip and Psyche in gilt bronze; at the sides are the figures of Peace and Vvar; be- 10"\" is applied a classic trophy of arms. This piece with a ,vritillg table to be described later were made by Dubois for Empress Catherine II. of Russia. The writing table is of pale green lacquer and gilt bronze. Round the Upper part of the tahle is a series of freize-like panels of gilt bronze. The supports are figures of sea-nymphs in the same material bearing cushions on their heads and garlanded with festoons of oak leaves and acorns. This table is said to be the one used by Napoleon 1., Alexander 1. of Russia and King Fred-erick Vv"illiam III. of Prussia when the Peace of Tulsit was signed. A sofa designed by Francois Casanova in eighteenth century French style is of wood carved and gilt, covered with Beauvais tapestry. A small bureau ascribed to Montigny or Levasseur is of marqueterie of various natural and stained woods with gilt mounts and ornaments. Simulated book bindings in their shelves form a curtain to the front. A sofa of carved wood has gilt decorations in a white foundation, covered with Beauvais tapestry. The frame work has unusually sharp and delicate carvings of roses and other flowers, Louis Seize style. Eight armchairs accom-pany this suite. A small circular bureau of exceptional type is in mar-queterie of various woods with gilt mounts. This is believed to be the only existing bureau of the period with an oval upper part of this peculiar type, by Riesener and Gouthiere. The principal panels of marqueterie show trophies relating to music, war, wine. comedy and so forth. This is in Louis Seize style. This is far from a complete catalogue of the furniture in the \Vallace collection, but will be sufficient to give an idea of its rarity,.beauty and gnat historical and artistic value. Popularity of Fireless Stoves. The manufacture of fireless stoves is becoming more general. The latest factory to engage in its manufacture is located in Omaha. This stove is said to save seventy-five per cent of the cost of fuel. Everywhere they have been tried they have met with approval. Mrs. Conger Makes a Big Profit. 1\Jrs. E. H. Conger, wife of the United States mllllster to China, who recently bought a rug in China for $90 against the protest of her husband, has just sold the rug· to a Chi~ cago man for $7,000, netting her a handsome profit. Have You Solved the Conundrum? This matter of advertising is a conundrum to a great many people, and it will so remain. There are those who think they have solved it in one way or rlllOther and the so-lution apparently justifies them. This man don't believe in it. He aJvertised once, twice, a year, continually a long time, or a short time. :N0 one wrote him and said "1 see by your ad. in such a paper that you sell such a thing." He can p0int to no specific salc which he can tack onto advertising. In time he devel~ps into an unbeliever. 0" very curiously, he may generate a strong belief that advertising pays, although he can point to no specific instance. Different men having precisely the same experience in results often arrive at different conclusions. Curions thing. The matter itself to me is a conundrum. that is. the way peop~e differ in regard to it, but advertising itself is as sure to get re-sults, as being caught is a shower gets you wet. The-trou-ble is that you cannot always see the results. If you could trace every sale to its starting point, you would find innum-erable instances where advertising gave the push. Here is the main point: The firm whose name is most under the eye, "whose nallle IS associated with the goods they make or sell, so that when you think of the goods you think of the firm, is the firm which gets the most benefit. Take anything you like. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. The fences yell at you to take it. The barns, from roof to sill, implore you to take it. Drug stores which sell it don't say so much of it; they have their own brands, which perhaps make them more mon-ey, hut they sell it, and sell a lot of it. Your system gets in a certain condifon, and you think you need a tonic. Then what? Yau remember the fences, and the rocks, and the bams. and you go to th('. druggist and ask for Hood's. Now, honestly, is that not so? You don't tell Hood you want his Sa -sapal"itla. Hood never heard of you, and probably never will, but you have patronized him and increased his net business. Does Hood stop advertising because he don't hear from you, and me, and a thousand others? ::Jot much. He doesn't judge of advertising that way. Neither shou1d you. You may adYertisefor years and never pin a net result hut you may be getting a hundred-fold under apparently an-other form. Take furniture, for instance .. You advertise in the trade or daily papers that you make it or sell it. Vour business goes on, now standing still, now IncreasIng. If you make furniture, perhaps you cannot point to a sin-gle instance in which an ad resulted in an orde;-. But re-member this: Every order, with few exceptions, was hatched, had down, then pin feathers, then ~athers, and eventually you bagged it. What do yOU expect? Orders just out of the shell with full blown feathers? It is not sufficient in these days to make a good thing and then depend on sales, because it IS a good thing. You will make greater sales by continually shouting for a poor thing oftentimes, than by standing Quietly behind a good thing. There is a funny corner of our Main, in which we contin-ually store away information, which we acquire unct-Ilscious-ly, don't know we have at all, don't forget because we never know we know it, and someday when the time comes, out pops the information and it has an influence. A buyer of furniture wrote me once asking where lodge fu!'"niture could be bought. I knew of Retting and Sweet, audfor years had been glancing over the furniture trade papers. In an instant there came to my mind a picture of Gothic chairs and a pulpit, and the name of Schmit of Cincinnati. I never bought a stick of such furniture in my life. Didn't know I knew who made it. But the information was there, and ad\'ertising put it there, and when the time came it came forth. I wrote my friend lodge furniture was made by Ret-ting and Sweet and Schmit of Cincinnati. Schmit got the order, as I afterward learned, but he never knew that order had down and pin feathers long before it flew. vVhen the time came for tonic he was Mr. Hood. There arc cases like that innumerable, and that's about all there is to it, atlyway. Advertising is faith, in a great measure. Away inside somewhere in everyone that ever lived is tucked an atom of faith. So, away inside of every business man, is stowed a grain of belief in advertising, be he ever so outspoken against it. The meat of the whole matter to me is this: The one "\vho advertises a little 'continually gets a better result than the one \vho splurges only occasion-ally, and the one who never advertises at all, or only when bus:ness is poor, is overlooking the main point of adve,tising-namely, to tuck his firm name and product away in the minds of the people who mig-ht later need his tonic. It is no ea~thly ~se trying to judge of advertising by mak'ng the order fit the ad and look acquainted. Perhaps the ad and the order that it hatched were mites and yea s apart. If you can make the public or the buyer think of you, when they think of what you sell or make, you are well advertised. You can throwaway motley on advertising, Sometimes it is harder to get a big ad in onc's mind than a small one. vVhat you are aiming at is the sub-consciousness of the buy-er, ami if you fire lots of bullets, you are likely to hit occa-sionally. The namc, and the product, and a picture over and over again gcts the best result. 1\uf sed, as Pickering puts it, and several others have made it stay put. Cozy Corners Abolished. The Oriental cozy corner fad is a thing of the past. Its impracticability was soon demonstrated. Housewives learn to shun dust catchers and the cozy corner proved such a nuisance and so unsightly and hard to keep clean that it is a relief to see it abolished. Sale of Cassie Chadwick's Valuables. Mrs. Cassie Chadwick's possessions are to be sold at pub-lic auction. The list includes besides some three or fou: hundred gowns, valuable furs and her valuable Vertin Martin cabinets and beds. What a chance for the collector of fur-niture once used by celebrities! Mrs. Chadwick's creditors will' undoubtedly profit by thi~ sale. A Test for Linseed Oil. Raw oil, one ounce, nitric acid, one-half ounce, shake welt together in two-ounce vial, stand twenty-four hours. vVhen pure the acid should be clear below, and the oil clear above. Some times there are three layers, one forming "be-tween the oil and acid. \¥hen such is the case the center "ayer is caused from impurities. The bottle should be well shaken. \\Then the test is completed destroy the bottle and contents. --- ----- ------------- "RELIABLEll ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY The "RELIABLE" is the best THE fEllWOCK ROll AND PANEl CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. GLOBE VISE ", TRUCK CO. Grand Rapids, Mich Makers 01 the BEST Quick Acting VISE Our Illustrated Circular will ten you aU abOllt it. 7 The Most Economical Table Leg Ma~hine IS T"E ONE T"AT TURNS OUT HIE BEST WORK No. S TARLE LEG MACHINE, (Patented) The old style Table Leg Machines may tum out just as large a pile of legs in a day as our new machine, but' we will guarantee that none of them turn out as smooth work. One of the main reasons is that our Shearing Cutter Head is far superior. There are also several other good features that are exclusive with this machine. CIVE US A CHANCE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEM. C. Mattison Machine Works 863 5tb .'Itreel. BELOIT, WIS. -I THE TOWER PATENT FASTENER Is a Tower of Strength Nothing but fire or a screwdriver can loosen a pulI or knob from the drawer after it has been securely fastened by the TOWER PATENT FASTENER As it costs nothing to the manufacturer who buys the Grand Rapids Brass Com-pany's trimmings (and can be procured in no other way) it is very unwise to trim furniture without these fasteners. No scratching or marring furniture by loose pulls; no complaints from customers, and no calIs for rebates or damages. GET INTO CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. AND SAVE TROUBLE AND MUCH MONEY. r- - ~- 8 Golden Oak Oil Stains STRONGEST NOW ON T"E MARKET 1914 1916 1917 DARK BROWN BLACKER BLACKEST All of which produce a rich black brown effect, increasing in blackness as indicated above. WILL NOT CURDLE Leaves no deposit or film on face of wood. Leaves flakes clean and white, more especially when used with our 20th Century Stain Solvent which is for use with all Oil Stains and costs very much less than turpentine. Write for samples. The Barrett Lindeman Co. IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The Lawrence Mcfadden Co. CHICAGO, III. 61-63-65-67 Ashland Ave. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 1400 and 1402 Frankford Ave. ~MI9pIG7f-N 9 ,,,I ~" I Designed by F. VAN DOMELEN. 24 Goodrich St. Slooenl in the Grand Rapidl 5cllool of F ufmture Desig:n I, IJ r - 10 General Observations of Circular Saws. If a saw is properly adjusted and everything about the machine right, it should run cool or nearly so. lf the saw heats .at the center, it is usually either the fault of the maud:"el heating or the collars not being properly turned, or the carriage being out of line, or the saw being rUll with too little Set. If the saw heats at the rim it may arise from leading too much into the log, causing it to bear too hard against the out-side guide, or the backs of the teeth may be too high, or the saw may be trYlng to cut mo::-ethan it will chamber. If a saw is run at a higher rate of speed than that for which it is adjusted, it will be too large on the rim and will Tun in and out or "snaky." On the con~rary, if the speed for which it is adjusted it not kept tip, it will be too large in the center and is disposed to dish or rUI1out of the log. If a savir inclines to run out of the log, give it a little lead, and if tight on the rim increase the mot:on to expand the rim. If it inclines into the log, lead out by filing the points of the teeth or adjusting the mandrel. If it runs in and out, lead into the log, file the points of the teeth to lead out, and if necessary reduce the set of the teeth. This will cause the saw to warm a little and expand. 1£ it heats at the center while the mandrel runs cool, line into the log a trifle and increase the set. If it heats at the rim and not at the center, line out of the log a trifle. As the saw enlarges on the rim by wears. lead out a triHe to expand the center and equalize the tension of the rim. The track rnmt be solid, level alld straight. The carriage trucks must be free from cnd play, and the set works accurate and positive. The saw arbor must be abundantly heavy, level, with very little end play, and the saw must hang plumb, The saw must have an easy, c1o!'lefit on the mandrel and lug pins have a good fair bearing. The tight collar should be slightly con caved ; the loose collar flat. The saw should stand straight on the log side when the collars are screwed up and tbe saw ruuning at the' required speed. The saw must be in line with the carriage and lead a trifle into the log. The saw must be in perfect round or balance. The gullets mllst be properly shaped and sufficiently l'arge to chamber the dust. The backs of teeth must not be higher th,1I1 the points. The teeth must be 1Iled or sharp~ned per;eetly square on face and back. The !:iwaging must be sufficient for perfect clearance, and should be evenly baJanc.eA The guides must be perfectly adjuHed when the saw is standing still. or l1ghtly running. The saw must have sufficient teeth for the amount of ieed. The saw must be properly thick for the character of the work. The teeth must have proper pitch for fast, free cutting. The mandrel and carriage must be free from spring. The mandrel must not be allowed to heat in the bearing. The saw must be kept sharp and not run when dull. The teeth must be sided ·essed to mah: the extreme point and face oi the tooth the widest with a proper taper or clearance down and back from point. Tbespread of the swaging must be suffidcnt to properly clear the blade of the saw to prevent friction. The speed ought to be uniform both in and out of the cut. Do not lead the saw with the guide pins, but by slueing the mandrel or proper filing. Reduce the set or spread of the swaging if you wish the saw to run warmer at center. Increase the set or spread of the s\\aging if the saw runs too warm at center. 1ncrease the gullet or lower the back if the saw heats 011 the rim. Increase the motion if the saw is too light on the rim. Keep it cool in tl1e center. Don't set '.he guide pins too close or the saw wilt heat at the rim and run snaky. Kecp the saw Lee from gum by proper swaging an·d the use of water, or the rim will beat from undue friction. Keep your swag'e and saw sharpener constantly in good o:der. Fair, evenly balanced swaging, taper side dressing and perfect sharpening are essentials to a fine cutUng saw. Keep all gum and sawdust off the trac~{s. Don't use over 3~32 set equally divided on the saw. Do not attempt to straighten saw until it shows about the right amount of tension for your work In testing a dished saw lean it over until it shows as near-ly straight as possible, and then test with straightedge. Oth-erwise you will nut be able to loc2te the lumps. -. Heavy blows must be carefully avoided, and blows Ull- July hard near the eye have a g;'eater tendency to dish the saw than if placed near the rim. You may get your saw too open for your speed, in which case you have ouly to reduce the amount of expansion by blows around the rim, as previously des~ribed. The use of the sharpener, and the constant strain on the saw near the rim will presently enlarge it here and so render l1ecessary the expal1!:iJonof the central po~tions until it is ncessary in hammering to go right down to the eye. A saw with the tension too near to the eye is not likely to srab well. A s'aw when put up for its speed wiJl cut well in any kind of timber and without special adjustments of the guide for various woods. A saw used for work in frozen timber needs more tension than for summer work. With many small mills It is a common fault that the power is insufficient for the load and the speed of the saw i!:itherefore far from uniform. The motion is up when the saw enters the log anJ is down wben it leaves the log. The next eut starts before the saw has recovered its normal mo· tion. If, then, the saw tUns out, you get a thin board, or if it runs in, you get a thick one. If saw heats on rim, but does not snake, you have too much lead; if it wa:ms on the eye, there is not enough lead. Saws th'at are laid over or dished out will wa:'m on the eye; if dished in, will warm on the rim. If motlon is steady in any @ut,and the saw snakes, the saw is 110topen enough. \Vhen saw is too open, you get thick and thin boards. Saws should run at high speed to accomplish the best re-sults. Short, slim teeth can be run on lighter cuts. High speed saws will stand heavier feed in proportion to the length of teeth than low speed. Long tct.th will not hold corners well. The use of water on circular saws is helpful in keeping the saw cool and free from gumming. The piping may be so arranged that if the water is required at any particular part of saw h may be there applied. "Vatcr is also used succcss~ fully running into the journals of the saw shaft. A small rather than a large stream will do the work and a tiny jet is often all that is needed. CAUSES FOR HEATING ON THE RIM. Saws not open enough in the body ior the speed. Accumulation of gum or pitch cn the teeth. Teeth without sufficient swaging or set. Backs of the teeth too high for clearance. Gullets too small to chamber the dust. Guide pins set too dose to the saw. CAUSES OF HEATING AT THE CENTER. Saw too open in the body or center for the speed. Teeth without sufficient sV"'clging or set. .Mandrel running hot. Saw lined too much ill to or out of the log, Sa,,,,, lined too much out 9£ the tog. Speed insufficient to expand the rim. The remedies. for abovC'. should sllggest themselves. Use large collars not less than eigh't-inch diameter for a sixty-inc.h sa'N. It is said that for every 11'2 inch you arid. to the size of your collar you can take one gage off the thick-ness of your saw. A ten gage sixty-inch saw with nine-inch collars will do as good work, and as much of it as an eigllt gage saw on a six-inch collar. The collars should have from five-eighths to three-quarter-iuch bearing surf~ce on the SJ.W, the halance tumed out clear; the collars should be of good tool steel, Tor those collars made of cast iron are not stiff enough, as the center is liable to be squee:zed in by the nut and the saw is not properly clamped. The guides should be as near to the cut as possible and rigid, with as little opening as yossiblc, although the sawyer must regulate the guides according to the condition of the saw. Cow's horn makes one of the be,st and roost durable guide pins known. The guides should be within about one-inch of the throats of the teeth. Small, light mills having too many teeth in tile saw for a full swagil1g, sh.Duld run half swage and half set. Atlantans Are Busy. Everything in the furniture manufacturing line in Atlanta is going these days. Every plant is working full time, and quite a number of factories are adding a considerable amount of extra machinery and floor space. Skilled help is in demand and furniture workers can get a job any time. The outlook is good for a heavy output for the coming six months. The !',outhern demand for goods looks good while the plants are all well stocked with dry lumber. Nothing scarce save skilled labor, although considerable help drifts in from the Carolina factories, hut they have to be made over in order to hold their places. The Natiol1al Furniture comp;my is building an additional machine room 50 x 200 feet in size and they will need it all to take care of their increasing business. The 1\" ationa1 to-day is the largest factory in the south, and are makers of a higher grade of goods than any south of the Ohio river. D. E. Spencer, superintendent and designer of the plant is not a believer in a cheap grade of goods so year by year he has made a better grade ulltil there is no one in the south can equal him for 4.uality. The gn.l\vth of the National is a di-rect proof of the policy of giving their superintendent abso-lute control of thc manufacturing of goods. The firm says "Here is the material, the kind you ask for, make the stuff." And he does it. The superintendent says: "Here's your goods made right. Sell 'ent." And they sell' them, and so they prosper. Snperintendent Ed. Klaap of the Fulton Furnitwe Co. is making a success of that factory, and considering the length of time they have been running they are doing a spl ~ndid business. Ed. has a machine room that is freer from du"t than any factory the writer evcr saw. Charlie Vv'ise lS Ed's machine foreman, and things certainly "do move." Another plant has been added to Atlanta's ftlrniturp tn<Jk-ing interests. Tt is the United States Chair C0ITlp8_t1y and they will manufacture only medium and high grade chairs. The company is buliding a new factory building on Marietta street. The officers are as follows: C. V. Baker, prcs-i-dent; J. J. Freeman, vice president; A. L. Myers, secretary and treasurer; F. E. Spence, assistant treasurer. The or-ganizers of the United States are all practical furniture mak-ers and wat make it a SUccess. 11 Stickley's Goat Skin EnterpriSte. A gr(:at deal of time has been given by Alhert Stickley of the Stickley Brothers company, to the study of leathers for seatings, during the past hvo years. In pursuit of his in-vestigations, 11r. Sticklcy has made several trips to Europe and traveled through all the countries of the old world. Sev-ci- al years ago he became convinced that sheep skin was ut-tcrly unfit for Use in seatings for furniture, and as the cost of cattle hide makes the use of that leather almost prohibitory, 'i\-lr. Stickley sought to find something that would be prac-tical for the pwpose mentioned. After the conclusion of his investigations and experiments he decided that the skins of goats, 2.nd to a certain extent, calves, were best adapted for furniture seatings. The question then arose where could a sufficient quantity of goat skins be obtained to meet the requirements of Lhe manufacturers of furniture in the United States? nut 3. compM<ltively small number of these animals are raised in our country, for the re.ason that beef and mutton are largely IFeferred for food, \""hile in )'lexico, Spain, Switzerland, Aus-tria and many other- countries of the old world, goats are raised by the millions, as much for their flesh as for their hides. The Stickley Brothers company have recently made contracts with houses in Europe to supply their facto~y in ~rH'II'. DESIGNED BY F. VAN DOMELEN. 24 GOODRICH ST. Student in lhe CriI.Dd Rapida School of Furnit.u~ Dai'itn. lhis city with 12,000 hides per month} and have cornmenc<cd using the same in their furniture factory, as well as supply-ing other manufacturers of leather goods with the hides. The trade has gradu;-llly learned the value of these hides and are gradual1y subsdtuting the same for the unsatisfactory sheep skin and the high priced cattle hide that have been used in the past. The Stickley Brothers company guarantee the quality of every goat skin purchased for five years. The tanning facilities of the company will' be materially enlarged in the Ileal' future. :"'lr. Stickley is entitled to great credit for bringing this industry to Grand Rapids. Factory Furnishings. Catalogue No. 10 of Factory Furn:shings, issued by the Grand Rapids Hand Screw company, -is just out. Its a handy little forty page book of illustrations and descriptions of hand SCf(',WS, hand damps, carvers' and cabinet makers' and manual training benches. saw tables, factory trucks, Bene-dict furniture clamps and other factory furnishings. It should be in the hands of every factory superintendent and manager of a wood working establishment of any kind. A postal' card addressed to the Grand Rapids Hand Screw com-pany will fetch it. I ...lIIII "'- - - 12 NOW IT'S ADAM FURNITURE. Designs Easy to Get, But Genuine Adam Products Very Scarce. It was not marc than a decade ago that Empire furniture was a virulent fashion in this city. All sorts of Empire pieces were dragged out and imitated and new pieces that seemed like Empire to the furniture makers we:-e manufac-tured to supply the demand for Empire pieces. Ormolu imitations were turned out in vast quantities and any kind of old mahogany, which had been· guiltless of orna-ment during all its previous existence, was stuck over with ormolu appliques representing Au:-ora, the a?otheosis of Apollo or some pseudo-classic scene. The Empire craze was potent while it lasted. Anybody who has studied the rooms in the Empire styl~ made for Napoleon at Versailles or in other French palaces however, have just been put up. They are copied after houses built by Robert Adam of London. It is safe to say that few noteworthy houses built in New York or its immed-iate neighborhood during the last two years have failed to have at least one room furnished in the style of Robert and James Adam, These two worshipful architects and decorators did not make furniture themselves. They maLie designs for it. Un~ like some of their famous contemporaries t1H~Y were not cabi-net makers and did not know the practical ·side of decoration. Even perSOJ1S who have not heard of Robert Adam or his brother James, havc seen the most common kind of the Adam furniture, which is usuall'y of satinwood painted with dif-ferent kinds of figures. Frequently these are classical fig-ures with a little landscape. Some of this yellow satinwood-nearly all of the Adam furniture now to be had is made of this wood-was decorated by such artists as AngeJ'ica Kauffmann. Other pieces were AN ADAM DININC ROOM, knows that these apartments rarely contained more than two or three pieces. The Empire style was possible to per-sons of taste only when very little of this massive furniture was shown. The rage that struck this country and especially this city never felt any such restraint. If Empire furniture was the style and was expensive and hard to get, the thing to do was to get as much of it as possible, The~efore rooms ..v.ere jammed with heavy pieces until it was difficult to make one's way between cllairs and tables. A room which would have been amply furnished in the taste of the Empire period with two or three pieces was made to hold twenty. The most painful feature of this craze is the small price to be got now for Empire furniture. vVhen this kind of furn-iture went out of style, it went entirely out al1(f there is so little demand for the furniture that those who do not want to keep it are advised sometimes to hold on rather than to sell at the loss likely to be suffered. Empire is today the style of antique furniture least in de-mand. It is possible that there may some day be a revival of the taste for it. It is out of the mode now. There is another style that promises to be almost as much of a craze for the next decade. It is the absorbing passion of certain builders and furnishers of houses just now. Virulent as the fad fQr Empire fashions became, there were no Empire houses built. Two houses in the style of Adam, decorated by Flaxman with figures like those th'at appear on the Wedgewood pottery. Their work was as remarkable for its symmetry as for any other beauty it possessed. When they built a house they flot onJy decorated the rooms, but made the designs for even the locks on the doors, that all might be in harmony. The finest specimen of their work in domestic architec-ture was the home of the Earl of Derby in Grosvenor Square, London, which exists now only in the drawings which the Adam brothers made of it and its decorations. The house that Robert built for himself in London is said to have been altered very little and gives the best idea of WIJ2t hjs vmrk was that can be obtained except from his engravings of the great homes he did in England. The Grosvenor Square. house was regarded as the masterpiece of the brothers. In their decoration the Adam brothers made use of the-urn which forms the exterior decoration of one of the Adam houses recently put up here, the laurel leaf, the ribbon bands and the garland which were also much used by their immed-iate successors, the oval paterae, the arabesque and the acan-thus leaf. These elements of their decorative work were of course not new, Robert Adam, after studying in Italy, returned in 1754 to England and determined to bring out of the complicated ro-coco style of household decoration that was prevalent then something purer and more in accord with classic models, r--.--- Ten years later he published a book of drawings engraved by Bartoloni showing the ruins of the Emperor Diodetian's palace at Spalato. Several years later the two brothers be-gan to issue their "\\/orks in Architecture," which estab-lished as classic their style of building and decoration. "Sim-plicity, elegant slenderness and low relief" 'were the fore-most qualities that an old critic found in their decorative work To get the execution of his designs as he had planned t~em, Robert Adam brought from Italy Bartolozzi, Pergolesi :ll1d Capriani to carry out his plans. Some of the >rew Eng-land houses of the type called colonial :l re in reality very gooJ specimens of the most modest style of Adam. The Adam style seemed classically simple after the dec- (jrat\.oll that pl"<.'.ccdcdit in London. This was a comhination of the c1emellts of the period of the fifteenth Louis clumsily (>xecuted by English decorators combined with Chinese ad-ditions. Today the work of the Adams seems extremely ehlborate and of rather a degenerate period of art. That purely critical consideration has not, hO\'I'ever, rered with the favor of Adam furniture and decorations. have an Adam house, built takes, of course, a fortune. 011('. just completed in l'ifty-sevcnth street is to have every room decorated in Adam style. r 11 many cases in England the interiors of old country houses done by Robert and James Adam have been taken ui) to London so far as it was possible to transfer them. H ere there ,Ire no old houses with Adam interiors and it is possible to buy only mantels-the Adam mantel was a very marked feature of the room's decorations-furniture, urns and other decorations of a portable character. There are many Adam mantels in the 1:\ ew York shops and their number is likely to increase so long as the fashion continues in favor. They are manufactured now in great number in England. The Adam houses are certain to he a relief from the mo-notony of the French exteriors which have during recent years grown so numerous in New York. The two Adam houses recently built are very similar in design, to judge from their facades, but there must be resemblance in all of them, as very few contrasts are possible in Georgian archi-tecture. inte1"- To The The Adam houses are the most characteristic in the Lon-donstreets~ The Adelphi terrace, which they designed, got its name from the fact that it was the work of the two brothers-a delphoi-a rch itects. \-Vhen n certain kind of furniture becomes so popular as Adam is and Empire was, most of its buyers do not seem to care very much whether it is genuine or not. Of course, there 'was n great deal of Adam furniture manufactured in London during the lifetime of the brothers and their habit of overseeing every part of the equipment of the houses they built has left many specimens of their handiwork. It is easily possible th8t there are many genuine speci-mellS of their work in existence; but not one-third of the stuff which has been added to the visible supply during the past two years is regarded as genuine by the honest dealers. "You must understand," one of them said to the Sun re-porter, "that the Adam designs have been for the past cen-tury a standard pattern with most of the English furniture makers. For the past forty years the big English manuiac-turers have turned out so-calted Adam furniture in large quan-tities. "So, of course, there is plenty of that kind of furniture to be had. \Vhen it gets a Fe}\'years old and looks a little "'lorn it can readily pass as the work of the Adam brothers, partic-ularly with ''v·omen. "Real Adam furniture. of the -finest kind, with decocJ.t\ons by the best painters is almost impossible to get hold of, and very expensive when it does come into the market. The ma-jority of the Adam furniture here now is the product Df fac- 13 tories that came iilto existence long after the two designers had ceased from their labors. "The Adam mantels sold ior two or three hundred dollars are in very few cases genuine. Adam brought from Italy the method of using stucco in his decorations and that was the material from "vhich many of the mantels were made. "It is very easy to copy the design and mould as many of them as there is call for. These may be imitations, but they are nevertheless very graceful and pretty. "Adam upholstery stuffs are practically imposs;ble to get. The two not only Llesigned a chair, bL:tthe covt:r for it as well. One Adam chair that I kn(l\v of with the O:'iginal covering for it designed by Robert Adam is in the museum of the Cooper Institute. Some of these stuffs, which always fol-lowed the pattern of the decoration, have also been copied hy the makers of the p;'esent day and very fair imitations of the genuine Adam goods are to be had. ;;I do not personally believe that the Adam craze will last yery long Some of the effects that we:'e most admired in _r~~ I, i, Dmsned by F. VAN DOMELEN. 24 Goodrich ~l. Student in the Grand Rapids Sehool (If Furniture Desiin the time of the Adams would now seem yc:"y bizarre and no-body could say that they v.·..ere in good taste for domestic decoration "Take his use of the Vv'edgwood color schemes, for in-stance. John Flaxman would designe plaques an'd panels to be inlaid in' the furniture. Sometimes these were imbedded in the yellow satinwood and at other times they were put into the wood of another color which was painted in the blue and \vhitc of the y"r edgewood 'ware. "The entire room wouM be done in these tints of blue and white. Even the piano of that day would be made to match with its blue and white figures 011 the blue background. "Of course no American builders of Adam houses are like-ly to have any Adam furniture of this kind, for it is worth its weight in gold. But v.·..ould they want it? I doubt it -very much and women who are building and decorating houses now should think not only twice but several times be-fore they adopt any school of decoration so pronounced as the Adam."-New York Sun. ", 14 THE USE AND ABUSE OF STAINS Written for the Michigan Artisan by C. J. LaVallee, Vice President of the Marietta Paint & Color Co., Marietta, Ohio. Tt is only within a comparatively few years that the \Vo.d stain in connection with the wood tin-shing craft, has been understood. Ten years or more ago the finisher used what was, and is today, called wood dyes and pigments to make his stains with-such as sielluas, umbers, Vandyke b,owns and the lakes. These comprised at that time the known stainers. nut since the advent of the coal tar dyes the 'Nord stain has taken OIl a different meaning and it is now possible to produce effects that were undrl;'.amcd of a few years ago. The stains of today are perfectly transparent, enabling the expert to change as it were the very nature of the wood" This js especially tnn' of oak. As proof of this, we have for instance the Old English, the Early English, the Cathedral Oak, the f<'Jemish Oak, and many others, each one representing a distinct period of our civilization. Thesc different effects were not produced by the skill of man in those carlier days, but were instcad o:'ta"ned only by the action of the weather and by age affecting the different meth-ods of finish in vogue during this pe_ied. The finish, no doubt, intended more as a preservative agent, might have been oil, or wax, or acid, but it re::luired the aid of atmos-pheric conditions and time to bring about the different effects. Now we produce in one day, with the a:d of our perfected ,;tai11s,what it formerly took centuries to accomplish. The Marietta Paint & Color company has spared ncither time, effort nOr cxpense to bring its stains to the highest pojnt of practical efficiency and perfection. BUl while there arc hundreds of furniture manufactuiers who arc successfully using our products, there are also many who, not using the goods properly, arc unable to get the best results. This is not as a rule, the fault of the finisher, for while a certain stain may be practical and well <1d<lptedto one special line of work it may not answer the purpose on another line. For instance, a stain may be used successfuly in a dipping tank, hut whcn applied with the brush does not produce the desired effect. The trouble will be found 1Iot in the stain, but in the mode of application. The finisher must by experience acquire a knowledge of the use of the stain. Knowing this, we send out with all our products a sheet of instructions for finishers in the f1rs1'use of our stains. These instructions are the result of the experience of s~)me of the foremost fin-ishers of the country who have successfully manipul~tcd our stains, and if properly carried out the;'e cannot be any dis~ appointment or failure in sccuring satisfactory results. As to the misuse of stains, it is unfortunately true that there are a fcw finishers who are for some rcason or other opposed to trying anything ncw, and who when forced by their employers to 'fest these stains, pos·~ively refuse to fol-low the instructiollS, and assuming that the manufacturer is not himself qualified to instruct in the art of finishing, the finisher, hidebound in his opposition to all progress, tests the goods according to his own ideas and condemns them for his failure to secure proper results. This form of prejudiced oppnsit~on we find rapidly dying away. In fact, the furniture manuf1cturer who has been thus handicapped, and finds hims~lf dropping behind his more progressive competitor, has become enlightened and insists on a finisher who will test and use the new goods and conform to the new ideas. L It is only the truth to say, however, that we find the ma-jority of finishers anxious and willing to try anything that promises to give them the best re.sults with the, least work, and the Marietta Paint & Color company is frank to con-fess that it is only th,ough the assistance and perseverance of the finisher that it has been .able to make such wonderful strides in the manufacture of pract:cal stains and finishing materials. To the fillisher is largcly due the credit for the wonderful strides wbich have been secured in the last few years in the mock n a. t of wood finishmg. A Popular Finish. Thc Chicago Wood ,Finishing company, 259-277 Elston avenue, havc a popular finish before the trade today in their Colonial wax finish. Colo'nial wax finish is used over old finish to give it new life. It is also used on wood, cloth, leather and other materials which have never had any finish< on them. It is as easily applied by anyone in the household as by an experienced finisher, and with perfect results. It is not put on with a brush, but is appt:ed with a piece of cheesecloth. It is the most economical finishing material to employ, since a single gallon will Coyer fifteen hundred to two thous-and square feet of surface, or ~lS much as four gallons of varnish. . Unlike varnish, it is a self-leveler, so that it only requires t() he ruhl:t.ed on with a piece of cloth to produce an even, hard, wax-finished appearance. Leather, cloth and other fabrics arc given a durable and high grade finish by being coated with Colonial wax, finish. In order to obtain the best results, the finish must be ap-plicJ in a very thin coat when used on leather o~ cloth, sam(" as when put on wood. If put on in a heavy coat, the finish has a high gloss, whereas, a soft, wax-finished a~pearance is much mo:e desirable, and put on in a thin coat, the cost is of course, much less. Thus, leathcr used on fu:-niture, tru.nks, traveling bags, hand satchels, etc" and cloth employed on cases, trunks and other objects as a cover, may be easily giv-en a wax finish. Colonial wax finish takes the place of wax and saves the great labor expended in applying wax and in polishing it. Any surface which is coated with Colon:al wax finish may be washed and wiped. A light coat applied every few months keeps anything on \vhich it is used in fine condition. It dries hard over night. It is used in place of wax, yar-nish or other finish, and may be applied over shellac, varnish filler or stain. Registration for Protection of Designs. In the June number of the Upholsterer a good suggestion is made in regard to the registration and p otection of de-sig- us. It is believed that with such a law in operation the manufacturers and designers, particularly would all prollt by it. In Europe it has proved successful as an open market is thus created. Rel"ations between schools of design and manufacturers would be closer. Designers would feel freer to submit designs in competition as manufacturers would buy 'more freely and artists not in the strictly commercial line would be more likely to compete. The Highest Grade of Brain Pow-er Should be employed by the manufacturer when engaging in the difficult task of preparing a catalogue for publication In the mailer of goods to be advertised and the prices to be charged the manufacturer alone must be the judge, but when it comes to the engraving, printing and binding of the book, we come in and respectfully offer our assistance. Do you need our skill and experience of many years to aid you ? We have been engaged in the business of making catalogues many years. We have ample facilities including newly built presses, linotype machines and competent workmen and guarantee the quality of our work. Send us a statement of your requirements. We can help you. White Printing Company 2 to 20 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 16 ·~MIF]-IIG7JN , P. H. Reddinger Carving Worhs (Formerly Cincinnati Carving Work/?of Cincinnati, 0.) CARVlNGS and FURNITURE ORNAMENTS of all kind •• EVANSVILLE, IND. Bysendil)g me a small order I will convince you that I am the man wbo can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. . £t.l.'.S-. PHONE: 3333. FOUR TRAINS TO AND fROM • Lv Gd. RApids 7:10am ArChieago 1:15pm Lv. Gd.lU.pidl 12:05 on Ar Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm ATChicq:o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30pm daily Ar Chlca~o 6:$ am 4;25 pm and 11 :30 pm run daily. Pullman Sleeper, on 11:30 pm train open 9:00pm. A II. carte Cafe service on all day trains. Pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day traIns. Rat_ reduced to 50 (:elltl;. T"REE TRAINS D ET RO I T TO AND "ROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55ant Leave Grand Rapids 11:10 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:05 pnt Leave Grand Rapids 5::;W pm ArrIve Detroit 9:20 pm Note fad time made by both midday Bondevening train. Meal. seNe<! II.lll.carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids II.t It:15lltu and 5:20pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all train.; seat rate ••IS cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DtnRICTP.UIENGRR AGENT, PHONE .. 168 Gnmd. Rapids, Mich. