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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and MAGAZINE F. W. de la MARE . . . versatility built at the bench (See page 17) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy AUGUST • 1937 Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n l1TIWIITiTTmiViirm*iiCMrhHir'rt"rfiTlPiii i'TIHill IITTII PRESENTING New Interpretations of the Old Masters THERE is no substitute for careful thought and thorough research behind quality furniture design. There can be no concession to hurried, harried "mass" production methods in the lexicon of our master craftsmen. Every John Widdicomb creation must ring true to our every exacting test . . . to our severe requirements for sound, seasoned woods; for sturdy and enduring structure; for life-long beauty of finish; for pre-eminence of interpretative designs. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Factory Showroom, 601 Fifth St. New York Showrooms No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE NOTICE—- All prices quoted on illustrative and advertising pages in Fine Furniture are "number"-(double whole-sale)- thus making the.; cost to legitimate home-furnishing merchants one-half the quoted prices, subject to regular terms. PLEASE REMOVE THIS SLIP— upon opening Fine Furniture so that the magazine may be used freely with the consuming trade. Due to price increases announced by manufac-turers, prices quoted are subject to change without notice. to the HUNDREDS of Representative Buyers from 44 states, the District of Columbia and three Provinces of Canada, who visited the 120th semi-annual mar-ket in Grand Rapids and purchased THOUSANDS of dollars' worth of the Nation's finest furniture • • . Thanks a MILLION GRflfiD RflPIDS fURfllTURE EKPOSITIOn flSSOCIATIOn HENRY III:K>I \ \ CHAS. F. CAMPBELL President Secretary We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURXITURE FINE FURNITURE CHARACTER IN FURNITURE FINISH Is that undefinable, illusive some-thing that hallmarks better finished furniture with a higher degree of appeal. CHARACTER FINISHED FURNITURE radiates distinctive individuality — uniqueness in charm. Inspires last-ing pride of possession. THIS UNIQUE CHARM — INDIVIDU-ALITY— CHARACTER IN FURNI-TURE FINISH IS ATTAINABLE WITH OUR CHARACTER BUILT-IN PROD-UCTS and simple ivorking instructions — with materials formulated to meet most rigid requirements of exacting furniture craftmasters. The present day demand for better finished jurniture is greater than ever before. We are prepared to help you fulfill that demand. Let our Finishing Laboratory assist you in solving your finishing problems. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 2 1937 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE, E d i t o r -AUGUST-The Boiling Wake 4 Page Nine 9 Confidence in Fall Business Keys Summer Markets, by Rod Mackenzie 10 Chinese Motifs Aid in Selling, by Phyllis Field Cooper. . . 13 The Sketch Book, by Frederick de la Mare 17 When We're "In On the Finish", by Ruth Mclnerney. . . . 18 Customer Control and How to Handle It, by Ralph Spangler 19 Courtesy Pays Dividends 22 Colonianna 23 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 25 PWA Projects Open New Markets 26 Of Screen Protectors, by Chet Shafer 27 Homefurnishing News 28 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: R.K.O. Bid., 1270 Sixth Ave., Room 906, New York City, phone CIRcle 7-4339, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CJENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r AUGUST, 1937 So are your customers! ESTEY'S new Eighteenth Century groups insure acceptance by your better clientele, because every requirement of style, construction and finish has been achieved, through improved production efficiency, thereby making possible superlative values at practically the same prices. DISPLAYED IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING ESTEY MANUFACTURING CO. OWOSSO MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE BOILING WAKE The Pleasure Is Ours I want to express my appreciation to you for the splendid article about me that ap-peared in the June issue of FIXE FURNITURE magazine. It is almost embarrassing to be so flattered and featured in one's own busi-ness circles. The whole thing comes at a very opportune time. F. E. H.. Hastings, Mich. A "We Are Six" Scores I read AVith much interest and enjoyment the article, "We Are Six." by Ruth Mclner-ney, which appeared in your June-July issue. I think the sales tips could very well be used in selling other lines of merchandise also, and am adding the article to my per-sonal file. This "Customer's Viewpoint" series is cer-tainly a good idea. Nothing quite like get-ting outside of your product and taking a good look. It is a bright spot in your very readable book. R. X., Chicago. We're Overcome To my way of thinking, the value of any publication, national magazine or trade journal, is in direct proportion to editorial content of that publication. Having just finished looking over carefully your June- July issue. I feel that it is outstanding in its interesting features and really packed with important helpful editorial matter. For this reason I feel it not only shows splendid progress, but that it is definitely outstanding in the monthly field. (3. A. \V., Grand Rapids. Are You Sure? Your new feature entitled ''What Do You Know?" is both interesting and educa-tional. It is also extremely aggravating, as many of the questions are actually easy, but under pressure of bearing down for the test we have lound that those of us who worked on it. missed out '.m several obvious answers. Keep it up. L. B. T.. Jackson, Mich. To the Deserving We are in receipt of your recent letter and wish to tender our thanks for your recom-mendation of our merchandise to the R. L. Stephens Department Store of Dublin, Ga. \\ e. quite naturally, feel that our mer-chandise is of superior quality and that dealers could do no better than to deal with us; but that you. who must have a rather vast store of information pertaining to all types of furniture, should care to recommend our product to inquiring dealers is extremely gratifying. We are sincerely appreciative and assure you we will justify your action by our service and good furniture. May we again thank you and assure you of our cooperation at all times. F. C. C, Chicago. 0 Quiz Scrapbook As a suggestion for salesmen's scrapbooks, we would like to offer this one, namely, that they keep the questions and answers of your •'What Do You Know?" feature. We hope you arc going to make this a regular one. M. X., Tulsa, Okla. Lighting Is Illuminating We found the article by Helen McKinky on using light to increase sales as most illuminating. (We didn't mean to become facetious!) More articles of this nature would be welcome, we are sure, and espe-cially when written by an authority such as Miss McKinlay. One of our problems has been the lightmg of our store windows, avoiding reflections, etc.. and we think articles along these lines would be greatly appreciated. R. A. S., Schenectady, N. Y. ENSATX Of the Grand Rapids Market A REAL PROMOTIONAL GROUP Our construction cannot be beat; solid mahogany frames, moss and hair-filled, springs tied eight ways, ' M I ' ' ' . • ' - - .-. 1 "'l i!' I . I K ' M I J . •>.! -:en platform • i ' ' i i i i •>." I . I i . 1 ^ ' . - . DISPLAY 6th FLOOR FINE ARTS BUILDING WRITE NOW FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRICES J. BART UPHOLSTERY COMPANY, Inc. ^ GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw tins in FIXE FURNITURE { o r A U G U S T . 1937 r ! Flexible space arrange-ments which are spa-cious, well-lighted, and concentrated. The club room illustrated is com-fortably and tastefully arranged and furnished. TRAFFIC IS HEAVIEST where the STRONG LINES SHOW in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING . . . EXHIBITORS . . . Allen Chair Co., West Concord, Mass - Third Floor, East Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Atlas Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Bechtold Bros. Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. First Floor, North Half Bromberg Galleries, Birmingham, Ala Second Floor, North Half Brower Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, East Half Brown Brothers Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East Butler Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind First Floor, North Half Conant-Ball Company^ Gardner, Mass Fifth Floor, South Half Davies Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, East De Boer Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y First Floor, South Half Doezema Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half Dutch Woodcraft Shops, Zeeland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven, Mich. First Floor, South Half Estey Mfg. Co., Owosso, Mich First Floor, North Half Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Ficks Reed Co., Cincinnati, Ohio -Third Floor, South Half Fine Arts Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Grand Ledge Chair Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half G. R. Bedding Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, South Half G. R. Lounge Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half G. R. Fancy Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Grand Rapids Furn. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, North Grand Rapids Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sixth Floor, South Half Hart Mirror Plate Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Hekman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Third Floor, South Half Herrmann Lamps, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Holland Furniture Co., Holland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Iredell Sales Co., New York, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y Third Floor, North Half Kozak Studios, Grand Rapids, Mich Second Floor, South Half Kuchins Furn. Mrg. Co., St. Louis, Mo Third Floor, South Half Lentz Table Company, Nashville, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Loeblein, Inc., Kent, Ohio Second Floor, South Half Mahoney Chair Co., Gardner, Mass _ Third Floor, East Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich Third Floor, South Half Mentzer Reed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Murray Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, South Half National Chair Co., St. Louis, Mo Fourth Floor, North Half Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111 Fourth Floor, North Half F. A. Nichols Co., Gardner, Mass Fourth Floor, North Half O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, South Half Piaget-Donnelly Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half A. S. Payne, Inc., No. Bennington, Vt —Second Floor, East Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Red Lion Furn. Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Red Lion Table Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Rockford Chair & Furn. Co., Rockford, 111., Fifth Floor, North Half Rockford National Furn. Co., Rockford, 111 Second Floor, South Shaw Furniture Co., Charlotte, N. C Second Floor, South Half Skandia Furniture Co., Rockford, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Sligh Company, Charles R., Holland, Mich., Fifth Floor, South Half Henry C. Steul & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y Fifth Floor, South Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ky., Fourth Floor, North Half West Michigan Furn. Co., Holland, Mich., Third Floor, North Half W. F. Whitney Co., So. Ashburnham, Mass. Fourth Floor, South Half Williams-Kimp Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half Wolverine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich Second Floor, North Half « YOU'LL FIND IT IN— THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE English Occasional Table, No. 112, made in walnut, carved, walnut veneered top, retails at $26.40. PEERLESS for STYLE CONSTRUCTION FINISH SALABILITY are tables by Duncan Phyfe Lamp Table, No. 191-H24, is made in solid mahogany, with swirl mahogany top and rim and retails at $16. ROCKFORD PEERLESS FURNITURE COMPANY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS v i / S >•>•>•I PERMANENT BEAUTY Presenting a complete line of occasional, office chairs, rockers, diners and chairs for the bedroom and hall that is unequaled in price and quality, the B. R. Smith Co. offers chairs that assure customer satisfaction. No-Sag spring construction, fine, dur-able fabrics, frames of Solid Walnut or Solid Mahog-any, insure beauty as well as comfort and solidity. 1708 Merchandise Mart — Chicago R. SMITH CHAIR COMPANY OWENSBORO ,NcoHPoRATEn KENTUCKY We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE , . - • " / , raft i - * ill FINE ARTS BUILDING Newest and Most Modern Exhibition Building in Grand Rapids Directly Across the Street from Pantlind Hotel YEAR ROUND EXPOSITIONS DAY OR NIGHT Your product shown in the FINE ARTS BUILDING, Grand Rapids, is on display in a "hotel" for merchandise. Constructed for furniture display, it is the only building in Grand Rapids devoted exclusively to furniture exhibits. Floor arrangement, lighting, ventilation and the highest type of general service is conducted in the interest of the furniture and housefurnishing exhibitors. Fine Arts operating F i n e A r t S Ufld Corporation r 6 Pantlind Exhibition Buildings liiiniiiniiin • • iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiipin We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE SIGN OF in FINISHING MATERIALS NEW FINISHES ECONOMY METHODS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r A U G U S T . 1 9 3 7 PAGE NINE MEMO To: Retailers of Furniture From: Editors of FINE FURNITURE Magazine Subject: Business during Fall and Winter, 1937 Because the Supreme Court packing bill is definitely dead as a dodo; because the strike situation is ameliorated to a great extent; because John L Lewis is being generally dis-credited by even his own organization; because of bumper crops; because a pent-up demand for new merchandise being held back temporarily by labor and governmental troubles is becoming swollen and is ready to break the walls of its dam . . . For these and many other reasons, FINE FURNITURE pre-dicts a surge of consumer demand that will test the resources of retailers and manufacturers to supply. Get set for it by making sure you can get plenty of new merchandise and get it quickly! ff AGAIN — "NAME THE WOODS" Any suggestion or request contributing to better and more nearly ethical practice within the furniture industry is worth serious consideration on the part of manufacturers. Especially so when it comes from retail associations honestly striving to elevate this profession of selling furniture. And so, the recent resolution by the retail furniture association of Columbus, O., that manufacturers "name the woods" on the pieces shown and sold must not be disregarded or laughed off. If it is practicable — if it can be done, then by all means it should be done, for merchants' organizations in other centers probably will repeat, sooner or later, the re-quest of these Ohio merchants. SATURATION BUGABOO ff Just how important is this "saturation point," anyhow? Figures prove that it is a much overrated bugaboo. Con-sider the lowly sadiron. One would generally assume that every home in the country would have an iron, and that's practically true. Market analysis shows that the saturation on electric irons is 93.2% of the wired homes in the coun-try. But what happened in 1936? Almost four million elec-tric irons were sold . . . the second largest and most profit-able iron year in history! There's a vast opportunity for alert retailers to get in on an almost certain boom in electric cookery this year and for many more to come. There were approximately 1,750,000 electric ranges in service the first of this year, yet the mar-ket is only 8% saturated. For the last several years electric-range sales have increased at a rate of more than 50% per year. A conservative estimate for 1937 range sales has been placed at 425,000 units . . . a potential market of $12,600,000 in which the furniture retailer not harassed by too unfavorable competitive conditions should be able to share. There's a vast market still existing for both major and small appliances. Whether it will break wide open this Fall or a bit later remains to be seen, but it might be a good idea for the furniture merchant to prepare for it NOW. MAJOR APPLIANCES? ff Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. and protracted headache, particularly on refrigerators, during the summer months. Generally, what promised to be a sen-sational increase in the sale of refrigerators was suddenly and rudely interrupted in May, improved a bit in June and again went into the doldrums during July. This, following a spurt of Spring selling when refrigerator volume almost doubled that of last year, was admittedly discouraging. Lack of public confidence in economic conditions and a renewed fear of unemployment are believed by many mer-chants to be reasons for the summer drop-off in sales, although the majority are convinced that the market for appliances is THERE. This was brought home to the retail-ing world very forcibly in June when new car registrations hit a new high. With Congress adjourned soon, and perhaps with some settlement of the Supreme Court fight in immediate pros-pect, it is entirely possible that Fall selling may come back with a surge. If so, you, as a retailer, are going to experience some brisk demand for the many new major appliances being daily pro-duced by ingenious manufacturers . . . and for appliances that are erroneously construed to be approaching their "saturation point," too. ff The Fall appliance season is just ahead. Many a retailer has his fingers crossed as he views the prospects for the mer-chandising of major electrics, having experienced a severe "That table you sent was made of green wood." 10 FINE FURNITUHE CONFIDENCE IN FALL BUSINESS KEYS By ROD MACKENZIE Editor. FINE FURNITURE FROM an actual buying standpoint in dollar volume, the summer market, just closed, failed to reach former peaks. In the matter of attendance, however, the various market centers reported that they were more than satisfied. As a matter of fact, the American Furniture Mart attendance record showed that the summer market drew more visitors through its doors than any previous one in the building's history, and the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Association expressed itself as gratified in many respects. Smaller Buyers • Although many of the large eastern and western representatives failed to put in an appear-ance, an encouraging feature was the increased number of buyers from the smaller stores throughout the coun-try. Quite naturally the large attendance was reflected in the number of orders placed, although individual sales were too small to boost the volume to new levels. Fall Optimism • The increased number of buyers representing smaller stores was taken as an indication that the long-awaited building program is now begin-ning to show signs of activity, having its effect on the homefurnishmg industry. Unanimous was the opinion of manufacturers, dealers and salesmen in predicting an unprecedented fall and winter business. Crops • Orders placed by representatives from the agricultural areas furnished a forecast for the status of the farm product situation. The highest prices in years are expected to be reaped from bumper crops which induced buyers from these trading areas to place orders with more confidence than their brothers from the industrial sections of the country. Volume • However, with the lifting of labor trouble clouds from the industrial horizon, plus gains in the Richard Wheelwright introduced new twin-full bed, at top of page. Georgian breakfront secretary. No. 443, by Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co. W. F. Whitney Co., Inc., manufactured the Early American group at lower left. Winnebago Mfg. Co. made the solid mahogany, 18th Century English bedroom group, below. •X-^r'-J-.' • • * * • f o r A U G U S T , 1937 11 SUMMER MARKETS stock market, the closing of congress and the settle-ment of the Supreme Court controversy, increased volume is expected to swell the total inaugurated by the farmer-buyers. In fact several times the remark was heard .that it might be extremely difficult to secure merchandise during the latter part of 1937. Prices Up • Price advances remained generally un-changed since the spring market, although many manu-facturers placarded their spaces with signs indicating that prices would not be guaranteed beyond the mar-ket. Although recent labor agitation may have been responsible for small increases in production cost, other materials are reported to have eased off on price rising programs. Nevertheless, it is a pretty safe bet that furniture prices will be higher by December. Styles • Continuing to dominate the style scene was the element of elegance and increased refinement that made its renewed appearance a year ago. A^ore faith-ful adherence to period detail was noticeable in a majority of the 18th Century, English styles. Due undoubtedly to the fact that a preponderance of Chip-pendale and Georgian interpretations had made its appearance in recent markets the more delicate cre-ations of Hepplewhite showed increased strength. That controversial style known as Modern showed signs here and there of increased strength, although many manufacturers have completely abandoned mer-chandise of this character. Concerns that have estab-lished a reputation for the creation of Modern designs showed a desire to deviate from the severe contours, waterfall fronts and other familiar features that have had a tendency to defile this type of furniture. Victorian that entered the style scene with such a flourish two or three markets back continues its surge toward popular acceptance, but solely through the "Forest Hall" chair and Early American grouping by H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., at top. Blond bar by Rock-Ola Mfg. Co. Mahogany Victorian chair and table created by Pullman Couch Co. Federal American bedroom group by American Furniture Co. 12 FINE FURNITURE medium of upholstered and occasional lines. Case goods manufacturers having spent considerable thought and energy in an attempt to keep abreast with the apparent desire for Gay Nineties furniture, showed signs of weakening and several prominent concerns have discontinued their groups. The blond that made such an auspicious debut two or three markets ago also appears to be joining the has-been ranks. An occasional high grade suite executed in exquisite fashion made its appearance, but on the whole, completely blond or bleached suites were noticeable by their absence. Frequently light and dark finished woods were combined in the same piece, or some color had been added, affording a warmth or honey-tone effect that modified the appearance of a strictly bleached wood. Federal and American Empire showed considerable progress but Colonial Maple, as ever, leads the tradi-tional American furniture forces. Stricter adherence to authentic motifs and details was evident in many Colo-nial interpretations. Finishes, of course, varied accord-ing to the whims of the respective manufacturers, but predominant was a new gray-brown finish. Noticeably absent was the old familiar red maple coloring. Dealer Helps • Of added interest were the numerous furniture dealer-help programs in the form of national advertising, mat and copy service for local use, direct mail pieces, etc. Manufacturers once more appear eager to assist the dealer in the distribution of their product, are anxious to cooperate in getting the story of their respective products across to the consuming public. Furniture Week • However, a financial summary of last fall's National Furniture Week promotional cam-paign brings to light a decided lack of interest and enthusiasm on the part of the manufacturer for this particular event, throws the burden of carrying the expense on the dealer. Retailers spent approximately $3,000,000 for news-paper advertising, radio programs and contributions to local cooperative efforts during the 1936 Week, while manufacturers anteed approximately $1,100 to help defray organization expenses. Such a disparity of fig-ures exhibits little interest on the part of the producer. Factory executives are reported to have approved of the plan, its purpose, the method in which it is han-dled. But they haven't said it with assisting funds. Comedian to Furniture REVERSING the formula of the redoubtable furnitureman-comedian Parkyourkarcas who went from furniture to theatrics, Jerry Lipman, salesmanager ex-traordinaire for the reorganized Charles P. Limbert Co., started life as a comedian and switched to furniture. Born in London, England (the year is a dark secret for unre-vealed reasons), and boasting no college education, Jerry's theat-rical conquest brought him eventually to America where he became associated with the early comic movies. Questioned for an excuse for deserting such a prom-ising career he slipped us into his confidence. "In those days I was a bit handsome and the ladies made such a fuss over me that my di-rectors complained about my work, and I was fired." This was all very interesting so we questioned further. "How did you get into the furniture business?" Related Lipman: "Preparatory to returning to London following my dismissal from the moving picture industry I met a friend in New York associated with the furniture business. 'Stick around,' he said, 'I'll help you get a job selling furniture.' That was 30- odd years ago —• I'm still at it. JERRY LIPMAN . . . the ladies made a fuss. Checking reports emanating from the Charles P. Limbert Co. space at the recent market, we find that Lipman as salesman-ager and creator of the new line is very much "still at the furni-ture business." In rebuilding a furniture line, directing its distribution, Lipman has chiseled out for himself a Herculean task. But judging from his past accomplishments nothing in the line of furniture creating, manufacturing or sell-ing is too tough for Lipman. His past experience includes the operation of factories in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain. He made and shipped some of the first Modern art fur-niture to be imported to this country 18 or 20 years ago. In addition, he has organized suc-cessful sales forces, but is espe-cially proud of the fact that he is a creator of successful furniture lines. Having traveled in every country in the world with the exception of China and Japan— why he missed these we failed to inquire—he has an international acquaintance. To meet the affa-ble Lipman and discuss furniture problems with him one readily discovers that there is nothing he would rather do than his present occupation. For one who has such a busy background it is natural to won-der what interests him particu-larly. In Jerry's case we discov-ered there were three elements of more than passing interest—wo-men, theatres, and baseball. Questioned regarding his choice of a public personage he replied with a twinkle in his eye that he played no favorites, but that he had great and enduring admira-tion for the man who laughs. f o r A U G U S T . 1 9 3 7 13 CHINESE MOTIFS AID IN SELLING by PHYLLIS FIELD COOPER rPHERE is scarcely any line of J. decorative merchandise that does not embrace to some extent the de-sign motifs of the Chinese. Since these motifs each bear a symbolic meaning intimately linked with China's early mythology and leg-endary heroes as well as her three religious (Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism)—what interesting stor-ies every rug, wallpaper, upholstery, drapery, furniture, lamp, china and artwares salesman has to tell his customers! Chinese Influence • To know some-thing of the symbolism of Chinese design gives a salesman the oppor-tunity of "selling" an absorbing story along with his merchandise, which in turn, will place in the eyes of his customers, greater value upon that merchandise. It has been our personal experience that such infor-mation goes a long way toward "clinching" sales with the "shall I, or shall I not buy" type of vacillat-ing customer. It also provides sales-men with keener interest in the sell-ing of their merchandise, be it a Chinese rug, a cloisonne vase, a Chippendale side-chair with its fretted back and damask uphol-stered slipseat bearing the influence of Chinese design, or a Ming porce-lain lamp base of the 14th Century. In so short an article we can only touch upon this most interesting subject but there are worthwhile books to be read that deal with China and her arts, the names of which we will be glad to furnish our readers upon request. Motifs • Though the motifs in antique Chinese art are numerous, the following seven are the most often employed today: the Chinese Fret (often called the Greek Fret or Key), the Swastika, the Circle of Happiness, the Butterfly, the Drag-on, the Sh'ou, and the Bat. Other symbols used are: the Peacock, the Lion, the Phoenix, the Tortoise, the Sacred Urn, the Sword, the Gourd and many, many others. • PHYLLI5 • FIELD-COOPER-'193 7 A BAT MOTIF The Fret • (See No. 1 in sketch) is found more often in Chinese art than any other motif. The Swastika • A symbol of "good luck," has for centuries been a much used motif in art with many peoples in remote parts h ld I i d i d Chinese art motifs and their symbolic meaning can be means of furnishing most interesting "sales talks" and ideas for sales promotions. p of the world. Its name is derived from the Sanscrit (ancient sacred language of the Hindu) word "Svasti" meaning "good pretense." It has also been used by the ancient Greeks, Egyp-tians, Japanese, Chinese, East Indi-ans as well as by the Aztecs and our North and South American Indians as a "good luck" symbol (see No. 2. The Circle of Happiness • (Some-times referred to as the Wheel of Law), is usually represented by a perfect circle or sometimes an ovoid, within which are various Mongolian floral and animal motifs. Since Buddhism embraces reincarnation, it is supposed that when Buddha turns this wheel, a soul passes from one phase of life into another. Thus this wheel symbolizes "eternity." While speaking of circles, we might mention the one representing Yin and Yang, those dual cosmic forces that brought forth the man P'an Ku who shaped chaos into a world for mankind (see No. 3). Chinese mythology has it that the divine dragon, tortoise and phoenix aided P'an Ku in his colossal task. There is much more to this interest-ing story of how the world came to be, according to the early Chinese and it is exemplified in a great deal of their beautiful art work, both ancient and modern. The Butterfly ' Symbolizes "vanity" and is frequently associated with 14 FINE FURNITURE flowers and bats. The Peacock rep-resents "beauty." The Dragon • The Chinese symbol of "sovereignty" and "divinity" is the five-toed Dragon, formerly re-served for the use of the Imperial family and palaces, only. The man-darins were allowed the use of only the three-toed Dragon during the Imperial reign. It is a fabulous ani-mal, scaled like a crocodile, and is usually represented either holding or guarding (from the demons) a round object, the so-called "chin" or pearl of purity. The Shou • Of which there are more than one hundred forms, is a symbol of "prosperity" and is said to signify "Good Wishes of Longevi-ty." Of its many decorative forms, there are three most commonly seen in Chinese rugs, embroideries and porcelains (see No. 4). The Scarab • Or Beetle in Chinese art symbolizes as it does in Egyp-tian art, "creation — resurrection — new life," and is often simulated in these Shou motifs. The Bat • "Happiness" is symbol-ized by the Bat and if five of them appear together, they signify "health," "longevity," "riches," "love of virtue," and a "peaceful end." The Sacred Urn • The receptacle for the ashes of Buddhist priests, is is another motif (much used in rug designs), usually surrounded by a ribbon and other symbols equivalent in meaning to the halo of our Christian religion. The Lion • A fabulous and ferocious appearing animal acting as defender of the law and protector of all sacred Buddhist temples represents "strength," "power" and "author-ity," while the Phoenix, a fabulous bird, signifies "goodness," "benevo-lence," "a bride," and portends "good times" and "happy events." The Tomoye • Is a circular motif used by the Chinese as well as the Japanese and Koreans and repre-sents some ancient idea of elemental forces (see No. 5). The Sceptre • Represents the "Su-preme Deity of Heaven." Its head is a cloud and means "May all Good Wishes be Fulfilled." The Knot • Various formations of the Scroll are said to represent the "sun." Clouds and mountains bear traditional religious significance as does the Knot of Destiny (see No. 6), Bow Knot, Basket, Umbrella, Conch Shell, Canopy and the sacred Buddhistic emblem—the Lotus flower, meaning many descendants, as does also the Bee. The Deer • (Stands for "success," too), the Stork, the Turtle and the Tortoise stand for "longevity," the latter including "immortality," while the Peony signifies "wealth and official power." We would like to add many more symbols and their meanings to this list but limited space prevents us. Factoring—Its Function TT'ACTORING service to members -T of the furniture industry has not been used to any great extent. Not having had occasion nor opportunity to employ such a service—a prac-tice that has been in use for over a hundred years in other industries —there have been frequent ques-tions concerning its application. Most common of these refer to dealer reaction. Howard R. Sluyter, resident manager of the Iselin office in Grand Rapids, has the following to say regarding this vital factor. "It is completely wrong to assume that acceptance of factoring service creates any condition to which the dealer can take exception. On the contrary, the whole idea of the serv-ice is based on the known willing-ness of dealers who join forces with manufacturers in its general adop-tion. I am not speaking of furni-ture dealers specifically but of mer-chants in other lines of business. "When the furniture dealer—who is just as human, honest and intel-ligent as dealers in other lines— has been made familiar with factor-ing operations he will be equally cordial. Factoring could not have endured had this condition not been generally correct. "And why does the dealer accept it so cordially? Candidly, for selfish reasons! Logically, because he realizes—soon or later—that it holds many definite values for him as well as for the manufacturer. Broadly, because he is learning that factoring is looming large in the modern scheme of business economics. "A good dealer is a good business man, with the ability to realize the problems of the other fellow. He is fully conversant with the long-term sales conditions in the furniture in-dustry. He realizes that the furni-ture manufacturer's capitalization must be based on something more than its relation to manufacturing volume. He understands that these relatively large capitalizations result from setting up provisions to finance dealers in the form of long-term credits. And from this he truthfully reasons that the cost of this financ-ing— including its by-products of bad debts, collection costs, book-keeping, etc.—must be added to the cost of the merchandise. "Let the manufacturer be freed from this burden of finance, reasons the dealer, and right away that part of his capital long frozen by long-term credits is diverted to the more advantageous uses of manufacturing and selling, which will in turn bene-fit the dealer. He can buy more ad-vantageously; improve his line; de-velop his markets; render more sales cooperation to his dealers; ship more promptly, and be in posi-tion to cut economic corners in other ways. In all respects, a better manufacturer with whom to do business! "The dealer reasons along this line," explained Sluyter, "with the distinct knowledge that when the manufacturer accepts factoring serv-ice, he—the dealer—continues to re-ceive the customary credit terms that he has always enjoyed—nor is his relationship with the manufac-turer in any way disturbed. His own financial position is affected not one iota except to his possible advantage." Key to Merchandise Shown on Page 15 1 — Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich., patio group in wrought iron and glass, leather-seated chairs. 2 — Autumn-leai maple group, "Eastern Shore," replica of model found on east-ern shore of Maryland dating back to 1740, manufactured by H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., No. Bennington, Vt. 3 — Louis XV chair and buffet No. 579, Circassian walnut, marquetry, solid walnut, by the Rockford Superior Furni-ture Co., Rockford, 111. 4 — Mahogany corner cabinet by Drexel Furniture Co., Drexel. N, C. 5 — 18th Century mahogany table and server No. 953, by Grand Rapids Chair Co, 6 — Leather covered chair. No. 3OIIV2, by Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. 7 — Statton Mfg. Co. grouping in Stat-ton House, Keeler BIdg., Grand Rapids. 8 — Blond dining room group by Tom-linson of High Point. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 15 frfl -i : 16 FINE FURNITURE 1 i! J .-' ~ —r" Z. £ v .v • I € 'r. J •...' ,-, r »• T H t ; ^ f o r A U G U S T . 1937 17 THE SKETCH BOCK . . . WINNER OF BRITISH DESIGN AWARD INTERPRETS MODERN MODERN furniture design has traveled many and devious routes since the Paris Exposition in 1925. Although this exposition cannot be given credit for supplying the stimulus to Modern design, it did furnish the spark for the Modern movement of the past ten years. What the current exposition will do, of course, still remains to be seen. From Australia comes our Sketch Book design for this month. Designer-artisan Frederick de la Mare, in his interpretation of a Modern sideboard, reaches back into the pages of 18th Century design. In so doing he indicates the trend current in America to escape from the boxy contour that has characterized much of the American Modern during the past few years. The use of curved shapes, the absence of solid bases and the application of low relief carving affords a pleasing deviation. His use of exotic woods such as Macassar Ebony, cross bandings of this wood and walnut, reverts back to American designers' efforts to achieve unusual effects through the use of colorful veneers. However, the application of Georgian motifs in the carving portrays the English ancestry of this Modern piece. For American consumption merchandise of this char-acter and size is not applicable as is proven by the recent efforts of American designers in scaling-down furniture that is more adaptable for our Modern small homes and apartments. man on the cover ROMANCE of far places is woven into F. W. de la Mare's prize-winning designs. Born in New Zealand April 8, 1904, he was educated in his na-tive land, attending Canterbury College, where swimming, foot-ball, and playing the piano were his favorite extra-curricular ac-tivities. In 1922 he started work at the cabinetmaker's bench in one of New Zealand's largest fur-niture factories. Three years later he became a designer for this factory. The exquisite beauty and artistry of his work brought him first prize in the Australasian competition held in Melbourne, Australia, two successive years; the next year he won the most coveted award for furniture de-sign in the British Empire — the Owen Jones medal. Out of 200 entries from all parts of the Em-pire, de la Mare's designs were unsurpassed. In 1927 de la Mare left New Zealand to go to England, where he continued his designing career at Waring & Gillow's, finding op- FREDERICK de la MARE . . . his interests are diversified and broad. portunity during those four years to visit France, Germany, and America. He returned to Aus-tralia via New Zealand in 1931 to fill his present position as ad-vertising manager and art direc-tor at Watson & Co., Sidney. Like most other men who have achieved, de la Mare pos-sesses a charming modesty and a winning personality. His favorite sport is swimming; his hobby, landscape painting in water color. His pet Scotch terrier is his com-panion during leisure hours. The diversity and breadth of his inter-ests are indicated by others of his favorites: chicken a la Maryland, corn fritters, "The Life of Louis Pasteur," Chopin, Eric Linklat-er's novels, Noel Coward's plays. In his opinion, "After the Thin Man" ranks highest among re-cent movies, and he greatly ad-mires the Duke of Windsor. His ambition is to have his own manufacturing concern. His counsel to those interested in learning his profession is to commence at the bench and ac-quire a thorough, practical knowl-edge on which to build a success-ful designing career. And who could be more competent to ad-vise than de la Mare, who, him-self, has followed that very course to recognition and honor in his chosen profession? 18 FINE FURNITURE WHEN WE'RE "IN ON THE FINISH" by RUTH McINERNEY OHE is one of your custmers and she was saying kJ with a glimmer of glee in her eye: "Junior had tipped over his cup of piping hot choco-late on the new dining room table. Ha, ha, ha. It was funny. Friend Husband, over-exuberant at our Sunday evening supper, upset a tall glass with a tall story. Did I worry about the alcohol cutting the polish to the quick? Not I. I giggled and poured him another. When guests set damp liqueur glasses on chair arms, it bothered me not. Pity • "Even when extra wet weather made other people's bureau drawers stick, then give suddenly, I felt free, easy, immensely superior. Yes, and I pitied other hostesses who knew that dignified guests would be sure to stick to varnished chairs. I felt light as an egg-nogg. "You see, my dealer had let me 'in on the finish'. I knew the bitter and the sweet ends about furniture finishes, and also about the beginning of a good finish. If you start with a good finish when you buy furni-ture, ou needn't worry about the end. You'll finish where you start — the furniture looks as good as the day you bought it. Knowledge • "My dealer had said, 'Madam, a good lacquer finish on a piece of furniture resists alcohol, hot dishes, acids, water, hot liquids. It seals the surface better and thus resists warping. A good synthetic var-nish will do the same. It dusts off easily — just wash quietly in soft soapsuds, rinse thoroughly, polish actively. And the gleam is still there. " 'Notice how all parts are coated with varnish, lac-quer, or shellac to protect against moisture, dryness, insects — inside as well as out, back as well as more evident parts. " 'While the durable is often beautiful, there are fine points besides. Henceforth, our store, instead of hand-ing down finish secrets from father to son, is handing them down from customer to customer. So, if you want a finish that conceals dust, fingermarks, scratches, dents, try the eggshell, satin or semi-gloss finishes. High gloss is like a mirror — reflecting the defects, actually doubling disfigurements. Lovely in the right environment, high gloss was not designed for animated family life. " 'And the grain of exquisite woods shows through clear as sky in summer air. As George Lamb says about mahogany: "the beauty of light and shadow that is the glory of mahogany and the despair of the imita-tion." Poor wood can't live in the rarefied air of a clear finish but must be obscured with thick, heavy stains and varnishes. Superiority • "The carving is clean and free of tool marks, smooth all over, in invisible as well as visible parts. There are no drip marks from the varnish. The furniture has had better preparation, better finishing, better cleaning up. And the hand-rubbed surface is something only skilled human muscles can produce with tireless, patient fingers. "'Why does this finish cost more than that? There are twenty to twenty-two operations in the finishing of a piece of well-finished furniture — about half this number in cheaper pieces. There is less sanding, fewer coats, cheaper materials that do not resist wear as well; there is less of that precious hand polishing, that skilled human element that shines through with the years as though part of the craftsman were embodied in the work. " 'It's with you in love and spirit every minute.' " Living room combining light and dark finishes — blond and darker mahogany. The tables are blond, other furniture, dark. The wall is a blond mahogany veneer. Dinette suite oi blond mahogany, satin finish—uphol-stered in black horsehair. Seen at New American Home, 11th and Michigan Ave.. Chicago. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 13 CUSTOMER CONTROL-AND HOW TO HANDLE IT By RALPH SPANGLER Sales Promotion Manager Harbour-Longmire Co., Oklahoma City Continuing his dissertation on the "Worth of Your Old Customers," Mr. Spangler this month presents a few suggestions on the handling of this important phase of store manage-ment. OXCE a customer is classified as a good prospect for more busi-ness, by some method, mark that card for receiving each general pro-motion mailing piece planned for customer lists. Some stores have periodic "Old Customer Nights" and frequent premium offers which pull a tremendous response. Other stores give their customers the advantage of special buys, courtesy days for sales events, etc. — offers that are not made to the general public. Try, as much as you can, to make them feel that there is an advan-tage in being a customer of your store. Next stage • in the Customer Con-trol Plan . . . is that in which an ac-count nears its final days. It is a distinct advantage to keep good ac-counts active. Once good customers get off your books they are any store's prey. AND IT COSTS YOU MUCH LESS TO SELL TO AN OLD CUSTOMER, THAN TO SELL A NEW CUSTOMER TO TAKE THE OLD ONE'S PLACE! Make a definite effort to sell addi-tional merchandise before the first account is paid out. Proper "NO PAYMENT DOWN" offers bring huge responses. Begin two or three months before the closing date. To those who do not respond to the first effort — mail a second letter a month later. Many stores use a series of three to four letters before they file this name for the last stage of the follow-up. Many stores, when the good ac-count is paid out, mail some sort of a preferred customer card—with a special letter. In the final stage • of Customer Control, "good paid-outs" deserve some sort of a selling effort regu-larly, for months to come. Most stores allow a "good-paid-out" name to remain in their files for two or three years, before finally giving up. All effort need not be made by mail. When the dull season comes, what better group of outside pros-pects could your salespeople call on than "good-paid-outs"? An alert clerk in charge of your Customer Control system can frequently en-list the assistance of the salesman in securing an "add-on" or a "reopen". Department stores frequently car-ry Customer Control through an-other stage than those just listed . . . that in which they endeavor to get the customer who trades in only one or two departments to trade in other departments. So much for the plan of Customer Control. Now for some ideas to go in the actual mailing pieces. Examples • Haverty's (Atlanta, Ga.) start one "Thank You" letter, signed by the Vice-President and Manager, with these words: I want to express my personal appre-ciation for the purchase you made at the store the other day, and welcome you as a new customer of the Haverty Furniture Company. North-Mehornay (Kansas City) in a letter by their president, for the same purpose, say: Personally it affords me real pleasure to welcome you as a new customer, and to acknowledge with my sincere thanks your recent purchase. Naturally, I am anxious to know if our service was pleasing, and if your transaction was satisfactory in every manner. If not, won't you please let me know? And about that same time another letter from the office manager, which started like this: Thanks very much for your nice order. We appreciate it greatly, and want you to feel free to consult with us at any time, whether buying or merely planning. Your first regular payment will be due July 1st. The amount—$15.00. If payment date arranged is not conven-ient, we shall be pleased to rearrange the date for you. We do not send no-tices before each payment. Many stores, which do not main-tain extensive Customer Control systems, send out double postcards, or reply cards, asking the customer to fill in the answers to such ques-tions as these: 1. Was our service satisfactory?. 2. Were the deliverymen careful?.... 3. Did they place your furniture where you wanted it? 4. Did salesman show interest? 5. Was credit department courte-ous ? 6. If you have a complaint, please write it here Another store, seeking to be sure there was no dissatisfaction lurking in the customer's mind, writes: It is the sincere desire of those of us who direct this institution, that each customer be so pleased with what they buy here, and with our service, that each time he or she needs anything for their home, they will think first of . We will appreciate the following infor-mation: 1. Did your purchase reach you on time ? 2. Was it delivered complete and in good order? 3. Comments Pre-Closing • When an account is 60% to 80% paid, it's high time to get busy. Haverty's (Atlanta) have a letter which says: The most important file we have is our list of good customers—friends of our store we are anxious to serve again in adding comfort to their home and enjoyment to their families. Of course, your name is in that file, and we want you to know that we would welcome any additional purchase 20 FINE FURNITURE of furniture which you want to make . . . etc. Another firm that is well within the big store class, has a pre-closing letter that reads like this: It may be of interest to you to know that your account, which has come un-der review by our Executive Committee, is one I personally prize very highly. Periodically, our Executive Commit-tee reviews our accounts and discusses our friends whose accounts have been satisfactory, that their good names may be added to our list of thousands of Preferred Customers," to whom we ex-tend very special credit privileges and service. I am particularly pleased to tell you that your name has ben selected and entered upon our list of "Preferred Customers" and to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the highly satisfactory manner in which you have conducted your part of our mutual transaction. Your account has but a short time to run, and to you we offer the special privilege and decided advantage of mak-ing further purchases now, without any outlay of cash, no red tape, or any questions being asked . . . etc. (Signed by credit manager) A follow-up letter to be sent if they do not respond to the first car-ries this paragraph: Please remember—no cash necessary —your credit with us is established— no delay, no red tape—just choose any-thing you wish to the amount of your past purchase without any cash outlay —NO MONEY DOWN—buy any rea-sonable amount on the most convenient terms, paying later as best suits your convenience. Paid-Outs • Whose records are good, frequently receive some sort of courtesy cards, as the one pic-tured here from Peterson's (Chi-cago). With the Peterson card goes this letter: Our credit manager has been saying som awfully nice things about you. He tells me that you've made all your pay-ments right on the dot, and that your account is "absolutely O.K." To show you my appreciation for the prompt and courteous way in which you have met your obligation to us, I have obtained permission from Mr. Jurgen Peterson to send you the enclosed "President's Courtesy Card." For the next 30 days, this card enti-tles you to purchase anything in our store'up to $100, and pay'XO MONEY DOWN. Just come to the store, pick out what you want and have it charged to your account. No down payment whatever is necessary. Remember, this card is good for 30 davs onlv. and is not transferable . . . Another store tells the same story in different words: May we pay you a compliment? Every time a payment was due on your account, it reached us right on the dot. It is a mighty fine thing to say of anyone: ''He meets his obligations the minute they become due." To show our appreciation of your promptness and our faith in you, we are making what is, for this store, a very unusual offer, one you can be sure we would not care to broadcast indis-criminately. No doubt you plan to get more things for your home soon. You can select them now, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PAYMENT DOWN, and divide the paying, much as you did before. May we suggest that you bring this letter when you come to select the furniture and that you show it to the man who waits on you when you figure the budget terms . . . for this privilege is extended only to those who have really earned it. This letter will identify you as one of that group. There is no end to the variety of wording that may be used. Many of these letters are combined with a paragraph on some current mer-chandising promotion (which may or may not be wise). The number of pre-closing letters, and the number of paid-out letters you use is a matter to be determined after a study of your individual problem. It is not difficult to check results on this type of advertising, and eventually, by the trial and error method, you can determine when it is most profitable to begin your campaign, and to close it. The story of "Old Customers' Nights," premium checks, and the circular type efforts that can be used effectively on your Preferred Cus-tomer and Good-Paid-Out lists, is subject matter enough for an article by itself. Qtf KEY TO MERCHANDISE SHOWN ON PAGE 21 1 — Bookcase No. 545, made by the AHegan Furniture Shops, AUegan, Mich., displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg. 2 — Chippendale davenport No. 344, by E. Wiener Co., Milwaukee, exhibited in the American Furniture Mart. 3 — Hall clock and leather chair manu-factured by Colonial Mfg. Co., Zeeland, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 4 — Chair No. 57, made by the Wolver-ine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, dis-played in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 5 — Room grouping in the new Statton Mfg. Co., house, displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 6 — Pie-crust table No. 5521, created by the Mersman Bros. Corp., Celina, Ohio, exhibited in the American Furniture Mart. 7 — Coffee table No. 440, by the Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich., displayed in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 8 — Tilt-top crotch mahogany table No. 1211, manufactured by Wood Products Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich., displayed the Keeler Bldg. 9 — French chair No. 1430, by the Schoonbeck Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., displayed in showrooms of the Imperial Furniture Co. 10 — Occasional table No. 2016, made by the Lentz Table Co., Nashville, Mich., displayed in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 11 —Leather covered desk chair No. 879, by the Jasper Chair Co., Jasper, Ind. 12 — Bridge group No. 7159-7158, by the Ferguson Bros. Mfg. Co., Hoboken, N. J., displayed in the American Furniture Mart. 13 — Modern cocktail table No. 2065, manufactured by Michigan Artcraft Co., Sparta, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 14 — Victorian chair No. 1954, made by the Charlotte Chair Co., Charlotte, Mich., displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg. 15 — Kneehole desk No. 703, by Kam-man Furniture, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. l o r AUGUST, 1937 21 4 4 P V • * • • . • • 11 IO M&V >:• K, "' STC T.-. •••H 22 FINE FURNITURE COURTESY PAYS DIVIDENDS IN DOLLARS AND KNOWLEDGE rTlHE traveling salesman calls from time to time upon X the retail furniture proprietor or buyer for several reasons: First. He is employed by the manufacturer to find outlets for the manufacturer's products. Second. The salesman has to make a living for himself and naturally enjoys courteous treatment. Third. The traveling salesman is performing a real service for the retailer by coming to his place of busi-ness and by giving the business man an opportunity to buy without leaving his store or office, and to get posted on what's what. Salesman vs. Buyer • It is obvious that the traveling salesmen, then, is an important link in the chain which has its beginning in intelligent workmanship activities somewhere, and ends ultimately in the consuming public. Cooperation is a helpful factor. In a certain city which is well supplied with furni-ture stores, traveling salesmen find that they meet with altogether different treatment in two of the leading-furniture establishments. The owner of one of these stores we will call "Waterby" for the sake of identification. John Waterby inherited the business from his father and with it a good deal of money. If it weren't for that, it is a question whether he would be in the picture very long, although at the present time his stock is large and apparently he is fairly prosperous. Spurning Solicitation • The trouble with John Waterby is that he has earned—and well-earned—the dislike of nearly every traveling salesman who calls upon him. There are a good many who give his store a wide berth. Now as most of us know, a traveling salesman for furniture lines expects to average four or five calls a day. Some days he will make more and other days he will make less. His business is to bring to the attention of the dealer, seasonable and meritorious offerings of merchandise, and then to go on to the next prospect. "Be Seein' You" • When traveling salesmen call upon John Waterby, he is quite in the habit of saying, "I'll be busy for a short time, but if you'll have a seat, I'll see you as soon as I can." Then he'll go into his office and be occupied for some time, giving directions, open-ing his mail, checking up on certain affairs, perhaps going to different departments for some reason or other. The morning will roll away, and perhaps John Waterby will pass very near to one or more traveling sales people several times. Then as likely as not he will pause, pull out his watch and say, "I'll not be able to see you before lunch. Drop in after lunch and I'll try to be at liberty." Many and many a time the waiting salesmen are held up and given a very short, brusque interview late in the afternoon or just before closing time. Possibly all that interview will amount to will be something like this: "I'm afraid I'm not in need of anything from your line today. Perhaps I'll do business with you some other time." Indignation Rife • When the sales folks get together and compare notes on their treatment by John Water-by, they wax more and more indignant, and some of them have cut him out altogether, especially as he seems to be buying of houses selling low-priced and rather showy goods. Is it to be wondered at then, that these men whose time, as well as John Waterby's, means money, for the most part detest him? Traveling Educators • The other furniture man whom we will call "Richard Rugby," began, as it were, on a shoestring. His ambition was to build up a following of customers who would appreciate quality merchandise fairly priced. He was perfectly well aware at the first that he didn't know much about furniture buying or old or new furniture. He was wise enough to look upon each traveling salesman as some one from whom he could learn something. If one of these men came in during the morning and found him busy, he would stop long enough to extend a friendly greeting and to say frankly, "Now I'm going to be busy for the next hour and a half or two hours. If you have any other calls you want to make, go ahead, then come back and see me later and we'll decide what's what." The result of Richard Rugby's policy has been to make friends of the traveling salesmen. They like him personally. They know that they will always get a square deal. At first, his orders were of necessity small, but as business has increased and he has become estab-lished, his stock has become better and better balanced, and quality goods only are to be found on his floors. Courtesy Pays Off • Many a time a salesman has given him a helpful and money-making tip, such as, "The price on this line of mattresses is to be increased the first of next month. If you can handle a larger order now, you will be prepared to keep the price where it is and to get busmes which otherwise might go to competitors." Richard Rugby has built up a fine business among people of discrimination, and has featured the slogan: "Where Prices and Quality are Right." Cooperation • Richard Rugby finds that it isn't so hard to please people and to satisfy them at the time of the sale, but what really counts is keeping them satisfied and pleased as long as the furniture is in use. He has found also that the matter of price after a time is forgotten, but that quality and appreciation both tell their own story as time goes on. The customer who buys a certain expensive or very comfortable chair or studio couch today may not be in the market for one like it very soon, if ever. But having confidence in his dealer, he will return to him. And so Rugby has applied practices with his cus-tomers learned in his dealings with traveling salesmen. It certainly pays to be considerate of the traveling men who are in the field permanently and who can be depended upon to do their best for the retail dealers, who in their turn give them a good break. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 23 COLONIANNA— MERCHANDISING COLONIAL IN A COLONIAN COMMUNITY WALTER C. CROSS, native Virginian and for the past eight years active head of the J. S. Crawford Co., leading furniture dealers of Portsmouth, Va., came naturally by his interest in Colonial furniture, because of the fact that "Ole Virginny" once was the seat of Colonial culture and today is the repository of many priceless relics of the early days of the English Colonies. Whether his interest was strictly aesthetic at the start, or whether it had a strong basis of business acumen, matters little, but what is important is that he put his knowledge of Colonial furniture to a very practical use and is leading the way for other retailers to take advantage of the opportunity to build up a strong trade in authentic reproductions. Colonial Conscious • In Cross' opinion Colonial furniture has the advantage of an appeal that knows no seasons. Coupled with styles that have endured for three centuries with growing popularity, Cross consistently has plugged Colonial, is convinced that the results warrant all effort expended and expense incurred. Background • The Portsmouth furniture dealer is widely known in the trade because in addition to his more than 13 years' expe-rience in the retail end, he put in 17 years as the representative of leading furniture manu-facturers. In his experience of 31 years Cross had an opportunity to study the furniture trade from start to finish. He took full advan-tage of this background and as a result when he became active head of the Portsmouth concern seven years ago he brought with him valuable knowledge of sources of supply, personal acquaintance with manufacturers, plus a deep knowledge of what constitutes good furniture, what makes inferior furniture a liability to sell. Toward the close of the depression years, Cross canvassed the situation facing himself and all other retail furniture dealers. States Morton • "My observations convinced me that it would not be possible for my busi-ness to grow, or even to exist as it was, hold-ing its own, unless new business was created." Although knowledge of Colonials and an-tiques was general in his trade territory, Cross decided that more specific knowledge must Entrance to Colonial Galleries, J. S. Crawford Co., Portsmouth, Va., where a successful merchandising plan was developed for the promotion of Colonial furniture by Walter C. Cross, (center) president of the concern. Grouping (below) shows corner of interior of Galleries, illustrating typical merchandise. 24 FINE FURNITURE be given the public to arouse and maintain interest. Preparation • Despite his years of experience in the furniture field, he realized first off that he must equip himself so as to be a few jumps ahead of the customer and able to intelligently answer all questions. He spent many months in the win-ter of 1935 and the spring of 1936 adding to his already well stocked fund of Colonial design, becoming familiar with details of styles that mark different periods and those niceties of construction that mark the difference between the carelessly-manufactured, alleged Colonial re-productions, and the authentic copies. Historic public buildings, national shrines and even private homes in Virginia, North Carolina, the Dis-trict of Columbia and Maryland were visited by Cross during this period of personal preparation. He conferred with manufacturers, selecting authentic reproductions al-ready in production and encourag-ing the making of others. He as-sisted manufacturers in the impor-tant task of locating desirable pieces of genuine Colonial furniture to be reproduced. Finishing his personal training and completing the task of estab-lishing a dependable source of sup-ply, Cross established his "Colonial Galleries," where furniture is dis-played in appropriate surroundings. An entrance to the galleries was constructed in the store near the main entrance in the best Colonial design. In various rooms set aside for the purpose, splendid pieces of quality furniture faithfully copying the best items of the three periods of Colonial design, were displayed with the proper setting of rugs, lights and wall coverings. Showrooms Sell • Cross states that by displaying Colonial ensembles he has done a real favor to his cus-tomers, reducing their shopping task, making it possible for them to visualize how the pieces will look in their own homes, encouraging them to add to what pieces they now have. With all other arrangements com-plete. Cross turned his attention to the public. He sponsored several bus trips by parties of 30 ladies, wives of successful business and professional men, club leaders and SIMMONS CHOSEN HEAD OF MART R. M. Simmons, vice-president of the American Furniture Co., Mar-tinsville, Virginia, has been elected chairman of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart of Chicago for the new year. Joseph Lane of Chattanooga is new vice-chairman. Simmons, long identified with the furniture manufacturing industry in this section, becomes head of the governing board of the firm oper-ating the American Furniture Mart building. FURNITURE MARKET DATES MIDSEASON MARKETS Grand Rapids November 1-6 Chicago November 1-6 BOSTON FALL FURNITURE SHOW Mechanics Building, Week of Aug. 30 women prominent m the trade area. The trips were to Williamsburg, where Rockefeller millions have re-stored the ancient capital to its for-mer beauty. There genuine Colo-nials were seen in natural settings and interest was aroused to a high pitch among the women of the community. Colonicmna • Climaxing all that had gone before, Cross invited the public to attend a formal opening of the Colonial Galleries. He im-ported speakers of acknowledged preeminence in the field of Colonials and antiquities. Visitors to the store on opening night were welcomed by young men and ladies in Colonial costume. There was music by a Negro string band and songs of the old South. Chief advantage of the entire pro-gram, Cross believes, is that it has definitely established in the public's mind that his store is the logical place to shop for authentic Colonials. One of many new Eighteenth Century bedroom suites introduced at Summer Market by John Widdicomb Co., Grand Rapids f o r A U G U S T , 1937 25 furniture frolics FURNITURE PESIGNER, GRANP A DESIGNING PENCIL WJTH A TOUCH OF KING MIDA5, SUCCESS WITH EVERY STROKE. A POPULAR. FELLOW, GOOD AH/ER, LOVER CF FUN AND WHAT HAVE YOU. A FASH'CN PLATE OF HAWKS EARL M. JOHUSON SEC- t-TdBAS. JOHNSON FURAl. CO-jOHA/ SON-WANPLEy-JDH/VSON AMP SAME. OFFICE WITH 6. R. FURN- MAK£RS G^"-P- PRODUCTION OPERATION, HIS SPEC/ALTy. SPORT ENTHUSIAST 'N SPITE OF ALL HIS ACHIEVEMENTS- A GRAND RAPIPS VARNI5H CORPORATION-A VERITABLE DYNAMO EITHER. AT WORK OR PLAY. FISHES, GOLFS, HUNTS, WV1LS, ETC. AUTHORITY ON FURNITURE FINISHES. POSSESSOR OF A HOST OF FRI£NP5 ANP A PERSONALITY THAT HOLDS THEM. JUST ANOTHER. yOUN6 BO1/ ON THE WAY UP ED6AR (Pxf) BENHZTT J.F 5ENNETT STUVIOS, TOLEPO, OHIO. A /MERCHANPISIN6 EXPERT/ AMALYST OF FURNITURE PCSI6N ANP STORE OPERATION. HAS A FANCY FLARE FOR-. WRITING F-URNlTURe ARTICLES. A KEEN KNOWLEDGE Of THE FURNITURE (SAME &ACKED UP BY A SPLENPIP REQU1SITE-THE FLAVOR-Of A DECIDED HUMOROUS TWIST FINE FURNITURE PWA PROJECTS CREATE MARKETS •"THOUSANDS of families, in the X past denied all luxuries and many of the bare necessities of life, are now moving into the spic and span slum-clearance projects built by the Public Works Administration in 36 cities. A number of these big housing communities have been completed and families are living in projects in Atlanta, Miami, Mont-gomery, Ala., and Atlantic City. Tenants for many more are now be-ing selected. There are 51 of the big developments in the national program of PWA, which will accom-modate close to 100,000 persons. Most of these families moving into these low-rent and slum-clear-ance projects will have the advan-tage of "middle class" living condi-tions, including well-lighted and heated quarters that are clean, eco-nomical, and comfortable. These families will also become acquaint-ed, for the first time, with such con-veniences as health-giving super-vised playgrounds for their children, food and money-saving electric re-frigerators, actual adequate phys-ical space for decent and wholesome living, and other conveniences to raise their standard of living. As many of these projects near completion they are arousing inter-est, not only among the prospective tenants and inhabitants of the com-munities in which they are located, 19 E 1.467 0 1.853 jQ 660 f ] • IILWAUKEE.W1S 0ETBOIT, MICH CLEVELAND O BUFFALO NY / " U IENECTADY,NY 1.022 0 'BOSTON, MA5S ,47 0 STAMFORD, CONN 2.124- B NEW YORK N V CAMDEN.N J 278 0 ATLANTIC CITY N J 259 0 275 WASHI* 122 COLUM 214 aJGTON D C RBIA.S C 0 Showing where 16,697 electric refrigerators will be installed, and how many families will benefit by them. This government purchase was the largest order ever recorded in the history of refrigeration, and is indicative of the seriousness with which Uncle Sam is entering and considering the housing question. but among the members of the ar-chitects, builders, contractors, and would-be homeowners. With the domestic building program going far ahead of previous years these low-rent and slum-clearance houses have come in for a lion's share of atten-tion, as they incorporate many new and interesting features of building and housing. One of the outstanding contribu-tions to better living in these PWA projects has been the installation of planned kitchens, with electric re-frigerators. The government pur-chased 16,697 electric refrigerators from one manufacturer to install in these dwellings, and already several hundred of these units have been sent to the various projects and in-stalled, ready for the new tenants. Electric refrigeration was supplied to these dwellings, not as a luxury in any sense of the word, but because this method of food preservation was more economical, convenient, and healthful than any other means known. TRAILS NEW SALES WITH TRAILER IN an effort to increase business, Hummel's Furniture store, Potts-ville, Pa., has organized a home service division to sell refrigerators, ranges, radios, washers, vacuum cleaners and other electrical appli-ances throughout their trade area. Salesmen in this division work outside the store, in order to take their products closer to the prospect, use a commercial trailer coach. 0. Lee Hummel, store official, is enthusiastic over the new service that the trailer enables the store to provide. When the trailer was first placed in service, newspaper adver-tising told readers to watch for the coach in their neighborhood. The city was invited to examine its spa-cious interior, which was fitted with the newest things in electrical appli-ances. A gleaming white refriger-ator, a simplified and thrifty elec-tric range, a new washing machine, and vacuum cleaners were included in the trailer display, as well as sev-eral radios. All that it was neces-sary for citizens of Pottsville to do, if they cared to examine the trailer, was to telephone the store or write and the coach would call at their door with its experienced operators ready to show the superior features of 1937 electrical appliances in the trailer. "Unquestionably," Mr. Hummel said, "taking merchandise directly to the prospects frequently closes many sales it would be impossible to make with catalogs and pictures." f o r A U G U S T . 1937 27 OF SCREEN PROTECTORS by CHET SHAFER Three Rivers, Mich., July 22. (Spe-cial dispatch to FINE FURNITURE) — Just the other day I started to go down to interview Roody Culver again—down at his Undertaking & Embalming Parlors. And I was about halfway down there when I suddenly remembered that we got into quite a mix-up about Roody last year—just about this same time. I was trying to think just how that untoward incident came out—prob-ably a Red Letter Day for the City News Bureau—when I ran into Al GREENSIDES. You don't know Al from Adam's Off Ox, which, I have learned since, was named Adolph. But Al works for Uncle Chancey Orton, who lives in the big brick house down on the Anglin' Road. And Al gave me an idea which I think will be of inter-est to your readers. AI's Idea • Al said he and Aunt Addie —• (that's Uncle Chancey's wife — she was a Barton)—were rummaging around in a cupboard the other day and they came across some screen protectors for roasts and side dishes at the dinner table. He said the protectors were in various sizes, and were covered with wire screening—and had handles on them—so they could be set over the steaming dishes during fly-time. "Mighty handy, they were," com-mented Al. I told Al I couldn't remember of my folks ever using any such con-traptions. Said I: Society Screens • "We just fought off th' flies — an' when th' meal was over my Mother spread out mos-quito- nettin' t' cover ever'thing — peaked up by the castor with th' vinegar cruet." Fly-time Boon • Then I told Al I was out watching Clive Rockwell out in the Knobs west of town do his milking the other day and I thought maybe somebody could in-vent a screen protector big enough to set over a cow—during fly-time—• which is pretty much 24 hours a day on a farm. But Al came back and said the thing to do was to try and endow a cow with some of the attributes of a pug-dog—so it would have about V/i to Z'l/i spiral turns to its tail— and then it would not switch the milker in the face. So—that's what I'm trying to explain to you, Mr. Mackenzie — and that's that it might pay some-body to either start making screen set-overs for dining room tables— or else screen set-overs for cows. And any retailer who'll display a line like Al says is down at Uncle Chancey & Aunt Addie Orton's, will be conferring a priceless boon on humanity. And you'll agree with me that what humanity needs today is more priceless boons — especially in fly-time. yrs (sgd) Chet Shafer. The One-Time Wolf of Wall Street. In reproducing this unusual selection of fine 18th Century pieces, LENTZ offers the dealers of America a type of merchandise that is admirably suited for promotional purposes. The individual pieces are exquisitely executed and have been carefully selected from the most authentic sources. The name LENTZ guarantees the most discriminating customer accurate English adaptations. Two finishes — the Old World and LENTZ — insure lasting beauty LENTZ TABLE COMPANY NASHVILLE MICHIGAN L ^ ^ ... . . . . . . We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 28 FINE FURNITURE HOME FURNISHING NEWS Eagle-Ottawa Exhibits More than $11,000 worth of leather and leather merchandise was exhibited recently by the Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co. in col-laboration with manufacturers of leather products, at the Hatton Recreational Hall in Grand Haven. Particularly interesting to the thousands of visitors were the leather fitments, cos-tumes and equipment used by prominent screen stars in recent movie productions. Among the most notable was Cardinal Richelieu's saddle, a leather belt and dagger sheath worn by one of the Mauch twins in "The Prince and the Pauper," Charles Laughton's whip used in "Mutiny on the Bounty," leather articles from "The Garden of Allah," and a number of popular "Westerns." More than 300 leather hides of different grains, grades and colors, a descriptive out-line of the manufacturing processes, an enormous stack of tanbark, presented a com-prehensive picture of the leather industry. A world map aided in visualizing the dozens of foreign countries to which Eagle-Ottawa leathers are shipped. Commercial products exhibited included shoes, furniture, luggage, sporting goods, bus seats, desk accessories and wearing apparel. Object of the exhibition was to acquaint employes of the company with the diversity of finished articles that they help to manu-facture in Eagle-Ottawa plants. Angle Elected by Carrom Co. James L. Angle has been elected to the board of directors, as vice-president in charge of production, of the Carrom Co. of Ludington, Mich. The firm, long known for its line of game boards, card tables and chairs, and other game room equipment, presented a new line of period designs in card tables and chairs with a new type con-cealed hardware at the July market in the American Furniture Mart. They also showed for the first time a most complete baseball game combined with the Carrom and Crokinole board. Business Scenes "Behind the Scenes of Business," by analyst Roy A. Foulke. Dun and Bradstreet, is a comprehensive study of 47,980 balance sheets taken over a period of the past five years, containing 60 sets of important bal-ance sheets and operating ratios among manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers as against 54 lines covered in the previous edi-tion. Widely applied in business, the tables have also been introduced m economic classes in leading American colleges and universities. The effects of age and over-expansion in business enterprises, the need for a personal "conscience" in the management of larger corporations, are included in new chapters in the current edition. Says Foulke: "Xo individual can antici-pate trends of the next year or next decade by the evidence now in hand. The best antidote for business conjecture is hard work." Substantiating this statement the author points to a group of companies who made money every year of the depression while concerns in similar lines were involved in serious losses or failures. ELECTRIFIED KITCHEN TREND GROWS Information received from fifty-three utility companies represent-ing all sections of the United States shows that a total of 25,647 home kitchens were modernized electrically by customers of these companies during 1936, the National Kitchen Modernizing Bureau reports. Of these kitchens, 15,784 were electrified by the installation or range and refrigerator, while in 9,863 other kitchens, electric water heaters were installed in addition to the electric ranges and refrigerators. All-electric kitchens open for inspection by the public played an important part in achieving this result. A total of 370 such kitchens were reported in the areas served by the 53 compa-nies, or an average of seven kitchens per company. CLASSIFIED ADS FOB SALE • Complete furniture plant equipped with woodworking tools, spray booths and all accessories necessary for the manufacture of furniture. Plant switch con-nected with two railroads. Overnight truck service to points in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Free light, water and city taxes for five years. Box 145, FINE FURNITURE, Grand Rapids, Mich. Do you have calls for unusual fur-niture? Are you looking for sales-men, wholesale or retail? FINE FURNITURE'S classified ads bring results. WLKIMERLY — STUDIO — WATERS-KLINGMAW BLQ, MAILING LISTS POLKS GET OUR FREE REFERENCE BOOKMUC MAILING | LIST CATALOG Gives counts and prices on accurate guaranteed mailing lists of all classes of business enter-prises in the U. S. Wholesalers—Retailers- Manufacturers by classification and state. Also hundreds of selections of individuals such as professional men, auto owners, income lists, etc. Write today for your copy R.L.POLK&CO. Polk BIdg.—Detroit, Mich. Branches in Principal Cities World's Largest City Directory Publishers Mailing List Compilers. Business Statis-tics. Producers ot Direct Mail Advertising. STORAGE MOVING Packing Shipping Phone 9-3293 • BLODGETT PACKING & STORAGE CO. f o r AUGUST. 1937 29 TALBERT LUMBER & VENEER CO SARDINIA, OHIO Manufacturers of WALNUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS WALNUT AND QUARTERED OAK LUMBER HIGH GRADE WALNUT LUMBER AND VENEERS We specialize and have our Own Band Mills HIGH GRADE QUARTERED OAK LUMBER AND VENEERS NOT NEW—BUT NEWS! There's nothing "new" about Moleather. It's still the same eye-catching, long-wearing, leather-like fabric it al-ways was. It still offers a wider range of fast, uniform colors and the added advantages that make such good dealer selling points. What's NEWS about it is that every furniture manufacturer who ever tried it, still uses it—most of them in ever-increasing quantities. May we send YOU details and swatch book? ASHER & RORETZ, Inc. COATED TEXTILES Dept. C, 900 Broadway New York, N. Y. KCV6D TO voLume Poster beds by Patton-McCray are admirably suited to constant use and profitable promotion — can be used frequently as attractive leaders. Yet they are fine merchandise, sturdily built by master craftsmen. Your customers, as well as your store, are fully protected by our well-known policy of "Satisfaction Guaranteed." No. 372 Poster Bed $21.70 each packed two in a crate PfiTTon-fllcCRflv Compflnv Bluffton, Indiana We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 30 FINE FURNITURE Available wm~ A FEW CHOICE FRANCHISES One of the world's leading typewriter manufacturers has a few choice fran-chises available. THE LINE in question has been strong-ly advertised both nationally and locally for many years. It appeals to every price class. It is a wonderful account opener. WIDE PROFIT-MARGIN is offered. Granted you have a conveniently locat-ed store and a record as a successful merchandiser, you will make money handling this line. If interested, write at once—no obligation. Let us show you what many other stores in your line have done. Address Box F. F. 7, FINE FURNITURE, 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. ADVERTISERS' INDEX Asher & Boretz, Inc 29 Bart Upholstery Co., 1 4 Blodgett Packing & Storage Co 28 Buyer's Guide 30 Estey Mfg. Co 3 Fine Arts Building 7 Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Assn 1 Grand Rapids Varnish Corp 8 Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co 2 Iselin Co., William 31 Irwin Co., Robert W Back cover Kimerly, W. L 28 Lentz Table Co 27 Lynch Sales Co., Joseph P 32 Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency 30 Patton-McCray Co 29 Perkins Glue Co 31 Polk Co., R. L 28 Resinous Products & Chemical Co 31 Rockford Peerless Furniture Co 6 Smith Chair Co., B. R 6 Talbert Lumber & Veneer Co 29 Waters-Klingman Building 5 Weiman Company Inside back cover Widdicomb Co., John Inside front cover Credits and, (g/lecfiom LYON LYON URtJnURf MERCANTILE AGENCY S 3 ARTHUR S. LYON, General Manager Est. 1876—Publishers of LYOTS-RED BOOK The nationally recognized CREDIT AND COLLECTION AGENCY of the FURNITURE INDUSTRY and trades kindred—Carpet—Upholstering—Baby Carriage — Refrigerator — Stove — Housef urnishing and Undertaking BOOK OF RATINGS—CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS N.w York, N. Y.. Boston, Mas*. Philadelphia, Pa... Cincinnati. Ohio.... Chicago, Ill Grand Rapids, Mich... High Point, N. C Loa Angelas, Cal. OFFICES 185 Madi.on AT.. —North Station Industrial Building 12 South 12th St. , 6 E, Fourth St. .201 North Walls Street ...Association %i Commere* BIdg. Wachovia Bank Bldg. 12th St. at Broadway I I JANUARY 1937 REVISION NOW READY of the BUYER'S GUIDE For Twenty Years the ONLY Com-plete and Authentic Reference Guide in the Furniture Industry with listings of all Furniture, Bedding and Uphol-stery Manufacturers . . . Established Trade Circulation . . . A limited number ONLY of sale copies available . . . Forwarded upon receipt of $3.00 and returnable with refund if not suited to your needs. THE NATIONAL RETAIL FURNITURE AGENCY 314 Anderson Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A U G U S T , 1 9 3 7 31 Tutnltute Manu-kactu.te.ii Vo A/ot A/eed EXTRA-CAPITAL • What many of them DO need is the more advan-tageous use of their present capital. • Too much is tied up in financing. Too little left free for manufacturing and selling. • Giving long-term credits may be traditionally cor-rect. But, from the viewpoint of modern economic practice, it is WRONG. And quite unnecessary. • Doing business for spot cash will release—for diversion to more productive purposes — that part of your capital now frozen by finance. • You CAN do business this way by Factoring your sales. You get your money at once; dealers get the customary long-term credits. You have no credit losses and no collection costs. • Factoring Service — long and favorably known in certain branches of the furniture industry — is now extended on a broad basis to manufacturers by a company in business for 129 years. Write or wire for particulars or arrange for an interview. - 7a dot6- 357 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING HOWARD R. SLUYTER, Resident Manager Why Stumble or Hold Your Breath hoping for good results, when there's a smooth road, with freedom of mind, that will give you glued-up constructions that are a pleasure for everyone? We prefer to show you how good we can glue up YOUR constructions, the money we can save you, plus the addi-tion of the requirements you would like rather than taking your time in telling how BIG we are and how BIG the other fellow is we sold last week. We are sure we can please you "tickle" your Cash Register. and know PERKINS GLUE COMPANY Originators and Manufacturers of Vegetable and Coldide Glues Manufacturers of Casein Glue LANSDALE, PENNA., U.S.A. TEGO-BONDING FULFILLS A REPUTATION PLYWOOD bonded with Tego film has now been long established as a mate-rial in a class by itself. It is not simply "resin-bonded" or "hot-plate plywood": it is the product of an efficient production method based on the resin film adhesive specifically de-signed for it. In demanding Tego plywood, the mar-ket expects performance otherwise unobtainable. For it carries the repu-tation created by millions of square feet produced monthly for scores of uses from coast to coast. It also carries the reputation of the maker of Tego Resin Film, a pioneer in the entire broad field of synthetic resins. Tego Resin Film is manufactured by The Resinous Products and Chemical Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. RESINOUS PRODUCTS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 32 FINE FURNITURE IMPROVED BUSINESS AND PROFITS Through Ethical Sales Events In Your Store The Joseph P. Lynch plan of success-fully merchandising furniture and housefurnishings merits your very careful consideration, for the follow-ing reasons: JOSEPH P. LYNCH . . . president of the Joseph P. Lynch Sales Company, who personally supervises all sales plans of his successful sales company. I You will convert merchandise into cash, with a satisfactory • margin of profit, more quickly than by any other method. 2 At the same time that you are reducing inventories and build- • ing up your cash balances you will be increasing the popu-larity and prestige of your store in your community. 3 Your sales-people will receive training in merchandising • through association with the Joseph P. Lynch experts that will be of inestimable value to you in the months and years following your sale. 4 You will be dealing with an organization that has been • successfully conducting sales of retail furniture and house-furnishing stocks for over a quarter of a century for many of the leading stores in the United States and Canada. A letter will bring uncontrovertible proof of the success of these sales events. 5 There are no reactions after a Joseph P. Lynch sale. There is • an increasing daily sales improvement as compared to the previous year. Such a sale has a vitalizing effect on your entire store personnel and is equivalent to a course in merchandising for your entire sales organization. When you attend the Grand Rapids Winter Show you are cordially invited to visit the Joseph P. Lynch Sales Company offices and discuss your merchandising problems with our Mr. Joseph P. Lynch. If you will state your problems fully and frankly he will give you his best judg-ment and advice without any obligation on your part. JOSEPH P. LYNCH SALES COMPANY General Office 148-154 Louis Street Grand Rapids, Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and DECEMBER • 1936 CHARLES ELMENDORF . His friends helped celebrate. (See page 28) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n DISCRIMINATING DEALERS KNOW 3 for DlSTINCTIVENESS Founder member G. E. Furniture Makers' Guild TRUE GRAND RAl'IDS APID48 Wide range of decorative possibilities has been made avail-able in the new Fleetwood group, manufactured by Mueller Furni-ture Co. No discriminating demand will go unfulfilled if you stock Mueller groups, for we offer the finest in selected uphol-stered pieces in price ranges that insure customer satisfaction. In its traditional lines, Mueller will continue to show the dis-tinctly individualistic patterns which have made them recognized as masters of design. MUELLER FURNITURE CO. 6 0 0 M o n r o e A v e . , G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h . We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r D E C E M B E R . 1936 A. Your inventory dollars/ TT h e l l / O U ^" ^°Ur ^°Pe °* pr0^itS/ • C. Your customer's satisfaction and influence, i n V I £ ! > l • • • D. Your executive time, E. Your salesmen's morale and earning power, you will be alert to knowingly seek satisfactory evidence of proven consumer interest which will be confirmed when you contact Federal American dining room ensemble, traditional of Colonial Virginia, consisting of 28 correlative pieces made of rare Cuban Mahogany. THE WARWICK 18th Century Dining Room group of 21 correlative units exactingly reproduced from master-pieces designed by those renowned artists, Chippen-dale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Made of Cuban Mahogany, finished in a rich brown color with a velvety smoothness. THE CHARLESTON Bedroom ensemble of 18 correla-tive pieces, made of Cuban Mahogany, styled in the most romantic period of the romantic South. This group recaptures the gracious charm of Virginia Manor Houses of the days preceding and just after the federa-tion of the American Colonies. The three groups possess outstandingly the same fascination which a woman enjoys when she begins to buy a fine set of china in open stock pattern. In choosing the different units to furnish "her" dining room or bed-room, she experiences the thrill of a creator. This is fine furniture of the yesterdays, today and to-morrow — priced to capture consumer interest and desire to possess — today! Founder member G. R. Furniture Makers' Guild GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY Showrooms at the factory only—Take any yellow Cab TRUE GRAND RAPIDS A ?ID48 We appreciate your mentioning vou saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE WHEN THEY^ASK FOR SOLID ~SHOW CHARLOTTE'S MAPLE AND WALNUT No. 217 dresser base and mirror in solid blonde maple, solid wood dust-proofing, wood pulls with chromium bandl Three pieces, $132. Four pieces, $192. Enlightened customers, cognizant of the importance of painstaking construction and durable materials/ are demanding the best in SOLID maple or SOLID walnut. Keen merchants with an eye to future profits based on customer satisfac-tion carry Charlotte suites, recognizing smartness of design and style as com-bined with faultless construction. Com-fortable stability is synonymous with Charlotte furniture groups. DISPLAYED IN AMERICAN FURNITURE MART CHARLOTTE FURNITURE CO. Charlotte Michigan FlN€ FURNITUR€ the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center or* America VOLUME 1 1936 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE. E d i t o r K. C. CLAPP, Merchandising Counsel DECEMBER-Boiling Wake 6 Page Nine 9 Building vs. Trailers, by Rod Mackenzie 18 Merchandise Illustrations 19, 35, 37, 46 Customer's Viewpoint on Buying Linoleum, by Ruth Mclnerney 20 Simplifying Stirs Sales, by J. J. Sherline 22 The Sketch Book, by William Hoffmann 24 Science Builds a House, by Virginia R. Ulrich . 26 Man on the Cover 28 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 29 Retailing Tips 30 Benbough's Remuneration 34 Why Veneers? by Harvey Kimerly 36 Your Ad Man Can Produce Business, By Joe Lynch 40 Shafer Confesses 42 Pageantry of Coronation 44 Metropolitan Pieces 45 Homefurnishing News and Reviews 50 New Stores 56 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 1S5 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: 545 Fifth Ave., New York City, phone Murray Hill 23909, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw tins in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 A. Your inventory dollars, V T h e n # o u ^- ^our 'lope °^ pro^itS/ I C. Your customer's satisfaction and influence, I I • w ^ l • • • D. Your executive time, E. Your salesmen's morale and earning power, you will be alert to knowingly seek satisfactory evidence of proven consumer interest which will be confirmed when you contact Federal American dining room ensemble, traditional of Colonial Virginia, consisting of 28 correlative pieces made of rare Cuban Mahogany. THE WARWICK 18th Century Dining Room group of 21 correlative units exactingly reproduced from master-pieces designed by those renowned artists, Chippen-dale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Kiade of Cuban Mahogany, finished in a rich brown color with a velvety smoothness. THE CHARLESTON Bedroom ensemble of 18 correla-tive pieces, made of Cuban Mahogany, styled in the most romantic period of the romantic South. This group recaptures the gracious charm of Virginia Manor Houses of the days preceding and just after the federa-tion of the American Colonies. The three groups possess outstandingly the same fascination which a woman enjoys when she begins to buy a fine set of china in open stock pattern. In choosing the different units to furnish "her" dining room or bed-room, she experiences the thrill of a creator. This is fine furniture of the yesterdays, today and to-morrow — priced to capture consumer interest and desire to possess — today! Founder member G. R. Furniture Makers' Guild GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY Showrooms at the factory only— Take any yellow Cab TRUE GRAND RAPIDS A 21 We appreciate your mentioning you saiv this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE WHEN THEYJASK FOR SOLID ""'SHOW CHARLOTTE'S MAPLE AND WALNUT No. 217 dresser base and mirror in solid blonde maple, solid wood dust-proofing, wood pulls with chromium band. Three pieces, $132. Four pieces, $192. Enlightened customers, cognizant of the importance of painstaking construction and durable materials, are demanding the best in SOLID maple or SOLID walnut. Keen merchants with an eye to future profits based on customer satisfac-tion carry Charlotte suites, recognizing smartness of design and style as com-bined with faultless construction. Com-fortable stability is synonymous with Charlotte furniture groups. DISPLAYED IN AMERICAN FURNITURE MART CHARLOTTE FURNITURE CO. Charlotte Michigan FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 1 1936 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE, E d i t o r K. C. CLAPP, Merchandising Counsel DECEMBER-Boiling Wake 6 Page Nine . . . . 9 Building vs. Trailers, by Rod Mackenzie 18 Merchandise Illustrations 19, 35, 37, 46 Customer's Viewpoint on Buying Linoleum, by Ruth Mclnerney 20 Simplifying Stirs Sales, by J. J. Sherline 22 The Sketch Book, by William Hoffmann 24 Science Builds a House, by Virginia R. Ulrich 26 Man on the Cover 28 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 29 Retailing Tips 30 Benbough's Remuneration 34 Why Veneers? by Harvey Kimerly 36 Your Ad Man Can Produce Business, By Joe Lynch 40 Shafer Confesses 42 Pageantry of Coronation 44 Metropolitan Pieces 45 Homefurnishing News and Reviews 50 New Stores 56 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: S4S Fifth Ave., New York City, phone Murray Hill 23909, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning YOU saw this hi FINE FURNITURE To build (|ii;i!it\ in any product requires more Hum intention*. .Mersman sets high standards— sin;! meets them by caroful organization to check and <louhk< check all drtails of materials smd manufacture. All tables must pass rigid tests l>\ tlu> inspoclion de-partment alter each operation, lint, in addition. Meisman holds each plant foreimin fullj roponsihle for the quality of every piece of work done in his department. (heck and double check is the polic.\ that guards Mcrsinsin Qualit\. Mr. Herman Vielkind, Foreman Veneer Dept. ERSM AN We cordially invite you to visit our displays at the January Markets. We offer an unusually large variety of beautiful new table patterns in 18th Century and Modern. If you want quality tables at prices that only volume production can furnish, the most profitable anwser is MERSMAN. In Chicago — Space 924. New York —Space 1110-1116. ->•,. i • Chippendale Gallery Top Coffee Table No. 5469 with Glass. Swirl Mahogany Veneered Bed. Duncan Phyfe Gallery Top Coffee Table No. 5498% with Butt Walnut Veneered Bed. Also in Mahogany as No. 5498. Both with Glass. zu FINE FURNITURE QUALIFIED PRESTIGE .. Leader in quality, the John Wid-dicomb Company is synonymous with the best in furniture endeavor The acme of quality may be established only by those who are equipped for the distinguished art of cabinetmaking. Since 1865, we have built up our prestige by the artistic beauty, exquisite craftsmanship and enduring service which are embodied in John Widdicomb pieces. Illustrative of our aim to furnish the mer-chant with profitable and creditable mer-chandise is the bedroom group pictured. The beauty and chastity of design is en-hanced by the absence of ornament and by rare handling of woods. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS Showrooms at factory, 601 Fifth St. MICHIGAN New York Showrooms, No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you sazv this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 West Michigan of Holland will have the Largest Exclusive Exhibit of Bedroom Furniture at the Grand Rapids Market Signs indicate that we may be headed for another seller's market. With the memory of the last one fresh in the retail mind, the importance of establishing connections with a strong, experienced firm which can be relied on to maintain quality and keep goods flowing cannot be over-estimated. West Michigan has the resources and facilities to take care of the requirements of its dealers. The reputation we have in the trade for protecting our dealers is a source of pride. Come in and see us in the Waters-Klingman building. We have a broad line distinguished by a freshness of design and a smart use of woods. It fits into those price levels where the bulk of your selling is done. The trademark found on furniture in homc\ of good laste. The Half Century Shop of Dutch Craftsmen on the Shores of Lake Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE BOILING WAKE Prints Pull In your November issue you show illus-trations on page 26 of Currier & Ives prints. We are interested in knowing from what sources they can be obtained. J. R. W., Auburn, N. Y. Please advise us who publishes the Cur-rie & Ives prints illustrated in your Novem-ber issue. R. K., York, Pa. Hed-Faced Pages Bravo! Glad you had enough guts to admit a mistake. Your reprinting of the merchan-dise that was incorrectly priced in your October post-market story was a most com-mendable gesture. B. L. T., Davenport, la. Just finished reading your "Red-faced" pages in the November issue. Everyone makes mistakes but few admit them. D. K., Boston. 0 Shctfer Scores Admire Chet Shafer's spirit. He's a man of vigorous decisions. I'm proud of him— that he defied us readers, and I hope he goes down to Roody's when he gets damned good and "roody." C. S., Three Rivers, Mich. Worth While Congratulate you upon the good-looking publication you are turning out, which I read with interest. Grand Rapids certainly needs a furniture paper and you are giving them something decidedly worth while. G. D. C, Chicago. Ours is Readable . . . I got a kick out of your page nine, Octo-ber, where you referred to "furrowed brow . . . weary eyes . . . blinding 8-point of a pulp paper weekly." Took occasion recently to write said paper suggesting that they take pity on their readers and use a mechan-ical set-up that we could read. R. S., Oklahoma City. Clever Cartoons Ray Barnes' page is certainly very clever. After such information on my qualifications as a pianist has been disseminated, feel sure that my services will be in great demand for concert work. C. C. R., Knoxville, Tenn. 4-Market Complaint What are furniture markets for anyway but primarily to show new designs? If a buyer were not looking for something new and different, he would only have to re-order from his old stock; he certainly would not be liable to visit a market just to see what had been previously shown to him. It is obvious when manufacturers have to prepare new samples four times a year that they cannot do as good a job — and it is far too expensive a procedure for the average manufacturer. If there were only two major markets a year, there would be time to prepare something really worth-while. The designer would have time to do some study and research work after which he would confer with the manufacturer and carefully lay out plans for the new line, having ample time in which to make cor-rections or improvements. Probably the four markets a year, as now conducted, has done more to cause "close out" jobs and cut prices than any other one thing. It is placing unnecessary expense on both dealer and manufacturer, often making a pattern bought at one market obsolete before the dealer has it on his floor. When furniture markets are primarily to show new designs, why not make them worth while style shows and not markets for job hunt-ers? W. L. K., Grand Rapids. Market Habits We are in favor of one market in Janu-ary and one market in July and hope that you will enter our "vote" accordingly. Our opinion is based on long experience, and the fact that it is a mighty difficult thing to change "buyer habits." Here in New York as well as in Chicago, we have been sub-jected to any amount of experimentation over the past 25 years. This seems to be an age of experimentation anyway, so we are not surprised that the National Furni-ture -Manufacturers Assn. is trying to make over human habits once more. Your maga-zine is better than ever. D. K., New York City. Trade Masterpiece Each month I look forward with much interest to receiving FINE FURNITURE. It is a masterpiece in trade journalism. I par-ticularly like the profusion of photographs of such splendid examples of fine furniture. Such illustrations will help to train the eye of the uninitiated in design and advance the taste of the average consumer. Another excellent feature which I note you have added to the many others, is the page of Metropolitan Museum examples of fine furniture. This is a splendid idea and I hope that it will be continued with ex-amples from other American museums when you have fully covered those m the Metro-politan Museum. This feature offers an opportunity to the dealer to sell more readily the better style furniture on his floor. Though a woman might know little or nothing about period furniture, she is bound to be more interested in the authentic and adapted reproductions shown by the furniture merchant, providing he can show her museum specimens which inspired finer things that he displayed. There is always pride in owning anything which has a story or history back of it and certainly faithful reproductions as well as adaptations have an interesting story. P. F. C, Winnipeg, Canada. Wanted: Spanish Oak Please let me know where I can buy an oak dining room suite in Spanish oak with credenza buffet, refectory table and spring seat chairs. Also where I can get a good line of dinette suites in enamel finishes. J. A. W., Lacon, 111. Objects to Personalities As a designer of furniture and a contrib-utor to furniture magazines, I do not like your designer's page — the Sketch Book. It is all too terribly personal. L. M., New York. Enjoys Ribbing In reply to your communication of the 19th, will state that my attention has been called to the drawing you made of me and placed on one of your pages in the October issue. Many thanks for your kindness in this matter. H. C. C , Batesville, Ind. » More Bouquets We acknowledge receipt of your splendid magazine containing the article on Market Centers of the West. We appreciate very much the manner in which you covered the story of our operations and of our impend-ing expansion. The article, I think, was very well written. We will keep you posted as our program develops H. J. M., San Francisco. Supporting Salesmen Thanks for coming to the defense of the traveling salesman in your editorial on "Page Nine" for November. For too long, and especially during the past few lean years, have we been buffeted about by high-hat buyers, made to wait hours and then told the big shot was too busy to see us. Your anonymous manufacturer who realizes that the peddler actually is a clearing house for ideas, has every license in the world to be successful. He deserves it if for no other reason than appreciating the fact that his competitor may be able to teach him some-thing. Much obliged for the moral support. H. J. M, Tulsa, Okla. That's Our Aim Certainly enjoyed Harry G. Corot's article on building a medium-sized floor covering department. This is the type of article that really benefits the small fellow, or we who have ideas of becoming store operators our-selves some day. Material like this can be filed and kept for future reference. There are plenty swell ideas in your hook. H. H. M., Los Angeles, Cal. Picture Article Pleases I was glad to see the article in your November issue on pictures. This section has been giving me a headache for some time and I was glad to get a little dif-ferent slant on the merchandising of this article. By the way, who publishes the Currier & Ives prints illustrated in this article? Q Metropolitan Page Registers For those of us who have not been for-tunate enough to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, your page of Metropolitan pieces is of more than passing interest. It furnishes the salesman with authoritative ideas on correct furniture details. J. V., Seattle, Wash. Short and Snappy Was much amused by your editorial, "Pettifoggery," in the November issue, in which you took the promotional tactics of a certain big store for a ride. Such advertis-ing certainly gives rise to little but scepti-cism on the part of the customer and is more than disturbing to the smaller mer-chant. Your editorials are certainly short, snappy and to the point. Keep on making 'em readable and "meaty." V. R. M., Chicago, 111. f o r DECEMBER, 1936 ecreating Wlictorian No. 276 Chair, $74 base cover No. 283 Chair, $115.30 base cover I No. 358 Setlee, $137.60, base cover ,HE swing of the pen-dulum brings the vogue for the ele-gance that was Vic-torian. Decorators, usually the arbiters of furnishing styles, are leading the trend in the resurrection of this dignified old style of a former genera-tion. In the larger home-furnishing stores throughout the country complete Victorian rooms are recreating the atmosphere of this charming period. These designs are all reproductions from originals in the possession of the Michigan Furniture Shops. Representatives: A. L. Brackett E. C. Gamble G. R. Gamble R. D. Thomas W. C. Evans No. 275 Rocker, $51.10 base cover No. 273 Chair, $82.50 base cover MICHIGAN FURNITURE SHOPS, INC. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Displayed at the Factory Show Rooms of Grand Rapids Chair Co. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNJTURE •;* OUTSTANDING FEATURE ON RETAIL FLOORS So enthusiastically has the new Berkey & Gay line been received on retail floors . . . so featured in hundreds upon hundreds of dramatic, aggressive retail newspaper advertising promotions . . . that active production has been started in plant No. 3 (augmenting plants No. 2 and No. 5 which have been running to over-time capacity) in order to assure for Berkey & Gay dealers large volume, prompt and satisfactory shipments for the coming year. New for January New for January will be a selection of suites in merchandising price brackets for volume promotion, as well as many others not shown in November. Promotion Program and National Advertising Presented, also, will be an outstanding promotion program backed with aggressive national advertising in GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, TIME, THE AMERICAN HOME, and HOUSE AND GARDEN, a dramatic promotion and merchandising feature for Berkey & Gay Week, April 10 to 17. furniture's Proudest Coat-of-Arms f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 NINE PROSPERITY BOUND It doesn't take a person with physicist power to read the future of the furniture industry. Every home in America needs new furniture and with over thirty million homes big and little this constitutes an enormous potential demand. New home building in 1937 and 1938 will equal if not exceed this replacement demand according to all reliable predic-tions, and with these two large demand factors literally upon us, manufacturers should not find it difficult to keep the wheels humming for several years to come. And remember, there are only about 60% of the factories that were oper-ating in 1929 that are set to supply this great prospective demand. Statistics indicate that only about half of such factories have a capital structure making it possible for them to operate their plants to full productive capacity. If the furniture industry does not enjoy an unprecedented pros-perity for the next five years it will be the fault of the in-dustry itself. The manufacturer who goes after it is going to get all the production he can handle, but the tight and timid ones who are afraid to let the trade know what they manufacture, and try to remain incognito behind their rip saws, will not share in the golden harvest. From now on fhe assets and profits cannot be concealed and liberal spending will be the order of the day. The manufacturer who puts plenty of his dollars into sales promotions and advertising publicity will find their brothers will roll back into his coffers in droves. QUALITY YEAR ff The most hopeful factor the furniture industry has experi-enced since the beginning of the big wind some six years ago, is the demand for better standards of quality by the buyers. From now on, it won't be a matter of how cheap we can make it and how low we can get our prices, but how much quality we can inject and how far we can safely step up our prices. This will prove the turning point of the indus-try from profitless production and profitless merchandising, dissatisfied customers and a general low morale, to profitable manufacturing and merchandising. Ring in the new year at the January markets by making 1937 a year of black ink, with higher standards and more satisfactory returns. 12-MONTH'S PROMOTION ff Finally, retail members of the home furnishing industry are awakening to the fact that securing an increased represent-ation and a profitable portion of the consumer's dollar is not achieved by pitch and toss promotional methods. Conse-quently, and motivated primarily by the progressive thinking of C. Niss of Milwaukee, past president of NRFA, a year 'round promotional program is in the formulative stage; a program that will encompass the sales promotional efforts of ALL allied homefurnishing units and concentrate them under one banner carrying one word, "Home." Considering the numerous "Naturals" throughout the year in the line of homefurnishing events upon which the mer-chant can hang his special promotional flag, a time-tested, properly planned, twelve-month campaign, should pale past promotional now-and-then activities. The volume of ammu-nition released by such a program, simultaneously, in every sector of the country, would have a cumulative effect bound to result in attracting an increased flow of Johnny Q. Public's bucks to the homefurnishing merchant's coffers. Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. For unlike other industries of national importance, the makers of furniture extend an almost negligible amount of money on national advertising. This throws the burden of promotional activity directly upon the retailer. Therefore, if this weak link in furniture merchandising CAN be bolstered, such a plan as that proposed by NRFA should go far in doing the job. ff HAND-TO-MOUTH Generally speaking, the furniture industry is behind on deliveries. This situation is pathetically evident in the frantic pleas for merchandise emanating from department and fur-niture store buyers. A recent survey estimated that leading retail stores will lose about fifty million dollars volume due to the shortage of merchandise for Christmas selling. This situation does not, however, preclude red figures for the last quarter of 1936. To the contrary, profits for the latter part of this year are reported as being the best since 1930. However, this situation has a significance of great import to those engaged in buying and selling merchandise. It means that the period of hand-to-mouth buying that has existed for the past few years is at an end. A seller's market is inevitable. Buying practices will have to change. In the first place the rising power of consumer demand is just beginning to gather momentum. On the strength of this condition price increases will be accelerated. Continued and perhaps in-creasing delay in delivery is a foregone conclusion. Accord-ingly there is a definite tendency toward advanced buying and increased size of initial orders. This situation naturally gives rise to speculative buying which in turn creates a desire and a necessity on the part of the merchant to estab-lish a profit on his inventory. This is ever the picture in a rising market. This move from hand-to-mouth buying is naturally reflected in the manufacturer's activities as well. Increased manufac-turing programs have of necessity reduced cautious buying habits enforced during the depression. Pertinently stated, the National Association of Purchasing Agents recently said, in part, to its members: "Inventories are being increased whenever protection is needed against delays in delivery or transportation and in some cases as protection against price increases." Obviously a new era is at hand. The old order changeth. Prepare for a seller's market. ff SO WHAT? Evidently we're going to have to eat our words on no further editorializing on the W. K. market situation, because, up pops two-thirds of the 42 members comprising the execu-tive committee of NRFA with an endorsed resolution approv-ing two furniture markets a year to be held in May and November. Endorsements favoring the reduction of markets had been supported previously by two manufacturing asso-ciations. These groups, however, are championing the one-market season extending from May to July. But due to the fact that January and July have ever been the big markets for the bulk of the furniture dealers, the resolution of NRFA's executive committee is significant. Where now? ff T r ' • " - • - r r ; • • ; -1 ^ s •*' ?' l o r DECEMBER, 1936 11 Imperial Furniture Company cordially invites all of its many friends to trie house warming of its new • • • modern snowroom all during trie January market in Orand Kapids Imperial s complete new line or tables ror Spring 1937 will be on display 12 FINE FURNITURE t * 1 ! \ 5 I .: 1 \ \ \ nta//tte, a of h OPPORTUIIITY 1937 will be a big year for furniture merchants. The great forward sweep of national recovery is gaining momentum every day. And with it, the desire to re-plenish and refurnish homes with good furniture is being translated into active, cash-on-the line demand. That's why the kind of furniture for which the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition is traditionally famous, is getting the call today. Thousands of progressive deal-ers can substantiate that fact. Right now, a greatly increased business in Grand Rapids exhibited furniture is being done on a nation-wide scale. And accord-ing to all reliable indications, this decided trend is bound to continue with greater impetus during 1937. At the January Market in Grand Rapids, you'll find the creative styling and quality construction that defi-nitely set the pace. And there will be an unprece-dented array of good promotional merchandise . . . furniture that will run your volume sales to new profit peaks during 1937. Attendance at the November mid-season Market in Grand Rapids showed a 100% increase over the cor-responding market for 1935. There must be a reason! Come to the January Market and make the most of a golden opportunity. Jan. 4th to 16th inclusive GRAI1D ROPIDS FURMTURE k&ji4A/ni6ukjL \^af2Mal erf •vrvnjzAACCi. Exposmon associflTion f o r D E C E M B E R . 1 9 3 6 13 invite you to see this superb rendering of the FRENCH PROVINCIAL January Market Bedroom Group Also in the Same French Provincial THIS is but one of the new things we are adding for January to our assembly of hun-dreds of historic oak pieces for the dining room, living room, bedroom, hall, library, private office, studio and club. A visit to the Carved Oak Galleries — and no trip to Grand Rapids is complete without such a visit — will reward you with a new conception of its merchandising possibilities. Thousands of families have an instinctive and inherited preference for Carved Oak. Its historic past, its cultural background, the splendor of its carving and the integrity of its mellow, fine-textured surfaces give it a matchless rating. It looks like a big year for Carved Oak — and for those stores who carry representative displays. GRAND RAPIDS BOOKCASE AND CHAIR CO. The Oak Masters of Hastings We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 14 FINE FURNITURE THE ROMWEBER INDUSTRIES Products whose standard of excellence are nationally recognized. Quality and style are synonymous with our Productions j^-t Space 1722, Merchandise Mart, Chicago One Park Avenue, New York AMERICAN FURNITURE CO. BATESVILLE CABINET CO. BATESVILLE, INDIANA We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE t o r DECEMBER, 1936 15 THE ROMWEBER INDUSTRIES . . ': 'I '..-• i (* / ; m 11 11 . ' • ' ; • • - . Group of Scandinavian Masterpieces by Romweber on display in the Sterling & Welch Company store at Cleveland, Ohio. MASTER MADE FURNITURE by ROMWEBER The SCANDINAVIAN line of The Romweber Company consists of over 350 correlated pieces that offer a limitless opportunity for the most critical individual selection. In these lines will be found furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom, hall, boudoir and rathskeller in a selection of charming suites and pieces that instantly get customer attention. A group of these Scandinavian Masterpieces in your store will prove a distinct consumer attraction. Space 1727, Merchandise Mart, Chicago One Park Avenue, New York THE ROMWEBER COMPANY BATESVILLE, INDIANA We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNIT 16 FINE FURNITURE A GOOD CHAIR LINE by A GOOD CHAIR MAKER B. R. Smith, president and general manager of the B. R. Smith Chair Co. has been making good chairs for over fifty years and is thoroughly conversant with what constitutes good chair construction, finish and fabrics. "In my long years of experience in chair production," says Mr. Smith, "I have never produced a line that equals the new line of the B. R. Smith Chair Co. All frames are of solid mahogany and walnut, no substitute woods being used. No-Sag spring con-struction is used throughout the line and no more solid and comfortable spring units can be secured." The line is complete with occasionals, office chairs, rockers, diners, chairs for the bedroom and hall. ; 1—Martha Hixon rocker. No. 700, may be had in mahog-any or walnut, priced $25.90, 23.90 respectively. 2—Reception room chair No. 511 in solid walnut priced at $11.90. 3—"Magic Posture" hinged back swivel. No. 1936, in walnut, $63. 4—No. 506 in solid walnut is priced at $12. 1708 MERCHANDISE MART CHICAGO AT THE JANUARY MARKET SMITH CHAIR COMPANY INCORPORATED We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 17 THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY WILL GREET NATION'S BUYERS AT THE MERCHANDISE MART FURNITURE MARKET JANUARY 4-16 INCLUSIVE T tr V( P1 Pi tt N hi m r INTERNATIONAL HOMEFURNISHINGS MARKETS JAN. 4-16 „ THE MERCHANDISE MART • CHICAGO THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET • WELLS ST. at the RIVER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE Unloading part of the 200 truck-loads and 12 carloads of furniture that will be shown at this great event. 18 ! isbeing set for another of X I mauk e t ' b u t t h e tempo of the show has been accelerated ?mce January, 1936, and in m a ! ^stances roles have been r e V fW ^'here last year the merchant told he manufacturer that he wanted his or that suite, the manufacturer tins market will tell the merchant. ,uL i 1S a Vltahzing condition. It stimulates imagination, incentive and promulgates confidence in the popular belief that business i bet-off t h l Y ,? t h e r u b b e r b a n d oft the bank roll and indulging in longest-due necessities, even a ^ Buying Surge . A great t J b bi BUILDING vs. TRAILERS By ROD MACKENZIE Editor, FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE t i « J Uy/S beinS leased tice the crowds on the streets In the stores. And economic i Zll to f a c T n u e d and surge of purchasing Of maj0r i n t e r e s t t o t h g m e r c h of homefurmshmgs are the echoino-repom of a building boom, £ the Sanmgf a C r ° S S ^ count tfte tune of an estimated 25™0 0'0o0 residential units in 1936 Predic - it comes to furnishing than sitting tight until the 1' Vi v^aS r e a t0 turn on the ngnts, the modern-geared merchant architect J ° b . a b o u t a? s o ° * as the Madame on the advisabilitylof having two windows on that wall or runnmg a bank of them around the corner. In fact, manv progres-sive: dealers have instituted advisory bureaus, complete with architectural advice, decorators' service, et "l •I his service is of particular value i l l°-lt u COntemP1ate remodel-mj; with subsequent refurnishing, in • upon shooting the works in ^ complete new home" Such a s rvice estabhshes i n the minds of the p o- Ple thus served the dominant fact ino- }^°AT S t°r e 'S t b e homefurnish-t, leader in your immediate mm munity. "" Results Real . Sponsoring mcxH (s°eUeSeS ^ee _ pDaagee^ C12r 6^ of t^hi s ^ivssiudeu) a f s housing concerns such as General Houses, lnc., A r c y c ^ others has proven beneficial to par-ticipating merchants. Many a r e the sales of furniture, draperies, floor coverings, accessories and appli-ances that are traced directly 0 such combined promotions. ' Minus Furniture . An interesting and unusual demonstration house event was that of Frederick & Nel son Seattle, Wash., wherein the model home Was shown minus fur mshings for a limited time; first reason to permit study of architec-tural features; major reason to emphasize the fact that hom° aacctutaullayt Ttra' ns7foUr-mc h0as ehno. uaser ei ntwo haa\ withnd 1° k gOeS' T h e m e r c h a n t with f keen sense of promotional possib.ht.es in the home-boom tie' up, supplying complete home-makers service, is grabbing the bulk of this business. He is contacting owners persuing building contrac-tors and architects, rather than s.tt.ng m the back office, bewilder-mg himself with housing statistics. Johnny's Bucks . A terrific conflict !S bei,nf, waged for Johnny Q Pub-uc s dollar and the home'furnishin-merchant ,s soon to discover, provicf-o t h ^ - r y a W a r e o f i t ^ h a t othei mdustr.es are equally deter-mined to secure their share In this respect, the proposed resolution of 1NK1A t0 consolidate all home-turnishing industries under one ban- S f extend,:ng Promotional activ-ties from the scattered efforts now m vogue, to a concentrated 12- month p anned campaign, is timely andmevrtable. For ovef the h o S cl H T " m a k m g b u s i M s s looms a cloud. It, too ls a form Of home, Challenging Chariots . that within 20 years more t h a n S h population Of the United States will be hvmg m trailers, Roger W BabSon, nationally known economist and analyst, hurls a challenge at the home urnishing industry and £ younger brother, the prefabricated home. Asserting that his predictSn « not idle chatter but based on s u r K T of D n L atlonal conditions, Fore-boder Babson says: "The e x X from the American home creates a new manufacturing industry." ? f . Onf * J^t how severe a rthTis UinfranCt ifndlufsthry will be on homefurmshing industry is difficult to ascertain at this stagi Obviously, thousands of dollars are pounng into trailers at the present T [ 3 t ° ; d m a r l l y WOuld have Furniture Out . As far as the eqUlpment itself is concerned, small opportunity is afforded the home- ™ f ? ^duS,t ry t 0 benefit, aside trom the development of studio couches, bedding arrangements po" 'bly apphances. Fabricated after the m a n n e r of automobiles and Yachts, interior trim constitutes the nearest relationship to the manu-facture of furniture. Yet the popu-larity of the trailer presents a def-inite problem to the merchant and manufacturer of fumiture a n d a £ Z dr - R e " n t automobSe shows with great public interest in rolling homes, amazing increase in Srert6- °f ^ ^nSaS turers, obviate the slightest let-up ot relaxing of merchandising actiV ; i e s r ? p a r t of deai ^ me ? i n d u?t r i e s inevitably emerge depressions. The trailer, obvi-ously tracing its heredity to the ^ d f ^ t „ , ui ^uuuimi. travail rbbis?c SOrat°aUofaS-aChallengeto home. for DECEMBER, 1936 19 1 — Popular blond mahogany bedroom group featured by Tomlinson of High Point in their mer-chandise Mart dis-play. 2 — Modern walnut cocktail table with cigarette compart-ments at each end, by the K r o e h l e r Mfg. Co., is display-ed at the American Furniture Mart. 3 — Buffet, No. 315, by the Penn Table Co., Huntington, W. Va., is shown at the American Furniture Mart. 4 — Twin studio couch. No. 42, de-signed by F r e d a Diamond for Sleep-er, r e t a i l i n g at $52.50. 5 — Dinette in naut-ical d e s i g n is a charming group by Luce Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, and is displayed in their showrooms at the Merchandise Mart. 6 — Modern maple chair by Heywood- W a k e f i e 1 d Co., Gardner, Mass., and Modern maple table by Sandel Mfg. Co- Chicago, a r e dis-played at the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 7 — Louis XV bed-room suite by Win-nebago Mfg. Co., R o c k f o r d. 111., is shown at the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 8 — China cabinet, manufactured by the Penn Table Co., is exhibited at the American Furniture Mart. i l i M; : i 20 FINE FURNITURE CUSTOMER'S VIEWPOINT ON BUYING LINOLEUM by RUTH McINERNEY •"PHE lady was trying to buy linoleum. At least the X signs were unmistakable. She had said to the sales-man: "I'd like to buy a linoleum rug for my dinette." Therefore, we can assume that she wanted to buy linoleum. But the salesman was not as simple-natured. He had a choice set of obstacles which he always made it a point to place before each customer who tried to buy linoleum. If they hurdled these hazards, then he was ready to take them seriously. If they walked out, dis-couraged — well, the old law of the survival of the fittest customers may be a hard one, but it's all in the red among ledgers. Why waste time on a customer who didn't have the stamina to stand up and fight for the right to spend money in his store? So the lady asked, "What do you think would go nice in a dinette?" Sales Stops • The salesman led her to a department that was just a few degrees removed from an out-and-out stockroom. Rolls of linoleum stood around in a glum group on a bare wooden floor. There was a dusty piece of promotion on a post, "Newest patterns of 1935," but it hung on one tack, and the buyer's desk —well, was even more buyerish than usual, cluttered and frantic. "For a dinette? Oh, any of these patterns—marble, floral, Persian, blocked, modernistic." Said the lady, "Well, the room is furnished in rather modern style, blond woods and vermilion dado with beige upper walls. Would a russet rug be appropriate?" "If you like russet," replied the salesman. "Russet's nice. Sell a lot of it." "I wonder how vermilion and russet would look together?" she asked. "Is there any way you have for helping me tell how they would look together?" "They'll look all right." She questioned, "Maybe I ought to select a cooler color. Should I?" "Cool colors are nice. Sell a lot of them. Sell a lot of greens this year." "Why do some floor coverings cost more than others?" the lady wondered. "They all look the same." "Some are better quality," he replied. "Oh. Wear better?" "Yes. Wear better," said the salesman. "Oh. Do you think I ought to select inlaid instead of printed linoleum?" "It's up to you, lady. We sell a lot of inlaid." The lady trying to spend money, tried another ave-nue, one that looked as though it might be better lighted. "How do you think I ought to take care of linoleum in order to make it stay beautiful longer?" she asked. "Like ordinary floors," he replied. "Wax it or varnish it if you want." "Which is better?" But the salesman was too good an international dip-lomat to be cornered in an admission. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1936 21 "We sell a lot of both." And so the lady went home and painted the old floor over instead of buying a new floor covering. Display Appeal • Why one must have a warehouse feeling when one enters a linoleum department, re-mains one of the mysteries of the business. We are supposed to form a judgment of the goods as it stands upright in its narrow, close rolls. A man, purchasing a suit, usually trys it on for fit. How many linoleum rugs are tried on for desirability? To judge a piece of linoleum, a good-sized strip of it should be placed on the floor, next to a panel colored to resemble as closely as possible the walls of the room at home. It's very difficult to compare colors mentally; most of us need to have the colors right on hand to inspect. Sets of screens, painted in leading key colors used on rooms, could be shuffled around to aid the customer to visualize wall and floor combinations. Even before the customer thinks of price, she is puzzled about correct interior decoration technique. She wants smartness and correctness, with individu-ality. When in doubt, darker floors prevent a room becoming off-balance. Also, figured rugs for plain walls, plain rugs for figured walls are safe rules. To make a room look larger, and most customers want this, a wall to wall rug does the trick—also helps sell a larger rug. Rug-ed Individualism • People who sell linoleum floor coverings are now in the unique position of being able to offer custom-tailored rugs. Personalized floors is the biggest news buzz of the moment, one which dealers have yet to turn to real profit. We see the monogramed floors, the personal design of individual home-makers, at the home shows. We see a recreation room planned with a floor containing scudding sail-boats, flying fish and backgammon board designs—the particular hobbies of this home-owner. But we shrug and say, "Not for those of us with limited budgets. A personalized floor—why, it must be the ground floor of luxury!" And, of course, you dealers know it isn't at all, that we may have individual floor patterns of our own crea-tion with only moderate additional cost, that designs may be cut and set in the floor, neatly, fascinatingly. Tell us more about it. Make it the thing that will auto-matically out-date all the mediocre linoleums on our floors. New walls, too, of the linoleum type materials may be had. Square corners become round, dustproof; walls are different, easily kept immaculate, will not crack nor fade, always look fresh and come in such interesting patterns as knotty pine, natural wood, marble. We've been looking at them yearningly in model home shows. It's up to the dealers of the nation to put the informa-tion about new floor and wall personalities into every home. Dura-Beauty • The modern Scientific Shopping house-wife searches for dura-beauty. The old-fashioned housewife was contented with something that "lasted." But the present home-maker shops for beauty which lasts. We buy good inlaid linoleum because the pat-tern, going straight through to the back, mellows with age, grows old gracefully, will not chip off and harbor unlovely soil, will not make scrubbing harder, always looks better through the years. We buy good printed linoleum because its heavier weight resists tearing, be-cause its colors last longer, because its smooth surface will not harbor soil, because keeping it clean is easier. Poor linoleum is not only expensive, it is unbeautiful and a continual nuisance to have around. It tears easily, the colors wear off soon, soil collects in cracks, disfiguring the surface and making scrubbing more fre-quent and fruitless. A housewife will put up with a little extra cleaning effort if the work is repaid in aesthetic satisfaction. But no amount of scrubbing can restore poor linoleum; it is thankless. It makes your next sale of linoleum harder. It's part of the sales resistance of the indus-try. One rug of cheap linoleum is enough to under-mine linoleum good will in an entire family and its branches. Good inlaid and good printed types are the ask-the-woman-who-owns-one of the industry. Linoleum Lingo • How shall linoleum be laid? The selling job isn't over with the making out of the sales check. Besides, here is an opportunity to sell us dead-ening felt and waterproof cement. For what kinds of situations are the new adhesive-backed linoleums advis-able? Why bother with special laying methods? Be-cause if properly laid, the linoleum floor will be given greater resiliency with regard to the shrinking and swelling of the wood; it will not work loose or buckle or curl at the corners; greater quietness is added; its beauty is under-written by proper laying. Embossed pattern 5460, in canary yel-low and black, offset by plain walls, makes an attractive and liv-able room of this attic corner on the right. The copper kitchen on the left is en-hanced by a linoleum of dura-beauty in pattern 5520. * • - >' 22 FINE FURNITURE And Protection • How shall the linoleum be cared for? To avoid come-backs, to encourage renewed sales, help us to treat linoleum cor-rectly; explain the necessary avoid-ance of abrasive and alkali cleansing agents which scratch or destroy the linseed oil content; stressing the importance of using mild suds, rins-ing thoroughly, drying completely, and following with two thin coats of wax. The wax facial is necessary once a month for kitchens, every two months for other rooms. Rest-ing chair legs in bakelite cups, cuts down cleaning time and preserves the charm of the surface. A floor can take on a new uplook on life with intelligent sales help directing a customer's purchase. Dramatized Displays ON the opposite page are six floor covering and drapery ensembles, dramatizing ways in which retailers can stimulate holi-day business. The attractive corner setting, No. 1, is a diagonal cut upholstery, irregular striped velvet, made by Collins & Aiken Corp. No. 2 features yellow and white in the make-up table and modern chair by the Vogue Mfg. Co. "Put a price on the whole as a gift package with small budget payments," is the plan suggested for the modern bedroom ensemble. No. 3 emphasizes blond maple furniture with texture rug in mulberry color. Another novel dis-play is No. 4 in which a nautical setting by W. J. Sloane is featured. No. 5, a bedroom display, shows the Gainsborough pattern, recently developed by Witcombe, McGeachin & Co., in draperies and bedspread of DuPont rayon. The attractive Christmas packaging of rugs is par-ticularly well demonstrated in dis-play No. 6, in which a large rug in modern design serves as a striking background, furniture pieces pro-viding a home atmosphere. SIMPLIFYING STIRS SALES 'T'HE Globe Furniture Co., San i. Diego, CaL, has attempted to simplify their display methods by enlarging and rebuilding their floor covering department. According to manager J. J. Sherline, the)' now have 180 rug arms for displaying stock of large rugs, of which they carry over 360 patterns. In addi-tion to 16 broadloom racks of the roller type, a long platform is em-ployed for displaying approximately 1000 samples. Said Manager Sherline, "These samples are of the standard rug size •—27 x 54 inches, and give customers a better idea of patterns and color combinations than can be gained from smaller swatches. After these patterns are discontinued, we sell them as rugs, for, being standard rug size, they lend themselves nicely to small settings where we wish to show the rug with a piece or two of furniture and a drapery treatment." Samples are marked with full roll prices, cut order prices, and the widths in which they are available. All samples of a given brand are kept together, care being taken to keep all samples clean and neatly stacked. Salesmen may take sam-ples out to homes to aid in selection of pattern or color combination, signing for samples when taking them out, and being credited with them when they are returned. Added Sherline. "When a saks-man takes an order for one or more rugs, he immediately consults our Pacific Coast distributor's stock sheet—which we keep up to date— and finds if the rug is in stock on this coast. If it is not, he refers to Typical floor covering display at Globe Furniture Co.. San Diego, Cal. J. J. SHERLINE . . . Making rug selection easy for the customer eliminates lost sales. the mill sheet and finds if the rug can be secured at that point — usually it can. By doing this before the customer leaves the store, he can tell her whether or not he can secure immediate delivery or if it will be necessary for her to wait IS days for delivery from the mill. This enables her to make another selection, or, if not desiring this, it prepares her for waiting, and ex-plaining the delay thus, makes pleased customers and eliminates lost sales." By these methods, Manager Sher-line believes that they have invited the furniture salesman to the rug department by cooperating with him in putting every effort into the plan of helping him to make sales, and excellent results have thereby been obtained. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1936 23 24 FINE FURNITURE FAMILIAR DESIGNS, INTERPRETED By F A M O U S DESIGNERS Totnpeiian Wrought Metal by WM. HOFFMANN POMPEIIAN design and decoration lends itself ad-mirably to the fabrication of modern and traditional furniture in wrought metal. The artistry of the Pom-peiians and the early Egyptians has never been excelled. This is particularly true in metal work. Recognized as one of the foremost centers of Roman culture and basking in luxury, their artistic senses were highly developed. Discovery of the Roman city of Pompeii in 1754 stimulated an artistic interest that had a definite effect on 18th Century English furniture designers. The Adam brothers in England incorporated many of the Pompeiian motifs in their architectural renderings and furniture adaptations. In France the Pompeiian influ-ence was not discernable until the Louis XV period when people tired of the sensuous lines of this feminine style and sought a more enduring form of line. With the advent of modern manufacturing methods such as die-casting and the bending and shaping of tubular and flat chrome-plated steel, metal furniture embodying Pompeiian influence is being re-created, and production methods have brought this type of furniture within the reach of the average consumer's pocketbook and desires. The illustrations of the chair and the plant-stand on the opposite page, designed by William Hoffmann, are exquisite examples of modern adaptation of Pompeiian design. Furtherance of modern metal furniture devel-opment has been possible through the introduction of contemporary materials. New accents are permitted in a combining of wood, glass, copper, cork and chrome steel, and new discoveries in the fabrication of light weight metals allows many unusual and interesting forms to be developed. CAMOUFLEUR TO MEDALIST OOMEONE has said that it k_) isn't what men take in that makes greatness, but what they exude. Being a bashful soul, William "Bill" Hoffmann will probably not okay this brief biography. As a matter of fact, it's his retiring disposition that is responsible for the absence of his portrait, thus breaking a precedent established over a period of eight months with The Sketch Book. Beginning his career with architectural aspirations, Hoff-mann enrolled in the Cooper Union Institute, New York, in 1916. From there he moved to the Beaux Art Institute, and in 1920 and '21 achieved the dis-tinction of being a Beaux Art medalist. His experiences in the realm of furniture designing had their inception with that foun-tain head of furniture craftsmen, W. & J. Sloane. Following several years of in-tensive training in the designing of interiors and furnishings, Hoff-mann migrated to Grand Rapids, and for over a decade produced successful designs for Robert W. Irwin Co. Severing his connec-tions as staff designer with Irwin four years ago, "Bill" has since created designs for such concerns as Johnson, Handley, Johnson Co. and Berkey & Gay of Grand Rapids, and Saginaw Furniture Shops of Saginaw, Mich. Versatile, talented and tech-nical, Hoffmann is equipped with an understanding and knowledge of furniture design as related to modern production methods and merchandising perception, only possible to one thoroughly found-ed in design fundamentals. Hoffmann offers a rare sense of enthusiasm to any subject be-ing discussed, has a sense of hilarious humor, except at times when he draws to an inside straight — which he frequently does—unsuccessfully. Occupying his time with con-stant efforts to produce well-styled, saleable merchandise, "Bill" does manage to devote a few hours to his family, and his hobby, which is a cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan. How-ever, his work more than often follows him to his lakeside re-treat and it is with difficulty that his friends are able to secure his services in a horseshoe foursome, a sport at which he is particu-larly adept. During the war "Bill" exhibited his artistic wares in the creating of camouflage for the protection of AEFers, a serv-ice which substantiates our con-tention that Hoffmann is a retir-ing soul. l o r DECEMBER, 1936 25 PoMpFJAN ).•: I-To R u H. - - * MF •" '~ ': ff»- ' i '-IV 26 FINE FURNITURE SCIENCE BUILDS A HOUSE THEN WURZBURG'S BUDGET PLAN TURNS IT INTO A HOME FOR $1300 by VffiGINIA RUTH ULRICH IN 22 states, General Houses, Inc., is erecting model "over-the-counter" houses. In practically every in-stance, furniture merchants and homefurnishing de-partments of department stores are aligning themselves with the builder in some form of promotion. That homefurnishing stores are planning to take advantage of Federal forecasts predicting the erection of six mil-lion new homes in the next ten years, is evidenced by promotions of this nature being staged throughout the country. Macy's built a $9000 house, completely fur-nished, on its furniture floor; Wanamakers. Phila-delphia, furnished 17 model homes resulting m an approximate attendance of 500,000. Numerous other establishments are conducting similar enterprises with highly encouraging increases noticed in their furniture, drapery, floor-covering and accessory departments. Low-cost Homes • In the medium-priced class, the product of General Houses, Inc., appears to have the field to itself with prices ranging from $3500 to $9000, houses being available in arrangements adaptable to even the most Modern-minded home-maker. However, even a structurally modern house can have a tradi-tionally furnished interior, as is the case of a model recently erected in East Grand Rapids, Alich. Built by William D. Tucker, furniture designer and architect, and furnished in collaboration with Wurz-burg's (Grand Rapids department store), the house was furnished originally in contemporary tempo. Fol-lowing a two-week public display period, Tucker in-stalled his own furnishings which are completely traditional, effecting a transition so complete that the entire appearance of the house was altered. Said Tucker, "This house is not a house of the future. It is not a visionary ideal to be hoped for at some future day; it is a reality and can be had in this community by anyone who is seeking a modern, uo-to- date house. The unusual changes embodied are the Grand Rapids Lounge Co. supplied the dav-enport, r e t a i l i n g at $149.50; H a s t i n g s Table Co., the modern coliee table at $24, end table priced at $18; and the Thomas-ville Chair Co. manu-factured the walnut dining room suite. buffet retailing at $52,50; table. $29.50. for DECEMBER, 193b 27 Blond bedroom suite by West Michigan Furniture Co., retail price, four pieces, $193, has proved immensely popular. result of scientific application of present day materials to present day living standards. One of the outstand-ing features of the house is the almost complete elim-ination of waste space." In this respect the house, which is 48 x 32 feet, effects a saving of space equal to one large bedroom and two closets when compared to an ordinary struc-ture built of traditional materials. Asbestos cement board walls, sound-proof, insulated against winter cold and summer heat, prefabricated into panels that d fy time and labor in construction, account for the fact that only five weeks ensued between the time the first framework was erected until the decorator hung the last curtain. At a cost under $6000 for actual con-struction, including a complete heating unit with air-conditioning, water heater and double laundry tubs. and, in the kitchen, a cabinet-based sink, and including furnishings such as draperies, floor coverings, furniture, appliances, totaling slightly under $1300, the house is an inducement to the potential home-maker of mod-erate means. Financed under the Federal Housing Administration plan this type of residence is expected to figure prominently in the building boom now under way in many sections of the country. Decorator Maude Miller avers, "We have found a definite increase in sales in the homefurnishing depart-ment since the opening of the House of Science, many of them directly traceable to this promotion. This has been true, not only in direct sales from the furnishings displayed, but because seeing Wurzburg's name in connection with the decorating, has perceivably put me in the minds of people who desire an interior decora-tor. The first two days after the opening when several thousand visitors viewed the house, we had calls for various lamps which we had used and a goodly num-ber of draperies were sold, while the furniture depart-ment reported sales and inquiries regarding merchan-dise of that nature. Decoration • Credit should be given to Wurzburg's in their presentation of a charming and delightful interior in this five-roomed house, which has still been kept well within the limits of the average budget. The living room ceiling is beamed, breaking the severe wall effect and adding to the length of the combination living and dining room. Walls are a pastel pmk and the furnishings range from ivory to a deep rich brown with an occasional touch of green for contrast. The floors, which are cement throughout, have been covered by two layers of felt over which Amhaco Broadfelt Carpets (Clinton Carpet Co., Chicago), in a soft dull green have been laid. The davenport, Grand Rapids Lounge Co., is a coffee brown and beige curly mohair, in front of which stands a low coffee table manufac-tured by the Hastings Table Co. Opposite, is a mirror-flanked Benjamin Franklin fireplace, on one side of which stands a modern knee-hole desk (Charles R. Sligh Co.), and in the cozy corner of the other side, a light wine and beige chair from the Grand Rapids Lounge Co. is sided by an end table in modern style. Neither shades nor glass curtains are necessary at the corner windows in that sufficiently heavy embroidered casement cloth in brown and ivory has been employed. The decorative lamps, modern contrasts in dead white, green, and soft brown were manufactured by Max Horn & Bros.; Lightolier Co.; Rosenfield & Co.; Art Lamp Corp., and the Arton Studios, $50 covering all lamps in the house. Squared off from the living room is the dining room in which identical drapes have been used at the corner window and the carpet has carried through so that all can be converted into one large room if so desired. The Thomasville Chair Co. are the manufacturers of the modern dining room suite used, including buffet, table and chairs in light walnut. Blond Bedroom • In the master bedroom, the popu-lar blond furniture, West Michigan Furniture Co., has been used in a three-piece suite, including a full-sized bed, vanity and chest. The rug is modern in two-tone brown and pink beige, and pure white sheer drapes at 28 FINE FUBNITURE the corner windows increase the light effect of the room. A white tiled bathroom adjoining, is opposite the other bedroom which has been furnished in maple, the bunk-tiered beds made by the Grelick Mfg. Co., the vanity and chest having been manufactured by Jennings Furniture Co. The two beds plus a Cape Cod lamp, cost about $26.50 complete and many sales have been made on this attractive but economical room. Gray carpet forms an interesting contrast to the maple, and color has been em-ployed in the yellow, brown and gray of the drapes and in a wing chair spring rocker from the Thom-asville Chair Co., which is offered for $16.50. Kitchen Clicks • One of the most commented-on rooms in the house is the kitchen, which room has be-come increasingly important to the modern home-maker who seeks to combine both utility and beaut}*. Light and airy with many windows, it is completely white from the Magic Chef range, gas refrigerator, to the metal built-in cupboards. The only color accent is in the Kirsch \ enetian blinds which are taped in brilliant red. and in the floor-cover-ing of Armstrong linoleum. Con-veniently small, and with built-in equipment, this kitchen has been de-signed for step-saving economy. The utility room adjoining the kitchen, is conveniently handy, has built-in laundry tubs, modern gas heater and air-conditioner inclosed in a light green metal cabinet; may also be used as a store room. This room has been greatly discussed by house-wives and is making great appeal to them in that they feel it is a time and energy saver to have the "heart" of the house so conveniently located. A BIRD'S-EYE JUBILEE {The Man on the Cover) FLOWERS and blonds (with the blond being made of bird's-eye maple) constitute an appropriate background for a man who has spent the major part of his long and very active life in the manufac-ture of maple furniture. Charles ("Charlie" to you) Elmendorf, gen-eral manager of the Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich., rates the cover position this month, because, during the Fall Style Show in Grand Rap-ids, fellow exhibitors in the Waters- Klingman Bldg. learned through the market grapevine that "Charlie" turned the three-quarter century mark November 7. With congratu-lations the order of the day, his friends staged a congratulatory re-ception in the Manistee space, pre-sented Elmendorf with a beautiful autumn bouquet. Wrapped in the stems of the flowers was an object that tinkled—but that's supposed to be a secret! "Charlie" Elmendorf for a num-ber of years has been regarded as the last of the Mohicans when it came to manufacturing bird's-eye maple furniture for the bedroom. Tomlinson of High Point made this bedroom suite, naming it for Su-sanna Allen who conducted one of the early taverns at Williamsburg, Va., in 1715. The architectural treat-ment is of espe-cial interest due to its marked Wil-liamsburg charac-ter. Displayed in the Merchandise Mart. In recent years, however, he has branched out and his line now in-cludes modern and traditional solid maple bedroom groups. His blond suites were outstanding features of the recent mid-season market. Long a hard worker, attentive to details, Elmendorf at 75 can review his business career with satisfaction, having directed its course in a sane and profitable manner. A great out-door enthusiast, playing a fine game of golf, "Charlie" expects to carry on indefinitely and die with his boots on. Breslaw's on the Air '"PHAT commercial radio adver- X tising had a future was realized by Jacob Breslaw, president of Breslaw Bros. Furniture, N. Y., in 1929, when he began an intensive radio campaign which has helped to make them one of the largest and strongest retail furniture stores. It was among the early concerns to sponsor a program over WGY, pioneer station in Schenectady, reaching an audience in up-state New York and western New Eng-land, Breslaw agreeing to a one-year contract, being willing to gam-ble on the results, necessarily un-certain at that time. His gamble was well founded. One announce-ment on the modest program with which they started the radio adver-tising drive, sold 87 porch gliders. Another sold 57 sets of dishes. Customers began to drive in from many miles away and patrons in certain sections became so numerous that additional stores were added. When the campaign began, the Breslaw organization had three stores doing the proverbial "nice little business;" today, it embraces seven stores doing a million dollar business. This phenomenal growth cannot be attributed entirely to radio ad-vertising, of course, but the fact that Breslaw Bros, not only re-mained on the air in a continuous seven-year campaign but gradually increased the amount of time pur-chased, is evidence of the impor-tance of this form of merchandismg. On all Breslaw broadcasts, specific items of merchandise and their prices are listed and repeated; three "radio specials" each week are usu-ally offered and frequently a "free offer" campaign is begun. Topical and timely slants are given to the advertising such as, "Get Your Bonus at Breslaw's" and "Buy at a £2,000,000 Merger Sale to Beat the Rising Market." J o r DECEMBER, 1936 29 FurnitureFrolics JOSEPH D&AH Of H.y, FUP-NITUP-E HE SHOWED HIS FAITH IN THE FUTUP-E B / OPEHIHO HI9 STOR-E THE MOP-NING OF 1HIOAY WHEN ALL £>ANK& THROUaHOUT THECOUHTli/ \A/£P-£ CLOSED - - ED.H. &EEN AT C E . M N A . C ' H I O . FOP-TIRELESS - FISHERMAN AND HUNTE.R-- • HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS, ESPECIAU.y IK HoRTHEP-M A/1)CH!6AN, DUP-lNCT THE HAY FEVE-R-LJR/ tnu t^APlDS „„ ANO C i v i c LEADER-. ACTIVE, IN ESTADLISHlNCi P&SIDN PIP-AC1/ PP-OTE-G-nON. . OUTDOOP-EN-THUSIAST. /4S A PU&LIC3PEAV-EP-HIS P-AN^INO IS H(OH - .DAVID L."PRETTY Boy' E-VAN5, FUP-HITURE D t - SIONER. ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING CP-EATOP-S OF THE PP-OFESSION. £-X- PP-ES. 6 . P ^ . FUP-HITUP-E CBSI6NER-S /45SN. HAS CREATED SUCH FAMOUS LINES AS C ENTURy AND "OUlDDlCCMB, EVEN FASHIONED SOME FURNITURE IN HIS HOME. " E.MCHAMAPA. BUYER- FOR THE MILWAUKEE BOSTON 5TORP. NATIVE OP CONNECTICUT. PLAYS LOTS OF CJOLF AND SOME z,P-\oot. WANTS TO PLAY MORE CiOL-F WHEN HE RETIP-ES. 30 FINE FURNITURE Designed by Robert Heller for A. C. Gilbert Co., this chrome-plated, black enameled base toaster re-tails for about $3. Low-Cost Posters T IBERAL use of multi-colored J i posters for furniture promotions is possible at low cost if the silk screen process is utilized in produc-tion, according to Robert S. Leo-pold, display manager at H. Leh & Co., Allentown, Pa. Leopold's strik-ing poster designs have done much to develop sales volume during special furniture promotions. Said Leopold, "When poster costs run too high, the display depart-ment is inclined to economize to the point that it does not get its mes-sage across. For a recent furniture sale we produced 100 seven-color posters in four hours with our silk screen equipment at a cost of less than $10. A year ago we had 100 similar posters made for us by a printing plant at a cost of $91. The screen method facilitates the use of a greater number of posters which results in better response to store promotions." Leopold uses a strong wood frame over which the screen silk is stretch-ed with thumb tacks. The silk used is very sheer with great tensile strength and a very fine mesh through which paint can be squeezed. The frame is hinged to a flat board of equal size and blank cards are later inserted between the screen and the board. The design outline is drawn on the silk, the space outside is covered with paint-impermeable glue, after which paint is applied over the design. The poster card having been inserted, a squeegee roller is employed whxh forces the paint onto the card. In the production of multi-colored posters, the same procedure is fol-lowed, one color being impressed on the poster card at a time; it being RETAILING TIPS . . . Low-cost Posters Possible—Valuable Names—Appliances Segregated-—Shack Spawns Sales—Unique Remuneration Plan—How Do You Say Frise? necessary to block out all remaining parts of the design with glue each time a color is added. The glue and pamt are removed with turpentine from the succeeding parts of the de-sign on the screen each time the new color is applied. This pro-cedure is followed until the design has been completely transferred. Leopold finds it convenient to have three different sized screens; the one used most frequently for store posters is about 30 by 50 inches; the larger screens are used for extra large cards and c.oth banners. Discounts in a Name ANOVEL, yet practical and profitable method of increasing sales for popular-price instalm nt furniture stores in reviving inactive accounts, was recently originated and copyrighted by Charles E. Coykendall, direct mail specialist in Chicago. This plan is in the form of a letter to be sent primarily to customers who have not been using their charge accounts as freely as might be wished. Letter Specialist Coykenda'il has worked out a percentage value of all the letters of the alphabet on a scientific basis and in his form letter asks the customer to figure the purchasing value of his last name according to this scale. A special discount is offered by the store according to what his last name is worth when computed on this basis. To figure the purchasing value of his name, the customer is first asked to figure the percentage value of each letter; secondly, to divide the total percentage by the actual num-ber of letters in his last name. The result will give the special discount entitled to the customer on any merchandise. Assuming, for in-stance, that the letters in the name "SMITH" have the following values —"S" 8%, "M" 13%, "I" 2%, "T" 9%, "H" 7%—the total would be 39%. The name "SMITH" con-tains five letters; thus, 39% is divided by five and "SMITH" will have a special discount of 7%. Fractions over equal divisions are not to be counted according to this plan. The customer is, of course, asked to bring his letter with him to serve as identification. A promotion of this type if used primarily as a direct mail propo-sition has the virtue that it re- - • • • • : • - ; : £ • This Modern dining group by the Grand Rapids Chair Co. is featured in the Masonite House at the Texas Centennial, Dallas. Decorative accessories and dining service by Arthur A. Evarts Co. carries out the simple dignity of this modern dining room. for DECEMBER, 193S 31 quires no large additional advertis-ing expenditure. When making in-quiries, the maximum discount which the merchant is willing to offer to a group of inactive cus-tomers should be stated. Further information concerning this plan can be obtained by writing FINE FURNITURE Magazine. — Ed. Note. Double-Store Plan SEPARATION of its appliance department in another store brought an increase of 40% in elec-trical sales to Chalker's Furniture Co., Huntington Park, Calif. At the same time furniture sales jumped 25%. "Furniture, we found," explains H. Vanderhook, manager of the appliance department, "detracted from appliances and appliances from furniture. Most larger stores have their electrical departments closely related to the furniture division. "Theoretically, this should pro-duce feeder business both ways. But for us it didn't. The furniture customer would see a new electrical appliance and waste our time and hers looking at it when she had not the slightest intention of buying it. The same principle worked in re-verse with electrical customers. Now there are no distractions." Vanderhook also points out that by having a seperate shop, appli-ances can constantly have window display space all their own. "They assume more importance than when displayed as mere accessories." A location near the main store is Blond mahogany bedroom suite by Tomlinson. with blended, hand-waxed lacquer finish which preserves natural beauty of the wood. necessary for success in this two-store selling, Vanderhook believes. It is only a half block from Chalk-er's main store to the appliance location so it is no task to exchange customers. Several large rugs hang m the appliance store, creating sales in that item. Small, occasional pieces of furniture take away the usual appliance store bareness and tie the store in with the parent furniture store. Shack Spawns Sales AN old shack remodeled as a . model home, set up in the busi-ness section of Salt Lake City, was visited by 63,000 people during the Bed by John Widdi-comb Co., with all carvings and mould-ings gold burnished, the head board cov-ered with blue silk. first ten days it was open to the public. A'lanager George A. Williams, Williams-Nibley, Inc., said, "We completely furnished the little house and it was the finest publicity we ever received. Total cost of reno-vating each room and cost of each item—furniture, rugs, drapes—was listed separately, so that whether a person wished to completely re-furnish a room or merely purchase a single article, the exact cost was immediately available. Explanatory folders were presented visitors as they departed. "Since we cater to a most exclu-sive trade in Salt Lake City and vicinity (one of our recent home refurnishing jobs amounted to $9000) many people were reticent in consulting us on small jobs for simply furnished homes, and it was to appeal to our citizens as a whole that the folder was issue. We said: 'Because this firm is patronized by people of distinction throughout the State, it is believed by many to be high-priced, exclusive, and catering only to a wealthy clientele. This is an erroneous idea. Many patrons have only limited incomes, but know that here they can have their homes decorated attractively at no great cost. Consider the furnishings in this house. The curtains in the bedroom cost only $8.75 per pair; the rug $15. The two-piece suite in the living room is covered in blue crushed mohair. This covering will last for years, and the suite is only $173.50.' Radio, sparingly, and newspaper advertising were employed in at-tracting attention of both old and new customers." 32 FINE FURNITURE heather i s BUT BE SURE IT'S EAGXE-OTTAWVl leather £as this quality. It is good leather because over a period of years the Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co. has kept apace of changing trends, they have given initial tests to new methods of production, tanning, coloring. When found practical they have been incorporated in the manu-facturing of BETTER leather . . . Mer-chants, leather-wise, INSIST upon Eagle-Ottawa's product because it insures customer-satisfaction and re-peat business. Leather today is unlimited in its scope when hand Jed by master designers. 1 raditional or Contemporary furni-ture finds the use of good leather ac-ceptable. Because it is more than a fad. GOOD leather is enduring, comforta-ble, stylish, practical. Top, leather Chippen-dale chair, by Baker Furniture Factories, Inc.; dining chair, Chippendale leather-seated by Century Furniture Co.; occa-sional leather chair (left), by Barnard <S Simonds and modern chair, covered with leather, by Mueller Furniture Co. EAGLE-OTTAWA LEATHER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER. 1936 33 IN DEMAND Good LEATHER Originally found only on seating pieces, furniture merchants visit-ing the various furniture market centers of the country find leather on head and footboards of beds, table tops, chairs and davenports, drawer and case fronts of dressers, chests, bookcases, desks, buffets. In a wide range of colors and tex-tures, the buyer is afforded unsur-passed opportunity for injecting eye-appeal into his furniture dis-plays. "There is nothing like leather . . . providing it is GOOD leather." Bridge set (at top), by Sikes Co., chairs leather covered; modern bed employing leather on head and loot boards, by Berkey <£ Gay Furniture Co.; leather top, drum table by Fine Arts Furniture Co. and leather covered bed by Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. if-Atti Main Office: GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN Tanneries: GRAND HAVEN, WHITEHALL, MICHIGAN Branches: 912 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago 2 Park Avenue, New York City 1602 Locust Street, St. Louis 1012-14 Broadway Place, Los Angeles 615 Howard St., San Francisco Phillips-Davis, Inc., High Point, N. C. Mosehart-Schleeter, 211 Caroline St., Houston, Texas J. J. Smith, 123 8 N. W. Glisan St., Portland, Oregon > COMPANY WORLD'S LARGEST TANNERS OF UPHOLSTERY LEATHER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 34 FINE FURNITURE BENBOUGH'S REMUNERATION Plan Is Unique, Practical APLAN of sales remuneration which is not only unique and interesting but practical as well, has been devised by H. L. Benbough who established a furniture store in San Diego, Cal., 30 years ago on a capital of $500. He has prospered and grown until today his store occupies six floors and basement of a building 100 feet square; he em- H. L. BENBOUGH . . . "Our plan seems to average for salesmen and store in satisfactory manner." ploys 115 people, 14 of whom are furniture salesmen. Convinced that cooperation be-tween the employees of his various departments would be the keynote to success, Benbough has planned always with this end in view. The store is divided into five depart-ments, namely: Furniture, Carpet, Office Equipment, Drapery, and Electrical Equipment. The only de-partment in which the furniture sales force makes direct sales other than in its own is the Carpet De-partment. In the event of a furni-ture customer being interested in the purchase of merchandise in any of the other three departments, namely: Office Equipment, Drapery or Electrical Equipment, the cus-tomer is introduced by the furniture salesman to a member of the sales force in the particular department in whose merchandise he is inter-ested, and the salesman in that par-ticular department carries on. If a sale is made, both men receive full credit for the sale in volume. At the present time, Benbough has 14 furniture salesmen, each of whom is rated and re-rated accord-ing to the volume of his sales per month. Number 14, the lowest in the scale, is paid $100 a month; each succeeding man up to the top receives $12.50 more than his pre-decessor so that Number 1 receives $262.50 per month. When an addi-tion is made to the sales force it automatically increases every sales-man on the floor $12.50 a month as the low man still receives $100 and each man is increased as shown by the following schedule: Sales Remuneration Present 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14-. Schedule $262.50 250 00 237 50 225 00 212 50 200 00 187.50 175.00 ... 162.50 ... 150.00 13750 . 125.00 112.50 100.00 Add 1 . ? 3 4 5.. 6 1 ... 89 10 . 11 12 . 13.. 14.... 15 ing One Man $275.00 262.50 .. 250.00 237 50 225 00 212.50 200.00 187.50 175.00 . .. 162.50 150 00 . 137.50 125.00 112.50 1.0.00 If it became necessary to cut down on the staff, each salesman's pay would likewise be decreased $12.50 a month. Hence the incentive to aid new men in making sales. Says Benbough, "We find our present system to be working out in a highly satisfactory manner and all of our furniture salesmen are on their toes in an effort to either be top man for the month or as near to the top as possible. Wh'le our present plan benefits the salesmen when business is poor, the store benefits when business is good, so it seems to average satisfactorily." While this plan is not intended to be a competition, yet the salesmen consider it so and work hard to attain high ranking each month. Salesmen are paid twice a month. For the first half of the month each salesman receives $50. At this time the salesmen's ranking is posted so that each salesman may see where he stands and thus know his ap-proximate pay for the month. They are eager to help each other in the different departments due to the benefits received if a sale is made. The worry of repossessions is eliminated as Benbough believes that it is the duty of the credit de-partment to determine a customer's rating, not the salesmen's. Say What You Mean FRISE (pronounced "free-zay") is a fabric having a loop pile surface. The word is a French adjective indicating yarns looped, curled, or frizzled As applied to upholstery fabrics, common usage gives the term acceptance as the name of a cloth. Frieze (pronounced "freeze") is not a looped pile fabric but is a heavy woolen fabric having a nap produced by teazling, and is exten-sively used for overcoatings. Friezette is a flat weave and should not be confused with "frize." Friezette is a rep fabric, the rep weave being used so that when the fabric is woven, small ridges are formed. Benbough's store in the days of horse and and Golden carriage, "speedy" brass-lamped autos Oak sets. for DECEMBER. 1938 35 1 — Sofa. No. 1350. is made by Ralph Morse Furniture Co. and is shown at the Keeler Bldg.. Grand Rapids. 2 — One of Coch-ran's line of chair specials. No. 2808. in silk damask, is shown at the Wat-ers- Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 3 — This charming Early American maple group by W. F. Whitney Co.. Inc., South Ashbumham, Mass., is shown in the Waters - Kling-man Bldg., Grand Rapids. 4 — 18th Century wing chair by the S. J. Campbell Co.. Chicago; Duncan P h y t e mahogany table, A m e r i c a n Furniture Novelty Co.; and ivory table lamp, mahogany floor lamp by the Rembrandt Lamp Co., Chicago, are all displayed at the American Furniture Mart. 5 — Blond sectional pieces. No. 4587, in Modern s t y l e are manufactured by Weiner & Co., Mil-waukee, and are exhibited at the American Furniture Mart. 6 — Fireside chair. No. 40, made by the Grand Rapids Lounge Co., is ex-hibited in the Wat-ers- Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 7 — M a h o g a n y couch, by Schoon-beck Furniture Co., is shown in the showrooms of the Imperial Furniture Co.. Grand Rapids. 36 FINE FURNITURE WHY VENEERS? HOW often have your customers asked the ques-tion, "Is this furniture solid or veneered?" And upon being told that the flat surfaces are veneered, make some disparaging remark as if their intelligence, as a furniture buyer, had been insulted? The truth of the matter is that many of the buying public are obsessed with the idea that veneered construction is a sign of cheap, inferior furniture. One of the most dif-ficult problems confronting a retail salesman is that of reasoning with a customer who has already convinced himself that lamination is just another term for subordination of quality. They do not seem to realize that the salesman on the floor is trying to help and advise them in making the best possible selection for their money, rather than brow-beat or cajole them into purchasing an inferior grade of merchandise. They seem more inclined to take the word of an uninformed friend rather than that of an experienced manufacturer with years of study and experiment behind him. There-fore the entire issue narrows down to the fact that the salesman understands the conditions leading to the de-velopment and use of veneer, and that it is his job to convey that understanding to the consumer. Confidence vs. Cockiness • To gain the confidence of a customer in your ability and knowledge of furni-ture is of major importance in making a sale. They should be made to feel that they are talking with a person who has a thorough understanding of the busi-ness, rather than a robot merely repeating memorized words. by HARVEY KIMERLY How often have customers asked you, "Is this suite made of solid wood or is it veneered?" And immediately upon mentioning the word veneer have the prospect launch into a tirade censoring your establishment and everyone in it for handling such an inferior line of merchandise? Such a situation narrows down to the salesman's own ability to comprehend the use of veneer, and also the fact that certain types of furniture are more in keeping with their character and period when done in solid wood. Conveying this understanding to a veneer-complexed customer is an important part of your job as purveyor of furniture. Imagine, for example, the consternation of the young salesman just breaking into the game who, upon the arrival of a large, luxurious-looking sofa at the store, asked the question, "What style is that?" When told, with apparent seriousness, that it was a genuine Aphrodisiac, he decided to incorporate the term into his sales talk. Several days later a stately old couple entered the store, became interested in the piece and asked its style. Hoping to make an impression with his knowl-edge of furniture the young man stepped forward, and with a sweeping gesture said, "This is a GENuine Aphrodisiac." The story is old, but illustrates the ad-visability of using original and intelligent sales talk. Veneer—1000 Years B. C. • The arguments for the use of veneer are many, without disparaging fine fur-niture that is made of solid woods. Veneer itself is not a new development. It was known to the early Egypt-ians a thousand years before Christ, and those pieces of veneered furniture have stood the test of centuries. The eighteenth century masters, such as Chippendale and Sheraton, were also advocates of this laminated construction and their choice has never been bettered. The reasons for the use of plywood are not complex. Throughout the world are found many types and species of wood which may be used as a furniture material. However, only a few have all the properties desirable. The value of some woods lies in their char-acteristic color, figure and beauty of grain. Other types are valuable because of their physical requisites rather than decorative qualities. Therefore, combinations of these woods are used in order to produce furniture having both strength and beauty. It is the same method employed in the manufacture of fine jewelry. Platinum, for example, a very soft, ductile metal, is blended with irradium, which is known for its tough, durable qualities, thus producing an alloy with all the beauty and brilliance of platinum plus the service-ability of irradium. Consumer Skeptical • The method is the same in fur-niture. Hickory and ash both make excellent shovel handles or, in furniture, excellent frames for chairs and davenports. On the other hand, burl walnut and crotch mahogany, while unsuitable for shovel handles and frames, have beautiful figures suitable for smooth, flat surfaces where a fine texture is paramount. For this reason the practice is made of cutting the finely figured and more valuable woods into thin sheets of veneer, for DECEMBER, 1936 37 1 — Combination book-stand and table. No. 5-116, and the hanging bookrack. No. 5-103, are made by the Romweber Industries, shown in the Merchan-dise Mart. 2 _ No. 415 buffet is by the Bates-ville Cabinet Co. and is displayed in the Merchan-dise Mart. 3 — The American F u r n i t u r e Co. manufactured the modern bedroom group, twin-beds. No. 945V2- vanity No. 9451/4, which are shown at the Merchandise Mart. -rj 4 — Vanity, No. 221, retails at $40; mirror priced at $18, are made by the Charlotte Fur-niture Co. and are shown at the American Furni-ture Mart. 5 — No. D 785 chair, retailing at $58, by the Mich-igan Seating Co., is displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 — Modern chair No. 1284, outside width 33 inches, is by the Wolverine Upholstering Co. and is exhibited in the Waters- Klingman Bldg.. retailing at $63. Un-numbered mo-dem combination desk and cabinet by the B. P. John Furniture Corp., Portland, Ore. 4- 38 FINE FURNITURE which are then glued onto the less attractive but stronger wood. Obviously enough the consumer has probably never given thought to this line of reasoning and ma}- be satisfied with the explanation offered. However, a great many are unduly skeptical and suspicious. Why Veneer? • Of great importance to the buyer of household furniture is the lasting service made pos-sible with three- five- or more ply veneer. As an illus-tration, take a panel faced with a highly figured veneer. To begin with there is the core stock—a thoroughly dried piece of some tough, sturdy wood; then comes a layer of glue, and a layer of cross-banded veneer with the grain running at right angles to that of the core; there follows another layer of glue then the face veneer with its grain superimposed over that of the preceding strip. Cross-banding, or the superimposing of succeeding sheets of plywood gives the desired strength, as it tends to prevent the panel from warp-ing or changing its shape due to the absorption or giving off of moisture, for wood will naturally shrink or expand in varying degrees throughout the grain. The gluing together of the various sections with the grain running in different directions prevents distortion, for as one sheet starts to warp it is automatically checked by the cross grain of its adjacent sheets. This method of construction is especially valuable in the changing atmospheric conditions of the modern home. There is still another pertinent physical factor in favor of glued stock. Since the World War glues have been evolved which are as strong if not stronger than the wood itself. Quite often glued stock, when sub-jected to severe strain, will fail in the wood rather than the glue. A properly laid veneer panel is approx-imately 80% stronger than a strip of solid wood of equal thickness. To illustrate this point take two strips of plywood and place them together with the grain of each running in the same direction; they can be easily broken. Now superimpose these strips and you will find that twice the strength is required to break them. In late years a casein glue, made of sour skimmed milk, has been produced and has proved superior to the vegetable glue in that it is waterproof. The vege-table glue made from tapioca, is soluble in water if left submerged over a period of time; the casein glue is unaffected by water, retaining its original strength and preventing the veneer from springing apart. $15,000 per Log • To the manufacturer, and indirectly to the consumer, lamination offers yet another saving. Quite often wood, valued because of its beauty of fig-ure,, is too costly to be used in making solid furniture, for veneer logs have been known to sell on the London market for as much as $15,000. Therefore, the utility of these logs is greatly enhanced by cutting them into thin sheets rather than into lumber. Trees producing really excellent logs of this type are rapidly becoming scarce. The use of laminated construction also proves eco-nomical to the customer in that it helps save a great deal of breakage in small, finely built pieces. Also, in using other than veneered construction on a curved surface, the joints or ends may be exposed, thus spoil-ing the effect of a smooth flowing line. From the artistic or aesthetic point of view the use of veneer is responsible for many beautiful and unusual decorative effects, as it is possible to secure patterns of intricate design by the use of mottles, bird's-eyes and curly grains. The veneer may be cut as thin as 1/30 of an inch, enabling the strips to be matched accord-ing to grain and producing the exquisite swirls and crotches so treasured by manufacturers. "GO-GUTTER" SALESMAN HARVEY KIMERLY . . . believes that home portrays char-acter, personality oi individual. ^ 1 HATTING with a couple of re- \ / tail furniture salesmen recently, the subject arose of how to handle customers who believed that veneer-ed merchandise was inferior to solid wood pieces. Long a topic of dis-cussion on retail floors, we asked one of the salesmen to express his views. Hence this article by Harvey Kimerly, associated with Klingman Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. "Kim," with a background of fur-niture, based on his father's and brother's long activity as furniture designers, while he himself served an apprenticeship in a designing studio, is qualified to write intelli-gently on the subject. Deserting the production end of the business for the retail sales, Kim-erly feels that his former training is a genuine asset, as his thorough knowledge of historical influence on style changes equipped him with ammunition that should be included in retail salesmen's vernacular. Diversifying his hobby of collect-ing old coins by hunting and read-ing, versatility is exhibited in his musical selections, running the scale from the melodious waltzes of Johann Strauss, Jr., to the rousing "Song of the Vagabonds" and the inspirational religious march, "On-ward Christian Soldiers;" is an ad-mirer of Edward VIII; has covered the U. S. from coast to coast; and when retirement time arrives, wants to raise chickens. In listing his most interesting ex-perience with a customer "Kim" admits being somewhat of a "go-gutter" salesman. Having conducted some New York sophisticates on a tour of local exhibitions, the party was returning to the visitors' auto-mobile, when a traffic tie-up enforc-ed a temporary delay. Kimerly, while standing in the gutter, took advantage of the blockade, sold the party a bedroom suite they had just seen. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 39 Done by Dutch Craftsmen ASSURES RELIABILITY OF WORKMANSHIP AND STYLE REPRODUCTIONS . . . Our line of 18th Century living room repro-ductions, exquisitely interpreted from carefully selected authentic sources, guarantees your most discriminating customers' accurate replicas of New England furniture. MERCHANDISING . . . "Biographical" sketches of historical interest have been attached to each individual piece, thus affording your salesmen assistance in selling this merchandise. DINING ROOM . . . New dining room groupings shown for the first time in November have been augmented and now include a comprehensive selection of Modern and traditional ensembles. DISPLAY IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BLDG. The 18th Century buffet above, Suite No. 87, is of mahogany veneer, mahogany construction. The cocktail table below, No. 125, of mahogany, is 44"x21", 17" high; the drum table, No. 120, also being of mahogany, is 30" x 30" across with a height of 29". DUTCH WOODCRAFT SHOPS, INC. ZEELAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE . . . Says Joe Lynch YOUR AD MAN CAN PRODUCE BUSINESS IF— 7\ RETAIL merchant cannot ex-x i . pect his advertising manager to produce business-getting adver-tising unless it is based on a solid understanding of store arrangement, stock arrangement, advertising mediums, sales resistance and, most important of all, a thorough under-standing of buying nature. In order to create productive retail advertis-ing there must be co-operation from the president of the concern down to the delivery man. The entire organization must be sold on the idea of what the advertising is de-signed to accomplish and the part each one is to play in making the sales of the advertised merchandise successful. Buy Through Eye • A retail store advertisement may be beautiful to look at, it may carry an appearance of dignity, it may tickle the mer-chant's vanity, but, if it lacks the proper selling assets the advertising expenditure is wasted. Of what we learn, 95% comes through the eye; 95% of what we buy, we buy through the eye. The first aim of an advertisement must be to attract the eye. When that has been done the remaining selling assets that should go into it are as follows: Arouse curiosity, drive home econ-omy, create desire, use the proper merchandise in the advertisement and build up store prestige. Display Supports Ads • The next step is to back up the advertising by the proper display of the adver-tised merchandise, making it easy for the customer to buy and reduc-ing responsibility of inexperienced or indifferent sales people. Many good advertising men who have written excellent copy have been blamed unjustly because results did not come up to expectations, not due to the advertisement at all, but be-cause the organization itself was not properly sold on it, and because the merchandise was not properly dis-played in the store so as to get a volume of sales in accordance with the advertising expenditure and the possibilities of the advertisement. False Dignity • Few of our retail merchants are advertising and mer-chandising men. In contact with stores throughout the United States and Canada, we find that in too he has cooperation irom the president o£ the store on down, if the entire organi-zation is completely sold on his campaign. He can produce results if his adver-tising program is supported by a cooperative display scheme. He CAN'T build volume if the boss insists upon high-class advertising for cheap merchandise thus creating an atmosphere cf high-hattishness and establishing a definite sales resistance. Finally, says Lynch, "I would spend one month every year visiting as many retail stores in the same business as I possibly could, exchanging ideas, absorbing policies and methods." many cases the merchant dictates the advertising policy with no thought of building a large volume of business, but rather, in hiding behind a false dignity. In many of the stores that we operate, we find that the merchant in years gone by has been very successful, built up a large volume of profitable business in price lines and has arrived at a point where he is considered finan-cially and socially a leader. Then the thought occurs to him that his business is not in keeping with his social position, and immediately he installs new fixtures, new front and insists on so-called high-class adver-tising that is lacking in all selling elements, buys high-priced mer-chandise and attempts to compete with stores selling higher priced merchandise and practically, though wholly unintentionally, decides that the customers who built his busi-ness, made him his money and made his social position possible are not good enough to trade in his high-class store. In fact, he buys the type of merchandise that they cannot afford to buy, his overhead is increased, slack months come along, and he wonders what has happened to his business. 91 7/10% on D. P. Plan • He for-gets that the store using so-called high-class advertising with no selling assets, that buys and displays the highest priced merchandise rather than medium-priced and cheap merchandise, creates the impression of being a high-priced store, caus-ing a very strong sales resistance which is hard to live down even after the policy of lower priced merchandise has been adopted. He forgets that there are ten thousand buyers of cheap and medium priced merchandise to one of high-priced merchandise. If he happens to be in the furniture business he decides that he is going to do a thirty- or sixty-day charge account business. Here, again, he forgets that statis-tics show that actually 91 7/10% of the furniture business in the United States is done on a deferred payment plan of from nine to eigh-teen months. By actual analysis the long deferred payment plan is more satisfactory than the short thirty or sixty day charge account. 4-point Merchandising • Success-ful merchandising means, first, the writing of newspaper advertising that attracts the eye and advertis-ing merchandise of such a price that attracts the great mass of the lower and medium class of buyers; sec-ond, creating an atmosphere of friendliness in the store and dis-playing the merchandise so that it is easy for the customer to buy; third, adopting a policy of money refunded on any article that does not give satisfaction and fourth, selling of every advertisement and what it is to accomplish to the entire organization itself first. The advertising should be delib-erately designed to bring people to the store in great numbers for cer-tain advertised items. Experience has demonstrated time and time again that they will in addition, purchase items other than those ad-vertised. For instance, in a sale that we conducted for Brushaber's furniture store in Detroit, we used a double truck as a merchandise ad but did not advertise floor, bridge or junior lamps. Regardless of this, and because of the great number of people who came to the store for advertised items, and the fact that the lamps were properly displayed, we sold 268 lamps in one day. Visit— for Ideas • Finally, if I were a retail merchant, I would spend one month every year visiting as many retail stores in the same line of business, as I possibly could, absorbing as much of the different methods and policies as possible. Then I would return to my own store and make an analysis of my own business, based on what I had learned. TDWERinG ABOVE 16 • 1937 S\ \ !•. I i m i - . U H I i n f • 1 1 1 - \ | i \ r n i i c c / i i r ; i l i i i i r \ u i i r l u i \ i 11_•_• i n l l i i " \ i u c r i c . i M I- u M M i i i ! ' • • M ; i i l . . . l ) 1 | M T r c t i l o ! l l i i " i w i l i i n i ' . - I "II V <"I"r- t i n . I > u \ I I O I I I i h f i i m r c i l i i i n T'lil r \ h i l i i i m > w h o i p d i i i | i r i r - r iht-w o r l d r ; i i c ; i l c > l h o m e l i i n i i » l i - i iiu— m a r k i ' l . // rilr n.iii lur icliiiillniK <• I ' i i r n i t i i i c . . . l l d i i r r i i \ c r i i i i ; - . . . I it. • 11 [ »=— . . . l n \ - . . . i i | i | i l i . i i i n ' - . . . h d i i - r I u r i i i - h i i i u - . ; i l l 1 !•• — = - m i l l I M ; I N \ u l l i r r - w i l l l i e n i l i | ' ~ - I In U> P^^^^^^^^^^B:V-~ -•-^ -:'-9| isii 42 FINE FURNITURE SHAFER CONFESSES "LAZIEST HUMORIST IN THE WORLD" ADMITS DOWNRIGHT ORNERINESS Three Rivers, Mich., Dec. (Special dispatch to FIXE FURNITURE). I just got to thinking that maybe I did wrong in the November issue— by defying the Readers. After all — (I'm thinking out loud, now)—a reader has some rights — even if they ought to be of the last, sad variety . . . (spelled "rites"). It was a dull autumnal afternoon up here in the palatial, semi-arabesque headquarters of the City News Bureau & The Big-Link Sausage Company—when I got to thinking like this. What sky I could see through my window overlooking the back end of Mallabone's Hard-ware & Impl'm't Store was gray. The radio down in the Wittenberg- Boys' Newsstand — (advt) — was providing a sad orchestration of "Long, Long Ago." Sob Stuff • So a lump came up in my swan-like throat and I grew re-morseful and tears started to course down my case-hardened cheeks. I kept on thinking about how abrupt I had been—and how crude—and how downright ornery I still am— and probably always will be. And then in the gloaming I had a vision of all the stunned and bereft readers of FIXE FURXITURE —all the 480,000 Readers—and I leaped to my feet in a sudden re-solve to undo my wrong — and to henceforth lead a cleaner, purer and more upright life. Not only that, Mr. EDcutter, I determined that—come what may! —irrespective of the result of your nation-wide Scoop Poll on how the readers feel—regardless of any con-clusion— Do Tell • I WOULD GO DOWN TO ROODY CULVER'S! As I made my decision the patch of gray sky that I could see seemed to be suddenly a-glow. My step — though firm — was lighter. I breathed freer of the crisp air. My shoulders were back further than at any time since the signing of the Armistice—I fairly fled down the main street—down past the Old Snug Restaurant—down past Fred Rohrer's Cigar Store! At Last • Roody's sign, on its rusty hmges, was creaking on the iron standard out over the sidewalk. My goal was in sight! At last, I was nearing the end of my journey. I fairly ran. I surged up against the front door. I pressed down on the latch! But, Mr. Wooditor, the door didn't give a whit—NOT SO MUCH AS A HALF-WHIT! I peered inside—for the first time noting that the interior was dim. Just one one-fingered lamp was burning—back in the office—beyond the shadowy heaps of furniture. That was all. I rattled the door. "Hey, you. in there—ROODY!" There was no response. Foiled • I was about to crash my weight against the glass when I heard a still, small voice. I had heard the voice before. It was the voice of Nightwatchman Earl Houghtaling—one of six brothers— Earl being the oldest and the one who was thrown out of the surrey that time his mother drove up from where they lived down on Badger Island when their horse—Old Kit —shied at a chicken-wagon. "What's the idea?" asked Earl. "I want t' see Roody," says I. Then Earl said: "You'll have to wait until tomorrow. Roody don't keep open on Sunday." Tsk] Tsk! Chet . Now, Mr. Wood-seth, if you ask me, I'd say this was a pretty lousy piece of copy to send in for your December issue. If I was an edismith, I'd toss it back to its proud parent on its father's side. But there's no telling now how your vote will come out—and if there are more readers who would rather see me not go down to Roody's than there are who favor the trip—it is just as well that it was Sunday. yrs (sgd) CHET SHAFER. With another Hey-Nonny-Nonny! But not quite so much sody this time! The tabulation of balloting in the nation-wide Roody Culver poll was nearing a decision when word was received that Shafer had confessed—"The readers HAVE some 'rites.' I'll go to Roody's." With the strain of the eight months' campaign end-ing so dramatically, FINE FURNITURE'S staff relaxed, burned the ballots, indulged in a game of chess and a skittle of beer. f o r DECEMBER, 193 6 43 GRAND RAPIDS' MOST POPULAR EXHIBITION BUILDING Here you will see the lines that represent the cream of the furniture industry. In the Waters-Klingman Building are housed FIFTY PER-CENT of all the exhibits in the Grand Rapids Market. EVERY BUYER who has attended the last two Grand Rapids markets has paid at least ONE VISIT to the Waters-Klingman spaces. Why ? Because only in the Waters-Klingman Building can he find a complete assortment of decorative home furnishing merchandise to meet his every requirement. «YOU'LL FIND IT /iV— THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" EXHIBITORS^ 5655* ALLEN CHAIR CO. ARCADIA FURNITURE CO. AMERICAN AUTO-FELT CORP. BARTON FURNITURE CO. J. BART UPHOLSTERY CO. BECHTOLD BROS. UPH. CO. BOBB FURNITURE CO. BROWER FURNITURE CO. BROWN BROTHERS CO. COCHRAN CHAIR CO. CONANT-BALL COMPANY CUYAHOGA FURNITURE & LAMP CO. DA VIES FURNITURE CO. DOEZEMA FURNITURE CO. DUTCH WOODCRAFT SHOPS EAGLE-OTTAWA LEATHER CO. ESTEY MFG. CO. FALCON MFG. CO. FICKS REED CO. FINE ARTS FURNITURE CO. GRAND LEDGE CHAIR CO. G. R. FANCY FURNITURE CO. G. R. BEDDING CO. GRAND RAPIDS LOUNGE CO. GUNN FURNITURE CO. HART MIRROR PLATE CO. HEKMAN FURNITURE CO. HERRMANN LAMPS, INC. HOLLAND FURNITURE CO. ICOVE MFG. CO. JAMESTOWN LOUNGE CO. KOZAK STUDIOS KUCHINS FURN. MFG. CO. LENTZ TABLE COMPANY LOEBLEIN, INC. McKIM & COCHRAN FURN. CO. MANISTEE MFG. CO. MENTZER REED COMPANY MURRAY FURNITURE CO. F. A. NICHOLS CO. O'HEARN MFG. CO. A. S. PAYNE, INC. PIAGET-DONNELLY CO. RAND-McNALLY & CO. RED LION FURNITURE CO. RED LION TABLE CO. ROCKFORD CHAIR & FTJRN. CO. SHAW MFG. CO. SKANDIA FURNITURE CO. CHARLES R. SLIGH COMPANY STICKLEY BROS. CORP. THANHARDT-BURGER CORP. U. S. FURN. SHOPS, INC. WARSAW FURN. MFG. CO. WEST MICHIGAN FURN. CO. W. F. WHITNEY CO. WILLIAMS-KIMP FURN. CO. WOLVERINE UPHOLSTERY CO. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this xn FINE FURNITURE 44 FINE FURNITURE PAGEANTRY OF CORONATION COUPLED WITH EDWARD'S CONNUBIAL COUP PRESENTS KEEN MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE ABDICATION, CROWNING OF YORK NOW that the pressure is off David Windsor is no longer the unaatainable masculine ideal of several continents, secretly adored in numberless feminine hearts, erect-ed upon a hidden shrine as the epi-tome of perfection and acceptance in the eyes of the world's women, rich or poor, international calm and fine furniture will rule again. With the new king, George VI, a homelike family man, the pagean-try of the coronation, its attendant glamour, color and romance, will revive the spring promotional activi-ties in retail homefurnishing estab-lishments throughout the United States. The poignant drama of Ed-ward's abdication, his betrothal to Mrs. Wallis Simpson, American commoner, King George VI's pre-cipitous ascendancy to the throne, will all lend drama to merchandis-ing activities, opportunities to those able and eager to capitalize on them. Marketing Natural • Visualizing this intense interest in the corona-tion of the new King of England ..V The Gainsborough bedroom of the Berkey <£ Gay Coronation group. This, No. 1001. and its companion Coronation dining room. No. 2019, will be given powerful pro-motional push in newspapers and national magazines between now and next Spring. Both will be shown for the first time at the January market in Grand Rapids. Top, adaptation by Berkey & Gay of the true Prince of Wales plumes (be-low). This design motif embellishes both suites of the Coronation group. next spring, Berkey & Gay of Grand Rapids has consummated one of the marketing ten-strikes of the decade in its timely introduction of its Coronation suites . . . dining and bedroom. Seldom in the memory of merchandisers has such a "natural" fallen into the laps of furniture re-tailers, and it is expected these two groups, with any sort of advertising effort on the part of merchants will establish all-time selling records. Individual dealer-effort behind the groups is to be buttressed by substantial advertising in national publications, and stores will be fur-nished plenty of tie-in material such as suggested ad layouts, window cards and other aids. The suites comprising the group are the Coronation dining room and the Gainsborough bedroom, both all mahogany. A choice of two tables and two sideboards is available in the former. Spiral turnings on the legs of both the dining and the bed-room group are distinctive, special machines having been purchased by Berkey & Gay just to make them. In order to give the retailer an attractive profit, Berkey & Gay pur-posely has priced both suites to fall in medium rather than low or pro-hibitively high ranges. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 45 HISTORIC EXAMPLES from the METROPOLITAN WITHOUT fear of contradiction we can state that there is no subject in the realm of furniture history that bears such a paucity of information as bedsteads. In fact, authorities state that 17th Century early American bedsteads have com-pletely disappeared. Reserved for the lord of the man-sion, beds were often built into the walls, placed in alcoves; frequently they had boarded sides and ends, with tiled roofs, indicating use out-of- doors. The wooden sides were replaced with tapestries and other fabrics, eventually being scaled to present day proportions. The bedsteads illustrated are (1) an English Charles II bed, about 1685, known as the Rushbrooke, made of oak, upholstered in velvet and embroidered in satin; (2) an American about 1800 from Salem, after the style of late Sheraton, with tester, carved and decorated with gilt and paint; (3) an early American bedroom in Haverhill, Mass., about 1818; (4) an early American bedroom from Hampton, N. H. •:.M (1)—Sofa No. 892, by the Lakeside Upholstering Co., Chicago, down-filled, all fine horsehair, covered with antique-figured velvet, with adjust-able arms, retailing for $220. (2)—Maple desk and chair No. 6012, by the H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., N. Bennington, Vt., displayed in the American Furniture Mart. Desk re-tails for $59.50. (3)—Early American maple bedroom suite by Sikes Co., shown in the Merchandise Mart. (4)—A French provincial dining group, the "Picardy." by the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co., Hast-ings, Mich. This group marks a de-parture in form or style of the firm's customary popular XVI and XVII Century English oak groups. Receiv-ing its inspiration from an imported French provincial table, the group-ing appears verbatim in motives and line. Shown in the Keeler Bldg. (5)—A mahogany 18th Century Eng-lish bed fashioned in the expert manner of John Widdicomb Co., displayed in the factory showroom. (6)—A commodious and fine piece of 18th Century English furniture, by the Colonial Mfg. Co., Zeeland, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. a ss HG» f o r D E C E M B E R , 193S 47 WINTER MARKET G. R. Entertainment Set Changing the pace of former market entertainment programs, the Grand Rapids Furniture Salesmen's Club, under the chair-manship of Edward Ransom, has scheduled a diversified ten-night show for visiting fur-niture buyers' amusement. Included m the round of festivities will be amateur boxing and professional wrestling, an old-time smoker with free lunch an i beer to lubricate throats long since rusted, but joining the famous Schubert Club in never-forgotten melodies. Sophisticates will find a well-balanced professional show equal in cal-iber to past market performances. Saturday evening, January 9, the annual Furniture Frolics Ball will hold the spot of honor, with dancing in the Pantlind Hotel supplemented by additional orchestration in the Black and Gold room of the Civic Auditorium. Ten door prizes will be awarded, including a bedroom suite, a dining room suite, living room ensemble and other pieces of furniture. Assistnig Ransom in directing various com-mittees, is Clark Beiriger, chairman in charge of the combined furniture industry and civic ball. Official opening of the mar-ket and greeting of the visitors will be con-ducted by civic officials and leaders in the furniture industry. McKay Obtains Englander Payments were made at a New York meeting early in December to all classifica-tions of creditors of the Englander Co. un-der a re-orgamzation plan so that the com-pany is now in a cash position. Thus did Frank D. McKay and his business associ-ate, Abe Dembinsky, complete details of the EDWARD HANSOM . . . Directs tun-making ior Furniture Frolics. acquisition of the Englander Spring Bed Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Xewly elected officers and directors were: president, Max Englander; vice-presidents, Ben B. Englander, E. A. Kann and Joseph B. Englander; secretary, Abe Dembinsky; treasurer, PVank D. McKay; assistant secre-tary and treasurer, Benjamin Bachrach. The board of directors includes: Max and Ben Englander, McKay, Dembinsky, Bach-rach, Ivan E. Hull and 0. F. Beemer. A financing program essential to the man-agement's plans for expansion and national distribution was completed. Part of the plan includes a national advertising pro-gram and the return to national distribu-tion. Sales during 1936 totaled more than £1,000,000. Business in excess of £5.000,000 is anticipated by the management with the launching of the new expansion program. Present operations are concentrated in Brooklyn but as volume warrants, the firm's plant in Boston will be re-opened. McKay announces that the new line will be also displayed in Grand Rapids at the January market. The Englander Co. produces springs, mattresses, studio-couches, metal beds, porch and sunroom furniture, metal hospi-tal beds and institutional merchandise. The company has been in continuous operation since it was established in 1885. Witman Joins Bechtold Charles T. Witman, Grand Rapids free-lance furniture designer, recently announced his association as staff designer with Bech-told Bros. Upholstering Co. of Grand Rap-ids. In addition to his duties of developing the line, he will be in charge of sales in the company's exhibition space in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. Landstrom Resigns from B. & G. Edgar A. Landstrom presented his formal resignation as general manager of the Ber-key & Gay Furniture Corp., to officials of the company on December 4th. As Landstrom has been with the com-pany since it started operations under the new reorganization by Frank D. McKay and Abe Dembinsky, his resignation came as a decided surprise to furniture circles throughout the country. When questioned concerning his future plans, Landstrom said, "I have three very definite propositions. I am considering and expect to be in position to make an an-nouncement within the next thirty days. I will probably remain in Grand Rapids." Thornquist Heads Designers Russell Thornquist, designer for the Grand Rapids Fancy Furniture Co., End Aulsbrook Jones Co., Sturgis. Mich., was elected president of the Grand Rapids Fur-niture Designers Ass'n. at a dinner meet-ing of 25 members in the Mertens Hotel Dec. 8. Mr. Thornquist succeeds David L. Evans. Other officers elected were: vice-president. Henry Warren, Hans Berg Studios; secre- EDGAR A. LANDSTROM . . . Resignation surprise to industry. tary, Lambert Mulder, Kirkpatrick & Kirk-patrick Studios; and treasurer, William Kimerly, associated with the Wolverine Up-holstery Co. Committee chairmen appointed were: Clayton Hawks and A. Bevelacqua, enter-tainment; Charles T. Witman, memberships and Rod Mackenzie, exhibits. Plans were discussed for the second fur-niture designers exhibition which would be a feature of the July furniture market. A Waters-Klingman Bldg. Filled The following new exhibitors in the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids, will make their initial showing in the Winter Market January 4th to 16th inclusive: Cuyahoga Furniture & Lamp Co., Cleve-land, Ohio; Icove Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio; McKim & Cochran Furniture Co., Madison, Ind.; O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass.; A. S. Payne, Inc., North Bennington, Vt.; U. S. Furniture Shops, Inc., Hoboken, N.J. H. H, Masten, manager of the building, reports all space will be occupied in the forthcoming market, and that record sales were recorded in the Fall Style market in November. 0 Bethlehem in Keeler Bldg. The Keeler Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich., through its manager, James J. Ryskamp, announces that J. S. Goodman, of the Beth-lehem Furniture Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., has leased footage on the third floor of their building for the January market. They will show a high grade line of bedroom and din-ing room furniture during the coming win-ter market season. B & G Personnel Changes With the opening of plant No. 3, the early part of December, the activity of Berkey & Gay has been enlarged. Due to 48 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Reviews re-allocation of personnel responsibilities Frank D. McKay, chairman of the board, avers a sincere and intense interest in build-ing steadily for the furniture success of the business. Arthur Gommesen has been appointed head of the B & G designing staff, will be responsible for the creation and styling of the line. Augmenting the staff will be Wil-liam Hoffmann and Leonard Fuller. From time to time other prominent free-lance de-signers will contribute. Arthur Bowen, experienced in B&G cost and production, will have charge of these departments. Veteran superintendent, George Vander Laan, will have charge of all manufacturing, assisted by Frank Berquist as superintendent of re-opened plant No. 3. In charge of merchandising activities will be experienced Walter Fulton, also man-ager in direct charge of sales. ''Extensive plans have been developed for 1937," states W. J. Wallace, president. "Xot only will shipments be greatly accel-erated by expanded production facilities but our national advertising program will stimu-late the demand for Berkey & Gay furni-ture." A Western Exchange Grows Members of the Western Furniture Ex-change Assn. are unanimous in anticipating that they will act as hosts to an even larger group of dealers and buyers of the West at the Spring Market, San Francisco, Feb. 1 to 6, 1937, than that which attended the record-breaking market of last August. This belief is based on the fact that in recent weeks business has surged forward in all sections of the country; a booming stock market, wage increases, year-end bonuses. and extra dividend payments being released by the nation's leading industries, which assures a greater purchasing power in 1937 than has been enjoyed for many years. The Spring Furniture Market will be the 42nd consecutive semi-annual event of its kind, again to be enhanced by the ever improving Floor Covering Opening, Radio and Appliance Show, Curtain and Drapery Show and Lamp and Giftwares Show. Educational events of proven value will also be provided for Market visitors. Auerbach Heads Furn. Club Designated as president of the Furniture Press Club, which will hold its annual meet-ing Jan. 4, is Alfred Auerbach, editor of Retailing, Home Furnishings edition. Southern. Retail Assn. Meets Taxation as applied to the furniture store was the subject of a speech given at a dinner meeting of the Charlotte, N. C, Re-tail Furniture Assn., by John A. Gilmore, secretary of the Southern Retail Furniture Assn. Following an informal discussion of the Social Security Act, problems of the retail furniture trade were studied at the monthly meeting at which 75 furniture dealers were present. The next meeting will be in High Point, N. C, in January. Bigger Buyer Attendance Considerable increase in buyer attendance at the Los Angeles Furniture Mart for the first ten months of this year as compared to the same period for 1935 is shown by the records, according to A. V. MacDonald, managing director. Among October buyers were listed foreign retailers who had made their initial visit. Max Levy, buyer for Quigley. Ltd.. Auckland, New Zeeland, showed considerable interest in chrome fur-niture which, he said, has not been popu-larized in Xew Zeeland. A. Baird, manager of Hudson's Bay furniture department, Van-couver, B. C, and J. S. Adair, manager of the furniture department for Hudson's Bay, Victoria, B. C, were interested in Early California furniture, wishing to introduce it in their respective stores. United Reorganized Recently, B. C. Philpott and associates, former owners of the United Furniture Co., Lexington, N. C, which was destroyed by fire on May 1, announced the purchase of the Elk Furniture Factory, Lexington, which will go into operation under the United Furniture Corp. banner on Dec. 1. An entire new line of bedroom furniture will be shown at the American Furniture Mart in January. Philpott has been connected with the fur-niture industry 32 years and was president of the United Furniture Co. from 1921 until the time of the liquidation this year. Two sons. H, C. and B. C, Jr., who were connected with the old company, will also be members of the new organization. "Stuffed Flats" Out Through the efforts of the Chicago Retail Furniture Assn. and the Chicago Better Business Bureau, leading Chicago news- Izolin Process papers have agreed that all ''stuffed flat" advertising must be designated by the word "dealer.'' Use of such terms as ''Home Furniture Sales" or other misleading descrip-tions of the "stuffed flats" will be pro-hibited. Herman Schoonbeck upholstery line, also contains foyer, oak-paneled 17th Century English tavern dining room, pantry, kitch-en, lavatories, coat rooms, powder room for ladies. The fourth floor is entirely storage space. Other facts concerning the new exhibition building: Air conditioned and heated by Carrier Co.; ten-inch well, 326 feet deep, supplying 32S gallo
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••NOVEMBEU 5. 1910 YOU CANNOT WRITE YOUR OWN NAME without drawing every curve used in the Louis XV styles of ornament which is the most curved of all ornament. (jf I have had my greatest success in teaching those who admit that they can not draw a straight line. (jf I will make a furniture designer of the dullest furniture worker in the United States, providing he wants to be one. (jf Don't be afraid. (Fear is our low-est of passions.)1 Come to ~meif you wish to be a foreman, superintendent, or designer of furniture. You can take this course by mail or attend, local classes. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK INSTRUCTOR AND DESIGNER OF THE ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOL OF DESIGNING 540 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG l\1ACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say -don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--------------------------'-" .~..--- _._---------_.----------, No 83. .. ....._- _._.- ... GEO. SPRATT & CO. HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ----------~ I II II 6-- ...... ...__ ••• ..... CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match.l I Mail your I orders ! promptly to I I I I I I I I I I I I II• II I• I I "EFF and EFF" HOLIDAY NOVELTIES! the Holidays. Conceded to be among the best, if not the very best Money Makers for Furniture Dealers during Do not let this money.making season pass without getting your share of the business. The "EFF and EFF" Line sells in all localities to the great middle class. . GET OUR CATALOGUE and pick out some of the bnght. unique and popular novelties. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILL. 1 ..... . - 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN p , I I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY i GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :I:I I III:III I:III II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. •• 4 ~. Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch !'<..uarttrtd Oak and ClrcassllJn WAlnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. NOVEMBER 5. 1910 Issued Weekly TRADING STAMPS AND RAILROAD RATES Court and Commission Rulings on Two Important Matters Reported From Washington. Among the decIsions handed down by the SUPI erne court at \VaShIn£;toll last week \\as one of gleat ImpOltance to mer-chants The Supreme court I efused to revIew the decI'310n of the DI"tllct of Columbia COUIt of Appeal'3 In the so-called trading stamp cases The result of such I efusalls to leave the deci'3ion of the Court of Appeals In full effect, and, as that de- CISIOn was adver"e to the lll;ht of the tIadIng stamp com-pa11les to conduct theIr busmess m the DIstrict of ColumbIa, It wIll be necessal} to wmd up theIr affaIrs '30 far a" the dlstnct IS concel ned The case as;amst the compa11le'3 was mstItuted last Tanuary The first heanng was m the polIce COUIt, where the tradmg stamp concel ns ,'\ on out In behalf of the dlstI ICt an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals In an opmlOn handed down by ChIef JustIce Shephel d, the appellate bl anch reversed the ruling of the 10\\ el court ConSIderable comment was caused at the tIme of thIs de-cision, as both the maJonty and mmonty opmlOns suggested the advIsabIlIty of the U11lted States Supleme COUlt revlew-mg the Important legal questIOns plesented by the case ThIs the Supreme court has now refused to do In arnvmg at its deCISIOn. the hIghest tllbunal m the land makes no comment which would mdICate a reason for ItS actIOn Washmgton retaIl merchants al e rejOlcmg over the out-come of thIs controversy They declare that the tl admg , stamp and all othel schemes of the kind are now dead Issues in \Vashmgton, and that merchants who stIli use them to attract trade must cease their use and as the I ulmg of the Supreme court wIll undoubtedly be obsel ved by state courts the effect of this decision wIll be far-reaching. However, an officer of one of the pnnclpal tradmg stamp companies concerned mtimated, shortly after the action of the Supreme court became known, that it would be only nec-essary slightly to change his company's plan of business to continue it within the law, and that thIS change of method already had been deCIded on Should such actlOn be attempt-ed, It is stated, the DIstrict of ColumbIa wIll at once institute restraint proceedings and agam carry the case to the court of last resort. Developments m the rallI oad I ate cases during the past week have also been of mterest and importance to merchants and shippers. Reports, wIdely dissemmated in financial cir-cles, apparently WIth a 'Iew of boosting the stock markets, that the members of the Intel state Commel ce Commission have reached a tentatli e undel "tandmg that model ate m-creases in raIlroad Idte" be allcm ed all 0' el the country, have been emphatICally de11led by Chall man Knapp of the Comnlls-sion. Heallngs are '3tIlI bun£; held at se\ el al places m the country, and i would thel efOl e be Impo"'3lble, accordmg to Mr Knapp, fo the CommiSSIOn to 1each any understandmg beforehand "here is positively no ba"I'3 of tI uth whatever m the I eport," IS the definite declaratIOn made by the chall-man of the Co mIssion. c\ deCISIOn that would seem to refute thl" Idea ot "(om-proml' 3e" was I eached by the Intel state Commel ce Com mls- "Ion last Satur ay m what is popularly known as the Reno late case The CommIssIon announced that ItS Oldel m thIS case IS to become effectIve on December 1 ThIS decI"lOn aftecb all class rate'3 on both eastbound and \'\e'3tbound tIaffic destmed to Nevada common pomt'3 Matenal I eductlOns are made m all those lates. Comudentally WIth thIS Reno late annuuncement came the announcement that the COmmlS'3lOn would make ItS 01 del s, to be Issued a few month'3 hence m the other PaCIfic Coast case'3. effectli eon l\lay 1 neAt It IS plObable the orders wIll be promulgated about Malch 1, 1911, so as to afford the mtelested call1elS and shlppels at least sIxty dav's notIce of the findms;" and reqUIrement., of the COmml'3SlOn It IS con-fidently expected that this rulIng wIll make a matellal reduc-tIOn m rate'3 Want Better State Laws. UnifOlm State legislatIOn for the regulatIOn of mtra-state lallroads, and all the problems m connectlOn WIth the states' control ovel theIr common carnelS, WIll engage the attentIOn of the ~atlOnal AssocIation of Raili'\ay Comml'3slonels whICh meets in \Vashmgton on NOvember 1~ PI actIcally every state m the tmlOn wIll be I epl esented at thIS conventIOn, and ItS progless WIll be calefully followed More effectn e and comprehen'3lve legl'3latIon affectmg-the railroads IS the mo.,t ImpOl tant questlOn to come befOl e the Comnllssionet s An attempt to blmg the ,allOUS state raIlroad laws more in line i'\lth each othel WIll abo be under-taken by those present at the comml; meetIng In addltlOn to legislatIOn, the a"soclatlOn i'\ III conSIder the questlOn of shlppel s' claims on common carners, sllnphfi-catIon of raIlway tariffs, rates. and rate-makmg, u11lform classification, car "ervice and demunage, and the broad que,,- 4 --~---_._---~ I•• I•I• I II I IIII I •,• ,I II I I I II I II• I•III•II ---------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------~----------- -------------------- Lentz Big Six --------------------------------------------- III II•• ,I I I• I• I• II No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlv t1On" of laI110dd taAe" dnd 1,UlJO,ld \dll1dtwl1 aI11Ll1(1111el1t" t the act to lee, 111ate commen e The memhel" ot the T I1tel "tate l om 111Lleel ommh"H 11 are actJ\ ely as'-,oclated \\ lth thc ~tatc oEhu"l-- 111 tl11" I I ~d1l1 /atlOn. and \\ork \\Ith them 111 the dillt to "lel1ll blttll legulatlOn and contlol of mt1 a-"tdtl ,h \\ dl a" 1I1tLl,tate carner" New Furniture Dealen •. J ( Clone h a ne\\ 1111 111t11e1 de,J!el ,It 1 a \\ tl \ [la \Y J' Hlamble \\ 111open ,\ nu\ tl11111tll1l "tOIL at 1\1\ al lup, \\ dsh, on ::-J()\ emhel 14 J C F1lhgan ov\ n" the second ne\\ t1111l1tlll e "tl III l IPCll ed at A.da, Okla, 111 the past month H (Ta1he1 I:--.. Co, halt. openld a nl\\ h0l1"e-[tl)111"h11l~ store at 1090 l\1a1l1 "tleet, Ird1tfOld Conn ::\1 B Calhol1n h expected to open ,I nu\ tll11l1tll1l ,111cl ca1 pet store at Ba1 m\ ell S C 111 Deccmbel J G Blandon, fmmerlv l [ I o~an"p()lt Ind hd" lIb! opened a nevI f111111tl11e"tOle dt Ro\"ton (,a Levv1s Condel, T 1I l\l( hlc\ and T \\ PC1\\ el" h,1\ C ( )- galllzed a company cap1tdlJ7ed dt SlO 000 to dedI 111 !l11nlttll e and \ eh1cle" at Ker"I1a\\, S C 1', L Da\ lS, Ii E \\ IllJam" '\ n Dllhe\ ,111d C '\ Hubel, hay e 1I1corpora ted the \nchOl rl11111tll1 c comlJdn \ to open a new store at P1I1e Bltlff, \1 k Capital "tock S1; 000 County TI eastll cr, 11 T oel Mc:\I l1llen and County Com ,r-.------------------- --------------.---~- II II I• I I I I Don't Burn~Your - . ---~ Moulding. Blackened edges so often found m hard wood 1\1ouldmgs II1dlcate the use of mfenor tools, which fnctlOn and burn because of their faIlure to have proper clearance The Shimer ReverSIble and 1\on ReverSIble Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by expenenced workmen In deSIgn and con structlOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut well and retam their shape until worn out Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de Signs, with pnces, are gIven m our catalogue SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the ShImer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Cel1mg, Sldmg. Door'l, Sa'lh, etc ..---------_._----- I1lh,,10nel \\ \\ \\ h1telll11"t, ale Olgamzm£; a company to lll~cl"; e m thc t1.11111tle1l and hou "efl1l mshmg business at Lar-go, Fla \ I J l1ldholm and James II Neal, both expenenced m thc tl1l111tUIe tl dde \\ III enc,a~e m the reta1l busmess at 150 [ llh ~tl eet "'an II anusco, Cal ] hey w1ll d1splay samples 111 the stOl e and fill 01 del" from warehouses of factories. "BEAVER," "GINDEREllA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" NoleIMPERIAL BEAVER-one of many. Best, They Stand the Test, THIS IS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It IS the finest cooking range made anywhere In the world We thmk so, and so WIllyou when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. Na heat lost when you look at your baking. This range holds Its heat longest, saves 25% m fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It IS the best lookmg range bUIlt-and wears as well as it looks. Send for samples and see 1t-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satlsly you again, If you do I W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.Wafer Sf., CHICAGO WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Londoners COpy American Methods. That AmerIcan department "tore "hopping methods will plevall In London hereafter IS estabh"hed, says a letter from the ",orld''3 large"t city The most slgmficant ;,utrender to the onslaught led by Harry Gordon Self! Idge, the Chicagoan who e'3tabhshed an AmerIcan store there les" than two years ago, IS that of the fn m of \Vhltely, one of the hest known 1D London John Lawlle, the managing dll ector of \Vhlteley's makes no seu et that he 1" takmg ovel the AmellLan depart-ment store Idea with all Its chalacterI;,t!c featmes Selfndge has 100f gardens and restamants With musIC; Lawlle IS to hdve them Selflldge says to the pubhc, "come in and look a<; much as you hke and go av,ay Without bUying If you see nothmg you want to buy," Lawlle no", says the same thmg, althoul!,h befm e this 1ule was applted hy an Amell-can 111 London bU;,1l1es" men thel e "aId It mH~ht ,,01 k well on the other Side of the Atlanitc, but was Inapphcablc to the Bllttsh pubhL, as It V\auld hi m~ 111 the 1Iii t dff dnd so keep the leal plllcha<;el" dv,ay Lawne, hke Ml Selflldge, 1" to ha, c 1est and '3l1ence looms, pubhc telephone", an informatlOn hUl eau, a wmnan's club, a high c1a"s concel t hall, free to customel s, a gl eat cen-tral dome !Sivm!S a ,lev, of all the flom s, and a Wireless statlOn by which incoming people may book hotel room;, Attendants vv111be prov ided who v, 111 accompany foreIgn customers about London m search of board and 10dg1l1~ Whitely's, by the way, are to have the lalgest store buIld-ing 111 the world It will be knoV\ n as the \T eV\ EmpOllm11 It Will have a flontage of 600 feet, a depth of 3S0 feet, five "tones and the central dome Will be modeled ltke that of the Santa :;\Jl:ana della Salute of Venice. Clark's Veneers. The \Valter Clal k Veneer company have someth1l1~ to "ay on another page of thl<; is<;ue of the \\ eekly Arti;,an that IS well worth lookmg up \\·alter IS all llght on oak. poplar, llllch and gum, eneerS and a;, for mahogany "ask the man An Important Insurance Decision. \ most 1111pOI tdn t deustOn on the in SUlance of mel chdn-dise was ~l\en b, Tud~e \Valtel '\ PoV\ell m the ClrcUlt comt dt Kan"ds CltV, ::\To la"t Tuesday CLhe deo'-,lon affects e, el y mel chant 111 the State o± \I!sSOUll V\ho eanes InSUl ance on 111"stock The ddu"e that 1"lw)V, In"elted In all Missclt1l1 merchandl"e pohue" deeldl e" that the msurance eompames at e hable fOI only 011 ee-fou1 tho; of the amount f01 whlCh the good" ale 111sured Tudc;e 1'm,e11 declaled tllls clause vOld Hel eaftel all eompd111e" ,\ III be hab! e fel the full amount of 1l1"l11ancc the case 111 POll1t \\dS In the "l11t of R L lOlnott a cln ~ood" mellhant at Blaynet, \Io, a!.;alll"t h, c 111S1a1n1ce companle" (01 noti\ stC're b11111ed thc I11c~ht of TdnUar) 21, 1910 l11s steck was ll1sl11cd at S20000 111 {l\ c eompame" They 01del cd him settlement at the thl ee-fourths c1au'oe, 01 $1 :;,000 He 1efused and blought "11lt Judc;e Powell 01 derecl thc compallles to pa v tb e f1111$20,000 Windfall for Sears-Roebuck Stockholdl"rs. !\ rIse of nead y tIll ee pam ts 111 Seal ,,-Roebuck stock on the ChlCa1So exchange thl'o week I" clttnb11ted to the presel1lc 111 that city ot a Ke\\ YOlk partnel of the Ell 111 of Goldman, ~alh~ &.- Co, whllh BOdted the COlpOI atlOn 1'111<;lSentleman a"smed 111'.,"e"tell1 blend" that the "toLk WIll cia"" 200 "011 ItS mell±;'" 1\1enb 111thiS 1D stanle 8.1 e "uppo:::.cd to mean a "talk distllh11twn 111 the lled1 futm e ~o notll0 ha" been IClel\ul h) the dnedOl>" of a "plLld! mLct111!.; \\hleh lS to <1,,,,1 \\ Jih ,1 \\ 1l1clfaII, !Int the ,h"l1l11ptwn h qj()ll~ that dl1 I ~ $2.00 ·1 }tARVE!; ::~::~' o U S ~::=::;:;;~ seat HeIght of back 24 mches. Width of seat 18 Inches. Fm.shed Golden Oak. Shipped K. D. nested Weurht 19 pounds. ~rJ&j IIalJulaetunlJRCo, Grand Rapjds.!1ich. IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS. DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GlJlDES for Extension 1abies. Also special stampings in steel and brass. Write for NO.KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent allphed lor samples and prices 465 N.Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...----_._-----------------_._---------. I ., 1, II II II III II ,I , II II I II I, II,I II I _____ ~ ._.4 LEXINGTON HOTEL 500 Rooms. Michigan Boulevard and 22d Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON." HORACE WIGGINS. JCHEA.RMLEOSNTMROcHSUEGH } Propr>etors ASSIstant Mgr. Also opetatIng Hotel Montrose. Cedar Rapids, Ia I Roek Island House, Rock Island, 111 I..-------------- extl d dlstllhl1tlOn V\ 111he made 111rthel more, the company \\ 1l! "h. 1\V, aCUll elm!.; to dn 111 'older. a pi ofit of 20 pel cent (Ill the (U1111l1011 "tode HI the l \111 Cllt iI"ul! ) cat 6 SHOPPERS WHO ORDER FOR CASH WEEKLY ARTISAN How Wives of Penurious Millionaires Mana2e to Obtain "Pin Money." xow that make~ $20 ,\ 01 th of 1:;ood~ doe"n t 1t a "ked the 11Chlv ~O\\ ned lady to the head ca~h1el at a Idl ~e dOLIn-town depaltment ~tOle a" she "toad 111[lont of hI" '\111dOl', penc11 and pad 111 hand "Yes, madam' 1ephed the la"ll1el ence sho\\ n onh to the lustomel \\ ho::>e whose pdY 1S cel tam "I,I, hat else"' "Let me "ee" mu::>ed the lad, 1eflect1\ ell che\\ 111...t',he end of her penul '1 \\ ant $2; , put dOlI n f1\ e pall ot those two-dollal -a-pa1r hose I "a\\ on the countel up on the "elond floor, that \\ 111make tlm b then \\ on t 1t- The cash1er nodded assent "Then that w111 just ahout make t\\ ent, -in l U)mlll~ to 1ne, \\on't it?" "Tha t ,1111 he ell tll eh "a tJ"tal tOt, to t1"> tha 11k 'au" ans" e1ed the la"h1el \\ lth a 1e"pel tful n{Jd But" 111t\\ en-ty- fn e he suffiuent t01 ,OU1 need" ~ lOu kno\\ ,(Ill L"n ha, e all you wish," "\A,Tell ma, he I had bette1 nlctke tl1clt fitt\ P1lk me out $30 worth of a""01 ted hnge11e and put 1t dcm n "\Y1th plea~ut e ' 1etul ned the la"h1el III the \\ a\ \\ e hale just lecei,ed flom Pall" "omc hCdlltJtlll de~l~n, 111th1" same 1111ge11ethat 1 knOl\ \ on lllt11d not 1e"1">t Pl1J I hd"111~ if you sa\\ 1t \Ytll \ on not 111"ptLt Ot1! "tolk The lady lame back 111a fell m111ute" it om hel e,anl1- nation of the 1l11gcl1e 'You Ian ~end np the al tIde" T hd\ e selected flam that ~tolk It b e'ljlllqte \01\ to ~u balk to bus111e~s, the1l'~ nl11eb dollal" \\ 01th I hat ...',td dlto~ethel 01 this thirty dollal" \\ 01th 1" to be "ellt home T llSt let me hay e the fifb on the othe1 Sl, 1., and" e \\ 111be "qual e ' "That 1S COIlect, mddam 1eplted the la"hlCl bOI\ 1n1:; 10\\ \V1th that he lonntcd out 11\ e ten-dollal btll~ and placed them 111he1 hane! \\ 1th d "h~ht nml ot thank" "he swept out to he1 antomob11e "Odd SOlt of d melcantlle tl an"dctlOn 1\ a"n t 1t T1I11111-1,e ~aid the I ash1el to a fl1end \\ ho tlom d pO"lt1On "lth111 the grating, had me1heald the entlle lOl1\el~atlOn W\\ ell 1t "me looked "ome odd to me \\ a" Tlmm1e's lcph "C;eemel hJ,e that \\ omdn "a" buy 111~ a lot ot ,tuft flom you and then IOU hun around and ...',l\e hel ncatl\ as much cash as the good" come to fO! bn\ 111~ them \I hat dId )'OU ~1\ e hel monel fOl \\ hen "he" the one that otH'; h t to be pay l11g } OU -, \\ he1 e do the c;ood" C;O \\ hel e dOL" the moncy go \Yhat" the an",\ el to Ihe "hole thm-., "It does look peculta1.' laughed the cd"lllel, that 1" un ull you undel "tand 1t, then It" qultc "lmplt J Telc" the dn- S\\ e1 as you call 1t \\ lih that e!etel-b111" al e 1dl~t ,md "That 1\ oman 1S the wife of a promment downtown lawy-el WOI th mal e than a mdllOn He is a model husband in many respects, perm1ts her to hay e unl11nlted credIt here- "hlCh she ne\ el falls to take ad\ anta1:;e of-and never scruti 1117e~ the monthh bIll merely gettmg her 0 K to it and "endmc; Ih a lhelk at onle But he falls down m one 11npol t-ant pal tllulal of marned life-he ne, el gl\e:o hiS w1fe a cent of la"h She may come m here and order a thousand-dollar lot ot Im:;elle and he'd ne, er murmm-but If hel automobJ1e "hclt11d hI e,Lk dOli n whlle she wa" gomg home 1 doubt If "he d ha, e ca1 fal e \" 01, \\ hlle an unhmlted credIt at half a dozen of the blgge:ot St01 es m town 1<.,a ml1:;hty comfortable thmg, no amount of It takes the place of a few gI eenbacks tucked away m a "ate 101 nel of yom clothes agamst acc1dents, The lady m hel e told me that she couldn't count the number of times that "he bad been put m the most embanassing positions mereh t01 \\ ant ot a dollal-OJ maybe only a quarter, and the ~mallel the sum needed the 1:;leater the mortification, He" not a "tm:;} man tJllS hu~bano, as you can see, but \I hen "he a"k" hun fcn a little pocket money he answers as a pal ent \\ ould an""el a chl1d that a<.,k" fm something not good tOl 1t that ~he has e\ el vthmg she \\ Ishes and wJ11 just throw ,1\\ a\ the ca"h T doubt If "he has a dollal a week to spend as "he choo~e" '\lthout h1~ knowll1g where it goes I he little ~ame she )U"t played thlough my assistance I" thl" She lome~ dcm n hele when she wants twenty or th11t\ dollal" dnd bu} s, appal entl), g-oods to the value of that dmount ph1" "c)me 20 pel lent The goods are chalged on hel blll She then sIgns a I ecelpt fOI the !Soods and I pay htl out the monev "he II ants I add, a:o I sav, about 20 pel lent \\hllh 1" th~ a\elage profit on the goods of the quality "he hm " -\t the eno of the month hubby gets the bIll, flmgs It lal e1e""h au (\"S the bl eakfa~t table for hel 0 K, \\hich "he C;l\ e~ ot caul "e and \\ lite" hel out a check for the amount p,nable to the company, not to her By thIS means "he b endh1ed to :;et a lea"onable supply of pocket money at \I hat appeal" to hel a 1easonable rate of mterest; we are pCltelth "atJ"heJ \11th the 20 pel cent on the deal and hubby -\I ell hllbln doe"n t know and so It can't hurt him It 1~ a \ el) common method of raising cash quickly ,Ullon2, the 111\ e" of \\ ealthy men, who<.,e hubbIes al e hke thiS one'" and you would be SUlpllsed to know how many Ilch men al e of this t, pe There are fully fifty ladles whom we dccommodate and the othel bIg stores have a proportlOnate numbel I thmk 1t petfecth leg-Itlmate for the WIfe who IS thu" tleated b\ hel hu"band to le"ort to thIS means How, umld a "omdn 11\e up to hel $10000 automoJ)lle With onlv lR ccnh 111 he! pockct"' \Vhat cloe" hubby say "hen he finds It out - \\ ell 1\ e ne\ el known of a casc yet, but "hen I do 1 11 phone, ou to come 'lound and I'll 2,1\e } ou a couple of u,]umn" of stl UluOU~ lOP} "'-1\ e,v YOlk TImes ~It II II, I II Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture., IE H SHELDON & CO ChIcago, Ill, I Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the l'l dozen Clamp Fixture. \\ hlCh we boucht of you a httle over a year ago are glV1n.g'" excellent serVJce \Vr are well sattsfie:d With them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want \ anything addItional In thIS line Yours truly, I SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO A- • • •• ._. ._._._._. __ ._ •••• • , =- ..._ ...... .. Wood Sar Clamp Flxturea, Per Set SOc. 1III IIIIfft I...I 30.000 Sheldon Steel Rack Viaea Sold on approval and an uncon ctltlOoal money back g-uarantee SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS, Guaranteed Inde.tructlble. We SOhClt pnvllege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON ill CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. i • WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ,....-... .. ... . ....... ... ..... 1 QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'TIT TOOBAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor eqUIp-ment. A !lule foresight in the begmning would have saved them dollars--a lIule more money m-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by puttIng in poor materials-employmg poor workmen-slmply to be able to make a little more profit. "Ollver" tools are bUIlt along machine tool lines-careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to Investigate thoroughly before placing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmking-saved them money. .------ ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. , , II I:I ,, I 1125 Weot TempI. St., Loo An.eleo, Cal. I Pacific Bid •. , Seattle. Waoh. I ____"O_L.IV_.ER_" _No. 61 Surfacer . . .. ---l SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SA WING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS ViSES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "0" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, Ill. No 50 Church St, N.... Yo,k City. Sued a Furniture COmpany. New Y OJ k Hel aId-An 11repres"lble conflIct between the artI-,tIc temperament of a teacher of French and the lou\Sh. not to say con ugated tempet ament" of city marshal" and the11' hel edltal y alhes, fur111tu re 111mel s, was descnbed 111the SUPI eme court ye"terday by lVI1-,,, Helen McGI ath, the teachel She IS pla111tIff 111a Slllt fm $10,000 damac;e" aga111st a fUrl11tUle company whICh she says i" responsible for the \'V I eckmg of her apartment and her peace of mmd "DI eadful, h0111ble and atloclOUS ml"takes," IS the mIld est pllla"e she used m her bIll of complamt m alludml; to thE "ene" of unwelcome VtSltS of cIty marshals and furmtllrt movels to her apartment "\hout the only P01l1t on ""hlch ShE and the defendant fmmtme company agrees IS that MIs-, Me Grath got the fl11l11tl11c ham -:\lalY Foc;alt), that ~lar) Fo~al ty had got It hom the cumpany and that thel e wa" a clI-,pllte about the payment" Then lamc the CIty m<u"hal" J\1I-,-, l1c(Jlath c1c-,Ulhe" the \ l"lt of one of thc"e 111 the followlllg language "Coulc1 .)OU hd\ c "een the mal "hal lolhng 111 a lhau Ill-sultlll~ a )ouns \\Oman hoaldel, who. It I" ncedle"" to say, I'3 as sweet and I efined a .)oung yyoman a" It IS pOSSIble to find, you, yourself, If you haye a partIcle of manhood in you. would have felt 1I1clIned to knock hun head 0\ er heels" 1'hl" descllpt10n of the uty mal shal was conta1l1ed III a lettel 2\;IIS" McGrath saId "he wlOte to the fur111ture company demand1l1g that It lompen"ate her for the "honol s of the reple\ III " "I need a lalge quantity of fUt nitme," she wlote. "and $2'1,000 worth would be none too much Then I ""Ill not sue you, ThIS propoSItIon may-nay, will, If accepted-save your house from an awkwald, pel,hanL<: a dal1gerou", pOSItIOn. "At first I thought the replevin was a joke. When I found It was not, I bm "t into a fit of hystencal laughter for the first t11ne 111 my lIfe and laughed three hours by the clock" ::,he saId that a-, a I esult of thIS prolonged laughter ""omethllll:; Clacked 111 the top of my head." The court lefu"ed MISS McGrath damages for the injury alle~ed to hay e been cau'3ed by her fit of laughter and held that she mu"t look to Mary Fogarty for damages caused by the Iemm al of the furl11ture. The Girl's Smile. The ,Yaddell Manufactullng company al e havmg a fine trade III can mgs and wood ornaments All theIr knobs and wood pull" are fa"tened WIth the no-kum-Ioose fastener-the k111d, lIke the glll's "mIle, that "won't come off." ,. . , II II II II III II ,I II II For Many Years Made ExclUSIvely by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworkIng factorIes Send for Catalogue '!I _.... 1II W _ ........ a WEEKLY ARTISAN PARLOR FRAMES which is larger and more effeclive than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory T.ke Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace, thence west to factory, or Clybourn Ave car to A.hland Ave, thence north to Greenwood Terrace Npw Factorips. Challes Ildel" h,\" e"t,\hlhhUI ,1 "nLlll dldll !,lltllJ \ at Ellijay, N. C. Work has been stal tec1 on clealm~ th e ten-au e slte t01 the plant of the Texarkana Seat company at Texalkana fe.>-- Ark The N e\\ f'ngland Cdhmet ,VOJk" capltal17ed dt S2:; 000 $400 paid 1l1, wlll bulld a plant and manutactl11 e turl1lture and office fixtures at Portland, :\Ie Wllham J Huff Toseph C;chanzel and T D Ilekhtel, have incorporated the C olc)1ado Refn~elatOJ compam capl tahzed at $20,000. to estabhsh a ne\\ facton 111 Dem el Citizens of Buchanan. Ga are O1gal1lZ111~a compam to estabhsh a coffin factOJ} 111thelr town The\ plOpose to fix the capital stock at $2~,000 of whICh 20 pel cent has heen subscribed. The Worthm01 e Dedd1l1~ compan}, capltali7ed at $3000 have established a ne\\ facto! v in CinC1l1natl, 0 :\1 D Hatch, Loms Phlllips, \1 C Henchell and T L Phllhps al e the stockholders \iV. H. Ragan, J H 1hllel, E '\ SnO\\ and T L Kn k-man have incolpOlated the GIant FUll11tl11C compam to es-tablish a new plant and manufdctul e "all kmds ot TUlnltl11e at Hlgh Pomt, N C CapItal stock ~1:;0 000 \\ lth $60,000 subscribed and $30,000 paId up Jacob and G P Reelman ot Gland Raplds \hch \ L and J P \\ alCl and B \ Pltlmmel ot Malletta 0, 11<\\e l1l cO!po! ated the Valley Fm nlture and ::'vIanufal t1111l1~C0111pan} to manufactl11e chans and fl11nlture nove!tle" at :\fdlletta They wlll 1emodel an old bmlc!lnl?, that ha" bccn \ aC,ll1t 101 ::,C\ el al } eal s Cdpltal stock. ~40 000 .... I II II ,, -~----_.---------- ---------------------------.,_ .... Chica~o' s Best and Most Effective Line of Can be seen throughout the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 137 Michigan Ave., Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and in Our Catalogue, sent to any furmture dealer on request THE V".1ndtlpARLOJt NEW...I..'" BED toIeed not be moved from the wall. Alway. ready with bedding in place. So .impl., 10 easy, a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Em' & SedgWIck NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. ~-------------------_._--------_._--------- .., A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. II I,I I,,hI 27 N.Market St.. Grand Rapid •• M~ich. ManUfacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS CItizens' Phone 1239 ""The Express Strikebreaker. , rhe e"p1 ess stllkebl eakel that wlll bl eak the mIghty ~ J lp of selh:oh monopoly lS the pal cels post," declal ed Fred-f'llCk C Beach, edItor of the SClenbfic Amencan and president of the Postal Progl e~s League, at d meeting of that organiLa-tlOn 111Xe\\ YOlk, last Thursday "It IS a proper function of the Postoffice Depal tment to carry small packages and the l?,"0\ e1nment can do lt for one-half the rates of the express companies sa\ 111gshIppers and the people the great dividends of those COI poratlOns and at the same time gaining suffic1ent 1 e\ enue to place the Postoffice Department on a paying basis," he contmued "An extended parcels post law such as our lea~ue ad\ ocates WIll glVe the government sufficleent profit to make the 1 cent letter postage a practical proposItion, and it \\ III also do away WIth all thlS agItation against publishers' 1 a tes of postage" Reduced Return Rates Disapproved. The Intel state Commerce Commission has announced lh find111gs 1111egal d to 1educed rates on return slllpments lln all lOad" 111\\ esteln das"lfication territory. The opmlOn 111l?,enclal c!J"appu)\es of the letmned shipment lates, hut lu..,tlfies redl1led lates fOl the retmn of freight which has heen 1efu sed by the consIgnee 'Tlan"lt dllangemeents 111 then common f01m," says the l omml":OlUn, al e susceptible of defcnse only upon the theory that the 111bound and outbound movcment-, al e part of a "111c;le tl ansactlOn, but thel e 1S no 1 eal connectIOn betwecn an outbound :::,lllpment toddy, and a 1etm n shIpment one year hence" BEDROOM FURNITURE ID M.hogany. Walnut. 8m:!'s Eye Maple and Ouarrered Oak I-I I,,I ..-- .. HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114-1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. ---------~_._---~-_. _. -_._---------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ·'THE PORTER" Patented Rouad Safety Cylinder. CONSTRUCTION-These heads are made of high grdde machmery steel, forged to size and are of one piece Slots are milled on t\'\ a opposite sides for the knives at such a distance from the center that the knives will do the best \'\ 01 k The chip breakers or back k111ves, as they are sometnnes called are mserted m the head as the cross sectional view shows, and are made of spnng steel They weal longer and better than the ordmary soft steel chip breakers and are easl1y kept shal p or replaced when so necessary These heads take the same style of k111vesas the ordmary squire head V\ hlch does away with all bother caused by ha\ mg to have speClal parts The kniVes are from 14 inch to :Vs inch m thickness, and on account of this thickness, It IS Impossible to cloVvd chips m unde1 them, which IS hable \'\lth the tilln k111ves They are held down hy collar bolt'i V\ 111ch ha\ e a ~reater teml1e strength than the ordmary planel bolt The k111vescan he set forward by usmg a punch m the httle holes directly m redl of the back of the knn es The side or end flange'i are made of steel and are put on the head as an extra support or precantlOn 111 case of d bolt breaklllg On aCCOUl1tof these and because the cap mer the k111vesbe1l1g a part cf the cylmdel which IS sohd, It IS Imp os- 'ilble for the k111feto pull off (If securely bolted) or an)thlll~ to fly out This IS (!lfferent than all other heads The anI) stram on this cap 1Sthat caused by centnfugal force On the regular cyhnder for Jointers. V\ e put the cap on the pulley end only so a" to allow rabbetlllg Very short stock can be planed on these cv hnders, end'i of stock can be planed, heavy cuts, and Irregular work such as champenng, cuttlllg corners, etc, can be done Mouldlllg knives for speClal work can be used on these round cylinders, but we do not advise their use, as the cylinder'i are not slotted for the bolts, as they should be for this work How to Treat a Mongrel. Pointing to a sample ladles' desk (a composite of l\IlsslOn, English, Colomal and Italian Rena1ssance) the supel intendent of a leading furniture factory asked "\iVhat shall I do w1th it? It looked very good on paper, but now it is a shocklllg thing to look at." "Put it under the ten-ton hammer of a pile driver and let the hammer hit it once," the dealer in furniture to whom the question quoted was addressed, replied. ...- .. ------ .. .. -_.-------- Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. III I• II I GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, -23-1-2-W--. -V_an Buren St., CHICAGO. .I. .._._.-- _.-----------_ .... r-----·-----· --,---------.-------~ . ShelJoygan Novelty Co. fJ[ Order your hol- Iday goods early, so as not to be dls-appolllted III dehv-ery. Our SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No. 305. ---------_.- _._-------_. _. _. ---------~I.. Music Callinets, Ladies' Desks, Bookcasee-, etc., are Just the thmgs for holiday gIfts. WrIte for Catalogue. fJ[ Lady's Des k No. 305 IS a good one, but we have many more to select from. 10 \\ ay of tellmi:, the Pope and the people that he was empelol and" ould make hImself so, all self, all Napoleon. It can be tluthtull) 'iald 01 'Japoleon a'i it is of Ceasar, that it cost a 11111110Inn es to nuke h1m emper01. This is why so many hi'i-tOllans in compalmg him with Caesar refer to Napoleon's study of thl'i great fighter of a fighting age. Napoleon vvas a man in whom two passions prevailed; nameh, vIC10usness and greed, but he used the fight within hIm to satIsfy hIS desIre for power. According to Greek m) thology, he was ruled by Mercury and Mars. Mercury, ) au ,,111 I emember, was the god of the merchant, banker and lObbel and }Ial s was the god of war Mercury rules every-thmg that l'i i:,reedy and graspmg m nature, and Mars rules Iluou;,ness and fight Character of the Times. In a further study of the period from a character stand-pomt, we find the licentious ideal of the Louis XV period U1tll eIv \\ Iped out, as Napoleon consIdered women only as bl eedel" that the; would stock France with larger armIes to "athh hl'i dmblt10n f01 power. He divorced Josephine f01 the ;,ake at a famIly, and recognized only women who were apPloach111g motherhood, and even the statutes of the period II el e modeled to the same effect This shows that the sixth law ot nature had developed to Its extreme height ,and was Clushed by the FI ench revolution, and that Napoleon was the fil'it gl eat leade1 of the bus111ess age, or the age of greed for po" er and gl eed for gold H1S conception of the power of mane} was ;,hown when he was asked what was the first 1equll ement of war H1s answer was "money." What the "ecund, 'mane) " dnd what the third, "money." Thus we see. "lth the UShe11l1~111of the age of greed, the first gl eat bU;,l-ness man, v; ho made a business of war for the sake of power, I ecog1117ed as the essence of all greed and power, the posses- S10n of money. WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE DESIGNS AND HISTORY Napoleon"s Characteristics Reflected in Decora-tions of the Period Patterns. (By Arthur Kilkpatnck) The Empne style was a del elopment or cont111udt1On of the same penod of rela'\: as that of LOLll'iXYI but the efleets "ere concentrated upon the cha1acter of a s111gleman 111place of the more general chal acte1 of the French noblht" as \vas the case in the Lotll s XVI pellod These pel lads of 1ela" have appalently produced r:,-Ieat chalactel 01 hd\e been the 1esult of bringmg to the 110nt i:,1 eat leadeb 01 men fhe death of Juhu'i Caesa1 "as the chma,- at a pellod ot actl\lt) and the beginnmg of a penod of I ela '\. I ha \ e shov\ n hm, the Arthur KIrkpatrIck Louis XVI sty Ie lS a cop, of the Pompelan 1Ull11tUle, and I now plOpose to dl aw pal aIle!;, between the characters of Caesar and Napoleon, and the fUll11tUle at the French em-pIre and that used In Rome at Caesal'S tIme Cae;,ar hved 111the age of \ lUOlbness, so much so that he was mU1dered by V1C1OUSconsplrat01;, m the Roman senate chamber The gl eat pI eponderance of the decoratlOn on furnitul e and m archItecture vvas emblematIC of wal and the vICtone;, of war } \ ery \ Ictor) gamed b) Ceasal was paid for m blood, and e\ en at pIa} the most refined at Roman society sought en tel ta111ment b) "a tchmg t\vO gladIators fight "ith daggers as long a'i they could stand \Vhen one finally dId fall and pleaded by slQ;ns fm hfe, they often an-swered by turning down the11 thumbs, slgnifymg, ktll h1m, as though their \ ICIOUSnatures CIaved even hIS last famt strug-gles w1th death Napoleon lned m the eady star:,-e of the plesent age, that of busmess or !:ileed, and he appal entl) 'iau Ihced all the finel qualtties of natm e to fatten thl;, one Ideal the gl eeel 101 power. He saw whele he could u"e the V\ arhke attttude of Caesal to ~I atlfy hi" 'ielfish amblt10n f01 pm\ el ~ ate, too, the selfish attttude of Napoleon 111111Spul ;,U111gand accept111g the Impenal clown 1hnce had the crown been offered to Caesar and thllCe had Caesar refused it. Not so \\ Ith Xdpo-leon. ,V-1th almost fevensh eagerness, he relle\ ed the Pope of the cro", n and clapped It on hIS own head, and then took It upon hImself as hIS first offiCIal duty to make hIS \'Ilfe queen by crownll1g her. However, he cared httle for cro", ns and costly robes. What he wanted \\ as po" er, and he took this Furniture of the Times. -\s tIll" chle1 character was an imitator of Cae"ar in war, so \\ as the 1m 11ltUIe an inutation of the claSSIC Roman effect of Caesal's time The business age had dawned but was not £;enel al enough to be an ideal of the people as a whole. There-f01e, the effects of a warhke age were forced upon the people h} the stlong character and wJ11 of Napoleon. The features of the decoration were emblematic of glory, pmver and vICtory. The flaring, clean cut, brass mounts which decorated the SUIface of the sombre shaded mahogany were the chIef decoratIve embellishments and were composed of flamll1g torches, the crown, helmets, eagles, garlands, mytho-logIcal :olgns and wreaths of laurels, centered WIth a large capItal K ThIS capItal N and the empire star were supposed to leplesent Napoleon, but it seems to us that a shooting star would be more fittmg and appropriate. The drapery was of a heavy matenal producing a rich classic effect. Bees woven m the cloth was one of the favorite patterns. We suppose these were to represent Napoleon's active soldiers, and their ."tm£;ers the bullets However, this is but sUpposItion, and it nM\ be that the bees were to typify the mdustrious people of France. The leading designer of the French Empire was Jacques LOlllS DaVId, 1748-1825, who 1S called the dictator, but in reahty It was Napoleon who dId the dictating. David was a pam tel "ho adm11ed the classic Roman art of Caesar's time, e\ en as Xapoleon adm1red Caesar. He also admired Napo-leon, 101 the anI) pIcture we ever saw of David had his right hand tucked 111 the front of his coat with much the same effect as Kapoleon, but pliant in character and imitative in attitude. The next deslgnel of Importance was Lienard. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Indlanapoh,>,Ind Nm 3 -The sel vmg of hot dmnel" to the WOlkmen 111 then emplov was commenced eleven ) edrs ago by the T n Laycock 1\Ianutactunng company of thIS Clty The senlCe ha::, plO"en satlsfactOly to the company and then employes It IS not a money makmg enterpnse, but takes cal e of Itself finanClally The bene1t denved by the company IS m the nnplOved efhclency of the WOlkmen vVell fed men take a keener mtel e"t m theIr dutles than pootly or underfed, and by ~lvm£; the best serVIce they are able to pel-form, the employes show theIr appreuatlOn of the meal serVIce furlllshed by the company. In the fir::,t yeals of the expen-ment two bnds of meat, vegetables, bl ead and coffee constItu-ted the menu, but It "as found nece:,sary to add ml1k and pastl y latel:Many of the young people dId not care for coffee, and wanted a bIt of cake or a pIece of pIe and mIlk The adc!ltlOn of the"e artIcle::, 1equired more labol, but the em-ployes were satl::,fied wIth the food fUllllshed, whIch was the pmpo::,e the company sought to accomphsh The food IS dIshed out III hberal quantItIes and the workmen can purchase a good hot dIllner for tv" eh e or fifteen cents. Marott's department store III Indlanapohs IS not located III the "shoppmg dlstnct" In fact It IS qUIte oUblde of that favored reglOn J\Iarott, however, adopted a sensIble plan to blmg shoppers to hIS StOle. Purchasmg a numbel of bllS and handsome automobIles he nOtlfied the ladles of the CIty that whenever they deemed to shop m 111'>store he would send an automobIle to theIr homes and bnnf; them to hIS store when-ever the ladles would request hnn by mall or telephone to do so. Marott's store IS one of the populal houses of the CIty and ItS 10catlOn IS no hmdrance to hIS trade In many factones fUllllture III plocess of constructlOn IS pushed across the floOl '0 fIom one department to another, as may be requned Man) of the lIght pIeces so handled are mounted on runners, but \\ hethel mounted 01 not consIderable damage IS done before the good:, 1each the packmg room. Superintendent WIlson of the Udell Works, IndIanapolIs, by using two wheeled trucks, has practlcally removed the cause of damage to goods by handlmg m the factory. BeSIdes, the work is quicker and more easIly accomplished An Illterestmg and valuable e2--hll)1t of a part of theIr line was made recently III PIttsburg, by the Thomas B. La)- cock Manufactunng company. Twelve brass beds with plaIll ----------_. --_._------- panels wel e shIpped to Kaufman Brothers, who set apart one of theIr bIg shO\\ wmdows for the purpose of enablIllg an artlst from the Laycock factmy to decorate the panels wIth brush and pamt, m the presence of thousands of people. The :,treets \\ ere so clOwded wIth people that at tlmes the artist \\as compelled m response to a request of the polIce authon-tles, to suspend hel work untl1 the crowd dispersed. The plan \\ as well concel" ed and effectl\ ely car ned out. The exhibition lasted one week. J FI ank Lmdley of the T B Laycock Manufacturing company IS spendmg se\ el al weeks on the Pantic coast and m the mountam states He expects to arllve home shortly before Thanksgn mg \\ hen he V\ 111follow the custom that has been presel ved for many) ears by entertaming the Lindley Laycock-L)tle famIlIes on that day Mr Lytle ,,111 entertaIn as usual on Christmas and Mr. Laycock on New Year's day The WIves of these gentlemen al e SIsters. The manufacturers of furniture 111 IndIanapolIs took plOmment pal ts m the mdustnal parade held m that CIty 1e-cently. Mr La)cock, Mr Cobb, Mr. Emnch and others were among those who Olgalllzed and carned on the en tel pnse All the manufactunng 111dustnes partIcIpated and the real of the plocesslon passed the pomt from whIch the advance started aftel a mal ch of four hours One hundred and fifty thousand people \ Ie\\ ed the parade. On His Own Account. J G Marshall, formerly a buyer for Hugh McElveen of PIttsburg, has epgaf;ed 111the sale of office fUllllture 111that Clty. He WIll handle especlall) the lIne of the Standard Desk company Mr Lappe IS bUYIllg f01 McElveen . ..- ---------_._----- FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all otber Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upbol.tered Furmture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. . .. - - - - -----------, 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The New Rector's-A Record in Rlipid BuildiIl£. A new record for speed of constructlOn has been t~tlb- Iished 111 Kew York m the bU1ldmg ot the ne" Hotel RectUl now approachmg completlOn On Jannar) 31, 1910, the aIel Rector'~ was closed awl the new hotel ,,111 be opened betl lIt January 1, 1911 Charles E Rector, the o"nel, has spaled no e"pen,e to make hIS cara,ansary complete m e, el) detatl Jt :,tancl~ on the corner of Broad" ay and Forty-fourth stl eet dnd "Ill be up-to-date m evelY respect The fir:ot three :otoncs ale ot Bedford stone", the 12 stolles above of bllck "lth tetra-cotta trimmmgs and the roof IS a cnl \ ed mansard The mam dmmg-room on the first floor occuple:o. the "hole Bl oad" a) frontage and the color scheme uscd IS gold and gra) 1he LoUls Quator7e style IS followed The drapellcs and nphol stenng are 111a nch French cdrd111al rO:o.e colol Llble~ al e of specIal deSIgn In the mam lobh) Itahan \\ alnut and ItaItan velvet covenngs are employ ed f01 the tUll11tUl e The bedrooms upstalr~ have been planned to harmol11ze m the11 floor co, ering~, \\ alls, furwtul e and dl apenes Cll caSSlclll walnut and mahogany are the "oods used The upholstcl v fabncs were all purchased ot Stern Brothel sand amuunted to over 12,000 yards The brass bed" to be used dre of ~peual design and of a style never betore u:o.ed m a hotel and the best mattresses and box springs ,\ dl be u:o.ed The cafe IS fimshed m L11CaS"lan walnut The tables have Clrcasslan "alnut bases and the tops are of black Austnan glass WIth SIlver mountmgs The chall:, have upholstered seats and backs The banquet 100m seats 150 people and its color scheme IS gold and gl a) There are three pnvate dining-rooms, one m red, one m green and one m brown, with furnishmgs to halmonize. In the ladies' parlor the I OUh XI I st, Ie I" followed with Clrcassian walnut furlll-tUl e dnd s;old and pearl color wmdow hangmgs On the 1[' //,l1llne 11001 l11ere 1~ a ladles' parlor decorated in red and sold ,\ hlch "Ill contam mahogany furniture with covenngs ul antique, eh et 1he IT otel Relt01 ,,111 be a splendid addItion to New \ ulk OJ lalge numbel of fine hotels Cheap Help Not Always Profitable. Good reItable machmes are not mfrequently condemned on account of the Ignorance or laz111ess of the men engaged to opel ate them," remarked a manufacturer of wood-working machlner) 'Manufacturers of the penny-wlse-and-pound-fooItsh class um'ls(1) place machmes that cost, in some 111stances, a thousand dollars m the charge of men who are paId Ham $9 to SlO pel week when competent men could be employed for ttom $12 to $15 per week The delays and 1epdl! e"penses resultmg from the employment of cheap and 111competcl1L men more than offsets the difference in the wages "d \ ed ' FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every partIcular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON MErs. oE band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. Adams St. Chlcag. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 r, --------- I II II No. 550 Price $8.75 Palmer Manufadurin~ ~(ompanJ~ 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MICH . ----~I II I I,III I •I ...--------~-----------~.---_.,..--------- I WA'DDELL--MA~U-F ACTURING"~-o·.l I Grand Rapid., Michigan I I All Knobs and Pulls have the I 1 Zeeland. Mich.• Factory Notes. Zeeland, Mich., Nov 4 -The Zeeland Furlllture company are having a good trade, October havlllg brought them a larger business than any other month in the year Mr Ray, of the Wolvenne company, 'iays bU'illleS" has been excellent, so good that he abandoned the idea of gettlllg out a catalogue this year Mr Elenbaas of the MIchIgan Star company IS very busy When seen he Just had time to say, "busmess IS fine" The Colomal compan) WIll "how on the thIrd floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand RapIds, III January They wJ11 show 100 patterns of hall clocks and twenty smtes of lIbrary furniture The caller was permitted to see qmte a number of these pieces and can testify to the beaut} of the deSigns and the excellence of construction The hbral} fur11l-ture IS m mahogany, dnd many of the pieces al e mlald The bookcases and desks wJ11 command dttentlOn and mVlte the dosest scrutllly -C ::vf Holland. Mich.• Factories. f lolldnd, Mlch, N0\ 4 -The nay V lell rl1l111t\1le (om- , pany's ne" bmldmg IS completed. all hut the office~. "ll1ch "Ill be oce upled before the first of the, eal They" III haye as fine a ..,et of offices as an) In Holland Thell trade III extension tables is good They will show their line on the second floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand Rapids, with quite a number of new patterns added to their present excellent exhibit The Holland Fur11lture company is having a good trade, and wtll have a fine lot of new patterns to show in the Manu-facturers' building, Grand Rapids, in January. Mr Wlll~ of the Ottawa Furniture company, said busi-ness was good Manager Bus'i of the 13m,; Machme Works, said business "as fair He 1:-. puttmg many of hIS new and Improved planers III the GI and Rapids factories -C M. Wellman"s Cat and Life Boat. '1 he hfe boat and the cat that were saved flam the wreck of \\ altel "\\ ellman's Ill-fated aIrshIp. "Amenca" were exhi-bIted m one of the wll1dows of GImbel's great New York '-tore la'it "eek The lehc'i In the wllldow attracted a crowd that blockaded the "ileets until the pohce authontles ordeled them 1emm ed \\ hen a card wa~ placed III the wllldow an-nounun~ that the cat" as holdlllg- a reception III the StOIe the bll1ldmg VIa..,clOVlded by thol1c,ands, most of whom gave the s to! e a thO! ong-h III"pectlOn before lea vIllg. No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Woed in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. .... -- . I •• ••• ftP. • • -- ~~~-· ~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN METAL USED IN SOFA PILLOWS -~---~_.------...