Weekly Artisan; 1910-11-12

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAl'JD RAf-1L (iRAND HAPIDS, MICll., ~OV:EMBEH NELSON-MATTER FUR CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MI H. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circas"ian 'Valnnt and Oak. If you have not one in your liitore, a simple reque ..t 'W'"l.lJ briIl2 you our magniiicent new- Cataloane of 12x16 inch Pdge groups, show-ing suites to JUatch. With it, e, en the Ino ..t Illoderate sIzed fnrn1ture store can shoW'" the best and new-est furniture satisfactorily. - - ----------------, "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG MACHINE 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 The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing mclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical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. WEEKkY ARTISAN 1 No. 1152 Dresser. Made in Oak, Mahogany and Blrd'.-eye Maple. Beautiful Bird's Eye Maple JUST THE THING TO DELIGHT • THE LADIES AT CHRISTMAS! There is nothing quite so dainty~so feminine-so charm-ing for Christmas, as a Bird's Eye Maple Dressing Table. Light, airy and cheerful, it goes to the hearts of the ladies, and it is the ONLY LIGHT-COLORED FURNI-TURE THAT IS ALSO HIGHLY ARTISTIC. The NORTHERN has made Maple a leading line ever since starting in business. We are in the heart of the Maple country, where the finest Ma-ple in the world grows, and with our standard lines, using Maple as a base, we are able to pick ONLY THE CHOIC-EST PIECES for N at u r a I Map I e finishes. Therefore, when you buy Natural Bird's Eye Maple from the NORTH-ERN, you are sure of the creme de la creme~the finest III the country. But you must have artistic shapes too-the airy beauty of Bird's Eye Maple is completely lost if it is not made up in beautiful designs. We also give you moderate prices. That is what will sell with you-beautiful wood, designs and workmanship, at moderate prices, coupled with PROMPT DELIVER Y ( and that means everything when you get near Christmas-nobody beats us at that part of the game). No. 1197 Dressing Table. Made 1D Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye Maple. Full information given In courteous letters about anything that interests you. Write us frankly, freely. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,. - .- - - - . - --- - - -., I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II , III I III I •Ij t II•I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~-.-_. --.-. ----_._. ------------------------~ _. -_.._.-- ._..--- .--- ._. . . -- - -- 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 Blrd's Eye Maple Birch ::J<!tartered Oak and ClrCI1SSJI111 WI1t1Jut 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. I It t ND RP..rb 10 '-'"PUBLIC LIBRlRY 31st Year-No. 20 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• NOVEMBER 12. 1910 Issued Weekly 'WHY MOST REAL SALESMEN ARE IRISH They Are Required to Serve as Apprentices and Are Thoroughly Trained for Their Occupation. CWlitten for the Dry Goods Economist by Ge01ge Rob111son head of the foreign departments of the \Vanamakel stores) The "obsci vmg pel son" was surprised to notice through the lal ge dcpal tment St01e of New Y01k that seemmgly a maJonty of the salesmen were I11sh; yet the same thmg would be found tl ue m Clllcago, Plllladelpllla, Boston or any of our large American cities. This is especially so in the fabnc depal tments, where an actual knowledge of the con-structlOn of the matenal becomes a substantial asset to the man behmd the counter. These are the men who have learned their business on the other Side of the water and have answered the call for ti amed salesmen from the greatest and most remunerative field m the vvorld Imagme the feelings of an American boy at the age of ±ourteen or fifteen If he were told that he must work fm four years Without pay. 01 the consternatlOn of his father at the Idea of paying a fee of $500 and donatmg his son's sel vices at the same time. This is preClsely what hap-pens to the Insh lad when he decldes-or rather hiS parents deCide for him-that a bUSllless career, and not a professional one, IS to be hiS lot Thus the young man makes hiS start m the busmess world, impressed (and generally subdued) by the fact that his father has paid out a good round sum of money and eApects only one thing in return: that he shall learn that particular business, and le'lrn it thoroughly from the ground up. If an Amcncan lad goes to vvark at thiS age, the thought in hiS mmd IS revenue only, and if he casts in IllS lot with a dry-goods house it is because the im-media te wages al e a little better than he has been offel ed in any other place It is just a "job" to him; nothing more. And the ne"t week he will as carelessly and cheerfully leave it for a place in an office or a canning factory for fifty cents a week more. This boy is much more likely to SALESMAN BY ACCIDENT. change four times m one year than to remain in one place for four years. A man who has been tlllough this course of training in the old country appreciates just what it means, for well he knovvs what hes between the start and the certificate of rec-ommendation at the finish. One youthful aspirant for mercan-tile honors was apprenticed to a Belfast house, and trembling With fear lest he would not be competent to fulfil the duties required and might be returned to his parents in disgrace, he asked an older boy, who had been longer on the job, just V\ hat was expected of him, and was told in return that if he was sufficiently expert in the art of sprinkling damp tea-leaves on a dusty carpet and could handle a broom well enough to sweep them up agam he had nothing to fear for the first three months at least. It may be added that the new apprentice acquires a personal knowledge of the uses of the dust-cloth as well. By the end of the third month the "new boy" has come in and the first boy is advanced one point further up the scale of leal nlllg-which means that he goes to one of the cash desks dotted about the shop, and there he learns how to ac-curately make change These desks are numbered from one up, according to the location and importance in the house and a boy is advanced from the lowest to the highest only as he implO\'es in accuracy and rapidity. In the course of a period in which a boy serves in the various cash-desks he is required to report at the end of the business day to the head cashier-who is usually the treas-urer- with hiS balanced accounts showing the amount of cash taken in for the day in hiS section, and it must be absolutely correct. If the vouchers do not agree he is given opportunity to look over the sales-checks, and if an error has occurred which he cannot account for he must give a proper and satis-factory explanation to the management. By the time the boy has finished with these desks he pretty nearly knows how to make change and balance simple accounts. After thiS he goes to the counting room and credit office of the firm This finishes the first year and the sales-men of the futm e has not yet handled a yard of merchandise. At the beginmng of the second year he is asked if he has a preference for any particular department, and, if he has, It is usually arranged to place him there. But this same boy has a long way to go before he becomes a salesman or gets a FOI the whole foUl years that the Iri'3h hoy is "serving 111..t,une" the only incentive held out to him I~ the plomlse of a position at the end of hi" t11ne, with a PI111ce1y111come of £16 a year-equal m our good, hard-earned Amencan money to $7820. But long before the four years have expired he has heard from some of his old associate" who have gone to ,\merica and are bemg paid as salesmen five and SIX tunes more than he could possibly earn for a gooel many year'3 to come. Hence, his own preparatIOns for fitting al e generally completed by the time his certificate is handed in. Thus Ireland Im,e'3 one more of her trained young men and while these boys may start at the bottom of the ladder in thiS coun-try by no means all of them re-mdin there. You will find them among the best buyers, managers and e\ en proprietors in some of the ~Teater stores 111the United State'3, and the rungs of their lad-ders have been their Old World',> training, their apphcation to the business, their enthusid'3m and last but not least, their good health and regular habits, ac-quired during their apprentice- '3hip-( for the boys are boarded and lodged by the firm and under their supervision generally in charge of one of the managers) and subject to stnctest discipline THE TRAINED SALESMAN after, as well as during, the busi-nes' 3 hours They are required to be in their rooms hy 9 o'clock at night, when the superm-tendent makes a per'3onal investigation of each room and looks for each boy, yet aside from thIS, a hberal time is given for recreatIOn. Many a \\ eak boy, startmg his apprenticeship in these shops, takes out at the fil11~hinto the busmess world strength and health as a result of the outdoor sports in whIch the boy s are encouraged to engage "Mollycoddlelsm" does not flourish under the same 1oof WIth fifty 01 sixty boys, all pure Insh, and mostly flom the farms, and the puniest lad soon finds that he hkes cncket, football and baseball, and in the four years he accumulates blood, and bone, and muscle to aid him in hIS battles with the world. While we believe our methods in this country are far in advance of the old country's stores in general merchandis-mg, yet there 1'3much to be said of a salesman from the Em-erald Isle. He is taught that he should make customers feel that the VISIt to the shop is an honor, and he Impresses you that It is a great pleasure to show the goods and you can Just trust him to fulfill his duty to his firm by selling you all he can, for SELL IS wntten 111capital letters on his very bram \Vell he knows that If he fails to make a sale tho aisleman or the buyer, ever on the watch, will ask the reason why; f01 they m turn, are expected to be sufficiently alert to keep track of pi acticall y every transactIOn between the sales-man and the customer. Thus a salesman IS constantly kept keyed up to his best efforts, and, on the other hand, a buyer IS actually in touch wIth his merchandise and the daIly demand of his depart-ment But, mdependent of this, there is a feeling of loyalty m the hearts of all these men, salesmen, aislemen and buy- (Continued on Page 6.) WEEKLY ARTISAN chance to actually sell good.., In",tead, he I~ gl ac lothly per-mitted to become valet to the 1eal "pald sale~men." lIe is obliged to arrive an hour ear her than the saId "1eal salesman," remove the covel~, dust the countel s and generally prepare the department for the merchandIse display \"hlch 1", made fresh every mornmg aftel the al nval of hiS chIefs During the day he IS now behmd the counter pel ton111ng the duty of stock-boy and I ecel \ mg lesson~ m callng for the stock. Even the correct manner of placmg a pm m a bolt of ribbon is not too small a thmg to be taught thI::' boy Thus is instilled mto hIS young mind a spmt of economy, thnft, and regard-which i::. clo'3ely akin to rev erence-for hiS mer-chandise. I Ie must all the time keep hh eye", dnd ear", open to learn how to addres::. a cu::.tomer, ho\\ to walt on a LUS-tomer and to intelligently pI e"ent and dI"play the merdldn-dise for a customer. The "observmg person" ::.a\\ the other da), m gomg through a large department St01e m ~ evv York, a sale.,mdn, supposed to be servUlg a customer lIe had one hand m his pocket, he leaned agam~t the ~helf fixtm e, dnd b::. legs v\ere crossed. The customer \\dS lookmg at the goods, but he made no effort to assI"t the would-be purchaser. not e\ en taking the trouble to appear mterested-whlCh 1 esulted m the customer actually selhng herself from the ~oods that were on the counter, m plam VIew The lad m the Insh shop could never have learned such salesmanship, f01 such mdIf-ference to customers or merchandise IS unkno\\ n there Some-time::. this slovenly salesmanslllp come", about from the mdol-lence of the buyer himself or hIS assl~tant, for men are otten lIke geese 111 this respect and follow theIr leadel and as the head is so it is down the line This indIfferent salesman who leaned against the shelf-fixture may have lost the chance to make a friend for himself as \\ ell as for hIS house Hel e is indIcated the great opportumty to a good man possessmg tact and expenence. All customers, of course, cannot be treated alike. Some will enter mto conversatIOn freely, \\ 111leothers will resent too much explanatIon. But It IS always permiS-sible, when deahng With senSible people, to pre",ent certain interesting facts. If a ::.alesman IS showmg a garment, or an article, or, 111 fact, any piece of goods, fabnc or othen\ Ise, and can give his customer some mformatIOn regardmg the con-struction of the article or fabnc it goes far m estabhshmg confidence and may pave the way to mtroduce other Items for sale. A knowledge of the merchandise, though, IS necessary in that case. Real Business-Builders. Whether the salesman is a foreigner or born in th1s country, and whether he is behind the counter m ~ ew York or in any other city, if during hiS leIsure hours he WIll make it a point to inquire from the older people behind the counter and to make a careful examination of the merchandIse he Will always have some httle bit of mformatlOn to give whIle he is waiting on the trade that will make him personal fnends and also friends for his house. This IS the kind of people that really build up a business. It is not necessary to agree with a customer any more than it is to agree with a person In any other phase of life. If he has a careiul knowledge of the merchandise and im-par~. I it in a clean-cut, pobte mannel the customer leaves the counter WIth an impreSSIOn of havmg been properly served. Today, in New York, as well as 111 any other city, the young Irishman will be taken on in preference to the Ameri-can applicant for the same pOSItion. Not because the Irish-man is better liked, but because the management usually de-tects the ear-marks of a better groundwork, though probably ignorant of its sources. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 J B Van SClver and hIs buyer, A F RoellIg, of Camden, N. J , were in Grand RapIds this week, buymg furmture * * * * Z Clark Thwmg of the Grand Rapids Veneer \\T orks. \\ ho has been east on a bus mess trIp for several weeks, re-turned home last Wednesday * '" '" '" W H MIller of Marshall FIeld & Co. ChICago, was in GIand RapIds thIs week, lookmg for some of the good thmgs m furnIture sUItable for holIday gIfts * * * * The managers of the Tanne\\ Itz Machme \Yorks report a good demand for theIr products and a pleasmg mcrease in theil busmess in the past fe\\ months. * * * * \Y ork has been started on the constI uctlOn of the large addItIon to the plant of the ImperIal Furmtme company, whIch is to be completed early m the spring * * * * ),1 A Heyman of the Heyman company, home furn-ishers. has gone east on a bus mess trIp His partIcular ob-ject is to pick up bargains in rugs, carpets and draperies. * * * * Among the furmture buyers who have visited Grand RapIds factories this week are Mr and Mrs E S Crosby elf Topeka, Kan, and John LeslIe of vVmnipeg, Man. * * * * John \Vaddell of the Waddell Manufacturilw company • b ' IS up in the nOIth \\ ooels, deel huntmg. He went away before electIOn belIevmg that the country IS safe no matter who may be elected. * * * * J 01111G. Heberger of the Standard Furniture company, 'Cmcmnatl. \\ as m Grand RapIds thIs \\ eek The Standard's lme, strengthened and enlarged considerably will be exhibited hel'e as usual, in January. * * * * Glaml RapIds' manufacturers are not antlclpatmg any '>hortage of coal thIs fall or wmter Coal dealer'> here have laId m lal ge supplIes and shll)ments are commo- in more reou- b b arly no\\ than they \\ el e a month ago * * * * \VIlllam S Emery. the well-known veteran furniture 'lalesman of Gland RapIds. Mich. has !S0ne to Bo'>ton to re-mam a \\ eek or t\\ 0 after \\ hich he \\ ill visit his son in New York and then go to Flonda to spend the winter. * * * * The Luxury Chair company's orders and shipments in October wel e larger than in any other month since they be~ gan busmess and judgmg from the number of orders booked last \\eek November IS lIkely to be a better month than Oc-tober for their business * * * * This week the Hot Blast Feather company shIpped a full tar of mattresses. pIllows and springs to one house in Xorth-ern MIchigan ThIs IS the thIrd carload ,>hlpped to the '>ame home thIs year TheIr trade m southern ~1ichlgan is grow~ mg rapidly and theIr city trade i~ ah\ a) ~ good * * '" * Robert \V. Irwin was anlOrtg the successful C:1ndldtl,tes for membership m the charter commISSIOn elected in Grand Rapids on ~ ovember 8 MI Irwm has studied municipal government sevel al ) eal s and is well qualIfied for service on the commISSIOn. He wIll be a leader m the \\ ork to be done. * * * * The E. O. Bulman ManufactUrIng company, manufac-turers of wood and metal speClaltIe~ are building a new fac~ tory on Broadway opposite the plant of the Imperial Furni-ture company The building \\ III be made of concrete, 50XI5° feet, one-story, and WIll be completed and occupIed early in the new year. * * * * Hon Edwin F Sweet. who was elected to fill a seat in Congress by the people of the Grand Rapids dIstrIct. has been for many years a stockholder in the Oriel Cabinet company and its vice president He is an able and honorable gentle-man He served a term as mayor of Grand Rapids a few years ago * * * * The \Vaddell ),Ianufacturing company WIll in the near future start m on the enlargement and improvements of their plant. \\ hich \\ hen completed \\ ill about double their capacity for turning out carved moulding. furniture trimmings, rope moulclIngs. etc All of the wood knobs and handles have the "no-kum-Ioose" fastenmgs. the only thing that will absolutely prevent the knobs and pulls from coming off. New Factories. Charles Ruebekam and Charles Holmees are orgamzll1g a company to establIsh a casket factory at Traverse Clty, Mich. The new factory of the Pier & Felch Chair company, Brattleboro, Vt . is expected to be ready to start business about the middle of December. G A Harper, G W Landon. D VV. Berry and H. E. Denme have mcorporated the Central Closet company to es-tablIsh a ne\\ factory at Kokomo. Ind Capital stock, $75,- 000. The Dedell Furniture company of Marion, Ind., are to establIsh a new factory at Muskogee. Okla. in accordance with a contract WIth the Muskogee Industnal Development company. The \VISCOI1S11C1haIr company of Port \Vashington, are erecting a branch factory at Sheboygan The bmldmg will be :;6 x I40 fEet. t\\ 0 stOlles. and \\ III be med mamly in manu-factunng wood novelties. New Furniture Dealers. G D Allyn has opened a ne\\ furniture store at Lyndon- \ Ille, Vt. BradlEY & Flanal;an. have opened a large. new furniutre store at \Vellington, Tex The J K \Val d Fml1ltm e and Hard\\ are company, are new dealers at Richwood, W. Va. The Home Furnltme company have opened a new house-furnishmg store in Spnngfield, Mass. The Cooper-Preston Fm mtme company, incorporated, with capital stock fixed at $2:;.000. are new dealers m Birm-ingham, Ala M F ),ifcCdrty IS president and trea~urer; Robert A Preston, vice-president and general manager and Robert Stnckland, secretary. vV G Buttedy, formerly a member of the furniture fIrm of Baumam1 & Co, of 152c1 street and Second avenue. Nc\\ York a'> taken a ten year lease on the five-story bu Ilcl111g at 445 Tremol1t avenue, the Br01n, \\ hlch he WIll stock \\ Iih a full line of new up-to-date furl1iture, cnl'p~ts, etc, 6 .. -_ ... ----- BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------_._--------- --~ A. PETERSEN &CO., CHICAGO I MANUFACTURERS OF THE I III IIII III - I ... IN THE COUNTRY. Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. I SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. '-- --- . ----_._-------- No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT el s ahke, to their Ellm, to Vvhlch the} came as bo} sand remained as men to teach 111 theu tUIn When a merchant on this side opens a stOle to the pub-lic it is presumably With the obj ect of seilIng his \\ ares, } et the attitude of some of the people behind the counter m some of our New York stores, at tunes, makes It hard to belIe\ e this. Customers frequently complalll of llldd"tel ence-"ome-times amountlllg to positIve rudeness-on the pal t of the salespeople. A timid woman, gOlllg mto a shop to make a p\llcha-,e requinng time and dlscnmination, such as a coat, SUIt 01 hat, is often made to feel so unimportant, If not pO-,ltl\ eh "cheap," that she walks out of the stale feelmg aII the tIme that the very article she I eaIl} \\ an ted \\ a" thel e It someone had only gIVen a lIttle attentIOn and shO\\n a lIttle mtele"t What Department Head Should Do. Buying the goods, placing them on the counter and ~l\- ing a salesman a book al e not ah\ d}" pi oductl\ e ot the (le-sired result. Short talks by the bu}el of the depaItment respectmg the ments of the goods he has to selI-\\ Ith \\ hKh he IS, or ought to be, thoroughly famlha1-mIght result in qUIcker sales and cleaner shelves, hence better profit at the end of the season. A buyer has a moral responslblhty re"tIng upon him m addItion to hiS prescnbed duties of suppl) mg the pi opel merchandise for hiS department, as e\ er} one IS susceptible, ------ ._-------- \\ hethel lon"Uoth1y 01 unconscIOu"ly, to theIr surroundings. 1Tence It de\ oh ee, upon the buye1 to create an atmosphere in IllS depal tment of lo} alty to the busmess and of activity in the busllless Tine, W1II elImmate, very often, the seeming md1ftcl ence on the 1 11 t of the people behmd the counter m meetm£; eustome1 s that ha\ e come actualIy into the store to pUIeha-,e pi 0\ 1ded the') are sho\\ n the nght goods m the l1£;ht \\ a\ How to Train Oneself If the \mcflean-bcl1n salesman \\hu has d11fted tll10ugh \ alloth mOl e 01 less agl eedhle Jobs fiJ1Cb hunself aeCldentalIv hehmd the cuunter, \\ 1thout the eall) tIammlS of the l11"h lad as a toundatIOn, b} makmg good us,' ef hIS tune and hIS \\ It'' there 10, ample oppot tumty fO! hIm hel e m the gl eater ~to! ee, to stuch and knO\\ the lSood" he "elIs DUflnlS leisure hOlUS he can usualI} select some Imee, of meh~hand1"e from the fi" tm e~ 1earrane;e them and exaLlme them, carefulIy 1epldl1112, them on the sheh e::" and m "0 dcmg he IS all the tIme leal nm~ F\ er} customer he walts upon, every time he shcm" hIS 2,cwds-vvhether a "ale IS made or not-If hIS m111d 10, on the hu::,mess he learns somethmg new each time He must not attempt to gIVe a long, dry story about an arti-cle he IS selhng But he n111"t keep one thought 111hIS mmd clearly: that the \ 1"lt01s to hiS department may not ha\ e come to buy, and IS not oblIged to buy m thIS "hop, but that It IS withm RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, IND. No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 his jurisdiction and his responsibilIty to his house to enlist her sympathy and in tel est her. HIs sale may not be made at thIS moment; he may not hay e the exact llght artIcle whIch may SUIt her taste, } et he can establIsh a confidence in her m111d that vv hen "he th111ks aga111 uf th111gs to buy in that IlllC she \\ 111ImmedIately th111k of hIm. Salesman the Great Factor. A film may ad\ ertt"c and a film may spcclahze and may pro\ Ide the best mel chandlsL and the best buyel s in the world, but unle,;s the 111dnIdual man behllld the counter de-votes lnmself to hI'; bus111e,;s conscIentiously, so as to gIve the best that IS m hun at e\ ery tm n, and unless he wIll stand up loyally for hI" depal tment and the goods he has to sell and wIll keep posted as to the demands made upon him as he comes datIy III contact wIth the customers, the depart-ment cannot hope to get the results It IS entItled to Some-one has said: "If you work for a man, in hea\en's name work for him. If he pays you wage,; that supply your blead and butter, work for him; speak well of hIm, stand by him and stand by the instItutIOn he represent,; If put to a p111ch, an ounce of loyalty IS worth a pound of clevelness If you must vllhfy condemn and eternally dIsparage, why, resIgn your position, and when you ale en the outsIde damn to your heart's con-tent But as long as yOU are a part of the instItution do not condemn It. If yOU do you are loosenlllg the tendrils that hold you m the instItutlOn, and 111the first high wind that comes along you wIll be uprooted and blown away and probably you wIll never know why" Advel tis111g m newspaper" I eache,; the e) es and S0111e-t1l11e" the mmds of the buymg publtc. and an ad may be lead, scrutml7ed or cntIused, accordmg to the confidence estab-bercd m the mIDd cf the readel 111the film whose name ap-pedr,; thereon That advel ttsement may bnng a customer to the store, but It WIll not always sell the goods. V/hen a customer enters a store after readlllg the ad and is dIrected to a certam sectlOn, then It depends entirely upon the mer-chandIse and the man beh111d the counter Here he can do mOl e good, 01 more harm, as he deSIres and as he puts hIS m111d and lIfe !ilto hIS wOlk It 1-- novv up to him to do or undo. ,r-------------------------~-- IIII I IIIII I Price $8.75 II• I No. 550 Palmer MaDufaduriD~ ======(ompaDJ·====== 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MIC". .... - . •••••• • r _ Mr. Salesman. on the interest you take in your sales, on the efforts you put forth, on the methods you employ in your department and on the way you handle yourself largely de-pends your success. Opportunities lIe as thick as blackberries in the mer-cantile field of America. There are more good executIve po- SItions today in the greatel stores of this country than there al e competent men to fill them; sometImes a man may oc-cupy a positIOn and yet not fill it. The lIttle "God of Chance" sits on the stairs and beck-on,;, but the cross-legged salesman below him stares vacant-ly into ,;pace and never looks up. Has More Than His Share. C. Fredenck Eckfelt, presIdent of the Mound CIty Chair company, St. LoUls, Mo , secured a decree of dlvoce recently and a few hours later marned Mrs. May Louise Powell, a plomlllent society lady, who was recently dIvorced from James L. Powell, a wealthy raIlroad contractor. A few day later the caUl t dlSCO\el ed that thel e had been colluslOn in the di- \ orce proceedmgs and set a~lde the decree. Therefore Mr. Ed.felt has a surplus of wives on his hands. ----_. -., II I,II ... • ---- --~~~~~~~~-. WEEKLY ARTISAN Every Dealer Who Sells Folding Collapsible Go=Carts TAKE WARNINO For your own protectIon avoId buvlng any folding collapsIble go carts lot lIcensl d under FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS. By seeing that the tag shown here IS on even folding CollapsIble Go-Cart you handle you will Avoid infringement prosecutions, Handle only goods made by the most reputable makers, Handle Go=Carts for which a demand is created by a big national advertising campaign. licensed Go{art PATENTED Licensed and protected by and under the 748869 771386 789310 800471 Jan 5, 1904 _Oct 4,1904 May 9, 1905 Sept 26,1905 Other Patents Pending None Cenulne Without Tnl. Labe' FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS so completely cover every VItal feature of folding collapsIble go-carts that It IS Im-pOSSIblefor any maker to manufacture them WIthout USIng some of the features covered by these patents. The only persons or concerns lIcensed by us to manufac-ture collapsIble go-carts are the follOWing named companIes: American Metal Wheel & Auto Lloyd Manufacturing Co. Company. Sidway Mercantile Company. Children's Vehicle Corporation. Streator Metal Stamping Co. CoIlier-Keyworth Company. Sturgis Steel Go-Cart Co. Fick~ Ce:rriage & Reed Co. Toledo Metal Wheel Co. Fulton Manufacturing Company. H. N. Thayer Co. Gendron Wheel Company. E. R. Wagner Mfg. Co. All mfnngers WIll be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Through our advertISIng the pubhc WIll be adVIsed that go-carts contaInIng the most deSIrable features are hcensed under FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS, and cautIOned to look for the Label. We wIll protect both the dealer and the publIc, and by ehmmatlng the unscrupulous manufacturer we Insure the dealer a better profit, put the go-cart bUSIness on a legItImate baSIS, create fixed values, and educate the publIc to these values. LOOK FOR THE TAG. 839230 840188 857971 861475 863972 913345 914010 918250 925151 925152 925741 927089 Pec 25 1905 Jan 1, 1907 June 25 1907 July 30 1907 Aug 20 1907 Fcb 23 1909 Mareh 2 1909 Ap,oi 13 1909 June '5 '909 June 15 1909 June 22, 1909 July 6, 1909 PERRIS and LEITH None GenUine Without thiS labcl REDUCED REPRODUCTION Of FRONT AND BACK OF L.ICENSE TAGS. x)o;:. Suite 630 Marquette Building CHICAGO WEEKLY ARTISAN Th(·~··D"l.lmmernand lIis Trunk. Ihe 1111,lCUlstomedtl,1\ eJIel I'; ltkel) io have a llUl1lbel of pleces of hand hlg~age io ]00], ahel dn(] bother about, but the (!l ummel, i1,1\ el1Jn~ all the i1111e,t11e,; to ,;pal e h11n,;el£ all such trouble On the platfoI111 of a 1all road ')tat1On stooe! ,1 trunk not one of the cardboard vallety Vvlth g111gelbl ead cornel') that \\oule! tall apalt If vOU (hopped It off a \\agon but a 1 ugged t1unk that \\ oulc1n't even bounce If you sltd 1t off a loaf \\Then the owner of the trunk came ,dong he placc(l a h,mcl bag he \\a') carr) 111gon the platform for ,1 moment and unlocked the ,;ohel 100k1l1g trunk and ihl ew lb hd hack Then he dloppee! the bag mto a compal t111entwlthll1 which It jmt fitted, and then out of another compartment \\ hich 1t just fitted he IJfted and ')et el()\\n on the pt1tfCllm a sample case Then he dlopped the tlunk hcl and locked the Moon Tune, June TIme, Summer TIme, Spoon TIme, or Any Old TIme DeSIgned by Frank Burton, Student In the Grand Rapids School of DeSIgning trunk, and the next 111111uthee was off with the sample case to see the people he wanted to call on 111that town When he struck a town he dIdn't have to bother over lugging his handbag around WIth hIm or leavmg it somewhere or getting it checked; he Just dropped it 111 hIS t1unk, and that's where he carried hIS sample case except when in actual use. He could get all hIS belong1l1gs into one piece of baggage, his trunk, and the check for that he dropped 111 his..pocket Of course not all drummers can get theIr baggage into this compact form. There are men who take along ten, fif-teen, twenty trunks, a double truck load of baggage. But usually the man on the road has some scheme to save himself all unnecessary trouble; and few men are mOle resourceful than this drummer.