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM "ABC" APAR TMt:NT filLNS are successfully employed. Note the experience of the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. "You recently installed for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory Our re-quirements are unusually exactinf", manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and interior woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish. These conditions have been very well met by your kilns. "Your service has been prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose requirements are similar to our own." In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds of lumher, in varying degrees of dryne15s. In such cases the AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW YORK, CHICACO, ATLANTA, LONDON Oran~Dapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompan~ THE latest device for handlillg" shav-illgs alld dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system Oil the market today. It is no experimentj but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have severa1 hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its lille. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory; 208-210 Canal Street GR.AND R.APIDS, MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M ..ID 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNaCE FEED SYSTEM 18 ~M.JFHIG7fN Portable Saw. An inter-csting /lovelty of recent make is a portable wood ~:lW driven by a turbine and operated by compressed air. Air is admitted through a throttle and passes through a .con-duit cast ih the frame on the back of the machine to a gover-nor valve which is mounted on the hub of the turbine. It is operated by centrifugal weights, whi,ell move a collar laterally against spring resistance and operate the valve. Three ports discharge air against the buckets, of Wl1ich there are 35. A pillion on the turbine shaft drives the saw through a train of gears, 'which reduces the speed from 8,000 revolutions per minute at the turbine to 5,000 revolutions per minute at tJl(~ saw; or, by shifting an intermediate gear, the saw can be operated at the full speed of the turbine for light work. An adjustable grooved hearing pcrmits raising or lowering the saw shaft so as to allow of the use of smaller or targer saws, this vertical adjustment being accomplished by a set screw. The machine sets on a base resembling a hand plane. The bottom of this base is polished, so that the machIne is easily moved along the work. ,A brake at the side of the turbine is so arranged that when the air is shut off it is automatically released. One of the largest t1ses for this tool is trimming roofs of freight cars in car shops and for ripping wood gcner-ally. It is adapted to lumber up to 10 inches or in some cases 2 inches thick. The air turbine is also used for operat-ing an emery wheel, the wheel being placed on the shaft in-stead of the saw for surface grinding. Steam Separator. In a newly-designed steam separator the idea of throwing the moisture out of steam by imparting a rotary motion to the column of steam is adopted, and the designer of the separator has now accomplished the feat of separating the steam and water in such a. way that tbe water can not be taken up again by tbe steam, and that there shall be no noticeable loss of pressure between the in-let and outlet of the separator. The helical worm in the throat is, integral with the main shell casting, so that, aside from the gage glass fittings, the separator consists of a single piece of neat design and absolute simplicity, with no internal parts to get loose and rattle or become inoperative. The moisture after being thrown to the outside by the contrigual force of the revolving column, gathers in the pocket and is trapped off, while the clean and dry steam passes down the eentral riser, in a direct line with its original direction of flo,v~ with no restriction of its passage or sudden change in motion which would require energy which could be sup-plied only by a fall of pressure. It is built in sizes adapted to pipe of from one to 12 inches in diameter. Burlap Market Awaits Jute Forecast. There has been an active demand for lightweight burlaps and heavy orders for the same have been placed. The heavy-weight end has been decidedly quiet, however, and practically 110 new business of any sort c'an be repo:-ted. Calcutta eight-ounce goods are firmly held at 4.85 cents, and ten and one-half-ounce at 6.25 cents, All interest in both the jute and burlap markets is center-ed in the coming jute crop. Should the new crop amount to 9,000,000 bales, as many predict it will, buyers of both jute and bUrlap' will, it is helieved, wait for a break in priee:s be-fore doing any purchasing. On the other hand, should the forecast indicate a yield of less, or even the same size as last year, namely, 8,5CO,OOO bales, prices will, it is stated. un-doubtedly be forced up sharply. In the meantime the mar-kets are decidedly quiet on hu-laps. while jute in Dundee is slightly easier, being quoted for prompt shipment at £27 per ton, and new jute at £22 5 shill"n·;s for October delivery. Buyers are determined to await the issuance of the jute fore-cast before purchasing or placing any new contracts. Im-porters in this market are not worry'ng over a lack of de-mand, as they have very little to offer for spot or nearby fut-ure delivery. Metal Beds Favorites in Many Lands. 1Ietal beds are in use in many foreign countries besides Europe,-South Africa and South America, Turkey, Egypt .and others. Those of American w<lke find a ready salcinfor-eign countries although they are more· expensive than those of English make. English manufacturers failed to succeed in forming a combination, as those who refused to enter sold orders at their own prices. An idea of the quantity of iron beds imported from England may he gained when it is stated that Egypt receives from 20,000 to 25,000 pieces, Asiat;c Tu~key from 50,000 to 60,000 pieces yearly, It is said that at present there is a wide latitude for rivalry between the product of Great Britain and the United States. Lowers Furniture Rates. The Missouri railway and warehouse commlSSI011 has issued amendment No.4 to the maximum freight rate sche-dule under which carload rates on agricullural implements, furniture and wagons are reduced to 177';3 cents. The former rate was 220 cents. The westen] llnes concerned in this re-duction which applies across the state say that the order was issued without a hearing, and as it would affect the rates on either side of the state from Iowa to Colorado, a meeting of the western trunk liries' freight committee will be called to consider the snbject. I F' YOU H AV ENE V E R T R I E 000 UR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETFlOIT r ...CTI)RY C ...NADI ...N .....CTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS OF' GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NEW YO"K eO.ToN "H'''.PEL''HIA BALTIMORE CHICAQO .T. LOUI. CINCINNATI SAN ,.RANCISCO FAQTQRY AND MAIN OFFICE, D.TItOIT CANADIANFACTa.,. WALKERVILLE. ONT 19 IOtis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. Chicago. nAUOOAnT Chicago Office and Dislrib· Importers and Manufacturers of Dling Yards: 2251 to 2261lUMBER ST. R. S. HUDDLESTON MANAGER Washing Machine. A Hew washing mac.hine of the ruhher or ball.-bearing type, claimed to possess many advantages over other ma-chines similiar in construction, has just been introduced. It has a doubte ball-bearing at both the top and bottom, in-stead of a single ball-bearing such as is used in other ma-chines of this type of manufacture. The advantage of tbis is understood when it is considered that any hearing to worK in perfect alignment must have two points of contact. It is claimed that this makes the machine keep a perfect align-ment, revolve easily and \vo~-k to better advantage. By us-ing a corrugated tub, thc operator not only rubs the clotlles 011 top and bottom! but also on the sides. The tub is manu-factured out of Louisiana red cypress, which is less suscep-tible to expansion and contraction because of hot an cold water th.an any other lumber known, The frame is made of the best material, and well braced by four iron braces run-ning diagonally across the frame, while the wringer board is a special invention, being a continuation of ttlC f:'ame and fitted with a slidillg drip board, so that the wtnger call be kept attached to the machine at every washing, Hand Saw Filer. A new type of hand saw lilc:-, suitable for us¢ on a bench O~-pedcst31 is adapted lor automaticl1y filing any ordinary small hand saw. The vise which cnrries the saw is c1am)cd together by spring pressure suAicient to hold the saw fimly, yet allowing it to slip th,ough as each tooth is fikd, At eac;] re~'ollition of the tile shaft, the li1c is ;'t1t:_)\l1a~ically with-drawn from cngag;ement with a tooth, dropped back, anrl ju--t as the smooth portion of its ci;'cul11fercl1ce reaches the ~W"I:, it pushes the sa\v atong for the next tooth, this movement being regulated to the si:<:eof the saw tooth, by a thumb-screw. The file is ccntrolled by Celms to cut only a certa;n depth each time, and this feature insu<-es ,;ccur;:lte and even teeth. The s,nv carrier can be S\VUllg so as to gc~ any r!c!-iired angle of hook and ally bevel up t-o 30 degree,. The saw ,'" "':cr sl:des e;~s:l'y on a long In'·. i , GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Office 321 South Divi8ion St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables us to lItive qnalilY am~ durability, aud meet all competi. tion. Wrile/or Prices, I No. 21. RoUer Bea'il\'i!s. SlI.me style Tt"llcks No. '2,4,without Ron~rRearings Shellac. Calct\tta was cabletl stronger and London linn at the ad-vance Hoted recently. The New York market is moderate-ly active under a continued good demand and the tendency 01 spot pr-ices is up·ward. Orange Shellac- Ordinary 1'. 1\', ... ,., Bright orange grades. Diamond I. V. S. 0, D. C A. C. Garnet lac.. Button lac ... , Bleached shellac. wet, Klin-dried " '" .47@48 . _ ' .. 49@S4 .......... 55@56 ......• 55@56 ...... 60@ .. ......... ,46@47 ..... , .... 36@50 .. 47@48 ................ 59@60 Flexible Auger. ,'\n auger wllieh is guaranteed to ~o cleaning in the most obscure places and work itself into almost any conceivable position is made of a flexible steel spring that glides easily and without injury through the oddest-shaped pipes. It is simple in construction and easily and effectively operated. This device is especially useful for cleaning drain pipes, etc, It will also clean and remove obstructions from all kinds of pipes leadillg from sinks, wash bowls, bath tubs, etc. For sCVI;er pipes, boiler flues, dc., there is supplied an auger \vorking on teels and carrying any length <Iud size of con wire desired, with necessary parts for use in diffe:-ent pipes. Valuable ";Nalnut Logs. \Valnut logs to the value of $17,5(0 were recently loaded on cars at Fayette, Ark., for export to l-bmburg, Germany, where they will be converted into furn:ture. The represen-tative of the fo:-eign firm has been in Howard county for a couple. of years looking after this export bulslness. The fine old forests of walnut are gradually disappearing in that sec-tion. One tree recentl"y cut brought $150 to its owner. Silex Wood rmer: Fumed Oak Oil Stain (Origi.nal produ'Ctiol1 in oil) No morEl fuming, No more sandina. This stain can be sbeUaced over in tbiny minutes after It is applied, Every piece of furniture on whicb it is used can be tiilished and. ship-ped the same day. We are the originators oiWeath~ ered, Early. En",sh, A~twerp and other mission oil stains. Samvlegfurnighed on application. Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company GAANr:! RAPIDS, MICH. B. WALTER & CO. ~VNADU~~ M,nufa"um. of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT .'-_._-_. ... r- 20 5aw and K"'ofe FOlitnt"g Mhaoe lnery and T00,S TLihne' BMigagnesutfaoanlud"dB. est Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mlob. Filers. Setters. Sharpeners. Grinders. SW80e&. Stretchers. Brazing and Filing ClamJ)s, Knife Balances. Hammering Tools. 801l0n Band Saw Filer for Saws ~ inch up. New 200 page Catalogue for 1906 Free. B. T. & 8. Strle D. KnifeGrinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~3 Sons' Soli~ Steel alue Joint (utlers (or there are no otheror U ju.rt a.r good." They, cut a clean perfect joint always. Never bum owing 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 and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10and prices on application. MOR.R.IS WOOD ®. SONS Thirty_two Yf:ars at 31_33 8'. Canal Street. CHICAGO.ILL. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectots. Automatic Fumace Feeders. Steel Plate Exhaust Fam, Exhaust and Blow Piping . Cmoan..u..f.a..c.tur"e"d"."" iostadllaedoi"a"n"d-llUacaateed. Old ~ remodeled on modem lille!l on most economical plaDll. SIJI?~enlary 8y 8 t em 8 added where prerent ~8~ tems are outgrown. De~ fective 8y s t e m 8 corrected and put ill. proper workin:g ...w. 70 W.•Jackson Street, CHICAGO, • ILL. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelpbia " " 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. The Furniture Agency ------------------OFFICES--_--------------- Bo.ton New York J aDleetown High Point Cluclnnatl Detroit Grand R.8jlIlds Chtc~o 5t. Louis Minneapolis Associate Offices and Sonded Attorfteys 1ftall Principal cities REPORTING FURNITURE. UNDERTAKERS,. CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TIONS MADE BY AN UN'RIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT ., .. WE PllODUCE RESULTS WhERE OTHERS FAIL WftlTH FOR, PARTICULARS AND YOU WILL SEND us Y aU.R BU 5 IN E 55; Our Complatnt and A4JuetmeDt DeplIrlmeDt Red Draf,. Collect Lo Jo STEVENSON. Micblg ..n M..nager .7IR T I .5'JI.l"l $ 2M;;;;; $ r f* 21 WEATHERED OAK OIL STAIN Fast Color. Correct Shade. Most Penetrating Stain Made. WILL NOT WIPE UP WITH WAX OR SHELLAC. AO-EL-ITE FINISHING WAX Dries Harder Than Ordinary Wax. For Use on Weathered or Mission Finishes. SEND FOR SAMPLE PANELS AND PRICES. Ask for our "STANDARD STAINS BOOKLET," real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. The finest booklet ever supplied. ~ CHICAGO. Dept. 5. 'The Ad-el-ite People. L Richey, Halsted & Quick, CINCINNATI. OHIO OAK----Plain and Qgartered. POPLAR-Soft and Yellow. Cool Comfortable Inexpensive Goo d Service Chicago and Grand Rapids FARE $2 ONE WAY • l $3.75 ROUND TRIP Leave Chica,e;o 7:45 p. m. Leave Gmnd Rapids 7:55 p. m. daily. Reserve berths at docks, foot of Michigan Ave. or City Ticket Office 101 Adams St., Chicago; 91 Monroe St., orB1 L)·on St., Grand Rapids. PALMER'S Patent Gluing. Clamps Are the most successful Piling Clamps Ma.de For the following reasons The\' clamp instantly any width of dimension stocki no adjustit:lg damps to fit the work, they hook at Qm:e to the oesired wlQth. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take them off. The work elll be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp' is placed over the work and locks into the oile below It the dmw is alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter how wide the stock may he. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot he moved when clamp is closed, hammer all you like, Unlimited power; great strenIrth and dumbilitYj malleable iron and steel; the knllckle joints are socket joints, not rivets. Although the best they cost you Jess. For further information ask for catalogue NO.4. A. E. Palmer. Owosso, Mich. F, 22 7IRTI.s'fU'l a z,.. Finest In the world. Birch and Poplar Cross banding ==-::=== ..A•LWAYS IN STOCK =======~~~~ WAL TERCLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Factory Notes. The Parker-Little "Furniture company of Raleigh, N. c., has been organized with $25,OCOcapital to manufacture and deal in furniture, carpets and oth;::r hou:;ehold goods. The incorporators are: A. C. BtLke, v'l/. F. Snuggs, G. M. Lipe, J. M. Burris, M. F. Litt1c:; v..'. A. Boger, P. O. Skidmore, and T. S. Parker, all of Albemarle. The KendallviJle, Ind., Furniture cOlnpany will mm'c to Peru in the same state, where a new th:'ce story btlliding 48:x 148 feet has been erected. A fire in the Golden Furtliture company's plant .. James-town, N. Y., resulted in $40,000 damage. The loss is fully insured and the company will resume business. The :\a-tional Furniture company also suffered some damage. The factory of the Brunswick-Blake-Callender com-o Ily is to be moved from Chicago to :Mtukegon, :I\Tici.l. ;..~ soon as the buildings are reoldy. August 1 is the time set for completion, but the work will not be done for some time after that according to present indications. The Crescent Manufacturing comp'.ny, Louisville, Ky .. has been incorporated with $100,GOO c<:pital to make office, school and store furniture. The incorporators are E. r~. :VIcClain, A. E. Shaner, E, E. Crone, Frank Baldwin an 1 John A. Miller. The IvIartin Brothers factory in Jamestown. )oJ. Y., W;\S almost totally destroyed by fire, recently, with $12.0CO loss, incuiance $10,000. The vVait-Fuller Furniture company, Portsmouth, 0 .. have increased their capital to $75,CCO. The American Seating company has been incorporated in Chicago with a capital of $53,000. The French Mirror & Beveling company of Chicago will move to Allegan, Mich., whe:-e a site, has been fu~nished by the city and the company agrccs to payout $35,000 annually in wages and to cmploy f:'om 50 to 100 men. Enoch Ohnstral1d will engagc in the manufacture of metal furniture in Jamestown, N. Y. He has becn super-intelident of the Art Metal Construct:oll company for the past six years. A metallic furniture factory is to be located in Falcone:·, N. Y. Lodge furniture wilt be manufactured by the Hender-son- Ames company, Kalamazoo, Mich. The Columbus (Ga.), School Desk company has becn or-ganized to manufacture school desks, opera house seats. church pews and other furniture. The Keystone Upholstering House is a new firm to en-gage in the manufacture of pad'or fumitu-e in Philadelphia, The Badger Invalid Bed company of Green Bay, V\.ris., will engage in the manufacture of patented beds for in-valids. Capital is $30,000. The Luce Furniture company of Grand Rapids have com~ rnellced the erection of a $5,000 warehouse. The new plant of the Chippewa Falls (Wis.) Furniture company is busily employed on ordc:-s. A night force is required. A fire in the Trade Table company, insid~ the Jackson, (l\.lich.,) prison resulted in a loss of $4,500. Onc hundred and twenty-five convicts were employed in the factory. Thc plants of the Atlanta Spring Bed company and the Atlanta Iron & Brass Bcd company W2:C dcstto)'ed hy d DESIGNED BY F. VAN DOMELEN. 24 GOODRICH ST. Studellt in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Deflen. lire June 22. The loss is estimated to be $60,000, fully in-sured. Jo11n Posthumus the supe.intendent of the Estey Manu-facturing company, Owosso, died recently as the result of a railroad accident. l-T e was well known)n Grand Rapids and to the fllrnjture trade. The l\ilarvel Furniture Co.,. ]aniestmvn, N. Y., was re-cently incorporated. Capital. $60,000. -~ ·:f'~MI9pIG7J-N The Demopolis Coffin & Cabinet company of ).'lont-gomery, Ala" have e0l1,n1enced business with $10,000 capital. The incorporaco1"s arc: \Villiam E . .:\Jichael, Jr., T. C. Bailey, A. M. Sledge and lsaJ()~-e Bley. The BaHller Furniture company of Kew York having a capital of $20,000 have incorporated. The incorporators arc Paul B. Roseneraub:, No. 21 Allen Street, Jamestown, N. Y.; August S. Soderstram, /\ndrew Norlander, Cha,ks Johnson, Jamestowll, 1\. Y. A large factory is about to be erected near Pittsburg for th(~ manufacture of beds, mattrc.~s and bed springs. Twelve hundred men will be cmp:oycd. The name of the firm is the Hickson-Pittsburg company. The plant will be one of the largest in this country. The Fall Creek 1fal1ufaeturing company of 1Iooresville, Ind., have organized with $15,000 capital to manufactu:e furniture. The directors are vViliiam /\. Votlcanon, Fred L. Dutton and Charles G. Morris. The plant of the Ordway ':'VlallufactlFing compall:y Bristol, Tenn., is closed, awaiting its sale by the OW1H;rs. The Southern Upllolstery comVany h.~s been mganizcd Atlanta, Ga., with a paid in capital of $5,000. The sixty employees of the New Orleans Furniture com-pany have been locked out by the general. manager J. \\'. \~lright 011 aCc()llllt of their joining the union. In the mean-time the plant is closed. Mr. \Nright refuses to take the men back and states tl1at he paid more than union wages. The l1lallUi'actUr(·.of carpet s\veepers is a new indust.'y to be established in Racine, \Vis., by the Dodd Carpet Sweeper company of Chicago provided that the company has a clear title to the article manufactured. If 50 a factory will be operated to employ one hundre.d men. The c.apitai invested is $300,000. A. ll. Dodd of Chicago is the inven-tor of the sweeper. The: organization of the Brunswick-Balke-Collcnder COIll-pany in Grand Rapids has been completed and is a separate , organization. Capital is $50,000. Th~ plant of the Grand Rapids Table company 'will be occupied for factory llse. The officers of the IVlichigan company are n. E. Bensinger, presi-dent; Julius Blake, vice president and Frank J. Lyons, mana-ger of the branch, seeFetary, treasurer and manager. The Buckeye Parlor Furniture company having an au-thorized capital $10,000 will manufacture upholstered £1.wn1- lure in Toledo. Davis & Halbert, Seattle, Vv'asb'J manufacture upholstered furniture. A. J. Charleston succeeds Davis & Charkston in Seatt:e, \Vash., in 'the manufac.ture of upholstered furniture. The Dearborn Desk company organized by Chicago men will be located in Marion, Ind. Capitalization is given as $50,OCO. The ~\lichaels Bedstead factory will be. used and desks and other modern office furniture manufactured. The incorporators are Alexander A. Samuel, Charles S. Ferry and Jon P.Ho\ton, who are also the directors. The Klein Specialty ::\fanufactnring company of Hen-derson, Ky., will manufacture kitchen cabinets and othc;' specialties. The company has a capital stock of $35,000 and ,vill construct a plant modern in all respects. The l\Iohawk Desk company succeeds the I-Torfocks-11etz-ler company with \Villiam Horrocks president. The othn officers arc: Vice president, Edwin Jones; treasurer. Harvey Fc1dmier; secretary, Fred C. Burney. The Crippeu & Railey company has been organized tn manufacture furniture in New York with $10,000 capital. The incorporators are :\Tarvin D. Crippen, L. T. Baliey and Charles L. Bartoll of Rochester, N. Y. The factory of the Hagerstown Lounge company was recently struck by lightning and badly damaged. Insurance covers the loss. Valuable antique fl1rnitu;-e in the building was also badly damaged. 23 The Globc-\Vernicke company has declared a regular qua rtcr\y dividend of 10 of per cent on its preferred stock, payable July 15 to holders of record June 30. The Scott Chair company successors to George \-Valter Scott has been incorporated in Newark, 0., with a capital stock of $251000, to manufacture chairs, rockers and other furniture. A retail business will also be conducted. The plant will be enlarged and new machinery added. The Kearns Upholstering company of High Point, N. c., has he en organized with $25,000 capital to manufacture all kinds of upholstered goods. The Ne"v Orleans Metal Bed company Ltd., have incor-porated with $75,000 .capital. A new factory will be con~ strudel.! containing 90,000 feet of floor space. The com-pany bongbt the business of Magee, Dow & c.ompany. 1lr. DO\v will be manager of the new company. 1Ianufactllrers of furniture in Canada met in Toronto re-cently to effect an organization. Circular Saw Vise. One of the main features of the 11e\iI,o"ecsitrcular saw vise IS that it is adjustable to almost every conceivahle position. This is possible because of its swing on a pivotal! the way of a circle and on what might be termed an axis to any point of three-quarters of a circle. These cliffe.ent positions make saw iiling very casy, because they make the vise adaptable to tll(' fancy of eve:'y liler a~ well :J.S suitable for every style of saw or cutter. The vise is all iron, Wi.t'-1 the rnost metal Ivhcre most needed to make it strong and l"lljatrable, thus p -eventing all possibilities of vib:'aLons while being operated. point where other casters refuse to turn is 75he POint with The Faultless Pivot Bearing Caster The FAULTLESS received Ihe Highest Award at the World's Fair, 1904, over all other casters. Itissupplied wit h Fauldess Pat e 11 t Steel Spriug Sockets. 'rhe Faultle .. has no weak spots-n 0 mechanical .flaws·~it's Fault~ less in name-in action-and as a seller :-: .. If you are after a money maker, write to 75he Faultless Caster Mfg. Nebraska City. Neb. They only manufacture the The Faultless is interchangeable; will fit six differ-ent sizes of 11"o!~ bed sockets. :.: Co•• 2+ ·~MI9rIG7!-N : 7IR. T I...s'..7I.2'l 2 $ $: e" BOYNTON &. CO. Mfrs.of 'Embosltd and Turned Mouldings, Porch Work, Wood Orllls. and Auto. matlc Turnings We also manufac-ture a large Hne of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS for couch work. Send lor illustrations. SEND FOR CATALOGUE Removed to 419-421 W. flneeltlh St., C"IC4GO, ILL. If your DESIGNS arc right, peoplt want the Good •• That mak.. PRICES right, CIlarence 'JR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAl EMBOSSING MACI1INES Dies for all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second St" LAFAYETTE, IND, Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA,. U. S. A. FaIding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New id.eas and inventions constantly being added to the hne. F. B, WILLIAMS 3812 VlneeDneB Ave•• Chlcaio. Manufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Furniture Trade. Established 1878 Step~ensonnr~.(0. South Beud, Ind. W ood Turnings, Turned Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac-turers on Application. Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids .a Detroit .a Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor cars and Cafe coaches funning on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "Wolverine," making the run in nineteen hours and fifty minutes. For full particulars see Michigan Central Agents. Or E· w. Covert. C. P. A. Gf'BDd R.apld •• o. w. Ruggle •• G. P. A. Cblcaso. L 25 HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW, MORTISKR COMBINBD MACHINE. No.3 WOOD LATHE. ~:;~"::. HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: H~ eaR save a mauufadu1"er's profit as well as a dealer's pront. He can make more money with less capital invested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his cllstomers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as loW cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit, becau$e 01:ma\:hinl:= m:muiaclured goods of factoties. An 3Utftt of Barnes' Patent Foot llnd Hand-Power Machinery, rein- !Itate!! the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desired, these machine,; will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work be wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUEANDPRICK LIST FRRK. W. F. &. JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby SI., Rockford, III. NO.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No.7 SCROLL SAW. No.4 SAW (readY for cross·cutting) WHITE PRINTING CO. No.2 Sell.OLL SAW FORMER OR MOULDER. HAND TBNONKR. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. Do~~s' Patent TaMe=le~Dovdailer We Dnd upon investigation that our Dovetailing Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Morlise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to fit the Top Culs Tenons to .fit the Cleats Adjustab\e to keep Mor-tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn rnl\ 2S0 \1) 300 Small Parlor T aWes in 10 HoufS The Dodds Tiltin.r:: Saw Table has more practical features and good points than anyotber saw table on the market. MANUFACTURRD AND FOR SALE BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A. 26 Band Rip Saw. A new pattern of band rip saw is constructed throughout with heavy cored column and is able to resist all vibration. The wheels are 42 inches .in diameter, entirety of iron and .steel, the upper ligbt~nd strong, the lower heavy with solid web. The straining device is fitted to,the upper wheel and has a for ..v.ard, backward and side adjustment. The blade is kept uniformly taut at all times and the lightest blades can be run at the highest speed with entire safety. The saw guides have sectional hardwood bracks arranged to take up the sligl1test wear. The feed is very pO'NeduL Speeds of 30, 60 and 125 feet per minute are furnished regularly, but faster feeds are furnished when desired. The feed rolls are adjustable up and down instantly or they may be raised from the board instantly stopping the feed, or lifted entirely 011t of the way for use as a hand feed rip saw. All the ad~ justments are accomplished by a single movement of the tong lever. A Pretty W,edding. The ma:-riage of Edward Jackahoice «lid :\1iss Helcn Hake took place in Grand Rapids at St. Mary':; churcl{ recent-ly. The wedding 'was a beautiful one and a large c'ompany attended the weddin~ breakfast. rVIr. and 1lrs. Jackaboice left on the afternoon train for New York, where taey sailed June 16 for Naples and they wilt spend three months tour-ing Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Fracc·e. 1lr. Jacka-boice is'very popular and is president of the \\/cst Side CrOll \""'lorks. Summer Furniture is Very Attractive .. One of the most striking sets of S~lmmer furniture seen this season i~ of bent wood highly polished and colored a shade de('ver than forest green. The backs and seats of the sofas and chai. s arc cushioned with a bealltifullincll taffeta ill a large design of green lattice and shaded' purple blos-som.". Green wicker furniture upholste: ed-if the fresh chintzy cushion can have so stuffy a llame~with green ,:nd yellow c:-etollne, is. among the ~leanest looking of ..\.'a.m we<lther ftunishings. 1Iiss Jane Addams takes especial p'ride in showing Hull House visitors the old dining room f.urnitlce which was presellt at the discussion in which the settlement W<lSo:-ig-i-nally started. There is a Difference·· LeI us tell you. .Ask for Catalogue No 135. When you buy Eccenlrlc Clamps specify COLT'S BATAVIA CLAMP COMPANY 45 Center St•• BATAVIA. N. Y. '- . The Importance of Well Kept Factory Grounds. The beautifying of factory 'grounds ordinarily unsightly with· piles of lumber, and various odds and ends is getting to be a matter deserving of more attention. - Nor.only does it put ·the workmen in good fettle, but it becomes a matter of comment, and favorable mention of that sort cannot hurt and may help business. The factory wl~ich gives attention to general appearances isyery apt to be con-sidered one which also gives attention to well made goods. Some factories encourage noon sports among the work-mcn, furnishing a ball field, if suchbeavailabre_ It certain-ty helps along the good will between men and their employers. The G_'and Rapids Chair company are well advanced in this respect, a large area in front of the factory being well kept in grass and flower beds. Bk:ycle sheds arc provided for those who ride, and there is a general air among th.e men of being looked after. The factory of Innis,Pea~'ce and company of Rushville, Ind., is a good inst.ance of fine taste and artistic appearance. In front of the factory is a well kept lawn sloping down to a small banked pond. The area . s provided with shade trees, rustic seats and summer houses. The factory, which is a fine looking one, presents a striking appearance in connection with these tasty su,rou'ndings. As arnIe, city factori~s, from lack of space" have little opportunity to do much In this line, but there are numer-ous establishments around the smaller towns whose general surroundings could be improved, and it will not be lost labor hy any means. Supply mell, t:-avelers, and occ<lsionalbuy-ers note it, and <lny mcntion of a factory ill that connection is a help. Antique Furniture Fac~ories Busy; The oak furniture factories in Yorkshire'and Belgium are now working overtime turning out treasures for Ameri-can miilionaires. Of these, the most popular tilii seasoil is the chair in which King Charles 1. sat during his trial by Parliament. Three thousand of these chair-shave been made <lnd sold already. A native rndian ruler owns a musical bed. The weight of the body sets the works in motion, and its plays half an hour, while life-sized figures of G:-ecian maidens at its head and foot finger string-ed instruments. Fans are waved by a concealed motor, which keeps them gOillg the whole night long. Buyers of Furniture DO YOU WANT IT? WE HAVE PUBLISHED THE LIST FOR JUNE. 1906. WRITE US. MICHIGAN ARTISAN co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 27 LIGNINE CARVINGS Unbreakable Perfect reproduction of hand carvings. Full depth of grain. Will not chip, crack uor shrink. Stronger than wood. Are applied the same as wood carvings by nailing aud glueing; no heating or steaming. Finished with filler or stain. Will help sell your goods. Samples furnished prove all we claim for LIGNINE. Send today for samples. You can well afford to use carvings at LIGNINE prices. Write for prices, catalogue showing designs of heads, scrolls, claws, etc. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO., Fort and Twelth St,., DETROIT, MICH. auxiliary, serving only to keep the jaws together when the wrench is used with the jaw side up. Under ordinary COll-ditions the weight of the jaws tends to keep them closed. There are no sllding parts and no loose, shackly joints. All the joints are pivot bearings, and the strain at these points is a shear strain on the rivets. There are no nuts or screws to adjust, so that no time is lost in changing from one size of pipe to another. All that is necessary to attach it is to b:-ing the outer jaw against the pipe and apply pressure. Automatic Wrench. The evolutions of the monkey wrench has of latc years been a subject of no little interest to mechanics and ma-chinists of all kinds. It is evident t\lat the day of the clumsy old implement which first bore this name is passed, and that in the future the machinist is to have a much more efficient assistant in the wrench line than ever before. The invento s who have specialized on wrenches seem to have taken the human hand as the model for their experiments, and they have at last produced ;L tool which in its operation and ac-compllshm(', nts is about as human as anything made of steel can be. In outline the new wrench is not at all unlike the hand, the article to be grasped heing held securely by two jaws, one of which fairly well represents the thumb, and the other the partly closed fingers. The fore-arm is represented by the handle, and a couple of inconspicuous joints and a spring imitates almost perfectly the human ,,,,-rist. In this new wrench thclc are th~·ce separate levers, compounded, and so arranged that the pO'wer applied to the handle is tran-smitted through the jaws in a tangential direction to the pipe. Hencc the power is applied in a wringing manne' similiar to that exerted by the hand. The spring is merely Glue Warmer. An article particularly of service to furniture makcrs and wood workers in general is a new style of glue warmer, ar-ranged to be connected to steam and over-flow pipes at the benches of the workmen. Tt is supplied with an extended apron to rC;lch over the edge of the bench, thus enabling thc worker to keep his be.nch c1ean and free from glue, wlth a glue faucet to enable the user to withdraw all of the glue at any time, thus keeping the warmer in a cle~n condition. It is furnished with lids when so ordered, that will enable the user to keep his glue in first class condition indcfinit,ely. 28 ~M.1frIG.7fN These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war- . "rant every" blade. We also tatty a full sto<:k of BeveJed Back Scroll Saw's', any length and gauge. Write us for Prloe Lht atlld dl_oount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS 10uis babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. . .. ' GRAND RAPIDS, MICHiGA~.'~~7:'~C:~ '..;:.,,- Citizens' Telephone li02. Jlnrnown PAnrl AnDvrnrtK conPAnl ,(Incorporated) M"DUf~cturei'8' i:)f VeneC;;red Panels and Table Tops La.rd.at Stock or Veii6er'8' MAHOGANY, QUARTERED OAK. WALMUT~ 61R.D·S.EYItMAPLE. CURLY BIRCH,.P'LAINOAK PLAIN IUR.CH, MAPLE, CROSS 'BANDING The Best Workmanship and Finish Office, 50..58 Steele Street. Jamestown, N...Y.. Two Large Factories: Jamestown, N. V. Ashville. N. V. Get OUf Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. WEATHERLY CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. L COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog, and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Meritkm: MiChigan Artisa~. gs:cds all hand screw clamps in adaptation to work, i::onVenlence of bandlifig and quick action. Especially adapted to Veneer.nll: rlinellfti" ltnd all wOrk req'Uiring long-broad jaw, 45 Cenler 51. BATAVIA, N. Y. '~.. Cabinet "ard\liare and Tools £tc .. lJpholstered Goods l-laDdsomett .Pull on Ihe Mar~ fix'lhe Money Write for prices and Sample JOHN DUER &. SOlS BALTIMORE. MD. Correspondence Solicited IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISlNG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores send tor Catalogue and Priees. KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1061 Nl.th St.. Council Bluffs. la. Kimball Elevator Co .