--------_._~ Unbending Styles Intended for Ornament Rather Than Use or Comfort. It is a long time since so mam stIff dH;mfied unbend-ing and costly sofa cushions "e1e 111cluc1ec1am\1l1~ the tall models deSIgned f01 best 100111S dnd c11ess up occaSIons Fortunatel} "unbend1l1g" does not apph to bed100m cushlOn'o varieties ""h1ch are as puff, case, and comt01 t,lble a~ ('ne could wIsh But In the mOl e fm mall oom" the Cu~1110n 1ule seems to be the costlter the less 'lelc1111~ \iVhethe1 ftom FIance Japan m L\me11ca 1he latbt "ofa pillow of h1C',h de£;lee e),.p1ec,ses a 2,lade of ma2,mficence c,uffi-cient to repel 111ttmate ad, ances LIke mOo,t \\ 01ks of a1t It is meant to be v1e"ed at a 1espectful d1QanCe 10 d1eam )f tucking a corner of one of the~e a1t oblect" unde1 one s shoulder blades \\ ould he sau 11e2,e and to attempt tn s11t1s2,le a cheek aga111st Its impos111£; St11face \\ auld be-\\ ell It \\ auld not be good f01 the comple'ClOn A woman who undertook to cop, one at the"e models to install in he1 dra \\ 1112," 100m succeeded, e1, \\ ell 111all but one thing The cushIOn In spIte of all she could do ,\ auld upon p1essure assume a cllOOP "\nd I spent S10 on It \\ 1th my work thrown 111," she maUl ned "Never mind," saId a f1iend, "one ltl,e It bOU2,ht m a store would cost at least $30" Three out of fOUl cushIOns at thIS 1ank \\ III 2,1\e an aIr of elegance to a 100m not to be dupltcated at a ltkc cost by any other article 01 a1ticles, an uphol" tel e1 told a hou;-,e-keeper who was funllsh111£; an apa1 tment 01 11, 1112,to at a low cost, and fo11O\\1112,hIS acI'lce she ~elected a pLlll1 mex-penSIve sofa and a1m chan s and placed UPll2,"ht 111one corner of the forme1 a splendId sofa p1110\\ T\\ a almost a" "plend1d p11lows dec01 ated b\ ° of the chan s \\ 1th the 1esul t that callers went aV\ay \\ 1th an 1mp1 eSSlOn of sumptuousness ('ut of all propOl tion to the qualtty of the tU1n1ttll e The sofa pIllow was oblon~, about 27 hy 18 mches [he 0thu ~ \\ e1e square and about 24 111ches lone; one of them bemg Japanese in design. The oblong shape, it IS leal11ed, IS a bIt mOl e st, ltsh than the squa1 e, some val ieties bem£; about one } d1d Ion£; and twenty inches WIde, others twenty mches lon~ and t\\ eh e ~· --- IIII •• III• I• II •IIIt I, •II• IIII ~- UNION FURNITURE COe ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Style, ConftrudJon and Flmsh See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers BUlldmg. Grand Rapid •. II ____ .4 1l1che, Ii Ide Many of the handsomest are oblong, and the mnst nottl eahle feature of the newest of them is the large quantIttes of metals used 111conjunction with fabrics through \\ h1ch 1'111threads of gold or sIlvel. :\Ietal tapestry of the stand alone qualtty 111floral and com entlOnal des1£;ns and of seve1 al colors combined; heavy, fi2,Uled tapestry 1 eproductions of Aubusson and Flemish pIeces, the fi2,U1es reduced to Immature proportions; four and f1\ e 111chUletal galoons, the gold and silver in some instances t111ted and descllb111g a pattern, narrower gold and silver ga-loom. metal fnnges of many colors, edgmgs patterned like lace but made partly of metal th1 eads, and of materials equal-h hea" but a tIIfle mOle plIable, all these are among the ne\\ pIlIO\\ matenals They a1e combmed m turn with many kmds of ,cIvet, satm, suede, satm brocade and art woolen tah11l s Tn some cushIOns the arrangement of materials ~1\ es a patchwork effect. \bnut 1\\ cI\ e mches of the centIe of an oblong pillow \\ d s made of hea, II} hrOl aded tapestI y combil1lng SIlk, wool ,md metal th1eads, the p1evaIlIng color of which was sage ~1een (In eIthe1 SIde of thIS vvas eight inches of SImIlar tap-cstn of \ alle~ated calms, bnght green in the lead, each piece dl\ 1decI t)(1111the centte hy a three inch wide band of flat ga-l DOll C10SS111f;tb e pIllow perpendIcularly. The thI ee sectIOns 01 tapeo,t1' and the two bands of galoon were in turn crossed "bout SIX mches ft am one edge of the p11low by a one and a half lllch \\ Ide band of gold ~aloon. The entiI e pIllow, which .. ._--------------- ---- --------_._-_._-----., PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO. LARGE:8T ,JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS in the world, Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass, WIRE GLASS, Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (jf For anythtng tn BUIlders' Glass, or anythtng tn Pamts "armshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whIch ISgIven below JrEW YOaX-Hudson and Vandam St •• BOS'1'ON--41-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 aowker at. CKICAG0--442-452 Wabash Ave. cmCINNA'l':l-Broadway and Court Sb. ST. LOVIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce St •. MDrNEAPOL:rS--500-516 S. Third St. DETB.OI'l'-53-59 Larned St, E. GB.A:NDaAPIDS, llItCH-39-41 Jr. Divi.ion St. p:rTTSBl1aGB-IOI-I03 Wood St. MILWAl1XEE, WXS.--492-494 JIlarket St. B.OCBES'l'E.,N.T.-WUder Bldg., Main '" Exchanll'e St •. BAL'1'D!lO:aE-310-12-14 W. Pratt 8t. CLEVELA:ND-1430-1434 West Thld .t. OMABA-ll01-ll07 Boward St. ST. PAlJ'L--459-461 Jackson St. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor St. SAVANNAH, GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. XANSAS ClTY-Pifth and Wyandotte St •• BIB.MDrGBAJII, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BtJPFALO, N. "1'.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BB.OOKLYl'l-'1'hird Ave. and Dean St. PB::rLADELPBIA-Pltcairn Bldg .. Arch and 11th DAVEl'lPOa'1'--410-416 Scott St. OKLAKOJIIIA CITY, OKLA., :310-212W. First St. .._......_--------------------------------------------------~ J WEEKLY ARTISAN was about 28 by 18 inches, was bordered with a two inch metal gl een fnnge. An effectIve square pIllow was covered partly with wood brown tapestry patterned with miniature knights in armor, and partly with heavy deep red satin crossed and recrossed wIth narrow open work gold galloon, wider metal trimming edging the cushIOn and the tapestry sectIOn and stiff brown and gold narrow gimp lace edging the pillow. A third of one pillow, which combined green, gold and warm red tones charmingly, was made of metal tapestry of beautiful quahty The mottled green velvet covering the remaining two-thirds was tnmmed with a lattice of gold and green metal gimp less than one inch wide which stiffened the velvet to about the firmness of the metal t.lpestry. The pillow was bordered with nal row green metal fringe. Less expensive and very effective examples combine a small square or oblong of tapestry with satin, velvet or heavy Ottoman silk, the latter criss-crossed with narrow bands of metal trimming. The bits of tapestry in this ca se are woven to show a woodland scene, a group of human figures. mount-ed horsemen and so on, and these are placed at one SIde of the cushion, not in the centre. In some of the French cushions segments of brocaded materials and of wide ribbed SIlk merge without showing a dividing line, and these too are elaborately trimmed with applications of gold and of silver and vari-colored metal bands and bordered with a narrow metal lace or fringe, shading often to old rose. In cushions of Japanese designs perhaps two-thirds of the covering is stiff silk and metal brocade of gorgeous color, the remaining third of scarlet or of peacock blue satin, being ornamented with gold galoon. The edging is heavy, stiff cord. Cushions of allover silk and satin brocade of superb quality are of course still included in the drawing room assortments, but these with few exceptions are now touched up with corners and borders of metal, a two inch wide metal ribbon in some of the best examples bordering the entire pillow. A variety which looks well both in library and drawing room and which is less costly than some of those described and could be more easily duplicated by the amateur is made mostly of suede. One of the most effective examples was composed of a three inch square of red suede joined with over-hand stitch of metal thread. Very narroVv gold gimp joined the diagonal green, suede strips composing the covering of another cushion, and in both cases the edges of the cushion were lashed together WIth a stout suede lacing of contrastmg color. A third example of dark brown suede with a narrow metal fringe border was slashed every five or 'Six mches to describe a tuhp, a scarlet lining under the slashes bnnging out the flower. Suede cushions tnmmed with a three inch band of plain leather of the same COIOl or a tnfle darker and edged WIth metal galoon are also easy to copy. General utIlity cushions for hbraries and In 111g looms combme heavy woollen art matenals m plam colors, wood brown, grass green and ecru in the lead, with dIagonal stnpes of wool tapestry which are outl111ed with stIff cur-tam glmp which contams gold threads, the same glmp fin-ishing the edge. Cushions of the plain woollen art goods embrOIdered m bold conventional desIgns have corner tassels and an edging of metal gimp. Printed tapestry squares ranging from 10 to 22 inches m sIze and copies m some cases of celebrated French tapestnes when bOl dered WIth a band of metal or part metal trimmmg and edged '" Ith the new style stIff glmp, which looks hke dull gray ,ery heav y lace. are good ImItations of some of the more expenslY e models. ._~--~_.., PALMER'S PATENT GLUING CLAMPS I I• ,II II II,,,II I ~---_. ---------- --- ,• II,II II 1 IIIII The above cut is taken d1rect from a photograph, and shows the range of one Slze only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make SlXother sizes, tak1ng In stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 1nches thick. Ours is the most pract,cal method of clamp1ng glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more wl1l in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fraction of our llst) who have or-dered and reordered many t1mes. proof pos,t,ve our way 1Sthe best. A post card WIll brmg it, catalog included. Don't delay, but wr1te today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlm, Ger-many: Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Par1s, Brussels, Liege, M1lan, 'l'unn, Barcelona and Bl1boa. ~_________________ • _ •• Ii • • • .. ., I I I I • f , I I I I ! I ! I: II I • I l I I I ! II •I I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~'~N~I~~ / I ELtO:""Ni'i'LL'E'R'd&:U'co.1 II EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I Wnte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EX CHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I ,. ------- -- ...... 15 >=4 II hen the manufacturer seeks the traveling salesman a ~ame of checke1 s can be pIa, ed upon the coat talls of the latter If the formc1 makes the proper demonstratlOn 111hIs ~eek111£; 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUE5LISHED EVERY SATURDAY .Y TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWH!!:RE IN THE UNITED STAT!!:S OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YI!:AR. SINGLE COPII!:S 5 CI!:NTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlAND RA .. IDS, MICH A 5 WHITE M ...N..... INQ EDITOFI I:nterea .. second clalS matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapid. l.hchll'an under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPAI!SI!:NTATIV~ E LEVY Little th111gs count f01 much 111thc (pelatwn ot a tl11111 ture factory. A manufacturel at small C,bC \\ 01k \\ as "ub-jected to great annoy ance and e"pcn"e b\ tbc sC1atch111g and brUls111g of fi111shed dOO1s, desk hds and othel stock usually stored 111racks bef01 c the final assembhn£; of the parts that make a complete p1ece of fl11111tme II 01 kmen al e carcle,,~ and the cost of productIOn \\as mate11alh lal.:;el on that ac count. Finally the "upel111tendent dec 1dcd to U1\ el all pal b of the storage racks \\ 1th \\ hlLh th e hd" ,U1d de"k tcJp" came into contact in the coursc of hancll111g \\ 1th "ott uphulstel \ matenal, and the1 eb, soh ed the manufaclUl el " problem By takin£; advanta£;e of \\ eak pmnts 111 the Intet "tate Commerce la" and rene\\ ine; the t'l[~ht 0\ e1 the "0 called \It,,- souri river rate cases the 1a1h oad s a1e m g enth 111,1hnS; mOl e stringent legal reg-ula tlOn of thcn buslll ess boost1l1£; the cause of socialism and encouraging the people to IllS1"'! on government control and 0>., nelship of all publtc uhlttle" fhe mana15els of the lOads aflected b, the \I1SS0l111 Inel deu"HIll \\ ould ha, e better served not onh the Ultel c"h ot then stock and bond holders, hut the mtet csts ot all 1allt oad" and the country as a whole, b, acceptlllg the dec1slOn 111good talth as a final settlement of the controve1 sv Amon£; the 1 etatle " complamts IS that ahout thc un-salablc C'OPClition of e;ood" I ccen cd flom mantlfactul CI" III OIdel to lu"h O1dc1S It IS ~lanl1cd tl1dt \\olk IS sh~htecl1l1 thc IIl11shlllg loom These complamts 1ecall to m1nd thc plodmt of a I11cU1ufactUlel of DetrOIt \\ ho e"pended mOl c monc\ III thc fil11sh111gthan ln the constructIOn of hIS g-ood" 'If I make nn work shine hke a plano," hc remarked "I can sell it castly" It needs no al gument to prO>.e to the e'(penenced manufactmer the value of a g-ood fil11sh 111the fUlniture trade Dr Elhot of Han ard' UUl\ el "11\ sa\ s thc 111crca"ed cost of ltvmg- lS duc to the "comb111atlOn eftected h\ the unlOn" and jobbers and Ul110ns Clnd employers of labor' The combm-ation," he expla111s (the comb1l1e m plumbel" supphes f01 instance) "is able to rob the consumer because lt practlcallv secures a local monopoh The 1111lOns rob the consumer because they cause grcat \\ aste of hme" fhe doct01 s e'(planatlOn IS exphClt and seems to he tlue 1\11 uphohterel clnd 1 C'pcllret of fU1111tUIe 111Indlall Ipoh" ,Hh ("IUse" h1S shop a" ,1 '\urg1(,11 111"tltUtC" I hc ('0111HI lll)l1 het\\cen hIS olcupatlOll and h1s ,l(hutlscment lS haHlh 11\ e\ Idence. ]oh lot 1)11\ ers al e touf1ng the" estern markcts, but the demclnd t01 !S0ods 011 regular terms IS so good that there IS hut httlc trade 111"close outs" 1 he dC"loncl \\ho can make hlS emplOyer feel that hc b kI101\" 1110le about the fUlmtllle bus111ess than the men who make fllll11t111e IS a s;el11u-, ] he tal1ft hO;l1d has deCIded that planas are not "house-hold t flee b alld theref01 e al e subject to a duty of 45 per cent ,1 d \ aIm em II hen the bl1"lness office and the factory office ale out of h,111110n\ the manufac-tm e of furmtUl e IS a precarious occupa-tlOn Thel e b the l:;1eatest difference in the world III the goods \\ c hu\ and the goods \ve think we buy \ [one\ talk" especlall y \\ hen the manufacturer IS ove1- stocked '·Tolu" Ranney Gone Over. C. T Ranne\, bettel known as "Tom" Ranney, of Green- \ llle 'fich, died suddenly of heart disease last week Friday TIe \\ c1Ssl1penntendent of thc \ve11 known Ranney refriger-atol fH t01"\ the largest mdustn of the Clty, and was so hig-hly esteemed. that when hlS death was announced the 400 em- 1'10\ e" qlllt \' 01k III a body and insisted that the factory be shut do\\ n until after the fune1 al. which took place last Sun-da \ 1111dcI'II a som c auspices ::\11 Ranne\ \\ as 62 yeal" of ag-e and lived in Greenville tm mam \ ears asslstin£; with his brother in building up the iaC~OI\ \\ hlCh is one of the mamstays of the city He was of a ]'111d and s;el11al dlSpo"ltlOn 1m ed b) everyone with whom he came 111 contact and e\ el ready to hold out a help111g-hand to thosc 111nced OutSIde of busllless affiairs, he found time to enter into the puhltc affall s of the community and \\ as one of the he"~ mayors the city e\ el had. Under his £;llIdance the refill:; era tor plant g-Iew until it was neccs"ary to add to 1t and hut a shol t tlmc clgO the capacity was doubled by the erection of another lar~c buildin~ lIe was considered one ot tIlE' to\\ n's fO!emost benefa('tol" for by prm ldmg- em-ployment for an incI easm~ numhel of mcn 111 his factory, he added to the prosperity of the people clnd bus1l1ess interests in g-eneral. Cor Loading Association in St. Louis. "t LOlll" \To 'JO\ 3-l\s the 1esult of a mecting of the '=;t LOlliS FllIl11ture Boald of Trade, an org-anization to be knm\ n a" thc Centlal Car Load1l1~ and Furniture Furnishing d"SoclatlOn \\ 111be established here This w111 be flllnlture "hlpp1l1l:; he,ldqual tCI s for the benefit of the dealers who at pt esent shIp 111 q'lantltles less than cadoads I\ccorcIl11£; to H C; Tuttle, general manager of the Furni-tlll e 1\oard of TI ade, the LOst of shlpp1l1g or e'(presslllg furl11- t111e h hlghel than nead} an} othel commodity, such as dry [Cood" \\ hen sh1pped by othcr than calload lots, 1t IS VCI} C,pOl~n e to the dealel M1 Tuttle says that on $2,000 \\ 11] th of fUl111tu1e the ('ost of shlpping i" about 10 to 20 1'("] ( ll'\ 01 Its \ ,lltl,ltlOll I he l1l \\ 01g:all173tlOll \\ 111be <'ll11llcllto tho5e o[ Evans \ tlh lnd dnd ChIcago WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Big Catalogues Free. Thc Idca that a dealer can sa\ e money by using loose-led! catalogue" does riot seem to be apprO' ed or practIced by "ome of the lan:;cst and mo"t successful house" m the coun-l! y The accompanymg ad \ ertIsement. reproduced flom maga- WANAMAKER Catalog is a Store in Itself WITH It you" shop at Wanamaker's" just as though your reSilIence were III New York SIt III your easy chaIr, compare the latest Paris and i\ ew York styles and prices-then send ma trIal order WewlJ] see that you get exact!y what you want Goods must be satisfactory, or we want them back dently thmk that though a person may have in mind only a "mgle artIcle, he or she IS quite lIkely to find somethmg else, desnable, by lookmg through the book, or is lIkely to keep It untIl some other artIcle IS wanted It will be noted that all the ach el tI"ements emphasIze the fact that the catalogues /lnes, mellcdte that Macy's of Kcw York, vVanamaker's of ~ e\\ Yark and PhIladelphIa, C:;peal's of PIttsburg and Hart-man's of ChIcago. do not belIe\ e m the loose leaf theory. That IS they do not reply to requests or mquiries by sendmg a leaf ar two, but send theIr catalogues entIre and as will be seen m the ad\ ertIsements they are enormous books of several l1l1nelled pa~es filled wIth thousands of I1lmtI atlOns. The size ()f the book" IS mdll dted b\ the cuts m the ad\ el tIscmcnts and thdt of \\ anci1l1akel's "hows that It IS mtcnded to mclnde the ent11e stole E\ Identl) the managers of these great houses beheve It pays to send Qut complete Liltalogues They eVl- -, I ~\IDCC;V~FALL CATALOGUE L/lV\j~_.ai~~_Is Ready lor You We want to sen I a copy of our new Fall and \Iv nH..r a a ague to e er) reader of th s publ cat on It s a bIg book Just f 0 n e pT nler s h n Is com pletely lustrated splendidly p oted and we have t ou!>ands rea Iy to ma 1 FREE AND POSTPAID The Macy ea a.logue for Fall and \ u e S by far the best book we have "ve, ssued It s the most mpo tant ell. a ogue sen out of New York Our nes ha e been ex euded You WIll find greater va e y n a I the goods shown by us than eve before It g'IVes you such a age n p ee as 5 su e to enabe you to bUY111stwhat youwa ta ap C'evouw Ibewllng o pay The very newest b ngs the very ate tsyes as de eloped n pans lle n and New ~~~~5 C;1 ~:a~rou~n ~st~~ p~;esa~a compete aeuaedeerptons whch en ble ,>0" 0 ahop noTe sa sfadon) and more eConon ell. yat Maeya han vou can shop n yo" own borne town We gve you a he seasons bell. IInd newell. th ngs a p cell. below the pr cea asked by 0 he ~ ores for goods ofony ordlnary qUd Y and 5 yle You Will Save at Least One-Fourth at Macy's est v':Y~:~ ~~fa?nU!bf';~ t : ~e~? -r.ea;t: te~~a a1,;'~Il~ tea :~~I~af s"t. ~'J~~~~eget OU ~~~BbaU~~ 11.° rfh za 0 0 pur ~~ e~;:'ed~ I~~:no y b~~~ ~a~1t~~~pt~n~sl~~aente~ ~f s eh olume ne e yl netha we e e epr e ou ne chandae the Vf. y at ate prees advantages fo p odu e '" <'\ u anufa ure "h ha ""I) pre a an thepromptanda no enJOjed h tbeord n so he ead I fa j e e e dered I OIl"antgO d van apc-s we pa~s on to j he to It f of h g 5t qual y de v~ ed ou p On p ~~";:~ol~'te fO~~:~ ~~/~~~1 ~~ta~ ~~~y se :~~: fie ~a~~ tsb" :~~ e (> m u ke 5:/ 0 and II mil. y nstan ell. eveu greaer savngs!as l' can get esewhe e fOT on" d a 0 eW~hd 0bu ~s:~5m:;~abl 51 cd mote than half ~ta 0: ~ f~rb;"1 1~~3;dnt.:' lle uew Ma y ThiS New Catalogue Brings ThiS Great Store With Its $5,000,000 Stodu Right Into Your Own Home on en:; ed.;> ~dP:;dna~::\_:~~p k,j"'rad h '1:hYq,nn:ofan,J ~~i:~~1~~l;~w'r~~;:i~':~~~~r;f:~~li:;!¥tii:~!?~rf:~~~R. H. MACY & CO. Br<Je.dway at 6th Ave and .iSth St New York Cdy are free for the a"k1l1£; If theil theory IS correct IS should apply to mdnufactu:ers as well as to dealers. r--------.------ I II III I.. ..., IMPROVED, EASY AND EL EVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. THF BEST HAND POWER FOR FURNITURI: STORES Send for Catalogue and PrIces KIMBALL BROS. CO" 1067 Nlnlh 51, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 717Commerce Bldg. Kan,as City, ..I Mo I J Peyton Huntel TermInal Bldg. Dallas fexas Western EngIneenng SpecJaltles Co, Denver, Co10 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIG"T PRICES CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. Sf<.ND FuR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. Manufacturers Busy at Shelbyville. ShelbyvIlle. Tnd \0\ 3--The C H Campbell FUl111tUle company have had a very active season of hade The c,le,tth enlarlSed faclhtle'i of the company's new factol} al e ha1Clh sufficient to meet the demands of tl ade PI e'ildent Camp-bell states that the ne\" 11l1e of desks t01 ladles had greath pleased the trade In hall furnitUl e -;alee; hay e been hea\ \ The new line wIll be on sale in Gland RapIds and ChIcago during January, 1911. Lee DavIs. of the Conrey-DavIs ManufactUlll1£; company, reports that bus1l1ess had been active since the open1l1l:; of the season. Heavy shipments were made 111 Septembel fhe company wIll exhIbIt theIr 11l1e, dUl1l1!.; the exp0'iltlon 'iea sons in Grand Rapids, exclusively hereafter. Charles L. DavIs, the presIdent of the Davis-Birely Table company was out of tOV\n \\ hen the \\ Iltel called Bus1l1es" ~,---------------------------- IIII II IIIII III•IfI .. RITE TO CHICA60MIRROR&ART6LASSCO. \ 217 N.Clinton streeu. \ Chicago; IIJs.1 U.S.A. ~r~ IV a ~ I epO! ted C, ood fhe company WIll exhIbIt their lines in Gland RapIds anI} dUllng July and January. PI eSldent Charles E. Karmire reportes an active demand 101 the desks and office furnIture manufactured by the Shel- 1)\ \ Ille Desk Company. 110'3t of the manufacturel s of ShelbyvIlle are first class e;,desmen \\ hen ChaI1ey DavIs of Davls-Bnely Table com-pany ~oes to the market fully detelmined to outsell the rep- I esenta tn es of his company he never falls to do so. He IS a tireless w01ker and is ever found on hIs job. Jay P. Root IS a 1 emal kabl} 'iuccessful sale'iman whIle Charles H Campbell, Lhalle\ C'plec,le, "Tdke" Comey and "Joe" HamIlton are ,UllOllC, the best ~I("rchants Beware. 1 he TOUInal undel '3tands that a concern gomg under the title of "1 he umted States School of C01 respondence" IS askll1l?, mel chdnts f01 credIt I atll1g'i of ll1dlvlduals. Then headqual tel s al e supposed to be 111 ChICago. Vie have it on \\ 11dt "eem'i to be c,ood duthO!lt} that thIS concern IS con-nected 111 some \\a\ \"Ith the maIl Older concern of Spelgel, lId} '-,telll &- La \gdll1 let 11':>\Aarn the mPlchant to let all lOlKeln" \\ ant1l1g rdtmgs absolutely alone -Merchant:,' J lade J oUlnal -1 IIf II• •III• I II ••• I• I I III .I. Problem Promptly Solved. 'The o,t} Ie" of £;oods \"e have 111 stock m lalgest quantity ~dl thc "IO\\c"t lemalked the managel of a factory operated 111 thl manufactul e of fancy fUlmtuJ e 'How do you account j( 1 thdt")" "B} ,In attack of fredkmess on the bram of the de"lgneJ 01 hoob\ 01mlt1':> m the make-up of the sc1l1l1g" dgents,' a ,,} mpathlz111g manufal'tUl CI !ephed . WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 STAINS WORK Weather Beaten Finished Furniture in Paris. He IS a pamter who has vIsited Pans more than once and he was tellmg of haymg hIs memory pleasantly refreshed there last summer as to the provelllence of some of our antique furniture. "I had forgotten the slmphclty and dIrectness of those dear people, the French," he said "I suppose because I've necessarily been Immel sed more or less m our methods of busmess 0'. er here HCI e I'ye known about the fine antiques that are made m Emvery lofts and sold m the avenue shops as precIOus finds from the older lands, but the process of makmg has ahvays been hIdden hel e and a mystery "So I was a httle surprised, but surprised mto a smJ1e, when in wandenng back to the nelghb01hood of an old studIO I used to occupy in the Montparnasse qual ter 1 saw ham;mg from wmdows and dIsposed about the courtyard of one of the buildmgs fl eshly made chairs and tables of ancIent pat-tern, put out theIr to go through lam and shine and become 'antlquc' Nothmg hIdden about it at all. Some of the pieces hung flom fourth story wmdows. And I found myself humming Raymond Hitchcock's old song with only a word changed 'Am't It funny what a difference just a few show-ers make?' Although I guess they have to watch their weathering pretty carefully You know I thmk It IS a virtue of the French, their wJ1lingness to reveal plactices which we conceal; It seems to me our way is the more gmlty." Must Fight Again. The vlct01Y for the shippers m the Mlssotui nver rate cases, announced last week, IS not to be permanent. On the contrary it appears that the lower I ates fixed by the Inter-state Commerce CommIssIOn and approved by thc Supreme court, ale to lemain m force only 35 days. The Supreme court's decision put the new rates into effect on October 25. On Octobel 31 the raIlroad compallles mvolved filed notice WIth the ~nterstate Commerce CommlslOn that on Decembel 1, they wJ11 raIse the lates agam to the old figUles, clalmmg that reccnt changes m condItIOns make such action necessary ThIS means that the Missouri river rate cases whIch wel e started m October, 1908, and Ieqmred two years to reach a deCISIOn m the Supreme court, wJ11 haye to be fought over agam and the chance" are that another period of two yeal s wJ11 elapse bef01 e another deCISIOn IS reached. Furniture for Uruguay Schools. F. ,Y. Godmg, American Consul at Montevideo, Uru-gua}, rep01 ts tha~ the government of Uruguay has accepted the tendel of Carhsle, ClOcker & Co., for supplymg the furlll-tm e f01 210 new rural schools in that repubhc. The tel ms of the speCIfications reqmre that North Amellcan models shall be followed, and the above-mentIOned firm, I epl esentmg one of the largest houses in the United States, secmed the contlact f01 48,894 pcsos ($50,556) ":Many other contlacb nught be secured by Amencan firms If they" el e propel I} I epresented here," says Consul Godmg. A Good Indication. One of the best mdlcatlOns that the fmlllture bu sme"s I~ on the gam is the fact that the Grand RapIds Blass com-pany's busmess £01 the ten months endmg WIth Octobel was e,e\ e! al thousand dolla! s gl eate! than that f01 the \\ hole yea! of 1909, theIr bu~mess bemg mostly WIth the £urlllture manufacttlrers. The great mcrease stuel} shows tlut the furlllture busmess IS m pretty good shape. OUR They don't raIse the grain. They re-produce exactly the finishdesired. They are the products of practical men. Modern facilities and expert knowl.. edge go hand In hand here. Above all our staIns practical. are Put this state .. ment to the test by putting our stains to the test. You'll find they ALL work ALWAYS. Write for sample panel to desk No.3. MIIA&RI5Ei~T!T;A~~HPJA~INOITI. 20 ------- ---------------~ ~, - ._--------~--_._---- :I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN .,,, I, I I I,I iII By E. Levy, Representative. ChlCago, ~ 0\ 3--\t the fdc tm \ of the Standal d Pallo! FUlnitUle company thele have been a numbel at chan~es Ie cently. R Ddlgatz fmmeI!\ of the Dalgdt7 PdI!OI Framl company IS no\v m cha1 g e of then 1eclll1ll1g chan depd1 tmen t Rudolph Strau,;", \\ho \\a,; 1ep1esentll1g them on the lOad has resigned IllS posItIon dnd l!,one ll1to the 1etal! tml11tme business at Sr\.tv-thlld a\ enue dnd ha" pmcha~ul all h1o, pal lor goods flam hiS fUl mel emplu\ el " "" 11hdm C ()n~e1 \\ ho was a member of the Sch\\ al / ]310S company nO\\ out lIt busllless, has been engaged 111Ifr StIdUSS' place to 1epresent the Standard Pad or Fm111tm e company on the road One of the successful busmesses connected \\ Ith the furniture industry, that your Call e,;pondent ha~ ~een ~ro\\ from its beginn1l1g, IS that of the Sulll\ an Ya1111~h Company of 410 Hart Street Mr Sulll\ an was a practIcal \ a1111sh man who took to selhng \ ar111sh for a larg e Chicago house and after a number of yea1 s branched out for himself The plant on Hart Street has grown mamfold from ItS ong1l1al capaClt\ and Mr Sullivan is doing an excellent bus1l1e",s 111high ~radc varnishes, of which they make a specialty Mr Sulll\ an l~ thoroughly posted on every detail of the bus1l1ess. from the buying of the raw matenal to the mak1l1g and selhng of the finished product Joseph S Meyer, preSident of the ::\1anufacture1 s £\.hl bl-tion Building Company, 1319 MichIgan !\\ enue 1:0 ea",t on a business trip Mr Jackson secreta1 y of the company states that the demand for space has been espeClal!v good this season and that there wl1l be some new faces on the floors representing 11l1es that are 111thiS market for the first tIme, and some that have returned afte1 an absence at a season or more PractIcally all \\ hose lease" eApned la "t season have renewed them and some hay e secured more "pace than before Among the ne\\ exhibitors t01 the com111g season wl1l be the Tell City Chair Company, the Tell C1t\ Furmture Company, the J 1\1 Deutsch Compan), the Old Hickory Chair Company, the Mount t\lry Fm mtu1 e Compal1\ the New England Beddlllg Compal1\ and a numbo of othe1 s A t the factory of the t\nel II ood TIed Company \ am correspondent found Mr Vall englOssed In the matte1 of de';lgning and planmng f01 the com111g season ::\i[ r Y dl1 1" known to the trade from coast to coast as a "bed" man, havlng We are now puttl1lg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever oflerea to the trade These are fimshed In Golden Oak and White Maple III a lIght fim,h The,e goods are admIrable for polIshed floors and furn Iture re,ts They will not sweat or mar PRICES SIze 2U Inches $4 00 per hundred SIze 2%'Inches 5 00 per hundred 1'1y a Sample Order FOB &rand Rap,ds heen \\ th the Simmons Manufactunng Company for manv \ eal ~ Hb mal1\ ne\\ Ideas 111deSigns for their "Ariel" 1111e hay e dene much tm\ al ds ItS success "Vve expect to exhibit 111the --ame space as heretofore, 111the sixth floor of 1411 IIlchlgan t\ \ enue, and our hne \\ l!l be larger than ever and conta111 some speCIal new features," said Mr Vail "I am no\\ e\ o!v 111g them, and V\ e wl1l be ready 111ample time for e\.hIl)ltlOn In Jdnua1 \ " R C Repen11lng of the Metalhc Fold111g Bed Company ha" retm ned ham a tnp south and southeast, where he has had a \ e1y satisfact01Y bus111ess and reports the trade out-look for those sectlOns as excellent The company are manu-taeture1, at cdl steel mantel and cdb1l1et beds, metalhc day en-ports or "ota beds and other metdl fur11lture, and their l111e 1" hoth U11lque and e"c1USl\ e Some of the metal cases of theIr heds ale fimshed 111ImltatlOn of mahogany and quartered oak, and \\ 1th a plano fi11lsh so that It takes an expert to detect It trom the ndtural \\ ood -\t the \lemann Table company's plant they are engaged !ll pi epal atlOn~ for a handsome ne,\ catalogue which will be Issued ahout the 1TI1ddle of Decembel They have added a hne of c1111lngchall s to match man) of their exten"lOn tables dnd thoc,e \\ III abo be Illustrate'l 111then ne\\ book S111ce the \ 1e1l1ann" hay e occupied theH factory at Seventy-seventh ~tl eet and Cotta~e Gnp e avenue they IM\ e not only made l11dn\ 1mp10\ emenh h\ the election of adchtlOnal bmld1l1gs the la\ IllS; of cement \\ alk", etc, but that entire sectIOlJ ha" l!,1eady 1mpl0\ ed alJd changed 111 appeal ance Dozens of house" Ita\ e been hmlt sheets graded and cement Sidewalks Id1d and the Idte"t Imp10\ ement h t' e pav111g of the a"enne '" . --_._----_._----_._-------~I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettIng. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others WIll consult theIr own interests by USIng it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished In rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED B\ H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. II , ---- - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS. from Seventy -fil st to EIghty-ninth streets, the portion between the track::. n01v be1l1g done It IS only to let the grad1l1g settle and become film when the remainder of the work wIll be completed Cottage Grove avenue IS one of the widest in the Clt), and IS dest1l1ed to become one of ItS greatest bus1l1ess thoroughfares A new catalogue IS also to be Issued by Olbnch & Golbeck, when they have gotten out a number of new pat-terns that wIll be Illustrated m the book and sho,v n m theIr exhIbIt at 1319 MIchIgan a\ enue the com1l1g season ThIS IS one of the hnes that IS left mtact at the exhIbition bUlld1l1g, It bemg m charge of Fred Me Read) between seasons Although the Pullman Couch company added about 50 per cent to then plant last spnng, they are still somewhat handicapped fm 100m, and they have taxed theIr resources and mgemllty to theIr fullest to keep up with their orders Mr SchnadIg of the company reports theIr trade this season by far the best they have yet done The Marshall Vent11ated Mattress company is erecting a new factory m what is known as the Central Manufactunng District The building IS 65x175 feet, and three stories high. It faces on Thirty-seventh street, and is near the corner of Center avenue. There are now other factories connected with the furniture trade in that district, among which are the Kinney-Rome company and the Haggard-Marcuson company. In the building occupied by the Geo. D. Williams company, 1300 Michigan avenue, R. Hufford of that company says they will have a number of lines not shown there before. Among those are the Illinois Refrigerator company, Kala-mazoo Sled company, Atwood Furniture company and the Seeley Mattress company. A new corporation has been formed in this city for the manufacture and wholesaling of furniture. J. P. Adair, for many) ears WIth the Ford & Johnson company, and H. A. Bender are among the mcorporators and stockholders. They have secured pI emIses at 1802 vVest Twelfth street and will have salesrooms m the Kohn Dudding, 1414 Wabash avenue, where the) WIll show d general hne of chairs and rockers, shirtwaIst boxes, screens, etc They will have their line ready for the January market. Vhlham Horn, son of John Horn of the Horn Bros. Manufactunng company, has returned from his wedding trip to the western coast and IS at hIS old post in the office, where he IS as bus) as ever. They are now getting up their new patterns for the com1l1g sales season. Great Demand for Coal Cars. Traffic officials of ChIcago raIlroads have issued appeals to shippers to load cars WIthout unnecessary delay, so that as man} cars as pOSSIble may be available for coal shipments. Operatmg forces are trymg hard to move coal freely, so that no famine may occur. Coal dealers have expresed fears of a famine, and some have stated they are short as much as fifty cars a day on orders The raIlroads dIscarded many cars during last winter, and for various reasons the usual amount of money to replace these has not been expended On the other hand the Illinois Central, Its offiCIals say, now has about 750 cars of coal tied up by a lack of motive power. r B. WALTER & CO. . -." WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS ... TABLE SLIDES EXCLUSIVELY .. . 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Frieze for a Southern Dining Room. An mteresting eAll1!)]t of a selles at pamtmgs 101 a flleze wele shown recent!) m the R\ ebon Pubhc Llbral \ Grand Rapids The) al e the WOlk 01 G II FOld, vvho o ..e-cuted them for a house 1ll Chattanooga, Tenn, of whIch he was the archItect. The owner, Mrs Shaw, at first ordered a painting for her library and later one for the den of her beautiful new house She l'ias so well pleased WIth them that Mr. Ford was commissIOned to palllt the fneze for the dining room. There ale eight pamtmgs whIch will form a continuous scene around the room. The largest will fit over the mantelpiece The subject is an Italian garden The colors used are soft and mel ge lllto the brm\ ns to match the mahog-any woodwork, paneling and beamed cellmg The old 10- mantic Italian houses, CYPIess trees, old bndg e", mountams r . I II I II "" ..... . ...~ A. PETERSEN &CO., CHiCAGO I MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the fimshed product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. IN THE COUNTRY. I I II I ..-_ .i. .. and lakes tell aces stan ways and urns full of flowers give the plOpel atmosphel e Floods of soft light give the scenes the tl11tc; 01 -'pnn~ and early summer and the profUSIOn of llo,\ el 0, ane! sll1ubbery add to the beauty of the whole. ::\11 FOld saId that the southern contractors are so much easIer to deal WIth than the northern. that he was only obliged to make t" 0 tnps to inspect the work as it progressed. Un-doubtedh the fUlD1ture WIll be "Grand Rapids' finest" and -,c the hou<e \\ III be "a thlllg of beauty and a joy forever." Slap It On. Such Ic; the headlllg of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works ad' thIS ,\ eel-. It refero, to Ebonoid, the coating for dry kIlns Look up theIr "ad" and read It carefully. It is short ,1l1d lIght to the pomt ----------~, FOUR NEW • BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in aGid and Dill in acid and oil. in acid and oil. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held fIrst place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Pamters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el·ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK EverythlUg lU Palnt Speclalhes and Wood FlmshlUg matenals. F111ers that fl11. Stalns that sahsfy WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 YOU CAN I MAIL YOUR CATALOG DECEMBER 1st If you place the order with us by November lOth PRINTING COMPANY GRANDRAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN To Be the Highest in the World. Mandel Brothers, Chicae;o, dry goods and fUlmture mer-chants, have made anangements to build a new busmes" home for themselves and they plOpose to make It the hH;-hest bul1d-ing in the world devoted to mercantIle busmess The building will go up on the present site of the firm's estab-lishment at the northeast corner of State and Madison streets, and everything w111 be in complete workmg order fm the fall trade of 1911. Work will be commenced on the foundation shortly after the coming holiday season. The area of the site is 149 feet on State street and 150 feet on Madi- Leo Mandel son street. The store will be 247 feet high, with eighteen stories all told, three bemg belm" the ground level. A lease for ninety-nine } ears from the Marshall FIeld estate of 53 feet on State street and 150 feet on MadIson street, at an annual rental of $50,000 completed the acquirement of prop-erty not already possessed by the firm necessary for the pro-ject. The front elevatlOn wl1l be of an imposing character, huge granite pilasters at the base and an arcade of Corinthian columns just below the skyllght bemg features Representa-tives of the firm have visited Paris, London and every other locality in the world where ideas or suggestions might be Mandel Bras BUlldmg,ChlCago gleaned for applicatlOn to their new establishment. The Parisian feature of more tables for dIsplay and less shelving will be adopted Goods are to be assembled m natural se-quence so that shoppers will not have a lot of useless ground to cover. An innovation will be the mstallment of complete lava-tories and cloakrooms for employes on evelY fhor, instead of at one central pomt on one floor, as at present olJtains in most establishments of the kind. Exceptionally wide aisles will be the rule, with no blockade because of th estereotyped bargain counter. The structure will contain 1,000,000 feet of floor space and wl1l cost just about a dollar for each foot. Among the prominent features will be a dining room which will occupy 40,000 feet of floor space which is more than IS devoted to such a purpose by any hotel in the city, thus showmg that a restaurant with a large dining room has come to be consid- ...-,•••t II• It,• •,,•,,•• It •• ••• I• ••,•• ,• •,• • •,I•t •,It •t •t IIt tt ~ T ., SLAP IT ON I IT'S CHEAP I, Ebonoid Kiln Coating protects headers, pipes, trucks and buildings from that destructive, acid-laden vapor which comes from lumber. All kilns and equipment should have a coat of Ebonoid once a year. I t seals the pores, saves heat and prevents depreciation. Brick and concrete need it just as badly as wood and iron. INQ!IIRE TODAY. Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I II .. "' el ed a most ImpOl tant featul e m a mercantIle establishment. \\ hlle the nevv bmldme; IS bemg constructed the various clep,u tmc11h \\ 111 he londensed and crowded mto the smaller adl 0111me; b11lld111 S v\hel e the enOl mous business of the firm II III he 1LUh,ll ted d11l1l1e;the c;reatel portIOn of the coming vedl Furniture Fires. \\ IIham Em~te1l1, f11l111t11ledealel of 2\;hlwaukee, WIS, \\a" lJlllned out ()n October 28 PartIally mS11led. C H ran and f11l111tUel and hard", are dealer of Dick1l1- son, 1\ Dak, suffel ed a small loss by fire on October 28. PIen e 7 Hebert's furmture store, 300 Aiken street, Lowell, Mass, \\ as sllc;htly damaged by fire on October 29 The Deal 1\JattI ess company of Plymouth, N. H., lost 86000 01 $8,000 by fll e in their factory on October 28 About half 1l1sured Fire in the plant of the Dmon Curled Hair company, H vde Pal k. "las'> caused a loss of $1,500 on October 28. rulh msured The plant of the Clescent Fixtures company of Grand-ville \11ch a suburb of Gl and Rapids, was badly damaged by ill e last ::\londa} l11ght. The loss, estimated at $20,000 to 325000, IS partIally insured. Several hundred vvagon loads of furmture and nearly one h undl ed planas were destroyed in the Coon Storage and Furmture company's warehouse at Fort \iVorth, Tex., that was bUl ned on October 27. Loss, $150,000; insurance $90,000. ::\la} , Stern & Co.'s five story warehouse in Pittsburg, Pa, \\ as badl} damaged by fire that started from an unknown SOUlLe, on ThUlsday night, November 3. Loss on building and stock, estImated at $65,000 to $75,000 fully covered by msurance. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 The Marvel Manutactunng company have enjoyed a tl uly mal velous experrence durmg the11 first year in business rn Gland Rapld~ It IS not vely often that a new institution can make such a showrng Most furnIture manufacturers start a busrnes" WIth the Idea that it wIll take tIme to estab-lI" h themselves m the estrmatIOn of the furniture dealers The :YI:arvel com pan} , howey er, showed confidence in theil abIlIty as producers of chaIrs and rockers by purchasing the Immense bUIldrng and ground" formedy occupIed by the Halllson \Yagon \Yorks, hay rng flool "pace of \ el y nearly 1 SO,GOOsquare feet, and completely equIpped It V\ Ith the late ..t.. implmed cha11 mak1l1g device" ThI"" ll11medlately gdve them an output of flom SOO to 800 (hallS and lockers pel day The selling problem wa~ dI"po"ed of by hIring filst-class chail salesmen on salal v A" the indIviduals composinlS the com-pan yare thaI au ~h lSomg chaIr men and as the dIrector v of the business is in the ha~ds of Joh'1 Thwaltes, formerly ~ith the YpSIlanti-Reed company, and the MIchIgan Seating com-pany, all of the details of the selectIOn and pricing of the lIne were handled with the skill possessed only by those who have for years been in close touch with the trade. The Company's July exhibIt of samples was complete in all that is considered essentIal and many orders were placed. That the line has made good is now being proven by the mail orders which are received daily from dealers who placed their first order m July It is said that It is unusual ),![onday morn-ing which does not bring them in maIl ordel s for a thousand dollal s The company's lIne at the present time consists of about eighty patterns in dIners and rockers About fifty new pieces are to be shown to the January tr ade They will ad-here to the present range of prices During July Manager Thwaites engaged D C McNamara to direct the company's sale.... "Dan," as he IS knowu from coast to coast through his many y eal s of travel for the c;.unn Furnitm e company, is lSeneI ally recognized as a \ ery fortunate selection Through his e'(tenSl\ e acquaintance he has been able to materially strengthen the companv's sellmg force * * * * 1\'"eady all of the GI and RapIds factone ....al e getting out new sample" for the January sales season Some of them hay e theIr lmes practICally completed and could easIly make their dIsplays ready for 111spectlOn on Decembel 1, or next week, If it were nece"sary to do "0 AJI v\ III be 1eady to en-tertam hUyeI ~ at the opemng of the season on Monday, Janu-ary 2,1911. So fal as known thele \'TIll be no Ia(hcal changes from the patterns and desilSns shown 111July, though some of the old styles" 111 be changed considerably Nearly all the factorIes WIll show new deSIgns and there \\111 be some marked changes m fimshes. Very few of the pIeces that" ere shown In July have been dlopped entrrely, nearly all ha\mlS met WIth approval from dealers Twenty-fi\ e or th11ty Grand RapIds manufacturers al e expected to attend the semI-annual 111eet111gof the NatlOnal A.~soclatlOn of Furmture Mannfacturels', to be held at the J effer~on hotel, St Lom s, M0, on 1\'"0\ embel 1; and l6--a week from next Tue ..d..ay and \Yednesday There Will also be a number from CadIllac, Mam"tee, l\Iuskegon Holland and other pomt ....m the we~teln pal t of the state If It appeal s (hllmg the comIng week thdt thllty Ol more ale sure to ~o a ..p..ee Idl un ma) be ~e(.med fur the t11P to leave thIS (.1ty on THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With double arbors, slidmg table and equipped complete with taper pin guage, carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the heIght In saw bench con-structlon. It IS deSIgned and bUIll to reduce the cost of saWIng stock. Write os for descriptive Information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~rt~gMPIDS, Monday, Nm emher 14. As stated last week, no formal pro-pam WIll be al ranged for the 111eetmg The principal topics of dlscus..,ion WIll he the 1eports of the committee on cost schednle and committee on uniform claSSIfication, shipping rules and freight rates and It IS expected that important action WIll be taken on all of these matters * * * * Roy S Barnhart, treasurer of the.Nelson-Matter Furni-ture company, will leave the CIty Monday for New York whence he WIll sdil for Livelpool on Wednesday. He ",ill go direct to London where he WIll meet Stewart Edward White, the famous woodsman and st01Y writcr, and jom the party to ~o to Afnca on a hlg ~ame hunting expedltlOn. Mr. Darnhal t who ha" had the trip planned for some tlme had been booked to saIl from N cw Y01k next Saturday, thus enabl111g hIm to cast hIS \ ote before leav111g, but he received a "hm ry up" rcque ..t.. from Mr ~ hIte and decided to sail on \\ edne ..d..ay He IS 111tensely 111terested 111politics, having been promment m the management 111 the state league of RepublIcan clubs, and hate ....to lea\ e before election but rather than delay the plans of the hunters he deCIded to miss voting for the first time smce he attamed hIS majority. * * * * Gland RapId" 1'; to hay e more competItIon m the veneer dealmg concerns m the CIty, but as In the furmture manu-factunng busmess, there are men who thmk there is room for one 1110e1 at lea ..t.. The F S Torrey company capItalIzed at :t2,;OO, hac, Ju ..t.. been organIzed to do a JobbmlS busmess 111 \ eneers, With headqual ters m thIS CIty F. S. and Gussie Toney, Horace L loote, Frank \V Hme and the \'"Ichols & Lox Lumber company dl e the stockholders Mr Torrey will be the i:;cneral managel and Mr. Hine WIll act as attorney fOI the company. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Are Offered by the Buyers I II II I III I.. THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Ch,ffomers. Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImItation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak. imitation quartered oak. and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Beds and ChIffoniers in unitation quartered oak, lJlutatlOn mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supenor" Lme of Parlor, L,brary. Dmmg and Dressmg Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by fhe Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ......--•"••"*'-----_.._._------------------_._---ri b--., --•• -•-------' WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 III ~I I•• II I• I•I• II• I,III If I,III I......--. . Made by Bosse Furmture Compau) Mdde bv \Vorld ~ Ul tIlture LOI11Pdll) I1 II .........J Made by Bockstege Furniture Co ...-- .... . T T Cro"by IS now sole propnetor of the Crosby Furni- 1m e lompany of FOl th Meade, na. having purchased the mtel est of J H ''\ToIf who has I etm ned to hIS former home m '\ e\\ YOlk leI dmand r LtH?,er foundel of the Luger Furnitm e com-pany, c1ea1els, of lalgo, N Dak, has been seriously ill for "e\ el al \\ eeks, and as he is 0\ Cl 80 ) eal s of age there is little hope tOl hIS I elm el y C T I enmal k 8-- Co. undel takers and uphobtel el ~ of I au (Iall e \\ I" ha\ e decIded to dIvIde theIr business by 111mm~ the undel tak111l.?,part of It to the west side of the 11\ el The name of the film ha.., heen changed to Lenmark K C::on tIll IluntILl l'ulnl1me lOmpan)'" hLllldmg. 1\1a111and llnppl \\ a "tl eeh Buffalo. \; Y has heen completely re-mudded and It h nlJ\\ lon..,ldcl ed one of the most commod- IOU" and be"t al lan~ed hOlhe-furmshll1£?, e"tahhshments 111 the Clt\ FI ank c:; Cohen '\10111:' Eisenshat and ~braham StolIn \\ III deal 111 fUI11Itm e manufactm ers' supplIes 111Bndgeport, ( ann under the name of the Boston Furniture Supply com-pam mcOl pm ated CapItal "tack, $5,000; suhscnbed and paId m The Boston ExcelSIOr company's buIlding at Eastman Fall S IIass. \\ as placed on rollers and mm ed, intact, over a mIle to a ne\\ sIte the old "Ite ha\lI1£?, been sold to the Boston K I[ame 1 allIoad company, who WIll use It 111enlarging their \ ell d faCIlItIes The L S Donaldson company of 1\1inneapohs, Mmn , have lea"ed the F H Petel "on propel ty on SIxth street and have also pm chased the hmld111l.?,\ alated by the F H Peterson lUlmtllle and Calpet camp an) They ",ill take possesSIOn T anual \ 1 1911 The Temple Stell art ChaIr company, whose plant at last Pl1I1ceton, =--Iass , was bmned 111 September, have finally deuded to mm e to Daldwm\ llle, Mass, where they WIll oc-lUP) a plant fmmed) used as a tub factmy by the Harns & ]Tolman company Paul L Hakel has 1 eSl~ned the po"t of general "uperin-tl11dlnt ot the Glctlld LeacJCl (the SIlL, Hael & Fuller DIy ()()od" company), St Lom". whIch he had held fOl neatly ::;\ lal" to take a "lll1llal pOSltlO11\\ Ith the Da)ton Dry Goods lUll,pan\ ~I1l1neapolI" 1'1101 to hI" eonnectlOn vvlth the MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS John He1l111gel has pm chased \\ IllIam TustI'" immtme stm e at Pocahontas, Ill. J 1\1 Jensen IS successol to L !\ Petel son immture dealer of RlI1gsted, Iowa John Petry. fUlllltlll c dealel and undel takcl ot \I£?,oma Wis., died on October 26 John Hanks has sold hIS undertakll1g busll1ess at ~f ar-shall, III to Bubeck & Gallagher Caleb Mahel has purchased the 1etall fU1111ture bU~1I1e"" of p, N Crawford at Delta, Colo Artz Bros. succeed II R '\ eut 111 the fut1111l1lC and un dertaking business at Can 011 10\\ a SmIth Blo", fUI nlture dealel" of ColumbIa c:; C' ha\ c added an undertak1l1~ depal tment to theiI hU..,ll1e"" The Travelse CIty p.llChJ Chall lompam ale plepal111" to elect a lalge lement and hI Ill~ dddltlOn to then faLto! \ The wea v1l1g depal tmen t of the TIle;e10\\ Cal pet compam at ClInton. Mass, ha" been 1unnll1g nIght and da\ SInce the middle of October The SpecIalty Case company of Kendalh dIe Ind ha\ e taken a contract to futl11sh "mall cases amountm£?, to 530 000 to a jobber m ChlcalSo H. A Taylor, fUll11tm e dealel on uppel Ilam strect 111 ColumbIa, S C', has opened a blanch stOle at 933 Genal" street in the same city Carter & Camphell, leed chall and ~o-calt facton at 'iVinchendon, Ma"s, has been 1unn1l1g- thl ee hotll s 0\ eI tlmc for the past three weeks The Peerless Furl11tut e compam I ecenth 01 £?,al11zed at Jamestown, NY, is opel at1l1g the plant ot the defunct Cen-tury Furniture company The old Pal k Hotel at Dela\ an 'YIS \\ hlCh ha.., been \ alant for some tIme wJ!l be lam eI ted 1I1tO a tactol \ by the Delavan Upholstenng company The addltlOn to the plant of the \Tortheln Casket com-pany, Fond du Lac. ,VIS, IS completed. except the 1I1stallatlOn of the heat1l1g and sprinkl1l1g system The Dewend & Glllk Furnitul e and Cal pet company of Davenport, Ia, ha\ e takcn posses"lOn of a nc\\ fOUl stOl \ and basement btllldll1g, el ccted at a cost of $32,000 on a S0000 "ltC The film of Musk (~ LII11s. fUIl11tUIC dealels of La\\len(J 2\la"s. has heen dl"soh ed The "enlO1 membel WIll cont1l1ue the busmess undel the name of the Hem y \ \1 Usk com pam Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, LIbrary T ables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN . ., Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITY of Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliability. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders diners ever bUilt,is in press. You Will Just naturally want these tep-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. (,I and Leader, MI Dakel was with such promment firms as Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Reading, Pa. , and Goldsmith Bros. c;udnlon, Pa He was also associated for a time with the 1\atlJ'1al Cash Register company, Dayton, O. The Furniture Manufacturer:o' Sample House is the name of a new mcorporatlOn in San FrancIsco, Cal Capital stock $10,000 m shares of $1 each all subscribed and $3 in each $10 paid m A. C Chamberlam, R Matheson and R H Barnard are the mcorporators. At a special town meetmg next .:vronday the taxpayers of Brattleboro, Yt, Will vote on a propOSitIOn to exempt the property of the D. W. Felch Chair company from taxatlOn for a penod of five years. Pubhc sentiment is reported as strong-ly m favor of the proposition. Lauren M. Follansbee for thirty-two years foreman and supenntendent for the Fletcher Novelty Walks of Peter-boro, N. H , has I eSlgned to accept the management of the Phemx Chair company, recently organized to establish a new factory in the same town. \iVtlham R Hotchkm, for many years adveltising mana-ger far the New York store of John \Vanamaker, and for ,,;ome time past sales manager for that establ1shment, has been appomted advel tlsing manager for the New York store of Gimbel Blothers, succeedmg George H. Peny The stnkmg upholsterer:o of San FranCISco, Cal , have re-turned to '" ark on the same conditions under which they were working a month ago, With the agl eement that their al-leged grievances shall be settled by an arbitratIOn committee of wluch Mayor McCarthy is to be a member. TI'e Muse, Faris & Walker company, proprietors of the I'lt'h "treet stOle, Los Angeles, Cal, mamtain a "school of :oale..,1l1a.nshlp"from which eleven young men and women \\ ere ~raduated recently, receiving diplomas showing that they had completed the course which IS arranged by the com-pany. Irving M. Winslow, preSident of the Winslow Furniture and Carpet company of St Paul, Mmn, which went into the hands of a receiver over a year ago, has filed a personal peti-tIOn in bankruptcy, with a view of avoiding liability on the company's notes which he endorsed. He schedules his liabili-ties at $55,000 and assets, all exempt, at $6,500. George W. Pickering of Wayne, Ill., made a bid of 15 cents at an auction sale on an old couch. His bid was accep-ted and hiS fnends who had dared him to bid thought he had been "stung," until he npped the cover off and found $200 m coms and a number of valuable jewels and trinkets, all of which he returned to the famtly who were "selling out." ~----_.. I• •• I• •I IIo LOUIS HAHN 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DESIGNS and Details of Furniture CItIzens Telephone 1702. 1 ...._-----------------------------------------------------., WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~S~~:~~;~M~U:S~K:E~GoOrN, MICH. I New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager Io. ...,. • 1 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Crl and RapId,: IIICh -S\ bl cmt Po~tma 443 Broadway, $3,000, G II Cdvedy, 148 Cadton a\ enue S2 ~OO 1 II Keeler, 195 South ColleL;e a\ enue 813000, Rohel t f Scheiren, 497 Rose ,:treet, $2, SOO, Roman 1Iarb)J \\ ,:kl Se\ en-th and DaVIS sh eets, $4,000 ChIcago, IlI-Kathenne Stockes 621 II e"t 1 hll t\ -fil ~t sheet, $14,000, ::\Iary I Gav, 2434 Se\ cntlcth a\ cnuc S3 775, W. M. Dle\\el, 7220 Pnncton avenue, $5,400, I[alle II Creal\ 6601 N01th Lmcoln :,h eet, $3,000, Mal} R} ne, 412~ ITan al d street, $4,300, J. P Andel:oon, 6718 St LOUIS a\ enue, $4,000, Isabella Duncan, 1028 ::\Ionticello a\ enue, $18,000, ~ndl e\\ Sundene, 3902 Lmvell avenue, $7,000, T C Schaumbul S; 2740 ·West Polk street, $4,000,::\1 G Dub]):" 9368 Long\\ood a\e-nue, $3, SOO, J A Augustme, -1-736II e'3t IIontlcello a\ enue $7,600; Frank Deck, 2121 Glace sh eet, $4000, Chade" D Gano, 1408 Shen\ m avenue, $10 000 Atlanta, Ga -C L Bm aId, 147 ChelOkee avenue 84000, C. A. SmIth, IYIlhams ::\1111load, 88, ~OO ::\11'3 J II' Old-know, 426 Pulham Stl eet, 83,250, C 17 CI usse 286 PI ed-mont avenue, $2,750 Columbus, 0 -D C Palkhurst, 536 Remhald avenue, $3,000, E. L McVey, 1638 Parsons avenue, $3,200, A H Marquart, 67 Twelfth avenue, $3,500; Leonald Duggan, 1611 North Fourth sheet, $3,000, Charles Slatel 27 Ogden a\e-nue, $3,500; C C. Shepal d, 965 Dryden lOad, $9,000, Elmer Wilson, 1167 Oregon a\ cnue, $3,000. Binghamton, N Y --Flank Crossett, 39 East Catherine "treet, $3,500. Lincoln, Neb -Charles Stual t, 1830 E ,:treet, $'1,000 Houston, TeA -Joseph GI eenhJ1l, 429 Mason street, $3,- 000; Albert Banng, A\ondale, $4,000, ::VID GeOlge, 284 IIc Kinney avenue, $2,500 Center, Tex -WIle} Watts, 186 COla sheet, 83000 Cinclllnati, O.-Spencer 1\1. Jones, 2558 Tre\ OJ sU eet, $2,500; S. M. Cooper, ::VIi Hope road and Dl1'3hnell avenue, $8,500; Clara Shinkle, 2489 Rmg place, $2,500, LOUlse M Moser, Suire avenue and Eighth street, $4,000 ; Joseph :vreltus. Hearne and Burnet avenues, $7,500; Flank GIlplllen, Donald-son place and Langland avenue, $4,000: Thomas Leicht, Klotter and Chfton avenue, $4,500. Kansas City, Mo.-G. C. Anderson, 134 South La\\n street, $3,000; Ed. Neal, 7114 Lydia street, $3,000; W. H. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. Lampson 5418 Cenhal avenue, $6,000, JO'3eph J. Magill, 340 Gal held ~t1 eet 83,000, S A. PIerce, 17 East Fifty-fourth ':tJ eet S-1- 000, T \ Ta} lor, 2736 MadIson avenue, $3,000; J. "\1 Iluth. 2649 ] ocktldL;e ':tteet, $7,000 Indlanapoh,:, Ind-E T Santa, New Jersey and Thirty-second ,:Ueet\ S3,087, R D BI ent, Graceland avenue and 11111 1.\ -els;hth 'otleet $3300, J B Gnffen, Broadway and Thn tv hI st ~Ueet, $3,000, Pall y Brunson, vVashington street and \llll1L;ton a\ enue, $3,700, VV C Pearce, 3101 North Illi-nOh '3tleet $3,000, "Jam v SmIth, 3337 West Tenth street, $2,500 Topeka Kan -C F Rlckenbacher, 1607 Central Park a\ el1lle £2 SOO 1\11': l1arbal a Hahn, 1413 Boswell avenue, 2 ;00 IIlI1neapo!Js, ::\lmn -I,I IV HIll, 4736 \Ventworth ave-l1lle 82800, Chll':tll1a KlI1Q;,2046 Crystal Lake avenue, $3,- 000 \ l' Petu "on, 2737 Pleasant avenue, $4,200; H. A. c.;angel 312-1-Gatfleld avenue, $3,000, E EAddy, 2715 West ] akc of the l~le'3 a\ enue, $3.500, .M D. Purdy, 5024 Forty- "eumd a\ enue 5;1S,OOO, 011\ er R Bryant, 3160 Chicago ave-nue, $3000 MIl" aukee, \iVI': -Charles F menke, 52 Pabst avenue, $4,000, Oman Nelson, 489 Thlrty-fil st street, $2,500; Edward T Sch" ab, 1320 FI edellck place, $2,500; C. J. Austrup, Clal ke and Thlrt} -fOUlth stt eets, $4,000, Ferdinand J. Hintz 101 tv-eIghth Stl eet and Pabst avenue, $4,500. Dallas, Tex -]\Ils C. 0 Taylor, 223 Annex avenue, $3,- 000, F. A YeaL;er, 95 Sunset avenue, $2,500; Mrs. J. S. Terry, 219 South H any ood sh eet, $2,500. DetrCllt, ::\llch - H S Angstman, Jefferson and Ker-- che\ al avenue, $2,850, BaSIl Clenck, Pennsylva11la and Mack avenue, $2,800, Jacob SeIdel, 1212 Beaubien sheet, $3,000; \\ Illtam Schwanteck Canton and St Paul streets, $3,450; O. J. Dartll1g, G! eem\ ood avenue and Stanley street, $2,800; E. H Roger:" \Yaterloo street and Kercheval avenue, $3,000; ::\1ary F IIelH;h, 248 Lelcestel street, $3,000; E. C. Pokorny, 315 :Me!nck :,treet, $9,000, Cassy J. Boydell, 79 Virginia stl eet, $11,000; COIa \Y MOll IS, 40 HolblOOk street, $4,100. New Ha \ U1, Conn - H e11ly Dupee, 438 Winchester ave-nue, $5,000, Joseph Surpllse, 47 Downmg street, $3,000. Denver, Col-:Morns Fern~tein, West Colfax and King streets, $3,000, ::\Irs MIlton E. Bat.es, Manon and Seventh St1eets, $7,000, S. A. BaIley, Kentucky and Race streets, $3,- WEEKLY ARTISAN E.ach Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 000; Han y Newcomb, CoHaA and York st! eets, $6,000; A. S. McGIbbon, Josephme and SIxth streets, $4,000, P M. Fel gu-son, 1996 Colorado boule" al d, $8,000 Duluth, Mmn-E DOlmedy, \Vest SIxth street and Forty--,eventh a\enue, $4,SOO, Yllgl11la Grady, East SIxth "treet and Twenty-foul th a\ enue, $5,000, E. G Erlanson" 3106 RaleIgh st! eet, $3,000 Salt Lake CIty, Utah -E. L VVIlhamson, 1446 Holly-wood avenue, $4,000, Ethehn Potter, 1822 South EIghth East street, $2,500. J G Kel-,on, 965 Ea-,t SIAth South street, $2,- 500, Laura Chft, 736 South ThIrd Ea:ot street, $2,500. St LOUIS,Mo -M. Cohen, 3928 MIchIgan avenue, $3,915 ; o P Blllkhardt, 3929 Iowa avenue, $3,500, J F Fram, 4321 \Val11e a\ enue, $3,400, \Vllham Urban, 5783 \Vaterman ave-nue, $6,000. LOUISVIlle, Ky -EmIl Peters, 2015 Garland avenue, $4,- 000, MI -, N elhe We17el, 1435 Sixth street, $3,000; A. J. Thom-pkm-" 2700 Twenty-seventh street, $3,000, Fred \Vessmg, 1626 rlfth sheet, $3,200. Fort Wayne, Ind.-M. D Shoyel, 1026 Ba)er aHnue, $7,000, L C Delagl ange, 212 vVest Berry st! eet, $4,000. \VIc1llta, Kan -\V J Flazier, 727 NO!th Emporia ave-nue, $4,800; 1'Irs Glue, 152 North Topeka avenue, $3,500; A A DunmIre, 198 Munson avenue, $2,500 Los Angeles, Cal-S E Hopes, 3010 Olive avenue, $3,- 600; J. H. Taylor, 1231 South Forty-fifth street, $3.500; Charles Benson, 142 South Spring street, $3,000; A. A. Max-well, 4203 Brighton. avenue, $3,400; H. G. Spaulding, 300 North Fremont avenue, $7,500; H. B Ainsworth, 2190 Adams street, west, $10,000. Schenectady, N. Y.-Samuel Dlckhoff, 819 State street, $4,000; J. W. Veeder, 469 State street, $3,500. Oakland, Cal.-Dr. W. O. Smith, 806 Grand street, $7,- 053; Malwme I3lOtlSOn, Santa Clara avenue and Burt street, $4,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-A wealthy Amencan is plan- 11lng the building of a new town m Lower Califor11la, on the San DIego and Arizona raIlroad near the boundary hne. The town is to be known as New Tla Juana and the bUlldmg plans call for a modern hotel, a theatre, pavIlIOns, lecture hall and two churches Dr. L C. Smith, the multi-11lilltonalre type-writer manufacturer of Syracuse, N. Y., has asked for a per-mIt to erect a forty-story store and office buildmg in Seattle, "Wash., at a cost of $2,000,000. It will be the highest budding west of New York and second hIghest in the world. John Barton is buIlding a two-story hotel at English avenue and Leota street, RIchmond, Ind. Methodists are budding a $10,- 000 church on Bland avenue, EvansvIlle, Ind J L. Hahn is buIlding a $12.000 theatre on Thirty-fourth street and North avenue, Milwaukee, WIS. The FaIth Lutheran congl egatlOn of MIlwaukee, \Vis., has laId the foundation for a $25,000 church at Twenty-first and Mmeral streets. Margaret Meyers IS buIldmg a $15,000 theatre at 230 Oakland avenue, Detroit, Mich. The SIsters of Lorretta are building an academy at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania streets, Denver, Col., at a cost of $110,000. The GIbson Heights U11lted Presbytenans are erectmg a $25,000 church at 1017 South Taylor avenue, St. Louis, Mo. F. E. Goft IS addmg two additional stones to his hotel at 418 South Fourteenth street, Omaha, Nebr. E. Caste-lano is buIlding a $15,000 theatre at 515 North Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. The MethodIsts of Youngstown, 0., are bUIlding a $25,000 church on Delanson avenue. The SImpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne, Ind., is bemg rebuilt at a cost of $5,000. 31 32 .. IIII I, ,I,I ,I IIII I I I,I •••I,I•I I II, 'ikm mal ket thl'i week, but prices are firm on all varieties, except ::'vIaracalbo'i, whICh ale vveak at 27 @ 28 cents, Mexi-can fl ontlel s dl e "tIll quoted dt 33 @ 34; Monterey, Tampicos, etc , 43, San LUlS, Zacatecas, etc, 44; Vera Cruz, 47 @ 48. Buenos ~} I es 38 @ 39, Paytas, 42 @ 42,0; Haytiens, 45; Drazlls, 64 @ 67 The demand fOl varnIsh gums IS st1l1 remarkably light, even mqullles bemg few and far between Pnces have not changed matenally fOl man} weeks, except Manila, which ha-, advanced about a cent pel pound on all grades. '[ he hal d" ood lumber trade IS stIll unsatisfactory from the sellel'" pomt of vleV\ ~ fev" of the large western and southel n utIes repOl t a con"ldel able Improvement, but com-plalllts of dullnes<' and disappomtment ale more numerous than they wel e a month ago. WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. WANTED SUPERINTENDENT A thoroughly expenenced and reliable man famlllar wIth modern factory methods and successful m handlmg men For factory manufacturing school furmture, located In a fine country town, employmg eIghty men Must have some knowledge of draught mg. State expenence, salary expected and references. Address F. S. P, care Artisan, 11-5 POSITION WANTED. A successful salesman wIth 25 years establIshed trade m Central Terntory IS open for a pOSItion January 1, 1911, Wlth a good case goods or chaIr house. Have the very hIghest recommendatlOns. Will go mto any terntory. Address W. H. J. care Weekly Artisan. 11 5-12-19. WANTED. Salesman for medlUm pnced line of diners and rockers on salary for South and Southwest and Wisconsm Address M. C. R care Weekly Arhsan. 11-5 ~~--~-~ ~-~ -~~~ WANTED Superintendent. One who thoroughly understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the nght man thIS is a rare opportumty. Address, (statmg expenence and where you have worked), "Superintendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids, MIch. tf "\\A'ITED Cabinet foreman in chair faLtory, State experIence JIU!!lt gl\e refer-ence. Address D. A. R" care "\\eekly ArtIsan 10 22-29 11-5 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelinl{ salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near". care Weekly ArtIsan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can ~arantee results. Address C. A. R.. Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. S-28tf. .. New York Markets. New York, Nov 4--The recent demand tOl hght "eIght burlaps has reduced stocks consIderably, but the} v\III be repleted by al rn als dunng the commg week The supply has run so low that large buyers have been unable to secure car load lots for qUICk shIpment Bag makers are showmg increased interest m the market For the first tIme m man} months they are qUIte eager to place orders for tuture dehvery at current quotatIOns whIch are 3.60 for 7,0-ounce, 3.70 for 8-ounce and 4.70 for lO,0-ounce Calcutta goods. The turpentme market has been qUIte steady thIS week prices rangmg from 79 to 81 cents Today's quotations are 80,0 cents here and 76 at Savannah, the margin between the two points having WIdened again to over four cents. The volume of business IS not large. Weakness is noted in the linseed 011 business "Official" quotations have not been changed, but the demand has de-creased and several transactIOns, even m small lots are known to have been made at a cent or mOle below card rates, Raw oil, both city and western, IS quoted at 97 @ 98 cents; smgle-boiled 98 @ 99 and double-bOIled $100 @ $1.01. Calcutta OIl, raw, firm at $1.06. Shellac is firm WIth a tendency to higher pnces. D. C. is quoted at 27 @ 28 cents; V. S. 0., and Diamond I, 24,0 @ 25; fine orange, 23 @ 24; bnght orange, 21 @ 22; T. N. in cases, 19,0 @ 20. Bleached fresh, 20 @ 21; kiln dried, 25 @ 26. There has been, apparently; no competition 111 the goat- Index to Advertisements. ~cLlm, &. Ilt1l11!;Comp'lny ~Llskd Rdllgel ator Company B,lrne, \\ F & John Company Barton H H &. Son Company Bcnnett, Cbdrlc, lurmture Company BIg SIX Cal Loadl11g \SS0cldtlOn Bockstege lur11ltl1l to Company Bosse Fur11lture Comp'lnY Buss \Iachl11e \;V orks Cballenge Refngel atol Company ChIcago Mltrol and '\1 t Glass Company Chnstlansen, C Doetsch & Bauer Fnedman 13lothers Company Globe Fur11ltul e Company Grand RapId, Ca,ter Cup Company Grand RapIds Veneer \,y 01 ks Hahn LOUb Holcomb, \ L & Co Horn Blo, \1 'lnut lduIl11ng Company Idcal Stampl11g and 1001 Comp,l11y Kar!SLs Furl11ture Company KImball Brothel' Company Kl11de1Parlor Bed Company Klrkpatllck '\rthLll L n\ rence \ICldclden Company LentL Idble Company Lcxl11gton Hotel, CblCdgO LIght George \\ \1anuladunng Company Luce Fur11lture Comp'lny Luce Redmond Chall Company \Ianetta Pal11t and Color Company ::'Llf\ el ::'IdnuLldunn-r Company \Ietal Furnliul e Company \Idler, ElI D & Sons "\ orthern F11l11lture Company OlIver ::'1achl11ery Company Palmer, A E & Sons Pdlmer Manufdctunng Company Peterson, A & Co PIttsburgh Plate Glass Company Porter, C 0 Machl11ery Company RIchmond ChaIr Company Rockford ChaIr & Fur11lture Company Rockfol d Fr,lme & FIAture Company Royal Cbatr Company Sager, W D Shebo) ~an N0\ elty Company Sheldon, E H & Co ShImer, Samuel J & Sons SmIth & D,nls Yranufact11ll11g Company Spratt George & Co StO\" & Da"b Furl11ture Company Swett, Frank W & Son Tannewltz Works Umon Furl11ture Company (Rockford) Waddell Manufactunng Company 'Walter, B & Co . Walter Clark Veneer Company.. . '" " " World Furniture Company ........•...•....................... 22 29 Cover 20 I 26-27 26 26 Covet 18 18 78 11 26 20 24 29 885 26 17 8 Cover 12 4
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- 1910-11-05T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 31:19
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and fI -;RANr- RA\.=>!f): pn'QT It; J ~RP! f\V ....... ---.- - ~~~~ / F/ / GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTE~lBER 4. 1909 -------~-- ----------------- ._---------.,III :II I I I:IIIIII• I I• I It• I It I •t!II! 11I I•I II IIt ~IIII I 1I -.......... ..... ,.--_ .. Ij jI IIIIIIjIIIII IIII• j IjI Ij I,• IIIII II , III IIII I• "THE BETTER MAKE" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM al~d DINING FIJRNITURE ROOM ~UITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALER'" NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I~~------------------------------_._. I . .. .. ... ..\. AMERICAN BWWfR COMPANY "SIROCCO" TR,\O[ MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES dIrect connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. will electric light your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now buying current, will pay you in savlllg (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) ThIS plant runnlnU In IQUITOS, PERU. WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY GENERATOR 25% PER ANNUM ( Wrtte for proif if above.) WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YoRK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE ._~._. ----------- -----_. . -- .. . ... .. II l!' ••• - _ •• 1iI III I 1 SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON OESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a casttr yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three Sizes· SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICgS 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, MICH. II I I I IIII r WEEKLY ARTISAN ...__ •••••••• _ •• ._ .... _ ........ aa aa ..... • • ........ _.a •• • ... aa .... • .------ .----------.., These Specialties are used all Over the World ........ -_... --·1 I Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendlDll.) Many styles and oizeo. - Veneer Preooeo, d.fferent kinds and sizeo (Potented) Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, Single, Double and Combination. (Potented) (Size. 12 m. to 84 in wide.) - CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. No 20 Glue Heater. . .............. ...................................... __ .a .... ..... .. .... ....... .. .. .... ... ... ... . ...- a_ • _. __a_a ----- -- -_._._._. _. _. - ••_--- ._.- •• _.-. _•• _. _.-. _.-- ----- - . I MARIETTA FUMED OAK ACID STAIN To the finisher who has been using the fuming chamber to produce his fumed oak our Fumed Oak Acid Stain is a revelation. This stain is in no wayan experiment but practical working stain, producing a more uniform color, and giving to different grades of oak the same shade. It is a strong, penetrat.. I ing stain, going into the wood and yet it can be used without injury to the I hands. This is not a substitute for fuming. The stain actually fumes and is permanent, but it fumes in obtained on red as well as a different manner....s..aving white oak. The most con.. the cost of a fuming cham.. vincing evidence of the per.. ber and the time required feet working qualities of this in fuming by the old pro.. stain will be manifest in a cess. Unlike the Fuming single trial. Write us for a process good results can be sample. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, D. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO" Marietta, D. ~.- - ................................•.•....•............ - , ...........• t' - ••••••••••••• .. .. -- -~~~~~ ~chm~t· ~ ~~~-·1rI-",....,...-~----~-.... Upholrtere~r Furniture 1 1 :1\ LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM Ao---------. --- --- ---- -_.. ..,.."' _..-- -.-.--.------_-__._.---.---... . . HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati. 01,,0 makers of 1 ....~ ........ 2 \;VEEKLY ARTISAN I /J--------------------,I I IIIIII j ...... .-..-..-.-~-------_... ,. - .,. - .,. _ .. TI ~, .'l ;....... KI THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY Two Winners I•n Varnish This is the verdict of the manufacturer who knows. Paradox Rubbing Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever pro-duced. Can be re-coated every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. Ti-ki Lac Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard to sandpaper over night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. The man who knows is the man who wins. VARNISH DEPARTMENT Acme White Lead and Color Works DETROIT, MICHIGAN ....._---------- _....-.. ....- ... ... II II I II I IIIIIII I I I III III ,II ,I II III IIIIII ,.-----------_ ..._------ ---._-_ ....-..-_. __ .-..~ 1 II II , Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-flve years Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5t08-5110 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. ~......•..•....... _----.-_ ..... - •..•..... _- .. ~ This little machme has doue more to perfect the drawer work of furm ture manufacturers than all) thmg else In the funuture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect httmg vermm proof dovetaIled stock a POSSI blllt) ThIs bas heeu accomphohed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dov~-tads lU I('augs of from 9 to U at one operatlOn It s what others see about your busmess rather than "hat }Oll sa) about It that counts In the cash dray\,er Jt b the thrill of enthusIasm and the true rtng of truth }OU feel and hear bad, of tbe cold type that makes you buy the thlllgadvertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN R~pr~senled by Schuchart & Scbutte at B~rl1D. V,enna. Stockholm and SI Pelenburi Represented by Alfred H Schulle at Coloine. Brusselo. ueie. Pans, Muan and Bllboa Repr...,nted 1DGreat Bnhan and lroland by the OlIver Machm"rj Co • F S Thompson. Mllr • 201.203 DeaD>liate. MancheSler. EnQland • rI I I WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Benches Are Best BEITER MATERIAL---BETTER CONSTRUCTION-~-BETTER WORKMANSHIP There are several reasons why you should use the "Grand Rapids Benches." They are built to stand hard usuage. They won't warp or split, are built of well seasoned Mich-igan hard maple. Write for catalog showing full line. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jetferson Avenue Grand Rapids, Mich. Bnllsh Representatives Ohver Machine Co., Ltd., 201 Deansgate, Manchester. England. ~ •• _ •• ••• a.a _••••• - aa ••••• .. ... ... . . ..-_.. . - - .. -- -.., LUCE~REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, BIrd's-eye Maple, ~artered Oak and C,rcasslanWalnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' Building, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ....-. ••• ••• a •••••••••••••••••• , La ••• _ •••••••••• 3 ._ ... 4 .._ _ _ -----~-,_._._._..._._. _.._.._._. _._.-. _. _._-------_._---------- WEEKLY ARTISAN THE LueE ........... ·_-_·······_-_·--···-1 Many New Patterns In Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e rurniture (0. LINE h_ •••••• __••• _ •••••• ...'I" '\ N r ?,,.- FILLER The FILLER that FILLS. The L. Mac. E. Fillers are noted for their Uniformity. They work properly, packing well under the pad. They dry hard over night They will not Shrink as we use a water floated Silex, WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING. The Lawrence-McFadden Company PHILADELPHIA, PA. y,f{Ar," ~pnnT~_TJ;' _f_IR~ P__ i l1V.. 30th Year-No. 10 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 4,1909 Issued Weekly MOST EFFECTIVE ASSOCIATION WORK An Exam.ple of What the Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Organization is Doing in the Way of "Helps." The Mmne,ota AssoCIatIOn of RetaIl } ur111ture Dealers whIch IS one of the best and most ucce~~ful m the country, has a commIttee on advertI smg, whIch IS WOlkIng on progre~slve hnes m the \vay of V\hat the} call "a~soClatlOn helps, ' that I~, helpmg the members to Improve theIr store management amI aclvertl~mg methods As an example of theIr "as OClatlOn helps' read the follow1l1g, whIch wa~ recently pnnted 111 CIrcular form under the tItle, "AI e You for a GI cater Bmmess Futm e? If Noi, \i\'hy 1\ ot?' and ~ent out to all members' "Arc} ou llllllchng for a lSTeater future? If not. "hy not ?" TIns should be the earne~t questIOn that evelY member IS a~kmg hImself K 0 doubt your first ImpuLe WIll be to ~ay "Of com se I am \Vhat a foohsh questIOn fOl a secretar} to ask" nut the expenence V\e have been gCttL1g through the ~ecretar}'s office has prompted us to ask It If} ou are really bmlc!JnlS for tuture s~lccess, V\hat we al e gOIng to say and do for you v\1l1 help you so much more If you have not been glvmg thIS cubJect the thought It deserves, we hope tl1dt our a~soclatlOn helps "Ill stnnu-late you to greater actIon \Ve know that If }ou WIll adopt the advertIsmg helps we bnng }ou, }ou can acomph~h more, and for 111uch less cost to you, than }ou could If }ou attempted to do an} tlung along these 11l1esalone The vItal problem WIth the dealel IS How can I devise Ideas and plans that \\ III bnng me l1cher dIvIdends? It IS only natm al for the bus1l1ess man to long for larger profits and greater success No one has and no one Lan have a moaopoly 111 these thmg", and no bar or padlock can stand between you and the Ideals of your ambItIon The door of opportu111ty b always open, and you may enter If }ou can show the passport of compe-tenc} But do not forget that success has Its pnce whIch you must pay L~e the successful thoughts of others and make them Jour own Proper advertIsmg IS the qmckest and surest lOute to larger success, and IS only IUl11ted by the abIlIty of the advertIser hIm-self \Ve, a~ an a~soclatlOn, beheve tl1dt thIS phase of our asso- ClatlOu V\ork should have the hIghest consIderatIon What IS advertIsmg) \Ve are told that the word "advertIse" IS denved from two latm "ord~, "ad" "vertere" mea111ng "to turn,' thus advertl~mg ~Imply means to turn people's attentIon to the artIcle offered for sale \Vebster puts It, "to mform, to gIve notIce, etc ' Sheldon told us at om last conventIOn, that the dealer who has decIded to advertIse IS confronted by two problems: FIrst To tell hIS story as bllefly, attractIVely and conv1l1c-mgly as pOSSIble 'second To place what IS advertIsed, before as many people as posGlble for the smalle~t pOSSIble cost The assoCIatIOn has prepaled a number of advertIsmg units proofs of whILh are pre~entcd to yOU \\Ith thh Olheet. Study them care full} You WIll 110tIce that they are mortIsed so that prices or other mformatlOn may be msel ted to smt your needs No matter VI' hat} ou are plaul11ng-an advertLement or a Clrcular-b} the me of these umts, satIsfactOl y results may be obtamed m a very few mmutes BesIdes the advantage of havmg your matenal ready pre-pared, you V\III note the great sav1l1g 111 cost Through co-opera-tIon, we are able to fm111sh you for 40 cents what, 1I1dlvlClually, would cost} ou $1 tlO The further advantage is that these U111tS mal be used aga1l1 and agal11 at ~mtable mtervals After the fn st cost of the U111tS,the expense of a CIrcular for mstance made up of these IS practIcally hmlted to presswork and paper,and then, by the use of these e~tablbhed sIze U111tS,your advertIsement al-way s appeal s u111form and gIves your advertIsement an mcl!vI-duaht}, not eaCJly u111tated by others. In the constructIOn of these U111tSwe have not lost SIght of the essentIal prinClple~ m advertIsmg of first, credtmg attention; second, creatmg a desll e, and thlnl, creat1l1g a re~olve to buy, which fact IS often lost by the ca~ual advertIser In concldel1ng the advantages of these advertIsmg helps, do not fall to conSIder the sav1l1g of neV\"paper space, whIch we all know costs conSIderable monel PIck up any country newspaper and study theIr "ads ,. You Villi find, tune and tune agam, that the cuts used occupy ~everal tIme~ the space necessary to Illustrate the artIcle. Then by the tIme the average small pI mt1l1g office has added a descnptlOn of these artIcles (mvanablly usmg larger type than IS necessary) you can readIly ~ee that the cost of the space they occupy IS two or three tImes the first cost of the mc!Jvldual U111tSwe furmsh you. Thus \\ e feel that our assoCIatIOn can through ItS adver-tIsmg helps, save you at least 75 per cent your present cost of advertIsmg hardly pOSSIble of obtammg m the old way There-fore, \\ e hope that our 111embels WIll avaIl themselves of thIS op-portu111ty to go aftel bus1l1ess thIS fall, whIch ought to be one of the most prosperous seasons we have had for many a year. Reap portIOn of the plant and put It out of busmess There remains a two story bnck warehouse 80x100 feet (and platforms) con-tammg about $1 (),OOO worth of goods, four-tenths of whIch IS Iron, \\ l110w goods, beds, cots, chairs, spnngs, etc The factory output whIch \\ as pnnClpal1y K D needs assembling and re-burm shmg of the matenal on hand, and offers a good fal1 and \vmter Job for a couple of capable men to shape up for the market and mCldental1y may present a desIrable opemng for restockmg the plant BeSIdes the above there IS 13 acres of land w1thm ten mmutes walk of the bus mess center, and two blocks of the electnc belt car". It 1" entered by two raIlroad hnes connecting \\ 1th eIght other" chvergmg m al1 chrectIOns The b011er and shay mg houses, both of bnck, are mtact, also the blO\\ pIpe receIve 1, and pal ts, and a 100,000 bnck cemented ustern The foundatIOns of the factory 88x180, WIth the debris of a t\Vo story and basement bnck are awa1tmg reconstruction and the '230 H P Corhss engme IS restmg on ItS foundatIOn shghtly damaged by fire and exposUl e A1110cated in tern tory four-fifths Vll gm forest of the vanous classes of pme, oak, gum, ash, poplar, 'y camore maple magnoha, hol1y and other hard and soft timber, m \\ h1ch mnumerable saw 111111plants are bemg mstal1ed and opel ated I deSIre the trade to kno\\; the plant here IS part1al1y destroyed and out of busmess, to save them farther waste of hterature and postalSe, as \Vel1 as to sohClt the attentIOn of the men needed. Very truly and respectful1y A CURRIE 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN the full benefit of active assocIatIOn work and co-operatIve methods. If any other mformatIon IS deSIred, address the seCl etan . W L Grapp, at Janesv111e, Mmn. Yours for a hearty co-operatIOn, The AdvertIsmg CommIttee By the way the mIdsummer meetmg of the ;\Imnesota Re-tal! FurnIture Dealers' AssoClatIOn IS to be held at \Imneapohs on Wednesday of the commg week-September 8 C\S there \\ 111 be only two seSSIOns-mormng and afternoon-the program w111 be devoted mamly to routme busmess, 1eports of office1 sand commIttees, but It provIdes fm two addresses George J H11h el of Wmona wtll tel1 "What the Co-opelatIve Catalogue S\ "tem Pubhshed by the Merchants, Is Domg for \\ mona L Da\ HI son of Cannon Fal1s w111speak on "How and \\ hat "L-se 1 am Makmg of AssoClatlOn Helps," and the meetmg \V111c!o"e \\ lth a general diScussIon of "\Vhat \V III Bnng the Greatest Gooel to our Members at the Next c\nnual ::\Ieetmg m Janual y The reasons for holchng thIS l111dsummel meetmg a1e \\ el1 stated by PresIdent Buenger and Secretary Grapp m the Gl eet-mg" that serves as an mtroductlOn to the pnnted program sent out m advance m which they say A few years ago \\e \Vould not have beheveel po,slble the helps that our assoClatIOn has been glvm~ 1h member-, dunl1g the past half-year Helps that can be ~ecured by the 1eta11 de,tlel through no other agency, and that are a con"tant 1em1l1dCl ot what co-operatIOn m assocIation \\ ork can and doe, do "Owmg m a large measure to eAceptIOnalh lSood ClOp" we are now entenng upon one of the most pro::,pelous season, that Mmnesota has expenenced amI our patI on::, are ~01ng to hay e money to spend thIS fal1 How much of thIS cash busme~" are you gomg to get? How wel1 prepal ed are yOU for the b1gg e, t fal1 busmesss that you ever had? How much thought are \ ou glvmg thIS matter of gomg after busmess as yOU never have be-fore? "The fact that the big mal! order houses are cogmzant ot thIS Immense bu"mess outlook b mamfe~t by the unusual quantlt\ of advertIsmg matter whIch IS bemg turned out at their pnntmlS estabhshments To keep our merchants m touch \\ 1th \\ hat IS gomg on and to help them to put themselves m a posltlOn to "meet and bear' thIS game when It comes, are the pllnclpal rea-sons that have mftuenced our officel s to hold a m1d"ummer meet-mg. "We cannot tell you about it here, the most we can say IS, that It IS deCidedly to your best mterest to come to thh com en-tlOn " HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. Capable Men Wanted to Handle the Remains of a Southern Furniture Factory. The fol1owmg self-explantory letter, the \\ lltel of \\ hlCh b a real estate dealer, WIth offices m the First ::\atlOnal Bank bUlld-mg, Shreveport, La, IS pubhshed WIth the Idea that It may be read by some man or men who would be pleased to accept\\; hat b ap-parently a good opportumty to enter the fUlmture manufactUlmg busmess m the south Shreveport, La. -\ug 2G, 1()O£) Vveekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, l\I1ch Gentlemen -Your favor of the 21st mst addressed to the Queen CIty Furmture Manufactunng Company, received by me as successor to the ownershIp of the pi operty, whIch I acqUlred at receIver's sale, after a fire whIch destroyed the manufactunng A Modest Advertiser. 1he fol1O\\mg appear" as a standmg advertisement m the Gazette of Phoemx, Anz ,I deSIre to thank my many fnends and patrons for the ex-cel1ent patronage given me at my new store, corner of Fourth a\ enue and \\ ashmgton "treet, and to say I wil1 contmue to put torth e\ ery effort to please and w111at al1 times sell anythmg m he turmture Ime at satisfactory pnces " "CH-\S DONFRIO" ~. . ..- -- - --- .., A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS .. - ..-- ... ---- up to 5-16 thICk. ---- Repai ..ing•••Satlsfaction gu....anteed. CItizens' Phone 1239 ,-~--~_._~.__.2_7----N-.-Ma..ket St.. G..and Rapids. Mich. --_. - - - - - - - - - - ~ ROLLS THE "RELIABLE" KIND THE FEllWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. SOLVES AN INSTALLMENT PROBLEM Massachusetts Furniture Dealers Find Difficulty in Complying With a Stringent But Defective Law. Massachusetts has a stnngent law regulating the sale of goods on the mstallme~1t plan It reqUIres the dealer to fur-msh the buyer wIth a copy of the contract at the trme of sale and III case of default he must gIve the buyer thIrty days' no-trce, furmsh hIm an ItemIzed statement and make a written de-mand for the balance due before he can legally take posseSSIOn of the goods Another prOVISIOn, WhIch has proved unsatrs-factor y reqUIres that m case 75 per cent of the contract pnce has been paId the goods must be advertrsed and sold at auctIOn, the buyer to receIve any surplus over the amount due and the cost of foreclosure The law IS so loosely drawn and so vague that members of the Home FurnIshers.' Association of Massa-chusetts have found great dIfficulty In trymg to comply wIth ItS prOVISIOns, m eIther letter or spmt One of the most difficult problems is how to make a contract cover addItional purchases WIthout dlsturbmg the nghts of eIther party under the original contract or lease ThIS problem was submitted to Alonzo E Y ont, attorney and secretary of the aSSOCIatIOn,who deCIded that the best way to solve It IS to make an addItIOn to the original lease in the followmg form whIch he has publIshed in the Home FurnIsher, a bulletm Issued monthly to members of the asso-ciation: ADDITIONAL LEASE AND CONTRACT. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I and receIved of have thIS day hIred. the following artrcles which are to be added to and made a part of my lease No. .., dated. .. , agreeing that the goods herem named together WIth all other goods prev JOusly delIvered to me under the provI::,ions of said lease, shall remam the property of condItions of thIS or any prevIOUS contract relating thereto untrl the performance of all the For the rent and use of all the goods now leased me, I promise to pay the said ., . . ItS successors or assigns, at their office, the sum of dollars per . untIl the amount paId shall equal the sum total of the above schedule and any prevIOUS agreement herein refer-led to, mc1udmg the adclItIon of five per cent on the price named m thIS schedule and also five per cent on the balance 1emaming unpaId one year from thIs date and at the end of each and every succeedmg year I agree that scl1d . may Insure these goods for their full Jylaluc for its benefit or for whom it may COn-cern and add the expense of such 1l1surance to my lease, whIch I agree to pay. I AGREE THAT THE GOODS NAMED SHALL NOT BE MORTGA..GED, PLEDGED, SOLD, RE-LET, DAMAGED OR INJURED, reasonable wear excepted; NOR REMOVED WITHOGT THE 'WRITTEN CONSENT of saId . .. '" . . .. . ..... . . . . . , . be first obtamed thereto I agree that If I fall to make payments as herein promIsed, or to per-form any of the condItIOns of thIS contract, then saId. may re-take all of the goods herem mentIOned wherever they may be located WIthout bemg gUIlty of any trespass or tort I further agree that If the goods mentIOned shall be re-taken by saId . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. and there re-mam<; a balance unpaId after credltmg their fair value, less the cost of expense of re-taking, to my account, I will pay such balance on demand. I agree that said . . . . . .. ..... . .. may cancel thIS contract at any tIme before delIvery of goods. As further secunty for thIS addItIOn to said lease, I have this day de-pOSIted the sum of . . .. , .dollar::" which is exclusively for and on account of the goods herem mentioned I have carefully read th1s add1twlt to lease before signmg and have received a copy of same. Signed by . 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-·····--········-·----·-·-·---·~·--·---······ ... . --- .. ----4f e • I ._-_._ _-----_ -_ . OCTAGON ~EDESTALS AND TABLE LEGS That 18 the question. and a big one, too How do you nlake them? How much do they cost you? How good are they, and are they unIform? Just take a lIttle time and let these questlOns soak in Becanse you may be wasting on the manufacture of the Pedestals and Legs what you save by eco-nomIcal Manufacture on the Tops Your profits are then cut down Make the cost of the dIfferent parts balance One man "lth our LEG AND PEDESTAL MACHINE WIll make Octagon and Polygonal shaped turnings at one tenth to one twentIeth of what it costs by hand round ones at one-sIxth to one-tenth The savmg In tIme and labor IS what makes that bal-ance ",e ",ere Just talking about Now, don't say that sounds pretty good," and let It sUp your mInd Just Write us to-day C. MATIlSON MACHINE WORKS 863 Fifth st., BELOIT, WISCONSIN. ~_ . .-.. . .... --_._.-.-.~._._._-_. ----_.-_.__.-._-~.--_. ._._--..-._._---------------' ... Hoosier Capital Notes. Indianapohs, Ind, Sept 2-The K1 amer \Ianufactunng Company, are sendIng out tvvent) -fi\ e hundred ot theIr tall catalogues, whIch are gotten up 111 excellent ::,t) Ie 1'h1::, company makes a 'ipenalt) of da\ enp01 t"l ancl PI e"'ldent Andrew Kramer reports the tIade \\ 1th the company fine the factory havmg been rUll on full tIme all ot tll1') \ ea1 ] he corrt,pany recently buIlt an add1tlOn to theIr uphobtenng de-partment wluch faClhtates the manufacture of then hne to a conSIderable extent. Manager Chatle'i Da) of SmIth Da) &. Co chan manu facturers, report'i bU"111e"" \\lth hI') film a" t\\ent)-fi\e pel cent better than the same penod of la"t ) ear :l\fanager 1\. L Hagedon of the II e"te1n Fur11ltUle Com- I I l [ I I I From Suite 1545 by the Nelson-Matter Furmture Co.• Grand Rapids. pany states they have all the busmes'i the) can handle th1'i year, the plant bemg taxed to Its capaClty Hageman Brothers IS one of the new veneer firms of Indlanapohs, who have been 111operatlOn "mce J an 1 The firm IS composed of A J Hageman and A E Hageman and both are expenenced men 111the bU::,111e"s The firm reports an excellent trade. PreSIdent J. D Man" of the Ind1anapoh", Sa \\ eel Veneer Company reports the v olume of busmes::, WIth hIS com pan) such that they are unable to keep up \\ Ith It. The udell Works have just Issued an eIghty-eight page catalogue that IS the finest productlOn the company has yet put out The pages are of the hIghest quahty of enamel and the half-tone::, are the best obta111able The CO\ ers are em-bossed and of Herculean stock One hunch ed ne\\ deSIgns are shown; the catalogue sho\\ 111g::,heet musIc cabmets, plano player roll cab111ets, cy1111der and chsk record cab111ets, lache,,' desks, hbrary book cases, medlC111e cabInets, commodes and !old111g tables "\ speCIal feature conSIsts in the catalogue be111g arranged ab::,olutely for the benefit of the dealer and made up "0 as to be a sales help to hIm ThIS also applies to the arrangement of the pnces. SIX thousand catalogues WIll be maIled at th1::, tIme The 'Cdell \\ orks have also just mail-ed t\\ ent) -fi\ e hundred of theIr new thIrty-two page music ub111et catalogue, and a1e hav111g five hunch ed speCIal cata-logue",. pnnted for theIr eAport trade, whIch extends into ~outh Amenca, Cuba, MeXICO and the PhIlhpmes Manager Cobb 'itate" that theIr exhIbItIon sales 111July were very grab- 1\ 111g and In \ 1ew of the fact that the company's sales force a1e "'end111g In large 01del '0, and the company's catalogues not) et all 111the hand" of the trade, the condItions are such that the L-dell II orks WIll have all the business they WIll be able to handle The Quiet Way. IYhat's the use of worrY111g, Of hurry 111g, And scurry111g, Everybody flurrying, And breakmg up theIr rest, \Vhen everything IS teachmg us, Preachmg and beseech111g US To settle down and end the fuss, For qUlet ways are best? The rain that trickles down in showers A blessmg brings to thirsty flowers, And gentle zephyrs gather up Sweet fragrance from each bnmming cup, There's ruin in the tempest's path, There's ruin in the voice of wrath, And they alone are blest vVho early learn to dominate Themselves, their violence abate, And prove by their serene estate That quiet ways are best. The bUlldmg f01metly oocupied by the Grand Rapids Fur-niture Company 111Youngston, Ohio, has been remodeled and IS now occupIed by A Leopold, who has moved hIS stock frOTh 2G3 \Vest Federal street, where he had been in the retail furni-ture business for five years. WEEKLY ARTISAN .. iIIf III III II I I I I If It If I IIIf '--------_._----_._-~_.--- .. -' ----~-----_._._---_.~----- . . .-- _. . ---_._._._-- Crooked Buying. Dunng the 111Id-summer sellrng season the representatn e of a cel tarn manufactunng house exhlbltrng a lrne of furl11ture rn, It matter" not III what market, "a:o approached by the re-presentatlVe of a corporatIon manufactunng factory suppl1e'3 "Do you sell-of-?" namrng a plom111ent dealer dOIng busI-ne" s 111a promrnent CIty, the suppl} sale"man enC]mred 111the cour"e of a conversatIOn '1\ 0, I hay e never got a 'look m' wIth the buyer He :opend" a gl eat deal of t me 111 the market, but ne\ er "eemlng-ly, has had time to look at my hne." 'He IS now m a recept1Ve mood, and WIll make a date wIth yOU, If you lll\lte hun to do :00," the :oupply salesman con-t111ued In a day or two the buyer appeared III the s:llcsroom of the manufacturel m questlOn, Inspected the hne carefully and placed a liberal order. Defore tak111g hIS departure he de-clared that he would use a great many pIeces contaIned 111the lIne dunng the holiday sea:oon. Accordll1g to the "frame up" It was then 111order for the supply salesmen to appear on the scene Gorng to the office of the manufacturer of furnIture he explamed the ments of the supplies he was selhng, and when 111formed that the man-ufacturer dId not care to change the maten",ls he had used, the supply salesmen enqmred "Y ou took a good order for furnr ture from-- (nam111g the buyer) In July" "Yes, a very good order," the manuafcturer replred "You are rndebted to me for that order The buyer b a fnend of m111e He placed It With yOU upon my requ~"t." The manufacturer ll1tllTIated that there was "nothlllcrb dorng" and the salesman departed In less than one "eek the 01der for furniture was can-celled. The buyer 1:0 well-known and the "alesman represenb a promment firm Legal means should be proVided for the punishment of such crooks. .... Ii . -- .----.----.-..._._---_._-_._. __.._------~ i ...II II your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <rlarence 1R.bills DOES IT 163 Mad"son Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS MICH 9 This Group for ~51 Solid Oak; French Plates; Any Finish Desired Wardrobe Dresser Combination Dresser Commode - - - - - Dresser ChIffonier Bed $18.00 650 400 8.75 775 6.00 FI\lISHES-Golden Oak Gloss Dull Golden Early Enghsh. Weathered or Fumed FOB. Mamstee. Manistee Mfg. CO. ____. MANISTEE,.MICH..----..4 New Factories. The Po~ey Soundmg Board Company of HoqUIam, Ore, has sta1 ted operatlOn~-manufactunng plano sounc11l1g boalCls- WIth a m111that has a capac It} of ~5,OOO feet pel day The ProgrcsslVe League of Alexander, La, ha" closed the negot1atrons by whish a chall ±actory WIll be estabh"hed 111that town. From SUite No 1545 by Nelson-Matter Furmture Co, Grand Rapids. James] rLlemper is mak1l1g arrange111ent~ to estabhsh a mat-tress factory at Helena, Ark. The Guthne (Okla ) Desk and 1:' urmture Company are now expected to start work 111theIr new factol y on September 21. H M. Wellman has orgam7ed a company and w1ll estaD-lish a factory at Oshkosh, VVIS, to manufacture a lowenng de-vice for caskets that he has made at South Doardman, M1Ch, for the past ~ix or seven years The DI unswlck- Balke-Collander Cornpany have bought the Lake Independence Compan} 's property at BIg Bay, M1Ch, where they Will establIsh a bow lrng p111factor}. The Escanaba VeneeI Company, recently incorporated w1th $25,000 capital stock, all paId m m cash, vnll establIsh a new factory and conduct a manufactunng and mercantile bUSIness at Escanaba, Mich. ~ ~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---- r . .. ... 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF I Circassian, Mahogany, I and I Estab!~~B3~lbro I.. Gum Oak, Poplar Veneers. Veneer II I'" One Town and Another. Strange, how the travelmg man Journeymg along the raIl-road map 1Salways really m the same town Oh of cour"e theIr names are drfferent and they may vary occaslOnalh 111"Ize but you could sh1£t the depot slgns 1n man) an mstance, and so tal as the observer 1Sconcerned, 1t would make no chfterence The tram leave;, the cornfields and slows up along b) the tall red elevator, the ~ ater tank, the coal sheds and the 10\, rooted statlOn The same sort of fellow calls out the bus that leach to "the best hotelm the C1ty" The same cut-up boy ndes up on the hmd step of the veh1cle You rattle along past the Implement shops, the hvery barns and on past the clatter at the smIth) s hammer to the pubhc square, opposIte wh1ch IS sItuated "home sweet home" wh1le you are 111the burg Then the same sort of slckly lookmg chap takes ) our gnp He looks as 1f he had had no sleep m a month and the pallor at h1S countenance sets h1m apart from the b} ;,tandmg farmel Just behmd h1m at the office desk 1Sthe artlst1cally lettered mm 01 decorated w1th ads of firm" most of whom have long '111ee gone out of busmess LJp the ,\orn plush carpet stan \\ a, \ all are led to your room~always the same square, hlc1eou"l) papel ed bo"'- w1th the water p1tcher greetmg yOU from the cheap dres;,er and the bed suggestive of creepmg thmgs At dmner, you are glVen an opportumty to flIrt \\ Ith the gIrl who asks you If you WIll take "tea, coffee or Ice tea, and you have occaSlOn to come m contact \\ Ith other guests from the out-slde world, who have lent glamor to the place~the mlll111el tnmmer out from ChIcago, the horse buyer, the members of a v1s1tmg ball team, the local edItor who has come up to take a portlOn of h1S advert1smg bIll out m tIade, and occas1Onah, the show troupe bIlled that mght for stunts m the hall aba, e the drug store Then there 1Sthe call upon the fellow \\ ho has come 111from the farm and bought out the town restaurant, He ah\ a} s has a bunch of kJds romp111g around the counter, to ,\ ham )OU mu;,t first pay attent10n Talkmg w1th a it avelmg man 1s a bH'; event w1th him You can tell tlMt IJ\ the ,elf con,c1OUS SIde glance, that he makes to native, who are loafmg lust bac k of you and who are slzmg up your clothes a, }ou take out \ OUI goods - And evemng-1sn't 1t clehghful m the,e places where tWIIH';·:lt falls so sllently that the croak of frogs out m the mar;,hes dnfb to your ears, uncannily A s you stand out m front of the "CommercIal Home," the people of the to\\n dnft by They form a pageant of characters such as you have met m all the other towns you have been m-and, of course, not among the least of these IS the young lady who doe5n't take mto conslderat1On the fact that you mIght be marned, but who wants to take a stlo11 down the back street w1th you over towards the cemetery. You Co. CINCINNATI. O. are thOl oughly famlhar w1th the ;,ort 1f you have been on the road long TheIrs IS the sort of romantIC nature to whIch a stranger appeals \nd there IS also that chance of gettmg mto a game WIth ,ome local shark, or gomg down to the grocery store to tell stones 01 predIct to the long beards' how the elect10n IGcom1l1g out But what} ou mvanably do when the strenuous day IS done IS to get off mto a httle corner of the readmg room to wnte to the house and to "her Then you beard the crcepmg thmgs m thur laIr only to Jump out at an ungodly hour to make an-other to\, n, \\ hlch WIll be Just hk~ one you have left~O Fred ~')\\eet 111 Travchng Salesman Circular Doesn't Worry Freight Rate Refornlers. BUSIness men of Denver have receIved an anonvmous Clf-cuLl! \\ hlch declares that freIght rate reformers are' domg the 'ltuatlOn much harm and permanent mJury may be wroug1-Jt to Colorado and Ltah The author predIcts the closmg of the Gah eston gate\\ a} In tll1s C011nect1On the statement 1S made that all-I all tonnage from Atlantic seaboard to Colorado has de-crea" ed from tJ() to J:J per cent of the total, and that tonnage vIa (,alveston has deClca5ecl from 35 per cent of the total to about Adopted by the Grand Rapids Furniture Association are produced With our: Golden Oak Oil Stain No. 1909, Filler No. 736. Early English Oil Stain No. 55, Filler No. 36. Weathered Oak Oil Stab No. 1910. Mahogany Stain Powder, No.9, Filler No. 14. Fumed Oak (W) Stain No. 46. ~I II per cent wIllIe tonnage V1a South AtlantIC ports has 1l1creased tr01l1 about 1() per cent of the total to practICally 50 per cent The'" nter further ~tates, and not WIthout truth, that becausf' of the g-reat dmO\.1l1tof freIght be1l1g handled through the South -\tlanttc ports by rea;,on of the dIfferentIal rate now 111 force, the al1-Tatl routes arf' 111 a cond1tlOn of unrest and WIll welcome the first opportu11lt) to aboh~h the dIfferentIal The CIrcular IS not causmg any \\ orry, however, and the reformers are gOl11g nght on \\ Ith theIr \\ ork Onh a fool woule! pel sume to guess at the age of an egg- or a woman ------------------------------------- - WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood workmg tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood- 109 the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor UObver" New VarIety Saw Table No 11 W,ll take a saw up to 20s d,ameter Arbor belt IS 6' WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Oher Machmery Co. Hudson Termmal. 50 Church St. New York, Ol,ver Machmery Co , FilS! NatIOnal Bank Bmldmg, ChIcago, III , Ohver Machmery Co , PacIfic BUlldmg, Seattle, Wasb , Ohver Machmery Co • 201-203 Deansgate, Manchester, Eng " Time "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches Made wIth or WIthout motor dnve Me t al lable 36"x30" WIll take , 8" under Ib e gUIde lilts 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car ... nes a saw up to 1 %1' WIde OutsIde beanng to lower wheel shalt when not motor drIven WeJgh. 1800lb. when ready to shiP FEARS THE EFFECT OF STRIKES Sensible Ideas Expressed by a California Furniture Dealer. "Strikes may cause bus1l1e~s depre%lOn 111 some of the eastern CItIes," declaled H K Jackson, presIdent of the Jackson Furm-ture Company of Oakland, Cal, on hIS return home from the Grand RapIds, ~ew York and ChlLago markets "Even a threat-ened stnke IS bad for any commul11ty, ' he IS quoted as sa}1l1l5 "There IS nothmg that so completely paral)Zes bus1l1ess and cloes It so qUlckly as a strike The large cO!por atlOns m most mstances are to blame They are lllvarIably III a pro"perous con-chtlOn and m the long run profit by a strike whl1e the common people lose, and III such a way that they can neve 1 recover then losses "These bIg cO!pOifatlOns declal e fabulous chvldends that create Immense mdlVldual fortunes Take for example the anthraCIte coal compames and steel compame of Penns} lvama By reducmg theIr chvlclencls Just a trifle not enough to make an} chfference to theIr stockholders, and add It to the wages of thclr under-paId employes they would elmllnate all posslblhty of a ctrIke, and by so dOlllg create better employes, better cltl7ens, and msure busmess condItions "The threatened car stnke m ChIcago hau everybody III the Clt} frightened There IS onl} a small wage lllcrease asked b} the men Surely that could be settled al11lcably WIthout lettmg- It come to a strike whIch would Jeoparchze the mterest of e\ er} merchant m the Clty of ChIcago and gIve the bus1l1ess Interests a set back that would take years to overcome 'I have been an employer fOJ many yeal '0, and found If yOll are inclined to play faIr, yOll WIll have no dIfficulty WIth labor " Tempers " Cost In fact all strikes could be avO!ded by usmg a httle chplomacy and meetlllg the men half way You cannot convert a stnker by beatmg hIm over the head Cornpulsory arbltrabon estab-hshed by the law IS what It IS eventuall} comlllg to "Travel IS exceptlOnall} heavy, Pullman accommoclatlOns thIS SIde of ChIcago havmg to be engaged days ahead Heavy travel 1~ alwa} s a good SIgn and 111chcates that people are prosperous " In spIte of the fact that love is popularly supposed to be blmd, man} a fellow hac; fallen 111love WIth a gIrl who IS a SIght. Those '" ho are rollmg in wealth might find a better use for it r--·~------------~-~~-----·-·-------·, II III II I III I I THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receive descrlptlVe CIrcular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes WIth prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. ..... - - ~~------- ----------------- Rotary Cut Plain Oak Veneer 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN If You Want One Crate or a Carload of Write us. We have it, red or white, crated and ready to ship. Walter Clark Veneer Company 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EBONY ON THE RIO GRANDE. A Fake Story Brings Out Some Interest-ing Information. The St LouIs Globe-Democrat, about the fil..,t \\ eek 111 August, publtshed a story from :\[I"SIO n,Tl, to the errld that large quantlttes of mesquIte and tl ue ehom could hl found m the lower \ alley of the RIO (,rande r1\ el. that 11111C11 of It was be111g de"tlo\ ed-bl11 neel In "lttlcl'" III clca1llng-then farms-and that II tllta111 T TII\ an \\]w 0\\ n.., a Cjnd1 II sectIOn of land dOI\n thele \1 d.., thl hl,t to cll"'lO\ 11 the11 the t1111berwa" valuable and to make l1"'l oj lt \[1 1\1 \ dn all l1cl mg to the stor) , sa\ed the mesCjmte and II um log" tll"t \\lle cut on hl'i land, "hIpped "a lOUple ot car load~ t,) a <"'t Lams factory, and \vas to hay e them \\ olkecl up 111tOt\\ 0 i1111 sets of h011seholc1 fnrl1ltuf(~, one set to he l1"ed 111hh l1l\\ home and the other to be pI e'ientecl to one ot hh claughtll" ThIs was declared to be the fir"t tl111l that a lOl11plul ..,U oj furl1lture had been made of ehol1\, \\ h1lh I" one ot the haHI-est woods and IS extremely ehfficult to \\ork The Globe-Democrat's story has appeared III se\ e1al other papel", Inclndmg tI'e (hrhtal11 C::C1ence\[Ol11t01 ot l\CJ" ton, whIch had :\fr TI1\ an 'i 10Q"'i'ih1pped to a \[lc1m~an j,ll-tory 1l1stead of 5t Lom" l hur"cla\ 111Inlng oj thh \\ eel, 1t appeared In the (,rand RapId" Herald, \\h1ch In mde1 to aId local 1l1tere'it to the ) arn had the log" slllppec1 to d G1and RapIds fml1lture factOl}, tho11Q"h 1t publtshed the 'itor} nnder a 5t Lotus date Reahzlng that an} factO! \ ma1{1lJg ebony furl1lture for :\Ir Bryan \v1tho11t ache1tts111Q" the fact was neglect111g an excellent Opp01 t11111t}, a rep1 esentat1\ e of the 1\'ee1dy Arthan, made a httle 111\ e ,tH:;at10n He first called up AddIson 5 Coodman of the I uce rur11ltm e C 0111 pany. \\ho l'i p1e"ldent of the C1anc1 Rap1c1" I U1111!llll \Ll11u-facturers' ~ssoC1atlon ~rr. Goodman ehd not kno\\ of any local factory ha\lng lece1\ul an O1c1el £Iom \11 1:31' an dnd eApre-.sed the Idea that the "to!y nw;ht hay e blen ofUS-lllated In the unaglllatton of "Ollle lOll e"ponrlent \\ ho \\ a.., "h01 t ot matenal II Ilhalll IVldchlomb of the Illddllol11h I m111tu1e Company. \\ho IS knO\\n a'i an eApert on furl11tme \\ood.., was next called upon and he gal e hh 0pllllOn "ub'ita'1t1alh a'i follow'i "As T under"tancl It ebon} I" a p11reh tropIcal ploc111ct I do not th111k It IS found 111 l'e.xa" 01 northern \lexlco 1 do not kno\\ ot an} f1lll11ture facto!} In the count1 \ that the" It 1 '-,uppo'ie It could be used. though It l'i hal d. hea\ \ anel e,- tremel} chfficult to \\ or1<. I ne, e1 'ia\\ but one pIece of It 111 the rough and that was a httle crooked log, 111 ~ e\\ York, that came from somewhere In Central or South Amenca, I th111k It IS altogether hkely that the story about Its groW111g along the RlO Grande IS an example of the versatthty of some penn} -a-1111er The (J"rancl Raplr1s Brush Company must use "ome of the \\ ood. Better call on thelll, perhaps they can tell \ au all about It ' ~t the bru"h factory, the 111qlll"ltor was shown samples ot ebon), and told that It grow" only It the tropIcs-the best come" from LClL111tne"near the equator In Its natural state It IS dalk 1>111not ah\a}" black and has a beautIful gra111 It h denc,e hard and hea\}, but I" ea'ill} "tamed Not\\ Ith- ..,tanc!tnC!,1h haldne"" the "tam gocs throu~h It and "La} "-1'i pel manent 1t b "'olel not by the foot nor by the ton. but by lhe pound and 1l lom"" In "tllks rathel than m logs The blu"h maker" and other manufalturer" \\ ho u"e It for small al tlcle" buy It from ll11porter" 111~ ew York and BO'i10n. The be"t qualtty-the black-and the lal ge'it "log,," come" from 111Chclanel le} lon, anel e\ en 111 those C011ntne" It IS a rare tl ec 1 he "pelle" founel 111Centrdl and South Amel1ca IS not t1 ue black ebon \ It 1" dark, but l'i often staIned to make 1l black and then can be d1'i!lnglll'ihecl from the gemune only b\ e'pcrts. It I" almo"t as expensne a", that flOlll the East Incites Furniture Fires. The :'-lanl11ng 1·urmture \\ as bm ned on ~m;mt 2cl 111.., urecl. James Coombs, furmtnre dealer of Malden. :Vlass lost $-WO or $300 by fire 111hI" store home on Reserve "treet last Sunday rull} 111sured 5 J Fe}, funllture dealer and undertakel of Lora111 0, "uffeleel a loss of about $2,'500 b} fire 011 \ugust 23 HIS 'itorehou"e \\ as bm ned amI hIS uncle 1tak111Q"lOoms badly dam-factory at Sulphur SPI ings, Tex, Loss, $10,000 or $12,000, parttally aged. Good Business Opportunity. 1 he recen er" "ale of the \ ent} -Ca-.well property of Portland, :'-1Ich.. announced on another page, WIll afford a ~ood opportunlt} for 111Ve'itment by men famlltar WIth the fur11lture 111anufdctunng bU"111es" There IS a factory well eC[lllpped \\ lth modern lllalh111el}, a cOll"lderable amount of fil11~hed, partly fil11"hed ancl unfi11lshed "tock, WIth lumber and Othll ..,upplle.., enough to enable the purcha"er to be~111 busI-ne..,,, at once, and the prodult:-, of the old company have a gooel replltatlOn The sale 1:0 to take place at Portland 0'1 1 uesday, September 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN A Practical Cutter Grinder. MOIrh \Iood & Sons of 271G \Vest Lake Street, CJl1cago, manufacture a large Ime of wood cutters and abo the TwentIeth Century Cutter Gnnder a practIcal, useful, money-sa\ mg tool The manufacturers arc tdhmg man} Olden for thIS machme, at> well as for other toob of theIr manufacture and have been compelled to operate theIr factor} ll1~hts m ordel to take Cdle of theIr mcreasmg trade Effective Helps to Sell. Frederick Arnold Fall aI, advel tlSlng manager fOl the Adams & Elting Camp an} , "The Ad-elIte People," has pro-duced one of the best thmgs 111 the way of a catalog lle or adver-tIsing magazme, evel sent ant to dealers. It contains t\\ eh e pag e" about the SILe of Le"lIe's or CollIel' s pnnted m colors on enameled papel and IS mtended to show dealers what the" \d-el- ite People" dre clomg to help them sell H yglell1c Kdlsonnne. Ad-el-Ite, J\1JsslOn wood fill1shes and other of the company '" products It IS entItled, "Helpmg Yon to Sell-Co operatIOn That Counts," and It certamly sho\\ s that the Adams & Fltmg Company are co operatIng effectIvely \\ Ith dealers who handle theIr good", b} advel tIS1l1!?,extensIvely m the best mechums and hl1ll1shmg beautIfully colOled cards and ha1H;ers for store or wmdow sIgns and chspla}s and cuts for me 111 local papers Evel} dealer \\ ho handles wall, floor and fl11ll1tm e fill1"hes should have a copy of the" \(l-el-Ite People's" Ull1que catalogue Ad-dress the Adams & Elt1l1g" Compan}, advel tI S111gdepartment, ChIcago or New York Salesmanship Compared. In c!Jscuss1l1g sdlesmdnshlp the manager of a ~reat maml-factc11111g busmess III Inchanapohs recalled an Illstance where an alleged salesman talked a dealer IlltO t>\gmng an 01 der for a lot of dwarf bookcase~ of S\7e<; more generally 111 demand When the stock was receIVed and deposited III tLe wal ehouse a slllgie piece was placed 111an out-of-the-way corner of the show room and forgotten \\ hen thIS dealer was called upon later he condemned the goods, havlllg made no efforts to sell the same A competItOl III a neighborlllg street bought the good" because he was convlllced he had a market for them, and when receIVed he chsplayed promlllently the entire purcha"e He so1cl the lot and duplIcated the order Dwarf bookcases an 1 magazllle cablllets are very handy and useful far the apart-ments of young women. Then use enables the 1l11SSeSof a household to propelly care for then books and magaz1I1es With-out gomg to the fal1111yhbrary. Good "alesmanshlp can find a market for many bookca<;es III small sizes. r--.~..-·_._--~--------_... - . - ..- - ---- .._ ..--. II I "There's ,II , II•I ,,I I• I,,II I I t. ----------- • - -- •• - _ ... ~,--------------------------------------------~ THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND PROFIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Eli Beds m Mantel and Upnght ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. ~..---------------_ ..... . . ------_ .. -~ 13 ~- -~--~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~---- 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ------_. .--_._._-_._._---_ ..----------.._. ._. -_-.-.----....~ VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We wl11have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to give ~atJsfactlOn. Don't miss commg to see the lme, It will pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers ~ .;. ~ Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. -----I~ Edward Malley's Estate and Will. Edward .Malley, dry goods and fur111tm e dealer ot "e\\ Haven, Conn, who dIed recentl), left an e~tate e,tnnatecl at $2,000,000, whlCh he dIsposed of 111a pecuhal \\ III -\fter ch,,- pos111g of about $20,0000, 111small bequests to \ anou" challtdble orga111zatlOns, fnends and I elatIves ::\1r :\lalley becllleath~ to l1l" grandson, Wallace Malley, the 111come from $23 000 for hfe The rema111der of the property, both I eal and per~onal, IS dIvIded 111tofour trusts f01 the use of hIS three chllch en, \\ alter, Arthur, and Jane Malley J'\ one of the chlleh en can recen e the pnnclpal form any of these trusts dunng then htetIme In dlSpoS111gof the bus111ess that bears hIS name '1[1 :\lalle\ provIded as far as possIble that the firm should be cal ned on 111- defimtely by hIS mdle descendants The stock h dry Ided 111to three trusts for the use of hIS clnldren In adc!ItIon thIrty ,har e" of the stock of the Edward Malley Company IS put 111trust £01 Wallace Malley The 111come from thIs stock I" not to be paId to Wallace Malley untIl he reache~ the age of 23 ) ears and tLen he IS to receIve the 111come only so long as he rema111S1I1 the em-ploy of the Edward Malley Company \Vhen he reaches the age of J5 years \Vallace IS to recen e thIs stock If preVlOlb to that tIme he has been for seven years In the employ of the Edward Malley Company PractIcally the same provIsIOn IS made for the son -\rthur '" . IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrIc and Hand Power The Best Hand Power for Furnzture Stores Send for Catalogue and PrIces KIMBALL BROS, CO., 1067 Ninth St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co.. 323 Prospect St, Cleveland, 0 , l081lth St., Omaha, Neb., I:l0 Cedar St , New York City - .. ...-..~ '-------------._-_._- ---- -- . .. -_._._._._-_ ... Ilalle) If he ha" not served at the tune of reachmg 35 years the 'II aIle) Com pan) fOl se\ en years hiS share 111the 1l1come from the I [dlle\ "tock 1" to 1evert to Jane l\Ialley Something New. .'-It Elmo l\Iassengale, of somewhere down south, read a paper before the ~ssoc1ated AdvertJs1l1g Clubs of Amenca at LoU!w111e la~t \\ eek 111wh1ch the products of the fur111ture fac-t01les of l\ 01th Carolma were extolled A short extract serves to 1e\ eal 1tS slg11lfance The charge that Grand Rap1ds b1ands "orth Ldrol1l1a fU!11ltUle, as ItS own before sell111g It would make a \\ ooden Indian laugh "Over 111~orth Carol111a, nght 111the center of the greatest hard\\ ood sectlOn of the South, are a score of factones where fur- 11lture equal to any made 111tl11s country, IS be1l1g turned out every day, the sectlOn IS second only to Grand RapIds 111the amount of annual output 110m HH~-h POint ::-J C, and from surroundlllg C1tJes are sent every season great quant1tJes of furl11ture to Grand Rapids, or are e,h1ppecl to Chicago and other markets on the orders of Grand RapIds Jobbe1 sand manufdcturers These goods are sold under the b1and of Mlc.h1gan factones and North Carohna loses the creellt and the profits whlCh should be he1S "If the fur111ture makers of HIgh POlllt would adopt a trade mark, 1£ then the) would advertJse that trade mark, If they would make known the quahty of their goods und<cr that trade mark, or trade marks, and th1'; quahty has already been endorsed by Grand Rapids and by consumers all over the country, the profits dccru- 111gto the south would mount into the mllhons annually, whlch now go dsewhere and to more far-seeing merchants" WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 "THE ,.--------------------------------------. -------_._._._- ------_.---------- ., • BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. I i I _______ • • • __ • _ _ • • .~ •• • •. • .4II Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories. Sash and Door Mills, RaIlroad Companies. Car BUIlders and others wIll consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnIshed m rolls or reams. MANUl-ACrURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pat ~----_...-- GOSHEN AND STURGIS. StUlgIS, Mich., Sep 2 -President W C Grobhlser of the Grobhlser Cabmet Compames left last Saturday on a three weeks' westeln tnp The Royal Chair Company are plannmg to bUlld an additIOn to their plant next spnng which V\ III be 70xl00 feet m dlmenslOn:o two stones high to be used as a shlppmg room The company I::' now erectmg a second story additIOn to their office quarters Managel J F Walton states that the company IS crowded at present WIth orders beyond their capacity The Royal ChaIr Company are now mallmg eight thouusand fall catalogues to the trade. The catalogue IS a splendid productIOn m make up and covers the Royal Lme in a comprehensive manner The Stebbms-WIlhelm Burmture Company, manufacturers of high grade tables have m process of erectlon a one story structure GOxllS feet m dimenSIOns whIch to be used for a shlp-pmg room and for office quarters. The office quarters wIll oc-cupy a space of 16x60 The new bUllchng will be read} for oc-cupancy September 15 Secretary -Treasurer E B Stebbins, havmg returned from a four weeks' busme~s tnp m the states of OhIO, Kentucky and West V Irgmla, left Monday for a four weeks' busmess tnp through western Pennsylvama The Aulsbrook & Jones Furmture Company are remodelmg their veneer plant and enlargl11g the same to such an extent as to double its pi esent capacity. The Aulsbrook- Jones hne has been made over and IS entHely c1rfferent from former productIOns A speCIal feature of theIr lme of chamber furmture IS their Clr-cas sian walnut department which was added m July. The com-pany are havmg a better volume of business thiS year than any precedmg year and have an estabhshed trade from coast to coast A very handsome catalogue has Just been Issued of which three thousand copies are bemg mailed. The Sturgis Machine Company, establIshed SiX year::. ago, has Just moved mto a new bnck bmldmg 50x84 feet m size George F. Smith and Albert E NIcholson compose the company Mr. Nicholson was formerly connected WIth Wilham E Hill, the well known saw mill manufacturer The new plant afford:o double the capacity of the old plant and IS located on West street. President Harvey F Bdnta, of the Banta Furmture Company Goshen, Ind, IS makl11g a busines:o tnp through the principal cltles of the vvest and on the PaCIfic coast Mr. Banta left Augu:ot ± and IS expected to return about September 20. The Santa Furl1lture Company report busmess as good thiS year The company has a large trade whIch comes from all sectIOns of the Ul1Ited States PresIdent MCDow of the Goshen Veneer Company says theIr busmess was very good up to July 1 Since then orders placed have not been so heavy cl he company, however, had an accumulation of orders which they are now able to catch up with The I X L Furl1lture Company, manufacturer:o of kitchen cabll1ets, cupboards, wardrobes, desks, tables, medlcme cabmets, etc, are plannll1g to buIld an extensIOn next year which wIll be 60x120 feet, to be used as an additIOn to theIr fil1lshll1g and 11lachl11ery departments Secretary James A Arthur .states that ever smce the company began operatIOns away back m 1879, the factory has never been Idle but has been kept runnmg 10 hOUls every day President Hawks of the Hawks Furniture Company reports a satisfactory busmess thiS year and states the volume IS forty per cent better to date than the corespondmg penod of last year H J. D. What is Saw Dust? Whether sawdu"t IS lumber or fuel IS a questIOn which the Interstate COlTIlTIlSSlOnIS mVlted to answer m a complaint filed With that body m which a vIOlatIOn of the rate law IS alleged. The complamant IS the Plummer Company of MIlwaukee and the pomt at Issue IS a rate charged by the Great Northern for the transportatIOn of a carload of sawdu~t from MIlwaukee to H~t-tmger, N D The railroad held that sawdust was lumber and consequently charged lumber rates on the product. The com-plamant avers that sawdust IS fuel and therefore entitled to a lower rate The complamant requests that If the commIssion decides that sawdust IS fuel l11stead of lumber the Plummer company shall be awarded reparatIon m the :"um of $31 80 I have heard It saId that a woman never knows what she wants That IS a lIbel on the fair sex She always knows what she wants when she realIzes that she can't get it. l"-~~~~~~N~~~~~~=~~~ iII iEverything in Equipment for the Woodworker. I Offi_~'_. I 58 South Ionia St., Opposite Union Depot. Wood Working Machinery Factory Equipment Machine Knives, Bits, Etc. McMUllEN MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPID, MICH ". _ • _ •• • --.-~ -_ ..........•.•..