-Ex. Desi~ns of Japanese School Furniture. A sketch of the Japanese school furniture as used in the elementary schooh ha,; been forwarded to \tV ashington by Consul-General Thomas Sammons, of Yokohama. This school furnitUle 1Smade of pine. and is painted or stained a reddI')h blown color The desk,; and seats are each intended for the me of two children The price of each seat is nomi-nally $5, but heavy discount') are allowed on large orders. No nails or screws are used in the construction of this school furniture. The design will be loaned to interested firms who address the Bureau of Manufactures. "I For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match. Mail your orders promptly to CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. I....-. - . , HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ...-.... '", IIIIt III• IIIIII No 83. i.. ·..... ~ 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Succe... FuJI Size Bed in Divan Space. "ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE" How Business Men May Assist in the Progress of Art. Prof. Charles H. Caffin of N ey York CIty lectured re-cently at the Ladies' Litel ary club house, Grand Rapids, on "Art for Life's Sake." He saId that the word "art" is from the Greek "ar" and means to fit or to shape. The Greeks used copper and bra"s for helmets and shIelds fittmg and shaping them for the purpose of using in warfare. Conse-quently art begun m thIs way, thlOUgh CIaftsmanshlp Flom this beginning It was gradually e>..tended to other thmg" The speaker saId that that is \\ hy \\ e are takmg up techm-cal schools -to leal n craftsmanshIp, leal mng how to fit and shape articles for practical u"e. In al t fitness must be com-bined with unity and harmony thus producing a perfect whole. Art, contrary to the generally accepted idea embraces not only painting and sculpture, but also archItecture, musIc and ltterature. A man may be an artist in any lme to whIch he appltes himself. The business man of today can so fit and shape hIS business as to impro\ e it in every \\ a y. By the addItion of new and up to date machmery and methods and by stnvmg to bettel the condItIOns of hIs workmen, by aId-ing m publtc reforms, the beautIfy mg of a Clt\ \\ ith hand-some structure", publtc playglOunds and palks and by look-ing after the public health. For a contrast to fitness, unity and harmony in al t and • in everything about us Mr. Caffin spoke of the unfitness so often observed in publIc buildmgs whel e lack of umty and harmony are very eVIdent and pamful, to a degree ;\s an illustration he mentIOned an office bmldmg now being erec-ted on Michigan avenue, Chicago, dIrectly OppOSIte the Al t InstItute. It IS cut up mto cubby hole" ltke an office filmg case by the great number of \\ mclo\\ s. "cubby holes fot lawyers, some for doctOl" and others, all plamly labeled," he said. The speaker then pt oceeded to dl5CUSS the faults ot the new Pennsylvania raIlroad statIOn in New York, where the style of a Greek temple has been followed only multiplied about a thousand times, making it unfit m every way for the purpose. Travelel s gomg in OppOSIte dIrectIOns al e bound to col1tde and "say things" as the dIstance bet", een the pIllaI c; of the facades IS small-gO' et ned by the Ideas of pioportIOll'3 used in a Greek temple. Mr. Caffin saId that a raIlroad station was no place to set up a Greek temple, where the anCIents went to worshtp thea' clteties "The architecture of today should be constructed for the needs of today and not hark back to a dead age whose build- ,,- I.. UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. II,t I,II IIIII~----------_ _ . China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conftruc!bon and Fmi.h. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urer. BUlldlllollGl. rand Rapids. I -" mgs did not and do not fit our present day needs," he de-clal ed. 'The modern skyscraper IS the nearest approach to plogless m art, although many mistakes have been made The beauty of the skyscraper lIes in its height and pro-pOl tIOn". The French were the first to acknowledge this -,t\ Ie The speaker "aid that Louis H. Sullivan after he ha-d const! ucted the audItorium in Chicago realized this fact. The Campal1lle m Venice is a perfect specimen of architecture of thIS type The ploportlOns of the shaft, the placing of the bllck at angles, so as to cast shadows, produces a beautiful effect. The appltcation of art to the conditions of life around u" \\e ale no ah\ay-, suffiCIently aware of . The al tIst who can bring home to us a sense of the beautIful and give us inspiration has done a great thing. Thel e are two classes of artists, the natural and realistic. It I" from the latter that inspiration comes. Frans Hals was a natmahst, Rembrandt was famous because he painted what he sa" about hIm-beauty in SImple things. His paintings of old people are famous not because of the sitters but be-cause he pamted old age itself. Mr Caffin said that the best American painters today al e the landscape pamters, because they bring before our mmds condItIOns now eXIsting all about us in our own country and so they are a part of our existence. The import-ance of teachmg chIldren these facts cannot be overestimated ChIldren learn so eaSIly and quickly, that we can easily teach the next genel ation to be better than ours and more progressIve 111 al t, also to feel the need of more art about them. The lecture pleased the audIence greatly, especially as },Ir Caffin, had a humorous way of expressing some of his Ideas on old fogyism in art. .. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upholatered Furniture. Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO . • ••• ..11 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 Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis A Weekly House Organ. Seaver Brothers, who conduct a big department store in Brooklyn, celebrated the twenty-first anniversary of the foundmg of their business, dm mg the third week in October. The original store was a very small one, but step by step the firm have built up an establishment which is the large::,t of its kind In their section of New York City. An anniversary sale is a regular event WIth thIS concern and this year's sale, we understand, has resulted in a business considerably ahead of that produced by any similar sale in previous years. The sale was advertised in a weekly newspaper entitled "South Brooklyn Home Talk"-a publication started by the firm eight years ago in order to reach the local public. The average edition of this paper runs to 16 or 20 pages. It is pubhshed and dIstributed on Wednesdays, and, when con-sidered necessary (as in the case of this anniversary sale), a four-page special edition is issued and delivered by carrier, just as is the regular edItion. This newspaper plan, by the way, has been found more resultful than ordinary circulars. Seaver Brothers own their building and the site and re-cently purchased and added an adjoining building, giving them a total frontage of eighty feet. The twenty-first anni-versary was also celebrated by the employees, who presented to Daniel B. and C. A. Seaver, the members of the firm, a handsome loving cup, with their congratulations and best wishes. Had a "Congress of Nations." Hahne & Co, house furmshers, Newark, N. ]., recently just concluded a two weeks' "Congress of Nations." This was described in the opening "ad" as a "tribute to the people of all countries, by the state's greatest store." During the two weeks two days were dedicated to the people and pro-ducts of each of six countries, viz., France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, England and the United States. Following the opening "ad," a page "ad," with suitable heading, was de-voted to each of these countries, and in each "ad" there were offered hnes of merchandise for which the country in ques-tion is famous. In addItion to the newspaper "ads," a colored placard, beanng the words "Congress of Nations," was placed in every window and at various points throughout the store. The placards also indicated what nation was being honored on each partIcular day. Flags of the nations, too, were con-spicuously displayed throughout the store, small flags being placed where goods made in foreign countries were being exploited. ,.. ...... -----_ ...... ---._._.-.--.-., ........... - .... --_ ... 11 . .I. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE IMPORTED IN ARGENTINA fJnltf'd Stlltes Furnish Most of thf' Desk and Office Fixtures. J D \Vhelple\ commelclal agent of the L~nlteel St.1tc, \\ ho recentlv Ietm ned flom a prolonged m\ e~tH;atJC)n at hU~l-ne'Ss affall S 111 At g entma reports that Jlnpol ts ot fml1ltm e Illli that country are e:\.tensn e It I'S estImated that dbout IMlf of the fm nlttu e used IS Il1lpOlted 1he cheapel g I dde'S al e I11dde largely 111 the countl y, plmcipalh flam pme I ecen ed flo!l1 Ihe U111ted ~Iates as the natne \\oods ot \Igenllll<l <lIe 111u~th too hal d fOI \\ 01kmg uJl I11tOf111nltul e e~JleC1a1h \\ hel e 1111111 l11um cost IS <111o1nect I he f111nltul e nM Ie 110m "01 th ~ _ i\ll1etlcall pmes IS 110t \ <tt11l~hed hut II edled h~ hth \\ Ith oIl 01 \\a" so that It has all11o~t the appeal an c ot an ullhl11~hed al tIde Such fmllltul e IS fOI ~<11ee\ el \ \\ hel e m \1 !;e1Hmd and IS the kmd mosth u~ed m the a\ el age home L\ 'Small amount of hlgh-gldde hUl1lt\1le h al'So mallU-factm eel 111the Repubhc fOI \\ hlCh pm pose some of the natl\ e haul woods ale employed ThIS is not fil1lshed \\ Ith a hl!;h- ~lo'Ss varntsh a~col d111g"to the method most 111 \ og ue 111the United States Instead, \\ax onh IS emplmed tubbed m at co'St of much bme and pams bv hanel untIl a ~ott anel \ eh et\ appearance is obta1l1ed, far mOle elegant and altbtlc, \\hele the qualIty of wood and \\01kmanshlp is ~ood, than a hlgh-varnish finish One fUll11tut e house m Buenos All e'S emplo\, some 300 men in ItS facto! \ anel makes fUI nltLtre both of the cheaper anel more expenSI\ e SOlts It al'So eloes a lat ~e amount of the upholstel y \\ ark on ImpO! teel gooels Leathel and othel uphol'Stery matellal IS comparatn ely cheap m Argentma, and by attend111g to tIllS end of the \\ ork Itself, the house 111ques tion 'Saves large sums in customs duties Largest Part of Imp07 t, From E1l1 ope For the fi\e-)ear pelloel 1904 to 1908 fml1ltme \\as Im-pOl ted to the amount of $6,177,175, Argentll1e gold (Sr of \\ hich equals $0965 U mteel States mone)) A.ustlla fl11n Isher the largest mell\ Idual share, \\ Ith the Ll1lted SLlte, second L\ustlla'~ contllbutlOn IS lalgeh 111the \\ a\ ot hel we11-kno\\ n bent\\ ood fml11tm e England ~upples mam al t Ide'S of the MISSIon sty Ie FI ance fml11shed the bulk of the most expensn e and ornate creatIons ItalIan ImpOl ts hay e no espeClal 111dlvlllual note, but 0\\ e then place pl1l1cipall) to the 1,11!;e ItalJan element 111 the populatIOn and the consequent de-mand for al beles £Iom the home countt y, THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt WIth double arbors, shdmg tabl. and equIpped complete WIth taper pm guages carefully graduated, Th:s machm e represents the heIght In saw bench con-strudlon It IS desIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. WrIte us for descrIptIve InformstlOn. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~fc~:m:;PIDS. .. Imports from the Ul11ted States are almost entirely in the \\ aj ot office fUll11tUl e, book shelves, and the 1Ike, In that field om manufactUl el 'S have all but a monopoly of the trade -\1 !;entll1e fUll11tUl e dealers SelY that in no other country has the mattel of office eCjUlpment been worked out on such prac-tIcal and comprehensl\ e ll11es Roll-top de:,ks, sectional book ,beh e~ I e\ oh l11~ bookca~e~, fill11g cabl11eb, and the 1Ike from L nlted State'S factol1es al e all exceeell11gly popular Ot LOUlse tIllS IS a bU~1l1ess wlllch does not extend much oUblcle the CIties, and as Al gentll1a IS an agllcultUl al country. \\ Itb a populatIOn of only about 6,000,000 l11habitants, the tl ade h not capable of 111defil11te expansIOn except as the Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinin~ Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-LIbrary Desks, LIbrary Tables, LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire lme WIllbe on exhibition in January on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 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 adveltisement of your rehabllllY. Our tables resist wear-quahty is bUllt m, along with the style and hand rubbed fimsh that make our desIgns so attractive. Our new catalog, showmg some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders dmers ever bUllt, IS in press. You wIll Just naturally want these top-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. country grows But new methods are evelY\\ here displacing old ones m the Argentme bus mess world, and with thIs move-ment there is a natural demand for up-to-date office eqUlp-ment \Vlth thc exception of office furniture and book shelves, United State" manufactUl es al e not popLllar and do not prom-ise to obtam much foothold, unless our styles undergo con-siderable mochfication or An;entine taste changes At present French influence is strong upon the country The demand 1" £01 01nate pdttern" and "howy ltpholstery m colored fabrics. Lotm XV tl pe may be said best to leple"ent the prevallmg ta"tes GlIded f1l1l11tme and pIeces \\ ith elabO! ately carved \IOOCIlIOlk ale ~lcatlv ddmired The arts and uafts move-ment. \\hiLh hds lateh made ~Ieat heacl\\ay 111 the Untted State" has not found so much ,1" an echo 111 .\lgf'ntl11a fhe SImpliCIty of such furmture \\ould, at the ple"ent t11ne, at lea~t. find moderate appreciation One feature of the lmpO! ted furmture most seen 111 "\1 g en" tll1C\ IS the attention to mIrrors Vvardrobes and clothes presses are largely used-"\rgentina houses are, for the mo"t part, 1l1ade \\ llhout closets-and the doors of these are invar-iaIl eq111pped \\ Ith full-lem;th m11101" \\ ashstancls, bureaus, and the 11l"e ,lie al"o hbelalh eq111pped \\lth lo)kn) glasses \nothel appdl e'lt tendenc\ IS tcm a1 cl bl~ al tIde" of f n mture Ene 111" ,u e lhudlIl l.ll ~e ancl con"ldel dhl) hi" "el than those m \ o~ue m the LJmted State" \1 hel e tile cont! aLtm~ Sl7e of utI ap,lIt111cnt" ,1I1cl flcCjllent 111()\111~"1],[\c tcncled to popu-la 11/e } ~hi C1 ,11ld Ie"" l umbel "ome models 11 h douhulli If 1.:111ted St,l'e" 1l1dnufd( tUI ('I" \Iould find It pi olIi.lhk to (ompete f()] the \1 ~ent1l1c fm nltul e trade 111 the l111c" \\ hel C I, lUopedn natIon" al e nO\\ "U111e111eand with ,u tICle" of ,1 e,11111 ldl ndtm e 0111al11ental cal \ '110 and inlaid 1\ 01k al e lIttle unclel stood !1l this count 1 v, and th~ attempt to tUl n out !1loclels all nellch 1111es\\ auld plohahh I esult in the p10cluctlOn of al tICles oi e,cess!