• 3t3 Prospect St., Cleveland,O.; l0811th St., Omaha, Neb.; ]2(1 Cedar St., New York City. WHITE PRINTING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH WE PR11',1T THE: MI'CHIOAN ARTIS"-H. ""'NO MAK~ A ""PECIAL.T ... ·OF" CATAI.OOUES FOR THE rVRNITI,JRE TRAO&. "FLOWERY BEDS OF EASE" MODIFIED MISSION 29 , _._~~---'-~-~-' 30 Safety Gates for Elevators. Before placing orders for freight elevator safety gates anti (ire doors, there are a 11tllnber of impo:tant points to consider in addition to the probable cost, Among these essential features are: Reliability of the equipment, ease of opera-tion, simplicity and durability. The. Richmond Safety Gate company of Richmond, Ind., <.Ireengaged exclusively in the manufacture of these special appliances and desire to remind those interested that fifteen yea~s' experience and a thorough knowledge of the b.usiness are at - their dispo:'>aL The elevator safety gates and fire doors mal111factu~ed by this company are so 'Well and fa,":o"ab- 1y known that many architects specify Richmond appliances exclusively. The products of this company are a standard for excellence and mechanical perfection. Among the best kJlOwn devic.es are the Zeller and Columbia safety gates .. the Underw. iters' gravity fire door, the Richmond horizontal t--oHey door, and Richmond counter balanced iron door. In addit'on to. the above they also manufacture standard tin cl;~d fire doo~s and shutters with fixtures complete and arc prepared to fnrnish estimates on any class of equipment desire'd. Anyone contemplating the purchase of safety gates and fire doors arc invited to correspond with this firm and a,e assured of courteous t--eatment and prompt service. Mistakes in the Application of Wax Fb.ish. Of the many errors which occur in wood finishing t' c most frequent to come under the observation of the Adams & Elting Co., is in the application of wax finishes. The)' find that a great many finishers heat the specially prepa ed waxes and apply them with a brush. This, of course, leave,s an excess of wax on the surface, which will have a cloudy. grayish appearance after the work is finished. Another error frequently made by finishers is in the use of :soft waxes, such as bees wax, paraffine, etc. \\raxes of this kind do not dry ha--d consequently will not take a high polish and stand the wea;· and tear as do the specially prepared waxes. To obtain the best results with wax finishes, a good, specially prepa,ed wax should be used, applying it very thin ;md evenly with <l soft cloth. This should dry at least twenty or twenty-five min-ntes and then be rubbed briskly until a velvety-like 'lustre is produced, Tbe best results arc assured when the Adams & Elting company's Ad-el-ite wax finish is used. AfHicted With a Poor Memory. A salesman of mill wright snpplies is afflicted with a poor memory. Many times he is at an utter loss to remember names and faces."I \-vas going by a trolley from Saginaw to Bay City .. when a young. well dressed IUan came and sat down beside me and asked questions about the co ·reet ropes to use and so on. I sat there and suffered, trying to remember where I had seen 11imand when. Finally he made a remark about the superintendent of the factory, r had visited that day and then r knew who he was, Many times I meet well dressed men in the hotels after working hours whom I can't remember at first but finally discover them to be factory men I have done business with that day but whose changed ap-pearance from factory clothes to other and better ones made them unrecognizable. I have, though, a list of seven hundcrd people whom I know well enough to caH by name and I ought to know fifteen hundred others, who are also my cust0I11ers." McAllister & Mohler of Columbus, Ohio, are remodelling the entire rear of their store. It is already one of the fin-est furnitu~e stores in America, presenting a beautiful ap-pearance on entering, and the alterations -will make it equally so througllOut, L Modem Resaw for Furniture· Factories. The makers of this machinc claim th<lt by mounting the upper wheel directly upon a JleiH'Y up:-ight column, vibration is practically eliminated and the speed is inceascd nearly two·fol<l..6ver most other styles of resaws. This method of construction in connection with the patent straining device for the top wheel, insures the steadiest pos-sible rUllning as the bhlde is kept uniformly taut all thc time and entirely protected hom sudden strains and vibrations, The feed rolls open to receive any materiall1p to eight inches thick and twenty-four inches wide. They are self-centering and have a special device for reducing thick lumber into picture backing, panels, etc., the outside :ol1s being moved to and from the saw. A quadrant divided to eighths -of an inch gauges the space most accu~ately. Three speeds pffced are regularly furnished, fifteen, thirty and fifty feet peti1)in-ute, but for certain work a faster feed is permitted. The rolls may be tilted twelve degrees for 'sawing at an angle. This machine is built by the J. A. Fay & Egan company, 505-525vVest Front street, Cincinnati, Ohio, to whom an re-quests for circulars should be sent. They will gladly fur-nish complete details of this or any other modern machine on request. Cock Chest.: A useful novelty for campers and others consists of a frame box of wood or metal, a g(anite vessel or pot of standard size and a secret non-conductive filling agency_ The ehest is mani.lfactured in different sizes and with one or mor~ compartments. Food is brought t~ a strong boil in the kettle over a gas or coal range and the kettle tIlen trans- '{erred to -the chest, where it is closed with an airtight cov-er and left until ready to serve, during which time the heat is maintained and the cooking continues, Experiments are cited of food brought to a boiling point over an open fire in the evening, placed in the cook chest and served hot the fol-lowing noon. The chest fills an important place in a camp-ing or outing outfit. Claim is made that food cooked in'the chest retains its whole strength, taste and nourishment and that a saving in the fuel bill of 75 per cent, as well as great economy of time in watching and stirring food,is effected. ESTABLISHED 1880 PU.Il ..ISIolECieY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOTIol AND 2!1TIol OF EACH MONTH OFFICE -2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTEIlEO AS MATTEI! OF THE SECO"D CLASS \\-hell goods rnovc slowly manufacture s are prone to at-tribute the cause to overproduction. When the price of cot-ton ill the south or corn in the west is low, the growc:-s of those staples resort to the use of lire for the purpos('. of re-moving the surplus. \Vhen the out)ut of diamonds in South Africa is ut1usually large, the diamond trust closes down one or more of the mines and locks up thc surplus stock in their vaults in London. It has never occurred to the manufactur-ers of fnrnitui'e that a way might be found for disposing of their surplus stocks without cutting prices. By co-operation, the markets abroad might be opened to receive tb. S111"- P;llS or it might he stored t11ltil such time 2S it is nccJ-eel. If either of these plans, the COnS\Y11\113t\On of WhlCll might be affcct~d through organizafon, shall not be dcemed practical. the remcdy ,:dopted hy the pi2110 makers when the.:.: found the markets glutted with old instruments and new pnes of small value, remains tor conside: atioll. T. o~1sallds of instruments were assembled and the toreh applied. The crackling of the burning pine and mahogany cleared the mar-kets of a great deal of rubbish. Secoud hand furniture might be gathered and disposed of by th:;:: same means. The cost of the old stuff might be added to the price for the new, ",,,hich the people, perforcc by nece:.;sity, would buy. The:·c are other ways for doing things than the ways that arc fol-lowed, aud the foregoing is offend for t e purpose of in-ducing the trade to endeavor to frce ibelf Lom the old ways and to take up v,rays that are better. r I I .I\lr. Albert Stickley of the Stickley Brothers company, Grand Rapids, who studies the markets diligently, observed recently that demands for better tbings ill house furnishings which are supplied from year to year ,He created because of the education the pcople havc acquired in recent years in art and utility. wftle Americans are the most prosperons people all earth," 1\.'lr. Stickley ramarkcd, "and they arc making good use of their mOllCY. They travel everywhere, and nothing of practical value escapes their attention. In. the commercial :tlld a: t centers of the old world they filHl better things in the line of household furnishings and personal ndorn111cnt than they have bccn able to obtain at home, and upon their return to America, their minds elLic·hed by study and the exper iences afforded during their ahsence, they dem:md of the mer· chants goods more :n kcc"ing w;th th(',\r cnltH'"e and n1eall~ for obtaining the same. The merchant is ever conservative. He always holds the middle ground in thc p:-ocession. The keen witted Inanufacturer, knowing what the people will want, is ahvays husily at Vv'ork improving his line, knowing full well that the people will compel the merchant to buy the new and better things." In view of these fads, it is evi-dent that the prosperity that cnables thousands to go abroad for the improvement of their minds. is widely diffused. R. J. Ferris, of the Royal Furniture company, while con-ducting a cLlstome-:s throug·h the company's exhib:t. engaged in a discll-~si()n of the uses of mirrors upon sid'--,hoa:-ds "Sheraton alld the old English cabinet makers, constructed thei - sideboa:-Js without mirrors," he remarked. Thc glasses -wen::: added long- after the old master cabinet makers had passeL! alvay. \Ve furnish thes~ pieces with or without mir-rr, rs, and I-ind tb;\t more of the latter are demanded than the forl11er." The visitor studied the line carefully and C0111- p,\re~l the pieces su:·mounted by the high backs containing mirror plates with those with backs rising but a few inches above the tops of the case. "To my mind,' he remarked, "lIle cases without mirrors are preferable. All that is gained by the addition of the mirrors is height, and that is not de-si able in a line like this." The educated and refined people wi\\ approve the t3ste of that dealer. To make the grcatest success in his line of work and busi-ness, the entrxprising manufaetur~r sl~otl1d at all times try tu keep in touch with every influence that will tend to help him in that work. Too much trade knowledge can hardly be acquired. \Vhen one has arrived at t~eknow·it-all stage it is about time to put up the ~hutters. Try to get a place ill the front rank and stay there. Don't be an "also ran." Remember, there's always plenty of room at the top for the hustrer. Tht: solution of the mid-summer opening question seems tl) have settled down to an understanding that the manufac~ tmers -who desire to sell the heavy buye,s from the east must ll<IVC their goods re<:ldy to show in the exposition buildings ea:·ly. Those who do not care to deal with the buyers from. that section will open on July 1. It is quite evident that the buyers representing the I'-big" merchants of the great cities of the east have fixed the early openings of the mid-summer selling se,lsons in HIe west~ 11 markets, and that thLy are not disposed to concede any part of lhc vantage g;·ound in respect to the openings. The Colorado supreme court, by a unan~tnous opinion, has upheld the constitutionalty of the employers' liability act, passed by the Legislature in 1901. It mah~s an employer liable ror the death of all employe by an accidcnt, even jf it is caused by the negligence of a co-employe. I '·fJi;perity in all brallches of indust-y is assured fOT the remainder of the year. Everything that goes for making the people happy and contented is provided by the munificence of 1\Jother Earth. and there is rejoicing thro1tshottt the hmd. The higher prices asked for furniture did not unfavorably affect the buying. ulated the markets. and kindred goods The advance stim- Experiment on Sulphur Process to Fill Pores of Wood. The faculty of wood to withstand atmospheric pressure is so small, compared with its mechanical resistance, that a close study of new systems aiming at its preservation is of great interest industrially. All wood preservative methods now employed are defec-tive, in that they make use of solutions, the evaporative na-ture of which makes their action upon the wood effectual only ror a certain time. The new method in question, goes furth-er and utilizes a fixed bcidy ,vhich becomes solid upon being llbtilled into the pores of the wood. This substance is sul-phur. the physical properties of which offer interesting ad-vantages, being fusible at about 115 degrees, a temperature which the wood c.an support without any perceptible change. The sulphur is applied in liquid form, and in hardening com-pletely fills up all the interstices of the fibrous tissue. Although sulphur oxidates easily if subjected to a high temperature at a medium temperature it remains impassive. resisting· not only the influence of water but also that of acitb, concentrated nr diluted, and alkaline solutious, if eo~~ ~ /~/ -- ·§'~MI9«HIG7J-N "Rotary Style,. for Drop earn.111l1.Emboaecl MouldiDIlI. Pane1t, Etc, EMBOSSING and OROP C4RVlNG M4CniNES Maehines for all pUl'»OSe8, audlal prieetl withia tkreach of all. Every Machine w our guarantee !l~aiD6tbteakas:e for one year. "Lateral Style" for Lafi;e Capacity Heavy Caninlll and Deep Emboainlf$. We have the Machine you want at ill satiJactory price. Write for descriptive cireu1an. Also make diea for all makes of Madrinee. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind. Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southem Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locationsfof Furniture) Chair and other Woodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is: ~xtended to all who use wood in their plants to w.rite about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. Y. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Allent. WASHINGTON. D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent. M. A. HAYS. AGent, 622 Chemical Building. St. Louis. Mo. 228 Dearborn St., ChicaaG. III FOX~lSJ\.W SMOOTHEST GR.OOVES DADO UEADS QREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT FAST~ST CUT Also MachiD.e KniveJ'. Mlter Machines, Etc. LEAST POWER LEAST TROUBLE LONQEST L1FE PERFECT SAFETY We'll gladly teU .,ou all about It. PHRMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHlNf:. CO. 185 N. Fl'Ont Street. Gl'aDd R.aplds, Mlch Richmond Safety Gate Co. RICHMOND, INDIANA C1I Manufacturers Exclusively of Automatic Elevator Gates, Automatic Hatch-way Doors, Underwriters' Gravity Fire Doors, Rieh-m0 n d Counterbalanced Ir 0 n Doors, Richmond Horizontal Trolley Doon, Automatic Division Wall Doors and Shutters. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WI1ITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required. and kind of figure preferred, HOFFMAN BROTUERS co. Fort Wayne Indian ... , There's a Great Day ==Coming== f, for manufacturers who may desire to extend their business. NINETEEN THOUSAND DEALERS will receive the Special Mercantile Edition of the Micnigan Artisan. IT WILL BE READY FOR THE MAILS SOON . .._----- -----------_ .._------ ----- WRITE FOR RATES AND SPACE AT ONCE. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. F .L rt:~·,rI 34 American Furniture Wanted in Mauritius Island. L'nitcd States Consul Theoc1os:us Botkin writes from Port Louis on the island of :\huritius asking for descripti\'<..' catalogtleS and price lists of household, school and office fur-niture. A New York liml ~old the only American goods on the island, but it was t1.imsy stuff and .Me Botkin says that "Cwadian IUl"nitun' will donbt!ess be purchased in fut-ure ill preference to American unless a better quality d goods is forthcoming. The ::\ew York jobber recommends the purchase of the Canadian product and they also demand. ill addition to their- commission iroll1 the lll<llltlfactt1l"er, a eom-mission lof 2y; per cent from the purchaser. [t is under-stood, of course, that t1h' jobber is not in business for his IYcalth; hut when he is paid a commission to sell goods for the manufacturer, or makes his llrot-lt on the goods sold, I would respectfully suggest that his exaction of a like com-mission from the purchaser is carrying that 'business' too far. And when he informs his foreign customer that in- Lerest at six per cent will be charg-ed Oil the amount of the purchase for the pcriod elapsing between the date of ship-ment and the arrival of the remittance in Nw York, an utter disregard is given for foreign trade. "o'\l1oth('-1"question that strongly concerns these local deal- ...r.s relates to the time and manner of payment. In conver-sation with one of them he said that he objected to being-cempellcd to send a draft v",ith ally order he might give, bUL preferred thirty and sixty days after· the tlfi"ival of the goods and could furnish good banking assurance that drafts tlpon him would be h01lOred. It seems that the banks here sdl no American exchange and all tnlllsactiolls would have to he cH;·ied tllrough Londnl1, unless our Amcrican bankers W:RITE EITHER OFFICE. Branc:.h: Memphis, Tenn. Main Office: Cincinnati.Oa VIlesell on Katiollal Hardwood Lumber Association inspection onl~'. Bennett &. Witte MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBE.R For Furniture Mfrs.. Car Bunder. and Carriage Trade. Plain and l Wh't d R d 0 u J Plain.nd Qllartered I I e an e 8I'i.! Quartered RED and SAP GUM Poplar. Cottonwood. Ash. Elm and Chestnut. A Full Line of Southern Hardwoods. Export and Domestic. will place thernselves in touch \vlth the ballks here. \vhich are safe and strong anu have London backing. "Tf AmericlIIs arc to build up and hold a trade in this island our flimsy wares mll:.;t be kept at home and only ser-viceable goods sent here. In this cOl1lwction I again urge the establishment of an American supply stclre here, for its presence ,yould effectiyely remedy Sl1C~ evils as the above." Cotton Mills in Japan. Consul Shart) 11111lter.\vriting from Kobe, says that raw cottOll forms the largest single item of import into Japan, its manufHcture being- also the most important industry. He continnes: "Japan having seen th~\t Great Britain, though not a cot-ton producing country, spins and weaves that staple for about fifty per cent of the people of the world, and having seen that many of the conditions in the two countries are parall'e{ no doubt wishes to profit by the example of her prosperous .:.:l.1ly. Thus cotton mills have been eseahlished thmughout l 7I:R- 'T' I oJ' AL"'J 1 7 e *ri this C0111ltry.more p;l\-ticularly in the I'_oile district, anQ ,in these American and other cottons are transformed by cheap labor illto fabrics which not only go toward supplying the home demand, but in certain lines a: e also largely exported. ;'The quality of the cotton imported is mostly middling ;llId infe-rior. of which the greater part comes from British BUILT UP STOCK Advertiser will contract to furnish anythin g in this line; also will contract cabinet work. Address "Y," 1019 W• .27lh SI., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. India, America, and China, in the order nam(~d, while Egypt supplies the relatively small amount I cqui.-ecl for tht~ higher grade yarns. Yarn for home cOnStllllption is composed al-most entirely of American cotton. but ili tb,;t for export it is mixed with others to the extent of from ten to twenty per cent. "Formerly the 111:lchinc~lIsed~hcl11d aud foot power gins -\Ve:l~ imported from China, but now the Japanese are re producing them of better quality and at a much lower figure. and nllt only supply their own market, hut are also exporting them largely to Chill a and other Asiatic countries. The foot gin is 011e foot two inches wiue and sells for $11.95; the hand gin is three v./itk and sells for $23.90. "The Dutch C011S111 at Kohl', seeing that over fifty per cent of the cotton imported here comes Lorn British India, while :\etherlands India. p.-oducing the same grade. contribute's ouly <:1 small quantity of unginned, has had the machines mentioned photographed, copies of which he has sent to his cotnifrymen in the Dutch colonies with the view of indu'cing the people to adopt their u::>!:b.',elieving that thereby Nether-lands India can very largely illcrease her exports of raw cot-tnn to the J apallese markets." He Did Not Succeed Because- He tried to do everything himself. He did not know ho"" to advertise. a He did not keep up with th(~ times. He tried to save by hiring cheap help. His work could not be depended upon. ~e looked upon system as useless red t<lpe. He strangled his progress by cheeseparing economy. He did not 'have the ability to multiply himself in others. He did not think it worth while to look after little things. He never lenrned that it is tbe liberal policy that wins in business building. His first success made him overconfident. and he -got a "swelled head." D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phone CaluDJet 709. 1414-1416 Wabash Ave•• CHICAGO SATISFACTION GUARANTEED . 1 M I CHI G 7Ii"J" *"If t\ 7I.R..T 1.5' JI.l"J +k4 j $ ,..,M THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON &: OWEN, Counsel The LYON Furniture Agency THE STANDARD R£.ffiRENCE. BOOK CAPITAL. CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLE.ARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE. CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT P. LYON, .General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY RELIABLY Miscellaneous Advertisements, WANTJ1:II-P(1joJitlou By {,)\'eman of cabind and machine rooms. ~ightccn ~'ears expel"ien(':~(In. mediunl anct fine bedroom and dining room furniture jn Grand Rapills. ,'u1(11''''''$ ":0;," ean' of Miclli- -gan Artisan. 7-ll:l-H ~~------_.._----.-----~._---- n'ANTEH---FIlr('\l'll
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182. Michigan Artisan; 1906-12-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ( Twenty_seyenth Year-No. 11 DECEMBER 10. 1906 Semi-Monthl,. SANDED AND POLISHED TO A HIGH FINISH BY UNIVERSAL SAND BELT MACHINE G H R I E G A H T P ,~,' S 0 P L '.~ E I ; E S )~ 0 H , ,1 ·4,l Ail for Ask/,r ~ Catalogue Ctlt(J/~gtie uE" "E" ·1 WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, pg A GREENSBORO, N. C. Voluntary Letter of Praise J. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO. PIANO CASES, BACKS, BRIDGES. Md STOOLS. Cortland. New York. Oct. 24th, 1906. Gillette Roller Bearing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dear Sirs:__Replying to yours of October 17th. your trucks are certainly O. K. One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other truck.s it takes three men. We give trucks very hard usage and the other makes are continually breaking. As fll$t as they break. we propose not 10 repair them. but 'plIt them in the junk heap anti replace them with your make. Meantime, the trucks we have recendy received from an-o\. hel concern are for sale at half what they cost us. You may enter our order for six dozen to come at the rate of a dozen. a month. Thi~ will take care of the breakage and in lime we will have Ihem all replaced. Before this order is filled we will probably give you another one as we have no doubt as we use your trucks more, we will decide that we cannot a60rd to keep the old ones, and wi!! find this way 100 slow a process of replacing the ones we have. Very huly yours, j. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO.• [);ctaled J. E. D. J. E, Davis, Pres. ' Truck Frames Steel or Wood---your choice. WHEELER'S - ...- PATENT WOOD FILLER Forms a permanent foundation. Brings out the full life-and beauty of ,tM wood. GOb furtber ami saves labOT and material, hence ch.eaper that! other fillers. Tile Bridoel'ort Wood Finisbing Co•• Np- MilfOrd. Conn.; 66 Fulton St .. New York; 70 W, Lake St. ChleauQ; 41-43 SOut\\. 3rd St•• Phlla. delphia: 48 Cornliill, Boston. . - '" r--------~--- ---- lI r II' Three Vital Principles Underlie the Manufacture of ======== Andrews' Polishing Varnishes CHICAGO WORKS AMERICAN WORKS NEW YORK-BUFFALO-CHICAGO BUFFALO WORKS FOREIGN WORKS LONDON-PARIS-HAMBURG NEW YORK WORKS SECOND: They are the result of an experi-ence of over half a century in the manu-facture of fine Varnishes. THIRD: They are thoroughly aged and test-ed before being placed on the market, • therehy guaranteeing to the ner absolute uniformity and constancy of quality. FIRST: They are produced from the best raw materials obtainable. Andrews' Polishing Varnishes should not be confused with the ordinary Polishing Varnishes on the market. They are made on different principles and produce results not obtainable by auy other line. They please the finisher because they work and rub easily and do not sweat. They please the manu-facturer because they harden up quickly so that work can be put through with dispatch, and at the same time they are proof against water and will positively not check or crack. In addition, they produce a beautiful, full, polish which holds. These results could not be obtain· ed were it not for our peculiar system of manufacture througb which all our Var· nishes are purified, thus overcoming all tendency to cloud or bloom. ff vou are not at present usin/('Andrews' PolishingVarnishesdrop us a line at any of our factories and we wil11i.aveOl1e of our representatives call and see you. ==- Pratt 8 Lambert VARNISH MAKERS New York London Buffalo Paris - Chicago Hamburg --- ----------------- 1 SPARTAN LIQUID EARLY SURFACER ENGLISH OAK SPARTAN S;'rAIN No. 380 The most talked of and most sought after Dark Oak Finish on the market. A PRACTICAL AND PERFECT STAIN THIS Surfacer is made with a perfectly transparent pigment. It will not cloud any finish. It flows out and works as easy as a polishing varnish, and lays so close and smooth to the wood that it requires very little sanding. It is being more and more appreciated as A PERFECT FOUNDATION FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK Write us for Ten One-Gallon Ideal Buckets at the Barrel Price. The Marietta Paint & Color Co., MARIETTA, OHIO Yel'wer rreS~!il, flll Itlnds llnd sizeN, Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World H:mf1 Feed Glueiug l\oIacbine (Pllt. pending.) Eight styles and sizes. Wood-Working Machinery - .:..-------- and Supplies P~we1' :l'eed Glue Spreading Machine, (Patent applied fu}".) Single, Double and Combination. LET US KNOW YOUR WAN'I'S 419-421 E. Eighth Sf. CHAS. E. fRANCIS &. BRO..8 CINCINNATI. O. Do You Want Something Original? Ko. 6 Glue Hea,ter. The Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING White Printing Co. 2 to 20 Lyon Street GRANDRAPIDS. MICH. r---- - - 2 .. l - .- - -- ~~ ~- ----------------- 2 7th Year-No. I I. BOOKS ON FURNITURE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DECEMBER 10, 1906. =-==-====:=.:= A Rare Illustrated Volume Recently ,Added to the Grand Rapids Public Library. Vhth a view of pleasing their constituents by furnishing valuable information for designers, manufacturers, and others interested, the library authorities of Grand Rapids, 11kh" for the past fev\' years, have been buying books on furniture, the clty's most extensive and most important industry. They have succeeded in obtaining a large number of books written by authorities on the various de_partments and pro~esses in the furniture indtl.stry~ hut most of them are in foreign lan-guages and devoted to technical affairs, maklng them of little use to any except students and experts, Recently, how~ ever, a volume has been added that will be of interest not only to designers but to all connected with the furniture in-dustry and to many others. The book referred to is in the reference department of the library. It's cata~c.gue number JS i~;-1-9. i.\Lli It's title is "Specimens of Antique Furniture and \Voodwork'.' It was written and illustrated by Arthur 1Iarsllall, an Engli"h arch-itect, copyrighted in 1888 and published by \V_ H. Allen & Co,. London, wtth printing. and photo-lithographing by R. T. I Mountcney, of Nottingham, England. It is dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Loui"e, Marchioness of Lornc, to whom the author ackJlOwledges his obligations. for favor!'. and encouragement. Thc purpose of the book as stated by the author ,vas to "bring out and illustrate .authentic specimens of antique carved furniture aml woodwork, dating from the fifteenth to the eighteellth centuries, at present in the possession of pri-vate collectors and from such other sources as are accessible only to the few." The book was published only for subscribers of whom there were 69, one. of them taking 5 copies, two taking two and 66 taking one copy each, only 75 copies being prlnted. Last spring Olle copy W:-iS listed in Bumpus' cat.alogue of second hand books by Stevens & BrovvI1 of London and was immediately ordered for the Grand Rapids library, at a cost of £3 l5s-abol1t $18.75. It W.lS received in time to be in-cluded in the November additions to the catalogue and is believed to he the only copy in an America!l library. The' book does not contain any great amount of. reading matter. The ellgravings, with notes or short explanations fot'"m the great feature of the volume. The pages are 14 x 20 inches in size and fifty of tht',l11 are. devoted to pictures of furniture, etc., the specimens being from 100 to 350 years old. The illustrations, include bedsteads, eabil1ets, chair:", chests, desks, doors, mausoleum screens, "overmalltets," pillars, pulpits, "settles," tables, etc., some of them with de-tailed drawings of parts_ There is also a front view of the "Feathers Inn," LOl1don and a picture of a fireplace in Stoke-say Castle, Sbrops11ire. The best or, at least, most interesting specimcnts of cabi-nets are from Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Oswestry and Stoke-say castte in Shropshire, and from Korth Nottingham, York- $1.00 per Year. shire. A church cabinet, or credence, is a magnificent speci-men of French carving in the fourteenth century .. 1'105t of the chairs represented were found in Derbyshire, one page showing six old chairs from Stafford Castle. One of the most elaborate, and perhaps the most interest-ing, plates shows a bedstead that was found in an old farm house near Skipton, Yorkshire. It is one of the richest specimens of seventeenth century canring now in existence. It has an oaken canopy, panelled nnderneath, supported by the llead-board and two fluted and carved pillars at the foot corners. The latter stand Oll square flat bases, each suppor-ted by four smaH, short, sp1ral or twisted pillars. There are two arched panets in the head-board, separated by an exquis-itely carved rail which forms the door of a little secret cup-board. The bases of the foot-pillars and panels in the foot-board are elaborately carved and numerous secret shelves or slits for hiding money, jewelry, etc., are found in the side rails and other parts of the strllcture. This book will certainly be of illterest to all admirers of carvcd furniture. However it is not the only "carving book" in the Grand Rapids library. Another almost as interesting as Mr. Marshal1\:, volume is entitled "Examples of carv~d Oak andvVoodwork Found in the Houses and Furniture of the Sixteenth and Sev('.nteenth Centuries!' It was written and il1ustr;Jted hy \Villiam Bliss Sanders and publls.hed by THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters Varnishes r------------- -- -- - - - '--- 4 Carvings have been tried and have made good. UNBRfAKABLE is rightly used when applied to LIGNiNf'. Stronger than wood, no waste in your factory. Perfect Reproduction of wood. Write for catalogue and prices. ORN4MENT4l PRODUCTS CO., fort """ Twelfth St •. , DfTROIT, Mien. THE CLASSIFIED WHITE DIRECTORY of the Manufacturers of Furnituret Pianos, Organs, Bedding. Interior Finishes and kindred Trades. Price $5. WHITE PRINTING CO., Grand Rapid., Mic:h.. Bernard Quartich, 15 Picadilly, London. Catalogue number, R. 749-sa 5. Two other books that may be of value to furniture work-ers, have been added to the circulating department of the Grand Rapids library recently. One is entitled "Style in Furniture," by R. D. Benn. It was published in 1904 and CQ\'ers the period from James I to the present time. Cata-logue 1lumber 749.21. The other is "Polishes and Stains for V./oodwork; How to Prepare and Use Them,". by David Denning, 1905. Cata- .logue number 698.11. Table Prices Ten Per Cent Higher. Forty or- fifty furi1iture manufacturers, most of them table makers, met inform'ally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on December -3 to discuss c\1rrent conditions. The meeting was held at the suggestion of fOUf prominent Grand Rapids manufactur-ers. It was not called officially nor at the suggestion or re-quest- of the Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers' Associa-tion, but most of the factories in that city were represented, less than a dozen from other towns bClng present. The visiting members were guests of the Grand Rapids men at luncllcon served at the Morton and in the evening all enjoyed an elaborate dinner at the Hotel Pantlind. After a general exchange of views and social discussion it was de-cined unanimously that the table makers should take action "imi\ar to that takcn by the manufacturers of case goods, the brass bed makers, the spring bed manufacturers and the glass men at their meeting in Chicago recently and agree on an advance of ten per cent in prices, to take effect on January L It was generally conceded that te.n per cent is not enough to cover recent advances in materials, and some wanted to make it twelve and one-half or fifteen per cent, but as the case goods men had fixed their figures at ten per cent it was thought best not to t1)ake a greater raise at present, though it may be necessary to do so before spring or even before the dose of the January selling season. Theory vs. Practice. There was a clash between theory and practice at the re-cent meeting of the Case Goods Manufacturers' Association in Chicago. The modern theory of figuring costs, as ap-proved by experts, was illustrated by applyying it to a dresser that manufacturers lmve been selling for $12. The experts proved beyond a doubt that the cost of the article was more than $12 and that those who had made and sold it at that fig-ure had been doing business at a loss In discussing the matter most of the speakers endorsed t' theory, but an old Gerinan, who had been in the busitl""s for years, and whose chief output consisted of the $12-dre~ser, expressed doubt as to the correctness of the conclusions reached by the experts: "I don't know about that," he said. "I have made those dressers for a good many years. I sold them Just Out of Press, Ready for Delivery. Unbreakable for $12-sometimes for less-and I didn't notice that I was losing money. I didn't have much at first, but now I have my factory, my machinery, my stock, my hame, some bills corning to me and some money in the bank. Now, if I have been losing money all these years. how did I get all my prop-erty? I think somebody must have made a mistake. May be their rules are wrong." The German's remarks are said to have closed the dis~ cussion of the subject. A Rapid Fire Screw Driver. A machine for applying screws at the rate of fifty a min-ute, if necessary, has recently been placed on the market and consists of a hopper connected by a vertical flexible shaft and tube to the driving mechanjsm below. The withdrawal of the bit from each screw as it is driven causes a new screw to drop out of a magazine and fall in line with the bit and also allows a screw to fall from the hopper into the magazine. The use of the intermed~ate magazine was found necessary, as WAXED PAPE.RS For FURNITU~E Prevents varnish from printing. Keeps out moisture. Will not scratch the highest finish. Excellent for wrapping mouldings and green varnished goods. Rolls or sheets. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRJCES, H. P. Smith Paper Company; Sacramento .rIId ClU'ToJlAveatlue_. CHICAGO. the operation of the machine is 50 rapid that too much time would be wasted in waiting for it to drop from the hopper. The screws are caused to revolve at the rate of 1,200 re-volutions a minute by means of a friction drive so adjusted that the screw stops after it llas been driven the required distance. Office Furniture Prices Advanced. Prices on office furniture were materially advanced last spring after the San Francisco disaster, but not enough to cover the advances in the cost of materials, labor:, etc., in the past six months. The manufacturers of office furniture in Grand Rapids, Mich., and vicinity have therefore decided to follow the lead of the case goods men, table makers, chair .manufacturers, etc., and will add ten per cent to present prices on January 1, 1907. ~r;..I9.rIG7}N , News, Notes and Comments. The Spartanburg (South Carolina) mattress works were burned out on Kovember 23. Nuemechek Bros. of Kearney, Nebraska, has sold tllier furniture business to Arthur Robertson. Andreas Martin, for fifty three ycat'S a furniture dealer in DeJial1ce, Ohio, died on Nov. 27, aged 83 years. Fire on Novemher 29 damaged the furniture store and stock of C. N. Tufts, Herrington, Kansas, to the extent of $500 or $600. George L. Lamb, formerly of Goshen, is completing the third addition which he has made to his novelty furniture factory at Nappanee, Ind. The O'Connor-Alten Furniture Company of Columbus, Ohio, has dropped the latter part of its name. It is now the O'Connor Furniture Company. Charles L. Jackson, for thirty years a furniture dealer in Reading, Penn., is scUing out his stock, fixtures, horses and wagons and will retire from business. J. Glaser & Son, furniture dealers of Clinton, Iowa, have sold out to James Buchner and Walter Lane, who are to take possession of stock and store on January L Pratt &" Lambert, varnish makers of New York, Buffalo and Chicago, will hold their annual salesmen' conventiorl at their Buffalo works December 18 ,19 and 20. The Will E. 3.1atber's House Furnishing Company of St. Paul, Minn., suffered a loss of $13,000 by fire all the second and third floors of their store on November 21. The Columbus (Georgia) School Desk Company is erect~ ing a two-story factory building, SO x 150 feet, in which they will install a sprinkler system and the best of machinery. The Huron Manufacturing Company, recently organized at Port Huron, Mich., has built a hctory and is working a force of twelve men on spring beds, etc., at North Port Huron. E. H. 1\.foore of the firm of Pettijohn & I\,foore, furniture dealers, Gallatin, Mo., has sold his interest to Corey Petti-john, a brother of his partner. The firm is new Pettijohn . Bros. The T. VI/. Jones Furniture and Transit Comp<lny of Chicago suffered heavy loss hy the burni11g of their ware-house, 428 Twenty-ninth street on Nov. 27, but were ,veIl in-sured. Will E. Dale, furniture dealer of "\Vashington Court House" Ohio, has added another floor to his store building, making it seven stories which is considered a sky-scraper for that town. 'The Moore-Miller Furniture Company of Louisville, Ky., which began business at Seventeenth and w1a1n streets about a year ago, has just opened an up-town store at 916-18 West 'Market street. One l1Ltndred merchants of. Toledo, Ohio, have been ar-rested charged with violating the child labor law ot that state. Among their number are several heads of department and furniture stores. Oliver Rothert furniture dealer of Atoona, Penn., who was burned Ollt recently, will build a six story block alld resume business on the old site, corner of Twelfth street and Twelfth avenue. Richard Hollzelan who bongllt the furniture stock of Cook & Crain of Lexington, Ind., has vacated the store and moved the stock to some point ill Missouri, where he will open a new store. George A. Findlater, formerly with the Akron Varnish Company, is now with the Blackburn-Nolan Varnish COt11- pany of Cincinnati, Ohio. His office is at 295 Pleasant street, Grand Rapids, Mich - -- ---------------------- - 5 The plant of Berman & Garfinkle, Allentown, Fa., has been sold at sheriff's sale to the Allentown National bank for $2,400. The plant was formerly known as the F. A. Ruhe Furniture VVorks. George D. Gardner has purchased t'he stock of the Focht. man Furniture Company of Petoskey, :~lIlich.,and will continue the business independent of his other store in Petoskey and a branch at Boyne City, Michigan. The Columbus (Georgia) Furniture & Fixtures Com-pany, recently incorporated, has elected the following officers: Prescident, John F. Weathers; vice president, Louis Sim-mons; secretary and treasurer, L. L. Noble. Creditors have :filed a petition in the United States court asking that the BOler Furniture Company of Toledo, Ohio, be declared bankrupt. It is claimed the company committed an act of bankruptcy by securing preferred creditors. Fire starting on the fourth floor of the Day Furniture and Carpet Company's building, in the business center of Peoria, Ill., on November 28, caused damage to the extent of $120,000. The Day Company's stock was destroyed com~ pletely, with the loss fully insured. £. Eo Gatewood, president of the Gallipolis (Ohio) Fur-niture Company, has been missing for a month or more. The affairs of the company, which are not in a satisfactory shape, have been placcrl in the h;lnd~ of Hollis C. J ohoston for in-vestigation and report. The liabilities are estimated at $180,- ueo. Creditors and stockholders have made an agreement to keep the- factory running. Mr. Cramer Will Recover. "Benny" Cramer, the well known varnish salesman, under- ~vent a dangerous surgical operation in a New York hospital and for two weeks the result was exceedingly doubtful. Mr. Cramer has many friends in the furniture business who will be pletsed to learn that he is now assured of recovery. Cabinet Hardware --AND-- Factory Supplies New Enlliand Flint Paper. Barton Garnet Paper. Douhle Faced Flint and Gamet Finishing Paper. Brass Butts. Wroullht Steel Butt •. Cahinet Lock. and Key•. Gold Plated and Gilt Cah-inet Keys. Bench Vise•. Bolts, Wasbers, Zincs. Wood Screw•. Coach Screw •. Liquid Glue, Casters. Upbolsterer' • Tack •• Lal'l!e Head Burlap Tack •. Wire Brads. Standard Nail•. Cement Coated Nail•. Elhow Catche •• Door Catclaes, etc., etc. Our large and complete assortment of general hard ware is at your service. Correspondence solicited. Inquiries fQ~ prices. will receive careful and itnmediate attention. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ------------------------- - - 6 ESTABUSHI!:O 1880 PUBLlSHf:D BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON TH I!. 10TH AN 0 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-Z-20 1..YON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED ~S MATTaR OF THE eECOlllt1 CLAU If the contention of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad officials that the Interstate Commerce Commission has JW jurisdiction over shipments to points in Western Colorado after they have been "transshipped" at Denver, shall be held good, it is easy to see how the rate regulation law can be llul-ifLedto a large extent. All that is necessary is to rcbill the cars at the first station or junction within the state. That wiB rob the national authorities of jurisdiction and the rail-road reaching the final destination may charge what it "\\'ill. If that idea is good, there is nothing in the rate law to pre-vent the granting of rebate-s from any point to another within the same state, and, what is worse, it would seem that con-gress has no authority to amend the law so as to cover snch shipments. The Colorado idea is more fully explained Un-der the heading "A Snag for Rate Regulation" on allother page. If the contention is correct the law may be nullified completely by rebilling cars at each state line. *1* *1* *!* *1* TheannuaJ meeting of the Michigan Vehicle and Imple-ment Dealers' Association was held in Grand Rapids during the first week in December. The proceedings showed that the troubles of tllC members are much like those of the retail furniture dealers. ),.Iail order competition, prison made goods and retailing by manufacturers were the principal top-ics of discussion in both open and executive sessions, and they also placed themselves on record against the proposed parcels post. Thi;;>d,iscussions and the action taken showed that the vell;de and implement uealers are a few years behind the furniture men in dealing with the retailing manufaeturers and prison labor and that they lack confidence in their abiJity to snccessfully eombat the catalolSue houses. *1* "I' *\* *1* \\'hen a shipper orders a car placed for loading and ·fails to load within forty-eight hours, or ..v..hen he receives a car loaded with freight and i,1ils to unload it in forty-eght hour!i he must pay demurrage. Neither weather nor unforeseen conditions arc considered in fixing the amount of the penalty. Then why should the railroads not pay demurrage ".·.h. en they take two weeks to deliver a car that should go through in four days? There is no reason why the rule should not work both ways. *1* *1" *1" *1" The people of Texas will cngage largely.in the propaga-tion of Angora goats, the skins ,of which are used in the fur-niture trade. Nine-tenths of the Angora skins used at pres-ent arc imported. There is room enough in the great south-west for millions of goats and as there is a large margin of profit in the business, there i!i no reason why manufacturers who use kid and goat skins should be obliged to import their supplies. 11<1,* *1* *1* *1'" The result of the proceedings started by the Pacific Coast Lumbermen' Association against the Northern Pacific R.ail-road Company are of great importance and the outcome will be of great interest, not only to lumbermen but to furniture manufacturers and all other shippers. If a railroad charter 71R T 1.5'.7U"J 1 , •• can be forfeited or revoked for failure to furnish cars, car famines will probably be few and far between in the future. *1* *1* "'1* *1* President Roosevelt's demand for laws regulating condi-ti011Sof ehild labor, will be heartily endorsed by all who ear-nestly hope for the welfare and general good of the country. Vv'hile the Presidcnt'~ message was be.ing read in congress, the same sentiments in regard to child labor were expres!ied in the resolutions adopted by the convention of the Cititzens' Industrial Association then in session at Chicago. *j' *j" *j* *1* There is Ol1e man, at least, who does not think that the fines imposed for rebating are inadequate. He is a Kansas City broker who paid a fine of $1,000 for having accepted a rebate of five cents on a shipmel1t of corn. Perhaps the court may have entertained a suspicion that the re-spondent ha<l accepted rebates not mentioned in the indictment. *1* *1* *1* *1,* Again the country has congress on its hands and the par-cels post movement has been revived. Supporters of the bill should not be discouraged. Twelve years were re-quired in which to pass an amendment to the iJ1ter-state com-merce bilt and nearly as many to amend the pure food law. *1* '\' *1* *1* \Vell trained Spanish women learn to handle the sword from their earliest years, a.nd as a result they have admirable figures and an easy walk.-Ex. Well trained American women learn to handle varnish and paint brushes and as a result they have admirable figures in the savings banks. *1111 *1* *1* *1* Dealers, generally, do not exercise that promptlless in re-turning prints of negatives that they should. A number of manufacturers use postal cards especially printed for the pur-pose, in recalling prints loaned to dealers. 1\fuch expense is saved thereby. '1* "I" *1* 'I' The social clubs of Grand Rapids are preparing to royally entertain sojourning furniture- men next month. The prize dng will be closed, but those .",ho would look upon the chicken when he is game will not be disappointed when they go to the suburbs. *'* *j' *'* *j' The manufacturers of tables very sensibly concluded to follow the course of the case makers' association and have advanced prices to cover the enhanced cost of materlals used in their business. *,* *1* *1* *1* A New "Vay (but not a good way) Furniture company has commenced business in Milwaukee. Selling knock down furniture to the public has not proved I'a great snap" by those who have tried it. - *1* *1' *1' "I' Grand Rapids will have another furniture exhibition build-ing ready for occupancy before the fall season of trade opens. It is large and centrally located. *!' *1* '1* *1' "Hurry-up" orders for holiday stock burden the wires. The dealer in most instances generously permits the manufac-turer to pay the tolls. *1* '1* '1* *1* '''Labor is itself a pleasure."-Lt1credus. comes intolerable if followed too closely. But pleasure be- Laborious pleas-ure, as it were. *1* '1* *1* 'I' The adva;,ce in prices on all kinds of furniture will afford pecuniary satisfaction to the commission men. *1* *" *" ,,* A rising market for any commodity usually benefits all who handle it except the consumer. 