__•i ------------------------------------ "upe1 \ 1"1011of the manufactunng of woolmattre:,<;es IS equally a" t;leat 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEC STATES ,OTHERCOUNTRIES $2 00 PERYEAR. SINGLE COPIES SCENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING ECITOR Entered as second class matter July i, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids. Michigan under the act of March J 1879 The Artisan repnnted an Item last \\ eek, wIthout comment, ham 1\lodern \lethocl", a bU<;111e:,,,pubhcatlon, to the effect that "a department stOle ln Ch1CdgO "ells at retelll dpp10" 1mately $300,000,000 \\ 01th of good::, annually \ 1nencl 01 the ArtIsan, pos~essed of an anal) tIcal m111cl, favOl ed the Artisan wlth the followmg comment on the Item. "1he com b111ed sales of Mal shall 1'1elcl & Co., 1 he I"aIr, Carson, Pme ~cott & Co, SIegle, Cooper Co, (ChIcago ancl '\e\\ YOlk) John \\Tanamaker, (~ew YOlk and 1'11lladelph1a) probabh \\Oldd not reach the amount mentlOl1ecl The a\ erdge Income of the l:'111tecl States gm ef1lment per annum lS about S300- 000,000" E\ 1c1entl) the amount <;tated 111.:\lodern \lethoc]" ancl repnnted 1n the Artt <;an was an en 01 Those fur11ltUl e dealer" of \lmllesota are e\ 1dentl) \\ l(le awake. They know that owmg to en0l1110US crops mal e fm-mture 1Shkely to be solel clunng the com111gthree 01 foUl month" than in any prevlOus fall season and to prey ent the mall OU!c1 houses from tak1l1g more than a :tan sha1 e ot the ha1 \ e"t t11C11 a ssoclatlOn WIll holcl a speClal meet111g Clt\lUH!," tDe Colllm!:; \\ eck to deVIse way s dncl means fOl boO"tlllg the :tedl tl acle Slllllla' cond1ttons eXIst 1111\J1ch1gan anel other states but nO,1e e"cLjY' the l\!l111nesota assoClatlOn has announced el11\thm!:; hke ,( "pe cial effo1 t to "make hay \\ hen the "un ~ll1nes ' A bUSllless man of DetrOlt sa) s, "the1 e are th1 ee kmcl" of men 111the \\ orld-the k1l1d )OU have to tell once to do a thm!:; and you can bet your hie lt \\ 111be clone, the second kllld \ ou have to tell th1ee or fOUl tImes, ancl the thIrd IS that great bUe;] ness producing class of men who clon't have to be told The) know what to do and go aheacl and do It \\ 1th the 111lttatn e quality the man of bus111ess is enabled to take up untned proh lems and solve them." If an artIcle of fur11lture prmes to be as goocl as re presented hy the sales agent the buy er recen es no mal e tlnlJ \1e IS entItled to But 111case the artIcle lS found lacking 111 the quahty claImed f01 It the huyer \ er) propetly e'(erC1se, hIS hea\en born pl1\11ege of plac111g hlS orders \\lth anothe1 manufacturer. Compld111t lS made of the use of 1nfenor stock by manufac-turers of cotton mattresses, on account of the hIgh pnce of the staple and some sort of regulatlOn lS demanded The need for Sale"men tray ehng out of St LOUIS WIll compete for pnzes ofterecl In manufacturer" of that CIty for the be:,t humorous stones of the road The conte<;t wdl p10bably prove that the he"t ::.ton-teller 1" not edvvay" the best story-wnter '\ a bUSIness coulcl surV1ve one year WIthout aclvert1s111g 111 "ome f01m \n) k111c1of an announcement by a merchant or manufactUler 1'0 aclvertIs111g, yet many hl-b111e% men U"111g ~uch announcements are unconSlOUS of the fact. 111reless telegrams of the news of the day WIll be cle- 11\ered to passengers on tra111S of the Great Northern ratlway ±1 ee of cost Change::. of styles by manufacturers of furmture \\ 111be reported three t1111es each day '\ ea11) a \\ eek has pas"ed S111ce the announcement of look" dl"lO\ e1\ \va" puhltshed, ancl yet no one has suggested that a turmtl11e e,<posltlOn for the benefit of the Esquimau be opened at the north pole '\ 0\\ that the pOSItion of the north pole has been defini- 1eh "ettled the furmture t1ade WIll probably re::'l1111ethe cl1" cU,,"lOn 01 that \ er) Important problem, "one hne a year" \1 ade In St Lam",' has been adoptecl as a slogan by the man utactu1 e1" of the met10poll', of 1\11ssoun It lS a borrowecl Idea hut It" !:;ood If apphed to well-made pro luch Duphcate orele1 s are ql11te es"entIal In the fur11ltl11e man-ufactunng bU"111e::." ] he first CUtt111g cannot bear the ex-pen" e of 111troduung new patterns 1\ Ith the 1eturn of the "ummer re"orter" to thelr home", an lmj)10\ ement 111the sale of house fur11l::.h1ng good::. m8y he c"lllC ted ] he manufacture of furmtl11e ddapted for u"e 111aIrshIp, pr0l111"e" to become dll lmportant 111dust1y Jt 1<,eas1e1 to md"ter the tech11lquc of bn::'111e"s than to ma"te1 the tech11lqne of men 111 bU::'1ness. Successful salesmen say only the nght thmg to customers American Investments in British Columbia. Consul Abraham E SmIth, of V1ctona, reports that ~111encan" hay e recently macle large 111vestments 111 BntIsh ColumbIa tImber, \ 17 On Vancouver Island, 110,000 acres, saId to conta111 13,000,000 feet of lumber, for WhICh large mIll<; WIll be erectecl the 111vestment to reach $5,000,000, on COW1- chan bland, 16.000 acres, est11nated to contalll 3,000,000 feet of tImber, on .:\Ioresby and Graham 1s1ancls, t1111ber land'> \ alued at 0\ er a mtlhon dollars, whtle at the recent sale of town lots at Pnnce Rupert, the new western term111US of the Grand Trunk PaClfic Ratlway, three-fourths of the purchase'> \\ e1e for Amencan account MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. The Carnes Fur111tm e Company of Atlanta, Ga, has b~en adjudged bankrupt. The Onental Upholstenng Company of Ca!l)Oncble, P d has gone out of bus mess H L X oecker & Son, furmture dealers of DauberVIlle, Pa are bmld1l1g a large warehouse Herbert Sexton succeeds vv alter Porter m the retaIl fur-niture busmess at BoonvIlle, 0J Y C J Harvey, fUlmture dealer of Seattle, \Vash, has filed a voluntary petItIon 111 bankruptcy The Flonda Movmg Van and Storage Company of J ack-sam IDe, has been declared bankrupt The Medford (Ore) Furmture Company are bUlld1l1g a warehouse 50 x 150 feet m dImensIOns. A F. RoellIg succeeds the late WIllIam Wagoner as buyel for the J B \ an SClver Company of PhIladelphIa. The fall dIrectory of permanent exhIbIts 111 the New York furniture exchange IS bemg maIled to the retaIl tI ade Lachman Bras have opened theIr new furl11ture store Oelt m what IS known as the \T1SSlOn dlstnct of San FrancIsco LoUIs Helstell1, flu mture dealer" of Hlbbll1g, ::\linn, \\ as marned to MISS \Illll11c Fncdman of MinneapolIs, August 2+ Luna, OhIO, ha:o a bed spnng factory owned and success-fully operated by two colOl ed men, Edward Adams and Charles Young RetaIlers of New York state, m :otate conventIon in ALH;l1st, adopted resolutIOns oppos111g any eAte11SlOn of the pal cels post service. Buyers regIstered at the N ew York Furl11ture E'Cchange Slllce the close of the summer season have avelaged seventeen per day The Herzog 1\rt Furniture Company of Sagmaw, l\IIch, are erectlllg an adchtlOn to theIr factOl y bl11ldmg, two stOlles. bG x 9G feet. Local business associatIOns 111 '\ ew York \\ ill raIse fL111C]s for the support of the state aSSOCIatIOnby glvmg entertamments to the public. The furniture and halClware busmess of thc Dlam-My natt Company of CI awfordvIlle, Ark, has been placed 1'1 the hands of a receIver. The Holmes DIsappearing Bed Company of Seattle, Wash, has becn mcOI ported by Lawrence Holmes and Horace G Stu-art CapItal stock, $100,000. DeVere England, furmture (lealer of \Voodland, J\Ilch, is clos1l1g out the stock in the store fOlmerly run by hIS father by advertls1l1g "slashed" pnces \VIIlIam G Pnce, presIdent of the Knoxvlllc, (Tenn) Fm-nitme Company, dIed last Tuesday from 1I1Juries receIved 111 an automobile accIdent ::\IonddY mght The Rockford (Ill) FurnIture Company have completed the addItIon to theIr factory whIch doubles theIr capacIty and "Ill almost double theIr workmg force The Oxnard (Cal) Furl11ture Company is now located on both SIdes of FIfth avenue-half of the stock on one SIde and the other half in a store dIrectly opposIte. The FrontIer Furniture Compa'1y of Buffalo. ~ Y, offers free marriage lIcenses to those who need them, If they purchase theIr household outfits at the company's store. The CalIforl11a Fur111ture Company, Los Angeles, i:oto move soon mto a new seven story bmld1l1g WIth a frontage of GO feet on Broadway between Sixth and Seventh. The affairs of the Tennessee Fur111ture Supply Company of Johnson CIty, Tenn, whIch was adjudged bankrupt last spring. have been wound up The credItors receIved 72 cents on the dollar Arthur J GIrard, for fourteen years connected WIth the fLu11lture bm1l1ess 111 \Vare, hds taken a posItIOn WIth the Met-ropolItan Furl11ture Company of Spnngfield, Mas:". The practIce of placmg the retaIl sellmg pnce upon the label of any artIcle of merchandIse by manufa,turers has been disapproved by the mercantIle assocldtIont> of 1\ew York. George F ClIngman of the Tobey Furl11ture Companv, ChI-cago, has been m Grand RapIds thIS week plac1I1g orders for goods that hIS house wIll need to meet the mcreasing fall trade After fourteen yeart> m theIr present locatIOn \V nght Bros & RIce, furmture dealers of Pomona, Cal , are to move mto larger quarters m a bl11ldmg formerly occupIed by the Orange Belt EmpOrIum. The Palace Fnr11lture Company, dealers at Center, Conn, have sold out to KeIth & Post, furl11ture dealers of Manchester, Conn, \\ ho assume all lIabIlItIes and \\ ill close out or transfer the stock to theIr Manchester StOle Thc Rock. Island raIlroad company last Saturday placed an order WIth the Brooks plant of the American LocomotIve company at Dunkilk, 0J Y, fOl 30 comohdated engmes to be dehveled in October and November The Carter & Campbell reed chair and go-cart factory at \Vinchendon, l\1ass, whIch has been run11lng on short time for ov CI a year, stal ted on full tIme V\ Ith a full force last Monday WIth orclers enough to keep It busy for several months. The Ford & Johnson Company have acqtllred tItle to the bl11kllllg at 213-227 West Twenty-sIxth street, K ew York, where they WIll estahh~h the large~t furnIture warerooms in the eao;t and wIll usc them malllly for the dIsplay of dmmg room ..,ets. The T B Laycock l\IanufdcturIng Company of Indlanap-ohs, one of the most extensIVe makers of brass and iron bed- "tea(h and mattres ,es 111the country, wIll open a t>alesroom an(l a (hstnbutlllg house at J\Iemphls, Tenn , 111 the near future. The ShelbyVIlle (1ml) 1\Im or Works owned by Enos Pot-ter and Frank Rembmh. have bought out theIr only competItors 111 the bus1l1ess m that CIty, and wIll merge the other, the Ams-ley & Son ::'11mor \Vorb, mto theIr own plant, enlarging their facIltIes Hem y G. McKenzie, undertaker of Irvmgton, Ind, made complete arrangements for hIS own funeral, went mto hIS chapel and commItted suiCIde by finng a bullet mto his temple. He left a note declal111g that he had become 111sane because he had no fllends 'I he 'PacIfic coast plan" of plOteciIng retaIl sell111g pnceo; has been approved by the Merchants' Association of New York The plan proVIdes for the fixmg of pnces for whIch goods shall be sold at retaIl by the manufacturers ploducmg or the Jobbero; clistrIbutmg the same Burglars recently made an attempt to loot the office of the Doernbecher Furmture ::\Ianufactunng Company of Portland, Ore. They bound and gagged the _watchman, earned hIm some dIstance away from the factory. Then they spOIled the safe \\ Ith three charge.., of mtro-glycellne but were fnghtened away before they got mto the strong box The Standard Furmture Company of Seattle, Wat>h, have theIr mne story bmlchng trImmed WIth thousands of whIte and red Incandeo;cent lIghts It 1<; saId to be the most magnIficent electrical (h"play ever made by a busmess house, can be seen for mIles in the country ancl from away across the bay and the "flashes" furmsh no small part of the entertamment enJoyed by tOUrIsts and vIsItors to the Alaskan-Yukon exposItIOn ~ - ~ -~.~~~---~~~-------------------.- Ul WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. Good Free Advertising. The Pennsylvania raIlroad IS gettmg some valnable ad\ r tIsmg free of cost, so far as publIcatIOn IS concerned The report" of ItS "surpnse effiCIency" tests are mterestmg to neatly all read-ers and they are publI~hed more or less fnll} b} many ne\\ paper" trade Journals, etc. More than 15G,000 efficIency te~b \, ere made by the Penns\ I vania in the first SIX month~ of thIS year, and practIcally a per-fect record was made by the employes, as shO\, n by the report Just I~sued The average number of tests made each day \\ as 8G2, and of the total of SIX month~, 99 G per cent wa~ perfect In the O.c! per cent of faIlures are mclucled In casE's \\ here enlS111- men passed smgnals by d fe\\ feet before ~toppmg theIr trams and SImilar cases, whIch thongh technical VIOlatIOns, \\ele not such as would make possIble an aCCIdent to a tram EffiCIency, or surpn~e tests, are conducted by offiCIals of the Pennsylvania, who at unusual tIme" and places, set sIgnals at ,. ... . .. _ ... - ._ .._--~ II I E. S. STERZlK. Pre I, • • _-4 We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company Manufacturers of all kmds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER Crawfordsville, Indiana. ~ - _. ..-- --- - - - - . cautIOn or danger, ext1l1qUlsh sIgnal lIghts, dIsplay fuses, 01 place torpedos on the track, WIth a VIew of keepmg- engmmen constant-ly on the alert for any and all sIgnals In conductmg surpnse tests the offiCIals sometImes extmgUlsh sIgnal lamps, and whIle engmmen may stop at the SIgnal, faIlure to report the dark lamp at the next statIOn lays them hable to suspensIOn FaIllure to observe any of the rule" regal dmg the operatIon of trams IS dIS-ciplIned. 1'he \ e\\ York dlvlslOn~the lme between .N ew York and 1)l11ladelphla~showed a pel fect record m all sIgnal tests, as dId the Cresson and the Central dIVISIons ~me of the 26 dIVISIOns 1eported perfect observ at IOn of all block sIgnal rules, five were perfect m other sIgnals, '21 111trams runnmg ahead of schedule tunc, and ten m sIgnalmen relIev1l1g each other Fast Mail West. The Po~toffice Department has announced the schedule of d new tram operated over the Northwestern and L'nlon Pacific bet\\ een ChIcago and Portland, Ore, whIch matenally Improves the mall serVIce between those pomts and more promptly advances the maIls accnmulatmg from eastcrn pomts Westbound 9Y;; hours tnne IS saved between ChIcago and Portland. Eastbound a gam of about 18 hours has been effected between the same P01l1ts Heretofore, maIl chspatched from ChlqagO lbetween '2 -Lj a m and 11 30 am, say Tue--day, would reach Portland at 6 p m Fnday It hereafter WIll reach Portland at 8 -30 a m Fnday Lake Shore to Lose Fast Trains. B} double track1l1g the "I all~ branch" between Sanborn and \Iagara I"alls and between AlbIOn and Medina the New York Central wIll shorten the dIstance between Klagara Falls and '\lbany .lG mIles \iVhen the work IS completed the fast trams bet\\ een ChIcago and N ew York now runmng over the Lake Shore route WIll be changed to the ~I1chigan Central, runmng to SuspenSIOn BrIdge and down the Falls road to Rochester, thus reducmg the tnne between ChIcago and N ew York 45 mmutes and, perhaps an hour 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ~--_._._-------- , ---_._.- -------------------_._----------------- . .._ ... No,57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND, INDIANA I I I II IIII II t JI DOUBLE CANE LINE " SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. Catalogues to the Trade. TEN THOUSAND FOR A SETTEE Price Paid for a Genuine Chippendale at aRe· cent Sale in London. The1 e 1S a pomt some\\ here, however hard to define 1t nlcl) be, where a p1ece of furmture cea"es to be furmture dnd become" a work of art As a matter of fact old furn1ture 1" none the better as furmture for 1ts age It may be much the worse, for age detenorates \v oodwork, but m proportlOn as 1t "uf'Fprs de-terioratlOn m strength 1t very frequently gams 1ts appeal ance For mstance, there 1S no color qUlte hke that of old mahog-any, says the Gentlewoman, of London, Eng, and genu111e old oak, although of course 1t 1S ll111tated, has a depth of tone and nchness of appearance never seen 111new work But even artIst1c ment 1S111suffiClentto account f01 the huge pnces wlllch are constantly be111g pa1d for old furmture at auctlOn Only a week or two ago a Ch1ppendale settee reahzed £2,0-t7 (about $10,000) at a sdle m town a cabmet on the same OCCdS1onbe111gpUlchased for £1,4~0, an old Enghsh Ch1ppendale small clfcular table for £ 315, and old Enghsh Ch1ppendale clock for £ t8c1 and a set of Queen Anne chall s for £ 36') 10s. seem almost mS1gl11ficant by companson, ) et they a1e' worth 1e-cordmg as mstances of pnces reached for old furmture th1S year "OV\, cons1dered as furmture pure and slmple, these artIcles were no better than hundreds of others made and sold w1thout comment every day of the week 111the besLshops, but they v. e1e rare, and masmuch as the1r h1story could be traced they were gemunely the product of the penod to wh1ch the) were ass1gned Niles, Buchanan and South Bend. :t\ lies, J\f1ch, Aug 27--1 he ~ompass & ~tall Company of N lIes are plannmg to bUlld an add1tlOn 50x50 to the1r factory although the work w111not be begun th1S fall. 1\Ir Stall abu states they are contemplat111g the use of e1ectllc power to some extent 111runlllng the1r plant The company has done a very satIsfactory volume of busmess th1s year, the1r trade commg from all sectlOns of the country The plant has been kept ft1l1111ngten hours a day all of this year The Buchanan Cabinet Company, manufacturers of k1tchen cabinets and desks have been sendmg out a number of supplements No. 100 cO the1r 1908 catalogue. Th1s company have a large trade from all sectlOns of the 1.Tnited States and Secretary-Treasurer R1chards reports a satIsfactory seasons trade thus far th1S year The com-pany has been established for about slxteen years The Sh1dler Brothers 1\1anufactuftng Company, of South Bend are sendmg out twenty-five hundred cop1es of the1r cata-logue to the1r trade It 1S handsomely gotten up and covers the Sh1dler lme of tables 111a comprehenslVe manner ~---------_._'--------_._-----., I I ... We can help you. Time saved and wh en don e leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by floors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Grn d Rapid., Mich. Wrtte Rtght Now =====-SEE,===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for mG" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES ----~---__..--------- WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA ~~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively 1 WRlTE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT r-------- .--_..-------------------j II 1..ouis 1babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Ltvmg'iton St. GRAND RAPIDS, I\hCHtGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. ~-.-----.-.-.-.-.-_._..---_. .. .. . .. III ....-...I 20 Here are the Exact Shades adopted by the ------------------------------~ I WEEKLY ARTISAN Qran~Ra~i~sfurniture Manufacturers' Association Their "Golden Oak Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "fumed Oak" is our No. 3427 New Process fuming liquid. Their "light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their "Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE fiNISHING ROOM. CHICAGO ,~-------------------------------------_.--_.---_.---------------------- II• III•• II IIIII I• II• : II I• I I I II• II• I III •• III I• I:I III ~-------------------------------------------------------.---------------------------------------~ NEW YORK THE AD-EL-ITE PEOPLE New Dealers. Kellman & Halc!t have opened a new fur11lture store dt 1olleston, Ind. • E. H. Hess has ]ust openec! the first fur11ltm e store at Lake Henry, Mmn The Irwm Furmture Store IS the name of a retaIl house recently estabhshed at Bradford, OhIO Abraham OppenheIm and SU110n Sclm art? bave opened d new fur11lture store m Cambndge, }\II~s Under the name Premlel }urmture Company, C r Schau-bacher has opened a new furmtne store at IG(\ SmIth street Brooklyn, K. Y. The Crescent Store, Spokane, vVash, has added a depdl t-ment devoted to arts and craft~ and ocld pIeces but \\ III not put in a general stock of fm mtm e at pI esent The Van Buren Furmtl11e Company, capltahzed at $10,000, are new dealers at \ an Duren, Ind E vv' and E 13 Landess and \V J Cllclersleeve are the 111COplorators Four eastern men are to estabhsh a new fl11mtUl e store dt Santa Barbara. Cal, in the bl11lclmg now occupIed by the H L Brandes ramt Company, \\ho have moved across the street Thos J Nolan, Moses r KIrwin and others have organ- Ided the T. J K olan Company of Alban), K. Y . to deal m fur-mture, clothmg ami general merchanchse CapItal stock, $5,000 J. A v\ erwmskl, \V. F vv'lggm'i and Korman Ross ha\e m-corporated the St Joe Furmture and Carpet Compan), capItal-ized at $25,000, to cleal m furmtm e, carpets etc , at South Bend, Ind. The Sm111111tvllleFurmture & Wall Paper Company, mcor-pOl ated, wl1l open a new stack at Sm111111tvllle,Ind Incor-porators, R H Greenslade, J G Lawrence and others. Clj)l-tal stock $3,000. VV Ilham Sum and 13 F Hurt of Chnton, Mo, have formed <1 co-partne! ~hlp under the £in11 name of SIms & Hurt and WIll engage m the furmtl11e and undertakmg bu;,mess They have led sed the -\dler bllck bmldmg on ~orth }\[am street, whIch WIll be rembodelecl The L H Sopel Company, general dealers of \Vaterville, Colo, ha~ I ented the thIrd floor of an ad]Olmng bmld1l1g and filled It \\ lth a stock of furmutl e The company has been con-templatll1g the adchtJon of a fur11lture clepal tment for some time but \\ as hampel ed b} lack of 100m Queer Ways of Canadians. \n -\mellcan ~ale'iman SO]ourn1l1g in Canada, met WIth qlv'er eApellel1CeS v,hlle 'ipendmg a day or two at Gananoque Gomg to the eatIng house of the Grand Trunk raIlroad and askmg for a meal, he \\ as mfonned that the rules of the house \\ ould not permIt the attendants to sel ve hIm before the arrival of a passenger tram, when he could take a place at the tables \\ lth the travelers leavmg the cars Later he accompanied an acquamtance, gamed after hIS arnval m the VIllage, to a meat market and learned that the butcher served customers 01ly wltl} sllch meat as he had on the blocks If he was selling beef \\ hen the customer arnved, for mstance, he would not supply pork or mutton, safely sto! ed m refrigerators, untIl the beef e"posed had been sold How long \\ auld a commul11ty m the ~C111tedStates submIt to sllch a nonsensIcal rule? Some men never mal ry because they beheve It IS best to fight lIfe's battles s111gle handed rI WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 -------~~-------------------- Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak -------------------------------~ Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. ,--_ .. ----------- .. -----~.. ---------- -------~--------------------------------------~ New Buildings in the Far West. Residences-O J FIsk, C L Carhsle, Vv W Boyd, J E Shappe, Davis Embree, Carl Laux, lIrs E11zabeth Granby, ~llss Sarah S. Ross, John P. Gardner. 0 '\ ::\1l1ler and 1\lrs /\11ce May Coulon, all of LO'i Angele~, Cal ; J\Iary E Gaary, Pasa-dena, Ca!.; 1< rank Bundy, Ocean Park, Cal ; C ::\1 Grow, San Bernardmo, $6,000, Charles Stone, Ocedn Park, $3,000; J\Ir~ James Dodson, San Pedro, Cal ,J Hoyt SmIth, Los Angeles, $'W,OOO; 0 E Moxley, RIverSIde. Cal, $1,000, S S Crow, Los Angeles, $10,000, W S CI ane. Los '\ngdes, $.3,000 I'lab, Apartment Houses, etc -The FI dnk Hogan Com-panv, Pasadena, Cal, ldrge apdrtment bUlldl11g to be ccllleu "The J\Iarylanel,' cost $-t5,OCO ~I rs 1\1yra Conkll11, San DI-ego, four-famIly flat, $8,000 James Courtne}, Salt Lake CIty. Ctah, apal tment house, $16,000. Theatre~-Wm Monl~ and assoclate~ WIll bUlld d vaude- VIlle theatre on BroadV\ ay, Los Angeles, Cal, at a cost of over $200,000 Plans have been completed for the erectIOn of an elegant thedtre \\ith seatmg capaCIty of 1600 at the cOIner ur C and FIfth streets, San DIego, Cal The 'Jorthwestern The-atncal ASSOCIatIon WIll bUlld a theatre In Og,len, LTtah, at a cost of $50,000 or $60,000 R \leAamlei G.ant represents the bUIlders in Ogden Publtc BUIlchngs-Calexlco, Cal, 1" to lINest $30,000 or $60,000 in a bUIlding to be used as a cIty hall, JaIl and en~l11e house. Hotels-Managers of the \Vaucoma Hotel, Hooel RIver, Ole, are plan111ng a fOlty-room addItIon to be fi111sherI this fall George Adams, proprietor of the Ll11d~a} Hotel, of Lindsay, Cal, whIch was totally destroyed by fire on Au~ust 21, states that he \\111 rebmld d" soon as po:.slb1e heel Acker-man WIll erect a concrete hotel bUlldmg at PorterVIlle. Cal Clubs, Halls, etc -The Odd Fellow" at Rosenbelg, Ore. have laid the cOIner stone of theIr new temple It w1Jl he th~ first three story bUlldmg 111 the town Rlvel slele, Cal h;:1s roted to I~sue $1,")0,000 111 be 11(ls fOl the erectIon of d ne\\ uty hall Telegraph Companies Concede a Point. The We:.tern Union and Postal Telegraph compal11es have decided to postpone the enforcement of a recent order restnet-ing the length of telegi aph code word~, e"cept 111the '2ase of or-c11l1ary cltctwnaly worc1~, to five lettels The order was to take effect September 10 ThIS decI~lon 1:-' tIlt' re.:;u1t of nu-merous prote~ts receIved by the compames from bus111ess or-ganizatIOns, notably the 1\dtwnal ASSOCIatIOn of Manufacturers. of whIch John KIrby, J r., is preSIdent. The associatIon's board of dIrectors conSIdered the new or-der of the telegraph compa111e", of such Importance to the 3,00:) manufacturers fonmng the as~oClatlOn that the_ adopted reso-lutIons protestl11g agal11st the date, September 10, as selected by the telegraph compames for the enforcement of the new order The resolutwll5 \\ ere pi esented to PreSIdent Clowry of tl1e \Vestern LTmon and General J\lanager Bruch of the Postal The former saId that he reahzed that the tIme ltlmt was too short and Mr Bluch also agreed to a po:-,tponement untIl December 10 These deClswm WIll gIve the busl11ess l11terpsts of the coun-try at least three month:-, 111 \\ h1(h to prep'lre for the cl1anb"c "The notIce Is~uec1 by the Postal company show.:; that the telegraph compame:-, are nght 111the ma111pI enllse," "~ys PresI-dent Klrb} "There IS no doubt that the me of telegraph code words has been abu:-,ed The notIce quotes the me of such 10- letter artIfiCIal word:-, as 'Ilpofkapay' and 'blleafmusp,' whIch the compames have been asked to ,end at the rate of one Wot d " New Upholstering Company. O:-,cal '\ amI Leota K KeIl, Irv111g T and Margaret 1\1 '\nway, have orgal11zed dnd m~orpOlated the Kell-Anway Com-pany. capltahzed at $10,000 WIth $4,000 paId 11 and are fitt111g up a new factory at 18 Huron Street, Grand Rapids. MI:::h J\Iessers Ked and Anway dre men of expenence 111the factory end of the bus1l1eCs, hav111g worked for sevt-ral years for l\lueller 8- Slack and other proclucer~ of upholstered good~ Mr Kel1 was one of the ong111al members of the Mueller & Slack Company They WIll put out a ltne at meclium awl higher grades loose cu~hwn chaIrs and rockers of speCIal de:- sIgns drawn by l\1r Kell 111medllll11 or Improved Engltsh pat-terns. The new style WIll be called '\nglo-American -------------_. __._------_._._._-----_---.-.-...._-~ I JUST A COOL NIGHT'S RIDE IN A LARGE I AIRY STATEROOM between I CHICAGO AND GRAND RAPIDS I II II II I~.--._----_.----------.-------------:::r.~ I FARE I $2.00 one way; $3.75 roundtrip I I Goodrich Boats I Re,en e bel ths and secnre tIckets at CIty TIcket II office 101Ad..ms 5t or docks foot of MichIgan Ave ChIcago 91 Monroe 5t Grand RapIds. Mlch·; .'.i , .. J4 on the boats that have every convenience Lea' e Chicago 7 4") everyeveruog. I eave Grand RapIds "a G R h H & M Ry 800 e,er) evenmg, connectmg '\\Ith boats at Gland Haven 9 Ii p m ---_ . ARTHUR S WHITE PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN. Vice P<esdent HARRY L \\ HI fE. OleLy Treas p WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ----------------------_._._._._._----------- ~--- ....-_._--------- ,I III IIIIII I I IIII IIIII IIII III The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. 23 - - --- - - .----~ tIIiIII I II II I I II I IIIII ,I II Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW & Df\VIS fURNITURE, GO. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~--------------------_._-_._. ---._---------_._-----------------------------------~--- Bugs Close a Packing Room. Bugs and beetles wIth varYing complements of legs, anten-nae, probosces and plnchers were found In the East Bottoms after the recent hIgh water, says the Kansas Ctly Times It re-mains for a furmture company, however, to tell the pnze Insect story of all And the flood wasn't at the bottom of It A quantity of grass pad used for packing was received by the Abernathy Furmture Company the first part of last week The packing was unloaded In the company's chaIr bmldlng at 910 Wyoming street When workmen began to make use of the grass padding a few small, ordinary black bugs were found In the mIxture. Last Wednesday the workmen began to notIce the bugs crawling on the floors and tables on the first floor Thursday they had made the aGcent as far as the fourth floor and on Fllday the whole bmldlng was possessed of bugs Complaints were made by the workmen to the officers of the company and there ",ere whispered threats of a stnke F L Hall, manager, thought the Invasion of insects of such moment that he su~pended opera-tions In the chaIr bmldlng Saturday and Sunday Doors and Windows were sealed tIght shut and a powerful gas generated by mlx1l1g sulphunc aCid and cyamde of potasSIUm "The gas did the work," said Mr Hall yesterday afternoon, "and we haven't been bothered wIth the bugs since I showed specImens to several men, but none could recog11lze the vanety It was Just a common small black bug, very ord111ary except In ItS powers of multiplYing ., New York Will Advance Opening Dates. The N ew York Furmture Exchange announces, that on the opening of their new home the dates for the holding of theIr semI-annual eXPOSItIOn;, WIll be advanced from July to June dnd from January to December Thle change IS expected to cause a largely Increased attendance The spring and fall ope11lng~ and sales of the carpet and up-holstery manufacturers are held In l\lay ancl December of each year and are attended by from SIX to eIght hundred buyers flom the middle and far west 90 per cent of whom are also Interested In the fur11lture trade and but very few of these buyers could afford the tIme to walt in New York for the ope11lng of the past fur11l-ture exposItions WIth the change of date, however, to the first Mondays of June and December, whIch is about the end of the carpet and upholstery sales, they Will all remain The last exposItIOn held wIth Its largely increased atten-dance over previous July exposItIOns proves beyond questIOn the popularity of 1\ew York as a fur11lture market The great draw- ••••••• __ a ••••• _ -------~ back whIch has prevented It from taking ItS nghful place as the greatest furmture exhibition center In Amenca has been due to the lack of a proper bUIlding In ",hlch the exhIbIts could be shown, whIch has now been remedIed, and In the new b1111dlng ample space and unexceptIOnal faCIlItIes WIll be found for the transac-tIOn of bUSiness and the conve11lence of buyers and exhIbitors alIke .Killed No Passengers in a Year. DUling the fi~cal year Just ended the Burlington raIlroad oper dted ItS passenger trams wIthout haVing kIlled a smgle passen-ger Thl~ remarkable record was equalled, so far a~ knvvrn offiCIally only by one other road, the Pennsylva11la It IS estImat-ed the Burlmgton carned dunng the year more than 20,000,000 passengers ThIS indIcates that the raIlroads are progressiJ1g 111 the art of safe operatIOn And It IS generally acounted fn b; the e:Ate11'ilOnof the blo-:::k-qgnal system, better dl'.,Clpl111Ca'1d Im-proved methods of track -:(fl'-truction and mal,'t,I'ance A woman is always more economical than a man Where a man wIll manufacture a lIe out of the whole cloth a woman WIll use the remnants. ~, -----_._-~-------- ------------ ------., tI III III I IIIIIII I I I~._--------------,------_._--_._---.. We Manufacture tlte Larl!est Line of fOlDlno ("AIDS III the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, H ails, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, SprIng Beds, Cots and Cribs In a large variety Send {or Catalogue and PrICes to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO III I I I I III IIII I IIIII• II I I 1 II II I I.. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN r - . . . . . . .' . . . ----- - - .. . . .. .. ~ I THE BIG WHITE SHOP I ..... ---~I II I I I~-------------------------- ,I IIII I II IIII ----------------~---- ---- We Furnish Every Article of Printing Needed by Business Men WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. II-I THE BIG WHITE II --- . ... ----1 SHOP ..... . .. , "" ..... "" "".... a_a. . """" I. "" ••• I ••• "" "". F~--------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN EVERY FURNITURE MANUFACTURER should have the Weekly Artisan List of Dealers and Buyers. It contains the names of all dealers in furniture rated from $1,000 up, satisfactorypay. Approximately 15,000 DEALERS are listed. The list is revised semi..annually. Cost for the two editions .. .. .. $1.00 52 issuesof the Weekly Artisan coSts 1.00 Total .. .. .. .. .. $2.00 We will send the Weekly Artisan one year and the $1.50 complete lists for Or we will send either the Eastern, Central, South-ern or Western List the Weekly Artisan one $1.00 year for - - - - - - - Can you afford to pass up this opportunity? Send in your Dollar. You'll not regret it. WEEKLY ARTISAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 25 ordll1al y prudence would suggest that the operator be given ..,ome lI1structlOn as to the plOper way to manage the machll1e or be furl1lshed \\Ith a helper to aVOId the danger of the end of the wood bell1g sawed from bell1g thrown up so as to throw the hand of the operator on the saw "The defendant s ,upenntendent demed havmg instructed the plall1td't to operate thIs machme, but It is nowhere denied that there I' as danger of an operator's hand bemg thrown on the .,a\v by reason of the wood bemg thrown up m consequence of the movement of the machme, and the fact IS that the table was only four feet long, \\ hlle the boards to be sawed were eight feet long. "It was certa1l1ly \vlthm the provmce of the jury to say that 111 senc1mg a man to operate such a machme for the first time the employer 01 supenntendent was bound to gIVe hIm such Imtl uctlOns m relatIOn to the use of the machme, or such aSSIstance 111 the I' ork that he wa.., to do, as to mil1lmlze the danger of 111Jury The questIOn of whether or not the plaintiff d,,,umed the Ilsk of mmg thIS mach1l1e was for the Jury, and upon the I' hole case I do not th1l1k the verdIct was agamst the I' eIght of eVIdence . The ch,sent1l1g opmlOn, lead by Justice McLaughlin, took the ground that the pla1l1tdf was gUIlty of contributory negli-gence because he knew even m the absence of any previous m-structors that he \\ould be mJured If he allowed hIS hand to come m contact V\Ith the saw. "The plamtrff's testimony that he dId not know thl' is mcredlble and the court was not bound to submIt It to the Jury," says the chssentmg op1l1ion. "lIe was charged \\Ith knO\\ ledge and presumed to know that If his hand came m contact \\<Ith the saw he would be mJured Upon his 0\\ n testimony the pla1l1tlff was not entitled to recover, and the eVIdence does not .,ustam the verdIct A wItness ought not to ha\ e been permItted to state that It would be unsafe for any one e:\.cept an expert man to sa\\ a ,tnp eIght feet long WIthout assIstance at the back of the table It was for the Jury to say under all the facts, whether the method adopted was safe or un-safe, as I' ell a~ the ,kIll reqUIred by a person sawing the stnps." LACK OF WARNING HELD AS NEGLIGENCE Court Decision That Should Be Studied by Factory Foremen, Superintendents, Mnn-agers and Owners. Last Monday the Court of Appeab of ;\ e\\ York 11dnded down a deCISIOn that has been awaIted \\<Ith great mterest, not only by the parties of record, but also the hablhty uncler\\<nters who had msured the defendant agamst damages for mJunes ,uf-ferecl by employes m hIS factory The actIOn was for $3,000 damages on account of the 10.,,, of the use of hI, nght hand by the plamtlft. DaVId Imkelste1l1 a RUSSIan Jew about 19 years of age He \\ as a carpenter and at the time of the aCCIdent had been m thIS country about I1Ine months He was employed m the cabmet factory of Da,vld Kramer, the defendant, usmg ordmary carpentel', tool, On the day of the mJury he was chrected by the factory .,upenn-tendent to make a rough crate for a desk, uS1l1g a CIrcular sa\\ WIth a four-foot table for cuttmg plank, about eIght feet long The testimony ,hoV\ ed that It reqUIred an expert to run thIS saw, espeCIally a., the table on whIch the eIght-foot pla'lk rested \vas only four feet long The defendant had no prevIous tla1l1mg I-h., nght mde',. finger was amputated and hIS thumb so badly cut that he has been totally dIsabled ever smce The Jury gave 111m a verchct for $2,500. The defendant moved to dIsmISS the case on the ground that there was no eVIdence to show that he v\as neghgent. and that the plamtlff had faded to show lack of contnbutor) neg- 1igence on hIS part. The court, of five members, V\as dIVIded, three to t\\ 0 Justice Ingraham, who ,poke for the maJonty, ,aId "I think there IS a questIOn presented for the Jury to con-sider whether or not the defendant's supenntendent wa., negh-gent m dlrectmg the plamtlff to work at a machme of thIS char acter WIthout any mstructlons or warnmg or WIthout the assIst-ance that the proper workmg of the machme reqUIred It h qmte true that the danger of the plamtlff's hand commg m con-tact WIth the saw was qmte apparent, but I do not thmk It can be said to be apparent to a person who IS not accustomed to the use of machmes of thIS kmd that a board when extended 0\ er the table would "Jump" up so as to thrO\v the operator's hand against the saw. "When sendmg a man who was entirely unaccustomed to operating a machme of this kmd to operate it for the first time SEND FOR CATALOGUE. A woman IS never flattered by a photograph that looks like her WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-..- --_._.~__..~._._-•_._._._._. --.~._.-_. ---_.-._._._---_._. _._.~._._._-. -- - . I III•~---_...._ ..••...••.. Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. ~------------------------ ..- .---~ JJ;1 or ton House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd for 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. ~-----,--- ........ ._~ ------ _._._.__._._.-.-.-.-.-_-.., I THE Wellin~ton notel Remodeled at a cost of $150,000 Hot and cold running water and long dis-tance 'phones in all room&~ 200 room. 100 WIth bath Stnlide or en sutte. Rate. $1 00 and upward. One of the most unique dmmg rooms in the country. Our famous IndIan Cafe NOTED FOR SERV CE AND CUI SINE McClmtock and Bayfield PROPS. .."t' ..~....... .e6...,.~., ~ """"'- .. . -:;,';'" ~1 '...,,. Cor. Wabash Ave & Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO ... _ .... ri OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACKVISES IN USE 25 doz Clamp FIxtures bought by one mIll last year. We shIp on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondl lIonally. Wr,te for 118t of Steet Bar Olamps, V,ses, Bench Stops, ete E. H. SHELDON &. CO. 283 Madison St. Chicago. 27 .... , Price $2.80 to $4.00 PLATE II .....• Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts. 6 Blocks from UnIon Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban StatIOn 250 Rooms All Ontslde, wIth FIre Escape j elephone In Every Room. European Plan Rate' 75c to $2. 00 Per D"y Dmmg Room In Connection SpecIal Rates to Famlhes and Permanent Guests Ladles TravelIng Alone WIll FInd ThIS a Ven DeSIrable StoppIng Place .. ..._--- GEO. R. BENTON Lessee and Manager ___ • __ ._._._._. • -_._._. '"1 WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller ......~ I I• I.I , '----------_.----- ._-----------'. I .I.-_._._.----_._--- New and Absolutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Park St. In the Center of the Theatre. Shop- PIDR, and Busmess DlStnct. A la Carte Cafe Newest and Fmest GrIll Room m the City. Club Breakfa.t - 40c up Luncheon - - - 50c Table d'hote Dmners 75c MuSIc from 6P M to 12 P M ,I III ........I .... ---- . GLASS Every room has a. private bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates' $1.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER. Prop. M. A. SHAW, Mgr GLASS COMPANY L.ARGE8T .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS OF IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for ShelYes, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in BUilders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is glVen below' NBW YOBX-Hudson a.nd Vandam sts. BOS'l'ON-41-49 SudbUry st., 1-9 Bowker st. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. CmCINNA'l'I-Broadway and Court sts. S'l'. LOUIS-Cor. 'l'enth and Spruce sts. MI:NNBAPOLI5-500-516 S. 'l'hird st. DB'l'BOI'l'-53-59 Larned St., E. GBAND:RAPIDS,MICH-39-41 N. Division st. PI'l''l'SBUBGH-101-103 Wood St. MILWAUXBB,WJ:S.-492-494 Market St. BOCHBS'l'BB,N.Y.-Wilder Bldg., Main &; Bxcha.ngests. BAL'l'IMOBB-310-12-14 W. Pratt st. CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West 'l'llird st. OMAHA-1101-1107Howard St. S'l'. PAUL-459-461 Jackson. st. A'l'LAN'l'A,GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor st. SAVANNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. :KANSASCI'l'Y-Pifth and Wyandotte Sts. BIBMmGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BUFFALO, N. Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl S1;, BBOO:K:LYN-635-637Fulton st. PHILADBLPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th DAVBNPOB'l'-410-416 Scott St. O:KLAHOMACI'l'Y, O:KLA, 210-212W. Flrst st . Sts. .._. ____.~ _._._-.--.-_-.-_--._--.---------------_.-.1 \\ ord., the court-, uudo the present System are dOing about as much regulation of lal110ad" a" the commISSIOn ThIs SItua-tIon make., rate conchtlOn" uncertam both for the ral1roads dnd tor the shlppmg publI" It IS the opmlOn of Senator Cum- 111111S that thl'> cannot go on 1l1defil11tely and that It IS t11ne to de\ be a ne\\ plan \\ l11ch \\ 111 do away wIth most of the ex-ht111l::( uncel ta1l1t\ and much of the eXlstmg controversy It b not eApected that the CummIns plan wl1l be adopted at the ne"t se"SlOn, It It ever IS TIut It IS lIkely to be WIdely chscn:osed m \ lev\ of the fact that 3hlppers are clamoring for further legIslatIOn, and of the feelIng that such deCISIOns as that ot Judge Gro..,scup \\eaken the authonty of the commi3- .,lOn though It \\ 111 not admIt thIs and expects to win in the L l11ted States SUPI eme Court. ]jut It l'-, learned that the plan of having a general sched-ule ot late" put mto tOice b} the government 13 not by any WOULD ADPOPT THE ENGLISH PLAN How Senator Cummins Would Solve the Railroad Rate Problem by Giving the Interstate Commerce Commission Absolute Authority. IN ashmgton ach Ices '3tate that at the ne"t '3eSSlOn ot Con-gress Senator Cummms of Iowa, b to 111troduce a 1)111 gl\ mg the Interstate CommIssIOn power to estabhsh a general sched-ule of freIght rates for the entire country 111much the ~ame manner as now IS done 111 Lngland It \\olIld make the 01de! ... of the commIssion a'3 to rates final, e'(cept that an appeal would lIe m case the constItutIOnal Cjue"lOn ot confiscatIon ot property was mvolved Senator Cummms would have all the raIlroads on 01 be-fore October 1, 1910, report to the commISSIOn theIr schudelcs of freIght rates In under"tandable form The commIssIon then would take LIP these schedule" to detel mme \\ hether modficatlOns ought to be made and, hd\ mg made an} needed changes, would declare the rates In fOl ce ~ othmg lIke the constructIOn of an entire ne\\ fabnc of lates for the \\ hole country would be neces"ar} It IS ::'enatOi Cummln" Idea Madc by Mamstee Manufacturmg Company, Mamstee, Mich. that 111 most cases the eXIsting rates would be allo\\ed to stand unless some good rea'3on for changmg them was shown Once establIshed, accorchng to the bIll of Senator Cumm111s, rates could not be changed \\Ithout the approval of the com-mISSIOn It IS expected that In most cases the comml"SlOn would gIve ItS approval, but If a change for any rea-son chd not appear warranted, It \\ ould be up to the raIlroad company to make a Show111g as to why the rate should be modIfied. Now, the burden of mak111g a shOWIng as to why a rate should be changed IS on the shIpper. In the plan pro-posed, It would be placed on the raIlroad. Senator Cummms takes the VIew that the present rate sItuatIOn cannot contmue He holds that somethmg must be done to gn e It more stabIlIty Now, the commISSIon IS at-tacked by court proceed111gs from every qual ter IVhen an order IS Issued there IS no certainty whatever that It WIll be enforced. An mJunctlOn may tIe It up completely. In othel means opposed by all ral1road men. Some of them have dls-cu.., sed It WIth Senator CUmm111'3,and have saId that some way ml1:ot be found to remo\ e the present complIcatIOns and uncer-tamtles WIth the endless cham of lItIgatIOn now attendant on the proceec!Ings of the commIssion Trouble IS the most accommodating thing in the world to those who are lookmg for It. There are lots of th111gS we could do today that we should really put off mdefi111tel} The fellow \vho IS always formmg new resolutions needs reforming WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 New York Markets. Kew York, Sept 3-Turpent1l1e rema111S firm at 59?~@60 a httle above la'it weeks' quotations, but bU'iiness IS exceed- 111gly lIght, OW111gto the general SUspIcIon that the advance of 4 cents, noted last week wa'i due to mampulatIOn of the Sa-vannah market, rather than to an actual shortage 111the supply. Shellac IS stead} at a slIght declIne m pnces, wIth no de-mand for large lots Quotations on 'imall orders for immed- Iate shIpment are 17@17~ cents for T N cases, bnght orange grades, 18@20, chamond I, 25@26, Bleeched, 17@17~ kdn dlled, 20@21 L111..,eed 011 buyers arc still shy, apparently expecting lower pnces, when the new crop reaches the market Pnces are firm at last "eeks' quotation", wIth slIght conceSSIOns on car load lots. \;\{estern raw 56@57 cents, wIth a cent added "uccesslvel} for CIty ra", boded and double bOIled, 59@60 be111g the figures for the lattcr Burlaps cont111ue qUIct at 360 for eIght-ounce and 460 for 1O~ ounce goo:is Jobbers 111~IStthat these pnces vance PIttsburg notes a marked increase in the demand for low grade oak and shghtly hIgher pnces for the higher grades. Ash, gum, bIrch, beech and maple are In good demand, wIth a wIde vanatIOn 111pnces at dIfferent pOInts even when the cost of trans pOI tatlOn IS consIdered Rushing Cars to the West. The raIlroad n1dnagers are mak1l1g all pO;,;,Ible prepal atlOlls for mov111g the crops from the great gram belts of the l11hldle west Accordmg to the fort11lghtly report of the commltt"p on relatIOns between raIlroads of the Amencan RaIlway AS-sociation, a great supply of surplus box cars already IS In the section of the country wl1l':.:hwIll first feel the demand for cars and 111whIch the most senous car shortages Q( cur The re-port al~o fur11l'3hes a possIble means of estnuatmg tne extell: to whIch the wIdely dlscU'3sed revIval 111bus mess ha'3 extpllcL:d. The latest report of the COlmmttee shows that throughout there are 139,424 ;,urplus cars, a decrease of 93,379 from the A Group of Dressers From the Line of the Michigan Star Furniture Co, Zeeland, Mich. do not exceed the actual cost of the goods laid down In thIS market Owmg to the contInued hIgh pnce of turpent111e, the de-mand for varmsh gums IS merely normal and trade IS at a 'itandstIll Kaun 1\0 1 IS held at 42@48 cents, No 2,20@24, No 3, 16@18 Extra brown ChIpS at 13@17; J\1amla pale, 14@17, .:\famla d.ark hard, 12@15 LIght receIpt;, retard bU'ime;,s m the goat 'ikin market . .:\Ie:Xlcan", e~peclally are "hort, but pnces ha' e not been mater- Ially affected J\Iexican flOntIeis are quoted at 33 cent~; Buenos \yre'i at 42@45 and Curacaos at 52@54. Reports of hIgher prices In Brazd have not affected the trade here Sheet /Inc IS steady at last weeks' figure, $750 f. 0 b at Peru, Ill, WIth 8 per cent dI"count Lumber. The hardwood lumber market IS still 111an unsettled con-clItIOn ~o far as pnces are concerned. General Improvement In demand 1" reported, but pnce" stlll take a wide range. St LouI;, notes an 111crease m the demand from furmture manu-facturers and better demand WIthout matenal change in pnces. dlscnbes the conclrtlOn at all southern pomts Dealers, how-ever, dec1me to accept order" for future deli vel y at current quotations Cleveland report,; 111creased actIVIty with a ten-dency toward higher pnces, but falh to note any actual ad-correspondmg penod In 1908 The largest decrease was 111 box cars, 111whIch class the surplus was reduced 21,141 The surplus number of thIS class of cars IS about 80,COO, and half of these are 111Iowa, Illm01", Wiscons111, lVI111nesotaand the Da-kotas, known as group G, awaIt111g the call for crop-movmg purposes Defore the crops really beg111 to move a stIll greater number WIll be sent west to meet the estimated demand. Illustrates a Very Large Line. The J K RI"hel Fur11lture Company of vVIlhamsport. Pa, have issued a catalogue conta111mg 12J pages Illustrating and descnbing one of the largest lines of fur11lture manufactured in the world for the bed room, the office and the dI11lng room. The company operates two large factones and has been very successful under the able management of J K. RIshel Exhibition Space. Only one floor rema111;, unoccupIed m the Leonard Fur-mture ExhIbItIon Buddmg. Any good manufacturer desll-mg to exhIbIt 111Grand RapIds should wnte for space rate;, and a"certam the hIgh standmg of the other tenants in the "ame buI1chng. Sept 4 T. F. -~~------------------ 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- .-- ..------------------ ._- ----_.-.__..----_--.-.-.--...... Spiral Grooved and Bevel Pointed DOWEL PINS ~- -- IIIII ,I STEPHENSON MFG, CO., : ---- ---------- ... ----I' Note how the glue in the Spiral Groove forms Thread like a Screw Bevel Pointed, easy to drive Straight so will not split the frames Prices and discounts on application SOUTH BEND, IND. ~--_. .. -_ _----------_ ..••...•.••.•. --~,I II III III• •,I• •II III _ _ _ . UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead m Style, Construdlon and FIOIsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exh,b,. tlOn 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I~-_...-.. -_._._--- .. ~.~.:~ - ""j f . I I II II I I I I I I II III II __________ •_._.__. ----- •_••• --' h ._._. _ " .. I I MACHINE. t\NIVES PERFECT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES PROMPT SERVICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimmers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. Front St. • Grand Rapids, Mich. b. _. •• - • •• -------------------------_. ---- - .... HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER 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 us for Price List and discount 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MIen. -.-_ ..--..--.. BOYNTON & CO. [;~ SEND fOR ~~_--CATALOCU=E=.===== Manuladurers of Embo .. ed and Turned Mould ioga, Embos.- ed and Spindle Carvings, and A.utomatic Turning8_ We also manu-fadure a large hne 01 Embossed Ornaments for Couch Work. CH ICAGO, ILL. ,-_ ..... ..-.---------- _.--.---_.----- III ... ~-------------------------------.._- II I III• II II•II• II• I• ~!-------------_._-_.------_.- .._ ...-._- .- ._._~ I 419-421 W. Fifteenth St., WOOD fOnnlnO (UTUnS ..~ --_ ...I ..... . .._---_ _--.- ... As only the edge outhnes of the Cutter comes tnto contact wIth the lumber, there IS no friction or burn-tng of the moulding~ when made wIth the ShImer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to SUItyour work, and are very complete, tnexpenSlve and time-savlllg tools. We supply special Cutters of any shape deSIred and of any Size to SUIt your machine spindles. Let UShav~ your specIficatIOns. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or drawlllg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER S. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the ShImer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceding, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc . II WEEKLY ARTISAN SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom ------ .., .......I IMedIum and FlUe Quahty I Office and Salesroom corner Prescolt and Buchanan Streets, Grand RapIds, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ..... .. ..•... _- ..-.- ..._--.-_ .... ~ _---_._._ - --- --_._._. -~ I Palmer's Patent Gluinl! Clamps --------_._-_._-------_._---------_._----_ . Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT (5 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. :No. 592. ... . The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. "'e make six other sizes, taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick, Ours is the most practical method of clamping glned stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future. Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectile Co., London, Eng-land: I>chuchardt & Schutte, Berhn, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilboa • ',,--~- ---.-------------_._-_... -- ... - ..- .- . - - - - 31 ....... ---~----~----~------_._._._-----_._._._._-~ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN Free Wireless Service for Passengers. The Great i\orthern latlroad, whIch has the dmtmctlOn of beIng one of the greate'ot carners of wheat m the \\ otId and coarse lumber, Iron ore and a few other COl11moclItle" \\ ll1ch help to make tonnage, IS gOlng after the pa"Olenger bu"me,,~ 111 the same aggre"slV e way that chal actellzes all Its bus1l1eSs-gettlng campaIgns \Vltllln the past few weeks sevcral 1I1nO\atlOnt'> ha\ e becn 1I1troducecl on the Onental LU11lted B) "peClal all angc-ment news bulletIns are flashed three timet'> a clay to the tl a1l1S from headquarterOl In ~t Paul, thel eb) keep1l1g tl a\ elel" In-formed of the latest events of Importance Telephone" ha\ e been mstalled1l1 the observatlOn car, and on the arrn al of the tram connectIOns are made WIth the Clt) CIrcUIts at ChIcago. St Paul, Spokane and Seattle It I" planned to e\.tencl the sel-vIce to other CItIes Vacuum clean1l1g macll1ne, are no" part of the tram eqlllpment and carpet'->, seats, upholster) chapel-les, etc" are cleaned every clay, Between 4 and J o'clock each afternoon tea IS sen ed m the compartment and standal d sleepmg car, There IS no charge for thIS sen Ice ,..--_.- ... - Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED-POSITION. In progressIve furmture factory, makmg case goods, beds or tables by a competent supermtendent havm~ ten years' ex-perience. Thoroughly famihar With all branches. Address "W" care Weekly Artisan, 9 4-11-18-25. BUSIINESS CHANCE. For sale, woodworkmg plant, SUitable for cabinet or special furniture; located in Indianapohs; about 12,000 square feet floor space; eqUipped with dry kIln, railroad sWitch and ma-chmery ready to operate; easy terms; great bargam. CHAS. O. BRITTON, Receiver, Fletcher Bank BUIldmg. Indlanap-ohs, Ind. 8-14, 21, 28; 9-4, 11, 28. WANTED. Commission man for Misssolln and Kansas representm~ five furmture factories. SplendId mixed carload lines. Adress, Ballman-Cummings Furmture Company, Fort SmIth, Arkan-sas. Aug 7, '09 WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illinois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon-iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKIm & Cochran Fur-niture Co., Madison, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimIt-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes and KItchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Territory desired. Address Koenig Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. Louis, Mo. WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabinets. Address B. S., care MichIgan Artisan. 6-1O-2t. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf WANTED. PositlOn as superintendent, foreman or furniture draftsman; am thoroughly acquainted with all classes of furniture, hav-mg been m that Ime of business all my hfe. For certain rea-sons, WIsh to make a change. Best of references given. l' or I informatIOn address "W" care of Weekly Artisan. 8-21 8-28 I .. • •••• _ a •• • ----.'" ... ..-_. . ...- -_ ...- .... ---- . RECEIVER'S SALE. In the Distnct Court of the United States for the West-ern Dlstnct of MichIgan, Southern DiviSIOn-In Bankruptcy. I n the m,ltter of the Vellty-Caswell Table Company, bank- 1upt notIce IS heleby gIVen that the asseh of ~ald bankrupt, conSlstlllg ()f manufdctunng pldut and machmery, Ul11shed md unhll1,heJ tables, unfill1shcd ~tock, fill1shed and unfin I,hcd clothcs IMngers, lumber, supplIes dnd accounb re-cel\ Iblc Will be offered by me for sale at publIc auctIOn, dC-cordIng to the order of ,aId court, on Tuesday the 14th day at September 1909 dt 2 30 111 the afternoon of ,aId day at the Llcton ot '3dld bdnkrupt 111 the Yllldge of Portland, J\llch Thc selle \\ III be subject to conhrmatlOn by the court The Ill\ en tory ot saId ,losets may be seen at my office, at the Portldnd \LlI1ufactunng Co, Portland, Mlch, or at the oftIce ot the Hon KIrk F Wlck~ Referee 111 Bankruptcy, Hou'iemalJ buddlllg, Grdnd Rapld'i, Mlch Wm W Tenff, Recel\ er Peter Dor dlJ 1\ tt V f01 RecelV el DateJ ,It Portland, IC111la Co, J\llch, September 1, 1909 1.--._------ ..- .__ -Sep 411.....I .... ----_ .. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Acme White Lead and Color Works Adams & Eltmg Company Albro Veneer Company Amencan Blower Company Barlow Brothers Barnes, W. F. & John Company Barton & Son Company Boynton & Co Buss Machllle Works Dodds, Alexander Edge. Frank & Co Fellwock Auto and Manufactunng Company FranCIS, Chas. E, Company Fox Machllle Company Coodnch Boats Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand RapIds Brass Company Grand Rapids Electrotype Company Grand RapIds Hand Screw Company Grand RapIds Wood Flllmshmg Company Hahn, LOUIS HIlls, Clarence R Hoffman Brothers Company Holcomb. A. L. & Co Holden. Henry S., Veneer Company Hotel PantlInd Hotel Llllden Hotel Tuller Kauffman Manufacturmg Company KImball Bros. Company Lawrence-McFadden Company Luce Furmture Company Luce-Redmond ChaIr Company Madden, Thos., Son & Co Mamstee Manufactunng Company Manetta Pamt and Color Company MattIson Machme Works McMullen Machmery Company MIchIgan Engraving Company Miller, Ell D. & Co Miscellaneous Montgomery Hardware Lumber Company Morton House Nelson-Matter FUr!lture Company Oliver Machmery Company Palmer, A. E. & Co PIttsburgh Plate Glass Company Receiver's Sale (Venty-Caswell Table Co.) Richmond ChaIr Company Royal Chair Company Schmidt, Henry & Co Sheboygan ChaIr Company Sheldon, E. H & Co ShImer, Samuel J. & Sons Shgh Furmture Company Smith Davis Manufacturing Company Spratt, George & Co Stephenson Manufactunng- Company Stow & DaVISFurmture Company Umon Furmture Company Walter, B. & Co Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, O. A Weatherly Company Weekly ArtIsan WellIngton Hotel West MIchIgan Machme & Tool Company WhIte Pnntmg Company Wood, Morns & Sons 2 20 10 Cover 19 Cover 15 30 Cover 2 30 6 1 30 21 Cover Cover 13 10 19 9 30 6 21 27 27 27 23 14 44 3 14 9 1 8 15 22 13 32 18 27 Cover 11 31 27 32 19 13 1 26 27 30 31 18 31 30 23 30 19 12 30 11 25 27 19 24 2
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- 1909-09-04T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY .\ ~\1<"".-"t \ y <) ~ ">{ ~ t~'-t;~~~~{:'<//~ r \~ ~i~~\v~~~~~j{~~~~~'":~~ ~ .) J."- ("' -. --.- " .... ..".;, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• JULY 30. 1910 CONTROLLING INTEREST The Exclusive Agency for Karpen Guaranteed Upholstered J:{urniture~ Means Controlling the Sale of Upholstered Furniture in Your City and "icinity. It is the only line of upholstered furnitur£" people ask for. tht>y recognize the Karpt>n Trade Mark as a dependable guaranty. The successfuJr furniture man caters to puhlic taste; the demand is for Karpt>ll Furniture; then why not take advanta~e of ""The Easiest Way" to met>t this demand? Wrift> today for control of the line in your city···the greatest business huilding influence possible to ohtain. See Our Exhibits in the Karpen Buildings. All Dealers Cordially Invited. S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO. 187.188 Michigan Avenue. BOSTON. 22 Sudbury Street. NEW YORK. 155.157 W. 34th Street. - -- ~~-~~~~~~~~- -- ----r---~~---~~--- I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..... a.... .. . _.a... 1 •• - .., I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY III1 II -I I II II II I• ,II I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ., ,I I I I 1 Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I, and CHAMBER FURNITURE. ...-Cat.a.lo.g.ues to Dealers Only. --_._I~ I • • _ • • •• ••• • •• Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 1!1 Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J EYI Mapll BIrch ~U4rltrld Oak and CtNaJJtan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, [ast Section, MANUfACTUR[RS' BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRfiRY 30th Year-No. 57 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JULY 30,1910 Issued Weekly UNCLE SAM USES TONS OF TREE SEEDS How They Are Obtained and Planted to Replenish the National Forests···Birds and Rodents Destroy TheIn. ·Washington, DC. July 30--Tlhe United States Depart-ment of AgriiCIulture is using this year on the national forests oven ten tons of tree seeds Most of this seed has already been planted or sown. Trhe rest WIllIbe utIlIzed later in the sea-son, as favoralble condntions are presented It takes a great many tree seeds to make ten tons, Jack pine. the most import-ant tree for planting in the Nebraska sand ihills by tlhe forest service, will average something lIke 125.000 to the pound. Of western yellorw pine, the tree most extenslively pllanted throughout the national forests as a whole, 10,000 seed will make a pound Altogether the ten tons of seed to be used tfuis year represent perhaps 300 mtllion single seeds. If every seed could Ibe depended on to produoe a young tree suitable for planting, the result would be a supply of nursery stock iSuffioient to plant three hundred thousand acres of land, but no such result can be looked for because many seeds do not germinate M03t of the seed will be sown, either broadcast or in seed spots, or planted with a com-pllanter, c1Jirectlyin the place where the trees are to stand Even 'when nursery stock is raised a 1iberal allowance must ibe made for loss In the first place. a considerable per-centage of the seeds wiill be fround to be infertile. Of those ~hi{:lh germinate, many will die before they leave Vhe nursery beds, and many more will be lost in transplantling If from a pound of western yeHow pine seeds that contalins 10,000 mdlviJual seeds, 4,000 threc-) ear-old transplants are available for field plantmg, the Department of Agriculture has ob-tamed satisfactory result,;; There are nO\l\ twenty-four natIonal forest nurseries WIth an annual procluctwe capaCIty of ovel eIght million seecllmg<; Rut there are many m\IIllOns of old burns on the national forests \vlhich are ~ ait111gto be restocked, and some quicker and cheaper method than the actual plantll1g of nursery-grown trees IS urgently needled Therefore the foresters are makmg expenment<; on a large slcale with clllfferent methods of direc1t sowing and planting, and most of the seed gathered last year was obtall1ed for thi3 use Broadcasting 'has already been found to give good re-sults in some reglOns It was first tried in the Black HIlls of South Dakota, WIth an encouraging outoome To broadcast an acre of land with yellow pine seed a1bout eight pounds of seed is used One of the most fot'midable draWbacks to this method is the extent to whidh the seed may be consumed by birds and rodents. If the season 'happens to 'be one in which food for these animals is scarce, the loss is very iheavy. The problem of control of animal pests, such as fidd mice, ground squirrels. and gophers, whicih eat the tree seeds. and also the further problem of preventing the depredations of rabbits, whiclh are altogether too flond of the Little trees themselves, whether nursery transplants or field grown seedllings is receiving the attention of the Ibiological survey experts of the Department of Aigri1culture. In some localities tlhe department has had to purchase seed, but most of that used is gathered by forest service men themselves. The cost of gathering has varied for the differ-ent reglions from thirty-lfive cents to one dollar a pound. As a rule the seed is collected in the fall months, when most conifers ripen their seed Parties of tJhree or four men ordi-narily work togetlher. Where lumbering ilS in progress the collectors follow the sawyers and take the cones directly from the felled trees. In standing timber, the task is much more arduous. The man must climlb and ,pull the ctines from the branches as best they can. Where these are on the extremi-ties and beyond the reaoh of the !hand. pruning shears are used The cones are dropped to the ground and then gathered into buckets and transferred to sacks, in whirch they are cart'ied to a central point for further treatment. The extraction of the seeds is tedious rather llhan diffi-cult In some cases the cones are spread out upon slheets in the sun. when, after a tIme, they open and the seed drop out; 111 other cases it is necessary to resort to aruificial heat. This is applJed by placing the cones upon trays with screen bot-toms and ralising the temperalmre of the room to the proper degree. T,he cones open, the Iwinged seeclrs fall out, and the seeJ is separated finally from the wings and dirt by a fanning mIll. A good many seed have been removed from the cone by hand, but this is a sore trial to the fingers or{ the pickers and an exceedingly slow process. To create something, even if it is only a sensation, is the ambition of designers. Wlhell a manufactul er plans a line of gJoods he does not figure on stiokers. 4 T WEEKLY ARTISAN Will be shown as usual in Chicago only, this coming July, 1319 Michigan Ave., First Floor, opposite elevator. ----.- ... Standard CONSISTING OF CHINA CLOSETS BUFFETS and BOOKCASES The following well known men in charge, F P. FISHER, FRED LUGER, R. G. BINGHAM, P. M SMITH, N. P. NELSON, W J. ALEXANDER Rockford Standard Furniture ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Co. An Interesting Game. The two women were slttlng m the front seat of the open-faced car The two men were Just back of them They lIstened to the conversatlon whIch seemed to run mostly to furniture "My bungalow IS lovely," one was saying 'You kno", my rich friend let me have It for the summer "h1le she IS abroad.' It's a pIty, she has so much money she doesn't know what to do wIth It It IS beautifully furnished. "No She dIdn't leave it furnished I don't kno" why Just carelessness She has plenty of furnllture, but I have furnished It with stuff my friends didn't want to have stored while they were away "I have the most beautiful parlor sUIte N ancy Jones let me have She's in Coloradio, you know; and a full bedroom suite that belongs to Mrs James, who is wIth her sIster thIS summer in Pennsylvania" "That's nice," said her friend. as she paused a moment "And a kitchen outfit from Mrs Adams, ""ho is 111 the hospItal and has broken up her flat. and the lovelIest set of dishes you ever saw that Mary Lawson gave me before she went to South Amereia to keep, you understand, though they are funny things for people to let you keep, they break so easily, e~pecially when you have hired girls. !but then I sup-pose she didn't know I was going to keep boarders "It seemed a pity to stay in such a beautifully furl11shed bungalow all by yourself a whole summer long It was lonely, too. "I have such a nice front parlor boarder, but he wants a piano, I have oceans of chairs and tables and what not, but no piano I have so much furniture it's a pity I haven't an-other bungalow to furnish and fill with roomers, but no piano Do you know orr anybod3' who has a piano she doesn't want to put in storage for the summer?" Line .-.. . .. , ..... fI of AIllerica " I IfI,II ,I ..... "Let me ,ee,' mused her friend Then when she had ,een "\ 0, I ,Ion t know a sll1g1e soul who wants her plano ke])t a female soul or a male ,oul You see, people don't II ant theIr planos all nlll1ed by the sea aIr I suppose that's 1\ h:,' ~he salel thoughtfully Her fnend SIghed "I do need a plano awfully," she said "It is really the onll thlllg I need I have everyth1l1g else yOU could want for a bungdlow, enough, as I say, for two Ibungalows. but no plano" "Has an) bod) offered you an automobile yeP" asked her friend "~o." she answered, "not yet That would be l11ce, \\ouldn't lt, to haH a large comfortable. roomy, swift auto- 1110bJ1eto take m) boarders out m? It would be a novelty I must look around ancl see If there Isn't some friend olf mine \\ ho d rather ha, e me Use his automo:bile than keep it in the garage "That s an 1l1terestmg game," remarked one of the men \\ hen they had watched the tVlO alight and walk off down the street, "an aY\1fully 1l1tere"t1l1g game Takes her fnend's bungalow ancl fits It out Iii Ith the furniture of all her other fnends, then keeps roome1 s and boarders and what not An 1l1terestmg game," he relpeated. "anel va'itly economical, tak-en all 111 all " "BuL" objected the other, "the pIty of it is that some other "ealth, fnend doesn't offe her the loan of another hunl;alo\\ hI the ~ea that she can fit out WIth her superfluous furnIture and rent to some other roomers" Eve!) man may have hIS pnce, but It doesn't always accord WIth hIS market value WEEKLY ARTISAN ------_._-_._---------------.-_-..-_.--.-. -.-.---------------.-.-.._.._-----.--- p-- I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER II I Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Fadories. Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. AlIO Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa . ...... For Comfort on the Sea. Through the use aboard ocean-golnlg vessels of a dining-saloon chaIr V\ hiCh has been invented by John Jacob Astor, of ~ ew York, passengers on the "levIathans of the deep" may 111future be spared the excItement and inconvenience of be111g battered albout a ship's dining-room in a rough sea whIle a-ppeas111g the alppetIte Mr Astor has conceived the idea of a chaIr that is adjustable in every res1pect, and the movements of whIch may be controlled by the diner as he proceeds to dIspose of the savory dIshes provided by the vessel's chef The chalf, which IS herewIth pictured, is set on the floor at such dIstance from the table as IS convenient for the d111er Then It accommodates itse1Jf to the lurching of the ShIp and enables the user to adjust himself to every condItIOn that may be presented by the boat standing on beams or dIpplDg her first cabin rail. The arrangement is founded on a vacuum CUipwhich holds the chair to the floor and ,from which extends a series of legs that allow the chair seat a freedJom that could hardly be exceeded were they of an altogether flexIble character. The Walters Win Out. D N & E Walter, lfamous furniture dealers of San Fraln-cisco. have won out 111their dispute with the customs authori-tIes over an importation of antique furniture which lfor several months has been held by the customs department pending a settlement of the valuation of the lot. The decision of the Board was a vindicatIOn of the valuation set upon the goods by the importers. The furniture came to this country albout six months ago and was valued at approximately $100,000. It had been collected in France by the expert from the Walter firm. who made a specIal tr~p aibroad to obtain authentic antiques suit-able for Cahforma homes, and as a result brought a large assortment OIf table,s, chairs, bric-a-brac alnd all kinds of in-terior furnishings. The collection was one of the most complete ever brought to San Francisco, and when it came to placing a value on it dlfferel11lces of opimon arose between the customs representa-tives and the Importers. the latter holding that the Iprice paid for lt by its buyer should be the dutiable value. The case was heard by three members of the General Board of Ap-praisers. which has finaLly decided that the value set upon it by the Walter firm is correct. -------------------- , .COLUMBIA FAULTLESS BEDDING SAMPLES SHOWN AT THE BIC BUILDINC, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE,8TH FLOOR. CHICACO. MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING, CARE ORINOCO FURNITURE CO" CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 5 .... " I IIII I I• I I I III III II II •II IIt I III I IIII IIII II I II II 4 --------------~I 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------------._----_._-----_._--------------- -- -- ------_.-------., New designs In the Louis XVI Style. No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd Ilapids GRAND RAPIDS, Brass <00. ... . METAL BEDS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Why German Manufacturers Hold the Bulk of the Trade. James W. Johnson, American Consul at Carin to, Nicara-glUa, writes as follows in -regard to the use of metal bed., III that and other Central AmerIcan countnes "Amerlican manufacturers of metal bedsteads '\\ ho are looking for a market in Nicaragua are apprised that bed-steads are not generally used here The greater portIOn of the popUlation sleep on "tijeras," folding canvas cots of natIve manufacture Tlhe legs are of heavy wood and fold togethel like a pair of scissors; they might be termed extended camp stools. These cots are in general use not merely on account of the hi~her cost of imported bedsteads Althougb hard and uncomfortable, until one is acoustomed to them. thev are cooler than a bedstead with mattress, and several of them may be used at night in a room and easily folded and placed against the wall or taken out entirely in the day, thus allow-ing the same room to Ibe used both as a sleeping and living room From this it can be seen that could imported bed-steads !be o'btained here as cheaply as cots, a large portion of the population would sti11lprefer the latter "Most of the well-to-do people use metal bedsteads, makirng a market for them well worth any effort to secure, tihough at present it is almost entireLy in the hands of German manufacturers T'his is not ibecause they can make a better or oheaper bedstead than American manufacturers, but be-cause they make them in the style wanted The only kind that can be sold here is the {our.,poster, which American manufacturers, seemingily, do not make except in expensive brass beds. "AJmerican manufacturers of metal bedsteads should not MIOH. lee], hecau"e the bedsteads they make are neater. more at-tl act! \ e, anll bettel finished than perhaps any others, that no attentlOn shoruld ibe paid to people who want something dlfferen t. The preference .for the four,poster style is not due to a mere fancy, but. belcause to the four <posts may be at-tached a thIck canopy which protects the bed againts the dust constantly sifting down from the unceiled, tile-covered roofs. and agamst pOIsonous insects. which frequently drJp, \\ hIle around the posts may be easily draped the netting or other matenal used as a protection against mosquitoes. "Therefore, American manufacturers, to compete in the sale of metal bedsteads in NIcaragua, must make a bedstead \\ Ith four post" of equal helgiht, with connecting rods to be <lClltbted at the top The finish should be in black japan with gIlL or other tnmmings, the objection to wlhite enamel being that It "0 qmckly becomes damaged by flyspecks To the \\ ealthier c1as" 110\\ ever \\lh1te enamel and even brass bej- "teads could, I believe, be sold "It will be more difficult to meet the requirements of the people wlho use cots, who want economy of space and cheap-ness of pnce Perhaps a metal foldlllg cot frame. made to be covered \\ l~h canvas, could be devised, which, on account of Its convenIence, lIghtness. durabilIty, and moderate cost mIght be brought to compelte with the native product "There is here a general aversion to sleeping on the ordinary mattress; a great many people \\Iho use bedstead" stretc'h a piece of canvas over the springs or cover them WIth Chmese mats Instead of using a mattress, but should a cJol, lIght, firm mattress of 1 to 2 inches in thickness be devised 1t could be profitably introduced into tropical countries "What has been said in this report <lipplies more or less to all of Central America, and to all the northern >countries of South America" WEEKLY ARTISAN Evansville, Ind, July 21-Very satisfactory sales were made thy the manufacturers of Evansville in Chicago and in thlis city during the past month The lines exhilbited in Chi-cago attracted general attention and many new accounts were opened. The attendance of buyers at the local exhibition was larger than in past seasons and the enterprise has proven valualble to the manufacturers supporting the same and to the city at large Orders taken by travellllg salesmen and by mall are coming III freely and a sUlccessful faIII season of trade is assured Retail traJe IS much stronger than is u;,ual at this season of the year Three factories contnbute p1eces that make up dmlllg room suites in Colomal and Mission styles that are greatly ad1mired From the very extensive line of furnitiure for the bed-room brought out by the Karges Furniture company, dealers in every section of the United States select some of their best sellers The Evansvllie Furniture company exhibit their com-plete lines at their factory warerooms The Wisconsin Ohair company have moved their manu-facturing !business to Mound City, III A new line of dllling room furniture wlll be brought out by the Crescent Furniture compa1ny. Benjamin Bosse, manager of the Globe and an official of several other manufactlunng corporations, is the leader in the movement to estalbhsh a new furlllture manufacturing in-dustry III EvansvIlle Tlhe sum of $50,000 wlill be invested in the plant. Ladies desks have been added to the line of the Hohen-stein- Hartmetz company. Several lines manufactured at Tell City are exhibited at the EvansvIlle Furniture Exchange. The manUifacturers of Evansville are closely ident~fied with those of Tell City, socially and in a busliness way. Tlhe World Furniture company is enjoying an active trade in mantel folding beds and dllling room furniture. No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAfIt 7 Edward Ploeger who manages a desk factory in Hender-son and a big factory in Evansville, making wardrobes and kItchen cabinets in many styles, is one of the busiest of the manufacturers of Evansville. Minneapolis Threatens Grand Rapids. Minneapolis, Minn., July 27.-Furniture making and kin-dred industries furnish employment for more than fifteen hun-dred Mmneapolis men, the large majority of whom are heads of families. This industry, which includes a dozen large manu-facturing cancel ns and two jobbmg houses, is already important and IS growmg with the development of the northwest. The Mmneapolis furniture industry represents an annual volume of business aggregating fully $2,250,000, and working capital and other investments identified with it the conservatively estimated at $1,500,000. Opel ating in nearly half the states in the union and covenng territory as far south as Texas, west to the coast, eastward into Illinois, and north into Canada, the in-dustry has practically no limitations and from its present rate of development and growth, Grand Rapids, Mich., must soon look to her laurels. More than a thousand men are employed in the furniture factories of Minneapolis as cabinet makers, machine hands and finishers, and they are a well paid, desirable class of citizens. In addition to these more than five hundred office men and com-mercial travelers are identified with the industry. The manufac-ture of iron beds, mattresses, mirror plates and numerous speci-alties, which is a rapidly growing part of the business, is in-cluded in the figures given. Present mdications are that the furniture industry will show an increase of from 10 to 15 per cent this year, despite the ad-verse crop reports which have shown some 111 effect upon the business. The financial flury of 1907 played havoc with the fur-mture industry all over the country, bringing on a surprising slump in the volume of trade, but the reaction came quickly and the last two years have witnessed splendid growth in which the furniture factories of Minneapolis have kept pace with those in other parts of the country. Conditions of the present time are not as encouraging as manufacturers migh wish but there is reason to believe that the business will experience a strong revival before the end of the fall season and that the business of the year will total up bigger than any in the history of furniture making in Minneapolis. . ._ .. _._------., I a.- ••• I •••••••••••••• •••• • •• _ ••• __ a ••••• __ a ••• •• 4 ----~~~~~~~-~-~-~-----,--~-~------------- 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE OAKS MUCH MIXED. _-------.--------_ •••• we _,. White and Black Are the Only Distinct Species. Others Are Mongrels. Washington, D. c., July 28-It wIll surpnse most pel sons who know somethlllg about oak to be told that the socalled "hlte oak timber of our market~ IS often a mIxture not only of va-rious species of the white oak group but also of other specIes such as the red oak. This generally unkno\'\ n fact IS reported by the United State Department of Agriculture, whIch, as a part of Ib forestry work, is frequently called upon to pass Judgment upon the identity of market woods in dIspute Foresters dIvide all the oaks 111totwo dlStl11ct groups~the white oak group and the black oak group One \\ ay of dlStl11 guishing the two is by the fact that the black oaks reql1lre two years to mature their acorns, while the white oaks take but one The woods of the two groups of oaks are also structuralh dIft-erent. The true white oak, known to bota111,ts as quescu, alba, is merely one of the specIes whIch make up the \\ hlte oak group Red oak, on the other hand, belong~ to the black oak group Red oak ha<; a number of other common namb, among them, mountain oak, black and Spalllsh oak There is so much confusion in the orchnaf) use of names ot the oaks that it is almost ImpossIble to keep them :-,tralght \\ Ith-out resorting to the Latlll names, but the marketIng of wood of the black oak group as white oak IS hardly faIr to the consume 1 Red oak, for mstance, IS now much more abundant than \\ hlte oak, grows faster, and is generally regarded as lllfenor. The two species often grow together and occupy the same general region. In the early days of ItS abundance, market \\ hlte oak \\ a" derived almost entIrely, it IS safe to say. from quescus alba, the true white oak. This speCIes combllles approxImately the ut-most strength and toughness of any of the tImber oaks, except-ing possibly the southern live oak. whIch m the Colomal da}" was so highly prized for shIp buildlllg that it was protected b} special laws. The Immense inroads made upon the then appar-ently inexhaustable white oak forests, which stretched from the Atlantic seaboard to about Missouri, gradually so reduced the supply that the use of other speCIes became mevltable. At the present time It IS almost impossIble to obtalll a con-signment of white oak that does not contall1 pieces of some other species. Of the white oak group those most used, in addItion to the true white oak, are bur oak, chestnut oak, chmquapll1 oak, post oak, swamp white oak, cow oak, and overcup oak, of the black oak group, Texas red oak, red oak and spotted or water oak. Real white oak timber of number one quahty IS very largely cut into quarter sawed boards, whIle a comblllatlOn of one or more white oaks and red oak may constitute other cuts of "whIte oak." In many markets the term "cablllet white oak" is now understood to include a mixture of white oak and red oak, but it often signifies red oak only. The question, "What is White Oak?" is now coming up among consumers and manufacturers of commercial oak timber The above named white oaks are a dlstlllct but closely related species, whlch together, must be depended upon for the future supply. For the ordinary purposes for which true whIte oak is used, practically all the trees of this group yIeld woods that can be interchanged and will serve equally well. Allegan's Furniture Factories. Allegan. July 28 -This, the county seat of Allegan coun-ty, is a flourishing little city of about 5,000 inhabitants, in rI Shultz ~ "irsch i Company IIII II Manufacturers of HIGH GRADf BfDDING I fEATHERS, fEATHER PILLOWS, DOWNS, ETC. II UPHOLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLED I HAIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY I II •II III II IIII II I I II I~.- .--- - -_._--------- I...---~i 1300-1308 fulton St., ElJz~O;:ltrSt.CHICAGO the mld"t of one of the be:-,t fruit and agrIcultural sections of \\ e"tern :\Ilchigan It has qUIte a number of factories of \ anous kmd:-" mcludmg four furmture factories. making dm-mg room, btchen and parlor furmture ThIS httle CIty also boasts of one of the finest furnIture stores m the state Oh-ver & Co, and Baker & Co, are the olde"t of the furl1lture manufactUrIng compames makIng low and medium pnced bookca"e~ ladle,,' desks, buffets and chma closets. whIle the \l1egdn I llrmtlll e company devotes theIr energIes to gett1l1g out a lme of buffets, chma closets and '>lde tables The latter company made theIr first exlllblt in Grand RapIds this season and PreSIdent Nash reports that "the boys" sold so much goocl '> that It \\ 111take at least ninety days to get them out, and If they contmue to send m orders the factory WIll have all It can do for the rest of the year Bames & MoshIer make a good hne of kitchen cabinets. and Sweet & BIggS formerly of Grand RapIds make a fine Ime of upholstered furniture Furniture Agent in Trouble. i\e\\ YOlk Sun of July 23~Lol1ls J. Weglel11, an agent for a furmtnre concel n was 111the Toombs police court yesterday charged WIth bu)mg confiden!ldl informatlOn from a clerk 111 the traffic department of the ~ ew York Telephone company. Vvalter J Keat111g, speCIal agent for the telephone company, saId that 1,\ eglem has been paY1l1g I,A,T alter H O'Rourke. one of the company's clerks, $2 a week for a year for hsts of the campan} :-,ne\\ sub:-,crIbers The pohce say that vVeglein called on the subscnbers to leam whether they were in the market for furnIture a:-, v\ ell a, telephone, Weglein was held for speCIal seSSlOns WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------_ ..-..---_._---------------.-.-_...-.-----------------"'""'! .... T"E COLONIAL BED COMPANY BEAUTY STRENGT" DURABILITY SANITARY ALLI:NlOWN, PA. TWICE TOLD TALES. What You Read in the Daily Michigan Artisan on January 22, 1895. Knauss & Green manufacturers of Chicago, have assigned. The Saginaw (Mich.) Furniture company succeeds Ring, Mernll & Tillotson. Letters patent have been granted to Harry Widdicomb covering the construction of "curved veneered panels." Lewis Ginter of Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Va., is pur-chasing an outfit for the hotel Jefferson, in Grand Rapids. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) Furniture company offer an oak chamber suite including a triple mirrored dresser, for $12.50 at retCliiI. R. J. Horner & Co., have purchased a desirable site and will commence the erection of a large store building in New York soon. John H. Crane, who is spending a few days in- Grand Rapids is a pioneer in the furniture trade of St. Louis. He opened his first stock of furniture in that city in 1856. Buyers arrived: Rdbert Keith, A. Jacoby, Kansas City; General E. P. Johnson, W. S. Allen, Los Angeles; W. F. Carrol, Chicago; C. W. Mehornay, J. H. North, Kansas City; B. Rosenthal, L. L. Clark, Omaha; George P. Staples, George E. Wood and E. B. Cobb, Boston; W. H. Hall, Grand Ledge, Mich.: A. B. Hussong, Terre Haute; E. J. Huber, Columbus, Ind.; F. A. Faller, Wilmerding, Pa., Joseph N. Harmon, Wilmington, Del.; L. F. Hornaday, Crawfordsville, Ind.; Henry Feige, Saginaw; George B. Gallup, Jacks::>n, Mich. Interview with C. A. Brockway: "I think the reproduc- Various Styles in OAK MAUOGANY IMll. MAUOGANY BIRD'S I:YE MAPll: CIRCASSIAN WALNUT ""ead and foot posts are assembled with steel rods to insure I Durability and Strength." I. On exhibit In T"f YfAGfR fURNITURf COMPANY SPACf, 4th floor, Leonard furniture fxhlbltlon Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MIC" • --------_._--------_. -------------------------------_.--.._...-.-..-.......•.. tion of antiques will be a great feature of the trade in the future. It is done here to quite an extent and outside of their antiquity there is no questioning the fact that modern antiques are infinitely superior to the originals. They are better be-cause of their supenor construction, and but very few genuine antiques are of value outside of their history. The uses to which marquetry is put are absurd. It is not applied with taste or reason. Marquetry is a feature of certain schools of art. It should never be used outside of those schools. It can be used properly in Dutch, Italian and French styles. Marquetry originated in Italy. Its proper uSe was extended by the Dutch and the French. When a Yankee composite table or Sideboard is plastered all over with marquetry the re-sult is disgustmg to refined tastes." Even the new woman prefers old styles in furniture. ,- ..... II II I......I Detr01t, hi:, home, to spend a week, after which he wIll start out on hIS fall triP ElI D l'vI1ller of Eh D MIller & Co, of EvansvIlle, Ind, 1eturned Tuesday lllght to hIS home 111the HoosIer state after spendmg the July ~eason with the :i\hller exhIbIt 111the Furniture Exchange. Lou Kammen, adverhsmg manager fm the Langslow-Fow-ler company, wdl rettll n Saturday to Rochester, NY, after "pendmg the Jul} season wIth the Langlow exlub1t m the 1319 bmld111g President S C LangslQw of the Langslow company left 1hursda} for); ew York CIty on the TwentIeth Century LImited P 1'-, Ball1es at E T Barnes & Son, left Chicago Tuesday for the Pacific coast after :,pend111g the season on the fifth floor of the \1anufacturer~' btllld111g, 1319 ::\I1ch1gan avenue Henry Swanson, travehng representative for the Skandia lurlllture CQmpany ll1 all of the large CltIes from PhiladelphIa to Kamas CIty, left Thursday for h1& fall tnp after spendll1g J nl) at 1319 l'\I1chlgan avenue ll1 charge of the SkandIa exhIbIt. Ed ~Iersman of the J\Iersman Brothers and Brandts com-pam, Cel111a,0 , left Tuesday for h1s home ll1 the Buckeye state atter spenclmg the July season at 131;) MIchIgan avenue. He q\ s the season has been very satIdactory. Mr. Mersman will lea\ e ~ngl1st 10 for Odll1 1I1ch, where he WIll spend a month \\ Ith hi" fat11lly, resorting E \ Dalberg, travelll1g 111Indiana, OhlO and l\I1chigan for the SkandIa Fmllltnre company, left Thur:,day for Frankfort, ::\I1ch , to spend ten days with hiS Llmily, resortll1g. After that he WIll start out on hIS fall triP C L Barron, ~ales manager fQr the Oberbeck Brothers Man-u taLtunng compan}, \\ III leave August 5 for a tnp through the ~out!l\\ est and to the PaCific coast. R Jo!lffe, tra\elmg the lake shore distnct for Stearns & J o"ter, left Chicago fm hiS home m DetrOit to spend a week before "tartmg out on his regular fall tnp r \\ Creech, travehng m Iowa, M1ssoun, Nebraska and I"ama:, left Saturday for hiS home 111Kansas CIty, Mo, and a tter 1emam111~ a \\ eek \\ III start out on hIS fall tnI" Mr CI eech reporb the July season one of the most satIsfactcry m the h1stor} of the Stearns & Foster company. At the Hafner l11flllture company's exhIbIt 111the Furlll-ture E'-change bmlc!lng, Fourth :,treet and Wabash avenue, re-ports of a good trade are heard The Hafners have some unusually gQod deSigns 111 bed davenpOl ts, couches and their adjustable lounges The:,e they are making 111 larger quant1- tie" than e\Cr, and as thIS cub a comlderable figure 111 the cost at manufacttll e, they are qUOt111g attractIve pnces, that are brlng111g car load 01clers it am some of the c!a:,est buyers in thh country 1 hey recently ~dded another travehng repre- 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN ChIcago, July 29 -LOUIS Hahn, designer and detader ot furnIture, was m ChIcago Thursday on hIS way home to Grand RapIds, MlCh. Mr. Hahn has been absent from Grand Rap1cb the past three months. William P. Keeney, the well known southern tra\ cler tor a number of the promlllent furlllture manufactUring concerns \Va" in Chicago several days thIS week, and left today for 1m home III EvansVIlle, Ind. ~Ianager Senour Qf the ShelbyVIlle Wardrobe company left Chicago Wednesday to return to hIS home III ShelbYVIlle, Ind, after ~pending the exhIbItion season at 1319 MIchigan avenue President Charles J. Kllldel of the Kllldel Bed compan}, said \ Vedrwsday: "\Ve have had a very sat1sfactor} J nly season Our three factones are all g01l1g to be rushed thIS fall and deak,- should, in anticipation of the fall bus1l1ess, send 111theIr order~ cady If they WIsh prompt dehvenes. Manager Charles IElmenclorf of the :\Ialllstee :-Ianufactur-ing company IS greatly pleased at the volume of btbllles" done thIS July and says the season IS theIr best ll1 twO) ears E. A. Bowman, travellllg representatlVe for the Skandl~ Furmture company 111the mIddle states and the south\\ est, lett Wednesday night for hIS fall trip. M~. Bowman spent the J ul) season WIth the SkandIa exhIbIt at the Manufacturers' E"h1b1 tion building. C. E. Lundberg, IlllllOlS and W 1sconSlll travel111g represen-tative for the SkandIa 1111e,left \Vednesday for Rockford Leo Buckner of the Travei"se City ChaIr compan}, spe~lt Thursday He repcrts a satl:,factory season's bU~1l1ess tor 111- company in the ChIcago and Grand RapIds markets C. H Lenhart of the Plymouth Chair compan), left Satur-day for Plymouth, W1S, afte1 spend111g the eXh1bltlOn season at the Fourteen Eleven builcllllg. John A. Flick of the Buckeye ChaIr compan}, Ra\ enna, 0 left ChIcago Saturday after spendlllg the July sea:,on Wlth the Buckeye exhibIt on the eIghth floor of the }lanufacturers Lx-h1b1tion bUlldlllg, 1319 MIchigan avenue :-Ir Fhck repO! ts the July season one of the best the company has ever had O. P. Schneckenburg, traveling 111the east fOl the Shelb}- ville lines, left Wednesday for his home 111TIffin, 0, to spend a week. "Billy" Hurst, travehng representative on the PaClfic coa"t for the Wolverine Manufactur111g company, left \ \ eclnesdd) f01 .-.. .-....--..----------------- ._-----_ ...._._._._---------- WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ....~ I Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. I . II1 I• THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXcl~s~~eu~~;~~:~:~MorUSKEGON, MICH, New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 No 9-Porch ChaIr Large Size Oak Seat Green or MISSlOn FJrlISh \IIelght,20 pounds No lO-Porch Rocker Large sIze Oak Seat Green or MlsSlOn FInIsh Weight21%pounds No. ll-Porch Settee Seat40 lllcheslong 17%lllchesdeep OakSeat Greenor MIssIOnfilllSh Weight,32pounds RICHMOND CHAIR,---C--O--M-P--A_N.Y.-,---R-I_CHMONDl INDIANA .._-----------------, sentat1ve to theIr sales force, C B Reeves of Cleveland, OhIO, \IIho will represent them in MichIgan, OhlO and Pennsylvama, startl11g out at the close of the exhIbItion season On Thursday mght, July 22, a fire broke out 111a shed op-posite the alley on whIch faces the rear of the Central Manufac-tunng company's plant at 454 Armour street The flames from the frame structure were blown acro"s the narrow alley and It was but a short tIme before three of the floors ot that factory were ablaze The fire was confined to the rear of the factory and there was more damage done by \\later than flames. After a three days' shut-down they have aga111 started manufactur-l11g and report that all damages have been adjusted and that the fire has not mterfered WIth the bUSl11ess. The CommerCIal :G urmture company, ChIcago, has broken ground for Its addltlOn to the factory The new structure Will be 121 x 72 feet and when completed WIll make a frontage for their plant, l11c1udmg the bU1ld111gsnow occupIed, of 325 feet Mr. Stnnge, who was on the SIck hst for some weeks recently, and who has been lookmg after the matter of the new bUlld111g, was obhged to call a halt for a tune but has now entirely re-covered and IS as active as ever. The new addItion WIll be ready for occupancy about September 15 Edward Gault, for twenty-five years bookkeeper for the Schultz & HIrsch company, 1300 Fulton street, recently WIth-drew from the pOSitIOn he ha" so ably and consclCntlOusly filled during the quarter century he was WIth that well known house, and is taking a well earned rest Mr Gault has helped to make most of the hIstory of thIS house whIch through many VICISSI-tudes, 111ctudmg th1 ee pal11CS, has saIled along safely, ever 1n-creas111g its bus111ess and en] 0Yl11g added prospenty 111WhICh he has shared. DUling hIS many years of serVIce Mr Gault has put away suffiCIent to feel that he can, now take the rest he needs WIthout finanClal wony He has had hIS day dreams of a pretty home 111the count1y and a farm where he could be out 111the open, after the close confinement of years, but as yet has not defi11ltely settled as to hIS future, being satisfied for the present, SImply to stay at home and 1est The Artisan, of whIch he has been a reader for upwards of 20 years, WIshes hIm many years of happmess wherever he may choose to make his home When a boy begins to wash hIS hands and face without bemg told look for the girl in the case Cost of Living in Australia. The mOf11mg Herald of Sydney, New South Wales, Aus-t1aha, recently pubhshed the results of an 111vesttgation as to the cost of h 111gat present as compared with 1899, from whIch It appear's that the advance has been about the same as in the Ul11ted States of America The Herald's 111ve"t1gators £0:'"--: that, WIth t1 e exceptlOn of tea, coffee and potatoes, all kinds of provlslOn have advanced 111pnce, the average being about 30 per cent Clot1un , beddl11g, etc, have not advanced much, but the quahty has echned as the home productlOn has been largely 111creased. Prices of imported articles 111these hnes have ad-vanced about 15 per cent. The Mormng Herald's article con-cludes as follows: "It costs more to furnish a house now than it did in 1900. Curtains, table covers, tapestry pIece goods and art serges have gone up at least 25 per cent. Carpets have not increased so much; but then the Brussels or WIlton carpet today IS not ex-actly the same article as It was in 1900. A Bi'ussels carpet that cost $110 a yard then costs $1 35 now, not a great increase It looks the same, but as a matter of fact the world is being given more and more of shoddy, because the world demands it. Wl1ton WhlCh cost $1175 1ll 1900, costs $205 now Best inlaid hnoleum has gone up from $1 20 to $1.35, and printed linoleum from 73 cents to 85 cents The cheapest hnes in lmoleums have mcreased in cost. "The price of local furniture, though it is 15 to 20 pet' cent cheaper than Imported Amencan furmture today, has 111- creased by about 20 per cent over the pnce'that used to be paid for Imported furmture 1111900 ·Vhthm the last few days the price of pith chairs has ll1creased 25 per cent "Lastly, the cost of bt1lld111g has increased so that it is wldely estimated that a cottage which cost $1,500 111 1900 wou.ld cost nearly $~500 today. Rents are estImated to have mcreased 10 per cent since 1900. "From these mquiries, summanzed fairly, it IS eVldent that the cost of hving 111 New South \Vales has very largely increased dunng the past decade, but It IS the houseWIfe only who will probably be able to tell the actual story-the best test will be a companson of the tradesmen's bIlls." Some people can't even do thelr duty wlthout patting themselves on the back. l 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in mutatIon golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffoniers in tmltatJon quartered oak, Imitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Llbrary, Dmmg and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cllbs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . .. • W E J! K L Y ART I SAN 13 Made by Bosse Funnture Company. Made b) World Furniture Comp,n) ._.... . Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co -,----------- ---,-- ----------._----------..-..-. -.-~ • ~ .. . . ------------- ---------------~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE GEO. B. LUPFER CO., 262-94 North Hanover St., Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lupfer having sold his interests in the firm .n which he was a full partner for sixteen years, during which time he had full charge of the manufacture of FlOe bedding, wIshes to announce to the Furmture Trade that he has orgamzed the Geo. B. Lupfer Company. I Purchased an up-to-date Factory bUlldlOg. lOstalled the best and most modern I machinery for manufacturing a superior lme of Mattresses, Box Springs, Woven and Coil Wire Springs, Feathers and Pillows. I Guaranteed in quality and price. ,I You are invited to call and examme the ments of our hnes. WIth our New Equipment, long experience and square dealmg, we soliCIta portion of your business, which Willhave our Im'l1edlate and best attention. I Samples shown only with F. T. Plimpton & Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. (4th floor), and at the factory. II h- •••• •• • - •• ----------.. --- --~ ANNOUNCEMENT. WORK OF EARLY ENGLISH DESIG~ERS Historic Styles and Their Influence on ~Iore Modern Periods. Vlfglllla RabIe, 111 the tenth of a senes of artlcle'i on "Hlstonc Styles In Fur111ture," pubhs1hed 111 "The Hou~e Beautiful," wntes as follows In our devotlOn to the llate eIghteenth century \\ e are apt to overlook the nch legalcy bequeathed to us by the early eighteenth, or to confuse It with other penod" There are several reasons for our penfect faIth III ever} thlllg marke i "late e1g'hteenth" In the fir'it place, It \\ a" a time of g-reat beauty In deSIgn, of U111ty, of resen e, of ehm111atlOn I hI, has come down to us as a tradItion and would be accepted wIthout proof even If proof we1e lack111g But we have abun-ant examples of the actual MCork of the day, countle"'i repro-ductlOns, and innumera'ble books on the sub] ed So III one way or another '\'.e are 111no danger of 101- gett111g what the men of that day did, nor of loslllg SH.;-ht of their place In the hIstory of desIgn Yet the first half ot thl S fasclllating century was almost as Important, a penod of great vanety in desIgn. of many men work111g 111mam ,eln" of old Ideas slowly glv111g vmv to ne\\ If les" u1l1fied than the latter half It was full of pIcturesque, Igor and 01 ,tlll ch sImplIcIty, partly Dutch, and partly a SUI' 1\ al of Jacohean tradltlOns whIch l111gered 111spIte of changed conclttlOn.., The perpetuatlOn of Dutch motives-such as the cabl1ole-leg and the web~foot~cont111ued untIl the fourth decade of the century The welb-foot or flat-foot \\ e find III mo~t 01 the fur111ture of Queen Anne's time. and a charm111g aJ]unl1 It IS to the desIgn111g of the day ChIppendale prefeJred the ball-and-claw foot and It IS seen 111most of hIS earlv chaIrs, also at times 111hIS late1 and elaborate "l1bbon bac1~~ He \\as one of the first Englt'ih fur111tlll e makel ~ to u-e the 'iquare leg, also one of the first to adopt the cun IniS 1 1 ench leg ,It the Lotll" XV penod, but he clung to the cabnole or band, leg 111It-, ,anous forms until about 1740 The trans1tlOn trom one style to another dUring thl'i century was gladual From the wan111g of the heavy oak types untIl the late phases of Hepplewh1te and Sheraton, chang-es "ere entirely logIcal vVe are apt to th111k of defin- He ~t, Ie", and pLnods as suddenly spnng111g mto eX1stence-c1eal cut and complete \ve thInk of the long GothIC epoch 111 England ,of the Enghhs Rena1ssacne, of Tudor and Jacdbean styles, of the bnef penod of WIlham and :V[ary, of the dozen \ ears of Queen Anne's reIgn and of the long GeorgIan span, and \\ e pIcture each as qUIte dIstinct VIe have one great a,h antage 0\ er the people who actually hved dUrIng those epoch~ \\ e hay e such a bIg perspective that we overlook the transItIon" Pel haps tIm, IS well A good deal of transItIOnal tur111ture 111U'ithay e been \e1Y ugly Much of it has perIshed and \\ e knO\\ It only by descnptlOn, or we 1111ag111eIt to ha'L been \Ye cannot tell how it will be wIth our own composIte age, bu t 111 the past the1 e has been a surVIval of the fittest 111 furnl-tUl e The tranSItIOnal GothIc and tradItIOnal RenaIssance pIeces are not nearly so numerous as pure iiipecimens. and so It IS \\ Ith Ehzabethan fur111ture, with Charles II pIeces, with Qeen Anne desl~ns, Wl1th examples of ChIppendale and hIS conte111poranes The experImental pIeces-the faIlures have a pparenti} dl ~appeared "\fodern fur111ture maker'i ha' e I en del eel marked assIstance 111 reprodus111g the best, the most ty plcal "peC1111e11'3 and thus perpetuating the g00d The \ allle of a correct rep1oductlOn both has an example of a style, and a" a "ell made pIece of work mU'it be conceded Pers0nally I do 110t 1m e a modern ChIppendale chaIr as I do an old one, but I hay e a great lIk111g for It, and a real admlratlOn for the man who made It Rep10ductlOn", are u'iually more succe'isful than adapta-tlOn~- falthful cople,", lather than free tran'ilatlOns Th1" IS pal tlcnlarl} true of mahoiSany rJe'ilgn'i The oak fU1111ture of 30.000 ----_. ---_._--------_._.~ Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures, Per Set SOc. t ...--_._--------------------------- Sheldon Steel Rack Vtses Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture •• E H SHELDON & CO CllIcaj{o 111 Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 2.5dozen Clamp Fixtures whIch we bought of you a lIttle over a year agoG are glVlng' excellent se-Vlce \i\ e are well satIsfied with them and shall be pleased to remember you whene\ er we want anythmg additional m thiS hne Yours truly SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO Sold on appro\ al and an uocon dltlOoal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We C;OllCltprIVIlege of sendmg samples and our complt'te catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. ~-----_._-~- 328 N. May St •• Chicago. ...I ---- ------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase in the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt in making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then, too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the mo:,t popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 19 10, is going to surpass all prl!vt'ous efforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns offered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leonard Building NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. THERE -~-- MUST BE A REASON the seventeenth century can somettmes be more freely in-trepreted, If there be sklll of hand, and taste and dlscnmma-hon back of the skill But WIth the furnIture of the succeed- Illg century, he IS wlse:-,t and most successful who does not alter a hne but reproduces as truthfully as IS pOSSIble ChIppendale's name stands first In the furmture makmg of hIS day-Ill fact It may be claImed that hIS name stll! 100m -. largest III the hst of cablllet makers of the elghteen~h century-however OUI personal preference" may be for the work of the later men If we beheve that he was well esta-bhsbed as early as 1720, we must accod hIm a promment ptlace m the early GeorgIan penod We know hIm best by hIS later work-that whIch was produced between 1740 and 1765, hut hIS early manner WIll always charm HIS bandy leg dnd fiddle hack chaIr" may never bnng what hIS famous rIbbon back" ,10, yet they have mfimte grace and if measured by "SImplICIty" are more to be deslfed. The fiddle back, lIke the bandy leg, IS pure Dutch, for Chlp,pendale m company WIth other furnIture makers of the Jay made a hberal use of what the WIllIam and Mary perIod has handed down to the Queen I\nne and wlhat the Queen ;\nne 111 turn had given to the GeorgIan Other mfluence-. shaped thl" famous deSIgner's early work, notalbly the tradItIons of Gnnhng Glblbons. Glb- QUICK SELLERS EVERY DEALER FOR DETROIT EXCLUSIVELY "Wanted Agency for Furniture to sell to Dealers." DETROIT MANUFACTURERS' AGENCY, 36 East Larned Street, Detroit, Mich. NEW YORK Furniture Exchange bans and \V ren belong to an earlier day but their influence wa" very marketl m the first quarter of the eighteenth cen-tury ChIppendale's carvlllg IS qUIte in the Glblbons manner and the same may be saId of GIbbs, Ware, Kent, and Swan, men less known than our cabmet maker of St Martin's Lane, but all deserving more credIt than has Ibeen doled out to them TheIr names, however, have not been kept alive by theIr work. Ch1ppendale was the fir"t Engiltsh furniture maker to have hIS name perpetuated by a style Celebrated designers had preceded hIm but theIr IJentlty IS submerged In that of theIr sovereIgn Ch~ppendale raised IllS cralft to such a point of excellence that hIS own name became assoCIated with it. VVTe seldom find hIS designs called Georgian, nor is that term often used m connectIon WIth the work of Sheraton or Hep-plewhlte The mdlvidual had greater nghts In this century. The men who worked under the Stuarts were not thus hon-ored The relgmng sovereign had all tlhe glory Charles II was not a great kIng-yet the beautiful furniture of his time wIll always bear his name vi\!l1liam and Mary will be remembered 111hke manner when the political significance of theIr jomt reign is qtllte forgotten The halif timlbered work dedIcated to Ehzabeth will keep that great queen's memory always green, and the rare and unique patterns in furniture and silver made in the first years of the eighteenth century WIll gIve lasting fame to Queen Anne So we honor Chip-pendale for hav111g enough indiVIduality to give h1s own name to hIS furniture and we are glad that the glory is not accorded to any of the Georges vVhat furnitUle of the eighteenth cenutry would have been if mahogany had been unknown is a difficult question (Cont111ued on Page 18) been demonstrated in this city. Here t!here was no difficulty In finding tenants for such a b'Uildling. There are many men, firms or corpora1Jions Wiho wish to engage in manufacturing but lack capitall with Wihich to build factories or buy power machinery They are glad to find quarters in an "omnibus" bUlldllOg. with lIgfut, heat and power fig<ured in witlh the rent, but as a rule they do not stay long in sutch quarters. Some succeed and are soon able to build for themselves; otthers faliI and are obliged to move out; thus causing frequent Clhanges which are expensive to all concerned. The worst dIfficulty however, is found in Ihigh insurance rates. Tlhe risk in 3. butlding occulpied by many manufacturers ,in different lines is much greater tihan lin a building used by a single concern. The first tenants find the rates quite reasonable, but they are raised on all for every additional tenant and by the time the Ibutldlng is all occupied the rates are practically prohibitive and in order to carry insurance tenants are obliged to find safer quarters Such, at least. has been the experience with the "omnibus" factory pllan in Grand Rapids. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .U.SCR'IOTION .1..0 IOERYEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES '2.00 IOERYEAR. SINOLE COIOIE. 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O.... ICE. 10'-112 NO'UH DIVISION ST, G"ANO RAP"OS, MICH. A 5. WHIT!!:, MANAOINO EDITOR Entered ••• econd cia .. matter. July 5, 1999, at the post otlice at Grand Rapid., Mlchl,an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE.E. LEVY The expense of packing and moving a lot of household goods from one oity to anotther is often as great as the' alue of the same This statement is not true In e, ery Instance There are in every household articles that are not" orth mov-ing, at any cost, but to suoh articles there may be attached a sentimental interest of unmeasurable value to the owners When C A Adou of Mandel Brothers, ChIcago, several months ago. determined to move to San Francisco. he called in the warehouse and moving comiPan~es and received theIr esttimates of tthe cost of packing and moving his furntture from his home at Jackson park to a near-by freight depot The bidis presented were im,possible of consideration. Mr Adou had <lIbout determined to turn his good.; over to an auc-tioneer to /be sold, when "Pete" Johnson of the A J Johnson & Sons Furniture company, volunteered assistance The goods were packed and shipped from the "\';,arehouse of the Johnson bctony. A short time ago L J Hill of the Fanner Manufacturing company, who spends from eiglht to ten week! in Grand Rapids annually in attendance upon the exposition, decided that !he would have more time to devote to his family if he should take Ulp his resoidence in Grand Rapids He called in the agents of the packing and forwarding company. and when tiheir estimates of the cost of preparing his household gOOlc1sfor shipment and delivel1ing the same to a railroad had been submitted the lowest ibid was found to be $6200. The railroad charge for a car from Cleveland to Grand Rapid.; is $4000, and Mr. Hill wac; labout to decide to continue his residence in Oleve1and when he met an expert packer and fonwarder in Grand Rapids whom he dlspatohed to Cleveland to pack and slhlip his goods In most of the larger citiec; this business in handled by a community of warehousemen, and stiff prices are malintained Many vi"ible evidences attest their prosperity and the business is deserving the attention of jabbers of and retaJilers in householdi furnishings These merchants are experts in the Ihandling of such goods; in fact a consideralble number have found it profitable to carryon a p<licking and forwarding section in tlheir establishments Few extra men or teams are required and the business legitimate-ly belongs to men who can best handle it Those gentlemen of Salt Lake CIty. \\ ho are planning the erection of the "omnibuc;" factory bUIlding for accommo-dation of manufacturers with limlted capItal. as mentioned 10 the Weekly Arti"an of last Saturday, WIll probably be dic;- appointed in the practical appliicabion of their idea It is plausible in theory Ibut it does not work well III practice, as has A wnter for one of the local newsPfipers, in discussing the penod styles, says: While the different periods each ha' e their own striking characteristics, changes from one to the other were gradual. The changes from one to the next are progressive and evolutionary rather than radical. The designers 0{ those days had no idea probably that they were creating types and schools. They simply put into their work the best that was in them, aJ!1dnot until long years after were their productions collected, classified and labeled. In view of the past is it not reasonable to believe that long years hence stuJents of furniture art will be eagerly studying and classi-fying and picking out the best to use as models of the pro-ductions of Kendall, Somes. Raab, Ralph Widdicomb, Mar-gantine, New, Brower. Hompe, Hills and ouhers who have done so much to make Grand Rapids furniture so well known to the world? May there not some day be periods named for the master craftsmen of today just as we name periods for Sheraton and Chippendale and the rest? It could hardly be expected that the local writer would name all the local de- Slgners who have attained distinction in their profession in an item like the above and the failure to name Holt, Teal, Nash, Klmerly, Hahn, Hill, Jones, Chatfield, Tillotson and Balbach. \\ ac; clearly an oversight. Loc; Angeles is preparing to entertain in its own peculiar wav many hundreds of thousands of tourists during the coming winter, by the erection of new hotels and the en-largement of old ones. as a preliminary. The city has some-thing to offer the sojourner besides the pestiferous attention of c;peculators and promoters of various enterprises of ques-tionable value An attraction of magnificent scenery and the Moorish suggestion of the region and its antiquities, will suffice to command the attention of seekers for health and pleasure for all time. A manufacturer of furniture in Paris has produced a bed with a music box attached. Such a bed would not sell in the United States. What the people of this country need, mJre than aviators, or a new tariff bill, is a bed that will respond to the push of a button with "a hair of the dog," or a plenti-ful supply of ice water, as the case may require the morn-ing after. A manufacturer who has soLd his output £or the season attnbutes his success more to good sale5manship than to lUCk. WEEKLY AaTISAN l' DIVERSION FROM "SHOP TALK." An Interview With a Furniture Man Without Even Mentioning His Business. J. A. Conrey of the Conrey-Davis Manufacturing company, ShelbyvIlle, returned to the market Thursday morning, after spending a few days at the factory. "It is sticky hot down home," said he to the Weekly Artisan representative, "and I just 'received a card from the folks at Walloon lake, where we spend our summers, saying that it is cool up there, so cool in-deed that they are sitting by the fire evenings. I expect to go north in a day or two, but will return to Shelbyville soon Later in the season when the fishing gets better, I shall spend considerable time at our northern Michigan home. "I came north last night with a very CQngenial party of In-diana people, among them being Charles Major, the well known author of "\Vhen Knighthood Was in Flower," and other suc, cessful books and play". He was on his way to Mackinac island, where he will spend the summer at the Island Hotel with his wife. I know him very well, in fact we grew up to-gether from boyhood. He i's about 50 years old and well edu-cated, but up to 12 years ago, when his masterpiece came out, he was an unknown lawyer at Shelbyville, somewhat in the po-sition of Wendell Phillips at an earlier time, 'looking for clients who never came.' He was always scribbling, but merely as a pastime, and lacking in self c.onfidence that he would ever win succe'Ssin the field of letters. '\iVhen Knighthood Was in Flower' was written in the same manner, at idle moments and with no thought of fame. He thrust the manuscript of this story away in a dusty pigeon hole .of his desk, where it lay unmolested and forgotten for a year or more. One day a mutual friend of ours, who was in the law office with some idle time on his hands, was sent back to Major's library den t.o browse for a while and while there he dug up this neglected story. As he read on hour after hour in utter neglect of pa"sing time his fa'scination became complete and on completing hi" reading, he rushed back to Major, exclaiming: "You have comfort and ease for yourself during the rest of your days in this wonderful story. Come, let's go through it and get it ready for the publishers.'" "Mr. Major told me last evening that fully a million c.opies of this book have been sold. It has been translated into the Ger-man, Italian and French languages and while he has no copy-rights abroad the European publishers have paid him royalties right along. The bo.ok has made him independent for life as far as money is concerned. But he is still writing. He is a delightful companion, well read and full of interesting stories and information. Like other men of genius he has some peculi-anties, .one of these being his dreaming, or brown study moods, when he will pac:;shis wife or nearest friend" sometimes on the street without seeing them. He rides a bicycle a good deal and I have seen him e"cape senous injury only narrowly at times dur-ing these moods of abstraction He is c:;implythinking out his stories at such times, and concentration of mental power is al- 1110stcomplete." The Importance of Business Insurance. O. M. Crosby urges the grDwing importance of business insurance in an article telling of "its advantages and necessi-ties," published in the July issue of The Security Agent, in which he says: "N ational bank" and other money lenders are demanding that they be protected, as no matter how good their customer's credit may be so .long as he lives, the account would be in bad shape in case of his death. Whereas only two fire insurance policie~ in one hundred are ever paid, all life policies will be ... . .. T .F •• a •••• --_ ••••••• Pramke & Sievers Factory: Lincoln and Hastings Sts., Chicago. Our new line of and (niffOnlfDS marks a new era in our trade and is the best we ever produced. Send for prices, etc. Samples throughout the year, ht Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. In charge of the Chicago Distributing Co. .... .._. . --- .. paid-all must be. A well known firm, moving into a new and larger st.ore, required $35,000 more credit, but was plainly told that this could only be secured by the head of the firm having his life insured for $35,000. '\:Vhy so?' the borrower demanded. 'Simply because its repayment depends entirely upon your abil-ity- your life. We would be repaid if you live, but how would the amount be repaid if you die? IEven if your eState were good, it would take too long to settle after your death.' "Here is a corporation of say, $100,000 capital, whose suc-cess depends entirely upon the ability of the manager, president or treasurer. What would the stock be worth should he die, (and how great is the danger)? Beside'S, every corporation sh.ould provide a 'sinking fund', and there is no better way to invest this than in a life insurance policy. On a 20-year en-dowment plan-the $100,000 is paid in cash in 20 years or sooner should the insured die, when a new up-to-date plant may be needed. BeSIdes in tIme of financial stress, 60 to 80 per cent of the amount thus invested is avaIlable for pay rolls or f.or meeting bills, as so many discovered in the panic of 1907, when life insurance proved to be the only asset providing cur-rency at 5 per cent interest. "Again, here are two business men-partners in a store-investing say $5,000 each. How secure would be their financial future were ~<lchsecured in favor of the firm for $5,000, its cost of course, charged to the finn, as is the cost of their fire insur-ance. One of these two men will die first-one chance out of two will each have to win. In case of the death of either, the business would go on without a jolt, debts be paid and all be financially safe. "One of the first $1,000,000 policies written on a single life was paid on the death of the insured just after the second pre-mium was paid. Our greatest merchants, John Wanamaker & Sons, are today the heaviest insured of all men." -- ~ - ~~~~,------~~~~~~~~~~-- Factories: Milvtattkee, Wis.: Newark, N. J. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN II II I, _____________________________________________________________________________________ J Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturmg Trades Dep't. ~----------- WORK OF EARLY ENGLISH DESIGNERS- (ContInued from Page 15) to answer It lS ll11pos,',lble to Imag111e Chlppendale s Je-'H.;n, 111o3Jk-]ust as It IS lmposslble to COnCel\e 01 the hea\ \ funll-hue of the seventeenth century bemg executed 111 mahogam There se(nn to have been a specIal fitness, a specIal prO' 1- dence so to speak wlhlch gave to each pellOd In fur11lttll e makll1g the nght wood The vvood, ho\\ ever, probabh Je-term1l1ed the deSIgn, not the deSIgn the wood If Chlppen- .lale and hIS fellow craftsmen had had only oak to \" ark \\ Ith, they would ha\ e produced entllely ddterent schemes That they were tJ emendously ll1delbte.! to the mtroductlOn of ma-hogany they perhaps dJd not realIze, but we do and rate them accOl J1I1gly Oak, long the bone and smew of :EnglJ,',h furI1ltnre had been ,teadlly lOSIng favor, as the heavy Jacobean tyjWS \\Cle replaced by more graceful ones To V\hlham and \fary must be credlte.! the great dec1l11e 111the populanty of oak '1 he Dutch styles made fashlOna!jle by them could not be ("(e-cuted in such a sturdy med1l1m ~J arquetry an 1 \ eneer needed a phant wood, ancl gradually oak, whlch had "en cd the Enghsh fur11lture maker so faIthfully was set aSIde 111 favor of walnut The new wood \"a, ll1 general use 111 Queen Anne's tIme and most of the furnIture of her reIgn was made In It Walnut hel,llts own untJl the use of mahogam became general, and then for a long span of ) ear" the \\ eq IndIa \\ amI was far 111 the lead, not the onI) med1l1m, but by far the most hlghl} pn7ed By and tby walnut came m agall1 (our "<wn venerateJ walnut penod corrcspondmg to one phase of Vlctonan) then a mahogany revlval took place, neAt the re-cent oak Renals"ancc-ll1augurated by ml"S1On an:1 craft st\ Ies and Just at ,present the vaned ll1terest 111 many \\ooels the mahogany deslgn'3 return111g to the elgtheenth-century types and oak style" harkll1g back to the se\ enteenth \Ye have so much to chlo"e from that \\e do not dh"d\' choose \""'ely The matter I" not ,,0 SImple a" It \"as 11J the ,<ld days \gam m the tremendous gall1 we have made 111 rertam lIne" \\ e have lost in other, Allowlng a l;ood deal for the glamour that tl111e glves, It IS doubtful If 111 the t\'\ent}- secontI century, our own age WIll present that harmony and grace, that perfectIOn of detal1 whlch \'oe find 111 the eIgh-teenth century E\ en the costume" of the penod fit I11to the background and It seems to us hke a glgantJc stage sett1l1S; 111 whlch wh1te paneled wall" and mahogany ftIfl1lture, pow-del ed halr, brocade", and lace ruffles all make a consIstent pIcture It IS thIS harmony of \'oall treatment, costumes that charm'i us 111 all hIstone 'ityles teenth century the dark oak panehng seems fur11lture, and In the se\en-to be Just the needed bdckground f01 cturdy oak fur111ture and for the bnghter, 1110replcture"Ciue costumes ThIS b a more vlgorous penod of the \\ orld ~ hbtory It lack;;, the repose, the refinement, ;)f the eIghteenth century, but lt charms U:o \'\ Il1h It'3 own harm-on\ Turnl11g the J ears of the cdlendar back to the slAteenth century \\e fnd cruder furl1lture, CIuder walls, the furlllture ma"S1\ c, the \" dlls partIally paneled, anJ finished wllth tapes-tne"- 01 molded plaster-all Ibrave and strong in c'Olor, just the settl11g we Immedlately see for the heaVIly carved oak and for the brave apparel of the penoJ \Ve shudder to thll1k what conflIct would allse If the backgrounds were shIfted, lf the whIte paneled walls formed the settll1g for the dark oak, or If the refineJ mahogany ~were placed agamst the paneled oak Tn the "ame way the transposll1g of the co,tumes would mar the harm 111\ The gorgeous apparel of Ehzabeth's day \\ould be out of focus against the background of the Georgian penorl The dehcatc brocades an.l laces of the latter would be Ilst \\ Ith a dark oak setbll1g The JacO/bean costumes fit he"t theIr 0\\ n century, and so 111 each case the nght relatlOn 1" mall1tallled -'\ga 111 "t the \\hlte palne11l1~ of Chlppendale'" day hIS fur11lture founel a fitt1l1g place V\'hether of SImple or elabor-ate pattern hIS chaIrs and settees were seen at their best under these conelltlOns-a fact that many of us are slow to realize 111 the arrangement of olel mahogany furl11ture 111 our own houses The plac1l1g of old furl11ture 111 a moJern house IS a questIon by Itself and one outSIde the boundary hnes of thIS paper, but a plea mIght Ihe made for a less haphazard scheme than lS found 111 the average home '\mong the chaIrs and settees from the Martin Lane "ork-,hop there \\ ere at least SIX dIfferent styles-the early Dutch types \"lth ball-and-c1aw feet and pla1l1 splats, the ,ame WIth plerce.! splats These two dlstinct backs were also comb1l1ed WIth stralhgt leg, and later there wel e other van-atlOn" The curved leg at the LOlliS XV style was a favonte \\ Ith Chlppendale, but \\ as usually comlbll1eel w1th an eIab 'r-cIte back There \\ere -,evelal ch"tmct "n\hbon' styles, a rd~ther UI1COm1110none hav1l1g an 1I1tncate leaf pattern "carvEd \"lth the nhbons After 1740 the "GothIC mannel" and the "ChJne,e taste" fascmated ChIppendale, anJ albou1: 1750 he hecame eAtremely rococo The Enghsh cIeslgner IS not at hIS hest 111COpy111g the Frenchman, and Chlppenelale pleases us lea"t 111 hIS rococo furl11ture, nC'r do we l'lke hIm nearly so \\ ell 111 hI" eothlc and Ch1l1ese absurelltle'3 as in hIS earller an r1 "-1mpIer thll115s Th1s man S \\ ork may be cllVlded mto three pellOds, the f]1 ~t tram 1715 to 172~ the second or mIddle pefOld, 1725 to 1740, and the thIrd from 1740 to 1765 or thereabouts. at \\ hlch date the real Thomas Chlppendale IS belleved to have WEEKLY ARTISAN ceased wonk Anothel Thoma" ChlppenJale IS supposed to hay e worked at a later day, Ibut he seems to be a rather mythIcal person who IS entIrely neglected by most Englhh wnters on fur111ture makmg ChIppendale's great pomt of excellence was hIs ablhty to take the crude desIgns he founJ at hand and so Improve them that they took on new hfe and meanmg He was a past master at adaptmg, not so much an ongmator as a free dnd most successful translator ,of all that came to hIS hand That he has had more than hIS just reward is perhaps true That he dId not make or even deSIgn half the fur111ture beanng hIS name must also be conceded, but that he gave permanent fame to much that {would have penshed but for hIS mdefatlgable efforts must always be placed to the credIt of "1' ChIppen-dale of St Martm's Lane" He also paved the way for Shcarer, Heppllewlhlte, and Shemton Iwhom we secretly love much more, and often prefer to set up as our own household gods But m our veneratlOn for the reserve and dElIcacy of the cabmet work of the late eIghteenth century we must not overlook cel tam beauttful detatls whIch belong to the early part and whIch fur111ture maker-; of today are happIly reV1V-mg The straIght cor111ce such as IS shown on the ChIppen-dale ccubmet of our tllustratlOn IS one The broken pedIment of the desk, abo shown, IS another tylplcal motIf of the period and far more beautlfull than the scrolled or "swan top" so popular a few decades later These two specImens are ad- I111rable of theIr kmcl the cab111et an authentIC ChIppendale, the desk the work of a contemporary The chaIrs of our lll1btratlOn"- gl\ e an Idea of the "tyles m e, eryday use-the \Vmdsor made near the 1730 mark and the other" showmg Dutch and Spa111"h Influence \Vlth the exceptIOn of the cane ba111ster back, 111 a pIcture by Itself, and the \\ 11lJ,,01, the;,e chaIn, ale "tlOngly seventeenth cen-tury In feehng, and are 11lterest11lg examples of the very com-pO" lte deslgn11lg that eXIsted between 1700 and 1720 These old pIeces WIth theIr cunous feet mark the dn Idmg lme be-t\'. een the heavy oak patterns so long in favor and the very glaceful one of a later day, when underbraces dIsappeared and chaIrs stood on four strong but slender legs If It were pOSSIble to secure pIctures of the transItions m chaIr" from the tune of Charles II untIl the late ChIppen-dale penoJ, the number v.ould fill thIS magazIne SometIme, perhap;, ,;,ome one WIll wnte an Engtlsh chaIr hIstory, be-gm111ng WIth the seat used by the "Venerable Bede" whIch IS saId to be the oldest m the kIngdom, and endmg WIth the best modern deslg'ns The W mdsors would then have a chapter to them"elves, whIch they nchly deserve If ChIp-pendale seemed to have the hon's share of the record It WQuld be because he was m hIS own tIme, and IS still, the most famous of chaIr makers A Pro~perous Furniture Dealer. \!" lchola 0, G Vanderlmde, the Muskegon retall fur111ture dealer, was m Grand RapIds Tuesday, consulting WIth an archItect WIth reference to plans for the new store bU1ldmg wl11ch wII! be erected by hIm In that city Mr Vanderlmde has sold the store on Vvest Western avenue, whIch he has <'ccupled for a number of years, and IS to gIve pos<;ession Fchvary 15 next, and the ne" bU1lding WIll be ready for occupancy before that tIme It will be a brick and cement Hock structure, two stones anJ basement, with all the modern lmplovements ::\1r Vander1l11de wlI! occupy the basement and ground flo')r WIth hIS furmture s1>ore, and he WIll have plate gla~s fronts of generous dlmenslOns for wmdow dIsplays on t\\ () "tt eet"- '1 he upper floGr WIll be fitted up mto eIght sUItes of llV11lg rooms 19 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. \Ve manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All \Vire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS, SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis ---T I 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN "'" .,.-------------_.._'--------------------- These Specialties are used all Over the World P.wer Feed Glue S~r.adin .. Maehine. Sin ..le. D.ubl. and Co.bi.ation. (P.tenled) (Size. 12 i•.t. 1I4 i. wide.) Veneer Preoae •. diHerent kind. and .ize.. (p.te.led) Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. iI I,,, I Hand Feed Gluein .. Maetili.. (P.teal penchn•. ) Man)" .t)"I•• and .ize •. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS N•. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 GI•• H.at.r. I • Buildin2s That Will Need Furniture. ResidLnces-Phi,ladelplhla. Pa -J S Cornel (Tal -ton street and Mernon road, $10,500 . John] Retlh, 7717 \ \ est-minister avelllue, $4,500, Vmcent O'Farrell, 1635 X orth Bivad street, $6.000; WIIlliiam R BrIcker, Landsdo\\ne avenue and Ftfty-fourth street, $21,000, S H Walsh, 1826 Pme c;treet, $5,500;; John L Brown, Bnoad ",trett and Champla'it a\ enue, $4,000; Henry J Blefgen. 2227 X orth Fifty-first 'itreet, $9.- 500; Dr. E L. Van Santo 129 South Thirteenth street, $(j,000 Kansas City, M0 -1\ L Pague, 1 \Vest Concercl 'itreet, $7,600; T J Dunseth, 3045 East Thirty-second street $3,000, Thomas Anello, 28 West Qumcy street, $3,500; Edith :VI Love, 3312 Prospeot avenue, $3,800; J ame'i 0 Connnr, 4307 Tihompson street, $6,000; E A Johnson, 326-8 Drookl) n street, $8000 St Loui'i, Mo -William Cuha, 2842 1\eosbo street. $9,- 000; Thomas Swantner, 3329 ::vrlchigan avemle, $6,000, \\' A Meinhart, 3201 North Second street, $7,600; Andre\\ \\'11- low, 3806 Labadie avenue $6,000. F C Shepard, 601; \Yest-minster place, $4,000; \Y A Bush, 2907 St LatllS a\ enue, $6,000; ELizabeth Bueltman, 4847 Branconier place, $4500, \V,jJJiam Peacock, 5787 ::\/[cPherson street. $7,000 Chicago-F Lane, 246-8 119th street, Pullman. $4,000, Charles Pocile, 2720 South Forty-firc;t court, $4,000. Joseph P Ryan, 2130 B'erwin avenue, $15,000, H S Sa"e 3640, SoutJh Central Park avenue, $12,000. IT Shcrec;e\\ C;K}, 3339 Dougl,as boulevard, $20,000, Henry G Hart, 4(j23 Vmcenne5 avenue, $35,000: Aaron Baldwin, 3142 Frankl111 boule\ al d, $5,000; BIshop of ChIcago, 5108 \\ a;;/h111~ton1Y1U!c\ ard $12,- 000, D ]\I[ Joslyn, 7121 South Park avenue, $5,000, J J Hill, 3926 Forty-eighth avenue, $6,000 Illidlanap0llis, Ind -Charlotte Hook, 910 East Ra\ mond street, $4,000; Thomas E Str111ger, 507 Eg'uene ~treet, $3,000, J J Schoenholt7, Emer'ion and Univer91t) "tt eets, $4,000; A A. Bowel s, TWlenty-fourta1 and Pear50n stl eet'i, $5,000, W. A. Waldorf, Wash111gton and Thlirty-first stleets, $5,300 NTHEEW~n"d'~''1PARLOR. ~"BEDr Need not be moved from the wall. Alway. ready WIt h bedding in place So ••mple, so easy. a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, we 8< Sedgwiek NEW YORK. Norman 8< Monator Denver, Col-George OlInger, Boulder and Sixteenth streets, $12,000, Mrs George H Campbelil, Clarkson and EIg'hth streets. $18,000, Mrs. H Moore, Alhilon street and T\\ ent} -fifth avenue, $3,500, J T Tltzell, Ra.ce street and Twenty-first avenue, $4,500; P E Roberts, Douglas and ElIot streets, $3,000. ::\1J1"aukee, Wis -George W Chandler, 298 Fifth avenue, $20,000. E A Bauer, 232 Pros.pect aVel1iue, $10,000; Mrs. "J\ Sch!11tz, Thlnty-first and Cheuy streets, $4,000; Mrs D. Doeppe, Robmc;on and Lmcdln streets, $4,600; Carl Weck-mieller, 731 T" ent)-slxth street. $5,000; Abram Gehrmg, Chestnut and llhlrty-second streets, $3,000 Pltt'ilburg, Pa -Elesio Ceinci, 4692 Laurel avenue, $4,- 000, :'Iark Fosler, 2911 Merwyn avenue. $3,500; Herbert LO\ e, PaCIfic and Termon avenue, $4,650; Mrs George B. Hill, Shady a\ enue and Hastings street, $10,500; C A Linn, 1180 \f elbourne sltreet, $4,000. Columbus, O-J. L Da\ie'3, 1414 Eastwood avenue, $4,- 000. R E Glbc;on, 488 Pennsylvama avenue, $3,500; Wilham H MIller, 82 Lynn street, $3,000; 1\1 rs C C Clark, 47 Lane a\ enue. $5,500, C E Farley, 133 Ohlttenden avenue, $5,500. Cincinnatl, 0 -Charles \Vlllters, Mc~il11ley avenue ani \\ erkroad, $6,000, Frank Gi'eser, R.iUnnymede avenue and IToffner street. $4,000, C M \"1estmeyer, 2706 Ravine street, $3 SOO, CatherIne :'1'e)er, Warsaw avenue and Parkson place, $;,000, Peter Gobrecht, State avenue and Dutton street, $6,- 000 Harr} :\bbott, 8CJ6Glenview avenue, $4,250 Ablanta, Ga-W C Harper, 52 \Vest Peachtree street, $8,500. ::\1r'3 1\1 P Fllod1l1g, 250 Myrtle street, $4,500; L F Chapman, 37-39 Lee sltreet. $5,500; C A She1verton, 505 Ponce de Leon avenue, $6,500, B ]\I[ Grant, 97 vVashmgton street, $5,000, Mrs S J \\Talker, 198 P1l1e street, $3,000; M D Ruff, 119 Sioubh VV,hltefoord street, $3,750; R H WIlliam-son, 139 ::\1yrtle '3treet. $4,000 Portland, Ore -P A. Carlander, 1216 Mallory avenue, $4,500, Thomac; Vigars, Ladd avenue, Central Park, $3,500, E \ HoIsington, 927 East TWlenty-sevenlth street, $5,000; Charles Za1l1l1ger, East Thirty-eighth and Tillamook streets, $3,500; S M DaviS, Halsey and Seveneenth streets, $4,200. Utlca, ~ Y -W H Pecklham, 63 Hobart street, $4,000; H emy A Luck, 93 MatJhews avenue, $3,200; \;If Jlli,am Parry, 85 Steuben c;treet. $4,700 Jack sanville, Fla -S H Etter, 347 Third street, $3,000; C E Hogg, Sixth and Walnut streets, $3,000 Peoria, Il1.