\ e cost The mattel of fi11lsh ahead) alluded to, IS also a point ,1~,]"1"L .\01th \l11e\Kan tm11ltme as no\\ largely made, The hl~11-\alnlSh fi11l"h, "0 ~enelal 111 the U111ted States, is little u"ed b\ Fm opean manufacturers, and suffers in comparison \\ Ith the soft 011 and \\ <1X fi111shes usually employed for theIr best ploducts 011e Idllet\ of fmnltme 111 whIch om manufactmers are lO1l\pcll11~ \\ Ith "eJ11IepI01l11<,eof "ucce"" 111 \rgentll1d Ie, bras" hed"tead" 'I hc"e ,11 C much less popul.u ,wd much less used Ihele l11<1n111thc l'11Ited ~t.1te" hut ale 21aclu,tllv 0a111ltW 1Il -, -'..., b Lt\Ol, 1\01111 \ll1CIll,l\1111dll\lfactmeJs h,ne pJoc1uch on sale \\Imh ('1l1pI1l [noI,lhl) In JllllC ,mcl <ju,lht) \\11h ,111y othel'> offel ed England at pI esent supphes most of these goods. In the mattel of brass bedsteads, as III other kinds of furniture, the chief objectIOn to U11Ited States goods seems to be what is regarded as theIr extreme plall1ness, In brass bedsteads, as in other household articles, the taste tends toward the very lUXUrIOUS and ornamentation IS strongly in demand. English manufacturers have catered to thIS taste without stint. Several bra"s bedsteads from that country \\ el e "een, for instance, ornamented at the foot and head WIth rIsing suns (the coat of arms of Argentina) and otherWIse 1Jberally provided WIth decoration. "BEAVER," "GINDERELLA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "'THE LINES THAT SELL" NoteIMPERIAL BEAVER-one ofmany. 13est, They Stctnd the 7est," THIS is the IMPERIAL BEAVER.. It is the finest cooking range made anywhere in the world. We think so, and so will you when you see its advantages: Study the- above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. No heat lost when you look at your bakmg. This range holds its heat longest, saves 250/0 in fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It is the best-looking range built-and wears as well as it looks. I Send for samples and see it-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satisty you again, if you :0' W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.Water St.,CHICAGO 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG DECEMBER lOth If you place the order with us by November 15th WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I WEEKLY ARTISAN News Items of 1883 Reprinted. From the Michigan Artisan for November, 1883-The Forest City Furniture company of Rockford, Ill., have re-ceived seventy carloads of walnut lumber from their mills in Kentucky, to be manufactured into furniture. The A. S. Herenden Furniture company of Cleveland have secured contracts to furnish three large hotels in New York-the St. Marc, the Wellington and the Hamilton. The cabinet makers of Pans, France, are using yellow pine III the manufacture of furmture The Gland RapIds Furmture company have bUIlt a fac-tory upon the sIte of the one destroyed by fil e last Apnl, and have commenced operatmg the same. Ames & Frost have III COUl "e of erection a large brick factory on Blackhawk and Cherry street, ChIcago. Koenig & Gamer of ChIcago, have added a foldl11g bed to their hne. In the trial of a law suit at Cleveland recently a wit-ness interested in a varnish factory testified that in three MR. COUNTRY . MERCHANT: KEEP THE TRADE -AT HOME! W,th the aId of FISH'S Co operatIve AdvertlSlng Sernce you can keep the trade In your town, and tn your store, and not lose It to matl~ordel;' hOUses, large cIty stores and other a~sslve competItors Ow SerVlce..lSnot an expenrneJ;lt, but ISm actvil and successful use by ~houS<mdsof &alers In the central West Ful out the Coupon bel<\w and m..i1It t<>-<lay It won·t obligate you to anythmg L.FISH F. CO., 1901-11 State Street, Chicago Merchant.' C?-e~ratioe Adverttsing Service BUI'~" FREE BUSINESS INCREASE COUPON £. FISHF co. N-..IN/I~;;-StChkxil. III IonWf"t",',~. -m:::"...~/B:::='h~"':''';:..:~h::-:'';:tl'::.·';'~ ".- -----.r-.-y ----_.) Atltlru. · I A Chicago Propo6ItlOn years the company owning the same had disbursed dividends amounting to twenty-five, thirty and forty per cent. The Phoenix Furniture company have engaged Asa Lyon a designer of Chicago. He will commence work on January 1, 1884. WIlham H. Rouse is securing many good orders on the road for the Wolverine Chair and Furniture company. An expression of luxury has been found by a lounge hung from the ceiling by chains of Indian brass. George L. Withers & Co., have opened an agency for the sale of furniture in St. Louis. H. L. N eidringhaus' furniture store in St. Louis was de-stroyed by fire recently. Loss $90,000; insurance $51,000. Unele John Fuller the veteran explorer for furniture dealers in the northwest, will continue his work in that region next year. H. R. Leonard is preparing to open a stock of furniture in Detroit. While the year 1883 has been a dull one in the furniture trade and none of the factones of Grand Rapids have been operated fully, they produced goods which sold for $4,184,000. 15 f- -------- --- ---- ------- -- -----------.-~ ! Sheboygan Novelty Co. tJl Order your hol-iday goods early, so as not to be dIS-appointed III deliv-ery. Our SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No. 305. ...-.-----~~------~-_._-_-. ---_. Music Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Bookcases, etc., are just the things for holiday gIfts. Write for Catalogue. tJl Lady's Des k No. 305 is a goed one. but we have many more to select from. •• •• a ••• ~_. _ • .. • a.a • •••••••• _ ••• POLISHES 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. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. ... . .' 16 -~----------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN PUIILISHIEO II!:VII!:RY SATURDAY ay THI! MICHIGAN ARTISAN CeMPANY ---"---~ --- -- --- - SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES 5200 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O~~ICE. 10a-112 NO"'TH DIVISION ST, G"'AND RA~IOS, MICH A 5 WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Itnterei .. lecond cia .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapId., Mlchll'lln under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO RI!:PRESENTATIVI[ E LEVY The Walter & Beck" 1th Fm nltm e companv of Portldnd Oregon, strongly favor the plan plOposed by certall1 manu-facturers to fix the retaIl seIIll1g pnces of al tlcle~ ~old to dealers. To bring about uniformity ll1 1etall pllce~ It "auld be necessary for all manufactLll el S to co-opel ate ll1 the 1110\e-ment, which would seem at first thought to be ImpOSSIble The manufacturers of furl11tme ale located 111 al111o~t e\ el \ state of the union, and then ll1tel ests al e so cll\ el slfied th'lt It would be difficult to assemble the111 and 0ll:ia1117e them a~ a composite body In the considel atJon of such an 01 ~al1l7atIOJ1 the anti-trust laws of the states and nation vvould naturally he taken into account. Among the evils the ''''alter & Bech 1(11 company would have destroyed ale the ~iving a\\ay practI-cally of leadel s as an mclucement fOl dealel s to hm othl1 goods, and the sale of new goods to second hand amI 1llnk men, who turn theIr new l:;oods on a five pel cent basis as a decoy by the aid of which they unload second hand furl11- ture at a profit of from 100 to 200 pel cent In enU111elatm!; the advantages that would follo\\ the adoptIOn of the plan suggested, the firm says' "A "pecltled mil11111um sellm~ pI Ice placed on an article by the manufactm el "ould l:iual antee Ib quality to the retailer and enable the manufactul el to ~ell hI ~ output to high class trade The numbel of shoppel sand bal gain hunters who bother the merchant and their sale ... people by trying to obtain an article for nothml:; and finalh ].m 11lg second hand goods of a junk deale I at a C0st conslclel abh higher than ne" goods could be b0ught frll IS lal ~e "Ithout doubt. the plan \\ auld be, if put mto use, of g I eat \ ethle tr manufacturers and dealel sand \\ hIle the chfficulties to he en-countered in the creation of an OIgan17ation are manv they are not unsm mountable The attitude of the fil m 111 I e~al d to shoppers and bargain hunters is wlong No up-to-date merchant despises the shoppel sand bal ga1l1 huntel s It IS only through shopping and bargain huntmg that mam people qualify themselves for buymg the things thev need 111 then homes or for their personal use, intellil:;entlY 1\ dub all merchants 0\\ e to themselves IS to teach the shoppel sand bargain hunters that qualitv not price should l:(oyel n m the purchasing of goods A more important dUb of the mel chant is the making of friends for the stOIC If the shoppels and bargain hunters ale made to feel that their \ iSlts to the stOI e of a merchant al e not desil ed, the sl10ppel sand hal ~al11 hnl1- ters will exe1 t an l11AUenle a11l0n~ t11ell fllend~ 1nd ,ll1/1111nt :1l1CC~ that" 111 injme the 111elchant 111 the l~tllll !tHI!1 (I[ 111111\ people "h()~c flicnd"hip ,l1Id "lIJlJl()J( (ltC\ f](ul I hl up (I) date 111erchant' '11e" and ~1 ,mt" mOlC than 01 d111,11\ ll)l1 sidcr:i~:"n to f,p , ppel" ,ll1e! 1),[1 ~all1 ImntpI ~ \ contnbutor to One of the monthly furnitm e maga7ines, IJ1 Ch~UI""lI1~ the art of Y\ Ilham :\;fonls says' "Morns was the l11stlgatol (,,!1\ not the ong1l1ator?-Ed ArtIsan) 'of t11e ellts and CIa it-., "t\ Ie He 10\ ed the beautiful, the tenclel ,me! tlue \nd \et '[aliI" bl11It fur111ture "bload and big" I he "tatement 1" S!anclelOlh If 1\101 ns' fml11tm e was "broad lne! lm~ \\hel em dld he e'Cpl ess the al ts and crafts idea) 1t h e\ 1dent that the contllbut01 IS not famtliar with Morns fm nitme "DI~ and hlOad" ale not essential details in hIS ,11 t On the conti ell\ \\ hI Ie hIS \\ 01k is stl ong, utillt\ and heelut\ p1edo111111atem the expl esslOn of hls lCleas Lon~ hetOle the hollda\s vou'II be moving a lot of heavier ~Clods that ma\ ha\C seemed a bit back'Aard, a"aiting a hint of \\ 1I1tel I\h\ a\ s the expected season seems to linger, but it !;ets the I e \\ Ith both feet to those prepared for It, and the man" ho bul1ds no" fOI business in table linens, kItchen things and h()111epi etb ml:;s \\ 111be ready to trim attractive windows befOl e Thanksgi\ m!; tnTIe and \\ in some lively sales by sug- ~estion 1eadmes" Let this man be vou Give a pri/e to any in \ OUI employ \\ ho can, in time, supply an acceptable thought tOl no\ el \\ 1l1d()\\ display app10priate to the day and effective In ~e1l1l1ggoods The mel chant s of Los Ang eles decided to have opening q of all the stOles associated in their orl:;a111Lation simultaneous~ h The plan" as put to the test on September 26, 27 and 28 PI i7es "el e offel ed fOI the most suitable announcement "f the e\ ent Especial \\ indo\\ displaYs \\ ere planned The \\ hole city and in fact all of Soutllern Caltfornia took an in- (erest in the plan and the stores were crowded with shoppel s The dealers In fm nitm e and aIIled lines participated leu zely in the e\.J1Jbit and all \\ el e pleased and satisfied "ith the out-come 1he plan IS \\ 01tlw of a trial in other cities It's over Conl:;1 ess will he divided politically and radical Iel:iislationls l1TIpos"ihlc Teddv is locked in his kennel at Oyster Da\ and the people \\ ill thlow politics to the clogs and do hU~11le~s fOl the sake of bu ...mess There wiII be more or less discussion over the a\ ailabilib of cel tain men for the nomi-natlODS of the se\ era1 pal ties f01 preSIdent. but it will be con-fined to the P011tlCld11S The people \\ ant to do business and business \\ ill be clone The hI!; stOJ elan not I ema1l1 hig \\ hen the cm nel 01 l11anal:(el "atlsfiecl \\ Ith \\ hat he h~h aClomphshed, lests on hIS lam els H1S conduct affect" his emplo\Cs, \\ ho become care les" 01 nel:ilectful1l1 their tleatment of cu"tomel s, who neglect the "tock 'l11d CIeate ch~uI del 111 the IOlltllle of the bllsllless Tn snch a moment the weIl mandgecl httle StOIe becomes the bIg stOle '\ \ el \ \ alnable ach ertls1l1g stunt \\ as pulled orf I ecently lw the Standald Fmnitme compan), 111 Seattle, 'Vash In one of the lar!;e shO\\ \\ Iw10ws a numbel of \\ 01 kmen con- Stl ucted davenpOl ts and steel couches and in anothel relt mattrc"ses \\ el e made It is needles'> to state that CW\\ ds \\ Itnessed the opnat1on of the window factories. Hondma" le\le~ an export tax of $5 00 per 1,000 feet 1 JO;lld 111ea~11cl on l11,lhogam shipped fl0m that countl v dncI S-t pel T 000 feet on oth<:1 cah111et \\ClOelS Thele\ a (,(,,<, 111 \\111(11 t11e rrJ1el~!1el CULllllh pet\" the t,t' ... Illc t111l1l:;'1th,lt 1 el11ellll J(ltl~C"L III the h,lI1d~ (If 1he clenlel IIH{H,lIc tlw lllCapclclt\ of the make) WEEKLY ARTISAN Germans Fostering Canadian Trade. 110m \VInUlpeg comes the IepOl t that the 1emoval of the Gel man surtax by the Canadian GoveinmeI1t has affected the volume of >\n1e11Can1rnpOlt" Into westel n Canada to a COI1- ':>lderablee'(tent The full effect of the abohtlOn of the SUItax lMs only 1ecenth become appal ent wIth the placmg of orders by Canachan merchants fOl the en:,uing year Dunng the past fell' months \\ estel 11 Canada has been introducecl to many Gelman films thlough aLtne commiss10nels I\ho have Come to ,:>eefOJ them"eh es the needs of the people and the Opp01tun- ItJes f01 GenTIan goocls TIle fil st eVIdences of German trade actIvIty are found In 01namental bI ass and copper ware, such Made by Rockford Frame and FIxture Go , Rockford, IlL as teapots, U1 ns, hot-water kettle':>,tl ays, and va"es of vanous designs, eel tam lmes of mechal11cs' tools, alcohol stoves for burning denatul ed alcohol, and dl ess goods and velvets In these Imes Gel many seems ah eady to possess an advantage 0\ el commelc1al competitors \\ estelll Canada It 1S ':>a1d,offeI'-, at the pI e':>enttnne an e,ceptIonal OppOItU111tyfor Ame1Ican-made goods, but, lIke C\ 1'1Y othel mal ket It must he fostel cd The U mtecl States IS he1hlc to lo':>ethls meltket lal ~ely thlough mattentlOn It WIll do lIttle good to adveltlse 01 seek tll1ou~h catalogue ch'-,~ ...----_._--------,---_._._-- 17 r ~ $2.50 : MARVEl; ::.:':::' ! 0 U S QuarterSawed Veneer .eat. HeIght of back 24 Inches WIdth of seat 20 Inches No 210. FInished Golden Oak Shipped K. D. flat Weight 23 pounds r.JIorwlIfolluloct!JnllR rat Grand Rapjds.l1ich. tnbutlOn to b111ldup the trade Catalogues accomplish httle, 11nless thel al e pl esented by ,:>omeone wIlo can intelligently descnhe tl'e ;11 LLles depIcted, callmg attention to their value and 1rnplessll1!Supon the merchant their salablhty List of Kilns Being Installf'd by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works. Clmsty Bl othel s & Co Amhel st, N S, 2; The Canada \\ ooc!em\ale company, St Johns, ~ B, I; Haley Brothers company, St J O]111S, N B, I, Halev & Son, St Stephen, N B , I , Blmel Spoke and \uto \\ heel company, Portland, Ind , 2, P E KlOehler, XclpelVIlle, III 2. Lincoln Manufacturin15 company, Kell Y01 h (j H allIS, McHel1l y & Baker, Elmira, NY, I, Schumann Plano company, Rockford, Ill, I; Get man & Judd company Muskegon, -:\1Ich. I; Standard Furni~ ture company, Herkimer, N Y, I; R H Coop & Son, Old ham. England, I W1l1cIsor Furniture company, Ltd, \Vind-sor, N S, I; Lal kin company of America, Memphis, Tenn, 4; Yratson ManufactUlmg company. N \Voodstock, N H.,3; National Casket compan}, LOlllsville, Ky, 3; VV. M Ritter Lumber company, Ritter, XC, 3 Verm(mt Spool and Bob-bm compan} Blllllllgton, Vt, 2 Ene BUllal Case company, Erie, Pa, I, and the 1\ B Chase Piano company, Norwalk. Ohio, 2 Tl11s makes f01 t\ 1ulns at pI e"ent helllg lmL1llecl. and there etIe a lalge l1Umhel of nrc1e1s 111 jJlO,:>pelt some of 1\11ich al e be1l1~ bool,ecl almost el ery dcly (,USS\\ 01 d':>a1e almost ,1':>~le,lt ,1 nellsslty to the lclbinet n1clhcI II ho h;),:>1)1m':>edIllS thumh \11th ,1 h,1l11111U 01 I1Mllet. cls ,11 e teal S to a II oman ---------------------- III WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES II, I• I III II II l.. 