7 The LYON THE CREDIT 8UREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPER1'ON & OWEN, Counsel Furniture Agency ROBRT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, rnEDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY- REUABLY Care of Cutter Heads of Various Kinds. fbe use of the modern types of cntter heads is so general in woodworking plants of every description that it is not ont of place to emphasize somewhat the importance of keeping the bits in good order. A gage is commoniy furnished by the manufacture to serve as a guide when filing the bit to the proper slant and hook. [f you give the ..:dge of the bit a different slant, you change the relation of the cutting edge and it will 110 longer cut the true shape of the mold. If you increase the hook, that is, the slant from the throat to j Designed by Bernard ZierJeyn, Grand Rapids. Mich. the edge, the bit wilt cut deeper than originally intended and jf yoU diminish the hook, the bit "will cut shallower. The bits should never be filed on the Ollter circle. An eight-inch tapcr or three corner file is the most con-venient size and shape for all sorts of cutters. A half round file, four to six-inch, is useful in filing a\'vay the inside of edge for cope bits, where the very keen edge is necessary to prop-erly cut and form tenons across the grain. The operator ought to have a wooden bench so placed as to afford a good light on the work and fitted either \'v·ith a cutter head grinder or a cutter head filing stand, in order to keep up this work in the best manner. Thee are several types of cutter head grinders manufac-tured, some of which are exclusively for head work, while others have an arhor carrying an outfit of emery wheels of different thicknesscs and shapes to suit all possible require-ments in tool grinding, and even with a saw gtt1l1mcr at-tachment in connection for use if the filing room is not prop-edy cql1ippedwith an automatic sharpener for rip and cross-cut circulars. A good outfit for all purposes is the best kind of an investment in any kind of a plant, and it is remarkable to find how many are depending entirely upin hand fitting of heads. r"fuch attention is now being paid to the matching of hard maple flooring. Because of its close 6brous grain it is es-pecially difficult to produce satisfactorily under rapid feed "with the usual tools. "Matcher heads to~cco111plish this work ought to have many cutters to tp.ke part in the work so as to distribute the cut as finely and evenly as possible between all the cutters around the head. The importance of having each bit do its proportionate part of the work will be obvious 101' the working strain will otherwise come on only one or two of the bits to their disadvantage and the certain produc-tion of poor results. vVhen ordering bits special attention should be given to the matter of temper and order ought to state whether the bits are wanted hard to grind on a cutter head grinder, or of medium temper to nle slowly, etc. You may have a careful man upon whom you depend for the grinding or filing of your wood cutting knives of various kinds, a man who devotes all or much of his time to this class of work. The time he employs on this work and the wage scale paid are of importance, but far less important than the matter of increased output and the quality of the output. 'This fact ~mphasjzes what has been stated above concerning the usc of a machine tool for the grinding instead of hand fil-ing, The principle involved is the same as in that of knife grinding, Noone can file a knife as satisfactorily or accur-ately as it can be ground with an efficient knife grinder, and there is no operator except those who are working in thc most 1in~itfd fashion, that would attempt to get along a day v..·ithout a knife grinder. It is equally important that filing room have a good cutter head or bit grinder and those who are not al-ready equipped in this line, will surely 1111(1 it of advantage to look up wllat the market affords and equip INith something that can be recommended as \vel1 suited for the purpose. John Bates of Hampton, Iowa is closing out his stock and will quit the furniture business. SOMETHING NEW WE have perfected a new GOLDf:N OAK OIL STAIN without the use of asphaltum or acid. This stain is the strongest and most pene~ trating stain on the market. It entirely pt'"ne~ trates the wood. leaving- no surplus on the sur-face to penetrate with the filler. Samples furnished on application. CRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHINC COMPANY 55-159 ELLSWORTH .a.VE.• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH· 8 How They Fool the Antiquarians. Evidently America is 110t the only fool's paradise where the 1:J.oodwinking of collectors of antiquities is a profitable business. Here is a scheme which, according to the Grand 1Jagazine, is true in all its details and is practiced in London: Let the reader imagine he is listening to the en dof an earnest conversation between a dealer of world-wide reputa-tion and one of the latter's most important customers, a man whose bottomless purse is the lodestar of all swindledom. The visitor complains that nothing really fine is to be picked up -nowadays. When he thinks he has at length discovered some ancient piece of funliture in an out of the way farm~ hotlse, he is sure to learn at the last moment that it is not au-thentic and has merely been planted there by some cunning rogue o( \VarJour street or the Rue des Faussaires. "Ah," replies the dealer, looking very sage, "I know at least Olle place where there are still some perfect treasures! Its an old Elizabethan mansion in Slumberingshire, but the owner, all ullmarried lady, nearly 70, though she has barely enough to live upon, absolutely refuses to sell a single article. She ''\1011'teven allow a stranger to enter the house. I mall-aged to get in once by a trick, and I assure you I ''v'as al-most dumfounded at what I saw. The whole place is in identically the same state as it was two hundred years ago." The hook is llOW· baited, hut the dealer, who knows his man, allows several days to ·e!apse. Then he sends a tele-gram: "Just learned that the old lady will be absent from home for a day or two; can bribe servants to. show house." The place is at some distance from London; no matter, off the pair go, only to find on arrival at their destination th8-t by some fatality the O'wner of the house has not gone away after all, so the inspection must perforce be put off. Naturally the colleetor, if he be worth his salt, knows no rest now ulltil allOther opportunity to see the treasures presents itself. B is desire is finally granted, and in company with his lidis_ interested" cicerone he is allowed to run hastily through a few rooms filled with dusty old furniture piled up in picturesque confusion. He is not permitted to make a dose inspection under the pretext that the old lady may return at any moment and that he will nnd 1t difficult to explain his presence. "\\That a terrible pity," sigh both men simultaneously as they hurry away, "that such admirable specimens should re-main here in the dust !!, A month, perhaps two months, pass; then one morning the dealer rushes in breathlessly to his customer's pres-ence. HYou remember the old lady?" W"{es,what ab0l1t her?" I<She is absolutely compelled at last to r<lise some ready money and has consented to sel! me some of her most prec-ious' historical relics." MANUFACTURERS OF" DROP CARVING AND GENERAL EMBOSSING MACHINES Die'S for all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI., LAFAYETTE, IND. l "By Jove, what luck! Buy everything you can for me. must have those things, whatever they cost." \Vhat the confiding millionaire did not know-though he assuredly suspects something of the sort now-is that the Elizabethan mansion was rented by the dealer;· that all it contained was the same personfs property, and that both the carefully trained servants and the "old lady" herself were in his pay. The "Fonetik" Fad. We are redy to folo the leed ofPrezident Ruzcvelt for fonetik"spelling and to mak plane how it wit afect the kemikttl hizness we are spesifying- a few wet known artike1s.in the line Des.iff,n by Henry De Loof, .. Student of the-Grand Rapidl School of Furnitur-e Designing_ so that reeders of "Thingz Kemikul" may se whatz kuming. Aeston, asetik, sitrik asid, fosforic asid, analeen kul-ers, sulfur, zink, fosfat of kalseum, rosin, blu vitrul, ferus amoneum, sulfat, magncshum sulfat, etc. Its ging tu mak Ieterz and documents, in which it is uzed, luk funy until we bekum akustemed tu it, but in the long run it wi! mak speling and riting ezyer for t15 al. Thingz Kemi-kul, tho, will not at onee llse fonetik speling in its reeding pages, at least until pcepul are familur wit.h the nu skeme.~ Things Chemical. Another Point to Remember If you place your announcements in the MERCANTILE EDITIONS of the ARTISA N the.v will be read by DULfRS in fURNITURE and KINDRED GOODS ONLY. UNCERTAINTIES OF BUSINESS. Only One Out of Every Twenty New Ventures Are Really Successful. Five per cent of new lirms starting in business make a Sllccess. The other 9.1 per cent fail. This is a statement startling when first met ""jth. To the business man of Johg and wide experience and the variolls mercantile reporting agencies it is not startling because it is not new. It has been accepted as a fact for so long that it is now only a matter of conrse. But to the worker who contemplates advOlllcing his position and fortune by leaving a sure salaried position and setting lip in business for himself in a small way it is a cir- Bear This Fact •In Mind YOU can present your claims for uade to a larger number of buyers of furni-ture and k.indred goods through the mer· cantile editions of the Michigan Art. isan (mailed to dealers only),than is possi. ble by the use of any other furniture trade paper. Write for rate card. CU111st<lnce to· be considered soberly and carefully before the important move is made. "\Vill I be one of the favored 5 per cent? Or will 1 be numbered among the vast majority, the 95 per cent who fail?" arc questions for all ambitions young workers to consider, says 11artill Arends, in an article on "the craze to be in busi-ness" in the Chicago Tribune. If morc people would ask themselves these questions and think over them earnestly, the list of banrnptcies, defalcations, dishonest dealings, wreck-ed lives and homes and suicides dne to "business troubles" would be much diminished, The rashness \",ith which men rush into business at any opportunity, assuming debts, ob-ligations and duties which they are equipped to hear no more than the schoolboy is equipped to be a teacher, is probably as great a somce of unhappiness and suffering ill the lives of the class which is above need and yet not independent as any cause one might take up. Scarcely a day goes by but in a city of lndnstrial importance some -ill steered commercial bark goes on the rocks of failure with a hopeless crash. Tn the '''lake of the crash there is often a wrecked life, sometimes several of them. This is not to be taken to mean that the vvriter would counsel the young, ambitious man ..v.ith ideas to slick to his salaried position if a favorable opportunity should pre- SCllt itself. On the contrary, in tl,ese columns, '''le have ad-vised such a move under certain conditions. Faint heart never' Wall success. But as statistics show tha~ there are all too many people trying to get into business for themselves. the one contemplating it shoulcl be sure that he has the ex-perience. the idea, and the capital at least to save him. from wreck, if not pull him to success. Each of these three qualifications is as important as the others. Experience is the corner stone upon "hich the structure of a business must be buiit. "Vhile no one can come to a new enterprise with all the experiences necessary to run it smoothly to success, the man beginning in busi-ness is like a lamb among wolves if he lacks experi,~nce. This does not mean that he shalt merely understand his business. It means that he should also have plenty of experience in fI~~Iq;~~~~· dealing with men and t'ith the world in general. Competi~ tion to the edge of battle is the condition of the business world today. Probably I half of the greatest successes of the day owe their pre-emintllce to an ability tv outwit and out-fight competitors. Such ability could not exist without a wide and useful knowle1ge of men and busin.ess life. A man may be able to make 4 good brand of shoeblacking, but if he doesn't know how t~ put it up! advertise it, and present it to the trade and the !pubtie in a manner to make it com-pare favorably with otl~er brands of shoe blacking he has a poor chance of winningj patronage that witt yield him a liv-mg. His shoe polish n~ay be better once it is on a' patron's shoe, but this will avail nothing if other manufacturers get their polish there. ! vVhile experience isi the foundation, it is quite helpless without capital-as hc1~less as capital is without experience. Few new firms are sufficiently equipped in the matter of capital. One of Chica~o's largest manufacturers expresses the average condition ofl beginners in manufacturing as "hold_ ing a $2,000 equity in ai $20,000 place." The new enterprise under this condition hais to carry a load that is practically sure to prove too heavy. The machinery maker of a mort-gagor in six cases out 6f ten is the true Owner of the plant, not the man or men those names arc on the letterhead. \Vhere in many instancb a start with a paid up equipment would end successfully, ~he start when made with only enough for a partial payment qf machinery, etc, ,proves disastrous. The seller of equipment~ wants his payments and his interest every so often or the I~ortgagee wants his interest and his fee for extending a loatt, and this, of course! in addition to the pay roll, the rent, and the other natural costs of operation. , The extra burden top often breaks the back of the firm. Unless the idea upon wrich the business is started is one of phenomenal ,\70rth and ~ossibilities and so will carry its pro-mulgators into instant ifavor without the usual long, tire-some fight against comnetition, etc., existence for the begin-ner becomes a harried qne ·of hurrying and scurrying to get trade, to get in money,! to borrO\v, to raise sufficient funds ill any old way to keep the -pay roll going, tamed bills, and to stave off the mortgagee .. VVith a combination! of these three assets, capital, ex- , perience, and the idea lin the proper quantities, a man is properly equipped for ~n entrance into the business world. 6enn~tt &. Witte MA!fmFACTuRERS OF LlJJM6ER For Furniture Mfrs••Far Sullders aDd Carriage Trade. Plain and f Wh"t ' d D d 0 16 J ptalnand Quartered 1 e !an I"'Irr.e B.n. "I Quartered RED and SAP GUM Poplar, Cottonwood, Ash, Elm and Chestnut. A Full Line of Sou.her~ Hardwoods. Export aDd Domestic. WRITE EITHER OFFICE. Branch: Memphis, Tenn. i Main Office: Cincinnati, O. We sell <m. Nationai1 Hardwood Lumber Association inspection only. \;Vithout them he is noJ, and the chances for anything but failure are so small that ithey cannot even be called a gambl':" ing chance. Ruin in bus~t1ess is a disaster which few recover tram. The papers ehrobic1e suicide on account of business troubles with no great idfrequency. More often they tell the tale of defalcation or dther dishonesty that has been dis-covered. These things ~re wel! worth considering long and seriously before one yiellds to the popular craze for being in business, I 9 EASY MONEY IS MADE B' USING THE ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC BAND SAW SHARPENER MADE BY US There is no need of spending money year after year in having your band saws hand filed, "l;hen by paying us only a little morc th.l.n tht: cost of hand filling one saw for one year you can own an automatic machine that will last a lifetime, and with practically no repairs. Why not write us and find out about it ? We aho miJlle au!omaric hand saw sha"'peners, and autamaric circular saw sharpeners. ROTARY FILE &. MACHINE CO., 579KentAve., BROOKLYN, N. Y. SOUTHERN .QGENTS: AMERICAN MFG. CO" ATLANTA, GA 10 ~MIfaf'HIG7fN Men Who Are Worse Than Demagogues. At the annual convention of the Cititzens' Industrial Asso-ciation, held in Chicago, December 3 anu 4, resolutions were adopted denouncing child labor and favoring the establish~ ment of manual training schools throughout the country, The principal address of the session was delivered by James W. Van Cleve of St. Louis, who rabidly denounced those who oppress or treat their employes unfairly. "Such men," he declared, "are worse citizens than the demagogues whom they condemn." The speakerdeelared that no man despised the agitators and the unW1se; arbitrary, oppressive and tyrannical methods of the Labor unions more than he, "but still," he said, "it must be admitted that they have ac-complished much for the benefit of their members and for labor in general. They have done much that is wicked and wrong, but it must be remembered that if all employers had treated their employes right there would have been no need of labor unions." C. W. Post of Battle Creek, Mich:, was re-elected presi-dent of the organization with F. 'V. Nunemacker of Louis-ville, Ky., and James W. Van Cleve of St. Louis as vice-presidents. The board of directors, or governing board, for the ensuing year is composed of George P. Bennet, Chicago; T. J. Mahoney, Omaha; A. C. Brown, Sioux Falls, and J. V.i. Franks, Peoria, Ill. The convention will be held ill Battle Creek next year. A Snag for Rate Regulation. "The Interstate Commerce Commission has no jurisdiction to regulate the freight rates on our lil1e~, when the rates apply to shipments made from points in the East to points on the ·western slope of the mountail~s in Colorado, for the rcason that the consi::rt1ments are transhipped in Denver. and we carry them from state point to state point. Tile commi5sion has 110authority to interfere with state btlsiness, as state rights demand that the commissions keep their hands off." That is the principal point made in the answer of the Denver & Rio Grande, the Colorado ~Iidlatld and the Colo-rado &: Southern to the petition of the 'Merchants' Traffic Association, demanding that the rates between the eastern and western part of Colorado be equalized. Besides denying the authority of the commission to super-vise their business, the railroads say that the present rates arc "reasonable and just." The main fight, however, is on the question of jurisdiction, as the Colorado roads don't want to come under the rate supervising power of the federal government. Panama Canal, Politics and Railroads. John F. \Vallacc; fdrmerIy chief engineer of the Panama Canal is quoted as saying: "The construction of the Panama Canal as a private enter-prise would be an· easy matter. In fact, many railroad en-gineering feats of a 1110redifficult character than the building of this canal have beep carried to completion in the United States within recent times, but they attracted very little atten-tiOl1. The making of the canal is everybody's job, but with private enterprises there is no politics to contend againsL" Mr, Wallace also denied that railroads are opposed to the canal, and added: HI have not talked to a railroad president or a traffic mana-ger of a railroad who said that he was opposed to the scheme. l\. great many fal5e stories of that tenor have been put into circulatjon for political purposes. There is nothing to all such talk. The transcontinental business will in no way be injured by the building of the canal, and the railroads have no reason to hinder its construction." Long Cars May Go Through. The rule of the Transcontinental Association prohibiting the billing through to the Pacific coast of cars more than forty feet long, has been abolished, to take effect January 1. This is of importance to both eastern and western shippers, The action of the association is expected to help relieve car congestion. The limitation noted has been a source of hard-ship, especially to shippers of furniture. BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishe:s MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE A~PRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES. FINISHED SAMPLES ON REQUEST. BERRY BROTHERS. LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE CHICAGO CANADIAN FACTORY, WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO rlNCINNATI ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO , A Page from Collier's Weekly, CRAFT IN PENNSYL VANINS STATE CAPITAL. 12 SPECIALARTICLESIN FURNITURE ====HARDWARE ==== Door Catches in great variety The Tillotson Toilet Fastener Push Bulton Catches, Wardrobe Rods and Hooks Desk Lid Supports Toilet Hings, Shell Supports, Dowel Pin' Enamel Knobs and Automatic Wood Trimmings Hardware Supply Co.,c;,rand Rap;d.;-Mfdl. THE GRAND RAPIDS PANEL CO. 4.. n. SUERWOOD, Manager Manufactur.r. or ELASTIC GRAINING PLATES GRAINING MACmNES GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICHIGAN. IF YOUWANTTHEBEST fURNITURE P"OTOGRAP"S WRITE M. P. TUiELE &. CO., 242 S. front St., GRAND R4PIOS. Mlell. WHITE PRINTING CO., PRINTERS OF CATALOGUES and. everythi.ng needed. by busi,tle$S men. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. New Factories. Wilson's Automatic MU'15ic--L~aJ-Furniture Company is a new corporation that wili estaBlish a plant in Portland, Oregon. A. J, Kingsley, Margaret White and]. N. Teal have organized the Oregon Chair Coppany at Portland, Or,,:gon They have $75,000 capital. The Oriental Rug and Drugget Company is installing machinery to manufacture reproductions of oricntal rugs and druggets at Manchester, Virgina. A. H. Pettingill, from Calif ofilia is to establish a furni-ture factory and employ 200 hands on a site given him by the business men of Raymond, Wash. Philip Harbach of Des Moines, Iowa, 'w.ill establish a fac-tory in which he will make an improved upholstering device on whch he has recently secured a patent. William Genge, E. F, Bean and David Herman have or-ganized the Inland ~Iattress & 'Upholstering Company at Spokane, Wash. They expect to begin business in Decem-ber. Lincoln, Neb., is to have a new factory to make a patent adjustable window shade. L. K Wettling is the principal prorhoter.$everal state officials are stockholders in the project. B. 0: Jackson, W. W. and H. W. On have organized the Jackson-Orr Company with $5,000 capital stock, all paid in, 'to establish a plant and make beds and mattresses in At-lanta, Georgia. A dispatch from Decatur, Ala., states that the Common Council of that town has offered exemption' from taxation for L SYDNEY J. OSGOOD S. EUGENE OSGOOD OSGOOD & OSGOOD, Architects. F ACTORV CONSTRUCTiON AND D~SIQNINC A SP~C'AL.'TY. GRAND'RAPIDS, MICHlGAN. Michigan Art earvi g Co. ---~-FOR WOOD CARVINGS of all kirtcIs. Mention Michigan Artisan. GRAND RAP~DS, Micb. I ====S!EE=====' West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for mGU GRADE PUNCUES and DIES. saved and' when done leaves are bound (by yOUl""' self) and in~cxedby 800rs or deptllrtm~ts. BARLOGWra~nROSRapid•s•. Mieh. L.. ·_WR;:.:;;,:ITE.I:G::;HTNOW. ,", ! I j, i MIClJlOAN ENORAVlNO CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ENa~AVBRS BY ALL P~OCESSES. . ten years to Kentll<;;kY gentlemen whoVTopos to establish a large chair factory "on a site donated by De atur business men. W. B. Teague, A. E. Lewis, T, D. Harris nd James H. Johnsoo have organized, the Staley Chair Can pany, capita-lized at $25,000 with $4,000 paid in, to establis a plant and manufacture chairs and chair stock at Staley, C atham coun-ty North Carolina. The Lake Geneva Piano Stool Company is a new ,Illinois corporation capitalized at $15,000, with the purpose of oper-ating in Wisconsin. The company will start business in the old plant of thc Lake Geneva (Wis.) Manufacturing Com-pany, but will soon build a new factory. George F. Felker of Logansport has purchased a site of thirteen acres and let contracts for buildings for a furniture factory at Lebanon, Ind. He has purchased the patents and patterns of the kitchen cabinets formerly made by H, C. Clark and will confine himself to that line at the start, but expects to add other lines later. •t Enlarging Their Buffalo Plant. Pratt & Lambert, varnish makers of New York, Buffalo alldChicago, have in course of construction at their Buffalo works, two large brick buildings" one being an additional cooling room and the other~:i·garage for their automobile de-livery trucks, the second floor of' which will have commodious lunch rooms for the factory employes. William Mauthe, furniture dealer of Fond du Lac, Wis., has taken four of his clerks into partnership and incorporated the business, the capital stock being fixed at $25,000. How to Banish Child Labor. Give the children a chance. This has been the demand of advancing civilization everywhere. Too often it has been vetoed by the counter-demand of a despotic industrialism. For the sake of cheap labor we have our child-slaves of the coal breakers, of the iactories, of the cotton milts, vVhat capital saves in cost of production, the nation loses in the de-struction of life, and in a growing generation ignorant, stunted and brutalized. Each state is a laW' unto itself, in the matter of protecting its children. \Vhere pmverful and ruthless interests dominate, there are no adequate laws; or laws adequate in themselves are inadequately enforcel. The remedy lies in federal authority. Senator TIcveridge has ad-vanced an ingenious suggestion (to be embodied bter in leg- DESIGNS BY Eo. A. HAKE., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. -It 11" 7IR T I oS' JIj'\J 1 2e 13 nicely and assures Mr. Flint that he will s'oon be able to get out, though it was a remarkably narrow escape from death. New Dealers. Chas. S. Robison and H, A. :Ylartin have organized the· Roblnson-Martin Furniture Company and have opened a new store at 23-25 East Hunter street, Augusta, Maine. The People's Furniture Company has opened a new re-tail store at 206 South ~ain street, Lima! Ohio. Olam'-s Olson has purchased the Allard block in Spring Valley, Minn. He will remodel the building and open a furniture emporium. A. Steinkamp & Co., have opened a new furniture store is1ation) which will hardly he opposed by any but the most cyllical of vested interests. The Beveridge child labor bill will not seek to interfere with or overide state laws. It will simply shut Ollt of inter-state commerce the output of any commerce which employs children under fottrteen years of age, Thus will each offending state be choked with its own evil. The taboo would seem to be the easy and righteous solution of a threatneing- problem.-Ridgway·s. Close Call for Mr. Flint. S. B. Flint, nUl11;tger of the Hellrung & Grimm Hotlse-furnishing Company of 51. Louis, Mo., well known as a lib-eral buyer in the furniture markets, is suffering from the re-sults of a peculiar accident. On November 10 he was ad-justing the back ofa Morris chai·r in the store, which re-quired considerable exertion. \lv'hen he arose from a stoop-ing posture he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Ill' was taken home in a carriage and did 110t realize the extent of his in-jury until the next day, when the physician told him he had ruptured his left lung. He is confmed to his bed and not allowed to talk, but the doctor says the wound is healing in 'Portsmottth, Ohio, under the management of C. A. Han-sen, from Wars a"", Ky. The Davidson Furniture Company, chartered by A. T. I-Jarris and associates, with $4,COO capital stock, 'will run a house furnishing store in Raleigh, N. C. Fumed Oak Water Stain. Fumed oak has been in use a few years, and is very popu-lar on furniture of the novelty order. It has been produced by subjecting the work to a chemical bath in a hot room; that, however, is 110t 'within the reach of the average iurni-ture manufacturer, and as a result the Barrett-Lindeman- Lawrence-McFadden Companies have produced a water stain that they think gives a better result for any shade that may be required from a soft yellowish brown toa dark blackish brownl including the shades t'ending to the greenish cast. It is a manufactured stain and not furnished in powdered form. Negotiations are pending for the reorganization of th~ \Vabash (Ind.) Cabinet Company, which has been in the hands of a receiver for the past six months. 14 Get Busy ===~ AND===· Get Space IN THE SOUTHERN FURNITURE EXHIBITION My! How YOU'VE ().ROWN~ ~ THE REASON WHY. Open Every Day in the Year Pioneers always get the cream of the trade and secure an immense advantage over competitors who foil their lead. Be a Pioneer. Atlanta is the geographical and railroad center of a buying population greater than that of the whole Trans-IVIississippi region. Reduced rates are available nearly every day in the year to our 4000 buyers who can see your samples in no other way. Space in the great new Show 'It the Gateway of the South is being rapidly taken. The Exhibition building is in the heart of Atlanta's business dis-trict, .I minutes walk from leading hotels and post office. Steam heated, electric lighted, with elevators, toilets, local and long distance phones, telegraph office and every other modern convenience. Samples may be unloaded direct to the building from the cars through an ample loading shed. The management can supply competent salesmen without conflicting in lines. A limited amount of storage space available at low rates for those desiring to distribute from Atlanta. SOUTHERN FURNITURE EXHIBITION COMPANY ATLANTA, GA. I72-178 MARlETT A STREET I " Chicago, December S.-The retail market in furniture is less brisk now than it \vas earlier in the season. Probably this is the lull before the storm. 11anufacturing interests, however, remain very active. The factories have never been busier than at present. ':lilany of them are running overtime. Reports show au ullusually large volume of business for the past year and many manufacturers arc contemplating addi-tional facilities for getting out their products, vVith many firm,s, out-of-town orders have been rcsponsible for the in-crease in yolume, while with others the city demand has kept them running overtime. Still the mail order house grows! lliIotltgomery \Vard & Co. have recently taken out a building' permit for what is believed to be the biggest single store huiJ(\iilg in tIle 'Node.!. The ground dimensions of the Hew structure will be 296 x 717 feet, and being eight stories high it will contain over t11irty-five acres of floor space. It is to be divided into six separate section,s with three stainvays in each. The material used will be steel, tile and concrete, with brick walls. It is to be ready for occupancy July 1, 1907, when the company will abandon their present quarters on the lake front. A special meeting of the mileage bureau of the western railways is to be held in Chicago the week of December 10, at which it is hoped some change ''v'ill be made in the present rate of mileage books. No challge has been made in the western mileage book for over ten years and public sentiment is llOW demanding a reduction in the price. The present 2,000 mile book of the \Vestern Passengc\' Association costs $60.00, a refund of $19.50 being made for the cover. A proposition to reduce the price (}f the book to $50.00 with a refund of $9.50 is now before the bureau and will likely be adopted at their next meeting. It is also proposed to place on sale a 1,000 mile book for $30.00, giving a refund of $5.00. l\Ir. F. T. Plimpton, 1319 Michigan avenue, left last week for a ten days' trip in the east for the purpose of perfecting his lines for the coming exhibition season. ],\'lr. Plimpton still has charge of the eighth floor of "The Big TIuildillg" and will have several new lines and a greater variety this yf'.ar than before. When the new .Furniture Exchange, Fourteenth st;-cet and vVabash avenue, is completed the Peck & Hills Campau}' will ocCUpy the three top floors of the building. They ex-pect to take possession of their new quarters on January 1, 1907. Major Burkhardt and son of the Burkb<1rdt Fl1rnitm'c Company_, Dayton, Ohio, were in attendance at the meeting of the Chair Associ.ation held in Chicago December 5. They spent the morning at 1319 ':.Iichigan avenue, inspecting their exhibiti.on space. for the coming season. They report a ca-pacity business. For the benefit of their Christmas buyers Vol. K. Covv"an & Co. have issued a miniature volume entitled "Thc Cowan Gift Book," which contains all kinds of suggestions for gifts at prices ranging from 50 cents to $8,000. [t is a beantiful advertisement of real usefulness, printed on Jap:l1l parchment in gold and colors a11(lcontaining many blank pages for mem-oranda. Louis Kanitz Honored. The chamber of commerce of :Yluskegon, Mich., recently elected Louis Kanitz (the president of the Muskegon Valley Furniture Company) to ftIt the prcsidential chair of that im- 7IR'T' IoS JI.l'J' eM' 4 7 e • 15 portant organization. Mr. Kanitz is one of a group of use-ful men that have "made Muskegon famous." As a member of the board of education for many years and the improve-ment committee of the chamber of commerce, he has ren-dered the city important and valuable service. Mr. Kanitz is also a member of the board of managers of the l\:1ichigan Soldiers' Home. To quote the remark of oue of his as-sociates on the board, "he gives morc time to the affairs of the instituation than any of his associates and is really thc most l1scf111 man in the organization." The term for which Mr. Kanitz was appointed will expire next month. If Gov-ernor 'Varner is wise he will probably tender Mr. Kanitz 'an-other term. Buying Out of Season. During the past week \Villiam T. Chittenden and George H. \Vol1ey, who are to manage the Pontchartrain, Detroit's nc\.... three-million-dollar hotel, that is being erected on the site of the popular old Russell House, wcre in Grand Rapids, selecting fu1'11itl1refor the llew hostelry which is expected to be the finest in the west. R. G. Alexander, ,Po N. Evers and Charles Solomon, buy-ers for the Siegel-Cooper storcs, placed some large orders for furniWre with manufacturers in Grand Rapids and Chicago during the last week in Kovember. D. E. Frederichs, furniture dealer of Seattle, was in Grand Rapids on November 30, placing'orders for quick delivery. \V. 1T. Miller, buyer for Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, placed a few orders with Grand 'Rapids manufacturers on De-cember 3 and 4. FAULT.~:': point where other casters refuse to turn is 'fShe Point with The faultless Pivot Bearing Caster The FAULTLESS received Ihe .Hlghesl Award allhe World's fair, 1904, over all olher oaslers. It is s uppli ed wit b Fauldess Pat e n t Steel Spring Sockets. Tbe Faultless is interchangeable; will fit six differ-ent sizes of Iron bed sockets. :-: The Faultless bas no weak spots-n 0 mechanical flaws·-it's Fault· less in ,name-in action-and as a seller :~: :-: If you are after a money maker, write to 75he Fa.ultless Ca.ster Mfg. Co•• Nebraska City. Neb. They only manufacturo 16 ·~MIPJiIG7JN ' Hat Racks Out of Fashion. Ordinary hat racks are going out of fashion," said John E. Brower, designer for the Sligh Furniture Company. "It is almost impossible to make them artistic or practicaL When they are empty they are unsightly and when loaded they are a nuisance. Their pTace is being taken, by hall stands and costumers, but the hall stand is not much of an improvement over the old style hat rack. The closet is the place for hats and overcoats and they a.e provided in most of the modern houses and apartments. Where there is no convenient clos-et, however, a substitute may be easily provided. I live in the Hoffman and I have just made a substitute for a hall stand and put it in the end of the entrance to our apartments. It is made in this way," and Mr. Brower proceeded to make an off-hand drawing, showing two shelves for hats and, un-derneath the lower one, hooks for wraps and coats. "There," he said, "I m~de it just the right length to fit the space and fastened it at tJ1C right height against the wall. It is not unsightly, it answers the purpose all right and you can't and undoubte~ly some of those received in Berlin are the same. In the return letters the students are told of their mistakes, benefiting both the Germans and the Americans. The teachers place restrictions on what shaH be said in the letters possibly to avoid any international romances. In order to join the correspondence classes, the ',students have to inform the teachers of the opposite nations as to the busi-ness in which their parents are engaged. It has been suggested that furniture designers might find amusement and profit, perhaps, by following the example of the Battle Creek students. By an exchange of sketches both American and German designers might gain new ideas, pro-viding the drawings are definite enough to indicate an idea without too much explanation. ' A Well Informed Radical. Vigorous measUres taken by George ]. Kindel of Denver, Col., in dealing with the freight rate problem before the trans- Mississippi Commercial congress have been watched with in- De,ign by W.L. Kimerly. Grand Rapid•• Mich. knock into it when going through the hall. By fitting it with doors it could be made a shallow closet or it might be inclosed with curtains. "The regular closet, however, is better for hats and over-coats. They are also best for umbrellas and overshoes when they are dry; when they are wet they are left on the porch of'in the vestibule. "Over in Europe they get along without hat racks or hall stands by building closets in the walls, and that idea will soon be adopted in the better class of houses in this country." Suggestions for Designers. Students in German at Battle Creek, Mich., High School have adopted a distinctly novel plan of assisting their work along this line by exchanging their papers with German boys and girls who are studying Eriglish in Berlin and other cities. The local students write letters in German to the foreigners, -who respond in English. Some of them are irresistibly funny, 50 PER CENT of the circulation of trade papers (excepting the MICHIGAN ARTISAN) is mailed to manufac-turers, designers, shop hands, commisQ.ion men, jobbers of factory supplies and others who do not sell furniture and kindred goods. To reach the largest number of retailers use tbe Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editions MAILED TO RETAILERS ONLY. L tcrest in the west. Kindel is radical; so much so that west-ern commercial bodies have refused to endorse his actions, but that he is thoroughly familiar with freight rates is not disputed. The character of Mr. Kindel was shown recently when the Colorado supreme court handed down a decision whk:h did not meet with his approval. He placed in the front window of his store an American flag draped in black and also a rope made into a hangman's noose, together with placards stating that the noose should be used for the.judges who made the decision. With all his radicalism, however, freight men have been unable to show Kindel why in shipping mattresses, which he manufactures, to California,he could get a cheaper rate by sending them to Chicago and shipping from there to San Francisco than he could by shipping direct-ly from Denver. Yet such was actually the case. During the session of the Commercial congress he attacked E. H. Harriman and other railroad magnates so vigorously that their friends in the organization were silenced. TO OUR WESTERN PATRONS NOTE: There has been no change in the management of our CHICAGO FACTORY. the. same practical men who have brought it to its present high standard continue in our employ. BE NOT DECEIVED. WE CAN MATCHANy'THING I FILLER BONE HARD OVER THAT Will DRY N I G H T The great majority--in fact just about all of the manufacturing trade ask for a filler to be hard dry the day after filling. We can do better than that. USE OUR FILLER AND YOU CANNOT DIG IT OUT OF THE PORES· THE ====NEXT DAY ====== IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR VARNISH TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE IT SANDS OFF IN A POWDER THAT 'WILL LEAVE YOUR SAND PAPER CLEAN AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. The Barrett-Lindeman Company. IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The l.Jawrence-McFadden Co., Ltd. 6/·6365·67No, Ash/and Ave., CHICAGO. 1400·2·4 Frankford Ave., PHILADELPHIA. 17 r-·· 18 WOOD WORKING MACHINERY Mnnufaetured by VAllEY CITYNACHliYE~OIllf5 CHANDRAPIDS,MICH.,USA. BEST JOB IN THE WOODS. How the "Timber Cruiser" Earns His Five Dollars a Day. Would any young "city fellow" like to bettcr his condition by becoming a litimber 'cruiser"? Here is a picture of the man and his job painted by a western exchange: The timber cruiser is the autocrat of the woods. He is the king of wood-men. He lives well, feels well, and does welt financially. He never has to take a vacation to get away from the grind of the office. He never has brain fag. His liver is always in order, and his conscience is clear. At night he sleeps without disturbing dreams. But he has to work harder than most men think it possible for man to work. The timber cruiser's business is to estimate the amount of timber contained on areas of land. He can walk through the woods and tell within ten per cent, frequently within· five per cent, of the amount of lumber the standing trees would make. He can tell you, besides the boards, how many piles there are in your stretch of woods, and how many railroad ties can be made from it. He does all this for $5 a day and his expenses, counting from the moment he leaves the lumber company's office for the woods. The accomplishment of thc cruiser appears more wonder-ful on closer exa111ination. He works hard and fast, "look-ing" one qLlarter section everyday, and frequently two. Man-ifestly, it would be impossible for him to count the trees or measure them. Packing enough to last generally for several weeks, the cruiser and his compass man start for the piece of woods they are to estimate. The compass man is an apprentice, and his is a bard apprenticeship, but he. too, is well paid. He gets $3 a day and expenses. Arriving at the neighborhood, the cruiser and compass man first find a scction corner. This may take them but a few moments, if a farmer can tell them where to look. It may take hours, or perhaps even days, The cruiser has a blue print map. with the sections and quarter sections marked on it. together with some streams, and perhaps a few roads. This gives him the general lay of the land, The cruiser and compass man find their way through the woods by means of a compass, which the compass man car-ries. On arriving at the corner, the compass man takes a dght at some distant tree which lies in the direction he wishes to go and walks straight to"ward it, never taking his eye off the tree, He may fall over windfalls, tumble down gullies, and tear his clothes in going through the dense brush, but he never loses sight of the tree. How does he know when he has gone far enough? By the number of steps. He figures by tallies, sixteen making a mile, and generally counts 130 to 140-steps too a t~lIy, and so expert do these woodsmen become that they can "tie up" at the end of a mile of walking through the woods. tip hill and down, within a few paces of the place the map shows them the corner mark should be. In estimating the timber the woodsmen regularly go through each forty acres twice. The compass man walks ahead, the cruiser following and observing the timber. At each tally the compass man paces off twenty-five paces and measures perhaps half a dozen trees. A circle with a radius of twenty-Jive paces is figured as an acrc, and the cruiser. by taking the average circumference of the trees in this acre, and counting the trees, can gain an idea of the amount of timber on this single unit. He regularly estimates the height of the timber. as it varies arbitrarily. Log.