-John E. Warner, 800 Butler street, $3,000; W'EEKLY W A. Hinkel, 1010 Parksidie drive, $5,000; H. G. Foster, 829 Dechman street, $3,200; H E. Prose, 907 McClure avenue, $3.500, Bertha D Warren, 147 Ayres avenue, $3,200 Oakland, Cal-Frank Tumon, Virginia street near Euclid avenue, $10,000; R II. McCarthy, Oxford and EUlllce streets, $4,000; C W Clark, 2849 Garber street, $4,670. Salt Lake CJty, Utah-C P. Margetts, 430 South First \Vest street, $3,000; H A Piper, 981 Brooks avenue ,$3,500; James Ingebretsen, 39 Wolcott avenue, $7,500. LOUIsvIlle, Ky -Henry M Johnson, 1617 Windsor place, $6.000; Mrs Josephine Abraham, 1536 Story avenue, $3,000 Ok!1ahoma CIty, Okla -F. S Keyser, 163 East Park place, $7,000; Henry Brewer, 2207 West Sixrteenth street, $3,000; E. D Davis, 1200 West T1hirteenth !Street, $3,000; Dr. J. Burns, 1012 West EIghteenth street, $3,500. RIchmond, Ind -Lizzie RJosa, 512 South D street, $4,- 000; H H. Toler, 1415 South B street, $3,000; E. G. Kemper, 301 W est Ma~n street, $3,750. Schenectadly, N. Y.- Jennie S Shter, 46 Rugby street, $4,000; Wilham Seipert, 1 WiIllett street, $3,000; Charles S Doyle, 40 Robinson street, $6,000. Dallas, Tex -Dr G M. Grigsby, 611 Elm street, $7,500; S G. Lett, Collett and Reiger avenues, $5,000; L. V. Meyelrs, Gi.llespie and Oak L'aiwn avenue, $3,800; E G. WIlson, 689 Park avenue, $3,500. Syracuse, N. Y.-c. W. Andrews, 206Highland avenue, $14,000; Mary L. J onquin, 214 Furman street, $5,000; George Farland, 324 Shonnard Sitreet, $5,500; Louis E. Bennett, 129 Pinnacle street, $4,000; M. L. Young, 413 West Lafayette avenue, $4,000. Ganton, O.-Wa1lter Andrews, 1133 North Market street, $3,300; Wilills Grant, 228 Woodland avenue, $3,000; Addie Wlherry, 627 Belleview avenue, $3,000. Lincoln, Keb -B. C. Cox, 1901 South Twenty-fift!h street, $3,000 ; John Erdman, 3078 U sltreet, $3,000; J. W. Barr, 3233 S street, $3,000; F. L. Herrick, 3428 P street, $3,000. Salina, Kan -Fred Hageman. $5,500; James A. Kimball, $6,000. Topeka, Kan -Mrs L. V Boyer, West and Twe1fth streets, $3,000; J. E K\lrkiplatrick, 1524 Boswell avenue, $3,250. Omaha, N ebr -C F Peterson, 3025 Cass avenue, $6,000; A W. MJ1ler, 3322 Larimore street, $3,000; Rosa Nash, 2232 South Thlrty-seCiOnd street, $7,000, Mrs. M. H. McKay, 5134 )Jorth Twenty-t'hlrd street, $3,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Gayety Theatre company IS buIldmg an addItion to a brkk hotel at 99 Clark street, ChIcago, to cost $80,000. llhe Mount Rose Baptists of Dal-las, Tex, are bUlldling a $12,000 dhuroh The Baptists of Kansas CIty, Mo , are bUlldmg the Kennington avenue church whioh is to cost $18,000. The Missouri Savmgs Bank of Kan-sas City, Mo, is erecting an office building at a cost of $22,- 000. 1Ihe Guarantee Trust and Banking company of Atlanta, Ga., are remodeLing the buildring at a cost of $12,000. J. F. Rodgers is building a $30,000 theatre on Gay street, Knoxville. Tenn. Trustees of the First Ohurch of Christ ScientJist, are building a ohurdh in Indianapolis to cost $45,000. The Ma-sonic Grand Lodge of Tennessee are remodeling the Ma-sonic Temple at Nashville at a cost of $35,000. The Imperial Hotel company ,has taken out a permit to build a hotel at 339 Peaahtree street, Atlanta. Ga., at a cost of $100.000. He is a mighty mean man who will snore in church, thereby keeping the rest of us awake. It is hard to feed a woman's vanity on bread and cheese and kisses. ARTISAN 21 r: . . .... .. Johnson Chair Co. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO in the West. Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS Our new Catalogue Will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonahle goods. t'"--- • Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 I• Dining and Library Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our fullime on exhibit 3d floor. 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. .. _________________ 1 a tour ,.,tor} bL111dmg on the corner of Mam and Chlppe\\ a ,treets 1 he :\Ianetta (Oh1O) Chdlr company IS now occupymg ItS new office bl1lld111g on the corner of Sixth and Putnam streets It 1~ one of the finest bl1lld111gs 111the DId City, the ground floor be111g used for office,., and the upper floors for show rooms and ."torage 1he :\dshawaka (Ind) foldmg Carriage company has been placed 111the hands of Mark C Rasmussen and E ] Fo-gart) a~ receivers The actlOn was taken on the petitlOn of the I-{Ill ,Lmuiactur111g company of Anderson, Ind, whDse claims ,1111Ounto $2,302. rl he Rubel I url1ltUl e company, dealers, who started bus-mes,., m Omaha, Ne.br, have already found It necessary to enlarge their quarter'> They have '>ecured the second floor of an adl0111l11g bUlLI111g and Will use the space for the dls-pIa} of staves and ranges. SIX upholsterers employed by the NaperVille (Ill.) Lounge LOmpan} II ent on stnke and tned to 1l1duce others to go (Jut They \\ ere arrested Dn the charge of con3lplring to in-tnmdate other "orkmen and released on giv1l1g bonds of $1,- 000 each tor their appearance for tnal. The strike has been "ettleJ George \\ TraVIS of New York, for twenty-five years a manufacturel ot baby carnages at East Templeton, Mass, ha'> sold hiS East Templeton factory to "V A vVheeler and J H :\IcGowan, who Will run It under the name of V\'heeler & IIcGo\Van Both of the new propnetors have worked 111 the factory for years \\ 0 Cot\\ als, who has been manufacturing fihng cases and other office fixture,., in vVashmgtDn, D. c., has made a deal \\ hereby he \\ III comohc1ate hiS plant With that of the Greens-boro. ('\ C) Furmurte company, which has been idle for some time III Gotwals \\ 111 move to Greensboro and add oook ca,.,es ,llld cab1l1ets to hiS Ime of products The" orthern Casket company of Fond du Lac, Vhs , has elected the follo\\ mg officers for the ensumg year: Presl-drllt. \\ tlham IIauthe, v Ice pre-;ndent, J G LlVer' secrel ary anJ treasurer, H R Potter Dlrectors-WJ1ham Mauthe, j G- Ln er, H R Potter, Henry Boyle and Charles RueplY'~ 'I he company I,., m good condition and IS build1l1g a larf..c ad-dItion to the plant P J Donlln, for twenty-three years manager of Henry r '\ ebon"" furmture store 111 Burlington, Vt, has closed out the bU-,1l1e-,,, tal the 'Jelson estate and taken the posltlOn of heM! ~dle-'l11an f01 George A Hall, another furl1lture dealer if the ~al11e town The Nebon store was the oldest In the LIt), havmg been estabhsheJ g7 years ago Henry J Nel-son, a "on of the ong111al propnetor, died early in the spnng The fUlmture factory owned by the Cabmet Makers' L mun dt LI ansl 11le, Ind. which went mto the hands of a I ecen er and has been ldle for about three years, was ordered t) be sold at auctIOn recently, but no satisfactory blc1s were I ecelveJ X O\" the court has directed the recelver to sell it prn atel} and local capltahsts are e2Gpected to buy it and put It 111to operatlOn Isaac, Joseph D. and Henry LeWIS, who compose the firm of Isaac Le\\ls & Sons, formerly manufacturers of mirrors, etc, at Park avenue and 130th street, New York, have filed a volun-tary petitIOn m bankruptcy, With habihties scheduled at $189,- 162 and a~sets esilmated at $107,671. Theye were in the mirror bus111ess from 1885 unhl February, 1909, when they were 'Suc-ceeded h, a corporatIOn 111which they were the pnnclpal stock-holders MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS P. D. Campbell, undertaker, of Stockton, Cal, has sold out to Ford & Bridnoh. Lee & Thlvers, undertakers of Spnngfield, Ill, ha,e ~old out to George S Bergen. C Delury, furl1lture Jealer of Danbury, Ct , IS budd1l1g a large addltlon to hls store J H. Decker succeeds L Andel "on 111the I etad furmtUl e bus111ess at Callaway, Nebr. The Seneca Chair company of Kent, Oh1O, h'ls ll1crea~ed Ih capltal stock from $300,000 to $600,000 The Standard Furmture company, dealer,., at Denv er Lol are erect1l1g a warehouse at a cost of $12,300 C. Ludwig Bauman succeed~ Joseph Schreiber & Co. tur-mture dealers at Broadway and Putnam avenue, BroDkl} n :\ Y The Cream City Casket company, Mdwaukee, has a pel mlt to erect a new factory bUlld1l1g at an e,.,tlmated co,.,t ot $7,800 The Fenma Manufactunng compan}, orgamzed recenth at Hancock, Milch, Will manufdcture and sell inrmture The capItal stock of the company IS $50,000 The People's Furll1ture company and PI emlUm compan} of Tacoma, Wash, owned by \\ J anJ R :\1 'lontgomel\. has been lllcorporated Capital stock, $9,000 The Allen FurnIture company, dealers, ot Deland. I la , IS erect111g a handsome two story bnck bUlldmg on the ,.,Itt. ot the old store that they have occupied for }ealS Wesley Rh111ehart, for twenty -five year,., secretary and treasurer of the Wmdsor Fold111g Bed compam of ChICago died at his home in Oak Park on July 23, aged fiit, }ear~ The Standard Furmture and Carpet CDmpam of E.a,.,t St LoUls, Ill, has been ll1corporateJ by J o,.,eph G Danneman, Mamie Rung and H F Dnemeyel Capital ,.,tock, 812,000 The Crocker Chair company of Sheboygan. \\ b, ha,., pur chased 2,500 acres of hardwood hmber m HoughtDn count', Mich. The deeds, as filed, show a total comlderatlOn of $3cl-,- 658. John H. Grilk has purchased an ll1terc,.,t 111 the b11O>111eo,.t,,, the Dewend-Kuschman Furmture company, dealel s, of Ilohne, Ill, and the name has been changed to the Dev, end & Gllik cDmpany. The Marietta (OhIO) Chair company has opened salb room~ 111Kan"as City, Mo, 111 charge of Leon Kerus, "ho ha,., had several years expenence m the office and sales departmenb at the factory. An addition to the factO! y of the StaffDl d \l.11mfaLinrlllg company at lama, 1\1Ich , to be el ected soon, ,\ III conlam ~u,OOO square feet of floor space One hundred men ,\ 111 be added to the Dperatmg force later 111the year. George F D Pame, founder of the famous Pame furll1- ture house of Boston. dehvers illustrated lectures on tral els m the Onent m a church at Bosca\\en, a '\ew Hamp,.,lllre re-sort, where he IS spending the summer. The Bnstol County Fur111ture company, 1113tallment dealers of Taunton, Mass, have made an assignment Lla-blhtles, $31,000, assets, conslstlng largely of accounts, $50,- 000 Lack of ready cash IS given as the cau~e of the fadure D J McDonald, auditor of the Mercantile Club. St Louh, Mo, wlll re~lgn today and on Monday wIll become secretary of the W. E. Georgia Furmture company, who have estab1Jshed a furnIture department for the Barr Dry Good,., company of that city. The Frontier Furniture company, e"tablbhed SIX years ago, at 82 East Genessee street, Buffalo, NY, has secured larger and better quarter,., The} wdl mOve, 111October, to WEEKLY ARTISAN Brisk Demand for Summer Furniture. l\!(0re and more are the Amencans learmng the health value of outdoor lIfe The season IS at hand when every Jne who owns a porch makes It an outdoor lIvmg room, and IS the better a'i to 'ItalIty and nerves for It, and, mCldentally, as the hou'iewlfe knows, sa, es the mdoor furlllshmg", much wear anel tear So that the money spent m furlll"hmg the porch IS not an unnecessary extravagance, but IS m realIty a good mvestment The mcreaslllg demand for summer furmture IS lll",pllmg the productlOn of artlstJc bnds One of the most charm I'lg of the new effects thl'> season IS WIcker m a nut-brown filllsh I t IS a lovely soft yellOWIsh brown and shows to partJcular aelvantage m thIs delIcate lookmg though durable vvIckel All the necessary pIeces come WIth It, even the quamte",t Imaglllable of desks Another new effect IS the Imported, enameled cane furm-ture The effect IS that of delIcate on ental colonngs, though when the deSIgn IS stuched It IS found to be Jeft touches of red and green m geometncal deSIgns But the effect is nch though not heavy or oppressIve It furnIshes most artJstlcally K ew thIS year IS the fiber rush furlllture It is made of paper, but looks much lIke the cool restful prame grass furmture so popular III past seasons It IS saId to be dur-able So vaned and so beautJful are the covenngs thIS sea-son, that one can secure almost any shade de"'lred Vert green and many other tones of green, SIlver gray, whIte, red, nut 'brown, oak m the natural yellow tone and 1ll the deep nch .:vIb'>lOn brovv n-one has WIde chOlce As to pIeces, every need seems to have been thought of There are desks, magazmes and book racks 1ll many fOIms, the comfortable chaIse lounge, settees, nests of tea tables, tea vvagons on rub'ber tJred wheels, shIrtwaIst boxes, umbrella ", I t II I racks, chaIrs, and tables galore Partlcularly notlceable in all are the good 11l1es, the pleasmg artlstJc effects Every pIece IS tasteful and wJ11 be a decIded addltlOn to one's furn-l'ihmg", There seems to be none of the poor deslgnmg and ta wdrmess '>0 often found III furmture for other palts of the house Even the chJ1dren are planned for, and httle settees and chaIr" come for them f or the lawn are rustlc arbOl s of cedal, benche", sWlllgS Even Japanese tea houses and rustIc umbrellas, exact duplIcates, It IS said, of those m the royal gardens of Japan, are ready for tho:-.e who deSIre such useful ornaments for theIr lawns ~ othmg, It would seem, that can aJd to outdoor com-fort and enjoyment, eIther on porch or lawn, has been over- 110ked Leakages. The successful bu:-'llless man IS one who IS constantly l10kmg out for the leakages Many a company faded for the lack of an expert m lookmg after thlllgS going to waste' "Charley" Elmendorf, manager of the Malllstee Manufactur- 1l1g company, IS a man who has made it his business to stop the leaks wherever pOSSIble, and he IS a successful manufac-turer of furnllture Look over the "ad" of the Grand RapIds Veneer Works on another page of thIS Issue of the \Veekly Artl:-.an, and see what he W'ntes to the Mmneapoli" Furni-ture company, about drymg lumber Gardner, Mass, wJ11 lose over a hundred workmen, many of them WIth falmhes, by the movmg of the ChJ1dren's VehIcle company to Ea ct Templeton, :VIass 23 -------_. ----_. ---_._---_._-----------~----~---~.,. .., Efficiency=Simplicity=Low Cost I I, The Keynote of Successful Rug Rack Making EFFICIENCY of serVIce, SIMPLICITY of construction operation, combined with its extremely LOW COST, makes a satisfactory investment for all up-to-date Rug Departments. :I , I,t •• I I•• ,II II , II II ~_.----_._---------_._--- ------- .- - - - - ...._. .- - - ---------- .-- ....-- THE IMPROVED Send for our 16 page Catalog No 2 W. ~UABLE~ ~CK~ Inc. and the •Will Display Your Rugs to Perfection Constructed on common sense pnnclples No cumbersome framework. Always in plumb. Shows the whole rug, not a corner. Shows rugs quickly. Your customers do not have to wait. Salesmen can wait on more than one customer at a time. Your entire line of rugs shown In an attractive manner, with one half the labor of the old way, PRICES 10 Arms, holding 20 Rugs $250 per Arm. 20" " 40 " 2 40 " 40 80 2.30 60 120 215 100 200 .. 2.00 Terms: I per cent 10, net 30 days F. O. B. Factory. Prices are for rack complete. 303 East 47th Street, CHICAGO, ILL. I•• IIII I• II ,•• II• I,II II , I• WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent,] R Taylor. Lake Benton, Minn. Vice-PresIdent, D. R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn., Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W. L. Grapp, ]anesvlJle, Mmn. EXECUTIVE COMMIT fEE-Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, MinD., 0 SImons. Glencoe, Mlnn; W. L Harns, Mmneapohs, Mtnn , C. Danielson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 158. SUGGESTIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE Bills That Will Be Introduced at the Next Session and Supported by the Mercantile Interests of the State. An Act to Tax the Occupation of, and to License Haw-kers, Peddllers and Transient Merchants and Defining said Occupations. Section I.-Every person traveling from house to house for the purpose of offering for sale any article of merchan-dise, either for immediate or future delivery or according to sample is hereby declared to be a !hawker and peddler. And every person. corporation or co-partners'hip, exposing and offering for sale at retail in any city or village in this state a stock of goods, wares and merchandise, is hereby declared to be a transient merchant. unless the carryIng on and maintain-ing of said business is in pursuance of an intention to main-tain and carryon the same therein permanently and when-ever it appears that any such stock of goods, wares and merchandise has been broug;ht to any such 'city or village by a person not a resident therein and that it IS claimed that such stock is to be closed out at reduced pnces, such facts shall be preSu,mptIve evidence that the person so offering said goods for sale does not intend to maintain a permanent location in said CIty or VIllage. Section 2.-N a person shall engage in or follow the busi-ness or occupation of a hawker or peddler until he shall have obtained a license from the state of Minnesota so to do; and for such license he shall pay mto the treasury of the state of Minnesota an annual fee and tax as follows: Where he shall use in such business or occupatIOn a wagon or other vehicle drawn by two or more horses, or other beasts of burden, or automobile or other vehicle or conveyance propelled by any mechanical power, the sum of fifty dollars; where he shall use in such business or occupation a wagon or other vehicle drawn by one horse or other beast of burden. the sum of twenty-five dollars; where he shall use in such business or occupation a push or hand cart, bicyde or other vehicle not drawn by horses, or other beast of burden. or propelled by any mechanical power, the sUm of ten dollars; and where he shall conduct such business on foot by means of pack, bas-ket or other means of carrying merohandise on foot, the sum of ten dollars. Section 3.-The application for a license as 'hawker and peddler shall be made in writing to the state auditor on blanks to be furnished! by him and upon the warrant of the state auditor shall pay the license fee required to the state treasurer who shall issue to the applicant his receipt there-for and upon the filing of such receipt with the secretary of state, that officer shall issue to the applIcant a license to engage in such occupation in the manner described in such receipt for a period of one year from t'he date of such license Section 4.-N a person. firm or corporation shall engage in or follow the business of a transient merchant as hereinbe-fore defined at any place in t!his state witJhout first obtainling a lIcense from the state of Minnesota. authorizing him so to do, and paying into the treasury of the state the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. ApplIcation for such license Slhall be made to the state auditor Upon blanks prepared by him, who shall issue his warrant to the state treasurer authorizing the payment to him of said sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, said treasurer shall issue his receipt tiherefor and up-on the filing of said receipt with the secretary of state said applicant shall be entitled to such license for the period elaps-ing from the date of suoh license until the first day of May next ensuing. Section S.-Na person, co-partnership firm or corporation shall carryon the business of transient merdhants in more than one place in this state at the same time. Section 6.-Nothing in this act contained shall be con-strued as prohibiting or in any way limiting or interfeTing with the right of any city, village or other municipal corpor-ation or governmental sub-division of the state to regulate or license tJhe carrying on within such municipality of the busi-ness of hawker and peddler or transient meflchant in any case where authority has been or shall hereafter be conferred up-on it so to do, but the requirements of this act shall be in addition thereto Section 7 -Any license issued pursuant to the terms of this act may be revoked by the secretary of state upon the conviction of any person to whom the same was issued, of any false or fraudulent representation or misrepresentation in the sale of any goods. wares or merchandise Or Uiponconviction of such person of the sale of any adulterated food. drink or drug, or the sale of any food deleterious to health; and the filing with the secretary of state of a certified copy of tihe final judgment of any court in which any such person may have been tried showing his conviction of such offense. shall be sufficient authority for the revocation of such license. Section B.-Every person and eadh member of any firm or co-partnership and each officer of any corporation engag-ing in or following the business of hawker. peddler or tran-sient merchant in this state without Ihaving first obtained a licerse as hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 9.-The proviSiions of this ad shall not apply ,to persons engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, nor to tihe sale of articles which at the time of such sale are the sub-jects of interstate or foreign commerce, nor to the salesmen of wholesale meflchants or manufacturers in selling to retail merchants nor to the solicitation by permanent merchants or their employes of orders from customers resident in the same or tihe adjoining county as such permanent merohant i nor to -- WEEKLY ARTISAN HARDWOOD LUMBER I,SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY I ~ ~ ---------------------------~ any sale made by virtue of any Judgement, order or process of any court or upon the foreclosure of any mortgage or pur-suant to any law of this state or of the Umted States or in the enfor<:ement of any contnad r,ig1ht or lien, nor to the sale by any individual of any article grown, produced by him SectlOn 10 -This act shall take effect and be m force from and after its passage. Anti-Ff1audulent Check Bill. A Bill for an Act to Prohiib~t the Drawing of Checks, Drafts or Orders upon Banks or Bankmg Houses when tlhe Drawer has not Sufficient Funds Therem to Meet the Same and Provide Punishment for the VlOlation Thereof Be It enacted !by the legiislature of the state of Mmne-sota Any person who shall hereafter draw and utter a check or draft. or order upon a bank, banking !house. with which 25 or whom he has not, at the time, sufficient funds to meet the same, and shall thereby obtain from another, money, or other thtngs of value, or Induce such person to surrender or post-pone any remedy he may have agamst tfhe drawer. shall be gul1ty of a misdemeanor, and upon connctlOn shall be pun- Ished by fine or impnsonment m the discretion of the court; If the value of the property ob1named be less than twenty dol-lars. and be pumshed by a fine not exceedlllg one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceedmg tthirty days: Provided that If sUdh person shall deposit With the drawee of such paper wlthtn thirty days thereafter, funds suffiCient to meet the same. with all costs and interest, wihich may accrue, the prosecutlOn under this act shall be discontinued Anti-Ff1audulent "Ad" Bill. A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Fraudulent Advertising and Provide Punishment for tlhe VIOlation Thereof. Be It enacted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota: SectlOn 1-Any person who shall advertise, in his own name. or m the name of other persons. firm or pretended firm. assoclatlOn, corporatIOn or pretended corporation in any newspaper, pamphlet. Circular, bill-boards or souvenirs or other printed paper which are delivered or distributed and which shall mislead or deceive the pubhic Iby either descdption or pictures as to the quahty and worth of the goods, wares and merchandise or necessaries of life so advertised, shall upon conViction thereof be punlished tby a fine of not less than fifty or more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than thirty nor more than nmety days or by both 'Such fine and Impnsonment. SectlOn 2 -The provislOns of this act shall not apply to new1spapers, pamphlets. Circulars, or souvemrs which are at the time subjects of interstate or foreign commerce laws I• BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in uid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK ....,.. _. __ . .. .Everythlng m Pamt Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. Fillers that £111. Stams that sahs£y. ......-----------------------_._----------------------- -.. Minnesota Retail \-I-~AK CtliNA CLOSET 'rhiS sohd oak Chi na closet, has b-..v.. elod pia te ill Irror , ornamenPl carv. IngS, ben t glrlc;~ end"" fOUL ....J,rP}VPb adJu"jtab1f>-, carv-odcJawfeet quqr-tered f r, n t aud top Ha' a deep InstIl g firllsh Space delllE'S u ....to prebent a fuJl ex· pldnatlon, so ",e ba vo g 1 V P n tnH ill 0 s t pQrtlCular POUlts ('ome lO and we wIll be ahle 10 tell j ou more" bout It, and then you Will I-now the leal val"e of thIS p1ec\, He,,,ht 68 lOehes. "ldth dblOches Gannot he beat. 1'd 2d1 Umt wIth type 40e Cut without type 25c Pllce to membO! ~ FOB FactOl, $FMT FANCY OAK COMBINATION BOOKCASE • ThiS combinatIOn case ba~ quarter-ed oag front, fine golden filllSh , dou-ble strength bent Il'l ass door, one cabInet, one oval vaneered drawer, one desk with p,g-eon ·hole. and oak drawer, bas fancy carved to I' wIth French plate bev. eled mIrror, and one bra c k e t s HeIght 73 1 n S • wIdth 41 lns •• ) complete wIth castors. .lIas four ad. justable shelves Stuctly hIgh grade i qualIty; latest out Do not faIl to come In and see us before yO" buy, High val. Ue at a low price. F3·3J6 Umt with type 40c Cut without type 25c P'llca to members . . .. FOB Factory $M1'IP SOLID OAK SWELL FRONT DRESSER F lOY. RIi'3'16- Thl.- d_ 1.3 mad" !if ge~ml1B oals; ~ wit h qu....utered oak font It has two Jarga drawers and two small ones, all ill.fl,1.. l\ Ill.! tL.e MlaJJ<>1aefpentme front and fitted with ca.'.lt brags handlf'8 and Ircks T"u~dle.ill;er b 21 1n deep and 40 In wide T\.lp lIlin'or 's vel7 sh1Pely,. alld is 24"20 ins-hea, and 1$ witbout an equu] at the ptice 81 Pl ..4.. direct fn:.m fae tory lQ Indlana Ship. ping weight about 1 SO pounds Out specIal ~,,~ ~pr tl>is 1'1 ••• Montgomery Ward Puce FreIght . Setting up, etc Price at our store $1015 185 35 Umt wIth type, 40c Cut wIthout type, 25c PrICe to members . ...... . $F.IT Dealers' Association BULLETIN No. 157. RICH LOOKING OAK CHI~A CLOSET This 0 a k ChlDa Closet wIth quar-tpred "a k front; carved tOI\!:. with b e n t glass ends; straight g 1 ass door Has carved cIa W feet All carvmgs made by !land and are ra1s, ed maklDg a hand-some and rich 100klDg case. Ha" quartered fro n t and top FlDlsb- 3d In a deep, rlch lastmg golden gloss Do not fall to come and see us, and I anI sure you wlJl say yourselves that you are gettmg a most hand~ome and attractive article o for th" pnce Nom lookmg fi(lass plate lD back of top ll1lt \\ltll t\pe 40, Cut \\ Ithout t, pe 25c PIlLe tv ll1eInbel ~ FOB Factor, $MTAP BEI\T GLASS DOOR COrlBlNATION CASE <..!uartp.red 0 k front, deep, nch golrien fiflbh h ...nt gld"'~ duOl \\rll-l[ g de~k with cum partments, 0 n e ..."eH front and t"o str.,ght drdw er." carved fep,-, oruampnted carv· sd top "ltbFrp.nch plate bpve'ed mlr-r" r H€lght '3m, "ldth 41 Ill' It IS worth a thlld more than we a.k for It ) Coma In and look them over and I'm bnre jOU "Ill not go home Wi hout one Fd dd5 Lmt With npe 40c Cut without t:;pe L5c PI ICe to members FOB Factol, $M1' 1'1' $20.95 for thIS Massive High Grade :: lllace Sohd Oak SUITE-$20.95 ""ote the heavy Carv-lllg& and tull serpen-tllle shaped front dl eSSel I Made of sol- 14 oak $20.95 3.68 85 $25.48 Price at factorv Freight added Settlllg up etc IPnce onr store, Umt wIth type 40" Cut without type, 25c Price to members. . •. FOB Factory . ,$MIIP Advertising Helps. HIGH GRADE COLONIAL DE-I SIGNED CI-HNA CLOSET ( 1'J ThiS high gradl I chin 1closet. IS madb of 1]11,11 tered 0 a k I H a. q round i posts, Let! \ eel L 1<1W t f' e t, bl nt gl,,,, end. 'eat, lovely caned top ornament Ha~ qUJ,rteled oak cros., bJ,ud, no venperlllg Ha" blX ~belve", cl,nd I" vely well caster-ed ,It bottom ILl' pollbhedgoiden fin"h "'Iwlves arc J,d]l"table whIch" a very good ad' antage lor the houwwlfe I" of the l;.,test deSIgn and ,1 well constructed pIece of furnltule thtu MId thlu LIllt WIth type 40e (ut Without type 25c Price to members. . FOB Factory $MKKT SPLENDID OAK COMBINATION CASE Has double swell quartered fro.-.t, bent glass door; three swell front drawers, one wnt-mg desk WIth com-partments; orna· mental carved top wl~h two French pIa te beveled mIr-rors, one bracket, has a deep goldeu lastmg timsh and 1D all IS a pIece of furm ture tha t you may be proud of 10 YOur room. It IS made of the best grade, and IS very attractive All car'lmgs are raIsed, and of hand make wonld make a lovely pres-ent to your family. It IS an exceedmgly handsome case at the prlCe we llsk 75 lnS high, Width 39ms F3-329 Unit With type 40e. Cut WIthout type 25c Price to members. .. .... • .. $MK M1' FOB Factory. QUARTERED OAK SHAPED FRONT DRESSER T his M B 3 3 d~esser IS made of oak 10 gold-en fin-lsh and rIchly orna-mented WIt h car v-in g s has a shaped serp en-tIn e qua r-t e r sawed oak front 1 a l' g e cia W f a e t and double shaped top The top IS ornamented WIth rICh carvmgs and fitted WIth a 20 x 24 pattern plata mnror of ex-tra fine qualIty Umt wlth type. 40c Cut Without type, 25e. Price to members . .•.•. . • .•... $F.IP Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealer's Association. BULLETIN No. 159. Every dealer has the following proposition to contend with. Upon his ability to meet and overcome such competition (and make a profit at the same time) depends his future success as a merchaut. Did you ever stop and think what a reputation of Iueeting and beating this catalog competition would mean to you in your community if once firmly established? You can do it easily if you will adopt our Association policies. YOUR MONIY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO YOU FOR ANY GOODS NUT P£RfECTLY SATISFACTORY. 1lSlS UNEQUALED IN COMFORT AND DURABILITY. KIQH GRADE IN MAT£R 'Al WORKMANSK,jI AND f'NISK. Every detail In the construction oHbe inside aDdevery piece ot material Is the best tha~ can be produced In our Jeat~r rockers There are none better IWld.e and ~::al:e,Il&~a; ~g)~~~~d~~:~~r ~ec"t~e io~'&:,~ the tactory and each one Is ollered at a price !e8Sthan ~~rerd~~S e~~t1~t s:~~rtt:<a~tl JlIer~ti:I&~Y~ retund the purchase price together WIth all freight N~ IL3820 This fIlall.lIflceat Turkish Rocker """,bine. sym- charges IIyou are not p€rtectlysatlBlled. com~ort. It will m:lc~t?S~I~~~a~gll~,~nG~~I~':,~ ~~ei~t:~aJ:~ BEST QUALITY HI8H 8RADE LEATHER well furnished borne. It Is without doubt or question the most won- ill used In the c01lltrucUon of our leather rocker •• There tg~~J;.~i:.e~'lfJs'h~~~J'1't:Skct:~:eirn .. strictly Fe:t::~%%I~::::~~J~t:da'\;'~u:-Jh~=.1i:!tg:,a::;,\S: THE FRAME i. made of carefully seiected. we use to be the best and tlnest grade Gt genuine h'\ud th()f""gbly air seasoned nGrthern hulled No 1 leather Read wllat we say about the gradel hardwood. lrU&tanteed n<>t to wa.", .hrmk or check. of leather on page 7M. The joints ate mortised and joln<'d In a pelle<;t m,tnner. FABRtCORD LEATHER = The platform base Is attached to the upper Ira'llP • t 10btbat f"'be~s~ll bv, rtlargeI heavayls high carbon Be.semer steel COli spring-~ and Imitation leatber on PlIlle 754. a • a r ...O..- f~rt~~Y~'l.l::,c:h"otl~~? permitting an eM}. com- COLOROF LEATHER. ~!~~f:'1:'b~~I~'v~r~~ THE SPRINGS ~~;I~W~I~~t~~:ab~S~uf~~aRt:: ~he:~~aW~:~t~~nc~:;'~ ~e.::g:o~!:r :~ttP"'~~It~ither of and feited cottGI\. a tlllmg more tl.sllC cleaner and T E fRAMEWORK ed I tb t tieD ~rtJ~~Irngthq~aJrlt::ParehatZus Coobtn,;fl~druteraabillty and selHec:te:fd northern hardwood. It Is tohuorrnolaegab!IlIy~~a.i1rus:;e.assoneids THE COVERING l~at~h:r ~:stla'::'t.a~~for.f':.~rof:I~~ :;:g ~ib~~;I~ea~~rem:~~iJ~ ~~~\1't~ °ti~lthea~ je":~ lIesc,,"ed G~age 754. a Bp!~ndld substitute for ,renUlne IS used to !Usurc against breakage. ~thnUefatcnturdert,!>nwdeaWrhlnleghqUw'eUtl~sntU1uel1nnrYDe}gosretsUh~e"rravond1;(,1 THE SPRINGS ed' th buUdlft • ~~ ~ _ • ly d, 1'OU'ckerslDar emade f-romofth0.ltlleI'<ealhh.e-rb lTahIde da~nd hhealndd Intupttleadce bbaycksteaenld tuafrtminsg arbeut..toanr's,fulclyllnOc'Vlee<rt- nrb<>n steel. temp"red ar, • In GII. """ coated wltb JaPau enamel on the underside and cannot break loose Note tile th<>rougb.y hardened by baiung tG prevent ruatlng. The bot- 11\.. Iy ved arms. deep ru1ll.ed front, Wide back with tom parts of tile svnngs are ta8ten~d In the tlrmest and atrong- Idan~U~~;:ti's~~:~.""anJ3e~~~ y;.;'~'J1~e~~ estrtE:sl~~~ ~~n~~t~d~h~':::tf.:iW~~ JJ'.fb:m::dOfJ~6 t, e""",lned It and tested It if yOll are not rnor6 ~e lInest quallty hemp twine. We absolutely guaramee thai t an S8tlsOed that you have a Turkish rO~ker made of our sprmg work cannot be excelled In soltness. reeIllencyand better material, better workm,nsiue and more "om- la£tlng qualltles. ~1h*:rb~ee:~~da~r~M'o~':t~~gre ~~~I;il~~:r'iu,td v~~ TH E HANDSOME RUFFLES :~:I.::,~n:nT::'tM~ct:.~:n~;' may rcturn It to us and we will Immediately return special care being given to tbelr evenness and regularity. your money together with tbe freight chalg"". h k II t t_A he Itb I d 8wheI,r"oto. d IdWirle)ct utrnodms facPtroicrye near Chicago 5Sb1l3l1.p2m5g No• IL3820 TnnE fRINGE oufs"dIheGnb•t• "t qroucalit"yrs /IIIGus. Irale"a"ther. rew It Isa mexetra" O R L THER ROCKERS cmnbin" all'be n."",! fwd best Ideas in correct shape and deSIgn wide extends entIrely around the base ot the rocker. and In beauty 0 and they are as good .ns.de a. Ihey Io<>kouts,d" In tne makm~ dPBIgnand perfection of detail and Onlsh ~annot be eXCelled. of UPhOlstered furniture therp Is a !!reat O('£CEtunlty to sh~b.t and cheapen the p"'ts~t~h~a~t..::lt::::re::..:;c::.ov:;e::.:r:;<'d~u~p::.:. _ HANDSOME IN DESIGNt STRICTLY FIRST CLASS IN MATERIAL AND --WORKMANSHIP -- ",ou al0 mOl0 fOllunateh sItuated than the aver- '\Ill enable vou to meet the quotatlOns III the cat-help you find the way to meet and beat tIns com- We produce above thE' greater part of a page of Sears Roebuch & Co, s catalog Lnle,,;s age dealer you know the followmg rockers cannot be bought, m a Iegular way Rt such pnces as "logs and make a faIr profit Read carefully and note '-' hat our t,SsOClRllOn IS dorng for )OU to petitlOn Doto yoau fntzhzm1ek. for a moment that beacuse t11e pIlce,,; are low that our goods are plunder? We are all furmture dealers ourselves and know that anythng WIthout qualIty IS dear at any prlce and therefore, we have exacted qUality up to the very hmlt whIch WIll allow us to bnng these goods to you at a pnce that WIll enable you to overcome this competltlon. The best way of pro, mg thIS to your satlsfactlOn IS to order a few after whIch we know you WIll be WIth us m our endeavor to better our condItIons -- The above rocker furmshed to our members P 0 B Chicago F-17 Boston Leather M 348 Chase Leather lIP MTKT F17 M348 No 2 Leather F17 M348 No 1 Leather MKAP MOPT F 171'io.RF142Yo ThIS large lux-uriOUS rocker IS WIthout an V doubt the big· gest value that has been offer-ed. The seat IS :l2x22 mches measuremen t the extreme outSIde 1 s 26 Inches; the heIght of back from floor IS 42 mehes The back IS tufted sea t large and comforta ble supporte d by 0,1 tempered sprmg~, nchly ruffled on the ~Ideb and top of back and also the entIre front ThiS chaIr IS upholsted WIth the best '!tade of Chase or Boston leather, whICh lS a splendId substltue for genume leather and bas excellent wearing qnalItles Th1s l~ the best Tur1.1sh rocker th'lt can be had at thIS pnce. weIght about 103lbs Mount-ed on secunly con,tructed frame castors and fitted WIth an extr .. heavy 011 tempered rock er sprlllgs wh1ch gIves It a very comfortilble rock P nce at factory Pnce at store F17-- No 348-- Leather Turk- Ish rocker IS the cltmax of chaIr comfort I and the most depe nd able over-stuffed rocker to be had 42 lOche, hIgh, 21mches w1de between arms 3q lOches across the RrlU-S, back 1S 27 m, In height from the seat The spr ngs aTe cov ereid by best canvas and fine upholsterwg Best qnallt} of Cnase or Boston leather, a splpndId snb stltute for gf'nume leather, and na, wear-ingqualltles fully guaranteed by the mauu facturer Arms and back fully tufted sbapely curved arms. deep ruffled front '-'1de back With head pIllow and pxtended "de F1rmly constructed base WIth castors In front 011 tempered spnng Weight 4J Ibs F17 No 142 ThIS hIgh grade lrbrary or lrv mg room rocker ThIS sleepy bollow sbape W1th ItS soft luxunous tuft offers the most comfortable and restful seat The frame work IS either golden oak or mahogauy It 1S upholstered III genume leather or Bo.ton leather and ha. deep tufts fastened WIth ,teel tuftrug buttons 'Ihe pxtrf'me heIght of th,s chaIr IS 44 mches Weight 100 lbs We pnce thIS rocker m both geumne leath. er and III Boston leather, but would adVIse ~ettmg the genmne when pOSSIble Pnce at factory P nce a t store PrICe at factory PrlCe a t store Umt ",th type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c Prrce to members fob Chicago DUlt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c PrlCe to members fob ChIcago DUlt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c PIlce to our members fob ChIcago Boston Leather Chase Leather No 2 Leather No 1 Leather .FAP FIP MMPP MPTT Boston Leather . Chase Leathe1 No 2 Leather No 1 Leather lIP MTKT .. MKAP MOPT Boston Leather Chase Leather No 2 Leather. No 1 Leather. DIP FFP MMFP MPFP Send all orders to the Secretary. W. L. GRAPP. Janesville. Minn. 28 THE "NEED OF THE HOUR." WEEKLY ARTISAN Manufacturers Should Co-operate in the Matter of Credit and Collections. EdItor Weekly Artisan-To me, and to man) other"" It seems that the "need of the hour," among the furmture manu-facturers of the country, IS practical co-operatlOn through a central bureau or assocIatlOn Wh1le the Case Goods as-sOClatlOn, the Table assoclatlOn, and other a",sociatlOns, are accomplIshmg a lIttle, these movement~ are not broad enough and farreachmg to meet the demands of the ll1dustr) a" a whole. The manufacturing end of the inJustry has reached a greater stage of perfectlOn than the selhng end. and to the latter must be attntbuted the great weakness which confront-- the mdustry today Instead of QCCUpyIng the commandlllg posItion to whIch the manufacturer is entItled, he has per-m1tted himself to he domInated over by a class of buyers who are taking every advantage of hI:" weakness. "VhJ1e It'S true he Issues a regular price hst and pubhshes hIS terms, he has permItted both to be violated, untIl today a cla"" of buyers are springing up, who patrol the market and through the temptmg bait of large orders, buy then entll e need.., Ull-der the market value of the gooJs Purchases made at cut pnces permIt the buyer to under-sell, often to the injury of the dealer who 1S \\ IIlll1g to pay a faIr price for h1:o g-oods vYhere reg-ular terms are, sa\ SIxh days, many shrewd buyers are demanJll1g much longer tune and getting it, hence the manufacturer's cap1tal I'> tIed up wh11e the other fellow is domg- busll1ess on It The "need of the hour" demands a central bureau to care for the credit end of the industry and to conduct an educational campaign to create a spmt of co-operatlOn that will stand for a leg1timate profit on goods manufactured The various dIvI",ions of the fur11lture industry are so closely interwoven and the mterests of all are so nearly identIcal, It stands to reason that concerteJ actlOn could accomphsh re-sults, that no associatlOn of one department of th1:o great industry conld hope to reach Take the matter of credits See what could be accom-ph", hed WIth a central bureau, actl11g as a clearl11g hou"e, reCeIVll1g and dI~tributll1g reports from ancl to the manufac-turer~, shOWIng theIr experience 'o'dth accounts Today several commercial agenCIes are endea\ onng to supply thIS information, some of them trying to cOver all trades m the entire counby None of these agenCIes can gl\ e complete and reItable ll1formation as they have not the means to acqUlre 1t Through th1S system the manufacturers could create their own commercial reports, taken from actual trade ex-penence, anJ sUp'pIted to the central cleanng house for the !benefit of all, thus producIl1g a relIable record of paymg quahty Not only could the central bureau supply prompt and reliable reports, but It could handle all collectlOn" of slow accounts, and In fact through thIS centrallzed s) "tem bad accounts could be largely ehmmated. Let any manufacturer consult hIS books or look up the commercial reports and see the large number of \ ery "low accounts throughout the country Chron1c slow accounts are numerous and growmg more so, owmg to the lack of decislOn m extendmg cred1t Buyers who do not pay an account untIl forced to do so, or who pro\ e to be uncollect-able, live on in business year after year on the losses of the careless manufacturer The "need of the hour" demands co-operation through a .. .ea ••••••••••••••••••••• __ •••• __ 'M._" Table with top removed so as to show the Tyden Duo-Style Lock. Ask for the Tyden Lock It makes business for you When you buy pedestal dining tables ask your manufacturer for the Tyden Duo-Style Table Lock-there is no extra charge, Don't run the rIsk of losing sales because the lock is not on the dining table-you can have a completely eqUIpped table Just as well as not, and give your customers the most for their money. When you place your order for dining tables be sure it calls for Tyden Duo-Style Lock. ~ ...-. -_._._._~._----------~~.~I--- central bureau, backed by a umted manufacturers' associ-atIOn, whIch \\ ould weed out such losses and bring the fur111- ture mdustry, both manufacturing and retaIl, to a h1gher and better plane ONE OF THEM Will Try Small Cities First. "Yash111gton news reports announce that the government wIll establIsh postal sav111gs banks 111several cities on Oct 1 The 111dIcatlOns are that the system wIll be tned out in the beg111nmg at post offices of the second and third class rather than 111 tho~e of the first class, as origmally planned If the Iboard of trustees compose(\. of the postmaster-general, the attorney-general, secretary of the treasury, follows a recom-mendatlOn that is to be made by the departmental committee, a postal :"avmg'> bank w111 be estabhshecl in each of the 47 states at the outset. When the hoard of trustees met soon after Congress ad- Journed, it was announced that the new banking plan would not be in~talled untIl some time in the new year It was also tentatIvely ag-reed at the tIme that not more than a dozen banks should be put mto commIssion at the beginn111g-, and that offices of the first class should be tned for expenmental purposes The committee having the detaIls in hand has come to the conclusion that, oW111gto the small appropnation avaIlable, It would be better 1£ banks were introduced into the smaller offices first The belief is entertained that in the larger cItles depOSIts would pIle up more rapidly, thus 111- creasmg the cost of admmistratlOn There 1S a lIvely interest on the part of postmasters in the postal savings bank law. More than 300 of them have asked that theIr offices be deSIgnated to accept postal sa v- WEEKLY ARTISAN ings Nearly 644 national banks have requested that they be desIgnated as depositones of postal funds It IS the expectatIOn of the postal officIals that at the next session of Congress an adequate appropnatlon WIll be made that WIll msure the e'itabhshment of the banks wherever thel e may be a demand for them Rich Furnishings of a Doll House. The mO'it wonderful doll house m the world is on exhI-bItIOn in London It IS the work of Capt WIlkmson, Ulster Kmg at Arms, who is an expert m heraldry anJ the fine art'i The house IS about seven feet square and took about five years to complete The fUfmshmg is not yet fim"hed As far as pOSSIble only antique furmture, SIlver anJ chma are userl, and Capt Wdkm'ion and hIS WIfe, Lady Munel Her-bert, have collected all the contents. Everythmg IS Ldhputlan On the hall table hes a vIsItors' book the sIze of a postage stamp wIth Kmg Erl-ward's name mscnbed, for he and Queen Alexandna went to the house m 1908 In the dmmg room IS a Jacobean Ibuffet eight mches long and an oak table of correspondmg ~limen- 'ilOns A Georgan 'idver !beaker the 'i17e of a thImble l'i flanked by (hmmutlve Queen Anne candlestlck'i, and a 'idver gilt ~uremberg tankard, old Dutch cantlIe Sconce'i, Chlddmgfold and Venetian glasses, a Dresden coffe serVIce, SIlver salvers and tea and coffee urns are among the matchless cunO'iltles to be seen in the wee dinmg room The oak doors which separate the reception rooms were carved by Capt W Ilkm'3on The grand plano of satmwood and marquetry, i'3 the work of a Mr Putland It IS a perfe
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ( ) ! ~ , l ( GRAI'\1D Rf\PluS PUTILIC LIDR1RY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••JUNE 11. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... a... ..•.. .... . a.a ..... -_ ... sa •• _._._ •••••••••••••• aa ., LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I t I III Ij Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I Catalogues to Dealer. Ooly. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. ---- -------_. -_.-- ~_.------ ----------- ---_. _. _. ---- ._.._. At • _.. • ••• _ ---' Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Sli pper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Eyf Maple Birch !Zuartfud Oak and Clr(aSSlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS ~ PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 50 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 11. 1910 Issued Weekly TRUE HISTORY OF COLONIAL FURNITURE How It Was Introduced and How It Has Been Made and Used in America. Virgima Robie in her book 'Hlstonc Styles m Furm-ture" discusses in a most interestmg- manner the furnIture of the vanous periods beginning- wIth that of the mIddle ages and continuing down to the present day The colomal style was the accepted one for two centune" from 1620 to 1820 The term "colonial furmture," used In Its lIteral sense m-cludes the household effects of the colomsts from the tIme of the settlement of Jamestown, untIl the war of the Revo-lutIOn This definition eliminates the work of the EnglIsh cabInetmakers of the late eighteenth century and the EmpIre style as well To limIt the adjectIve "colomal" to the furm-tUfe imported or made by the colomsts pnor to 1776, would dIsqualIfy more than half of the old mahogany 111thIs coun-try. The word has been in use So long-, 111ItS wIder sense, to include everything 111 furnIture from the earlIest posses"IOns of the Pilgrims, down to 1820, that It IS doubtful If the lIteral meaning is ever accepted The standards of the old world governed the Amencan furmture makers untIl 1830. The colonial period In fUrJutll1 e outlIved the colomal period 111history fifty years The first hundred years may be called the age of oak and the second the age of mahogany The fashIOn" 111furm-ture changed more slowly in New England than In the south which was in closer touch with England The Dutch in-fluence came WIth the reIgn of WIllIam of Orange and the Flemish and Spanish model" soon followed Col,mIal furmture had certa111 dlstmgUlshmg types in dIfferent part" of the country That of the PIlgnms dIffered from the colomsts m the south and each dIffered from that of the Dutch settler" The Huguenots in Canada had house-hold belongings dIffenng from the French 111LOUISIana The Quaker and SwedIsh settler" m Pennsylvama added stdl an-other element In dIfferent state', of the south there was less dIfference 111 colomal styles The early PIlgnms and Pun tans were too poor to pos-sess much more than the grim neceS<;Itles of lIfe compelled, and so theIr furmture consIsted of hIgh back settees, chairs, chests, pIam deal tables and an occasIOnal armchaIr The Mayflower furnIture was extremely meager. The Mayflower brought a number of pIeces now m PIlgnm Hall, Plymouth, on her fil st voyage and on later voyages brought more house-hold goods for the colomsts The matenals used were most-ly natIve wood", "uch as oak, walnut, ash, cherry, pIne, maple, bIrch, hIckory and cedar. ImporteJ furnIture was usually of oak Wainscot chairs were rare The leather chaIr wa'S of ItalIan OrIgIn I t was brought to England by the Dutch who obta111ed It from the FlemIsh It was sub-stantIally bUllt WIth turned legs and heavy underbraces The "turkey" chair was of lIghter constructIOn and so-called from the orIental fabrICS used In upholsterIng These three styles WIth the "turned" chaIr were mentlOned 111many wIlls and documents of that tIme. The wamscot table was used both as a d111ing table and a settle The settle was the most characterIstIc article of early New England furnIture The foreIgn article could not compare in beauty WIth that manufactured by New Eng-landers ThIS pIece of furnIture was popular for over a century. Originally It was a chest WIth a back to whIch side pIeces were added A moJIfication of the chest resulted 111 a low set of drawers At fir"t only one drawer was used, then others were added untIl It became a chest of drawers Other pIeces of furmture were evolved f{"om thIS, such as the high boy low boy, bureau and a desk The desks were first boxes called "WrItIng boxes," "desk boxes" and "paper boxes" The bed of the early days IS not often mentIOned. From the maSSIve designs In vogue in England and Holland, the colomal bed of the seventeenth century may be conjectured Few of these heavy structures were imported untIl after 1650. A plaIner piece of furnIture follOWIng 111general lInes the EnglIsh model, was made In the Plymouth and Bay col-onies at an early date The Dutch settlers m New Amster-dam used a built-in bedstead called a slaap-bauck ThIS was used for emergencie'S when unexpected guests appeared. In Oloff Van Cortlandt's house It was bUIlt In the sitting room behind a slidmg door whIch concealed It by day and whIch could be lowered at mght to form a shelf for the mattress. In many houses thIS simple contrIvance was the only prOVISIOn made for sleepmg The old Dutch slaap-bauck was the an-cestor of the modern foldmg bed. Southern manSIOns m the seventeenth century were rIch-ly furnIshed The lands passed from father to son and theIr wealth was so great that they lIved lIves of luxury and ease. Carved oak found m old southern manSIOns is very beautfuL FurnIture showed a great varIety of designs Seven k111ds of cupboards were listed m the Inventory of the Fitz-Hugh house. "Thousand legged" tables were m popular use. ThIS was a peculiarly constructed artIcle haVIng many leaves, whIch were supported by heaVIly braced legs In the south , WEEKLY ARTISAN IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase 10 the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. this table bec,lme qmte an ornamental atta11 C::;mallcl tdhle~ were the 'foldmg' and 'dra\\mg-" ones. ,\hleh \\elC ~1J111Lll 11l de"lgn, but less 11eh1\ ca1 \ ed LIghter lleslg-n~ 1eplaced the hea\,) p1ece~ m the ~e\ e11- teenth ce11tm\ m hngland Chall" \\e1e btlllt on 111UIL g-raceful hnes. tables and cupboalCb \\ ere le~~ ma""n e and cumbersome fhe \e\\ Englandels fo11O\\cd the lead at then b1othel s aClOSS the sea and more gl aceful lme" and cle:ou:;ns became the rule In 1720 maho\:;a1T\ came mLo use 111 Iond011 Dr C1bhon an hnghsh ph) SlClan has long hcen Clechted 1\ 11h the 11111 () duet1011 of thIS \\ ood l"p to that time very little mahogan \ II;as 111 use m the col1111es Tt \\ a" not 11np01teel to thh countly to an, gleat extent until afte1 the \ eal 1/-1-0 \\ lt11 out mahoganv, the cahnolerlegged desk" and ~eCle·dlle" ca1 veel four post hed" and graceful fidelle hack Ch,lll" \\ {nl1d not ha, e reached "uch a degree of heauh ChaIt makm2, was 1evolutlOl11Zeel b, the mtroeluctlOn at thh \\ Joel Thc yea1 1760 l1larked another change 111 the 111st01\ at t1.11l1ltUlt makmg 111 the cdon1es [he great E11Zhsh cabll1etmake!" ChIppendale Hepple\\ h1te, Sheraton and othel s. e,el ted the strongest 1110uence on c\mencan fUl111tt11e manufactu1l112, Each one's deSign" had the11 penoel of populant\ After the \\ al of 1~12 1=<'ngh"h ,t\ le" ded111ed m fa\ r 1 and 11ance 'I;as the SOlllce of 111"pllatlOn of the \mellLan fUlniture l1lakel~ The EmpIre ],ecame the succeSSQ1 of the ~nghsh styles Thl \mellcans kept fl ee hOll1 some 01 the mcon~l ,11tles \\ l11ch mall ell the 0I1gll1als \ ',out 1830 the st)le hacllun Its CJUlse \\/1th the achent of black \\almlt mahogan\ was no longer popular and the al t of fUl111ture making ceaserJ to eXIst after t\\ 0 hundred ::-eal '., Toda\ the colomal st~ 1c has regamed It-, ele"el \ eel pla( e m ]Jopula! favor THERE MUST BE A REASON QUICK SELLERS and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt III making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the most popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 1910, is going to surpass allpreviousdforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns offered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leo n a r d B u ild in g NEW YORK Furniture Exchange NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. EVERY DEALER Hold Fast to a Good Thing. "c \ II al 'eal ago more or less, It matters not, the Royal I UlnltUle compam ])lought out a pUle colomal chamber "Ulte (1\ hethel 10rClgn 01 domestic m conceptlOn IS of no 1111])01 tance I 111 figured maho\:;an), put together so well and fiJJl~]lecl "0 attlclct1\ eh that a large number of d1scnml11atl11g hu\ el ~ at once eleuded that bus1l1e"s could not be done as It ~houlcl be clone, \\ Ithout 1t In the world of furnIture It IS a" much cl c1a"slc as Tennyson s poem:o 111 hterature, Chopm's noctUl ne" 111 mU~lL or II hbtler's pal11tmgs 111 art The sUIte has "old ea"J!, and afforded satisfactIOn to the maker, to the dealel antl to ~entlemen and ladles who have purchased It JOI the11 home'., It" manufacture wJ11 be contmued mc1efi- 1111ely WEEKLY ARTISAN The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints, Photos and PhotolIravures has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL AND BE COI\tVINCED') Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids GIand Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids. Michigan Chair Co , Grand Rapld~ Grand Rapids Chair Co , 6rand Rapids Berkey & Gay FurnIture Co ,Grand Rapids Century Furniture Co Grand RaPids. Imperial Furniture Co , Grand RapIds. Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids 5 John D. Raab Chair Co, Grand Rapids HastlnOs Cabinet Co., HastlnOs, Mich. Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastings, Mlch Wolverine Mia Co, Detroit. The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa The H Lauter Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. Langslow-Fowler Co., Rochester. N. Y Galiia Furniture Co., Gaillopolls. O. IF YOU WILL SEND US A SAMPLE SET Of" YOUR SLUE PRINTS WE WILL INSERT THEM )N ONE OF OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT fOR YOUR APPROVAL THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO., 8 AND 10 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Products of the Markets in 1880. (From the Chicago Furniture Journal for September, 1880). Chicago contams a great many fur11lture factOlies 111whIch all grade'S of fur11ltl11e, from the cheape"t to thc most am])1- tIOUS are made The \ anety of style'S IS \ el y large and should be suffiCIent to aftord e\ el y retaIl store 111the CIty a dIve 1sIfied stock, but a stroll through the 1etaIl StOl es wIll reveal the s111gular fact that of the goods dhplayed a lalge part comes from dIstant points, and that almost 111vanably such good:::. are notIceable fOt their excellent deSIgn There are many parlor frame factones 111 ChIcago but the best pattern of frames used by upholsterers al e made 111MIlwaukee and New York (ThIS condItion no longer eXIsts -Fd ArtIsan) ChI cago has plenty of desk and center table makers, but GIlman, Tuttle & Co of Boston sell lots of goods 111 ChIcago, not-wlthstand111g the hIgh rates of freight In every store may be seen the fancy goods of Goff and Cooper of PhIladelphia, whIle the chamber ftll11lture of the Grand RapIds factories occupIes the places of honor The chamber SUIte makel s of ChIcago are scarcely represented In the retaIl stores by theIr best products In constructIon the better grades of ChIcago work IS fully equal to that of other CItIes Why IS it then that the best ChIcago wOlk finds but httle sale at home? The reason was SImply that m design It was ldmentably defiuent (It IS better now -Ed. ArtIsan) In the elements of beauty the deSIgners of other CItIes e\ mce knowledge and a clearer understandmg of dft and there-fore produce more salable goods It is but Just to the manu-facturers of ChIcago to say that they have not had the neces- 'iity for Improvement In deSIgn forced upon them, for such de'ilgns as they have been pleased to offer have found ready acceptance by the \ ast number of consumers who are uncntI-cal and wIll probably always remam so But the fact rema111S that thele IS a large and mcreasmg class that IS cllt1cal, that thIS class, year by year, dra \\ s to Itself more and mOl e of the wealthy and mtellIgent, and that tho manufactUIers who \\ould thrive must conSIder ItS want:::. Novelty alone IS not suffiCIent to secure approbatIOn. PO"ltIve ment must be present ;\nd that pOSItIve, ment WIll command success IS stnk111gly shown by the experience of the I manufacturers of flll11ltllle in Gland RapIds Only a few years I ago Grand RapIds was of no Importance as a fur111ture center I Only common goods were produced there and It \\ as on a par I WIth a dozen other western towns But It \vas one of the first to feel the Impulse of the awaken111g of art feelIng, not very I sensIbly perhdps, but WIth a clear perceptIOn of the fact that the publIc was beg111n111g to demand not only novelty but excellence To meet that publIc demand by constant advances to the advanced standard has been the con:::'Istent and steady endeavor of those finns whlch have In recent yealS raised themseh es from compal atlve u111mpOltance to the em111ent pO')ltIOn whIch they now OCCUP} The statement COllles to us that the \ alue of the fUll11ture manufactured m Grand RapIds thIS yedf wIll reach $3,000,000; that great addItIOns to some of the fdctolle:::. thel e are 111 CaUlse of erectIon, that at lea"t one of the factones gives employment to 600 men, and the place boasts the patronage of the best buyers in the country Aga111, \\ e ask why l'i thIS so ? Is not the ast011lSh111g success of Grand RapIds another e'(ample of the practIcal value of art apphed to mdustIy ? Bought to Fill a Special Order. J ] Grier and 1\[ E P dxton of Kansa" CIty, arrn ed 111 Crand RapIds on June 6 and placed an order for furnIture "peualtles They were accompal11cd by a dealel r-nO--YOUWANT I the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP I SKINS I Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ". - . - ._. - _. ----._-------- .... Manufacturers of , WEEKLY ARTISAN .-.. _-..------~------------------_.__._------._-~----__------~- "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests;you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Fadories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..I. FIRE PREVENTION IN NEW YORK. • Agitation by the Merchants' Association Promises to Prove Effective. The agltatlOn begun b} the Xe" York :-lerchant'" \'3:00- ClatlOn for better organIzatIOn WIthIn the fire department for fire prevention has brought about defi11lte actIon to that end by the ftre comnl1SSlOner He has dIrected one of the fire marshals to mvestigate the methods for fire prenntlOn hIther-to pursued by the fire department, to report upon theIr ade-quacy, and to make recommendatlOns for the orga11l7atlOn of an effectl\ e bureau of fire prevention The comml""lOner has further mVlted the co-operatIOn of the vanous public bodies whIch have mterested themselves m the matter. and has asked from them suggestIons and mformatlOn to aId him m hIS conclUSIOns For the purpose of learnmg theIr "Ie,," Lomnl1""lOner Waldo mVlted The 'Ylerchants' ASSOCIatIOn. the Chamber of Commerce, the New York Board of Fife Lndenvnters and the Retail Dry Goods ASSOCIatIOn to cOllfer ';\Ith hIm \lore than two Ihotlrb were bpent m dbcus"ln~ the \ anou" pha'3es of the subj ect . The commisslOner conceded that the authont} granted hIm by the eXlstmg cIty charter IS suHiclent to enable the ImmedIate orga11lzatlOn of an eftectl\ e bureau ot fire pre-ventIOn He expressed the opmion tllat eXIstIng Jetached bureaus, dealing WIth \ anous pl1a"e'3 of the general "nb]ect, should be concentrated and added to lIt order to prcl\ Ide an effectIve bureau He was further of the opl1l10n that "uch a bureau should have jurisdIction over ( ertam functlOns, not now under authority of the fire department, "uch a" mspec-tIon of electnc wlnng, superVISIOn of rubbIsh m tenement hou ,es and enforcement of certam detaIls now controlled by the bmldmg departmeflt The '3ubJect of compulsory installatIOn of automatic spnnklers, theIr connectlOn with hIgh pI essure street mains and theIr connnectlOn WIth them by eng-mes at fires was dis-cll"" eclm detatl The COmml"'3lOner was much unpressed WIth the repre:oentatlOn made to hIm on this pomt. It \\as further sugge'3ted that the cIty be divided into dlstncts and that provIsIon be made for adequate and con-stant inspectIOn of all premIses WIth a vIew to enforcement of eXlstmg laws and ordmances for protectIOn agamst fire, <is \\ ell as to afford the commissioner mformation upon which to eAerClse hI" PO\\ er to order addItIOnal appltances for ex-tmgulbhmg fires He asked and received suggestlonb of the delegates as to the clas,e" of btuldmgs m whIch automatIc sprinklers "hould be compul"only applied The commlbSlOner assured the representatlV es of the several organIzatIOns that he was thoroughly m '3)mpathy WIth theIr contentIOn that the pre- \ entlOn of fires should be made one of the most Important purposes of the fire department, and that every effort would be made to effect the necessary orga11lzation for that pur-po" e The deslfablltty and the beneficial results of enforcing compul"ory 1I1stallatlOn of automatic spnnklers m hazardous nsks, has recently been stnkmgly Illustrated The A.,,,oclatlOn had urged upon the former C0mmb- "lOner the compulsory mstallatlOn of automatIc spnnklers m ten deSIgnated premIse" Prelt111mary steps for compelhng "uch 1l1stallatlOn were taken m all the ten cases, but fGr some reason actIOn was not pushed to a conclUSIon 111 eIght of them, and but two \\ ere finally eqUlpped -------_._-_. -- -- ------- --------~-------------_._---------_._------_._---- ... Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" r c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. • •• .. -. II Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. • •• 4 P¥l ., •• , ••••• - ••••••• - . .. ........ -._- - .... WEEKLY AR1ISAN 7 ~ _. - Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture IIII _4 for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM The two nsks equIpped wIth automatic sprinklers under compulsIOn exerted by the fire commissioner and corporation counsel were both devoted to the stonng, sorting and baling of loose paper stock. In the bUlldrng 352-354 Water street, a fire occured Sunday, about 7 p. m, when the building was unoccupIed Nrne sprinkler heads opened and exting-uished the fire, WIth lrttle or no damag-e to the building, and with less than $1,000 damage to the stock In the case of 31 Vandewater street a fire occurred Tues-da} at 11 50 pm, when the bUlldrng was also unoccupied. The fire ;,tarted on the second floor in a pile of paper stock "W hlch has been sorted and was awaiting bahng. Three spnnkler heads opened and extinguished the fire with a total loss of les"> than $1,000 Both of these fires would have probably been senous had they n;)t been extinguished 111 theIr incipIency; and in the absence of automatIc protection the adj oining property would have been subject to rncreased danger and an addItional bur-den of hIgher rnsurance I ate,,> The pOSItIOn of the Merchants' ASSOCIatIOn as to more effective mea">ures for fire preventIOn has attracted much f ...... ,..------------~ of I I~-- ... --_._.__. ____ 4 favorable attention, and a number of letters containing valu-able suggestions have been received These, however, relate mainly to structural Idetarls, which are governekl by the building code, and cannot be controlled by such a bureau of fire prevention as is proposed, although the bureau could doubtless do valuable work in the way of inspection of some of those details, to prevent violations after buildings have been approved by the bureau of buildings. One suggestion made, however, deserves consideration. It is to the effect that automatic sprinklers, despite the heavy first cost, would be much more generally installed if the insurance companies would make more liberal concessions in artes in recognrtion of the reductIOn in risk. The Mer-chant's association insurance committee has not yet consid-ered this phase of the subject. On this point a member of the association recently made a significant statement. His sprinkler equipment cost about $5,000 The reduction in insurance premiullis on bUlldrng and contents was sufficient to pay for the equipment within three years The great economy thereafter by reason of continued lower insurance .-.-..~----_._----_. rates IS self-evident _. _. _._---~---- .-----_._----_.--_._-- ---_._----- _.--- . .- - ..- _. - -..-.., BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in atid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. Everythmg m Pamt Specialties and WoodFinishing materials. Flllers that fill. Stains that satisfy. .....................• _-_. .._. .. r s WEEKLY ARTISAN ...--------------_._--------------------- Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises --~, \II I t I II• I I I IIII I E. H. SHELDON & CO. : 328 N. May St .• Chicago II -----_._--_. _.-------~ " - - Sold on appro". '11 and an uncon (iltIOtldl mone\ hack guarantee Pallent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON 8.. CO Ch,caRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the)) dozen Clamp Fixture,,; \\ Inch we bought of you a lIttle over a )ear ago are gIVIng- excellent se \-lee \\ e 'He well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to rem~mber )'Oll \\ he~le\ el we \\ allt anythmg addltlOnallll this hne YOUI" truh SlOUXCity, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS Guaranteed Indestructible. \\. e sohclt pnvilege of sendmg sample~ and our compltte catalogue /0.----------- ------.----------~---- ----- -------_._-- PROPOSALS ~T ANTI~D. lhelt appcal 111tl11n one) ear due to defectJve matertal or \\ orLnansh1p 111U"t be 1eplaced b} the contractOl w1thout c '-pen:oe to the 0\1 ncr '\ 11111tprtce pel seat must be ~lvcn t01 each -,t,lc of seat ca11ed f01 as a basIs for addltlOns and c1eductlOn-, flom the nnmbe1 of seah md1cated on the d1avv- Specifications for the Seating of the Auditorium at Wichita, Kansas. Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Architects, Columbus, O. (Send D1c1" to C1tl CleJ1~ \\ 1chlta The contracto1 tor thc"e scats 111u"t check up the nHd~- urements at the b1111c1111g and 1'nu:ot c1eln er the~c ~eat-, at 1.\1C bl11ldl11g and put them 111 place, d01ng am refllll ~h111 is that may be neCeS"al) and c1ea111ng them oft and lca, mg them complete m elel} 1c"pect and1cach f01 n~c lhc~c ~Cdt~ must be guaranteed as to meltcllal and fil11,h and am (lLlcll~ lllgS The outcl 10\1 ot seats for the second floor and bellcony \\ 111"et on "ood pIa H01111s furl11shed and put 111place by the 0" ner ESTABl,.IS,",ED 187C; B'l' E oJ ... EHMANN 011 stoves TBEFAIR Wall paper ~"h .. $10 95 blue flame 011 4. sacrflcl.- ollg cook stoves large shelf ~I 0 "() on Ia.rge top large powerful " burneNr no odor or 'loot perfect eombUllt on guar :~"'d 5.95 " 18c STATE', ADAMS AND DEARBOR,. STFlE£T3 TELEPHONE PRIVATE EXClHANOil3 T-H--E "A B- C" OF FURNITURE ECONOMY 15 taught at The fatrtn that satisfactory way which saves every householder money wtthout the ~acr1fice of quality While we cut the prJces~ Quahty 15 malntaln~d at the very hlQhest Read then act upon these offer~ of savml1s ARM OHAIRS,quar. ~ J~~~~~~~r~~\~e~'~~~ ~ SINITARY OOUORES, tered oak leath<;.t ., II s tee 1 seat regular3 94 the regular 144 $3'02·24.~ :106 00value -'- :Io22J\alue -'- \11 -- BUScoSloniBalEstDyleS~, KITOIHIE'NTeSA,,B,h.l~ttena TA~I~~C~~~~~~~ rn; ~ $20008.94 pie $53.94 >2JO \41 1.44 value -- vdlue -- LlL for onh -- CR1IRS,mm",mm, ~ LIBRARY TA.~ ~PHOLSTERED~ room genume leath BLES. mal)o.:an) 0 S l EE PI HOllOW h,. $3s5~t:~f2.24 polhhed9 94 CHAIRS, 844 l' ----:J $15\al -'- 'I] 0 I '-- pi DRESSERS' I"g'i MUSIO OABINETS, VENEER SEATPAR·I!l mIrror, oak or ffid. oak or mahoganyQ1 LOR ROCKERS, hogany 14 64 0 $600 val 4.84 ~rJ,0 \ ,Iue 3.74 $22 SOya) _. _ 0 0 ue at only -- ENGLISH FIRESIDE~ N1PBLEBR W1RBR OOES'a ROC I ER S, chase BEDS, oakor 111. ~ solid 0" £10 00 ~I hOl{an) $2000 I leather$9506.84 ~~l 14.44 ~oa:ue 6.74.~ values only -- FAleY P1RLB R1J,k OF!J~~,,~,~~Xm\i ROCKERS, oak or OUEESLILNEMIIOVTRlLR·IS~k~_1 :;'a~~~gan$y53.64 t$o5m5o0rrovwalue3.--64 CHAIRS,6.74 '----'1 GOLIIEII B1I ORIN:n pEDESTALC: YOUTHS' DININO~ OLOSETS, pol 1.1.18 TABlES. ~~ OHAIRS. wvod Ishd,$225017·44 o'a"k""22"'10644 • ,ea "0 1.74 value a1 -- III eat -- \1.1ue -- HIGH OHAIRS, ~ 11RT. BIl P1R·'jfj, closely woven LOR TABLES, zmBnP CABINEITIS,T,OohNd ~tl :~e$250 1.64 pohshed. 2 74 oak :102016.441 • $350 val -'- \alue --~~ rflBEDS, V"I~IR~,~~~~&~NU~NBR.E,OS of """,. ms MartIn finish lar bargams lack of $60(l 3.84 space docs nOl perm lt value -- at lowest pnces to menuon Concourse Seats. '1 hc -,c,lb 111the concomsc OJ ground flool l11s1dc the ltne o[ bo\.e~ ,,111 be foldlllg ~eat, c,llmla1 to No 500111 sectlOns of lll1CC "0 t11<ltthey lall he stowed awav nnder thc ho"cs '\11 ~Cdt~ to hell c bat 1acJ.,,~ The1e \\ 111he app10'-1ll1atelv 1<)00 (It thc"c "cah Second Floor and Balcony Seats ~11 (Jlhel --cah, that h thooc belck of the bo\.e" and f01 the bakon\ ,,111 be I enee1e'l lha1rs eqnal to 144 m gem.lell dppCarelnct and "OJ ]"mansh1p Thesc seat~ to ha, e hat 1dlk" and to hl tbtened to the fimshed cement floOt'" vdth expan"lOn ])o]ts Thc contractOJ f01 the seato to clnll holes 101 the"e bolt-, and set them 111place and felstcn the seab elO'\ n [,loOl __l11U"t he p10perly 1epa1red whe1 e the C(menl 1-- hlOkcn and h not cO\ucd by the ",tanda1d \\ he1c "ood plauO! ms a1 e lllc1JlatE d 101 the onte1 row "cats wIll be se-em ed to the" ood floor WIth screw", There w111 hc a ppl 0:h1- matcl) 2,000 of these seats In addlt10n to the seats above specIfied submIt a propos 1- 110n on applO:h1matel} 1000 challs slml1ar to thc 1\0 3 chaIr l11anufactm cd bv The '\ H Andrcws Co These cha1rs are made of heal} "lle and have perforated five ply wood seats State pnce of each for these chan s f01 adJlhons or deductlOns NOTE ~11 lac,'111g" mnst be smooth and substant1al and fi11l~hed 111 black \11 \ en eel 0 to be five ply put tog-ethel 111the ver) he"t manne1 a11d ,111vvork to be fim~hed \\lth a coat of "henac and t\IO coats of thc be",t I arm sh flowed on All v\ 0 ld \\ )1k w111be bnch Pell he" ~ubmlUllH:; figurh un t1l1S IV ulk 111U"t ~Uh1111t completc spec1ficatlOns f01 thell seat" and samplc" of thc chEfel ent "t} lc" of seat", bId upon The 0\\ nel re",en es the llght to a"a1d thc contract on the 111ent of the goods rega1d-le~ s of the pllCC The numbers glVen abOve refer to the catalog of the A. II Anclt c" '0 company. Ch1cago, III Reproduced From a OhlCagoPaper at June 7 Nelson and Buck. F \ \el--on of the Jamesto\\n (~ Y) Loung-c company, and \\ aldo [' Buck, who handles a numbcr of ltne" on com- 111l'SlO11,"ere 1ll Grand Rap1ds on ]nne 8, nMk111g preparatlOns t01 the mId-summer exposltJon WEEKLY ARTISAN Automatic Saddle Seat Machine. ThIS automatic machine made by the Tannewitz Worb, Grand RapIds, Mich, IS desIgned and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing saddle seats for chairs or closets at an absolute minimum of cost. The operation is sImIlar to that of a carving machine of the copYing type. The movable table has mounteJ on one sIde a pattern seat and on the other 'ilde a blank seat to be carved. The follower roller and the cutter head are suspended respectively above these t\\O seats The frame whIch supports the follower roller and cutter head raIses and lowers In conformity wIth the pattern seat as the follower roller travels over it. Thus as the table operates back and forth feeding along at the same tune at anyone of three feeds and three speeds the blank seat IS gradually carved out exactly lIke the pattern When the seat IS filllshed the machine stops automatically. The cost of producing a saddle seat on thIS automatIc machine IS but a fraction of a cent. The average "Ized seat take'S about 5Y; minutes to complete. The workman's time for replaCing the filllshed seat WIth a fresh blank is Y; minute whIch IS ample Thus to filllSh a seat take" SIX minutes whIch IS 10 seats an hour or 100 m a day of ten hours 1'he workman should be employed at his bendh or another machine close at hand Junng the 5Y; minutes In \\ hlch the seat machine is cutting He can thus tend the seat machine properly and devote hIs spare time to other work If thIS workman spends Yz mmute on each seat, the total time gIven to the seat machine for one day would be fifty minutes If the operatOl recnves $200 per day, this makes the actual cost for labor less than 1-5 cent per seat. The most rapId seat planing machine on the market can-not produce seats cheaper than this. With the seat planing machine every time it IS desired to produce a new style seat lt IS reqUIred to purchase new expensive knives WIth our machme It IS only necessary to furlllsh a new inexpensIve wood pattern. WIth the seat planing machine It IS only possIble to ploduce plain shallow seats, whIle WIthout machme any style seat can be produced. A seat produced on our machine IS left by the cutter suffi-cIently smooth to be eaSIly sanded. Send us a pattern seat and two blanks VVe wIll then cut a seat of your pattern and return it to you for your inspectIOn Vve know you wIll be favorably Impressed. WeIght, 1800 lbs Crated, 200 lbs T. & L 10 x 6 Countershaft, 950 revolutIOns per minute ------------ ------.-.-.-.-.-..-.-•-•-.--_--------_-.-.~, Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We tal:::epleasure ID mtroduclng to you our new Saw Table The base is BHUllar to what we have been u,mg on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made II larger on the 800r The ratslna and lowenna deVice 1& the same al we have on the No 4 MachlDe, With lever and pitman The lever IS made of steel The arbor" made 01 I %-mch .teel, runmng in lonll nnll oumll box.. , and IS for I-lOch hole 10 .aw. We furm.h one l4-.ach .aw on each maclllne It wul carry a 16-mch saw If dellred Table IS made WIth a center .hde 12 mche. WIde WIth a movement of 21 lOch.. It has a lockmR deVice to hold It when you do not Wish to use It. and has a detachable mitre auage to be used when u.mg the .hdmll-table. Can cross-cut With table extended to 24 mche., .lso op up to 24 Inche. WIde Table ha. a removable throat that can be taken out when U'lOg dado It also has two mitre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on "-ther .. de of the .aw. more e.pectally when the table IS blted, also a Whng np gauge 10 be used to cuI bevel work when you do not WIShto tIlt the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershalt has T & L pulley. lOx 14 mche., and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter- .haft .hould run 800 Makmg In all about a. complete a machme as can be found and at a reasonable poce Wole u. and we will be pleased to quote you poce. Address, fI:I ---------- -----------------------_ ... ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., 181-183 Canal St" Grand Rapids, Mich. The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and _ho",_ the range of one _ize only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp. W. make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 Inch... wid. and 2 Inches thick. Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. 1Iundred_ of factorie_ have adopted our way the past ,ear and hundreda more will in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. I"roof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but writ. today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, ~WOSSO, MICH. Foreign :Representatives: The I"rojectile Co" London, Eng-land: Schuchardt at Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred 11. Schutte, Cologne, I"aru, Bnuseu, Lle..e, lII1laD, TuriD, Baree10DA, IlIld Bilbo .. h •••••_••••••••••••_•.•··•••••••• I ••• to WEEKLY ARTISAN You cannot find better va aa •• _..., I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY BILLIONS INVESTED IN ELECTRICITY. '--ea_ •• a_a .• ----_ - - - - --- - - ..---_._._._---_._-----_ .... Magnitude and Rapid Growth of the Industry Shown by Census Reports. The magllltude of the central electnc station Industry In the Ulllted States in the census year 1907 as compared with the census year 1902, and the growth dunng the Intervening five :year period, are shown in the Census Bureau's special report, now in press, on the second United States census of the central electric light and power stations Though the data on which the report is based are three years old the facts and figures are quite interesting not only to manufacturers but to general readers. The central electric statIOns are defined In the report as those which, exclusive of isolated electrIc plants, furlllsh elec-trical energy for lighting and heatlllg, and po\', er for manu-facturing and minlllg purposes, for street raIl\\ ays and ele-vators, for chargIng batteries, etc Central stations are classed as "commercial" and "muni-cipal;" the former being those under prIvate ownership, whether by Individuals, companies, or corporations and the latter being those operated by state, city, or other local governments, except those operated especially for InstItutions The central statIOns are further classed as "purely elec-tric" central stations, or those that do a strictly electrIcal bUSI-ness, and "composite" central statIOns, or those operated In connection with some other industry It is stated that the majority of the central stations are of the "purely electrIc" class. With reference to the municipal statIOns, the report states that these plants are generally establIshed primarily to furnish current for lIghtIng public buildIngs, streets, and parks. Their field of operation is, however, much lIke that of the commercial stations. It is noted In the report that the figures given for the central stations do not represent the entire production of elec-trical energy To arrIve at the aggregate It would be neces-sary, it is stated, to conSider also the electrIC railways, tele-phone and telegraph lines, electric police-patrol and fire-alarm systems, and the isolated electric plants. In 1902 there were 251 railway companies which furn-ished electricity for light, power, and vther purposes. These companies reported an aggregate income of $7,703,574 from the sale of current. In 1907 there were 330 railway companies In this class, and the income from the sale of current amounted to $20,093,302 In 1902 the annual output of all electric stations and electnc raIlways amounted to 4,768,535,512 kilowatt hours In 1907 the output of the two classes of stations was 10,621,406,- 837 kIlo\\att hours, the increase in that year as compared with 1902 beIng 5,852,871,325 kIlowatt hours, or 122.7 per cent. In 1902 the output by electrIc railways formed 47.4 per cent of the total, but by 1907 the proportIon for such railways had fallen to 44.9 per cent ConsolIdations of the two branches of the Industry and the growIng tendency of the raIlway companies to sell elec-tricity for commercial purposes are referred to in the report, which further states that the separate statistics of the central stations are, therefore, not representative of all the electrical energy sold for general commercial purposes It is observed that during the £1, e years ending With 1907 the central stations Increased more rapidly than the electric raIlways. Regarding the isolated plants, the report states that for ,.... I •• ••• aa -4 ••• ._ ..-----------------_._ .._-_. _. -_..-_._-_._._.•... ._.__._-----------------------_ . .- _--~ I EMBOSSED MOULDING The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan Co. Samples of our . wa'" ••••••••• a __ •••••••• __ •••• - --------_._._._.-----------.- ................•........... WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glu. S~readiallMa.,hiae, Sillllle, Doubl. and eo.biaatioa. (.le.ted) (Size. 12 ia. to 114 i. wide.) ~ ... .. .... . V•••• r Pres•••. d.ffere.t'kiad. and .iz... (.leated) Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Hand F••d Glu.i.1I Ma.,hill. (P.'-l peadia •• ) Manr .trl •• aad .iz ••. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET USKNOW YOUR WANTa N. 20 Glu. H.ater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. N•.• GI •• H.ator . the purpose of lighting and furnishing power for factories, hotels, or other enterprises a large quantity of electricity is generated in plants which are operated for the exclusive bene-fit of their owners. Some of these plants sell limited amounts of current, but they were established as adjuncts to other forms of business, and practically no statistics concerning them are included in the census reports. Some of these iso-lated plants are extensive and have a much larger capacity than many of the central stations. At the census of 1902 it was estimated that there were 50,000 of these isolated electric plants in the United States. The number of commercial and municipal plants increased from 3,620 in 1902 to 4,714 in 1907, the increase amounting to 1,094, or 30.2 per cent. The application of the same rate of increase to the estimated number of isolated plants in 1902 gives an estimate of 65,000 for 1907. To what extent the utilization of surplus power in the operation of private electric plants to furnish light and power for large mills, department stores. hotels, and other industrial enter-prises has stimulated the increase in these plants it is, the report declares, impossible to state, and notice is given that the estimate, therefore, may be more or less than the actual number of isolated plants in existence. Referring to power or generating plants, the report states that the number of primary power or generating plants was not called for in the schedule used for reporting central stat-tions in 1907. but some idea of their number may be had from the fact that the returns showed 4,731 plants equipped with dynamos for the generation of electricity. Of the 4,714 sta-tions reported in 1907, 227 had no generating equipment. while 113 had more than one power plant This latter class reported 357 generating stations. There were, in 1907, according to the report, upward of 30,000 individuals, companies, corporations, and municipal-ities, exclusive of isolated electric plants, which reported the generation or utilization of electric current in what may be termed "commercial enterprises." These industries represent an outstanding capitalization of $6,209,746,753, of which amount $1,367.338,836 is credited to central electric stations-$3,774,722,096 to electric railways, $8i4,616,004 to commercial or mutual telephone companies, and $253.019,817 to telegraph companies, the latter item in-cluding $32,726,242, the capital stock of wireless telegraph companies. The capitalization of the 17,702 independent I farmer or rural telephone hnes and fire-alarm systems could .... not be ascertained The report states that there are also ex-cluded a number of companies organized for the purpose of acquiring the capital stock or bonds of electric companies, street-railway companies, gas, and water systems. and similar properties, holding the same for investment and to some ex-tent supervising the operation of the underlying companies; the reason being that to show the capitalization of these hold- Ing companies would be misleading as applied to central elec-tnc stations, since it would be impossible to determine the extent of its application to the electrical industry as distin-guished from others. The report states that the municipal stations are practi-cally exempt from the consolidations that so frequently occur among commercial companies and this fact no doubt in large accounts in large part for the proportionately greater increase discovered in the former class of stations. Not only was there a large increase in the number of municipal stations, but an analysis of the report shows that, although 33 municipal sta-tions which reported in 1902 had become commercial stations in 1907, 113 stations which were reported as commercial in 1902 had become municipal in 1907. The report refers to the fact that claim has been made. and sustained by what appears to be reasonable argument, that the drift of these public utilities is from municipal to commercial, but it is asserted that the results of the census do not furnish corroborative evidence of this. On the contrary, there appears to be a distinct field for munlcipal electric sta-tions, not only because of the feeling whIch may exist in many localities that these public utilities should be owned by the cities, but because many of the places in which municipal plants are located do not present sufficient inducement for the investment of commercial capital. State Institutions. As a rule state institutions are particular when they come to buying. If the manager is an honest man, and wants to make a record for himself and the institution he represents, he will be very particular as to his purchases; and in some cases lt is almost compulsory, because if an investigation is started any wrong doing is easily detected. This brings to mind the communication from the manager of the Detroit House of Correction 1ll a matter in which every manufacturer of furniture is interested. (For further particulars see the adver-tisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works in this number of the Weekly Artisan). 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--- - -- -_. - - - - --- -----------_... . _. -------- . .. . --., I 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 a. lor Price Llat aDd dlacoDDt 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICU. ....__.--.-.---------_._-_._---------------- ... ----------- ------., II . I I II III I - - .- -.. .- ....I BOYNTON & CO M.nuf.~uretl of Emboaaed aDd Turned Mould. in .... Embo ... ed and Spmdle CanlBIII, and AutomatIc Turnin .... We also manu fadure a large hoe of Emboaaed Ornamente for Coucb Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILl. -------------_._---------- _. _.. --- - - -- i No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 ""OR NEW CATALOG 1II ------------ ---------------------"" I FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N FRONT STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH " .. .....- ... - . ..,. ... - ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJI. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ROOMS FOR THE BACHELOR MAIDS. Characters of the Occupants Expressed by the Furnishings and Decorations. The term "bachelor maIds" is ltked by some young women ,I,> llnpl} 1112,a certa111 111dependence of thought and action II hen she 1'3 able to do so a bachelor maId aims to have her home surround111gs express her indIvidual taste Sometimes the rooms of bachelor maids are but a general medley. In othel s the st] ong personaltt} of the occupant can be discerned. The adJOIlllng rooms of two sisters whose ideas are far apal t furlllsh a good starting point. The elder sIster, a blonde, damt} to her finger tips, suggests to her friends that there must be a strain of French blood in her vems, for her sur-loundmgs show French daintiness. Her room was large; the \\ alls were panelled in cream stlk, with roses and forget-me-not<; \\ 0\ en In stnpes. The \\ alls \\ ere finished with a cream mouldmg on whIch \\ as a small crossed nbbon picked out in gold, a typIcal French Idea The styles between the panels were plain cream "tlk All tnm was white, the cetling plam, with the mouldmgs touched here and there with gold leaf, just enough for con-trast The bed was raised on a platform, which was covered WIth pale rose colored velveteen and on each side was a white fur rug The bed ltself was of Louis XVI pattern of cream whIte enamel, WIth cane panels, on which were garlands of fio\\ ers 111compo, tied with a bowknot. The canap} came out only three feet from the wall and \\ as draped \\ Ith cream net and lace over rose china silk. II here the drapenes met was a large chou of very pale blue and lOse satm The long curtains were of the same material, all edged WIth lace about five mches wide and put on very full, so that It gave a jabot effect. The bedspread and rolled bolster corresponded WIth the hangings; colored chous were on the ends of the roll. A plain lOse velvet carpet was used for floor covering, \\ Ith whIte fur I ugs here and there. All the furniture corre-sponded with the bed and the httle garlands gave the whole scheme a ferrlllllne touch. ~\. chaIse-longue, also of enamel and' cane, wa~ embe1hshed \\ Ith a thick cushIOned top of SIlk, to match the walls on whIch \\ ere seen in profUSIOn hand made ltngene pIllows of lace and embrOIdery over pink and pale blue stlk. Three upholstered chaIrs ga\ e the nght balance to the otherWIse hght style of furni"hmg Above the mantel was a gIlt LoUts XVI mIrror WIth SIde hghts, and watercolors of French suggestlOn and subjects adorned the panelled walls. From the wall over the bureau was a bracket from which \\ as suspended a "mall French gilt motif with three hghts on whIch wel e lose stlk shades; slmtlar shades were on side fix-tures At the w111do\\s the curtains and draperies matched the wall matenal, WIth the sash curtams the same as the bed set, crossed and looped high The room of the other sister, who was only a year younger, \\ as startlmg m contrast. She was tall and dark. Every mo\ ement showed her athletic tendencies and they were fully developed 111the furnishings of the room. The walls were in green book linen. She liked that, she saId, "as silk was too fussy" and would not suit what she \\ lshed to put in the room. The ceiling was white. The frieze consIsted of sporting prints of the same height fortunately, collected in her travels and representing foreign as well as home subjects in athletics in all the colors of the rainbow, and separated by narrow mahogany moulding which formed a framework around the room. ~~ - ------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN On the walls were photographs and engravings of winners of horse races and dog shows, with colors of their winners and whips and spurs and an occasional horseshoe arranged over them. College flags were draped in the four corners over dull brass lanterns suspended from the ceiling by chains. Over the mantel", as a pair of antlers on which rested a rifle The carpet was green, solid color, "to represent the meadows," she said. The bed was brass (no canopy or drapery here). The curtains were plain green velveteen, drawn back The furniture was mahogany. On the green covered lounge were ptled pillows of all sorts and descriptlOns It was a curious room for a young woman; somewhat mannish Another bachelor maid had her room in yet another style She said "she loved the mysteries of the Orient," and It showed in her selections. It was not at all expensive in treatment On the walls she had some India cotton prints with the palm de-sign, harmonious in color and well blended. They revived the memory of an India shawl technique. The ceiling was pla111 to the moulding, the rug of subdued Oriental colorings and of modern make. The large, low divan in a corner was utilized as a bed at night. In the daytime it was covered with a removable cur-tain of a more substantial weave, for the wall print would crumple too easily for constant use. The furniture was entirely Oriental in suggestion, having been picked up in the shops where they cater to that taste Little teakwood tables were handy and held a tea set and a chafing dish. A much more modern room was that of a fonner college girl who liked pretty things and had them. Her room was in cretonne style of paper of the English kind, with hangings to match and ruffles of the same material on the edge. The Cb _ ing was plain, of the color of the ground of paper, the trim whIte. The carpet rug was of a solid color of the prevailing tone, for the room needed something to rest the eye. The furniture was a pretty birdseye maple set and she had a TJ1lbury tea cart and muffin stand of natural wicker, and under the glass top of the former a piece of the same cretonne. The cups, saucers and plate were all of English pattern. On the clothes tree were her cap and gown and beside them were a kimono and dressing sacque ornamented with lace, which gave an mtimate feeling of comradeship when her class friends came in for a chat or a cup of tea in the afternoon. In this room were a high back old fashioned settle covered with cre-tonne and two Sleepy Hollow chairs. A bachelor maid who was of more studious inclinations had no fancy fixings, but arranged her room more like a Itbrary sItting room than a bedroom. The wall paper was of a restful tone of soft, light brown, utterly unobtrusive, with nothing to dIstract her mind as she opened her books of research. The low mahogany bookcases adorned the largest spaces. The desk was of generous dimensions, with a small revolving chair. The bed and bureau were m an alcove hidden from view when necessary by portieres of green jasper linen. At the w111dowwere brown madras curtains The prinCIpal furniture was of mahogany with cane seats on the chairs, on which were loose cushions of green jasper and some 111a figured brown "tuff A box couch tufted with the same green and a valance completed the furnishmg scheme I The small rugs on the floor were of an Oriental pattern -New York Sun. Mr. Black in Poor Health. Charles \iV'. Black, manager of the Oriel Cabmet com-pany of Grand RapIds, has been compelled to suspend work In the factory and the office for a tIme on account of 111- health He expects to resume work in the near future ~ va ••••••••••• va •••• • __ IIII I I I~--••-• --va -•-•••-•••-•••-----Va--._-__ ------_._._.__-._-._.-.-.-.-... WOOD rOKninO (UTnRS A~ only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes mto contact WIth the lumber, there is no fnctlOn or burn-ing of the moulding!> when made with the Shimer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensIve and time-savmg tools. We supply speCIal Cutters of any shape deSIred and of any size to SUIt your machine spindles. Let us have your specificatIOns. For odd work not found in our catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ~~------._---_-.---_. ----_._._._._._._._-------."." " . I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AND SLICED t QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN 0 MAHOGANY I .. II~•~--_--.-.-.-.--.-_-----.-.-_._._--_--. --------_...._. -.--------..., UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead ID Style, ConSlrudlon and FlDish. See our Catalogue. OUf llDe on permanent exhIbI-tion 71h Floor, New Manufact-urers' BuildIng, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I ..... - •••• ---.--.---- •••• __ .- ••••• 9i1J ..... _ •••• _'" 13 ..~ I " ., 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ,... .... _.. . . " New designs In the Louis XVI Style. ...-_ ... - No. 1711 II II II I... No. 1705-1705 WRITE 'FOR SAMPLES AND PR ICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Detroit"s Expectation. DetrOlt people are expecting great success for theIr In-dustrial Exposition which is to be opened on :Monday June 20 and continue until July 6. under the au"plces of the Board of Commerce Followmg are some of the promIses predIc-tions and expectations announced by the pubhclty commIttee The Exposition will be a miniature world's fair It will lll-elude an automobile show, a food faIr a machmer} dIsplay a furniture exhibit, an electrical show and ll1terestmg exhIbIts of other lines of productIOn for whIch DetrOIt IS famous It is expected to be the greatest CIVICevent m Detroit's hIstory It IS believed the attendance will exceed 300,000 VISItors The EXposltlOn wJ11be held in a great temporary exposI-tion buildmg and the Wayne PavlllOn The entrance-way will be at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Second street The committee in charge has the co-operation of all the mterests of the city There wIll be more than 200 exhIbits, maklllg the dl'iplay one of the two largest home-product exhibitions ever held Two large bands will gIve afternoon and evenlllg con-certs There will be other entertamment feautures The river fmnt wIll be transformed mto a garden The doors will be open at 7 00 pm, June 20, ancl rem am open from 10 00 a. m. to 10 :30 pm. from June 21 to July 6, exceptmg Sundays. June 26 and July 3. Machinery will be seen in motion making many of the neces:,nties and luxuries of life An exhIbIt of the manual traming department of the public schools WIll be lOne of the special features The ExposItion WIll offer the city an entertainment ot far greater magnitude and interest than has ever been helCl here. It will be entertaining, instructIve, impressive I,It I .. Record Prices for Linseed Oil. W. C Hamm, American consul at Hull. Eng., having been requested to mvestigate the linseed oil trade and indus-try. reports that the recent advance in prices is due to a partial faIlure of the flax crop in Argentina and India. He says The record price of $197 per ton has been reached in London ThIS IS about 100 per cent higher than the same all sold in London one year ago and about $20 a ton higher than the hIghest price recorded in 1900 when there was a greater scarcity of the seed than last year. Yesterday lin-seel OIl sold In Hull for $192 for "spot," and April, compared WIth $114 the highest price in April last year. "The followmg figures gives the quantity of linseed in quarters of 480 pounds each, received in Hull during each of the past ten years In 1900, 675.370; 1908, 848758; 1907, 809 974; 1906. 579,957; 1905 812329; 1904 1,215,122, 1903, 924,628, 1902, 744.979; 1901, 723,566; and in 1900, 572,106. "The crop to be delivered this year from India and Ar-gentina, It IS expected, will be as small as that of last year and there IS a probability of the receipts falling below 1909 It is not at all probable that the price of linseed oil during the present year will be lower than at present, and it may in-crease somewhat. During 1909 linseed oil to the value of $3.140 was shipped from Hull to the United States. "An Enghsh color trade journal comments on how the rise m price of linseed oil greatly affects the price of paints. of whIch Hull IS a large producer. American turpentine has also advanced 30 per cent and is selling at $1035. against $7 50 per hundred weight a year ago The experts of painters' colors and materials from Hull in 1908 aggregate, 168,343 hundredweIght, valued at $907,602. WEEKLY Tuna the Prophet. "Vernie Martin" in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere" for May-Thus spake Tuna the Venerable Prophet, Son of Ma-hog, many, many, centUrIes before our time. "Even unto this day have the children of earth dwelt in tents or wherever they could cra,'V1 In out of the rain and hang up theIr mantles and they have sat upon earthen floors and slept upon stone couches, but succeedmg generatIOns shall feather their nests and have comfort "For they shall hew down the wood of the forest, even the cedar of Lebanon and the walnut of Clrcassia and the quarter-sawn oak tree of bhe Upper PenInsula "And it shall come to pass that craft'imen shall come from the land of Ivan and from among the Goths and shall render the wood of the forest into divers forms and patterns, some with talons lIke unto the eagle's, some carved In graven image of hobgoblins and gargoyles, yea, even the nimble cockroach, and yet others done in 'Flanders' and the product thereof shall be called furniture "And 10 I among the hills of Saranac shall there be born a couple of sons and one of them shall be named for one who follows pastoral purSUItS, but he shall not stand for It. He and his brother shall weary of the simple lIfe and they 'ihall pass up the pruning-hook and shall hike them unto a great city, whIch shall be likened unto Sodom and Gomorrah and there shall they trade in articles to sit upon and to eat upon and to sleep upon, and the goods that they shall sell shall be called 'dependable furniture' "And from the four corners of the earth shall there spring up places for sellIng dependable lInes and young men and maidens shall wed, and with shekels of sIlver buy dependable furniture, and theIr chattels shall endure to the end of their days and shall be handed down unto their chIldren and unto theIr chIldren's children even unto the third and fourth gene-rations." The Shipping Department. F W. Kelly in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere "-Shipment of an order is of as much importance as securing the business, since it is shipments, not sales, which count in the end and show the true volume of the bus mess transacted and are the figures upon which we should base our efforts for improve-ment Pleasing our customers IS our only hold' on their busIness; so by making shIpment in accordance WIth theIr 1l1structions, respe>Ct1l1g routIngs and endeaVOrIng to make shipment at the time specified by the customer, wIll do more for making hIm strong for the house than any thIng else we can do, provided, of course, the Roods are satisfactory ServIce is conceded to be the vital factor In retainIng our trade, so it follows that a shipping department of any establIshment is second in importance to none of the other departments, most especially to the sellIng force. as well as the customer. Our customers can co~operate with us by exerclS1l1g care m makmg up orders and makmg their wants plain to us, thereby eliminat1l1g possIble misunderstandings of theIr WIshes Orders are of no value until shIpment is made, so we should aIm to make our shipments compare favorably WIth our sales, of course there wIll always be some dIfference owing to factorIes chang1l1g patterns, dIscontinuing others and various causes beyond our control, but it is the goal we should have in mind and every possIble effort should be made to make our shIpments come very close to the amount of our sales It IS an mdICation of a perfect organIzation and sure to lead to permanent success. ARTISAN 15 .. Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 II ••• •.~. ---_._._._.--_._._.~~._----~------I... ... Dining and Lilirary Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our full hne on exhibIt 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. -- . f .~ Johnson Chair Co. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS in the West. Our new Catalogue will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonable goods. .. , --_._._----_._~----.------... ;. ... 16 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ,-UWLlaHIED I:VERT SATURDAY aY TH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .uaSC"IP'TION '1 eo P'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"IES '2.00 P'!!:" YEA". SINGLE COP'IE. 5 CENTS. PU.L1CATION O.... ICE. 108-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST. G"ANO RAP"'OS.MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAQING EDITO" Entered ... econd ela .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, M.chll'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY. When J. Montgomery Hare, retiring president of the 1'\a-tional Board of Fire Underwriters, declared "there is no more reason for a state to fix rates for insurance than to name prices for merchandise to be sold," he uttered a palpable truth CIr-cumstances alter cases, however, and recent developments in the fire insurance business show that it needs regulation by law to guard the interests of the policy holders. Indeed, that fact was recognized as a public necessity years ago, hence we have insurance boards or commissions in all the states. The banking business is also regulated by laws, as are the raIl-roads, and present indications point to similar regulation of the express business in the near future. Mercantile business, in various lines, is now regulated by laws. Whether regula-tion will be extended until it fixes rates and prices depends largely on the conduct and methods of those who manage the lines of business and industry now regulated by law The government has already assumed the regulation of raIlroad rates and unless the insurance men reform their methods-unless they cease to rob policy-holders in order to pay princelv salaries and make millionaires among their offiCIals-the people will soon demand that rates be fixed by state or natIOnal la\\" This state of affairs smacks of SocIalism, but it has been brought about by those who make the mo"t strenuous protests against gavel nment or state regulation " The efforts of manufacturel s to ImprO\ e the "dllltal y condItIOns of factones and to safeguard the li\ es of \\orkmen, are seldom appreciated Examples in support of thIS '3tate-ment are not want111g The late John \V Iddlcomb pro\ Ided safe guards for use on the shapers, stickers, and othet ma-chines used 111111" factories several months ago .'\ftel a day or two the men refused to operate the machines unle,;s the guards were removed. At the factory of the Rettmg Funll-ture company, guards were attached to a hand planel, a ,;ander and a shaper On the day following the 111stallatlon one of bhe guard" was taken off and hung on the \\ all, another was hfted out of place and supported wIth a strtng .'\ deaf and dumb man operating a sander wIthout a guard had a fin-ger actually sanded off. It was a peculiar and an unu'3ual dC-cldent Soon after it occurred the operator entered the office of the company and motioning for a sheet of papet wrote thereon "I'm a d--n fool" Indt\ idual dnnklng Cup'3 when prOVIded are not used, the men prefen mg to endanger their health if not their hves by drinking fr.:;lm a common receptacle There is work fot the health board to do 111 some of the factones The United Dry Goods company recently organi.ted with dn duthonzed capItal of $35,000,000 of common and $16.000,- 000 ot cumulatt\ e seven per cent preferred stock, have ac-qUIred control of a number of large mercanttle houses all of \\ htch handle furlllture, rugs and kindred goods. These hou:oe" are known m the t1 ade as follows' The H B. Claflin company, C G Gunther & Sons, James McCreery & Co, and the O'NeIll-Adams company of I\ew York CIty; Stewart & Co, of BaltIOre, J K. Adam and \iVilham Hengerer, of Buffalo; Halhne & Co. Newark. N J ; the Powers MercantIle company of l\linneapohs and the Stewart Dry Goods company of LOUh\ Ille \Vhat effect, If any, the consolidation of these 1I1tere'3h "tll have upon the future of the buyers of the '3e\ eral stores mentIOned is not known, as the policies of the big corporation have not been made public; but it is stated that act!"ve competItIOn with Sears, Roebuck & Co, and other mal! order houses Will be entered into. -\ germ proof dming car will be added to the equipment of the Lehigh Valley railroad The interior will not be orna-mented with carvings, mouldings, or projections "If a mI-crobe should ahght anywhere on the smooth mahogany fin- I"h," the butlder remarked, "It would fall off and break its neck" Evidently the builder has not taken into consideration the kitchen, where germs are prepared to be served in the dmmg room -\ letter dated Chicago, June 9, states that the exhlblt1Jn butldlng of the :\ atomal Furnturie Exchange in that city ",tll be completed on June 10, 1911, and that It WIll be opened for bUS1l1ess on July 1, following The plans adopted propose the erection of a structure that will cover seven acres of ground and accord 2,000,000 square feet of floor space It IS a big enterprise. characteristic of Chicago \ person \\ ith a well developed bump of imagination may be able to form something hke an idea of the volume of busI-nes" transacted by Sears, Roebuck & Co, of Chicago, when 1I1formed that the house dealt with six million customers la'3t year and on an average receives 75.000 pieces of mail per day :\0 wonder merchants in smaller cities feel the effect of the mall order business Letter" hay e been received by local manufacturers frJm a L0n~lderable number of buyels who have placed orders for good" needed from time to tIme in their home offices, stating that the} WIll come to Grand Rapids in July for the first tIme The desire to personally inspect widely advertI,;ed 1111e'3which they hace not sold 111the past is given by "everal a" the Iea"on for theIr coming The work of receivl11g, unpacking and pohshing the samples of furmture prepared for the mIdsummer exposition I'; under way Hundreds of men WIll be so employed during the next four weeks in the several furniture exposItion towns \Iany factory hands would be idle but for this extra work in mId-summer \Lany manufacturers are engaged m stuffmg the matI bag,> with Circulars addressed to retailers call111g attention to the e),.hlbits they WIll make during the coming month. The trade papers would serve their purpose better at a great say I11g of expense The reason why men \\ ho mind their own business suc-ceed I" hecause they have so little competition --~~------------------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 The Railroad Bills. There are "'Ide chfference" in the pro\ i"lOns of the rall-lOad bills passed by the house and "en ate and neIther ha" any great resemblance to the bIll wntten by Attorney-Ge1neral v\ Icker"ham and approved by the presIdent The Senate bIll, as formerly passed, contal11S only three of four propo;,al" appearing in the same form as they stood in the onginal ad-ml11istratlOn or "Taft bIll" The provisIOn for a commerce court is retal11ed with only slIght modIficatIOns; and so are al"o the proposItions authonzing shIppers to select their own routes, the provision Imposing penalties for I11correct state-ments of rates by raIlroad companies and that authonzing the commission to begin investIgation on its own l11itiatIve and to control classIflcatlOns But apart from these elements, mains, a" does al'>o the <,tock-and-bond feature, neIther of whIch appear" m the senate bill, in thc house bill the long-and-" hort-haul IS radIcally dlffel ent from that m the senate bIll, It IS \ ery drastIc-prohIbIt,; a greater charge for a short haul than for a long haul under any circumstances, whIle m the senate bIll certam exceptIOn" are made vVashl11gton advlces state that the Republicans-"regu-lars" and "msurgents"-In the house are expected to get to-gether and with a few DemocratIc votes, pass the senate bIll, without referring the matter to a conference committee. Such action does not seem probable however. WIth such radIcal dIfferences between the measures passed by the two houses the usual course would be to refer the matter to a conference commIttee wIth a vIew of reachmg a compromise. Neither the bIll is unrefcognizable as tlhe ongl11al "adm1l1lstratlO11 Ineasure" Almost wholly through a combination of "m;,urgent" and Democratic votes there were injected into the bIll a long-and-short- haul amendment, an anti-injunction amendment, a pro-viSIon glvmg the Interstate-Commerce Comml"slOn power to suspend 1l1crease" in rates for eleven months, a prOVblOn al-lowl11g the c0111lTIlssion to become a party to litIgatIOn m re-gard to Its orders before the new commerce court, an amend-ment "hlftl11g the burden of proof m regard to the rea"onable-ne;, s of mcreases in rates from the shipper to the raIlroad itself, an amendment mclud1l1g telephonc and telegraph com-pa111e;, as common carriers under the inter;,tate-commerce law and several other amendments of mmor importance There have been stnken out of the bill the prov ISlOn legalIz- 1l1g agreements between raIlroad companies to fix rate" and classlficatlOns-a feature recommended by PreSIdent Taft, but denounce,] by Senator La Follette as "a plain sanctIOn of rate-making by combinatIOn and a repeal of the antI-tru"t law m its applIcation to raIlroads ," three other ong1l1al pro- Y Isions that have been cut out of thc bill have been de;,cnhed by the \Vlsconsin senator as features of it that "pretended a control of railroad capItalization, but in truth and 111 fact legalIzed all of the capitalIzation eXIsting 111 raIlroad orga111- zatlOn at the present tIme and prepared the way for vanOU5 schemes of stock watering through legaliz1l1g mergers and financial operat ons." In the house bill the physical-valuation prOVIsion re-house ha,', e, er ,',un endered to the other 111 a case of such radIcal dIsagreement I n thIS 1I1stance. however, fear that reference to a com1111ttee would prolong the contest indefi- 111tely and m1ght result in the faIlure of b0th bills, may in-duce the lower house to SUI render. rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I ran Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large variety. Send for Catalogue and Prttel to II ...._._--_._---_._-------------- KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ...... ,. 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN • • T m_ ••••••••• .. . ... NO OTHER SANDER No. 171 Patelllted Sallld aelt llIachlllle. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. 1 _ .. can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No.i71 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog liE" ~------------------------_.__.-_._._._._-- _. --------------- Attractive Exhibit of Rare Furniture. New York City, June 9 -The furnIture trade seems in a very quiet condition The market IS qUIte de\ Old of activIty and presents no features that are worthy of any extended mention The wholesalers are complammg that the dealers are not buying as usual and it is harder than ever to sell goods The factones are working to faIr capacIty, but much of their product goes to stock The travelIng men are doing the best they can but are not overburdened with orders The Cambridge Trading company has been incorporated by Jacob Anbacher. David Haar and S Offenbach They are capitalized at $5,000 and will manufacture and deal in furmture, cottons, woolens. textile fabrics and artIcles used in house decoration An interestIng- tnp \\as recently made by the \\ riter through the plant and warerooms of the Aimone I\Ianufactur-ing company, who have a line that will stand inspectIOn by the most fastidious buyer. Various rooms are filled wIth terra cotta and marble goods of the finest and rarest that could be picked up, some with a history and others wIthout There are articles known as curiosities, Oriental goods, histoncal and religious, brass goods, r 2ry. porcelain, silver antiques, etc A great deal of the histthlcl and antique furniture IS imported but a large plant is maintained to make period, inlaid and hand painted furniture They consider the Adam Brothers about the best style of furmture imported, followed by the Renais-sance. the Louis, William and Mary, Chippendale, Dutch, Italian, English and other old lines. Some very fine lines are displayed of walnut goods, mahogany Chippendale sets and Chinese designs, the whate enamel lines are most beautIful The Circassian walnut and inlaid and carved Dutch mar-quetry, are probably as high pnced as anything in the ware-rooms. Some white mahogany is dIsplayed that makes OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd. 1910. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A. M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the Forum. Plans and specifications for seating said Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk. Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs prior to date of opening bids. Bidders will be required to enclose a certified check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of good faith. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Wm. Sence, City Clerk. .... • ••••• ¢ •••••• • ••••• a very artistic show1l1g An Adam bed room set is a very beautIful piece of work There is a gold room wh~ch contams a LOUIS XIV table, wIth brache violette marble. also tapestry 'iuites, each thread be1l1g woven by itself, whIch came from the famous Musee de Louvre Some fine old chests show their antiquity, an Italian inlaid table is shown, the work on which \\ as all done with a steel needle. There is a demand now for the EnglIsh period designs, and a great many pieces are carried that are exclusive and never duplicated An exhibition will be held by this firm in July. but at the present time the stock on hand IS lower than usual. R C. Aimone, the head of the firm is at present mak-mg a trip through Europe for new goods and novelties The salesmen are in the CIty now and will go out agam in July an~l .\ugust to cover the entire country. J A. Foley IS in charge of the business 111 the absence of Mr. Aimone A new firm to start 111 business here is the Weiss Furni-ture company, manufacturers and Jobbers at 369 Third ave-nue The president is Benjamin Weiss. who IS treasurer of the Umted States Cabinet Bed company of 336 Delancey "treet, H. P. \Veiss is "ice president; Samuel Stillman IS treasurer and salesman to the city trade; Martm Newman is secretary and will sell goods in Brooklyn; MIke Hyman WIll act as salesman 111 New Jersey The capItal is $12.000, of which $6000 is paId in. They will manufacture dressers, chiffomers, sideboards tables, etc Russia to Invade Argentina. Amencan Ambassador Rockhill writes from St Peters-burg that a committee has been organized there under the leadership of ~1r. Avdakoff, a member of the council of Em-pire, whose object is the sending to Argentma, to partiCIpate 111 the jubIlee international exposition of that republic, of a Russian floating exposition. such as was recently dispatched to Levantine ports Mr Rockhill comments' "The idea has had the active support of Mr. Garcia- Mansilla, the Argent1l1e charge d'affaIres here, and, it is stated, of the RUSSIan mmister at Buenos Aire'i bne of the vessels of the RUSSian volunteer fleet WIll be fitted out for the purpose, and the committee has called upon the chief busine'is firms of the empire to partIcipate "The success of the lIke enterpnse in the Levant has surpassed expectatIOns, the sales of Russian produce aggre-gatmg. It is estimated, more than $1,500,000, and has brought about the establishment of a number of Russian commercial agenCIes in Con'itantlllople It i'i expected that this new enterpn-;e w1l1 have as favorable results and lead to the devel-opment of RUSSIan trade WIth the Argentine Republic." WEEKLY ARTISAN Detroit Factory and Trade Notes. DETROIT, June 9.-The Palmer Manufacturing com-pany will show an almost entirely new line of tables and pedestals on the fourth floor of the Furniture Exchange, Grand Rapids, III July. They will have the finest line they have ever offered for lllspectlOn, embraclllg many styles in Flanders, mISSIOn,Elizabethan, colomals, etc Will Streng, the presi-dent of the company, WIllbe on the floor, assisted by his sales-men, Ellis Rine and H L Doederlin Since completing the addition to the factory they are enabled to fill orders promptly, and are doing a large busIness The Possehus Brothers Furniture Manufacturing com-pany will show this season, for the first time, nine complete dining room sets, consisting of buffet, china closet, serving table, dining table and chairs, made with colomal, mission, Elizabethan and French legs The writer has seen several of these patterns and to praise them would only be doing them justice. Besides this line of dining room furniture they will have their usual large line of dining tables, including all the most popular styles, and the usual hne of the famous Victor extension tables ThiS hne will be shown as usual on the second floor of the Furmture Manufacturers' Exhibition build-lllg, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. J. C. Widman & Co. and the Humphrey-Widman Book-case company will show their complete lines on the first floor, south half, of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids, No. 1739-103 Pull. Made by Grand Ra.pids Brass 00., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...- .... ....... ----- ----_._.-.- -----------1 I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be. if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS t508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL • .. ..---_.. .. ..--_._._---------~ ---------_._--------------------., .. ". I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. III the space formerly occupied by the Taylor Chair company, of Bedford, Ohio. This WIllbe the best and largest line these companies have ever placed on the market, and as they will show in no other market it behooves every buyer who cares more for business than having a good time to keep this in mind. Their lme of dimng room furniture is made III Sher-aton, Elizabethan, and Jacobean styles The dllling room sets will include china closets, buffets and serving tables, with chairs to match They will also show a fine line of imported mirrors and pictures. The Humphrey-Widman sectional book-cases will add very much to the dIsplay. C. H. Haberkon & Co have a new catalogue in press. Since Mr. HabErkon's retirement from the active engagement Mr. S. H. Doench presides at his desk. Retail trade is fair in the city, some saying that they can-not get the goods as f\lst as they can sell them The Granel Upholstenng company, one of the leading furniture stores of Gratiot avenue, is having a fine trade. Ed Drahiem, the buyer for this house, visits the market in Grand Rapids and Chlcago each season. Gratiot aV~'nuehas another furniture store, Geo. H. Streng having opened up at 415 Gratiot avenue, corner of Russell street. Mr. Streng carries a good stock of furniture, bedding, carpets, rugs, stoves, gas stoves and pictures, and reports trade as very satisfactory. C. M. 4' ~ .. No. 6911. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. 1 19 • ~------- -- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urgedto Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. , A Reply to Mr. Schurman. To critIciLe is human. To impugn and mallgn a nldn's motives and ideals, to assume to publIsh to the '" otld "hat he stands for, without being in possessIOn of the facts appeal S to me to be nothing short of inhuman The worst that can be said about the Bishop cntIclOlm 1'3 that it handled without gloves what was believed to be faulty construction. The writer is free to admit that It might ha' e been tempered somewhat by a mention of some of the (2,ood features, with which even the wor'3t "ads" are often endO'" ed Schurman quotes Mahm as saY1l1g that it is "Ise not tll be too confident a critic of advertising True If he WIll read the criticIsm again he will note that I qualIfied It "Ith an ( 111 my judgment." I have also mentioned 111 these columns the fact that it was unreasonable to expect every reader to concUl in the critIcisms, and have repeatedly called for the opmlOIh of others. I am glad that I was finally successful m gettmg action. Those seeking the motive back of Schurman's article un-doubtedly discovered it in his closing word'3, in whIch he admits that he was indirectly connected with the adnrtl"e-ment in question It is the truth that stings, so of course the spirit manifest between the lines of Schurman's remarks b not in the least surprising. I divine another reason why he "rate as he did. The calIbre of Schurman's copy IS too good to admit of discounting his abIlity as an "ad" -wnter, yet he I.., first and foremost an artist You need not be told that neall \ all artists are blessed or cursed, as they choose to consIder It, with a sensitive nature. WhIle unquestIOnably not to be com-pared with Schurman as an artist, stIll I am enough of one to suffer from a like affiiction-a sensitive nature And so, understanding his feelings, I hold no resentment He" as d bit hasty-that's all And I submIt that he was tenfold more severe and harsh in his judgment of me pelsonally, than I,\a" of hIS brother's advel tI::,ement A man can stand WIth equalllm-ity the assaults upon the creations of hi::, brain (or should), but when it comes to assailing the one thing he holds most dear, he should defend himself. I have only a slight acquaintance WIth MI SchUlman He does not know my characteristic'3, or my Ideals and aspIra-tIons regarding advertIsing or any other thing; and it IS qUlte eVIdent that he has not followed closely the columns ovel which I have presided, or I feel sure he would have written 111 a dIfferent strain For instance, 111a recent issue of the Artisan I had the following: "In these days of strenuous competitIOn one IS inclIned to bear down too heavily on price, and not enongh on quallty Pnce is a good thing to feature, because folks lIke to know the cost of th1l1gs that 1I1terest them On the other hand there are many who are just as much concerned about qualIty, they belIe" e m buying the best, and the latter class are, m the last analySIS, the best class to cater to If you gain a reputatIon for rehability, when you do see fit to have a sale your an-nouncements wiii carry greater weight, and consequently stronger pullIng power Let the other fellow do the pnce slashing; the frantic spell-bmding stunt Do" ou go quietly, versistently, and everlastingly after the kmd of trade that "ttcks, the kmd that IS not call1ed away \\Ith every wmd 1.h7' blm's. but whIch is determined to buy good good.." reallze that a faIr return must be paid, and know where t'J go to get "hat they want. It is perhaps slower to build up a trade of thIS character, but it's a heap more satisfying in the end, and more profitable too. And on top of all that you and your bUSI-ness command twice the respect of the community" Does that sound as if I were for the "stuffed club," "Jol- Iter," "Barnum," "cure-all" or other "undefined" style of copy? Does that read as If I would "ltke to see merchandising traIled 111 filth"? Mr Schurman takes it upon himself to assert "con-fidently" and WIthout even a qualifying "in my judgment," that I am. Thus he puts me in a false light before all the readers of the Artisan save those who know to the contrary. He says further, that neither he nor I originated the theones of advertISIng which we are both following, yet he goes on to state that the "pnce is almighty" theory is a Stalker theory. He remarks that a salesman went into a store last January in response to a "Stalker type of ad ," etc. My dear Schurman, these are not Stalker types at all. I stand for no partIcular type of "ad." save that of truth-fulness, honesty, plain speech, plain illustration, plus all the force the writer can put into it. Force it must have, even to the sacrifice of the more elegant forms of English. Advertising IS not a question of elegant English-but dollars. Even the most cultured al e susceptIble to forceful copy, albeIt they mIght not choose the same mode of expression in giving calm to theIr thoughts And I have an idea that graphic language of another nature might have more effect on them than an ad, ertisement couched m the same kind of language they "ould use I t would at least have the novelty of freshnes'3 By forceful, I do not mean bombastic. But I do mean short, sharp, concise, meaty sentences. Every word pregnant with meaning-ringing with spirit, energy and conviction. The kmd of copy that grips and holds-creates desire-stirs to action, and starts a sale that even the blithering idIOt Schur-man mentIoned could not kIll And I cannot help but add that I am decidedly of the opinion that the "we invite you to 111spect" kind of copy does not come within the range of the above defil11tion of forceful English, whatever you may thmk of it. Schurman says that I speak confidently. He might rather have anal}7ed It as positively. Yes, I did. I believe in it. A man WIth convIctIOns worth while always speaks POSItIVely and confidently PosItively, because one with strong convic-tIons cannot speak otherwIse; confidently, because without a spmt of confidence one cannot hope to make much of an impression Schurman says I should be mIme for clean, constructive, confidence-earning copy. WIth all my heart I am; always was-always will be. There IS nothmg in anything I have wntten for the ArtIsan that could be construed to mean any-thing else. Schurman says that the average salesman sells along the lmes of least reSIstance True again. That is the fault of the manager-not the ad-WrIter. If more ad-writers could dic-tate the policy of the stores for which they write ads, Schur- WEEKLY ARTISAN man's doubtful imputation that bargain offers had spent their force on the public would have much less ground for con-sideration. It is perfectly honorable, upright and good business to secure attention through attractively priced goods, and to sell better ones if possible. You are not betraying the confidence of the buyer in so doing; you are rendering a service, for the better the article a person buys, the greater the satisfactlOn My criticism that prices quoted were too high was in gen-eral- not directed at the $29.50 item. But I stlll mainta111, and I beheve I wlll be substantiated by the majority, that the $2950 panel should have been at the top, and the out-of-town panel at the bottom Schurman makes a good plea for the flowers, tho' how he knows that I need them more often on my table is a conundrum. Granting that they are all right, I still adhere to the idea that they should have been less con-spicuous in close proximity to the tables-at least in a news-paper ad. About the 15th of July there will be issued by a Chica~;o publishing house, a book from my pen. I am going to send a copy to friend Schurman. When he has read it through, T am sure he will say to himself, if not to me, "Stalker, I mi",- judged you." New York"s Vocational School. A vocatlOnal school, long advocated for this Clty, where boys are to be taught trades, has at last become a reahty as a department of Pubhc School 100, at Fifth avenue and 138th street, Manhattan, under the leadership of Dr Pickett. who has been chosen for the work because of his practical know-ledge of mechanics. ThiS school IS not only the first of its kinJ in thiS City, but the first, It IS said, in this country. Dr. Pickett says that while IllS school did not expect, and did not wish, to turn out Journeymen who, as boys, would be able to take the places of men 111the workshops. he emphasizes the fact that he intends to give the 400 boys 111the school a theoretical knowledge of the trade'3 which they selected, and which will be better than they could get under the present management of workshops Courses wlll be offered in woodworking, includ111g car-pentry, house construction, cab111et mak111g and JOInery; 111 metal work, 111clud1l1g machine shop and bench work; in forge and sheet metal work, in plumb111g, includ1l1g sal11ta-tlon and hotwater heating, 111 pnnt111g and book-bind1l1g by hand. and 111 mcchal11cal and artltectural draw1l1g and the mak1l1g and reaJ1l1g of blue pnnts At thc same tnne the boys ale to be taught Enghsh, mathematiCs. phySICS and chenllstry, 1l1dustrial history and geography, CIVICS,bookkeep1l1g and commerCial law, all 111 such a way as to empha'317e the practical Side of these studies Boys ale taken Without eXam1l1atlOn, If they ale 14 years old <lr 0\ CI and have passed till ough thc elementary school course, or, If 0\ er 14 anJ can pass an eXam1l1atlOn eqUl\ alent to thc Sixth year 111 the elementary schools No boys al e taken under 14, and none Without certlficatcs of character Mr. Cox Takes an Important Order. A large hotel IS 111 course of constructlOn at Scranton, Pa A few days ago Charles H Cox, of the Michigan Chair com-pany, dropped 111tO Scl anton and found the representatl\ C'o from several retal! houses and manufacturers engaged 111 negotlat1l1g for orders for furl11ture. Mr. Cox conv1l1ccd the owners that the J\Ilchlgan Chair company's goods were what they needed for the d1l11l1g room, the chamber and other de-partments of the house, and thlOugh a local dealer closed a contract fOl the same 111 Jig time 21 W"E C.f\N DOUBL& THE C.ftPl\.CITY OF YOUR DRY KILN. Detroit. Mich .