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~~8u~~;~M~U:S;:K~EoGrON, MICH. New York O-ff-ice-, '3_69.B_road~wa_y, .L_E-M-o-on-, M_.a.n._age-r.-_.__......._, Me Ilk "' ............ III It ........ I •• __ .. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN GREAT INCREASE IN LUMBER CUT Oak Furnishes About Ten Per Cent of the Total. Statlst,c" pl1blJ"hec1 b) the depal tment of commel ce and labor last Tuesda) shrm that the lumbel cut 111the L~11lted States Chll111g the calendal vear 19°9 \\ as 44,585 11111110nfeet boal cl mea "11l e as aga111st 3~ 224 11111lJonfeet 111 1908 and 4.0 2:;f 11111hollfeet 111I C):J7 Th1s ,\ as an 111~1ea ~e ot 3-+2 pel ccent 0\ el 1908 dn 1 of 10 8 pel cent 0\ e1 19°7 The ~u')~ tant lal 111Ce1a"e 0, el tl1f' 1\,0 ])1e~ecl11'1S ) ea 1" \\ a" 0\ no <11 fell of t11e m 11\ ldual .,tates "hem mg a decreased cut The fi'Sl1les fOl 1908 anJ 1907 ,Hle collected b\ maIl dnrl \\ h1le mc1u l111gthe com111e1cTal mIlls 01 the countl, dld 11')t 111 many ca~e" crn er the small nelghbOl hood mIlb \\ ho~e output \\as comumed local!) The lelatl\eh lalge llLlease 111the nU111bel of mll1::, 1epOl t111g fOl 1909. tJg ethel \\ 1th the 111- crea se 111the cut fOl that veal \\ as clue lal 2,eh to the fdCt that the field force of the cen"us bl1l eau. \\ hlch \\ a" engd2, ed 111 gathenng statistics of all bl an0hes of manutactl1l e th10ugh out the Ul1ltecl Scates "eCl1leel 1etl1l ,1S f10m pI actJcalh e\ el)' sa\\ 111111111opel atlOn clullng the \\ hole 01 elll) pal t of 19°9 II 1tl10ut 1egarel t'l lt3 "lze. and 11l thlS II av thel e ha, e been included many small m111s not c)\ el ed b, the mall census 111 the pl ececlJng ) eal s 1he gl eatest pOl tl0n of the 11111ed "e h tound 111the south-el n states and LOnS1QS lellg eh of ,e11O\\ p111e In the 2,'1our of coa"t state,. from Vlrg111la to Te"as, l1lc1thl\ e together \\ lth \1 kansas and Oklahoma. thel e stanels j)lObabh not less than n111e-tenths of the pl esent supply of \ ellow p111e stump-a2,' e The plOpOl tlOn of the total cut of lumbel 111the l-l1lted States contllbuteel b) thIS glOUp. tog ethel \\ Ith KentllCk) and Tennessee, ha" been steadlly 111creasmg ell1l111g 1ecent ) eal " In 1907 then output \\ as 17.834 mIlhon feet, 01 443 pel cent of the total, 1111908, 15,056 ml1110n feet, or -+53 pel cent of the total, awl 1111909 22,057 ml1l1On feet 01 -1-95 pel cent of the total Yello\\ p111e, 111clud1112,the se, el al "peCle" long-leaf, shortleaf, loblolly Cuban. etc, constItuted '-ub"tantJalh the same per cent of the total cut of lumbel 111 the~e ~tate~ 111 each of the th1ee )ears, furl11shmg 72 per cent 111 1909. 728 per cent m 1908, and 724 per cent 111 1907. The large In-crease 111 the number of 1111llsrepOl tmg f10m thl" regIon 111 1909 over 1908, from 12,824 to 23,255, amounted to nearly hv o-thirels of the total mcrease 111the nU111bel of n1111s1epOl t- ---------------.~--- Lentz's 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"Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. ,III• I I I I• II III I Grand Raptd6 I ..----~----------------~_._--_.----... W" are now putting out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever ofiereu to the trade. These are fimshed 10 Golden Oak and Wh1te Maple In a hght fim'h These goods are admIrable lor polished floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sWlllat or mar. PRICES SIze 2}{ Inches .,. $4 00 per hundred SIze 2~ 1O~hes . 5 00 per hundred Try a <lampl, Ord'r FOB mg for the entIre Umted States betvveen these years The in-crease" 111 th1S g10Up of states, both 111the number of mIlls and 111cut, \\ ere due undoubtedly 111 large part to the many small 111111s111 remote locahtJes WhlCh were reached by the agents 111 1909, but whlch are elJfficult to canvass by mail. The lllmted output of mllls of thlS class and S1ze, however, IS almo"t II lthout exceptlOn consumed in the immediate vicinity of ltS manllfactul e, and hence exerts httle or no ll1fluence on "uppl} and pt Ices in the generallllmber market of the country. The pl0port1On of the total lumber cut of the country contllbllted by N evv yO! k and the New England states did not \ al) matenally clUJ ing the tin ee years, bell1g 9 per cent 111 19°7,96 per cent in 1908, and 7.5 per cent in 1909. The 1elabv e importance of the Lake states-Michigan, ::\1111nesota and \Viscons111-ll1 lumber production continues to deCl ease steadl1y, as the supply of white-pine stumpage gl 0\\ S less These states contnbuted 13 6 per cent of the total lumber cut of the Umted States in 1907, 13.2 per cent 111 1908, and 123 per cent in 1909. The PaClfic coast states, w1th an output 28 3 per cent ld1ger 111 1909 than in 1908, and 22 per cent greater than in 19°7, nevel theless contributed a smaller propol bon of the total cut of the country in 1909 than 111 either of the preceding years, the per cent for 1909 being IS 5 for 1908, 162 and for 19°7, 168 Douglas fir vvas far 111 the lead as lumber material ----------------_._._---_._~--~ ._----- - ----_.------ ._--..4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ..--_ .._ ..--_... -_._-_._-_ ..._.---- - .,. _.,. ---'.._._-_._._------._-------------------- Chicago's Best and Most Effective Line of Can be seen throughout the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 187 Michigan Ave, Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and in Our Catalogue, sent to any furniture dealer on request. r BEDROOM FURNITURE IIII f III ,If I I f I I .__ .__ ._-_.--._----------------------------------~ in Mahogany, Walnut, BIrd's Eye M.ple and Ouartered Oak HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114·1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. ••• a.a ••••••• _. _ m these states dm mg the thl ee years, the productIOn from thIs species constitutmg 68 I per cent in 19°7, 66 I per cent m 1908, and 685 per cent m 1909 It contnbuted 792 per cent of the total productIOn m \¥ashlllgton in 1909, and 832 per cent m Oregon, vvh1le redwood formed 456 per cent of the total output m California. Of the total pioductIOn of lumber III 1909 softwoods supphed 33,875 mlllJOn feet, or 76 per cent, while hardwoods contubuted IO,693 mtlhon feet, or 24 per cent. Softwoods contnbuted I per cent less of the total productlOn m 190q than III 1908 and 1907, m each of whIch years they formed 77 per cent of the total The 1eported cut of yellow pine in 1909, 16,277 milhon feet, constItuted 36 5 per cent of the total lumber output ThiS proportlOn Vvas substantIally larger than m 1908 and 1907, ,.. ..... .. . ..--------------., ~OTTINGI Drying lumber liberates steam and acid in the kiln. That is why your unprotected kiln depreciates faster than other buildings. EBONOID1 Kiln Coating Protects the inside of a wood, brick or concrete building, stops the rot-ting process, is fireproof and cheap. You know you ought to coat your kilns with Ebonoid at once. Sold by Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ar ••••• ---~ in which years it formed 33 8 per cent and 32 8 per cent, re- :,pectlve1y, of the total Douglas fir lumber, which 1ankecl next to yellow pine in 19°9, vv1th a reported cut of 4,836 m11110n feet, formed 1°9 per cent of the total oucput 111thai year, a~ aga111st I I I per cent 1111908 and 11 8 per ceat 1111907 \Vh1te pine, WIth an outlut of 3,9°0 m11hon feet, contllbutec1 88 per cent of the total in 19°9, as against IO I per cent 111 1908 and IO 4 per cent in 1007 The 1eported cut of oak lumber 11119°9, namely, 4,446 l1111hol1feet, \vas substantIally larger than the output of thIS species 111either 1908 or 1907 It formed IO per cent of the total 111 1<;09, as aga111:,t83 per cent 1111908 and 92 per cent in 1907 A steady decrease 1') noted in the propOl tion of hemlock lumber 111the total pro-ductIon durmg the last three years It formed 84 per cent of all lumber in 19°7, 76 per cent 1111908, and 68 per cent 111 1909 A slmtlar showl11g \\ as made by spruce, \\ h1ch de-clined from 43 per cent of the total 11119°7, and 42 per cent 111 1908, to 3 9 per cent in 1909 ·Western pllle showed little val iatIon 1n actual or re1atn e productlOn 111 the three year') Its contnbutlOn in both 1907 and 1908 f01med 38 per cent of the total, and in 1909, 3 4 per cent The cut of lumber from no other species reached as much as 3 per cent of the total output 111any of the three years, though a substantIal increase 111 the production of hickory lumber was sho\\n for 19°9, when a cut of 338 million feet was reported. VVashlllgton leads all the sta,tes m production, with 3,- ~63,000,000 feet board measure, closely follo\\ ed by Louisi-ana w1th 3,552,000,000 feet, MlssisS1ppi IS third, North Caro1111a fourth and Arkansas fifth lVI1chigan \\ hich \\ as first a few years ago is now tenth. It's cut last year was only 1,890,000,000 feet Phillipine Wood for Kwang Hsu's Tomb. A mag11lficent mau:,oleum 1Sto be bm1t to mark the 1est-lllg place of the late "Son of Heaven"-the Chlllese Emperor, Kwang Hsu The f01ests of the Onent \'Yere searched for the best and most durable \OV ood, and, after much competition, a Manda lumber company has won \OV hat 1S descl1bed as the nchest commercial pri7e of recent years in Ch111a The prell-mlllary contract for the matena1 ha:, now been signed by tv, 0 of the Chmese impena1 princes, and It p10\ 1des 111the first place for the shipment of 5°,000 feet of Philtppl11e hard \vood On 1tS arnval at Peklllg \\ ork IS to start fm tin' 1th on the mausoleum among the tombs of the M111gdynasty near the capital For the huge pd1ars of the mausoleum glant trees wd1 be taken from the M111dunao forests. Some of them, al-ready cut, a1e 60 feet h1gh and 4 feet III d1ameter, \ve1ghmg over 17 tons. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN An Important "Fellow Servant" Decision. That the hablhty of the employer for the acts of hb ~er-vants extends beyond the 1esponslblhb t01 acclClent, to the employe lesu1t1l1g flam the neghgence of a fello\\ 1, demon- 'it rated by the deClslOn of the :\ew YOlk COc11t of apj)eal~ 111 the ca'ie of Mary \ Hogle a~a1l1st the FI<lnkll1l Il l11ul le-tunng company of SYl acuse an autom(1)\le U)\lell n I he 'The Man of the Hour," or The Alarm Clock," According to Yom PolItiCS Deslgned by Frank Burton, a I::ltudent In the Grand RapIds School of Deslgmng court holds the company llable fOI an 111JUl\ 1e"ultl11~ 110111 the throw 1I1g by Its emplO\ es of metal spikes and holt, mto the yards of the pla1l1tlff despite the tact tlldl the empll\ e' had been thleatened '11th dlschal!Se 111 la,e the plaetJcc \\<\' not stopped Judge Vann \\ ho \\ 1 ote tIle oj)1111on" 1\ ,11K defendant flll ni~hecl the p1.lee fl0m \\ 111chand the l1lecln~ \\ lth \\ hlch habItual tI espasse'i, cdkulatecl to mfllct pel sona1 1111111 \ \\ el e committed on the aclJom1l1!:; ]JIeml"e" (i 1he pLlI111 I n The defendant kne\\ of the j)lacLlce and Lne\\ th It It hdd e "- l"ted f01 a Ion!?,"tIme, and \\ htle some effllJ t" \\ 11 C mark tl\ P\ e \ cnt It the C\ II Lontl11uec1 and e\ en g 1e\\ \\01 se \11 'el [- 'donal tIespass of tl11Skl11c1commItted bv the defendant', \\olk- -----------1I II IIIII ,• II• II II I: II '" ,• • I IIf I•• I •• I• II• II •I• II I~Ao_...... ~ ~ ~ _ The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER'GETS OUT OFlSTYLE. For l\1aO) YCdrs 1\ldde t.xeJuslvt'lv b\ C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck fOl \Voo,h\()[k,ng flLtones Send fOI Latalogue • ., ..... _il!I'lIY ...... ~ ..... '!' ...... 'I' ... •• ---------------1 ,I, III II ..-------------- --------~--_. .-----~I men \\ auld not \\ a1 rant the Jury ll1 findmg 1t gUllty of suf-fel111g 01 mall1ta1l1111~ a llU1'ianCe, but \v hen the practice be-came habItual and the l11J1.HYd11ect, substantial and \vell Lno\\ n 1 thmk the c1ut\ of the defendant became absolute and that It \\ a~ ~11l1t\ of suffell11g a nUlsance to contmue on Its land If It chd not prevent the eVIl" Boycotting Vftrious Trude Schemes. Ihe ketall J\Ielchallts' associatlO11 of 5t fo",eph, Mo, has l,lopted d I uk fOlhlddl11!:; members to give pnzes, premiums or 1(11l1ll11'~1(11lo~t dll\ k1l1d, 01 to ent;'a~e 111 an) contest that will ,111uth ()! mdneetl) hung letlllns, tlade 01 leceipts to arty The Modern Prtscilla for November, 1910' Buy Correct Furniture at Correct Prices MAKE ONE DOLLAR DO EXACTLY THE WORK OF TWO You owe It to yourself - to your famIly-to investigate thIS proposl-tlOn You take no fisk Satisfaction IS guaranteed Send for Catalog, No. Il.Today It explaInS how by puttmg the as-sembled pIeces together-just a lIttle effort on your part, a pleasant form of recreatlOn - you can place high grade, solId oak furmture nght In yOU! home for less than half your local dealer would charge you We 9uarantee to do thiS Three Reasons Why You Should Nol HeSItate FIRST I[we misrepresented one thmg MODeRN PRISCILLAwould THIS BUFFET - $22 50 nol accept tillS advertIsement We have tumJturefor every roorn w thehome chl'boroffice ~rcor..D Our guarantee of sat Only one of the 75 remarkable barb 'llnS offered In our lI;;factlon or your money returned CATALOGNO 11 protects you In every way. You have absolutely nothIng to lose THIRD We have been m bUSInessfor ten years - doublIng our output each year ThIS alone proves our relIablhty BROOKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4911 Rust Avenue SAGINAW. MICHIGAN A STRONG ONE B'ROMSAGINAW NotICe how cle" erly they nlake It appear that theIr goodE'and methods are endorsed by the publ1shers of the magazine 1l1Unbel 01 film 01 firm-membel The I ule also I)1ovldes t.hat members must nut gIve lebates, discounts, premiums, tradm "tamps, ~treet (dl tIckets or any ~l!t" whatevel to mdlvldual ell" tom el" ll1aklll!:; pIli cha "e~ A rule has also been adopted, tu the effect that membel s of the aSsoClatlOn shall nut give (1, l1lell \(Jlh ]JIl/l" O! pI Ull1llm~, III la~h ()\ 111elChclll(h-.c. EOI dill l()nte~t, Llll (111lll<'l1llll1ent 01 hel/dl, ell"o th"t Icque-.t-. I )J "uell dOll It1\)ll~ etl mll~t he llM(le dn cd to the ,1"~OLl<ltl011 111 \\lliln~. \\ll11lUPOll the ,l"solldtIOll, If It (llc!Ol"C" the (,ll1c,e. \1111 11dlldk the I UIU( ,,1 <II! (l t b) 1 (,I-.h -.uhsu IpllOn WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 Lower Pric('s on Rugs. All of the hIe, carpet and lUg hotl'ie~ ll1 the east opened lle\\ Illle~ for the ~pl1ne,- tJ ,Ide Ll"t l\Tomla) mUl11me, Buyers \\ele m attendance ,It an unu'mallv calh hoUJ In OIlC 1,\1 1;C house ll1 pal tlculal It VI'as stated that bl1ye1 s began to put 111 an appearance a~ early as 7 30. The p11Ce" named on the new lme" \ el tfied pI edlctIOns made some tll11e ago The p11n-llpal 1111e",of lUg s ha\ e been 1educed flO1112 scent s to $T00 CLlch, \\ l1Jle carpets] ema111 on the same ])llCe level a" that of the "eason just clo"ed In some ([uarte]" It \1 as 1athel chfficult to e,et at just \\J hat had been clone 111the way of namme,- pI ices, and f01 the fi1st h\ 0 weel,,, of the se,l"on at least It IS believed flI~e:OOOSEWINGg.: . J' MAC"'NES .. TO BE SOLO AT ~ Our name engraved on thIS Sewmg IVlachme will be a daily remillder that when you are III need of Furniture, Rugs 01' Stoves you should patronize Gross-man's and save from 2S to 30 per cent un any single piece of Furniture or on a complete Home Outfit. Have You Ever Heard Of a drop head Sewing Machme whIch IS guaranteed 10 years by the manu-facturer, and equalh as good as any $35 machme on the market, to sell at thIS ridICulously low pnce of $2 98 ? Why We Do It It 15 our aim to have you VISlt eUhel of our two new and most beautiful turmture stores. located awa} from the downto\\ 11 hIgh rent dIstrtct, and once you enter (JUT stores you are convll1c~d of the low pnces prevailIng and the stand, TO qualIty ot our merchandlsc That we may 1dd your name dn10ng our lIst of satlsfJed customers we ask }'QU to buy horn us a smgk pIece of Furniture Rug or a Stme Just\a sample order to th .. amount ot $2000 and vou are entitled to thiS high grade $35 on Sewmg Machme for $298 Positively Only One Macnlne to a Customer - Furmture selet.ted for future ddlvery ~lutsh:ea~~:~:;~~t:~lc~l~1~:~h entitles you to a Se\\mg Machine prO\lde<l1 atef;t ropro cd nechant n very ught 1 dep,.)SIt is made runnng 1hecabmet::l hefi~selected Open Evemngs Except Wedne"day and Frrda) =-;-:r'il~e\~a~a~ f$UI1 2\ 0 9att~8I'h Liberal CredIt Extended cbme Regu1ll.r value Newlyweds must not fall to VISIt our com ~:~n~tc~~ lS guarantel"d : do_ he pletdy furnished flat at the MIlwaukee avenue roughes and fin(:~t kmd or ork that may StOfL and learn ho\\ to flJrnIsh your home be !f'qwred A \\'fltten guarantee fqr 10 correctly )ears IS glver! '\'lth each mach nc h6~~ GROSSMAN'S h~~~ 1530-32 MIlwaukee Ave. 3231-3:7Lmcoln Ave Near Robey "'\leat Bo=lmont A Sample Advert1sement that \ alues \~111be rathel 111 egular ~lanufacturel s were very much alSamst nam111g anv reductIOn" as they are well aware of the Ltct that cal pet II ools al e I11gh, as compal ed \\ Jth last yeal, and that 1t doe" not look a" If the law matenal \va" gOll12, to be any lowel £01 some tIme to come At the salesl 00l11~ of the Alexandel Smlth & Sons Car-pet (0l1lpany, the new pllces announced on Monday mornmg shcmecl 1edl1ltlon" of 50 cents each on 12 -1- !\'(mmstel lUgS, SO cents on velvct PalIsades and $1 00 each on Wllton lUg". Carpet" were 1epoJ teel at pllces sImllal to those in force dUlln~ the past "eason rl he new price lIst announces that on orders placed after January I, advances wlll be ask!:'d all along the line. ~ .~~ .~~~8~8~~ __ .~'_'~'_. __ '- '-----------------~ Ii DOETSCH and BAUER CO. I 1534-44 Greenwood Terrace, CHICAGO II I-I I + ••• II •• 1 All previous efforts eclipsed ---- in our new lme of ----=~--=~ PARLOR FRAMES II I• .I. wh1ch 1Slarger and more effective than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory Take Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace, thence west 10 factory. or Clybourn Ave car to Ashland Ave, thence north 10 Greenwood Terrace. .by carryingthe ONE~PIECEPORC£LflIN{INED WONliRD CLERNRBLE WRITE FOR CATALOGUe: GRAND RAPIDS REFR1GERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. !"fICH. ~• --------------------------- ~ II I III IIII II III, I IIII• III• I II IIIIII t I II I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tf'rl~I~N~~~ I ELi «"0:""iVlooi' L L'E'R"'"& u'co. I EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte lor cuts and pnces I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE. EVAN.VILLE. • • • - - ---~~~~~~---. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN --~~__. _.. _. -_._._._.__._~-~---_._-_._._._-_..- -.--~ .....-----------------_... .. . -- I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where their profits are gOing when the trouble usually hes In poor equip-ment. A httle foresight In the begmnmg would have saved them dollars--a hule more money Ill-vested at the start III "OLIVER" "QUALITY" eqUipment. Some manufacturers of wood workmg tools slight their output by puttmg In poor matenals-employmg poor workmen-simply to be able to make a little more profit. 'Ohver" tools are bUllt along machIne tool hnes -careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to mvestlgate thoroughly before plaCIng their order Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase somethmg-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 thInkmg-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No 61 Surfacer OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SAWING 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, III. No 50 Church St, New York CIty. 1125 Welt Temple St, LOl Angeles, Cal. PacIfIc Bldg., Seattle, Wash. e. _ ---~------._.-._ ..._----_._----- _ .. --- _ .....-. - .... I Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Grand Rapids, )'llch -S DeGroot, \Vest Leonal d and Da'ls streets, $3,000, C. E Baxter, 86 ~ubU1n avenue, $2,500, H A TOI en, 126 La1kms a, enue, S2 800, L P. Oltman, 454 Fountam street, $2,500, \V E ChamptOn, 137 Reynolds avenue, $2,500 Atlanta, Ga -G M HilliS, 27 11echal11c street, 89,500, R. S. Monis, 194 Stetlmg street, $3,;00. ~Its )'Ial) E Can-non, 18 Bovv ie stt eet, $2,800; ),11-- E S Gllffin. 4-+ South Gorden street, $7,000; G H GllLlm, 47 South GO!den stl eel.. $4,000. Detroit, l\Itch-\Vdham Halt, Forest and Trumbull ave-nues, $10,000; J \V Gill, 711 Hamdton street, $2,500; GeOlge A Erskine, 108 \V estmm ster street, $4,000; Clemens Fbher, 975 Joseph Campau street, $3,800; \Vl1ham Leslle, Burlm-game and Hamilton streets, $3,000; E G. Villerot, 295 ?\ atlOn-al avenue, $4,350; Frank LeWIS, 73 Larchmont street, $3600 ChIcago, Ill-R E. Hollowell, 7604 Emerald avenue, $5,- 000; Patrick Feeney, State and Nmeteenth street, $6,000; Henry T. \Vol£, 6040 \Vood street, $7,200, M Powers, 120 Kensmgton avenue. $4,000; Miss Hattie \Vmchell, 5951 East Circle avenue, $4,000; P. 0 Hulton, 6148 Vernon aiellUe, $6,500; \V. H. Croft, 6757 Bennett avenue, $18,000, H. S. Smith, 7221 Pa1mel avenue, $5,000, Olaf Kl111gen, 4207 Hirsch street, $4,000. Cmcinnati, 0 -1. Y Cooper, Salem and Menlo streets, $4,000; \Vtlham Gerhard, Ernst stteet and State a'enue, $5,- 500,"\ J Scott, 2428 Maplewood avenue, $3,800; E. L Hell1s-heimel, 384 !\laska avenue, $3,800; LOUIse \-onCostello, Dan- Iels and Euchd avenues, $4,000, John 1Iahlenkamp, Can I and Geiger streets, $4,000, Charles Reuter, Fisher street and MIgnon avenue, $4,500. St. Louis, Mo -l\lary E. Duxbury, 5352 Julia street, $4,- 000, \\'lllJam SIegmann, 6527 Mmnesota avenue, $2,500; CalOhne ElChkol n, 3523 Tennes~ee avenue, $2,500; Minnie Schultze, 5444 Ridge a, enue, $3,900; C. P. Hed, 2010 Forest a, enue S3,300; LOl enz Rett1er, 3971 Flora boulevard, $10,- 000 East St Lotus, Ill-Robert Cunningham, 811 Ohio ave-nue, $5,200; Dr Geolge P. Adams, 635 North Thirty-third c;treet, $-+,700 De.., :\Iome,." Ia -Herman \\-llk, 1264 Fourteenth street, S3,6oo, ),1 Thiel, Este,., street and \Ventvvorth avenue, $3,- ;00, Petel Sc..hemenauer, 1606 Thirty-siAth street, $4,000. Denver, Co1 -James 0'Dllscoll, Douglas place and Boulevard F, $3,500; Edward Cook, Yates and Twenty-se, enth streets, $3,800, H. J. Clowd, Ash and Twenty-third sheet _, $5,000, ),IlS M. W. Jones, King and Forty-second "ireets, $3,000 Indlanapohs, Ind.-O. P. Ensley, La Salle and Thir-teenth street, $2,800; Lyman H. Pnce, 3047 Broadway, $3,- 250, G M. \Vedd1e, Bismarck and Washington streets, $3,- 000; Ella Getz, Gray and New York streets, $3,000. Ene, Pa -D. H. Comstock, Tvventy-elghth and Parade Stl eetc;, $2,500, A KnoII, Eighth and Parade streets, $4,000. Trenton, ::.J. J -M M. Martinett, 346 Edgewood avenue- $3,000. Isaac Lenzner, 416 Randall avenue, $8,500. Bll1ghamton, N Y -IV. E Clark, 200 Robinson street, $2,500. B. B Bundy, 28 Judson street, $2,500. Mmneapohs, Mmn -Anthon) Moore, 1406 Eighteenth a, enue, $3,000, Rosa M Selb, 15 Barton avenue, southeast, $6,000, P K Bal bour, 3805 Lyndale avenue, south, $3,500; John Fager, 3902 BlaIsdell avenue, $5,000; Ludwig Welker, 2101 Sixth street, $3,750; Alft ed Boik1und, 3906 Second ave-n ne, south, $3,000. 1Il1waukee, \Y ls.-Oscar Brochman, State and Twenty- WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 r--~A'DDELL MAN~'FAcTuRI~~"~o-~-1 I Grand Rapid •• Michigan I I All Knobs and Pulls have the IIII No-I1um-Loose Fasteners , I I ~ 4 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. third streets, $7,000; Nicholas Lauer, Buffum and Concordia streets, $7,500; Mrs. Emily Koepke, Locust street and Louise avenue, $4,000; Mrs. Henry Gattman, Summit avenue, near Belleview place, $10,000; J. M. Schneider, Mitchell street and Twentieth avenue, $2,700; Theodore Hauseman, Forty-first and Meineke streets, $2,800. Portland, Ore.-Albert Larson, Minnesota avenue and Shaver street, $3,000; G. B Raymond, East Forty-elgth and Schuyler streets, $3,500; H. V. Carpenter, Montgomery and Upper drives, $4,500; W. O. NIsley, East Forty-eIghth street, and Kelly avenue, $4,000; Mrs. L. E. Hamilton, 149 Seventh street, $3,000. Newark, N. J.-Luigi Perna, 637 North Sixth street, $12,- 000; Alfred Schmidt, 74 Garrison street, $4,800; Peter Trani-son, Third avenue and FIfth street, $25,000; Emma E. Lyon, 869 South Eleventh street, $8,000; William A. Dennis, 19 Randolph street, $7,500; Maria M. Eiselle, 55 Farley avenue, $8,000; Helen Mersfelder, 388 Seymour avenue, $4,000; Abby Eppinger, 784 South Twelfth street, $5,000. Los Angeles, Ca1.- J. A. Patterson, 711 Frostless Belt road, $3,500; Gertrude McCaffery, 1221 West Seventh street, $3,000; R. R. Crabtree, 445 East Twenty-eighth street, $3,- 000; LIla A. Young, 807 Golden street, $3,250; A. A. Burn-and, 806 South Bonnie Brae sstreet, $2,800; J. E. Calhoun, 322 West Forty-first place, $5,000. Syracuse, N. Y.-D. P. Bennett, 259 Midland avenue, $4,- 800; N. H. Young, 111 East Corning avenue, $4,800; Charles Quackenbush, 1226 Cannon street, $5,000; H. S. Slocum, 808 South Salina street, $4,500; Lena Markert, 620 Court street, $5,000. Schenectady, N. Y.-c. L. Hensler, 321 Glenwood ave-nue, $5,800; Conrad Hartung, 728 Stanley street, $3,500; Francis Neverman, 606 Christler avenue, $4,000. Toledo, O.-W. H. Kontz, 1425 Huron streeth, $2,500; Frank J. Welzbacher, 28 Parkwood place, $2,800; E. 1. Bayer, Melrose and Rosalmd avenues, $3,500; George Zimmerman, Princeton drive, $2,500. Omaha, Neb.-Pryor Nelson, 2505 Pinckney street, $2,- 500; George W. Snyder, 1712 South Central boulevard, $4,- 000. Seattle, Wash -F. M. Barnes, 2742 Thirty-eighth avenue, southwest, $2,700; F. R. PIerce, 1160 Eighteenth avenue, $3,- 000. Peoria, Il1.-Harry Spangler, 350 Columbia terrace, $3,- 200; Samuel Gordon, 268 North Garfield street, $5,000. Spokane, Wash.-George Gutschen, El718 Gordon ave-nue, $2,800; T. VV.Mornson, E826 Twenty-sixth avenue, $4,- 000; E. D. Tifft, E3608 FIrst avenue, $2,500. Kansas City, Mo.-Samuel Brenn, 3512 Chestnut street, $2,900; Mary E. Beasley, 3727 Terrace street, $2,500; VV.D. Frae, 3717 Tracy street, $4,000, F. M. Hobbs, 4409 St. John street, $3,000; J. H. Graham, 2920 E. Twenty-eIghth sheet, $5,000. Hammond, Ind.-J. V. Slodda, 1110 Columbia avenue, $4,000; H. J. \Vnght, 360 Plummer avenue, $2,500 Dallas, Tex -Mrs J. S. Terry, 219 South Harwood sh eet, $2,500; Lou Leedom, 532 Reiger street, $3,000; Mrs. VV.T. Moore, Flora and Leonard streets, $3,500; R. S. Geen, San Jacmto and Mahlda streets, $3,500. Jacksonvl1le, Fla.-Capt. A. B. Potter, Osceola and Oak streets, $4,000. St. Joseph, Mo.-Mrs. Rachel Watson, Isador and Elev-enth sheets, $6,000; VV. F. Uhlman, Folsom and Osage streets, $3,650. Lomsville, Ky.-Mrs. A. Holtevert, 2310 \Vest Jefferson street, $3,000; W. C. Reederer, 1124 Hilliard street, $2,700. WIchita, Kan.-M. E. Eshelman, 1015 Litchfield avenue, $3,000; V. E. Appleby, 1020 North Waco avenue, $2,500. Miscellaneous Buildings-St. ::vIalk's EpIscopal church vestrymen are bmldmg a $10,000 chapel at 1218 AddIson street, ChlCago, Ill. The Fnst Umtanan Chuclh society are bul1ding a $25,000 church on East FIrst street, Duluth, Mmn. The German MethodIsts are bmldmg a $30,000 church on Greenwood avenue, Tlenton, N. J. Bartmann & Pretschold are bmldmg a $10,000 theatre on North avenue and Twenty- SIxth street, Ml1waukee, \VIS. The Orpheum Theatre com-pany of Portland, Ore., ale remodelmg and refurnishmg their theatre on Mornson street at a cost of $20,000 R R Thomp-son 15 electmg an eight-story hotel bmldmg on ThIrd, Pme and Ash streets, Portland, Ore., at a cost of $40,000. The Board of EducatIOn of Newark, N. J, are erectmg a FIrst ward school bmldmg in Crane and HIgh streets. The 1. N. Poe estate is bmldmg a three-story brick hotel at 422 St. Clair street, Toledo, 0 The Belmont :Ylethodlsts of Roanoke Va, are bmldmg a $25,000 church. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranled In every partICular Best proposilion on Ihe markel. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfrs of band saw blades and tools 1717 1719 W. Adams SI ,Chicago 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Cur SurpJu!'> Changed 1n Shor1age. rl he CUllent 11l11letllJ of the AmellCll1 RLllh\ ,1\ ,l"SOCI ation "hows that the numbel of Hlle heIght Ull" d<:ued"td I apidly m the t \\ 0 \\ eek s CO\el ed by the 1epOl ts 1 he de crease dUlmg the last half of Octobel \\as -+ 506 Celt" 11m cuts the numbel of SUIplus cals do\\ n to 29, 131 \\ l11ch IS r ,765 cal s less than last} eal at thIS tIme ShOl ta~ es have mCIeased 1,377 cal s flOm the fi~ UIe of two weeks ag 0, the shol telg es now bemg 2 I ,896 calS '\t the same tlUle last \ eell thc h~Ule \\ a" 3(),o,6 cal s The ledudl0n m the '1\11plus IS lal ~eh III miscellaneous C,ll" \\ hlch shu\\ I deC'lease of 3 68~ rjhe Llt~c"t Ilem ol Illuea"es 111 the "hOll al:;es, IS m ftlt caIson the sO\1theln I acIds PUI chases of lonstluctlOn matel Jal and eqUIpment for lC) T I bv the 1.1111oad S 1 S (()mlll~ closel to I elll/atlOn hut IS lIot \ et ,m al101llpll"hu I fed \ l1umhel at the lOad" al e Made by Sheboygan Novelty Co Sheboygan, WIS considerIng purchases, and several have asked for bids on cars and ralls A few have made small purchases. The steel mIlls have opened books for orders, In the plans for pUl-chase that a number of the roads have made all-steel cal" constitute a bIg Item rj he lOads al e adoptmg- the all-steel cars fOI both passengel and fI eIght tI afflc 1\ext yeal WIll show a big jump m the all-steel tI ams bemg opel ated Plans to Boost St. Louis. At the Octobe! meetmg of St. LoUIS Sales :YIanagers' assocIatIon It was suggested that If all 'st Lams salesmen would concentrate theIr eftorh on a certam state at one time and boost St. Lams and hel industries 1t would aid St. Lams materIally m extendmg tIade relatIOns. FOI example if all the tlavelIng salesmen out of St. Lams making the state of Iowa would get together and set a eel tain week in whIch to swarm down upon the merchants of that state and talk nothing but St. Lams goods to these merchants the effect ~-------------- ---_._---_._------ ,,I III "III ,,,II ,I,, ,,, ,, , ~ LOUIS HAHN 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN l'ltl7ens 1elephone 1702 DESIGNS and Details of Furniture IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GlIlDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. NO KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET Patent applied for Write for samples and prices 465 N.Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. U CLl ted IV o1l1d be fal 1 eaChllH:; I t was also su~gested that '-,t I 0111'- <IlllCIlI"elS boost the Clt) III the adveri1slllg mattel \\ hIe h thcv L,tl IJ11t <Illcl III the11 aclvC'1lIsements which ap-pl, l! 111 1 he 11l<I~Ll/1l1e"tll1 ol1ghol1t the countIy. Strength of Sears-Roehuck Stock. On the (h] ca~ a E xchan~ e Seal s- Roebuck stock aftel le,llll1m; lX.zy ha~ leleded to 1790 A financIal writer on a ( lnc,\£;() pape1 declale" thele IS an agreement among the ('hl- Thirty Days' Free Trial to Convince You We don't ask yon to p'ty a cent ~~;~lr~~ Oul Products; exammed the artIcle selected WIth your pur-chase and are con-villced we gIve you about don ble the value that yon could get at a. storo for the Bame money ~~rt1ill~r~ar~~ Pro due ts 0 f your selectIOn and any article m our Cats log glven WIth a $10 purchase, on tlurty days' trIal You then pay $10, If satis-fied If not~ we WIll l emove goods at our expense r efn nd treight charges and charge you nothing for a reasonable amount of Products used m tnal \\ e guarantee satisfaction Get Our Free Catalog af~u~L8~~~lg\>~g~~~iI:~lS~?~~~it::i~~~nOdtI3~:crltl~::H of the 1700artlCles of Wearmg Apparel ann Housefurmsh ing offered you to choose fl om Send today Addles8 No 15 L\l.dy Washlog too BoudOir Desk chOice of Quarter sawed Golden Oak or genuine Mahog4 aoy Veneer Given With a $10 purchase of Larkin House-hold Supphes Depa-nment L.;rrki'n C",. BUFFALO, NY. tf West~of-the MissiSSippi Send to LARKIN CO Dep. 71 PEORIA, ILL SImply FIll In, Cut Out and Mail ThIs Coupon Larfdn C.a. Mail free Catalog No. 72 and explain how I can furnish my home or clothe myself out of present cost ofllVing. (G. P. 157) Name' _ St. and No. or R. D. _ P.o. Stafe :3ome of the Strongest Larkm Ideas cago officers of the company and their immediate entourage that no stock shall be dIsposed of within a certain period; that is, the interests indicated have obligated themselves not to liquidate a shal e' of their holdings for a specified time-a SOlt of vel bal esclow \\ hlch IS as binding as a written escrow because no stock could be 11quidated without the cognizance of the compan} '1 offiCIals The telm of this agreement is not known. It is supposed to extend anywhere from three to five years \Vith thIS lctlge amount of stock VIrtually tied up, it J', not so clIfficult ,IS It \\ auld at first appear to keep the market "trong. Wi"e men \\ III not try to pull a table leg befol e the varn-ish is dry. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Laukamer Brothers have purchased Thomas DavIson's fUImture store in Mankato, Minn. The Crex Carpet company of Hartford. Conn, hay e m-clea:;, ed theIr annual chvldends, flam 2.0 to 3 per cent Fort SmIth, Ark, papers state that R A Re1t7 has de-cIded to move h1s furl1lture factOly flam EvanSVIlle, Ind. to Fort Smith. \\'J1IId1TI Cald\\ ell has purchased the Osbourne fUlniture store m \Vest Some 1VIlle, Mass, and presented it to hIS son, Fred Caldwell. Thomas H BI 0\\ n, far neady twenty-) ears a fUl11l111e1 dealel and undertaker at ;\1arlboro, Mass, ched on No\ embel 4, aged 48 years. Simon R LaPlace, furniture dealer of Deep River, Conn. has doubled the SIze of IllS store by rentmg and remodelmg an adjommg building Congressman John H Boehne of EvanSVIlle, Ind. who \\ as Ie-elected last Tuesday, is president of the Globe FU111l-ture company of that city. The Panhandle Mattress and FUI11ltUle company of Ama-rillo, Tex. recently mcorporated, have filed proof of full pay-ment of theIr $25.000 capital stock. The furniture dealers of Memphis, Tenn, have orga11lzed an associatlOn mainly for the pUIpose of securing enforcement of the law relative to moving furniture. J H. Kentnor, treasurer of the SmIth & Davis Manufac-turing company, St Loui:;,. Mo , spent the greater part of Oc-tober on a vacation trip in Texas and Louisiana The Courts Furniture company of Cincinnati, 0, has been mcorporated by B A and M L Courts. Harold S Bis-hop and Walter Schmidt Capital stock, $10,000 At the special town meeting last Monday the freeholders of Brattleboro, Vt, voted by a large majority, to exempt the Felch & Pier Chair company from local taxation for a pellod of five years. The Sa11ltary Mattress company of Malshfield, "V/is . has been incorpol ated CapItal stock, $5°,000; of which $40,- 000 is owned by C H Stack, K \V Doege, C. G Engstrand and F VoHmer. The Sterling (Ill ) Hearse and Carriage company. manu-factl11ers, have incorporated their busmess Capital stock, $IO.OOO. owned by A A \Volfersperger, C E BenSll1gel and H C Newell. Contracts for supplyll1g furnIture and office fixtUl cs for the ne\\ customs house in San FI anClSCO.Cal, hay e been awarded to the H S Crocker company and the Ruckel Fullel company of that city. The habllities of the Edwards-Ihrig company. manufac-turer,> of caskets. mattresses, beel springs, etc, of Oskosh. IVis. \\ ho wel e declal ed bankrupt recently. al ereI'm ted at $62,6 r4 \\ ith assets estimated at $78,586 MI s L Cohen of New Yark City, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Anna, to Samuel IV Prus- "Ian. head of the Grand RapIds FurnIture compam and the Hub Furniture company of Boston, Mass. The Foy & Starr company, dealers 111mantals at 902 ~fam '>treet, Cincinnati, 0 . have leased the adjo111m~bwldll1g. occupIed by Joseph \Vuerst as a mattress factory Mr \17uerst 1'3no\\ located at 129 East Twelfth street The Burlington (Vt) Furniture company, who decided to go out of busine'3s because they were unable to lenew then" leasc or SeCllle other suitable quarter'3, have sold their '3tod. in bulk to the McQue ... ton Pm n1hwc and Cat pet company of Manchester, N. H. The Quake1 CIty Metall1c Bed company, PhIlade1ph1a, who chscontmued busll1ess on account of finanCIal ernbarrassment, report the1r hab1lltles at $60,200, assets, $52.967. mcluchng fixtures, machmery, etc Most of the credItors hay e agl eed to accept 25 cents on the dollar. N A \Valcott. \\ ho has been elected by the Pm to RIcans as delegate m the Umted States house of RepI esentatJve", \va" fOlmerly m the fUl11lture bus111essat POltsmouth, N H. He \vas a pal tner of R Clyde MaJgeson 111the POl tsmouth Furmture and Cal pet company. Manager Charles Lugrin of the Atherton FmUlture com-pany' cham of thirteen stores, accompanied by one or more of hIS assistants, has been buying rugs and carpet:;, 111New YOlk this \\ eek and may be expected to appeal in the western fml1lture markets dunng the coming week Gershenowitz & Berg, furnIture dealers of 1378 FIfth avenue, New York, have filed a voluntary petitlOn m bank-ruptcy They schedule their liabJ1ities at $75 I and estimate their assets at $675, including stock worth $350 that was tm ned over to trustees for creditors in October The stockholders of the Siegel-Cooper company and Greenhut & Co, of New York, al e to meet today to consider and vote on a proposition to merge the two big concerns in a smgle corporation to be called to Greenhut-SIegel-Cooper com-pany If the merger is effected the capitalintJon WIll be $6,000.000. The furniture for the new $500,000 court house at Shar-on, Pa, will be made from the special designs made for the court house at Youngstown, Ohio. last year Every piece in the Youngstown courthouse will be duplicated and the cost will be just half of the $28,000 paid by the Youngstown county commissioners. Isabelle Chapman has started suit against the Ne\V Eng-land Chair company to collect damages for the death of her husband. a fireman \vho lost his life in the fire that destroyed the chair factory and jail in New Haven. Conn, la"t April Her claIm is based on the allegation that the fire was clue to the 11legal presence of gasoline and benzine in the chair fac-tory She has attached all the property of the :\ ew England Chair company, which, at the time of the fire was owned hy the Ford & Johnson company. ::Yreekins, Packard & Wheat, leading furnitnre dealers and house furnishers of Springfield, Mass, have recently filled se, eral contracts of unusual importance Amon~ them were ordet s for the entire window shade equipment of the big new office building of the Fore River shipbuilding company of Quincy. secured in competition with the leading Boston houses, and fOJ the solid maho!:;anv fm niture for the ne\\ office butld- 1l1g of the Springfield Gas Light company and fOl the Sprrng-field Fiye Cents savings bank Each of these la'3t two con-t! acts mclucled a massiYe dll ectors' table in solid mahogany \\ hich \\ CIe made in the firm's own workshop The 1eftections cast bv a mlrror do not provc that It IS \\ Jthout a flaw. , '1 ;,'v' THE ~ndttpARLOR NEWA..U BED Need not be moved from tbe waIl Alway. ready wit h bedding in place So .impl., 80 easy, a child can operate it, Hall roomy war-drobe box. CHICAGO. Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Atfractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers II• •I THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of Cl amber SUites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes •I THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes, in ImitatIOn I golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. I THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. I I Are Off€ red by the 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 plaIDoak, imltalion quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers In Imltalion quartered oak, lJ"Qltalion mahogany, and Imitalion golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, DmIng and Dressing Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . ... •••••••• a.a ••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 Made by Bosse Furmture Compauy. Made by World FurnIture Compauy Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. ~ ...••....•... .. ..-_ .. _ ...---------------- ..... -~----------------------------- Z8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , Vlce.Presldent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn I Secretary, W L Grapp JanesvIlle Mlnn EXECUTIVE CO\l\lITTEE-Chalrman, Geo KleIn, Mankato Mlon, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W, L HarrIs Mtrmeapol1s, Mlnn ,C Danielson Cannon Falls P. A. Peterson for President. Rockord, Ill, N ov 10- P A Peterson, the \\ ell-kno\\ n fur11lture manufactUl er, has been noml11ated tOI PI eSldent of the Illl1101s ManufactUl ers' assoClatlOn, \\ hlch \\ 111 holel Its annual l11eetl11g 111 ChlCago Decel11bel 2 :\1I Petel son \V dS nOl11l11ated by a C0l11111ltteeselected b) the boal d ot elll cct Jl ~ Mr Peterson came to RocktOl d \\ Ith hIS pal ents III 1852 hvecl on a farm for fifteen yedl" anel el11bal keel 111 the l11anu-factunng busmess by orgal11Zl11g a fUll11ttll e factOl \ He IS "Eureka-We Have Found It... FOl the last t\\ 0 ) eal s the hm In!; C01l1111lttech,lI c hcen lookl11g fOl a 1l11eof da\enpolh-one thaI 11<l~\ \(1 1 l.;c)Od~ anel stl11 has the pllce \ \ e ha\ e SCOlUeel the mal keh tlmc and agam \\'1111e \\ e \\ el e able to get plel1t\ of llllcs at a J111ce the values \\ el e not thel e To get both comibllled ha" heen a much hardel PIOposltlon than most of the membel s \\ ould leah7e These people al e an old estdbllshed fil111 ha \ mg a J epu-tdtlOn beh111d them that the\ cannot affOl el to l()~e h\ J1uttl11g out shabby stuff but al e \\ 111l11gto concede the qUd ntltl pllCe If \\e can sho\\ them the bus111ess X0\\ It IS up to the mem-bers to shOll them OUl heal ts al e 111the Ill?,ht place The spnngs ale of the ~ualanteed (Om!1 ULtl011 ] he Chase leather IS gualanteeel fOl a .' eal fhe iJ lmc~ ,II e \\ ell made and full SlLe The fim~h I~ C'-.cellent Jl1 Lilt e\ e1\ thUlg IS first class as to 111atel1al and \\ 01 kmanshlp Evel \ 111embel should place an 01 del tOl at lea~t t\\ 0 01 11101e of these da\ el1p01 ts and \\ hen \ ou sec the qualltl ) all \\ 111duphcate your order The C01111l1lttecIMS put the club 111) Olll hands nO\\ ~o to work FreIght late~ to :\f1l1ne<;ota tran"fcI 8IC pel hundred THE BUYIKG COil1MITTEE. pI eSlc1ent of the Rockford Manufacturers' and Shippers' as- SocIatIon He has taken a deep 1l1terest in good CItizenshIp and sel \ eel on the hazardous machmery commiSSIOn app01l1t-ed by GO\ el nor Deneen \\ hlch dre\\ the factory 1l1SpectlOn hIll passed by the leglslatul e He IS also a member of the em-plO\ els, lJabl11t\ commlSSlOn that has drawn a bIll to submIt to the ne\.t genel al assembly Furniture Fires. fhe Beal :\J attl ess factory at Plymouth, 1'\ H, was hm neel on :\0\ embel 4 II Ith a 10% of $8 000 to $10,000 and (ll1h $-!-000 1l1surance, 1 he mal11 bmlcl1l1g m the plant of the [<'01t SmIth (AI k ) ]. Ul111tUle :\1anufactunng assouatlOn \\ as destroyed by fire on :\ member 3 Loss, $30,000. fully msul ed The chall stock factory owned by John E A Keyes at \Jell 111\ :\1111s :;; H \\as totally destloyed by fire on No- \ em1JeJ 5 Loss about $4.000 111surance, $2,25°, I he stock of \\ Illl1drth & Co , furnIture dealers, of K eyV-P( II t R I \\ as badl) damaged by smoke and water dUrIng a hI c 111 the \bl ams block m:;; ovembel 4 TheIr loss IS fully IT1SUl ed Ecll\ aHl Olson fUl111tUle dealer and uncle! taker of Coon \ .dle\ \\ I~ \\ a" burned out completey on Kovember 4 Loss S3 'j0o pal tlalh 1l1SUled He expects to make arrange-ments to resume business. The BIshop Furniture company, dealers, Grand Rapids. \1lch lost about $1,000 by fire last Monday 111ght The bla7e \\ as 111 dn adJol111ng bu11cl111gthe upper stOlY at whIch IS used bv the BIshop company for storage purposes Fully 111sured Association Jottings. Do you reallze that Chnstmas tl111e 1\ 111ch I" the furl11- tllle dealels' hane"t. IS only SIX week:'. a\\ay" No\\ are you pI epal111g tOl th"t hal \ est, so that you \\ III get your share of Chnstmas bth111e"s) Do not you th111k about It no\\ ? Most of the pI ogres SlYe dealers al e beg1l1l11g to reahze that upon the success ot thell Chllstmas season's bus111es", depends the pl0fit makmg of the yeal, and thel efOl e, plan and can y out ad\ ertls1l1g campaigns \v hlch WIll make the consumer at Chllstmas tIme thmk of ftUl11tUl e msteacl of somethmg else It can and is be111g done each year. and most e\ el) busmess pI esents posslbl!ltJeS that the ftlll11tUl e bus111e"" does along thIS 1111e.so It IS up to each 1l1ChVldual metllbel to make the most of this OppOItumty by commencing now, and don't be aflalc1 to beg111 to talk Chllstmas presents llght aftcI the first of December. The advertJsmg helps the association furnishes you. help vou to accompllsh and carry out advertising stunts whIch you as mcll\ Idudl deale I \\ auld never hope to be If you had to ~et up the oll~lnal So make good use of it. \,"ould a state-wide collectIOn bureau intet est \ ou a" a ll1c111\)el of OUl .1~"OCJatron? J f so, let the officers know. If you dues and subscnptlOl1s are not paId up for the past year, l"n't It tIme that they were? MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ADVERTISING HELPS ~o 218 ThIS IS a fine automatic davenpOl t in the golden oak or Eng l1sh finIsh It has d. fme \\ ardluLJe fOI bed<hng and by Just uloPPIng thE. bac k you have a most comiol table bed It certaInly IS a fill( pIece of futllitute the frame beIng fIttul \\ itll gual anteeu ~tLel constructIOn Natf the IHd\ ~ cal veLl foot anu the swdl front It IS a davpnpol t that you wIll be pI Dud of when standIng upon your flOOIb '" t'lght 1')0 pounds PI 1(E' to memhe-rs r41 No 218 in VPlona 111C(' to membf'IS I 41 No 218 In Cha,;;;c UK J J ?