· scales enable him to figure out how much timber there will be, say in a tree three feet through and one hundred feet high. The end of the day finds the cruiser and his compass man tired and hungry, but their work is not fmished. While the compass man prepares supper the cruiser makes his elabor-ate compilations. At the end of perhaps a morith, in which they have traveled possibly several hundred miles. mostly on foot, the cruiser and his compass man come back to town to report what they have found. One is paid $150. the other $90, and it is almost clear profit, for a good cruiser seldom has to wait more than a day or two between jobs. De.ip by Arthur Kirkpatrick. Grand Rapib. Micb. 19 Sawed and Sliced Cut QUARTERED WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone· 5933 OAK VENEERS ===========ALWAYS IN STOCK ===================--- You May Come and Select it for Yourself or we will do it for you. G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N Don't "Thir..k Business" in Bed. Numerotls business men, as well as their executives and employes, bear testimony to a great and common weakness-- their inability to stop thinking about business after retiring for the night. Tn this way they are robbed of so much steep that they feel "all llsed up" the next day-are "total wrecks, on arising. To a prominent New York business man thus afflicted, O. S. Marden, a contributor to the Business t.Jen's IHaga7.inc, not long ago gave this advice: "Cultivate the habit of closing the door of his business brain at the same time that he closes the door of his business office." You should, said the prescriber, insist on changing the current of your thoughts "vhen you leave your business for the day just as you change your environment, or as you change your dress for dinner when you go home in the even-ing. Turn your thoughts to your wife and children, to their joys and cares; talk to them, play games witli them, read some humorous or entertaining story, or some strong interesting book that will lift yOU, in spite of yourself out of your busi-ness rut. Go out for a long walk or a ride; fill yottr lungs with strong, sweet, fresh air; look about you and observe the beauties of nature, or have a hobby of some kind to which you can turn for recreation and refreshment when you quit your regular business. Be master of your mind; learn to control it instead of allowing it to control you and tyran-nize over you. Hang up in your oed chamber, in a conspJC- ~UOLIS place, where you can always see it, a card bearing in bold illuminated characters this motto: "NO THINKIKG HERE." Shut off all thinking process of every kind when you retire for the nig-ht, relax every muscle, let there be no tension of mind or body, ar:d in a short time you will find that sleep will come to you as naturally and as easily as to a little child. The habit of thinking after going to bed is fatal to all frt;:'shness of brain wark. These men have not learned to lock their business in their offices or factories when they quit for the night, so they drag it home, bring it up at the dinner table and depress the whole family. Or, if they do not talk about their problems, their anxiety and absent-mindedness to-tally unfit them for the pleasant companionship of their fam-ilies. They are so absorbed in the problems of their VOca-tions that they do not know what is going all around them. They do not know hmv to sleep ""'ith all their burden, just as a timid camel lies down in the desert with its great burden stitt on its hack. It i!i a great art to he able to shut the gates in the great mental power house on retiring, to control yourself, to put oneself in sympathy with those about him, in harmony with the world, to expel from the mind everything which jars, ir-ritates, all malice, envy and jealousy, the enemies of our peace .and happiness, before we go to sleep. World Wants American Wood. The bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor issued a statement November 2:~, which says: "Practically the wbole world is asking for Amer.ical1 wood and its products. The exports of this character have in~ creased thirty-three per cent during the nine months of the present year over last year. Dur-ing this time the value of these exports ....a..s.. $59,000,000. This total is raised to $61,~ 000,000 by adding shipments from American ports to contig~ uous territory. Ten years ago the total value of exports of tbis class ..v..as $32,000,000." The larger part of the exports is classed as boards, deals, planks, poists and scantling, and the next largest is furniture. Germans Have a New Metal. The American consul general of Frankfort, Germany, re-ports the use of a new metal called Alzen, composed of two parts aluminum and one part zinc. It is said to equal (',ast-iron in strength but is much more elastic. Alzen is superior De.ign by Henry De Loof, Student in the Grand Rapids School of FUl'I'Iiture DeRlI;Iling. because it docs not rust as easily as does iron and it takes a high polish. Resides being very strong this new metal is capable of filling out the most delicate lines and figures of form!i in casting, and therefore is superior to anything yet discovered for ornamental purposes. .J 20 Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. Chicago. Chicago Office and Distrib· uting Yards: 2257 to 2267 LUMBERST. Importers and Manufacturers of MAnOOAnl How Many Table legs Can You Turn Per Oayand How Good are They 1 WE can figure with you either way on Ihis ptoposition. If you have the quantity you haven't the quality of work done on our No.5 Table Leg Machine; if yOIl have the quality you· haven't the quantity. A queer proposition? Yes. BUIowingto the simplicity of ope ..a-tiOD; the oscillating carriage; the variable friction feed, and last, but nol least, the cutter head of this machine, no other machine on the market can come anywhere near it. It will turn heavy table legs piano pillars; piano stool legs, couch legs. len pins. etc" round 01' almost any odd shape, better and faster than any olher possible way of do. ing Ihis kind of work. Your correspondence is solicited. C. MATTISON MACHINB WORKS, 841 Fifth Street. Beloit. WiM:onlin. R. S. HUDDLESTON MANAGER HANP CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTtSltR Complete Oulfi! of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABlfI,1ET MAKER. He can save a manufacturer's profit as weU I1S a dealer'l!I p1"(Jflt. . He eau make more money with less capitat invested. He can hold a better aud more !lutlKfuctory trade with hbl. custoiners. He caD manufacture in as good d;l'le ll·n(1finish, and at llS low cod as the fadories. The local cabinet IIlRker hils been foreed into 6nly tbe deal-er'l! I trade and profit, because of macbIoe manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Ba.rnes' Pat~nt Foot and Hand-Power )Iachio_ ery, reinl!otat~ the enbinet maker 'WIth ad-vantages equal to his competitors. If desired, these ntaehines will be MId ON TRIAL. The purcbsu;:er can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wlshe8 them to do. Descriptive cata-logue and price Ust tree. No.4 SAW(ready for cross-cntting) W. f. & JO"~ 84RNES CO.654 Ruby St .•RockfOrd. III. COMBINED MACH1NE. FOR lifER OR MOULDER. HAND TIlNQNlla. No, 3 WOOD LATHIl, NO.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No. l' SCR.OLL $A.w. r .21 THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY ===BY SAVINGIT'=== It makesa PERFECT IMITATION of any open grain becauseit usesthe wood itselfto print from. and one opera lor and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other 50pcalled machine or pads on the market. That's why it's a money maker. It imitates perfectly PLAIN or QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ELM, ASH or any other wood with open grain. Write the Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co., Detroit Mich. FOR PRICES AND FULL PARTICULARS. MENTION THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN. j 22 -------...... ----,,--- IT'S UP TO YOU MR. MANUFACTURER to nnd out tbe real merits of our "Special" grade.of leather Beltinlr for Wood Workinlr Machinery Years of experience have taught us your requirements in this line and we are therefore prepared to guarantee you the very best Belting for small pulleys and high speed. Sen'd iti Iour Inquirin. GRAND RAPIDS BELTING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF LEATHER BELTINC, LACINC, BELT DRESSINC NO BELT CEMENT. PHONE 4518. 99·IOI·6th St., Grand Rapids, Mlch" U. S. A, We manufaclure a grade of Belting for Carving Machinery which has proven a great success, Let us tell you abouf it. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) "NO-KUM-LOOSE" Knob "8" This Koob is the latest thing out iu the way of a drawer knob. It will never come loose. CJI A sample sel 01 out styl~A and B mailed Iree on application. Prices quoted lor Qyartered Oak, Birch, Walnut and Mahogany. We carry Qyartered Oak, Walnul and" Mahogany in stock. 1'.I~ft, I}>;" Net.50 pet dozen i IX' 65" .. 2" 75" .. f. o. b. Grand Rapids. WE MAKE A TOILET SCREWTO MATCH. Waddell Manufacturing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools n:"'..'ffn·~~a~~~,~~t Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers, Setters, Sbarleners, Grinders. Swages, Stretchers. Brazing and Filing Claml)s. Knife Balances. Hammering Tools. Inv~stis:ate our Lme. New 200 page Catalor;rue for 1'}06 Free, Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws % inch UP. B. T. & B. Style D. Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. W~t OTdly -------------------OFFICES----------~------- Bo.ton New YOl'k JaMe.town High Point Ciaciaaatf Detroit Grand RapJds Chicago St. Louie MJn.fteapoU. ".&Gelate Offtce. IUld :Bonded AttorneyS In all Pl'lnclpal cUtes WE PIlODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WRITlt FOR PARTICULARS AND ,\:OU WIt.L SEND US YOUR JIUSINESS. Our Complaint and Adjustment Depal'hnent ked Dl'afts Collect I A New Style of the "Everlasting Dado-Head." The, accomp:Ol11yingcut shows a new style of the "Evcr-lasting Dnc1o-Hend" recently gotten out by the C. 1daUisol1 l\1achine \;Yorks of Beloit, \Visconsin. The new feature of thi~ head over the old Olle is that it carries eight knives in-stead of four, giving it twice the cutting surface. To any mechanic the p-icture will readily show that the head is entirely practical and suited to all kinds of dado work. The claims of advantage made for it are: 1. It 'works faster and smoother than any other style of head because its grooving knives are made to cut with a shear. 2. It is adjustable to the smallest fractional part of an inch, to cut a groove to fit any odd size of lumber, 3. It is indexed and can be accurately adJusted without rcmoval from machine. 4. It is renewable \",here the wear comes, that is, on the knives. They can be replaced by any 1l1echank, making the head "E\'erlasting." ;"l. The knives are adjustable in and ont and the diameter is always kept the same. This makes it cut with the highest efficiency until the knives arc entirely \yorn ont. 6. It is simple in construction and very easily taken care of-an important point where a head is left about the factory for the general use of whoever may happen to need it. 7. /\ set screw is used to fasten the hub to the arbor, the latter being protected by a feather fastened in a slot in the hub. This does away with the need of saw collars and also permits of the head beiJlg placed anywhere on a long arbor. The C. Mattison !\.fachine \iVorks sell this head on the con-dition that if after ten days trial it does not prove entirely satisfactory, it may be returned at their expense. A circular containing a large picture of the head and giving complete description will be cheerfully sent to any me-chanic or mill-man. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial photographer Phone Calumet 709. 1414-1416 W.I..,h Ave., CUiCAGO SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 23 Americans Must be More Liberal. An experience of Consul Albert Halstead of Birmingham tn an effort to help introduce an American novelty into the United Kingdom carries a lesson that he thinks should be learned by Americans who would enter the foreign market. The consul writes: As a result of one of my consular reports a lette'r came from an American manufacturcrasking if he could be put into communication with some firm who migbt be interested in handling his product. 1 wrote to a large and substantial firm of merchants here and received a reply that was non-committal as regards the American novelty offered, but con-tained the following paragraph, which is most instructive: "Vie carry a hlrge and varied stock, including some Ameri-can goods, but there is a limit to these, and we do not often find American producers considerate. They generally want to sell out and out, 'cash down on shipment, and we are not disposed to take all the responsibility and risks in creating :1 sale. To have samples and take orders to be delivered is too slo'", and contrary to what our customers look for from us. 1£ any of your correspondents are prepared to venture SOOL(·.- thing we are confident we can be useful to them and help to justify it, but to buyout and out shipments of all articles that they think \..·.ould sell at sight on this side we are not pre-pared to do." The experience of this fmn is not exceptional. American exporters insist very frequently on being paid f. o. b. New York. They will give little credit to foreign firms and de-mand an acceptance of goods unexamined. They offer the would-be purchaser no opportunity to see that the goods are up to .':iample,exactly are as ordered, and have arrived in good shape. They manifest little, if any, faith in the foreign buyer and deman an almost unlimited faith in themselves. \~rhen citizens of other exporting nations give long credits and large discounts for cash and smaller discounts for pay-ment within comparatively short periods, y:uoting prices de-livered at a seaport in the country to which they are export-ing, or at the point of destination inland, such exporters nat-urally capture trade which the American exporter could have if he did likewise. In addition to this lack of faith in the foreign purchaser is the fact that goods sold f. o. b. in New York cost much more for shipment from the American seaboard to the foreign sea-port or inland city than those upon which the freight has been paid by the shipper. The shipper has the opportunity of getting freight rates from several steamship lines, That means competition, and consequently lower freight charges. The foreign shipper, if the goods are sent IIfreight collect," must pay the freight charges assessed on the goods on their recdpt. He can not calculate in advance upon the exact cost of shipment, and can not th~refore know when ordering the exact cost of his purchase. This is manifestly a decided dis-advantage to the foreign buyer. The American exporter mLlst take his share of responsibility and risk or lose thE' chance of making a sale. Trying to Force the Railroads. The executive committee of the Pacific Coast Lumber l\fanufacturers' Association, which was empowered by the association to institute <lIly action deemed necessary, has in-structed attorneys to begin suit in the federal court at Ta-coma, Vlash., against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for a writ of mandamus to compel the railroad company to furnish cars; also for a forfeiture of the charter for a viola- .t:ion of the same as a common carrier. An action will also be brought before the Interstate Com-merce Commission, which will sit in Tacoma to consider the complaints of delay and discrimination in handling lumber and products. A complaint also v-"'illbe filed with the state railroad commission. 24 P. H. Reddinger Carving Worhs (Formerly Cincinnati (Jarving Works of Cincinnati, 0.) CARVINGS and FURNITURE ORNAMENTS of aU kinds. EVANSVILLE. IND. By sending me a small order I will convince you that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~a Sons' Soli~ Steel alue Joint (utters for there are no otherJ' U Ju.rt aJ' good .. They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing 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 and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS Thirty_two .,.ear. at 31-33 S. Canal Street, CHICAGO. ILL. THIS, THE FACTORY EDITION OF· THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN, IS Mailed to Manufacturers Only. IF YOU WISH TO REACH ALL DEALERS IN FURN-ITURE. USE THE MERCANTILE EDITIONS OF THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN. MAILED TO DEALERS ONLY. L. 25 USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. TRUCKS, CANVAS DOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog F which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER. MORTON DRY KILN CO. 218 LA. SALLE ST" CHICACO. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most &ucce&sfut Piling Clamps Mi1de For the following reasons They damp iD!ltantlly lUly width of dimension I!\tuck, DO ad- .lU!olting clamps to fit the work, they hook at once to the desired width. Releallcd iOMtaOtly-throw out the lever and take them oft', The work CRn be removed as faMt as it cAn be bandled. '\8 the clamp i8 placed over the work and locks into the 000 below it, the draw 18 alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter bow wide the stock may be. Implll.sible for them to sl1p; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot he mOlred when damp ill closed, hammer all YUUlike. UnllmUed power: great st,rength and durability; malleable Iron and steel; the knncklo joints are socket joints, not rivets. Although the best they COl!It you less. For further Information ask for catalogue N<>.4. A. E.. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. (Engine Patented,) Engine Satisfaction Assured by the use of our VERTICAL, SELF-OILING ENGINES (Type A). Regarding their experience with them the Marietta (Ga.) Chair Co., write: "In regards the TVPE A Engine of your make that we are using, beg to say thjs engine has been in operation for about fourteen months, and has been the most satisfactory- piece of machinery we have ever run for that length of time. \Ve use it to drive two light dynamos, and are get-ting most excellent results from it." Our descriptive matter is yours for the asking. American Blower Co., ---DBTROIT'--- New York Atlanta London '------- - 26 ·"'~MIF[IIG7J-N , Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids .II Detroit .II Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor Cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "Wolver-ine," making the run in nineteen hours and fifty min-utes. For full particUlars see Michigan Central agents Or E. W. COVERT, C. P. A., O. W. RUGGLES, G. P. A., Grand Rapids. Chicago. 1------------ . BOYNTON «CO. Manufacturers of Embo ... ed Ilnd Turned Mouldil'lp. Embo.&ed -and Spindle Carvinp, and Automatic TlU'Ilingll. ''lie also manu-facture a large line of Emboaaed Orna. menb for Couch Work. SEND FOR CATALeGUE 419-421 W. Fifteenth St .• CUICI\GO. ILL. Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA. U. S.A. 50 PER CENT of the circulations of trade papers (excepting the MICHIGAN ARTISAN) is mailed to manufac-turers, designers, shop hands, commission men, jobbers of factory supplies and others wllO do not sell furui ture and kindred goods. To reach the largest number of retailers use tbe Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editlons MAILED TO RETAILERS ONLY. Sfe~~ensonMf~.(0. South Bend, Ind. Wood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufa<:- tllrers on Application. If your DESIGNSare right. people want the Goods. That mak.. PRICES right, (tlarence 1R.bflla DOES IT 163Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Folding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every Folding Bed Manufacturer. Furniture Castings, Panel Holders. Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constant-ly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 VIDCenD.ee ATe •• Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Furniture Tmde. Established 1878 Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and In-dustrial Departments of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Fumiture,.Chair and other Woodworking Factories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon application.. An invitation is ex-tended to all -who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and markets avail-able in our territory.. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S, CHASE, Agent. 624 Cbe~lcal BUlld!~a!$~._~o~i~ Mo. 27 The LION VARNISH and SHELLAC WORKS KAREL DE LEEUW, Manager. 1475 State St., CHICAGO, ILL. ONE OF OUR SPECIAL TIES Lustreless Special Finish for Mission and Fumed Oak Furniture. Does not retain wax. A quick dryer and does not stick. Samples Furnished on Request. Wages in Great Britain. The annual report 011 ''''ages and hours of labor in the United Kingdom in 190;) h;lS recently been published by the, la bor departmcl1t of the British board of trade as a parlia-mentary paper. A. \;Vitson Fox, in his introduction, says that the changes in ",'ages reported during the year resulted in <I net reduction. The amount of the decrease, however, meas-ured in weekly loss of wages, 11e says, ..v.as considerably smaller than in any of the four preceding years, while in the first half of 1906 there was, on the whole, a decided upward movement. In the fonr years, lD01-1D04, reductions in the rates of ,-"ages of coal miners formed a prominent factor. In 1905 rates of ,,·:ages in the industry continued to decline, but there was ~n important advance in the cotton trade, and wages also rose in the pig iron and iron, steel and manufac-tnring industries. He goes on to say: Taking into accollllt the various dates at which the changes in :1.905 came into operation the llet decrease in the year's wages bill due to the changes recorded in this report may be ronghly estimated at $554,781, as compared with de-creases of $4,564,7'77 in lD04, $2,433,250 in 1903, $1l,192,950 in 1902, and $7,786,400 in l!)01. The general report gives a summary of the results of the labor department's inquiry in 1905. It figures out that the net result of all the changes was a decrease of nearly $l1,OOQ per week. It is stated that the last five years, 1£101-1905, have been years of falling wages in the United Kingdom. It is further started that for thc first half of 1906, 832,526,,,,'arkpeo-ple had a net increase in their wages, while 6,66[1had a net decrease, and others were llllchanged. But the net effect of all the changes \Vas an increase of $1:;0,000 per \,veck in the toted wages. The changes reported in llOurs of labor durillg the first half of H106showed that 2;'"),017 work people had a reduction in hours amounting in the ag'greg-ate to 41,902 hours a \veek, while 74 persons bad their hours illcreaseda total of 132 hours a week. Bankers and Currency Reform. Because the currency progTamme cut out for COllgress has the unanimo1ls indorsement of h;l11kers, it is argued tbat it must be perfect, hut there is a lot of public opinion in this republic to th(', effect that ban-kers are 110t the only people who have an interest in the currenc:r, says the Chicago Eyen-ing Journa1. Possibly it is very ahsurci, but there is a wide-spread belief that banker.~ care more for their own iuterests' than they do for the interests of other people, and that when all the bankers get together 011 allY currency proposition it is time for the public to look Ollt for the hooks. Unfortunately, bankers are apt to entertain the idea that currency is created for the benefit of banks, not that banks exist merely as a currency convenience. To the banker mind money exists for the yielding of interest. To the average business mind it exists for the saving of illtcrest. Thc essential purpose of currency is to facilitate general industry, and its volmne and flexibility ought to be regulated solely to tbat cnd. Quite a different viewpoint is that of the banker 'who \vould like to have the money supply so far regulated by himself as to afford him the highest possible rate of interest. Congn:;ss kno'\\'s very well that the currency system is de-fective. But congress kTlOWS,too, or ought to know, that the main defects are not due to any oversight of the inter-etsts of the money loaners, but to an 'oYersight of the inter-ests of the hundreds of thousands of money borrowers. Currency reform by bankers is "reform" in the wrong di-rection and in the interest of the wrong kind of people. From Owosso to Sheboygan. James Findlater, for the past tcn years with the Estey Company, Owosso, Mich., has resigned and gone over to Sheboygan, Wis., where he takes charge of the finishing de- DeBig-ned by E. A, Hake, Grand Rapid&, Mich. partment for the Northern Furniture Company. Mr. Find-later is known as a conscientious, capable workman, and the Northern people are to be congratulated upon securing his services. 28 ·~r;.I9 ..HIG7fN Il I'o"u!lelius Bl'os.Furn. Hfg Co., Vetrcit, lJi<'h. l~l'(l.bst Fum. Co., Pomeroy, O. Queen Chair Co., Thoroasl'ille, .N. C. Ranney Refrigerator Co., Greenville, ~lich. Richmond Ind. Mfg. Co., Richimond, Ind. Ri!lhel Furn. Co., WilliamsJ;JilJrt. Pa. Rockford Furn. Co., Rockford, nl. R-ockford Standard Furn. Co., Rockford, DI. Rome Metall.ie Bed Co., Rome, N. Y. Root Furn. Co., Shelbyville, Ind. Royal Mantel & lurn. Co., Rockford, m. !Sanitary Steel Couch Co., Elkhart, Ind. Sextro Mfg. Co., CIncinnati, O. Schneider & Allmman, Chicago, III. Schneider it Allman, Chicago, m. Shreve Chair Co., Union City, Pa, SeUors, G. I., & 8008 Co., Elwood, Ind. !iihelbyvllIe Wardrobe Co., Shelh)'ville, Ind. Sikes Chair Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Skandia Forn. Co., Rockford, III Smith River Chair Co., Bassett, Va. Spencer it BaJ'ocs Co., Benton Harbor, Mil'll. SpIegel Furn; Cu., ShelbyvUle, Ind. Spl'ague & CW'leton, Koone, N. H. Standard Chair Co., Thomasville, N. C. StiCkley & Brandt Chair Co., Binghamton, N. Y. ~trillmp8-Burkhurdt "·orn. Co., Dayton, O. Strlet Mfg. Co., C. I'., Cincinnati, O. Sturkin-Ne1son Furn. C<t.,Logansport, Ind. Suitt Bro8., Cambridge, O. Swift & Co., Chleago, III. Toledo Metal ·Wheel Co., 'l'oledo, O. Thayer, H. H., Co., Erie, Pa. Thomas\'iUe Chau Co., Tholllllsville, N. C. Thomil!ivllle Furn. Co., ThfJomasvllle, N. C. 'thompson Chair C-6., Thoma~llrllle, N. C. t:nlon Foro. Co., Jamestown, N. Y. "·e8tern Hd\\'. & )-·urn. Co••, Milwaukee, \\'is. "·e"tern Furn. Co., Indianapolis, Ind. "'Idman, J. C., & Co., Detroit, Mich. ,,"'isco-nsln ChaIr Co., P"rt Washio.gtun, ,Yilil. ll'isconsln Forn. It lUfg Cu., Neillsville, Wis. ""olf & Kl'aemer Furn. Co., St. Louis, Mo. Wolverine Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mieh. Yeager Furn. Co., Allentown, PaT 11TH SEASON "THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION" THE BIG BUILDING Thirteen Nineteen (1319) Michil!an Avenue, CHICAGO, LINES IN READINESS JAN. 1ST,1907 PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITORS. THE MANUFACTURE'RS' EXHIBITION BUILDING COMPANY 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. American ·I·urn. Co., MartInS"'ilIe, "11. AmericllD. Bolet.alware ·Co., Chicago, UI. Banta 'Furn. Cll., (}QliIhen, Ind. Bassett Ful'D. Co., Ultssett, Va. Blanchard-Hamilton lurn. Co., Shelb)'ville, Ind. Billow-I.npfer Co., Columbus, O. BockeYe Chair Co., Rnvenlla, O. Bnrkhardt }'U1"O. Co., Dayton, O. B.RY View Furn. Co., Holland, Mich. Cadillac Cabinet Co., Detroit, Mleh. Campbell, C. H., Co., Shelbyville, Ind. Campbell, Smith &, Ritchie, Lebanon, Ind. Ca.pital Rattan Co., Indianaplllil" [nd. Cass, B. T., & Co., Chicago, nl. Clttes Chair Co., Thomasville, N. C. CiUltl'al' .Bedding Co., Chicago, Ill. Conrey-Blrely Table Co., Shelbyville, Ind. Conrey-Davis Mfg. Co., Shelbyville, Ind. Co-operative Furn. Co., Rockford, ID. Crame., Furn. Co., Thomasville, N. C. CroWl'll} Fum. Co., Lexington, N, C. Davis, Horwich & Steinmllll, ChIcago, Ill. Dillingham Mfg. Co., Sheboygan, Wis. Dixie Furo. Co., Lexington, N. C. Eckholf Furn. Co" Lexington, N. C. Elk Furn. Co., LexingtllD, N. C. Emmerich, Cbas., It: Co., Chicago, Ill. Empue lurn. Co" Jamestown, N. Y. Empire Moulding Works, Chicago, UI. Emrich FUrII. Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Fall C.-eek ~[fg.Co., Moores-'iille, Ind. Fenske Bros., Chicago, III. Ferguson 81'1)8., Hoboken, N. ,J. Finley Mfg. Co., Jameshwn, N. Y. Fisher, ChaM. A., &: Co" Chicago, Ul, Foster Bros. Mfg. Co., St. Louis, 1\010.,11011 Utica, N. Y: )-'uller &: "·arren Co., Milwaukee, ",,'1M. )-'reedmaD BrllS., ehlengo, III. Gar\'Y, The, Co. Genge Co., .t. C., St. Authuu)' Park, lliull. ('lIaheD Nm,eUy & Brush Co.• UOlihen, Ind. Hawks Furo. Co" Goshen, Ind. Heroy /It, Marrenner, {'blcago, nl. Herzog Art Furo. Co" Saghut\v, Bolich. Bodell Furn. Co., Shelby\'iUe, Ind. Hohensteln-][l1rtmet.z FnrIl. Co., E-"II,IIS\'ille, Ind. Hollatz Brolil., Chicago, 111. HOOD, F. I•., & CO., NASHVILLE, TENN. Hulse, E. M., Co., Columbns, O. Humphrey Book Case Co., Detroit, !oUch. Indianapolis Chair & Fnrn. Co., IndlanapoIls, Ind. Indian Brass & Iron Bed C(I., Indlunapolilol, Ind. ;'ameatowll Table C"., Jamestown, N. Y. ,Iohnson, A• .I., & 80ns, Chicago, Ill. Kelly, J. A., & Bros, Clinton, Ia. KeUy~So.-ensen Foro. Co., Clinton, Ia. Kemnitz Furn. Co., Green Bay, Wi8. Kincaid Furo. Co., States\'llle, N. C. Kindel Bedding Co.: St. Louts, 1\10. Knoxville Table & Chair Co., KnQxvllle, Tenn. r.amb. Geo. L., ::Sappanee, Ind, J.angslow-Fowler Coo., Rllchester, 1'l. Y. I.ANDAY, JOS. I., ST. LOLlS, 1\010. r.!tnday Steel Rlinge Co., St. I..ouis, :&10. I.ATHROP, THE, CO., CHICAGO, ILl •. Luster Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill. llanistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich. Mayhew Mfg. Co., 1\lilwlIukee, ,,:is. McDougall, G. P., /It, Ron, Indianapolis, Ind. Mechanics' Furn. Co., Rockford, nr. Meier 8:. Pohlman :turn. Co., St. Loul!'i, 1\la. Modern Furn. Co., CincinDati, O. Napen:iIle I.ounge Co., Napen,me, III. National Table Co., Jamestown, Y. Y. :Norquist, A. C., & Co., Jl,mestowo, Y. Y Oberbeck Bros. "Ifg. Co., Grand Rapids, ·Wis. Oll:car, Onken Co., Cineinnutti. O. Palmer Furn. Co., A. E., Adrian, :Mich. Palmer Mfg. Co., Detroit, :MIch. Pana 1\oletul Bed Co., Pana, n1. PJ.D[PTOX, F. T., &I CO., CHIC.'.GO, U.J,. 7I19-.T IoS .7I.l'I 7" • 29 Qran~Da~i~snlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE LATEST device for handling shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work bas brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. OUf Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Ofrice and Factor)': 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CUla:en. Phone 1282 Bell. M.In 1804 • OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 30 1Loufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702:. THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address aDd receive descrip-ti1.'(' l circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cook-ers and Hot Boxes with prices. WEATHRL Y CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws. any length and gauge. Write U8 tor Price List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST •• GRAND RAPIDS • FOUR TRAINS 10 and from CHICAGO Lv Gd Rpda 7:10 am AI' Chicago 1:15 pm Lv ad Rpds 12:05 pm. Ar Chicago 4:50.pm Lv Gd Rpds 4:25 pm AI' Chicago 10:55 pm ~Lv Gd Rpds 11:30 pm AI' Chicago 6:55 am • Daily. Pullman Sleeper, on 11:30 train open 9:00 pm. A Ill. carte Cafe service on all day trains. PeTe Marquette Parl(t)l' cars on all day trains. Rates reduced to 50 eants. THREE TRAINS 10 and from DETROIT and TOLEDO Lv Gd Rapids 7:12 am Ar Detroit 11:55 am At" Tol(!do 1:00 pm *Lv Gd Rapids 11:10 am Ar Detroit 3:06pm Ar TOledo 4:15 pm Lv Gd Rapids 5:20 pm Ar Detroit 9:20 pm At" Toledo 10:45 pm • Dally. Note Fast Time Made by Both Mtdday and Evening Train. Meals served a la. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:10 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains. Seat rates, 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIOAN" H. J. GRAY, District Passenger Agent. Phone 1168. Grand Rapids, Mieh. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISING Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS, CO" 106' Ninth St•• Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co.. 323Prospect St., Cleveland,O.; 108 11th St., Omaba, Neb.; 129Cedar St., New York City. Another Point to Remember If you place your announcemeuts in the MERCANTILE EDITIONS of the ARTISAN they will be read by DEALERS in fURNITURE and KINDRED GOODS ONLY, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains **7:05 pm **7:25 pm **8:40 pm Leave Grand Rapids , *2:45 pm Ar Philadelphia *3:40 pm Ar New York.". . *4:30 pm *Daily except Sunday. **Daily. Service unsurpassed. For further information ap-ply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN C. P. & T. A. JOHN DUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet Hardware and Tools Etc., UPholstered Goods Hzwd&omeIt PuU on the Market for the MoO<l' Write for prices and Sample CQrrespondence Solicited No. 1573 WHITE PRINTING CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICH WE PRINT THE MICHIClAN ARTISAN. ANt> ""AKE: A SPECIAL.TV OF CATALOOUE:5 FOrt THE F"URNITURE: TRADE:. DECEIVES PUBLIC AND DEALERS. How Makers of Bogus Antique Furniture Age Their pro-ducts. Sober. he js Ol1e of the most interesting men T know. Unfortunately, he is sober only three days a week. \\Then I ~\sl, him the reason he merely says he doesn't know. Yes-teniay, when I .va1ked into the taboratory at the back of his little village shop, he was a band of hope epitomized. "There's somdhing you'll like," he said, indicating a small bureau, old Spanish mahogany 'iv-ith new satinwood veneer-so far unpolished-without. The veneer was inlaid with ebony lines and kingwood bands. The accuracy of the joint-ing was wonderful; the fi.nish perfect. "You must come in again when I've stained and polished 1t," he went on, "and then you'll think 1t one of t'lle best Queen Anne pieces extant." "Don't your customers ever Jlml you out?" I asked. "Lord, no, sir! \-Vhen you've pulled seventeetlth century lurniture. "to pieces all your life and learnt the things the tcn~ ons and mortises and the finish tell you, it's easy enough to get the righ effect. The public haven't any judgment, and, for that matter, many of the dealers aren't much better?" "But this vcneer--so very new?" I hazarded. "Ah, wait till you see it toned down, and the drawers fitted with a set of old Boule handles and 'scutcheons I've got by me and a few little dents hammered here and there-espec-ially about the feet, where they get kicked. You'U not know it then. See that little black knot I've left on the face of the third drawer?" He is always frank with me about his fakes. to take a pride in being able to deceive a trained satisfaction in explaining his dexterity. I left the bureau aud began examining a heavy looking oak settee, gray with age. "Looks ancient, doesn't it?" he observed. "Looks !" I "'cllldered. "Surely it's genuine ?" He shook his head with a wise old smile. "It's as g"ctluine as dilute nitric acid can make it. Oh, yOUneedn't go by the panels. They're purposely warped with hot ammonia. The sun and rcl1n do the rest-bleach it, you know. "But the carving?" I argued. "It's almost effaced in places," "It would be after half an hour with a sandblast-a little thing of my own contrivance. The wormholes I rnake with a very fine ])uneh. Beginners use shotj but that's a clumsy way. Of course, the timber it's made of is old. Bits of a Charles the First table, mostly. The hinges are ordinary trade copies toat have lain in the ,vet all summer and got nicely rusted; and if you were to draw the screws that hold them you'd find they were rusty, too, and had no points. Those I filed off, and then hammered the heads a bit." "1 didn't kl10\V you-treated metal as well as timber." admitted. ;'Sometimes. See that fircback?" I went to the corner indicated and scrutinized the Greback. As far as 1 COUldtell it was a beautiful specimen of ham-mered work bitten and worn by over two centuries of use, as its date, 1687, seemed to show. "I bought a dozen of those of different dates from a man who makes them. They're only cast; but after they've had a bonfire over them in my yard for a week or two they get soft and look right enough, don't they?" I admitted that they did, flinching a bit, though, at the adjective he used. "There's a regular trade between the manufacturers of faked antiques and the country dealers. Why? Vl"ell, the manufacturers have discovered that people go into the COl1n- . try districts now hunting for antiques. They think the thing5 they pick up there must be genuine. The simple countryman inspires confidence! He seems eye and a 31 "There's nothing hardly that can't be imitated," he went on, "It's merely a question of time-and skill, of course, and it's only by accident-or talking, as I'm doing-that the fact's discovered. But when a man knows he can take in an ex~ pert it's difficult for him to keep it to himself. That is, if be's got a sense of humor. Do you think that Syriall gold work they had at the Louvre would have been known as a targer)' if sorcebot\-y hacf!y't talked? No, indeed! There's china, now. People always think it is ab0ve suspicion; but you just look at t:lOse two china cows all the shelf there. One's genuine old Staff(lrd-the other isn't. Can yOli tell the difference?" r used a pocket magnifying glass this time, but at the end of seyeral nlinutes I came to the conclusion that they \vere identical, and said so. He denied this. His ethics are summed up in the statement that given per-fect workmanship and material, ·he argues that if the imita-tion is as good as the original there is no dishonesty in selling Design by E. A. Make. Grand Rapid •• Mich. it as such. He bas st~preme contempt [or the indifferent cr<lftsmall. A flaw in his own work will condemn it. It must be above suspicion before it leayes his shop. He knolNs everything there is to know about furniture, faience, tapestry, pewter, Jacobean glass, Adam's brass~work, colored prints, old Sheffield plate, and a hundred other thing.;. His shop is full of them, He buys most of them from the surroU11(ling farmers who are ignorant of their value, and his profits go in old brandy. Some of it is as antique as his goods. "If T were like some of them," he resume~, "I might have made a mint of money. I've seen the trend of public taste for £lily years-and always been able to anticipate it.. When people lived with heavy Victorean mahogany I laid in a little stock of Sheraton and Chippendale. When they changed from that I was ready for them with Hippelwhite and Adam. i foresav'i the craze for Empire things, and now-wen, I'n telt yOU something, and yoU can go away and make money out o[ it. The curio-hunters will be running after Italian furniture next. Not quinque-ecnto stuff-it's not comfort-able: but Venetian chairs of carved walnut-the semi-cir-cular shape-upholstered in old rose and gold brocade. And they'll "vant Italian walnut paneling with the fine simple pat-tern in relief, and Della Robia ware to go with it." He paused for a n1011)ent. "And I can make it an just as wetl-and you couldn't tell the difference."-Armiger Barclay in Chicago Examiner. 32 ·~r;.I9]-iIG?!N B. WALTER & CO. Manufactu"'" of T ABLE SLIDES Exclusivdy WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ===Fnmed Oak Oil Stain (Origioalproductlon in 'OIL) No more fumina. No more sancHnt!. This stain can be &heIlaeed over in 80 minutes after it 1M applied. Every pice of furniture on which it is need can be fin.- ished and chipped the same day. We are tbe originators of Weathered, Early Engli8b, Antwerp and "I hel' l\fismon oil stains. Bam-plcsfut'n18hed on application" Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company GRAN~ RAPIDS, MIeN. GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Offi(:e 321 South Division St., GRAND RAPlDS. MICH. Mfrs. of High Grade Wood Workers Vises AND Faolory Trucks Quality and Price talk in factory trucks and we ran interest you. Will you send us your address and let us write you aboUL them ~ TYrite/or Prices. "'Ie have Over 12different st)'les of factcn-y and warehouse trucks to offer, also a complete lil.e of woodworking vises atJd benches. The Universal Automatic CARV/NO MACHINE ===~PERFORMS THE WORK OF ===~ 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand --~~---MADE BY------- Union [nuosslno MA(U1nr Co. IndianapoU8# Indiana Write to, Info,mation, P,icel Etc. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANl]FACTtr1lRRS A.ND JOBBERS OP Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves OUTfacilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, extending from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants; located as follows: Also, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes aad brushes and are located in the cities named below: New York Boston PhUadelphia New York-Hndllon and Vandam St8. Buffalo--B72-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BUffalo Cincinnati st. Louis Bosto0-41-49 SUdbury, 1.9 Browker. Stll. Brooklyn-6S6 and 637 Fulton Street. . Minneapulis Atlanta Kokomo, .Ind. Chicag0-442-4JS2 Wabash Avenue. Philadelphia-Pitcairn Bollding, An' Ford City, Pa. High Point, N. C. Cincinnati-Broadway and Croun Sts. and Eleventh Sts. St. Loul~or. 7th aod Market Sts. Davenpo1'~lO-416 Soott Street. Davenpflrt CrJ'shJl City, Mo. MfRDetlpaJ,8-M)t)-.lHQ S. ThIrd St. CleveIaod-149-51-511 SeneCa Street. Detl'olt-.'i3-1'15 Larned St., E. Omaba-lOO8-10-12 HUDey Street. PUtsburgh-lOl-l03 Wood Street. St. Paol-S<l9-51 Minnesota Street. It needs no argument to show what Milwaukee, Wis-492.494 Market St. Atlanta, Ga.-30, 32 and S4 S. Pryor St. Rochester, N. Y.-Wtlder Building, 1\Iuio Savannah, 08.-745-749 Wheaton Street. advantages may be derived from dealing and Exchance Sh. KRnrms CUy-Fifth and Wyandotte Sts, directly with us. Baltlmore-221-223 W. Pratt Stl'eet. Birmingham, Ala.-2nd Ave. and 29tb St. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT COR.NERPOSTS AND RATS. Glue-Pot Efficiency and Economy. "AllY manufacturer who foLlmvs the. atd method i.n using all oil lal11V for keeping glue warm or the other common method of a bot .\'ate1' pan with several lift-out glue pots, is behind the time~," says a well known Inal1ufacturer of Grand Rapids, :~v1ich. 'The oil tamp requires time, is \.\npkasant and unsafe i~la fire risk way. "The central battery, with the carrying of glue back and forth, is also unsatisfactory. for even if at the right tempe nt-ture when taken, it cannot remain so for n10re than a fe.w mo-ments. A little calculation of lost time going to and from will be a surprise to the mall who takes the trouble to figure it out. "The up-to-date method consists in a tine of steam pi.pes usually 1 inch or three-fourths of an inch, starting from a high point in the factory and extended with a constant down-ward grade just bnck and over the benches, "with a T' fitting at each bench, to which is attached a water jacket (ste.anl heated) with a lift-out glue pot. The stearn does 110t, however, Colt's Universal CLAMP Excels all hand screw clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of handling and quick action. Especially adapted to Veneering, Panel-ing and all work requiring long broad jaw. Ask for Catalogue No. 135. BATAVIA CLAMP CO. 45 Center St .• BATAVIA, N. Y. Mention Michigan Artisan. enter the \-vater or have any escape \"h;ltever, except at the extreme end of the line, for the relief of condensation. On th(: entire system, be it flve or tifty kettles, only two valves are needed-one at the feed and one at the return ends. "The adjustah1e feature of the steam heater premits per~ feet regnlation of temperature. It may be kept always just right. It does away with the seri011S complaint against the central steam patl, that is, pouring' a cloud of vapor into the "oom constantly, damaging alike to stock and timber \vork." From the foregoing it appears that the heatlng of glue and keeping it at the proper temperature for use IS a matter of great impe,rt::mce to furniture manufacturers. There are many glue pots and similar eJc-viees 011 the market, but it is COllceded that the glue pots and glue heaters invented and made by YV. C. \Veatherly of Grand Rapids, Mich., come nearer the ideal {\cscribed above than any other 110\'\7 offered. l\lr. \Veathcrly also manufactures and sells a "hot box" that has pUJ\·ed its worth to many manufacturers. The Ad·el-ite Folder. The Ae1;lms & Elting Company of Chicago has recently issued a folder illustrating the merits of their popular one-coat dull finish. Samples of oak and mnhogany, to which their Ad-el~ite dull finish has heen applied, are attached. This finish is well liked for halls, dining rooms, libraries and all interior wood work. It shows up well in weathered oak and all rich, subdued effects of the old Spanish Missions. It stains awl finishes complete in one cont. Any desired shade can be produced by mixing the different colors together. Ad-cl- ite dull finish will cover t\vice as much surface as yarn"ish stains or Fmishes do and \...i.ll not scratch, mar or wear ofT. 1- 7IR T I.s A.l'f e T r:.. :n Death of Mrs. Walter Langley. 