• Oct. 18. 1909. McCaskey Register Co.• Alhance, Ohio. Gentlemen: Replying to yours of the 17th inst., with reference to Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln which we are oper-ating here. would say after investigating the matter very thor-oughly we came to the conclusion that the Kiln offered by them would prove the most satisfactory and we accordingly built one under their plans and speCificationsone year ago. and are very well pleased with the operation of same. We find that our lumber is brought through in splendid condition and the time consumed being conSiderably less than heretofore, and in every way is operating to our satisfactIon. Yours truly. (Signed) ]. L. McDonell, Supt. DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. · 'G'~~d Rapids Cresc~~~--i THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH I Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .... 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,"..._----------------------.---.-----------.-.-.- .-..-.-.----~----"'1 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES White Enamel Lined. Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. II .. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXcl~s~:eu~~;~M~:U::SoKrEGON, MICH. New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager Persian Rugs and Carpets_ There was mVOlced to the United States last) ear Persian rugs and carpets to the value of $349,129 from Smyrna, $3,137.- 015 from Constantmople, and $143,392 from Bagdad This trade has shown considerable growth smce Amencan buyers began travelmg through ASiatIc Turkey and Persia, personally selecting many of these floor covenngs The shipments from Bagdad to the Umted States vvere more than for five years prevIOus, though the supply of real antique Persian rugs IS dim1mshing fast About $850,000 worth of rugs came to Bagdad from PersIa in 1909, of which less than one-fourth were old Nearly all the genume antIques. however, go to Amenca Shlraz, Ramadan, Tabnz, Kerman-sha, Bokhara, Kulyah1, and Sma are the kmds of carpets most-ly sent to the United States. The local pnces paId for such rugs range from $260 to $3 70 per square meter for ordmary qualtty, $440 to $6 for better grades, and $880 and upward for extra fine antIques, all dependmg on age, qualtty, and condition. Cheap rugs, amltne dyed, m 1mitahon of anCIent patterns, are now manufactured m large numbers by a foreign firm at Sultanabad for export to Europe They sell for much less than real Persian handmade carpets, and are readily detected by rubbing wIth a mOlstened cloth, whIch reveals the amlme dyes by leaving a stain on the cloth Every district in PersIa has ItS own style and desIgn of rugs; yet the mere name IS no guide to quality, as good and , II II1 bad rugs are turned out in all districts It is not easy to dis-tmguish one rug from another by word descriptIon, but a feature of the Sh1raz, Koordistan, Jaff, Kulyahi, etc, is that they are woven wholly or partly of cotton. The dominant color of all Shiraz rugs and carpets is red, while the Bijars are blue and marine. The choicest rugs are woven in silk and wool, and come largely from Kerman, Persia. Many ancient patterns, products of early Mohammedan days, as well as conventional flower de-signs, are seen. The color blendings are exquisite. These silk rugs are usually about four and one-half by seven feet, and are measured by the native "zar," a square measure of twenty by forty inches. Sixteen stitches per inch are usually woven in the manufacture of rugs and carpets for export, though Per-sian rug fanciers insist on finer weave. About 1,000 100m" are operated by hand in Kerman. Rere the price for the better qualities of carpets is nearly $5 a "zar " The estimated annual output of woolen rugs in Kerman is $200,000. The silk carpets of Kerman sell locally for about three times the price of woolen carpets, and in Cairo one silk rug from Kerman has been known to bring $500 Small boys, working two or three at a time under a master \\ eaver, turn out these valuable rugs The master reads the pattern aloud to them, which they recite or repeat after him as they work. These formulae contain many words now obsolete. --------------_._- ---_._--- iIIII III II III II I II II III II I.. Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAA - _. - - ..---~ I ------- .._ ....--------- ..- - --------_._._------_._._---_._-- ... _ ....- ....- ~I WEEKLY ARTISAN DEPARTMENT STORE TRUST. Twenty-Million-Dollar Corporation to Control Western Concerns. The May Department Stores company was lllcorporated at Albany last week, with a capitalIzatIOn of $20,000,000, of which $15,000,000 IS common stock and $5,000,000 preferred. Goldman, Sachs & Co and Lehman Bros are ItS financial rep-resentatives The company was orgamzed to take over and operate a number of large department stores in the middle West and the far West and to form the nucleus of a still larger corporatIOn that is designed to absorb leading dry goods houses west of the Mississippi valley. The charter of the new company permits It to manufacture as well as to buy and sell the articles that are handled by important dry goods houses and department stores and to engage In a general real estate business as well. The preferred stock will be cumulative and will pay 7 per cent dividends Dividends on the common stock will not be paid until after a surplus of $250,000 has been accumulated and no rate higher than 4 per cent may be established until the surplus reaches $1,000,000. The preferred will be redeem-able at 125 Application to list both the common and the pre-ferred will be made to the New Yor k Stock Exchange. There will be eleven directors Among the companies to be absorbed are the May Shoe and Clothing company of Denver, the Schoenberg Mercantile company of St LoUls, the May Real Estate and Improvement company of St Louis and the May company of Cleveland "Way to Ship." There IS a book publlshed by The Chicago Association of Commerce under the auspices of the Freight Traffic com-mittee which, although unknown to some of the great inter-ests of the association, is an absolutely indispensable instru-mentallty to many others. This book, the work of ]. F. Mor-ton, is entitled "Way to Ship." and has been preceded by three other numbers. The purpose of "Way to Ship" is to show shippers what are the through package cars leading to desirable trade terri-tones, and hrow shipments should be routed to obtain the best possible service. The book is in two parts. It contains seven ty-nine pag es in its first part devoted to the listing of stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Against every station of these many thousand is placed a number, and that number carries the inquirer to the book's second part, being, literally, "Key No.1 to Way to Ship book No 4, 1910." To demonstrate the relation of the two parts of the work, it may be said for instance that the town of Abanda, the alphabetical leader in the Alabama list, has against it the number 679. and that the inquiring shipper who wants to reach Abanda in the best way does so if he follows the routing lllstructions which he finds set opposite the number 679 in the key In the case in point, if he were wise he would ship by the Chicago Eastern Illinois, in the Birmingham car, ex-pectlllg that his goods would arrive on the fourth day, and that they would have but one transfer, and that of a character least subJ ect to delay, loss and injury The book of course contams necessary shipping instruc-tions, and is equivalent to a business maker to every shipper who makes constant use of it. The package car service is the result of co-operatIOn between interested railroads and the Freight Traffic committee, and is one of the important constructive acts of the association in its unremitting cam-paign for trade extension. Have you received your copy of DRY KILNS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS? A book on the "best and latest" practice of artificial lumber drying. IMPROVED ROLLER BEAR-ING TRUCKS Doors, Steam Traps, and the" ABC" Moist Air Drying Apparatus fully described and clearly illustrated. Mention Publication No. 265 (M. A.) AMERICAN BLO'¥[R CoMPANY ----DETROIT. MICH. _ U S. A Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. 2J 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R Taylor. Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn ; Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mmn., W. L Harns. Mlnneapohs, Mlnn I C. Datuelsou, Cannon Fans. BULLETIN No. 147. W L GRAPP, Do you thlllk for one mlllute that an 1l1"otliutlOn 'iuch a" h pictured above, could have grown up 111 ten ) ear" a" theY have, If they had not used some fundamental pr1l1C1ple tJ make It possIble? Do you know what that fundamental pnn-clple IS, If not, ask yourself how about the first cost of your source of supply. Is thIS instltutlOn, a mad order ev d, paying the same price that you and I pay? ,VeIl, no, hardl), and unless the mall order house could better the prICe'i, then v"lth the 'i111all dealer" thc} never could do what they have done and are no\', dJ1l1lS If y,m find III your business, that you cann 1t u"e the v 01U111C,that bnngs to you the'ie conces- '-olons. why not become a part of an JrgamzatlOn, whIch can? Thus you wdl be on equal footlllg with the largest competItor,; known III modern times Thlllk It over, Yours truly WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers. F A Quinn IS a new fur111ture dealel at Coppcr Blll, '1 enn Ed \vanI Lalo,on 10, tu open d ne\, fUlll1ture store at N CW-a) go, ~11ch Jacoh Uornstem hao, opened a new fUJmture "tOll at Sh3moh1l1, Fa Charles Han and "\ 0 FOl d, real estate dfalcl s h<.1\C fitted up a St'Jl e In \\ 111chthey wIll open a o,tock of carpel', emU fUl mture at Patterson, III J r Petnk & Sons have enlarged thell upholstellng hLhmes" at 930 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan , and have stal ted up an up-to-date fmm ture store Jullus and MollIe Wlelbo,ohn and H Phllllps have 111cor-porated the Grand Furniture company, capltallzed at $10,000, to open a new store 111Denver, Col J B Pnnce has opened a new stock of store and office fm111ture and fixture.., 111a part of the CapItol Furl11ture com-pany's hmldl11g 111 RaleIgh, 1\ C The InternatIOnal FurllltUI e company, C L Nord, man-dger, WIll open a new store wIth a large stock of fUl111ture, carpets, rugs, etc, at InternatIOnal Falls, Ml11n J T SImmons of Greenwood, S C, wholesale and retall dealer In furmture and, ehlcle, has rented the J P Jennings store "oon to be bmlt at McCon11lck, S C, and WIll open It 1\ Ith a full stock of vehIcles and furmture hy the mIddle of July Preparing for the ~lidsummer St>ason. The Berkey & Gay Fur111ture company arc busy theoc cla\ s v,lth preparatIOns for the July sale The maIn office on the fir:ot floor has been completely remodeled dnd presents a beautiful appeal ance, filllshed throughout as It h WIth ma-hogany ThIS firm dt considerable expense a year ago, fitted up a specIal room to show theIr Flanders furmture 1he room has 7,500 feet of floO! space and IS one of the furl11ture sl~hts of the cIty ThIS July, they are agam makmg l111pl0\ e- 111ents m theIr show rooms, alld wIll have two addltlonal spe-ual rooms, one showmg thClr enamel bed room lme-the other theIr new Sheraton cleltlons, whIch they are showl11g qUIte extenSIvely thIS season In addItion to the exhlbltlon of furnIture an exhIbIt equally as 111terestmg is that made of thell ad, ertlslng serVIce for 1he dealer The Berkey & Gay company reah?e that their pr::lblem IS not soh ed when furnI-ture IS sold the retaIler, that It really only commences at that pOInt-that the real problem is to mo, e the goods from the retaIler's floor ThIS explal11s wihy so much money ha:o been put behind theIr advertIsing campaIgn and so much thought In then dealers advertIsing servIce One cannot help but be Impressed WIth the thoroughness of these selll11g plans and the assIstance they can be to the dealer 1\ ho vnll take advantage of them \ VISIt tc) the Belke) & Cra) "hol\ 10()111C, dt1Jmg the lull sale v\ 111be tll11e II ell "pent The Past Season a Good One. John S LInton the secretary of the 1'\atlOnal 1<url11tl11e \Ianufacturers' aSSOCIatIOn, who keeps v"ell mformed uron the condItIons that eXIst m the mdustry, on \vednesday, June 8, expressed the opmlon that the sales of furl11ture dunn~ the current spnng season wel e fully ten per cent largel than dunng the correspondmg "ea~on of last year ,Yhl1e It l'J d fart that the travehng salc'imcn took but few ordel s on theIr Lnt tnp, the orders receIved through the malb were unu"uall) large 1'Ir Ll11ton heheves that the fall season of trade WIll be conSIderably more actIve and larger 111 volume than that of the fall of 1900 As an mdlcatlOn of the grounds that eAlst r---.-_- ~--_._.-._--------_._-_.~---~-- I IIII -- • n --I IIII II III II IIIIII II III -01 THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.s .nd and receive de.crlptlve Circular of Glue Heater., Glue Cooker. and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-------------------------_._---_._---_.._-_.- ._- sUPPO! tIng the Vle\\ of :\Ir Lmton,]\.11 Insh of the Hastmgs fable company state" that IllS firm has receIved forty-SIx orders from the tern tory tl aveled b) 111msel£ sInce he made hIS tnp March last Mr. Lupfer"s New Project. Geor~e 13 Lupfel, of Columbus, 0, for many yeals Lldl1<.1£;trof the manufacture of beddmg- for the film of whIch he Wd" a membel, havl11g 'iold hIS mtelest io hIS paltner, has 01 gal1lLcd the George B Lupfer company, purc11dsed an up-to- date factory bl11ld1l1g and eqUIpped It WIth the best of 111 )dern machmelY fe)! the manufacture of a supenor hne of mattres'ies, box spnngs, WO\ en and COIled WIre springs, ptl-luw", etc The plant, lac ated at 262-4 North Hanover street 1" nO\\ 1ll opelatlOn and lis ploduct" wlllibe exhIbIted WIth F '1 Fhmpton & Co at 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago, and at the factor) '\11 Pbmpton is a 'itockholder m the Lupfer company ,Vlth hIS long expenence and fir"t c1a"s fac11ltles Ilr Lupfe, h "ure to make a ~ucces" of his ne\\ project Furniture Fires. '1homa" J :\Iugge's furniture store at I:ohpemmg, 1\11ch, "as destroyed by fire recently The GreenVIlle (Tex) ~Iattres'i company's plant wao, burned on June 1 Loss $3, SOO,pal tlally msured Schwartz Brothers, fur11lture dealers of NOI wlch, Conn, lost about $2,000 by file m theIr siore on Sunday, May 29. rull) 111SUl ed The plant of the l\Iantenffc1 RcfllgelatOl company of \llllneap )11", '\Imn, vva" damaged to the extent of $10,000 b) fire on June 2 In"uI eel Lentz Tahles Sell Themselves. N \SIlVILLE, Mlch, J1111e 9 -The Lent? Tdble com-pany ha, e a satIsfdctOl y trade, and WIll bnng out man) ne\\ pattern:o [or the fall 'ieaSOll, mc1vdmg Flander:o, ml:o:OlOn,carll' Enghsh, Tudor, etc The Lentz dmmg exieno,lOn tables have a WIde reputatIOn as the best made and fim"hed on the malket They do not exhIbIt at any of the furmtm e exlllbltlOns, but have no trouble in marketmg theIr output Long in the Business. George Lv an.., although a ) oun~ man, ha-, been en- ~dged m the sale of furnltUle a lOll£; ilme, not Clmte as long a:o Halle) 0, e.Jmet take" 111 makmg a lound tnp to earth, from ItS hole 111 the cll"tant every\vhel e, but long enough to under-stand the game, and sell a lot of goods to the dealel S m the soutlnvest anel the PaCIfic coast 2S ,.---------------~-- - - -- - - -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers. Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets. K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets. Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, iNitation mahogany, and imitation go1den oak. THE BOCKS~rEGEFURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supelrior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL, FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the gr1eat mixed car loading center of the United Sta.tes, made so by the Big Six Association. 1 .. Made by The Karges Funuture Co - - - - ---_-II WEEKLY ARTISAN Made by Bosse FurnIture Company Made by World Furniture Compan}. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co a--------- ._ ••••• -.4 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The Roper I~url11ture facto!\ 1<" to he 11W\ ull10m \I1-!I,t \\ aka, Ind to DIxon, III J D 110rns nncleIiaku c11 l\.llklanel III hd' 'c lei 111- bU<.,lne"" trl Henly Laudl" The Tnggs-5teele I t11l11ture C0111]M!1)0 \n\1l"ton \la ha" gone II1t) banklllptcy FlOellch Drothers succeed Phlhp llOellch t\\lnJt\\l c dl,d u and undertaker, at Gridley, III IV 1;\1 Kelly & Son ha\ e ,ucceeded unde1 takll1g busmess at Elburn III The Rochester (:\ Y) c,tme and rl11nltllte cc)mpa11\ have opened a hI anch St01 e at Glen ralls. '\ Y The Lall1gsbu1 g (\llch ) Fl11l11tu1e anel L ndel taklllg C0111- pany has been II1corporated CapItal ,tack ~1O000 The Grand Rapld-, (\llch') L:ph0l,telln!2 COmpd11\ ha\ e Increased theIr capItal stock 110m $20000 to S:;O 000 The Enterpnse I~l11l11ture company dealel"- of PhlLt delphIa, ha\ e filed a \ oluntaly pet1t1011 m h Wk.1 \\ptL \ The MIller Furl11tllte compa11\ 01 \the11' r;a ,tie 1l1clk-mg anangements to add an unde! takIng dep31 tmlnt to the11 bUSIness The Central 5pnng Ded compan" ha\ e ~I\ (n 1l( IllC that then pnnupal offiel ha" been mo\ eel 110 11 [1m. ,,- 1 . to Brooklyn 1he Rhodc,,-Il1teh-C<Jllln, I111111turc l 1l1Jllll\ I' 1.) occupy a ne" bUlld1l1£; to be el ected on l'a din" ,1.1eel III l'en sacola, } la The People'" lUlll1tJlI e comp.U1\ nf been II1corporated b) S \ [ Good111an, -\ LeWIS CapItal stock. $10 000 Jacob II 01£ & Co, ±tlll11tl11e dealel" c 1 ha,e II1corpCJ1ated tben busmess a, the Speal ture company CapItal stock, $25000 The Hunt .:Uanufactunng company (Jarrett, Ind, ha" been mcol pOl ated b, rredenck, Charles Abel and E F Clal k The Campbell-C;mlth-Rltchle compall\ \\ 0"( llnL I" hanel-led by F l' Plimpton & Co, are bUllchng an a 1cltt]()J1 70" 90 four stones to theIr plant at Lebanon. Ind C J Enksen, fmnltule dealer, of Lawlerce, Kan. ha' II1corporated hIs busme,s, under the name 0 the :Cl1ksen Furlllture company CapItal stock, $25,000 A. E Tromp. a man of \\ Ide e"penence 111 the 1111111t1L.1l trade has taken the pOSItIOn of managel 111 the ll1ll1ltul e department of the -\x BIlly store, EUf;ene 01 e A A Husey, \\ J \!Jhan and 1\ 1\ C (j,,, h,,\ C 111- corpOlated the Hu,ey-\llhan Fl1Il1Itl1lc com pam . cl('alCl~ oj Oakland, Ca1 CapItal "tock. $50,000, all paId 111 The PI!/cr Furmtl1l e and Hareh\ dl e com pam 01 [ac!"on- \ d1e. I-la, arc erecting a concl ete hudd1l1g, t\\ )-"101Jes \\ Ith slxtv-foot frunt, that the) \\ III occupy In \u~ust The ::\;01thelll Ca'oket company of lond du lac, 1\ I" d1C ereLi1l1g an addltlon to thell plant. \\ hlch \\ Jll co"t S20,000 and enable them to employ fifty or sl ...t.y adclItlOnal men The Hartman 1urmture company. dealers of ChICd~O, are about to elect a lalge \\arehouse on the south SIde ]he) paId $26,400 for the sIte whIch fronts on II ell l\\ 01th a\ enue 1 he D'ltzgera1d FurnIture company al e el ectlnt; a fi\ e- "tory pI es"ed bnck buJ1clIng. \\ ll1ch IS to h'l\ L ,dl \llodeln Imprm ement" and be read) for uccupanc} ,lbuut the fil"t of September The ::\Iutual Fl1Imtl1le LOmpdm \\ho IVnght in the retaIl busmess at Owego " \. \ [ahan In thc l1caUlt1r nt rL e" ha' D I Loppel and \ c... Cln cldnel (). c...ample l~Ull1l "-tOIl' tl1ll1ltUH LClgl H UW. 1\ ,ucc~eclecl I I' Y , ,tbOUl a ) edr ,l~ I h'l' 111)\\ c!')-.Lcl the 0\\ ego stOl e and moved the "tack to j ll1lncl \ ') " l \l,,()n Illlnltule ded1el of Del'l Creck. near Bloom- III~ton Ill, pm elM "eel thL old p,J"toffiee hl1lldmg whIch w clS lece11111 \dcateel l1lcned It to a lot ad]0111111ghb store and \\ 111 U,e lt ,h a wal chouse 11 " 11alHi,un ot FClgllS Fa1h, and H I1 Halver"on, ha\ e pUlchased the T II Pelrt's furl11tme "tore bus111ess at "ank eentel ,[mn H B Haher"on \\111 manage the busl-ne,~ unr1el the film name ul Hal'. erson & Co rll,C DClke, ~ Ga} lurl1ltul e company, Grand RapIds, hd\ e fttteel llP a leceptlOn loom for the buyers who wdl call dt the facton cl11I111gthe summel sales season It is fi11lshed 111 mahogan\. calefull) selected and matched C T' II lllldm,on ha, sold hIS 1I1telest 111the fl1lniture a'l(] undo tak111~ ]m"1I1es" of \llllld111son & Stahl, Tecum:oeh, \1 Jell to r ugcnc c..,el\ lee The new firl1l-Sel vIce &Stahl- \\111111J\l 10 \[1 c..,cnlce, stOle on ChlLago street I hl (,tate 0\ the 1.,1.( Dd\lcl IV Kendall of the PhoenIX 1 UInltnl e c0111]Jal1\, Gland Raplcls, \11Ch, has been appraIsed aL «;ZO() 000. Inclmll1l:; sCJme good "lzed hlocks of '>tock 111 L(1)dlt mll1lng compal1le" th,lt al e pclymg dIvIdends j ill c..,outhel'l Spl1n~ Ded company and other credItors hel\ l hleel a petitIOn 11I hankruptcy a~al11,t vV J\. Rhudy whl 11,1- lllcn elOlJlg 11l1~llle" 11I \tlanta, Ga, under the name" of the I ,t~ll lt11l11tl1le company and the Globe Fur11lture com-pall\ \\ R TLll11~ 101111el1) of the film of Delle & HaIJIS, IIll11l1111l elealu" o[ CCJllCOld '\ C. lus purchased the fur11l- 1111e-t(lIe It \\ dlton ~ \lcLeall. 111 -\shevllle, '\ C, and WIll l lnllll11L the hU-'I11e,,, undel the name of the Barns I~ur11lture ot l(l111Pclll\ On aeCOl1nt ot the 1 etl! ement of Charles E Hallock and the elbjJj..,al ot Ill" ~tolk m the Hallock I\1I111ture company of Rockt lel III (Tt!\ L l\d1Jam and 0 F lmfrock who n)',\ wnt! 01 the aaftll' of the company and own the controllll1g l111ele,t \\ 111~oon l han~e thE tItle 1 he a..,,,et, 01 \. & H C Knowlton, chaIr manufacturers oj \\ OIceqer, .:'lIas, "ho faIled recently are to be sold at auctIon 1\\ the aoo.H;nee-, neAt SatLlIday, June 18 The property c Ilbl' L' ot leal e, ta te, machmery stock fil1lshed and unfin- 1,hecl, IU111ber ancl account" recelyable T ~ 1 R Duck chdlr manufaclurels of Sterhng, Mass, ha\ e the contract fOJ hlfl1lshlng 11 700 chaIr" to be used at the lef!Jle,-Tohn'on pll/e fight at San FranCISCo on the 1 ()Ill th r t [ul'. The\ ha\ e ,11lpped tluee car loads and WIll ..,tal t the othel-, 0,1 thel1 1\ a) dUlll1g the comll1g week J hc ] \ all"\ 111c rl1rl1lture \[anufaeturers' AssaClatlon e1110\erl 1hell a11l1nal ontmg la'>t \londay They chartered a ,teamer tOl an excUl "lOn up the 01110 nver, carned plenty of Jefl e,h111cnt, ancl ,pent the clav nght PreSIdent E1I D \J 111([. \\ ds chairman of the C0111nllttee on arrangements The -\elam" & Ra\ monel \- eneer compan), manufacturel (Jl thll1 cut 1\1mbe1 and \ eneelS, IndIanapolis. have recently been mcol pOIatec1 bl1t thl'> WIll m no way change the man-agement The bnslne,," WIll be Il1lfeased by the handlll1g of more 1m ug n \\ ooel " than heretofore P BRay mond IS pI e~ldent 01 the, ompany I he JIuo'lu '[an\1factulll1~ lG111pan) of 1'\e\\castle, Ind, all cl the "e\\ ca" tle Cabll1et company of the same place, are p1amtlft<., In a ~ult II hlch ha, been filed 111 Ul1Ited States (OUlt a"all1't 11ank H Da\ls. a fnr1lltnre dealel of Columbus, allee;1l1~ ll1tungeme11t UI d patent on a mou1dmg board u3ed ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 1ll making the flOnts of btchen calbmet:'> The plaintIffs dsk damages and an lllJunctlOn Employes of the Hal tmann FUlll1ture compan), ChIcago, went to the home of :\1rs Herman SIegel to get a davenpol t on whIch payments had lapsed Mrs Siegel vvas not at home and they took a davenport that had been bought at another store and paid for. K ow Mrs SIegel I;" SU1l1g the Hal tman c::Jm-pany for $1,000 worth of diamonds that bhe alleges were 111 the davenpol t when It was lemoved The Jones Bros Dry Goods company, owners of the largest department store west of ChIcago and conduct1l1g a large mall order bus111ess, hay e gone 111to the han<ls of a re-ceIver, WIth a~sets estImated at $2 000,000, and habllItIes aggl e-gatmg at least $1,400 000 1 he bus1l1ess WIll be cont1l1ued wlth:mt change of pollc) or management 1;n~easonahle \"eather IS gIven as the cause of the faIlure Frank Keppler has sold hI;" 111terest 111 the ens", ell- Keppler Furl11tm e company, manufacturel s of pallor fur11l-ture, Grand Rapids, to lrank and James Cnswell l\1r Kep-pler has been offered a pObltlOn a~ manager of the uphol-stenng depal tment of Levenson & Zel11tz, Balt1l11Ole, Md, which he WIll 111\ estlgate befOl e accept111g The Cnswell- Keppler company, 01f;anucd three ) ears ago has been re-markably sUlces~ful lor the "ummel ;"ales season they have pi epal ed alaI g e lIn e of Engllbh gOdds made In only one deSIgn New Factories. Eugene Andrews and others have orgal11zed the High }J01l1t Casket company, capltalILecl ,1t $50,000, with $14,000 The Rmg Furl11ture company, recently 01gal11zecl, al e huddmg a new factOly at Kerner;"vllle, N C The Jeffer"on Beddmg company, recently Olgal11zed, lus eqmpped a factory and WIll make mattresse:o, bedc1111g etc, at Jefferson, \\ IS. The new fur11lture factory, bOller house and dry-bIn, helllg erected by the Showel s BlOS Co, Bloom111gton, Ind. IS nearly completed F C Shive, S E Roberbon and H \\ DavIS, have 111- corporated the Tledmann ConvertIhle Chall company, capIta-lIzed at $100,000. and will estabhsh a factOly at vVJ1m111gton, Del The new Supenor Furmture company of RocHm d, Ill, are about to beg111 opelatlOns They have constructed one of the largest and best equIpped plants 111that ftu111ture 111anu-factunng center Eugene Andre", s and other" ha" e on;a1117ed the ITH;h Pomt Casket company, capltalI7Cd at $50,000 With $1+,000 subscnbed, dnd wdl bmld a plant for the manufacture of c )ffins and caskets at High POInt, ~ C The Detachable Book Rest company of Vldalla, Ga, which \\ a" orgal117Cd last fall has been reOJ ga11lzed WIth new managers who have made arrangements to have theIr patented de" Ice manufactured by the V ldalla Coffin and Casket C0111- pany untd they can build a plant of theIr own After long negotIa t1Ons, Col Don IS of Cordele, Ga, has closed a deal with the Atheps (Ga) Mattress and SprIng Bed company, whereby the latter are to estabhsh a branch factory, employ1l1g not less than fifty hands, at Cordele The Arthur C Schuet7e Manufactunn~ company, Ma111- towoc, \VlS, ha, recently opened an e;"tabllshment tor the manufacture of church, school and office fur111ture, mtenor woodwork, etc All the mach1l1ery was purchased from a fac-tOly which had been shut down for some ilme apel the plant IS now in operation Sears, Roebuck & Co, have closed a deal by which they 29 become owners of the plant of the Spruce Mounta1l1 Lumber company at Clyde,;..J C The company have also purchased 1000 acres of tImber land from \V II Leatherwood for $13,000 It IS understood that the gleat Chicago firm propose to con-vel t the lumbo mdl 111to a furmture factory, manufactunng f111111ture for thell mall ordel bus1l1ess dllect flom the newly ptllchased timber lands National Furniture Exchange. The capital stock of the National Furniture Exchange, ChIcago, IS $3,500,000, of which $1,000,000 IS pleferred and $2,500,000 IS common stock The officers are' President, Joseph J Schneider, vice pi eSldent, FrederIck M Bowes, secretary, Norman A Larson, Treasurer, Edward LarE,on Executive Commlttee-Jo,eph J Schneider, Jo:"eph R 'V Cooper and N A Larson The dlrectOlate consists of ~he officers, Joseph R \N Cooper and two other~ to be selected The company pi 0- poses to erect an exposltlOn htllldmg on Twenty-second street, near the lake front \" IIII ~-----_._--_. . .., B. WALTER & CO. ~~ TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA ......... -- ------------.~...-....-...~I. WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT Kimball Elevator Co., 3~3 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0 , l0811th St, Omaha, Neb., 129Cedar St , New York CIty. ....._-.., IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVAlO RS II QUICK RAISING Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. j The Best Hand Power jor Furntture Stores Send for Catalogne and PrIces. KIMBAll BROS, CO" "" ", .. sc. COlnoi! Bloffs, la, I '---_._._._----------_ ..._._.-._-------- .. ~, ----~-----------~_.._. -..-.-.., - I III , -~ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (f{arence lR. bills DOES IT ~_...16.3 Madison Avenue -CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, },(ICH OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 ..... . .. 27 N. Market St.. Grand Rapid., Mich. .---------------------_ .. ~-------------------------- .-~ 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone I70~. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN $2~ SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for September, 1880. SIlas Stern wJ1l open a furmture store 111 Eufaula, Ala J uhus Berkey has returned home after spend111g seyeral weeks In New York George W Gay and famIly ha' e returned from theIr <,um-mer outing at CharlevOIx E. T. Nelson and famdy ha' e completed a tour ot the northern pleasure resorts J Fred Baars, J r, has returned home after pa'i,,1I1g hIS vacatIOn at Martha's Ylneyard Gerhart Raumann of ?lIlddletov' n, Conn. ha-, patented a spnng closer for doors and !Sate" Wdham D1I1wlddle has entered the employ ot the Kent Furmture company a:-,a decorator Jacob C More of the Grand RapId" FurnIture company passed hIS summer "\acatlOn near Petoskey W. H Beals of the Berke, tz Ga, Furl1lture com pan) IS VIsiting customers of the house In the \\ est R W Mend!, secretary ot the Phoel1lA Furl1lture com-pany has returned from an outll1g on the \tlantlc 'ieaboard SIr Kl1lghts Eha5 2\Iatter and Ja) D "Ctle) partiCIpated in the tnenmal conclave of the Kmghts Templar at ChIcago The follOWing salesmen were recent SOjourners 111Grand Rapids F. Mes111ga WIth "\V111dmuller & Roelker. Xe\\ York. Mr. Wood of the Columbus, (0) ~tarch company, (Starch was used to fill furnIture woods thIrty) ears ago -Ed Arti-san) ; A L Sproul of the FaIrfield, (Conn) Rubber company; F. D. HJ1ls WIth D N Selleg, Xe,,, York, J A. .-\dams, Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Each Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ Each Net :\Iasury & Sons, ChIcago; C H Somes of Glover & vVJllcomb, Bost9n; Thomas D LIlly with S R Vrooman, Plulade1phia; J F Harri'i, Murphy & Co, Cleveland; and H A Newkirk of HIlI'i, Turner & Co, Boston. America's Best Customer. :"Jearly one-half of the manufactures exported from the L:l1Ited States go to Bnbsh tern tory and form more than one-thIrd of the total exports to that ternary, and thIS despite the fact that Great Bntaln IS the greatest manufacturing country of Europe and the world's greatest exporter of manufactures A careful analySIS of the 1909 exports of manufactures, just completed, shows that 275 mllhon dollars' worth of manu-factures v. ere sent to Bntish tern tory In that year, out of a total export of 671 mIllion dollars' worth of manufactures, mak- 111gthe 'ihare sent to Bntlsh terntory 41 per cent; also that the total exports of all kinds of Bntlsh terntory 111 the same penod were 742 mIllIOn dollars, the share which manufactures formed of that total be111gthus 37 per cent. Of the merchan-dIse other than manufactures exported, over 48 per cent went to British tern tory Of the total domestic exports, including both manufactures and all other merchandise, over 45 per cent v, ent to Bntlsh tern tory. By the term "Bntl'ih terntory" IS meant England, Scot-land, Ireland, GIbraltar, and Malta, Gozo, etc , in Europe; Ber-mnda, Bntlsh Honduras, Canada, Newfoundland and Labra-dor. and the Bntlsh \Vest Indle'i 111 North Amenca; BritIsh GUlana and Falkland Islands In South Amenca; Aden, Hong-kong, IndIa, the StraIts Settlements. and other British East IndIes 111ASIa; Austraha, New Zealand, and other British isl-ands 111 Oceal1la; Bntlsh South Afnca, West Afnca, and East Afnca, on the Dark Continent. WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture. Residences- J H. A Locher, James street and Hartwell avenue, MIlwaukee, WIS , $4,500; Henry Frenny, Forty-eighth street and Pabst avenue, MIl", aukee, $4,000; Bernard Gold-stelD, 616 Eleventh street, MIlwaukee, $5,000; MISS Bartells, Cramer and Folsom streets, MIlwaukee, $3,000; Edward C Grog, MerIdeth and SuperIor streets, MIlwaukee, $3,500; J. Sheehan, Forth-fourth street and LIsbon avenue, MIlwaukee, $4,000; 13 M GreenstelD, 230 Grand street, New York, NY, $42,000, haac Marks, 61 Park Row, New York, $12,500; Prof M SmIth, 323 vVest FIfth-seventh street, New York, $12,500; A R Murphy, KlDgsbndge road and Webster avenue, New York, $6,500; C J Reckling, Fort and CasgralD street'S, De-trOIt, MICh, $4,000, Otto Jacobs, Gratiot avenue and Helen street, DetrOIt, $4,200, Max Satonsky, High and HastlDgs t>treets, DetroIt, $10,000; Mary M. Dickerson, 404 LeIcester street, DetrOIt S;S,OOO;G H FrederIck, 918 Twenty-fourth street, DetrOIt, $3,000, Charles H. Stevenson, Brush street and Palmer avenue, DetroIt, $7,500; W. H. Wilhams, 1010 Grand RIver avenue, DetrOIt, $7,000; Clarence Carkeek, 324 Hubbard street, DetrOIt, $4,300; Charles Manzelmann, Field and Charle- VOIXstreets, Detroit, $5,069, Anthony KlelD, 417 Russell street, DetroIt, $4,000; Henry Hausen, 239 Missouri street, DetrOIt, $3,500, H W SmIth, 180 Rohus street, DetroIt, $4,000, Teresa Donovan, 5002 East Twent}-fourth street, Kansas CIty, Mo, $8,500; Sebastian Keller, 4245 Terrace avenue, Kansas CIty, $4,000; O. M Platt, 3804 Flora avenue, Kansas CIty, $8,000; J A Howard, 3718 Tracy street, Kansas CIty, $4,500; C. 0 Jones, 30-32 Garfield avenue, Kansas CIty, $15,000 J C Cham-berlain, 3308 Waldron boulevard, Kansas City, $4,000; C B. WIlkins, 571 Woodland street, Kansas CIty, $4,500, T E Bradley, 107 Bales avenue,
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and MAGAZINE > • • r - •+'•*. CHARLES F. REILLY Corned beef, cabbage .. and cycling (See page 42) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy JUNE-JULY • 1937 Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n I NOTICE--- L All prices quoted on illustrative and advertising |r pages in Pine Furniture are "number"-(double whole- , sale}- thus making the cost to legitimate home-i furnishing merchants one-half the quoted prices, subject to regular terms. ' PLEASE REMOVE THIS SLIP—- upon opening Fine Furniture so that the magazine may be used frealy with the consuming trade. Due to price increases announced by manufac-turers, prices quoted are subject to change without notice. BERKEY & GAY The Biggest Ready-Made Market For Fine Furniture in America Is Waiting You . . . Ifou The Berkey tS Gay Franchise affords you protection and greater profits Following a year of expanding operations, increased production facilities now make it possible to satis-factorily service a limited number of additional new dealers. In many territories new franchises can now be arranged. If you are interested in taking on the Berkey & Gay line, where existing satisfactory franchises will not conflict, you are cordially invited to the July Market showing — to see the new line, with its many attractive new suites in lower price brackets, to personally discuss dealer arrangements, and to go over the potentials for your business offered by the ready-made, big Berkey & Gay market. You may prefer to discuss the situation in your territory in advance of the market, or if you are unable to attend the market, please write or wire. Many of the New Suites Ready for Immediate Shipment BERKEV & GflV f 0 RII ITU RE COfllPflnV G R A N D R A P I D S • M I C H I G A N We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE Let's TALK about TURNOVER ONLY merchandise that is priced within the reach of your trade's buying power will move quickly. That is one reason why FALCON tables are welcome guests in furniture stores. They never hang around too long. Speeding turnover, too, are Falcon's superb styling, finish, and depend-ability. No. 194-T. Pries $9.50 In Lots of Six or More, One Shipment Top 17" x 27" —Height 20" No. 423-T. Price $11.50 In Lots of Six or More, One Shipment Top 18" x 28" — Height 20" Permanent Showroom Waters-Klingman Bldg. Grand Rapids FALCON MANUFACTURING COMPANY BIG RAPIDS MICHIGAN ( FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 2 1937 NUMBER GEORGE F. MACKENZIE, President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE. Editor -JUNE-JULY-Page Nine 9 What's Going on Behind Your Back? by a Furniture Merchant 24 Lighting Model Room Displays, by Helen McKinlay 26 What About Furniture Prices, by Frank E. Seidman 28 He Collects Liquor 30 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 31 What Do You Know, and Are You Sure? 32 Women in Furniture, Mrs. Ray Danforth 33 Sketch Book, by Guido Alessandrini 34 Making the Markets 37 Punch in Floor Covering Displays 40 History of the Windsor Chair, by Phyllis Field Cooper. . . . 41 How Much Are Your Old Customers Worth? by Ralph Spangler 43 We Are Six, by Ruth Mclnemey 44 Continuity Copy Creates Human Interest 45 Let's Make the Nutmeg Grater, by Chet Shafer 46 Retailing Tips 47 Homefurnishings News 50 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: R.K.O. Bid., 1270 Sixth Ave., Room 906, New York City, phone CIRcle 7-4339, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 CELEERATING Our 75th Market Anniversary in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING Grand Rapids AND ALSO CELEBRATING 37 V2 YEARS OF MUTUALLY PROFITABLE SELLING OF FINE UPHOLSTERY TO THE RETAIL TRADE OF AMERICA JAMESTOWN LOUNGE CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Exhibiting In WATERS-KLINGMAN BLDG., C4RAND RAPIDS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FUKXITUFF. FINE FURNITURE MICHIGAN FURNITURE SHOPS, INC. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Displayed at the Factory Show Rooms of Grand Rapids Chair Co. We appreciate your mentioning you sazv this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 EXCLUSIVELY A Dependable Source of Supply Jultf market Dresser from "The Lord Dunkirk", an ornate Georgian Group in Genuine Honduras Mahogany, No. 910 The great American bedroom line of popular appeal for the middle class market. Characterized by superior styling and workmanship at the medium price levels. A traditional profit line for estab-lished stores from coast to coast. See in July the brilliant new creations which will receive preferred display and selling emphasis in retail programs this fall. Victorian Early American Mahogany French Provincial Modern Walnut Georgian Chippendale Maple Louis XVI Heppelwhite Prima Vera Colonial Queen Anne Cherry Maple Blond Maple WEST MICHIGAN FURNITURE COMPANY OF HOLLAND— The Half Century Shop of Dutch Craftsmen on the Shores of Lake Michigan. Showrooms Waters-Klingman Bldg. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE PRESENTING New Interpretations of the Old Masters THERE is no substitute for careful thought and thorough research behind quality furniture design. There can be no concession to hurried, harried "mass" production methods in the lexicon of our master craftsmen. Every John Widdicomb creation must ring true to our every exacting test . . . to our severe requirements for sound, seasoned woods; for sturdy and enduring structure; for life-long beauty of finish; for pre-eminence of interpretative designs. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Factory Showroom, 601 Fifth St. New York Showrooms No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE Many New Smart Saleable Creations Sacked by n Aggressive National dvertising Progra 77~».v. FINE FURNITURE T CHARLESP LIMBERT COM CABINET-MAKERS A sparkling new line of attractive furniture for the dining room and bedroom will be a feature of the Charles P. Limbert Company display at the Summer Market. Workmanship of character, individual styling and exquisite detail have long been the character-istics for which Limbert groups have become noted. Our aim is to present you with the best of reproduc-tions and adaptations from the traditional furniture of the great craftsmen. CHARLES P. LlfllBERT COmPfMV'S noTRBLE nEiu Line DisPLflVED AT THC fine ARTS BUILDIM CHARLES P. LIMBERT COMPANY HOLLAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r I U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 PAGE NINE Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. NATIONAL FURNITURE UNION? To all intents and purposes, the furniture strike situation has eased in Grand Rapids. Mid-June found workers back on the job in the Robert W. Win Furniture Co. plant, and an arbitration committee was settling differences between the C.I.O. and the Irwin management over wages and other controversial issues. However, Harry Spencer, organizer of the C.I.O. forces among Grand Rapids furniture workers, is by no means satisfied with the results his organization has been able to achieve in his campaign which has involved the Irwin and the Macey Furniture Co. plants. Although there is little danger of a general strike in the Furniture Capital — because Spencer sensibly realizes that a convalescent industry cannot be bled white and continue to live — there IS every reason to believe that the fight will be carried to other centers. On June 14, Spencer declared he was even then on his way to Detroit to study successful contracts between employ-ers and the C.I.O. in other industries, and that he hoped to obtain a charter for the formation of a national union of furniture workers. If this shall be obtained — and there is every reason to believe so at this time — watch for a general upward swing in wages paid furniture workers in ALL manu-facturing centers — and a consequent upping of prices you, as a retailer, will be paying for merchandise before the Fall market. ff PILFERING Do you know what's going on behind your back? How honest are your employes? Are you sure? Do you know the various ways you can be gradually robbed of much of your store profits by major and minor "knock-downs"? A retailer, who must go nameless, of course, has made an interesting study of methods used by dishonest employes and presents them forcefully in this issue. Ordinarily, FINE FURNITURE meticulously avoids unpleasant subjects, but we believe this one needs to be discussed. It can't happen in your store, of course, because ninety-nine per cent of all employes are honest . . . but, just in case . . . well, it won't do any harm to read it, anyhow! ff WATCH ELECTRIC COOKERY! Do you sell electric ranges? If not, do you know that the marketing of electric cookery is increasing by leaps and bounds and that it is giving gas stoves a battle for sales honors? Some interesting things about electric ranges were dis-closed in a recent consumer study by Westinghouse. It was found that by no means is the use of electric ranges, nor the preference for them, confined to high-income homes, but that almost 50% of the electrics now in use are in the homes of the group consisting of skilled mechanics, salesmen, clerical workers and farmers. It was also found that the longer a woman has been keep-ing house, the more apt she is to buy an electric range, because 33% of sales are to women who have been cooking for twenty-one years or over; 16.5% to women who have kept house 16 to 21 years; 19.3% to women with I I to 15 years' housekeeping experience. Electric ranges sold to young wives of less than five years' kitchen bondage are only about 15% of total sales. Experience of friends with electric cookery was found to outstrip by far all reasons for wanting an electric range, 77.4% wanting electric cookery because of that influence. Women are sold predominantly (75.8%) on the cleanliness of electric cookery. Convenience and economy also rank high. These, in other words, are your best talking points if (and when) you sell electric ranges. ff LIGHTING DISPLAYS Of all things, you'd think a retailer would give a maximum of attention to the lighting of his store exterior, to his dis-plays, and particularly to correct lighting in his model rooms. But so few of us do! Correct placing of the right types of lamps in model rooms has been shown to increase materially not only the sale of furniture displayed in such groups, but to strongly impel the sales of more and better lamps. Miss Helen McKinlay, of General Electric Co., who has been making an intensive study of display lighting in stores, gives in this issue some valuable pointers and suggestions on this subject. ff TREND OF PRICES Again, we take great pride in presenting another of the carefully prepared and expert articles by Frank Seidman, who discusses in this number the probable trend of furniture prices. Mr. Seidman, whose article appears exclusively in FINE FURNITURE, is one of the few to whom the trade and industry can go for authentic facts about itself. ff RUG TRENDS TALLY It is interesting to note the closeness with which carpet and rug trends tally with furniture design tendencies. Modern furniture accounts for one-third of present retail sales, and this compares closely with the rug and carpet industry's offerings of Modern and texture patterns and the plain color broadloom used extensively with Modern. Thirty per cent of all new furniture is Eighteenth Century, a percentage that checks approximately with the proportion of Persian patterns, plus that portion of textures and plain carpeting used with this period style. Early American and Colonial styles account for 16 per cent of new furniture, a growing percentage which closely corresponds with the increase in Early American rug and carpet designs and the textured types used with this furniture style. If replacement buying be taken into consideration, this period style balance between rugs and carpets and furniture is markedly maintained. ff 10 FINE FURNITURE L. Flexible space arrange-ments which are spa-cious, well-lighted, and concentrated. The club room illustrated is com-fortably and tastefully arranged and furnished. TRAFFIC IS HEAVIEST where the STRONG LINES SHOW in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING . . . EXHIBITORS . . . Allen Chair Co., West Concord, Mass -Third Floor, East Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Atlas Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y - -Fourth Floor, North Bechtold Bros. Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. First Floor, North Bromberg Galleries, Birmingham, Ala Second Floor, North Brower Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, East Brown Brothers Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, Butler Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind First Floor, North Conant-Ball Company, Gardner, Mass Fifth Floor, South Davies Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, De Boer Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y ....First Floor, South Doezema Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Dutch Woodcraft Shops, Zeeland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Half Half East Half Half Half East Half Half , Half Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven, Mich. First Floor, South Half Estey Mfg. Co., Owosso, Mich - First Floor, North Half Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich - Fifth Floor, South Half Ficks Reed Co., Cincinnati, Ohio - -Third Floor, South Half Fine Arts Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Grand Ledge Chair Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half G. R. Bedding Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, South Half G. R. Lounge Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half G. R. Fancy Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Grand Rapids Furn. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, North Grand Rapids Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sixth Floor, South Half Hart Mirror Plate Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Hekman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.—-Third Floor, South Half Herrmann Lamps, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Holland Furniture Co., Holland, Mich -Sixth Floor, North Half Iredell Sales Co., New York, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y Third Floor, North Half Kozak Studios, Grand Rapids, Mich Second Floor, South Half Kuchins Furn. Mrg. Co., St. Louis, Mo Third Floor, South Half Lentz Table Company, Nashville, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Loeblein, Inc., Kent, Ohio Second Floor, South Half Mahoney Chair Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich Third Floor, South Half Mentzer Reed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Murray Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, South Half National Chair Co., St. Louis, Mo Fourth Floor, North Half Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111 Fourth Floor, North Half F. A. Nichols Co., Gardner, Mass -Fourth Floor, North Half O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, South Half Piaget-Donnelly Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half A. S. Payne, Inc., No. Bennington, Vt Second Floor, East Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Red Lion Furn. Co., Red Lion, Pa -Fourth Floor, North Half Red Lion Table Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Rockford Chair £ Furn. Co., Rockford, 111., Fifth Floor, North Half Rockford National Furn. Co., Rockford, 111 Second Floor, South Shaw Furniture Co., Charlotte, N. C Second Floor, South Half Skandia Furniture Co., Rockford, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Sligh Company, Charles R., Holland, Mich., Fifth Floor, South Half Henry C. Steul & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y Fifth Floor, South Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ky., Fourth Floor, North Half West Michigan Furn. Co., Holland, Mich., Third Floor, North Half W. F. Whitney Co., So. Ashburnham, Mass. Fourth Floor, South Haif Williams-Kimp Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half Wolverine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich Second Floor, North Half « YOU'LL FIND IT IN^ THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITUKE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1937 11 Congratulations JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY THE JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY, Jamestown, New York, celebrates its DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY in the Summer Furniture Market in Grand Rapids. With an unprecedented record of 75 semi-annual showings in the same location in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING, this concern was one of the first tenants to sign a lease when this building was opened for furniture exhibits over 37% years ago. Maintaining a beautifully styled line of living room furniture during all these years, the Jamestown Lounge Company has been one of the most successful producers of this type of furniture in America. Millions of dollars of orders have been booked in this space during their long and loyal tenancy. The Management of the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING congratulates the Jamestown Lounge Company on their unswerving loyalty to the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition and to the building of their choice, and thanks them sincerely for their continued faith in the heritage of Grand Rapids as the dominant furniture exhibition center of America down through the years. WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING The imposing third floor corridor of the Waters-Klingman Bui] d-ing. Entrance to James-town Lounge Company's exhibit at the right. / ' ' • • We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 12 FINE FURNITURE Creative styling that establishes quality standards and starts buying trends is always on exhibit FIRST at the Grand Rapids Market. Leadership in genuinely fine furniture craftsmanship invariably characterizes the products of Grand Rapids exhibitors. Price ranges are consistently in line with consumer pur-chasing power, permitting profitable year-round quality merchandising as well as productive special promotions. Grand Rapids is the Furniture Market . . . the estab-lished national headquarters for furniture that earns greatest profits and builds lasting prestige. For America's most outstanding furniture values, come to the FURNITURE CAPITAL OF AMERICA. GRflflD RflPIDS f URI1 I TU RE E x p o s i t i o n nssociiiTion f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 13 As an outstanding furniture merchandising and styling headquarters, the Keeler Building contains more individual room settings and complete house and apart-ment groups than any other exhibition building. For the convenience and added comfort of the buyers, a complete air-condition-ing system has been installed at the most modern exhibition center . . . the Keeler Building. LIST OF EXHIBITORS Baker Furniture, Inc. Barnard & Simonds Co. Bent Co., George B. Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. Clore & Hawkins Colonial Mfg. Co. D1 Archangel Uph. Co., J. N. Fine Arts Studios Furniture City Upholstery Co. Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. Hexter Co., S. M., The Kamman Furniture, Inc. Kaplan Furniture Co. Kindel Furniture Co. Kittinger Company Miller Clock Co., Herman Miller Furniture Co., Herman Morse Furniture Co., Ralph National Mattress Co. Paalman Furniture Co. Richard Wheelwright Stanley Chair Co. Statton Furniture Mfg. Co. Thanhardt-Burger Corp., The Vander Ley Brothers Wood Products Corp. KEELER BUILDING FEATURES Designed exclusively for exhibiting of furniture Fireproof AIR-CONDITIONED For your convenience: Free Checking, Telephone Switchboard and a Complete, Personalized Service 14 FINE FURNITURE * • • In making in qu'iri es please specify numbers OVER 150 PIECES ON DISPLAY in our new space, 6th Floor, South Half, Waters-Klingman Building, at the Summer Market in Grand Rapids. Complete line of tables, desks, wall brackets and novelty pieces, all in Modern design, at prices that insure volume sales to your customers. In our new factory at Sparta, Mich., our production space is more than doubled, and we are in position to insure prompt delivery service. You are cordially invited to visit our space MICHIGAN ARTCRAFT COMPANY SPARTA, MICHIGAN (Formerly Fine Arts Studios, Holland, Michigan) We appreciate you?' mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE Builders of Fine Tables for 37 Years SPACE 924 CHICAGO • SPACE 1110-1116 NEW YORK Duncan Phyfo Drop Leaf Lyre Table No. 5669 With Swivel Top. The Bed and two sides of Wings and Ends are Stripe Mahogany Veneered, with balance Solid Mahogany and Se-lected Gum. Brass feet. REAL TABLE VALUES/ See Mersman's Big New Line At the Summer Markets Up Anchor! And Away— For Bigger Profits With Fall Selling just ahead it's time to hoist anchor and map out the sales route that will bring in the biggest profit. And remember — the Sales Race will not necessarily be won by the merchant with the biggest stock, but rather by the dealer with the right stock. More and more Table Sales are being made by more and more furniture merchants who have discovered that it's always smooth sailing — with Mersman Tables. Don't take our word for it. Come in •— let the merchandise speak for itself. We are confident that you, too, will approve and buy. MERSMAN BROS. CORP. Celina, Ohio IH ERSMAN The Biggest Name in Tables 16 FINE FURNITURE e QUALITY MATERIALS METHODS FINISHES GRAND RAPIDS VARNISH CORPORATION Factory and Offices GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Studios and Warehouses HIGH POINT, N. C. CHICAGO, ILL. FT. SMITH, ARK. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 17 NOW Nationally Advertised with Your Store Name Listed Tfie TOMLINSON / GROUP NATIONAL ADVERTISING to 5,000,000 consumers timed for Fall selling and tied up tight with Tomlinson dealers by listing names and addresses right in the national magazine space. plus COMPLETE PROMOTIONAL PLAN designed to help every dealer capitalize to the fullest possible extent on the wave of Victorian buying, and the values of the Tomlinson Victorian group. It includes: Merchandising plans—the result of successes by practical furniture merchants with the Victorian group. Advertising helps—that permit you to hit your market from every angle—newspapers, radio, direct mail. Display plans—designed to bring them in, and sell them when they get in. Sales Training plans—for which Tomlinson has become famous. plus SALEABLE VICTORIAN—because the quaint charm which has created the popularity of this period has been adapted to modern comfort by the Tomlinson designers. Making the most saleable Victorian Group even more saleable than ever before TOMLINSON.^HlGH POINT / 776 Merchandise Mart • Chicago 18 FINE FURNITURE GIVE YOU VELVET i*NY description of "Doeskin" Velvet sounds too good to be true. Any picture of it is woefully inadequate. So here are the bare facts, and for the rest you'll have to wait until your own eye and hand perceive the luxury and beauty of this fine fabric. "Doeskin" Velvet is the newest—and perhaps the cleverest—fabric in the distinguished Ca-Vel* line of furniture coverings. So densely woven, so short, and so utterly soft are the upright fibres that they add a new conception of comfort. So refreshingly different are the handsome colors that they open up a whole new world of decorative schemes. You'll see "Doeskin" Velvet featured in the mid-summer markets. You'll thrill to its beauty and feel. You'll know why Collins & \ikman Corporation is so p >ud of this fine new fabric t1' it gives long life to luxury. *Ree. U. S. Pat. Off. Entire contents of this advertisement copyrighted by Collins & Aikman Corporation COLLINS * AIKMAN CORPORATION 200 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. 1808 MERCHANDISE MART, CHICAGO, ILL. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 19 The many Eighteenth Century suites by Estey glorify the superlative and correct finish-ing of fine mahogany. Details of authentically interpreted Colonial and Federal Amer-ican ensembles are modernly adapted to today's practical-ity, yet retain in every in-stance the true feeling of the period. They insure accept-ance by your better trade because they answer every possible requirement of style, construction and finish. WHY HAS ESTEY SHOWN SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT EACH MONTH OF THE FIVE MONTHS OF 1937? BECAUSE — Estey's designing, styling and quality of construction have moved forward appreciably during this period — Because Estey's production efficiency has been materially improved, contributing to lower production cost and enabling Estey to offer you superlative values at practically the same prices. DISPLAYED IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING ESTEY MANUFACTURING CO. OWOSSO MICHIGAN appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE JULY 5-17, 1937 jfa-'i^? .*? /^LIMAXING the most dramatic ri»c ^-^ in an industry's history, llir Sum-mer Market at the American l-'nt-iii-ture Mart will open Jul> .">. and extend through July 17. The newest styles of 850 maun facturers of homefurnishinji-lines . . 70 per cent of total production . . will be shown to the 94 per cent of the retail sales volume represented by buyers at-tending Mart shows . . new merchandising plans for the fall season . . new displays . . all shown un-der one roof. Furniture, floor cover-ings, electrical appliances, bedding, lamps and toys . . everything of interest to home furnishers . . leaders in retailing.. con-centrate their market ac-tivity at THE Mart. • Write for Admittance Passes TODAY . . for the Mart is a closed building, to protect the legitimate homefurnishings dealer. p»*««t from all 21 liver-increasing -volume is the proof of ihe success of the 3 lines made by ICroehler. Many dealers handling the 3 lines are wrprised to find how one sells the other. Each season Kroehler sales show a ing increase over the previous season. L935, 99% better than 1934. 1936, 12% better than 1935. 1937, 52% bet-ter than 1936 (first 4 months). LIVING ROOM groups by Kroehler are distinguished by famous 5-Star Construc-tion: 1. Selected hardwood frames of life-time sturdiness. 2. Sagless seats. 3. Spring-filled cushions that never collapse. 4. Sani-tary filling of the best materials obtainable. 5. fine craftsmanship in every seen and hidden part. BEDROOM furniture by Kroehler presents the latest trends in modern design . . . trim, sleek lines ... beautifully figured and carefully matched veneers . . . new finishes . . . hand-rubbed. The frames are made from selected hardwoods. Drawer interiors are solid oak; center guides assure easy sliding. And every detail is rigidly inspected for perfection. DINING ROOM furniture by Kroehler has the same quality construction as Kroehler bedroom furniture and, like it, is covered by a strong guar-antee. For your protection, look for the Kroehler label in the drawer. It marks every genuine Kroehler group. VISIT THE SUMMER FURNITURE MARKETS AT CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO 1 I N E -f URNI•TORE 22 FINE FURNITURE SHOP THE NEW rs of America's Creative Manufacturers Hundreds of trucks and freight cars are bringing a steady stream of new mer-chandise for the July Market. I! l-llil at the MERCHANDISE MART FURNITURE MARKET JULY 5-17 Attend this all-important market. . . America's creative leaders will be here, with the pace-setting merchandise, the money merchandise, for fall and winter. Whether you buy for a million dollar store or for one of the thousands of successful smaller stores, here is your one principal market plus four other great markets, all dovetailed together to give you not just part of the picture, but the complete ensemble . . . under one roof, so you can analyze and compare and know that „ »-p you're right. Now is the time to ** write for registration blanks. FIVE GREAT INTERNATIONAL HOMEFURNISHINGS MARKETS The Merchandise Mart Furni-ture Market The Merchandise Mart Floor Covering Market The Merchandise Mart Lamp Market Housewares and Major Appli-ance Market, including Toys and Wheel Goods 12th Semi-Annual Curtain and Drapery Exhibit (spon-sored by the Chicago Drap-ery Manufacturers Associa-tion July 5-16) .1. THE MERCHANDISE MART • CHICAGO 1 ' •-*• THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET • WELLS STREET AT THE RIVER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE ; • - • • • d \: t £ • • * • • • il FINE ARTS BUILDING Newest and Most Modern Exhibition Building in Grand Rapids Directly Across the Street from Pantlind Hotel YEAR ROUND EXPOSITIONS DAY OR NIGHT Your product shown in the FINE ARTS BUILDING, Grand Rapids, is on display in a "hotel" for merchandise. Constructed for furniture display, it is the only building in Grand Rapids devoted exclusively to furniture exhibits. Floor arrangement, lighting, ventilation and the highest type of general service is conducted in the interest of the furniture and housefurnishing exhibitors. Fine Am Operating Fine Arts and Corporation r ° Pantlind Exhibition Buildings We appreciate your mentioning you saw this \n FIXE FURNITURE 24 FINE FURNITURE WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND YOUR BACK? Loss To Stores Through Pilfering By Employes Is Often the Difference Between Profitable and Unprofitable Operation by A FURNITURE MERCHANT WILL SMITH, employed by the City Furniture Co. as sales-man and owner's right-hand man for eight years, was an exemplary young chap — or so it seemed. He had a fine wife and two chubby kids. His favorite motion pictures were of the "Magnificent Obses-sion" and "Green Light" variety. He never played a slot machine. He seemed perfectly happy and con-tented, and was earning enough to take care of his family and meet regular payments on his home. One June day a queer thing hap-pened. Will was out measuring some floors for linoleum in a cus-tomer's home when Mrs. Davis came bustling into the store carry-ing a table lamp. "It doesn't work," she com-plained, "and I want my money back. Mr. Smith guaranteed it. I bought it at that Saturday sale you had last week." The owner, in a routine way, asked, "Have you the sales ticket?" "Mr. Smith didn't give me any," the customer replied positively. "Of course, I thought about it at once, when the lamp didn't work. I re-member everything that happened. I gave him the money, but he didn't give me any receipt!" The owner put the situation up to the salesman when he returned. Smith seemed disconcerted, but quickly pulled himself together. Sure, he had sold Mrs. Davis the lamp. Gradually, recollection came . . . after he had received her money, but before he had had time to deposit it in the cash register, the Eatons, who had to catch the 3:55 accommodation for Pottsville, had come in. Undoubtedly, he had thrust the money in his pocket— he remembered that Mrs. Davis had given him the exact amount—and then had forgotten all about it. Suspicion • The owner of the City Furniture Co., despite all the con-fidence he had placed in Will Smith, had his share of shrewdness. He did not show his suspicion; the sales-man paid in the price of the lamp. Right then, however, the owner began to check on Will Smith . . . caught him red-handed within two weeks . . . forced a confession to thefts of one sort and another, over six years, amounting to $2850! So many are the ways that em-ployes can steal cash and stock from furniture stores! Dishonest em-ployes can resort to scores of clever tricks. The case of Will Smith was typical in two respects — first, the merchant's ability to assure himself of employe-honesty through mani-fest and obvious conduct, is wholly undependable. Second, ordinary store routine, although requiring use of cash register and receipt, will not automatically guarantee honesty. Methods • A dozen common forms of dishonesty are the following: Customer fails to pick up and carry away receipt. The dishonest employe pockets this, and gives to a later customer buying in the same amount, pocketing the cash. Employe arranges "trade" deals with friends around town employed in other stores. The store delivery truck leaves the merchandise, for The merchant's pride and con-fidence in his employes and the latters' obvious and manifest con-duct are not always dependable. Automatic store routine will not automatically guarantee employe-honesty. which the racketeer collects in groceries, tobacco, liquor, and other things. Salesman rings "No Sale," and deposits the cash in the drawer, from which, at the end of the day, he will extract it along with other "credit" to himself he has cleverly accumulated. Sale was $10.75, but the sales-man rings up $10.25. Taking small "profits" here and there through the day, he will "collect" the overage toward the end of the afternoon. Customer returns with a $7.50 purchase and exchanges it for a number costing $9.25. The sales-man makes no record of the ex-change, pocketing the additional cash paid by the customer. Regular price of the chair was $16. The salesman sold it for $19, and did not issue a receipt. He appropriated the difference, prob-ably reflecting, "Isn't a salesman a f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 25 BY FAR THE LARGE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYES ARE HONEST. YET THE TEMPTATION TO "KNOCK DOWN" IS SOMETIMES IRRE-SISTIBLE— AND OFTEN THE :FAULT OF THE EMPLOYER sap who doesn't learn these simple little ways to increase his income?" Bargains • Truck drivers some-times get in on the racket, too. Jim possessed the gift of salesmanship— if it takes salesmanship to offer standard merchandise at half price —"A little pull I have with the management." He would surrepti-tiously extract from stock, and sell to customers without the formality of receipts of any kind. Salesman had made three small sales in quick succession, and had not rung up any of them. Going to the cash register, he rang up an amount $1.50 short. If this should be noticed, he planned to attribute the mistake to his innocent confu-sion rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud. "High-grading," taking its name from a gold-camp practice — em-ployed miners carrying away very valuable ore secreted on their per-sons, consists in systematic loot-ing of the store, from week to week, over a long period. In one case, the employe was required to open the store in the morning. In his Ford, he drove up to the alley in rear, and had several minutes in which, with little chance of detec-tion, he could transfer merchandise to his car. Over a period of four years, he got away with $3500 worth! Bootleg • Salesman secretly obtains a salesbook from stock, and with this "bootleg" accessory, freely is-sues sales tickets, appropriating all the proceeds. Salesman issues the sales ticket for only a portion of the cash purchase. As customer pays—cash is in sight —he discovers his omission, collect-ing the difference, but not correct-ing the sales ticket. The additional amount, of course, never reached the cash register. One clever fellow had a piece of cardboard which he slipped between original sales ticket and the carbon. Entering $3, for example, on the original, later he might show $1.75 on the carbon "What is the furniture store to do about this? "The problem is serious — some authorities estimate that American retail stores take an annual loss of at least 2%, while individual stores may have losses as high as 10% . . ." "Employes observed in any ir-regularities whatever at the cash register should be subjected to se-vere reprimand, at least . . . "Have your eyes open! That is the fundamental requisite!" copy — which amount, of course, would be that deposited in the cash register. When employes are first detected in an irregularity involving cash, almost always they have a ready defense. They were "absent-mind-ed," "accidentally struck the wrong key," "were just borrowing the money, and would pay back later." Time and again soft-hearted furni-ture merchants have been induced to give an employe "another chance" — only to discover, after several more months, the pilfering has continued. What is the furniture store to do about all this? The problem is seri-ous— some authorities estimate that American retail stores take an an-nual loss of at least 2%, while indi-vidual stores may have losses as high as 10%. Check-up • Of course, there are professional checking services which a merchant can employ. In addi-tion, a merchant may set up his own checking system, which would regu-larly give all employes an excellent opportunity to manipulate the handling of cash if they are so in-clined. Inventory shortages are highly suspicious—the theft was, as likely, in general, to have been made by an inside worker, as someone outside. Employes observed in any irregularity whatever at the cash register should be subjected to severe reprimand at least. Some stores announce to their employes that various sales ticket and register irregularities will be cause for instant dismissal. Have your eyes open! That is the fundamental requisite. The risk, high as it is, can be efficiently protected against by the right policies. Salesmen who chance to read this article need feel no offense. The writers intends none. He has had contact over a period of years with hundreds of floor salesmen and other furniture store employes, and as a whole they're way above the average in honesty and personal in-tegrity. Because the most of you are honest, however, it is to your best interests to discourage the chiseler you know is chiseling. 26 FINE FURNITURE USING LIGHT TO INCREASE SALES Proper Use of Table and Floor Lamps in Model Rooms EVERY furniture dealer is eager to sell more furniture—and the progressive one is ever alert to new sales methods—provided, of course, new ideas are not too prohibitive in cost to put them into practice. Here is one which can net you results. Lighting will help to display your merchandise to better advantage and really prove a potent sales fac-tor if given serious and sincere attention. The lighting of display rooms readily divides itself into two re-quirements, the need for a general well-distributed overhead system and the use of table and floor lamps. If you've ever seen a room (almost any living room is a good example) dimly lighted, then had the compar-ison of viewing the same room un-der better light, undoubtedly you're a convert already! Those of you who haven't experienced this sur-prise, should really experiment with what lighting will do for you. With more light (of the right kind, of course), hidden colors in the decor-ation suddenly become apparent! Unseen texture and quality, con-tour of line and design, beauty of wood finish — all too frequently drab under poor lighting — appear with new interest and appeal! A room quite beautiful by day is often uninteresting at night because the lighting of it has not been given consideration. Lighting has a subtle-ty not to be denied, and the display-ing of furniture with light may have a strong buying appeal and sales advantage, provided, of course, it is treated with the honest consider-ation it so justly deserves. Light Them! • To be sure, it is not unusual to see lamps on display with furniture settings, but not in-frequently lamps are shown un-lighted. Lighted lamps are vital and take on life when lighted! And they will do things for their surroundings! While it is not practical to lamp each individual piece of furniture on a sales floor, consider this well when contemplating model rooms or dis-play booths, or for those exhibit spots in your store now existent. If the display shows a living room, treat each grouping of furniture by HELEN G. McKINLAY Helen G. McKinlay, home light-ing specialist, spends most of her time training home lighting advis-ors, many of whom are employed by utility companies all over the United States. Previous to her connection with the General Electric Co. more than a dozen years ago she acquired experience in a number of fields. Her first venture was a confidential position in a large trust company. Later she was em-ployed by one of the well-known national organizations for young women. She assisted in a decor-ation and gift shop in one of the most fashionable resorts in the country. She studied interior decoration in New York, and found it to be a most essential need when she entered her present field. For awhile, foreign missions in-trigued her, and from this she re-signed to travel abroad on a pleasure trip, visiting nine foreign countries in Europe and the Near East. She is the author of many arti-cles on all subjects pertaining to lighting and its relation to home use and decoration. with lamps comfortable to see by and lovely to look upon. There are two appeals here. If the room be a bedroom, light the dressing table MODEL ROOM —"BEFORE" Something is amiss here! Shad-ows abound and lamplight fails in its useful function. Despite the five-light ceiling fixture and three lamps, they seem to contribute very little to the room's appear-ance. f o r JUNE-JULY. 1937 27 so well that the prospective buyer will FEEL the urge to possess a dressing table which affords her the benefit of being able to see herself as others see her. A floor lamp shown with the chaise or a lamp for reading in bed also has appeal. If, however, but a section of a room is shown in booth-type of display, perhaps with a comfortable reading chair, lamp it so pleasingly that the chair looks inviting and irresistible, and if it is a READING chair, select such lamp as will provide comfortable lighting for this pur-pose! Then sell both of them! Triumvirate • Lamps for display should be chosen to be well-suited for USE WITH THE PARTICU-LAR PIECE OF FURNITURE with which they are shown and dis-played as a unit. Ensemble selling is an accepted method of procedure today. Why not let these two com-plement and supplement one an-other? Is it not so, that end tables came into being when need was felt for this relation of two pieces of furniture? Why not include a lamp and effect a triumvirate sale? If you stop to consider the nu-merous housefurnishings you dis-play— chairs, davenports, desks, tables, telephone stands, beds, dressers — with the possible excep-tion of the occasional chair, lamps for comfortable seeing certainly go hand-in-hand with each of the afore-mentioned. As a matter of fact, it is difficult to divorce lamps from this family relationship! If furni-ture and lighting are properly in-troduced to one another, they'll undoubtedly become close acquaint-ances ! And when they become closer acquaintances they're going to be real friendly — and work together like nobody's business to give you sales opportunities you perhaps never before had suspected. At How attractive the immediate sur-roundings become when the right lamp is used. This one is satisfactory to "see" by, and lovely to look at, too! „ . • • - - • - • " - • A comfortable catering end table and bridge lamp! reading chair with Detail becomes more pleasing un-der soft, plentiful illumination from well-designed lamps. MODEL ROOM —"AFTER" A nice be-seated atmosphere pre-vails here! A five-light ceiling fixture and three lamps have been well chosen, and each fur-niture grouping becomes alive with interest. 28 FINE FURNITURE WHAT ABOUT FURNITURE PRICES? by FRANK E. SEIDMAN Seidman & Seidman, Certified Public Accountants GENERAL price movements in recent months have been extremely erratic. In the face of the rapid price rise in late 1936 and early 1937, and the sudden precipitated reaction that followed, industry is naturally groping about for a clue to the eventual trend. Unfortunately, under a controlled economy. when the law of supply and demand gives way to the law of ukase and rabbit-pulling, the old indices of testing price trends are of no great avail. Furniture prices will, of course, in the long run depend largely upon the general price level. However, there may be factors in the furniture price situation which will furnish at least some "pegs" upon which to hang one's guesses. To locate them, it is first necessary to take inventory as to just where furniture now stands with respect to the price factor, both in the industry itself as well as in relation to the price level generally. On the Slide • The "average price" of furniture has for over IS years, and until recently, been on an almost continuous slide. This is also true of the average price of finished products in general. Wholesale prices of finished goods reached their peak in 1920. At this peak, furniture prices were substantially higher than general wholesale prices. According to the statistics of the United States Bureau of Labor, the peak in 1920 saw the furniture price index at about 166 (1926=: 100), as compared with about 150 for all finished products (see chart). From 1920 until 1933, furniture managed to maintain relatively higher prices than those of industry in general. At the bottom of the depression in 1932, the index of furniture prices stood at 75, while the index of finished products dropped close to 70. The rise in the general wholesale price level that started in 1933, however, outdistanced the rise in furniture prices. As a result, early in 1935, for the first time in over a dec-ade, the index of industrial prices crossed the index of furniture prices. The years 1934, 1935 and 1936 witnessed a vigorous price rise in finished products. Furniture, however, did not follow suit to any great extent until very recently. As a result, 1936 saw the index of furniture prices at but 78, or only three points above the low of 1932, whereas the price index for finished products in general attained an average of 82 or 12 points above the low. Thus, the general wholesale price rise of finished products through 1936 was about four times as great as the rise in furniture prices. Gained Ground • However, in recent months furni-ture has made up for some of this lost ground. In June, 1936, the furniture price index hovered around 77. But during the July markets, prices started upward and rose at a much more rapid pace than the rise in wholesale prices of finished products generally. By April, 1937, the index figure of furniture prices crossed 85 as compared with the average price level of 78 for all of 1936. Those few months thus witnessed a rise of nearly 10 per cent. With the exception of the sharp upturn of NRA days, this advance represents one of the most marked in recent history; a truly phenomenal one when considered in the light of the industry's earlier price experience. At the end of April, 1937, the furniture price index closely approximated the average price level attained by the industry in 1931 and was higher than at any time during the last six years. As a result of this up-surge, the relationship between furniture prices and wholesale prices generally has again reached close proximity. Basic Change • The basis for the rapid run-up in furniture prices in recent months is not hard to find. It reflects a complete change in the economics of the industry. Until recently, prices in the industry have been kept down by severe competition resulting from large unused capacity. As is well known, the industry had been saddled with excess production facilities for many years — a carry-over from the furniture boom period of the early twenties. However, in industry, as well as in the jungle, the survival of the fittest is still the rule. As a result, pro-duction capacity as measured by the number of estab-lishments engaged in the manufacture of furniture has declined steadily. Before the depression there were some 3,800 furniture plants in operation; now there are less than 2,500. The shrinkage is largely due to the havocs of the depression. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 29 Near Capacity • Generally speaking, prices in a given industry will hold at or below production and distribu-tion cost so long as the industry has large plant capac-ity standing idle. In a competitive industry, a price rise can be maintained only when plants are booked nearly to capacity and the industry sees considerable volume ahead of it. In the recovery of the last two years — especially the last few months—the furniture industry has reached the point where stocks of goods are low, orders are coming in in good volume, and plant operations are approaching capacity. For in-stance, in April, 1937, the industry's operating index figure crossed the 80 mark, which for all practical purposes is not far from capacity. Of course, the "capacity" of the industry has shrunk considerably since 1926. Because of this shrink-age and the consequent taxing of the remaining equip-ment, recent price rises are not likely to stimulate serious competitive forces as would be the case were substantial unused production capacity readily available. As It Should Be • There is, in fact, ample evidence that the recent furniture price rise is not more than was necessary to cover increased production costs and give capital a very meager return on its investment. This is as it should be. The long-range welfare of the industry demands that prices be kept at the lowest pos-sible level so as to increase demand, enlarge production and bring its products within the reach of the greatest number of consumers. It is such a policy that will tend to re-establish the industry in public favor. Yes, and it is only such a policy, pursued by all industry, that will accomplish a rise in the standard of living for the country as a whole. Unfortunately, there are definite indications that industry generally, in its recent price practices, has not seen fit to adopt this broad and long-range point of view. Instead, it is following the short-range point of view of raising prices as high as possible, controlling production, and by this means bringing about imme-diate large profits. That this has been the recent his-tory with respect to a substantial portion of our indus-trial output is amply demonstrated by profit margins reported by many of our important industries during the year 1936 and thus far in 1937. For instance, in 1936, a net profit margin of 10.1 per cent on invested capital was reported by some 1,600 public companies engaged in the manufacturing and trading industries. This is an unusually high rate of return considering that it comprehends an "average" which includes both high and low profit industries. An analysis of the range of profits shows that some of the large and basic industries realized profits of nearly 25 per cent on invested capital and a comparable rate on dollar volume. First quarter reports for 1937 indi-cate that profit margins of these companies are running more than SO per cent above 1936. When one consid- WHOLESALE PRICES < 1^2.6 a \OO) YEAR FURNITURE PRODU5-S 1913 10.7 69* J" I9l^ 10.6 61.S > I9IS 10.9 6B.9 11 19 16 12.& O2.3 1 1 1911 81.1 IO9.Z | 1 1918 93.3 12A.T 1 1 1919 114.7 130.6 1 1 I9Z.O I6S.& M9.S IX 1 192.1 129.9 IO3.3 1 ' , I I9i2 114.6 96.5 If * 1 1913 116.T 99.2. f » l 192.-* IOT.9 9fa.3 1 1 1 1<»ZS IO4.6 IOO.6 J | 1 \tXt> IOO.O IOO.O 1 1 1 192.T 9T.T 95.O ' 1 . 1 1928 96.1 9S.9 FINISHED PRODUCTS-^ / \ 1 \ iq29 9SO 9 4 S / 1 • \ ^ FURNITURE. l931 eAO TTO / 1 J V*^ 19 32. 7S.O 7O.4- / 1 j \ 1933 7S.I 7O.5 1 \ \ " ^ ^ A . I93S 7TO 8 2 2 / # 1 X I93fo TS.O 82.O 1 1 \ X^ 1931 SEE- INSERT CHART / / I \ inn I w - ^ -TaL inn IJ 1913 I^J 85- 84- 83- 82- a i - 80- 79- 1B- 17- vl F- 1 L- - • I L L e •«•», A A M O ,. *-> 1 _ > O N1 C 1/ / „ f >3 J K 7 - 8 5 - 8 3 - 8 2 - 8 1 - 8 0 - 1 9 — 18 - 1 7 \ / 30 FINE FURNITURE ers such profits in relation to prices, wages, costs, pro-duction, etc., it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that American industry is again mistaking the trees for the forest. Low Standards • Clearly, prices are being determined not with any view to the welfare of society as a whole nor even for the long-pull welfare of business itself, but from a narrow and circumscribed standpoint. Ap-parently prices are being increased as rapidly ao the traffic will bear, quite regardless of the effect that such increases will have on purchasing power and the gen-eral standard of living. And, in industries where there is monopoly or a combination of control, prices can be kept unduly high for a considerable length of time. In the last analysis, the pursuit of such a policy must reduce the volume of goods sold, cripple production, lower living standards, and wreck business recovery. What is more, such a policy must eventually, through public condemnation or governmental action, bring about some undesirable consequences for industry. Meager Profits • The profit reported by the furniture industry in 1936 shows clearly that it is, at least for the time being, not in the same class with the industries that have skyrocketed prices and profits. The industry in 1936 earned a net profit of about four per cent on volume and six per cent on its average invested capital — certainly not an exorbitant profit margin when con-sidered in terms of general industrial earnings. As the demand for furniture begins to exert more irresist-ible pressure against the walls of capacity, however, furniture manufacturers, too, may lose their perspec-tive and attempt to take advantage of the temporary situation by raising prices beyond those necessary to cover costs and provide for a fair and reasonable profit. From all present indications, prices in the industry should continue to rise, if not more than merely to meet the rising costs of production. It is true that recently a halt in the advance of lumber, veneer, glass and other materials has taken place. However, the long-range trend of the basic commodities entering into the manu-facture of furniture, appears to be definitely upward. If to this trend is added the rapidly increasing labor costs, it becomes obvious that furniture costs as a whole are still upward bound. On the other hand, there is an important offsetting factor to these increases; i.e., the decrease in overhead resulting from greater volume. It is this factor that many industries appear either to have overlooked entirely or have failed to adequately consider in developing price schedules. By taking into consideration all factors and fixing price schedules that provide a fair rate of pay for labor and a reasonable return on capital, the furniture industry has an oppor-tunity to best serve the public, as well as its own inter-ests. To adopt any other policy would not only be narrow, short-sighted and contrary to the public wel-fare, but would, in the opinion of this writer, eventually and inevitably throw the industry for a severe and irreparable loss. HE COLLECTS LIQUOR—BUT NOT TO DRINK J\ HOBBY of collecting miniature xi.liquor bottles — filled but never opened! — occupies the relaxing moments of 3 3-year-old L. Kenneth Schoenfeld, executive vice-president of Schoenfelds' Standard Furniture Company, Seattle. His office is lined with cases holding more than 2,000 miniature liquor bottles, all collected since prohibition was re-pealed. Every kind of alcoholic beverage is represented m miniature, and al-most every country in the world has its ambassador among the collec-tion. Highly prized is a bottle of Monnet brandy, presented to Schoenfeld by Mr. Monnet during a recent visit to this country. It is one among many autographed. This collection is comparatively new, as it was only started about five years ago. A bottle of Masteeka, imported as a sample from Greece and sup-posed to be one of the very few bottles of this restricted type of liquor in this country, is another interesting miniature. Never has a bottle been opened since the inception of this collection. The favorite remark of all those viewing the array is usually: "I wish I could spend a night in here all alone, and start lapping up what's in these bottles!" But it's hard to realize that the collection of miniatures comprises over two hundred and fifty quarts of liquor — a pretty long night's work! f o r I U N E - J U L Y . 1 3 3 7 31 urniture Frolic/ by T. ASH DENT. CsAY OENEP-AL MAN- , HAS A POP-CO i_|_E.CT | KCr fMP-E O&JECTS ND FUP-NITUP-E OP-C7EP-5 PHIL-. "; : : : UOHNSON SAYS HE NEEDS AN JNT&P-PP-ETEP- WHEN HE TALKS TO ED-WEIP—, BUT ANYONE CAN UNDEP-STAND THE SUCCE-SS OP THE NX GUILD, WltH &EHIND IT. PL Ay ED6AP-O- L/4NDSTP-OM C3-OJ-P, TO SEE VX/M ETHER- OP-NOT YOU £JIVE THE 0-CI.UpHoj.s-rEayCo /AN OP-P^EL, OP-you MAY AS \X/EU- SICrN THE DJ_/1NH~ P-IDHT NOW l lOMLlHSON OF fj l<3 H PC? I NT, H . C WOULD P-/\THEP- WOP-K-TH/^N CrO TO A NEWYORK- NIGHT CJ-UB OH S/4TUP-D,Ay HICJHT. 32 FINE FURNITURE WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND—ARE YOU SURE ? IF YOU consider yourself well-equipped with knowledge of the furniture business, try your luck with our I.Q. furniture test. Aside from the educational value con-tained in the 20 questions, we guar-antee that the quiz will also test your self-control. Give yourself a score of five for every correct an-swer; 70 is quite passable, below SO is terrible, 80 is excellent, and, if you hit 90 or over, you should be writing these, not reading them. We had to look up two ourselves. 1. In the best of upholstered furniture, the platform springs are: a—Tied twelve ways. b—Sewed together in muslin pockets. c—Clipped with steel clips. d—Tied eight ways. 2. If you're waiting on a high-hat cus-tomer who refers to the "patina" of a table, she has reference to: a—Design. b—Construction. c—Finish. d—Handling of the details. 3. If you're a smart boy and have learned your lessons, you'll know that very few of the so-called "Early American" pieces were actually made in maple. Most were in other native woods, the bulk of them: a—Pine, b—Beech, c—Cherry, d—Hickory. 4. If you're up on your modern, you'll know that one of these men had a lot to do with starting the current vogue for blond and bleached maple: a—Leo Jiranek. b—Donald Desky. c—Gilbert Rohde. d—William Millington. 5. French Provincial, as expressed in the present vogue, follows in a crude way the lines of: a—French Regency. b—Henry IT c—Louis XV d—Empire e—English Norman 6. Perhaps your specialty is English furni-ture. If so, you'll know that one of the following is plenty false: a—Chinese incidentals are highly ap-propriate for both Early American and Federal furniture as well as Georgian. b—Highly decorated china cabinets are "slick" with William and Mary dining room groups. c—Fine Queen Anne furniture is an excellent example of the Georgian popularity of mahogany. d—Certain Hepplewhite pieces are easily confused with French pieces of the same era. 7. Regardless of what you think of con-sumer advertising, you'll be able to tell which one of the following list never advertises nationally, whereas the rest have carried on for years (trade papers excepted): a—Imperial Furniture Co. b—Mueller Furniture Co. c—Century Furniture Co. d—Grand Rapids Chair Co. 8. Or try this one. Even though you may not have it in your store or town, if a customer at the door wanted to know about the "True Type House." which catalogue would you go to: a—Robert W. lrwin Co. b—Conant Ball Co. c—Station Mfg. Co. d—W. F. Whitney Co. e—Baker Furniture Factories, Inc. 9. That was an easy one, but you'll have to know your stuff to know which two of the following men are currently de-signing successful lines: a—lack Ride out. b—Fred Hill, c-—Leo Sarachek. d—George Lamb. 10. You've probably sold at least a suite or two covered with "Kinkomo." It's a trade-marked name of: a—Collins and Aikman Corp. b—Stead and Miller Co. c—Sidney Blumenthal $5? Co. d—Craftex. 11. If you sell a davenport next week cov-ered in a flat fabric without pile of any sort, but in which the figure or design is definitely raised above the back-ground, the chances are it will be cov-ered in: a—Damask, b—Linen Frieze, c—Brocatelle. d—Brocade. 12. If it was down-filled and reasonably expensive, the large proportion of the "down" was taken from: a—Ducks, b—Geese, c—Chickens. 13. If it was of good all-around quality with a carved mahoganjr frame, the chances are the mahogany came from: a—Africa. b—The Philippines, c—Central America, d—Indo China. 14. And, if you're so smart that you kmw its origin, you might know that its correct botanical name is: a—Swietenia. b—Khaya. c—Tanguile. 15. Which of the firms listed is concentrat-ing much of its trade paper publicity on Cuban mahogany: a—Robert W. lrwin Co. b—Baker Fiirniture Factories, Inc. c—Grand Rapids Chair Co. d—Widdicomb Furniture Co. 16. Most of the following firms use either gum or birch in combination with bet-ter cabinet woods on most of their case goods. Name the one that consistently uses maple m combination. a—Imperial Furniture Co. b—Herman Miller Furniture Co. c—Landstrom Furniture Corp. d—Robert W. lrwin Co. e—Berkey y Gay Furniture Co. 17. You have or have had at least a few groups on the floor, beautifully veneered in aspen. Of course you know that aspen is really a form of: a—Maple. b—Mahogany. c—Oak. d—Pine. e—Birch. f—Poplar. 18. And while we are on the subject, that Prima Vera comes from: a—New Zealand. b—Africa. c—Australia. d—California. e—Mexico and Central America. 19. If you'd rather not commit yourself again, we'll try it with four irrelevant statements that we are quite proud of, but one of which is pure, unadulterated hooey: a—Stuart and Jacobean are synony-mous and are merely two different names for the same period. b—The heart-shaped backs on Hep-plewhite chairs were the result of a sentimental streak in his na-ture, and the inter-laced hearts on chair and seat backs began simultaneously with a violent love affair. c—The splats in the backs of many Chiptendale chairs are modeled after and are in direct proportion to many Chinese porcelain urns. d—The popularity of stripes for up-holstertng \n Eighteenth Century France was due almost wholely to the introduction of the Zebra as a curiosity in the royal circus. 20. The light bleached and blond finishes (excluding the simple, natural finishes) so popular today are achieved by: a—Sun bleaching the cut stock and treating with colorless fillers be-fore varnishing or lacquering in clear materials. b—Dipping or saturating the lumber in a solution that pickles the wood while immersed (much as pickling a vegetable removes the color) and then kiln-drying. c—Treating the assembled product with a series of several acids which set up a chemical reaction to remove color much as an ink eradicator is used on paper. Xumber correct Multiply by five. for total score Correct answers on page 41. lor JUNE-JULY. 1937 33 WOMEN IN FURNITURE dorothy dix of decoration " T^ECIDING to capitalize on a childhood hobby of X-J creating miniature furniture for her own and neighborhood doll houses, Mrs. Rae Danforth fash-ioned a career for herself when the death of her hus-band in 1930 made it necessary for her to find some-thing with which to occupy her time. Expressive of her desire to be different were the unusual combinations of colors and furniture arrangements which she delighted in making in her own home. This later proved to be a means of "finding" herself, led her to develop an intense interest in interior decoration and apply it to active work in the field at the Boston Store, Grand Rapids. With her belief that homefurnishings are an educa-tion^ background in the home, Mrs. Danforth became enthusiastic over showing prospective customers fine furniture at the Grand Rapids markets, making profit-able contacts for herself, meanwhile, with the furniture manufacturers. Rising in rapid succession from the position of assistant decorator to buyer of draperies, lamps, furniture and floor coverings, 1935 found her head of the interior decorating department of the Bos-ton Store. Here, her color sense and energetic enthu-siasm for the work proved valuable in establishing a reputation as a reliable authority in the field, which enabled her, in January, 1937, to open a studio of her own. With a definite conviction that choice of color, dec-oration and furnishings can make or break the home, Mrs. Danforth became the "Dorothy Dix" of the decor- MRS. RAE DANFORTH ative field, giving educational as well as social advice to prospective homemakers. In this line, she recalls soothing a bewildered customer who worried lest the delicate French chair of her choice would be too frail for her husband's weight, and relates with amusement an early experience with a prospective "customer" who admitted that she was a "shopper" for a rival concern. Tireless, efficient, she hasn't given much thought to retiring, except as a means to more extensive travel. Her vocation is also an avocation, collecting unusual antiques, painting, rearranging, redecorating her apart-ment, being her favorite pastimes during her few leisure moments. Golf and fishing are her favorite sports; Tennyson is her preferred poet; she admires Abe Lincoln and dotes on Victor Herbert's melodies. No misnomer, her nickname, "Rae of Sunshine" is reflected in an innate love for homefurnishings from which she has reaped the reward of recognition for her work. One of the window displays in the Danforth Studios of Grand Rapids—a profitable little shop over which Mrs. Rae Danforth presides. 34 FINE FURNITURE THE SKETCH Eccr... CHINESE INFLUENCE ON 18TH CENTURY DESIGNS ACCENTUATED IN THIS SKETCH TN his contribution to THE SKETCH BOOK, Guido x Alessandrini, who does a great deal of the designing for the Mueller Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, has achieved a subtly refined interpretation of Eighteenth Century design "flavored" exquisitely by the Chinese influence. To Alessandrini, FINE FURNITURE is indebted to one of the very few upholstered creations to grace the year-old SKETCH BOOK feature which has appeared regu-larly since the magazine's inception. The main features of the group shown are the Mid- Georgian shell, most noticeable in the Early Chippen-dale motif; the moulding at the bottom rail known as "gadrooned" — typical in Chippendale and Georgian styles; the feet — bamboo effect, typical of Chinese; the carving on the face of the arm in keeping with the 18th Century feeling. Covering planned for the sofa is blue and silver silk damask — most adaptable. The tables have what is known as the scalloped gallery and bamboo legs. The cocktail table has a removable tray. Chic Sale of Fifth Avenue YOU'LL probably make some crack about it, anyhow, but Bologna really is a place as well as something to eat. It's in Italy. If you don't believe it, ask "Alex" — nee Guido Alessandrini in that place 42 years ago. One of the most capable de-signers in the field, this Italian-born American has had excellent and varied experience, over a period of 23 years. He began with Hampton Shops m New York City, after having attended night classes for men on Tenth Ave. at 59th St. in the metropolis, and then a course in architecture at Mechanic Institute and Col-lege of Decorative Design. Following three years with Hampton Shops, he worked suc-cessively for the Ebbecky Fur-niture Co. and the New York Galleries in the big village, and then joined Robert W. Irwin Co. in Grand Rapids, designing for both Irwin and the Macey Co. from 1922 to 1934, when he left to spend three years at the John Widdicomb Co. This year he began free-lancing and has done outstanding jobs for Mueller Furniture Co., Baker Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Furniture Co., Gunn Furniture Co., Colo-nial Furniture Co., Herman Mil-ler Clock Co., and Royal Wil-helm Furniture Co. Alex has vivid memories of his early days as a designer. He re-lates: "My first important job was when I was to represent GUIDO ALESSANDRINI . . . his pets are ground moles Miss Elsie De Wolf, one of the leading decorators of the day, to call on a prominent customer living on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park. "To my surprise," Alex chuckles, "I was shown immedi-ately to the shower room, and just as I was complimenting the decorator on the color scheme, the customer broke the conversa-tion by saying, T suppose every time I come in here I am to see this', and pointed to a certain article of plumbing. 'Can't some-thing be done about it?' " 'Yes,' I said. 'I will draw you a Louis XV chair to fit around it, using cane to the floor.' "When the job was done, it was highly satisfactory to the customer and it has been a guide proportion ever since." Guido has a remarkable and volatile sense of humor. And it is good, robust American humor, too! But with a touch of the bizarre, withal. For example, his pet is no dog, no cat, no canary, but, of all things—ground moles ! His tastes, outside of a gusta-tory fondness for Antipasto and Italian spaghetti, are also mostly Nordic. Alfred Crane is his favorite author, his most admired historical character is Teddy Roosevelt, and the compositions of Beethoven he loves best, while his favorite hymn is good old "Onward, Christian Soldiers." His hobby is gardening, and he finds in boating and golf his greatest sport and relaxation. Alessandrini served with dis-tinction in the World War, in the 347th Regiment of the 87th Divi-sion. Going to France, the trans-port he was on was torpedoed in the English channel Sept. 13, 1918, and was picked up by a British destroyer. A full life it has been for Alex, who wants to travel extensively when — and if — he retires. But just now, he's too busy to think about that, if you please, for there is too much to work for — growing pre-eminence as a de-signer, continued contributions to the beauty of American homes, and his own little family — a wife and two children. i o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 35 \ • - 4 FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 37 MAKING THE MARKETS STRIKE SITUATION PENALIZES BOTH MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER, BUT PURCHASING WILL ALSO BE QUICKENED BY ASSURED PRICE RISES OTRIKES, rumors of strikes and O results of strikes will not keep from the major furniture markets of the land an unprecedented surge of retail store merchandisers when the Summer furniture buying sea-son gets the opening gun at Grand Rapids June 30, to be echoed by the two Chicago exposition buildings a week later. That Labor difficulties will have a marked effect on purchasing is conceded, for city retailers have suffered from, and are still being heavily penalized by strike situa-tions in many communities. On the other hand, most mer-chants realize that the labor trouble within the furniture industry itself has increased prices of new mer-chandise and will tend further to raise them. Therefore, they know it is to their best interests to purchase substantially for current needs, and to anticipate somewhat for later requirements. Manufacturers in all centers, al-though they had already shown a wealth of smart new merchandise in May, have added materially to their Fall lines and almost as many new things will be shown at the Summer market as were displayed in May. Prices • Prices will be found to be a bit higher than those paid in May, due to increased costs of Where and When New York June 21 to July 2 Grand Rapids June 30 to July 15 Chicago Furniture Mart and Merchandise Mart July 5 to 17 High Point July 19 to 31 New York Floor Covering Opening July 6 to 17 Los Angeles July 26 to 31 Boston Fall Furniture Show Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 both labor and all materials, al-though such increases are generally moderate. In styles, Eighteenth Century English and Colonial will continue to be accentuated, and there is a noticeable swing in the Summer market offerings to Southern Colo-nial in its various interpretations. Modem • Relying on its youthful appeal to score still greater gains in July, Modern has fortified its posi-tion as the industry's leading style by borrowing some of the conserv- KEY TO MERCHANDISE ON OPPOSITE PAGE 1. Ralph Morse Furniture Co., No. 692 2. Statton Mfg. Co. 3 Tomlinson of High Point 4. Lentz Table Co., No. 1851 5. Schoonbeck Co., No. 1428 6. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 5567 7. Charlotte Chair Co., No. 1972 8. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 58 9. Mersman Bros. Corp. No. 5629 10. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 5208 11. Jackson Upholstery Co., No. A58178 12. Showroom of Mary Ryan, Merchandise Mart 13. Gold Medal Folding Furni-ture Co. 14. E. Weiner Co., No. 4567 atism of its English and French forbears. Far advanced from the grotesque styling of its extreme youth, contemporary styles for the Fall will feature greater comfort and utility than ever. Enlisting Queen Anne and Vic-torian for added strength, the Eng-lish patterns — notably Sheraton, Chippendale and Hepplewhite — will move forward again in July with new, rich colors — reds, golds, blues and fuchsia shades — stand-ing out in the upholstered lines. Both mahogany and walnut will benefit from the popularity of these patterns. Restrained carvings and mellow finishes will help the style . . . high in the fashion parade for more than a century . . . to more than hold its own. French furniture of royal inspir-ation has added the hearty styles of the Provinces for stamina, and many of the new French groupings will include pieces of provincial in-fluence. The irresistible charm of the Marquis chairs, the champagne colors and graceful, sweeping de-signs of love seats and divans of the Lois', the tiny jewel chairs of the French court . . . these will help carry French styles, with their fruit-woods and satinwood, marqueteries and inlays and beautiful carvings, to new victories. Colonial • Federal and Early American, in both mahogany and walnut, as well as maple, cherry, tulip and native sycamore, will rely upon their simple sturdiness and faithful reproduction of time-revered originals to hold their place in the hearts of Americans. July will wit-ness the introduction of new uphol-stery of fabrics especially styled for use on Early American pieces, and new adaptations of authentic de-signs found in the great homes of New England and the South will be featured. The practice of offering inter-changeable period groupings in both bedroom and dining room furniture, which has proved a great success with women who prefer to "mix their own," is destined to continue, according to the July pre-views. 38 FINE FURNITURE These "ensembles," rather than "suites," enable the customer to se-lect her own type of bed, chest, table, chair, vanity, etc., and still stay within one period and have every piece harmonize with its fellows. On all woods, finish is expected to be the cup of elixir that will bring standard styles back to new life and send new patterns on the way to greater popularity. Occasional • Novelty and occa-sional furniture, following cautious-ly in the tracks of the parent lines, promises to catch up on some of the style trends that have become note-worthy during the past year. De-signs to harmonize with the new liv-ing room styles will be introduced, along with a number of new finishes, intended to blend with dark or light woods. •Many rare veneers are expected to make their initial ap-pearance and new tones of walnut, mahogany, maple and a number of the light woods will be shown. KEY TO MERCHANDISE ON OPPOSITE PAGE 1. Colonial Mfg. Co., No. 2001 7. 2. John Widdicomb Co., No. 0-505 8. 3. Rockford Superior Fumi- 9. ture Co., No. 216 4. Widdicomb Furniture Co., 10. No. 259 5. Tomlinson of High Point 11. 6. West Michigan Furniture 12. Co., No. 916 13. Rockford Superior Furni-ture Co., No. 2163/4 American Auto Felt Co. Storkline Furniture Co., No. 2190 West Michigan Furniture Co., No. 906 Manistee Mfg. Co., No. 949 Lullabye Furniture Corp. Grand Rapids Chair Co., No. 191V2 Leather and blue shadow glass tops, as well as various forms of phenolics. slate, mirror and inlaid tops, will in all probability, adorn the new tables which promise to come m many interesting new shapes and sizes. Sunken recep-tacles in the tables for living greens, radios and gadgets — to provide the A STATEMENT by ROBERT W. IRWIN President Robert W. Irwin Cornpar.v Grand Rapids, Mich. HP HE all-important issue in the five- -L weeks' strike at our factory, which was settled today, was not wages or working conditions, but rather, whether the right to possession of private prop-erty existed in Grand Rapids. The Union did not use the "sit-down" technique in connection with this strike, but one which was equally vicious and unlawful. From the day the strike was called, pickets were posted not only at the en-trance of the factory, but at the office door. Admission was denied to every employee except a portion of the office force, the superintendent, watchmen, firemen, and engineers. Even draftsmen, photographers, and help of that character were not allowed to enter. This denial of admission went much further than this. Customers calling at our factory were denied the right to en-ter, as were tradesmen and others. Many had to give their businesses before they could come into the office. This condition continued for a period of three weeks, and finally the order was issued that admission be denied to every-one except myself. We were unable to have access to any of our books or records for a period of nearly two weeks. We had to rent temporary offices in the center of the City in order to carry on the regular correspondence connected with our business. Even these quarters were picketed and we were denied for nearly a day entrance to these offices. The pickets at our temporary offices were finally withdrawn through an ar-rangement between the City Officials and the strike leader. Our City Commission appointed a Committee on Mediation, consisting of Mayor Tunis Johnson, City Manager C. Sophus Johnson, and George W. Welsh, and a truce was declared under which the pickets at the factory office were to be withdrawn for 48 hours. This with-drawal of all pickets from our plant was without any agreement on our part as to what we would not do during the period of the truce. I am happy to say that as a result of the conferences which followed, a settle-ment has been reached that is entirely satisfactory to the Company and appar-ently to a large majority of the men. There were over 1,000 men involved m the strike, and there were less than 180 who voted to reject. There has been worked out in the settlement a plan under which the man-agement and employees will get together around a conference table at regular in-tervals. I am confident that the plan which has been adopted will assure a pleasant employee relationship, and I trust that never again will our men feel it necessary to resort to a strike. June IS, 1937. utility looked for in occasional fur-n i t u r e — will provide interesting surprises. Rugs • Rugs and floor coverings are expected to be the medium that will tie the whole homeiurnishings picture together — thus both light and dark shares, in plain colored broadloom and texture, pile fabric rugs, are expected to enjoy a good run. Earth shades and medium col-ors will share honors with beige and rosy tones. Many pattern rugs, and period type carpets and rugs, as well as all-over designs in modern feeling, are scheduled to again re-turn to favor. In hard surface floor coverings, custom made floors again will give women an opportunity to expres their individuality. Black and white seem to be the predominating col-ors, the standard shades blending well with white kitchen furniture and forming a perfect foil for multi-colored accessories. Breawfast room and dinette fur-niture is leaning heavily toward modern. Upholstered seats or shaped wood seats, designed to make "eat-ing a pleasure," will replace the hard straight seat of past seasons. Leather or texture materials in fruit and flower colors will add a colorful touch to ensembles of oyster white or pastel tinted oak, blonde maple, enamel or natural maple. Kitchen and Juvenile • Kitchen furniture is heading toward the fur-ther development of complete en-sembles that grow with the kitchen. Left and right utilities, matching chinas, sink bases, cabinets, etc., are being standardized in color and fin-ish so that a woman over a period of years may furnish a complete, standardized kitchen, one piece at a time. Units featuring stel tops are due to be widely shown; sparkling white remains a favorite finish; and f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 39 i . * • . . - '.''*•;••'••',t ... n;- "1%" " -t ':^TT 40 FINE FURNITURE UNCH S. Straus m these floor coverino displays POPULAR colors in broadloom, as well as latest texture effects and designs, are getting nation-wide attention in window displays, en-semble groupings and by informa-tive style talks for customers, com-posing the activity in most stores. Broadloom is the favorite with retailers originating novel and at-tractive ways of dramatizing this type of floor covering. Important too, is the tendency of stores to dramatize new floor coverings in window displays to inform all pass-ing customers of the new fabrics now available. aumann Robert Heller, New York Indus-trial Designer, has been retained by the Style Council Trend of the In-stitute of Carpet Manufacturers to design its ensemble display promo-tions for the coming season. The units will feature room color schemes which complement the in-dividual carpet and rug displays. These unit displays are to be shown for the first time in the Carpet In-stitute's space at the American Furniture Mart, Chicago, during the summer market opening, July S. i o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 41 HISTORY of the WINDSOR CHAIR by PHYLLIS FIELD COOPER ONE of the most popular chairs of our day is the traditionally famous Windsor chair of 18th cen-tury England. Its popularity can probably be attributed to at least three good reasons: namely, its historical background and associa-tions; its convenient adaptability to most of the rooms of a home; and last but not least, its modest price. Though the Windsor chair is usually capable of "selling itself" without much "sales talk," we be-lieve that even more interest could be manifested in the various types of Windsor chairs if all salespeople were conversant with its traditional background. What customer (par-ticularly a woman) does not value her purchase of furniture more, be it an adapted or authentic prototype of some historical piece, if she can tell her friends some interesting facts concerning its history? Knowledge • It is always advisable for the salesperson ambitious to in-crease sales to learn something about the history concerning all fur-niture. There is nothing quite so embarrassing to a salesperson as selling a piece of furniture about which he or she knows nothing con-cerning either its history, design or construction and the customer seems to know EVERYTHING! We have known of just such instances and because the salesman was without knowledge and the customer had a dangerous smattering of it, the sale of an excellent and authentic repro-duction was actually LOST! We find that factful and reliable information concerning how the Windsor chair first came to be, is rather vague and questionable. The story goes, however, that King George II, while out hunting near his castle, at Windsor, was over-taken by a severe storm and took refuge in a shepherd's cabin. While there, he sat in a chair that proved so comfortable and artistically at-tractive that he inquired of the shep- PHYLLIS • FIELD- COOPE.R--1937-1 WINDSOR CHAIRS 1. COM B - BACK 2. HOOP" BOW-RACK i/^H 3. ENGLISH WINDSOR J 4. HOOP <"• BOW-BACK I 5. FAN-BACK herd from where it came, and found that the shepherd himself had fash-ioned it with a pocketknife. Tra-dition has it that the King asked to have it copied, a request which was granted, with the result that "Windsor" chairs became a vogue and have ever since been a most popular chair for the average home. Both in England and America the Windsor chair (of which there are several types) was the inex-pensive, everyday chair for the rural home, cottage and tavern of the 18th and 19th centuries (see sketch). Perpetuity • It is interesting to note that the Windsor chair met with greater popularity in America at that time than in England — a popularity that has continued on through three centuries with per-haps just one interruption (Victor-ian era) when it was relegated to attics and barn lofts, pro tern. It was about 1725 or later that the Windsor chair was first intro-duced into America by way of our English Colonists. About ten years later, we find Philadelphia becom-ing the center for the manufacture of especially fine American Windsor chairs. By 1745 the vogue for Windsor chairs had spread to other large cities and though they were beginning to manufacture them in Boston and New York about 1785, "Philadelphia-made Windsors" con-tinued to be in greatest demand throughout the Colonies. Gradually, Windsor chairs began to supplant the rush-bottomed banister-back and slat-back chairs of the early settlers, and continued to be popular until about 1825 when other chair styles began to supplant the Windsor. It was not until about the first part of our 20th century 42 FINE FURNITURE that there was a revival of the Windsor chair. This can probably be attributed to the antique collect-ors of America, who about 1910 were starting to unearth all that had been laid aside for the advent of Victorian furniture. Reproductions • There are today many fine examples of these Amer-ican (and a few English) Windsor chairs to be found in our museums, private collections and in dealers' stocks. It is from these various examples that our designers are deriving their inspiration and our manufacturers are producing such splendid adapted as well as authen-tic reproductions of Windsor chairs today. To suit the demands of present-day clientele, our modern Windsors are to be had in mahogany, walnut and maple. The original Windsors were generally painted m such col-ors as red, yellow, black or green. The latter color (a dark green) seems to have been the preferred and most popular color. Some of our 18th century rural carpenters stained their Windsors with lamp-black and turpentine. These paint-ed and stained chairs were often embellished with simple floral motifs. The old Windsor chairs of Eng-land are typified by the cabriole leg with Dutch foot and pierced splat backs with spindles, which are not found in old American Wind-sors, only in our modern adapta-tions (see sketch). Variable • American Windsor chairs vary in type but their char-acteristics are sufficiently similar to be easily recognized, for whether they are antique or modern, they have '"turned" legs in '"vase" forms. They are set into the "saddle" seat in ''raked" fashion and are usually driven up through the seat and planed flush, then fastened with "fox-tailed" wedges. Oak, hickory and sometimes maple legs were used in the original Windsors. "Bulb-turned" side bracings and a center stretcher below the seat held the legs more securely. The "saddle" seats were shaped for comfort and were usually of pine, beech or whitewood. Modern adaptations are often fitted with woven rush-seats. Windsor chairs derive their re-spective names from the style of back (see sketch). The "fan-back," "comb-back," and "hoop" or "bow-back" are the most popular and best known Windsor chair styles. The bent "hoop" or "bow-backs" were usually of hickory or ash, as were also the spindles supporting them. The "comb-back writing-arm" Windsor is the rarest style of all, while another type is called the "low-back" or "roundabout." Mod-ern examples of this latter are sold for rural kitchen use. Large and small settees and children's high-chairs were also made in Windsor styles. Rockers were also added to many of the later examples of chairs and settees. Some "fan-back," "comb-back," and "hoop-back" Windsors have ex-tended seats at the back into which two spindles are inserted to brace the chair. The best types of Windsor arm chairs (antique or modern) have arms that end in either a well-carved "closed" or "open" hand effect. The "ears" too, at either end of the gracefully shaped hori-zontal top rail of the "comb-back" and "fan-back" chairs are scrolled. The latter chair is merely the side chair of the former and the top rails are identical (see sketch). THE MAN ON THEICOVER PHYSIOGNOMISTS figuring the X phases of the face on the cover will surely not fail to philosophize, "Here is a Celt, a fighting Irishman, who, at some time in his life has been called Pat or Mike. And two to one he liked corned beef and cabbage." They wouldn't be far wrong, at that. In his boyhood Charles Fred-erick Reilly, president of the James-town Lounge Co. WAS dubbed "Mike," and his favorite dish IS corned beef and cabbage. Reilly is being honored this month because his company is celebrating its 75th market m the same exhibit space in the Waters-Klingman Building, Grand Rapids. That's a long time for any manufacturer to show in one space — 37J/2 years. Charlie's first job was running er-rands for a retail store in Newark, N. J. Later he became a printer and then, as almost everyone in the business knows, a furniture man. In college, he went in for ama-teur bicycle racing, although he is so constructed of late years that he has failed to win anv medals at this his company 37'2 years in same exhibit space sport. His chief relaxations now are golf and fishing, which are ideal for a man in his early 60's. Concerning the company he heads and which is celebrating its "dia-mond anniversary" at this market, the Jamestown Lounge Company has behind it a long and distin-guished record of service to the furniture trade. Formed Jan. 1, 1888, in Jamestown, N. Y., it was established under a partnership, in-cluding Hurlbert L. Phillips, Theo-dore D. Hanchett, Arthur H. Green-lund and Lynn F. Cornell. Following incorporation in 1899, Phillips became the first president; Hanchett, first vice-president; Greenlund, second vice-president, and Cornell, secretary and treasur-er. The business continued to in-crease and in 1910 Reilly was hired to care for the metropolitan district as salesman. Sometime previous to that A. L. Weible of Dover, Ohio, had taken), over the Middle West and Mr. H. A. Comer the Western Coast territory. Under their general-ship the business progresed rapidly. In 1913 Reilly was elected to the board of directors and was made first vice-president, succeeding The-odore Hanchett, who had retired that year. Reilly has been with the organization in an executive capac-ity since that time. In 1917 Greenlund died and Reilly was elected president, which office he has held since that time. The responsibility of the officers and the executives who stand behind their product has established the reputa-tion of the company and even through the long depression the company has maintained its fine name. Greenlund signed the first lease in the Klingman Building while it was under construction, and in 1898 the company showed their goods at the exposition in Grand Rapids. For seventy-five consecutive seasons they have remained—a Grand Rap-ids market institution. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 43 WHAT ARE YOUR OLD CUSTOMERS WORTH? They represent a definite and important investment which you must protect by RALPH SPANGLER Sales Promotion Manager Harbour-Longmire Co.. Oklahoma City LET'S do some supposing . . . j Suppose (1) that you can get back $10 in direct immediate sales for each $1 you invest in adver-tising (plenty of good stores do not); (2) that over a certain period of time, you are able to do a sales volume of £100,000; (3) that you spend 5% of it for advertising. If you get back $10 in immediate sales for each advertising dollar . . . $50,000 would have come as direct response from your advertising. Which leads to my point . . . ALL OR MOST OF THE OTHER $50,000 WOULD COME FROM CUSTOMERS! In Large Stores • More than half of the business in large stores comes directly from "old" customers, or their friends. Which partially estab-lihses the value of customers. Cer-tainly they are a major asset! If you question their value, look at what you pay to get them! Add all money you spend to entice new customers . . . advertising, special displays, perhaps even that part of the rent above the price of an out-lying location. Divide this total by the number of new customers for the period of time being considered. Cost Per Customer • Such investi-gations have disclosed costs per new customer exceeding $50 each! If cus-tomers cost $50 each . . . and they produce 50% of your business, there can be no question that they are about as important assets as your receivables or your inventories! You maintain a close control over your receivables. You know whether they are increasing or decreasing. If any one of them is not producing, you do something about it. The same is true of your inventories. If your stock control shows that cer-tain numbers are not producing, you do something about that. But how about your third major asset —your customers? Do you attempt a control on them? How?. .. The need is JO obvious. The only question is how. Here's How • The first step is a method of recording information about each individual customer . . . just as you would record each indi-vidual receivable, or each individual piece of merchandise that comes into your inventory. It is possible to start your cus-tomer control with a very simple system . . . perhaps using the edge of ledger cards for notations. If your accounting is such that the person responsible for your cus-tomer control may have constant access to the ledger cards, this plan may be the least expensive. But it does not provide for cash customers. Most stores which attempt to get the maximum business from cus-tomers, create a separate card file for this purpose, on which they en-ter the necessary information, as name, address, business, salesman making sale, amount purchased, (Continued on Page 55) Examples of credit cards effectively used by Peter-sen Furniture Co., Chi-cago, and by the North- Mehornay Co., Kansas City PRESIDENT'S COURTESY CARD NO CASH REQUIRED On Furniture Purchases up to $100 when yon use Ibis card Dale presenls this card any lime within 3 0 days from dale, please extend her the courtesy of allowing her to make any furniture purchase she desires up to $100.00, without making any down payment. 