>II{ .H No. 238 \ stlongly constructed automatIc daY E'nport Its frame IS fitted \\ lih gualan b::((1 stE'E'l coush uctlOD v.lih 011 t0m pel pd <;pllng~ It contaIns a large ward lobe and by USIng the automaiw attaLh ment It Lau be turue-d Into a cmnfOl t able bed Nott.. its swell fI ont and loun(hng top It IS a magnificent pieu of furnIture at a moderate price and one )'OU \\111 be- very ploud of In your hallIe \\ eIght 225 pounds PrH'e to members F43 ~o 238 HI\ e-rona Plll...€'to membeis T'4~ No 23" In Chdsc PIIU to members F43 No 238 In I f'ather l'II 1]\1 l'II.H1 KRPI No. 237 t\ handsome davenport In solId quar tered oak There IS no competItlOn to thIS pIece Its arm and front are 5 lucht's and If )-OU WIsh to make a bed out of same by the automatIc attach ment you can have the most comfort able bed, 47 x 74 WhICh has a large ward-lobe In connection With same for the beddIng the flame IS fitted WIth guar-anteed steel constructIOn It IS a daven-port that :}au can well be proud of and IS surely worth the money you pay for It ·Welght. 225 pounds PriCe to membeIS r43 No 237 in Verona Price to members F43 No 237 III Chasc Price to members F43 No 237 III Leather AA.AK AA.AK KI.IA No. 208 Note hf"avy carved foot ThIS IS not f'mbossed as is usually the ('ase with thIS kind of da\ pnports has a wardrobe for beddIng back drops sO as to make a beJ. 47 "( 72 It 18 a finp pIeCE' of fUIni tUI e at a nloderate PIlC€ Frame made of solid oak and IS fitted WIth gualantef>U steel constIuctlOil sprIngs all tenlpered It can be had In golden oak finIsh only "ught 150 pounds PIlce to IUt mbet~ r-l{) No 208 In Velona 1 lIce to members r4J No 208 In Chase Pucp to men1bers J'iJ 1\0 208 In Leather MPOD UPOE KA.EIH No. 236 \ beautiful automatlC davenpoi t fur nIshed In thf' Early EnglI<;h only Its <) Inch posts .11 e made of .$olId oak Its frarof' IS fitted V\Ith guazanteeJ. steEl lonstl uctlOn ,\ Ith 011 tempered springs It has a largf' wardrobe In connectIOIl fOI beddIng and by Just drOPPIng the b<1ck you ha, e a full sIzed bed. It IS a 10\ EJy pIece of furnIture and WIll add greatl3- to the appealance of any room "eIght 225 pounds Pnce to memberb F43 No 236 In Verona Pllce to Inembers F41 No ...36 In Cha~G PI Ice to merubers F43 No 236 In Leathel A)I.TE AM.TE KOPJ\I No. 202 Another good automatIc davenport for the money made of SJlId qual tered oak and WIth a polIshed finIsh It has :it 6 lnch arm haVIng a nIce wardrobe fOI beddIng- If you are to use It for a bed 1» lettIng the back down you can have a bed 48 x 74 .rhe frame fitted with gua,ranteed steel construction and the 011 tempered sprIngs IS somethIng you can "ell be pIoud of Weight 225 lbs PrIce to memb6ls F43 No 202 in Verona AR ET PrIce to members F43 No 202 1n Chasc R ET PrlCe to members F43 No. 202 in Leather .ER.TR No. 227 1- hIS davenpol t has a quartered oak al m and front ana has a full SIze auto matic bed 48 x 74 It also has a large \\ anlrobe for the beddIng Just notlc€" thE' swell front and back It CPI talnly IS wor th the money you pay for it '1'he irame IS nlade of quarteled oak and is fittpd \\ Ith guaIanb:.-ed steel COhitructlon sprIngs 011 tempered Note the heavy can lngs not beIng embossed as IS. usual ly the case wIth thIS kInd of davenports ,Veight 150 pounds Pnce to mt'mbers F43 No 227 In Verona PncE' to members F43 No 227 In Chase l-'rice to Hlembers F43 No 227 In Leathe1 MR.AT MR.AT KA.FF No. 2%4 ThIS IS a handsome quartered oak dav enport contaInIng a large wardrobe for the beddIng and by USIng the automatIc attachment you have a 48 x 74 bed It IS a well constructed pIece of furnIture, the frame beIng fitted WIth the guaran-teed stef'l constructIOn It IS not f'mbossed as 18 usually the case WIth davenports but 1S a well put up pIece of furniture and one you can depend upon WeIght, 225 pounds PrIce to members F43 No 224 In Verona Price to members F43 No 224 m Chase PrIce to members F43 No. 224 In Leather AT.FK AT.FK KO.P~I No. 220 Another well constructed automatic davenport finished III quartered oak. It has a SIX Inch arID and a large ward-robe In connectIOn with same for the beddmg and by Just droppmg the back down you can have a comfortable full sIzed bed Note the rounded corners and tufted top and front Its frame IS fitted WIth guaranteel steel construction and is somethIng that IS well worth the money and a lInece of furniture that you can be proud M WeIght, 225 pounds. ---_.~--------_--: Pncf>. to members F43 No 220 In Verona .•. M:F.PA Price to members F43 No 220 in Shasc • MF.PA Price to members F43 No. 220 in Leather •. KP.AT 30 ttre1y of men and boys Children often find their way to this en trancing spot. One day a little mother aged about 9 had camped out on the doolstep of the blld store vvlth her charge and her em-broldel y. She sat where in pauses of embroidery she could catch peeps at the monkeys while the baby trotted about on the doorstep and a small boy seated opposite dispensed valu-able mformatlOn a" to the customs of tigers. A charactensttc sIght before the blrd store wmdows IS the \ ery young father and mother who have come to show the cockatoos to baby. Perhaps it is needless to say that baby is usually asleep. The toy shop wmdows are very popular with men and VI' omen of all ages and of course wlth the children who are brought to see them The 'pon your word children, those \\ ho are stIll ) outhful and unconscious, always show their dehght m the same manner. They seem quite overwhelmed at first and pay no attention to the grownups who urge them to look at the mmlature automobiles or flying machines. In absolute sl1ence and wlth open mouth their round eyes travel 11om group to group of toys, when all of a sudden there will sound a shriek of glee and "Oh, the little bed!" or "The httle chail!" or some tnflmg thing that happens to strike thelr fancy. Boys of all ages, flom 8 to 80, are smitten with the gIant kl1lfe dlsplayed m the toy shop window. This knife has a sa\\ and a corkscrew and blades of about seventeen dlfferent SIZes, and some day sume small boy outside is gomg to dlssoh e the thlck plate glass wlth the might of his yearn-mg for that helolc kl1lfe. Gro\\ n folks are mtel ested in the toy shop windows and betray cunous remams of sentiment. One fat, well groomed man \\ hom old fashlOned ladles would have called a man WEEKLY ARTISAN QUEER FACTS ABOUT SHOW WINDOWS Attract Admiring Crowds One Minute. Are Deserted the Next. In the shoppmg dlSh !Cts the ebb and flov\ of the wmdow gazers is a thing to pU7zle 0\ er. At a certam ttme there \\ 111 be a faIr sized crowd befO! e a shop \\ mdO\\ and 1ll fi\ e minutes it wlll have dIssolved, and appal entl} not a creature passmg cares to throw a glance m that dtrectlOn. This phenomenon is common to all shop \\mdows, but there are pecuhanties about the crowds whlch dlfferent wm-dow dlt>plays attract. For mstance. a lead1l1g attractton 111 one appears to be the vacuum cleaner demonstratlOn, but the curious thing about the throng \\ hlch pl es"es ltS composlte nose agamst the glass lS that there lS scarcely e\ el a \\ oman in it. Sometllnes a bnde or a bllde to be, wlth her man m tow, wlll stop to gaze at the du<:;t devourel, ]Jut she looks at i"t with the same ecstattc "\agueness \\ Ith \\ hlch she re~ards in passing a set of old Enghsh slh el or one of Russlan sables. The notdble housekeeper, the woman v\ ho usually buys the machine, rarely looks that way, WIllIe men stand en-tranced for ten or fifteen mmutes, watchmf; the cleaner eat up the powder that IS stlewn on the fioO! to leplesent dU'ot "I suppose it's the mechal1lcal SIde of It that 1l1telests them," a passmg woman was heal d to sa}. "fol \\ e all kno\\ that any man WIll SIt m a room ttll the dust Ilses and bune~ him rather than be bothered ",ith cleanmg" Women are often seen gomg mto the bll d stores and are probably the best customel s of these shops, but the cro\\ d before the bird store w1l1dow is agam made up almost en-to ------------ ----~-_.--_._._._._-_._.._---, 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 acid and oiL 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 Ma.ster 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 ••• Everything in Pamt Specialties and Wood Fmishing materials. Fillers that f111. Stains that satisfy . i- ._...._._.---------.-.-.-.--------.------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-----------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 r· tII I III I•I t.-. _. __ ._. • • • __ • -------- ------.-----------------~ Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures, Per Set SOc. PaotentMalleable Clamp Fixtures. E H SHELDON & CO Chlcal(o III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxture, VI hlCh we bOuRhtof you a httle over a year ago are gIvIng excellent se"'Vlce We are well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anything additional In thiS line Yours trulv SIOUXCIty. Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. --- about town stopped before the window and eyed gloomily a row of so-called natural dolls These dolls have m contra-dIstmctlOn to the old type a natural chIld's face and a homely one at that, with small eyes, large mouth and a sunburned complexion. "Are those the dolls chIldren play with now?" saId the man. "vVell, I swear! I lIke dolls to have bIg blue eyes and flaxen curls." Of course when it comes to shops where hats and gown:" are sold there IS scarcely ever a man seen looking in the wmdow unless he has a profeSSIOnal interest in such matters. By some queer process, though, the! e is almost never a cro",-'d before these '" indows. yet scal cely a woman passes Without looking in if only for a glance The attItude of women toward the exhIbits IS usually a distmctly personal one Would or \\ ould not the garment or hat be becoming to them, they seem to ask. If in their estImation it would it IS desil able If not it IS an abomination. Occasionally a suffering husband is taken along to sym-pathIze. He is lIkely to be elderly, well broken and from out of town. One such husband. \\ om and weary but still on the Job. was heard to answer to an indistinct murmur of "Marked $13, such a bargain !"- "\Vell, go m If you want to. I'll wait right here for you. Right here, mmd I" And he is probably still patIently wait-mg before the hat store wmdow V\ith hIS WIfe's jacket over hIS arm An unbelievably chanmng thing happened before a fash-ionable dressmaker's shop window the other day. There was dIsplayed a gorgeous gown m the very extreme of skimpi-ness. Peenng ealnestly at It stood an elderly couple from the country; he lean and ascetIc looking, she fat and kmdly but with a very grave and absorbed face. Of cour:"e the passe! by thought that they were sadly condemning the shockmg taste of modeln dress and was sur-pnsed and delIghted when the man pointed with a long lean ---------_._-_._._._.--_. a • _ ... -.~ 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack • Vises IItI I.I. Sold on approval and an un con dltlonal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohctt prtvllege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON e;, CO. RAPID ACTING WOODWOBItEB'S VISE No ~ 328 N. May St., Chicago . hnger at the garment and turnmg an adoring eye on his wife saId: "Mother, I kind of thmk you'd look good in that gownd." There is one fact establIshed beyond doubt. In the best SOCIety show figure ladles do not wear heads. Just as much of them as IS needed to show off a gown IS all that is toler-ated 111the hIghest CIrcles, and their smlrkmg, long eye1ashed rosy faces wIll soon be no more seen in the shop windows. Pel haps it's Just as well, for they have been known to lead to complIcatIOns. Some mce women new m Ne", York were rather doubt-ful anyway as to whether or not it looked countnfied to stop and stare at the store windows. However, they deCIded to take the chances on a good long stare at a handsome gown dIsplayed on a show figure with a seraphIc waxen head and an elaborate COIffure. At that moment the shew man clImbed mto the window and started to remove the gown from the wooden model. As he slIpped the frock from ItS shoulders the three women who had been watching him grabbed each other's hands and fled gasping "Oh, horrors! He's undress- 111gher right before everybody!" It has been obsen ed that the folks who seem to enjoy the pretty dIsplay in the candy shop w111doV\snever go in to buy. It may be that they are not allowed to eat candy and are attendmg a BarmeCIde feast. Those who buy candy walk mto the shop WIthout any hankering inspectIOn of the win-dow and come out WIth pounds of candy whIch they prob-ably eat themselves and digest excellently. As often as not the persons who seem to get the deep-est pleasure out of the w111dow dIsplays of the pIcture and book shops are shabby half grown lads. They hang about these w111dows and gloat over the bargains in fine edItions and the reproductions of old masters WIth the air of con-nOIsseurs. Perhaps they're only killmg tIme while they are supposed to be doing important errands, but maybe they're buddmg gemuses. \Vho knows?- New York Sun. , . . , . . .-----1 ~ . "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. AI.o Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. • • .4I MANUFACTURED BY ... 32 ••• •I •I•• IIIII•• I• I II I• II II IIIIII II•I II • WEEKLY ARTISAN ,~_._._.~._-------------------- I Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. SITUATION WANTED Man age 39 wants posItion wIth large concern as factory manager or assIstant to general manager. IntellIgent, edu-cated, honest. HIgh grade executive, good address and cor-respondent. Systematizer, cost accountIng, pIece work Good mechanIc-Iron and wood Many years charge large chaIr and furnIture plant. A "lIve wIre" Best references Box No 2, care Artisan. 11 2-19 WANTED PosItion as travelIng salesman. Salary or commIssIon Thoroughly understand furnIture busIness Best of reference Address Y, care Weekly ArtIsan 11 12-19-26 POSITION WANTED A successful salesman W1th 25 years establIshed trade In Central TerrItory is open for a posItion January 1, 1911, wIth a good case goods or chaIr house. Have the very hIghest recommendations. Will go into any territory. Address W. H. J. care Weekly Artisan. 11 5-12-19. ----------- WANTED SuperIntendent. One who thorougWy understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the rIght man this is a rare opportunIty. Address, (statIng expenence and where you have worked), "Supenntendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, MIch. tf WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. Stat

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