111'S.""Va.lter Langley of Grand Rapids, Mich., met death suddenly and in a peculiar mallncr on December 10, She had been standing on the veranda at their home, watching her husband phiying with their little daughter, who in's1sted· on accom.panying hin! to the grocery. The walk and the \'eranda floor were covcred with ice from the rain and freeze of the night before and as J\hs. Langley turned to go into the house, she slipped and fell backward, the back of her head striking the stone walk. Her skull was fractured and she died an hour later without regaining consciousness. :\lr. Langley is well and favorably known as traveling salesman for the Herzog Art Furniture Company of Saginaw, l\lich., and has many friends i.n the flltuiture trade who win sincerely sympathize with him ill his sad bereavement. Substitutes for Folding Beds. "Then>. has certainly been a great falling off in the demand for folding beds recently," said P. J. Vlegrler of \Vegner Bros., Grand Rapids, lVfich. "I suppose it is due to changes and improvements in the styles of lounges and· couches. The sanitary eouche~ have taken the place of the old cheap lounges nlH..!the davenports and other convertible couches take the place of the old style folding beds. So, you see, that while \-ve notice the fatting off in our sales of folding beds we also notice an increase in the demand for the substitutes, which are easier to handle, especiaf1y where they have to be placed 011 the Upper floors of apartment buildings. The converti-ble lounges ;u'e surely more convenient, more sightly and less CLtlllber!',ome than the. old style folding beds." Mr. Dodds' New Factory. Alexander Dodds, the well known manufacturer of wood \vorking l1ladllnery ot Grand Rapids, Mich., has found it nec-essary to enlarge his plant. He has had plans prepnred for a new building to be erected on the old site ·over the canal, at a cost of $15,000. The building will be of what is known as mi1\.constfaction cllld ,vill be rendy for occupancy early in the spring. H. Friedmnn & Co., dealers in furniture nnd carpets, 124 East Broadway, New York, who \',,'cre adjudged bankrupt in October, have settled with their creditors at 25 cents on the dollar, The Hastings block in Salem, N. Y., in which E, B. Cruikshank's, furniture store wns located, was destroyed by fire on November Hi. I\fr. Cruikshank's loss is about $3,000, two-thirds insured. ALHO~ . . MANUFACTURERS ,..rlD DEALERS IN HIGH GRADEBAND AND SCROLL SA~S REf'Alftl NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED \ ~, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. CITIZEN5 F'HONE: 1239 27 N MARKET ST 34 A One-Coat Weathered· Oak Finish. A little over a year ago there began to appear in the lead-ing Furniture Journals of the country an advertisement of it One-Coat Weathered Oak Finish, sent out by that well-known hot1se- The Marietta Paint & Color Company of 1farietta,Ohio. Furniture manufacturers, always on the look-out for anything that will save time in the finishing room, became interested at once, and a number immediately gave the new :finish a trial. In this, as in all its other products. The Marietta Paint & Color Company has sustained its re-putation for manufacturing nothing that is not practical, and in the case of this new product its succcess is already acknowledged. The One-Coat Weathered Oak Finish produces a com-plete finish in one operation. It has all the qualities of a stain and wax finish both in appearance and durability. The finish is made so as to cover any large or small surface with-out leaving brush marks, runs or laps, and will flow out even-ly, leaving that beautiful wax finish appearance. It is a finish that is bound to meet with favor and to be much used by manufacturers who make up a cheap Or med-ium grade of work as one coat will produce a finish that will wear equal to a stain .and wax finish. It is already being used with marked success and all who have tried it are en-thusiastic over the splendid results obtained. This One-Coat Weathered Oak Finish will be found to prove a money saver, enabling the manufacturer to produce a weathered oak effect on this class of work at a cost much below a stain and wax finish. Men Wanted in the Lumber Woods. Reports from the Northern woods indicate less than the usual activity during the coming winter in the logging camps. A great handicap is the inability to get enough men. What would be regarded by old-time lumber jacks as ex- Morton American House ••...P. lan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European •...••Plan Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind lor 500 is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. -------- traordinary high wages are being offered to induce men to go into the woods, but the unusual prosperity of the country has tied men up in the city factories and in other lines that some-times have a surplus of labor during the winter months. In consequence of the shortage of men, work is advancing slowly. It was almost impossible to get enough men to open the necessary logging roads. This is an important matter, because after the ground becomes solidly frozen it is almost impossible to build roads, and without the roads operations omst halt. This means that the operations this winter will be confined largely to the old camps. From the information obtainable it is apparent that the dearth of labor is going to have considerable influence on the winter's output and may cause an advance in the price 0.£ lumber next season. Some operators say they have been able to secure only from 25 to 50 per cent of a full Quota of employes. Others, however, say they are short only a small percentage and expect to bring the camps up to the full standard before the winter is fully set in. Used in Finishing Interiors. The mahogany oil stains manufaeturedby the Chicago, (Ill.) Wood .Finisl1ing company are used largely on interior work of birch, to produce an imitation of mahogany wood. Office buildings, hotels, public institutions and clubs as well as private residences, have been finished with birch, (a com-paratively low priced wood) and stained .in such a perfect imitation of mahogany as to deceive all but experts in the art of finishing. The company will furnish samples free of cost. "1 can sing 200 notes without taking breath" remarked a trained vocalist. "That is nothing," remarked Dedbroke. "1 can sign 500 notes ,",,'ithout breathing and yet not realize the value of one breath on the Jot." The White Directory =====OF MANUFACTUORFE==R=S== FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, IN-TERIOR FINISHES and Kindred Indus-tries is now ready. Send in your order. Price 15.00 Wh·Ite Pn" ntIng Co··. PPRUIBNUTSEiRiESlis,ENCRIDANVDEERRSS'· 2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved ~yclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Fumace Feedl:ts, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans" Exhaust and Blow Piping •••••. Complete systems de~ s I g n ed, IIlQnufac-tured, instalkld and guaranteed. Old sys-tems remodeled on modern lines 0 n m 0 s t economical plans, Supplemen-tary systems added where present syll-terns are outgrown, ~fectlve &ystems CQftl6Cted and put 10 proper working or-der. 70 W. Jackson Street, CHICAGO, • ILL. GLOBE VISE -AND-TRUCK CO, Manufacturers of Strictly up·to-date quick-acting Wood Workers' Vis e s. Thev are time savers and make a barrel of money for those that use them. Our prices are the best. Write for them. We also make a complete line of factory and warehouse trncks. Our circulars aTe cheerfully mailed upon requeBL GLOBE V1SEand TRUCK CO. Grand R.apids. Mich. EARLY ENGLISH OAK OIL STAIN The most popular and up~to-date finish of the season. Brings out the natural beauty and grain of the wood and gives a beautiful and permanent finish. The strongest and most penetrating stain made. Will not fade or wipe up with wax or shellac. Send for sample panels and information. Ask for our Standard Fillers and Stains Booklet. Real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. Finest booklet ever supplied. ~e~ ~CHICAGO Sta. E. Manufacturers of Wood Finishers' Supplies. . THE KNOB THAT WONT COME -OFF NO·KUM·LOOSE WOOD KNOBS CUT shows the construction of our line of Wood Knobs. The metal nut is clinched into the wood at its front end. pr<- venting turning or pulling out. To the back end of the nut is riveted a steel
Date Created:: 1906-12-10T00:00:00Z
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183. Michigan Artisan; 1908-08-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No.3 AUGUST 10, 1908 r-- -------------_._- IA PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Makes the It is entirely Strongest Automatic. It Clamps, Most Mortises and Economical Releases, Completing and Most the Post in Accurate Less Time Than the Cltse Material can Construction be Clamped anOther Possible Machines. WRITE WRITE FOR FOR CATALOG CATALOG J J NO. 119 M\Jl. iIPl.E SQUARE CHISEl. MORTISEA. WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, CEDAR ST. AND SO. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C• .~ The Best Truck--The Strongest Truol.• ".~ This is the famousGillette Roller Bearing F-a:ctory 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 malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking fol'if YOu'",ish to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. • Gillette Roller Bearing Co. ORAND RAPIDS. MICHIOAN • The Lightest Runnlna. Longest La.ting Truck ~-----~ , ~. ~J:""( __ • , l, ") 1 'I I I I I FACTORY FURNISHINGS [JI of Quality Cabinet Makers' Special Chair Pattern and Carvers' BENCHES Hand Screws Saw Tables Horse Clamps Saw Guards Factory Shipping and Warehouse TRUCKS Benedict Mitre and Frame Bed and Case CLAMPS Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 918 JeffersonAvenue, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •...---.~-----------------------------.;--. SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a castor yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN II -~ .. ~--; "'I I CHI G A )J ART I SAN I f .' These Specialties are used all Over the World - Veneer Preue&, different kinds and .izell. (Patented) Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pending.) Many abies .and ,izel. Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spt'eading Machine. Single. LET US KNOW Double and Combination. (Paterlted) YOUR WANTS (Size. 12 in. to 84 in wide.) No.2. Glua Ha.'a,. CHAS. E. FRANCIS & ORO'! Main Office and Works, RushYille, Ind, No.• G1uaH •• '", • ---- ----------. WHEN YOU HAVE SET-TLED DOWN TO USING Tlte Marietta Paint 8 Color Co's Wooorin~~in~ Materials MARIETTA STAINS ~ FILLERS Ale famous for lheir perfectly working qualities. The colors are unsurpassed for correctness and beauty and are absolutely fast. . Our fillers fill the pore:J of the'wooel perfectly, holding up the coatingS, making possible the very highest grade of finish. Special:orders of slain or 611ers,made-to match any s.hade of color. given - prompt an<!. -careful attention. Write (or sample panels of any 6nish you arc interested in. . YOU HAVE REACHED THAT STAGE IN YOUR PROGRESS WHICH MARKS YOU AS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN YOUR BUSINESS, • 1 , i '. i .J i, I!, ! I . ....~~ • WHITE PRINTING CO. I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . I .•··l j HIGH GRADE CATALOGS· COMPLETE • , 2 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • THE LEONARD [XHIBITION BUILDINGS OTTAWA, LOUIS AND MARKET STREETS, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH, 200,000 square feet of floor space. Railroad siding to save cartage, automatic sprinklers, reducing insurance and preventing loss by fire, steam heat, electric 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 Block. Manufacturers requiring large space on one floor can now obtain it. Manufacturers who have been kept out of Grand Rapids on account of expense can now afford to come. . The opening of these buildings for Furniture Exhibition Purposes assures Grand Rapids' supremacy as the furniture market of the world for many years to come· RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE EARLY. FLOOR PLAN SENT ON APPLICATION, . GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR COMPANY ,.I \ C' 29th Year-No.3. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUGUST 10, 1908. ===~ ==~~~===~~~~ NO GENERAL RISE MADE IN CARLOAD MINIMUMS. Western Classific.::ation Committee Finishes its Work. After a meeting :-tt 1Ianitou, Colo., that lasted two weeks, the western classification committee has finished its y.,'ork and adjourned, to meet in January at l\Tiami, Fla. Contrary to general expectations a general advance in carload minimums from 30,000 to ,%.000 pounds was not made. The committee considered each classification sep-arately, and either raised or lowered the minimum on its merits. Tt is stated that an adv;mcE'. has been agreed upon in a majority of cases. Just what they are \vill probably not become public until the nnv classification is published. The only statement obtainable from H. O. Backer. chairman of the committee is this: "Vv' e felt that in justice to the shippers it would be better to take up cla~;sificati()n separately, as a general schedule would work hardship in most instances. In this manner \ve feel that we have satished the greatest number of shippers, as in several classifications a lower minimum rate was necess-ary." The increas('.s are said to run from 6 and 10 per cent. The remarkable thing about it is that most of the increases are agreeable to the shippers. For example, the Tl1inois Steel company is said to have suffered an increase in the minimums of more than 30 articles, which the company ships, and no objection was made. Two-thirds of the increases, it ..v.as also stated, \vere on light and bulky articles which are diffi-cult to load heavy. The committee gave the shippers an eight-day hearing before it went into executive session to settle the 500 subjects on the docket. Never before was such a courtesy extended, as they have usually been cut off with a short hearing. The fact that nothing morc definite can be learned and that in most illstances an increase was made will keep an army of small shippers on the anxious seat, while it will not make so much difference to the big shippers. The latter will, it is asserted, be benefitted, and were strong advocat,~s of the higher minimums. The effects v.·..ill be far-reachillg". as the small jobbers in the territory of the heavier shippers could interfere \vith their trade. The railroads as a rui,~ v,'ere agreeable, ~,J:(1 justified it all the ground that a grt~\, volume of freight could be handled \.·.i.th the same amount of equipment, and that had the heavier loading been required during the past three months, it would have helped to solve the car shortage problem. On this point, when the meeting of the committee began, its chairman said: "The clamor for the higher minimum weight of carload lots has come largely from the jobbing interests. alld es-pecially the large firms that are able to buy in almost any quantities. It will be an advantage to the railroads, as the most of them have been improving the roadbeds and in-creasing their motive povver in the last few years, until they are now able to haul much larger cars and heavier tl-ains than formerly. \Vith the increased minimum weight, the $1.00 per Year. roads can handle more freight with the same number of cars, &lld in times of congestion this ~vill relieve tJle car shortage? which will be much appreciated by all the large business in-terests that in the past have been hampered by their in-ability to get freight on time. "The charge that the committee is trying to manipulate the classificatioH so as to effect what would be equal to an increase in rates is false as it is absurd. Some articles may be placed in higher classes and some in lower classes, but it is impossible to tell whether the average will be higher or lower for the general jobbel-. There will probably be very little difference noticable. The work of the committee is open and above board and there arc at least 200 representa-tives from the business orga.nizations of the country ready to enter protests or make petitions. In fact the work of the committee is nothing more nor less than the consid-eration of appcals or protests from the shippers of the country, some of which are granted and others of which are rejected as the members of the committee may deem wise. The committee meets every six months, and all the ac-cummulatcd protests for the iutervening time are consid-' ered. \ATe have absolutely nothing to do with the fixing of rates. The classification of freight is not of so muchim-portance to the business men of the country so long as the classiJication is the same for all cities west of the Missis-sippi as it .is bound to be. It is uniform and therefore no particular jobber and no particular city has any advantage over the others. \Ve have four classes for freight in less than carload lots and six classes for carload lots, making 10 classes in all." \Vhcn asked as to the rumor that the Standard Oil trust had a special representative at the committee meetings Mr. Becker smiled and said that such might be the case but he had not made himself manifest and the big oil concern might have a dozen men for all he knew. The committee has nothing to do with the classiJication of such freight as oil, which is handled in special tank cars owned by the large oil companies. The same rule applies to the packers' special refrigerator cars.-New York Commercial. Occupants of Burns' Chair Must Treat. In one of the rooms of a Dumfries public house is an old ann chair which is said to have been frequently used by the poet Burns. All who sit in this chai1' are expected to treat everyone who is in the room at the time, and often the immortal memory of the famous Scottish national poet is drunk. An Order for Hotel Furniture in Sight, Viork has been resumed upon a ,hotel building at Grange-ville, Idaho. It will cost $50,000 to complete the structure. The Melrose hotel furnished throughout. at Albuquerque, N. M., will be ~Trjte J. M. Ashby, proprietor. re- r 4 :liIICHIGAI\ ARTISAN EVAN.SVlLLL EVANSVILLE, August 9.-Buslness with the Evans-ville furniture manufacturers is holding its own ve.ry well and it is believed that trade conditions '-vill improve after the first of September. The factories continue to be operated on fairly good time and a bettcr feeling prevails since the ex-positions at Chicago and Grand Rapids. 1\'la11y of the local manufacturers attended both expositions and say they wefe greatly benefitted by so doing. The volume of business done by manufacturers during the month of July was nothing to be compared to the same month of last year, yet taking into consideration the general depression they have fared well. Conditions have been opening up in the southern states and especially Texas, during the past few weeks and salesmen have sent in some very encouraging reports. Recently the Grand Rapids Show Case company, at Grand Rapids, l",lich., furnished an entire outfit of patent clothing cabinets, all glass, made especially to order for the Progress Clothing company of this city. Charles \V_ Talge, of the Evansville Veneer Works, is back from a business trip to Chicago and Grand Rapids. He is of the opinion that the furniture business is getting better and this being the case he looks for more business in the veneer manufacturing line. The stove manufacturers held their regular meeting at the E: ,E:. A.: hall here a few nights ago at which tradc con-ditions were reported much better. The factories are now working a full force four days a week. Evansville furniture manufacturers have been invited to attend, a meeting of shippers and railroad rate makers in St. Louis September 1st, to confer over the proposed advance in the minimums of light and bulky articles to Texas points. The proposed advance will be' contested by Evansville ship-pers. Several of the local manufacturers will attend the meeting. Some time agO there was a move set on foot here to or-ganize a co~pany for .the purpose of manufacturing metal kitchen cahinets and several of the leading furniture al1d stove manufacturers have become interested. vVilliam A. Koch, who is at the head of the Advance Stove \Vorks, also interested in a half dozen other leading industries of the city, has been asked to take over the active management of the business and has the matter under consideration. Tvlr.Koch is one of the leading manufacturers of Evansville and has made' a success of everything he has ever undertaken. In case he takes the active management of the proposed metal cabinet factory there is no question as to its future. Benjam.in Bosse, of the Globe Furniture company, is back from Chicago where he attended the Furniture Ex-position. On his way back he stopped at Springfield, IlL, where he had business in connection with the Lutheran church synod. Mr. Bosse is one of the leading members of the Lutheran church, and stands high in its councils. Work will be started in a short time on the Evansville Furniture Exchange building at the corner of Fourth and Vine streets. Any doubt as to whether the building would be built as planned was removed at a meeting of the direct-ors of the company held in tbis city recently. An award of the .conb-:tct will be made by the time this letter has gone 1,n pres". The ·building with eight floors (including· the basement) will have marble staircases and wainscoting and tile floors in the corridors. It will contain furniture display rooms and offices. The directors are A_ F. Karges, of the. K,arges Furniture company; Harry A. Schtt, of the Crescent com-pany; Benjamin Bosse, of the Globe Furniture company; Edward Ploegar of the Bosse company and Vlilliam A. Koch of the Evansville ~detal Bed company. The .building must be completed by February 1, 19C9. The building of the Furniture Exchange marks a new epoch in the busines:i career of Evansville. William A. Heylls, one of the' leading furniture men of the city, and who is also interested in a local veneering plant, says that his plant has been running most of the time since the so called panic started. IV!r. Heyns sees.a silver lining to the financial cloud and is of the opinion that business all over thc country will grow better in a short time. C. W. B. More Room For the Furniture Men. The Grand Rapids Refrigerator, Company having out-grown their quarters, has erected the- largest refrigerator fac-tory in the world, and by September 1st they wilI be out of the old house into the new. The company has decided to offer these buildings (containing 200,000 feet of floor space) to. th¢rnanufacturers of furnitnre throughout the country who ""'ish to show their wares in the Grand Rapids market. These·bnildings arc within five minut~s walk of all the lead-ing hotel:; of the city, situated close by the railroad tracks, a great saving of cartage expense is trade by those who avail themselves of this opportunity to show in this market. '{he above cut shows the seven story building facing on Ottwa street. Their advertisement on another page of this issue shows the big seven story building on Market street. The advertisement gives many facts that will be of interest to manufacturers contemplating exhibiting in Grand Rapids in January. Preparing to Resume. The Ramsey-Alton Manufacturing company, of Portland, 1'lich .., have offered to settle with creditors for 33;1 cents on the dollar. If this offer shall be accepted the company will continue in business. It is believed the proposition will be accepted. The company manufacturers Morris chairs as a speCialty_ MICHIGAN AHTISAN 5 • IIII III II aran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE LATEST device for handling shavings alld dust from all wood-working machines. Our nineteen, years experience in this class of 'It../Ork has brought it nearer perfection than any other system OIl the ·market today. It is no experinLent) but a demonstrated scientific fact~ as 'loe have sC'Z.Jeral hun-dred of these s'J1stems in use) and Hot a poor one among titem. Our Automatic Furnace Feed S:ystem) as ShO'IV1l in this cut) is the 1120St perfect 'lvorking dC1Iice of nllytking iu this line. Write for our prices for equipments. I . 1 208-210 Canal Street I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . ---------O_UR .AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM WE }1AKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOivIERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Fa.ctory: Citizen. Phone 1282 J 6 MICHIGAN PRACTICAL HINTS ON HOME BUILDING. Comfort and Artistic Satisfaction in the Arrangement of the Dining Room. Take the Dining Room as flC Living Room, its great fcatur~ -is the fireplace. It is the keynote of the room. The use of a fireplace is to give heat. This might seem a rather un-necessary remark, but in view of the fact that most fireplaces waste more heat than they throw out, the point j5~well worth consideration. A defi-nition of a good fireplace would be "one that gives plenty of heat, wastes none, and is easily cleaned," but such a one is an ideal. A fireplace must necessarily waste heat, even the best designs must waste at least 25 per cent. It gently wafts itself up the flue, and, of course, one can't do without that convenience, therefore it can't be helped. It is better to have a fireplace use-ful and ornamental than to have one ornamental and of little usc; on the other hand, it is still better to com-bine usefulness and beauty. There is no reason why the two should not combine, but seldom is. it that they do. There has been gr,o:at improve-ment in the design of fireplaces of late years_ It is not long since they wen,'. built in such a way as to affm-d the least possible amount of heat for the greatest quantity of fuel, and "vere of such surface as to require a whole morning, and several cakes of black lead to polish. Those old grates were cunningly fashioned, so as to smuggle all the heat up the chimney, and leave the room frigid, and one didn't even have the satisfaction of knowing they were "artistic_" Then there were the mantelpieces! They exist still in many a house, huge, clumsy things, some ranged up in tiers of fretwork and useless little cupboards, and others just heavy shelves, supported on lumpy brackets or reedy pil-asters. ;And then the marble mantlepiece! Hideous and ungainly, but somehow it seemed one time to be taken as an indication of gentility. Inseparable from such mantles were the huffy, fringy drapes, that hung all round them, and caught the smoke and the flies. Then there were the steel fenders, and the clumsy fire-iroils, that everyone stumbled over. After these came the cMt-iron mantelpiece, painted -to resemble marble, and a hundred other abominations too irritating to mention. What a difference there is between such atrocious ex-amples and the beautiful conceptions of modern manufacture, some of which are here shown. GRILLE. Designed and Manufac-tured by Buckly & Nunn, Sydney, N. S. W. ARTISAN This age has certainly seen a vast improvement in the design of such domestic furnishings, also there have been many inventions to regulate the consumption of fuel and the supply of heat. There are many good designs in the market, having these qualities of convenience and economy, but for positive comfort there are none that can compare with the open fireplace. vVhat a sense of well-being it gives, the wide hearth seems always glowing with genial hospitality. The evening group sitting round it, can talk or be silent as they will, the work-a-day cares .arc dissolved, and one ar-ranges the future in a splendidly comfortable mamler beneath its radiant influence. There is no s11ch pleasure emanating from a stove or tiny g:-ate, and Ol1ecertainly can't imagine anyone weaving far,c.<:s while sitting before a radiatorl Now, an open fire, though in the process it wastes heat. docs ventilate a room. The fireplace should be recognizc>,d as an integral and highly important part of the ventilatioll, and most architects realize this as they are beginning to re-alize its decorative value, -but when one sees that in a direct line between door, window, and fireplace, is the only possible sitting place, then one is justified in believing that someone has blundered. It -is seldom that one comes across any effective attempt to combil1e heating and ventilation by means of the fire-place, and this surely, is· one of the things that should be GRILLE Ma.nufactured and designed by Buckly & Nunn; Sidney, N. S. W. done; another suggestion here given to any inventive genius is to devise some means where-by th~ waste heat may be util-ized. Just think of the heat which might be utilized to warm the icy cbld bedrooms to which we retire from thlOOcomfortable sitting room. One of the best features in modern fireplace design is the ingle-nook. Its revival is, in a way, due to the medieval in-clinings of the arts-craft 1Tlove-rnent; there is an atmosphere of snllgness and Quietude about them which is wonderfully pleasant, though they in a large measure prevent the warm-ing of the whole room. How-ever, the ingle-nook, campen-- sates by its picturesqueness, "it is an excellent architectural opportunity, and its treatment can often give an otherwise commonpl,ace room distinct in-dividuality. Such a nook is not expensive. Quite a simple treatment is all that is needed to place one of these most companionable re~ cesses in the living-room, and what better place could be de-sired for quietude and content? MICHIGAN Its opening could he made a great decorative feature by the addition of a grille, such as shown in these notes. For the fl replace surroundings, simplicity ;md neatness should be the ilrst consideration. Tiled openings arc clean SIDEBOARD IC\f A US'J'RAT.IAK TIMBEn Manufacturprt and designed b~' Ruckly & Nunn, Sldney K. S. "V\T. and fresh, both in appearance and reality, Those built up of pressed brick, \vith wiele openings, are A fireplace should have as little about it; many of those elaborately also good to have. ironwork as possible "quaint" designs with copper everywhere and a metal hood, are rather absurd. The hood especially is a mistake; it re-minds one of a cure ior a smoky tIue, and prevents the heat being thrown u p w ar d !:i. The present day dog grate is another thing that .vauld be very well if it ,,,,ere of any use, but as it is used merely for the sake of' its pic-turesqueness, and is of little or no utility, it could well be dis-pensed with. These grates are seen at their best in old DINING no OM ART MANTEL IN AUS-TRALTAK TIMBER. Designed and Manufactured by Buekl~' & Nl1nn, Sidney, N. S. W. C01] n try houses, where the blackened dogs rest on a broad hearth, in a deep-backed, cavernous aperture. In a modern drawing'-room, the small recess containing the polished dogs (quite purpose-less), and a flickering fire that warms the room not at all, remind one of stage prop:::"rties. To summarise the matter; choose a fireplace that is a good heating apparatus, for that is the first consideration; the second is. that it should necessitate little cleaning, it must have nothing about it that will collect dust and dirt. In reganl to the design, let it be broad, simple, and well-proportioned. Avoid alt unnecessary, fiddling detail, and you ,...il1 have a fireplace good to give warmth and pleasant to look upon,-"Building." Sydney, Ne"w South \Vales. ARTISAN 7 New Hotels in the South. T. V·l. Smith will erect a seventy room hotel in Columbus, Ga. A large extension to the Hotel Grafton, in Washington, D. C. will be erected at a cost of $150.000. D. \Volverston is financing a company to erect a sixty room hotel in Yazoo City, Miss. The Greenville (S. C.) will invest $105,000 in a new hotel building. A hotel to contain 200 rooms will be erected in Macon, Ga., by Dr. E. P. Frazier. C. VV'. Baxt.er will erect a hotel with 126 guest rooms at St. Petersburg, Fla. A seventy room hotel will be erected by the Red Springs (Texas) Devlopment company. Booming, the Home Town. Every business man should be proud of the city or town in which he lives and lend his efforts to the work of making his place of residence 'Worthy of his pride, In many cities civic pride is almost a pas- SiOn. The Gotha111ite argnes that "little old New York" is the only city in the world fit for a lady or gentleman to live in. The resident of the "\Vindy City" will undertake to prove that Chicago is the only city in the wor1d~ that all others are merely her suburbs. The,CJeve- 1 and e r challenges the world to produce greater evidences of natural and acquired beauty than he can boast of. Albany, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Grand Rapids must be considered w hen the beauty spots of this grand old world shall be present-ed for consideration. It remain>; for the people of Atlanta however to show the people of Am-erica how to boom the towns in which they live. At the recent convention of the hotel keepers of America, 1-fr. Zimmer, proprietor of the Kimball house (a former resident of the remarkably beautiful and still more prosperous and rapidly growing city of Detroit) gave the following statement of the plan employed by the citizens of Atlanta. It has been said that everyone who comes to Atlanta becomes thoroughly intoxicated with the greatest of all tonics, "The Atlanta Spirit," which by the way is the only intoxicating thing available in Georgia now-a-days. To demonstrate the strength of "The Atlanta Spirit" it has been told that an Atlanta traveling man met a competitor from Savanah. The Atlanta man said to the Savanah man: "Did you ever visit Atlanta?" "Oh, yes." "How long ago?" says the Atlanta man? Savauah man: "Last week." Atlanta man: "Oh, well, you ought to see her now." There is a lot of enthusasiam in that final sentence. If there is nothing in a man's town that will not make him swell with pride and remark, "Oh, well, you ought to see her now!" it is that man's duty to wake up and assist his neighbors in putting the place he lives in l1pon the map prominently. WINDOW DESIGN-"AUTUMN'" • MICHIGAN ARTISAN DRIPPING WITH VARNISH. Adventures of Jean Baptiste. It -is now 5i.~ months since I am come to America, and be-hold me already a citizen of this glorious Republic! At pJ:cscnt, fortune smiles benignantly upon me. 1 am agreeably placed in I\,Jortoll & Covington's new emporium Dfpaint and varnish' 011 lower Sixth Avenue. My salary i.~ considerable, my fellow clerks are amiable and obliging, and lam entirely content. True:, there are occasional un-pleasantnesses, but these are of no importance, They do not disttlrb me, as I have reason to think myself a favorite. Today it is already August. From where I sit behind my desk of cashier, I can see the patches of sun that lie along the threshold of the store with all the languor of afternoon. Outside, the listless hush of four o'clock spreads itself over the burning pavements. I withdraw my gaze from the street and look about n:e with satisfaction. Beneath the arch of the ceiling, elec-tric fans whirl energetically, rendering the air of an agree-able coolness, and the shadowed interior of the store is quiet and without excitement. l\eat rows of tins, diversified with cQlored labels, line the shelves OIl all sides, and little kegs of 'varnish are heaped beside the tall machine of artistic ~ctal'anda dial face in which one puts the penny and ascer-tains one's' true weight. I am surrounded by an atmosphere of lacq~l-er;,of enamel, of paint, of multicolored tints. All is riotous eplor, the very walls themselves seemingly tapestried ,i..~..th advertisements of surprising hues. On the post 'beside my desk is hung a superb lithograph. It ;represents a:, young girl, very pretty and adorable. This one is also a blonde, with eyes of an animated blue, and mag-nifJcentcolor. Between her parted lips one sees the little teeth like pearls. She is decolletee, and her shoulders lift tllemse;ves above her dress 'with a luster of tinted i\'ory. She extends,in one hand a tin of "Herrick's Varnish." ~_gaze: upon her with adoration, believing myself to see in: her the countenance of my ideal. And ,always she looks at me, smiling. I am alone except for Henry, the errand-boy. About two o'clock my confreres become restless. Peterson is stricken with an unaccountable illness, and is obliged to absent himself. !\-1cDermott also fancies himself siezed with appendicitis, and goes to consult a physician. "Jean, Baptiste,,"'he says "Jean Baptiste, just keep an eye on the; store while I'm gone, will you? There'll be nobody in; 'but I mayn't be back for some time in case the pain be-comes seri·ous. And' there's no occasion to mention it to the old n:J.antomorrow. It might alarm him." I assent, but T am not deceived. :\lcDermott has a girl, and he 'will take her to Coney Island for the afternoon. It will be delightful down there, and tl'.onsier is safe not to return until morning. And then, too, there is the adorable blonde of the confectionery-shop. I consider the suggestion, but no, I am Jean Baptiste, amI ne'ver betray a trust confided by my employer. Also. it will he wise to. keep an eye upon Henry. There is a base-ball game this ,lfternoon, and I am already conscious of his efforts to quit the store without observation. Vi e endllre a long pause of inaction, during which I re-gard the countenance of my ideal with rapture, and Henry approaches himself' nearer aild nearer to the door. Then the entrance is suddenly darkened, and a customer enters in con-siderable agitation. She dedares herself waiting since ten o'clo«;:k this morning for the arrival of a tin of enamel which was promised to her yesterday, and she comes tei de-mand an .explan,ation. Henry addresses her courteously. sigIlifyinghirr:self ready to inquire into the negligence, and iriorder to investigate, withdraws ,himself to the rear of the store 'while 1 regard madame with' a casual interest. She is not beautiful, this lady, but is of middle age, large, ruddy, and of an amazing expansiveness. One observes at once that she is German, and, though not of the upper world, is ostensibly a woman of substance. Also one secs that at her house all is admirably regulated. She wears a purple dress with astonishing spots, and of a style a little anti-quated, and a black bonnet that nods with purple flowers. An inimical eye gazes out from behind the skirts of madame, and I am suddenly conscious that a great dog on a leash accompanies her. Oh, he is ferocious, that animal, and of a surprising ugliness! Also it would be possible to drcam about those relentless teeth, long and so glaring a whiteness, that menacing jaw, that gaze so omnipresent and wicked. He is indeed a true nightmare, that dog! "Ach, mein lieber," says madame, bending above the animal, "do not be afraid. The kind gentleman will not hurt thee. Be stilt, mcin Engel." Me, I do not think that the kind gentleman desires to annoy the angel dog at all. The kind monsieur prefers to remain in perfect amity, and at a complete distance. He is young, and, he has at present, no desire for sudden and fright-ful death. Jerry, Henry's confrere, returning from an errand, enters the store hurriedly, but precipitates himself behind the counter, on beholding the animal. The dog growls, in showing his teeth. Evidently young boys do not please him, but then perhaps the period of his youth has not been an entirely happy one. Presently Henry reappears, flushed and apologetic. He ,is entirely desolated, but he has been unable to trace the order of madame. The regular clerk is not at present in the shop, but will be interrogated concerning it upon the instant of his return. ,Madame has only to wait until to-morrow, and all will be arranged satisfactorily. However, this does not content madame at all. She is angry, and she expostulates, She has lost an entire day in waiting, and it is not her purpose to quit the store with-out satisfactory assurance that the stuff will be sent to her immediately. And it is an order for a brand which we do not keep in the store! It is tremendously important to madame that she should have it at once, and it is· preposter-ous that she should be made to wait. It is necessary that Henry should look again. "Jerry," says Henry, "maybe you can find that enamel for th' lady. I've just been loakin' in th' back of the shop and 'tisn't there. \\-'onder if 1\-1r.Peterson hasn't put it down in th' cellar?" "I'll look and see," says Jerry, entirely willing to oblige, and he descends into the recesses below with an impetuous rapidity. The enormous beast presses closer to his migtress, beat-ing violently with the tail. "Fine dog you've got there, ma'am;" says Henry, with politeness, and observing him with care. l\'Iadame is pleased. She sm'iles, nodding the head. ;'Yes, yes, he is a goot dog, a fery goot dog, but he does lIot luf the Icetle cats. He has killed a great many, :Y~:;. a fery great many. And there was a burglar once, They took him to tile jail in many pieces, and the judge has given him seven years in the hospital. Yes. a fery goot dog." 1 decide that I will never burgle-at least, not while there is a possibility of meeting an animal like that. A thousand thunders, but I would not have liked to have been that man 1 I determine always to be virtuous. ;'Ach," continues madame, with complacence, ;'buthe has a so beautiful disposition, my Bismarck-so gentle, so affec-tionate, a heart mit a so great devotion filled! I luf him like a son. Is he not indeed magnificent, mein junge?" Henry assents, but we are here interrupted by the return of Jerry, who comes 'to report a lack of success in his search. He has diligently investigated into every nook and -------~ MICHIGAN AI{TTSAN 9 corner but has been unable to discover the slightest trace of "Presbury's Ename1." \iVill madame not be satisfied to wait, or else allow us to supply her with <l. different brand? Madame is again disturbed. The purple flowers on her bonnet agitate themselves, and she gesticulates in extreme irritation. It is monstrous, unheard-of! The tin must be Iotwd, and immediately, or she will withdraw her custom from the Grm, never to restore it! The unfortullate Henry, in despair, endeavors to appease her, but discovers it use-less, and, as a last hope, addresses himself to me. "Jean Baptiste," he says, "Jean Baptiste, do you know any-thing about tbat cnamel?" I do not. My business does not concern itself with paint. I am here only to keep the books. However, a lady is in distress, :l1,d I wil1 el:deavor to do my best to as-sist her. I step forward, in bov.·.i.ng, and assure her of my wil1ing-ness to search. "Madame." T say, with the !TIost profound courteoUSlless "1 will attempt to do my utmost to discovcr for you the vanish cd article. I am entirely desolated nt the incon-venience to which you have been put, and make n:y most humble apologies. 1 go now to tmdertake a most pene-trating investigation." Again T bow, and the countenance of madame is irrad-iated with approval. 1 turn toward the entrance of the cellar, the he£ld high and bdieving myself to have mad::: :l most agreeable ilrpre:.;sion, when, nlas, what a miSr:.Jrt.L~ne~ All undiscovered, the dog has left the side of his p.l~stress: and" in turning, I tread unexpectedly upon the tail of the animal! Figure to you: self the confusion 1 The brute, emitting a cry of the greatest acuteness, endeavors to hurl himself upon me, and would have destroyed me immediately had it 110t heen for the efforts of madame, This latter is only able to restrain him with the greatest possible difficulty. he tug-gi: 1g"at the end of his leash. the teeth bared, the eyes glaring and terrible. l\ladame threatecs, cntreats him ill te1'"ms of endearment, but is entirely unable to render him calm. Overcome by tl1(~ enormity of my mistake, 1 withdrew myself from danger with the utmost abrl1ptnf'ss, I am shaken with the violence of the surprise, and irnploring a thousand pardons, I accelerate my steps in the direction of the cellar. I descend a long spiral of darkened steps and believe myself safe. I look around me, 6nding myself ill au un-familiar region of casks, boxes, tubs, gigantic barrels. Everything about n:e appears to 100m in strange and un-rt~ al proportions. 