1048 tEUKWT AVENUE FiirnilujV Ctm 4135 WEST N08TH AVENUE 6531 SOUTH HALSTED STREET 44 FINE FURNITURE WE ARE SIX YES, SIX—COUNT 'EM—6 TYPES OF WOMEN CUSTOMERS WHO SHOP FOR FURNITURE by RUTH McINERNEY Another "Customer Viewpoint" Article OHE'S a problem customer," ruminated the up-and- O coming young retailer. The old-timer straightened his rheumatic knee—"Aren't they all," he said, ''each, a bundle of changing chemistry." Seeing ourselves as the furniture retailer sees us, and then prescribing for the symptoms is like being the surgeon who operated on himself. Detached, yet awfully close. Y\ ell, throw us a knife line, and let's cast off. There are six customer types. Each of us belongs to one or more classes, more or less. Exactly how much more or less is for you to figure. Knowing your cus-tomers is like knowing women. Some men know women. But few know woman. And just when you have the formula all worked out, the "changing bundle of chemistry" begins to effervesce. But a few hand}" rules in the rule kit will make the going easier. Inattentive Customer • She tells you she is interested in dining room suites, and after you have gone to great trouble to describe the superior features of design, workmanship, finish, you are aware that she has a dreamy eye riveted on a gold-framed picture of "The Lark" in the picture gallery. What to do? Psycholo-gists recommend that you pick up a chair and drop it— not necessarily on her foot—but loudly enough to draw her attention "out of the nowhere, into the here." Sudden noise works best—you might even sing. You're best judge of that. Indecisive Customer • There's so much of this in us all, it amounts to a regular "customer over-soul." But the worst type is the childlike individual who is used to having her mind made up for her by someone else. She can't decide between the walnut and the mahogany end tables. In an agony of indecision, the contest is likely to end in a draw, with you in the middle. Where-upon, the only solution is for the salesman to shop for the customer, find out what her needs are, eliminate any distracting influences, narrow the choice down to one, and then start writing in the order book, or begin talking about delivery date, and how to take care of the piece when she gets it home. Talkative Customer • The longest way home is often the shortest way after all, with this customer. You can either out-talk the customer, and lose the sale — or you can over-listen and close the sale. Through loneliness or natural talkativeness, this individual ap-preciates an audience, and is quite used to being "sh-h-ed". Imagine her surprise and delight, then, when she finds the nice salesman not only willing to listen but seemingly interested. The kindly understanding on your part wins a friend and a customer that the more formal selling rules fail in. Know-it-all Customer • The salesman's best refuge is in agreement. Become a yes-man. "Retreat doesn't necessarily mean defeat," said the hero as he backed to the edge of the canyon and let the villain rush past. The know-it-all customer rushes headlong into the dotted line. Whereupon you simply tie a neat knot, and put the whole thing through the cash register. She sells herself. Her mind is made up before she enters the store. But she wants to be seconded in her selec-tion. You're the fellow elected as seconder, whether you like it or not. So, when she says "I think studio couches are a nuisance," you say: "Quite right, madam, that's why they designed this new model, here." Non-talkative Customer • Speech difficulty, timidity, indecisiveness, account for the inarticulate customer. What? You've never met any? Well, sometime one may escape from heaven and wander in. They are an appreciative type, responding to gentleness, a low tone of voice, kindliness. Abruptness, and the loud voice some salesmen may employ in an attempt to make themselves understood only close the shell more tightly around her retiring nature. Sweet and low, that's it! Unpleasant Customer • A good-sized baseball bat under the counter is one answer, but then again, you may want the sale instead of a damage suit. Rudeness is often caused by mental or physical ill-health. Re-sistance on the salesman's part, sharp words, aggra-vate the situation. The intelligent salesman refuses to imitate the lady's behaviour. Result: the contrast between the customer's loud tones, and the salesman's polite, quiet ones, leave her without an argument to stand on. She's left high and dry in mid-air. So there's nothing to do but come down to earth—which she usually does, somewhat abashed — and listen to reason. It seems that kindliness, understanding, self-control, are prime requisites in a salesman — and of these, the greatest is kindliness. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 45 COPY CREATES HUMAN INTEREST • ft. I • i . I*'" 1. . 1 A. o'V PLENTY of human interest is being given the promotion of furniture for wedding gifts and for selection by brides and grooms for new homes by The Emporium, San Francisco. In a recent issue of TOMORROW, the store's little magazine sent to cus-tomers, copy was built around the wedding of "Miss Margery Ann Harris and Mr. Anthony Alden Reynolds" of San Francisco. Pictured, among other things, were: (1) "This blue leather and walnut modern desk set ($150) arrived from The Emporium with Uncle Bissell's card. Margery suggested using the ample top drawer for bills, startling Tony." (2) With the lovely modern bedroom shown the copy explained that "Aunt Minnie, abhorring wall beds, insures Margery and Tony against such evils with this modern bedroom set (which cost her under $500) . . . discovered in the Charm House . . . harewood, chromium trimmed." (3) In another "scene" photographed, the bridal pair are seen shopping for furniture in The Emporium. Margery tries to pull Tony out of a luxuri-ous $98 modern chair in the Charm House . . . but he isn't interested fur-ther in the eternal search for furniture. Says he, "This is swell . . . I'm parking right here." 46 FINE FURNITURE LET'S MAKE the NUTMEG GRATER Implores CHET SHAFER Three Rivers, Mich., June 15. (Spe-cial dispatch to FINE FURNITURE) — If there is any connection be-tween the furniture industry and what I did last week in the interests of the readers of FINE FURNITURE, I don't know what it is. But just the same — I took an extensive trip as a correspondent, without folio, over to Jones' Crossing, 12 miles east, and up to Wakelee — which is off in north of Jones. Nutmeg Off • And the most im-portant fact I discovered was that Frank Eberhart, who has run the general store over at Jones for 54 years, hasn't heard a good, loud, unmistakable, clear-ringing call for nutmegs in about 15 years. Said Frank: "Now'days ever' one wants their nutmegs either in a can or a capsul'." I didn't break Frank's record by making a purchase, either, because I wasn't nutmeg-conscious right at the time, so Frank went on to tell me about his old bar scales, with the brass scoop, which have been in his store since he started. He said there was an inspector m the other day to put on a tag, and the inspector told him the old-fashioned scales never went wrong. "It's th' new-fangled scales that git out of kilter."' Frank said. Frank said he still had a brisk call for "seeny" leaves — for tea — and cinnamon buds. "An' I sell a lot of ruzEum for horse liniment an' hog tonic. ' Frank said. Supper-time Closin' • This made me feel pretty good so I wheeled up to Wakelee to see Herb Huyck, who has been m business up there for 48 years — and I'm sorry his name isn't IKE HUYCK. Said Herb: "Th" guv'ment is goin' t' try to make me close up my store at supper-time, an' that won't work!" Business at 11 P. M. • Herb said his wife — IDV — took in four crates the night before after ten o'clock; and the night before that — right around 11 o'clock—she sold $2C0 worth of fencing. "Besides," said Herb, as he eased his gouty foot around a little on the pillow he had it on. "where are the folks in Wakelee gom" t' spend their evenin's:" CHET SHAFER Reports brisk call for "seeny" leaves. Wakeleeans Worry • Now I think — Mr. Edcutter — that's something for us to worry about — and be concerned with — what the folks of Wakelee are going to do with their evenings after the government pad-locks Herb Huyck's store at supper-time — after Herb has kept it open for 48 years. And I think we ought to sympa-thize with Frank, also, over at Tones, facing—as he does — this unprecedented slump in the demand for nutmegs. After all, a man's got to have some place to go after supper. And — there's nothing quite like the taste of nutmeg, say, for instance, on a custard pie — right fresh off the grater. yrs (signed) Chet Shafer Humanitarian to the core—and not so very far to the core, either. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? 1. D—Springs in good furniture are tied eight ways. 2. C—Patina refers to finish. 3. C—Most authorities on Early American agree that Cherry popular wood of the time, popular wood of the time. 4. C—Gilbert Rohde. 5. C—French Provincial follows Louis XV lines. 6. C—Fine Queen Anne furni-ture was consistently made in walnut. 7. D—Grand Rapids Chair does not advertise nationally. 8. C—Statton created the Tru- Type house. 9. A and B—Rideout (Wisconsin Chair Co.—modern) and Fred Hill (Hastings Table Co.). 10. C—Sidney Blumenthal (The Shelton Looms). 11. C—A typical description of brocatelle. 12. B—Pure down is from the breast of geese. 13. C—Central America. 14. A—Swietenia. 15. C—Grand Rapids Chair with their Federal groups, etc. Answers to Questions On Page 32 16. D—Robert W. Irwin Co. uses maple very successfully in combination. 17. F—Aspen is a member of the poplar family. 18. E—Prima Vera comes mainly from Mexico and Central America. 19. B—This statement is pure "Hooey"; the other three are true. 20. C—Dark woods such as ma-hogany and walnut are treated with chemical bleaches which function much as any ink eradicat-or or dye bleach. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 47 RETAILING TIPS TIPS ON ARRANGING SUMMER WINDOW • RETAIL BUREAU ACTS AS "REFEREE" • BEWARE WINDOW BACKGROUNDS! • CUSTOMERS'JURY Summer Displays •"THE more the better!" is the sum- _L mer furniture window display principle of C. F. Gustafson, who has charge of displays for Arm-strong, Inc., Memphis, Term. "Such a window may seem crowd-ed, but it is best, if you wish to appeal to a wide range of buyers," Gustafson declares. "Summer fur-niture, like small merchandise in a window, has special appeal high in novelty value; the more mer-chandise one has in the window, the better are its chances of bringing in buyers." While no particular color scheme for the window as a whole can be used, color should be carefully worked out in group arrangements. Novel interest furnishings in the summer class make suitable "front of window" suggestions. In the case of the Armstrong store, "reclina-bouts" have been used for this pur-pose. Staple but heavy demand pieces, such as gliders, are given prominent but back of window dis-play space. "Gliders in our windows follow the prominence given them in newspaper advertising; they are a leading feature, as one of the best selling summer pieces." Related merchandise tie-in is not to be neglected any more with sum-mer furniture than with regular room suites advertised in the win-dow, according to Gustafson. The cocktail set, or the deck of cards help to carry out the suggestion of a chair-umbrella group. Retail Referee ONE of the most important func-tions of the Madison (Wise.) Merchants Bureau, is to maintain the good will of the public toward business men in the downtown area. Whenever a disguntled customer comes to R. O. Ellingwood, chair-man of the retail committee, and claims that such and such a store refused to refund money on an un-satisfactory article or did not fulfill its obligation to the customer, or that it showed no inclination to serve the customer after it received Completed this Spring is this beautiful new store of the Hubenstein Furniture Co., Eugene, Ore. Work was started on its modernization last January. Over 5,000 people attended the opening in April. the cash for the item, he and others of his committee assure such a cus-tomer that they will do all they can to handle the situation to suit every-one. A delegation of the committee usually calls upon the offending merchant. They are not arrogant and critical. They lay the case be-fore him, and get his views of the case as well. Then they usually ad-vise the merchant that it would be better if he refunded the complain-ing customer the money. They point out that one dissatisfied cus-tomer will knock not only his store, but all the rest of the stores in the downtown area as well. In such an instance the loss to every merchant will be much greater than the cost of the piece of merchandise in question. Of course, none of the merchants believe in humoring every com-plaining customer, for all complaints are not just, and many people are habitual complainers. However, the committee does try to judge every complaint fairly, and then they carry worthwhile cases to the mer-chant involved. Thus favorable settlement is brought about in many instances. Time spent in settling such prob-lems is well invested, says Elling-wood, for it benefits the whole down-town area. Beware Backgrounds TT PAYS to avoid display back- 1 grounds which tend to draw the customer's attention away from the merchandise and from what the salesmen have to say about it. Recently at the American Furni-ture Co., Denver, there had been a mirror background in a table model display. Radios were moved into a location formerly used for china and glassware. The wall section here was lined with high grade mirrors. At first blush, it seemed that they would add attractiveness to the radio display and prove a helpful selling aid. But experience proved otherwise—to such an extent that the management is planning to re-move the mirrors. "Mirors tend to draw attention away from the merchandise and from what the salesmen are saying about it," explains O. P. Jones, radio buyer. "Customers standing in front of the mirrors find their attention riveted by their own images. They either become pre-occupied in admiring themselves or are self-conscious and ill-at-ease. Whichever it is, the condition is anything but conducive to creating buying interest. "This experience has convinced us more than ever before that dis-play fixtures and backgrounds must 48 FINE FURNITURE be made to emphasize the merchan-dise rather than standing out as sep-arate entities. After all, radios are what we're selling—not fixtures." A Pricing Jury APROMOTIONAL plan to de-velop local interest in the semi-annual sales at Harold's, Allentown, Pa., was the selection of a jury of twelve well-known local women who inspected all the special sale items in the store and approved of the prices marked on them. A small jury "fee' was paid to the women for this service and the store in turn had the group photographed and used the picture in its adver-tising and also in the news column of local papers. Harold's headlined its sale copy with this announcement: "A jury of twelve local women who are keen judges of values have carefully in-spected every piece of furniture of-fered for this sale. All the prices marked on our merchandise have been approved by this jury as of-fering outstanding values for thrifty buvers." SEEKS SHORTER HOURS The Associated Furniture Dealers of New York have begun a move-ment to shorten materially the store hours in the retail furniture trade in New York City by closing two eve-nings each week during June, July and August. lames B. McMahon, jr., executive vice-president of the association, sent a communication to approxi-mately GOO furniture stores in greater New York, inviting them to agree to close at 6 p.m. on Tues-days and Fridays for the three sum-mer months. Commitments have al-ready been received from enough representative units, both large and small, in all sections of the city, to assure the success of the movement. For Your Refinisher AFURNITURE finishing mate-rials brochure published by the Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, has been mailed to the industrial trade in all parts of the country. This brochure covers the problems of fur-niture finishing and retail store re-finishing in their practical entirety and deals with antiquing wax, brushes, combination filler-stains, drawer coater, fillers, lacquers, stains and varnishes. It also contains chap-ters on Old World finishing systems, Old Bone or antique white enamel finish, refinishing furniture, rubbing and polishing and sealers. In commenting on the method of finishing furniture, the introduction of this treatise states that "because wood varies in its physical form so widely, wood finishing can never be an exact science. The art of the expert finisher will always be of first importance in bringing out the true beauty of the wood." AKE • To faithfully reproduce dining room and bedroom furniture in traditional patterns which will appeal to the discriminating buyer of today and the connoisseur of tomorrow is the aim of the Rockford National Furniture Company. The combination of delicacy in design and strength in construction of these graceful groups, has made them notable for wise dealers who stock Rockford National ensembles. • Having moved our exhibit from Chicago to Grand Rapids, we were very gratified at the attention accorded our display in the Spring Market. Our Sum-mer Market Showing will include new pieces priced for today's demand and style requirements. You are cordially invited to visit our display, 2nd floor WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING during the Summer Sales Season ROCKFORD NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD ILLINOIS f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 49 DANIEL BOONE'S CLOCK a Colonial Reproduction NOW AVAILABLE FOR TODAY'S INTERIORS America's leading furniture and department stores will applaud this distinguished addition to the Colonial line. Reproduced from an original once owned by Daniel Boone, famed Kentucky pioneer, and now treasured in the Ford collection of Americana in Edison Institute, Dearborn, this hall clock has unusual historic appeal for today's interiors. The broken pediment and torch finial, painted landscape and fine inlay, are strikingly decorative details. This superb reproduction is but one of the many built by Colonial craftsmen, noted far and wide for their inspired artistry in fashion-ing fine mahogany hall clocks and occasional furniture. Each and every piece bearing the Colonial trade-mark is truly a work of art, worthy of a place in the finest home. DISPLAY: FIFTH FLOOR KEELER BUILDING G R A N D R A P I D S , M I C H I G A N COLONIAL MANUFACTURING CO., ZEELAND, MICH. YOU, TOO, CAN PROFIT through the advantages that ac-crue to dealers fea-turing Colonial Hall Clocks and Occa-sional Pieces. You are cordially invited to view this line or to write for details. the predominant influence of today's furniture preference and the period styles embodied in this great era are destined to contribute to the beauty and comfort of our homes for many years to come. Equal in importance to loyalty in design is that of the finish. Whether English or American Georgian, French or American Empire, Louis XV, Colonial or Duncan Phyfe, none are true 18th Century unless given the color treatment and finish authentic in its every detail. We are in position to supply you with finish materials and detailed information for the correct execution of all 18th Century furniture finishes, and will be glad to cooperate with you. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE MICHIGAN 50 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Reviews Frolic at Grand Rapids Welcoming buyers to the midsummer furniture market, Furniture Salesmen's club has arranged a festival ball and frolic for the eve of the market opening, June 30, in the ballroom of the Civic auditorium and the Pantlind hotel. Two popular radio and night club orches-tras, Louis Panico's and Lee Bennett's, will provide music for the dancers in two of the ballrooms and a third orchestra will play in the third ballroom. Floor show acts have been booked for the ball and for nightly entertainment during the market, including an ensemble of dancing girls, comedy acts, a wrestling bear and a "Gypsy Memories'' show. Otto J. Frey of Robert W. Irwin Co. is general chairman and heads the entertain-ment committee. Other committee chairmen include: R. D. Thomas of Grand Rapids Chair Co., Thomas G. Kindel of Kindel Furniture Co., and Clark H. Beinnger of Mueller Furniture Co. — o — Builds Penthouse on New Store Plans for new store being built by J. B. Van Sciver Co., Allentown, Pa., present some unusual features in furniture store construction. The building proper will be three stories, 100 by 230 feet, while the central part of the building will be a six-story tower, with a two-story penthouse occupying the upper two floors. A large number of furnished rooms will be the penthouse attraction. Floodlighting equipment on top of the main building will permit unusual lighting effects on the tower at night. The building will be constructed of white brick and trimmed with limestone. The architects are Lloyd Van Sciver and Jacoby and Everett. W. T. Mansfield is in charge of construction. Saves Gas Stove Connection Time A new device for gas stoves, which saves considerable installation time, is the Romine Gas Stove Connection recently put on the market by the Gray-Wilson Co. of Detroit. -T 1 New headquarters plant oi the Michigan Artcrait Co., Sparta, Michigan, has over 50,000 feet o! production space. This especially designed aluminum pipe is said to resist all severe twisting, bending and other strains. It is also claimed to ssaavee up - 50% of labor costs in installation connections sell for from $1.35 to $1.55, 3 to 5 ft. lengths, m gross lots. Photo shows ease with which connection is made. Fine Arts Co. Moves Recent purchase of the plant formerly occupied by the Grand Rapids Store Equip-ment Company. Sparta, Mich., will give the Fine Arts Studios, who have been operating in Holland. Mich., for the past year, more than double the production space they had in their former location. The firm manufactures an attractive line of Modern tables, desks, wall brackets and novelty pieces, the line consisting of over 150 individual units. The business of the company has developed so rapidly that larger space was required, and the change was made to insure greater production facilities. The corporate name of the firm is being changed the name to Michigan Artcraft Co., and the complete line will be shown on the sixth floor of the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids, during the Summer market. Officers of the new organization are: T. E. McFall. president: M. Languis. chief de-signer and general manager; Andrew Neeu-sen. secretary and assistant treasurer; Charles Miller, vice-president; and John Shooks,. treasurer and assistant secretary. Import Entire Room A pine-paneled room from Fishmonger's Hall in London, and a chandelier from Eng-land's famous Eton College, are being trans-ported to this country for the entrance hall of the Bristol Company for the July mar-ket in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, when the concern makes its bow to the furniture trade in its new quarters. The unusual and historic entrance, which will cost $5,000 to assemble, and which is valued at $7,500. will enter this country duty free because both the chandelier and the pine panels are over 100 years old. The Bristol Company specializes in fine reproductions of 18th Century occasional and upholstered pieces. A comparatively new concern, Bristol started as antique dealers in 1914. Because of a demand from decorators for reproductions, manufacturing ol fine pieces was started. Reports Sales Ahead oi 1929 Business equal to, and in some respects exceeding, that of 1929, is reported by Dei-mar L. Kroehler, vice-president of Kroehler Manufacturing Co. Following the close of the company's fifth period, total shipments so far this year are up almost 50 per cent over the same time last year. Kroehler, largest manufacturers of uphol-stered furniture in the world, divides its year into 13 periods of four weeks each. "Monthly shipments this year," states Mr. Kroehler, "have continuously shown an increase over like periods of last year. For the period of 1937, ending May 21, total shipments exceed those of last year for the same period by 46 per cent, and 1936 ship-ments were the largest since 1929. "During the peak production period this spring, all Kroehler plants produced an aver-age of 3,500 pieces per day, an all-time high in the history of the company. This includes living room, bedroom and dining room furniture." d Fred Cappel Dead Fred Cappel, Dayton business leader and president of the Cappel Upholstery Co. and Cappel Corp., died at his home May 30. He was 86 years old. Mr. Cappel was founder of three Dayton furniture concerns and retained control of the Cappel Upholstery Corp. until his par-tial retirement several years ago. He is sur-vived by two sons — Harry, president of the Cappel Furn. Co., and Carl, of the Wayne Furn. Co. of Dayton, and a daughter, Mrs. Cora Linxweiler. Q Salesmen's Dinner July 8 The National Wholesale Furniture Sales-men's Ass'n will hold its Institute dinner in the Furniture Club of America, July 8. Robert Mehornay, of the Xorth-Mehornay Co., Kansas City, has been selected as one of the guest speakers. Design Englcmder Lines The Englander Spring Bed Company of Brooklyn has engaged Serge Sacknoff and Michael Saphier, designers and stylists with offices in the RKO building, Radio City, New York, to design a complete new line of bedding for the firm, according to an announcement by S. Richard Lemberg, as-sistant to the president of the Englander company. A number of the new designs will be ready for presentation to the trade f o r JUNE-JULY, 1937 51 at the summer markets. Both Sacknoff and Saphier are recognized for their creative ability in interpreting traditional styles as well as contemporary trends. 0 Chooses Lullabye for Movies During 1937, Paramount Pictures, Inc., will use the Lullabye line of juvenile furni-ture exclusively in all pictures having nurs-ery scenes or featuring juvenile stars. Para-mount notified Lullabye of their decision after viewing the juvenile furniture displays at various markets, it was announced. New Refinishing System Refinishers can now save 48 hours—and two operations—by using a recently devel-oped system for refinishing. It is based upon the use of thoroughly compatible materials, as opposed to the frequent practice of using materials purchased from various sources which may or may not impart durability and produce a clean, clear accenting of wood grains. The new quick-drying stain, which re-places the water stain, dries in IS minutes —thus eliminating the overnight dry neces-sary to complete this operation with the old system. It takes overnight for the old sys-tem tiller to dry. while the improved fast-drying filler does the job in three hours. All men in charge of the refinishing work of the furniture stores, department stores and refinishing shops realize the benefits of saving 48 hours on a single job. By greater turnover and less expense, these men are now able to lower the final cost, refinish more articles, and increase their profits. Out-of-Town Buyers' Club The establishment of a practical Chicago headquarters and club for out-of-town buy-ers, sales representative, retailers, and manu-facturers was accomplished this week by the granting of a charter to a group of business and civic leaders for a new organization to be known as "The Merchants and Manu-facturers club." The resignation of George W. Young, vice-president of Marshall Field and Co.. to accept the presidency of the club is indicative of the importance of this new development. Designed to promote a closer cooperation between the various groups of the business world, the club will function as a Chicago headquarters and home-away-from-home for the thousands of business men throughout the nation, who have occasion to go there on business from time to time. Complete club facilities except living accomodations will be maintained in the Merchandise Mart, in addition to a competent research department and business office. Combination electric shaver mirror and make-up mirror designed to meet de-mand of men now using electric shavers. Equipped with two drawers, one of sufficient size to hold the com-plete shaver kit with special electrical outlet. Hand-rubbed solid walnut. Retails for $7.50 and up. New Credit Plan The Productive Budget Account is the name of a new credit plan recently inau-gurated by Adaskin's Furniture Stores, with outlets in Xew England. It proffers a credit charge of one-half of 1 per cent a month on unpaid balances. Four other points listed in the plan are down payments of 5 per cent, up to 18 months to pay by weekly, semi-monthly or monthly payments, automatic cancellation of an unpaid balance in the event of the purchaser's death, and fire protection. In purchases of electric refrigeration, Adaskin's is allowing up to three years for payment. The new credit plan applies to all having accounts with the stores, includ-ing those getting statements at present. C L A S S I F I E D A D S FOR LEASE • Modern four-story, fire-proof building 50x75, Cor. Lapeer and War-ren Aves., Saginaw, Michigan. City of 82,000 population, diversified industries, and in excellent agricultural district. Build-ing in central business section, occupied past five years for retail furniture, has large show windows on both streets, well lighted, modern plumbing, heating, elevator and basement. Reasonable rent. Apply to H. G. Wesener, 512 X. Franklin Street, Saginaw, Michigan. FOR SALE • Furniture Store, old, estab-lished, in fine Boston suburb; mostly cash business with good opportunity for expan-sion; buyer must have $5,000. Good reason for selling. Box 141, FINE FURNITURE, Grand Rapids, Mich. DESIGNER wanted by designer. Must be creative and step ahead of trends; original idea and good perspective man;
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty"Ninth Year-No. 16 FEBRUARY 25, 1909 Semi-Monthly • --~I I, ! "j,t~hthe Button-a~dRest" ROYAL CHAIR COMPANY STURGIS, MICHIGAN •• r-Aulsb;~~k& Jones Furnitu~~Co~--- STURGIS, MICH. I'------~---------- YOU can make more money out 01 our nationally advertised Royal M;;;ris Chairs tha-;;-Y;;ucan by buying the unknown, unguaranteed kind. Our advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Everybody·s. Munsey's and Cosmopolitan are read by eighteen millionpeople. Royal Morris Chairs are the best selling proposition in the lurniture line today, They are unlike any other because they are either upholstered or with loose cushions, with footrest or without footrest. Write us today lor catalogue and proposition lor your town. ASK FOR CATALOG SHOWING THIS SUITE COMPLETE Oak and Mahogany II -----------' • ..M ------..-- - r!I -------------- "The Better Make" • • I,I, WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECESIN OUR UNE. Bedroom ·and Dining Room Furniture -----SUITES TO MATCH.----- Nelson - Matter Furniture Company GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. Faclory and Salesroom, 37 Canal Street Catalogues to Dealers on - Heavy Plate Paper. ..----:-c----,." ...~...,..~..",'..",..'~". ~- iI . DINING .EXTENSION .TABLES OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALUES All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 • I >---------------------------------_.-----------------------------------_.------------~ ! ===(om~~n~~ : SHELBYVILLE, - INDIANA II I,II , M!I:'{UFACT{:RERS OF ! OFFICE FURNITURE III , I ir II Write for latest catalogue No. :::8Jj{ .------------------ ...__._----_.._---------_._- I! WHITE PRINTING CO. I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 . I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COrlPLETE t"--._-----------._----._------------~ >-------_._--------------------------------------_._------' _________ . -..c.. __ ~ z MICHIGAN ARTISAN • One Car Load of these Desks .ready for shipment. We want to move them quickl,Y. These prices wiHdo it. Get your share of this Desk~rgain_ Order today. These Desks are built of plain India.na white oak, Lave three~ply 'panels and aTe thoroughly well con-structed. Medium Gold,en Oak gloss finish. Notice full pan_~led bask. center drawer with lock, brace betweell'pe,~_e~tal anq single wall. Price No. 242. De.k Price No. 342F Desk. $11.00 8.00 • • Terrns 2% 10 days; Net 30 Days. F. O. B. Cars Factory. Rowlett Desk Mfg. Co. Richmond, Indiana No. 242 Roll Top Desk. Size--42 inches long, 30 inches wide, 48 inches high; weight, 145 pounds. No. 342F Flat Top Desk. Entire Base same as No. 242. Size-42 inches long, 30 inches wide. 31 inches high; weight, 100 pounds. ' We have almost Two Thou-sand Desks in our warerooms which we are offering at an extra large discount. Write for catalog and prices • No. 400 Dresser. ~~ Oak and Bird's Eye M~jlle and Maltogany. Top 22l[(6. Plate1:lOx36. A.k few .... priClCl. Itia too low toqaote in a trade paper • It is not so much the goods you buy that brings you value as the goods you sell and are the- means of selling more. St.ar goods advertise themselves . ,,--,;,- The- dealer who sells one Star begins an endless chain be~ause you cannot stop it from selling more. Why? Because Star veneer used in their construction is the best that money can buy. Because Star veneer is MATCHED AND SELECTED, making a pleasing and attractive effect. Because Star styles are made by designers of reputa-tion. Because Star finish cannot be surpassed. A trial is all we ask. The goods speak louder than talk in print. Applications for catalog welcome. Michigan Star furniture Co. Zeeland, Mich. • oil 29th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., FEBRUARY 25. 1909. $1.00 per Year. Officers of the National Retailers' Association. The recently elected officers of the National Retailers' Association are the following: Prc!jident-M. J- Mulvihill, St. Louis, Mo. First Viee-Presidcnt-C. E. Osgood, Boston, Mass. Second Vice-Presidellt~C. E. Rosenbury, Bay City, ;>ilich. Third Vie-Prcsident-G. 1\', Sandberg, Chicago. Treasurer-A. D. 1IcQuilkin, Fort Dodge, la. Secretary-l\ilark P. Goodlett, St. Louis. Executive Committee~George H. Gilar, Indianapolis; \V. D. Farley, Battle Creek, Mich.; VV. F. Saecker, Appleton, "Vis.; 'A'. L. Grapp, Janesville, :Ylinn.; C. C. LaFollette, Thorntown, Ind.; E. A. Snead, Clifton Forge, Va.; John A. Thompson, Chicago, IlL; M. N.orman, Grand Forks, N. D.; T. R. Glass, ~otwa, Okla. @ * @ Pleasant Relations With Manufacturers. In his exaugural address to the convention of the Nation-al Retailers' Association, recently held, the president, Col. Foster, referred to the business relations existing between the retailers and manufacturers as follows: DUring the past year our relations with the furniture man-ufacturers of the country have been of the pleasantest char-acter. They are coming to understand us better and we are coming to understand them better. Vi/hen their attention has been called to any complaints that have been transmitted to national headquarters, they have been quick to make reply, and these replies in every case throughout the year have been in the spirit of desiring to do all that they could to meet the just requirements of our organization. 11istakes occur and shipments have bcen sometimcs made that should not have been made, but investigation of such instances have nearly always resulted in showing that the manufac-turer has been misled by incorrect ratings in the cr~dit rating books of tl:e furniture trade. @ * @ President Mulvihill. The National Retailers' Association at their recent con-vention, elected M. ]. Mulvihill of St. Louis, president. Mr. Mulvihill is a leading retailer of the 110und City and widely known in the furniture trade.. He is an able business man and will prove a wortby successor of A. J. Conroy, Co!. Foster and others who have filled the presidential office in the past. @ * @ Manufacturen of furniture who have pursued the policy of quoting a flat price of fifty per cent discount to the retail trade have been requested by the National Retailers' Asso-ciation to discontinue the same as it is no longer of value to them. @ * @ A standing committee of the National Retailers Associa-tion will endeavor to persuade manufacturers to use uniform sizes in catalogues. New Ho~e for "The Ark" at Riverside. Cal. The Ark House Furnishing Company h; to have a home in keeping with the importance to which the business has grown. Fred H. Freeman and Samuel S. Patterson have purchased a lot and will commence in the very near future the erection of a modern business bl,ock with four floors 104r72 feet. The Ark Furnishing Company have secured a tcn years' lease on this block, dating from next August. It is expected to have the building completed by the first of August. The lot has dimensions of 104 feet on Eighth str~et and 160 on Lemon. The building will have a Hoar space of 1,000,000 square feet. The structure will be of pressed brick. The front will be of plate glass. Electric freight and passenger elevators \,-villhe installed, and otaer equipment in keeping with an up-to- date store. Mr. Miller of thc Ark, has shown excellent judgment in his choice of a location, as the site selected is without doubt as close in as could be found for a builJing such as is needed for the busines£ done by the Ark. @ * @ Officers of the Luce Furniture Co. The Luce Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, held its annual meeting recently and reelected the former officers and directors, .as follows: President-G. 1\'1.Luce. Vice-presIdent-Mark Norris. Secretary~trcasurer-A. S. Goodman. Manager-John Hoult. Directors-A. S. Goodman, John Hoult, P. C. Fuller, J. Edward Earle, Van A, "\lallen, Mark Norris and Gregory M. J.uce. The company has had a very successful year and has pros-pered under the existing management. 8 * '" Twenty Thousand Inspected the Store. Ou Saturday, February 27, twenty thousand persons in-spected the branch store of Cowperthwait & Sons" ,on Third eveUlle al1d 121st street, New York, and listened to a band concert. During the week of the opening fifteen thousand people visited the store daily. The h,ouse was established one hundred and threc years ago and the business has de-scended from father to son. The new building is five stories high and ten storics long. @ * @ David J. Powers, founder and for many years president of the Vnion \Vire l\'1attre>ls Company, Chicago, died re-cently. He was born in 1814 and had lived in Chicago since 18G8. @ * @ The National Retailers' Association, in convention at St. Louis recently, adopted a resolution advising retailers to withhold patronage from manufacturing houses owned wholly or in part by mail order mcrchants, 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Mail Order Business in Foreign Lands. A New Packing for Furniture. Consul Moorhead, located at Acupulco, Mexico, ,has inves_ Retailers of furniture will soon receive goods packed in a tigated the business condition of that section a'h:d,conclt1de.~ new material manufactured under a. process recently patented that a mail order trade with the United States c64f.d be cre- by W. E. Elliott of Grand Rapids. A company JUS been ated. A large amount of advertising matter sho'd)d be dis- formed for the purpose 0f carrying on the business under the tributed as a preliminary to make sales. Catalogue'S, printed name of the Elliott Packing Company, of which VV. R. El-in the Spanish language should be mailed to the home?--of the liott is president; Vv'. D. Bishop vice president; Charles F_ people. In Manzanillo there are many opportunities tb'~- Powers secretary and A. C. Dennison treasurer. A factory tablish trade among American as well as Mexican residen. will be erected in the near future. In France the first requisite in the creation of a mail orde-rJ"\' @ * @ business is the catalogue.-J, , @ * @ Added Suites in Mahogany._ . I ,. The Michigan Furniture Company recently brought ou(a line of chamber furniture in mahogany that is taking well, Colonial patterns with a few Napoleon beds constitute the new feature. They continue their line of oak and ash 'and The Michigan Star Catalogue. The Michigan Star Furniture Company of Zeeland have issued their 1909 catalogue of chamber furniture, It is a halldsome book and ShOVi'Sa complete line of chamber furni-ture made in oak, binl's-eye map1cand mahogany. This is not,a high ,priced line, but it will be hard to find a highet" gCrhd~line -fbF:the prices put 011 the goods. It is a nice cata- Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co, Detroit Mich. are now in better shape than ever to take care of cU!:itomers' wants. In some patterns of oak and ash they have a large stock, made up in anticipation of demands for prompt ship-ments, so dealers can have their wants supplied without delay. They have issued a little booklet of some of the most attractive patterns which will be sent on application. @ * @ Sligh Factory in Full Operation. Among the Grand Rapids furniture manufacturing com-panies that enjoy a g'ood trade is the Sligh Furniture Com-pany. Since the close of the January exhibitions the travel-ing men have been sending in so many orders that every de-partment of the great fa.ctory is filled with workmen. Never in the history of the company were so many employed as at 'present. The new styles are so choice that the yisiting huy-ers and the buyers at hOll1e were attracted to them at first glance. Of course the Sligh construction and finish leave nothing to be desired. l logue, worth preserving, one that should be kept at hand for daily reference. @. * @.> Items Omitted. In ascertaining the cost of goods many merchants omit charges for such items as inspection, removing excelsior, scratches and trivial breakages that cannot be charged to the manufacturer_ Freight, cartage and handling are charged to the cost account as a matter of course, but such minor items as mentioned a.re over.looked;· involving losses in sale'S or very narrov,' profits, @ * @ I spent seven days at the Louvre l\laking notes of the lovely chef d'oeuvrcs, Now for fear that don't rhyme, Let me tell you that I'm Nat -French, but a furniture mover. MICHIGAN , TIllsincss with the manufacturers of furniture ill Detroit is fairly good,and improving as the sVrillg advances. The Pos-s<: litls BrothersFllrniture .Jlalll1fachlring Compally Jl<tVC n catalogue in the hands of the printers and h will be ready for mailing by l\la,rch 1. The Palmer \la.llllfactnring Company are preparing a ne,,\' catalogue-the best one they have ever ol<.:red to the trade ALany of the new patterns are choice desigr;s. Trade is very !{ood. The Pioneer )'lallufacturing COmp;111y, manub,ctllrcrs of reed chairs and rockers and children's carriages, report busi-ness illqcasing riglH along. The Detroit Rack CompallY, 1llul1ufac(-nl"crs of metal furni-ture, lni: racks, costllJlH'ni, invalid tallIes, Sbl~ds, chairs, etc .. h,t"ve contracted lor a catalogue. '.-\'hich will be ready for mail-ing abont the middle of March. The Detfoit Cabillet Con:p81lY had a good trade in Grand Rapid!'. ill J;tlluar-y and ordns <'rc cOlning in every day. J. C. \\.Tidmall & Co. fcport sales good, in brill ;\11(1 c1inin~ r00111 furniture. @ * @ J. F Shone succeeds Crc.,;sy & Sholle ill the furnitnre bus incss at Soutl, nCl'd, \Va.-;hil1gtoll . IIII .I------,---_._-----------_ ..I. r, --~------------'---·-!· Murphy Chair Co.I! I LINE II .----- III II ,I I Dll'tROI'I, MIca. ~ Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go.Carts. -, ~ PlOnm nanufa(turin~ (om~anJ Full lill-8 Sk()!l"h OIil?! af, f,he faclQ1·Y. MANUFACTURERS -------1 ! DETROIT, MICH. COMPLETE '-=-------,-------..----' ARTISAN The Cost of Transacting Business Varies. To the cost.oi.the goods purchased of the manufacturers Fraye!'. & Seifert of ~l()bi1e add the expel1se of- 'freight and cartage rllld npOn tlle total amount base the prices for which goods afe offefl':d fo customers. The firth ·does not know 11o\v it is pOi;siblc to include in the cost of an article every item of expel1se until it reaches the l{a-ndsof the customer, for the rea SOIl that the figures co.tlld _not be ascertained untll all article sh.il.ll have been sold TllC volume of sales may be Do You Know Why I !Smile? I Have the Grt:latest Household Invention of the Age. The Kindel Kind- That's All. brgcr in one year than another, and the expense of transact-il1[.!; business varies in accordance tlH::rewith, @ * @ Satisfy Customers. Hayes & Seifert of 1110bile, Ala., never allow a customer to become dissatisned. If, after purchasing an article, the cUSw tomer desires to return the. same, the firm alJows him to do so and hand him a check for the amount paid. By pleasing the trade and making every transaction satisfactory, the firm has bui1t up a great al,d profitable volume of business . rI II '-------------, PALMER MFG, CO, 115 to 13fl Palmer Ave., DETROIT, MIOH. Matlufacturers of FANCY TABLES PEDESTALS TABOURETTES for the PARLOII ,AND LIBRARY Our famousROOKWOOD FlNlSH IlIOwtI in populanty every day. NQthiD~like iI. Write for Piet1U'eS and Prices. Pf!destal No. 412 J 5 6 MICHIGAN Tracing Stray Freight Shipments. . Annoyance, delay and expense are the results of the lost frt1ght shipments, and while the blame for loss in transit 6rten rests with the transportation companies, in some in-stances it can be traced directly to the negligence of the consignee. For instance, a consignment of two cases of builders' hardware is made to vVallace, Brown & Co., Dartmouth, N. H., via P. R. R. and·B. W. railroad. In the course ofa week or so the shipment reaches its destination and a postal notice is sent to the consignee, who apparently ignores same, as no notice of 1t, and the shipment is placed in storage. The consignee wal; not ready for his shillment, 50 did not take the troubl'e to reply to the postal notice, or have de-livery made. A month or so later he calls up the warehouse and in a. peremptory manner inquires after his goods. From his offhand description he is told that they know nothing ARTISAN gone out word is received stating that shipment numher one has been received and the transportation company requests that you withdraw your claim as delivery has been effected. As the shipper, it is necessary to render credit for the duplicate shipment when it is returned, and as often is the case, have to stand the charges both ways. With just a little patience and consideration, a great deal of unnecessary ex~ pense and trouble can easil'y be avoided. By this it is not meant that a shipper should be reticent about tracing shipments claimed "lost in transit," but that a customer should not be too hasty in his demands that a duplicate shipment should be made, or that shipment should be traced before it has had sufficient time to reach destina-tion, until the railroad company has had a chance to make delivery. When a reasonable time has el"apsed then it is time to go after the railroads. A number of excellent systems have been dev.ise1, which, Made by Palmer bIlanufa.otw'j.ng Co., Detroit, Mich. about this shipment, and he rings off in high dudgeon. The shippers ar~ requested to place a vigorous tracer after the shipment, and after a great deal of delay the railroad company writes back advising the shipper that tbe shipment is on hand at destination unclaimed, and to please advise of same at once. This is not always the case, but from actual' observance has proven to be th e way with about two~thirds of the cases in which shipment ,vas lost in transit. In other cases the shipment has been delivered and "lost" at the plant of the consignee, and after some considerable correspondence is found, shipment having been on hand dur-ing the whole. procedure of tracing, presumably mislaid by their receiving clerk. \Vhat can a shipper do? He receives numerous requests to trace or dupolicate the original shipment. He has received no report of delivery from the railroad company, so there is nothing left but to duplicate the shipment and enter claim against the transpor-tation company. A few days after the second shipmer..t hM if they receeived the proper attention frotn the railroads, ivould facilitate matters greatly and ~fford' the shipper some little protection. One of these systeths inclt.des a recording device that with one operation makes a "d:acer," "acknow-ledgement" and the stub for use of the tra~ing derk. The tracer for the transportation company, thehcknowledgment to go to the party requesting tracer; and the stub remains in the book for ready reference of the shipper. This system is a good one, if it 'always received attentiorl, being inexpen-sive and efficient, as it furnishes all the infonbation necessary for the use of the various pp.rties concerned. Something that will keep the shipper advised all' the time of just what is being done is necessary,. ,nbt alone for his protection and information, but for :l'he behefit of his cus-tomer. Among various systems that are rlpwiii Ilse is th.e regis-tered tracer system, that stands out prontin'ptly among the rest. As the name indicates, each trac,er iSr_gistered, and as it meets with prompt attention from ;the altferent railroads when properly filled ont by the party tr~dl\lr it keeps t11c MICHIGAN shipper informed as to just what is being done with this particular shipment. These tracers consist of a cover, red in color, to better distinguish it from other papers, bearing a printed designat-ing number, there being no two tracers of the same number, the inside of the cover providing abtank form for full de-scription of the shipment being traped, including informa-tion as to name of shipper, corn;~ and designation, etc., which inf.ormation is filled in bp the party tracing and is practically a copy of the bill of lading or shipping receipt issued covering the shipment. Attached to the inside cover are ten record set5, each con-sisting of a thin sheet and a post card underneath, the thin sheet being permanently attached to the tracer, and the post card perforated at the top and easi.ly attached, the pri.nted form on the several sets being identical as to the thin sheet and the corresponding post card. Each set bears its individ-ual number in addition to the tracer numher. \ sheet of carbon paper is also attached to the tracer cover. These sets are for the use of the railroad agents in show-ing their record of handling shipment, the tracer above de-scribed being of sufficient size to permit shO\",ing the move-ments of a shipment over five railroads, each road using two of the sets, one to be filled ont by the forwarding agent and the other by the road, showing delivery to connecting line. In filling out the tracer forms, the tracing clerk affixes a one cent stamp to each of the post cards and a two cent stamp to the cover, addresses all the post cards to the party desiring the immediate information and also filb; in the ad-dress portion of the cover. It is then forwarde,d to the agent at originating station. ,..h..o fills in the first set, deposits it at the postoffice and for-wards the tracer in "R. R. B." (railroad busine%) envelope by baggage mail to the agent of the initial road, where the shipment leaves such road, who in turn fills in set 2, and for- \",'ards post card and tracer in the same manner as set 1. Vv'hen set 10 has been filled in, whether ten cents ,vere nec-essary or not, it is detached and dropped in postoffice and the tracer itself Jisposed of by folding the cover in such a way as to disc:lose the l·eturn address portion of the tracer, and a rubber band put around the tracer and same deposited in the mails without enclosing in any envelope. By addressing the post cards to the shipper he is inform-ed, as the tracer advances, of each movement of the ship-ment, and can scc whether the railroad company is giving the tracer proper attention. If any agent has neglected his duty the shipper knows just who it is and where to make complaint. By this method he is in ;1 position to bke the company to task regarding any inattention, through the fact of his having the evideNce at hand in bl'ack and whitc, in the form of his tracer post cards. The post cards themselves may be scnt to the consignee after having been filled ill by the agent, as the retttfll of the registered tracer to the shipper gives him all tac information required, though a trifle delayed, of course. but complete and ready for his file. Some system as above, while more expensive than most systems now in use, would seem to be the most satisfactory and economic way in the end for tracing shipments, as the fact of each tracer being registered and a set filled in and returned as the tracer moves along, keeps the party tracing informed, giving him a base to work upon, and in the end is bound to bring results quicker than by any othcrmethod. As results aTe what is wanted from a tracer the system which secures them, even at a slight increase in cost, is really the cheapest and most satisfactory in the end.-Travel-ing Man. @ * @ The American School Furniture Company is ('.vide1ltly prosperous. During the current year the company will erect a large extension to its factory in Grand Rapids. ARTISAN • Ideal Refrigerators If, !!I 1,! II CJI The handsomest and bes' cheap line of refrigerators made. CJI Printed on White Birch in Imitation of Quar-ter Sawed Oak, in eIlects which beat the hnest originals. CJI The line, tbough short, is quite complete. It includes 4 sizes, single door. one double door. one side icing. three apartment house and one four door, all either zinc lined 01 white enamel. CJI The goods are well made with f(i inch inside box and charcoal sheathing insulation. Every dealer should carry this line, as it sells on sight. Send for Catalog and Prices. I Grand Rapids Refng. Co. I Grand Rapids, Miohil!&D • 7 1I It It, I II I I,I ItII I II!,III , !:I 1 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN On short notice we can load a freight train with assorted lots of Big Six Asso-ciation goods. Q!1iek deliveries and low rates of freight guaranteed. Our goods are the best of their class. A trial order will prove the truth of this statement. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequaled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforohes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of MantC'1 and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees! China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the «Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots. Made by The Karges furlliture Co, Catalogues of all lines will be furnished to dealers on application. ~, ~ ev11 C H 1 G AN A R 1"1 s' A 1;1 9 Made by The Bockstege Furniture Co. Made by the 'Vorl-d Furniture Co. BZDS e:.VANSVIl-l-E., IN 01 ANA .sEoN C> F" 0 F'I C ""'-..,"-"'-'-0 G> U c:- ---"" -'----------- ~ I I,, I .. 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING PERFECT WORK at Right Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ---------------- ~._-- -- MICHIGAN Old Painted Furniture. In a recent number of the House Beantiful the subject of old painted furniture is discussed under the c;lptlon "Some Good Specimens of Old Fashioned Painted Furniture." by Rose Standish Nichols. The vogue for painted furniture has been revived during thl:': last twenty-Live years \vith the popularity of the Coronial style and has be tome especially popular in the last fC'\v years. \Vell made and original specimens hav(~ been found in out of the way places. Angelica Kauffman. the well knO\v artist. "vIlo was so sought aEter in London in the latter part of the 18th century, was responsible for the popularity of painted furniture at that time, al-though she ,vas not the originator. Her work was done 11nder the gn'at cabinet makers of the time, Adams, ShemtorJ, HeppJcH/hite and Chip-pendale, They were very enthusiastic over her designs of garlands of flowers, landscapes, chastl' figures with floating classical draperies and many minor forms. Angelica also palnted a marble mantel for Sir Josh11a Reynolds. Italian painters were also employed for this work and \vere very skillfnl in it. Their decorating was done on satinwood. Pergo1e~i "vas the best known of these artists. He was an assistant to the Adam::; brothers and \vas very successful. T'l1e motive" hc, used were garlnnds and baskets of {lm','crs. medallions endOsinl2; landscapes, shepherds. shcp-henlesses, cupids, dc. Later other artisans took np this kind of dec-oration but on a simpler scale. Ordinary woods were painted either plainly or to imitate tllC graining of rare woods. Japanning as it \va~ called was often done It consisted in using turps instead of oil to mix colors and was really only painting. The Japanese and Chinese use lacquer in their proC'-ess of japanning". Their method spread to England and then to New Eng-land in 1755. Painted furniture \vas imported to America be-fore the Revo{ution Tom England in the nortll and from France in the south. 111] 797 an English chair manlthc:turer in New York advertised to do "dyeing, japanning, wallgec work and bamboo ·work after tile nc"'t'st London patterns" ARTISAN 11 or such pieces as CfI<iJrS, st.'ttees, etc. Often furniture was made to harmonize with the wall coverings of the room it was to occupy. The solid wood \Vin]sor furniture was popular and with rattan and split bottoms \va:j often seen in dra.wing rooms, libraries, dining rooms 311d bedrooms and for piazza 11se in surnffier. During the eighteenth century the p,tinted decoration We Manufa==------------------"'l' Largest Line of fOlDlno I (nAIDS I I I, ! ! I II i- ~ _l i in the United States, suitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and aU public resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots avndarCireibtsyi.n '" large Send for Catalogl4l and Price; to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co" Detroit, Mich. ,If furniture was dCl.:;::dclIt. In 180tl it was used by "the third class of gentry." At tllc pn~sent time there are t\',.7O artists in thi.~ line in Vennont and 13'ostnll who arc doing splendid work in reviving old styles and traditions. Clws. B. Ingalls (Jf \·\!indsor, VL, a m<ln of 80 years. is very successful and has instructed 11iss ),1. C. [-lard}' in the work, who follows in his footsteps and is in husiness for herseH. Shc copies hi" ideas and originates ncw combinations of styles. @ * @ Improvements by the Lentz Table Company. TIle Lentz Table Company of Ka.shvil1e, Mich., are pre~ paring to erect a brick boiler house, 40 x 30 feet in size, in \\'l1ich they will install a new 125 horsepower boiler, to b(' lIsed in connectic)Jl with their present steam plant. They wilt also creet all additio,l to their warehouse 50 x 70 feet, and two stories high The upper story \-vill be llsed for finishing and the \mver story for ~~torage. The Lentz extension tab1c.s ,\1"(' sl1b~tantial1y IT,(\dc ard the bu"iness h;IS grown so stead i!y th;tt fr('(jl.1clltly ilrpr()\'l'lnellts in the shops or enlargements JJ\11SI: be made. The latest addition will relieve their fInishing ann storage rooms which \\Terc greatly congested; and en-able t1,e compallY to 100ld two or three cars a.t thesamc: timc instead of one tlS at presf'nt. @ * @ Help the Unfortunate. "The only way" to do an installmQnt business successfully and to retain the respec.t of customers in the opinion of Black Brothers of Joplin, 3.'10.. is to carry the accounts of customers when there is lJeed of jt. Collections should not be neglect-ed. Laxity creates contempt in the minds of people to whom lenieney is extended in the settlement of accounts. This does not apply to the deserving unfortunates. 12 MICHIGAN BUSINESS' MAWS RUBAIY AT. Awaket For morning's cares must be begun', The shrill alarm is fierce as any gun. ReeaH the maxim old and true that says It is the carly bi.rd t~at gets the bun. Dreaml11g when sleep's soft hal1d lay on my brow, Methought I made a l1e\V and solemn vow To cease the strain. \A/hen sUddenly a voice, In acccnts harsh commanded, "Do .it now!" Profit and price wages, interest al1d Tellt, Credit and cash; details that won't relent Next week, next year, some day, perhaps, I'll quit, Bllt now my busy pencil counts per cent BllY and sell and sell and buy again, Do-wn to the office, SUn, steet or rain, Adding, subtracting, balancing the cash Speculating on the yearly gain. o time turn backward in your hasty flight. I need more time from dewy morn till night. Tomorrow, aye, tomorrow, I've a note That falls due at the bal1k and money's tight. Today the trust raised prices on my ware. Already they were higher than 1s fair. However, it's a business maxim true The llrlce is fix{'.d as doth the traffic bear. I'd like to get acquainted with my wife And get a bit of leisure in my life. But, spite of all my work, my plans go wron.g And keep me always hamcs1ed to the strife. Al1d then my childrel1 three of them in all, It surely is the bitterest of gaIt To leave the house at morn before they rise, Returning after sleep has made its calL Ledgers, day books, cash books, journals, files, Book accounts, receipts and salesmen's wiles; These are the texts of fiscal aptlC\.\de On him who learns them well Dame Fortune smiles. Last year, when things were gOillg fairly well, EYents came up that no one could foretell And plunged me down to desperation's depths, Transforining heaven into gloomy hell. "All things come to him who waits," they say, And joy will come to him who leams to pray_ To "wait" and "pray" I'd like to add "and ~lave" And always a!-iksthc question 'docs it pay?'" I drink, ahl yes, the cup that cheers, they say, Ent not the cup that cheers for me, l~ay, nay. I drillk whenever, be it day or night, It's some advantage in a business way. @ * @ Lower Duties Demanded Retailers should be very much interested in the leglslatioll affecting furniture, carpet, matting and kindred goods pending in the congress of the United States. Manufacturers of fur-niture ha,ve filed petitions with the national law makers ask. ing that material rcdUdions be made in the duties levied upon ltlmber and mirror plates As the high duties assessed upon these artldes are charged by the· manufacturers to the retail-ers, it is for the ilJterest of the latter to support the former in their efforts to obtain cheaper materials. With cheaper lumber, glass, hardware and finishing materials at their com-mal1d, retailers ,,,auld be cnabled to purchase goods for their stores proportiona_tel~Jess tl1an the prices they are paying at present. . ,.'""'. ARTISAN Help the Salesmen A number of manufacturers in preparing catalogues for the retail trade, supply full detailed descriptions of the pieces illustrated, ·as well as sensible argumcnts presenting the sdl-ing qualities of the piece, Many s,alesll:cn, kuow so little about the goods they are expected to 'sell that catalogues con-taining descriptivc matter is of great valuc'to,tl1ern'ifthcy are, disposed to make use of the same. A inclnufacturero( couches describes the processes by which the springs \1scd in his g~lOdsare made and te,mpered; the fabrics woven and col-orcd; the wood lIsed ill the .frauvyS- ,s~asolled and cut; the ma-chining. tooling and finishing-, " Cqstomers, especially women, who purchase most of the furnitme sold by retailers, appre- Made by Michigan Star Furniture Co., Zeeland, Mich. date such details greatly and the knowledge gained of ho\\-' an article is produced fmnishes a theme for discussion when the fair sex meet. It is not a bad plall to publish the reta11 prices of the pieces lllustrated in catalogues The nlan-ufacturer sells to the retailer for from 25 to ~O per cent less than the published prices. @ * @ Bevelers and Silverers Desire a Higher Duty. The bevelers and silverer.s have filed a petition with the ways and means committee of the national house. of repre-sentatives for a large increase in the duties levied by law upon mirror plates of small sizes il1lporte,d from Europe. The granting of the petition is opposed by the importers a~ the increase asked for would seriously affect their business. The silverers and bevelers pradicall:v el1joy a monopoly in the manufacture of mirror plates of larger sizes and have grown immensely rich within the past ten years, or since the enactment of the Dil1gley tariff hill. Any addition to the duty Upon small sized plates would cause' an ine-rease in the cost of framed mirrors which would be paid by the retailers of furniture handling such goods or of fur-niture conta'ining mirrors. The interest of -the retailers in this campai'gll' clearly lies with the importers. -------------------------------- - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 Peacock Feathers in Fashion. 1',{any years ago the peacock feather ,,,... as considered as ar-tis tic a decoration as cOHld he found. TJJis was when the arrangement of rooms was sim.ple, a good style \·vhich is returning to fa\'or. The eTa of the overcrowded foom with r(lCOCO ornamentation, 'with endless cushions, bric-a-brac, and ill-as-sorted pictllTcs was a fearflll era 11l house decoration. Possibly the genius of \Villiam 11orris did more to submerge it and bring back elegant simplicity than the work of allY other man. [0 those .":Icplc days one OT three long- peacock feathers in a Colonial or East Indian vase were e!lough decor<ltion flor a mante!., tl1e c':.'nter (If a table or top of :1 low bookca~c: This fashion has returned. The peacock feather in ;111 {)\'ercrllwded room i.~ahsurd. [t lends- it-self only to Jilpancs~ treatrnent. Arti,;tic women realize this an {I they <Ire USillg this limited 111tmber in the best of the ol(l V;IS{~S they ha\'c. If one is the ff)/"- ttl1l:lte possessor of all East Indian jar, lhen, with the j}e~\- cock feat1,cr added, one -whole corner of the room is :tlreacly decorated. Made by Michigan Star Furniture Company, Zeeland, Mich. @ * @ Rothschild Will Erect an Addidon. Another State street department store is about to break through to "'lnhash ~I"enlle, Chicago. Rothschild & Co have obtained :l nindy-nine year lease on the property at 267-2(}9 \\Tabash avenue and h;\ve deposited a cash bond o[ $.10,000 as a guaralllee that they will crect a modern fIreproof building there. The intention of the !ll"ln is to put tIp a twelve story structure costing- $5CO,000 The l:wd ,vas leased for the firm frorn the heirs of the late Rev. Dr. \\li11ia111 H. Rydec The rental \"ill rise from $12,000 a y<::ar for the Jirst decade to $14,000 and $16,000 a year. This means a transaction of $5,000,000 or more, and it also means that the store of' Rothschild & Co. \vill be~ome one of the largest in Chicago and one of the largest. in the west At present the store takes up the entire east side of State street. between Van Buren street and Jackson boulevard. with the exception of the Leiter property at the Jackson boulevard end. Tt is believed to be the firm's ultimate aim to get the whole hlock. The land just leased has :::I. frontage of f(nty-tive feet in \Vahash avenue and a depth of one hundred seventy feet. @ * @ School for Salesmen. Before entering upon the sale of period furniture it. "vould be well for dealers to open a salesmen's school forllve or six months. Executives and salesmen should unite in the study of the furniture of the periods ('specially the draperies and window ;:llld ""vall decorations that ate 11(',Cessary to create a harmonious interior. Salesmen so instructed become quali-fied to discuss the dassic ideals in home furnishings, relieving the mind in a measure, of the humclrlI11l details of utility, con-struction and prices. Illustrated Lectures on Furniture. l'dany evidences of the ignorance prevailing on the part of the public as to furniture, the which of which it is manu-· fadu1"ccd and the processes of making have suggested to a leading merchant of tbe cast the ad\'isability of giving a series of lectures in a public hall with lantern slides, to illustrate the same, on the subjects mentioned, keeping the lecture free fronl 811 atmo3pberc of a commercial n;tture. The merchant quoted instanced the case of a \'loman, ordinarily well in-formed, who cxprc~sed the thought that the figure in quar-tered lumber ,vas produced by tile -hllislllng lnatcrials used. ,.----_._---- ..--------., III Henry Schmit fJ Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET ST~. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture foe LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL alld CLUB ROOM Another had understood that all mahogany was of a deep red color. Reputable dealers are ever trying to inspire custom-ers ,,,,ith a desire to possess high grade furniture, and the de~ livery of illustrated lectures setting forth tI,e truth about the \voods used, the several proceSSes employed in finishing, the cutting of veneers and carvings and the works of the great designCl"s would serve the end sought to be attained. @ * @ Out of Town for the Winter S~veral of' the lItanufaclurers of furniture in Grand Rap-ids arc spelHlil1g the winter in warmer dimates than 1Jiehi~ gan. \V.H. G:ly and V·../.A. Gunll are in France;'John 1), (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a base lor Ollr Caster Cups. making the \)<;:5tcup on lhe market. Celluloid is a grt~at Improvement over bases made (.If other material. \Vhell it is necessar:y to move a JJitce s17pporte<J by cups W:lth cellll10id bases it call be done With ease. as the \-lases are per-f fecIJy smc,olh. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use 01 tht"se cups I tahles are never manerl. These cups are finillhed ill \TOld"ll Oak and White M~ple, finished 19"ht. If you lI'ill t'ry (/ sample Qrder of these r!()odlJl/olt wiU d<>lIircto" 1ndJe tk&m in quantities. I pRICES:Size 2%' inches $5,50 per hundred. I Size 2U inches .. , 4.50 per hUDdred. >: ___f._o._fl. _Gra_nd_Ra_pid_s, TRY A 8AJlP~M ORDl_fR.__ t .-.4 Case in Cuba; H. S. Jordan in Florida; E. H. Foote in Ar-gentine; John A Covode in Texas; Willard lla,rnhart in Cali-fornia; A \V. Hampe in Europe, and Albert Stickley in \Vashington. @ * @ \leyers Brothers late of Iowa have purchased J, W. Shep-ard's stock of furniture at Sheridan, Oregon, and will add un-dertaking and embalming, 14 ---~----------------- ESTABLISHED 1880 :.1ICHIGAN ARTISAN ,"UllI.ISl'leC lilT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOTlojAND 2.$TI1 0'" EACH MONTH Oprpr'CE-l08.110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, t.'ltCH. !!'lTER£O IN THE P08TOFFICE AT G~AI\IO IU,PlDS, MICH., 0'.8 SECONO CL...S6 MATTER. The merchants of Xew York have tiled a petition with the service commission asking for an investigation of the methods pursued in the transaction of business by the express COIil~ panies. Information is sought on the subjects following: Inequalities in charges-such as different charges over the same route in opposite directions; different charges for equal distances; extra charges for delivery in excess of tariff rates; delays in delivery; failure to notify shippers of non-delivery; delay in returll1ng undelivered goods;' delay in settl'ement of claims; disregard ,of specified routing; unreason-able requirements as to methods of packing; delay in account-ing for collections; refusal to collect and return "empties" and similar practices. In their petition to the service com-mission the merchants call attention to important facts: "Ow-ing to changes in business methods and conditions, shipments by express instead of by freight in many classes of commod-ities have greatly increased, the use of the speedier exprcss service having become practically compulsory. Because of this forced substitution of express carriage for freight car-riage, a very large volume of commodities which formerly paid freight charges which amounted to but a very small per-centage of the value of the merchandise, now pay express charges of such an amount as in many cases to consume the entire margin of profit on the commodities, the ordinary seil-ing prices of whic:i cannot be varied to include abnormal transportation charges, In consequence the annual aggregate express charges paid by a 'merchant 'have gradually increased from an almost negligible amount to a heavy item which represents an actual loss, inasmuch as the outlay can seldom be covered into the selling price. It is therefore of much importance to merchants that the charges exacted for express service should not be excessive, but on the contrary should be as low as consistent with a just return upon the capital' neces-sarily employed in efficiently carrying on the express busi-ness." It is claimed that the net earnings per annum of the express companies equals in amount their capital invest ~d. With the territory divided and co-operation enforced in raiding the public the aid of the legislatures and the courts is needed to remove the burdens laid upon shippers. + + During the campaign preceding the election of president of the United States the orators employed by the sp.eakers' bureau of the republican party emphasized very strongly the qualities possessed by Mr. Taft gained during his experienc~ in public life. He had been enabled to qualify himself to successfully administer the office of president by services on the bench, in diplomacy, in the administration of government in thePhillipines and extensive travel, advantages that had been denied to Mr. Bryan. The speakers rung the changes continuously on the subject of quality and the result of the election proved that quality is as valuable in politics. as in business. Quality wins in the long run. + + Two firms located in a city not far from one of the great exposition towns occupy adjoining stores. The members of these firms are so friendly that it would seem that the mem· bers are descendents of one family. Whenever one merchant has a call for an article that is out of stock, he does not hesi-tate about entering the store of his neighbor and helping him-self to what he needs. Harmony and neighborly interest has been maintairlcd between these firms many years, and -in the practice of these virtues a fine example is afforded to all merchants of the city. + + A revival of the plan to establish a furnitur"e exposition at High Point, N. c., is reported, Statesville and Lexington should fall in line. Either one of these places is as available for exposition purposes as High Point. Greensboro has good hotels and better railroad accommodat' ons than High Point. If the people of Greenboro shOUld decide: to go into the ex-position business High Point would experience a frost as blighting as if in midsummer. + + A strike of truck drivers is imminent in New York and mallY merchants have urged manufacturers to fill their orders with all possible dispatch. The teamsters are sat-isfied with the w~ges pajd, but seek to compel the team Owners to employ none but members of the union. The mer-chants' association is supporting the team owners in their determination to employ whom their interests or t:leir incli-nations prefer. + + The severe weather prevailing in all parts of the United States during the past month affected trade unfavorably and travelers on the road have not booked generous orders ex-pected. AU are confident of a better business later, however. + + The figures are the first when seeking cheap goods. quality the selling price is not + consideration with customers When looking for goods of so important. + The business of a firm in Wheeling, West Va., was in-creased 25 per cent in one year, resulting from the judicious expenditure of $600 for advertising. + + A very successful merchant says he examines carefully the advertisements in the furniture trade papers before giving attention to the reading matter. + + Articles offered for sale for nominal sums are appreciated by the public. "Vhen given away customers do not consider the same of any value. + + A retailer disposed of three hundred kitchen cabinets recently after advertising the same pr.operly in a single issue of a daily newspaper. + + The eye is attracted by an advertised price, and it brings home to a customer the problem of whether he can afford an article or not. + + Advertising is profitable when backed up with suitable window displays and goods sold for prices marked on the salesman's tag. @ * @ An E1Iective Display Line. An advertising manager for a successful mercantile house in Illinois contents himself and obtains results by usi:J:;igone large display line and the name of. the firm in the new~p:a.per's. The line rea.ds: "See our show window5." MICHIGAN Origin of Ornament. A mo!-;t interesting series of six books on the broad subject of "Decoration," published ill London from lSS2-1886 by Sampson Lov·/ has been acquired by the Ryerson "Ptrbtic Library of Grand Rapids. The books are iUnstrated '\vith dntwings of styles of ornameJlL t]le interiors of hmo'll" Couch No. 3155-Made by Hafner Furniture Co., palaces and p,dntings, sculIJt1re <lnd art m~lI1t1filcttlrers. Space is given to the various styles in furniture and home decor-ation. and one subject that is discussed is the origin of orna-ment. It is said that the Egyptians \vere not the originators of the style.s of ornament used by them but merely used what came to them from an island in the Atlantic called Atlantis which layoff the coast of Spain and opposite the entrance to the 1Tediterraneal1. Colonists from this island came to Egypt after the overwhelming deluge had ·nearly submerged the land which is said to be the Azores of today .. now mostly submarine. Atlantis was the nurSe and fosterer of civilization and the colonizing power of the antedeluvian world. So Egypt received the arts and architecture of the island ready made as did Phoenicia. These people are said to have lived before the building of the oldest pyramid in Egypt. Art, sculpture, painting and the decorative arts of the earliest years of Egyptian art \'Vcre found showing a matur-ity, consistency and conventionality too systematic to be entirely originated by them. Other people had done the exverimenting and the Egyptian works arc simply perfected examples of another people's earlier accomplishments. The other eastern countries such as Syria" Assyria, Persia, India, Asia I\'Iinnr and Greece received the arts from Eygpt. From Greece they \verc carried by the Etruscans ",,-ho were a Dorian colony to Italy. In dte new "".-orId, ),Jexico and Peru received seven survivors of the deluge who founded seven tribes. Expl'orers have compared the art of the ne ..\., world with the old and tbere is no question about the resemblance between them. Mexican antiquities in sculp-ture were more crude while that of the East "were developed by trained artists of the mother country imported to Egypt. The 1lexicans and Peruvians were handicapped by the Jack of proper tools and shownl no skill in "realizing delicacies of proportion or refinement of detaiL" Their works 'Nere mere-ly imitations of architectural and ornamental forms they had been familiar with in their own country. In the "west the arts spread to Japan and }'Iongolia and ill the east to Rome, England. Spain and the countries of northern Europe. It is thoug"(lt that in the future when more exhaustive research has been made that the ongin of ornament may be ~'J,aced to one common source. @ * @ One for Salamanca. Furniture will be manufactured in Salamanca, N., by a company capitalized for $40,000. @ * @ Improved hotel service i., sought by traveling salesmen in the stat~ of vVashington. The aid of the legislature has been asked. In other states there is room for improvement. ARTISAN 15 "Knowledge is Power." So is money. when properly used. To know what one w;mLs- i-s- thc first step to success; to Know- w"H-et:e. to get it i" next. F.very business and professional man realizes this. It is not cnough to know where something ;;just as good" is to he had. Tbe "just as good" is seldom marc than a mere f\1rnitmc dealer to know where he can get dependable excuse. "Only the best is cheap." It is a fine thing for the l1P!whtercd fmniture. The illustr8tioll of couch No. 3155· IT1adc by the Hafner Furniture Company, Chicago, is it case in point. This couch is 30 inches wide and 7t inches long-wide enough for the average person and long enoug-h for a six-footer_ It is well made, stylish and right in every way, including the price. The Haf-ller Furniture Company have been making dependable uphob;tered furniture for more than a third of a cen-tury and will he pleased to mail their latest illustrated catalogue to any reliable furniture merchant on appl3- cation. @ * @ Booklets May Be Used With Profit by Retailers. W. H. Curtis of Brown, Curtis & Brown, Syracuse, N. Y., is not satisfied ..v.ith the results of his expenditures in adver-tising sales by circulars. Booklets arc more valuable for the purpose named, but the use of catalogues in his city is im-practical for the reason that the ma.nufacturefS change their 5tylcs so often. If the lines were changed but once a year, there would be a larger llse of catalogues. @ * @ Post-Lenten Weddings. Following the Lenten will be the wedding season. Many brides to be will not wait till the popular month of June fOf the "two hearts that beat as one" ceremony and wise house: ft1rni~hers have already commetlced the spring campaign for i '" W~'l1 furnish y<>UI Mme eompkl~Iy....<1 attmdivelyand .ave you one-third to one.halfm the <:<&. .lb-n _11 give you libernl time in which to I"'YJot!he R'JO"lo BI: 1M low rate 01, "'Y $1.00 each-.k. .~ [t'. a mighty IiklSi pl'OP'l'ilian-the tIIOOI thornugbly libetal. lIlOA : ... tidaeloty plan of omditoltered by lilly home Mniohi~ institution in Anwi<:.a lo<lay. You eojoy !he full ".. rl the gwb while po.yiDg lor them in small -lIr po.ym<:Dls. There is ~I, a home ouW.ttiog concern in the Unite<! Stal"" that COD cql1<l\ our pnceo·'l2ol on$, and jlllt now <Iurinlllhio great ~k ..Ie the laving in priee ;. in evidence IIuouihout eithet entire W>T$. Whether ymI wish to fl,rni,h one rO:ltn or a h""", ~~. we will save you a comiderable"oum and givc you Iibml <%edit be:sidta. Gmlc to .it!..", store. lei us fieure with you- Sample Fumitv.J'f'J Sale a Boon b) HmMfitters business with sweethearts. A very pretty illustration and a fev,,- sympathetic remarks treating of this subject is used in the advertisements of the ""Vinegar Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, as follows: @ * @ Extended His Trade by the Use of Circulars. A prosperous dealer in furniture located in Decatur Ill., addressed personal letters to the farmers living within a radius of 150 miles of Decatur, announcirJ5 a clearance sale of goods, with satisfactory results. He had used circulars ;end waJl advertising succcssfulIy, but depended majn]y upon the newspapers for publicity. @ * @I Commercial fraternities will erect a hotel for the use of traveling salesmen, to cost $50,000. at Little Rock, Ark. 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, IND., February 25.-Thc furniture mall-ufacturers of Evansville report that February has been a very good month for them from a trade standpoint. The month was much better than the previous month, and February wa.s a better business month than allY month in the past year. In-dications )loint to a very god sluing and summer trade. The local plants are under operation practically 011 full time and a nice lot of orders have been received. The Standard Chair Company, located on \Valker street, has gone into bankruptcy. The concern waS organized about seven or eight years ago and had a capital stock of $75,000, and it was geilerally supposed the company was doing a very 1,ice bm;,iness. Six of the creditors tiled the petition asking. for bankruptcy proceedings, and when the case came tlp be-fore United States Commissioner J W. \¥artmann there was no protest. A short time before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy a petition was filed by several of' the creditors in the circuit court, asking that a receiver be appointed to carryon the business of the compal2Y. The assets and lia-hilities of the company have not yet been madc public. l\bdison J. Bray of· this city has been appointed trustee in bankruptcy and three appraisers have been named to ascer-tain the value or the stock and plant. The gcneral opinion is that a company will be organized to take over the property at some futnre date and operate it. A meeting of the Evansville Furniture IVlanufacturers' As· sociation is called for Saturday night, February 27, at the office of the Crescel'.t Furniture Company for the purpose of electi.ng officers. ]{ugh C. Schmitt, of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture Com-pany, says that business is picking up nicely and that trade ought to improve a whole lot from this time on. "Gus" Stolt.z, of the company, has just returned from a business trip to Louisville, Ky. \\rilliam A. Koch, of the Evansville Metal Bed Company and the Advance Stove Works, has returned from a busines~ trip through Texas and the southwest. He thinks that trade conditions are improving in that section and he believes the present year will be a very good one for both stove and fur-niture men. Mr. Koch is orte of the most enterprising rnanu-facturers of this city. :v1ayor and Congressman-Elect J Oh11 vV. Boehne who is in terestcd in several furniture factories here; Benjamiil Bosse, who is at the head of the World Furniture Company, tho: Bosse Furniture Company and the Globe Furniture Company, and A. F. Karges, of the Karges Furniture Company, were among the <l~legates from this ci.ty to the hi.g tariff conven-tion held at Indianapolis, a few days ago. Edward Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniture Co.mpany, ~ays that all the plants of the Big Six Carloading Association a.re running on practically full time, an·d are enjoying a good bus-iness. They have received many orders on the strength of their new catalogue. H. H. Schu, of the Crescent Furniture .company, and the United States Furniture Company, reports trade picking up very nicely. Over three million feet of lumber have been received by the local furniture fac.tories by river during the: past month" and some of this has been unloaded at the wharf. Most ,of the lumber came from l\Iississippi and Arkansas, Eli D. Miller, of the· Eli D. ::l1iller Company, manufactur-ers of fine folding beds. reports business getting better all the time. 1ft. Miller' business has grown from time to time and the volume has become so ~reat that a new addition to the factory will be built some time this year. The "Eli·folding.· heds enjoy a big sale all over the United States: /' Among those from this city who attended the'National Re- - - tail Furniture Dealers' Ass.ociation convention ~JSt. Louis, a few days ago were: \Alilliam HeYlls and] oh'n,W: Heyns, of the Heyns Furnittlfc Company; Fred A. Gumberts'of the: R. & G. Furniture Company; Eli D. Miller of -the EI'i D.Mille'r Folding Bed Compal'Y; John C. Hedderich of the Jourdan- Loesch Furniture Company; Joseph A. Zipperan(l'Jos'cph IL· Beeks, of the Eccles & Zipper .Furniture Cp.Q1:p<l-nLY.'.;B. and G~ E. Finke, of the Finke Ft1rniture COn1-~~fn'y"<I.n~l'JolJn C. Becker They report a mighty interestink"c611V'eiltion. ... ".i.~i",: '. __ '.'!' .-, The Furniture Exchange bui.lding, in codrs:,e:~oLer~ction."at the corner of Vine and Fourth streets, is nea_hn'~ ~omp(etf9j~: and will he occupied some time along abutlt~tBe' middle:'{1of." , '~ ' '~' ";+i:F;ye Made by Manistee Manufacturing Co" Manistee, Mich. l\-farch or the first of April. Workmen are now engaged in finishing the interior. Most of the office room has been spoken for and the building will be fined from top to bottom ell the opening day. Practically a1l the furniture and stove rr.anufactttrers of the city wi.ll have exhi.bi.ts in the new build-mg, The nc\.'ifstructure will be the finest business building in the city and will reflect great credit On the men who have built it. Mayor John W. Boehne will resign his position on March 1 and will go on to Washington, D. C. to be s..,vorn in as menl-ber of congress from the first Indiana congressional district. Be wiiI he succeeded as mayor by John]. 1\olan, the present city control~er. ,Ma.yor Boehne has served oved three years and has n:ade the best business mayor the city has ever had. Bes'ides being interested in several of the local furniture fac-tories he is a heavy stockholder in the Indiana Stove Com-pacy, -..vhose plant is located in this city. It is predicted by his Ir.any friends that Mr. Boehne will make a brilliant record in congress. Fred Stoltz, of the Crown Chair Company, is well satisfied with the way business is moving along. He is doing a nice business alld expects a very active season. Other chair fac-tories here are running on praeti('.ally, {nlltime. Trade has been gradua.lly getting better with them since the first of th~ year. C. W. B. :,1I CHI GA N ART I SAN 17 r-----------------------------------'---·--------~ II a _...II. FIVE COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS RIGHT I, III Opalite Lin d. Enamel Lin d. RICES Charcoa Filled and Zinc Lin d. Send for J w CatafiigfJf dnd let UJ !l WI! )'011prife. Odllen~efteri~mtor (0.. GRAND HAVE ,MICH" U, S, A. Zinc Line movable Galvanized Stationar ......_--- -------_._-+_. A Test That Failed. A prominent dealer, while sojourning in Grand Rapi s in Jannary, related an incident in connection with the sa e of a Jine of ;lrts and crafts furniture as follovv'~: "A cust Hl1('T examining a. chair, in which the front legs were canstr cted .;eemingly to project above the arms, expressed the op nion that the construction was fraudulent Altl1l.1ugh I h.i(ve 501(: fllrniture many years and claim to have some skill in d tcct-ing bad work by the manufacturer, the piece looked g~n line, ;~nd T expressed canlidcl1cc in the manufadurer. 'I ou1<I like to hit tha.t block just once \'.,:ith a hammer.' the cu:-;- tomer relnarkcd. 'II it is an honest leg T will pay fa the chair,' he contillued. ~ly curiv.;itv \vas ap)lIsed and b lie\' ;ng tl~at I could not lo!'e in such a"trial, 1 h:mdcd the n an [! 'ntcl,et. Striking the piece it srr-art blow. the bloLk 01 th.: arm of the chair flew to pietes <Ind proved that the man was right. The block had been suck into t11e arm ove the reg. I reported the incident to the manufacturer of the hair who ~ent a new piece to replace the one <hm:l!:.!,"ed by the rna~l '.\'ith the hatchet." @ * (§) Early English and Mission Popular in St. Louis. ~L J. Earle, manager of the 1Iay-Stcrn Compan , St. Louis, !IT0., sas that mission furniture is "just getting a old" upon the people. Early English is also grO\ving in po 111ar-ity; it is much called for. People are buying -entire. uites for the dining room in early English and in some instanc s the ~;\lrestyle is purchased for bedrooms. @ .... (§) Works Well, To ascertain the cost of the goods retailed by 1\1. R ch & Brpthers, of Altanta, Ga., the 61'111 connt every item f ex-with Re- Ice Tank. Iron Lined; Ice Tank. ----_._----, pcnse entering into the handling of the goods from the time S;:Lmeare bought until they have been de1ievered in the homes of the con"umers. Freight, cartage and delivery are included. The system 'works well. @ * @ "A Long Way 'Round." By an indirect routc. of transmission riews has been re-ceived of the loss by riTe and water, sustained by the YOll11g Furnitl1re COIlTpallY at Cala.is, 11c. The telegram announcing this fad was filed at St. Stephin, N. B. The loss is $2,000. @ * @ To Invade Buffalo. Th(~ l\lay-SteTn Company, of Cillcinnati, ",,'ith branch [lOuses in 111<l11y <:ities of thc middle west, ~\re llegotiating for a store on )Jaill street in Buffalo, preparatory to opening a store of house furnishing goods in tb.:!t city. @ * @ A New Exposition Company. The Ford & Johnson Company, of Chicago, have sold their interest in the exposition building at 1435 VVabash ...venue, Chicago, to the \Vestern Exposition Company. @ * @ Manufactures Parlor Furniture. Elizaheth Simmet is a successful manufacturer of parlor furniture in Shamokin, Pa. @ * @ Hou"e & Hermann of \Vheeling, W. Va., expend from $5,000 to $6,000 annually in advertising the sale of goods, and declare that the investment is profitable. Their sales amount to $250,000 annually. IS MICHIGAN ,,~--------------------------------------- II The season for banquets i. now here. Our Banquet Table Top is just the thing fo1' banquets. ARTISAN ----_._-----------------, I OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the- American market 'when prices and quality are considered. Stow 8 Davis Fumiture Co. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I.._---_._------------------------- IN THE ATTIC. Here in the musty attic air \Vhere gray wcbs quiver to and fro, I slowly climb the creaking stair I knew so wetl in time ago, And there beside the papered pane \iVhcrc s11ll1ight shifts its misty rays, J-ln<l (111 old friend once ag;lin The trtl1ld~e bed of childhood days. o trundlc. small, I hold so dear, Half bidden is your nut brown \'1'<ooc1; Tbe soft gray dust of yesteryear Has draped you ina velvet hood. The spiders toil with steady -zeal, And as they swiftly rise and fan The.y--link you with the spinning wl1eel .'r.l1at rests:, beside the mouldy wall. o treasured friend of otherd8Ys \-Vhat memories you now a\·vake-; I watch (in dream) the sun's'last nys. And figures _wierd :the shadows make. And once again I'm tucked away A-laughing, rompin'g, quiltedheCl)l, And hear once more through twilight gray A dear voi.\~<:. :ilngi.ng me to shOot\). @ * @ A Shop Mark Campaign. \\"hen a manufacturer decides that the quality of Iii:; work is so high that it deserves an emblem or name by Vdl1Chconsum.ers may distinguish it from otller makes <1IHl fully resolves to - enter Upon 'a campaign of publicity, he should take into consideration the condition of the market and the strength of the dealers selling his goods. He should count upon strong opposition from the start, as the dealer holds steadily to the right to purchase goods from whom he pleases alld to conceal their names. Not infrequcntly dealers inform patrons that the stock they purchase is manufactured by themse1Yes. In discussing tbe experiences of a large manufacturing corporation in enforcing the policy of shop marking their goods, an official of the same. s;dd: "\Ve counted the cost carefully belore we entered upou the campaign, expecting to lese considerahle trade, and several of. our oldest and most valtled customers closed their accounts. But having determined to attach our trade mark to every piece we turned out, our only course was to pursue that policy to the end. A great deal of corres- '''.' City s.le.room. 4th floor. Blodgett Bide. •• pondence resulted, in whicb we set up the claim that having expended vast sums of money ill perfecting our line and in presentlng its quality to the public through thc employment of the magazines, it would be unjust to ourselves to permit the marketing of our goods unless our shop mark had been attached to the same.' Two prominent firms joined in a demand that their orders be filled with unmarked· goods or cancelled. \Vc Made by Manistee ManUfacturing Co., Manistee, Mich promptly notified the firms that -while "':e greatly regretted to do so, their orders should be cancelled. \Ve r('.cognized the fact that the firms would have 110 difficulty in obtaining goods. but not our goods." @ ... @ Advance· Datings. In conversation with a leading manufacturer of furniture in Grand Rapids recently. he ren~arked: "A great n:any dealer;; are askillg for advallce d~tings on order!>, but when they ar~ informed th"t the shirping of tbe goods will be 'at our con~ venience,' they tlsrally say, 'Oh, well, send the goods along a;; fast as possible; don't delay our shipments.' This fact in-dicates that many_n~erchants are not overstocked with goods:' ~----------------- --- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~----- -----------------------------_._--._---"" ! IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I liT'S AN ALASKA III II II Thi. MOW,"the Alalka: Circulation We Sell to Dealers Only WRITE FOR CATALOGUES OF OUR Opal-glass Lined Porcelain Lined White-enamel Lined Zinc Lined REFR1GERA TORS The Alaska Refrigerator Co. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS Muskegon, Michigan New York Office: 35 Warren Street. L E. Moon,Mgr. ..---_._------- Over 850,000 Alaska ·Refrigerators Sold Since 1878 DESIRABLE FEATURES OF THE ALASI<;A REFRIGERATOR Small 'Consumption of Ice Maximum Amount of Cold Dry Air Absolutely Sanitary Provision Chamber Simplicity of Operation Perfect Preservation of Food All the above features :are necessary in a satisfactory refrigerator, and the Alaska has th~m. They are sold on their merits ooly. They stay sold and make satisfied customers. ['I ~,~ MEllt lIMIN(j -INSIlIE MHUlEI! mE : - {HARWAL SIIU HIlMi _ WOODENHEns - PE8BIED UURUlAl -..., (ll4fm.ul SIlUltilNfi ~{lUTSlDEPMlHlHl (ISE • 20 MICHIGAN ARTISA~ ~------_._--------------------_._----------------------~ ~ l;l •I'l '"~ !5g" ~• ,!i I i II ~ ~ <tI I .. •:~ I ~ I'l "0 '0 ~"• :g £ ] <:> S' •~ '"~•" 0 . .~, I .. J --------------------------- ----- MICHIGAN JACOBEAN STYLE. By Grand Rapids School of Designing, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. There is such a variety of character in the United States. mnde up as it is of a combination of all other 1lations, there necessarily must be a ""i1riation of effects ;11 the designs of furniture to men the demand of this variation of ch;\racte~'. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK There is. for iustancc, a class or grade ot character tha.t de-mand;; decoratioil or some show of elCR;<lnu' Or grandeur that j" not fOllml ill the sombre, shaded 111abogal'v of the Colonial: nor straight and upright (fames and 1111:Lssumlng finish of the lvfodcrn English. ).,rt5 and Crafts or l\1i55iol1; nor can this demand he satisi7(,(/ by the overworked LOJ!is XV. For thj.~ clcniand of a straight. npright and honest VranclCl1f to which T refer. the Eliz;dwthan sccn~s to fill ('very rcqnireillent, fnl' there is d~conttioll aud rich show ill the can-'ed CO)U11111<;. arches and n;oulding anI a qui(,t gr;:ll~d(,L1r ill its dull shaded snrface. The Etiz<l,hethan, J;l'('obeall and English Renaissance are hut different nan~es(or the same period style, the Elizabethan preceding the Jacobcal'. but the two \vere '30 closely identi I~C'd as to make them practically syll()l·,ymous. As early 3<; Henry Vill skilkd workn:en from Fninee, Italy and Flan- Jers \",ere imported to eurich and adorn the cathedra.l~, castles and mansions of tIle cobility amI add grace amI dig-nity to the English conrt. Thus, this revival or period ot ;ictivity that 'we (;a11 English Rell:~iss;1l1Ce l,ad a progressiv.: growth throngh the reigns of Henry VIU, Edward VI, :rv1ary. Elizabeth and James I. This was a peri,)d that prodtlced gTe"lt mCJl ill llearly every profession and \valk of life. Suc.h bi"toric figures as Sir '0/ alter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and Shakespeare were products of this pc-rioel, Grill ling Gibbon:~ 1648-1721, was !be most prominent sculptor, carver and design- :::1' ill England at this time. His work i:i of ~urh a high "tand· ani that it is still used as models by the Ell'!'lio.;h draftsmen. This style whelJ canied to perfection in every way pro (luces all effect of e!r"·;ll1cC'. The vvalls wert: generally pan eled fr0111 floor to ceiling' ill <I rterangll1;\1' p.'Ucrn. The cell ing was also paneled, hilt in geornetric pattef11S that were il1 keepinr;:!; with the over doors alHlmantels. The furniture was elaborately ta,l"vcd :uA is admirahly suited for beds, ca"", work. tables and mantels. Chairs were of a solid and sub-stantial cOl1struction, hut give one t11e impression of a stiff and rigid uncomfortable seat. ARTISAN 21 The aCCOmp8Jllying plate page shows the treatment of a d,inil1g Jlall, suit.able for a hne residence or country seat, of which so many bxcellent examples are springing up all over the country today. Tbis room is:: intended to Tun tbrough two stories of the.' llOLlSC, as was the practice in the larger baronial halls and manors of England of the period to whid, we refer. Tlh~ dwracteristic f~ature, namely, the musician's gallery, IS sho'wn in our skdtcb, while the blank wall above the mantel is covered with a~apestry showing a medieval hunting scene. The mantel and:: shelf should be' marble, but it would look well carried out! in oak. The sideboard, although Jacobe:lI~ in character, is 4esiglled to meet the modern requirements ..)f :11e dining room[. It is not intet~ded in our illustration to reproduce faithfully :1l1 existing' modbl, but simply to show the adaptation of thi~ period of desigl~ to the beautifying of a modern and up-to <late residence. @ * @ Bambo~ Will be Propagated in Calibmia. Bamboo. a irery valuable wood, grown largely in the orietlt, will be piropagated in California. The ~ational Plant Llltroc]tlClion Ga~den at Chico, has received 140 tOl~5 of bam-boo plants, rep~eset1ting all in:port<tnt variet:cs. The entire smipmeut was gathered in Japan and China by \VilJiam I-lill o~ the department of2.gricl1lture. Tbe iarger portion of the Uamboo consists of timber varieties, but there are also a few brnamental varieties included in tbe ~i:5 ship-ment. A great: many of the plants were obtained from the Yokohama .l\tlr~erv company. The varieties that were se-lected for Chicd il!~ll1de thos~ of deep orang'e and deep green colors. These two varieties are said to be e:opecial1y useful for the blliJdi.ngj of front yard fen"'e~ as )vell as in the manu-facture of furniture. The wood is very strong and tough an<1 makes a clurabl~ and ligbt furniture. Ten freight cnrs were rcqt1it'cd to tra.lJ!sport the plants from San Francisco to Chico. .--------- ; ! • IIII II ----------~ !I I III ON SAl.E IN FURNITURE EXCI-IANCE, CHICAOO. ~._----.,.._------ . The "EUI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tFrTR~I~N:~g No Stock cpruplete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright. ELI 0.,M'ILLE A·Q' , CO• EWvritaenf.ovriclluets, aInnddpiraicne8 T-·-------·------·-------·----·---------------~II II II II ,II , I I, I It II I III IIIII • 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Cone All Springs Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Single Steel $200 E.ach Net $2!!! E.ach Net We manufacture a No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. full line of Single and Double Cane SEND US YOUR ORDERS. All Wire Springs. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis. ...----- BEDROOMS OF THE FLAT. Conditions That Might Make One City Lover Move Into the Country. If anything could make me want to move into the coun-try," she said as she turned back the bedclothes of a bed she had just made at 11 P. M. in a city flat, ;;jt would be this end-le:=. s, dC'l"nal making up of bed5 at 1l1ght. ;;The time to make up a bed, of course, is in the morning. You throw back the bedclothes tirst to give the bed a good airing and then when yon get to it yOll make up the bed, and there it is finished and with cverythlld trim and neat and inviting; ready to be slept in and grateful in its invitation, and yOUcan get into it without preliminary trouble. "So in the country, where you have real bedrooms big enough to contain real bcds and in .vhich yOll can makt~ up the beds in the regular, usual, orderly way, following a cus-tom inbred in women, handed down to thcm through many generations fro III which it is hard to depart. But 11m\' see what we have to do in our flat. ;'Vv' e have only one bedroom in which we have a regular bed, and that is a single bed. Vie can make it up in the morning in the regular proper "vay, <:nd really I like to go in and look at it after it is made up. All the rest of om beds are couches or lounges or beds of some sort that yon have to dismantle in the morning and make up at night. "Vv'e do air these beds, to be sure, but then we have to fo.ld up the bedclothes and store them in the bed or lug them off to some storing place, not to be brought out again till it's time to go to bed. Not until then can \ve hegin the bel\making in the flat. "Then when it would be a great calm pleasure to walk off into a pleasant bedroom and there find the bed ready and waiting for you to simply jump into it you have to get up and drag out bedclothes and lug them around from room to room and drag out couches and lounges and twist ~\l1dturn and dig over them to, make up beds before you can lie in them. "So it goes every night, night after night, endlessly'; and this making up of the beds at the wrong time, with its endless dull routine nigl1tly labor grinds on me; I hate it. Still we stay here, and here I suppose we shall stay, because we love the city and its life and light. But if anything could make me want to move into the country it would be to escape this everlasting endless making up of the heds in the city flat at night,"-Ex. @ * @ Value in Booklets. :Mr. )''1argwarth, buyer for l,uckey, Platt & Co., Pough-keepsie, N, Y., believes it would be profitable for retailers to issue booklets occasionally for the educational value such publications possess. One calling attention to the many var-dies of cabilletwoods used by manufacturers with a brief his-tory of the art of makng furniture and treating especially of the period styles, properly illustrated, would create in the: minds of readers the desire to possess better things in the household. @ ... @ It is claimed by those who ought to be fully informed on the subject that the manufacture of looking' glass plates is not, and never has been, a profitable industry in the United States, The erection of additional plants for the purpose f)f e"panding an ~mprofitable i11dustry go(',s on, however,and more millions are added yearly to the ill-spent millions of the past evidently for the pnrpose of increasing the losses annual-ly sustained hy millionaires control\lngthe industry, Goo:i money is thrown after bad by millionaires, perhaps-not. @ * @ \Vhen you hear a IIlan exploiting events of the past just recollect that it's easier to remember than to think. MICHIGAN ARTISAf l~l Luce-R~d-m-o-n-d'-Chair-ctmpany, Ltd.l BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGANI I ' I MANUFACTURERS OF I HIGH GRADE I Office Chairs, Dining Chairs I Reception Chairs and Rocker,1 Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites I Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark anll Tuna Mahogany, Birch, ~ird'5-eye Maple, Quartered ,'Oak and Circassjan Walout II I ___ I 1 !UNlotN FUR-r.UTUREco:-l !, ROCKFORD, ILL. I ! ( China Closets ' I Buffets Bookcases I: We lead in Style, Comtrudion : and Finish. See our Catalogue. t OUT line on permanenl exhibi. I tion 7th Floor, New Manufact- I I I urers· Building. Grand Rapid~. t ~~ __ i--------- -,. , I : I MA:-;UFACTURERS OF i! HARh~WOOD VLUENMEBEERRS &. II II SPECIALTIES: I ~'l";EfE'l'lQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I MA~OGANY VENEERS I ~ HOFFMAN I ROTHERS COMPANY I 804 W. M in SI" • • FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I , ~-----1- _ 1..- , --------------- --_._----~ II II! ,,I \ I II III II II III III No. 542 I ~-------------------------------------,. ,! GED. SPRATT &, CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. f\hnufacturers of Cbairs and Rockers. A complete line of Oak Diners witb guarter sawed veneer blcks and seats. A Large line of Elm Diners, medium priced. A select Lme of Ladies' Rockers. Bent and higb arm RockeTS witb solid seats, veneer rail seats, cob-blerseats and up-holstered leather complete. High Chairs and Children's Rackers. rou will get jn on the JU'MI.nJ floor whtn you buy from us. No. 542 Oak, Solid Seat. Price, No. 540% Same as No. 642 on' y Quartered Oak Ve neer Seat. $18 ~~;. --_._---. III III I III! I -------,. 23 24 .,.- I III III I II ",II I MICHIGA!\' ARTISA!\' '---------------------- '---_._---'---------_.-.~I -------_.__._-----------_._----------~I f " "~ ~ .! ,~ • 0'" '•"' '"' :J ~ ,S g '~" ;":1 ~ ~0 • • ~ 0 '~! .~•s i,'I) .\1 I C III G A 1\ I ! ~-----------------------------------r-------------------;----------------------------l RICHMOND CHf\IR CO., ~ichmond, Ind. I , I j I I Catalogues to the Trade. : I I L TheDe::-;o:p::i:i::.---------:~:~~~(~::~i:-l~,-~.~-.~O!>~.-o:0kHe.e~,~~:-:;:: IvIr. Carnegie had such <\ merr) tIme \\lth the \\a}~ and (LlY whell he COllld pndt'ce ~O cheaply as the trust of to-day. }Iealls Committee that he 'wishes to repeat it before a (0111- '\fter the orgy of chc,lpne:>s £lorn ",,111ch ML Carnegie miuee of the \Vhole of all Americans upon the sti,te of t>IC cluergcc! tnumphant the country required almost ;\s many L~llion. -:\.11'. Carnegie casts his eagle c.ye ahcad-a long way years for rect1p~r:!tion as it is now taking months after a ahead-and sees the dawn of a new eTil, jll wh.ich all prices ",'oTse dcpreSSiojl, and. the result \vas thc._cstablishl11.cnt of \.,rill be regulated by an industrial conrt. \,Vith profOllnd the trust, whose trade. :M r, Carnegie says. \",ill be reg;ulatcd solemnity be remarked-looking O\1t of the other eye-that hy a court of p ices, the most momentous change in history is now working itself Mr, Carnegi 's plan is, of course, beyond criticism, a1- out. The change £roln the system of home work, each man though even he admits that, likc the Tnter-State Commerce owning his tools and his product. to the factory system. \\"hen Commission, hi.'i court of prices "may make mistakes.''' He he sells his bhor instead of his prodnct, hee;mse he works takcs no indivi( ual interest in the effect of his plan. It is, with ,L1lother man's tools and produccs for the account of therefore, with ntire detachment that he will take the fe\\' the owner of the tools. was less tllOll1Cl1tnl\S than \\':l,:t ?rr, hurdles hefore 1 is plan CHI be accepted in its entirety. vVill Carneg'ie detects as nO\",' proceeding'. This is a big~er proh- his court of prices settle the prices for all se1lers of iron, for Jem-211d therefore a men'ier jest-th:JIJ evell the tariff proh- instance, or anI, for the tm3t: If the prices are as low as lem, about which ?vIr. C;\r1lcgie succeeded in setting' the the trust C;I11 'lion] it will do all the business, since there country hlllghing. although snl11c of the smiles were on the call1lOt be two )rices in the same l11arket. Thus the com·· wrong side of the mouth, \Ve need harrow 110 anxieties. petitors would 1 e starved to death. Or if the court's price is i\h. Carnegie is going- to have the tariff settled hy a COlll- high el10ugh fo the tmst's competitors to thrive the trtlst missinn, and after \-\'e get the llew tariff the trlbts will be w~lIld he aggr,<lt dized intolerably. Suppose the court's price c0I111H_'l1cd to ~;cll their products at prices sati:~faet()1"Y to all. faded to rev]v trade-would the court mandamus COtl- The trnsts wilt still exist, since we C<111not aholish t!lenl. sumers to bUy?lsuppose the unions advanced wages-would Hnt we call control them. the conn aelvan e prices? Or would the court fix wages as well as priees? lIn that case would not the court of prices A supreme industrial COU1"twill have to be created. he ahout all the e is of the United States Government? \Ve and evelltl1f1lly will hflve to P;lS'i upon prices-- ·disgu:.;;e suppose, though that \.fr. Cal'llegie spoke rather as a prophet this as wc may. This is I:\'Cll :t larger question th:lll thall as an ad\' eate of price regulation.-N, Y. Times, the tariff. @ * @ It is. Also it is the biggE-st qucstion S;IVC one. There i~ nothing more fundamental than the quc>'tnll of price.s, save the question of morals. Some. especially the Socialists. have thought the qnestioll of morals included the question of prices, hut IVl1". Cal'llcgie distingtt.ishes <\lH] settles the ques-tion of priccs upon purely economic considerations, hegin-ning by abolishing competitioll. Personally compdition was good enoug'h for him, \\"l1en he was in trade "he Cllt prices to keep the mills going," but now the Steel Tnlst "refuses to make any conccssinlls which will put their idle 111C11 at work." The Steel Trust is practically omnipotent. hence the industrial court to arrange prices Ior it ;lnd ib con-sumers "to their mutual satidactioll. It would he a pity to discus.;; seriously this newest devel-opment in the new era in which old principles ;lfe of no ac-count. Spenking solely according to traditioll it wilt be recalle<l thflt thc cra of unrestricted and uneconomic com-petition ",:hich T\'lr. Carnegie n~cal1s with such unction s;ltis-lied nohody but himself. He sold cheap goods for a profit, and his wages aggregated less than his prices, as appears r\ 1\ TIS A r,; I DOllble Cane Linle "Slip Seats" -the latest and best method of double cane seating. Patriotic. That l<ent~tc 'ians l~avc a very high regar9 for their nati\-e natc is itlllstrat·d by this anecdote told by onc of them: Occe a Ken uckian died. So a near ro;»ative went to the Inn1 tomhstone! artist to arrange about an inscription on the deceased's ton;l~lstone-. After (Iue co -~itatjon the near rclati-ve said, "Carvc 011 it. 'He's gone to a better place' "I'll carve 'lie's gone to heaven,' if yOll want nle to," r~· marked the tonlbstolle artist, "but, as for that other illscrip tion-there's nOli bctter place than Kentt1ck:v1" @ * @ ~rowers Engage with Woodard. J 011\1 E. Rrntver & Sons have el1tered into a contract with the \Vondard rt1rnitllre Comprtny 01 Owosso, 11ich., to design 111e;l· rim'S of tr~djum and high gl'ade bedroom furniture in the future_ The illrst line fro111 111e crayons of the Bnnvers ".·.i.ll be ready for exhibition in July next. 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ._--_._-------_._-~ I ~._._-------------- II I Hafner Furniture Company ESTABLISHED 1873, 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches Box Couches Adjustable Lounges Davenports Bed Davenports Leather Chairs and Rockers C<\.TALOG UPON REQUEST No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 inches wide and 75 inches IOllg. A beautiful design, of generous dimensions. Heavy hardwood frame elaborately decorated with carvings and mouldings. The two-inch haIf-roulHl moulding that extends along the lower edge is finisl1cd cross-banded. Large winged clawfont legs. American golden grained qua.r-ter- sawed oak flnish. The upholstering is plain \vith ruffled sides. This conch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges. The filling is of tow and cotton felt top. Heavy white canvas duck bottorn. Hafller warranted steel s'j)ring construction, having 28 springs in the seat and 9 in the head. Shipped.1(, D., legs off, and weighs about 125 lbs. Price, No.1 Leather, $25.00. Samples shown at Man-ufacturers' Furniture Ex-change, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No. 1 Leather $25 I ~----------------------------'--------------------.------ ------------------------~ Amusement for House Furnishers. Under the title HOld Fashions and New," the Chicago Evening Post of April 27 welcomes the return to that city of the manners and customs of the early seventies, when walnut furniture, marble mantel pieces, illlookil1g hat racks, excelsior mattresses and ingrain carpets were used ill old fashioned houses, with basement dining-roolr.s and \ong, na.rrow front halls. The remarks of the Post upon this subject affords amusement to modern borne furnishers. Olie paragraph CO:l-tained in the article reads as follows: "\\lith the .old fashions go a calmness of outlook, a serene creed and a serencr disregard of all troublesome modern facts. It is possible that this serenity is the attraction which is draw-ing present interest back to its phy::,;:cal surroumlings. At allY r~te, there is a dec:ded turning toward tl"e n"<Jrb'e IP~I1- tels, the heavy silver, the china and any of the rea.'ly heauti, rul exceptions to t\;<tt rule of undeniable u~11ne!;s. The quiet bOl1seho~ds, which have defied the mission invasion a11d looked upon the colonial as prjn~ev:al1y out of date are now calmly Finding themselves (;11 the boullClaries of good style again. This swing of the pendulum the older generation will prob-ably accept as ur:en;otiorally as it accepted the swing in the other direction. For it is merely standing stilL But if nur felicitations Op011 their quiet vindication are not out of place, we would like to tender them Inost heartily to the old fashions and hope, for a while at least, that they may save us from the ne'.'!." good cabinet work is m.anufactured in the west. The best furniture for hotels is made by V"r. J. Sloan & Co. of New York." The manufacturer and the dealer exchanged smiles, "Would yOlt advise giving the contract for the furniture for this house to that firm?" "Certainty.' "Perhaps you do not know that Sloan & Co, buy the goods they handle-that the firm does 110t manufacture?" "Indeed ?" "Further, and that the firm purchases a large part of -their stock from my company." The architect adroitly switched the conversati611 frOm fur-niture to carpets, f\lgS and curtains, and it was generaUyeon-ceded that the Sloan compa.ny should be considered when placing orders for such goods. TI~e fumiture ..v.ill be mad~ in Grand Rapids. @ * ® Roll Top vs. Flat Tcp. There are those who claim that the roll top desk is wan-ing. l'ersol"'ally we have always liked the roll top with its convenient pigeonholes a_nd its protecting sides against which you can shove an acculrula.tion of papers. But a numher of business offices are takin'i" out their near Iy new roll tops and putting in flat tops. Advocates of thi~ move say it keeps you from letting the papers accumulate. • ultivates disp<ltch and gets the work throt1~h faster. It seems tl1<lt whatever tends to put the work throt1.lh faster has the flrst call these days but there are certain ;ld-vantages to the roll top which should not be overlookecl--es peciil\ly tllC place on top where yOll pile up the dictionari('<; and directories ancl basket:> and magazines and newspapers and "ackages a11d other things \Vhile the oc('upants of 6;\t top desks may have fc"ver things piled around they h,we not as a rule succeeded in ('](pl"ining to the roll top man just where they put them.-Colliers. @ .... @ Will be Made in Grand Rapids. An official of onc of the 1tl'f1litt1fC manufa.c.turing ho1.tse~ of Grand Rapids visited Chicago recently, and seeking the aid ofa local dealer, called upon the owners of a hotel now under construction. The architect of the structure was called ii1. and when the furniture m"ker and seller made known the:r desire to furnish the hotel, the architect remarked: ":';0 MICHIGAN ~-----_._----------------_. ARTISAN ---_I .1-----_._----- ~---- ---- ~--------_r__i ---------------------., ! , Sligh's Select Styles Sel~and Satisfy II MANY NEW FEATURES ADDED FOR SP~ING SEASON. , I I I! III I !I, I iI II ,II II II I j IIIII IIII III I ...---------------------- SIDEBOARD No. 278. QUUltered Oak Finish. Polished Top. French Beveled Mirror. 18x40. Size of top. 24x50. Height, 68 inches. A Heavy Colonial Design with Solid Ends. $18 50 One Drawer Lined. Price - ~ • The Maniste~ Manufacturing q:ompany I MANISTEE, • • MICHIGAN I ,, ! Our New Line of ! Sideb~ards, Buffets, Dress¢rs, Chiffoniers, Bachelor Wardrobes CjJ Combination ~nd Princess Dressers and Com-modes are the best lever. CjJ Write for our Spri~g of 1909 Catalogue. It will "SHOW YOU WHERE TO GET ON." CjJ The Best Dealers tre after our stufl. Are you one of them? ----, :-----------------<1 --~ II III ,I I j I EVERYTHING FOR THE BEDROOM (Medium and Fine Quality). Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and BuchanalJ Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for catalogue. I.-._----------------_._------ ._--------_._---~ 28 MICHIGAl'\ KNOCKERINO WANTS FACT. He for One Would Not Hurt Another Man's Credit. Mt. Knockerino walked witbout knocking into the office of a husy acquaintance, deposited himself on the edge of the busy acquaintance's desk, lit a cigarette witilOl1t asking the typewriter girl whether she liked Turk smoke al~d unfolded himself: Hay-a, there, old workhorse! See you're working your head off, as usual. Bad habit. Injurious. Ought to relax. Why don't you take a little trot down to Florida? Or Cuba? Or Porto Rico? How's that? Haven't the time? That's ·whatthey all say. That's-- Oh, say. talking about Florida, d'je know Lilat Jil11-- Oh, .well, I guess jim'll slip me the money some old time, but they tell me that Jim isn't such a prompt sUpper as he might be. Jim's all right, I guess, and all that. Jim thinks, I im-agine, that just beCalS(~ he's been having a bit of trouh1"e with his wife-huh? Hadn't beard about it? \Vhy, everybody kne\'" all about that, I thought-that he's excusable for over-looking these little matters, but- By the way, talking about the domestic gag, have you heard that Ed Giddap's wife's gone back to her folks OLlt west sorriew~1(:re? Had a wireless on that last night. Didn't knock me off the bench or anything, that news. I kind o'figured right along that sooner or later Ed would be nailed with the goods. Ed, you know, had been handing-it out to his wife for years that his every night downtown ll100chings arousd were due to the fact that he belonged to a "';vhole passel of lodges a11d things, but a while ago, it "eems, she sort of "vised up and found that Ed didn't belong to any other lodge except the Tenderloin Sleep Duckers Associa-tion and the Bed Haters Society, and from hitting that trail ",he got hep to all the rest" of it, so that when Ed got home to the Hat from his office one evening last week he found little Mrs. lTclpmatie had done gone away from here, and Ed went roaring and blubbering around and telling every-body his troubles, including the janitor and ',the cop on the beat, abollt his troubles, and he only got the hoot, of course, which a felJow is bound to get when he becomes bleaty about his family troubles and all 0' that. General opinion seems to be that Eddie got just whflt he's been due for a long while. Sbe took the young 'I1n5 along with bel', and that made Ed crazy of course, cilld he's been walloping the old red eye to beat the band ever since it hap-pened, and the first tbinghe kno\vs he'll he balding down one of those little wbite cots with the green rabbits doing wing dances for him on the foot board. Say, T see you've got one of those calendars of the San Lnis Obispo Gold Mining Company stuck up over your desk. Did you bite all that stuff too? Ha, ha! V\t'ell, well! So you got busy with your little llibbler and took a knaw on that bait, hey? Ho. ho! \Vell, you haven't got anything ou me. I bought about fourteen pOllnds of those shares for seven cents a share, waiting for that sure thing rise to 80 cents within sixty da~rs, but r haven't got it any more-leave it to 'your little ptay~ mate Ethelbert not to have any of it any more. I stuek around for about a month with mine and then 'I sold it to Jack Sophtsky for nine cents a share, and ever since then Jack has been 'ltaking me to the Peary glare every time he's seen me. Don't think, old horse, that I'm trying to tip you off that Jack is the dandiest little comeau on the whole Isle of Man-hattan, but if yOU happen-ha, ha i-to have ally old Jlunker-ino certificates for anything from a pfltellt chimney cleaner to a borax mille in ::\1"0 :"'lan's LalHl kicking around and "vant to unload the stuff why all you've got to do-ho, ho!-i:, to pin Jack against the walJ in some shadowy corner and tell him what grand papers they are, and he'lI-- ARTISAN Talking about grand papers, I was ill a little game of draw the other night, and Al Notuck was in the game, and, say, you ought to've seen the cards that fellow pulled from one end of the evening to the other, and yet he was the biggest loser of the session. I never saw such mitts as fell' that guy's way during that seance, but he always caught the fine finfulls when nobody else had a thing, and you could have heard his wailings for blocks. One time he picked up a pat straight flush, trey to the se\'enof hearts, and though there were eight of us playing nary a one had anything worth making it good enough to stick along when At opened the pot, and tatk about the noise the cat animals get out of their systems when they're tossing raw meat into the cages! Al just stood up in his place and belle red like a. bull buffalo in a horn to ham scrap with the next in line as boss of the herd. Fellow hasn't got any right to play cards at all if he can't make up his mind to stand the gaff wben the-- Say, that girl that does your type, ...riting-sh~sh! lower, please-pianissimo-she's kind of a looker, isn't she? Sly dog, old boy-naughty, naughty! Leave it t9 you not to have any valentines "ruund you in your hours ~f labor. . . But watch ant, old top. have a care, have a care! Hear about Fre'ddy Cuttupp? \Nell, Freddy came reat close to losing his happy home and things over that peacherino of a tJ·pewriter girl he had in his office till about two weeks ago. You see, she came down to the office one morning with a fine and dandy Directoire dress under her coat. She was going to a party or something after office hours~that's ,...hat Freddy said in explanation, anyhQ\.v-that's what they fill say-and so she wore the swell" Directoire scenery to the office so's she wouldn't have to go home to change. But Freddy's wife happened to zephyr into his office along toward the noon hour. First time she'd been in Freddy's office for a month of Sundays, and of course she had to pop in when Freddy's shorthand girl looked like the Queen of Sheba on her way to a clam chowder party. Freddy's wife took one peek at the gorgeous apparition in the Directoire fixings alld then she let out a series of piercillg remarks that almost blew Freddy out of the window, and as for the dreamy eyedtypewritist, why, she just picked up her doll rag::; and did a Marat:lOtl without stopping to send a C Q D, and shchasn't come back yet, they tell me. Freddy's wife's dope wa!; that the typewritest was all togged up that way so's Freddy could take her out to luncheon in style and things. \Vell, you know Freddy's wife is the one with the bank wad-she put Freddy in business, you know, for he didn't have a change of cuffs when he mar-ried her-and Freddy had to do the marrowbones thing then and t"here ulltil four dollars worth of arnica didn't do his knees any good aftcr he began to take treatment for it, and ever siilce he's been going around looking like a Vv'isconsin lumberjack all the blacklist and the willter half over. Say, y'ought to see the typewritist he's got in his office now! If she wasn't born at l"t:ast nine years before Edgar Allan Poe evcr saw the -light of day then she was born last Tuesday week, alld you can hear her creak as she walks. She's got a chart on her that looks like a Cape Hattera::; storm signal, and \""hen Freddy dictfltes a letter to her she's so deaf that she has to rest her head on the top button of his vest to, hear him, and oh, it's great, fine-ho, ho! Serves'him right for letting his wife visit bim at his office. Man who permits his wife to visit him at his office is bound to have to nudg-c across with a heap of explaining sooner or tater, and- But here I- am forgetting all flhout the thing that I just happened to breeze in to ask you about. Now, I hope you'll get me right, old chap, when I tell you that I never in any circumstances do the slink thing to find out about a mau's business- and his credit anti all like that, but this is a place where it's a matter of dollars-and quite some dollars-and :'1 1 CHI G A K ART 1SAN everybody appears to have a better line 011 t11(, thill~:; than I've got, awl it struck me that maybe yUtt were hcpperino to some of it. It's this way: Joe OPCll111iU's been sliug-iw!; a proj)n"iti()ll at me 1<lte1y that sOl1lHls good frull] a whole lot of angles for ;[ moncy tlJillg, and I\-e been doing plellty of listening iu him, at tint. ollly-~ \Vdl, you know how it is. These yarns reach a fellow, you k110\,", and they sort of make him feel like ducking', 110 matter how good the thing looks. ]'\O\V I dOll't kllnw <ltl:ytltillR about Joc's h~\bits or any-tbing of that sort, but since I've been listening to his hot line of gnff ;Ibot't this good thing be ,vants to have me joiu along ill with him why I've sort of kept my cars and eycs opel', yen kJ:o",,', and there are !:iOtl1C fellows who ;=pill it that Joc's chief ;:3.';et is tl1,:t :lbility of his to t\lrn loose a lot of scutb hrcezc. ?lIet two or three people who told me ill sO mally \vords th8t Joe pl~nted the hOfllct on 'em when they \vent intu good looking things with him, and these folks were there with the mal1et for Joe big-g'cr th<111 piledrivers. NO\.\, I iJ,tte to listen to this l,ind of stuff <::llU T make it <:I practice to sort of b~:,t it aW:ly £rom whc1"e sHch talk is go-ing on, but fif COU1"Se.when one of thc.se fellows '\\'e11"t ,"hc,\(l and unreeled it that Joe before he carne to XCVI" York at nll had got into some kind of tronble with the authorities Ollt ill Cincillll8ti OV('1"SOllle queer \l;lper tl1;:t he sifted around <imong his friends, why, J ;wcl to listen to protect myself, didn't J: Fellow th;\t told me. this appeared to 11;\\,(' a\\ of t11(' cleta-ils down p;:\t, amI he said th:lt ]ue had h;\d to light like a wildc;lt trl keep uut qf ;\ ~uit of striped clothes on that occasion. \\1('11 this :;ort of ga\'c me some jolt, I'm free to admit, and H,\ND CIRCULAR RIP SAW MORTISER 2') then when T heard that Joe il<ld gone tbr_ough \vitb S0111e deal with yOU, wl1y--- Ho\\"s that: Joe's all to thc good, and as bOl1e.,;t a man <!:-i ever yuu did business with, and you'd trnst him with everything J/Oll had. allt! all like tl1:'lt: \-Vell, h'gce, 1']11 sure gl:ld to hcar that, J honest am! l\-O\"'- that yoU say that I'm sorry I mentic)Jled thosc little hits of information that Jriftcd my way, re;ll1y. It doesn't make any difference now, either, that one fellow sort of hinted to me that Joe. who's married and keeps a swell' est<iblishmellt here, you knO\v, has a wife ~llld children di\'ing in poverty out in Omaha ri;;ht at the present time, <HHl 1 don't heiieve a word of it, e\,ell if this fellow th8t did slip me this piece of illformatio11 claims to have been acquainted with Joe twenty years or so. Darned peculiar, isn't it, h\lW tl~ese strange yarns get around about a mall? They just seem to be in the air, that's all. Nobody ever repeats 'em, except in the strictest con-tidellce, as I am now, but still they float around, and the first tiling you knO\v they're public property just as ntuch ;lS if they'd been published in the lle\VSp;!j.l('rS. \Vel1, old pal, don't feel br~d ahu\1t it because YOll"ve ]learly talked me de8f, dumb (lnd blind, because I assure yOll T like it, and the only reason I am now going to beat it is because --11a, ha!-·you appear to\'e lold me ;:,bout all you know, \\'('11, s'lollg. @ ! @ No. 4. SAW (ready for cross-cutting) i\pplic;l.tiolls for 75,000 square feet of floor space ill th~· llC\Y furniture tclrplc, Gral'd R;ljlids, have hecn recei\'e(1. The erection of the building durillg- the currcnt year is <lS:;'I1"'-'(1. ----------------------------------------, !! COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested, He can holJ a better and more salisiactory trade with his customers. He call manufacture ill as good s;tyle and finish, and :d as low cost as the factories_ The local cahillC't maker has been forced into only the dealer's trade and pr()fit, because of machine manufactlJred goods of factories. An outfit of Hames' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker wltJladvantaj{es equal to bis competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold on trial. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do_ lJescriptiv# calalQg'ue and price li8t free. W. f. &. JO"N 84RNES CO.• 654 Ruby St .•Rockford, III. HAND TENONER No.3 WOOD LATHE .,._-----------_._----------------------- 1:II , III ,I , I:I FORMER OR MOULDER No.4 SAW (ready for ripping) No: 7 SCROLL SAW 30 ~lICHIGAN ARTISAN M,de by NELSON-MATTER FURN. CO. GRA.ND RAPIDS, MICHICAN ------ --- _. - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 ,..- ------------------------------ ----~ THE BIG WHITE SHOP L______________________________________ _ J I I j We Furnish Every Article of Printing ! II Needed by Business Men II , I , . .; I ! I : I : : , I I, 'I t I I , II :: I I I ! I ! I I ,: I, I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I•I II WHITE PRINTING COMPANY I 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, I ! Grand Rapids, Mich. I r - --------------------------------------------------j THE BIG WHITE SHOP • • 32 j\IICHIGAN ARTISAN ..