1 am -surrounded by a somber twjlight, with only a pale star of radiance to mark the open door above me. Irresolutely I pause, at a loss how best to set about my task. All at once a fearful shriek reaches mc, the cry of a woman, terrified and despairing, I turn with celerity, casting my t'yes up the stairway down vvhich I have made my approach. vVhat 1 behold fills me with the most vi'"id emotion. I grow giddy with horror, I reel. A thousand devils, but I see that dog descending at the grand gallop. the mouth gaping, and a broken leash streaming in the air behind him! He has come to destroy me! I do not pause to consider, 1 have no time in which to make a farewell. For one swift instant T cast it despet'ate eye around me. A heap of gigantic barrels invite me, and I am suddenly upon the topmost, with an agility of which I had not believed myself eapab1e, I hold myself upon my insecure refuge with the greatest desperateness, I am horrified, 'while the infuriated animal rages below me. Far above, the star of light is suddenly blurred by the shadows of my rescuers, Jerry, Henry, and madame hasten to descend, madame in the greatest agitation, the gamins not entirely uninfluenced by mirth. I find hilarity in-appropriate. To me, the situation is Ol1e of the gravest ~- terror. I behold myself suspended above the very Jaws of death. Suddenly 1 discover myself menaced by a new danger. TJu:~ head of the barrel upon which 1 stand begins slowly to yield beneath my feet. I recognize my peril and en-deavor, to late, to avoid it. I attempt to save myself; I seizE': "vith desperate hands at walls and projections; I behold that accursed varnish gapping below me! ,;Yith the strength of despair I gr:1Sp at :m overhanging beam. It is useless. I am precipitated downward, and am im-mersed, almost to the neck, in the abominable liquid, That \vhicb follO\vs is llcart-rending. Madame seizes t~p()n Bismarck and reduces him to submission, but my mis- ~dveIltttre is only at a beginning, I attempt to free my-self from my monstrous predicament, 1 strugglc, I combat it with violence. Alas, what an unhappiness! I only suc-ceed in subjecting myself to more humilating disaster.';. My efforts have disturbed the equilibrium of the barrel in which [ am c:onllned, and a last struggle dislodgcs it totally from ib resting place. I roll, I am whirled downward, strik-ing with a sickening crash on the flooring of adamant. Un-happy O1~e,it enly remains to me to pick myself up from the rUil!.'>,utterly o~'en"lhclmed hy varnish and humilation! Bismarck attempts to wrench himself from madame that he n:ay precipitate hin-:self upon me, while the gamins suffo-cate themselves with laughter. Those miserable ones are convulsed with an extreme merriment. Barbariansl Before my very eyes they mock of my misfortune, turning the unhappiness of' my plight to ridicule. They even -ejaculate rudeness between their paroxysms of hilarity. Beholding them, 1 am seized by an overpowering frenzy. I have suddenly the wish to annihilate them. On the moment, I fling myself upon them, but they elude me, Oee-ing before me, in giving utterance to shrill cries of delight and fear. T pUfStW them with vehemence as they dart up the !:itairway, I desire their blood. We storm upward. alld burst into the stole with the rapidity of a tornado. At the same instant, my employer enters unexpectedly from the street, with several friends to whom he wishes to demonstrate his mod;::l establishment, and the perfection of his office force. The scene is £rightfuL Monsieur purplc with rage, the eyes starting fro111his head, demands an explanation of this astounding occurence. We attempt to oblige him in a single breath, all clamoring together. ~'.lonsiet1r listens, his anger increasing to a point of danger, but it is upon me. alas! that his eye is concentrated. And then suddenly madame emerges from the cellar, dragging with her, by the collar. the monstrous Bismarck It is the last straw, The displeasure of monsieur reaches its fever-heat, and the tempest of his wrath is launched upon us. Never before in my whole existence ha""e I been permitted to listen to'such eloqucnce. Monsieur rages, he storn:s. he annihilates us with his irony and consumes us vvith his disapprobation. \Ve arc left w'ithout character and without hereafter. Vie behold ourselves sketched out in the 1110stlurid colors; we are depicted fallen into depths of iniquity whose blackness the most lively imagination might fail to realize, until finally pausing for breath, he leaves us cowering, both speechles3 and appalled, "A pack of thieves, the whole lot of you!" shouts mon-sieur. "Consider yourselves no longer in my employment!" The te1"1"iblewords strike irrevocably upon my ear, over- \"'helming me with the mcst vivid despair. I start forward intending to implore his mercy. I attempt to expostulate, to entreat for pardon, It is useless. The mind of mon-sieur is entirdy made up; and, dripping with varnish, I can only stand before my employer, confounded and discharged. -Cosmopolitan 1'1agazine. ....--------------------------- -- 10 MICHIGAN T • ARTISAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN OUR SWELL DRAWER FRONTS AND VENEERED ROLLS IN ANY KIND OF WOOD AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS. WALTER CLARK VENEER CO. 535 Michigan Trust Bnilding, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. IN RIVALRY TO GET COLLEGE MEN. ~----- Demand for Technical Knowledge Has Revolutionized Sys.. tern of Employment. Educational men say that during the last few years the demand for young engineers and other graduates from tech-nical schools has been so great in this conntry that large corporations have been bidding against each other to get the men fresh from college well schooled in technical knowledge. Modern methods in the conduct of the large industrial cor~ pOtations, which have set aside the old system of obliging the experts to climb up from the lowest rung of the ladderJ has been responsible for this. Old engineers say that a great change has been h:-ought about by the institutions of technical learning and that the big corporations have been the gre,atest gainers. In the. old days, they say, an cl1gineer, civil or electrical, attained a de-gree of excellence now possessed by the graduate of a good technical school only after long years of work in the bus-iness. Now the corporations do not have to wait for the evolution of their en.g-ineers and other technical men. They grab them up as they come out of college, and put them to work in jobs which, in the old days, would have been filled by men old in the service. "Ies a foot race between corporations to see '\vhich will get to the college first, and the concern that is a slow starter doesn't get any men at all," said John J. Carty, Chief, En-gineer of the Americ<Jll Telephone and Telegraph company. "Princeton, Troy, Massachusetts Tech.~we used to drift around to these schools at comm~nceme~lt time. Some years ago our man got around in April and found that the Gen-eral Electric and VVestinghouse and others had been there ahead of him and cleaned the deck "It was no longer a question whether the graduate could get a job or not, and now it is actually impossiblc to get the requisite number of men to come in and learn our bus-iness at a salary of $15 a week. "It's the trusts that have brought this condition about, and put a premium on education. vVhile the technical schools have furnished recruits for certain corporations, I do not believe- it has been so fully recognized in the midst of the general uproar that the corporations by a simple reactive process have creatcd schools and brought higher education, particularly technical education, within every boy's reach. The progress of industry and wealth in this country has been so great that it has lifted the whole mass, "These college graduates that we take in, I have· ques-tioned them, and r was surprised at first to find that it's no aristocracy that we're getting noadays from those places. They ate the sons of carpeneers, machinists, small trades-men, thrifty workmen. Under the ancient conditions they couldn't have had these advantages, and their children's chi.ldren c.ouldn't have had them. "It's a great thing fot them, but it is also a great thing for the country, to draw the young men of these classes into these lines of effort because they are strong and fresh and filled with keen desire to rise in accomplishment above the level of their forbears. "You can see it when they start in. There's nothing of the dude about them. There are no snobbish, ..notions. They know what hard work means, and they get on the job promptly; "They are amenable to discipline, too, and that is per-haps the greatest lesson that modern organization teaches-obedience to somebody, responsibility to somebody. It's a hard road to travel, but it leads up. "Of ('.Gurse under the t>resent system a man has got to deliver the goods or fall back for somebody else. It's efficiency that wins. In the old days, when companies were private affairs, it: was all right for the owner to find places in the works for all his kin, whether they earned their pay or not. It was his money and he could do what he pleased with it, but there is no room for ornaments now, nor for relatives unless they work their passage and a little better."- New York Times. Millions to be Expended on a London Home. Anthony Drexel, an American millionairel has taken a seven years lease of one of the finest houses in London, which he is having refitted with every novel device to afford comfort and luxury. The mansion was built for extensive entertaining, judging by the size of its ballroom, reception, billiard and dining rooms. There are also spacious halls, minstrels! gallery and a wide staircase entirely of IVlezzano and Ezchallion marble. Charles Allam, who planned and decorated the new ball-room for the King at Buckingham Palace and reconstructed Brook House for Sir Ernest Cassel, has been responsible for the decorations, 'which are of the Louis XVI. period. Par~ quet floors of the design at the Petit Trianon are laid in the saloons, and the bronze balustrades and rails are in har-mony with ornaments of the same period. No fewer than twenty-two bedrooms and bathrooms are-provided for guests. The :floors of the bathrooms are paved with India rubber tiles. There are electric passenger, lug~ gage and food elevators. Roth Adds to His "String." John C. Roth, proprietor of the Great Northern, the Auditorium and the Annex, Chicago has leased a hotel now under construction, at St. Paul. ----------------------------- -- -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 11 • The finest equipped plant tn existence doing Engraving, Printing and Binding under one roof and management. The mark of Cargill on your Engraving and Printing bears the same relation to quality as to jewelry, Rogers on or Sterling on silver. Tiffany Cutlery, Every furniture catalog planned and executed by us last season has been talked about..•In a class by themselves···Something better .··Something new. Write about allow us and at once and your to to us requirements, suggest improvements quote you. Drop down to our plant when in Grand Rapids. It will be to your interest. The Cargill Company Grand Rapids Engraving Company Grand Rapids, Wealt~y Avenue, just west of Michigan Di1'is.ion Street. ......------_._-----_ ... • •I THE Wellin~on note! Remodeled at a CI.lst of $150,000 Hot and cold I'UDnina: water and long die-tance 'phone' in all rooml. 200 rotmIS. J 00 with bath. Sinl[k or en 5ui~. Rates $1 ,00 and upward;-. One 01 the moet uuique dinin1;l rooms in the country_ Our homoU8 lnmllJl Cafe. NOrED FOR \E",I~E AND CUI~I"E McClintock and Ba'tfield PROPS. .,·":,~~')'~~:s~1~ ,~,~ COt. Wabash Ave. & Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO II I I ! I>------------ ...--------_. WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller L- l / 10 SPINOLa MACHINE \ ALSO MADE WlTH 14, Hi, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NE.W GE.A~ DOVE.T AILING MACHINE. This little machine has DQlle wore to perfect. the drawer work of furniture manufacturers than anything eb;~ in the furniture trade. FO)rfift~n years it bas made perfect-fitttng, v<!rmin-proof. dove-tailed stock a possibility. This bas been accomplished at reduced cast, as the nlachine cuts dave-tails in gangs of from 9 to 24 at Olle operation. ALEXANDER DODDS. Grand Rapids, Micbigan. Rep~ted by Schuchart & Schutte al Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm and St. PetetshUtll_ Rep~ntalive by Alfred H. Schutte l\.1c.:.1011lle. Brusseb. ~lF, Pam. Milan and Bifhoa. Rep~ted in Great Britian and Jrdarn:J by the Olivet Machinery Co.• F. S. Thompson, Mat·, 201·203 DellJlSi8te. Manchener. Enaland . • 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Progress in Filing Room Practice It may be worth whjle for the readers of the Artisan to c011sider the pfognss that has been made during the past fe\v years in filing room practice, for the reason that very many of the processes in cafe of saws and knives are 110 longer performed as done years ago. In the caSe of a modern woodvYorkillg plant having In use the ordinary variety of narrow band saws used for se'roll sawing, say from }4 up to 1" or more wide.. tJle opportunity for improvement in methods of fitting is relatively less than in the caSe of band resa"vs or wide log band saws, but even ou these narrO\'1i widths there has been marked progress, in that the old tirr.e filer and setters, which about every factory has tried out, have given \vay to tools for the purpose that are practic,d and efficient and well enough made to afford comparative accur-acy and lasting satisfact101' to the opcrat01. A band ~a"v filer or setter lS <.'.xpected to file or set satisfactorily S!1l,VS ranging from ;:.i up to 1, 2 or 3" wide, having from three to six or mOle points to the inch, and the modern machine will sen'e the purpose well unless ignorantly handled, or put to use On saws so lacking in uniformity that an autonutic machine cannot be adapted therefor. The como,ent fro:n the better class filers who understand the advantage of Uni-formly fitted Harrow band saws, both as· regards filing aBU setting, are all in favor of these appliances. if of first CbS5 manufacture. A letter lately seen from the filer in Brooklyn Navy small rip and crosscut saws in common use on circular saw benches, self-feed rip saws, swing crosscuts, and the like. It is a remarkable fact, however, that some woodworkers do not seem to realize that machine fitting is distinctly sup-erior to hand fitting, and at the same time much more eCLo~ nomieal because of the greater uniformity and perfection in operation of the saws that are machine fitted, al1d which go about their work with little attention required on the part of the operator. These special fitting machines st1rely pay ill plants where there is a large amount of fitt1ng, becau~", they often times save the expense of at least one man or in other words, some $2 or $3 a day in th matter of labor cost, and in the case of the small plants, they surely pay because they enable an unskilled operator, unless not possessed of .sufficient mechanical ahility, to properly adjust the machine for the work in hand, to do far better work than his lack of ~kiH would pennit hilll to do by hand. III a succeeding number, the \V.riter will take up Modcnl Practice, in so far as it relates to band resaws that range from 3 to 6 inches wide, and suggest some of the changes <Iud acl- \'al1tages that result as the different p~ogresses are llOW C<Ir-ried on. Noiseless Book Case Door Slide. C. L. Frost, of the Hardware Supply company, has got-ten out a new attachment for sliding doors in show cases book cases etc. which allows the door to' slide ou a polished steel ·track-- without noise or friction. . It consists of <l. steel shoe that may be read;ly attached to the lower edge of the door as shown in t-H.(' accompanying illustration. T t is so formed that it cannot bind 011 the track, and the edge of the track being polished ve--ry smooth the door operates })('T-fectly, and without the noise usually l)roduced by wHer!'> or sheaves. It being made (If a single piece of steel it cannot get ont (If order and will lasL a life time; moreover the cost is much lower than any other ap-pliance made for this purpose. The goods are now being made by the Hardware Supply company, aed are meeting with favor by the trade. Yard, speaks of a set·of these machines in use that are speeded to tile and set 50 band saw teeth per minute ana mentions that he is overwilling to give up for these little machines because hand fiHng and setting are not in it for a minute with them. The prejudice that formerly. existed On the part of' saw filers against such tools for factory use, has been largely done away with, at least on the part of any who have seen the modern well built machines used. Furniture factories alld pattern shops, in particular, even though there be only one or two band saw machines in use, can well afford a set of these appliances, and in the case of the larger plants in which from one-half doezn to twenty or mOfe band sawing macbinesare used, the need 'for them is self-evident. There are still some woodworking plants that employ a grindstone with a hand wheel device for grinding machine kn!ves, but the nurnber of these concerns is daily growing smaller. Kow, well built automatic knife grinders pro-vided with water attachments for cooling the knife during the process of grinding, and every necessary adjustment to insure true work and little or no waste of the knife, are ob-tainable at modest price. Special grinders are also obtain-able for c'utter head work, and likewise for the grinding of l A SENSIBLE EDITORIAL. Optimism is again appearing. Men of all walks in life ale burying the proverbail "hammer" and giving things <I boost. This is an the country needs. Conditions do not warrant hard times. Ask the banker, merchant or manll~ facturer the reason for the present stringency and he will tell you lack of confidence. Crops arc good, money plenty and, in fact,· conditions are right for the greatest boom this country ever enjoyed. The people of the United States have acquired a bad habit of "hedging" to a greater or less extent every four years at election time. No apparent cause, just a habit. This country is going 10 grow and boom no matter which party is in power. Don't make the mistake of following a blind superstition that trouble is bound to come every election time or that panics are sched-uled at regular intervals of from eighteen to twenty years. This is all wrong. It is' up to the people. Use sound business methods all the time, boost instead of knock and there will be no hard times. Grand .Rapids Brass Co. OUR BUILDING E p N R G I R N A T V E E R I R S s B II P I I I R N t I D I I N E I T R I E S I R E I s N , B G I R I N A D V I E E R R II s S MICHIGAN ARTISAN [ I IOD.IIO.112 I norli DiisilJn II. ~;~ ~ I Qran~Ra,i~s Erected by Wbite Printing Company. Grand Rapid•• 1907. 106. 110. 112 nort~ Division~t.i Qran~Ra,i~s Michigan Engraving Company :: White Printing Company Michigan Artisan Company ... -~--__._._-----. I "" 13 14 MICHIGAN , ARTISAN Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No.:l6. Band Saw 36 Inchel. Made wilh or without motor drive Melal table 3&/:.: 30". Will lake 18" under the iluide- tilts 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way. Car-lies a saw up to IWI wiele. Oultide bearin~ \00 lowe't wheel sbah when notmolordciven. Weilloo 1800 Ibs when ready to ship. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had beller give us your address and have us tdl you all about tbem. We make nothing but Quality tooJs, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines Hood-ing lhe country. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11. Will take a l:KlW up to 201 diameter. Arbor bell is 6" wide. Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes. Sanders. Tenoners. Morti.ers. Trimmers, GriDde:ra,Work Benches, Vises, Ciampa, Glue Heater.s,etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. CRAND RAPIDS. MICH •• U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - Oliver Machinery Co" Hudoon Terminal, 50 Church St., New York: Oliver Mad:linery Co" Fint National BlI.Dk Building. Chicago. Ill.; Oliver Machinery Co., Pacific Building. Sealtle, W.uh.; Oliver Machinery Co • 20 I ·203 Dell.llsgate, MlI.JIchester. Eng . Save Labor Tillie Tempers Cod .._--_._---------------------_._--------" . Freight Car Shortage of 100,000 is Predicted. One of' the foremost railroad authorities in the country declared last ,'leek that American railroads would have in service 100,000 less freight cars on January 1 next, than were in service January 1, 1908. The nason of this decrease in the transportation capacity of the country, he added, was the inability of the railroads to earn enough or to borrow enough to replace the cars being worn out. . This loss is greater than the shortage of freight cars last October, 'illhcn the demand for transportation facilities in excess of the ability of the railroads to supply them reached its highest point in the history of the country. For several months after the slump in railroad traffic began, early last winter, the railroads continued to increase their rolling stock equipment but almost entirely through the receipt of cars previously ordered, which the 11.1anufaceturerswere un-able to turn out when they were urgently needed. Just how many cars were thus added to the total equip-ment as it stood during the high pressure of business of 1907 can only be estimated, but it is evident that through the failure or inability of the railroads to keep damaged cars !n repair and destroyed cars replaced since the beginning 01 the currcnt calendar year, the transportation capacity of tht:: country has been set back to a very serious degree. Com-petent authorities hold that it is less nm..- than it was at this time a year ago. That the volume of freight traffic in the United States is subject to violent fluctuations from year to year and almost from month to month is a fact with which not only every railroad official, but likewise every shipper, big and little, is only too familiar. It is at the bottom of the persistently reiterated assertion of railroad managers that it is dangerot1~ to the ultimate prosperity of the country to allow the de-velopment of railroad facilities to cease during periods of business recessions. • Nevertheless, the present year will witness, according to the authority first quoted, a failure on the part of the railroads to place orders for the replacement of $100,000,000 worth of freight cars which might have been worn out and destroyed in service. This is merely 'what the railroads have failed to do-or, more properly, becn unable to do-in order to keep the capacity of their plants unimpaired and does not include anything which might have becn done to keep pace with the normal average increase in the demand upon the railroads for transportation. It is safe to assume that had the railroads not becn forced to cut down maintcnance atlowances in order to meet current charges upon capital obligations already incurred, they would have promptly replaced everyone of the 100,000 cars which they will have lost this year. It is safe to assume fltrther, that had their net earnings been such as to make possible the borrowing of fresh capital all a scale commen-surate with their needs, they would have purchased not only the equivalent of the rolling stock put out of service, but probably as much more clearly additional equipment. To say that the cars are 110t needed at the present tilli~ does not touch the heart of the matter. Freight cars can-not be had in any quantity in a day or a month, as the con-ditions of last summer amply demonstrated, while recovery in the volume of traffic, once fairly started, usually proceeds with a rapidity only equaled by the rate at which it shrinks in time of general depression.-New York Commercial. Reorganized. The Aulsbrook & Jones Furniture company, of Sturgis, Mich., succeeds Aulsbrook & Sturgis, The capital stock of the corporation is $100,000. M. C. Kelly's stock of furniture in Colville, Washington, was destroyed recently. Insurance $2,000. MICHIGAN ARTISAN r A Power Veneer Press I 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\!. ·Weare alwaY8 glad to mml WI18traled p'f'inted moUe,. giving full particulQr~. Black Bros. Machinery CO. h- . MENDOTA. ILl. , i ------.---.~ '"---,-.--- - --1 '--.---.-.. rr ------- B. WALTER & CO. }"N'b~n~I (t. 113. (tbatfieI~t ~~ TABLE SLIDES Exclusively I lDeaigner Blo(lgan BJJg.. GrJuu:1Rapids, Mich. , ...-.-.-- . ..l ... Working drawings flirnishedfoT • fine and medium Furniture, Chair:J and fancy articles in modern and classic styles. GUI1-T£UJtUJ &lltrs. WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT r ._--_._-------'-------,~ MANUFACTURERS OF FURNITURE, Have you ever used the Mercantile Editions of the Michigan Artisan? IF NOT, WHY NOT? These Editions would serve you well. Why not try them? Mailed to Retailers Only. 15 1 ~---------~ -- --- 16 MICHIGAN l!STABUSHED 1880 ~. ~YfiLcQR]n..~.lA.i;Ii~J,,§j,;~N ~ -# ~__ "C*',,- - ~~ .... ~ .~~ ~- - - I"Ul!ILl8Heo BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOnl AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-10B. 110.112 NORTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTEReD"'8 "....neR OF THE SE(lOIlO CLAn Greater attention is given to manual and trade instruction by the colleges and schools of America than to other branches. New York is spending vast sums for the purpose mentioned and Pennsylvania is scarcely behind her most imposing neighbor. In the central west the movement is strong and steadily growing in importance. Michigan is giving a great deal of attention to the question while Wisconsin. a state l<\rgely inhabited by Germans and the descendants of Germans has inherited the spirit that has given the fatherland its position as the leading nation of the world in the training of sons to fil1 useful occupations, Not only in the larger cities of Wisconsin, but in many small towns trade and man-ual schools have been established, Instruction in the trades and domestic science is given in the following towns of 6,000 inhabitants. Severalcontaill less than that number: Antigo, AppletOll, Ashland, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac. Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Janesville, KellOsha, La Cro'sse, 1Yladison, Marinette, Menominee, Omw, Oskosh, Racine, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, "',Taukesha, Wausau. Washburn and Viroqua. The trade 5c.hools of Milwaukee, \Vis., Sagina'N, Grand Rapids and Detroit, Mich., rank high ill the list of such institutions, The movement, althottgh a new one, has taken a strong hold in public favor and will, in a few years be en grafted upon the educational system of the United States. "'t'" tlttl Complaint is made by the railroads that the dining cars have not been patronized as might be expected from the vol- Uille of travel. .A passenger official has expressed the opinion that it js due to fewer traveling'salesmen having' been on the road. Another and more potent reason is that the traveling salesmen have rebelled against the inferior food, indifferent service and the outrageous prices charged by the managers of the dining cars for meals, Many traveling men have learned to suffer the. pangs of hunger for a few h01.\!s rather than eat the poor food and' pay double their value for the same, I DtD DtD A considerable number of manufacturers of wall p::tpcr have leased suites of rooms in prominent hotels of New York for the purpose of exhibiting their products during the current month. The idea is not a new one. In the year 1882 a line of chairs was exhibited in the Fifth avenue hotel l\ew York by an enterprising manufactl.1rer of Grand Rapids and a few years later a line of chairs made in Kew York placed on exhibition in the rotunda of the Hotel Morton, Grand Rapids. °to °to "The Grand Rapids association is endeavoring to estab-lish a standard of colors for finishes.-Jimestown Journal. The propo5ition is not fairly stated hy the Jout-nal. The Grand Rapids Associa.tion has established a standard of colors through the <lgency of the leading dealers in furniture in the United States who will buy no other, The manufacturer who fails to adopt the Grand Rapids standard speedily will soon learn the necessity for so doing, <'ttl tltO Merchants and manufacturers of the eastern states,. ARTISAN charged by the railroads with underbilling and other 11lis~ representations in connection with shipments, fear indictment for violating the rate law, Government ir.spectors have unearthed many interesting practice" for the com,ideration of the grand jury. Manufacturers of lodge and church furniture report the receipt of a considerable number of' orders. Fraternities and religious societies seldom pay attention to panics. °tD <'to Judging by the number of hotels in course of erection in all parts of the United States owners of reat estate fail to see any chance for discouragement in the near future. <'ttl Dttl funeral be- Presently Union hack drivers in Albany struck at a cause the hearse driver was a "non-union" man. they'll want a union label on the corpse. 0t D °tD Now is the summer of our discontent made bearable by the assurance that' the other fellows' vacations wUl b~ over soon. tlttl DtO The growing scarcity of box cars repeats the story of the revival of trade in the wood working industri~s. 0t D °tD If the politicians could be muzzled there would be no question about the future of business. tltO tltO Malachite finish is again in favor. "Satin walnut:' It is used mainly on Grafting Barred. One of the evils that prevails in many large industries is the practice indulged in by foremen and in many instance,; superintendel1ts, of horrowieg rr.oney from shop hands. A movement to check this species of blackmail has been in-augurated by the United States Steel Trust, which has posted the following rule in its several plants at Pittsburg: "No superintendent, foreman, boss or clerk is permitted to solicit money or make collections from workmen for any church, society or association." Bosses have been in the habit of seeking donations from among workmen who were afraid of their jobs if they did not subscribe. Rule 23 reads: "No salaried employee of this company will be permitted to buy or in any way assist in the sale of ~\le product of any company, nor must any salaried employee take an active part in conducting any business in which su(:h investment i" made." The rule was adopted to keep the bosses from forcing workmen to buy at places in which the bosses are financially interested, A rule has also been adopted prohibiting employees from interfering with each other in political matters and none is permitted to solicit contributions for political purposes. .AN IMPROVEMENT NOTED. The Grand Rapids Brass company (the largest manu-facturers of furniture and refrigerator trimmings in the country) report a decided improvement in trade. Everyone of their customers are buying, and order immediate ship-ments, H the present improvement keeps up (and there is no reason in the world why it should not) it will not be long before the full tide of prosperity may not be reached, Re-cently this company brought out a new· bra.ss pull for desks. It is illustrated in their advertisement in this isstle, also a new sliding shoe for use on desk legs. Look up their. ad. J :VIICHIGA~ ARTISA.K -------_._--_._---------------------~ 17 If YOU want the BEST BENCH that money can bUY, eqnipped with the only PERFECT QUICK ACTING VISE" write tbe GLOBE VISE and TRUCK co. I Manufacturers and Jobbers of Wood Working Machinery II GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . I '\ II Our CataloJfnes and Circulars will, Jfive.you· a Jfreat I deal of vaLnabLe information yon onJfht to know. i' ,---- ---_._--- -------- ---_.--,------"-~--_.~ , 'I' ..------_._----------------- .... If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. lXlarence 1R. 1bfUs DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-eitizens Ph<:me1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~._-------_._------_._-_. ----- ..,,-._ i).,. IMP.RO".D~EA.S_V"N." ELEVATO RS I ' QUICK.tR"JSINC Bclt~ Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAll BROS.CO•• 1067 "nth St.. Council Bluffs, la. Klmball.,Elevator Co., 3~3 Prospect St., Cleveland,0,; 108 11th St., Omaha, Neb.; 129Cedar St., New York City. i'----------------------"" • The Universal Automatic '"------ CARVINO MACHINE === PERFORMS THE WORK OF === 25 HAND CARVERS ..----- ._------_-.---------_-.-_-------~---------------------' II DESIGNS AND DETAILS : OF FURNITURE ::I I, -- .J 10ufs 'lbabn 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Cjtlz~ns' Telephone 1702. And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ------MADEBY------ UnIOn rMDOSSln~ Ml(n1nr (0. Indh. napoli., Indiana Write for Information. Price. Etc. • ~_ West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, 61eason Patent Sectional Feed Roll, MA~UFACTURED BY WEST SIDE IRON WORKS CRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Ue S. A. H. W. Petf'ie, our agents for Canada. 0ffice8, T01"onto, Mont1"eal and Vancouver. 18 ;-.,J V S 1.1. liV How Sandpaper is Made. The variocs grades of sandpaper, otherwise \.;110\ ....11· a" glass paper, at:e llumbered from 3 to 0 (and even finer), and there are correspocding sieves to divide the various g"rades, or to "size," as it is technically called. These sieves aTC nun:- bered from 140 to 30. the number representing the number of meshes per lineal inch; the finer sieves a.re covered ..".i.th S,.,.iss silk, the remainder with wovell wire. III this part of the prOcess considerable care must be exercised, as O1:e large particle of glass on a sheet of fine paper weuJd scratch the work upon which it was used, and would produce an uneven surface. The placing Df the glass on paper requires conside,Z!h\e skill and experience. The work-man has delivered to him Interior of Bungalow. plain paper in reams of 120 sheets, each shed making four sheets of ordinary size. The appliances u,;ed arc a c~~pper tank holding 56 pounds of glue, a table, a bench on which the ~heets are laiid to cover them with glass, a hot plate for firing the sheets, a drying room, a cuttir,g lllachine and a press for packing and tying up. A ream or two of paper is placed on the table and the top sheet is cMted by means of a brush resembling a shoe brush, but with longer hair~ The sheet is lifteu by two corners anu laiu on the bench, glue side upermost; the bench has a honler standin~~ up some seven or eight inches on three sides, with a nar-row [dIet in front. Powdered glass is simply thrown or scraped over the sheet, which then is raised from one side so that the superfluous runs off on to the bench and is used again. The sheet is then placed on the hot plate, a hollow. flat iron bench heated with steam; this causes the glue to boil up and thus securely fix the particles of glass on the paper. All this is done much m()re quickly than it C(lll be de-scribed. After drying, the sheets are cut up and arranged in quires and reams ready for ·the market. Glass paper has entirely replaced the old-fashioned sandpaper. This was made in the same way as glass paper except that sharp, fine sand instead of glass was uscd. Custom, however, has perpetuated the r:ame of sandpaper and we hear IHtt seldom the name "g.lasspaper." Employed a Collector. The furniture department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has employcd a collector, especially for the purpose of strengthenillg the section for antiques. The gentleman en:;agl~d, Mr. Luke Vincent Lockwood, although his em-ployment commenced hut recently, has secured a number of valuable pieces and hopes to make the collection one of the most useful in the world. Mr. Lockwood is an undoubted authority on antique N V ~ 1 I-I J I !\I furniture, ;:nd has two fine homes, one in New York aud another in Bridgeport, Conn., in which are to be found probably the fincst collection of antiques in the country. He is <LIsain touch with other collectors, among whom is Rich-ard Canfield, the celebrated New York gambler, who has a $600.000 collection, and \...h..o recently paid $15,000 for a set of a dozen chairs. "Furniture," said 1\1r. Lockwood, "acquires value ,\,,)th age, the same as paintings of the great masters. It is valuable on account of its scarcity." "Some of the Grand Rapids factories are producing' mest creditable replicas of the choicest patterns of antiques of the Dutch and Frcnch types, as well as Chippendales amI Shcratons. There is much to be hOIled for in the perpet-uation of these antique patterns, especially those of the 18th ceetury." The eollection which l\.h. Lockwood has ~:eCl.tr{dfor the .Metropolitan museum includes the finest specimens of the cabinet makers' art of two centurit:s ago, aed pos5esscs a value which can only be estimated. :dr. Lockwood spent a few days in Grand Rapids re-cently and during his stay took occasion to examine the lines on sale. He expressed surprise and gratification over the faithfl':leess of the replicas. Will Promcte Sales. in Mexico. Ten years ago an enterprising young American, R. \V. Vv·. Delman, ill Old Mexico as a 11 ineral expert. In the course of pany in Old l\Jexico as a mineral expert. In the course of tirr.e he tired of his employmeet, and meeting E. H. Foote of the Gral~d Rapids Chair COlTpany in "11exico City, tendered his services as guide. During the week SIlent with Mr. Foote he gained considerable information in regard to the furniture business and resolved to take on a few lines on commission. Coming to Grand Rapids, he easily obtained the agency for a number of good lines, and purposes working the trade in forty Mexican cities for qrders. Mr. Drinnier is confident that with the proper presentation of American furniture to the people of Mexico, a heavy business will be created for the manufacturers of Grand Rapids. Eleven Hundred Buyers. During the midsummer selling season eleven 11l1lHlrcd buyers visited Grand Rapids, inspected t~..e. lil1es and placed For Summer, White Enameled Frames and Cretonne. orders. Of this number two hundred werc members of thc Michigan Undertakers' Association which convened on July 28, f9r a four days session. The interest taken in the exhibits was very great and the selling agents were pleased and encouraged by the results of the opening. :IlICHIGAj\ AETISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING at Right PrieM PROMPT DELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT MICHIGAN ENGRA VING CO. WORK· GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 19 ~------- --- 20 MICHIGA.:\ -----~ f\ A J, T [S A N OUR SPECIALTV BIRD'S EYE MAPLE II I ~ ~C.~Nkg.I.?~D~AP'~.~'~EERe 0 ·1• ( Made and dried rightl and waite. Samples jurnisked on application.') 500,000ft. 1·20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar crossbanding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK. FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WALNUT. QYR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. HENRY Wo::nan Who R~sto::'es th~ Ill-Fashioned Ho:r.e. One of the wotren decor<ltors who ha'le succfed('c1 espec-iJl1y well attributes son- e part of her prosperity to the fact that she selected a specialty al':d confined herself to it. The tield that she picked ont w~:s cot nearly so crowded as that of gel1cral decoration. "I knew that my chance of success," she told a report~r ,the othe.r morning "was to strike out in son~e new field. 1 call myself a beauty doctor for country houses, and there seems to be enough people who take me at that valuation to keep me busy. I'll tell you what I've been doing .for the last month and you will see how I work. "As a. specia.list skilled in supplying :first aid to the hou~e .that has been aesthetical1y il1jured, I wen up to the Berk~ shires last spring to look over a hC1ltse. I have just seen it again and I don't hesitate to say that it would scarcely be rec-ognized. The happy hostess who brought me down to the train in her motor was a decided C011tr;:st to the woman who came to me in March and said: "'My house has absolute.!y no character; although it cost enough when it was built to be beautiful. As it is, every-thing is wrong. .:'JOl;V I ·want you to eome up and look at it and see what can be done;' HIt looked ve.ry discouragiJig. .It had been put up about a qU:trter of a cer:!tury ago when the \-Valter Crane Eastlake craze Vitas at its height and Fifth avenue decorators got very high prices for applying it to houses. That period knew r.othing of the: lightness and beauty of French decoration. That was the period in which the dado and the frieze were regarde.d as the last word in household dccoration and were applied indepcl1del~tly of all care for the proportions of the room. , "50 every room of the salon Hoor of this house bad been treated in just the way that would acc.entuate the mistakes of the architects. The ceilings ·were not high, but that had not prevented the original deeorator from adding to each wall a dado or wainscot and a frieze, which gave the dfect of three stripes running arouild each room. vVith the ceilings al-ready low and the rooms not very large the effect produced made the ceilings seem not an inch above the heads of those in the' room. Of course any such architectural .proportion:; required exactly opposite treatn;e,nt. I asked the owner of that house if I was at liberty to do what I wanted to make the rooms look their best. She told me to go as far as I wanted. She had lost all hope 'of ever having them modern and tasteful .• like the apartmenfs she saw in her frielld's new-er hO,mes. "The first thing I did,was to substitute for the dark East.., lake ,papers in the three divisions a light d:J.inty wall paper with the .11arrow flowered stripes rt1l1ning up a.nd down the wall, to give a sense oC height to the rooms. There were no heavy lPouldings allowed, but in place of the mahogany about the conliccs the mouldings were finished in the color of the paper. That irr.n·_edi;:::.tely gave rr:e a sense of space which the old decorations had l~Ct possessed in the slightest degree. "The ceiling had been painted ill a combination of pe:t-cock blue, dark brown and old rOSe, which was just the thing cak.ulated to n:ake the r00111 as dark as possible. My pain-tcr with no thought of what it may have cost rubbed his brush unn:erciful1y over this daub, which had the effect 01 making the room darke.r with its three windows opellin:; onto a broad lawn than a room in a New York fiat lighted by a court. It was this celing that illustrated so strikingly the ignorance of one of the first laws of deeoration which some-times exists even in the. handsomest houses. It is a prin-ciple of correct d~coration that the ceiling, wllich is the dark-est part of the room, since the light from the w·indows falls on the Boor, SllOUId be done in the lightest colors, whi.1e the floor, which receives most of the light, looks best with a darker cover. They did 110t seem to care much about that fact, however, in the days of late Victorian standards in de,c-oration, and in this house there was a cream colored carpet on the floor with these three dark eolors in the. ceiling. "There was one possible way of arranging the carpet so as to accentuate this fault, and that had, of course, been donc. H a carpet in a comparatively small room is surrounded with a border it will look much smaJ{cr and give the s:tme effe:t to a room. This purpose may also he accomplished by hav-ing a rug of just the size t1w.t shows;: a border of hardwood floor around it. The decorator had heen careful to sur-round his rug with a border that took off several feet from the size of the room. "The drawin~ room that I have described was typical of the whole house, and the changes Tn:ade there we:-e ahout the same that were necessary everywhere. I. took the border off that carpet, extended it to th::: sides of the rOom and re-lieved it with a few rugs. The eurtains. which were hung with heavy lambre.quins and draped back in such a '''lay as to aecentuatc the 1001\i11essof the ceiling by their curves, were made to hang in straight folds, which gave an effect of addi-tional height. The portieres were draped back and tied with a silken cord, which contributed its share to the squat look of the rooms. By allowing them to fall straight from the poles in simple straight lincs there were more circumstances to supply the necessary look of altitude. "When the rooms 1,lad been furnished the object of the decorator had been to' make every piece fit the room into which it was put. For the low ceilings the.re were .approp-riately short and stocky pieces. The only high eiling in the house was in an entrance hall, and there the urniture was high. "There was a pr"iuCiple of decoration here b t it was only half developed. Low furniture for low ceiling d rooms and the reverse for the rooms that have high ceilin s is all right 50 far as it got'~, bot it doesn't go far enough. 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So I. brought ,some of the high pieces out of the hall, mixed them with the low furniture built for the dra"wing room and had tv\7ice as good an effect as if there had been but one scah~ in the two different rooms." The old fashioned decorators of a qu::uter of a ccntLLry ago loved blues, dark browns, greens and the leather tints, and it was difficult for them to get away from them, whether they were decorating a dining room or a drawing room in a sunny country home. The woman decorator, whose sense of color is, as e.ven her rivals admit, better than most men possess, went through the same process of simplifying the ar-rangement of the walls, abolishing the 'Nains:::ot or dado, frieLe and the central hand of color. The patterns of this wall paper Wf!.l-::'; in aln:(:st every caSe so large that it tended to make the rooms lose much of their size. and in none of the paper of the Io-w ceiling rooms had the stripes that in-crease the effect of height be.en thought of. "I did not use the same colored papers in e\'ery room," she. explained, "although that increases the eITed of space whell one call see from one room into another. but I used analog'lIe. tints that made no sharp contrast. Tn the high entrance halL nearly as large as one of the drawing rooms and running to a height of two floors, was the only stripped paper. There in a space already w high that no emphasis of the height waS needed, (lud where there was an excellent opportunity to use paper with a large and decorative pattern, the walls were cov-ered with panels of thin striped brown and green paper in alternate satin <lI1drough finish. Those stripes seemed to soar up the \valls until the top of the hall looked as far up in the air as the top of the Singer building. "Here \'\.'<lS a legitimate chance to plunge a bit on decnt-a-tion and use S0111(' of the \vonderful big figured cretonnes and wall papers which are. always a tcmptation to the decorator L because their color3 are so beautiful but cannot often be ap-propriately used 1n city houses. The big figures would di-minish the effect of extreme height and as there, was. little fur-niture in the hallway and half the high piece,s had been moved into the dra\ving room there \vas r.o danger of producing an effect of overcrowding. "I reve.l1ed in being able to use that wall paper which with its brilliant bluisb green and yellow parrots among wonderful trees 'in shades of green and blue had cretonne curtains to match it eXilct!y. From the higb ce.iling down to the floor I ran Jl:lllels of the paper against a cool sage green back-ground of soft cartidge paper. In the side doors and in the two windows I hung 10llg curtains of the cretc.mne. broken in the case of the doors by deep lambrequins in order not to give too great an effect of height. The woodwork of the hall which had black l,valnnt, was painted in a tone of sage green background. Two tall palms added variety to the heights of the. furniture. T had only a narrow frieze about the top made of the same ~:age green wall papeL" The decorative beauty doctor wip2d the pe.rspiration from her brmv after this enthllsastic description. "See that house no\v," she concluded, "and then remember the stuffy,' morgl1c!ike place the first'Hoor was before I began to work all it. The change has delighted the woman who lives in it, and her friends are just as pleased. I do not at-tempt to take houses and decorate them from the be.ginning and from top to bottom. That would ce too much for me, and curiot1s1:y enough I have 11ever found it so.interestil1g as what I do. ~{allY decorators hate to h·ave to come in and correct lhe mistakes of their predecessors--or the employes of their predecessors. I have no such fe,eling, for T.like best to go over somebody else's ground and straighten it out. So by making' this specialty try own I have fou(HI plenty to do." -New York SUI1. 22 AlICHIGAK f ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH White-the Emblem of Purity--our White Maple Polishing 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 How Jor.es Was Cured. • • "John!" "Y cs Sir:." "Tell me, how ]t 15 that your sales have fallen off so, of late. I hear that George Matthews, who. travels for the North American Furniture Company, has had increasijng sales every month this year, until now the North American di-rectors have voted him a long vacation. John is the traveling salesman for the International"Furn-iture Company, and his territory is the same as that of Geo. Matthews. Mr. Jones, the president of the International Furniture Company addressed his remarks to John Thompson, as quoted above is a pessimist by nature. \Vbile he is careful and painstaking watching every outgo and every income, be i" t ' 55-59 Elleworth Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS I FILLERS, STAINS, POLISHES, ETC. tj If in trouble with finishing materials, now is the time to let us put you right. ~ We match all sampl~ submitted and fill all orders promptly. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. • 21ways sure his competitors are getting the best of him-~_~'~1:- tiug the trade he ought to have; and getting it at a great deal les~ cost than he has b~pay. John had just retumed from a long trip, :1nd while he had sold some goods, his sales were hardly satisfactory to Mr. Jones. "Vl"ell, Mr. Jones," replied John, "I admit that my sales were not sati~~factory as [ could \vish, but I did the best I could. 'You know George Matthews represents a house that has been in the business much longer than we have, and by reason of extensive advertising is better known. I think that· has some influence." "Not a bit of it,'! roared Jones. "Nobody pays any atten-tiQn to furniture papers, and as for circulars and catalogues, they all go into the waste basket without ever being opened or the wrappers torn off. \Vhat we want is results. "1 haven't been on the road for sixteen years, and· y~t I venture to say I c.an go right out over your territory and sell four times as much-as you have in this trip you have just finished." "Quite possible, Sir," said John, but Twill tell you what I will do. "If you \vill start out Monday and go right over the territory I have just lrade, call on the same people, and make it in three months, sell four times as much as I have, and at no larger experse, and without cutting the price, give me free rein to do as I please in your place, while you are gone, in regard to making sales; in other words, we'll do the "Prince and Pauper act," (I'll be the the Prince and you the othet fellow), I will work for you for six months for nothing and pay my own expenses, if I, on the other hand. do not sell at least 50 per cent as much while you are out as you do." " It's a go," said Jones. "I'll show you a thing or two about doing business on the road. On the other hand I am curion; . to know how you expect .to sell 50 per cent 35 much as I shar, and when I return you may immediately prepare for six 111011ths service without salary and <it your own expense." "Nuf sed," replied John, and he drew his check for what was coming to him and went home. The next Monday morning Jones with John's photos was off bright and early to catch the 5 :30 train, 'while 'J ohn saunt-ered in at 8:30 aed took his seat at the pres:dent's (1e.~k and proceeded to light a fragrant Havar..a. vVhen Jones reached the first town it was latc in the afternoon. The day was hot and sultry and he wa!> tired from his long ride. He went to the leading hotel saying, Ii] will take the best room in the honse," and after a bath decided he would rest a bit, and call on his customer after ,;upper, which he did. On his arrival at the store about 7:45 hc found [our other salesn,ell ahead of him, arId he sat down to wait his turn. The first one did not come out till 8:45, No.2 staid with the buyer till 9:45, No 3 till 10:30, and when 1'\0.4'5 turn camc he was politely requested to call in the morning, and Jones did not even get a chance to present his card, but he determined to he on hand bright and early in the morning. V\.ihen he returned to the hotel he met 1\ o's_ 1, 2 and 3 en-joying a smoke and telling their good and ill luck. l\" 0 1 said he had sold a bill amounting to $1,500, "YOtt know boys," said he " my house is one of the best advertised in the whole country, ;lI~d it is easy for me to sell goods, because every up-to-date merchant feels that if his compedtor gets our line he has a big advantage. ~ly house spends more money in the trade papers, and more _in the magazines, to help the local merchants, .nnd more on catalogues than any house in the country, ,,0 that our name is a household word, and many .of our custon:ers advertise -in their local papers that they carry our goods, the san,e as the clothing merchants adver- GRAND RAPIDS""''''''MICHIGAN YIICHIGAN ARTISAK 23 !:fi !Ii I BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH !Ii y; !Ii made from Sl:rictlypure Shellac Gum cut In Specially Denatured or !Ii !Ii 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 !Ii !Ii embodied in "Barrett's Prime." Ask for samples and prices. y; !:fi !Ii 1M. L. BARRETT &. CO., I y; y; 219 LAKE ST., CHICAGO tisc Stein-mock and Hamburger; the Schawb. the piano mell Chickering - -or jeweler \Valtham and E\gll1 ..v. atches." No.2 said "that is just what I have been telling n:)' house for three yeaC-i, but it does 110 good. I spent an hour with Brown this evening, I showed him my photos, gave him my vcry 10..\.'.e5t prices al1(\ hest (liSCOl1l~ts, and came away ,<"..itb a little measly order of $100, ior a fe\'" specialti(::-,;; he thong-ht he must have," ~o 3's story was s01l1cwhlt similiar to Nfl, 2's, C'xcept that 11(' did 110t se1[ a dollar's worth of goods. JOlles listened intelltly hut said nothing, detcrmitl(rl t~) h: lin-it at Brown's ;;torc ncx.t morning. Howe:vt''i,whcn \1<:' awoke the follc)\ving morning it "va~ 7 :30, and "whcn he reached Brown's store it was 9:00, all the morning tr;,il1s h,lc] left the city, and he was compelled to ,",:ait till II :30 b,-'(orc he could see Rro"\vll's buyer, because of other" who wer.:.' ahead of him, and he was asked to come in at 2:CO p.m. This was after '111 the midday train .;; had left, anrI so there was nothing {or [,iln to do but wait. ,\t 2:00 o'clock he was the store again, and the buyer had Hot returned. He waited till 2:30 before he showed up. Now, said Jones to him-self~ 1 hope to place a nice order hert'. The buyer 100ke,1 over his photos, selt'rtcd a very fe'''' things he had to have said he would try (lrd du better Oll hi" next trip, ,Lnd excused himself saying he had annthcr nppoiutrnent that he must meet. So there was nothi11g for Jones to do hut patiently wait for the evening train for the Hext town, three hundred miles away. \\.'\Jen he arrived ,there next 111or,:tllg, he called on the leading furnitl!re merchants ,md found all were well stocked LIp. and one of them would 110t cven look at his photos. Finally be went into the brgest dcpartn:en"~ store in the city, where he got an eye-opener. The buyer sa1d to him, "\Vhy my (leal' sir, 1 do not see how I C,l11 han<l1(' your line. YVeImy larg"c1y from the North American Furn-iture Company, of your city, because they are up-to--datc They make nice goods at the right price, they advcrti~;e lih-erally in the ?vlirhigan Artisan and other fUrllitllre trade papers, ,,,,hile we never see your advertisement in [\ny oi them, you r~evCT:~cl;d us a catalogue, and if you ha"e ;ll1ythillg special we n;"!.vcto wait ror your salesman tOC011lC aroull(l, and take our chances that the stuff is all closed out before he gets here. The Korth American sends uS a fine catalogue every yenr and a supplement between seas:l1lS which keeps us posted. V',Je do a great deal of advertisi:lg ourselves, i:1 the city papers, but never advertise your goods, because y01J are not known to the buying public, and llot'one even asks to see your goods. That was rather di~~couraging for Junes but being of a stubborn disposition he cleteT1rtned to slick it out, and make John's trip if he didn't sell a <1nU:.'\f's worth of gooel:;. In the ILeantin:(~ what was Prince John doing? shoe men Selz- Everett, and th ... After 'lnishing his cigar, and going through the mail he called the stenographer and dictated letters to a half dozen of the lead-ing furniture trade papers asking fOT advertising rates. Next he dictated a letter to the 1\lichigan Engraving Co., "Vhitc Printing Con:pany and several other catalogue maker!' for samples and price~i and in less than a week he had a cat-alogne in the hands of the engravers, Rut not a word to J ones, but the catalogue was guaranteed to be delivered in six \veek5. John was onto his job, also kept dose tab 0:1 t:lle \",hereabouts of Jones. llis ads did not appear in the papers until about a week before the catalogue was ready fur mailing, and whcn he mailed them he took good care to mail them to the people Jones had called on. Of course, as Jones had 110 use for t.rade papers, and never locked at them, he failed to see the work of "Prince John," At the end of three months Jone,; came in tired and disgu:-i-ted with the road, vowing 'l1ewould go into bankruptcy before he "voLlld ever tackle that job agnin, 'Vhen he came into his office Monday mOrtling he foull(~ "Prince John" in hi5 chair leisurely smoking h1s c1gar. John. greeted him cordially and after a few pleasantries about the joys of the road, John called for a showdown as to results, He presented the president with a copy of "a beautiful cata-logue, showed him the ads in the furniture papers, and then drew out his sales hook and showed him the sales he had made to the customers that Jones had called on, which proved to he fom tilTH;Sas much as Jones had 501d. That cured Jones. The pricter, the engraver and the editor are now his most valued friends, and "Prince John" has had hi~-isalary doubled, .and everything is now lovely ,...i.th the International Furnitui'e Coinpan)< \ Which Was Right? "\~Teu~~e·only genuine hand buffed leather in our factory," remarked a manufacturer of upholstered furniture, "An leather used by upholsterers is .split," remarked a huyer of leather in an upholstery shop, It Vi'ould be impos-sihle for the t.anners to supply the leather needed by the up-holsterers if solid hide:~ were t:sed exclusively. A fact well known in the leather industry is that the hides used for seats are split from 11..·.0 to eight tin:es. \Vhich of the statements quoted ahove is trne? Sales of Factory Supplies. "Business is much improved," remarked a prominent dealer in factory supplies. i'There is a steady demand for veneers, mirror plates, cabinet locks, glue, sandpaper and lumber, and the outlook could scarcely be better. The worst is over, Thl.: COUlltry will have another decade of pro.::,perity, no matter who shall be elected president. 24 MICHIGAN Selling Merchandi~e. The broadest, biggest, brainiest occupation in the world IS selling lLcrchandise, says acorresp.ondent of Buck Shot. You've seen a traveling man COl1"C into the store when the proprietor had no more intention of buying than he had of running for poundmaster 011 the prohibition ticket. He felt sort of sorry for the lad when he came in-he'd come such :1 ways to sell nothing. Far as the owner was concerned, he might as well have left his order book at the hotel. Then, somehow, he began to get interested in spite of him-self. "1£ thal were so," he would catch himself saying in his subconscious, "I'd consider that line." Then before he had time to interp::se an objection, he'd have that embryo objec-tion proved, m:d pretty soon he would hear himself saying" aloud, "No, only six; can't use more than that." You know how it goes. Later on, after the salesman had left would look over his duplicate and say: man knew his business." Then """hen he looked the goods over, when they came-a nice, new, dependable stock, and finally when that line sold at a good profit, just as the salesrr:an said it would, he said to himself for perhaps the hundredth time: "That salesman knew his business." There you have it; tbere's the key to all commerce-sup-pose you put it this way- When the salesman knows his business, then there's busi-ness for him. Yes, indeed. When a n:<ln knO\\'5 how to sell, he can selL You've se'e1iit proved a dozen times in a hundred different ways. Take that fellow wbo started a new store at Ridgway. Everybody opined that he wouldn't last. "Ridg'.vay is a small town; several dealers starved to deatb there in '80; one walked back to St. Paul, ,,,,-here l:e came from, do you re-member?"- all that kind of talk. Then :vIr. New J\lan opencd up and started to rustle. Ad-vertised. Solicited. \Vrote to every farmer within twenty miles. Pretty soon he had balf the trade, and--· Well, he's paying taxes 011 four or five eighties now-store still humming; say a quarter-page ~,d of his juust the other day; and the wolf must be close to a million miles from his door and still running. All because that dealer kl:ew his business; he knew how to selL T11<:I1, take Bill Andrews at Stockholm. Remember his son that just had to go to college? Boy wanted to be an en-gineer, build machinery, design engines, and do such work. l.J:e wasn't what you'd call a star-not much of a mixer. Always dr8;wing diagrams, he was; covering paper with fine figures \-vhich seemed to answer up with an x or a y, or something like that. Vacat1or;s he used to wait on trade for his father. One day Bill turned his son loose to sell a stove to a fin-ickY prospect. The fellow was a fusser-a child could see that. But in response to the parental invitation the SOl1 took his paper and pencil and began: "There are8,OGO calories, or heat units given off every time a pound of coal is buurned in oxygen," the boy led out. The prospective customer pricked up his ears. He was prepared to have the young man tell all about the nickel plat-ing and the graceful pose of the goddess at the top of the stove, but this 'Was different. So he listened. "Now, a stove, from an engineering point of view," the boy went on, "is nothing but a macchine for getting every pos-sible caloric from a pound of coaL The more nearly perfect the combustion, the more heat you get for your money." So the· boy went on and on, telling about perfect and imperfect com-bustion; drew diagrarr:s to prove that the stove he was selling was bllilt on the best lines to force right draft, and thcn to utilize what heat was secured. the store, the boss "\\rell, that sales-l ARTISA1'\ The prospect hadn't heard the word "quality" or "looks" once; he even forgot to ask the price. There was the proof of everything right on paper, dia-grams and flg"ures and all. And the stove was sold. Why? Because the boy knew his business. He had learned that nothing is taken for granted in engineering. He applied that he had learnE'.das an engineer to the problem of selling stoves. \Vith his engineering training, it would' have seemed just as criminal to hav-e tried to gllCSS his 'way to it sale as ·it would be to guess how many feet of steel rod it takes for a bridge. Heengincered his stove problcn:-andmade his sale: He knew how to sell. Now, this selling game is not so difficult as it is compre-hcns~ ve. ~rhcn a man wants to be a doctor he studies a sC".oreor more different branches before he dreams of practic-ing. Chemistry, anaton~y, surgery, bacteriology-he grinds M.M.& L.CO. EYer~ THE Purchaser Saffsfied One-hall Our Trade n•• Duplicate and Trll)lIclite Orders MICHIGAN TRUCK There's a Reason HARD-WOOD FRAMES MALLE· ABLE IRO' CASTINGS HOLLY, MICH. away on such studies day in and day out. Even the man who doctors your horse put in three years' study and practice hefore he took' a case. Ar:d that's what you've got to do in order to get into the game and get in to stay. Selling the goods means far mote than handling the trade that comes into the store. Selling is the broadest biggest, brainiest subject in the world. To sell, you've got to organize your business and organize it right. You've got to finance it-to reach out for trade-to study cach of its many subjects like a student cramming for it gold medal contest. You've got to know your business to know how to selL You'll always find this kno'wing how is the greatest thing in the world. It's not alone in the ,dollars that it puts in the tilt---,in the bonds that it stacks up for you in the vault that it counts-it's in the splendid, ,superb, magnificent, deep-down satisfacUon that it gives you when you do a thing and do it right. That's where know-how is greatest-and where it pays best. The pure, unadulterated joy of striving and winning, that's the spirit which jmpels every real salesman onward and on-ward to better things. Swell Drawer Fronts. The \Valter Clark Veneet Comp::my, of Grand Rapids, has built up a fine trarie in. swell dra,ver fronts and veneered rolls. These goods are made in mahogany, ,,,,-alnut, birth, birdseye n:aple, quartered oak, gum, and ,in fact any desired native woods. This comp,llly is prep8red to make prompt ship-ments, and they clnim there is absolutely nothing better in this line. Mr. Clark s<lid to the Artisan, "Trade in July was fine and if it keeps up ill August as well there will be no reason in the world for 211yto complain. It is a good sign when the veneer men talk this way, as the manufacturers are not buying only as they need the goods. I,lf I ~lICJ[lGAt-; ARTISAt-; -----------~ IPittsburgh Pla~~-Glass Company i Jobbers and Dealers in I Plate Glass, Mirrors, Window Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, the Great Fire Retardant. I CARRARA GLASS, a New Product Like Polished White Marble. For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Brushes, or Painters' Sundries, address any I of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Bts. CLEVELAND-1430 ..1434 West Third St. SOSTON-41 ..49 8udbuI"YSt.• 1-9 Bowlier St. OMAHA~J608.10.J2 Harn~:J 8t. CHICAGO 442.4S2 Wra.buhAve. ST. PAUL-459·461 J.clison St. • CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court 51s. ATLANTA. GA.-30-3Z.34 8. Pryor St. I ST. LoutS-COl'. Tenth and §pt'Uce Sts. 8A.VANNAH. GA.-14S·149 Wbeaton St. • MINNEAPOLIS-SOO.516 5. Tb.lrd St. KA.NSASCITY-Fifth and Wy.ndoU. St.· I DETROIT-S3-59 Larb.ed St•• E. BIRMINUHAM,ALA.-2b.d Ave•• b.d19th St. GRA"'liDRAPIDS. MICH.-39-41 N. O1vl.loo St. BUFFALO. N. Y.-312-14a76-78 Pearl Sl. I PITTSBURGH-IOI-IOa Wood St. BROOKLYN-635-637 Fulton St. I MILWAUKEE. WIS.-492-494 Market St. PHILADELPHIA-PitcalrD Bldg••Arch and 11th St•• ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Bldg., M.ln "Exchange St.. DAVltNPORT--410-416 Scott St. BALTIMQRE-310-J2-J4 W. Pratt St. Sole distributer. of PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS. i""-- --------------------------- Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. OVER I 5,000 OF OUR Price $2.80 to $4.00 STEEl RACK VISES IN USE 2;$aM. Clamp Fixtures bought by aile mill last year. We ship on approval to rated firms. and guarantt=e our ~oods ullcondi-tiollal] v. Write for Ust of Shel Ear Clamps, Vises, Bend/- Stops, etc. E. H. SHELDON &. CO. 283 Madison St.• ChiCago. ._-------------------'_--.----------------_._-----_...1 r,I . , --1 OFFICES: CINCtNNATI--Plekerlng Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGO--134 Van Billren St. GRAND RAPI08--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Ch..d.ltoln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--Stanton-Welcb 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 House Syetem." Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANHOF, MlchlgaD Manatler. 347..348 Houseman SuUdlntl. Grand Rapid •• Mich. >.-._--_._---_. ---_. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools n:;:J1f:~Ja~:~,~~~t Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand R.aplds. Mich. Filel'$, Setters. Sharpeners, Grinders, Swage;. Stretchers. Brazing and Filing Clamps. Knits Balances. Hammering Tools. , Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws % inch up. I \"el ur ury. ! ._-------_ .._-------. lIlvesthrate our Line . . New 200 pa~e Catalogue for I907 Free. B.T. & B. Stvle D, Knife Grinder . Full Automatic. 25 I• , 26 ~11 C 111 G A i\ Rules for Factory Fire Protection. All oepartn:ents to be clear of refuse all kinds. \Vater barrels to be kept filled with water, and fire buck.-:·t~ put in their places. These barr('Js. must not be c.overed at any time. \Vatcr in them to be chang-cd when it be-comes impure. Sand boxes to he kept filled box. Extra bucket, filled with set on top of sand box. See that all fire extinguishers are in their proper place and arc in working order. The complete equipment of fire and shovel sand, ready handy at each for use, to be Porch Attractively Furnished. extinguishers should be tested once a year, aile or more each IlIonth. All fire hose to be "taken out and tested twice a year, and if allY repairs are necessary, report to office_ All rags or refuse must be kept in standard metal waste cans, and these cans to be taken by the elevator man to yard before the machinery stops, and must be removed from prem-ises the same day. Use spittoons made of metal only, and never to contain any sawdust. Gasoline, naptha, or other volatile oil, should not he kept in the building. Gas brackets must have stiff fixtures. If it is necessary to use swinging brackets, all exposed wood-work must be protected with sheet metal, leaving an air space. All waste must be hauled away from the premises each day. Each floor sholl:d be kept separate by fire doors to avoid drafts. Sheet iron cupboards, with doors and latches for the hang-- ing of clothes for each man. All electric wires n;ust be clra''''n tight, and see that the porcelain cleats are in perfect condition, and insulation is ;'1 good shape on all wires, and where wires go through par-titions or ''''ails, wire should be reinforced by using firt'~lrci)f-tubing or porcelain tubes. All electric ,,,,ire joints must be brazed or soldered where c01111ectionis made. Lamp cords n111stnot be hung" on nails or wLlpped around piping. Paper shades must not be used. Lamps must be suspended by light twine. Stairways must be kept clear at all times, and swept down once a week aed refuse taken away. Aisles and spaces around fire extinguishers must be clear at all times. No stock allowed in front of windows to intedeT" with the firemen in case of fire. Fire doors and shutters must be closed everv night. Stock must not be in the way to hinder the ready dosing of these fire doors. Instruct watchman that if a fire should occur, prompt ART1SAi\ aetioll must be taken, and impress upon the watchmal1 the illlportance of keeping cool. Each foreman to inspect his department at quitting time each day and see that everything is left in good order. Each foreman to go over these items carefully and see that these instructiocs are carried out, amI report to the office or superintendent if anything is lackiTlg. Make a.n appointment with your ni.ght watchman once every 30 days for a 15 minutes talk regarding the condition of the factory-he may offer some suggestions that are of benefit. Issue instructions to each foreman four times a yearOuly, October, January and April 1st), cautioning them to keep everything in order, and see th<'lt all fire <lpparatus is in the best of condition. It will not take 15 minutes a day, four times a year (total one hour), to dictate these instructions to the stenographer, and go a little further, and issue the first of every quarter an order to your superintendent to go with you OIl an inspection trip to see for yourself that everything is ill good shape. These few hours that you put in each year will not be noticed. but will be of great benefit and will be a good system. Burlaps are Higher. Kew York has been quite active ill the burlap market and sellers state that they have put through more orders than they have taken before in months. Tn one quarter sales were reported on Saturday of twelve to 15 carloads of Cal-cutta g-oods for shipmellt "vest, the deliveries running through to the end of December. As a result of the in-creased demand, price.'> are stronger. and importers arc holding firmly to prices, as they kno-\\" that the burlaps that they now own, could not be replaced in the markets abroad, at 'the prices they arc being offered at. Calcittta 8 ounce goods are firmly held at 3.85 cents, and 100-ounce at 5.45 cenB. Buyers are also more inclined to cover for future requircn:ents, as they now begin to realize that ,prices arc finally firmly fixed on the up grade. Cables to band from Calcutta state that the market there has been very active, at:d advar:ces have taken place eQuiva- Rustic Porch in the Adirondack MQuntains. lent to }'8-cent. Good orders are said to have been put through for deliveries throughout December <'.nd into ]an+- uary. The further ahead the delivery dates, the higher the prices charged. Some sellers are not willing to accept> orders for future deliveries at prevailing rates as they are not sur"e of being able to secure the good.s at values that will allow them a small margiin of profit. Reports from the jute growing districts indicate that the new crop will be even smaller than the governmellt's fore-cast, and this is serving to drive price" up steadily. ~1 I CHI G A l\ WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY AT BARGAIN PRICES. Having; purchased the entire Elkhart, Ind., plant of the Hl,lmphrey Bookeaae Co" we are offering at bal'gaiD prices the followina- A·I woodworkiDIf tools: Band 'llW. 32 in. Crescent, Band saw, 36 in. Crescent. Band saw, 26 in. Silver, iron tilting lable. Back~knif",Jalhe, Whitney. Boring machine, 72~ 8-.RiDdie Andrews. BonnG maebine, 3.spindle horizontal. Borer, No.2 I hench, Slaler & Marsden. Boring machilre, No. lU, Cle~t hori-zontal Carver. 3.spindle• with cOI.H1lershaft. Cabinetmakers' saw. double cut-off, Chair beodioll preGS. SWllrtt. Chamfer clltler with iron frame, table 48 dO L..tison. Edwill$t saw, 368x18' with saw arbor, Cul.off lIlI.Wmaehine. Gemellt double Glue jQinler, Myers, with countersh.l! Jill ~w. crnnp}ete with regularequipmenL moter, Myers 1l:lue. ! Jointer, 20 in. Pol'ler hand. ~_~.:d.=_J::'-tJ:-::"_:ci~.I_";'~-;:'--C-._C.._WO-RMER MACHINERY CO.• 98West Woodbridge St" Detroit, Mich. r Jointer. 8 in. hand with 4_sided bead. Knif~ grinder. 32 in. Buffalo automatic LathlJ. Whitney back-knife with CQunlef-shaft. Lathe. Trevot automatic 41 2ff between centeno Lathe. 14;0. cabinetmaker's E\l:lln. Moulder. 14 in. Hermance, 4-~ided. Molder, Unll. hd. Smith F·6 with -4 in. 4-.I'td hd. Moulder, slyle F-6 Smith, one side with. cap 6ash head. MortilleT and borer, double-end .ulomatic. Mortiser aDd bOfer, Colburn imp. blind style. Plan«. 30 in. Oement s.iDRlecyljnder. Planer and mah'.her, 24w !ingLe cylinder 4-roll, matchea 14" 1. A. Fay, Planer, sing. cyl. surface 20xO 10 6 in Con'! & D. , --- ---., , I Ii Mo(rton House! AmericanPlan) Ra.tes $2.50 and Up. I I I i Hotel Pantlind! I (EumpeanPlan) Rates $\.00 and Up. I I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I j !i The NO~H~in;;~~r;.~Nat~:;~~~, 50c is II J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. "'----------- ..... ------------ THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman GOO. E, GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel Iii R 0L L--S-!llII ~~!~I~d.o~~e?~~~:'~tell you their glue is as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his prodilct by comparing it with an inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standard of excellence. With it The uRELIABLE" Kind. I all experiment begins, all comparison continuell. and all test ends. Sold continuously since 1820. Its reputation, like itself, STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock, carelully pre- pared. No bones or pig stock enter intl) its composition, I In strength it is uniform. each barrel containing the same kind of ! glue that is in every other barrel of the same grade. ORIN A. WARD GRANDRAPIDSAG.N' 403 Ashton Bldg. CITIZENS PHONE 9333 ~--------------~ The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT p, LYON, Gen~ral Manater CREDITS and COLLECTIONS THE FEllWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. I~---- -------_-.:.I EVANSVILLE, IND. ARTISAN 27 1! Rip sawtahle, with (;ounlerJtaft and s/tw. Rounder, two-spindle with ~ounten;hoft. RA!d, pin and dowel machille No.2, Smith, with heads Red' and dowel machine No.2, Eg\ln power feed.. Shaper. single spind. Colladay with fric-lion c. s. Swing saw, complete with saw and fe\il, equip Sander, two_spindle with countersh.ut. Sander, 36 in. Columbia triPle-drum. Sander, 42 in. Columbia triple_drum. Sticker.14" Hermance with rellular equip. Sander. 30 in !luee_drum ~an. Saw table, 38x63 ill. wood top. Saw table, 29:dOin. cut_off, rip and 8 in saw. Scrollsllw, i,on fro wood top, Cord'8m'II & Egan. SIlW table, 30x48 in, with wmnll ~uage· Shaper, sinale-sPindle, table 37x42 in, J:::.aan, Sander, Young's new edge, iron harne and lop. Stave boil equal~r with two 3(11) $aws. Trucks.. 38 miscellaneous fadory trucks. T eooner. Amen<:an double end. Tenoner, single ~ad Clrdemtao & Epn with CUI_off attachment. Tenoner, .elf.ked blind slat, J, A. Fay. Tenoner, 6" double head, H, B. Smith. Tenoner. hand·{~bJind dal, j, A. Fay. T enonet, seU-feed adjuSla.be blind dat. TwUi: llIachine, Shawye[.l 28 in. ceDt., lOin,8wli. Woodworker. Parks combinEd lathe. rip and cut-olf saw, shaper, etc. I I .. , ~ • FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GR.EATEST GROOVES RANGE - FASTEST QUICKJl;ST CUT ADJUSTMENT LEAST - LEAST PO-WER TROUBLE LONGEST PERFECT LIFE SAFETY We'll a1adb tell Also Machine you. aU about Kralv..... Mlter It. Macblne •• Etc. PRRMANENT KCONOMY FOX MACHIN.£. CO. 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapld •• Micb ~ ---- • --------_._--_.~ Bldg. I THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY - R£UABLY I.. 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAK iII Any Practical Mechanic appreciatts the impOlt-tllce of sifl1"Jkit~· ill'machillcn-. Our No.5 Table Leg Machine i; far ~uperi l' ill ~illlpl'citr'i COllstructioll <.over alor other lllald~ of ma..:\li,,,,. yt-t lo-mhorlics all the late.1 improvemcll"~, special att.I,tion being called t, th", CuUerhead, ti,e Variable Friction Feed an,1 the O~dlJll,linl!r Carria,e. Consider the ahove, allf! the'l bear ill mind that this IIIflChille tun,,, round, Qdagoll, heX3l?:"", squill:' (,r silly other shape. all with the Stine cutterhead Also. th"t one lIlall with it call do lhe WOIk t.r .i" or eight hand turrk' s alld we lfuarantee the lVork to be sati.factory. I)on't y"u lI~d such a machine? Then write C. Mattison Machine Works 863 Fifth Street. BELOIT. WISCONSIN. Furz:iture aT_dDecora'icr.s for the Stage. Retailcr$ of furniture in n~any cities have an intimate rlC-qualntance': with the stage property man and his work. The condition of the property, exchanged for a few complin::entary seats, when returned, has caused many an honest dealer to utter words' of condemnation for the enlightenment if not tl~e entertainment of that indispensable factotum of the <l.nltl~,<'- ment ~vorld, \A/ithin recent years the fact that any old furni_ ture from a regular or second haalHl dealer's would not serve to set the st<tge for allY old scelle of a play bas dawl~cd 'UpO;l the managers of many phces of amusement in the brger cities <itA at\ c):plauatlon of what has heen accon:plislled i.l this lil~e is stilted by D.wid Belasco, the greatest producer of plays of his qay, in all article entitled, "The Art of IlIu?,ion," published in the Saturday Evening Post of July 25: Of course furniture and costumes are the prime attributes of atmcspher,e. Few persons know Old Dutch from Old English furniture. But there is always one man in the aud-ience who cantell the difference, therefore one cal1not afford to take any c'hances. \Vhen I produce a play of a remot~ period I caref.ully study the furniture of the time., If r cannot get odginals J obwin reproductions.. Nor does it do to "cross!J'furnittlfe, so to speak, mix up English with Dutch or French with the idea that its <Ll1tiquitywill cany the fraud. \ll/hen 1put on "The Darling of the Gods" I felt the necessity of sorr.e great war token to put in tlJe chambc:- of the minister' of war. The Japanese consul obUined from his government a statue of a ·war god which was brought h me bearing the legend, ''OJ in Teno, August "VaT God, Mightiest of Eight '"thousand." From this sacred piece I made a 11l1gereproduction ",ihich perfected the atmosphere of the scene. The statee was only loaned to l1::e. \Vhcn the play was -produced I returned it to the consul, but he told me that the drarnahad dealt so truthfully 'with Japanese at-mosphere and conditions al1d had pleased his co\.mtryme11 so greatly that he begged thatJ would accept it as a memento of their appreciation. I [jlways invite criticism of my furniture as it pertai::s t,) certain periods, particularly from students of the history of that tirne, One cannot too carefully guard against a laugh that some incongruity may bring about in the midi'>t of., a scene de-sigHed to be serious. For instance, some years ago a play of the' Cromwellian period was produced. Great pains had been taken by the manager that the scenery, costumes an9 other effects of that date be correct. In one scene a soldier picks up an axe and smashes a door. It chanced that .the property axe on this occasion had been mislaid, When the soldier wa',; ready to do his smashing he looked about for his axe, and he couldl)!t find it. Tho:' scene would not ,"vait until a search had been made, pO the actor grabbed the near-est thillg at hand, which happened to, be a brand ]lew fire de-partmCl1t axe. He hid the t: ing as best he could, but in-stantly the audience caught on. Loud guffaws filled the house and a splendid tragedy situation was turned to One of burlesque aJ~d confusicll. On another occasion a very clevcr one-act play of the titre of tlie French Revolution was produced one Sunday night in a Harlem theatre-on trial. The laws of New York forhid the presentation of plays with costumes, scenery or other properties all Sunday. Obvio113- 1y the success of this play depended on costumes, and settin!!:s, T nstead of a typical French kitchen there were four bare walis, a plain table alld two chairs.. The [jctor who irnperSollated the soldier appeared in a frock coat and derby h:11':""'-c:1om-bination 'which lent itself to comedy; the one who v.ctcd the part of the citi7.en was dressed in th"" ordinary clothes of the mechanic. For a time their spirited dialogue held the aud-- ience, but when, with rage and fury, they attacked each other '""lith hilliard' cues instead of s:,vords, thrusting, ,and parrying i R.8]J2Ioi ..lns·· ..Satlsf.cUOD ju_rab.teed. Citizens' Phone 1289. 27 N. Market St .• GraDd R.apids, Mich. A. L. HOLCOMB ~ CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE QROOVINQ SA WS up to 5-16 thick. _ h-. • ~ and skipping ahnlt, tl:e lr.inh of the audience knew no bounds. The actors ignominiously abandoned the scene and the curtain was TL!lIg down 'without a moment's delay. In a scel:e where the furniture is entirely n;odern I am careful to adapt it to the tastes of the man w1:o plays it. If it be the house of a parVClll1, there cannot be too 111uchgilt and red and heavy furnishings-~yerything all the scale of the coarsest luxury. The gentleman's residence, of course, has old portraits and other heirloorr.s in evidence while that of the literary man is denoted by books, to give the illusion of culture. Some years ago a promincnt actor played the part of a pr01T.:oter. Evcrything in his drawing room was OTl1ate-. desigt:€d to irrpress his victirrs wit.h the trerr:endous prosper-ity of his s-:.heme. This was .artistic illusion. It 13 notor-ious that the offices of promoters are. furnished magnificently. Latcr the s:UTIeplay was produced at a provincial t\catre. The s::;ct:ery and settings were tawdry, alld it failed dismally for lack of atmosphere. "Faking" in the matter of furniture is dal1gerotls, if 110t fatal. Nothing pays like the genuine. If I have a scene representing the home of a l"nan who moves in the same circles as the Astors orVanderbilts I study thc homes of such \l l C let I C; A 1\ • ------------------- ARTISA1\ 29 I! III! II , ------------4 I, I II II IIII I! Satisfied I Manufacturers !I I,, ! 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 oper<'ltor and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so called machine or pads on the market. That's Why It's a Money Maker. It Imitates Perfectly. 50 Machines Sold Last Year penon.:; of wealth, and spare 110 expense to make all exact re-production. T have on one production alone spenL from flity to olle hundred tbottsand dollars in order to get the real at-tTIospherc,- allu it pays, pecuniarily no less than artistically, since cvcryhody "goes ;:nva:r" full of enthusiasm about sllch and such a scene and advertises the play better than a ne'o'\/"- paper. Thoroughly artistic atniosphere inspires the actor who absorbs it to tlle full. I-l'e feds thTOtlgb the scelle tl1at be is a Japanese, a Frenchm;;lll or a German~as the case may bc'. It puts him in closer touch ..v..ith his character tl18tl allY amount of coaching. The ll/;Jtter of time on the stage is a curiaLIs illusion. This is produced more frequclltly by the pbywright than by tbe producer. He mllst marshal his events in rapid, y~t grace-ful and logical successioll. ;\ COllrt scelle in'lokillg a murder trial that would ill reality occupy two or three days is ac-cornplished on the stage ill half an hour. Only the essen-tials of the story are treated-there are no 'waits, no repeti-tions. The jury i:~in t11e box, the judge on the bench as the curtain rises. In a few words the district attorney pre-sents his case-it is all on the rapid-fire order, yet by good stage management it is not only effective, but adequate. The effect of the passing of Hight w.as accomp]jshed ill "l'-Tadame Btlttcrfly," where the vigil of the girl continues into the morning, when her husband appears from the ship. \7'./ c m8Y crowd a day',; events into thirty-five minutes so long ;:(5 we do not oulr[lgc COO"Jnon-scnse. But this art has developed only 'within the past d~cade. Before th<1twe were compelled to resort to numerous scenes to stretch over the lapse of a ye"r. The act 'would start, part of the scene de-velop; then [l frOllt scene was lowered and songs and dances introduced 'which were supposed to carry the audience along six months, or a year, into the following scene. Some acts would have four or five scenes. Now they ha ..'t.' but one. The Greeks had the ;jrt of perfect playwriting. They 50 More Plain or QuartoeredOak, Mahogany,
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