-----------------------------------------------_._------ .... ! I IIIIIII II !I II , III I LI -~~-,. ~_o_t. LtncOln_'_._O_fIl_ce_c_hai_._r. __" Group of Lincoln Relics IIII I!II I! II II, IIII III I ~ Sketch by Robert Leibuis, Student in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design. iog. MICHIGAN ARTISAN "I spent mo:-'.t of the evening last night tlg:'Eing 011 this. Oneo£ your clel-ks must have added it wrong. I\ty figures are there on the paper attached. Just make Ollt a refunding slip, please." The c1e:-!,. alert, deftly ran over the fig'ures with her pencil point. This drew a frown to the man's bro"". "Dei you say that you paid this bill?" she asked. ;;Yes," he replied, and then continued. ;'):'ou see I didn't J1Oti('e the mistake UHtJ I got home last night and ~ot to ~--- -"" I! Grand. Rapids Caster Cup Co. ! 2 Parkwood " ••.• Grand Rapid•. Mich. ! :I I:III , We are !lOW putting out the best CaSler Cups with cork bases l:n"r j offereci to the tmde. These are llnisheil1l1 Golden Oak and \Vhlte Maple in a light fini~h. These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn-iture rests. They will not sweat 01" mal". PRICES: Size 2U inches $4.00 pel" hundl"ed Size 2X inches" 5.00 per hundred Try a Samplf. Order. F. O.B~Grand Rapids. 33 'Sketch by ~-------------_._----' thinking," ahout it. Then t did !'omc multiplication of my O\Vll and came dO"\Vllhere to have my overcharge refunded." "Tt i:s queer." commented the cle:-k thoughtfully, "be-cause this bill and ticket pas!'ed through the bands of three or four before it was O. j('d. Just let me go ove1' it." Slle figured rapidly on a piece of sC:'atch paper, the man at first assuming a loftily disinterested position as if sure of his ground. then gradually he began to get interested in her ligures. Suddenly be grew red in the face as the column of I-ignres grcw in length. Th~n l~e exc!aimed: Robert Leibuis, Student in School of Designing. the Grand Rapids Scenes at the Complaint Department. The girl behind the complaillt desk sat down heavily dur-jng a momentary lull in the "kickin5"." She smiled I and patielltly pushed back a strand of light hair that persisted ill covering her eyes. "Tired?" asked her colleaguc. ·'Xo. not much," she answered, and then both of the tele-phone bell" rallg almost angrily. The girls wearily piCked up the receivers and listened, an"wer-ing. politely nCl\~ and then allc! P~llct-uatJng- the one-stded conversatlOn :with occa:-;ional questions. "SlIe certainly was Jong \vin<led. ,. laughed one of the girh as she laid down the receiver and steppe1 to her place at the desk. A big wotnan, with ;{ big hat and throat, started ill on her talc of woe. The clerk listened 1"rspectfully. "1:-; it furniture polish ?" she aSked 6nally. "J don't kno\v," was the answer of the complainer. "I bought it a ,",'eek ago. Tbere wa!' a \voman dethon-strating it downstairs and I bOltg:lt som0. It was real cheap." "Sure it's not a furniture cleaner?" persisted the clerk. "That I don't know. I said once. IL; something yon rub on and then rub off again-that'."! all I know about it." "\Ve11," said the complaint cJerk, "is there something wrong with it?" "How" do I know?" returned tbe \"'oman :Illgrily. "I haven't secn it yet to try." "(), nondelivery?)) was the quiet answer. "1 will han;~ it attended to for you right away," and she passed on to the next in line of complaints, leaving the purdtaser off the un-delivered polish or cleaner semi-satisfied. A woman of unmistakable Irish birth was leaning belliger-ently over the desk, her face red with stifled wrath. ITile clerk, not .at .all jmpressed, stepped close to her i and gently asked: "\'\.That is it, madam?" i------r..:::::.-_~ -----.~ "5h-oo-re," burst out the woman, "sh-oo-re '-"-:::::::--:-::~"""'" an' I bought it last Chursday. It was a tall, skin- --- '-- nylike clerk \vid light hair. O've niver seen the loikes uf utt t' buy a thing' an' niver set oies on 11t again!" "\Ve can adjust that ail right, madam," the girl smiling-l}' replied. "The clerk you purchased this pan from probably is off duty today. \\Then she returns we'll look up the ticket aud trace the goods." "Thrac:c the goo<ls, elll" almost shrieked the \'v·oman. "Ye'll thr:Ic:e no goods if Oi ever get my oies on that clerk. So she's absent today, eh? V,/ eJl, Oi'll come down and identify her \'\..-henshe docs turn up," and she stalked off angrily into the crowd muttering" loudly: '''An' she tuek me dollar fer it, too, will ye be lave it!" A tall, almost athletic looking man with many irregular whiskers pushed his way to the desk and usurped the Irish woman's place. "They have made a mistake in footillg up these jtems," he began a little pompously. "The whole Dill is :W cents too nJud!. and r 'would like a refund. He gravely handed over the itemized bill to which "vas attached a neat column of figures. "I must and got S-J-. <lpolog-izc-I see that T have multiplied It":, my mistake-I beg your pardon." 26 by 4 And he 34 ~[ I CHI G A N ART I SAN r---------------------------- •• •II ---------_. ----N-o-. --:1-3-23--- . . -l was lost in the crowd before the girl had a chance to get her breath. 'That fellow JlTobably spent most of the night figuring that out, then spent 10 cents car fare to save 20, and only to find that it was all his mistake. The;'c's lots of them do that." "r just bought a dress," she began with a queer quaver in her voice, "and T paid $10 on it. I've lost all my money, and haven't car farc to get home with. Can I get some money here?" There was a suspicion of a tear on her eye-lash, and her tone was strangely appealing. "1 know this woman," a clerk from the clothing depart-ment said, "she is a customer of mine, and 1 know that she is all right. I offered to let her take $2, but she wouldn't accept it. Can't she get part of that deposit money back and have the balance charged to her. "Certainly," replied the complaint clerk. "That can he ..-------_. I MUSKEGON YALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY •III II I --~_._--~ MUSKEGON MICH.,. , CotOniol SalleS 1011post Be~s O~d Dressers Chilloniers Wardrobes lOOIes' !OUeiS DreSSing lables MOhogany Inlnid GOOds h--- Line on ... Ie in Manufacturers' Building, Grand R.apidt.. .1i No. 1322-55 inches long; 32 inches wide; 47 inche~ high;· weight· 275 pounds. 1\0. 1323--60 inches long; 32 inches \vide; 47 inche', high; weight 300 pounds. Moon Patent Typewriter Attachment; desk and ma-chine can be used alternately without disturbing papers. \Vriting bed, 5-ply, built up. Ten pig. eon hole boxes. Center drawer. Square edges. Typewriter shelf 26 inches high when in positio:r.. for use. Roll top s"\veep arms, tip top and writing bed 1:% inches thick. easily adjusted. Just give me that receipt, and I'll have it changed to $7 instead of $10 and have $3 returned to you with a bill for that amount. You may mail in the balance of the payment on your suit when you g.et home." "0, dear," sighed the woman without car fare. 'II have my daughter with me, and we live about sixty· miles out in the country. I don't know whether $3 is enOl,1ghto take us both home." "\Ve will find out for you," the clerk returned patiently. ;'Just sit down there until we trace this ticket and get the tl1oney." "\Vell, I never!" exclaimed the beneficiary almost angrily. "I never!" thought it would be all this trouble. This is worse than begging for ear fare-it's earning it." And she flounced into the chair set for her with a scarlet flush on her face. ITer aside was followed by an interruption from a florid faced man who abruptly stopped in his tracks and shouted: "What chance is there to get an elevator· going down? \~l1l.at's tIle use of having 'em if they're always full?" "It's only one flight to the main floor," the clerk suggested cheerily, "and the stairway isn't crowded." The fat man snorted like an angry bull. "I've come all the way down from the sixth floor on just such foolish hopes," he said bitterly in a tone intended to be scornfuL "Now I'm going to ride if it takes all night to get an elevator thafs not paCk£d like a -sardine box." By the time the compl int girls had a chance to laugh a little at this sally the big g ng on the nearby post had rung, and already the clerks on t e great boor had begun to cover ..----------,---1- I I Morton --~ House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 aod Up. Hotel PantJind (European PI.. ) Rat •• $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. The Noon Dinner Served al the Pantlind for 50c is THE FINEST IN 1HE WORLD. ...._------------- --J-.-BOYDPANTUND, Prop_-~f, MICHIGAN ARTISAN the counters ;)11(1table" with floorwnlkcf sallied oyer to the the tall girl. "Has the trading SLlIl1p lady been in today:" he asked. ").rot yet," laughillgly ans\vercd the girL "\-Vho do yOll nH~,lll:" asked the complaint girl"s friend, helping her on with her coat. "0, we \vere jllSt talking about the old lady \\"!lo COllles in here every Saturday. She tears madly up here ;llld says that she has been 'shorted' Olle trading stamp. \Ve always offer the dark hlue complaint desk duster". The and smiled at ...--- I• I Big Rapids Furni-ture Mfg. Co. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS HALL RACKS •I'- Tn Quartered Oak, Golden and Early English Finish. No. 128. Price $12. :1 o.tf 30 days f n. o. Rig Raptds. her one. but she \vi\] never take it, no matter ~lO\V quickly 'lie get it over the connter to her. Then she says that she 'will never trade in tbis store again. But she always comes baek-always 'works the kick about the st.amp and ahvays walks off without it. I'd feel kind of wrong, I g-uess, if she didn't show up regularly. \''"e're all used to her, and I guess she's a good enough old soul, even if she is a crank." The big (Irc lights go om one by one. The stre;1111of buyers is supplanteel by a stream of salesmen and girls, and the comp1<lint elesk is left alone in the big store with only an old s,,,,ceper WOman behilHI the counter, and she is as crusty as the disappe;ning complaint clerks arc paticnt.--Exchange. @ * @ FOUR CHAIRS SOLD FOR $7,200. Top Price at the Auction of Talbot Taylor's Furniture. A suite. of four chairs of the period of Louis XV., with carved and gilded frames, upholstered ill "R;lllvais tapestry, lcrrned the chief feature at the dosing se.<;:;;o11 of the sale of the Talbot Taylor collection in New York. The designs or the tapestry represent scenes fr0111La Fontaine';;; Fables aftcr Oudry, The bidding started at $2,000 for tile lot and rdse quickl) to $7,100. There was a pause of nearly a llli11l1!C and thCll T-I. O. \V"atsoll said $7.200 and 110 one went :tny hig-ber The next pie~e sold was a. threefold S\Tecn of the sa111(' period in a gilded frame of similar design, 'with ,L';laze<1 upper panels and lo\\'er panels in Bauvais tapestr~' in designs copied :-lfter pastorals by Boucher. This went to r. ]. Smathers fOe' $2.450. He bought in :lddition to the SC1"('cnt\\'o chairs of the same period similar to the Duvecl1 set, for which he paid $3,600, a,l1d some notable specimcns of Louis XIIT., Louis XIV., Flemish and Ttali;ll1 Renaissance Iurnit11H" as weJ1 as some ',,"ood can'lugs of au earlier date. Kotahle among these was a divan of the period of Louis XIV., with carved oak frame, taver legs and shaped stretch-ers, upholstered in old tapestry au point, for .·.v..hich he pad $525; a Frellch divan of the sevenlcenth celltm}', resembling somewhat in design the old alcove beel and upholstered in tl'(' \erdure Flemish tapestry, which he secured after a spirih'll competition for $400, and a French four-post bedstead of the Hfteenth century, with caryed panels ,vhich were originallv 35 part of a judge's tribunal in a provincial court of justice, which cost him $395. Another of :\Jr. Smather's purchases was an elm",rood f1rawing tnble of the LouisXIV period, with turned and twist- (·(1 legs and extending leaves. It was started at $100 and hrought $315. He bought also the only specimen at the sale- ()f sixteenth century Italian carved oak, a massive arm chair, with bigh back, ormnamcnted ,vith cherubs' heads in relief .~. nd conventional foliage and upholstered in red Genoese cut velvet This chair, although it was specially praised by the auctioneer, huug fire at nrst 'and it was with considerable difficulty that all offer of $25 lvas secured for jt. Three or four persons discovered. at this point that they ''''anted it badly, and it was finally knocked down for $370. He secured also one of the armchairs l1pholstered in old Cor. dova leather. five of ..".h. ich were offered. This was a "winge] .'Jrmchair" of nnique design, and had it not been for the fact that the leather on the seat wa.s split would have brought the !"Jighest price of the group. It went for $1~5, while all of the ethers brought more A. C. James paid $210 for oue and $170 for another and $200 for a third, and Eastman Johnson se-emed one which had been purchased from Duveen Brothers [or $145. .A sixteenth century Flemish table of carved elmWOOdwent to J. H. j\Torgan for $400 and J. T. Tower paid $130 for a T.'lemish armchair of carved oak, with caned seat and back. The only piece of Chippendale offered was a mahogany c:lbillct, carved in Chinese style, with canopierl top and glazed front. It '\\,as divided into three compartments and stood on eight legs It was a combination of t\vo designs figured by Cbippcndale on plates CIX. and eXT. in his "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers" pnblished in 1754. It ,vas purchased by J. O. V"{right, a dealer, for $1,000. ]. B. Lenventritt bought a chaise longue of the period 0' T ouis XIV., upholstered in tapestry au poh~t, which was said to be one of the earliest existing examples, for $365, and Mrs, E. H. Frisbee seemed for $800 a pair of console tables of the period of Louis XV. of carved <ll1dgilded wood with tops of Volette Breche marble. l\1rs. Frisbee bought also several specimen;; of early wood carvings of saints and angels, among \vhich were two of the seventeenth centurv with polychro-matic decoration, for which she paid 595 each. A. V. Dick- <:on bought two plaster pa.nels of carved oak in Italian Ren-aissnnte design for $170, and a French panel of the flfteent}> century represetlting the "Lord's Snpper," for $85. One of the best of the Louis XVI. cow modes, of which seYe!·al were offered, was hong'ht by \Vorthington \Vhitehouse ..----_. ------------_._-_ ._. ---~ •IIII III !III IIII •L -'--__ . ...1 Fred J. Zimmer 39 E. Bridge 51., Grand Rapids, Mich. Maker (If HIGH GRADE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE WrUefol' Cuts and Price8. Every Piece Guarillilteed PERFECT . for $163. It was the work of a provincial ";abinetmaker, and was inlaid with apple, pear and peach wood~, A LOllis seize .divan of carved oak with festoons around the lower rail and loose cushions of old red eut velour went 10 P. Armour Valentine for $.375. R. S. Kl1ight paid only $170 for a commode of tulip wood and marC]t1ctcrie with ormolu mounts, which the auctione~~ 36 MICHIGAN ...--------------------------------- ARTISAN Michigan Furniture Co. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE Mahogany, Quartered in and Plain Oak. Odd - Dressers in Birch and Imita-tion Mahogany. The best goods for th~ price on the market. Write for prices. No. 118Dresser, Mahogany. I...-----. ~aid was worth $2,000, and ':V.orthington Whitehouse was th~ ~uccessful bidder for a Louis Seize boudoir suite of walnut with carved seats and back. It cost him $180. Another commode, of the Louis Quinze period, went to Mrs. H. S. Phillips for $100, and Mrs. C. D. Dickey purcha3ed a Louis Quinze sofa in a caned, gilded and painted frame, with loose cushions in old brocade, with t\ivo armchairs and three side chairs to match, in separate lots for $295. An escritoire, style Louis XV., sold for $560; a small sofa, with Oriental carvings and Be3-uvais tapestry, for $1,950; a fourfold screen for $1,950; and a threefold screen for $1,200. No. 118 Chiffonier, Mahogany. l The total amQunt realized by the: sale was $100,000, .Miss Hamilton paid $167.50 for a Louis Seize carved wal-nut side chair upholstered in old Flemish tapestry and a Louis Treize armchair with shaped walnut frame blought $130. It went to L. \""l. Sprague.-N ew York SUllo @ * @ For Sale at Once. The best paying complete House Furtiishing business in Michigan. Old established, good prices, a gold mine for a hustler. Address "Bargain," care Michigan Artisan. Nov. 25th-tf INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refrigerator Company' " , 19 Aulsbrook & Jones Company '.' , . Cover Barnes, W. F. & John Company., .. ,....... . 29 Big Rapids Furniture Company..... . ,35 Bockst,ege Furniture Company.. . 8-9 Bosse Furniture Company .... ,....... . 8-9 Challenge Refrigerator Company,......... . : 17 Charlotte Furniture Manufacturing Company Cover Ford & Johnson Company , , . . Cover Globe Furniture Company., .. ,....... . , 8-9 Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company. . .33 Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company ,...... . _ 7 Hafner Furniture Company.............. . 26 Hoffman Brothers Company., . , . . . . . . . . . .. . 23 Hotel Pantlind .. , , , . _... . , .. 34 Karges Furniture Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8_9 Kauffman Furniture Manufacturing Company _. . , .11 Lentz Table Company, .. _ .. 1 Luce-Redmond Chair Company, Ltd. . . . . 23 Luce Furniture Company _. _. . Cover Manistee Manufacturing Company. . . . . . . 27 Metal Furniture Company...... . .,. . . , .8-9 Michigan Engraving Company .. _. . , . . . .. . 10 Michigan Furniture Company _ _ , .. ; . , .. ; .-: 36 Michigan Star Furniture Company , : ... ;. ,';',.;, .'. 2 Milter, Eli D., & Company. ..21 Moon Desk Company...... . .. 34 Morton House.... . . .34 Murphy Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 5 Muskegon Valley Furniture Company.. . .. 34 Nelson-Matter Furniture Company.. . . . . ..... Cover Palmer Manufacturin2" Company.... s Pioneer Manufacturing Company. 5 Richmond Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 25 Rowlett " _ ,. , . ,. 2 Royal Chair Company , , . .Cover Schmit, Henry, Company ,. . ..... , , . .. . .. 13 Shelbyvill,e Desk Company , . , ..... , 1 Sligh Furniture Company., .. ,. . .. 27 .Smith .8£ Davis Company.. . . . _ 22 Spratt. Georgej -& Company." . . .23 Star Caster CUP Company" .. , . . 13 Store For Sale .... ,....... . .... 36 Stow & Davis Furniture Company.. . . . . . . . .18 Union, Furniture Company (Rockford).; . , . . . .23 White Printing Company. . , . , ._ _ 1-31 Woodard Furniture Company............ . , Cover World Furniture Company.,.............. . , .... 8-9 Zimmer, Fred J., " , ;,., ..35 I~- - I I -~ --- --------~ f------- I ------- . No. 892. 48x30. VISIT CHARLOTTE AT ANY TIME GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhil,ition Building CHICAGO ] 92 Michigan Avenue CHARLOTTE MAKES GOOD TABLES CHARLOTTE MFG. CO. CHARLO'ITE, MICH. - . --i • W oodard Furniture Company OWOSSO MICHIGAN Manufacturers of High Grade Medium Priced BEDROOM FURNITURE In alithe Faney Wood. and Finishe._ Line especially strong on Circassian Walnut New eatalCligjuat out. If you have not received one .end for it. - "''1 . BUY ! II III III III ~II Ik k DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS BEDS WASHSTANDS PRINCESS DRESSERS CHEVALS ' SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS DINING TABLES CHINA CLOSETS SIDE TABLES 'I 4 IN ALL THE CABINET WOODS AND DIffERENT fiNISHES ====OF==== .~The Luce Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. h--. --' I I • A Large Selection- • Our lines have recently been greatly enlarged and strengthened and when you see them at 1433-1437 Wabash Avenue CHICAGO You can not go away dissatisfied. Chairs of sterling quality---from cheap and medium to the highest grade. You are cordially invited to drop in and see us. THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. Chicago New York NewHaven Cincinnati Atlanta,Ga. Louisville,Ky . • - ,
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 31. 1909 -" .-...--~-------_._------------ --------------_. _. -- ------~ GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Send for Catalog Double Revolving Arbors. A massive bearing adjacent to the saws. The door permits accesslbihty. Guaranteed to eliminate mistakes and inaccuracies and to reduce the cost of sawing stock to a minimum. THE CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS, Builders, 40 So. Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a,..-- •• _-- •••• - . ...... A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Are You Running an 1860 or a 1910 Plant? ··Detrolt" Return Trap. PATENTED. In 1860 cottonseed removed from the boll by gInnIng was garbage-thrown away. By 1870 gInners managed to conVInce some people that cottonseed was good fertilizer. By 1880 It was consIdered good cattle food and III 1890 It was being used as a table food. By not utIlIzlllg all the cottonseed III 1900 (one year) twenty-six milhon dollars that someone could have had, was thrown away. The city of Glasgow, Scotland, gets 9,000 horse-power every day-free-by catching and util- IZIngfurnace gases formerly wasted. The steel corporatIOn WIlllIght the town of Gary, Ind., and run all street cars with energy that would otherWIse be wasted and belched out of furnace stacks. If you use steam for heatIng and dryIng and you allow any condensatIOn to go to waste-you are losing money. Put all your condensation back Into the boiler wIthout pumpIng-and hotter than a pump wIth hft-with "DETROIT" General OffIces: Automatic- Return Steam Traps Manufactured and Guaranteed by AMERICAN BWWER COMPANY "SIROCCO" Works: DETROIT, MICH. and TROY, N. Y DETROIT, MICH. TRADf MARK SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished 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 I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. co. • ,----------_. -- _. -_._._. -_._-_....._.-.------- .-..-.-. -.---- .... ., I j " __ ------ - . " _--_ --.., II The Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co. DETROIT, MICHIGAN WEEKLY ARTISAN WE ARE MAKING THE FINEST DISPLAY OF DINING EXTENSION TABLES EVER OFFERED by us at our display rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' Exhibition Building, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. All of our pedestal tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives---Frank A. Kuney, J. O. Kemp, H. J. Armstrong. ~--- .-----.. . - --- _. .. ...-- ..-- -- .... - .. ....--- _.._..._- ---. --- ---_._-----' 1 ARTHUR S WHITE. PreSIdent. ALVAH BROWN, V,eePreSldent HARRY C WHITE. See'y Trea. I " :=;RANr' RAPH)~ ppnLIC LiBR,ny THE NEW YORK MARKET offers to you, the Furniture Manufacturer, the largest consuming population on this continent. Over six million: five million additional within six hours ride by rail. Total, eleven million of the largest wage earners and the most liberal spenders on earth. An opportunity to exhibit in this great market now open to all in the new home of the New York Furniture Exchange containing 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and ready for occupancy December 1, 1909. The most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets. Part of the new Grand Central Station group. The plan of extension so long contemplated by the New York Furniture Exchange is now realized and an invitation has been extended to kindred lines to use space in the new building. The additional buyers thus attracted will be largely to the mterest of the furniture manufacturer, as many buyers in these kindred lines are also dealers in furniture. This is the time to secure a favorable location as a larger amount of space has already been contracted for than was available in the old building. MAKE LEASES NOW Remember first come, first served. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE LeXIngton Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. l r .THE---SIG---WHITE ----sHoil I I oI l.-------------------------- .. _ .. __ - -- ._ . ! 4 , I I• II I I We Furnish Every Article of Printing I I Needed by Business Men. I III •I II II II III III I• I• II III II I I• I: II •I II I I : t I I I : I I I : I I I II II I I • I I I •I tI I~ --_._._,! , I I I I I II II I I :------------- ----. -_.----_ •. ----" . -j WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE BIG WHITE SHOP WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 NEW YORK'S NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Covering the entire blocks from Lexington Avenue to Depew Place. 46th to 48th Streets Each building 200 x 275 feet in size and 12 stories high 1,300,000 Square Feet or Nearly 28 Acres Floor Space THE LARGEST AREA WHOLLY DEVOTED TO WHOLESALE SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPANCYDECEMBER Ist~ 1910 Applications for space should be made to CHAS. E. SPRATT~ Secretary NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE ~- -~----------, 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~, --------... .... -- _____ • __ a ••• .., !. IIII III ! II ,If• III IIIIII II THE LueE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furmture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e furniture (0. ~~~~·~As BARGAIN ,,_.---~._--- --------------- ---------._-_. -- --- _._-_ .. -~, I I I II III!IIIIIIII II I II ~--- No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 co. ,--~ . ~ --i", ..,,, ~-------------~ You can't make money faster than by buymg this fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of this and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave" DETROIT MICH. ... I.,..--_.--- ._--------- ----...._----~ IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I IT'S AN ALASKA I II WRITE FOR CATALOG. Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. DeSirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L E. Moon, New York Manager, 35 Warren St., New York CIty. .... . - ... " II .-- " GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No.5 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JULY 31,1909 Issued Weekly TIMBER SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES Latest and Most Reliable Information That the Government Authorities Are Able to Furnish on the Subject. Thorough readmg of Forest ~ervlCe CIrcular ~ 0 160 on "The TImber Supply of the Cmted :"tates,' whIch was hnefly mentlOned m the "eekly ArtIsan of la"t Saturday, "hovvs that It I" one of the most Intere"tmg clocument" yet Issued by the NatIonal Department of Agnculture and It fur-l11shes mformatIon that mu"t be of conSIderable Importance not only the lumbermen and ovvners of tImber lands but abo to manufacttuels, bwlders and other buyer" add consumers of forest products The Cllcular was prepared by ASSIstant Forester R S Kellogg, who IS knovvn as a competent sta-tIstIcIan and one of the most relIable employes of the bu-reau of forestry The CIrcular IS based on reports and sta-tIstIcs collected for the year 1907, but as changes then noted are known to have contmued through 1908, they may be con- 'ildered ql11te apphcable to present conrhtlOn" :Mr Rockwell make" the followmg e"tImates on the 'itumpage of the pnnClpal lumber wood" Douglas Fir--The total stand of Dougla" fir, the bulk of VI hleh 1" m Oregon and ,Vashlllgton, I" probaby not lcs'> than 525 bIllIOn feet It 1" the pnnclpal tImber tIee of the PacIfic coa"t, I" abundant 111 Idaho and JVlontana, and oc-cur" m some quantIty throughout much of the Rocky moun-tam regIOn The annual cut now 1" about 434 bllhon feet The output of Douglas fir WIll mCIease rapIdly m the near future If the market conchtlOns are "uch as to encourage operatlOn" m the many large holdmg" of v irgm tImber m Oregon and \Vashmgton Yellow Pine-The total stand of yellow pme In the Southern states may be 350 bllllOn feet The cut m 1907 wa" about 13 bllhon feet Many of the large operator" say that they WIll cut out theIr 3upphes wlthm the next fifteen year" at the pI esent rate of 'iaVlmg The center of yellow p1l1e plOducton has mOved westward rapIdly In recent years GeorgIa was leadmg state 111 HJOO, WIth nearly 12 per cent of the total output of yellow pme lumber, whle 111 1907 It ranked n1l1th, wIth an absolute decrease m cut of nearly 500 mllhon feet over 1900 In 1907 Low"lana ranked first, wIth nearly 18 per cent of the total, Texa" second, wIth more than 16 per cent, and MIS"ISSIPPI tlllrd, wIth nraI1y 13 per cent White Pine-The total stand of whIte p1l1e and Norvvay pme m the Eastern and Lake State'i IS perhaps 75 bIllIon feet The greatest whIte p1l1e productlOn m the Lake States \\ as m 1890, when the output was over 80 bll110n feet \\ Ith few exceptIOns the decrease has been steady smce that tIme, The cut m 1907 was 2Yz bll110n feet m the Lake States and 4,192,708,000 feet In all state'>, whIch mcluc1ed a small quantIty of whIte pme m Idaho, Montana and Wa'ihmgton Hardwoods-The total amount of hardwood tImber IS extremely dIfficult to estImate, and the scattered and mIxed character of growth makes It stlll more clIfficult to estImate the stumpage of anyone speCIes The compleXIty of hard-wood "tands 1" well shown by the result of a careful study of the forests of eastern Kentucky recently made by the Forest SerVIce 111 cooperatlOn WIth the state The average percentage of each speCIes m that reglOn IS about as follow'i \Vhlte oak, 20, chestnut oak, 18, beech, 15, maple, 13, black oak, 10, che"tnut, 6, yellow poplar, 6, hIckory, 4, bas "wood, 2, a'ih, cucumber, locu"t, pme, hemlock, walnut, black gum and cherry combmed, 6 Taken as a vvhole, the hardwood "tumpage of the Umted States I" probahly not les" than 500 hlllIon feet The total hardwood lumber cut 1111907 was 9% bllhon feet Of thl", the oaks supplIed 40 per cent, maple, 10 per cent, }eHow poplar, 79 per cent, red e,um, 7 S per cent, chestnut, 7 1 per cent, and the numerous other hanlwood" "malleI amount" The lumber cut m 1907 "how'i a total of 40,256,000,000 feet, boal d measure Yellow p111ewas 111the lead WIth 33 pet cent of the total, Douglas fir ranked "econd wtth 12 per cent, whIte p111e thIrd, 10 4, oak fourth, 92 and hemlock fifth WIth 84 per cent, whIle SJpruce and we"tern p1l1e fur-m'ihed 43 and 38 per cent respectIvely The:-,e seven al e the only woods of whIch more than a bIllIOn feet was cut Taken together they furlll"h more than four-fifths of the an-nual lumber supply The soft wood" furl11"h about tl1ree-quarters and the hard woods one quarter of the total annual cut, the e'itlmate" bemg 77 and 23 per cent lespectlVely DUlmg the 'ieven vear", 1900 to 1907, the cut of yellow pme 1l1ereased about 37 per cent, v, e"tern pme 62 per ce it, cyple"s 53 pel cent, leclwood 58 per cent, and Douglas fir 173 per cent 1hese 111erease" fal more than countel bal-anced the decrea"e of nearly 46 per cent 111 whIte p1l1e On the other hand, the cut of the two lead1l1g hardwoocl'i, oak and yellow popular, decreased 1b per cent and 22 per cent, (j WEEKLY ARTISAN --~---------------~ I I I ~---- I IIIII II• IIIII IIIII I•• III• •I IIfI II IIIIII II,III I ------------------------------------ SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ Med,um and FlUe Quahty J Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids. M.ch III II I II II I: II ..._--------------------_._._-_._._~_._--- ------- ------------------------ .... WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, MIch. \\ ere Imported trom Canada Of the dome"tlc pulpwood. near) three-fiUh" was "pruce and almost one-fifth hemlock. :\Io"t of the remamdel wa,; poplar, with small quantltle-, of :-.e\eral other v\ oods :\ early as much spruce I'; uc;ed for pulp as for lumber respectlvely durmg thl" period Remarkable mcrease" tool place m the output of some of the mll10r harch\ ooch the gam m maple, for lI1"tal1ce, bemg 48 per cent, m red gum 142 per cent, and 111 che"tnut 216 per cent The lumber cut by Aates m HiDi sho\\ s that \\ a~hmgton which ranked first, supplied C) -Ie per cent ot the total LOUlslana came second, wIth 74 per cent. Texas third, \v Ith 5 =) per cent, ]\fIS..,I"SIPPI foUl th, with 5 2 per cent, and \\ lscon ';111 fifth, with 5 per cent These five states are the only one,; which cut 2 bll110n or more feet of lumber In 1907, and. taken together, they furlllsh nearly one tlllrd of the total productIOn A table gl\ mg the lumber productIOn b} state" trom 1880 to 1907 111du"lve, show'> that 111 that period \hchlgan produced 96 btlllOn feet or about an eighth of the total pro-duct of the entire country \\ l,;con,;m furnl,;hed 72 btllton and Penn"ylvallla 56 btlhon feet The cut ot all these "tate ... I" now decrea'>ll1g, though the falhng off ha" b"en most strlk-mg In Michigan, \V here the output In 1907 wa" Ie"" than 2 billton feet for the fir"t time m nearly forty years The changes shown to have taken place m the relatl\ e lumber procluctlOn of ten of the leading "tates are ,;urprl~lng In 1880 these "tate" furlllshed 538 per cent of the total cut. and 111 1907, 524 per cent, practically equal proportIOns. but the changes which have occurred m the output of mcllvlclual ,;tate,> are most slglllficant Michigan, for exam pIe, fur-l11,; hed 23 per cent of the total m 1880, and onl} 45 per cent In 1907 LOUI"lana suppled only 0 7 per cent of the total 1111880, and 7 4 per cent m 1907 \\ a"hmgton cut anI} 0 q per cent of the total m 1880, and 94 per ccnt m 1907 The reports "how that more than 2 mtlhon cord" of pulp-wood wa'3 used m 1907, and, m additIOn, '3ome 925,COO cord'3 _e.:\Ian} a gIrl WIll k11lt her brows who won't darn a-s-toc-km-g-~ ,II IIII I MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH .... COiomnl 8UlleS lUll POSI BedS ann Dressers cnlllomers WornrolleS tonles' TOilels DreS8111U Tomes MohOgony IOlmn Goons WRITE FOR CATALOG WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE No. 1084 BY SUGH FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 7 ed and eql11pped than came the financial cataclysm of '9) The 011el had bl11ldll1g, eql11pment and matenal debts outstandll1g to the amount of $'2<) j UOO The crec!Jtor~ were anxlOUS amI some of them hopele~" The\ had httle confidence that the young man could e\ el pull out tl0111 under the load They wuggesteel a CQ,11- pI 01111 ~e at ')() (enh )'Ir mack rephed that he dlcl not want to compr0111lse-all that he asked for was time \fter many con-ference~ )'lr Black s plan \\ as adopted He was authonzed to l'i'iue 'I per cent mortgage bonds covenng the plant to the an,ollnt of $130,000 anel to meet hIs obhgatlOns half cash and half boreJ-ThIS agleement was reached m October and Mr Black took to the load to 'iell goods In DO days he had booked orders to the amount of $100,000 In January he began paymg off and the more he pald the less anxIous became the crechtors, and the les, mSlstant for theIr money Defore the exp1ratlOn of the five year penod ),11 Black had to faIrly beg some of them to take theIr Inane) that the bonels mIght be retlled :-,mce the pa11lC of D3 the Onel s hIStal y ha'i been unevent-ful The bIg ll1st1tut!On has been 'itecld11y pro~perous Its force of JOO or mOl e hands has always had V\ark to do, V\lth few la) off, even m the dullest penods and no uhut elm\ ll'i, and l\1r Black h the same, strong forceful, energetic fellow he was a quarter of a centUf} ago \\ hen he still had hIS spur'i to wm, un~pcJ1led by prospenty and except m yeal s no older than \\ hen he first became a GI and RapIds man MR. BLACK'S SILVER ANNIVERSARY Early Ups and Downs of the- Oriel Cabinet COIupany Changed to Steady Growth and Prosperity by His Ability and Energy. ThIS season marks Chades W, mack'i SlIver an11lVe1- sary as a Grand RapIds fur11lture man J\Ir Black toda) I" at the head of one of the blggest and best knov\n e,tabh~h-ments of Its k1l1d m the country He has a hne that "ell-, Itself He IS prosperous, and It he Isn't happ}. he ought to be But It wa" not always ,,0 WIth ::\Ir Black The "uc-cess he has won L the good ±rmt of a long and hard fight Mr Black used to be a fur111ture salesman tray ehng out of C1l1C1l1nat1 He V\ as a good salesman He could sell the goods and the salary he was rece1v111g was suhstan-tlal For seveTal reasons, however, he was ch"contentecl He wanted to settle do-wn. ,Vhere the One1 plant now stands on upller Canal "t1eet, med to be a couple of old frame factory buhchn~s The} had been used a" a fanmng mlll factor} V\hlch che! not pro,,- per, and v\ere owned by Geo ,,\ Gay The Onel Cah111et Company V\a~ orgamzed by 1Ir Gay, Barve) T T101hctP ' and Juhus Berkey, and the management was placed 111 the hands of Geo Clay, who had been an officer 111the lTll1tecl States navy The compan} began 0loel atlOns 1'1 18'31) 1\10- dUClng a hne of fancy fur11lture, pIa} ed e\ en the fiI -,t \ ear. showed a profit of 50 per cent the second and \\ ent broke the thIrd, and then It rema111ed Idle for a year )'Ir Black s travels brought hlln to Grand RapIds occa"lOnally, and he knew of the One!'s conc1JtlOn He knew )'Ir Gay and a" a salesman Mr Gay knew hIm, and after a \\ hde the} got to-gether 111 dlscussmg the future of the Onel )'lr Black finally made a proposItion to take the management It \\ a~ rejected and a counter proposItion \\ as made. \v 11lch 111the spnng of '84 Mr Black accepted It was on a baSIS at sal-ary about half of what he had been recen In~ as a !la\ el 111g salesman, and a "halt' ot the prohts, \\ ah a contract covenng a penod of years \lr Black \\ as then a ) oune; man, and for that matteI, IS a young man <;t111 He \\ a" only a couple of ) ears beyond thIrty, but he had Idea", en terpnse and tremendou'i energy The proposlhon he tackled was one whIch today he would plObabl) pas,,; up a~ hopeless, but he went at It WIth a determl11at!On to \\ In ,111d he dId WI11. The old factory bUlld111gs \\ ere m bad 1epall and neglected There were debt'i galore, -,ome of them at ~ pel cent and allms1stent for payI11Jents ender:\1 r Black s management the Onel soon began to make progress The debts \\ ere paId A new and larger factory bmldmg was added to the plant The fu-ture seemed full of promIse and prospenty And then came the big fire. On the 111ght of June 15, 1890 the Onel was "wlped off the face of the earth" But l\Ir Black and hIS ab1hty re-mamed The second mormng afte1 the fire and whIle the Hum were shll smoking Mr Black leased the old Luce factory then vacant, now occupIed by the Grand RapIds Showcase Compan} Be made hurry tnps to ChIcago, Cmcmnat1 and N e\\ York to buy back as many pieces of the old Onel Ime as he could find He had these goods sent back WIth a rush and \\ he'1 the -,ea"un openedm July he had samples to show the buyers and the buyers admIred hIS pluck and to encourage hun bought more freely than ever The Onel contmued busmess as though the bIg fre \Va" but an accident As soon as pOSSIble after the fire pIau" were made for a ne\\ factory, to be of bnck, m every \\ a} modern and of ample capa cIty for the company's future needs The present bUlldmg, one of the largest 111the cIty was erected Scarcely had It been fimsh- Everybody Busy at Owosso. OWO'iSO )'hch Jul} 30 -Owosso IS on the verge of a build-mg boom, accord111g to the report of the manager of the leadmg hotel, who tells the \\ eekly Arhsan that he contemplates add1tlOns and Improvements to the hotel, but cannot get contractors to do the \\ ork on account of the orders already on hand The bIg automobIle truck factor} IS overrun WIth orders, the managers have bought up all the lancl avaIlable m the v1clmty and WIll \V Ithui a year employ a thousand men, The furUlture manufacturers are dll busy Manager Charles E R1g1e) of the Estey Company raId the ,,;tory that was tele- ~raphed to the Pre<;0 from th1'i cIty that they had 'ihut down after bm 1l1~ the easte1 n 1l1tere~t'i \\ a" enhrely \\ 1thout foundatIOn, as the facto! y had not been 'ihut down for a clay, and there was no 1l1tent!On to ~hllt clown On the contrary they have shIpped more goods th1" } ea1 than la"t, and WIll on or before January next have a complete new Ime of chamber fllrmture, larger and better than ever The Woodard F Ufmture Company have Issued theIr fall catalogue, and are havmg a good bus1l1ess The Owosso Casket 'Works are mstalhng a new 150 horse power engme The RobbUls Table Company is hav1l1g a good trade m ex-ten~ 10n tables The Robbm'i extemlOn table IS a good table, and sells well all ove1 the mIddle west Experts in Their Line. The Grand Raplds Blow PIpe and Dust Arrester Com-pan) are V\01kll1g on a very large order for the BUlck Auto-moblle Co. of F1Jnt, l\11ch They have completed a Job f01 the \1 Ulphv Chall company of DetrOlt, and that company 1<;thoroughly satisfied WIth the wOlk done ThIS company IS one of the most rehable Ul the country and any work en-trusted to them IS sure to be done nght WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 Fast Freight to the Far West. The openmg of the Pacific coa"t exten"lOn of the ChIca-go :\IIlwaukee & St Paul road, "eem" hkely to reduce the freIght time between the Ea"t and the \Ve"t even more than ha" been ("j)('clcd The exten'3lOn I'i not yet fully cumpletecl but the ~t Paull" already makIng records thdt cau"e othel road" to take notice dnd whIch force them to Improve the11 thlough traIn "chedule" or lose bu"mes" Among the rec-ord" that ha'. e attracted attentIon are the,;,e' Carload of paper laId down m Seattle on the thl1 teenth day follOWIng the waybtll111g on the coa"t of MexIco, carload of automobdes dF' hvel ed m Tacoma 12 day'3 after leavIng Hartford, Conn a carload of "oaD from Fhtladelphla and a Cdr of wIre from Trenton. ); J. dehvered at Se3.ttle In 10 da)" from date of shIpment. a car of push carb from J\IIchigan to Tacoma In 10 days \\ Ith the open111g of the extensIon and the estabhshment of a transconLnental serVIce over ItS own ratls, the St P du1 IS operatmg fast freIghts on a schedule of 176 hours from ChIcago and 144 hO,tr'i from Mmneapohs and St Paul to Tacoma the tral11'i In the fiht m"tance gomg around 1l1'itead of through the lI,I1l1ne"ota tran"fer, and thu" aV01dlng de-lays of hom one to three days The service of th11teen days from far ea'3tern p01nts to Fuget Sound 1S surpn"mg to shippers Rivals of the St Paul a'i'iert that 1f through passenger tram'i were be111g operated, the'ie record'3 could not he made, but the futUl e wtll determine that In the meantime 1t IS true that freight trams have the ach antage of a cleal nght of way all the way from the :\I1s"oun RIver, and the St Paul's repre'3entatIve" promIse that the pas'3enger 'iel VIce when put on "hall not mterfere WIth the through freIght trams Actors Sought Membership. Dunng the late conventIOn of the NatIOnal Travelers ASSOCIatIOn held m ChIcago, actor'i sought membershIp on the repre'ientatlOn that they were travehng salesmen for amusement merchandise The News '3ays "Actor'i go about the country exchangIng for money revamped jokes, song" 11l1'3teady on theIr feet and other th1l1g'3 calculated to amu'3e and enterta111 We do not know how theIr plea will be taken, but If they are l111'iUCCes"ful m 'iecunng the recog-mtlOn they a"k, affihatlOn mIght be made by takmg the sales nC'l1 mtl) the ac1or,,' umon The "ale"man ha" to be a nat-ural horn actor or else he ha" no bu"me"s on the lOad He 111U'3tgo from town to town unloachng hI" Joke" dnd "ome artIcle of merchanclI"e that he carne" a" a "HIe hne He deal" In one-lllght "tand" and gIdnd "tand play" The com-ul) come" when he I" "e1l1l1g the gouel" The tragedy dp-pear" when the btll come" III for merchanchse that the buyel chdn't want but bought whtle merrtly laughmg at the 'iale,,- man'" Jokes In "ome "mall village'i the comlllg or a 'iale'i-man 1" a'i much of an event as the arnval of a theatncal troupe Let these two great educatIOnal forces umte and comb111e theIr Joke'3, so that the country mav have amu"e-n'ent\ loILh "Inlen The Chateau Laurier. The George A, Fuller Company of 1\ew Y01k. known as the mO'3t exten'3IVe bUlld111g contractors on the A,mencan contment. have been the awarded the contract for conQruct111g the Chdteau Launer. the gredt Lotel that 1" to be bUllt by the Grand Trunk Ratlway Compan), m Ottawa Ont The bUlldmg wtll cost $1,- 500,000 '" Ithout the furnIture dnd fixture'3 It IS to be completed by the first of October, 1910 to • •I,,IIII -----.,II III IIII II II, 35% OFF LIST $16 ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphre)-Wld man SectIonal Construe tlOn has dust proof parlltlons, Iron shelf support'3 and a two Inch deeper case than others DEALERS' PROFIT 5.5% LIne on sale In Furmture Ex-change, Grand RapIds; Manufact. urers' Exh,(ntlOn BUlldmg, Ch,- cago and Furniture Exchange, New York. ,, II I HUM!.~~EY-WIDMAN BO~~~~!~,CO, I I ~~~ALOCUE MICH IGAN I ........... - .. ----_. ..~ No. IO.F. Ouartered Oak. ..----- I -----_._._._._. ------..-.-.._-" •I I II III I FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND THE "ELI" PROfIT WINNERS , No Stock complete WIthout the Eh Beds ID Mantel and Uprtght I ELI D. MILLER &, CO. i EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I I . " '"' nte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. the 1-+11 b1111clll1g 1 he Plymouth company have had a faIrly sat htactOJ) season, he states ~ecretar) VI ~ Brohn of the ~kandia FurnIture Company \\ ac 111 ChIcago 1\ eclne~clay to spend the day, accompallled b) :-,upeIll1tendent ~\\ enson of the same company " II Burkhardt tl easurer ot the Stomps-Burkhardt Furlll-tl11e Company and Pre Ident R I Burkhardt of the Burkhardt ! urm1ure Compan), left Thursday for Dayton after spend1l1g the J ul) ~edson m ChIcago The seacon has been very satIsfactory f01 both Imes :\Ianager Charle~ Elmendorf of the ::Ylanstee :vI:anufactunng lOll1pam lett " ednesday fOJ hIS home m J\Ialllstee, 1\1Ich , on the "lteamel Jl1m01~ 1 hI~ J ul) has been the best we have had 111 1hl ee sea~ons SdICIIIr Elmendorf "I dm lookmg for a good tall bu~mess and beheve condItIOns are Ill1provmg steadIly , n S Dextel, trave1mg representatIve 111 the east for the J ohn- ,on lhall Compcl11Yand the Clemtsen Company wIll leave about -\u~u ~t ] Oth fOJ hIS reg ular fall tnp C F Krueg er the mIddle states representative for the J ohn- ~on Chall Company, leaves :Vlonday for hIS regular fall trip. Ed Stahl of the same company wdl start on hIS first tnp 111the ~outh ~ugust 10 Jake Hetz \\ ho has been lookmg after the Hafner Furni-tl11e Company s e"\.hlbit at the Peck & HIlls bU11d111gstdte, the Hatner Ime has had the be~t July season 111ItS hIstory The ::.-atIOnal Parlor Furlllture Company have done a larger \ oll11ne of busme~s thl sea'on than man) July 111 theIr hlstorv cl11d\\ dl have engagements wIth theIr customers at ]Jll :\IIehigan d\ emle up to -\ugu~t 'I PreSIdent J o,eph Dennel SdY~It IS very tOl tunate that the' have recently mcrea~ed theIr factor) capacIty \01 t) \)er cent :\11 Dennel \\ 111spend hIS vacdtlon at the end Of cacb \\ eek In hI~ bIg \Vmston ~IX car a ld Mr R Delmel wIll on dC aunt of pressure of bU~111essal,o take short outll1g~ at the \\ eek end" \ Ice Pre'-Ident Jerome Delmel, who has al 0 been a a \11\ busy man thIS Jul) WIll spend from Fnday to :\londay at I ox Lake \ \ IS and be found at the factory h~reafter b~tween "ea~Oll~ The exodus of the ~e11m~ fOlce of the "\atIOnal ParlOl I urmture Company WIll soon he on H arr) \Verthelmer starts ne"\.t "eek tor Long Island wl'ere he bd' recently erected a sum-met home IIr \1 erthelmer WIll spend two weeks there fish1l1g all(lle~tll1g up and WIll then start 0 It f~r hiS first fall tnp through hI~ territory m the middle west John D 1 aacs Clt) salesman left ~aturday for Petoskey and WIll also take a triP down the Great lakes 0 ~ Bakel, who LOvers Cahforllla WIll leave 111 about two \\ eeb \Ndham ~utton goe, next week to II[Ih, aukee dnd after that for hIS triP to the copper country and northwest E " '\ e\\ comb the Southern repre~entatlve goes next week to ,tart on a three month ~ trIp Harry Egan lett Saturdav fOl OhIO E \\ Daubel leave ~ugust 5 for :\Ia~kmac Island where he \\ III spend t\\ 0 week~ alld then stal t for \Ilssourl ami the l111d-dIe \\ e~t Ro' L l1aker \\ ho hds been spenclmg hIS tIme dUring Tuh bet\\ een (Jr dnd Rapids and ChIcago WIll leave abCJut the mid-dle of next \\ eek for 1m territory on the PaCIfic Coast II P Keeney, the well known Southern tray eler, ,,111 lea\ e Saturclav for hIS home m EvansvIlle, Ind He WIll start a httle later on hlS regular fall triP F T f'arne" of the E T Barnes & Company, \\ ho CO\er" the PaCIfic coast for the SkandIa FUrIllture company, left Tue"cla) for the \\ est John \ Fhck of the Buckeye ChaIr company, left \N ed-nesda) for hIS home m Cleveland, 0, after spendmg July LETTER FROM THE CHICAGO MARKET Well Known Traveling Salesman a Victim of the White Plague..·Personal Notes and Furniture News. ChIcago, July 30 - The ~udden death of LOl11~Le\y, sales-man for the Wls-::onsm Chalr Company and the" est :\IlchH?,an Furlllture Company, occurred \Vednesday afternoon at Den\ er Colo Mr Levy had been spendmg the season "lth the III~LOn-sm ChaIr Company s exhlblt at U1D IIlchlgan a\ enue an(l lett for the west last Saturday lor foUl teen) ears he had he en con nected WIth the vVIsconsm Uldir Company and hl~ "uc1dell deml-e proved a great shock to the othel membel ~ of the sellll1g torce He was 43 years of age and unmal rled and \\ as I egarded as a genume good fellow by all of hIS d.o~oclate, tho I~h he had been a sufferer for several yeals from tuberculo~ls and three \eal' ~go spent some tIme 111~l1zona follow111g a severe slege of "Ichne,' Of late he has been 111fdlrl) good health He \\ 111be bUrle l otl Kansas City, :\10 , where he had been makmg hIS home L);ml Roth, travehng repl e~entatIve on the PaCIfic Co.!"t i I the Udell Works, Rettmg F urllltUl e Company, RO\ al l hall C)11 pany and the SturgIS Steel Go-Cart Compam ~pent thl~ "eel 11 ChIcago He has been 111Gl and Raplds dmmg- the month ,1,'d leaves for the coast next week The Peck & HIlls Fut mture Company s ne" 330 pclge Cdt :ogue WIll be out thIS week and IS the best the compam ha' e\ (1 put out One-hundred and twel1tv pound enameled papel In, bpen used and much colored \\ ork forms a teatm e The CO\' ' , al e colored 111 mahogany and the front 1s adorne(l "lth the co!" rany's well known trade mark "Peck & Hdls FUrll1ture lompa1l\ Chlcago-Dependable L1I1es, 190()-1910 ' H 1\1 Davls, trave1111g representative fOl the K111del Bed Company, who has been acsl~t111g 111lookmg atter the I"\. IlHlel l' hlblt 111the 1-+11 Bmld111g, ,\ 111Stdl tout -\ug-uq 1() on a tllP to Pltt~burg and the South :\fr Davls fonnerh tlavelc(lm the}~ l,t and South but on 111s I eturn ,\111 therea Hel ha' e tht mld( lie ,tdte, a~ hIS territory mc1uchng Chlcago He" 111al~o 1etam 1'lttsb111g as hlS Cho\\ 111gthere has ah\ a, s been regarded b\ the k111del lO'11 pany as phenomenal J C. K111del of the 1'.111delBed Com pam lett ld't Tue,da' for Toronto, Can, where he ,,111 111spectthe ne" tacton the com pan) has been erect111g trom there :\Ir K111clel~oes t1 IIash- 111gton, DC, and r... ew York City He wlll return about \ug-ust 10 Secretary Robel t Lmn ot the l\.ocktOl d Chan &. I Ull11tUIc Company spent \v ednesda, m Chlcetgo H A ~wanson who ha' been spend111g Juh 111look111g ,1 ticl the ~kancha lLle at vn~) '\I1chigan avenue left Thl11 da} for l\Illwaukee and from there \\ 111go to hlS home 111Red \\ lllg 1Imn , to spend Sunday '\ ext week:\Ir S" anson ,,111 take a httle OUt111gand WIll VIslt ::'II111nedpohs Duluth and DetrOIt ~ftel that he wIll start out on hIS reguldr fall triP 'BIlly" Hurst of the \Volverlne-Cadl11ac Imes leaves ::'at-urday WIth hIS fal1111yon the Steamer ~ orthland for Pomt \ux Pms and 11ackmac to spend a week and after return111g to DetlO1t wJ115tart on h15 regular fall t11P to the coa 1 "Chuck" \,~hdman of J C \'\lIdman &. Co left T'rld,,\ tn' hIS home m DetrOIt to spend a week and after that WIll start on a trIp through the larger CIties of OhIO Kentuckv and Xew York The \VIdman hnes have had a very satlsfacton ~ea'-on C W Jones, secretalY of the luller-\\ dnen COmpdn\ ::\hlwaukee, \Vl~ , left Weclnesda\ for ,IIh,aukee etfter ~pend1l1g the season 111ChJcago J'Ir Jones states the) have had a vel) £ucessful season C H. Lenhart of the Plymouth Chalr Company Plymouth, WIS, left Friday for Plymouth after havmg spent the season at WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ._~ 4~ ·~·_·_---_---------_---_"" .... . ..... -... .. ...... ...,I II III I• I E~-~'!!@-~~_~=- I,,I I II• ,• III I,• ,I I II• II ,~----~_._----- III ,I , II-I I, I No. 57-Flat Arm Rocker. I II ----_. --------- -'" -----~ Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 ----_._-_._-_. on the e1ghth floor of 1319 ~I1ch1gan avenue Mr Fhck says the season has been one of the best III the company's h1story R A L111c1seyof the Stearns-Foster company, suffered a severe attack of congestlOn of the lungs recently but has fully recovered Paul E Denny of the H 1\1 Thayer company, left for Ene, Pa, on Tuesday, and w1l1 go on the road for h1S rel:;u-lar fall tnp September 1 Mr Denny traveh the terntory west of the M1SSlSS1PPI vValter Langley of the Herzog '\rt Furmture company, left for Grand RapIds Tuesday mght after slJenet111gthe sea- 'ion w1th the Herzog exh1b1t on the fifth floor of 1319 1\f Ichl-gan avenue Secretary-Treasurer Albert Kahn of the Root FurnIture company, has been "pendmg the July season on the eIghth floor of 1319 ~Tlchlgan avenue and left \vednesday for \Yest Baden, Ind, to spend ten days takmg the bath'3 of that noted re~ort Secretary-Treasurer Charles SpIegel of the SpIegel Fur-n tUl c compan}. left for Shelbyvllle, Incl. \1\' eclnesday 11lght ~lr ~plegel sayS the July "eason I" the bcst hIS company ever had but thought mo"t of theIr bU"111c", wa'3 done 111the first t\\ 0 weeks -\1 G Stewart, the Shelbyv111e tray ehng representatl\ e. left Thursday for h1S home 111Chana 111 He expects to start out at once on hIS fall tnp He has recently purcha'3ed d thoroughbred Cockerel Spamel to accompany hIS on some of hI" hunt111g tnps E -\ Bowman, travehng for the Skand1a FurnIture com-pany 111 the m1ddle west, left Ch1cago Thursday and w111 start on h1S fall tnp next week J C New'3om, salesmanager for George L Lamb, leaves Saturday fOl Napanee, Ind. after spendng the season w1th the Lamb exhIbIt at 1319 Mlch1gan avenue ~lr J'\ewsom Ifeports a faIrly satl'3factory season DaVId P Owen. Pac1fic coast representatlve for the Burkhardt FW11lture company and the Stomps-Burkhardt lUl11lture company, left \IVedne"day for a 'l"lt to ~I111neap-ohs and atter spend111g a few days the1 e w1l1 start out on hIS tnp through the fall season J Swart Lee and Geon;e \\ Corley of the Yeal:;er Fur-l1lture company. w1l1 lea' e SatUl da} for their homes Mr Lee goes to Rockport, Ont, to spend a week, aftel wh1ch he WIll ~tart on h1S fall tnp through the m1ddle we"t ::VI. Corley w1l1 spend a week at -\t.lanta and then "tart for h1' tnp to the coast A J Burrus coast lepresentatlve for the Emnch FUl- 11lture company, the Inchanapohs ChaIr ~lanufactunng com-pany, Hawks FurUlture company and others, left Tuesday for the far west Charles V Baker, travellllg 111OhlO, l'ennsylva11la and the East for the Emnch Furmture company, and Indianapo-lIs Cha1r ~Ianufaetunng company, left Monday for h1'3 fall tnp vV J ::\IcCormlck, travelIng for the IndIanapolIs Chall Manufaetunng com1pan} and Emnch Fnrmture compan}, 111the south. left \IVedne"day to start on hIS fall trip ~Ir l\IcCormlCk say" he has done a splendId J uly busines~ 111 the Chicago market \\T H \1\' aechter of the 1'\orthern Furmture compan), spent se, eral days thIs week 111the ChIcago market He reports a satl5factory July season for hIS company Ed Mersman of the ::\lersman Bros '-Brandts company, Cehna, 0 . left for hIS home 111the Buckeye state on Thur'3- day C 0 J one" of the Empire FurnIture company, J ame'3- town X Y spent '3everal day" 111ChIcago thIs week E A Dalberg, travelIng 111OhlO, Inchana and ~llch1gan. left \\ ednesc1ay to spend a week at Frankfort, :;\llch, WIth hIS famll) From there Mr Dalberg WIll leave for hIS home 111Toledo, and later WIll start out on hIS reguar fall tnp A L Beebe, travehng sale"man 111the we"t for the Peck & Hllis Furl1lture company, IS reJOlc111g over the advent of a n111e-ancl-a-half-pound glrl 111h1S home DA~HOF Building a Factory. H J Helmer'3, of the Helmers Manufacturng Company, manufacturers of and Jobbers 111furmture III Leavenworth awl Kansas CIty, arnved III Grand RapIds on July 26, and spent sev-eral days III placlllg orders for goods The company manufac-ture" cheap furnIture on a large scale in Leavenworth and 1Spre-panng to Increase theIr bUSIness at that place by the erectlOl1 of a four-story bnck factory 326 feet long and 186 WIde The Helmer" company IS one of the olde"t engaged III the furnIture bUSllless 111the lVI!ssoun Valley TheIr wholesale busIne,,~ amounb to many hundreds of thousancb of dollars annually 12 \\ EEh.L\ t\RTISA:t\ HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 mches wide and 75 mches long A beautiful design, of gen-erous dimensIOns Heavy hard\\ ood frame elaborately decorated with can mgs and mould- !Dgs The t\\O !Dch half round mouldmg that extends along the lower edge is finished cross-banded Large wmged cla",foot legs. Amencan golden gramed quarter sa",ed oak fimsh The upholstenng IS plam "'Ith ruffled sides. This couch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges 1he filling IS of tow and cotton felt top Heavy white canvas duck bottom. Hafner warranted steel sprmg constructIOn, havmg 28 spnngs in the seat and 9 III the head. ShIpped K D legs oft and \\ elghs ahout 12: Ibs. Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CATALOG UPON REQUEST Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn-iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No.1 Leather $25.00 Bank Insurance Company Ruled Out. The latest development m the co ltroverS\ 0\ el bank 1ll~11l-ance IS reported from Kansav, v.here the attorn e) gene Ial of the ctate holds that the msurance sup:cnl'temlent ma\ use hIS dl~- cretlOn m refusmg permlSOlOn to an\ comlnn\ deslnng to tl an, act bank guarant\ l11SUranle The compam aimed at lone Il cently orga11lzed b\ the natlOndl banks to guarantee th'1\ depo, ItS so that they may meet the competitIOn of banks \\ hose depo,lh are guaranteed by the state The state bdnkers fear that some of the natunal bank-- \1l tel esteell1ld) offer Irore than 3 per cent mtere t on e!epo~lts 11nt would mterfere with the success at the state ba,1k, \\ hlch dl e hmlted by law to 3 per cent hence the) \\ ant the bank l11"nrance company barree! out of the state ] he attorney general deddre~ thdt the lel\\ glH, the lIb 11 dl1Ce~uplnntenelE'nt \\ Ide ,\Uth01lt) ,\~ to the pohul' dn \1l,Uf,tnIL company may I'sue and If thl propo~ed bank g l1dldnt \ LOllllMn\ ohouldls~ue d polK) to a bdnk pd\lllg 0\11 ; pel Lent \1ltlrl~t thL ~tate law havmg hxed l pel Lcnt ,\, thl 111111tthh 0 lId bl h \1 Illegal and the contract LO'dd be fOi bElden The opmlOn holds that the m~ur,ll1ce supenntendent I~ I hal g-eel with the duty of detell11111lng \\ hat LO1Qltutes sate and tall bank guardnty mSUlanLe. and that he should refu~e to ,dl(m ,\11\ other kmd of msul ance to be Is'ued Plain Signatures. Much annoyance and perturbatIOn of splnts might be ,a\ ed If people generally would sign their name~ plamh If the\ al e unable to do so they should use a rubbel otamp or a X mark duh attested A promment bus mess firm m '\ ew York uses a lme on their letter heads which reads "Please wnte signature plamly " In explaming the necessity for usmg thiS request a member of the him ~al'l \\ e are tired of the careless way the averdge man signs I"s ndme 101 example look at a page of a register m an) hotel I Will eat m) hat If a man can be found who can read one-half of the names \\ Iitten thereon These very men are fussy as to the -,pelhl'g Df then names and take It as a pel sonal shght that their ,1gndtl1l es ~hould not be Iecogmzed no matte I how poorly wntten I here IS onh one man of all I ever met who took my cntlclsm of 111',signature good naturedl) He \\ a~ the president of a large con' pan) and \\ as obhged to Sig 1 many papers offiCially One Important paper came back so aboml11abl} slgnecl that the next tU11e hi" signature WdS requested It was accompamed by a per- ,onal note askmg for a more dlstmct one The document came back beautIfully ~Igned, tDgether With a httle note m which he said he dleln t blame me for ,10t wantl11g to accept as hiS officldl sIgnature 'd fe\\ bttle ~cratche~ that looked hke a lall fence run-lllng" north ,l1ld ~outh I had to ldug-h, d~ thl" WdS a first-rate de~u IptlOn of 111~'1~I1<ltlllc ., Lentz Table Plant Betterments. \ a~hvillc J\ItLh J ul) :!()~ [he LentL Tdble ComlHny have Ju~t completed a tv. o-~tory ad(ht1On, 3Uxl() for storage and fi11lsh-lllg also a new bllLk bOiler hou"e. +Ux35. With a new 1')()horse PO\\ er Ene botler dnd a complete spnnkler system thro'lghout [he entire factor) I~ also fitted out With steam plpl11g for heatmg 111Lold weathel and the mdchl11e room IS fitted up With the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust \rre~tel sy"tem They have abo purchased two ne\\ ::\Ioore belt sa'1der~ The factory IS one of the best fitted table plants m the co mtry. ancl the manager are able to I11crease their output 337'3 per cent A new cdtalogue has lust been recel\ ed from the pnnter and copies of It may be had tor the askl11g Dusl11es~ IS good With thiS company Their trade IS reach111g out 111 all cllrectlOns, and IS especially heavy on the PaCific Coast WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 ~--------..- III No 1133% ._--~~------_._--------------------~-- Muskegon, Mich. ~---------------------~-- Some Interesting Figul.·es on "Big Business!' A belated report has J nst been Is"ued by the \Vest111g-house Electnc and ;\Ianufactunng company It IS fOI the year enchng :\Iarch 31, 1909, but IS 111terestl11g becau..,e It show" how the great concern was affected by the depres- SIon of 1907-08, and 111dIcates that no busl11ess corporatIon IS large enough to be exempt fr0111 the bad effects of even ;,hort penods of depreSSIOn Dunng the year covered by thIS report the conwany and Its SubsldIanes turned out man-ufactured goods InvOlcecl at $20,606,592, the factory cost of whIch was $19,955,808, leavl11g a manufactunng gross profit of only $650,784 Bus111ess cannot be done on such a nar-row marg111, only a tnfle over 3 per cent, and there was a net defiCIt of operatIOns of $918,683 The net surplus of March 31, 1908, of $11,972,997, ",as cut down to $8,980,335, and thIS decrease of $2,992,662 was made up of the loss from opera-tIons of $918,683 already noted, expense" amount111g to $460,- 490 connected wIth the readjustment of the debt, $265,883 for receIver" and attorneys' fees and allowances for depI eCI-atlOn 0+ assets and plant amount111g to $1,347,605 PresIdent George \/\ est111ghouse, addreSSIng the report to the "tockholders, says "The company receIved from stockholders, merchandIse and other credltOls, subscnptIons to capItal stock at pal a1110unt111g to $12,778,825, to 5 per cent convertIble bonds at \pal amount111g to $3,586,000 and to four, five, SIx and 15 year notes, $1,392,150, mak111g a total of new capItal raIsed at par by the sale of stock and secuntIes of $17,756,975 fHDFFM-A--N----;;OTHER~--CO~: I FT. WAYNE, IND. I I I HARDWOOD LUMBER III •II I! .. I SA~~D l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS I SLICED fAN D MAHOGANY I,,_._-~--_._-_._.----------_. __._. _..__._._._-----'" IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS •III II III , _ •• ._..t No 1132%-5'i lIlches long 32 Inches WIde 43 lllches high WeIght, 310 pounds No. 1133%-60 Inches long 32 Inches WIde, 43 lIlches hIgn WeIght, ~20 pounds Quarter sawed WhIte Oak WIltIng beel 3 1,lv, bUllt up SIX pIgeon hole hoxes Pnvdte compartment WIth lock Card mdex drawer Center drawer WIth lock Roll top sweep arms tIp top and" ntIng bed 1)<:mcbes thIck Square edge constructiOn See the Line in the Manufacturer.' Budding, Grand Rap.d •. MOON DESK COMPANY Your offiCIal" estImate that the plants of the company have an annual output of $50,000,000. and that the cash capItal prOVIded as above IS ample for conductmg a busmess of that mag111tude vVhtle there has been a deClded llnprovement 111 the bns1l1ess of the company SInce the begm111ng of the year, It has not yet nearly reached normal proportions, although the outlook and 111qullles 111dIcate that 111the near future the full capaCIty of your works WIll be reqUlred to meet the de-mand The baldnce sheet sho", s asset-, amounbng to $84,- 885,471, of whIch $11,833,055 IS cash on hand or on depOSIt" The deClded Improvement noted by MI V{e"tmghouse 111March IS known to have contmued and hIS predIctIOn as to 111crease m the demand for the company's products IS 11kely to be fulfilled before the end of the current year New York Trains on Time. The latest bulletm on passenger tram serVIce Issued by the New York Pub11c SerVIce CommISSIOn. shows that of 58,- 197 trams run m the state dunng the month of June, 94 per cent were run to destmatlOn on schedule tIme ThIS record IS the hIghest yet attamed durlllg the 14 months the commIS-SIon has been collect1l1g and compIlmg thIS ll1fOrmatIOn. The hIghest record prevIOUS to thIS was that of March and Apnl when a record of 92 per cent was attamed The Lack-awanna leads the 11st WIth 98 per cent of It<-,trams on tIme WIse IS the man, who knowmg little, says less. ~--- ..-._-_._ ..~.----------------- ROCKFORD, ILL. -. ----~ I China Closets Buffets Bookcases UNION FURNITURE CO. We lead m Style, Conftmdion and F.msh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-bon 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers BUlldmg,Grand Rapids. II " - _._----- --_ ..- ... - • --_ •• - • - •• __ • _. •• .a MISCELLANEOllS NOTES AND NEWS. \ F Myers has solel hI furmtm e hu"mes-, at 1,ankakee 111 to 0 n Obell111 The Rex :!\1attress Company ot LI1coln III \\ 1111l'0\ e (hell manufactunng buslt1e"s to vv aterloo, 10'\ a The Yates Furmtm e Com pan) have filed a, tlc1e ot 1l1eOl pOl atlon wIth $100,000 capItal stock at ::\1001eWl11e. \ C The Conneaut \ eneel Company have filed articles of 111COl-poratlon The Bnll Brothers & Co have p11lchased the bn..,111C"'o''t the \lrlwankee Home Furl11sh111gCompany The Pa~aclena Synchcate IS planl11ne, to erect a hotel (0 co"t $250.000. 111 Los ~ne,ele5 The Chase & \ \ est rurmture compal1\ ot Dh \ [Olm ~ Iowa, ha\ e, 111CI ea~ecl theIr capItal stock to Sl;O 000 The 1fonumental PIcture } rame Compal1\ ot Baltm 11 c \Iel are nO\\ In the hands of Arthur ~ Platz. rcccn el C; P HaRett of the E1111na "2\ Y Table Company h,I" 1e-turned to l11shome aftel spend1l1~ the month 1.1the \\ e"t Knaus Brothers & ~1W111e\\ 111 move theIr manufae tm 111e.. bUS111essfrom Pan~h to \\ atervhet, " Y S D Meyer:, at \Iachson. \\ IS recenth attended the L'IL mtl1l e "ales 111 ChIcago and Grand RapIds H VV FIlll has retired from the firm of \]cCaltel t-.. Co dealers 111 furmture m \1 lClclleto\\n " Y James Carver ha'i "olel hIS furmture 'itOIe 111Bakel ~field L al to R Llbbe) fhe Chnsta111 Church ,,",OClet) \\ 111erect a c11\\Ich 111 "'an DIego. Cal, to co"t $.)0,000 J\Irs A r Bergan WIll erect a modern hotel 111\\ Ilm111e,ton Lal Samuel Behler, for man) ) ear'i a deale 1 111 tnI11ltlll c 111 Portland Ore, dIed 1ece 1tly, aged "IAt) -t\\ 0 J "\lexander has been app0111ted receIve 1 to! the hIm ot D\ '- & Detlofsen, dealers lt1 furl11ture m Seattle \\' \\ He\, Itt has chscont111ued the sale of tm l1ltlll e at Eo C[Lllam.\Vash J H Thnft 1M'"1 etlI III trom the hIm of Ro\\land~ rhl1tt & Hartman, Coq1\\le Oreg.on J 1\1 Rustad of Luvere \I111n spent the past \\ eek 111Chlca go bUY111gfurmture for hIS store T,'e \\IllI'i-Brookmer rur11lture Company. of FOIt "'dlth. 'uk. I'cl\e 111creased then fleor space by the addItIOn of a 1 om -Ox120 feet 111 'ilZe CI ,1' 1c H Robllhl!l a elealel m furlllture 111 1'1 J\'d ' cc l{ ] 1:0 the dIrector of " Camp ::\TeetJ19 ~S'iO~latlOn nm\ llOkllllQ. meetmg~ at Douglass m that state The Harry J \loore Company of San rrancl..,co (,1 open eel theIr neVI. store on July 16 \ large nl1mbel ot people m- ,pected the store and 1ts contents Harr) \V mg, formerly of Wme; Brothers, l'ort Scott, KdS . has taken charge of the drapery department of the George \t\ :\Iarston Store 111~an DIego. Cal Proceed1l1gs 11 banll uptcy have been commcncul ae,a111st the Allen I, urnlture Companv of Buffalo, '\ Y, by the '-lIkes Lhalr Company and others X J Beaver. has been engaged by the Duncan-Schell lurlll-ture Company of Keokuk, Iowa, as manage1 of then decoratmg department The M r\ Gott'ite1l1 Furmture Company have filed artic1e~ of l11corporatlOn at Seattle, Vva0h The capItal stock amounts to $3,000. A church WIll be erected m Los Angeles by the P1 esb\ tenan Society to cost $20,000 ; one at RIversIde for the Chnstlan Chu1 ch \, III co 1 :-:;5,000 Both of these SOCIet1esw1ll buy new furnI:!'l e 11]0 Ulne\-IJam, [UlnltUIe Company WIll erect a bnck bU1lu-me; dlHI OCCUP\the ,a me 111 the transactwn of the1r busmess, for "altonl \11Z The \Iagnet 1 11l111t1e1l Company, of ::\IcKee'iport. Pa, hd' 'old the bmld111g occuplecl 111 the tran,aLtlOn of theIr busmess, for £1()10eo \\ orl ha bee,1 re:,umed 111 the plant of the Central Furm tllfC COmpdl1\ Rocktord, 111 after t\\ 0 \\ eeks shut down f.or re pall" j he Lentel Hal d\\ are and l' u1mture Company of Center, j e,a" Ie enth OJga11lzed by \Y :\lorgan, v\' L ~orns and N [) \tk111 h capitalrLed fOJ $13,000 £'dtm Ll11c k ma,1ager of the vVest End lurmture Company 111 \ \ 11l1clmspmt Pa 1~ pa smg the mIlls ummer at h1S cottage 111 the \d11 onc1ack \founta1l1' L C; \IcK11lght & Company, manufacturers of chaIr ma Ch111el) In (rardnel, ::\Iass, al e operatmg the1r factory full capaut) for the hrst tIme 111'i1A 1110nths The Hast111~'i (~![lch) Table company repOl ts that the1r t1 acle to date at the current ..,ea'ion 15 far ahead of the cor-responcl1l1g pe110d last year ~ \\ & C E Steer WIll erect a bmlchng to be u<;ed 111 the tran~actlOn ut the1r furmture bU'i1l1e'is 111 BaltImore, to cO:ot $10,000 \1ac Cle,lr) -\ \ alhn & Crouse, manufactm el s of rugs and ca1pd' 111~m'itel dam X Y, have 111U eased theIr capItal stock trom £1 000000 to $2,000,000 1he Goodman-1'loyd FurnIture Company, of Altm. Okla, \\a~ 111colporated on July IS by B R Floyd and others The1r capItal stock amounts to $13,000 rhe lIl,dnett-Chl'im Furmture Company, of Danvllle, Ya has been re-orgam7ecl ::\1 0 Xel'on, J C Jordan and J (, (,I aveh ha\ e an 111terest 111the bU'>111ess \ H J acohs has sued the Shannon Fl1rmture Compa! \ 01 (olumbu, () for an alleged breach ot a five year employm">' t conti act 1\ II 'loper \\ 1"0 ha~ been engaged 111 the furl11ture and un- (lelt,llnng bmmes, 111Oshkosh, Vhs. smce 1835, d1ed on July 19th [he bU'imess \\ 111be contmued by hL v\Ife and son \Ir and \h" John Hulst and daughters Grace and Helen ;Hve 1etnrned from Colorado Spllngs. Denver and other ]1l <1,«., '11 ColorN'o whele the) spent two weeks Mr Hulst 1Sthe man- 'c,eI of llie \ alley CIty l\lach'l1e Works. \\ B \fo~e, & ::'on of vVashmgton, have been awarded the contract for 'iupplymg bmlchng-s of the Ul11ted States government m all pal ts of the countr), w1th book cases and sectwnal fil111g de\ 1ces \ F SmIth, pre~Ident of the NatIonal Furl11ture Company. of ilIount ~lry, \Z C, wa:, elected recently t.o represent the state of \" orth CarolIna m the management of the ),T orth Carol111a 1all road, leased and operated by the Southern Ratlway. fhe ::,tandard Fur11lture House w111erect a SIx-story bul1d-mg. boxl J'l feet 111Slze on the SIte of the store now occupIed, 111 ~pokal1e, \\ ashmgton The sum of $60,000 WIll be 111vested 111 the 'itructlll e The ?\ ehrbass Casket Company. of Fond du Lac, \VIS., have changed the1r name to the Northern Casket Company, and elected a new board of officers of wh1ch vv m Mauthe IS pres1dent and general manager, and H R Potter. ,eeretary and treasurer. H C rlanzhelm of the Franzhe1m Furl1lture Company, \Vheelmg, West Vlrg111a, spent the Clllrent week 111Grand Rapids plac111g orders for hIS ne", store, m course of erectlOn, at 1226 ~lain street, adjoining the old store occup1ed by the company. The new bUlld111gw111be of bnck and SIX stones high. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. \\ lIght Dr other~ & 1<ICl, dealels m furmture m Pamona, Cal , \\ III move mto a larger ~tore, when the qual tel s now oc-cupIed by the firm \\ 111be occupIed by the Rusco Funutnre Com-pany The Futrell Furmture company of Albuquerque, X 1\1, dlstnbuted beautlful plaques to hundreds of ladles who called at then store on July 22d Rrefreshments wel e also served The company have 1I1augurated a pre-Inventory sale John T Stanford and S P Reed have purchased a ~tock of furmture of E H Rayner m Lex111gton, Ky, and WIll contipue the busmess nndel the firm name of the Reed-Stanford Furn1- ture Company. Lester D Freed, vIce presldent of the Freed Furmture and Carpet Company, who was taken III durmg hIS stay 111 ChIcago, hurneclly returned to Salt Lake Crty and underwent an operatIOn m the hospItal, whIch was successful and the patIent IS slowly Icgalmng hb strength \loses Blumenthal, reported to be a wholesale dealel 111fur-mt\ 1l e m ChICago, has been sued for $10.000 damages by one of the fifteen .:vlay S1111ths,whose names appealS m the cIty dlre:tor) Blumenthal says he IS unable to lo-::ate the lady who seeks h1', money Mart111 Johnson, son of "Yohnny Yohnson," of the Rock-ford NatIOnal FurnIture company, spent part of hIS vacatlO 1 m Grand RapIds ThIS was hIS first VISIt to Gland RapIds and he was much Impressed WIth the cIty He holds an 1111- portant pOSItIOn 111 the Rockford postoffice The Orchard & \iVllhelm company have filed artlcles of 1I1corporatlOn, WIth a capItal stock of $100,000 The 111C01- porators are E W DIxon, presIdent, Charles 1\1 VVdhelm, vIce presIdent, and Frank E \Vl1helm, secretary and tl eas-urer, all of Omaha The Haberer Furmture Company of LOWVIlle, NY, held theIr annual meetIng on July 22d, and elected H N Haberer, J H "Voad, and Carl Jonas, dIrectors Subsequently H ~ Haberer was elected preSIdent, J. H Wood, vIce preSIdent and treasurer, and Carl Jonas, secretary VIr Haberer has gamed control of the corporatIOn by purchas111g a maJor- J Gordon Parish, of the C R PalIsh Company, upon re-tUlmng to hIS home m Columbus, Oh1O, on July 23, dlscU'ised the exhIbIts m Grand RapIds and ChIcago, and stated that the dIsplays of furniture were larger and better than ever before, and that in his opinion the orders for goods were nearly as large m volume as those during the mIdsummer exposition of 1907 The Nat10nal Pythlan Samtonum Assoclat1On, of Los vega", " ::'It, WIll estabhsh a sanatcnum, for \\ hlch capItal stock has been sub"cnbed to the amount of $1,000,000 Among the chrec-tors are Dr 1,ranC1S T B Fest, of Las V ega~, George M Hanson of CalaIS, Me and Charles F Gasley of Santa Fe, N M Con- "lderable furmture WIll be reqmred for thIS mstltutlOn. The manufacturers of ShelbyVIlle, Ind, are very much pleased WIth the sales made dunng the current eXposItIOn month in GI and RapIds and Chllago The manager of one factor) stated before leav111g Gl and RapldJ that he had receIved, up to that tIme, ordel, of suffiCIent volume to keep the plant rnnmng \"Ith a full force dunng the rema1l1c1er of the cnrrent year Among the I e:'>ldences to be erected and furmshed by wealth) Cahformans are the followl11g By Mrs Jesse E. Forden, Lot11<; M Coil, Walter Erkes, Dr De FOIe,t Howry, ~1rs Ohve L Bab-son, Mrs, J Yan Dyne, of LOJ Angeles, B L. RIchards. A. L. Phllhps, C B BaIley, F J SChl111tzof Pasadena, lIrs Florenc~ G Damels, Dr J B Saxby, A Sch111dler and Mrs J Bodlcka of Santa Barbara C K Montgomery, buyer for 11 Megary & Son of \Vll-m111gton, Del, returned to hIS home on July 22d, after p1ac111g hea,) oreler" for goods wlth exlllhltors 111Grand RapIds and ChIcago Dunng hIS stay 111 the western market;" he met many buyers of furmture, all of whom are 100km~ for a general hft111g up of the trade EvelY one laId m large supphes of goods l\fr Montgomery states that the Colom-al styles are preferred by the people of \NJ1mmgton Robert C Lmd, \V A Brolm. J P Lundell and D R Peterson have purchased a controllmg mtel est 111the Rockford (Ill ) Desk Company O<;car BergqUIst, the secretary and man-ager of the company dunng the past ten years, has letlred The Rockfold Desk Company IS one of the oldest furmture manl1tac- 1l1g corporatIOn, 111 that cIty and haJ been noted for the excel-lence of ItS product The COmpall) \\111 cont111ue to operate the factory under the old name tor the pI esent :Mr. Bro1111IS no\\ preSIdent, l\1r Lundell, vIce preSIdent and N els \Vall, seCl etary and tl eaSl1rer He Had It. "Have you anything in the way of a carpet beater?" in-qUlred the department store patron. "We have," replied the floorwalker. "Take the elevator to the seventeenth floor, and you'll find some rugs at $29.98 that beat any carpet you ever saw." Lont111ueIS 111ehLdteclh\ the plac111g of an order for] ,30 new pas- "lngel coaLhe, for the ",anta } e rodd 1hIS I~ the first large orelc r to! pa",en~er LeUS that has been placed ~111ce1907 It was booked b\ the I'clll111anlOmpalT\ clul1ng the: past" eek and s1l1lllar olClers dre c'-poeted soon frem other loa 's 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBL.ISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR IN AL.L COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL. UNION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 10a-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'DS, MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR hntered d.S second c1a~s matter July), 19lJ9 at the post ofhce at Gr nu. RapIds \IIdlI~dn undel the act at March:) 1879 1[(111 t e aJ1nOl111Lementsnotlceel e1,e\\ hel e 111thIS eehtl( n It appear~ the practIcable speecllnl11t for steam pa~~engel tlallh 111' been reached and that rallro,ld managels, both ea,t and \\ est ,'r nGW gIvlllg theIr attentlCn to 111cleasl'1g the ~peed ot tl eH~h tr,lln~ 1he mO\ ement \\ 111 p1c:ase mel ehanh and othu ~hIPP"I" to many of wloom tIme 111the movement ot tl eIght h ot mOle 111 pOltance tl an epILk pas~enger ~elVlce [he a\eld£;e ~poed ot through passtnger traIns ha0 been mC1eased plobabh {(lor {) pel Lent ll1 the pa t ten years and there 1s no rea ,on \\ 11\ a hke III crease can not be made m the speed of ta,t tl elghh unle,,, It be the stram on the ralls dnel road beds 1 hat 1eason \\ J11 not "t,md however Ihe fa~t trelghts II III be pop llal-the) \\ III bemht nearly all kmds ot bl1sme~~ except that of the C"pl e." LOmpall1c'- anel If the tracks v\ 111 not stand the ~tram the) \\ 111be recon-structed \\ hl1e mfl rmatIOn of mtercst a'1d 1111pOtalnLe b trequentll found m the consulal repO! h, the ~teltcmenh made ;}nd the lon elnsIOns reachtd are not all\ a) ~ Iehable :::'ometl111l0the\ seem to have been made \\dthout elue 1 eganl to tads and LO,lChtlCJ!l'and those relat111g to OppOltumtIe~ tor 1 lU ea\l11~ e"pOl h ot \merJf ,1l1 goods are freq lenth Lxaggerated Ol o\eJClra\\n lo! Jl1"tanll Consul John'-on cf S\\ anse;} \\ ales, a' \\ 111 be ~cen b) a qnotatlon from hl~ report, VI hleh appears on another page, thl11k~ he ha, elh covered an opportU11lty for Amencan fur11lture exporters to Jl1- crea~e thell traele but fur11lture manufacturers \\ ho have 111vestl gated the mattel knO\\ tlBt tl'e demanLI tol an) kl11d at \111elllcln made furmture 111IIales l~ haldl) \\Olth con Idel111g 'Ir John-son's comphment to \mencan manutaLturer~ WIll be apprcLlclted of course, bnt few of them WIll act on hl~ ~ugge~tlOn 111 regarcl to eAtenelll1g then trade m ::,wansea rlhe offic:er~ of the ~atlonal Tlaveler~ c\s~oclatIOn wele lll- ~tl ucted dW111g then conventIOn 111ChIcago recently, 'to 1111tlate a system of rehef to the ~tate of Inellana by presentIng to the Inter ,c.,tate C0111,'1e[l'e C011111c1~1Ion passenger 1ate e!IscnmmatlOn b) the Penn-ylvama raIlroad between 111lhanapohs and Chlca~o and I ort Wd) ne and ChILago and cont111ue \\ ark on the ca~e untIl rehef h seClll eel' ThIS partICLllar alIment of the ctate ot 1ndldna \va not eAplallled, but the com1110l1\vealth seems to have a gnev-an~ e aga111~t the Pennsylvamd 1al1road Pel haps the '" atIOnal rravelel s i\SSOClatlOnneeds a nlan capable of \\ Iltmg 1esolutlOn~ Lompl ehenslveJ) Numerou S order for new frclght cal sand IOLomotIVes placed llurIng the pact few 1110nths fl11l11shed pOSItIve proof ot Improve-ment 111genel al busmess condltlOns That the Improvement IS to 1hose \\ ho read thc al tLle on the tImber ~upply of the Ll11ted ~tate., IIhll'1 appears on anothel page, WIll realhly understand \\ 11\ the pnLe ot oak tImber ha gone upwarel m the pact few ) eal ~ 1he\ knO\\ that comumptlO 1 has steadIly mcreased and that the stumpage has been rapIdly concentrated m the hands of I,ll ~e holders and the natIonal foresters report that the annual lllt hl- eleelea,ecllh per cent smce 1900 1h~ '\ atlenal 1'1 av eler~ \ csouatlOn adopted a resolutlOn (lcp10d 19 m lch leglslatI01 now favonng that class of (0'11merce kno\\ 11 as mall order housec Rather a111ble;uoU~b lt the anllTIl1S h appal ent If -ul or del houses ~ell liBPY ml1lrons of dollar, \\ ( rth ot g, lOelS\\ It1101t the aId of travelmg ~aleslPe'1 rJ he Iron malket I~ generally con"ldere 1 thc mo-.t Ie-hable bU,,1l1ess barometer Pnce" of Iron and "teel have been nsmg tor "e\ eral \veeks A n:01l1g barometer mean., talr \\ eathel Thel dore It IS safe to predIct "unsh1l1e for the bU~1l1es, \\ orld 1- <- \\ CItIes WIll e11\) ChIcago the reputatIOn that IS bc-mg, ..,n en It bv the ne,v spapers when they declare' '1arhors the heaclquarter" of the "Vice Trust" Prof. Zueblin on Money-Grubbing. PlOt Chades luebl1l1, formerly of ChIcago UIuver:Olty, now a reSIdent of Boston, addressmg an a"semblage at Chau-tauqud, " Y, the other day, denounced modern busmess mln a" ehctatOls of the natlOn's government anel a menace to pu bItc mOl aI::. 'The ~\\ a) of the bUSIness man," he sald, " IS well 111gb Lomplete He IS the master of 111dustry, be controls the means of SUbSl~tenee and commumcatIOn he ~Ubsldlzes edu-catI() n 'll1d al t 111hIS own WhUTISICal fashIon, he carnes the jll eSlClent and the supreme court, he shapes the moral code I he decalogue has been supplanteel by the b,l~Ine,~ man\ htlog) - "'Busmess 15 busmess,' 'Stand pat,' and 'I want IV hat I vvant when I want It.' " Plof Zuebl111 IS a raehcal By many he IS conSIdered an U111ed-,011able extremIst, but he IS frank and earnest as he IS broad mmded enough to analyze both SIdes of a "ub]ect, he usually sncceeds In convlncmg hIS hearers that hIS views are about nght He deplores the devotIon of busmess men to money makmg and warns them that as a whole they are pursu111g a dangerous pohcy-dangerou" not only to the country but to themselves "II e need a prophet today hke Carlyle," he declares, . to proclaIm the lmqmty and futilIty of the phIlosophy of every man for hImself and the deVIl take the hmdmost, and to announce the dIscovery of a nobler hell than that of not makIng money" He ascnbes the great 111fluence and power ot busme~~ men of brams but contends that they do not use then brams to the best advantage-that they wa"te bram power and energy 111the pursmt of wealth that should be u~ed to brIng better results to the possessors and to the world And there al e man) bU'iiness men who wIll endorse hIS Ideas, espeCIally \V hen he contends that bus1l1e:os men should take theIr noses fJ om theIr grIndstones long enough to look about and conSIder the neceSSIty for cultivating theIr brams and usmg theIr talents 111better fields than that of money mak1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ._-_._--_._._-----_.-_._._._._.-._._-_.--_._._.- . We will have the nght styles at the right pnces and made to give satIsfactIOn, Don't miss coming to see the hne, it will pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers T T . " Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ......... .._. .. .----._._--_._-----.-.-..-._. .._..-.-•-.•-.-.~•.-.-.--_..-. ----_._.~----._-----I~ Reminders of Days Long Past. The Lady's PIctOrIal, commentmg on the exhloltlOn of ant1- que" to be opened m London soon, anrwunces that a number of 111111laturechma sets and odd pIeces", III appear among tll(> exhI-bIts and says. "ThIs hlhputlan chma had an ongm that IS perhap" not gen-erally known The leadmg chma makers a century or t\'~() ago were m the habIt of sendmg It as presents to the clllldren of theIr best customers "It IS qmte pos"lble that a collectIOn of hlhputlan fur111ture wIll be exhIbIted at the same tIme These tmy pIeces are as com-plete m all detaIls as furnIture of the normal SIze, but they are no larger than the things you would expect to findm a first rate doll's house. "They were made ongl11ally not for the delectatIOn of the young but as samples for the young man who traveled the prov-mces m the mterest of some firm of fur11lture makers 111 London In those days there were no leVIathan catalogues profusely Illus-trated, and a Journey from a remote country dlstnct to the show-room" 111 London wa" a formIdable undertakmg before we had rall", ays and motor cars" vVhlle readmg the fOJegomg paragl aphs some of the older fur11lture manufactt1l er~ wdl recall the days when they made mm-lature reproductlOl1'i of theIr goods for the use of theIr trave11l1g salesmen They were made complete 111 every detaIl, perfect re-productlOn~ of matenal, pattern, constructIOn and fi111sh,and the) "t1lted the purpose for whIch they were 1I1tended so well that -;ales-men who had carned them found "ome dIfficulty 111 conv1I1cmg dealer" that photographs were "equally as good," and It wa" "everal years after photography had been put to commercial use before the salesmen were able to get along WIthout the lIttle sam-ples. ElIas Matter, one of the founders of the Nelson-Matter Com-pany, GI and RapIds, IS '>aId to have been the first fur11lture man-ufacturer to eqmp hIS ~ale"men WIth photographIC samples and thus save the expense of mak1l1g the ml11latures, but he did not really ongmate the Idea WhIle 111 Jackson. Mlch, he met a man who was takmg orders for baby carnages uS1l1g photographs a:'> samples and on reachmg home he ImmedIately engaged a photo-grapher and set hIm to work makmg pIctures to be carned by the Nelson & Matter salesmen It IS probable that some of the Immature samples formerly carned by salesmen may be found 111 the nooks, corners or cubby holes of Grand RapIds factones If ,,0 they mIght form a deSIr-able addItIOn to the London exhlbltlon or make an 1I1terest1l1g con-tI ast by be1l1g brought out, rubbed up and shown here WIth the productlOns of today Death of Martin N. Moyer. A WIdely-known character m the fur111ture trade, Martm N. Moyer, (hed m ChIcago on July 23 ::,VrrMoyer formerly reSIded 111 Grand RapIds and represented the PhOe111:AFurmture Company twenty-five years ago m the we"t Later he took up the work for the Berkey & Gay Fur11lture Company m the same terrItory. I, old-mg beds were 111 great demand and after retmng from the em-ploy of the Berkey & Gay FurnIture Company he Jomed Mr HIl-dreth, of ChIcago, m orga11lzmg the W1I1dsor Fold1l1g Bed Com-pany HIgh grade foldmg hed" were manufactured and sold "uccessfully by the company dUrIng a number of years When the comIc paper" destroyed the sale of the foldmg bed the com-pany took up the manufacture of ca"e work Among the Immed- Iate mourner" of hI" loss are a WIfe and two "ons, the latter are engaged 111 the fUrl1ltUl e busmess The fellow who doesn't cut any Ice IS a good bIt of a frost. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY GRAND RAPIDS FANCY FURNITURE CO GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .--------------------------------- - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ,....------------------------- .. ----------- IIII II II II I II• I• •I• I• •II I II IIII~------ ---., The McMullen Machinery Co. G R ::\lc11 ullen, presIdent of the ::\1c 2\1ullen \lachme1) compan), 58 South lama "tr eet. Oppo"Ite the Umon statlOn, Grand RapId", wa" fm ten year~ WIth the lox Machme com-pany, dunng WhICh tUlle he traveled all 0\ er the country sellmg theIr goods to furnIture manufacturers and all sort" of wood workmg concerns In January la"t, he decIded TABLES I II• I•• II II•I• •I• II I•I•IIII -----------------~ OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EX TENSION ARE BEST MADE FINISHED VALUES that the tUlle was npe for establIshmg a StOIe for completely fittlllg out wood worklllg planb of all klllds TIll" he dId. and he IS enabled to fit up any kllld of a factory WIth all machlllery, tools, shaftlllg, hangers and everythIng necessary to start productIon He selected Grand RapIds fm hIS head-quarters because It IS the metropolIs of western :\11ch1gan, WIth better ~h1ppmg facllItles than any other CIty m the state. Orders may be telephoned III from any Clty III Western J'vI1ch- 19an and be shIpped the same day "\Then one conSIders that there are nearly one hundred passenger trams arnvmg and departmg every day, beSIdes and lllterurbans, It IS easy to see why Mr McMullen chose Grand RapIds as Our Catalogue and Prices prove this statement. Yours for the asking. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH All Made From Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. ... ---------------------------------_.---- hIS base of ope1ahons HIS foreSIght III domg so h attc ...ted by the fact that hI:o bu"meo;s IS grow1l1g every month He WIll be glad to open C01respondence WIth anyone In the states of .MIchIgan, OhIO, IndIana IllInOIS 01 W 1sconsm, at any tIme and prove that he can make It advantageous to trade WIth the Mc:;\lullen Mach1l1ery company. New Factories. The manufactUl e of chaIrs IS a new 111dustry in Batesville, Ind , commenced by the Batew1Ile ChaIr Company Chas ] Austm and othel shave orga11lzed the Cleveland, () Swmg ChaIr Company, WIth $20,000 capItal stock . .1\1 Hadley Cox and ,pthers have orga11lzed the Independent Ball Beanng Shade Roller Company, III Naugatuck, Conn. The K111gPlano Company recently orga11lzed at Butler, Ind, Ie;capItalIzed for $,),000 TheIr bU"111essoffice WIll be 111ChIcago Charles.5 111lnel and others of Bmghamton, NY, have or-ga11lzed the MI"slOn Furmture Company, WIth $10,000 capItal ,tacK [{ D SmIth, of f\ ewton, and I D Adams of "Walton have orga11l7ed the SmIth-Adams & GIbbs Company, of Boston, Mass \\ 1th $'50,000 capItal stock to manufacture and deal 111furnIture The C alIfoI11la } ur11lture Company, recently IUcorporated at '\bcnleen, \\ ash, b} capltalI~t:o fr am Cahfor11la, has leased the plant of the \bercleen Box Company and the manufacture of fur- 1lltl1re "1"11b1e1 l1ndeitaken as soon a" the fact01Y can be made read} for that pUl po"e The capItal stock of the company IS $50,000 Leonard & Son. Detroit. H R Leonard of Leo.1arcl & Son, dealer 111furmture nove1- tIe" and bnc-a-bi ac 111DetrOIt, J\I1ch , possesses a wonderful mem-or) It I, sal(l by those \\ ho have put hIm to the te"t that he can stand 111the center or other pOSItIOn 111the store and call out the pnce mal k on the tag of eve 1) artlcle w1th111hIS SIght When the fact IS conSIdered that the pllces 1ange h om fifty cents to many hundreds of dol1ar~ the value of the test WIll be understood and apprecIated ]\11 Leonard s son, associated in the firm, is also saId to pos"ess a very retentIVe memory The man who can make a dollar go furthest can't always make It come quickest. To have his memory kept green a man must be true blue. - -- - - - ~~- - --------------- .... Conducted by 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNI'l~URE ADVERTISING A DEPARTMENT OF HELPS FOR THE ADVERTISER -- - --- ---------------- ---------- - - --- - ------------- Chief of the ~dvertisina Department, Furniture City Entiravinll Company MARLIN L. BAKER ~ome suggestions along the 1111eof lay out ma\ help ~0l11e "ad' \\ nter, who at pre~ent n1dY be WOI kll1g 111the dark ror tl- 1ustratlOn I will use one of our regular vveek1y ",elvice "ads ' The layout IS noth111g more than a work1l1g plan for ,our pnnter to follow Suppose the space for the next ad IS "t\\ o-co1-10 Select a sUItable cut Get a proof of It and paste It \\ here} ou th111k It will show up best ::\ow dr dw the bOIder If parallel rule~ are to be used mark It on YOUl1a}out, and 1l1dlcate on the margm the Beautiful New Buffets I~IOTHINCADOI BCAVTV'~ size and style rule deSired Pnnt 111all headhnes to be set m chs-play Do not wnte copy on the layout sheet U:oe separate sheets for copy and ahoays 'WItte on one stde onl)' Use paper of umform size Some "ad" men wnte on scraps of paper, backs of envelopes or anythmg that happens to be handy Leave plenty of space between hnes, because you may Wish to m~ert a \\ ord or "entence For each separate descnptlOn accompa11led by Illustration, use a separate sheet of paper Don t put matter pertam1l1g to chfferent arttcles on the same copy sheet Mark all spaces m the layout \\ lth eIther nUl11bei or letter andl11ark each copy sheet correspond-mgh 1\\ the u~e ot a 1a}out you ale enabled to see more clearly ho\\ \ am "ad \\111 appear \\ hen pnnted and It also lets the com-positor kno\\ hO\\ }OU\\ loh It displayed Don't specify styles and 'Ize~ of t\ pe unless }OU 1uve a thorough knowledge of that sub- Je~t T} pe h not made of rubber and can not be squeezed or ev pamled to fit space The pnnter know~ best what size type to nee, ]udg1l1g tram the amount of COP} you furmsh 1he stud) of t} pe, the pomt system and printers phrase~ i" \ a1udble to any \\ nter of COpy Cultivate the acquamtance of AM S· d "I have traded at Wmegar's for the last twenty an a1 years and I always .attend theIr sales. for my expertence has been the ~oods are always better than they advertIse \Ve feel proud of that customer There are thousands of others who feel the same way We want you to come 10 and we 11 assure you that the mall was Justtfled 1rI "har h... sa d bur }DU II have tD come soon for thL Imes are bemg rapidly sold out BIg Reduell"os"" Odd Dre>Sers 115mB The Home Out/liters 8S~87·8QCanal St Cor Erie }our printer He wtl1 be glad to enltghten you upon the subJt'ct -the more yOU knO\\ about pnnt shop ways the better It Will be: f01 both) au and hUTI In the layout for the double ten-111ch "dd" the proof IS pasted 111the upper right hand ltmlt, With the heachng set 111three hnes "ate the hbera1 white spdce used throughout the enttre "ad." 1':0 matter 111what part of the paper thiS "ad" IS placed, It Will stand out regard1es:o of the surround111g matter White space IS mighty valuable when properly used Good "ads" are composed of three th111gs-a ltttle white mat- WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ter, a ltttle black matter and a lot of Gray Matter The better you handle these elements the better results you'll get and-1l\ re~ults you're after every time, The "b-col-18' announcement of W1l1egdr~, Grdnd RapIds, J\1Jch , l~ a good one-much better than the average furmture ad-vertb1l1ent Plenty of prLe" and descnptlOn~ dnd good cut~ dre u"ed However, there l~ much room for Improvement typogrd-phlLally lIdt! the two Iron bed cut~ dnd matter been transposed WIth the kitchen cab1l1et cut and the cnb cut transposed WIth Its Beautiful New Buffets ~~ , ~ 'If ~ OTHING ADDS BEAUTY N to your home like a new buffet Take for mstance the buffet Il-lustrated above, place It m your dlllmg room, decorate It tastefully with a few pieces of handsome Chllla, Don't you thmk you would be mighty proud of your dmlllg room? We thmk su. We have buffets hke thIS one bUllt of solid Oak beauuful flaky gram fimshed Golden or $ Early Enghsh priced as low as _ Others that are larger and a httle more 'elaborate In constructIOn and deslgn beautIful, solid Quartered ~:r~so;oGenume Mahogany, pncC'd up $ _ Remem ber our stock of hIgh grade Dlllmg Tables IS unexcelled for beauty and quality. It's a pleasure to show you. N"me and Addrus descnptlOn, the couch where the SlIver set and go cart are, and the two sll verware cuts where the couch IS, the rocker and the sa11ltary couch would have had proper placmg That arrangement would have added much to thIS announ~ement's appearance The refngerator dIsplay IS rather :otnkmg and was no doubt read by a number mterested m sav1l1g on Ice bdls The whIte "pace 1l1slde the Clrcle border and below the matter should have been used for pnces Sub-head1l1gs for each article, snudar to the "Dlg ReductlOn~ on Odd Dressers, ' "hould have been usecl-more \dllte ~pace mSlde the rule b01del would have made a gl edt 1111- provement m the dIsplay and a better headmg nl1ght have been selected. !\pp~arance has much to do WIth commanebng attentlOn !\ gooel. \\ ell ebspla) eel. open "ad' WIll capture more redelers than cne filled to the lmllt WIth no thought of al rangement Both ma) contam the same "elltng argument, but the well-arranged "ad ' wl1l sell more (("ooe\t>-lrore people WIll rcadlt Railroad Managers Not a Bad Lot. The commercIal club of Portland, Ore, gave a luncheon recently In honor of J C Stubbs, VIce pres'dent of the South-ern P dcJfic raIlroad and traffic ebrector of the Harnman l111e, In the cour"e of a short adeb ess the guest of honor 'i1ld "rhe obJ ect, the InItial object, of the ong1l1al and everv othel transcont111ental raIlroad \\ as to reach the PacIfic, the reglon that was known as a productIve and a frmtful reglOn, one whIch promIsed a return UDon the Investment I don't beheve that m commumtIes hke tho"e that dre established on the PacIfic coast, theIr ultimate happIness or ultimate progre~" depend" wholly on the carner, 1 do beheve, however, the productIvene~~, the earlllng P0\\ er of the car-ners depends upon the commu111ty and lt~ progress That IS to come from the 111herent ge11lus of the people, theIr power Gf prodllctlOn "Men 111the rallroad service do more, gauged by the compensatlOn they receIve, than doe" the average success-ful merchant or bus111e"s man We work because we can't help It We work because we want the esteem of our fel-lows We work because we want to be helpful We work because we must If we are g0111g to be men When you feel mchned to be dlsappomted WIth respect to some of the thmg'3 that rallroads do and beheve that rallroad officers are not smcere and hone"t m theIr endeavors to promote the mtere~ts dependent upon the l111e, the particular officer or officers you may be cntICls111g may be Just as honest and earnest 111the pursUlt of what you deSIre a" you are your-self, although It may be apparent for the time be111g, at least, hiS VJews do not harm011lze WIth yours ,. Row Over a Telephone. Towers & Bennett, retal1ers of second hand furlllture m l\Imneapohs, recently engaged 111a legal squabble over the use of a telephone number Towers sold hIS busmess to Dennett and when Towers prepared to go mto busmess again WIth hIS old telephone number Bennett protested long and loudly Bennett wOn out and wlll use Towers' old number It IS not beIng down, It'S be111gdown and out that I" fatal THE COZY CORNER. "Hal Here's a cozy corner "Ouch! wlfie has fixed up' I'll try It " headl" What's thIS hit my "Great Scotti There goes ten "Pshaw' Here comes the whole "Well, thiS lSn t so bad when dollars' worth'" shootIng match down'" It'S cleared out' ' 22 WEEKLY -\RTISA)J ~---_..... - --_..... II "THE ----------- ...... .~ III BETTER M A K E" 'VE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROO~I and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FALTORY AND ~ALESROOM :17 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES TO DEALER~ O;,,\,HEAVY PLATE PAPER NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY II I III IIII..I. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I.. ----...... _--_... . WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 MADE BY WARREN TABLE WORKS WARREN, PA. New Dealers in Furniture. 1he Home 1Ulmtnre Company recent1) cngal;'ec1 111l~n,111CS" 11 Oklahoma Clt) [be \ddms Jurmttll e ,t01 e recently commenced hU~111(,S,m Ta\ 10rsvl11e, 1\ C Cha" ,;\ ~peal I, prepdnng to open d new stock of tUlmture III Dee :\lo111es Iowa I ayden & ~e11l1 bave opened a stock of fm mtm e dnd bard- \\~l1e m Iron ElVer, \11ch 1yrw KIlmer, of Readmg \\1111open a new furmtUl c '-tm e ll1 a remodeled gram V\drehol1se at I[)elstown, Pa J ame" J 01 clan and other~ of '\ ev\ Y01 k hay e I11corporated the Thomas F :\leagel CompallY v,lth $::0000 capItal to deal 1,1 fl1rmture John l\J angan and other, of -too Ea ,t lJth street, I\e\\ York, have orgamzecl the :\Iangan- Batte; Compan), v,Ith $10,000 capItal, to ~e11furmture. The Clayton, (Y ::\1 ) Lance notes that James Ryan has opened a furmtUl e ,tore on II all ~tJeeL 111 that VIllage, and wIse-ly remarks that "the e~tablIshment \\ III be ven convenIent for tho"le contemplatmg hou~e keep1l1g That statement I, probabl) true Hal C Turner. f01 mam year~ manag-el for the Harnm.;ton (\\' \ a) MIIhng Com pan) has I e~lQ.ned dnd hOllght out flU111- ture department, of tv, 0 harel\\ are stores 111 that tOll n He \\ III consolIdate hl"l p Ircha,e, and open a ne\\ e"c11blve furmtnre ~torc (T G hnne) who recently I etll ed from the Greenhe1d- Talbot-hnnc) Company of "a,hvllle 1'e11n, \\111 orgal1lze a company anel engage 111 the fur111ture bl1Sll1e"~ 111 that lIty He has had twenty years expellence m manufacturing and "e1hng furl1lture Furniture Losses by :Fire. 1 (rraffman, a dealer 111 f111111ture.111 1\ I11Iam,b'lr~,::\ Y, wa~ e1amaged by fire on July 21 ~to1berg- &-- Parks \vere damag-ed to the amount of $130 00 by a £11e 111 the11 factor) at 1 aledo, OhIO, 0.1 J ul) 1b -1he Dlehl-SchJ11mg f'ur111ture Company lost $30,000 by the tIre that destroyed the11 fdctor) m PhIlhpsburg, N J , on July 19 vVIlhcul1 r Patte I s furl1lture ware house 111Plll1adelphla was damaged by file to the amount of $10000 on Ju!) 2;0 1he :\Ial vel Furl11ture LOmpdny of lama, i\I1ch, suffered a 10"," of $15,000 or $::0 000 b) J1re 111the factory last 1ue"clay In,ured The \mellcan 1"111mture Company of \t1anta, Ga \Va" clam aged by fire on J l1ly 22 to the amount of $2 000 . w111'::hIS pal th covered by 1I1surance The '\mencan Cdb1l1et ::\Janufactnnng Company and tl;e l ur tIS BrothelS Veneer ,Yorks, 111ChIcago, \\ere damaged by fire to the amonnt of $10,000 on Jul) 24th The loss of the Umtec! ~tate" iur1l1ture Company b\ fIre 111 ChIcago, recently ha~ been settled for $30500, a htt1e over seventy five per cent of the amount of the p01lcles The 111,urance com-pa111e, ral,ecl a que,tlOn a;, to ownel,hlp. the concern hav1I1g 111- corporatec! WIthout notice to the unden\ nter~ The amount of 111- ~urance c1aullecl by the furnIture company \\,1'0 $38,700 Chal1es H Leonard has succeeded 'a well 111 -ecU1111g tencl11t, for hIS (Hta\va street ft11l11ture eAhlbltlOn bl11lc1lng that 1w IS th1l1k1l12,of oftenng space 111 hIS ;\larket street b1111clmg£01 the "ame purpose The happIest way to correct mIstakes 1S to do so hefore they happen ------------------------------. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Gorden and Satterwhite Pleased. R A Gordon and J L Satten\ll1te at the \mellLd.n Furmture Company, Atlanta, Ga. ha\ e returned to thelr homes and are tellIng theIr :nend:o of the \\ onc1ers the\ s~m and the ex,penence:o the) enjoy ed dunng thell "ta\ III Grand Ra,plds and ChIcago Lnder the e,):otem emplm ed III the Amencan Furl1lture company s "tore the buy 111g at good" IS looked after as carefully a" the selltng of the "ame \1 I Gordon declanng that In order to sell nght good" mu"t be bought nght J\Ir Gordon wI"ely contlnue:o "The con servatIve buyer ""ho fSoes dIrect to the bl£i factone" and pro-tects hIs own Interest" can al\\a) " gnc hI" ltte,tomer" ,111 ad-vantage III pnce, style and quahty that an 111dl"cnm111ate dne! mexpenenced ]Iuyer alway" find" Impo""lble Our pur-cha" e:o dunng the t11p, \\111 edlp"e anv \\ e ha\ e e\ el mde!c hoth 111 quantIty. qualIty ane! \ aluc dl1<1wIthout <loubt we are gomg to be III a pO"ltlOn to offel au! cu"tomel" hettel \ alues and better good" for ha\ mg ma(le thl" tnp' .!VIr Gordon pree,enh a \ el} gooe! argument 111fa \ (1 of market bUY111g Thinks There is an Opening in Wales. Jesse H. Johncon, lTl1lted State" Consul at Swan:oea, \\ ale". th111ks he has found an OppOltumty to lJ1c.rease exports of ~mcll-can furmture He reports as follows "Among multlfanous local mdustnes here there are some fac-tones that manufacture furmture The valIOUS p1("<(S are 1111 ported mto Swa 1sea and put together here ready for the market There is no country 111the worlel that can manufacture furmture completed or 111 parts so favorably as the Ul1ltecl SCates, and doubt-less Amencan manufacturers would find thIs populous dlstnct a very good market .I. he steamshIp commumcatlon between here and the L mtee! State0 I" very good, and there are man} old-estab- Ihhed and thorDughl) reItable local firms who would help to aug-ment the already good connectIOn of e:Aporters of Amencan furlll-ture Dunng an Il1tervlew WIth some of the local furmture deal-er, and upholsterers I found that there IS a ellstmct Dpenmg here tor ~l11encan chaIr tops anel chaIr legs made of beech wood. and aCCO,l1pan)111gthIS al tlc1e are the names of firms who would be plea"eel to receIve quotatIOns for these artIcle"" The addl esses mentioned by the Consul may be obtall1ed by ac1dre< Il1g the Bureau of Manufactures at vVashll1gton East Also Has Fast Freight Trains. There IS no rea "on fO! "urpn"e m the announcement that freIght trdll1" are now Iun from the ~tlanttc to the PaCIfic coast u! tl1ll teen cld) ". when It I" known that "ome of the ea -,tel n I oa<l" ha\ e been engagee! 111 d speed w dr for two month" 01 more The Ene e,tarted the :otnfe by putting on fa"t frelRht" between ~ew York and ChIcago and cut the tune from '\ ew York dnd Phtladelphla to Buffalo more than eIght hoUl" Other road" were oblIged to compete and the re- "ult \"a" a shortel1lng of the "chedule" nearly 25 per cent The Lac'<:awanna dId not take actIon untIl the other roade, had dpparentlv done theIr best. but la:ot Sunday It announced d ne"" fa"t freIght that beab all other" between New York and Buffalo by more than three hours The Penn:o} lvanta, the \Vaba"h and the DaltuTIore & OhIO are saId to be pr~panng to put on fa"t freIghts to con-nect ""Ith the 5t Pau!'" new westeln servIce Some men do not need a waste basket so long as they have a desk WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 CAMPBELL'S "'WONDER BOILER" An Invention That PJ'omises to Revolutionize Present Methods of Steam Heating. George P Campbell, of Schenectady, NY, has mvented a de\ Ice that will be an enemy to the cOdl dealer, If the 0p1l110nS of experts who have exam1l1ed and te"tcel It are correct It IS a new fashIOned bOiler so con'3tructed as to produce a maximum amount of evaporatIOn With a m1l11- mum consunwtlon of fuel ~I r Campbell does not posc as an llnentor It 1'3 another case where neces'Slty appears as the mother of 1I1ventlon Dunng the cold spells last WlmeT the steam heat1l1g apparatus m hiS residence ehd not work satlsfactonly, though It was supposed to be of the best type and constructIOn vVhen members of the famdy had to go to beel 111order to aVOid suffenng from cold, ::'IIr Campbei' began to study the '3ubJect of steam heat111g Someth1l1g that he had read about evaporation convmced lum that the makers of steam heatmg bOilers hael kept away from the ver} pomt thc} should have worked on to obtam the best result" He started 111 to expenment along thiS Ime and the result IS th~ "wonder bOiler" as It has been named by some steam sharps who have quahfied as ex,pert" The bOIler IS shaped like a peg top It stands about eight feet high and 1'3 60 mche" 111 diameter at ItS fullest Circumference, which IS Just above the top of the firebox, where the steam dome I" situated The steam dome IS 19 mches high 111the center and "lopes downward to form the top of the toplike bOIler The firebox I" perfectly round and IS 111 the center of the boder It IS only 15 1I1ches 111diameter and stands 37 mches hIgh All about the firebox IS a water-leg, the space for the water bemg three mches between the outer walls of the fire box and the mner Vv alls of the ga" chamber The base IS formed of the ash Pit, With a feed door 794 b} 10% mches, and a draft The top of the gas chamber IS covered to form the bot-tom of the steam dome Thc surface of thIS bottom contam" 19% feet of water area The water 111thiS IS kept at three 111ches depth ThiS laq:(e evaporat111g area 1'\ one of the fcature" of the boder The othel feature 1'\ the circulatIOn of ga"es, and It IS on thIS that the 111ventor''\ apphcatlOn for a patent was allowed. The capaCity of the bOIler I" 16 and a half gallon" an hour wtlhout forcmg A firc can be started m the fm nace and In two 111111ute"two pound'3 pre<.,- r-PIONEER" t MAnUt AnURlnO (OMPAnl -.---.-.-.-".----i~ I I ! I I I I II I II I DETROIT, MICR. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts W Full hne shown only at the factory. Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts, 6 Blocks horn Umon Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban ~tatlOn 250Rooms All OutSIde, WIth Flle Escape 1elephone In Iwery Room. European Plan Rat" 75c to $2 00 Per D ty Dlnmg Room III ConnectlOll ~peclal Hates to Famihes and Permanent Guests Ladles 1ravelIng Alone w111 FInd ThIS a Very DeSIrable StoppIng Place GEO. R. BENTON Lessee and Manager II ..--- . ....I sure of steam can be had-enough to heat the whole house 1he weather has not btlen severe smce Mr Campbell completed IllS expenmental boder last A,pnl, con"3equently It cannot be cletermmed to a certamty Just how much fuel may be sayed, but at no time S111ce the fir"t tnal m Aplll has It been nece'\sary to bUl n more than one small hod of coal every 24 hour" The fire can be damped as low as de-sln~ el and m two m111utes a two pound pre'isure of steam can be made [he bOiler IS made of .Ys mch cast 11 on amI 15 covel ed With asbe'itos .l\Ir Campbell has had no cld1iculty m orgalllz111g a com-pany WIth ample capital to manufacture hiS 111ventlOn which wdl soon be placed on the market, 111Sl7es smtable for dwell 1l1gs and large hUlldmg <., Using the Tariff as a Scale, The K ew York Cordage Company I" sendmg out cards to consumers, predlctmg higher pnces for tv\ me because "the sen-ate has placed a duty of 1Y;; cents a pound on raw Jute aGd the house IS hkely to concul" The house has not con(:urred, how ever, and the N ew York market reports do not 1l1dlcate any 1l1cli-nation on the part of buyer~ to antiCipate an advance in pnces The Trust's "Scare" Will not boo"t ItS bu:omess to an) great ex-tent It has been said that Cleellt I" lIke a levolver under one's pIllow-the greate"3t comfOi t when not needed. Lots of enell:;y 1<.,wcl"teel 111 mak111g fools of ourselves ..... -----------------_._._ •..••...•.. ... Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Park wood Ave,. Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now putting out the bebt Ld~ler Cups WIth cork bases tver offeree to the trade. These are timshed m Golden Oak and White Maple m a lIght fimsh These goods are admirable for pollshed floors and fnrn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES: SIze 27.(mches... $4 00 per hundred SIze 2;li mrhes 5 00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB. Grand Raptds . - _.. --. ..--- --.. ...- _.. . .~ ....-. .. .., - - - ... - -_. .. ... - - -- . ....-~ 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describing the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. These lines are for sale in the Evansville Furniture Exchange. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes. Chlffomers, Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes. in Jrnitatlon golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright F oldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets. Combination Book and LIbrary Cases THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plam oak. imItation quartered oak. and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers. Beds and Chlffomers In Jrnltatlon quartered oak. ImItation mahogany. and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the' Supenor" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dlnmg and Dressmg Tables. Made by The Karges Furmture Co The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facil-ities for shipping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great rail-road systems of the East, South and West . ... _ •••• _ •••• I ••••••••• ••• ••• •••• ea. a. • ••••••• __ " THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cnbs, Wife Spnng, and Cots. WEEKLY ARTISAN Made b) Bockstege FurnItm e Co Made by Globe Furmtme Co Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co Made b) Bosse FurnIture Co. ~------------------------ .. . .... ---- - .... - - ... .. - --------- a •• __ a __ ••• ~ 27 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY HOLLAND. MICH. New York Market Reports. New Yark, July 30 -~Ial ket reports In which furniture makers-and dealers to a less extent- are Intere~ted have been firm and steady this week General bUSiness conclitlOns which are of more Interest than current mdrket quotations al e descnbed b) a well kno" n commercial authonty as follows "l\1:ldsummer trade C011(lit1Onsare suffiCiently gratIfymg to support the feeling of optl1111sm\\ hlch spreads throughout the lines of actIvity \Vlcler demand~ for money lI1dlcate that blh\l1e,,~ generally revives under renewed VlgOl and confidence dnd It I~ not surpnslng that prepal atlOns for the future are ~ub"tantlated by many heavy demand" mvoh lI1g 11101 e dra\\ m~ upon capaClt) of the leading mdustne~ Adclit10nal constructIOn IS pushed fOl-ward In Iron and steel makmg Ti'urnace product1On e2>.hlblts further recovery, With better pnce~ ruling. and tonnage" booked for future delivenes assure steady output~ extendmg mto next year ., Turpentine IS firm wlth a gain of about a cent per gallon In pnces both here and at Savannah The figures here for Immed- Iate delIvery are 51 @ 510 cents. There IS no Improvement In the demand for lInseed 011 The market IS steady but exceedingly dull City raw In five barrel lots I~ quoted at 61 @ 62 cents, Single bOIled a cent higher and doubled bOIled two cents above the raw Western raw 60@61 Calcutta, '75 cents The shellac market IS featureless as It has been for several weeks T N In cases IS quoted at 14@140 cents, bnght orange grades, 17@19, fancy shades, 20@22, cliamond 1. 25@ 26 Bleached, l(l@160 cents, kiln dned, 20@21 cents The burlap market IS stIll lifeless, consumers are not buymg except for Immediate necessity and dealers can not be Induced to place order for future dehvery. Prices are well maintained. hO\\ ever-3 10 tor eight ounce and -t 50 for 100 ounce goods vVeakness IS reported m the Calcutta market " Cordage IS firm, oWing to a shght advance m raw matenals, but pnces, except for heavy rope have not changed dunng the \\ eek n C t\\ Ine X0 18 IS quoted at 16 cents per pound, India twme. Xos 150 to (), 7)i@7;/z, lIght, 8@8;4, fine Xo 18, 11 cents Goat skIw are dull With light receipts and small sales Bogo-ta~ dnd Ha) tIens have been sold m small lote dunng the week dt ),\ cent~ Pd)ta~ at -+ l, 1feXlcan at 42, vVest Indian at 50 a,1d Hla71lIan at b6@7,) cents Lumber contmues firm With small advances reported fronl se\ eral pomte;. Leather I~ dull owmg to the uncertainty dS to act10n of C01'- l!re,s on the pendmg tanff bill. With the Majority. Tom Cooper of Ottumwa, Iowa, spent the current week in Grand Rapids A few hours after hb arnval the representative of a \\ ell known corporatIOn, maBufactunng chamber SUite", met hU11 andmtroduced the subject of trade Without delay "I have bought the SlIgh line," Tom remarked "Then) ou are a dead one," the salesman reJomed. . \Vhy, what do you mean? Explam," contmued Tom \\ arml) 'vVhy, you are With the maJonty " The PIOneer Manufactunng Company and other creditors have filed a petItIOn askll1g that the Ul11ted States Furniture Com-pany, Chicago, be adjudged bank! upt It Will be remembered that the Umted States Company suffered a heavy loss by fire re-cently WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Only Stragglers Coming Now. The Grand RapIds l111d-~ummer sales-season closes today, though many of the exhIbIts wIll be mal11tamed I11defimtely DUl-mg thIs week only twenty-seven buyers have arnved makmg the total for the season 1058 whIch IS not up to the hIghest record Others wIll arnve dunng the comm~ week and later, but the record for the season wIll sta~1d at the figure gIven above Fol-lowmg IS the lIst reglvtered smce last Saturday R G 1<uller, Savannah, III D E LmclqUlst, Keokuk, Ia \V H Lape, CoffeyvIlle Furmture Company, Coffey\ Ill" Kas W C Watkms, Sekell & Watkms, Grand Ledge, ::\1:lch A L KIrtland, KIrtland Bros, Lake VIew, Mlch H FeIge, Jr, H FeIge & Son, Sagmaw, Mlch L Epstem, Lasalle & Kwh Company, Toledo, Oh10 George E Best, Bergen, ~ Y D C !\tl<l.1~," assar, l\lIch A H VIlle, Hoffman & \ Ille, Korfolk, Neb J C Cooper, W H Cooper & Son, Ottumwa, Ta Challes H Thuner, Thuner I, urmture and Carpet ( ompJ.ny, ::,t LChlh Mo C D DOlns, Dor!1s-Heyman lurmtm e Company, Phoe 11X, \!1Z I 1\1 Cuschner, Standard hlrl1lture Company, Spokane, \Vash C \V Freed, 1<reed FUlmture Company, Salt Lake LIt) J olm M i\llen, J :l\I Allen & Co , KnoxvIlle, Tenn. L 1\t1c1\lanus, McManus & Co , :l\Iacon, Ga F J Keller, OtIS Desk Company, ChIcago ,Ill H C I"ranzhelm, H C. Franzhelm Company, Wheelmg, W va \a H F Stattman, H C. Franzhelm Company, \lVheelmg \IV, A T Ohon, Olson MercantIle Company, Streator, III J S Bunce, 1\Ilddletown, Ct ~. S Wnght, Greenwood Furmture Company, Greenwood, MIss J R WIllIams, Clement & WIllIams, MIlwaukee, Wis Charles \VIllIams, WIllIams & vlorgan. UtIca, N Y H J ::\felson, Lauerman Drothers, Mannette, WIS L P Peck, Peck & Co , San Antol1lo, Tex Car Builders Are Busy. Press dIspatches report that car bUlldmg concerns m all parts of the country now have more order 0 than they ~an promptly fill Among the orders a::, placed dunng the past week I~ one by the K ew York Central for 2,000 box cars to be bUIlt for carrymg furl1lture and automobIles TlIe Buffalo, Rochester & Pltbburg has placed an order for 1,000 steel cars, The Boston & ::\1:ame has ordered ten locomotIves from the Amencan LocomotIve Company and the Dfnver, N orthwe:otern & PacIfic two, The Doston & ;\Iame, the .Mlssoun, Oklahoma & Gulf, the Great Northern and Northern PacIfic have each ordered 1,000 freIght cars It b reported that the 8,000 freIght cars for whIch the BaltI-more & OhIO IS m the market wIll be mcrea::,ed to 10,000 and that a large amount of passenger equIpment WIll be ordered m adclI-tIon Knew Where to Scratch. A conventIOn of travelIng salesmen IS 111progress 111ChI-cago Story tell111g prevaIls Here IS a sample "DId I ever tell you fellows," 111qUlred Fredenc L Gross, preSIdent of the orgamzatlOn, "of a lIttle boy I once knew? He went to school 111our town and was called down about mne tImes a day for scratch111g hIS head, whether or not he was 111 doubt about a problem hnally the teacher spoke up It had been gettmg on her nerve') for "ome tIme She ::,ald, 'John, why In the wOlld do you cont111ually ::,cratch your head 111that way?' "'\Vell,' replIed John cheedully, 'I'm the only one that knows where It Itche') , " The Holcomb Saw Works. A L Holcomb & Company, 27 North Market ::,treet. GI and RapId'), m adclItlOn to manufactunng hIgh grade band "aw::, and grom mg saw", carry one of the large::,t and best a"sorted stock" of Circular "aw" and emelY wheel" m the ::,tate They are prepared to ship promptly at any tIme They have recently put In some addItIonal machmery and are also domg repaIr work The man who permIts hIS pleasure to mterfere wIth hiS bus111ess may reach the point where he won't have any of eIther Most of us try to forget the mean thmgs we know about ourselves Clothe::, don't make the man arms wears baggy trousers ::\1:any a fellow wIth a coat of ~ _ _- -.. ..----------- _--~--------------------------_.. . . _ .. I The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. ....." Our Large New Line of .IIIII III III ----~r ~ __...t.. DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW [( Df\VIS FUltNITUltG GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I'--._---_._---_._------_. ---_._--- --' ....- .- . .. .. .-- - - - - - - - City Sale.room, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN r--'SHG~ByviiLE.-----· ...--------.------------------------~ DESK CO. II I, II ! I I ~ .~ .~.~ ~_. _1 SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFIGE, FURNITURE - Write for latest catalogue DO NOT LIKE THE BONUS METHOD Halifax Citizens Do Not Want to Buy Factories and Are Testing the Matter in the Courts. Judgmg from the comments m their ne\\ --paper,; the pea pie of Haltfax, N S, do not take k111cll) to the Idea ot "e-cunng facione" by pa) 111ga bonus or grantmi2, "peClal pn\ I leges 110111 tho,;e same comment-, It appeal'; that the honu" method I'; not so popular amon~ the hu ,me,;" men ot that prov111ce a" It I:' 111the :,tate" 1he clt\ councl1 ha" 1u"t completed a deal "'Ith the --\nder--on Cha'r Company at \ al-mouth, 1\ S, whereby the Ander:,on plant I, to be rem')\ ed to Haltfax The term" of the deal and the arguments u"ecl agamst It are clearly 111chcated by the follow111g comment'> made by one of the CIty paper,; and republtshed on the fil"t page of another m black faced type enclosed wIth a border "The CIty IS to get ItS Sacred \1\ hlte Eephant' [he \n-derson ChaIr factory I'; to be forced on the cItIzen,; ot Halt-fax- whether they Itke It or not \'; a matter of fact, thele IS very ltttle dO'ubt that they do "\ 0'1' ltke It, hut the Clt) Counctl th111ks It know:, be:,t One or tvv0 actn e hut ml,- gUIded gentlemen 111the cIty are bound to bn Ig the -\nder- :,on ChaIr company here If the) hay e (ltke A.rtemus liard '; magnammous offer to put down the war hy saCnfiC111!?; hI'; WIfe's relatIons) to ,;aerdice the Intere:,ts of the ratepa) er,; to do It ThIs chaIr factory mu,;t be ,;tarted by the Clt) or the thousand and one other place:, Impenou,;lv calltne,- out for the Ander:,on" may among them ,;ucceecl 11, teanng them from our clutches In order to "tart thIS company the CIty CounCIl has determ111ed to gIve a" ay (for that IS vlrtuall) what It amount,; to) the most valuahle manufaetunng "Ite 111 the CIty, conslstmg of nearly four acres contIguous to a raIl-road sld111g The Anderson ChaIr company gets thl" for $1,050 The CIty paId that for It twenty yean ago, an,l ha,; been carrY111g It all thl:, tlP1e, apparently, walttng for some k111cllycltsposed per,;ons to come and take It off theIr hands Thl'; 111dustry "loved of the God,;" 111the CIty Counctl (by the same token WIll It "dIe young?") IS also to receIve exemptton from taxatIOn for ten year,; and the mlmmum water rates, and th1', \\hl1e the late of taxatIon I" gOIng- up and 111orcler to keep It belm\ t\\ 0 dollar" "ome aldel men have to reSOlt to the ,;ubterfu~e of e:,tlmatmg adcltttonal revenue" from :,uch ,;ourcc:, as fine:, upon the IlltClt pen eyor:, of ltquor and unfortunate,; on the upper "treets' V, hat would the"e geneI'ou" aldermen do \\ Ith then own money, If they are so bountttul WIth what belongs to other people' , The ut) pres" has succeeded 111lettmg "ome lt2,"ht 111011 the tran"actlon, howey er, and a" a result of the Crlttclsm of the propo"ltlOn arou,;ed, a "ltght gam accI ue" tll the cItIzens -\lthough tho--e aldermen engaged m pu"hmg thl" transac-tIon through the Counctl hay e not been deterl ed from theIr tatuou:, com"e, the) ha\ e been compelled to make the Ander- "on ChaIr factor) people execute a bond f01 hve thousand dollar,; concurrentl) WIth the deed Thl'; I" "ubstltuted fGr the extraordmary course agreed upon before the Dally 1'cho hegan to present the true m", ardne,;s of thIS IJdrgaln to the CitIzen:" vlZ, to deed the land to the company at once fOJ $1 050, and enter 111tOan agreement 'aftel wards I The company mayor ma) not make good m the llumberle,;s a\ e-nue,; of 1l1du"try on '" hlch It propo~es to embark, but as h) p-notl'; t-, It" member,; ought to make a fortune anywhere , \ny way) ou take It the \nder,;on comlJany has made a mIghty able deal WIth the CIty, almost anyone would bp glad to forfeIt $'),000 for the sake of getting hold of that pIece of property Fn e thou'3ancl dollars 1ll fact, IS a cheap pllce for the property If the Clt\ really mu,;t get nd of the pr('1) ert) \\hy not a,celtam It" value by askIng tenders for It)" -\'i the counul wa" not dl:,po"ed to heed the prote"t" the "klLker,;' \\ ent to the cour1:" m the name of the people and a'iked for an InjunctIOn to stop the deal, and" ere grante I a temporary re"tra111mg order prohlbltl11g the mayor ft om ';Ie;nmg the contract pendIng a heanng of the ca,;e on It,; ments The corporatIOn counCIl of Haltfax claIm" that the deal IS legal, and entIrely wlth111 the authOrity of the councl1, but nearly all other attorney" m the prov mClal capItal chsa-gree WIth hIm and precltct that the outcome ot the case WIll he a decI:,lOn that wl1l prohIbIt munIU\'Jaltttc" from u,;mg the bonu" method" that are qmte common 111some of the ",;tate" , WEEKLY ARTISAN 'A~Cr8)tcJflJ~' "'"'-~ v ..,.,.11 ..",0'.....,. J Mr Dealer You don't have to" talk" your No wonder people want Royal Chairs-no wonder they • , head off to sell Royal ChaIrs. won't take any other. Read whatC. F. Jackson, Norwalk, You don t have to .. waste" time on "rubber-necks." OhIO, wrote us: We send custO'l1ersto your store convinced-ready to buy. ••We cannot •..,l1 any othe,. chai,..r he,.e. Good ad'CJe,.ti.rine and Gs;~s~~:l1•• Chai:. f;you, Our I A dL me,.,t ha'CJe 14d :=~gr~lld••; a.lona uVer.'Slng;1" "R3oya0~ oc,.acc!(~e,.-ja:Ck~se~e~~~eg,:.r.·:· ve. is a tremendous selling force. 2S Million THE FUSH BUTTON A. E. Millett, Amada, MICh., bays. people are readmgour advertisements every KIND "'you,. Chai,..r a,.e ,.apid-fi,.e .relle,..r. month they appear We use such papers Send la.rt o,.de,. quick..·· as Saturday Evenmg Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp youmother waysas well Drop Journal, Woman's Home Compamon Cos- usa lme today-get our "busmessboomml?" mopolltan, LIterary DIgest, Munsey's: Suc- proPosItIOn-It'sa !lve WIrethat gets the cess Review of ReVIews Everybody's trade-makes your store popular. McClure's and many oth~rs.' CO., • Sturgis, Mich. ----_._~~_._---~ I OUR LINE OF CHINA CLOSETS, BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES ~...._--_._--_ .._ .._-------------------------------- IIIIIIII I III IS MORE COMPLETE AND UP.TO.DATE THAN EVER BEFORE. SAMPLES SHOWN IN CHICAGO ONLY, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MANUFACT-URERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, IN CHARGE OF F. P. FISHER, N. P. NELSON, AND FRED LUGER. I ~-R_ OCKFORD STJ\~!2~~!?FsURNIT._U~R~E--C-_O.._I--- ..---------..-.._..._-_......-.._..--_.--------._._._.~~-----_._-----_. 31 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN y,o •• IIIj I ........ . ...-- ---_._._._._. -_._. -------~ II I I I•IIIII I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leadmg Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dming Room furlllture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. IIIII III II II II,I • .... A complete Ime of sam-plea ue d,splayed in Tbe Ford fs Jobnson BUlldmg, 1433-37 Waliasb Ave., 18- c1udmg a speCIal d.splay of Hotel FurnIture. ~Jll fUl mture dealers are cordwlly t1tvlted to visit our bUIlding. •II II ~._.-..-.-.----------------------"' Sterling· Welch Furniture Department. The Sterhng v\ ekh Con pany of Cleveland cald to be the leachng merchants m the terntory lymg between ::\ew Yark and Chicago, transactll1g busll1ess to the amount of many mllhons an-nually, took possesSIOn of a large. modern b1111dmgerected espel-lally for the use of their furl11ture department ate" \\ eeks a~o and With the faclhtles so provided "Ill tdke a leachng pOSitIOn m the house furlllshmg good" busmess of that City m the Immechate future The company has an abundance of capital and tI ansacts a vast bus111ess 111 a modern and remunerative S\ tem The Michigan Star's New Catalogue. The Michigan ::-,tar } urlllture LOmpdny LeeldllCl \lllh have Issued a handsome twenty IMge catdlogl1c of \\ 111lh 25(,0 Will be sent out to the t1 ade \u~n~t 1() The lover~ dl e of hght green, the p,lge~ m enameled papel dncl Illn~tI ated With many half tones The \lllhlgan ~tal I 11111ltnre LOmpdl1\ hdvl alway s been leacIer~ 111blrcI ~-ey e mdplc on \\ hi h they dre n J\\ havmg a big trade \11 of their precIncts ell e P'1t ont III b11d ~ eye maple, mahogany and quartered oak The lOmpan\ ha" been e~tabhshed smce 1905 and Manager- Trca~urel J E f lcnbad ~ states their busmess the past SI'( month" has been double that 01 the correspondll1g pellod a year ago Wouldn't Pay Five Cents. Commentmg on the offer of a big bonus by the l1tILe\l~ of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the !'\nderson I ur11lture com pany, the Chatham, (Can) \\orId say~, "l\ewca"tle palC1 ~everal thousand dollars for the pnvtlege of havmg th", fac-tory m the town a fevv yeal", and \\ouldn't pay h,e cent-, to get It back A factory that cannot be run wlthont a bonus should not be run at all" Alaska Refngerator Company Bockstege FurnIture Company, The Bosse FurnIture Company, The Crescent Machme Works Ell D Miller & Company Ford & Johnson Company Globe FurnIture Company, The Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company Hafner FurnIture Company Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Hoffman Brothers Compary Hotel Lmden Karges FurnIture Company, The Luce Furmture Company Lentz Table Company Metal FurnIture Company, The Michigan Engraving Company Miller & Company, Eli D. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley FurnIture Company Nelson-Matter FurnIture Company New York FurnIture Exchange Palmer Manufactunng Company PIOneer ManufacturlPg Companay Richmond Chalr Company Royal Chair Company Rockford Standard FurnIture Company Shelbyville Desk Company Sheboygan Chair Company Smith & DaVIS Manufactunng Company Stow & DaVIS FurnIture Company S1Igh FurnIture Company The Possellus Brothers ManufactUring Company Thos Madden, Sons & Company Umon FurnIture Company (Rockfoyd) White Printmg Company World FurnIture Company, The 4 26-27 26-27 Cover 9 32 26-27 25 12 9 13 25 2627 4 19 26-27 2 9 24 13 6 22 3 4 25 11 31 31 30 15 24 29 6 1 17 13 Cover 26-27 ----------_. -----_.----_._-----..~ II I ..... . Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illmois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon-lers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKim & Cochran Fur-niture Co., Madison, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shippmg facIlities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a lme of ExtenSIOn Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes and Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Terntory desired: Address Koenig FurnIture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. LOUIS,Mo. Ii ;III ... -- - - -- -- - ---- ----~- WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. WANTED-POSITION AS MANAGER. A practical busmess man, familiar with the manufacturing of bed room furmture and who has a few thousand dollars to invest; can assume charge of one of the best furniture plants in the South. If interested, address "Business," Box 853, Greensboro, N. C. 6-10-4t .......
- Date Created:
- 1909-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:5
- Notes:
- View of the Imperial Furniture Company factory, located at 1640 Broadway Avenue NW, Grand Rapids. The company operated from 1903 until 1954. Photo circa 1918.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)